Phoebe, Piper and Paige orbed in and quickly took in the situation at hand. Phoebe saw Cole struggling with the Demon Corazant, but then looked to the side and saw her future self, lying down, clearly wounded.
"Leo" Phoebe yelled.
Leo orbed in and Phoebe gestured to her future self and Leo went to work healing her.
"Phoebe, we need to say the spell!" Piper yelled.
"Hell threw you from its inner core,
But earth won't hold you anymore.
Since Heaven can not be your place,
Your flesh and blood we now erase" Phoebe, Piper and Paige chanted together and watched the demon explode.
Then Phoebe turned to see Leo helping her future self up.
"Oh thank god, you saved her" Phoebe said.
"Just barely, even a second longer and I wouldn't have been able to" Leo said.
"Well its good that I called you before vanquishing the demon rather than after" Phoebe said.
"It did more good than you know. If you hadn't I would have died without ever giving you an answer and all would be lost" future Phoebe said.
"What do you mean? You've decided to give me an answer?" Phoebe said.
"First, Piper freeze the room" future Phoebe said.
"What?" Piper said.
"Now! Do it" future Phoebe yelled at her.
"Okay" Piper said and froze the room, and Cole and Leo.
"Good" future Phoebe said.
"Should I unfreeze Cole and Leo now?" Piper asked.
"You can unfreeze Leo, he should hear this too, but not Cole, I can't risk the source stopping me" future Phoebe said.
"Excuse me? The source?" Paige said.
"Unfreeze Leo first" future Phoebe said.
Piper waved her hands and Leo unfroze, and then she said "Alright, now what was that about the source? We vanquished him already; we don't need to worry about him."
"I'm afraid that's where I have to correct you; you vanquished his body, but not his spirit. His spirit currently is residing inside Cole, which is why I needed you to freeze him, if he knew I was going to tell you he'd stop me, I think" future Phoebe said.
"What" Phoebe cried out, anguish clear in her voice. "He's evil again, oh god, how could he" she said.
"No, Cole is not evil, he's possessed. When you vanquished his demon half you left a void in him, and when Cole took in the hollow to save you, when you sent the hollow back, the sources magic and spirit stayed in that void and have slowly been taking him over" future Phoebe said.
"But how could he not tell me?" Phoebe said.
"We'll he's tried, I remember him trying, or rather I realize now that's what he was doing. Don't you recall moments where he seemed to start to say something and then had a terrible migraine, that was the source stopping him from telling you. We talked briefly, and he told me that the source is too strong, and he wanted me to tell you, in the hopes that you could save him. Or at least warn you, to keep the source from using him to hurt you" future Phoebe said.
"Well of course we'll save him, but how" Phoebe asked.
"I don't know, I never got the chance to save him. I called off my wedding, feeling that something was wrong, just like you did. What you and I both felt was premonitions trying to come out, but the sources magic preventing it, which just left us feeling uneasy. But because you did something, perhaps we can do something to save him this time" future Phoebe said.
"What happened to him in your future?" Phoebe asked.
"Well like I said, I called off the wedding, and then when we found out that he was the source we had to vanquish him, it was too late then. The source had completely had taken him over, and he had been coronated. There was no hope for him then. And I spent the rest of my life alone, wondering what could have been. And it seems magic has given me the chance to finally know" future Phoebe said.
"I just can't believe he'd let himself be taken over like that" Phoebe said devastated.
"He did not let himself; you know better, you can't fight that type of possession, like when we were possessed by the woogie. And if it helps, the source could never completely overcome Cole's love for you, and couldn't kill you because of that" future Phoebe said.
"Yeah, that does actually help. So what do we do now?" Phoebe asked.
"Well, keep Cole frozen for one" future Phoebe yelled as Cole started to move.
"Ahh" Piper yelled and froze him again. "Well I can't just keep doing that, I mean who knows how long this may take to find a fix" she said.
"Perhaps we could put him in the crystal cage?" Paige suggested.
"Brilliant!" Phoebe said.
"So is he still going to be our Prince?" little Phoebe said from behind them.
Phoebe looked surprised to see her and then smiled and said "Yes, I think he still will, once I save him."
"Goodbye" future Phoebe said as she and little Phoebe began to fade out "I hope your future is different than mine."
"So do I" Phoebe whispered.
"What happened?" Paige asked.
"She heard what she needed to hear" Leo said.
