Chrissy.W.x wrote:I'm sorry that I couldn't update sooner. This has two reasons which I'll PM you in case I get this update finished on time, if Not I'll PM tomorrow... But I still belive we can get this done until Friday... We will just have to work real hard...*lol*

Oh and I do love your update!

Chrissy.W.x wrote:Meanwhile in the future...
"Ok..." the old Chris then said separating from his girls and looking around with a sigh. "Let's get some order in this chaos." Then he turned to Prisca with a smile: "First, lift the glamour spell, please..."
"What glamour spell?" the young with-Elder asked innocently, while the twin paled visibly looking at the younger Chris.
But the older Chris addressed his daughters before anyone else could say something: "Or did you think I wouldn't know what you tell to my younger version?" Now the twins blushed.
Prisca meanwhile shrugged and muttered: "What a waste of time and power." And the next second the colorful streaks in the girls' hair were visible for everyone again.
Bianca stepped behind the two girls, grabbing them by the shoulders and said: "Not that bad actually... I think we'll let you get away with it... THIS time..."
The younger Chris watched amused as the twin became smaller and smaller, but also showed signs of being relieved that Bianca wasn’t going to rip them in pieces. He really would have a lot of fun with those two... And somehow he wondered if he maybe should warn Bianca about that tattoo... But then again he might spoil all the fun with that. Then he noticed that his older version was looking at him with a huge smile on his face, who probably knew exactly what he was thinking about. He couldn't help it and smiled back at him.
"Alright," Michael's words pulled both Chrises out of their silent conversation, "can anyone of you bring me and Julia back home?"
"But I don't want to go home, Dad!" the young woman complained.
"I won't argue with you, young lady!" Michael replied.
"But Michael," Wyatt tried, "why can't you see that we love each other, why can't you just allow us some happiness?"
"Ok... That's enough... both of you!" the older Chris interrupted them. "I really don't want this evening to end in a fight, not today!" he said looking again at his younger version. Then he said to him: "Can you orb them home, please?"
The younger Chris nodded and went over to take Michaels hand, then he looked at Julia. The girl rolled her yes and then reluctantly took his head. Chris than turned first to his older version and then to Wyatt saying: "When I'm back I want an explanation." Then turning to Michael he said: "The same house since 23 years ago?" And when the man nodded the three orbed away.
Bianca then turned to her daughters and Prisca: "You three now go up and take care of your homework until dinner is ready..." All three nodded and after one last look to a not really happy looking Wyatt, they hurriedly left the room.
"Why?" the twice blessed asked his older brother. "Why the * are you always telling me that you support me and Julia and as soon as Michael is there you side with him????"
"Wyatt..." Bianca started.
But Chris stopped her with a move of his hand. He went over to sit down on the sofa. He patted the space besides him but Wyatt didn't want to sit. So he tried to explain: "I can't really tell you why I do it, but believe me, there is a reason for all of this. This the day you had been in the past and told me about her, I knew you would fall for each other. And I do also know that this will work out itself in no time. And I do not side with Michael, not on this topic at least. I just try to keep the conflicts at bay to not make things worse."
Wyatt just sneered at that: "Oh that's really nice of you..." Then he orbed away.
Chris followed the orb lights with his eyes letting out a sigh. Then he rubbed his hands over his face, suddenly looking completely exhausted.
Bianca slowly went over to him, sat down by his side and put her arms around him. Chris in turn pulled her close into his arms, inhaling her scent. Then she asked: "Maybe you should just tell him?"
But Chris shook his head: "No I can't... Finding out about something liken this... that's very special. It was for me, too. I can't take that away from him by spilling the surprise... And I know he'll understand when the time comes..."
"Which will be soon... right?"
Now Chris grinned saying: "Oh yeah..."

Still in the future...
Chris orbed with Michael and Julia to their home. As soon as they had taken solid form again completely the girl disappeared up the stairs, followed by the sound of a door slammed shut.
Chris sighed then he looked at his aged friend: "What happened?"
"What do you mean?" Michael asked confused.
"Between us I mean... There must be a reason that you are so much against this relationship."
The man sighed at this and went over to the living room to sit down. Chris followed him but kept standing, feeling a little uneasy. "It's nothing that happened Chris. I like Wyatt, really I do... And you are and ever will be my best friend. But... First of all Wyatt is seven years older than her, Chris... seven years! And he's the twice blessed. He'll always live a dangerous life. And it is one thing to be a friend of a witch and see him now and then, than to share your hole life with a witch 24 hours a day..." The man sighed again the asked: "Is that so hard to understand?"
Chris shook his head, finally deciding to sit down. "No, it isn't," he said.
"See... You understand that same as your older version."
This statement made Chris smile, but still: "Still there is a but..."
"What but?"
"BUT... I doubt your worries will stop them."
Michael now sighed again: "I know... still I can try, can't I."
Chris nodded: "Yeah you can, but make sure you don't try to hard or you might lose her anyway." His friend looked at him, then he nodded. "Plus," Chris went on, "that thing with the age difference seems to run in the family. look at me, Bianca is 5 years older than me... And Dad... Well Dad was born in (Please tell me a year, because I've no idea when Leo was born)... so technically he's so much older than my mom that I don’t even want to think about that." At this Michael finally had to laugh and Chris joined him, happy that he could lighten his friend's mood.
"Oh Christopher, I didn't know you would visit," Angela's voice was suddenly heard as she walked into the living room.
Michael giggled as he went over to the older looking Angela, to hug her and give her a kiss. Then he explained: "Honey, you won’t believe it, but that's Chris, from the past... Christopher messed up a spell..."
"Oh," Angela said looking at Chris confused. Then she smiled and give him a hug, saying: "I don't know how that's possible, but I'm glad to see you... Through you make me look even older than I am..."
"Oh no, you don't," Chris said, "actually you look great!"
The woman blushed at this and muttered a thank you. Then she asked Chris if he wanted to stay for dinner. But Chris couldn’t, even if he'd liked to stay. "I promised Piper to help her with dinner tonight," he explained, "since see wants the whole family to be there, because of me, I guess..."
"Oh my God," Angela chuckled, and Michael joined her, "the poor woman... That will be a * lot of work."
Chris nodded: "Yeah it seems the Halliwell clan has grown quite a lot..."
Then they all hugged again to say goodbye. "Send your daughter some greetings from me," Chris finally said and then orbed back to the manor.

