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Post by elenarae on Apr 7, 2005 14:32:25 GMT -5
Bumping this. I reccomend to everyone to read your work! Sigh.....waiting for updates. I know, I know, we all have lives too.
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Post by alchemystik32 on Apr 10, 2005 19:23:21 GMT -5
*~ Heiress Of Magic ~*
Deadly Beauty?
By: Alchemystik32
*****
The next morning just as dawn was breaking, Eric and Cole entered their ceremonial hut. Their demeanor towards one another was correct, constrained, and totally unlike what they had shared before.
After the island's magical security was reinvoked, they sat on their packing crates and tried to find a common ground.
Eric: " Nice day. "
Cole: " Looks like it might rain. "
Eric: " Rain is good. "
Cole: " Phoebe's allergies act up when it rains. "
Eric: " Oh? "
Cole: " Yeah, she snores like a heifer in heat. "
Eric: " Hm. "
Cole: " What? "
Eric: " Just wondering how much experience you have with horny cows. "
Cole: " Stop it. "
Eric: " Stop what? "
Cole: " Trying to make me like you again. "
Eric: " You either do or you don't. "
Cole: " I don't. "
Eric: " Ok. Golf? "
Cole: " Ok. I still think you're a lying, conniving, lowlife. "
Eric: " That's ok. I think you're one of the biggest assholes I've ever met. "
Cole: " Whoa. Worse than Tempus? "
Eric: " Don't push it. Let's go. "
*****
Phoebe had been trying to entice Piper into a walk on the beach for days, but Piper, so withdrawn now wanted nothing more than her solitude. However, Paige was able to engage her interest as Piper was fascinated with every aspect of Paige's pregnancy.
" But what does it feel like? " Piper asked wide-eyed as Paige described the baby's inner gymnastics.
Paige screwed her face up and tried to explain, " It's kinda like gas..but not really. It's not painful, or unpleasant, just...different. "
" Just wait. In a few months you're going to feel like a soccer ball. " Phoebe announced, looking up from the birthing book Eric had given the expectant parents.
" I know. " Paige said with a smile, " And you really can't feel it too well from the outside yet. "
" Cole hasn't gotten to even try. Poor guy. And, poor baby. She doesn't know how excited he is to become an Uncle. " Phoebe said with a wistful look.
Piper stared at Phoebe, her eyes dark and fathomless, " He's not an Uncle. He never will be. You aren't married to him, you will never be married to him. Not while I'm alive! "
" Piper! " Paige said, sharply, " That's not nice! "
Instead of lashing out at Paige's Mom-like rebuke, Piper backed down immediately, much to Phoebe's astonishment.
What the hell? She thought to herself. Paige is treating her like a five year old, and Piper doesn't mind?! What next?
The what next, was Leo orbing into the room, out of breath. " C'mon, we have a situation on the other side of the island! We need the Power Of Three! "
The girls were on their feet immediately, Paige taking Piper's hand, so that Leo was left orbing Phoebe, much to his disappointment. He wanted to hold his wife, even if it was even briefly during an orb. As much as he loved Paige, and relished his role as father-to-be, Piper was the only woman for him. He just wished there was some way to convince her of that.
They landed within a few feet of each other on the other side of the island, and jaws dropped all around when they saw Eric caught in a net dangling from a palm tree.
" What? What happened?! " Phoebe demanded, looking from the glaring Eric, to a convulsed Cole.
" I..don't know. " Cole managed to gasp out between laughs, " We were heading to that little golf range we've been working on, when all of the sudden, * Poof *! Eric was in the net. He claims he can't orb or shimmer out, and I can't seem to cut through the mesh. "
Piper started to grin, much to Eric's discomfort. He worshipped Piper, thought of her as a tragic heroine, so beautiful, so flawed right now...like fine china with a hairline crack. One wrong move, too much pressure, and the whole would shatter. His interest in Paige was much more of the manly genre, but Piper was the epitome of grace, elegance, beauty and brains. He felt very protective of this lovely, fragile creature, and Piper had come to depend on his gentle care. Some days, only Eric could make her rest or eat.
