Piper looked out the window in her bedroom. She really wasn't looking at
anything, she was just thinking. Thinking about how just three days ago she
was just a normal girl. Okay well not totally normal, but close enough if
you didn't count the whole 'I'm a witch that saves innocents' thing. Yet
now she was different. In a matter of minutes, two to be exact, her life
had changed..now she was going to be a mother.
* * *
Piper began to run faster and faster and faster while still hearing that voice off in the distance saying MELINDA WILL DIE!!!!! NO, NO, how can she die??? She hasn't done anything. She's just a baby and she isn't even in this world yet!!! She hasn't been able to experience the joy in life. I want my daughter to see that. Her father wants her to see that!!!! You can't!! I won't let you take her!!!
Suddenly, Piper awoke, dripping in sweat and wondering whether or not what she had heard was true, was her baby, who she now knew was a girl named Melinda, going to die????
"Piper, sweety, are you okay? Snap out of it talk to me!!" Leo said with a worried look on his face
"Oh don't worry everything is fine." Piper said quickly for Leo still didn't know about Melinda and she wasn't about to tell him what she had heard either. She, herself, was still trying to figure it out.
* * *
The next morning it was as if nothing had ever happened, except it had and Piper just couldn't seem to focus on anything else except on how to protect her unborn child. So, finally after a long time of thought, Piper got up the courage with renewed faith in her destiny to tell her husband about the baby.their baby, which she did not let Leo know about till she thought the time was right-safe! But now.
"Leo, honey may I speak to you?" Piper yelled from upstairs
"Coming!!" Leo yelled back
When Leo came in he found Piper sitting on her bed her legs folded, cuddling a small box in her lap.
"What's that?" he asked out of curiosity
"Oh, it's a little gift for you."
When Leo opened the envelope he found a little card that had a little baby on the front, inside it read: Sharing with you the gift of life and the best of luck as a new father! At first Leo looked puzzled and when he looked at Piper with a questioning look on his face she pointed towards the box and told him to open it. When he did he found inside a pregnancy test that read positive. Suddenly, Leo became overjoyed and his head danced with the images of his little son or daughter wrapped tightly in his arms. He was so overwhelmed in fact that he almost forgot his wife who at this point was very happy to see the positive reaction on her husband's face.
"Piper, honey, this is wonderful how far along are you? Is it a boy? A girl?"
"Well, actually I'm 2 months and 10 days and the stars tell me it's a girl."
"Oh my God,that's great!!!!! Do your sisters know?"
"No, I wanted to tell you before I told them."
At that moment both Phoebe and Paige were walking by Piper's room.
"Tell us what?" they asked in unison.
"Piper's pregnant!!!!!" Leo blurted out.
"That's great!!!! WOW!!!! We're going to be aunts!!!!!! I'm going to have a niece!!! Oh wait, is it girl?" Phoebe excitedly said.
"Yes it is and yes you both are going to be aunts!!!!" Piper said joyfully.
The rest of the day was spent discussing names since Piper had not yet shared with them the secret that heaven had named her Melinda, room arrangements, doctor visits, early wake up calls, diapers and babies, babies, babies!!!!!!!!!!!! So much was said and discussed that Piper almost forgot about her dream. But, when it came back to her mind and she felt like she could tell her family, she didn't. She just had to take one look at their happy faces to tell that she would be making a huge mistake if she dropped this HUGE news on them at such a happy moment. So, she told herself that she would let them know the next day. And she kept telling herself this day after day for 5 months.
Then one day as she was walking through Babies 'R' Us with Phoebe she finally decided to do it. She just kept telling herself that she was already 7 months pregnant and that she still hadn't told anyone and the dream hadn't only happened once but more like once a week since the day she found out she was pregnant. So once they got home she called together a family meeting.
"Hey! What's up? Something wrong? You look like a wreck!!" Paige said.
"Well, actually there is something I need to tell you all. " and she did she told them all what she had dreamt and that that was the reason she was always getting up in the middle of the night for unexplained reasons.
"So wait, you're trying to tell me that our daughter, is in danger???" Leo asked nervously.
