A Very Charmed One

A New Life

A year has passed away since mother had died, and still getting hit from demons from all kind. Haven’t done much with anything powers were still the same, still blinking them away with my mind, still wearing the necklace my mother gave me. Learned potion making from grams here and there where we don’t kill a demon when they disappear after we send them flying.

          One day I was watching grams cook dinner and her hand was shaking as she was stirring the food around. I’ve had asked her if she were okay, she would say yes. But I wasn’t believing it. I was worried about her more and more often.

It was almost Halloween, my favorite time of year. Grams said we’re most powerful. I had gone out with some friends for a Halloween party, I was talking to a friend of mine and I moved my hand and frozen everyone. I started freaking out. I didn’t know what was going on. I moved my hand again and everyone unfroze. Then I left the party and went home. When I got home, I had told grams what had happened. She said my mother could freeze time. It was one of my mother’s favorite power.

As time went by my powers were growing, I could move things with a finger/hand, freeze time by waving both or one hand, and starting to blow things up with throwing my hands at something. That was hard to control but loved it when a demon came.

Grams was grams, getting older but moving but a little slower. But still can kick ass though. By the second year of my mother been dead, grams were getting worse and worse. One day we were cleaning up the house she came a cross our family history of witches’ men and women and their powers. Almost everyone had the same powers or different or just one or more. Some could telekinesis (move things with their mind), some could astral projection, (be in two places at once), some could molecular immobilization (freeze time or slow down time), some could molecular combustion (throwing things and blow them up), some could molecular acceleration (look at something and blow them up), some could have premonition (see the future or past), some could levitation (float/fly), some could be empathy (the ability to understand and share the feelings of others), some could psychic reflection (can activate visions in others). Only thing I have right now is telekinesis, molecular immobilization, combustion, and acceleration.

I was still looking it over when I saw the last four names started with P. Halliwell. I looked at grams all lost. She smiled at me and looked at where I was staring at.

“P. Halliwell, those would be your cousins’. Prue, Piper, Phoebe, and Paige. They are the most powerful witches of all time. Other then you of course. You’re about the same or even more powerful than them.” Grams told me.

“Have you met them?” I asked.

“I’ve met the older three, Prue, Piper, and Phoebe but not Paige. My 3rd cousin Penny Halliwell is there grandmother. I’ve talk to her a few times before she passed away, she never once said there was a 4th, but I’ve heard that their mother Patty, she had infare with her white lighter,” she left off.

“Grams, are you okay?” I asked. I looked around the room and didn’t sense or notice any danger. “Grams!” I shook her.

“I’m fine, sweetie. Its just my heart, its old like I am.” She told me.

I looked at her all heartbroken, sad. “Grams, I don’t want you to leave me. I’m not ready to do everything all on my own.”

“Sweetie, when the time comes when I do leave, you will have everything you need to know all in that attic. There’s a big book just for you, with spells and potion making, and everything.” she told me. “I’m gonna make a spell for you, to help you when I’m long gone.” She told me.

I nodded at her and looked away not wanting to think about her leaving. It was gonna be hard on me, even though I’m 18 years old.

“It’s getting late, go to bed sweetie.” She told me.

          I nodded and handed her the family tree map and headed up to my room. I put on my night clothes and laid in bed, thinking about everything. But soon after thinking of everything, I had fell asleep.

          I don’t know how many hours later, but I heard talking. But not just any talking. It was coming upstairs in the attic. I got out of bed and slowly went up there to check it out. The door was open a little bit but not enough to see anything, just her.

‘Hear me now

Hear these words

In this night and in this hour

I call upon the ancient powers

Bring me the power of a Familiar

I want the power of a Familiar

Give me the Familiar’

Grams said those words and threw something in a metal bowl and smoke went puff. Nothing had happened like I thought something would. Then I saw grams touch her chest again, I was going to go in there but didn’t when she had said something. Then someone appeared out of no where in blue pretty lights. I thought it was a demon then the person had gone to grams and helped her up.

“What are you doing, Suzan?” the guy asked her.

“Helping Heather.” She said as the guy helped her into the sofa.