Paige was aware of the interest, and was slightly confused by her reaction. On one hand, she and Leo had an idyllic and profound relationship, but it wasn't meant to be long term, and they were both aware of that fact.
On the other hand, Eric made Paige feel a stirring inside that she hadn't felt for a very long time. Seeing him so compassionate and caring to her elder sister made her wish he was less brotherly towards herself.
Although Phoebe had expressed surprise ay how Paige was treating Piper, Eric was well-aware that it was the right thing to do given the circumstances. Parts of Piper were missing, she was reverting to a simpler self, and the only way to handle her was to take charge in a parental way. Therefore, Piper was scolded, praised, cajoled, etc, just as one would with a child. As heartsick as it made Eric, Piper needed to feel safe and cared for; until they could figure out what was going on inside her head.
Paige laughed briefly, and then began to assess the situation. Eric was about twenty feet off the ground, looking progressively more pissed.
" Why can't you orb? " Paige called up. Eric shrug as best as he could in the tight confines of his rope prison.
" I don't know! Everytime I try, I feel weak. Nothing happens! " Eric yelled back.
Cole stopped laughing as if a switch had been flipped, " You feel weak? Like an electrical charge that's sputtering a bit? " He questioned Eric, who nodded.
" Exactly. Do you know what it is? "
Cole nodded, grimly, and waved everyone back.
" This is a nasty little toy the Source is particularly fond of. It drains magical energy. Slowly, if you're a demon, but rather fast for the good side. If you try and use magic while caught, it drains your life force, too. "
" That's cheating! Isn't that cheating?! " Phoebe said, looking incensed.
Leo gave a grim smile, echoing Eric's, " In our eyes, yes it's cheating. To the other side? It's just a tool to them. Eric, just stay as still and calm as possible. The girls will have to use a spell to get you out! "
Eric nodded, then put his head back anf closed his eyes.
" What's he doing? " Paige whispered to Leo, who whispered back...
" Trancing. Lowers his need for oxygen, slows his body functions. Might just save him. You can't heal a drained life force, it has to regenerate on it's own. "
Paige nodded, and went to huddle with her sisters.
" Ok, I don't remember a spell to release someone from a demonic device, so I guess we'll just have to wing it. "
" There's a shock. " Piper said, dryly, sounding much more like her old self. " Ok, sisters, it's rhyme time; you start, Paige "
Paige made a face, " Gee, thanks..." she said, and then held out a hand to a sister on either side of her.
"Rope And Magic Does Bind Thee,
" We're doing Shakesphere? " Phoebe asked, snidely.
" Hush. " Piper said, adding her line.
But Now Our Words Will Set You Free
Phoebe thought quickly, and then finished..
So It Is, So It Shall Be! "
*****
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Post by alchemystik32 on Apr 10, 2005 19:25:21 GMT -5
2nd half of the chapter. Wish we didn't have to break them up.
*****
The net disappeared, leaving a trancing Eric floating up in the air.
" And we get him down, how? " Phoebe asked her lover, who looked as perplexed as she did. Leo, meanwhile was grinning broadly..
" I'll do it, I've rescued some meditating Elders in my time. "
With that he orbed up, grabbed Eric and brough him safely back down to the ground. Carefully laying him on the sand, Leo looked worried.'
" What is it? " Cole barked immediately, " Is he ok? "
" Weak. " Leo said, " And no, I can't heal that. It takes time. "
" How much time? " Phoebe asked, casting a searching look around her. This part of the island wasn't as friendly looking and serene as where the cottages were. Surrounded by the thick trees, little light showed except on one small strip of sand, where a few dead fish had washed up and were beginning to rot in the sun.
Suddenly, Paradise had taken on a different look. A sinister look.
A Deadly Beauty.
" I don't know. " Leo said, " I've never come across this before. "
Cole compressed his lips in a thin line, " We'll be more vulnerable if Eric isn't at full strength when he does the protective charms. Someone stabs me, leaves us a viscious little welcome..."
His voice trailed off, and a look of comprehension entered his handsome face.
