To Be Charmed

Chapter Eleven

Family History

Disclaimer: I am not affiliated with Charmed in any way.

"Talking." Thoughts Premonition "Christy using telepathy to hear thoughts and send them."

Flames from torches attached to the cavern walls flickered to and fro, illuminating the cave. A hooded figured sat upon the throne made of bones as a cowed man kneeled at his feet.

"My Liege, I have heard rumors. Rumors that the Charmed Ones..."

"The Charmed Ones are no concern of mine, not yet."

"Yes, my Liege. I have also heard that the Triad...the Triad has sent in their spy. A witch, I'm told, who is the key to the Ultimate Power."

The hooded figure steepled his fingers.

"The only Ultimate Power is the Hollow. There are no other witches prophesized besides the Charmed Ones. What does this ultimate power possess?"

"I am told the witches have the powers of telepathy and telekinesis, My Lord."

"Telepathy and telekinesis? And here I thought those were ordinary powers. Very well, then. Send out someone to kill them and the Charmed Ones, when the opportunity presents itself."

"Yes, Sire."

~TBC Chapter Eleven~

The shattered chandelier was soon swept up by Penny as everyone else conversed quietly in the conservatory. The topic being discussed was Piper's apparent new power. The witch in question had her arms folded, as if the slightest movement would set the power off. Prue couldn't help but smile and laugh. Trust Piper, sweet, caring Piper, to get the explosive power!

"I don't get it. Shouldn't Prue have that power since she is the oldest and supposedly the strongest?" Phoebe asked. I can't wait to get an active power! Seeing the future sucks!

"Hey," Prue protested, "That power is just destructive, it doesn't mean it's strong."

"How do you know?" Paige countered. Prue rolled her eyes. One baby sister was enough. Now I have two to deal with it! She was saved from replying when Grams re-entered the room.

"I'll see if I can find a replacement, Grams," Piper said apologetically. The older woman smiled and gave her an one-armed hug.

"Don't bother, Piper, happens all the time, what with demons dropping in nonstop!" Prue looked to her grandmother.

"Wait. Demons attack all the time?" Grams nodded. "How do we stop them?"

"You don't," Sam spoke up. Adam and Leo nodded in agreement. "But you can vanquish-kill them, and the more you vanquish, the less demons will come."

"How do we vanquish them?" Prue asked, folding her arms.

"With a spell or potion," Adam answered.

"Right. Oh, and don't worry, your grandmother and us will teach you," Leo added.

There was a pause filled with nervousness. Paige looked at her shoes. She never told anyone about her new power. What would they think? Her powers were very different than her sisters'. Being part Whitelighter sucks.

"Paige? Are you okay?" Phoebe placed her hand on her baby sister's shoulder. Paige moved her attention upward.

"Yeah, I'm fine."

Grams and Sam looked at one another. The elderly woman had told Sam about the empty potion vial when she was released from the hospital. They knew Paige orbed- how else did the girls rescue Christy and Billie? As a Whiteligher, Paige also possessed the powers to hover, sense, cloak, heal, speak and understand different languages, and to heat things. The more Whiteligher-ish powers, sensing, healing and cloaking, would obviously take more time to develop.

"Do you have something you want to tell us?" Sam prompted.

Paige shook her head. She didn't want to make her sisters jealous or make Grams think she was playing around with the Book of Shadows.

"If you have something, anything to tell us, let us know," Sam said.

Phoebe couldn't take it. Even though she was a Scorpio, she could not keep anything to herself.

"Paige has new powers. She can disappear in bright shiny lights and make things appear the same way," she blurted out.

"Wait. She couldn't do that before?" Christy asked. She internally groaned. I'm not supposed to know that much about powers!

"No," Paige glared at Phoebe. "Why did she tell?"

"You orbed? Paige, that's great! You're coming into your Whitelighter powers!" Sam exclaimed, "Is that all you did?" "Great."

"Um, no. I kinda changed or transformed into my friend Michelle in class." "He can't bust me for that now, can he? It's not like I was doing anything."

Christy tuned out the spoken conversation and focused on thoughts. She needed to get Billie and herself out, but not just yet. She needed to find the Charmed Ones! Her previous guardians always spoke of the Charmed Ones, but they would never tell Christy of their importance. They told her that one day, she would have to connect with Billie, her sister and one half of the Ultimate Power. According to legend, the Ultimate Power are two sister witches, more powerful than the Charmed Ones when they combined their powers. Christy didn't know if she believed in it or not.

