Charmed
"Love and Life"
Paige secretly writes a spell for love in her bedroom. Just like in the movie 'Practical Magic' she writes a spell for a man with specific qualities. Number one on her list.the guy can't be a demon. It may have worked for Phoebe, but Paige didn't want to take her chances. Number two; he has to be a normal mortal man with an open mind towards magic. Once the necessaries were out of the way, she began to have fun with the spell. He will have green eyes, blonde hair, be 5'11" and weigh exactly 165 lbs. Miscellaneous items also went on the list. He had to know how to defend himself with or without weapons. He had to know how to ride a horse (knight in shinning armor always rode a horse, right?) He had to look ruggedly handsome, like a cross between a young Robert Redford and George Clooney. He had to have a sense of humor, but not a complete comedian. He had to be intelligent, but not a rocket scientist. All the things she ever wanted in a man was written on a piece of paper. Then she laid the paper in the center of her bed. She then sprinkled rose peddles all over her room. She had over 15 candles and when she began the spell she lit every candle per request. "My heart cries for you, to bring into my life someone new, In this charmed life I lead, the love of another is all I need, Just anyone won't do, I need the one with likeliness of you, Green eyes and a pure soul, blonde hair and an understanding of a magical role, Not too short, not too tall, doesn't need help from anyone at all, A protector of innocence, something we'd share in common, A power of truth, and our fate to meet is now long overdue." She lit the last candle and picked up the paper from her bed. She burned it slowly and dropped it into the wastebasket. The spell was now complete. Paige stood back. She had never written and preformed her own spell before, and she didn't know what would happen after it was done. She looked around at the room and saw nothing happen. Perhaps it didn't work. But maybe it did, and she didn't know it. Either way, she felt uncertain, and began to blow out the candles. "Paige!" Phoebe called from downstairs. "I'm coming." Paige called out. She quickly cleaned up the rose pedals and left the room. Coming down the stairs she saw Piper get off the phone and she had a look of concern written all over her face. "What's wrong?" Paige asked. "Darryl's coming over." Piper replied. "And why is that a bad thing? He's on our side right?" Paige questioned. "Yeah, but his new partner is coming with him." Piper replied. "Partner?" Paige said in disappointment. "What are we going to do?" Phoebe asked. "Nothing." Piper replied. "What??" Phoebe exclaimed. "There's nothing we can do." Piper explained. "Why don't we just tell him and get it over with?" Paige commented. She received two blank stares from her sisters. "I was just kidding." Paige said, "Gees, you guys are wound up too tight." She left the room. A few minutes later Darryl arrived at the door with his new partner. "This is my new partner, Scott Quinn. Scott, these are the Haliwell sisters. Phoebe and Piper." Darryl was about to ask where Paige was when she walked into the room. "Oh, and there's Paige." Scott and Paige glared at each other as if in a trance. He was around 5'11" with green eyes and sandy blonde hair. Paige almost fainted. Phoebe and Piper exchanged a few looks with Paige, but not a word was spoken until Darryl suggested they take a seat. Just before Scott sat down, Leo orbed in behind him. Scott was thankfully preoccupied with Paige that he didn't notice the light blue glitter that filled the room as Leo arrived. Piper waved her hands in the air and froze Darryl and Scott Quinn. "What's the matter with you?" Piper hollered. Then she unfroze Darryl. "This is never going to work. Why do you have to have a partner anyway?" "Partner?" Leo asked, but was quickly ignored. "The department feels I am a liability. Too many strange things happen when I go on duty alone, so they signed me up with a rookie cop. He's straight out of the academy." Darryl explained. "This is all fascinating and everything, but we have a bigger problem." Leo said. When everyone sat down to listen to Leo, he continued, "The elders found out that the Source has taken the Oracle." "The what?" Phoebe asked. "The Oracle. A being that knows all, including the future." Leo explained. "Okay, so what does the Source want with an Oracle?" Piper asked. "The oracle is