Chapter seven
July (A power for Henry Junior)
Just as the adults returned home from dropping off the kids at magic camp, the phone rang. Paige answered the phone, it was Billie's boyfriend Austin. Austin excitedly delivered the news.
"Billie just had her baby, she wants us to come meet her" Paige informed the others.
"When" Prue asked.
"Right now, so come on" Paige replied.
The adults, Payton and Henry Jr. arrived at the hospital. Billie was lying on the hospital bed holding a baby girl softly wrapped in a pink cotton blanket. Billie smiled at her visitors and beckoned them in.
"Hi, I would like you to meet Ginny Christy Jenkins" Billie introduced in a quiet voice.
"Can I hold her" Prue asked.
"Of course, you all can" Billie answered and passed Ginny to Prue.
"What a beautiful baby girl" Prue stated.
"Look Payton, look at the baby" Andy told his daughter as he picked her up.
"Cute baby" Payton said.
"I think she looks like you" Paige told Billie when took Ginny in her arms.
"Daddy pick me up, I want to see her" Little Henry said.
"Hi baby Ginny" Henry Junior greeted her once he was in his dad's arms.
"Where's Austin?" Phoebe asked just as Austin walked in.
"I need my daughter for a minute" Austin stated as he took Ginny from Coop.
Once he was holding her, Austin quickly hid something in Ginny's hand. Austin handed Ginny to Billie who smiled as she took her daughter. Once Ginny was safely in Billie's arms, Austin opened Ginny's tiny hand and Billie gasped. Lying on the soft palm of Ginny's hand was an engagement ring.
"Billie you've given me everything I've always wanted. You've given me love and a beautiful daughter, and now I want your hand in marriage. Billie Jenkins…will you marry me?" Austin purposed.
"Yes I will" Billie answered with tears of joy running down her face.
Austin leaned over and kissed Billie's lips. The others clapped even Henry Jr. and Payton, although they had no clue what was going on. Piper and the gang stayed at the hospital for another hour, then headed home with warm hearts.
A couple of days after on the weekend all the kids were outside in the backyard enjoying the sunny weather. They got so caught up in a game of hide and orb/beam that they didn't realize Henry Jr was left out. Eventually Kat spotted her brother sitting alone on against a tree. Kat pointed it out to the others who all approached him.
"Sorry Henry" Tamora apologised.
"I wished I had a power, so I could play magic games with you" Henry whined.
"Hey maybe you can" Tamora stated.
"What are you talking about" Chris asked.
"There must be a spell in the book of shadows" Tamora explained.
The kids orbed/beamed up to the attic with Henry Jr. Wyatt flipped through the book of shadows until he came across a spell. Wyatt casted the spell on Henry Jr. after reading the spell in his head first.
"How do I know it worked" Henry asked.
"Try waving your arms forwarded like me my mom. Just aim at the garbage can" Wyatt suggested.
Henry waved his arms towards the garbage bin across the attic. At his command, which was not expected, the garbage can came to life and began singing and dancing. The kids had to chase the garbage can out of the attic and all the way down to the living room.
"Mom grab that runaway can" Little Henry said.
Paige and Phoebe, who had been the only ones home, began chasing the garbage can around the room. In an attempt to reverse the magic, Henry Jr. started waving his arms towards the garbage can. However this resulted in all the living room furniture to come to life and begin talking and walking.
"Who did this and what did you do" Paige asked showing a little anger.
"It was me, I casted a spell from the book of shadows to give Henry a power" Wyatt admitted.
"Wyatt Matthew Halliwell, what were you thinking" Phoebe asked in stern voice with her arms folded at her chest.
"Yeah what were you thinking" the living room couch mocked.
"Oh shut up Mr. Couch" Wyatt snapped.
"It was my fault auntie Phoebe, I wanted a power so I play magic game, Wyatt was just trying to help me" Henry Jr. admitted.
"Thank you for your honesty Henry, Wyatt got get the book so I can see what spell you casted on him" Phoebe ordered.
Wyatt orbed down the book of shadows, which was still opened to the page of the spell Wyatt had casted. Phoebe and Paige looked over the spell and sighed with relief, there was a reversal spell. Before they could cast it, little Henry tugged on his mom's arm and begged her to let him keep his power.
"Henry I don't think it's a good idea" Paige stated.
"I don't see the harm in it, we can at least give him a shot, and we can train him" Phoebe whispered to Paige.
"Ok Henry listen, I'll talk about it with your daddy, aunts and uncles, and maybe you can keep it" Paige decided.
