Post by StoryGirl83 on Dec 24, 2008 17:22:51 GMT -4
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TITLE: Patty’s Treasure Box
AUTHOR: StoryGirl83 (with betaing from Es and Primrose)
TYPE : Chapters
RATING: (K, T, M, MA): K (At least I think so)
LEAD CHARACTERS: Patty Halliwell, Prue Halliwell, Piper Halliwell, Phoebe Halliwell, and Paige Halliwell (with special appearances by Andy Trudeau and Grams and mention of Sam Wilder)
ORIGINAL CHARACTERS: None
SHORT SUMMARY: Knowing she wouldn't always be around, Patty Halliwell sets out to make a very special gift for her daughters, one she hopes they will treasure.
The Halliwell Manor was full of laughter as three small children ran around the front room. Patty Halliwell sat on the couch in the middle of the room watching, amused. She looked down at the coffee table in front of her. On it was a small red box and a pad of writing paper.
She looked up as the sound of laughter stopped. After looking behind her, she saw her two daughters sneaking up on the dark-haired boy in front of them. He wasn't moving. "Prue. Piper."
The two girls stopped and looked at her. Piper ran around the couch and climbed up.
Prue looked at the boy in front of her and sighed before joining her sister. "Mommy! Piper froze Andy," she announced as she climbed onto the couch on the other side of her mother.
"I see that," Patty acknowledged. She turned to Piper. "Why did you do that?"
"He's faster, Mommy."
Patty shook her head. "Your powers aren't for that. Go back over there, unfreeze him, and play fair."
Prue and Piper climbed down off the couch. They ran around and Piper waved her hands.
Andy started running again. He stumbled almost at once and stopped. He turned around and looked at Prue and Piper running at him. Confusion was on his face.
Patty shook her head as she watched. Then she felt something kick her from inside. "Oh!"
Three sets of young eyes turned on her. The children ran around the couch to look at Patty, concern in all three sets of eyes.
"Mommy?" Piper asked, worried.
Patty smiled as she looked up. "It's just your baby sister," she told them, her hand on her stomach.
"Mom, I want to feel," Prue told her, climbing back up onto the couch. She reached out her small hand and touched Patty's stomach. She held it there for several seconds before she was rewarded by a kick. Prue grinned up at her mom. "I felt it, Mommy. I felt her bump my hand."
Patty smiled. It was all the encouragement Piper and Andy needed to climb onto the couch, too.
"Me, too, Mommy," Piper cried, grinning. She reached out and put her hand on Patty's stomach.
Andy looked at Patty questioningly. "And me?"
Patty smiled and took Andy's hand. She put it on her stomach next to Piper's.
Prue frowned and put her hand between Andy and Piper's. She squealed in delight as again she felt her baby sister.
Patty smiled. "All right. That's enough, children. I have some things to do."
The three children protested, but they moved away. Patty placed a kiss on Piper's cheek before her younger daughter could go far. She turned the other direction and caught Prue in her arms, placed a kiss on her older daughter's cheek, and let her go.
Andy looked at Prue and Piper. He looked at Patty, somewhat dejected.
Patty laughed and reached out her hands. When Andy moved close to her, again, she reached out and put her hands on his shoulders. She pulled him closer still and placed a kiss on his forehead. "There. That's better. Andy, try and keep these two out of trouble."
Andy straightened up a little and nodded his little head. "Yes, Mrs. Halliwell."
As the three children moved away from her, she put her hand on her stomach. She smiled as her youngest daughter kicked, again. "Hello, Phoebe," she said in a whisper, so as not to be heard by the three children. "We are going to write some letters to your sisters for when you grow up. You've shown me already that I won't always be around. I wish you were more specific, but I rather doubt you control what that premonition showed." She sighed as she picked up the paper. "Besides, Mother is right. We don't need to know when we will die."
Patty curved her hand around her stomach as she felt another kick. "Don't worry, darling. I will write a letter for you, too. I will be waiting until after you are born though."
She thought about the previous Christmas and how happy each of her daughters had been to receive her own present, then looked at the red box sitting next to her. “Phoebe, I’m certain that each of you would love to find your own letter, not your sisters. So I’m going to cast a spell on them and the box. Just like Mother plans on doing with the Book of Shadows, I’m going to cast a spell on the box so that none of you will be able to find this box until after you have received your powers, and I’m going to enchant each of the letters so that it will only appear when its owner opens the box. Don’t you think you and your sisters would like that?” A bunch of kicks seemed to tell her that yes, it would.
Patty smiled, “Very, well, then that’s what I’ll do.” She stood with the paper in hand and walked into the other room. She smiled as she sat down at the writing desk, careful of her bulging belly. She got out a pen and began to write. "My Dear, Dear Prue. . ."
