The Power of 5
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1980
Rain had been pouring for a majority of the night and it wasn't looking to stop anytime soon.
The rain seemed to be conveying how she felt, and it only made her feel more alone.
She had just come from her shift at Buddy's and was making her way home back to the manor thinking about the events that had happened in the last year.
The elders had somehow found out about her and Sam and had revoked him as her whitelighter in April.
Six months later she had given birth to another, baby for him and for the fear of what the elders would do, she had given this baby up too just like she had with the first one. It was one of the hardest decisions she had ever made and to do it a second time had broken her immensely. Especially as she didn't have Sam to help her the second time around.
She hated that she couldn't raise all of her children.
She hated that she couldn't be with Sam.
She hated that she fell in love with him and that she had hurt victor resulting in him leaving.
She hated a lot of the choices that had been made but they had happened for a reason, and she would live with that whether she wanted to or not.
She gave up her babies because they were different, and the elders did not tolerate rule breaking and as good as they were she didn't know what they would do to them if the elders found out about her babies, and she wasn't going to risk finding out.
She had thought up many ideas with her mother and Sam, but they didn't have a clue, Witchlighters had never existed before, and they were forbidden.
Patty didn't think that the elders would kill her children, but she did think that they may strip them of their powers and modify their memories or maybe even take them away to punish her and Sam.
Afterall most whitelighters lived in the heavens and had duties to witches and the elders.
She knew in her heart they wouldn't let her keep them as whitelighters had duties to the elders and witches had responsibilities to innocents and the evil that would be after them.
What if evil got hold of one of her witchlighter children and stole their powers?
They would have warren power and whitelighter power. The elders wouldn't want to risk that because evil could then come after them. There was also the fact that the rest of them could get punished. Her first three daughters were destined to become the charmed ones and her mother was scared that the elders could take away their birth right for her breaking the rules.
Finally, there was the case of other whitelighters and good witches because if Patty had half whitelighter children then who was to say that the rest of the world's witches or even her own family couldn't or worse demonic children?
It's why she made it her own choice to give up her beautiful baby girl and then two years later her first beautiful baby boy. When the elders found out about Sam they didn't know about the babies. Why? Patty didn't know but when they had spoken to them both, Patty was only three months pregnant with her son, and was barely showing, so they had gotten away with it a second time but that hadn't stopped the elders from revoking Sam but they promised to Patty and Penny that the girl's birth right would be safe, but Sam could never be her whitelighter again.
It was now January 1980 and it now had been three months since she had given up her fifth child and her only son.
Patty knew from the first time round it wouldn't be easy, but it would get better eventually, even if it broke her heart to know that she would never raise her babies, see any of their firsts. They would never know their older sisters and their older sisters would never get to know them.
Her two witchlighters wouldn't even know each other. She had given her baby boy to the same church that she had taken her baby girl too. With the same request to name him with P name but of course the church hadn't kept her sweet baby girl. She had been adopted to a loving couple who through Sam, Patty had only seen a brief glimpse of them.
She had wanted to give her baby boy to them as well, but her mother had insisted that they stay separate just in case their magical auras resonated with each other, and others found them. That's why they had bound their powers to keep them off the elders and demonic radars, but magic always had a way of coming back to you.
So, they would stay separated, and she would stay away from them. Sam wasn't around to even check on her baby boy this time, so she could only hope that he and his big sister would be ok.
Away from her or not they were still warren witches and warren witches were mighty.
It was this thought alone that had kept Patty going for the past three months, well, two years and five months.
It was all she could do to stay strong. To stay strong for her family, to stay strong for the greater good and to stay strong for herself.
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After coming in soaked, she had a nice hot bath and went straight to bed, reminding herself to check in on the girls in the morning.
She was thankful that her mother was willing to help her out with the girls whilst she worked although if she had her own way, her mother would never have her step foot into Buddy's again or work in general for that matter.
It only felt like minutes ago that she had got into bed and was now waking up but nevertheless she found herself slowly getting out of bed and could smell the waft of bacon and eggs. Her mother was in the kitchen cooking breakfast, and she smiled to herself. It didn't matter how old she got; her mother would always take care of her.
Patty pushed herself out of bed and put on a robe before heading out of the bedroom and into the shower. Twenty minutes later she was washed and clothed.
She had made her way to the girl's bedroom only to find their beds empty and neatly folded. She was surprised as it was only quarter 7 but Prue and Piper were early risers and perhaps Phoebe was having an off day.
She went downstairs and could hear the kitchen was in use but couldn't hear the girls making noise. She walked over to the kitchen and was startled to see that her mother wasn't standing in the kitchen, but a man was. What startled her even more was that this wasn't just any man it was her ex whitelighter and lover Sam.
A small gasp left Patty as she stood in the doorway of the kitchen, but it was audible enough to make Sam jump and turn around to see the shocked look on Patty face as if she had seen a ghost.