“What do you mean helping Heather?” he asked her.

“For guidance, while I am gone.” She told him.

“That’s what I am here for, Suzan. I am your white lighter.”

“Leo, I know that but you’re with them and they need all your help that you can give them.” She told him.

          Leo was her white lighter? She once told me that they help a witch though their years and guild them and heal them when they are hurt or down. How am I just knowing about him till now?

“The sisters need you more, Leo. Heather is more powerful than the four of them.” She said.

‘More powerful than them!’ I mouth. I thought they heard me when Leo started walking towards the door. But all he did was shut it. I could not hear anything else after he had shut it. So, I took my butt back to my room and got back in bed. When I got back to my bed, I had a million things going through my head.

Who was Leo to grams other then her white lighter? Who was I more powerful then? Who was these sisters that Leo should stay with and not worry about me? Who? Who? Who? This Leo guy was the question? But for the time being I’m not gonna worry about it.

The next few days was somewhat normal, other then the demon attacks. Even with an energy ball or fire ball, nothing was hitting me expressly with this necklace on. I would hate if something ever happened to it. Or I lost it. Since I’ve gotten it, I’ve never token it off, not while I slept or taken a shower nothing. Wore it all times.

Grams was her same self-other than, her holding her chest. One day we were eating lunch and she taken a deep breath and held her chest. I put down my fork on my plate and looked at her. And she done the same with me.

“Grams, I’m taking you to the hospital. Every time I see you, your holding your chest and taking deep breaths. I’m not liking it so you’re going, if you like it or not.” I demanded.

“Okay, dear.” She said, all calmly. I wasn’t expecting her to be so calm, but she was. “Let me go get my wallet and keys.” She told me as she put her fork down on the plate.

          I nodded at her as I got up and grabbed mine and her plate and went into the kitchen to put them in the sink. I washed what was in the sink and put them away. When I was done, I walked back towards the stairs and seen her coming down with her purse and keys. I put my hand out for the keys and I was expecting her to not give them to me like she always does but she gave me the keys and we headed out the door.

          We got into the car and I drove us to the hospital. The hospital wasn’t far from the house, thank god, because I only have my permit. Not my full drivers’ licenses. But I was a safe driver, and if I did get pulled over, they would understand that I was taking my grandmother to the hospital.

          When we got there the parking lot was full, but I found a spot though. We went to the emergency doors and went to the front desk and told the lady that was sitting there on the phone, that I needed help fast that my grandmother was having real bad chest pain. Like as I told her that, grams said my name and fell over.

“Heat-” grams said as she passed out.

“Grams!!” I scream and ran to her.

          The lady that was on the phone got up and hit a button. There was a red light flashing in the room and an alert noise. Everyone was looking over towards us. Doctors, EMT’s and nurses were running out of doors coming our way. A nurse grabbed me to move me away from grams, so they could work on her. Two EMT’s brought over a gurney and board. The EMT’s lifted her up off the floor onto the board then the same onto the gurney.

          They wheeled her through the double doors of the emergency waiting area into a real emergency room. I went to follow and one of the nurses tried to stop me, but I pushed through her like it was nothing to get to my grams.

          All I could think about was grams dying on me. Me being all alone. No one. I lost my mother, father walked out on me. I have no one. As I watched all of them work on her, I looked up and saw a man all dressed in black, standing over behind everyone watching as well.

“No!” I screamed.

          Everyone didn’t look at me other then the guy in all black. I was so upset I froze the room, everyone was still other than him.

“A witch.” He said.

“Demon be gone.” I screamed and threw my hand at him to send him flying but it didn’t work.

“You can’t kill me, child. No one can kill me.” He told me.

“What are you.” I asked, then thought of Leo. “Leo!” I screamed.

“I’m Angel of Death.” He told me as Leo showed up.

“Angel of Death?” I asked.

          Leo looked at me then at Angel of Death. Then saw Grams.

“Suzan?” he questioned.

“Leo heal her please.” I yelled at him, through my tears.

