Rising Phoenix

[DarkPhoenix]

Desiree paced as she looked at the bags that lay atop her bed. Mrs. Diech had brought them earlier and she hadn't known what to do to them. They were her mothers and Mrs. Diech, and were to be given to her at event of her mother's death.

Three items? Two bags and a leather box, Desiree stepped forward and then she looked down at her cellphone. She had been putting this off for the whole day, it was now 9 o'clock at night. She walked over to the leather box, and paused before she opened it. When something from her dresser caught her eye, the envelope. The last words from her mother, she slowly walked over to it and picked it up.

Desiree bit her lip, "Ok Des, you can do this." she muttered to herself. "It's not like it could be anything bad." She teared open the envelope and began reading the letter.

Desiree

Honey, if you are reading this then I am dead. Wow, writing this letter was not one of the most pleasant things that I would wish to do. Now that I am dead, I am knowing you have found out about Tony Cassella and the he is your real father. I know I should have told you, but leaving him was the best decision I could make for both of us, for reasons that you will understand later.

Desiree paused trying to think of what reason why her mother would leave Tony. Was there something wrong with him? He seemed nice enough, or was he just pretending.

The man I let you believe to be your father was a good man, and he was rich. What more could I a woman ask for? Desiree smiled at that, it sounded just like something her mother would say. Tony is a good man and your father was a good man. Yes, I know I said was. If I am dead, it most likely means that your father is dead as well. And for that I can not say how sorry I am. But Tony will take care of you. I won't say protect because no daughter of mine needs protection from any man. Desiree grinned, her mother was one of a kind.

Now, I must get on to the more serious things sweetheart. Desiree frowned, her mother rarely ever used petnames for her which made Desiree think it was serious. Honey, in the three boxes I have given you tools. Tools that you must use in order to defeat your enemies. Honey, I don't want to scare you but people will be after, if I am dead that means that the people who killed me will be looking for you as well. Fight them, destroy them and kill them. Show them no mercy, because that is the only way our people understand.

Know the Sidhe as you would know yourself.

Be safe my Sidhe princess warrior.


Desiree shakily put the note down, now starting to get scared. She looked back over at the two big bags and box on her bed. Desiree sighed and walked over to them, she went over to the box first. She unlatched it and opened it. Her eyes widend at the sight she found inside.

Inside the box set a pair of Sais. The Sai was an offensive weapon that was supposedly originated in Okinawa, it shaped resembled that of a smaller trident. Said to be made from a farmer's tool.Desiree smiled as she lifted it up to get a better look at it. She had trained with them before, now she knew why her mother had wanted her too.

The Sai has a metal shaft that is about 20 inches long, but the size varies. She whirled it around a few times noticing that this was lighter than usual. But the metal it was made of seemd just as good as other she used. She put the Sai blades down and then noticed that there was something else in the box. At the bottom, she saw little chains, she lifted them up toward the light for a moment, not knowing what to make of them. She put them back and closed the box, then put it under the bed.

Desiree looked over at the other two bags, she looked inside both of them each having books inside, making her frown with dismay. She dumped the books out on her bed. She paused as she looked at one of the titles, " Incantations from the Darkness" she looked through some of the others and saw some of the same titles. She opened one of the books, and flipped through the pages of the book and her eyes widened. She dropped the book on the bed, and then she looked through some of the other books.

"What the hell?" she muttered. She glanced over at the letter that her mother had written her and then back at the books on the bed. "She couldn't have meant this...could she?" Desiree looked down at the books and then sat down on the bed and saw one that seemed to call out to her. "History of the Sidhe" she flipped to the first page and didn't see an author then to a page with text. " To first understand the Sidhe you must understand the fae..." Desiree began reading the story with little interest.

Desiree had finished the book and realized that the books were in volumes and she had read Vol.1 and Vol.2, the books had given her information on the Seelie and Unseelie Courts and different races. When she finished reading the two books, she had a sickening feeling in the pit of her stomach. "Oh god, what am I?" she said with horror.

[CharmBffy]

great update can't wait for the next one

[CanadianHalliwell]

Finally Desiree is getting to know more about her magic. Hopefully she find out more soon.

[DarkPhoenix]

Thanks for the comments, I was beginning to think nobody was reading it anymore..

I promise there will be more action and powers and the Charmed Ones are coming soon...