He however was staring into her beautiful big brown doe eyes. His breath slightly hitched as he looked at her. Taking in every feature of her face. It had nearly been a year since he had seen her.
"S-Sa-Sam" Patty said in disbelief.
"Hi Patty" He said in rather casual way as if he hadn't been gone 9 months.
"What the hell is going? What are you doing here? Where have you been? Why…." She said firing question after question but was cut off.
"Patty calm down, here I made you breakfast, have a seat" He said.
Patty was taken aback by his calmness of the situation but in that moment her stomach seemed to agree with him. So, she slowly approached the table and him and sat down in the seat he had pulled out. Sam then went to the counter and put some eggs bacon and some pancakes on a plate and put it on the table in front of her.
He brought over a second plate for himself and sat down opposite her and began eating. Although she was hungry as she didn't eat last night, she just stared at him. She couldn't believe it.
How could he be here eating in her kitchen and was just acting like it was just another normal day. Sam at some point looked up at her and realised she was staring. He smiled.
"It's not gonna kill you, you know. I'm actually quite the cook." He said with a sly smile and continued scoffing what was left on his plate.
Patty once again was surprised by his calmness but without saying a word she picked up the fork he had provided and began eating. He was right Sam was quite the cook.
By the time she had eaten the last mouthful Sam had already finished and was waiting for her to. He smiled at her and took her plate and his own and wash them up before returning to the table.
Patty was unsure of what to say. She still hadn't gotten over her initial shock and still couldn't believe Sam was standing in her kitchen.
"Now Patty, I know you must be confused and have loads of questions, but I thought it better if you ate something first." He paused for a moment and then continued "I wanna let you know what happened after the elders revoked me as your whitelighter. They gave all my charges that are in America new whitelighters and swapped some of their international charges so that way I wasn't tempted to see you, but I couldn't do my job properly Patty. I've missed you and I couldn't focus on my charges because there wasn't a day that went by when I wasn't thinking about you and if you were ok. Especially after well you know what." He let his head go down whilst telling the story, but he had looked up to see tears in her eyes. "Anyway, so I told the elders and although they weren't happy, they decided that I could pursue my heart's desire." He said and smiled before saying "You Patty, I'm allowed to be with you."
She couldn't have heard him right. There was no way he had just said that the elders we're allowing them to be together. It was impossible there had to be a catch.
"There gonna let you be my whitelighter and let us be together?" She asked in a small but clearly overwhelmed voice.
Sam gave a small sad face before saying "Not exactly."
She knew it was too good to be true "What do you mean not exactly?" She said in a clearly tense voice as if she was anticipating the worst-case scenario.
"I'm not a whitelighter anymore Patty, I clipped my wings in exchange to be with you. I'm a mortal now." He said while still smiling but it was clear that it was a very hard decision to make for himself.
Patty didn't know how to react to that statement.
It was like punch to the gut, butterflies in her stomach and her heart leaping out of her chest all at the same time. She was elated because it meant that Sam could be with her but at the same time it meant that he was no longer protected. Patty remembered how several times she had used a spell or Sam had used memory dust to make Victor forget that a demon had attacked until she finally told him the truth.
Although she loved Victor, she at one point herself wondered if she could be with him due to her magical lifestyle knowing that he might be in danger, but those thoughts went to the back of her mind as soon as their first daughter Prue came along. She went out of her way to protect Victor so she would do the same for Sam.
"Are you sure you've made the right decision that you don't want to back out because if you do, I'll understand." Patty said almost reluctantly.
"I've never been surer about anything before in my life." Sam said looking her straight in the eye with a confident voice.
Immediately Patty jumped up and kissed Sam Passionately. He was slightly surprised by the sudden action but quickly recovered and kissed her back with the same amount of passion. Patty was thrilled to be back in Sam's strong arms. She couldn't believe it, no more sneaking around she could declare her love in front of others and not through the letters.
They could be happy and free to be with one another without worrying if Sam was gonna be taken away or punished. The thought almost made her forget half of her troubles. Almost.
After what felt like an eternity Sam was back in her life. Both ended the kiss and stared into each other eyes. For moments neither spoke.
Both of them just absorbed each other's presence. It was only the front door slamming shut that brought both of them out of their daze. It was more out of habit that Patty jumped up and moved away from Sam.
Although Penny Halliwell knew about Patty and Sam and the two babies, they had produced that didn't mean she was ok with it. Patty was sure that if her mother had her own way, she wouldn't be married to anyone as well.
Penny rarely approved of anyone she dated. And although she may have approved of Sam just a tad more than Victor for being magical, she would have agreed with the elders for different reasons that they shouldn't be together.
Penny had just walked through the front and began to walk to the kitchen, but she stopped as the smell of bacon and eggs entered her nose.