"Yes, pretty much." Piper said.
"Then I have to go to the Elders right now and tell them they cannot allow this to happen!!! I bet it was the Source it had to have been. I mean why else would someone hurt Melinda!!! Yeah, that's it that's why so I better tell the Elders we know who's doing this right? They need to know!! Maybe in the mean time you can just, you know, like make a potion and then like, you know, maybe, Piper could with, um, yeah, um.."
"LEO!!!!!!" Piper screamed aggravated.
"WHAT?"
"Leo, you need to relax, breathe, everything will be all right, we'll figure this out and take it from there okay."
"Okay fine, but at least let me go tell the Elders and see what they say."
"You go do that but remember.relax."
"So, what do we do now?" Phoebe asked as Leo orbed out.
"No clue!!!!" Paige answered.
"Well, how about we check out the Book Of Shadows and see what we can find. I mean it's worth a shot right?" Piper said while trying to remain calm since she was beginning to notice that no one was.
So, they made their way up to the attic. Once there they began to search for anything that may have to do with Piper's dreams. Then suddenly Leo orbed in with a very sad and depressing look on his face.
"What? What's the matter?" Piper asked become worried herself now.
"Well, the Elders informed me that the Source wants to try to get Melinda to join evil, but since he already knows that I'm a whitelighter and that the chance that she chooses evil over good are slim he's been attempting for 7 months now to get Melinda to die or to be poisoned with evil before she's born."
"Wait, but how does he do that??? I mean Piper hasn't been near him in over 7 months so how does he 'poison' Melinda?" Phoebe asked.
"That's exactly why Piper only dreams this instead of actually living it. Through her dreams he can attempt to do this. It's been a very difficult process for him though since it's very hard to enter someone's head let alone from another plain! Yet, since it's been 7 months he's also pretty positive that Melinda has been affected one way or another."
"Really?" Piper asked very concerned as she began to rub her tummy where she hoped that a safe, healthy and good natured baby lay.
"The Elders are not sure. They say that there could be a good chance that Melinda hasn't been affected and that you guys may be able to find a way to prevent it from happening."
"But how?" Paige asked.
"Well, there are protection spells in the book and well Phoebe knows a thing or two about potions. In the mean time though I got to take Piper with me."
* * *
Piper began to run faster and faster and faster while still hearing that voice off in the distance saying MELINDA WILL DIE!!!!! NO, NO, how can she die??? She hasn't done anything. She's just a baby and she isn't even in this world yet!!! She hasn't been able to experience the joy in life. I want my daughter to see that. Her father wants her to see that!!!! You can't!! I won't let you take her!!!
Suddenly, Piper awoke, dripping in sweat and wondering whether or not what she had heard was true, was her baby, who she now knew was a girl named Melinda, going to die????
"Piper, sweety, are you okay? Snap out of it talk to me!!" Leo said with a worried look on his face
"Oh don't worry everything is fine." Piper said quickly for Leo still didn't know about Melinda and she wasn't about to tell him what she had heard either. She, herself, was still trying to figure it out.
* * *
The next morning it was as if nothing had ever happened, except it had and Piper just couldn't seem to focus on anything else except on how to protect her unborn child. So, finally after a long time of thought, Piper got up the courage with renewed faith in her destiny to tell her husband about the baby.their baby, which she did not let Leo know about till she thought the time was right-safe! But now.
"Leo, honey may I speak to you?" Piper yelled from upstairs
"Coming!!" Leo yelled back
When Leo came in he found Piper sitting on her bed her legs folded, cuddling a small box in her lap.
"What's that?" he asked out of curiosity
"Oh, it's a little gift for you."
When Leo opened the envelope he found a little card that had a little baby on the front, inside it read: Sharing with you the gift of life and the best of luck as a new father! At first Leo looked puzzled and when he looked at Piper with a questioning look on his face she pointed towards the box and told him to open it. When he did he found inside a pregnancy test that read positive. Suddenly, Leo became overjoyed and his head danced with the images of his little son or daughter wrapped tightly in his arms. He was so overwhelmed in fact that he almost forgot his wife who at this point was very happy to see the positive reaction on her husband's face.