the only one who knows your biggest weakness. The only one who knows exactly how to destroy the Charmed Ones." Leo explained. "Great." Phoebe blurted. "So how do we get the Oracle out of the Source's hands?" Piper asked. No one had the answer, not even Leo. "Okay, Darryl. You can take your partner and go solve crime somewhere else." Piper said impatiently and unfroze Scott. "We're a little busy here, so you can see yourselves out. Paige, Phoebe.to the attic." Scott immediately noticed Leo, "Who are you?" "That's my husband, not that it's any of your business." Piper answered for Leo. "Come on, we'll come back at a better time." Darryl told Scott. Scott was obedient, but still questionable. He decided to ask Darryl a lot of questions about the Haliwell family.especially about Paige. It was going to be a long day for Darryl. Back at the Haliwell home, Phoebe, Piper and Paige regrouped by the Book of Shadows. They were trying to find the Oracle. They had never seen anything about her in the Book before, but a new page was written. "How did it do that?" Paige asked. "Grams." Phoebe and Piper answered collectively. Without another question they read about the Oracle. She has been around longer that the Source himself. She is all knowing, just as Leo said, and she can never tell a lie. She hides from the world accept to help innocents from the occasional world turning events. It is believed that the Oracle was the one who delivered the message to Noah about the flood. The Oracle can take any form she chooses and can see into the future. As the girls read on they were a bit skeptical. Leo came in to the room and Piper immediately asked him, "If she could see into the future, wouldn't she see herself getting caught by the Source and change events so that she wouldn't be captured?" "She would see the future, yes. But the Oracle only has the power to warn others of what she sees. She doesn't have the ability to change the future alone." "So she let herself get caught by true evil itself?" Phoebe asked unbelieving. "So the Source will ask the Oracle how to destroy us, and she'll tell him?" Paige asked. Leo thought about it, and then replied, "Maybe not." "But it says here that she never lies." Phoebe said. "That doesn't mean she won't try to help us. As long as the Source doesn't ask the right questions, the Oracle won't divulge the whole truth." Leo explained. Just then a band of shadow demons entered the attic. One of them charged Leo into the wall and they both vanished. "LEO!" Piper cried out. Three more demons surrounded the Charmed Ones and turned into solid form. The fighting was on. Phoebe had been well trained for hand-to-hand battle. She easily overpowered one of the demons. Piper couldn't freeze them, but she quickly found out that she could blow one up. Paige on the other hand, needed help. She dodged the blows from the demon and ran around the room. Piper was just about to blow up the last demon, when Paige had an idea of her own. "Dark to light, wrong from right.go back to the night and never again come into our sight." Paige said. The quick-thinking spell worked. The demon vanished. "Alright Paige." Phoebe cheered. "I taught her everything she knows." "LEO!" Piper called out again. Nothing. Leo was gone. But where? Phoebe gave Piper a hug and told her everything was going to be fine, but Piper wasn't convinced that everything would be all right. "Why don't we write a spell to take us to Leo?" Paige suggested. Piper ignored Paige's suggestion, but Phoebe smiled with glee. "That's perfect." "What a minute? We would be transported right in to the Source's hands. The one thing that could destroy the Charmed Ones is in his hands, remember." Piper was ranting now. "So we'll go prepared. We'll have a plan." Phoebe said. "And what if our plan doesn't work?" Piper asked. "Then we'll bring a back-up plan." Paige said. "And if that doesn't work?" Piper asked. "Then we'll bring a back-up plan for our back-up plan." Phoebe said and hugged Piper again. "Okay." Piper agreed. An hour later, the Haliwell sisters were as prepared as they ever could be. With three plans, two spells, a potion, and a prayer. Phoebe, Piper and Paige took each other's hands and formed a circle. Then they said a spell that they hoped would send them across land or time to where Leo was being held. The sisters disappeared. The spell had worked. They reappeared inside a mid-evil castle with lanterns. They didn't know if they had transported