Back in our time...
Christopher looked at the three Elders in turn. he was sure, Odin didn't believe him, through he had said the truth. But different than Elenia, he knew that he was from the future, so he surely suspected that Chris new more about those yellow glowing eyes, then he admitted.
Elenia meanwhile had began to pace nervously. She was more than worried about her son's behaviour. Those mood swings, he had lately, worried her. And his obsession with his father's clan. Sure they had attacked. But the more time passed without them showing up, the more it seemed that it was just a coincidence, that it had nothing to do at all, with the fact that one of them was Steve's father. maybe the Ashon didn't even know that Steve existed at all... Well, apart from the fact that her son was haunting down those demons like animals. Something was wrong with him, but she didn't know what to do...
"Ok... I guess we..." Odin began to speak again but stopped when he saw Christopher wince. "What?"
"Bianca is calling... I have to go to attend the family dinner..." the young witch-Elder said paling slightly.
Odin nodded: "Ok... then go, but stick to the plan. Silas, Elenia and me will go to ask the Oracle about Steve. And later we can discuss this again."
Christopher reluctantly agreed, and then remarked: "But don't forget to jingle me later."
"We won't," Silas assured him.
The young man nodded and orbed back home, not knowing that his partners in crime won't save them. They will forget jingling him because they will be too much occupied by what the Oracle will have to say to them.


Ok... that's it for today... I'll leave it here, because I want to PM you Jen. Plus... I have only 30 minutes left anyway...

By the way... *grinning* 10-15 pages left... only... Yeah I think we will get this done until Friday October 31st 23:59, your hometime... *lol*

Kirianna Ledräen wrote:Well, I hope you have lots of ideas. 'Cause my idea well is almost dry right now. lol And I hope you're right about being able to finish by Friday... I just think that would be really cool!

Oh, and I love your update, too! Hope you like this one!

Kirianna Ledräen wrote: - Nicki was pacing around the library, feeling impatient. She wanted to go and see Steve right now. She didn't want to wait. She looked at her watch again. Still an hour and twenty-five minutes left. She thought, feeling that even the two minutes since she had last checked her watch had taken forever. Phoebe, Tom and Veronica where all still reading the description in the book Veronica had just found. But Nicki was too excited, she couldn't sit still. The thought that Steve had a surprise for her, made her giddy. And that was all she could think about, being with him.
- Phoebe looked over at Nicki, feeling the young woman's excitement. It was distracting her. And I thought I had this power under control. She thought, sardonically. She watched Nicki pace a few more times before finally saying something.
- "Nicki, honey, how about you go and get ready for your date? Getting ready will help the time go by faster." Phoebe said, sympathetically, knowing how the girl was feeling, and wishing she had a date with Cole to get ready for. A little bout of jealousy hit her then, as she remembered that Paige also had a date tonight.
- "Are you sure? I mean, don't you still need help?" Nicki asked, joy bubbling up inside her, making her feel a little ashamed for bailing on Phoebe.
- "It's fine. I can take it from here. Please, go. All of you." She said, shooing all three of them away. And hoping for a little quiet to finish her research.
- "Well, if you really don't need us..." Nicki began.
- "You heard the Lady, let's go!" Tom said, taking Nicki's arm in his, while Veronica took his other one, a big smile on his face. He lead the girls out of the library, and down the hall toward Nicki's room. "Well, so much for preparing class." He said.
- "Like you really wanted to anyway." Veronica said, teasing. "At least it doesn't have to be done until next week."
- "Good thing. ‘Cause I have a feeling we'll keep getting sidetracked with all this Charmed stuff." Tom said, mock-seriously. Veronica slapped him in the arm.
- "Don't joke about that! You never know, it might happen." She said, annoyed, more than anything.
- "It has before." Veronica just looked at him then, halting them. Nicki got jolted in the process, since she hadn't been paying attention.
- "Huh? What?" She said, confused. Tom and Veronica couldn't help but chuckle. Veronica reached over and took Nicki's hand.
- "It's okay, Sweetie. Don't worry about it. So, do you have any idea what you are going to wear tonight?" Veronica asked. Tom made a face at the mention of clothes.
- "And that's my cue to leave." He said, pulling away from the girls.
- "But you have to shimmer me to the park later!" Nicki half pleaded, half whined.
- "I will. I'll be in one of the classrooms working. You'll know where to find me." He said, then he leaned in and kissed Veronica on the forehead. "See you later Sweetheart." The girls watched him go for a minute before getting back to business.
- "So, how about that new wool poncho you just bought? It's supposed to get cool tonight." Veronica suggested as they rounded a corner. Nicki smiled, she'd bought that poncho only last week, and Steve had never seen it. Somehow, she knew tonight was going to be a night she would never forget...

