Magic Amethyst - The Witch Who Cried Wolf

Piper suspected something was up and followed Leo outside. His getting called to help some witch in distress was a common occurrence. However, his acting nervous and then suddenly wanting to go, wasn’t.

Piper asked, "What’s up?" her voice slightly threatening.

"I’m just getting called," he uncomfortably responded, then quickly orbed out.

Piper walked back into the apartment. Warren had returned from the kitchen with some vegetable sticks. Piper immediately grabbed one. She did have to admit the vegetables and the cider were incredible and wondered where they had gotten it all from. After he sat down and asked how everything was, Piper was startled, as she noticed another one of the man’s lupine mannerisms. He scratched his temple with the side of his hand in a peculiar way, almost exactly as the wolf who had possessed her grandmother had done. Could he have been possessed by a wolf? Leo had told her that he suspected Virginia was some kind of a witch. Perhaps someone had sent a wolf to destroy her, or turn her evil?

Where was Leo? Leo was the only other one who knew what to "look for" regarding wolves. He was the only one of them who had been there last week. How could he run off and leave her, Phoebe, and an innocent vulnerable in a situation like this?

Warren returned to the kitchen. Phoebe and Virginia began discussing old friends, when a toddler darted out from under the table, towards the plate of ribs. He was wearing a pair of blue and white pajamas with the New York Yankee’s logo on them and his hair was wild and matted. Virginia quickly grabbed a rib and gave it to him, before he could "attack." Phoebe stood back, not wanting to have a repeat performance of before. With the rib in his hand, the boy walked over to Piper. He shot her a curious glance, took her hand and sniffed it. He then let go, and commented "mommy."

Piper laughed and responded, "I may look a little like your mommy, but that is your mommy over there."

He looked at his mother. "You mommy, where’s baby?"

Piper then laughed again "He won’t be here for another six months."

The boy gave her a look that he knew what she was talking about. "He is in your tummy."

"Yes, you are very smart," Piper responded with a look of surprise upon her face. How could he tell? She wasn’t showing yet.

Virginia, happy that her infant said his first full sentence, tried to downplay the situation. Obviously her son had his father's keen sense of smell. It brought back memories for Virginia. Warren had been able to tell she was pregnant three days after Randell was conceived. "Congratulations," she told Piper. She turned to her son. "It's way past your bedtime," she said, collecting him before he did any damage. She carried him back to his room.

Phoebe and Piper were now alone in the living room. Piper asked quietly "Have you noticed anything weird about Virginia’s husband?"

"Not really, why?"

"Something about him reminds me of the wolf from last week."

Phoebe gave her a look of disbelief, "Piper, that thing ate you and grams alive. You’re probably just experiencing some form of PT, from all that happened."

"No, its not that," began Piper. Suddenly a shrieking sound was heard from the infant’s room.

Phoebe instantaneously ran up to see what was happening. She told Piper, "I’ll deal with this, you just stay here." She knew something odd was going on with Virginia, from what happened at lunch earlier that day. Could it have had something to do with what Leo'd said about Virginia possibly being a witch?