Chapter Twenty-One

"…shar…" a voice whispered in the darkness, "…Shar wake up." She groaned, why? Why should she wake up, she was tired. "Sharpay." Go away…she'd just helped defeat a horrifying demon, couldn't they let her sleep? "Wake up!" Obviously not.

She groaned, rolling over…and off the couch. She sat bolt upright, hearing roars of laughter all around her. She opened her eyes to see that she was now sitting on the floor of the Manor's living room, her family surrounding her, Ryan lounging across from her on a chair, Missy sitting on the arm next to him. She looked to her side to see Troy kneeling beside her for only a split moment before he enveloped her in a hug.

She sighed, breathing him in as she returned the hug, "I'm so glad you're ok," he whispered in her ear. She smiled before whispering back, "Me too…"

They pulled away, both a little embarrassed by the fact that the entire family had been watching them. They just chuckled a little as Troy helped Sharpay sit back on the couch. "What happened?" Sharpay asked, looking around that the semi-destroyed living room.

Piper let out a strained laugh, "Funny you should ask that…" she said, "…it seems like your little friend Gabriella decided to send some of her more demonic friends for a little visit."

Sharpay almost laughed at that, "Is everyone ok?" she asked looking around at everyone, they seemed so.

"Yup," Wyatt said, getting nods of agreement, "We took care of them, no problems."

"It turns out that Gabriella didn't think we'd get your strength up," Ryan added, "She wanted to send demons here, so that we'd come and Khazahdum could finish you off himself."

Sharpay smiled, "Bet she wasn't expecting us to go down there ourselves."

"What happened down there?" Taylor asked, "Just after the demons were vanquished, you both orbed in but you were out cold."

Ryan shrugged, "I guess when we hit the wall the vial broke and we were sent back."

Sharpay nodded, sounded like something that could happen.

"So what happened with Gabriella?" Chad asked, "She going to give you guys any more problems?"

Sharpay sighed, looking at Ryan who simply nodded, they had a right to know what happened. They took a breath before launching into their story about what happened…

IOI

"So…she's gone?" Troy asked, "For good?"

They nodded, "The potion and the spell worked perfectly," Ryan said.

"And thanks for the other potion Prue," Sharpay said, reaching behind her to squeeze her cousin's hand in thanks. Prue had seen the other demon shimmer in and take out Ryan in her vision. She'd gotten right to work making a vanquishing potion for Sharpay to use to tweak the future just a tad.

All in all, it had been a very, very successful night. The play was a success, she was back at full strength, and Khazahdum and Gabriella would never harm anyone ever again. As Sharpay sat there, surrounded by her family, in Troy's arms, she knew, she just knew, things would only get better.

IOI

"Patrick Victor Halliwell!" a blonde woman shouted as she watched two small children play in the park, "You give your sister back her doll!"

"Aw…mom!" the small blond boy whined, "Do I have to?"

"You know it's not nice to take things," a tall brunette man said, wrapping an arm around his wife's shoulder, "Listen to your mother…or would you rather she set the Woggie Man on you?"

"No!" the boy shouted, "Not him! I'm sorry Pam," he said, quickly handing the small brown haired girl next to him her doll back…which she promptly used to smack him with.

"Pamela Lisa!" the man shouted this time, "Play nice!"

"Yes," the woman agreed, "Don't think I won't set the Woggie Man on you either."

"Sorry mommy," she said, sitting back down next to her brother and resuming their game of Demon and Innocent.

The woman sighed as she leaned into her husband's shoulder. "They take some looking after don't they?" her husband said, watching the twins play in the sand.

"Don't remind me," she groaned burying her face in his shoulder, "And they're starting to come into their powers too."

"Really?" he asked, she nodded. He sighed, reaching out to place his hand on her slightly swollen stomach, "I hope this one doesn't give us too much trouble."

"Mhmm," she murmured, "Me too."

There was silence for a minute as the couple took in the park. It was a beautiful, sunny day in San Francisco, and the children really enjoyed playing together. They got along so well, like most of the family did, so it didn't really surprise the proud parents.

"I love you Shar," he whispered, hugging her closer to him.

She smiled, "I love you too Troy," she replied, leaning in for one magical kiss…but then again, when you were a part of the Charmed Ones' legacy…everything was magical.

A/N – I'm so sad…it's over…it's all over! I think I may cry…But I can't…if the tears blur my vision, how will I be able to see what I'm typing in order to finish the other stories? I also want to start some new ones…just saw Prince Caspian, amazing! Totally inspired to write another Narnia fic now…but that will have to wait, stick around, I'll be updating!