Chapter 3
AFTER KASSANDRA orbed away from the Halliwell manor, the witches and Sally just realized she wasn't a normal white lighter.
Even though they could use that kind of powers to help their charges and make their lives a little easy, a learning one just like the teen wouldn't be able to do so uncontrollably. That kind of power took practice.
Sally, The Guardian stared at the place the young girl had been before orbing away in purple lights. She'll admit that it was the first time she had met a whitelighter with purple lights instead of blue. That should have been the first sign of her not being a normal angel.
Kassandra had copied her nature powers. That was not a white lighter power.
That was another sign. The Guardian could copy magical being powers as her roll as a protector indicated. She could copy powers to use them against magical beings misbehaving.
"I had never seen anything like that" Sally broke the silence it took as Kassandra left. She sat down on the couch placing her hands on her face suddenly feeling more drained of what she had initially been. "I should have been more open" she added seeing the charmed ones' looks "I mean, looking at Paige I now can tell is possible for someone be two species at the same time. If a witch can also be a wight lighter, I don't see why a Guardian can not be a white lighter as well" she finished with a tired sigh
The witches exchanged a look. Paige clearing her throat "So.. Are you telling us that girl, that whitelighter is like the magic's future or something?" She stared at Sally for an answer
Sally nodded curly "Yes. I was doubting it before... Her white lighter side is more dormant right now but slowly her powers are awakening. She copied my nature powers, you know the one she pulled out with the tea? It could be easily seen as an angel's one if we hadn't know she's new to this. She copied mine like I did to yours Piper, when I first arrived"
Piper nodded slowly in remembrance. "So this girl is like Paige, then?" She needed to confirm that
Sally sighed "I never thought it posible" she began with a murmur, fidgeting with her fingers "I mean, when I found out what I was, I did some kind of research. There had been hundred of Guardians before me but they had never been something else like Kassandra. Just pure 100% Guardian. I fear that while being a white lighter may give her more power, this will make her Guardian's powers take a little more time to develop rendering her a into a state where she won't be able to use either of her powers until she can have a balance between them which will leave her vulnerable"
The Halliwell sisters listened quietly at the Guardian, the woman's gaze was trained on her hands resting in her lap as she thought how harsh had been with the girl. It was her fault if something happened to her. She hadn't suppose to find her yet. She wasn't suppose to ...
Sally's eyes widened as she looked up in fear and realization
"What is it?" Phoebe was the first to acknowledge the change of demeanor on the blonde woman. It was the first time she spoke after Kassandra had left.
"She's in more danger than I thought..." Sally breathed in shock. Her blue eyes flowed a bright purple for a second as she tried to concentrate. She stumbled slightly as she did so almost falling to the ground if it weren't for Phoebe who caught her arm just in time keeping her standing.
"Whoa, is okay..." the witch murmured frowning in concern "What happened?" She asked warily.
Phoebe had read the Guardian's entry on the Book Of Shadows. They were supposed to be stronger and not easily tired for just a little fight but here Sally was as if she had ran a marathon and her legs were jelly for all the weak trembling she could sense in the woman.
She, however lead her back to the couch and made her sit down
"I have to find her" Sally murmured swatting Phoebe's hands away as she tried to stand up again. She tried to glimmer away but with a heavy feeling on her stomach she realized she couldn't.
Her powers weren't responding to her anymore. Not completely anyway
"Whoa, whoa" Piper put her a stop standing in front of Sally looking stern "You can barely walk. You're in no conditions to fly away" she frowned
Sally looked up at the good witches in desperation. They had to understand why she needed to find Kassandra
"You don't understand. I must find the girl..." she stressed looking between them. Piper just raised an eyebrow urging her to give them more than just that "I know why only one part of her powers was awake and dormant. She wasn't the Guardian yet when we met her" she said slowly, her hand flying to her purple powered necklace as she swallowed thickly
"But you said..." Paige frowned in confusion. Sally shook her head still touching the necklace
"I know what I said" she interrupted in annoyance, not to Paige but to herself. How she had not seen that? Why was she so stupid to not remember a Guardian only fully woke up was when she and her necklace were connected for the first time?
"I couldn't read her Guardian powered side because those powers weren't awoken yet. As soon as she touched this necklace" she raised her necklace showing it to the sisters "Her powers were awoken. If my time as the Guardian were of two days from now, it just reduced to one. I have until tomorrow for the new Guardian to takes her place before something bad happens"
Phoebe furrowed her brow, a bad feeling settling on her stomach "Your time? You mean that you..."
Sally nodded unashamedly "I've lived for one hundred years already, Phoebe. Is time already to let the next Guardian take my place as a protector. That's Kassandra's duty. It's my job to make sure the girl receives her powers correctly and she stays neutral to either good or bad magic" she explained with a sad smile.
It was hard to come to terms with her dying but she had had a dream months earlier coming from the necklace telling her there was nothing to fear. She would technically not die but she won't exist either. She had been afraid but slowly came to terms with that. The world needed balance and if she couldn't give it, someone else would. She learned in the next months she hadn't been the only one with the same conflict in her mind. Se wasn't the only passing through the same and she wouldn't be the last. As long as there were magic on the world, Guardians would be continuing existing to keep it balanced.
"Okay, then. We need to find her" Paige said determinedly hearing the woman's genuine concern for the teen.
Sally smiled at that and stood up unclasping her necklace -No, the Guardian's- necklace from her neck and showing it to the witches,
"You can use this to track Kassandra" she placed it on Paige's hand with a smile, "It technically belongs to her now. You can scry for her with it"
Paige nodded determinedly. "Got it" she said moving to the stairs.
"Paige..." the witch glanced over her shoulder slowing down at the woman's tone "Please hurry up. Kassandra's life and all magic depends on you finding her quickly. She's in danger as of now"
Paige nodded and didn't wait for any other explanation as she knew her sisters would explain to her later. She disappeared in a blink of an eye in a blur of bright blue lights
Phoebe and Piper turned to the blonde expectantly
"What do you mean?" Phoebe asked
"Kassandra is the new Guardian. The New awoken Guardian. You didn't feel it because you were close to her. But as soon as a new Guardian comes in touch with her gem it sends a wave of magic over every magical being out there. Including demons" Sally explained seriously "Demons, of upper level or minor ones understand what this means. Like you witches, Guardians have 24 hours to decide which side they're on. They can easily be seduced to the dark side or the good side... That's a bad thing in either way. The Guardian is a neutral being just like Death. She has to be balanced so the magical world can be as well. She can be turned to evil"
"And I'm guessing that's a bad thing?" Piper commented tilting her head aside.
Sally glared at her
"Of course its bad" she countered pursing her lips. She crossed her arms shooting both witches an exasperated look
"Okay. Let's find the girl" Phoebe bit on her thumb praying for Paige to find her quickly
They had an innocent to save
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