Charmed

Another Side, Another Story

Premise: After The Charmed Ones lose Andy, the sisters find themselves soul searching. Phoebe decides to volunteer as a way to give back in honor of Andy, to do something meaning with her life outside of being a witch. Piper resolves to follow her dream, seeing that life is too short to keep putting it off. And Prue, she quits her job. She has taken Andy's death the hardest and withdrawn into herself. She takes life one day at a time.

The Oracle, The Witchlock and The Archlighter

(Part 1)

Phoebe grabs a bagel from the kitchen and heads for the door of the manor just as she hears a knock on it. She opens it to find Darryl.

"Hey Darryl, how are you?" she asks.

"Same old," he answers. "You doing okay?"

Phoebe reveals a short smile and shrugs, indicating as best as can be expected. "Did you need something? I was actually headed out." She checks her wristwatch. "I'm going to be late my first day."

"I was in the neighborhood," Darryl tells her, "and I was hoping to see Prue while I had the chance."

Phoebe comes out of the manor and closes the door behind her. "She left out early this morning, but I'll tell her you stopped by."

"It's important," Darryl said. "I haven't been able to get a hold of her, and I think she'd want to hear what I have to say."

"I'll make sure she gets your message," Phoebe says seriously. She knows without him saying that it concerns Andy.

"Darryl!" An unfamiliar voice draws both Phoebe and Darryl's attention. "I thought you were going to come help out."

"I'll be over there in a minute," Darryl shouts back.

Phoebe and Darryl watch a tall, built, dark-skinned man with dreadlocks in a ponytail carry a box inside the house. He was attractive and had a charming smile.

"A friend of yours?" Phoebe asks, turning to Darryl.

"Old high school buddy and your new neighbor," Darryl says. "His name's Graham Donahue. I came to help him with the move. I'll talk to you later."

Darryl crosses over from her yard and enters Graham's house. Phoebe walks down the steps to climb on her bike. Before she takes off down her driveway, she glances at the house and believes she sees a woman watching her from the window. She notices is the curtain move slightly back into place. She wonders about it, leaving after she checks her wristwatch again and realizes she is definitely going to be late, but she can't shake or explain the vibe she gets from seeing a glimpse of that woman.

Opening Credits Roll

Prue – Shannen Doherty

Piper – Holly Marie Combs

Phoebe – And Alyssa Milano

Darryl – Dorian Gregory

Graham – Will Dorsey

Whitney – Nadia Vixamar

Theme Song: How Soon Is Now by Love Spit Love

Prue. Prue wakes up with a gasp. She wakes up from a dream of her last meeting with Andy, their final kiss and their final goodbye. She can't shake the image of seeing Andy's lifeless body in the living room. She looks to the left to read the clock on her nightstand and sees that it is 3:30 a.m. She's overwhelmed with anger, grief and pain. It hurts. She climbs out of bed and decides to do what she has been doing for the past month in order to rid herself of those feelings. She throws on a jacket, grabs her duffle bag and keys and leaves the house.

Piper goes to the window and watches Prue drive off. From there, she enters Phoebe's room and wakes her.

"Phoebe," Piper calls to her. "Wake up."

"It can wait until tomorrow," Phoebe says, trying to push Piper away with her hand and burying her head further into her pillow.

"No it cannot," Piper pulls Phoebe's pillow from under her head and whacks her with it. "This is serious. It's about Prue."

Phoebe opens her eyes and sits up. "What's wrong?"

"She left again," Piper says quietly. "She's been doing this for a month now, sneaking out in the early morning. I tried asking her where she goes. She wouldn't answer. I'm worried. What if a demon or warlock attacks her? We've been demon free for a month, but we both know that won't last forever."

Phoebe wraps her arms around Piper. "She can take care of herself. Prue would not put herself in danger."

"Prue also would never up and quit her job," Piper says. "Prue is not herself. She lost the love of her life. You realize that, don't you? No matter what she says she's not okay."

Phoebe could see that Piper was visibly upset that she didn't know how to help Prue through her pain, but before she could say anything to comfort her, she received a premonition.

- Phoebe sees Graham. He is in a gym, a weight room, working out until a warlock blinks into the room. The warlock is dressed in a black. He's light-skinned with curly dishwater blond hair in a ponytail. His hazel eyes are piercing. Phoebe notices a clock in the room that reads 3:42 a.m. The warlock tries to stab Graham with an athame, but Graham avoids it before he struggles against the warlock. The warlock knocks Graham back before he chucks the athame into his chest. -

"What did you see?" Piper asks. "Is Prue in danger?"