" In sports, you have to follow the rules, but if one player gets hurt, you allowed to bring in a substitute. Right? "
Leo nodded, " Right. What are you up to? "
Cole ignored the question, and began issuing orders.
" Paige, get your sisters back to my cottage, and stay together inside until one of us comes in. We will NOT knock! We will shimmer, orb, what have you. Leo help me with Eric, and then I need you to run an errand for me. "
Leo nodded and squeezed Paige's hand. He cast a longing look in Piper's direction, but she was down on her knees next to Eric, smoothing the fair hair back from his forehead.
" Let's go. " Cole said, and they obeyed without hesitation. Something in the tightness of the jaw, the whiteness of his face told them that a few clues now had answers...
And Cole was less than pleased by the outcome.
*****
After a protesting Eric was settled in bed, and given something to help him sleep, Leo was sent to San Francisco on Cole's urgent errand.
Meanwhile, the sisters listlessly paged through magazines, and cast longing glances out the window. It was another gorgeous day, and they were locked inside. Figures.
Phoebe jumped as Cole shimmered into the room, but got up as he beckoned her into the kitchen.
" What is it? " She asked, only to have Cole make a shooshing sound...
" I went back to the site where I was stabbed, and probed around the area Eric was trapped. I found a few things, and I want you to identify them for me. Please. " He placed two objects in her hand.
Something in Cole's voice made her look deeply into his eyes. She saw the love he had for her, along with sorrow.
Phoebe looked closely at the first item. A diamond cross glittered in the light, and her heart sank.
She looked at the second item and swallowed with great difficulty.
Piper's half moon gold earring. Phoebe knew the earring well, for she had purchased them for Piper last Christmas. And the cross had been a gift from Grams. Piper wore it all the time..
Phoebe looked up at Cole, her eyes swimming with tears.
" There Piper's. Both of them. "
Cole nodded, then held her close as she sobbed as if her heart would break...
*****
In the Great Room, Paige helped Piper with a crossword puzzle.
" Ok, a 5 letter word that ends with an " R ". The clue says it's a strong disagreeable emotion; A Violent Passion. Intense Resentment. "
Piper stared off into space; finally her lips curved into a half smile.
" That's easy. A-N-G-E-R. Anger. "
And something in Piper's eyes, in the tone of her voice, made all the hair on the back of Paige's neck stand up. She reached a tenative hand out to her sister, but drew back when Leo orbed in, holding the arm of a familiar and beloved figure.
" Darryl! " Paige squealed, and hurled herself into his open arms...
*****
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Post by Assassin Witch on Apr 10, 2005 20:29:47 GMT -5
Very, very interesting.
I'm glad they know Piper and Leo are meant for each other.
I'm curious about her halves and what they're up to.
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Post by elenarae on Apr 14, 2005 11:01:07 GMT -5
Update soon!
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Post by jennielouises on Apr 21, 2005 12:39:21 GMT -5
this is so good ;D
more, more, more
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Post by alchemystik32 on Apr 21, 2005 22:25:14 GMT -5
~* Heiress Of Magic *~
Blackest Night
By: Alchemystik32
*****
Phoebe sank down wearily onto the sand and rubbed her tired eyes. It was now after midnight, and although they had been searching for hours, there was still no sign of Piper. The forest, menacing even in the daylight, had proven almost impenetrable in the black of night. Eric and Leo had combined their whitelighter ability to provide better light than the flashlights they had been using, but it still wasn't enough. Wherever Piper was, she was well hidden.
Phoebe jumped as a hand touched her shoulder, and she looked up into Leo's tortured face. That he was suffering untold agony was very apparent, and Phoebe felt ashamed of her earlier implacable stance. For it was all too obvious that Leo adored his wife, and wanted nothing more than to share his life with her. The bond forged between him and Paige was beyond normal understanding, and was beautiful to behold. Neither one of them had hesitated to fulfill the obligation set before them, banishing whatever personal biases they had. That they had found a special kind of love was no one's fault; indeed, it boded well for the nuturing of the future heiress.
" How are you holding up? " Leo asked Phoebe, quietly.