Paige called the other home for a family meeting, no of them were at work except for Piper was done her shift anyways. The kids were sent up stairs while the adults talked about letting Henry Jr. keep his new power. Andy, Prue, Phoebe, Coop and Leo agreed with letting Henry Jr. Keep his power. However, Piper, Paige and Henry were against it.
"Mortals are not supposed to have powers" Piper stated.
"If it makes you feel any better, Andy, Paige and I can go ask the Elders what they think" Leo suggested.
"Ok go" Piper agreed.
Leo, Paige and Andy orbed up to the elders, the others waited for their return in silence. Nobody noticed that Henry Junior was ease dropping on the stairs. Leo, Paige and Andy returned shortly with the answer.
"The Elders said under constant supervision and no stop training he may be able to gain complete control over his power" Andy informed.
"Alright, Coop would you be able to do this when we're at work" Henry asked.
"Sure, since the kids are in magic camp, my only other priorities are Parker and Payton" Coop agreed.
"Ok then we'll give it a shot" Henry agreed.
Henry Jr. made the mistake of shouting "Yes." The adults all looked at him so he quickly ran up the stairs. Paige chuckled as she recalled the times she ease dropped as a child.
"I get to keep my powers" Henry junior screamed as he ran into Wyatt and Chris's room, where the children were playing.
"That's awesome" Melinda squealed.
"Congratulations you're now one of us" Tamora shrieked.
"Be quiet, you're hurting my ears" Payton screamed with her hand on her ears.
Downstairs the furniture was having a conversation. When they started complaining about Parker jumping on them, Phoebe collected Henry Jr. from Wyatt and Chris's room.
"Ok Henry, the trick is to wave your hands slowly" Phoebe explained.
Henry Jr. followed his aunt's advice and slowly waved his hands towards the furniture. At his command the furniture turned back into normal non-living furniture. Paige smiled as this was Prof Henry could be trained and gain control of his power.
The next day, Monday, Paige helped her son practice using his powers. This lesson didn't go well, Henry wasn't able to use his power on will. The next day it was Piper who helped Henry practice. All he accomplished was bringing a pencil to life.
"Well that's a start, good job" Piper praised him.
On Wednesday Henry had his practice session with Prue. During the first hour nothing, but then he brought a book to life. Then on Thursday he practiced with Phoebe. He managed to bring a bench to life. A bench with a major attitude problem, Phoebe was more than happy when Henry turned it back.
On Friday he practiced with Leo. He was able to bring an entire book shelf to life. Henry Jr. felt very proud of himself. Finally on Saturday he decided to show his progress to sisters and cousins in the back yard, by turning two garbage bins to life. That's when it all went downhill.
Just as Henry Jr. was about to wave his hand, Payton orbed in and shouted "boo!" This scared Henry out of his pants, and he started waving his hands at everything, his power was controlling him. The garbage bins, trees, the dog house, the gate and a few rocks came to life and began running and talking. This made the kids start screaming and the adults came running.
"Paige take Henry to the Elders, he's out of control" Leo told Paige.
It took a while to catch little Henry, who was running wild screaming and waving his hands everywhere. Paige finally caught him around his waist and orbed out with him. Only moments later Paige orbed back with her son, and male Elder and a magic cleaner.
"This magic cleaner will remove Henry's power and revers the magic on all these immanent objects" the Elder explained.
"Henry's power is trigged by fear or feeling nervous, I think when he was able to use his powers he was feeling nervous about whether or not it would work. Since he's only four and gets spooked easily, t Elders feel it's best to remove his power forever" Paige explained.
Paige stepped aside and the cleaner did his job. He stuck a needle in Henry's arm, which never bothered him. A green sparkly liquid was sucked into the needle. Once the power was out of Henry Jr. the cleaner revered the damage and left with the Elder.
"Mommy" Henry Jr. said as he began crying.
Paige got on her knees and took her son into her arms. Paige and Henry wrapped their arms around little Henry as he sobbed. Tamora and Kat came over to them, and wrapped their arms around their parents and little brother.
"Its ok, don't cry" Kat said and kissed her brother's head.
"But now you won't like me" Henry sobbed.
"We still like you" Kat reinsured him.
"We liked you before you had a power" Tamora added.
"But you can't play magic games with me" Henry stated.
"That's ok, we like playing with you, it doesn't matter what we play" Kat said.
Henry settled down and hugged his sisters. He finally knew for sure that he was important to his family, even though he was mortal. Knowing this made him feel very special.