"No," Phoebe says. "Our new next-door neighbor is." She slips on her

shoes, grabs Piper by the hand and drags her along. "Is there any way we could get a hold of Prue?"

"She never answers when I try to call her," Piper says.

"Then, the only other option is to try to get a hold of Graham."

"Our new next-door neighbor," Piper says.

Phoebe nods as she pulls Piper down the stairs, across the yard and

to Graham's door. She proceeds to knock on it multiple times. She hopes he hasn't left his house yet, so she can stop him. If he has left already, she is sure she saw someone else in the house, and she hopes this woman can contact him before he gets killed. She realizes Darryl would be a big help in this situation, but there is no time.

A dark-skinned woman with dark brown eyes and a scarf wrapped around her heads comes to the door and opens it. She smiles for a moment, which surprises Phoebe and Piper, but the woman lets her smile quickly fall away.

"It's late, or rather, it's early," the woman says. "May I help you?"

"I know this is going to sound crazy, but is Graham here?"

"No," the woman replies. She sighs. "We got into a heated discussion unfortunately. He left."

"Is there any way you can get a hold of him? It's very important."

"Hello," Piper cuts in. "I'm Piper. This is my sister Phoebe. We live next door."

"Oh right, sorry," Phoebe says. "I met, well I saw, Graham earlier, and it's really important that I speak to him right now."

"Right," the woman says. "I'm Whitney. Graham is one of my older brothers. Come on in. I'll call him now."

Whitney turns away from them and walks toward the house phone.

"She's oddly calm about this," Piper mutters under her breath, as she holds onto Phoebe, who pulls her along into the house.

Phoebe closes the door behind them. "If anything goes wrong, then you know what to do." They nod in agreement before they both stand behind Whitney and keep an eye on her while she calls Graham.

Prue is in a gym, taking out all her pain and frustrations on a punching bag. The gym is seedy, shady, but she doesn't mind it. It suits her purposes. It is quiet, and empty, so she can even practice her power here from time to time. If she doesn't want to lose one of her sisters the way she lost Andy, she has to become better. She took up kickboxing to be prepared on the physical front. She practices channeling her power into her attacks, but that is easier said than done. She couldn't save Andy, she doubts she could save her sisters from the next evil that appears, but she promises herself that she will make sure it doesn't come to that.

She punches and kicks the bag for dear life. She keeps seeing Andy's face. She feels him nearby, even though she knows that shouldn't be possible. He told her she had to let him go, but she can't. How could she? She accidently channels her Telekinesis into a punch and sends the punching bag flying across the gym. She watches it hit the wall and burst into sand. The wall clock reads 3:40 a.m. She takes a deep breath, sweating like mad. She covers her eyes with her forearm and holds back the tears, trying not to cry.

Graham gets off the bench press and answers his cell phone, pulling it from his duffle bag.

"What's wrong?" he immediately answers. "Are you all right?"

"I'm fine," Whitney says in a calm voice. "The woman Darryl spoke with earlier. Phoebe, he told you about her, is here. She and her sister need to speak with you."

"Speak to me?"

"They say they just need you to come home right away," Whitney says. "Or at least get somewhere crowded. Phoebe says you need to hurry before 3:42. Listen, she believes you're in danger, and I agree with her."

Graham glances up at the wall clock and grabs his shirt and duffle bag and heads out of the weight room. "All right, I'm headed home now. I'll see you soon." He ends the conversation with his sister and tosses his cell phone into his bag.

As he leaves the weight room, he sees a dark-haired woman with her face covered, bent down near the floor. A second later, the warlock blinks in front of him. Graham grabs a hold of him. The warlock grabs hold of him at the same time, and they struggle back into the weight room, falling over one of the machines.

Prue hears the noise and stands up. She starts toward the weight room to see what is going on.

The warlock is up before Graham and makes an athame appear in his hand. He chucks it at Graham's chest, but Prue shows up to use her Telekinesis to send the athame off to the side.

"Witch," the warlock spits.

The warlock turns toward Prue, but Prue watches as the innocent she saved scrambles to his feet and throws a light projectile at the warlock. It stuns him for a second. This prompts Prue to take all her anger and pain out on the warlock with a flurry of kicks and punches. She once again channels her power into a punch, this time on purpose, and sends the warlock into the wall of the weight room.

Prue watches the warlock stand up and dust himself off. Graham comes to Prue's side.

"You're a witch," they say to each other at the same time, not taking their eyes off the warlock.

"I am," Prue answers.

"Some thing like that," Graham answers. Prue wonders what he means by that.

"Until next time," the warlock tells Graham. He blinks from the room.

Prue faces Graham. "You know him?"

"In a way," Graham says. "He's my brother."