TITLE: Patty’s Treasure Box
AUTHOR: StoryGirl83 (with betaing from Es and Primrose)
TYPE : Chapters
RATING: (K, T, M, MA): K (At least I think so)
LEAD CHARACTERS: Patty Halliwell, Prue Halliwell, Piper Halliwell, Phoebe Halliwell, and Paige Halliwell (with special appearances by Andy Trudeau and Grams and mention of Sam Wilder)
ORIGINAL CHARACTERS: None
SHORT SUMMARY: Knowing she wouldn't always be around, Patty Halliwell sets out to make a very special gift for her daughters, one she hopes they will treasure.
Patty's Treasure Box
Dedicated to Esmeralda and Primrose_Empath for their help in editing and re-editing this.
Also to them for liking it enough to write their own special Christmas version: Christmas Treasure
And dedicated to Melissa who inspired the idea in the first place.
Also to them for liking it enough to write their own special Christmas version: Christmas Treasure
And dedicated to Melissa who inspired the idea in the first place.
Prologue
The Halliwell Manor was full of laughter as three small children ran around the front room. Patty Halliwell sat on the couch in the middle of the room watching, amused. She looked down at the coffee table in front of her. On it was a small red box and a pad of writing paper.
She looked up as the sound of laughter stopped. After looking behind her, she saw her two daughters sneaking up on the dark-haired boy in front of them. He wasn't moving. "Prue. Piper."
The two girls stopped and looked at her. Piper ran around the couch and climbed up.
Prue looked at the boy in front of her and sighed before joining her sister. "Mommy! Piper froze Andy," she announced as she climbed onto the couch on the other side of her mother.
"I see that," Patty acknowledged. She turned to Piper. "Why did you do that?"
"He's faster, Mommy."
Patty shook her head. "Your powers aren't for that. Go back over there, unfreeze him, and play fair."
Prue and Piper climbed down off the couch. They ran around and Piper waved her hands.
Andy started running again. He stumbled almost at once and stopped. He turned around and looked at Prue and Piper running at him. Confusion was on his face.
Patty shook her head as she watched. Then she felt something kick her from inside. "Oh!"
Three sets of young eyes turned on her. The children ran around the couch to look at Patty, concern in all three sets of eyes.
"Mommy?" Piper asked, worried.
Patty smiled as she looked up. "It's just your baby sister," she told them, her hand on her stomach.
"Mom, I want to feel," Prue told her, climbing back up onto the couch. She reached out her small hand and touched Patty's stomach. She held it there for several seconds before she was rewarded by a kick. Prue grinned up at her mom. "I felt it, Mommy. I felt her bump my hand."
Patty smiled. It was all the encouragement Piper and Andy needed to climb onto the couch, too.
"Me, too, Mommy," Piper cried, grinning. She reached out and put her hand on Patty's stomach.
Andy looked at Patty questioningly. "And me?"
Patty smiled and took Andy's hand. She put it on her stomach next to Piper's.
Prue frowned and put her hand between Andy and Piper's. She squealed in delight as again she felt her baby sister.
Patty smiled. "All right. That's enough, children. I have some things to do."
The three children protested, but they moved away. Patty placed a kiss on Piper's cheek before her younger daughter could go far. She turned the other direction and caught Prue in her arms, placed a kiss on her older daughter's cheek, and let her go.
Andy looked at Prue and Piper. He looked at Patty, somewhat dejected.
Patty laughed and reached out her hands. When Andy moved close to her, again, she reached out and put her hands on his shoulders. She pulled him closer still and placed a kiss on his forehead. "There. That's better. Andy, try and keep these two out of trouble."
Andy straightened up a little and nodded his little head. "Yes, Mrs. Halliwell."
As the three children moved away from her, she put her hand on her stomach. She smiled as her youngest daughter kicked, again. "Hello, Phoebe," she said in a whisper, so as not to be heard by the three children. "We are going to write some letters to your sisters for when you grow up. You've shown me already that I won't always be around. I wish you were more specific, but I rather doubt you control what that premonition showed." She sighed as she picked up the paper. "Besides, Mother is right. We don't need to know when we will die."
Patty curved her hand around her stomach as she felt another kick. "Don't worry, darling. I will write a letter for you, too. I will be waiting until after you are born though."
She thought about the previous Christmas and how happy each of her daughters had been to receive her own present, then looked at the red box sitting next to her. “Phoebe, I’m certain that each of you would love to find your own letter, not your sisters. So I’m going to cast a spell on them and the box. Just like Mother plans on doing with the Book of Shadows, I’m going to cast a spell on the box so that none of you will be able to find this box until after you have received your powers, and I’m going to enchant each of the letters so that it will only appear when its owner opens the box. Don’t you think you and your sisters would like that?” A bunch of kicks seemed to tell her that yes, it would.
Patty smiled, “Very, well, then that’s what I’ll do.” She stood with the paper in hand and walked into the other room. She smiled as she sat down at the writing desk, careful of her bulging belly. She got out a pen and began to write. "My Dear, Dear Prue. . ."