- Apparently that bookcase falling over had been a godsend to Paige. It had been just the thing to snap her out of her reveries, lighting a fire under her. She looked at her ever decreasing pile of papers, and realized she only had about a dozen left. That made her smile. She was finally coming to the end. Putting her pen down, she picked up her phone and made a quick call.
- "Kyle Turner." Came the voice from the other end of the line.
- "Hi Sweety." Paige said, smiling even wider at the sound of his sweet voice.
- "Don't tell me, you have so much work, you don't think you'll be home at all tonight?" Kyle joked, a small part of him hoping his joke was wrong. Paige laughed.
- "Actually, I should be home in about half an hour. I'm almost done." She reassured him. There was an audible sigh from his end.
- "Well, that's a relief! I thought for a second there, I'd have to give our food to that hungry pack of wolves in the dining room." Kyle had lowered his voice, obviously so those ‘wolves' wouldn't hear him.
- "Oh, is Chris starving again? He's always hungry, it seems." She said, laughing.
- "Actually, Chris isn't here yet. Bianca's been calling him for five minutes." He explained. Paige thought that was strange. Usually when Bianca called, Chris was there in seconds. She hoped nothing bad had happened to him. "Oh, forget that, he just orbed in."
- "Well that's a relief. For a second there I thought something might have happened to him." She said, sighing. Not sure she wanted another romantic evening ruined by the whole Charmed thing.
- "I don't want to worry you, but Piper and Bianca think Chris is acting strange. But I'm sure they have it under control. So when you get home, it's just you and me, and a nice, romantic moonlit dinner." He said, trying to entice her. It worked.
- "Wow! I can't wait! But I have to finish up here first. So I'll see you soon then, Sweetie?" Paige said, the large smile back on her face.
- "See you soon, honey." Kyle said, then hung up. Paige put her phone away, then picked up her pen. Her first thought went to Chris. She hoped whatever was going on with him that Piper and Bianca would surely have a handle on it. Her eyes then drifted to the bookcase. It was back in its place, the books all picked up, courtesy of her favorite spell. Without wasting a single second more, Paige turned her focus back to her papers.

Chrissy.W.x wrote:"Hey honey," Christopher immediately greeted Bianca, walking over to her to give her a hug. he had decided while orbing to the dining room that it might be the best to take the initiative to do so before she could try to kiss him.
Bianca through felt weird about his actions. First they had been fighting early and now he was acting like nothing had happened. She frowned therefore when he pulled back and locked at her.
Christopher sighed when he saw the look on herb face. So he took her hands, looked at her and said: "I'm sorry for what happened earlier. I really didn't mean to... you know?"
The Phoenix still had a feeling of wrongness when she looked at her husband, but somehow she could see in his eyes that he really meant his words. So she let it go, for that moment at least. She didn't want them to fight during dinner.
Christopher then turned away from her, still afraid that she would jump him any minute, and looked out for his nice. "Where is my little cutie?" he said as he approached the playpen. He knelt down by it side and caressed hopes cheek. "How was your day? Missed me?" he asked smiling. The little girl giggled. But Christopher suddenly turned serious and whispered to the little girl: "I'm sorry that I had no time to play with you today... but I promise we'll play more as soon as daddy has time, ok?" Again the little girl giggled making Christopher smile again. Then he turned to... himself? Oh that was weird. He ruffled through the hair of his own mini-version and said: "Hey champ, did you have a nice day too?"
Bianca and also Piper, who just entered from the kitchen that moment with a bowl full of noddles, observed him frowning a little. there was definitely something off with him. But both women weren't able to put a finger on it. it was just something that didn't fit to the picture but neither of them could say what it was.
Cole and Leo meanwhile sat already at the table, both entertaining Wyatt who sat in between the two adults.
"You are late, where have you been? Dinner almost got cold." Piper asked then, making the other two men look up. Especially Cole eyed his nephew with a look full of suspicion, but he couldn't see any strange things in Chris' behavior when hen slightly winced at Piper's words.
"Well," Christopher began to apologize hesitatingly. "I was up there. We had something to discuss about Steve. His mom is a little worried about him."
"Oh..." was all the charmed one said to this. But then changed her mind and added: "Well I'd be worried, too, if you would get so * bound on something."
"Poor Nicki," Bianca muttered with a side look to Chris who didn't notice it.
Christopher then sat down besides Bianca. And after looking around he asked: "Where is the rest?"
"Phoebe is probably still searching for that symbol... you know the tattoo she saw on that new senator..." Cole explained. "I tried to call her, but she must have switched her cell phone off."
"And Paige is still at the school," Piper then said, "but she has her own dinner today, anyway. Kyle is in the kitchen preparing something for later."
Chris just nodded at this, wondering if he had already moved into the manor or not. He had to be careful when he talked to him or Paige.
The dinner went on in silence. Of course everyone remarked that the meal was delicious as always and of course Wyatt had to start eating his noddles with his hands instead with the fork. But else everyone was silent, buy with their own thoughts.
"Oh, Chris I forgot..." Piper then remembered, "the restaurant called earlier. They said they had some problems with a supply. They received only second best quality. Could you maybe call the supplier tomorrow?"
Christopher looked at her then nodded: "Sure." Luckily he had already sometimes helped out in the restaurant and knew what he had to do. Through he would have to find out if they already got the stuff from the same company. But he was sure, knowing how Chris organised things, that he would find that one out easily.
Cole then looked at little uneasy at Piper who nodded slightly. The two witches had talked before Chris arrived. They had some questions and remarks prepared to prove that something of of with Chris but so far there was nothing unusual, except maybe his silence. Not that Chris was the entertainer at the table, but he usually wasn't THAT calm.
But now it was his turn: "Will you train later, because I'd like to assist again. It was fun to throw Piper's good china through the room, you know...?"
Christopher looked at his uncle as if he had grown a second had. 'What the * is he talking about?' he thought. "Well..." he stumbled, "I don't know... I... actually I..."
"Oh come on," Piper said, "I love to train with you, this might be my only chance to teach you something since you already know more about magic then I do... And you know if you can't freeze the plates then I'll do it before they hit the wall... "
"Ok... if you insist," he replied . And slowly, oh so slowly the pieces of the puzzle clicked into place. Chris had to be new to his freezing power in this time... And he trained this power together with their mom, of course... Just... HE, Christopher, hadn't inherit that power, at least not yet. 'Oh God...' he thought, 'if I have to train with her later than I'm screwed.' And he looked up at the ceiling praying that Odin or Silas would jingle him on time...