back in time, but they knew they found Leo. He was being held behind a magical force field. Leo shouted and waved his arms, "Look out!" "What?" Piper said, but was suddenly overpowered by an energy ball like Cole use to have. She was knocked against the stone wall and fell to the ground. Then a demon that looked like a chameleon with glowing red eyes came into their view. "Do the spell Paige!" Piper said as she got back to her feet. "Okay." Paige replied and started to quote her memorized spell. The chameleon squealed and disappeared. "That was a little too easy." Phoebe said. Leo shouted again, "Behind you!" Another chameleon demon, this one with shining blue eyes, arrived and threw Phoebe over onto her back. "I spoke too soon." She said nearly out of breath. Paige said the same spell, but nothing happened. "It's not working." Paige cried. "Okay, my turn." Phoebe said and through her potion. It hit just beside the demons feet and caused a small smoke explosion. The demon squealed and vanished. Before they had time to regroup a third chameleon arrived. This one had green glowing eyes. "We're running out of ideas." Piper hollered. "Wait, I have an plan." Paige said, "Stall him." "Stall him??" Piper said dodging the chameleon's throws. She tried to freeze or blow up the demon, but it wasn't working. "What if I try to orb to the other side of the force field?" "Leo can't orb out, he wouldn't tried that. And even if you can orb in, how are you going to get out?" Phoebe said. "So what are we going to do?" Paige fussed. "A little help over here!" Piper cried as she was being overtaken by the demon. Phoebe immediately went to Piper's aide and left Paige to think of a way to get them out of trouble. A light bulb went off inside Paige's head. Piper and Phoebe were tugged together when Paige orbed. The three disappeared. Leo sighed with relief. At least they were safe. Four more demons arrived and surrounded Leo's 'cage'. Leo was then shocked to see the three Charmed Ones walk back into the room. He figured they must have orbed back to get him out. Three against four didn't look like good odds, but Leo figured they wouldn't have returned without a plan. He was a little surprised when they decided to go hand-to-hand. No more spells or potions. The chameleons were getting the upper hand in the fight and Leo could barely manage to watch. A table was broken and weapons that hung on the walls were now being used in the battle. Phoebe was able to vanquish one chameleon but was quickly overpowered by another. Piper came to her aide, only to take a sword in the gut. "PIPER!" Leo shouted. Phoebe crouched beside her fallen sister, forgetting about the imminent danger. "Phoebe, look out!" Paige cried, but a little too late. Phoebe was picked up and thrown hard against the force field where Leo was being kept. When she landed on the ground she was unconscious and blood came out of her mouth. Leo fell to his knees only a foot from where Phoebe landed. Tears were flowing down his face as he tried with all his might to get through the field to heal the fallen sister. He couldn't get through. Paige started to give up. "Leo." She cried softly. "No! Don't give up, Paige. Never give up." Leo shouted. "I'm sorry." Paige said quietly. She expected the chameleons to jump on her, but they were backing off. Leo was surprised by their actions as well. Then, in walked the Source himself. He looked down at Piper and Phoebe. A grin grew slightly on his face as he saw the tears on Leo's face. Then he turned to Paige. "So young and naive. I would've expected you to be the first to die. Oh well, you don't always know what the future holds, right?" The Source raised his hand, and the Oracle appeared. She was a young looking woman with long blonde hair and silver eyes. She didn't say a word unless the Source demanded knowledge from her. Her hands were bound by the same magic that kept Leo caged. "I could ask what your future holds, but I already know the answer." The Source declared and then threw a large power ball her way, throwing her across the room. Leo couldn't believe this was happening. Paige was lying motionless on the ground just beside his wife. Leo was speechless and hurt beyond reason. "Check them." The Source ordered the chameleons to make sure the Charmed Ones were really dead. When the demons confirmed they were dead, the Source released the field around Leo and the bind on the Oracle's wrists. "I no longer need to