[CharmBffy]

alright i can't wait

[DarkPhoenix]

Phoebe smiles as she reads her column of the newspaper, she rarely ever read her own column but she really liked the advice she had given to 'Desperate in San Francisco' . She picked up her cup of coffee and took another sip, then she began skimming the rest of the newspaper for interesting articles.

"Good Morning." Piper said, as she came into the kitchen, while carrying Wyatt. Piper glances at the clock. "Aren't you going to be late for work?" She sits Wyatt in a high chair, and moves over to the refrigerator to get ingredients for a breakfast.

" I'm going to go in late." Phoebe said, putting the newspaper down and walking over to Wyatt. Thankfully, she was already dressed to go to work."How is my favorite nephew?" Chris came walking from the living room, hearing that little comment from Phoebe and rolls his eyes.

"I've been looking up the Nix demon and I think we should definitely be going after her." Chris said, sitting in a chair.

"Oh god, Chris. How about a break, we just vanquished a demon last night." Phoebe said sitting back in the chair she was in and taking a sip of her coffee. She lifted the newspaper up and begin skimming for articles again.

"I am just trying to make the world a safer place for Wyatt in the future." Chris said, glancing at his little, well older brother. Piper looked over at Chris when he said that.

" Well, is it a simple spell to cast, do we need a potion?" Piper questioned, when it came to making it safe for her children she was willing to go ahead and vanquish a couple of more demons if needed.

Phoebe shook her head and buried her head in the newspaper, at the exact same moment she recieved a premonition:

A young woman(Desiree) was being strangled from behind in a public bathroom.

Phoebe blinked a bit shaken up from the vision she just had. Piper and Chris both noticed it as well.

"What did you see?" Chris asked, not wasting anytime.

"A girl, she was being strangled in a bathroom. God, that was one of the vaguest premonitions I ever got. I don't even know where to start looking." Phoebe said, she looked at the page she was reading and the headline: Mystery house explosion still unexplained.

"How are we suppose to find her?" Piper asked. Cracking eggs into a bowl.

"Is there anything else you can remember from the vision?" Chris asked, looking at Phoebe intently.

"Well it was sunlight, which is not good. Meaning we don't have a lot of time left. But I think I know where to start looking." She hands the newspaper over to Chirs. "Hopefully, I should get a premonition off the place and it will point us in the right direction."

"Sounds like a plan." Piper said, dusting her fingers off, she walked over to Wyatt. "We will go get changed then."

"Um...I don't think you need to come along." Chris said, as he skimmed the article of the newspaper. "Phoebe and I could do this. We'll call if we need back up." Chris said, he held his hand out to her and they orbed out.

[Assassin Witch]

DP, you know I wouldn't not read this story. It's my favorite. I've just been away. So, I'm all caught up now.

The interaction between the family is always interesting to read about. I loved Desiree's phone call. And then the note from Mommy. Looks like Desiree is learning more about herself. Very interesting.

And you brought in the Charmed Ones. Yay! Question, do they know about Chris? I'm curious about what TCO have to do with Desiree. Can't wait to find out.

[CharmBffy]

musicrpgoddess said:

And you brought in the Charmed Ones. Yay! Question, do they know about Chris? I'm curious about what TCO have to do with Desiree. Can't wait to find out.

that goes for me too

[ejhoagie]

You really started this story off good! It looks like it's got a great story coming ahead. I can't wait to read it.

[CharmBffy]

yup yup

[ejhoagie]

Haven't been around for awhile, just checked in to see how your story was going. Hope you and your family are doing ok.

Am eagerly waiting for more. You have a gift for writing! PLEASE, keep going (when you can).

[CharmBffy]

ejhoagie said:

Haven't been around for awhile, just checked in to see how your story was going. Hope you and your family are doing ok.

Am eagerly waiting for more. You have a gift for writing! PLEASE, keep going (when you can).

i agree with that

[vanillabliss]

[glow=purple,2,300]ok i love this story please update! lol hope you havent abandoned it [/glow]

[DarkPhoenix]

Phoebe and Chris walked toward the debris that had once been Desiree‘s house, after Chris had orbed them to a neighboring house. “Ok, so…uh…do you have a plan?” Chris asked, as he noticed a couple of patrolmen still on the scene.

“Well, if I can find something of hers, I could take it back to the manner and scry for her.” Phoebe said, as she stopped just before the yellow tape. “Now I just have to figure out how to get past this yellow tape.”

“Excuse me, can I help you with something?” a police officer said, walking toward them from the scene.
“Just great.” Chris said, shaking his head, making Phoebe shot a glare at him before turning her attention to the police officer.