Chrissy.W.x wrote:I know I shouldn't quote myself, but since I know you have no idea for that scene, I know you don't mind...

Chrissy.W.x wrote:When Odin slowly opened the door, the room that lay behind was dark. Frowning he stepped inside, followed by Silas and a little hesitating Elenia. "Why is it so dark?" she whispered through she wasn't really sure why.
Odin shrugged and then called: "Oracle???"
A moment later a blinding light filled the room, the round sphere in the middle of the room seemed to grow in it's brightness and then the Oracle's high voice was heard, through it sounded a little sleepy: "Uuaaah... Who dares to wake me?"
Elenia looked slightly worried while Silas, who had a little more experience with that shining ball then her, grinned. But Odin had just raised an eyebrow and now answered: "It was me and I'm here because I need your advice... well actually we need it."
"Me?" The oracle asked, and a chuckling sound was heard. "Who is me?"
The Elder sighed heavily then said: "Odin, my name is Odin..."
"Ahhhhh..." the Oracle said and it was as if it's light was pulsing for a moment, almost as if it was happy to see the other Elder. Then the voice said: "So, Odin, how can I be of service?"
"Well, me and my friends Silas and Elenia have a question concerning Elenia's son."
"Ahhh... Steve, such a fine young man," the Oracle interrupted him.
"Yeah, well... what we wanted to ask..." Silas tried.
But the Oracle interrupted him: "I suggest you wait until it's your time to speak young Elder, Odin here came first..."
Elenia had a hard time to not roll her eyes at this. She had been a couple of times in this room, and every time she couldn't help thinking that the oracle was acting like a small kid.
Odin just looked at Silas who shrugged, then turned to the Oracle and said: "We are worried about him. He's obsessed, he's * bound on destroying the Ashon. And Elenia and Chris saw his eyes flash yellow for a moment. We have the hope that maybe you can enlight us on what's going on with him. If you know something, please tell us so that we can help him."
"Oh yeah Elenia saw his eyes, but Chris doesn't..."
"No... Chris said he..." Elenia said frowning.
"No he didn't..."
"Well... can you tell us something about Steve?" Silas asked with a look to Odin, before the Oracle could spoil Christopher's secret. Because of course the Oracle knew that Christopher was there at that time and not Chris.
"Hmmm... it's difficult to tell what's going on with that boy."
"Yeah, we know that," Odin said getting impatient.
"His future is not clear... it's hard to tell where fate will lead him," the Oracle went on. Then without warning the shining sphere started to vibrate, to shake...
"What does that mean?" Elenia asked since he had never seen such a reaction before.
"Nothing good," Odin said as he and Silas looked around, worried that someone else might notice this.
"The last time we got such an reaction was when we asked the Oracle about Rhashirk," Steve then explained while Elenia's eyes grew wide with worry.
But Odin rose to speak and added: "No, the last time it reacted like this was when he asked it about Chris!"
Silas then nodded. "Right, I forgot about that..."
"So what does it mean?" Elenia asked still worried, through not as much as she had been before when Silas had mentioned the name of the fallen Elder who had turned into a demon and had tried to kill them all...
"I guess it just means," Odin explained while the Oracle calmed down, "that the oracle doesn't know what's going on itself..."
"Oh I know what is going on," the voice of the Oracle said, "I just can't voice it, through I want to... it's just not possible to tell you, that's it..."
"Then what can you tell us?" Elenia asked.
"Aboutn your son Steve?"
"Yes," Silas pressed through his teeth, getting slightly angry by now, "You remember we asked about him?"
"Oh... Calm down Silas, being angry doesn't suit you well..."
"Oracle!" Elenia said, and when she and the shining ball's attention she added, "please..."
The Oracle chuckled again: "Well..."