know what the future holds. The future now belongs to me." The Source said and disappeared. Leo knelt beside Piper's body and cried. The Oracle felt his grief. "You're their white lighter, aren't you?" The Oracle asked. Leo looked up at her, "I was." The Oracle grabbed his hand and had him stand up. She noticed the blood on his clothing and the redness in his eyes. "You still are." "But I can't heal the dead." He whimpered, eyes blurry from the tears. The Oracle looked around the castle to be sure that the chameleon demons left with the Source. Then she waved her hands over the bodies and they disappeared. "Where are they? Where'd you take them?" Leo demanded. "It's okay. Take my hand." The Oracle said softly. Leo didn't want to, but he took the Oracle's hand and together they disappeared. They arrived inside the Haliwell house. A very familiar place for Leo, but a place that know would forever hold too many memories. "This can't be happening." Leo covered his eyes with his hands. "Leo?" Leo looked up. He heard Piper's voice. But how was that possible? She's dead, right? He turned around anyway. He practically jumped out of his skin when he saw Piper walking into the room. She smiled at the sight of him. "Leo!" Piper said lovingly and ran up to him. They embraced and then kissed passionately. Phoebe and Paige also came into the room and saw the Oracle. Paige smiled, "You knew didn't you?" The Oracle didn't reply. She didn't have to. "Don't ever do that to me again." Leo demanded. "I'm sorry. It was Paige's idea." Piper explained, "Besides, it's not like we had time to run it by you first." "It was the only thing I could think of to save you and the Oracle." Paige replied. "It was absolutely brilliant. She gave the Source exactly what he wanted without really giving it to him." Phoebe said. Just then, Cole, Darryl, and Scott Quinn walked in the front door. They first noticed Leo's distraught face and cheeks wet with tears, closing clenching Piper in his arms. "Did I miss something?" Cole asked. The Oracle walked up to Cole and said, "I see great things in your future." "And you are?" Cole asked. The Oracle smiled, walked out the front door and vanished. "What's going on here?" Cole demanded. Phoebe came up to Cole and hugged him. "I'll explain later." Darryl, Cole, Leo, Piper and Phoebe walked into the kitchen to continue their conversation; leaving Paige and Scott alone in the living room. Phoebe turned to Piper, "So now what?" Piper turned with a glare, "You've got to be kidding me? A one-on- one with the Source, the saving of an innocent, sort of," Piper said of the Oracle, "And dying in one day isn't enough for you?" Cole was now confused, and concerned. "It wasn't that big a deal." Phoebe said. "Not that big of deal?" Leo retorted. "Everything was under control. Paige came up with this brilliant plan and." Phoebe said, but was interrupted. "It doesn't matter now. We're here and we're all safe. That's all that matters." Piper may not have wanted to talk about it, but Phoebe couldn't help herself. She explained to Darryl and Cole how Paige used an old spell in the book and changed the words to make a Charmed doubles team. Then Leo told his side of watching each sister die, one by one. Piper apologized again for making him go through that, and they kissed to make up. In the living room, Scott and Paige exchanged looks. "This might sound, well, crazy.but, do I know you? Because I feel strangely attracted to you." Scott said. Paige couldn't respond. She merely glared into his beautiful eyes and ruggedly handsome appeal. "Are you a witch?" "What??" Paige snapped into reality. "Well, it's kind of like you put a spell on me." Paige was blushing and her heart was pounding harder than ever before. How was she going to explain this to her sisters? Would they understand? "Because if you do magic, I'd completely understand." Scott said. "You're unreal." Paige replied. "Well, I had something happen to me when I was younger.involving a weegie board. I never question the weird stuff anymore." Paige smiled, and Scott returned the smile. "Spell or not, would you like to have dinner with me? Say, tomorrow night?" Scott asked. Paige was speechless. She wanted to know if he was for real, or if he was only asking because of the spell she cast that morning. "I'll take that as a yes." Scott said. Paige still said nothing, but responded with another smile. They took each other's hands and joined the others in the kitchen.