No one was meant to be home it was almost 11:30 and although she doubted that a demon had entered the manor and the kitchen to make food, she wasn't about to cross it off the list. She put down the groceries bags she had been carrying as quietly as she could and creeped to the kitchen. When she poked her head around the door, she saw Patty looking slightly embarrassed. But it was Sam who caught her attention sitting down at the table looking as if he wanted to be anywhere else right about now.
"Sam? Patty what's going on?" Penny said very startled to see Sam in the kitchen.
"Mom you're not gonna to believe it but Sam and I are allowed to be together, he clipped his wings, he's mortal." She said all giddy like a child.
Penny was shocked but got over it. Her anger at Sam and her foolish daughter began to boil what was she thinking? what was he thinking? She turned to Sam.
"Are you insane? You clipped your wings for love? How are you gonna protect my daughter? Is your heart gonna make a force field when a demon attacks? Huh?" She shouted.
"Mom!" Patty exclaimed.
"Patty you're a Warren witch with Warren powers. Your children are the charmed ones. Demons are gonna come after you and your children for the rest of your lives. You can't focus your attention on protecting a man who can't protect himself more or less you. Do you hear me?" she said turning to Patty.
"Mom this man has given up his children and his job for me. I'm not about to give him up because he doesn't have powers. Weill find a way to make it work, but I will not lose him again. I love him and no one, that includes you mom, is gonna stop me from loving him." Patty said looking her mother straight in the eye.
"Patty please listen to me." Penny said with a plea in her voice.
"No Mom you listen to me, Sam is in my life now and as long as you're in it he's in yours too, so you better start learning to deal with it. Simple as, end of discussion." She said and looked at Sam and smiled.
"I love you too." He said to her and then turned to Penny. "I may not be a whitelighter anymore and don't have any powers, but I know my love is enough to jump in front of fireball that any demon could throw, and I'll always find a way to protect Patty." He said to Penny.
Penny stared at the two in disbelief it wasn't every day Patty talked back to her and Sam had said he would jump in front of a fireball if that meant protecting her. They really were in love and didn't matter what she did, she wouldn't mess with it no matter how much she didn't like it.
Penny sighed before stating "Your both gonna get yourself killed." She shook her head and walked out of the kitchen to get the groceries she had left out in the dining room. Patty smiled, her mom had barely put a fight and was going to accept Sam her mom maybe even one day would marry them. She was getting giddy again she would have to tell the girls.
Speaking of the girls where were they?
Penny came back in the kitchen with shopping bags. It was way too early for her to go to the grocery store. "Mom where are the girls?" She asked as if the argument moments before hadn't happened.
"They're at school where else would they be?" Penny replied as if the argument didn't happen either.
"School? It's only 7:30, why are they at school so early?" She asked her mom as she looked at the clock.
"What are you talking about? It's 11:30" She said looking at Patty as if she was going loopy.
"Oh, that's my fault Patty. I asked a favour from one of my ex-charges to make you sleep a little longer so I could talk to you alone and I just set your alarm a couple hours back so you wouldn't rush off to work. Don't worry they think you're sick, so you don't have to go in either." He finished with a shy smile.
Patty just smiled and once again began kissing him which he did back. Penny just scoffed and came out of the kitchen she wasn't about to watch them behave like teenagers and make out. She decided to take nice long hot bath and then maybe make a couple of potions.
The next few weeks Patty was happier than she had been in while her Sam had gone out on dates, and he even managed to get a job. The girls had taken to Sam quickly and Penny had decided to make extra potions for his sake in case a demon attacked.
Not a day went by where she didn't think about her little witchlighter's but the elders didn't even let Sam stay as a whitelighter and she knew the elders hated bending the rules, so she still wasn't sure how they would react to two other children who were half whitelighter. Patty would never forget them, and she prayed they were raised in a good home.
Patty would focus on what she had now and that's what mattered.
Happiness was a luxury in the Warren line, it tended to die quickly and in this case that meant the Warren witches too.
On February 28th, 1980, Patty had been investigating a water demon that had been killing innocents at a camp that the girls would go to.
The Demon got the better of Patty and she had died. It was a sad thought to know that Patty Halliwell wasn't destined to have happiness ever again at least alive.
She had gained a husband and lost him. She had gained a love to lose him, get him back and then die and have children for said lover and lose them. But Patty wouldn't regret it because little did, she know all of her children would be together again, her husband and lover would be back, and the Warren witches would find Happiness even if it would be a long Journey to get there.
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AN: Ok so there we have it. The first chapter of the rewrite. Let me know if you like it. Let me know if there are any mistakes. I'm trying to lessen them as much as possible.
This chapter has only been changed a tad and it was predominantly to give Patty and Sam some background. For example, Patty dies in 1978 but for obvious reasons she'll die in 1980 instead.