- In the past half hour since dinner had begun, Christopher felt like he'd spent more time dodging questions than eating. It was rather obvious that Bianca, Piper and Cole suspected something was off. He just hoped they didn't realize what. What's taking them so long? He asked himself, wondering what Silas and Odin were doing that was preventing them from calling him. They should have summoned him by now. The fact that they hadn't was starting to worry him. And he didn't know what worried him more. That Bianca, Piper and Cole might figure him out, or what the Elders were going to find out about Steve from the Oracle.

- Blue-white lights appeared in the foyer and formed into Paige. She looked around the room, checking for Kyle, and heard voices coming from the dining room. She walked over slowly peaking around the corner. Few! No Kyle. She thought as she noticed who was there. As long as Kyle didn't see her, she would be able to pull off her stunning little surprise.
- "Aun..." Chris(topher) started when he saw Paige, but was cut off by a quick "shh!" from her. He quickly snapped his mouth shut, surprised. The others at the table turned to see Paige lurking in the doorway.
- "Pai..." Piper started, but like her son, was quickly cut off.
- "Not so loud!" Paige whispered harshly, looking around again. They were all looking at her as if she'd gone mad.
- "What's going on?" Leo whispered back, humoring her.
- "Where's Kyle?" She asked quietly, still looking around.
- "In the kitchen." Piper said, whispering this time. Paige visibly relaxed when she heard this. "What's going on?" Piper echoed Leo.
- "Nothing. I just want to surprise him. Have time to get ready and all. I'll be down in twenty minutes. Don't tell him I'm here." She explained in a low tone, than disappeared up the stairs, leaving everyone in the dining room flabbergasted. She entered her room and went straight to her closet, carefully pulling out her new dress. She laid it on the bed, and returned to her closet to find the matching shoes. Once she had those laid out, she went to the bathroom and turned on the water for her shower. As the water was warming up, she tied up her hair, knowing she wouldn't have enough time to wash it and still be ready in twenty. Looking at her reflection in the mirror, she also decided not to wash her face. She could just touch up her makeup, since what she'd put on this morning was easily convertible to nighttime wear. By that time her shower was to her liking and she jumped in.

- The hot shower felt wonderful against her skin, making her whole body relax. She felt much calmer now, much better. She'd spent the last twenty minutes in here, letting the watery warmth clean her of dirt, grime, and emotional cobwebs. The fact that Steve had asked her on a date, after all this time, was really wonderful. She felt like things were finally getting back to normal. Hopefully he'd gotten past all this stuff with the Ashon, and they could finally move forward with their relationship, start making plans. To Nicki, it felt like they hadn't moved forward since their engagement. Like Steve was so preoccupied with ridding the Underworld of half his family, he hadn't been focusing on them. But now, with the warmth of the shower washing over her, she could feel things were about the change. Like a tower was crashing down...

- Veronica was in Nicki's room, going through her closet, and looking for the perfect outfit for her friend. She'd already taken out three for her to choose from. Considering they were going to be having a picnic in the park in midwinter, she thought it would be best to leave the dresses on their hangers. So she picked out three nice pairs of pants, including Nicki's favorite hip- hugging jeans. She'd already laid out Nicki's new poncho, and now she was looking for a third top to put with Nicki's jeans. So far, she'd picked a sexy little red cami paired with an equally sexy red silk blouse to go with a pair of black slacks, and a lacy green top to go with a pair of forest green corduroys. But the perfect shirt for the jeans seemed to elude her. All of a sudden a thought came to her, and after making sure the shower was still running, made her way to the Conjuring 101 classroom and picked up a few supplies.

- Feeling happier than he had in a long time, Steve was collecting everything he needed for his picnic with Nicki. Blanket, basket, food and drink, he had gone over it in his mind until he had found everything he needed. Finally having found something else to focus all his energy on felt great. A light seemed to be shining on him now. An ethereal light, warm and inviting, bringing hope back to his despair ridden soul. Seeing other couples walking hand in hand filled him with joy for a brighter future.
- With all his supplies, he headed back to the park. The moon was rising higher, making it easier to see in the dark. And in the moonlight he spotted a young couple, the man on bended knee, holding his girlfriend's left hand. Proposing by moonlight. Steve's mind drifted back to his talk with Christopher on the bridge. "I just want to marry her, build a family... I just wish they'd be all dead so that we could live in peace... But right now I'm not even sure if she still wants me." He remembered himself saying, and then Christopher had told him something, some future information he shouldn't have. "Well, as far as I know you and Nicki are married since... since forever. You're happy together, always have been." That thought alone made him feel like he could fly. He and Nicki would be happily married! His mind drifted more, to the future, and to his wedding day. Tom at his side, his Best Man. Veronica standing opposite, Nicki's Maid-of- Honor. His mother sitting in the front row, so proud of him. The whole Halliwell clan and the rest of their friends there to show their support for the happy couple. Watching Nicki walk down the aisle, looking angelic in her white gown, a few stray curls framing her beautiful face... He couldn't quite picture her dress, or where they would marry, but he knew that wherever they ended up, it would be perfect. And with that happy thought, he started setting out his picnic.