          Leo ran over to grams and tried healing her with his hands. All I saw was a glow from his hands then nothing. She didn’t move or say anything. He looked at me and I looked at Angel of Death again and lost it. I threw my hands up at him to blow him up, but all I did was blew up the lamp beside him and the room unfroze. Leo was at my side at the exact same time grabbing my hands.

“Get them out of here!” a doctor yell at someone.

          A nurse came over towards me and Leo and told us to go outside the room. I didn’t move an inch till Leo grabbed me and moved me over to the other side of the rooms.

          I stood there watching them through the tears wishing they would bring her back to me. I needed her with me still. I wasn’t ready to be alone. The Angel of Death was still standing there watching them. Then that’s when I heard it. The end of line noise. They lost her. Then her spirt came up from her body and looked at the Angel of Death and they were gone.

“No!!!!!” I screamed then fell to my knees.

Leo grabbed me as I was falling to my knees. He helped me up and walked me over to the chairs and we sat down. It was quiet other than me sobbing into Leo’s shirt. Then I had stopped somewhat when I heard the double doors opening.

“Miss?” a doctor had said.

I looked up at the doctor and spoke. “Yes?” I said.

“I’m very sorry for you lose.” He told me.

“What had happened.” I asked.

“She had a heart attack. But I overheard you were telling a nurse that she was having real bad chest pains for a while?”

“Yes, she would take a deep breath and hold her chest.” I told him.

“Was she stressing about things or doing a lot of work or anything.”

Killing demons, that’s about it. “No, she was retired. She stayed home all the time, to take care of me since my mother had passed away 3 years ago. Other then she would go help out of retirement centers and elderly homes.” I had said. “May I see her.” I asked.

“Yes, ma’am you can go see her. Ill be back with some papers for you to sign.” He told me and walked away.

          Leo and I went back into grams room and looked at her. She was so peaceful, she looked like she was sleeping and that she would wake up any second. I grabbed her hand and held it into mine. They were cool to the touch. I started crying again.

“Why you have to leave me. Why like this.” I said at loud.

“It was her time to go. That’s why the Angel of Death was here.” Leo told me.

“I’m gonna hunt him down and kill him.”

“You can’t kill him. Trust me.”

I looked at him when he said that. “What you mean you can’t kill him?” I asked.

“Because someone I know has already tried to kill him and it got them nowhere.” He told me.

“Who?” I asked.

“One of my other charges.” He told me.

“But I’m powerful no one can stop me or hurt me.” I said as I held my necklace out to him.

“They were as powerful as you and they couldn’t even kill him.” Leo said as the doctor walked in with some papers.

“Here you go miss.” He said as he handing me some papers.

          I signed the papers of letting them have her. And handed them back to him.

“Someone will call you when she’s ready to be taken care of and how you would do everything. Do you know if she had anything a will or something?”

“No, no I don’t she stayed to her self half the time other then taking care of me.” I said.

“That’s fine we’ll figured it all out with her info we have on her. And again, I am very sorry for you lose.” He told me.

          I nodded at him and covered grams up and walked out the room with Leo behind me. We walked together all the way to the car. He stayed quiet as well. He opened the door for me and I got in the car.

“I don’t know what to do anymore. She was all I had left. My mother passed 3 years ago, father walked out the same day, I have no job, I have nothing.” I said.

“Are you okay to drive?” he asked me. “I could orb you home.”

“Yea, I think I am.” I told him.

“I’ll ride with you home to make sure.” He said as he walked around the car and got in.

          I nodded and started the car as soon as he got in the car and drove home. As I drove home, it was quiet, I didn’t say anything nor did he. I didn’t know what to say, I didn’t know who he was other then him being grams white lighter.

          When we got to the house, I parked in the drive way and turned off the car and sat there. I didn’t want to get out of the car. I didn’t even want to go into the house. I wanted to be anywhere but here. But where to go.

          I gave up and got out of the car and walked to the front door. I sat my stuff on the table next to the door and walked into the kitchen to get a glass of water. I had two cups before I said anything to Leo. It felt weird that he was here and not grams.

          When I was done, I put the glass upside down on the towel and started to head upstairs when someone knocked on the door. I looked at Leo then the door. I walked towards the door with Leo standing middle of the walk way where I could see him, and he could see out the door. When I got to the door, I opened it and saw who it was. It was some lady that had a puppy in her arms.