~TBC Chapter Eleven~

"My Lords! The Source! He has found out about your plan!"

The three hooded figures looked at their minion with looks of surprise.

"But how?!" Candor seethed. The minion took a step forward.

"The Source knows about your plan to wipe out the Charmed Ones, but not your plan to wipe out five witches and take their powers to overthrow him."

~TBC Chapter Eleven~

"Paige, that's great! You glamoured!" Sam smiled, but his smile slightly fell. "When did you?"

"Um, during third period. She asked me to get something from her locker," Paige said sheepishly, looking down. "When you came down, I panicked. I don't need to get into any more trouble."

"No, no. That's okay. You're not in trouble now. Is that all you did?"

"Yeah."

Everyone was silent. Prue wondered if now would be a good time to announce her engagement. Her ring was in her pocket. She fiddled with it, not seeing Christy or Grams glance over at her. "Do I tell them? Should I wait?"

"Prue? Do you have something you want to tell us?" Piper prompted. She wanted to get away from the supernatural talk, she wanted to talk about normal things, like wedding engagements. Ever since Paige had entered their lives, everything has been supernatural. She sometimes wished that Paige's adoptive parents didn't die in the car accident.

"Well, I was going to wait til we were eating, but...Roger proposed!" Prue reached for her ring and put it on her ring finger, holding it out for everyone to see.

~TBC Chapter Eleven~

The Barker household was up bright and early. The youngest residents, Ryleigh and Rhiannon, were already roaming the house. Tyler, their father, scooped up Rhiannon from the floor and sat her down on the living room couch next to her sister.

"Are you ready for the day, girls?" he asked. Rhiannon giggled and Ryleigh nodded enthusiastically.

"Yeah, Daddy. We ready." The almost four year old flashed a toothy smile. Tyler put on a Disney movie for the two and went to check on his five months pregnant wife. She was in the kitchen stirring a boiling pot of something. Tyler wrinkled his nose.

"Anti nausea potion. I'm tired of throwing up my food after I eat it," Regina offered as an explanation.

"Ah. Gotcha."

There was silence for a minute. Tyler didn't want to interrupt the potion making, so he grabbed a Gatorade from the fridge and sipped at it. His thoughts wondered to the family reunion that was in a few hours. It was for Regina's mother's side, her dead mother. She died in an attack in '88, tracking a dangerous demon with her cousin Rosie.

"Did you call Aunt Ruth and Rosie yet?" Regina bottled her potion and stuck it in her purse.

"Yes. They said to be at their apartment at eleven."

"Well, it's 8:37, so I'll get Rhiannon and you get Ryleigh."

~TBC Chapter Eleven~

The morning after Prue's big announcement, Grams took Phoebe and Paige out of school, proclaiming it to be a training day. Piper had the day off and Prue didn't have to go into the office until late. It took less than thirty minutes for a demon to attack.

Christy and Billie were chowing down on pancakes as he faded into the kitchen. The siblings' eyes widened and they jumped up and hid under the table. Phoebe, hearing the commotion, came in from the conservatory and screamed upon seeing the demon.

"Grams! Demon!" Not only did Grams come running, but also Prue, Piper, and Paige followed. Grams and Prue raised their hands to send the evil being flying, but Piper was faster. She placed him under her freezing spell. Prue gestured for Christy and Billie to make a run for it.

"Girls, come on. He's frozen."

"Wait!" Christy wailed. She placed her hands upon her temples in concentration. "I can hear his thoughts! His name is Xeris and he can only be vanquished by the Power of Three! What's that?"

By the time this information was shared, Xeris unfroze and growled! Piper went to freeze him again, but blasted him on the shoulder instead.

"I'll be back," he snarled before he faded out.

Two weeks passed and not a sign of Xeris. The witches were all on edge, except Grams. She anticipated his return and was ready. She had Phoebe write a Power of Three spell and Piper come up with a potion. Meanwhile, Prue and Billie were taking telekinesis lessons and Paige was assisting Sam, Adam, and Leo with their other charges. Pretty soon, it became April.

~TBC Chapter Eleven~

"Any news on Renee and Carl?" Regina asked her Aunt Rosie, using the name she knew she preferred to call her daughter.

The psychokinetic grew stony faced and shook her head. Her daughter and son-in-law haven't called her in weeks.

"No. I haven't spoken to her ever since that day," Rosie spoke.

Phoebe gasped and dropped the photograph. It was of her great grandmother and her cousins. They were dressed in 1920s garb, from the head wear to the fringe dresses.

"Grams!" she called.