Just a little note: If you are wondering what Veronica's little idea was, the answer is in where she went... Conjuring 101... She's planning on conjuring the perfect shirt... Hope that's okay, Chrissy... Oh and Steve's little daydream about his wedding is just that, a daydream...

Kirianna Ledräen wrote:Anywho, on to my update!! I had originally thought of making it about 3-4 pages... But I just didn't have the ideas to get it that long... Oh well... Still, I hope you like it!![/i][/color]

Kirianna Ledräen wrote:- In the past half hour since dinner had begun, Christopher felt like he'd spent more time dodging questions than eating. It was rather obvious that Bianca, Piper and Cole suspected something was off. He just hoped they didn't realize what. What's taking them so long? He asked himself, wondering what Silas and Odin were doing that was preventing them from calling him. They should have summoned him by now. The fact that they hadn't was starting to worry him. And he didn't know what worried him more. That Bianca, Piper and Cole might figure him out, or what the Elders were going to find out about Steve from the Oracle.

- Blue-white lights appeared in the foyer and formed into Paige. She looked around the room, checking for Kyle, and heard voices coming from the dining room. She walked over slowly peaking around the corner. Few! No Kyle. She thought as she noticed who was there. As long as Kyle didn't see her, she would be able to pull off her stunning little surprise.
- "Aun..." Chris(topher) started when he saw Paige, but was cut off by a quick "shh!" from her. He quickly snapped his mouth shut, surprised. The others at the table turned to see Paige lurking in the doorway.
- "Pai..." Piper started, but like her son, was quickly cut off.
- "Not so loud!" Paige whispered harshly, looking around again. They were all looking at her as if she'd gone mad.
- "What's going on?" Leo whispered back, humoring her.
- "Where's Kyle?" She asked quietly, still looking around.
- "In the kitchen." Piper said, whispering this time. Paige visibly relaxed when she heard this. "What's going on?" Piper echoed Leo.
- "Nothing. I just want to surprise him. Have time to get ready and all. I'll be down in twenty minutes. Don't tell him I'm here." She explained in a low tone, than disappeared up the stairs, leaving everyone in the dining room flabbergasted. She entered her room and went straight to her closet, carefully pulling out her new dress. She laid it on the bed, and returned to her closet to find the matching shoes. Once she had those laid out, she went to the bathroom and turned on the water for her shower. As the water was warming up, she tied up her hair, knowing she wouldn't have enough time to wash it and still be ready in twenty. Looking at her reflection in the mirror, she also decided not to wash her face. She could just touch up her makeup, since what she'd put on this morning was easily convertible to nighttime wear. By that time her shower was to her liking and she jumped in.

- The hot shower felt wonderful against her skin, making her whole body relax. She felt much calmer now, much better. She'd spent the last twenty minutes in here, letting the watery warmth clean her of dirt, grime, and emotional cobwebs. The fact that Steve had asked her on a date, after all this time, was really wonderful. She felt like things were finally getting back to normal. Hopefully he'd gotten past all this stuff with the Ashon, and they could finally move forward with their relationship, start making plans. To Nicki, it felt like they hadn't moved forward since their engagement. Like Steve was so preoccupied with ridding the Underworld of half his family, he hadn't been focusing on them. But now, with the warmth of the shower washing over her, she could feel things were about the change. Like a tower was crashing down...

- Veronica was in Nicki's room, going through her closet, and looking for the perfect outfit for her friend. She'd already taken out three for her to choose from. Considering they were going to be having a picnic in the park in midwinter, she thought it would be best to leave the dresses on their hangers. So she picked out three nice pairs of pants, including Nicki's favorite hip- hugging jeans. She'd already laid out Nicki's new poncho, and now she was looking for a third top to put with Nicki's jeans. So far, she'd picked a sexy little red cami paired with an equally sexy red silk blouse to go with a pair of black slacks, and a lacy green top to go with a pair of forest green corduroys. But the perfect shirt for the jeans seemed to elude her. All of a sudden a thought came to her, and after making sure the shower was still running, made her way to the Conjuring 101 classroom and picked up a few supplies.

- Feeling happier than he had in a long time, Steve was collecting everything he needed for his picnic with Nicki. Blanket, basket, food and drink, he had gone over it in his mind until he had found everything he needed. Finally having found something else to focus all his energy on felt great. A light seemed to be shining on him now. An ethereal light, warm and inviting, bringing hope back to his despair ridden soul. Seeing other couples walking hand in hand filled him with joy for a brighter future.
- With all his supplies, he headed back to the park. The moon was rising higher, making it easier to see in the dark. And in the moonlight he spotted a young couple, the man on bended knee, holding his girlfriend's left hand. Proposing by moonlight. Steve's mind drifted back to his talk with Christopher on the bridge. "I just want to marry her, build a family... I just wish they'd be all dead so that we could live in peace... But right now I'm not even sure if she still wants me." He remembered himself saying, and then Christopher had told him something, some future information he shouldn't have. "Well, as far as I know you and Nicki are married since... since forever. You're happy together, always have been." That thought alone made him feel like he could fly. He and Nicki would be happily married! His mind drifted more, to the future, and to his wedding day. Tom at his side, his Best Man. Veronica standing opposite, Nicki's Maid-of- Honor. His mother sitting in the front row, so proud of him. The whole Halliwell clan and the rest of their friends there to show their support for the happy couple. Watching Nicki walk down the aisle, looking angelic in her white gown, a few stray curls framing her beautiful face... He couldn't quite picture her dress, or where they would marry, but he knew that wherever they ended up, it would be perfect. And with that happy thought, he started setting out his picnic.