“Hi…” Phoebe suddenly had an idea. “I’m Phoebe Halliwell, I’m from the Bay Mirror. And I’m just following up on the story.” Phoebe smiled, thinking that the idea was a smart one.

“Oh right, I know you from your billboard. My wife loves your column.” the police officer frowned for a moment, “Wait you‘re a columnist right, why are you doing the reporter stuff?”

“Yeah…” Phoebe glanced at Chris, who looked away with a smile, then she looked back at the police officer. “ Sometimes the newspaper has me follow up on stories, that they can’t have their main reporters do.” Phoebe said smiling at the police officer.

“Ok,” the police officer said, buying the story Phoebe fabricated. “We have kept the perimeter sealed off from the public so as to not contaminate the crime scene. It’s still pretty messed up around here, forensics is still having trouble determining the cause, we just told most of the papers that there was an explosion caused by the gas. But forensics seems to believe that it came from the 2nd floor and that it wasn’t a bomb of any sort that they can determine.” Phoebe glanced over at Chris, who seemed to be studying the ground.
“Oh…” Phoebe trailed off as she saw something on the ground that caught her eye.

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Tony and Sara glanced at each other in confusion as the counselor and principal went through Desiree’s file. Tony had thought it would be simple to enroll her in school, everything had been going pretty smoothly until they had gotten records faxed from Desiree’s old high school.

“Is there a problem?” Tony asked, watching the counselor and principal in concern, and then looker over at Desiree, who seemed more interested in her nails. The principal and counselor both looked up at him.

“Well…” the counselor began and glanced at the principal and then the file. “Desiree academically is well above others, looking at all her credits and things it seems that she could possibly graduate early if she wanted to.”

“So there is no problem then.” Sara said, slowly as she watched the principal’s brows furrow as he read something on the file.

“There are several actually,” the principal said, glancing up at Desiree with an appraisal. The principal was actually quite attractive Desiree thought, and young. Very attractive.

“ But still… academically she is…well perfect.” The counselor remarked with a smile at Desiree and then bit her lip. “It’s just socially…” she trailed off looking at Desiree.

“Socially what?” Sara asked, looking over at Tony then at Desiree. She assumed Desiree was a nice enough girl, except for that whole police incident.

“ There are a number of incidents that are…unsettling.” the counselor tried to say nicely, but Tony frowned and looked at Desiree. He had assumed the girl would be handful the first time he met her. A picture of Desiree in handcuffs being escorted by the police flashed through his mind. “Yet oddly they are not in her permanent record file, which is very strange.”

Desiree glanced over at Sara and Tony, this would be taking a while, she had a lot of things on her permanent record. “You know, is it possible if I hit the ladies room, while you guys discuss this. I’m sure we will have time in the future to go over it again.” Desiree said, to the principal, and stood up from the chair.

“Oh…that would be good actually.” the counselor said, while patting the principal’s shoulder in a soothing gesture. “There is a map of the school just outside the door, and the bathrooms are right on there.” the counselor smiled at Desiree, as she left the room.

“Yeah, that’s not going to go well.” Desiree muttered as she closed the office door, she looked along the wall, and saw the map that the counselor had been talking about. Desiree followed the trail toward the bathroom, and made her way out of the guidance office. She glanced down at her watch that read, 8: 12. Mostly all of the students were in class, so it was pretty deserted in the hallway.

Finding the ladies bathroom, Desiree quickly made her way toward the mirror. She stared at her reflection in the mirror, she opened up her Prada bag and began making some touch-ups in the mirror. Once she finished she stared at herself in the mirror and sighed, she studied her face a little harder.

It seemed like she had a completely different life now, both her parents were dead. Well, her mother was dead and the man she believed to be her father was gone. And now she was with him and his family. Yet, for some reason that really wasn’t bugging her as much as it should. What she was most worried about right now was… “What the hell am I?” she said outloud to herself.

“A dead girl.” A voice answered behind her, Desiree turned just in time to avoid a fist coming right at her. She moved out of the way, and saw the man’s hand slam into the mirror shattering it.

Desiree stared at the man for a moment with surprise, he towered over her. He was about 6’5’, he had jet black hair that was pulled back into a bun. His skin was so pale that it looked milky white.

The man came out her again, but Desiree moved back and shot her right foot up that caught the man in the chin. “Ok buddie, I don’t know who you are. But you are two seconds away from getting an @ss whoopin’” Desiree said, while getting into a fighter’s stance.