"Piper, honey, this is wonderful how far along are you? Is it a boy? A girl?"
"Well, actually I'm 2 months and 10 days and the stars tell me it's a girl."
"Oh my God,that's great!!!!! Do your sisters know?"
"No, I wanted to tell you before I told them."
At that moment both Phoebe and Paige were walking by Piper's room.
"Tell us what?" they asked in unison.
"Piper's pregnant!!!!!" Leo blurted out.
"That's great!!!! WOW!!!! We're going to be aunts!!!!!! I'm going to have a niece!!! Oh wait, is it girl?" Phoebe excitedly said.
"Yes it is and yes you both are going to be aunts!!!!" Piper said joyfully.
The rest of the day was spent discussing names since Piper had not yet shared with them the secret that heaven had named her Melinda, room arrangements, doctor visits, early wake up calls, diapers and babies, babies, babies!!!!!!!!!!!! So much was said and discussed that Piper almost forgot about her dream. But, when it came back to her mind and she felt like she could tell her family, she didn't. She just had to take one look at their happy faces to tell that she would be making a huge mistake if she dropped this HUGE news on them at such a happy moment. So, she told herself that she would let them know the next day. And she kept telling herself this day after day for 5 months.
Then one day as she was walking through Babies 'R' Us with Phoebe she finally decided to do it. She just kept telling herself that she was already 7 months pregnant and that she still hadn't told anyone and the dream hadn't only happened once but more like once a week since the day she found out she was pregnant. So once they got home she called together a family meeting.
"Hey! What's up? Something wrong? You look like a wreck!!" Paige said.
"Well, actually there is something I need to tell you all. " and she did she told them all what she had dreamt and that that was the reason she was always getting up in the middle of the night for unexplained reasons.
"So wait, you're trying to tell me that our daughter, is in danger???" Leo asked nervously.
"Yes, pretty much." Piper said.
"Then I have to go to the Elders right now and tell them they cannot allow this to happen!!! I bet it was the Source it had to have been. I mean why else would someone hurt Melinda!!! Yeah, that's it that's why so I better tell the Elders we know who's doing this right? They need to know!! Maybe in the mean time you can just, you know, like make a potion and then like, you know, maybe, Piper could with, um, yeah, um.."
"LEO!!!!!!" Piper screamed aggravated.
"WHAT?"
"Leo, you need to relax, breathe, everything will be all right, we'll figure this out and take it from there okay."
"Okay fine, but at least let me go tell the Elders and see what they say."
"You go do that but remember.relax."
"So, what do we do now?" Phoebe asked as Leo orbed out.
"No clue!!!!" Paige answered.
"Well, how about we check out the Book Of Shadows and see what we can find. I mean it's worth a shot right?" Piper said while trying to remain calm since she was beginning to notice that no one was.
So, they made their way up to the attic. Once there they began to search for anything that may have to do with Piper's dreams. Then suddenly Leo orbed in with a very sad and depressing look on his face.
"What? What's the matter?" Piper asked become worried herself now.
"Well, the Elders informed me that the Source wants to try to get Melinda to join evil, but since he already knows that I'm a whitelighter and that the chance that she chooses evil over good are slim he's been attempting for 7 months now to get Melinda to die or to be poisoned with evil before she's born."
"Wait, but how does he do that??? I mean Piper hasn't been near him in over 7 months so how does he 'poison' Melinda?" Phoebe asked.
"That's exactly why Piper only dreams this instead of actually living it. Through her dreams he can attempt to do this. It's been a very difficult process for him though since it's very hard to enter someone's head let alone from another plain! Yet, since it's been 7 months he's also pretty positive that Melinda has been affected one way or another."
"Really?" Piper asked very concerned as she began to rub her tummy where she hoped that a safe, healthy and good natured baby lay.
"The Elders are not sure. They say that there could be a good chance that Melinda hasn't been affected and that you guys may be able to find a way to prevent it from happening."
"But how?" Paige asked.
"Well, there are protection spells in the book and well Phoebe knows a thing or two about potions. In the mean time though I got to take Piper with me."