Chrissy.W.x wrote:I love it as always... Hope you'll like mine, too... Oh by the way... will you write a family dinner of the future, or shall we skipp that??? Because really I don't know what to write about that at the moment...

I definitely loved your update!! I always do!... As for a future family dinner... I'm on it... Well, it's not actually the dinner itself, it's the stuff before and the stuff after, and well, you'll see... Anyway, I'm currently in the process of writing it now... And it's already longer than I thought it would be...

Chrissy.W.x wrote:@Jen. I thought I leave Paige and Kyle for you to write since you seem to have something planed for them and also this part will suit you better than me, I guess... I just had to add that little bit because I wanted to move to Nicki meeting Steve...

Well, I didn't actually have anything planned... But I'm on that as soon as I'm done with the dinner... Which should be soon... I hope.... lol

Okay, the dinner ended up way longer then I intended. The good news: We have now probably reached the average story length. The bad news: We probably still have about 10 pages of story left to write... lol And since this one scene ended up so long, I decided to hold off on the Paige/Kyle date scene for now. (That and it's late and I'm may be too busy tomorrow to come online.) So, Chrissy, if you want to write a little scene go ahead. Otherwise I'll just quote myself on Sunday or Monday once I write that scene...

Well, I hope you like it!! *crossing-fingers*

Okay! All fixed! Hope I got everything...

Chrissy.W.x wrote:Odin sighed and pressed the bridge of his nose. "This is useless..."
"Don't tell me you wanna give up..." Elenia said looking at him, the desperation shining in her eyes. She knew herself that the oracle seems to be of no use since it won't say anything helpful as it seems. But she wasn't ready to give up the hope for some answers, not yet.
Odin sighed again and looked at Silas who shrugged. "I don't he," said then, "I just don't know what to ask anymore."
"Maybe you should ask a question," the Oracle suggested and Odin had a really hard time to not roll his eyes, while Silas couldn't help giggling slightly which gained him a pointed look from the female Elder.
They were trying to get some information out of that shiny ball since more than half an hour now. But the Oracle kept loosing track, on purpose of course.
"Oracle," Elenia started again. "You told us that you can't say anything about Steve's future, right?"
"Yes."
"But you know about the future of him, do you?"
"Yes."
"So can you at least tell me if he'll be fine? If he'll be happy?"
The Oracle kept silent for a moment, but it's light was shining even brighter. Then it said: "He'll be fine with whatever he chooses. What worries me more is what effects that will have on everyone else..."
"What do you mean?" Silas now asked. What effects and who are those 'others'?"
"That my friend, I can't tell... But remember everything is in circle. Every life is a circle in itself but also part of a bigger circle, a bigger union..."
"What's that's supposed to mean?" Elenia asked frustrated.
Odin shook his head and sat down on the ground: "I don't know..."
The Oracle chuckled a little, though it seemed to be filled with pity, too. "All the answer lie already in front of you. You are just too blind to see. Some things I'm simply not meant to tell. Those you have to find out on your own to grow in your own way."

Julian was still staring at the monitor where he watched Steve's actions when Belthazor returned with a book in his hand, opened on a page somewhere in the middle. "Anything changed?" the red demon asked.
Julian nodded. "It seems he calmed down again... actually it seems he's preparing a pick nick."
"A what?" Belthazor asked confused. "At this time of year?" And as Julian just nodded he took a seat besides him showing him the book with the words: "Well it won't be of much use..."
"What do you mean?" Julian asked and then skimmed through the entry in the book. It was an old book of the source's library and this special paragraph was about the Ashon. "Oh..." he then muttered.
Belthazor nodded: "If I'm informed correctly the boy turned 20 last month... and today is the first full moon after that..."
"This is not good," the demonic witch mumbled ad rubbed his eyes which were burning from staring at the screen. Then he turned to his friend: "Do you think we should intervene?"
Belthazor sighed at this question: "I'm not sure... I guess... I'm not sure..."
"Well, we can't stop it anyway... He has to face this..." Julian said, but turning to the screen he added: "But I still will go there to make sure no one gets hurt."
The source nodded and before he could stop himself he muttered: "Poor Nicki."
Julian had to smile at this and could help teasing: "You're getting weak..."
Belthazor smirked: "All your fault... you are such a bad influence."
Julian now laughed: "Yeah, that's why you like me so much..." Belthazor grumbled at this, preparing a fire ball, but before he could throw it, the demonic witch shimmered away to the part to have an eye on Steve...