“Hi, did you order a puppy?” the lady asked.

“Ummm, no. But my grams might have.” I said.

“Is she here?” she asked.

“No,” I started to choke. Then I felt Leo’s hand on my back. “She passed away this morning.” I told her.

“I’m so sorry.” She told me. “But the dog is already paid for and is yours, all you have to do is sign this paper.” I nodded and signed the paper she handed me then gave it back to her. Then she handed me the puppy.

“What her name?” I asked.

“Her name is Lilly.” She said. “I’ll mail you all her paper work and info asap.” She told me then walked away.

          I shut the door and walked up the stairs with Lilly in my arms and Leo behind me. We went up to the attic. The door was wide open and its not suppose to. Grams must have left it open on an accident.

          As I walked in, I put Lilly on the floor and went over to the table where I saw she was at. There was a huge book here open to a page name the Familiars.

Familiars are enchanted creatures who follow and guide new witches to protect them while they learn the craft. After their work is done, they run away to their next charge. Familiars are naturally attuned to the seasons and phases of the moon and can be helpful in teaching the young witch a heightened awareness of his or her environment.

          Lilly must have been a familiar. This must be what grams was telling me a few nights ago, ‘Gonna find a way to help you when I’m not around.’

“Lilly, come here sweetie.” I called her.

She came running towards me in her cute puppy run. When she got to me, I picked her up and started loving on her. I looked at Leo for a second and back at her.

“Lilly is my familiar.” I told him.

“How do you know that?”

“Well one this,” I said pointing to the page. “and two I over heard her saying this spell.” I told him.

He came over and saw what I was talking about. “Did you hear anything else?” he asked me.

“Yea, you orbing into the room and talking to her.” I told him as I was looking at Lilly’s collar. There was a triquetra symbol on it, just like the book. “Father, Son and Holy Spirit.” I said softly.

“What?” Leo asked.

“This,” I said as I was holding Lilly’s collar. “It’s a triquetra, meaning; Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. I’ve seen this a few times. On the spell books that she has and in the kitchen on a few things for spells and potions.”

“Yea it is. I wasn’t expecting you to know that most witches don’t know what it means at first in their beginning years.” Leo told me. “Your very smart and fast.” He told me.

“Yea,” I said as I had put Lilly down.

Then out of nowhere a demon appeared and threw something at me. My necklace put its shield up to block whatever he had thrown at me. Once I saw what it was, I put my hand up and froze it. I meant to blow it up.

“Damnit, that wasn’t supposed to happen.” I said.

“Wait, unfreeze its head and ask him who sent him.” He told me.

“How?” I asked.

Leo came to me and grab my one hand. “Like this.”

He moved my one hand a little and I unfroze his head. Just his head. ‘Cool,’ I thought.

“What the-,” the demon said.

“I ask the questions demon.” I told him.

“You witch. I’ll never tell you anything.” He said.

“If you don’t, you will die.” I said. “Now who sent you?” I asked.

The demon didn’t say anything at all, just kept trying to move out of my power. It was kinda funny watching him trying to get out of it.

“Who sent you!” I yelled. Then saw there was some herbs on the table. I remember what they were it was to blow up stuff but to like shock them, like womb them. I picked up a pinch and threw it at him, it hurt him a little bit but done nothing. “Like I had asked, who sent you.” I asked again and grab another pinch full to be ready.

“No one, just calming my mark, you witch.” He said.

“Lier.” I said and threw it at him again. “Again, who sent you?”

“Heather maybe no one had sent him, there is demons that will just attack you out of nowhere, just to kill you to steal your powers.” Leo said.

“Is that what you want is my powers.” I said as I moved my one hand, the same way as Leo showed me how to unfreeze just the head. But he unfroze and threw a knife at me of some kind. I froze it just in time just a little bit in front of my face. Then it dropped. I went to blow him up and then he was gone.

“Damnit!” I said.

“He will be back, Heather.” Leo said.

“I will be ready for him and who ever.” I said to him.