"Love and Life"
Paige secretly writes a spell for love in her bedroom. Just like in the movie 'Practical Magic' she writes a spell for a man with specific qualities. Number one on her list.the guy can't be a demon. It may have worked for Phoebe, but Paige didn't want to take her chances. Number two; he has to be a normal mortal man with an open mind towards magic. Once the necessaries were out of the way, she began to have fun with the spell. He will have green eyes, blonde hair, be 5'11" and weigh exactly 165 lbs. Miscellaneous items also went on the list. He had to know how to defend himself with or without weapons. He had to know how to ride a horse (knight in shinning armor always rode a horse, right?) He had to look ruggedly handsome, like a cross between a young Robert Redford and George Clooney. He had to have a sense of humor, but not a complete comedian. He had to be intelligent, but not a rocket scientist. All the things she ever wanted in a man was written on a piece of paper. Then she laid the paper in the center of her bed. She then sprinkled rose peddles all over her room. She had over 15 candles and when she began the spell she lit every candle per request. "My heart cries for you, to bring into my life someone new, In this charmed life I lead, the love of another is all I need, Just anyone won't do, I need the one with likeliness of you, Green eyes and a pure soul, blonde hair and an understanding of a magical role, Not too short, not too tall, doesn't need help from anyone at all, A protector of innocence, something we'd share in common, A power of truth, and our fate to meet is now long overdue." She lit the last candle and picked up the paper from her bed. She burned it slowly and dropped it into the wastebasket. The spell was now complete. Paige stood back. She had never written and preformed her own spell before, and she didn't know what would happen after it was done. She looked around at the room and saw nothing happen. Perhaps it didn't work. But maybe it did, and she didn't know it. Either way, she felt uncertain, and began to blow out the candles. "Paige!" Phoebe called from downstairs. "I'm coming." Paige called out. She quickly cleaned up the rose pedals and left the room. Coming down the stairs she saw Piper get off the phone and she had a look of concern written all over her face. "What's wrong?" Paige asked. "Darryl's coming over." Piper replied. "And why is that a bad thing? He's on our side right?" Paige questioned. "Yeah, but his new partner is coming with him." Piper replied. "Partner?" Paige said in disappointment. "What are we going to do?" Phoebe asked. "Nothing." Piper replied. "What??" Phoebe exclaimed. "There's nothing we can do." Piper explained. "Why don't we just tell him and get it over with?" Paige commented. She received two blank stares from her sisters. "I was just kidding." Paige said, "Gees, you guys are wound up too tight." She left the room. A few minutes later Darryl arrived at the door with his new partner. "This is my new partner, Scott Quinn. Scott, these are the Haliwell sisters. Phoebe and Piper." Darryl was about to ask where Paige was when she walked into the room. "Oh, and there's Paige." Scott and Paige glared at each other as if in a trance. He was around 5'11" with green eyes and sandy blonde hair. Paige almost fainted. Phoebe and Piper exchanged a few looks with Paige, but not a word was spoken until Darryl suggested they take a seat. Just before Scott sat down, Leo orbed in behind him. Scott was thankfully preoccupied with Paige that he didn't notice the light blue glitter that filled the room as Leo arrived. Piper waved her hands in the air and froze Darryl and Scott Quinn. "What's the matter with you?" Piper hollered. Then she unfroze Darryl. "This is never going to work. Why do you have to have a partner anyway?" "Partner?" Leo asked, but was quickly ignored. "The department feels I am a liability. Too many strange things happen when I go on duty alone, so they signed me up with a rookie cop. He's straight out of the academy." Darryl explained. "This is all fascinating and everything, but we have a bigger problem." Leo said. When everyone sat down to listen to Leo, he continued, "The elders found out that the Source has taken the Oracle." "The what?" Phoebe asked. "The Oracle. A being that knows all, including the future." Leo explained. "Okay, so what does the Source want with an Oracle?" Piper asked. "The oracle is the