Paige was almost done with her styling. She had have a shower and got her make up renewed. She got her hair done and now she was jumping into her dress. While she did her eyes moved over the bed... and she smiled.
Then she grabbed her handbag and pulled out that "little bit of nothing" she bought earlier in that dessou-shop... A bra and matching slip made of black silk and fine lace, which showed more than it hid. She grinned imagining Kyle's face when he'll see her wearing this. But that would be a surprise for later so she hid the stuff in the bathroom.
Finally she took on her shoes and with another smile she left her room.

Meanwhile Nicki left the shower, too. Looking around she saw some clothes laid out on her bed, while her friend sat by the window.
"Veronica? What are you doing?" she asked...
The other witch looked up a little embarrassed: "Oh... I... I was just checking for you what to wear but I couldn't find anything matching your favorite jeans... So..."
"So you thought you conjure one? You know that's personal gain, don't you?"
Now the other witch laughed: "No, because it's not for me..." And with this she placed some herbs on a pill of other things Nicki couldn't identify that quickly and mumbled a few words. And with a little plop and a little bit of smoke all the stuff was gone and left was some dark fabric. Veronica dusted her hands on her own jeans before she picked up the shirt and showed it to her friend: "It's for you!"
Nicki looked at the black shirt and smiled. It had long sleeves through it looked to be kind of short. And on the front there were little glass stones in the shape of a star and that start again was framed by the outline of a heart. it really looked nice and it absolutely was Nicki's style. "I love it," she commented and then hugged her friend. "But won't that be a little too cold?"
Veronica nodded frowning. But then she went back to the closet and then when she emerged from it again she hold a jeans-jacket in her hands which had the same color as the pants. "With this, and the right make up, you'll just look gorgeous."
"Well... I hope..."

Christopher was meanwhile close to a panic. Piper had just served the dessert, some chocolate cream. Something he actually loved but not this day. He was desperately waiting for Odin and Silas to jingle him. But by now he really started to worry about what's going on up there that they seemingly had forgotten about him.
For a moment he thought about faking that they would call him, but Leo was there and he would knew that it was a lie. And as much as his dad loved him, Christopher knew he wouldn't let him escape like this. Or maybe he would, because he thought he was Chris...??? Or maybe he wouldn#t even notice since he was actually busy with cleaning Wyatt who had splashed the chocolate cream on his shirt.
"Ammm..." he said standing up, "I'm sorry I have to go... They are calling."
"Oh..." Piper said looking a little disappointed.
But Leo just smiled and without looking at his son he said. "I know you don't like those training sessions, but faking an Elder-call won't work."
Christopher sighed and sat down again muttering a sarcastic "Thank you dad."
"WHAT?" Piper now exclaimed a little too loud. If you wouldn't be who you are I would ground you for a week for this, young man!"
And Leo added: "You need to train this power Chris.
"But does it have to be today?" Christopher decided to take the offensive. "I had a very long day with lots of demons... I'm really not in the mood today."
"Yeah... and maybe tomorrow a demon will attack you that is immune to all your other powers and then you'd wish you trained today, so stop complaining... we'll train after dinner and that's it!" Piper ranted.
Chris just nodded and rubbed his temples... he was so screwed.

When Tom returned to his friends' room he let out a whistle at the sight of Nicki: "You really look hot in this, girl!"
"Oh really?" Veronica asked sending him a glare, while Nicki blushed.
The man smiled and went over to his girl to kiss her. And when they parted he said: "But no one can top you of course."
"Well I hope you mean that..."
"Of course I do, love..."
Nicki cleared her through before the couple could kiss again. And when they looked at her she said: "Well, could you shimmer me to the park before you start a make out session?"
Now it was Tom who blushed, but extended his hand: "Of course, I will..." Then he turned to Veronica, saying: "You don't mind a little stopover before I shimmer us to my bedroom, do you?" Veronica giggled at this, shaking her head, and so all three disappeared, leaving the magic school behind.

A couple of moments later Steve saw a figure walking through the park. It took a moment then he realized that it was his date. She he walked over to get her. "Nicki!" he called to get her attention.
When the witch heard her name she turned around to see Steve running over to her. "Hey," she greeted when he reached her, a little out of breath.
"Hey," he replied, and then taking a real look at her for the first time. He smiled looking deep into her eyes. "You look wonderful," he whispered before bending down and giving her a soft kiss.
Then he took her arm and let her over the meadow... When they had reached a spot almost in the middle he muttered a short spell and a circle with crystals appeared and within that circle there was a blanket spread out. Dozens of candles lit the area and by the blanket there was a basket with some sandwiches and fruits and wine.
"Oh Steve, that's wonderful," Nicki said in admiration.
"All for you," he said and guided her to the blanket to sit down. And when they both sat facing each other he took her hands and looked deep into her eyes. "Nicki, I..." He wasn't sure how to start, but then he thought straight forward would be the best. So he said: "I am sorry. I wasn't around much lately, always worrying. But you have to understand that you mean everything to me and... and I couldn't stand losing you. I just want us to be able to live in peace... I know I treated you not in the way I should but, please believe me when I say that I love you with all my heard, with every cell of my being."
Nicki smiled at him, her eyes wet. "Oh Steve," she sobbed as she pulled him close to her arms, "I love you, too."
A few yards away, Julian was hid behind a few bushes, observing the scene in front of him with worry.