She shrugged her shoulders, then clasped his hand, " I'm ok. I should be the one asking you that question. I'm so sorry. "
Leo understood the reasoning behind the unexpected apology, and squeezed Phoebe's hand, " It's no big deal. Paige and I still don't understand what happened, but it doesn't matter. Not now. All that matters is that we find Piper, and quickly. In her disturbed state, anything can happen. "
Phoebe nodded grimly, " I know. Cole and Eric are pretty sure we're not alone here, and I think Cole knows a little bit more than he's sharing with us. Eric, too. "
Just then, Eric appeared in the circle of light cast by the bonfire, an exhausted Paige leaning on his arm.
" Leo, talk to your stubborn wench. There is absolutely no reason she needs to go tromping through the underbrush. Us men type folk can handle that. "
Paige glared and elbowed Eric sharply in the ribs.
" Ow! Hey! " Eric yelped, rubbing his side, " What was that for? "
Phoebe giggled tiredly, and reached up to draw Paige down beside her in the sand, " Just a natural female reaction to a male chauvinist pig. "
" The baby made me do it. " Paige quipped, and then leaned her head on her older sister's shoulder.
Leo grinned, and sat down next to Paige, rubbing her back gently.
" I hate to say it, and I know I'm within poking range, but Eric is right, hon. Not that you can't keep up, but you need to think of the baby right now. She's got to be pretty upset with all the tension. "
Paige nodded, rubbing the bump on her belly " She is; Very upset. "
" Then you need to take it easy for awhile. " Leo told her, and Paige reluctantly agreed.
" I just wish there was some magical way of finding her. "
Phoebe's drooping eyelids snapped open, " Wait a minute! We've got a lost witch! Let's call for her! "
" Perfect! " Paige agreed, enthusiastically, " Let's get the Book! "
" I know where it is. " Leo offered, " After all I'm the one who packed it. "
As Leo headed towards the cottage, Eric chuckled, " Have Book, will travel, huh? "
" Yep. " Paige told him with a grin, " The Power Of Three would never go anywhere for any length of time without the Book Of Shadows. It's our lifeline. "
Phoebe agreed, and then looked up as Cole shimmered next to them, struggling to hold up an injured Darryl.
" What happened? " Eric asked, leaping into action. He lowered Darryl to the sand and immediately began healing the wound to his forehead.
" When Cole didn't answer, he looked up, only to see an exchange of looks between Phoebe and Cole. Whatever had happened, it had to be pretty bad, as the two sisters were now holding each other crying softly.
Leo came back just then holding the Book Of Shadows. Seeing the distraught sisters, he felt his heart sink..
" Is it...Piper? Did she do this? " Leo asked, reading the answer in Cole'
s miserable expression even before he nodded.
Darryl's eyes fluttered open, and he groaned softly as Eric helped him sit up. As Leo began to question Cole about Piper's attack on him, Darryl held up his hand.
" It was someone who looked like Piper, but it wasn't Piper. "
" What does that mean? " Phoebe asked, perplexed, " Was it a mask, or someone pretending to be Piper to try and fool you? "
Darryl shook his head, " No, it looked just like her, except...it wasn't OUR Piper. I mean, Piper ran off wearing jeans and a tank top. This Piper had on a red dress, and the other one had on Black. I could've sworn I saw one wearing green, too. "
" Red? Green? " Paige asked, looking confused, " There was more than one Piper? "
Darryl nodded, and then stood up with Eric's help, " Yeah. There were three Piper's. One was crying as if her heart was breaking, and the other one just glared at me. The one that struck me was just super pissed off. "
" Did you see them, too? " Eric asked Cole, who shook his head in the negative.
" No, we split up around the cabin, trying to cover more territory. I came running when I heard the commotion, and Darryl's yell. He was on the ground and no one was around when I got to him. "
Eric and Cole began a debate about what it was Darryl could have seen, when Phoebe interjected.
" Wait a minute! Three copies of Piper, one sad, one angry...I'm going to bet the one in green was suppose to be Envy..."
" Where are you going with this? " Paige asked, but Phoebe just grabbed the Book of Shadows, and began to frantically page through it..