The man blinked and looked at her for a moment, “I won’t be defeated by a half-breed like you.” the man spat out the words at Desiree. Half-breed? Desiree thought looking at the man. Maybe he knew about the Sidhe. Perhaps she could get some information out of him, while thinking of a way to get out of this.

“Wait, what do you mean by half-breed?” Desiree asked, while looking around her surroundings. She was weaponless in a girl’s bathroom. Wait, she was in the girl’s bathroom. Someone would come to help her soon.
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“So you think this is hers?” Chris asked, while watching Phoebe lean over the map of San Francisco. He studied the lip gloss, that Phoebe picked up on the scene.

“Well, I am hoping it is, I got a strong impression off of that.” Phoebe said, trying to focus on the scrying. “Got it.” Phoebe said, smiling. She looked down at the spot on the map, then looked up at Chris with a frown.

“What?” Chris asked, “Where is it?” he looked at the map.

“San Francisco High School, you know I am supposed to go there today too.” She frowned thinking.

“Coincidence.” Chris asked, raising an eyebrow.

“Come on, let’s hurry up and get there.” Phoebe stood up, and then walked over to the table and grabbed a potion before standing in front of Chris.
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“What I don’t understand is why someone would want to kill me?” Desiree asked. “I mean, I don’t even know those people and they want me dead. It makes no sense.”

“I don’t ask why, I am just following orders.” the assassin said, staring at Desiree and cracking his knuckles.

“Ok, how much are you getting paid?” Desiree asked, thinking that this mean wasn’t going to give her any real answers maybe she could buy her way out of the situation.

The man blinked at her a moment confused, “ You are offering me payment not to kill you?” Desiree nodded in agreement.

“Interesting thinking. How much would you be willing to give?” the man said, crossing his arms.

Surprised, Desiree thought a moment on how much her life was worth, and then she had to think on how much she actually had access to. Then again she could always sleep with him, Desiree let her eyes wander over his body. “How much are you getting for killing me?”

“Nothing.” he said, looking at her. “Except the respect for finishing what Gailen could not do. And no amount of your human money will stop me from killing you.” he said, a knife appeared in his hand making Desiree’s eyes grow wide.

“Where did that come from? What the…” Desiree was still in shock at how he made the blade appear in his hand. Everything she had read in those books had been true. Then all of those spells…oh god, what the hell was going on with her life.

“ Oh…this is going to be easy.” he lunged at her with the dagger in his hand, Desiree backed up against the wall and followed the knife as it came toward her. She caught his hand with the knife and pushed it away, and gave him a hard right hook knocking him back. He stood back clutching his jaw.

“Strength. Nice. But what about speed.” In a blink of an eye, his hand was wrapped around her throat and he raised the knife. Desiree saw blue light and thought another explosion was going to happen.
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Phoebe threw the potion as soon as her and Chris orbed in. It hit the demon right in the back. Phoebe and Chris stared as he let the girl fall to the ground and turn to them.

“Ok, that didn’t work.” Chris said, staring at the demon.

“I can see that.” Phoebe said, trying to think of another plan. “Let’s just try to get to the girl and get the hell out of here.”

“You think you’re witch magic will work against me?” the demon said, looking at Phoebe with a cold stare. His eyes flicked to Chris.

“Well actually I was kinda hoping it did. But there is always Plan B.” Phoebe ran at him and did a jumping thrust kick but the demon sidestepped and pushed her out of the way, she slammed against the wall, and hit it hard. She went down unconscious.

Chris saw his aunt and looked back at the guy. “You’re sidhe, right?”

The man’s head tilted to the side. “What do you know of our kind?”

“I know more than you would like. And I know I can’t vanquish you at the moment. So how about we make a deal?” Chris said, moving forward. “I…” Chris didn’t finish the sentence as the man attacked him, and sent him sailing into the wall of the stall.

Desiree slowly got up as she saw Chris go flying. “I guess it’s just me and you again.” she said, causing the assassin to turn around. A piece of the mirror glittered from the floor, suddenly they heard a bell ring over head. Making him look up and around trying to figure out where the noise was coming from.

Desiree seized the opportunity and ran at him, she slid between his legs and grabbed a piece of mirror glass that was on the floor. He twisted around to grab her, but she struck out with the piece and sliced his throat open, blood sprayed all over.
She screamed as the body fell on top of her.