only one who knows your biggest weakness. The only one who knows exactly how to destroy the Charmed Ones." Leo explained. "Great." Phoebe blurted. "So how do we get the Oracle out of the Source's hands?" Piper asked. No one had the answer, not even Leo. "Okay, Darryl. You can take your partner and go solve crime somewhere else." Piper said impatiently and unfroze Scott. "We're a little busy here, so you can see yourselves out. Paige, Phoebe.to the attic." Scott immediately noticed Leo, "Who are you?" "That's my husband, not that it's any of your business." Piper answered for Leo. "Come on, we'll come back at a better time." Darryl told Scott. Scott was obedient, but still questionable. He decided to ask Darryl a lot of questions about the Haliwell family.especially about Paige. It was going to be a long day for Darryl. Back at the Haliwell home, Phoebe, Piper and Paige regrouped by the Book of Shadows. They were trying to find the Oracle. They had never seen anything about her in the Book before, but a new page was written. "How did it do that?" Paige asked. "Grams." Phoebe and Piper answered collectively. Without another question they read about the Oracle. She has been around longer that the Source himself. She is all knowing, just as Leo said, and she can never tell a lie. She hides from the world accept to help innocents from the occasional world turning events. It is believed that the Oracle was the one who delivered the message to Noah about the flood. The Oracle can take any form she chooses and can see into the future. As the girls read on they were a bit skeptical. Leo came in to the room and Piper immediately asked him, "If she could see into the future, wouldn't she see herself getting caught by the Source and change events so that she wouldn't be captured?" "She would see the future, yes. But the Oracle only has the power to warn others of what she sees. She doesn't have the ability to change the future alone." "So she let herself get caught by true evil itself?" Phoebe asked unbelieving. "So the Source will ask the Oracle how to destroy us, and she'll tell him?" Paige asked. Leo thought about it, and then replied, "Maybe not." "But it says here that she never lies." Phoebe said. "That doesn't mean she won't try to help us. As long as the Source doesn't ask the right questions, the Oracle won't divulge the whole truth." Leo explained. Just then a band of shadow demons entered the attic. One of them charged Leo into the wall and they both vanished. "LEO!" Piper cried out. Three more demons surrounded the Charmed Ones and turned into solid form. The fighting was on. Phoebe had been well trained for hand-to-hand battle. She easily overpowered one of the demons. Piper couldn't freeze them, but she quickly found out that she could blow one up. Paige on the other hand, needed help. She dodged the blows from the demon and ran around the room. Piper was just about to blow up the last demon, when Paige had an idea of her own. "Dark to light, wrong from right.go back to the night and never again come into our sight." Paige said. The quick-thinking spell worked. The demon vanished. "Alright Paige." Phoebe cheered. "I taught her everything she knows." "LEO!" Piper called out again. Nothing. Leo was gone. But where? Phoebe gave Piper a hug and told her everything was going to be fine, but Piper wasn't convinced that everything would be all right. "Why don't we write a spell to take us to Leo?" Paige suggested. Piper ignored Paige's suggestion, but Phoebe smiled with glee. "That's perfect." "What a minute? We would be transported right in to the Source's hands. The one thing that could destroy the Charmed Ones is in his hands, remember." Piper was ranting now. "So we'll go prepared. We'll have a plan." Phoebe said. "And what if our plan doesn't work?" Piper asked. "Then we'll bring a back-up plan." Paige said. "And if that doesn't work?" Piper asked. "Then we'll bring a back-up plan for our back-up plan." Phoebe said and hugged Piper again. "Okay." Piper agreed. An hour later, the Haliwell sisters were as prepared as they ever could be. With three plans, two spells, a potion, and a prayer. Phoebe, Piper and Paige took each other's hands and formed a circle. Then they said a spell that they hoped would send them across land or time to where Leo was being held. The sisters disappeared. The spell had worked. They reappeared inside a mid-evil castle with lanterns. They didn't know if they had transported