" Here it is! " Phoebe crowed, triumphantly, " The 7 Deadly Sins! "
" Of course! " Leo and Eric said in unison, while Cole looked grim.
" You lost me. " Paige said, still looking confused, " What do those have to do with Piper? "
" It was before your time, sweetie. " Phoebe said, and went on to explain how the sins were released a few years ago, wrecking havoc in the city.
" So does that mean someone did this deliberately to Piper? " Paige asked, and Cole picked up the explanation.
" Possibly, but Piper was already very vulnerable to any and all malevolent influences. She was grieving, not in her right mind. She had a break down, literally, and parts of her took on a life of their own. Because they're a part of her, they look like her. There's only one problem..."
Cole looked at Eric, who nodded, " Right. I figured that part out, too. "
" Will you people talk in English, please?! " Darryl said, exasperated, " Not all of us here are magical, you know. "
" Sorry. " Eric said with a grin, and continued, " Like Cole said, Piper was grieving and had a breakdown. She literally shed pieces of anger, grief, etc...Witches react to stress a bit differently than regular people. The problem is, there's no reason for these pieces of Piper to become violent. Theres no precedence for that. Which means that someone has been controlling those lost pieces. Someone very powerful and very clever. "
" And, we have a pretty good idea who it is. " Cole finished, but refused to say anymore, " Not right now, Eric and I have to do a bit more digging. The important thing is to find Piper before anymore sins get loose. "
" Those pieces could've killed you guys, yet all they did was injure. Why? " Paige asked, as Cole and Eric exchanged another knowing glance. Eric finished explaining.
" This person doesn't want us dead. This person wants us scared, confused, demoralized and open to a deal which will probably be presented to us fairly soon. We were being toyed with. A sick little game, if you will. We need to find Piper, and we need to banish those pieces, bring her some closure. She's not going to take her place in this world again until we do. "
" Ok. " Phoebe said, opening the page to the " To Call A Lost Witch Spell. " She and Paige joined hands, and sprinkled the sacred herbs Leo had brough them into the bonfire...
" Power Of The Witches Rise, Course Unseen Across The Skies.
Show Us Where Our Sister Lay, Show Us Now, With No Delay. "
The fire shot up, and then died back down. Suddenly, a hole opened in the flames and they could see the figure of their missing Piper curled up on the ground by the edge of the forest.
" Does that look familiar? " Phoebe asked Cole.
" I think so. I'll take Darryl and Leo, Eric needs to stay here and rest, he's still not 100%. "
Cole ignored Eric's furious protests, and shimmered away as Leo latched onto Darryl and followed.
" Asshole. " Eric muttered, and grinned sheepishly as Phoebe and Paige both giggled.
" Well, he is! "
" I'm not arguing. " Phoebe told him, " But it's nice to see you two getting along again. "
Eric nodded; " Yeah, he took it harder than I thought he would. "
" That just goes to show you how important you are to him. " Paige said, and Phoebe giggled again at the look of adoration on Eric's face. It was plain to see that he was indeed quite smitten by her little sister. What a perfect match! Phoebe thought to herself, Two whitelighters!
She was jerked from her line of thought by Leo orbing in, holding an unconscious Piper in his arms. He was closely followed by Cole with Darryl.
" Let's get her to her room. " Eric said, " I'll examine her there. "
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Post by TheOracle on Apr 22, 2005 15:52:15 GMT -5
Very good update ;D
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Post by Assassin Witch on Apr 22, 2005 16:23:49 GMT -5
Piper's multiplying more. That would make a sweet ep. We all love her so much, anywayz.
I wonder what those guy are hiding! Hmm..looks like we gots to wait longer.
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Post by Wicca on May 1, 2005 10:46:16 GMT -5
I can't wait until you update this! You're such a talented writer Alexis!
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Post by pellka1058 on May 22, 2005 6:28:00 GMT -5
Hope you write more soon, have enjoyed this fan fiction.
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Post by Wicca on May 22, 2005 8:45:02 GMT -5
More updates of this fan fiction can be found at Charmed's Designation. Just click on my sig, and check out the Fan Fiction forum.
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