[DarkPhoenix]

"Why are you questioning me like I did something wrong?" Desiree yelled at Inspector Woodward. "I was defending myself." As the paramdedics looked at her wounds, she eyed the body bag with the man inside. They had been sitting outside in the parking lot, and most of the school had seen her.

"Yes and I believe you. I just don't understand how Phoebe Halliwell and her friend got involved." Inspector Woodward said, while looking over to Phoebe, who was lying in a stretcher, right alongside Chris. Both of them were still unconscious.

"Yeah, I don't know about that. They were down before I got back up. But they must have been trying to save me, but he took them both out." Desiree said, she glanced over at Sara and Tony who were both whispering and sneaking glances at Phoebe.

Desiree was still pissed off at the fact that when she was found, it was by half the school. This was not the best first impression to make, but it would atleast make her somewhat popular already. Although being the girl covered in blood, is not the image she wanted to put out there.

"So this is the third attempt on your life, I am going to have to assign a body guard for you." Inspector Woodward said, making notes in his little book.

"A body guard?" Tony asked coming up. "Yes, that is a good idea."

"Great I'll have someone from my unit begin. Now let's go back over your-" Inspector Woodward began.

"Wait, that won't be necessary. I have someone in mind." Tony said glancing at Sara, both were thinking the same thing. They didn't want to risk exposure.

"Hold up. I don't need a bodyguard. Exhibit A." Desiree pointed at the body bag. "I can take care of myself. Trust."

"This is true. But since you are a minor you really don't have a say in the matter, your parents do." Inspector Woodward said.

"Parents? My parents are dead. What are you talking about..." she trailed off looking at Tony. "Oh...right."

[CharmBffy]

omg that was really great keep up the good work

[Assassin Witch]

FINALLY!

Glad you updated, DP! I've been waiting for awhile now. Good ending to a bad day.


I liked how Phoebe and Chris were involved a lot here. Phoebe using her fame to get her way, nicely done.

I liked the scene in the office. Great grades....bad records? lol Tony and Sara didn't seem to see that one coming.

She was going to pay (or sleep) with the assassin..nice one. She knows how to outsmart people. Go Desiree!

[DarkPhoenix]

“Dude, this so cool.” Matt came up from behind Terry, standing next to her locker. “She killed a demon. I wonder how many she killed.” he whispered to Terry.

“No, it’s not that guy was human he was sent after her.” Terry said, looking around at all of the other students making sure they didn’t hear the conversation. “She was covered in blood.”

“Yeah, and then you throw in the charmed one into the mix. This could be something big.” Matt said, this was the kinda excitement that could really call for vanquishing a couple of demons. A favorite sport of his.

“ Oh yeah that is right, Phoebe was here.” Terry thought about it a moment, while grabbing some books from her lockers. “She gets premonitions too. It might be something big.”

Matt’s eyes got wide, “You think she got a premonition and that is why she came down here. And beat up.”

“We’ll just have to wait and see.” Terry’s eyes caught the sight of a couple of cheerleaders coming down the hall toward them.

“ Hey Terry.” Stacy said, she was the captain of the cheerleading squad, and a friend of Terry’s. She looked over at Matt and smiled seductively. “Hi Matt.” Matt nodded and Stacy turned her attention back to Terry. “Yeah I was wondering, aren’t those your parents out there with the new girl?”

Terry’s eyes widened slightly, and she glanced over at Matt who tried to hide a smile. Of all the first impressions that Desiree could have made, being covered in blood was not the w
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“Yeah I’m ok. For the last time, it was just a little hit. Don’t worry.” Phoebe waved off the unwanted attention of the paramedics. Desiree sat on the end of the vehicle looking at Sara and Tony talking to Inspector Woodward. She narrowed her eyes trying to figure out what they were saying. “How are you doing?” Phoebe asked, from the stretcher, as the paramedic left.

Desiree looked back at Phoebe, “I’m good.” She turned back to look at Tony, god what the hell could they have been talking about for so long.

“So…um…do you know why that guy was trying to kill you?” Phoebe decided that she would just outright and ask to hurry and solve this problem. She glanced over to see that Chris was still lying unconscious on the stretcher, making her frown. Piper and Paige really needed to get here, she was glad they hadn’t done any blood work yet.

Desiree turned around and eyed Phoebe for a moment, “I honestly don’t know, but it’s beginning to annoy me.” Desiree eyed her fingernails, Kevin should be here any minute. This was the 3rd attempt on her life.