"Alright, Paige go get the crystals" Piper said and Paige rushed off, only to return a minute later and place the crystals around Cole, which instantly formed the cage.
"Piper unfreeze him" Phoebe said.
"Alright" Piper said and waved her hands to unfreeze him.
"What's going on?" Cole asked.
"Cole is that you?" Phoebe asked.
"Well who else would it be?" Cole asked.
"My future self told me, about the source, and you being possessed. I'm going to save you, I'm going to save us" Phoebe said.
"I hope so" Cole said.
"Now we just need to figure out how we are going to do that" Piper said.
"Well for one thing, don't leave me alone" Cole said.
"What do you mean?" Piper asked.
"Well it was the seer who planned all this, and if she gets a vision and see's this, she most likely will come here and try to set me free. And then you'll never save me, and you will have to deal with the source all over again, so someone needs to be here, and preferably you should vanquish her" Cole said.
"The seer, I looked her up after we met her. We can vanquish her with a power of three spell" Paige said.
(Before anyone comments on this, they gave different info on the show. The seer told them in "We're off to see the Wizard" that only the power of three could vanquish her, but later in "Womb Raider" they made a potion. So I'm going to go with a power of three spell)
"Alright. So lets see, umm Piper you watch Cole, you have the most fire power" Phoebe said.
"Umm if only the power of three will vanquish her than my firepower won't do much" Piper said.
"Well you can freeze her, hopefully. I will write a power of three spell, Paige you go look in the book for ways to de-possess Cole" Phoebe said.
"And from now on, don't listen to me" Cole said.
"Excuse me?" Phoebe said.
"I can feel the source getting stronger, practically every second. So he may take control and try to trick you into letting me, or rather him, out" Cole said.
"Oh, that's a good warning to know" Piper said.
"Definitely" Paige said.
"But what about if my freezing doesn't work?" Piper asked.
"Umm, you're right, we shouldn't assume. Okay new plan, I'll still work on a spell, but Leo, now you are in charge of looking in the book for ways to de-possess Cole and Paige you go get another set of crystals so we can trap the seer too" Phoebe said
"Okay" Paige said.
"And hurry" Phoebe said
"Alright, lets get moving" Piper said.
"Actually, I just thought of something else. While you wait Piper, write a summoning spell to summon the seer" Phoebe said.
"Oh yeah, good thinking, we will probably need one of those" Piper said.
"Yeah, we might" Phoebe said.
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"Alright, so we are set to vanquish the seer?" Phoebe asked.
"Well I've got the summoning spell" Piper said.
"I've got crystals" Paige said.
"Good, and I've got a vanquishing spell" Phoebe said.
"Then I would say we are set to go" Piper said.
"And Leo is watching Cole downstairs?" Phoebe asked.
"Yep, so lets do this" Piper said.
"Alright, so let's summon that bitch so we can get on to saving my fiancé" Phoebe said.
"Evil seer far away
Come to us here today
Come before us here and now
Bring the seer here somehow" Phoebe, Piper and Paige chanted.
"What kind of spell was that?" Phoebe asked.
"Oh shut up, look incoming" Piper said a tornado of fire appeared in front of them, and out of it stepped the seer.
"Crystals, circle!" Paige yelled and the crystals circled around the seer setting up another crystal cage.
"How dare you summon me, and after I saved your lives" the seer said.
"If I recall correctly, you said you did not do it for us, so I feel no guilt in vanquishing you" Piper said.
"Enough chit chat, lets just vanquish this bitch" Phoebe said.
"Alright, sounds good to me" Piper said.
"Seer with a heart so black,
To the fires of hell you must go back
Death comes to you by the power of three
And hell will never set you free" Phoebe, Piper and Paige chanted and watched in extreme satisfaction as the seer went up in flames.
"Take that bitch, that's what you get for screwing with the charmed ones" Phoebe said happily.
"And now, on to the next problem" Paige said.
"Oh yeah, did Leo find anything" Phoebe asked.
"I didn't ask him, let's go down there and find out, why don't you bring the book" Piper said.
"I got the book" Paige said and followed her sisters down the stairs.
"So is the seer vanquished?" Leo asked.
"Yep, the bitch is toast" Phoebe said.
"Phoebes you are really loving that she's dead" Piper said.