back in time, but they knew they found Leo. He was being held behind a magical force field. Leo shouted and waved his arms, "Look out!" "What?" Piper said, but was suddenly overpowered by an energy ball like Cole use to have. She was knocked against the stone wall and fell to the ground. Then a demon that looked like a chameleon with glowing red eyes came into their view. "Do the spell Paige!" Piper said as she got back to her feet. "Okay." Paige replied and started to quote her memorized spell. The chameleon squealed and disappeared. "That was a little too easy." Phoebe said. Leo shouted again, "Behind you!" Another chameleon demon, this one with shining blue eyes, arrived and threw Phoebe over onto her back. "I spoke too soon." She said nearly out of breath. Paige said the same spell, but nothing happened. "It's not working." Paige cried. "Okay, my turn." Phoebe said and through her potion. It hit just beside the demons feet and caused a small smoke explosion. The demon squealed and vanished. Before they had time to regroup a third chameleon arrived. This one had green glowing eyes. "We're running out of ideas." Piper hollered. "Wait, I have an plan." Paige said, "Stall him." "Stall him??" Piper said dodging the chameleon's throws. She tried to freeze or blow up the demon, but it wasn't working. "What if I try to orb to the other side of the force field?" "Leo can't orb out, he wouldn't tried that. And even if you can orb in, how are you going to get out?" Phoebe said. "So what are we going to do?" Paige fussed. "A little help over here!" Piper cried as she was being overtaken by the demon. Phoebe immediately went to Piper's aide and left Paige to think of a way to get them out of trouble. A light bulb went off inside Paige's head. Piper and Phoebe were tugged together when Paige orbed. The three disappeared. Leo sighed with relief. At least they were safe. Four more demons arrived and surrounded Leo's 'cage'. Leo was then shocked to see the three Charmed Ones walk back into the room. He figured they must have orbed back to get him out. Three against four didn't look like good odds, but Leo figured they wouldn't have returned without a plan. He was a little surprised when they decided to go hand-to-hand. No more spells or potions. The chameleons were getting the upper hand in the fight and Leo could barely manage to watch. A table was broken and weapons that hung on the walls were now being used in the battle. Phoebe was able to vanquish one chameleon but was quickly overpowered by another. Piper came to her aide, only to take a sword in the gut. "PIPER!" Leo shouted. Phoebe crouched beside her fallen sister, forgetting about the imminent danger. "Phoebe, look out!" Paige cried, but a little too late. Phoebe was picked up and thrown hard against the force field where Leo was being kept. When she landed on the ground she was unconscious and blood came out of her mouth. Leo fell to his knees only a foot from where Phoebe landed. Tears were flowing down his face as he tried with all his might to get through the field to heal the fallen sister. He couldn't get through. Paige started to give up. "Leo." She cried softly. "No! Don't give up, Paige. Never give up." Leo shouted. "I'm sorry." Paige said quietly. She expected the chameleons to jump on her, but they were backing off. Leo was surprised by their actions as well. Then, in walked the Source himself. He looked down at Piper and Phoebe. A grin grew slightly on his face as he saw the tears on Leo's face. Then he turned to Paige. "So young and naive. I would've expected you to be the first to die. Oh well, you don't always know what the future holds, right?" The Source raised his hand, and the Oracle appeared. She was a young looking woman with long blonde hair and silver eyes. She didn't say a word unless the Source demanded knowledge from her. Her hands were bound by the same magic that kept Leo caged. "I could ask what your future holds, but I already know the answer." The Source declared and then threw a large power ball her way, throwing her across the room. Leo couldn't believe this was happening. Paige was lying motionless on the ground just beside his wife. Leo was speechless and hurt beyond reason. "Check them." The Source ordered the chameleons to make sure the Charmed Ones were really dead. When the demons confirmed they were dead, the Source released the field around Leo and the bind on the Oracle's wrists. "I no longer need to know