“This isn’t the first time?” Phoebe asked, it was definitely not a demon. Otherwise there would Perhaps she was a threat to the demon world or something. A witch perhaps.

“No, more like the third.” Desiree watched some of the student body peeking out the windows of the school. Perhaps she could work with this. People would know that she could handle herself, and was capable of murder. Murder…odd, she hadn’t felt anything about killing that man. Well that was a lie, she had felt something relief. Relief that she wouldn’t have to deal with him trying to kill him. But…she should have felt something else…some sort of emotion.

"Third attempt on your life?!" Phoebe said incredulously. "My god, you need help." The kind of help that didn't involve the police, just a nice potion. "You know...this is going to sound a little weird but my sisters and I can help you under certain circumstances." Phoebe chose her words carefully, as she looked out the back of the paramedic to make sure no one was listening to her.

Desiree turned to look at Phoebe with interest and a bit of suspicion. "What kind of help do you offer?"

"Well I--" Phoebe began but stopped when she saw Tony and Sara walking toward them.

"Hello." Tony and Sara said to Phoebe at the same time. They glanced over at Desiree then back to Phoebe.

"Hi." Phoebe smiled at them.

"Desiree, how are you feeling honey?" Sara asked, trying to smile at the girl but there was still some blood on parts of her clothes. "We should get you home and washed up. This is not how you should spend your first day of school."

Desiree nodded, and then ran her fingers through her hair, and she felt something gooey. She jerked her hands up to see them. "Oh my god, we need to get home. My hair." Desiree stared at her fingers with disgust.

[XxP3HalliwellxX]

Great story so far, keep up the great work!

[DarkPhoenix]

"So I guess I should have come with you two?" Piper asked, while driving the car. Phoebe was in the backseat with Wyatt.

"Yeah I guess." Chris said, rubbing his head. "When we get home we are going to need a stronger potion for that..." Chris paused, not sure if he should tell them what he and Phoebe encountered was a sidhe. Of course if he didn't tell them they would have no way of helping the innocent. But if he did tell them that could probably would disrupt the flow of history. Because if he could remember correctly the Sidhe resurfaced in 2012 or around that date, the charmed ones shouldn't have encountered them yet. Then again...Chris looked over at Piper. It could save their lives if they defeated one right now.

"I dont know what that thing was, but I threw one of our best potions and that thing brushed it off." She rubbed Wyatt's cheeks. "I mean...it was weird. Hopefully when we look through the book of shadows..."

"It won't be in the Book of Shadows. That...thing we went up against today is..." Chris tried to choose his words carefully. "a supernatural species that was long ago forgotten. The Sidhe. I am not exactly sure how to kill them. But the elders must know a way."

Piper and Phoebe digested this for a moment, "Ok, so we get home and call Leo." Piper said, already trying to think of a plan out of this mess.

"And the girl?" Phoebe asked, thinking about Desiree.

"Well, she took out the first guy..."

"No she didn't." Chris said quickly. "She just...pissed him off. He'll be back. You are going to have to warn her." Chris looked back at Phoebe.

"Yea, I was talking to her parents they seemed to be very calm about all of this." Phoebe said, "Desiree said this was the third attempt on her life."

Piper frowned as she turned into the driveway, "That's weird. There is more to this. You didn't happen to find out where she lives did you?"

"No but she goes to the school. But I could always scry for her again." Phoebe said, as she got out of the car. "I think I am going to scry for her though, I have a bad feeling about this."
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"This is completely crazy. This is like the third time someone has tried to kill me. What the f**k is going on?" Desiree pretty screamed as she paced back and forth in her room with her robe on. Carmine just sat and nodded.

"I know it sucks and..."

"Sucks...you don't describe what is going on right now as 'sucks'. When you get stood up on a date or something that sucks. This is...sh!t. My parents die and now I have people after me. They want me dead." Desiree said, running her fingers through her hair.

"Desiree honey calm down you are freaking out." Carmine said, trying to soothe Desiree.

"I have a right to freak out!" Desiree screamed, in frustration. Everything that could go wrong seemed to be going wrong in her life. Carmine stared at her, at a loss for words. Nothig he could say right now could probably comfort her. Desiree looked at Carmine for a moment, and a thought came to her that she had been fighting. "Carmine honey..." Desiree licked her lips. "Do you still have those mob ties?"

Carmine's eyes widened. "What?!"