"Oh yeah, well if she had Leo possessed and tried to ruin your marriage and turn your husband evil, wouldn't you be happy to see her dead?" Phoebe asked.
"Good point, I'm glad the bitch is dead too" Piper said.
"So Leo, what did you find out about de-possessing Cole?" Phoebe asked.
"Well it's not the de-possessing that's the problem. There is a potion that can do that, it's the getting rid of the sources spirit once it's out of Cole that its biggest problem" Leo said.
"Well why don't we just say the vanquishing spell again and get rid of him" Paige said.
"Because that would kill Cole too" Leo said.
"Yeah I'd like to avoid that" Phoebe said.
"So why don't we do the potion thing, and as soon as the sources spirit starts to leave Cole I'll freeze the room, and we'll move Cole out of the crystal cage and leave the sources spirit there and then re-say the spell" Piper said.
"That could work I think" Leo said.
"Good, then Piper, you go work on the potion please" Phoebe said.
"Alright, I will get onto that, the sooner we get this done with the sooner we get on with our lives" Piper said.
"Amen to that" Phoebe said.
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"Alright Piper, throw the potion and lets hope it works" Paige said.
"And be ready to freeze everything" Phoebe said.
"Alright" Piper said and threw the potion. The girls watched as smoke billowed off Cole, and then as something seemed to float out of his head. They watched as the transparent thing bounced off the crystal cage.
"I think that's your cue" Paige said and Piper froze the room. The girls waited a few seconds to make sure that the spirit had frozen too.
"Okay, lets drag Cole out of there and do this" Phoebe said and she moved one of the crystals bringing down the crystal cage.
As soon as she did this, the spirit shot out and disappeared.
"What the hell just happened?" Piper yelled.
"It got away! The source got away!" Paige yelled.
"Dammit, I thought it was frozen!" Piper yelled in frustration.
"Damn! We forgot that not all ghosts freeze! How could we be so stupid!" Phoebe snapped.
"But if it got away, that does mean it's out of Cole, right?" Paige asked.
"God I hope so" Phoebe said.
"But shouldn't we test that, I mean what if it was a trick?" Paige asked.
"Well how do we test it" Phoebe asked.
"I have an idea, but it requires Leo's help" Paige said.
"Leo" Piper yelled and Leo orbed in.
"What?" Leo asked.
"We'll things did not go quite as planned. And we need to test if the source is out of Cole" Piper said.
"What do you mean it did not go as planned?" Leo asked.
"Well the source either got away or is still in Cole, so we need to find out which it is" Piper said.
"And how are you going to do that?" Leo asked.
"Well, it kinda puts you in possible danger, but at the first sign of danger Piper can freeze things again" Paige said.
"So what is it you need me to do?" Leo asked.
"Well we will put you in the cage with Cole and you need to cut him and then heal him" Paige said.
"What?" Phoebe said.
"Well you told me that Leo can't heal demons, so if Cole is evil again then Leo shouldn't be able to heal him" Paige said.
"Alright, lets just do this" Phoebe said and Leo went into the ring of crystals as Paige put the final one in place and the cage reformed.
"Okay, unfreeze the room" Phoebe said.
"What! Why? It would be safer for Leo if Cole stayed frozen" Piper protested.
"Piper, don't you remember what happened with Dan? People don't bleed if they are frozen" Phoebe said.
"Oh, yeah, I forgot" Piper said and unfroze the room.
"Umm what's going on, why is Leo in the cage with me?" Cole asked.
"Well, see things did not go quite how we hoped and we need to make sure you aren't possessed" Piper said.
"Alright, I mean I don't feel possessed, but you can hardly take my word, so what are you going to do?" Cole asked.
"Have Leo cut you and try to heal you, if you are still evil then he won't be able to" Phoebe told him.
"Alright, lets do this" Cole said and held out his arm to Leo who winced but quickly brought the knife across his skin leaving a trail of blood and then he held his hands over the wound and they all watched in relief as the wound healed before their eyes.
"Oh thank god" Phoebe exclaimed and moved one of the crystals and threw herself into Cole's arms.
"No, thank you, for saving me" Cole said.
"I'm just glad I could, and glad that I won't have to end up like my future self" Phoebe said.
"Umm guys I hate to ruin this mood, but might I remind you that the source got away" Paige said.
"That's tomorrow's problem, there is not a chance of us getting him tonight, so tonight we celebrate Cole's return" Phoebe said.