what the future holds. The future now belongs to me." The Source said and disappeared. Leo knelt beside Piper's body and cried. The Oracle felt his grief. "You're their white lighter, aren't you?" The Oracle asked. Leo looked up at her, "I was." The Oracle grabbed his hand and had him stand up. She noticed the blood on his clothing and the redness in his eyes. "You still are." "But I can't heal the dead." He whimpered, eyes blurry from the tears. The Oracle looked around the castle to be sure that the chameleon demons left with the Source. Then she waved her hands over the bodies and they disappeared. "Where are they? Where'd you take them?" Leo demanded. "It's okay. Take my hand." The Oracle said softly. Leo didn't want to, but he took the Oracle's hand and together they disappeared. They arrived inside the Haliwell house. A very familiar place for Leo, but a place that know would forever hold too many memories. "This can't be happening." Leo covered his eyes with his hands. "Leo?" Leo looked up. He heard Piper's voice. But how was that possible? She's dead, right? He turned around anyway. He practically jumped out of his skin when he saw Piper walking into the room. She smiled at the sight of him. "Leo!" Piper said lovingly and ran up to him. They embraced and then kissed passionately. Phoebe and Paige also came into the room and saw the Oracle. Paige smiled, "You knew didn't you?" The Oracle didn't reply. She didn't have to. "Don't ever do that to me again." Leo demanded. "I'm sorry. It was Paige's idea." Piper explained, "Besides, it's not like we had time to run it by you first." "It was the only thing I could think of to save you and the Oracle." Paige replied. "It was absolutely brilliant. She gave the Source exactly what he wanted without really giving it to him." Phoebe said. Just then, Cole, Darryl, and Scott Quinn walked in the front door. They first noticed Leo's distraught face and cheeks wet with tears, closing clenching Piper in his arms. "Did I miss something?" Cole asked. The Oracle walked up to Cole and said, "I see great things in your future." "And you are?" Cole asked. The Oracle smiled, walked out the front door and vanished. "What's going on here?" Cole demanded. Phoebe came up to Cole and hugged him. "I'll explain later." Darryl, Cole, Leo, Piper and Phoebe walked into the kitchen to continue their conversation; leaving Paige and Scott alone in the living room. Phoebe turned to Piper, "So now what?" Piper turned with a glare, "You've got to be kidding me? A one-on- one with the Source, the saving of an innocent, sort of," Piper said of the Oracle, "And dying in one day isn't enough for you?" Cole was now confused, and concerned. "It wasn't that big a deal." Phoebe said. "Not that big of deal?" Leo retorted. "Everything was under control. Paige came up with this brilliant plan and." Phoebe said, but was interrupted. "It doesn't matter now. We're here and we're all safe. That's all that matters." Piper may not have wanted to talk about it, but Phoebe couldn't help herself. She explained to Darryl and Cole how Paige used an old spell in the book and changed the words to make a Charmed doubles team. Then Leo told his side of watching each sister die, one by one. Piper apologized again for making him go through that, and they kissed to make up. In the living room, Scott and Paige exchanged looks. "This might sound, well, crazy.but, do I know you? Because I feel strangely attracted to you." Scott said. Paige couldn't respond. She merely glared into his beautiful eyes and ruggedly handsome appeal. "Are you a witch?" "What??" Paige snapped into reality. "Well, it's kind of like you put a spell on me." Paige was blushing and her heart was pounding harder than ever before. How was she going to explain this to her sisters? Would they understand? "Because if you do magic, I'd completely understand." Scott said. "You're unreal." Paige replied. "Well, I had something happen to me when I was younger.involving a weegie board. I never question the weird stuff anymore." Paige smiled, and Scott returned the smile. "Spell or not, would you like to have dinner with me? Say, tomorrow night?" Scott asked. Paige was speechless. She wanted to know if he was for real, or if he was only asking because of the spell she cast that morning. "I'll take that as a yes." Scott said. Paige still said nothing, but responded with another smile. They took each other's hands and joined the others in the kitchen.