This fanfic is set after Vaya Con Leos. Piper lost Leo and she is coping. There is no Billie, sorry.
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"How could he leave me? How could they think I could survive without him? Why now? Why him? I want him back. Bring him back, Bring him back…I'll get him back."
Piper sat silently in her room. The room was cold; a sense of longing filled it. She sat at her table, staring into the mirror, repeating the phrase over and over. It was the soundtrack of her life at the time. She had just lost her husband, Leo, to her stupid destiny. Piper blamed herself for losing him; she blamed herself for not trying to do more to save him.
She hadn't eaten or slept for the past few nights, she was a wreck. Her hair was tangled, her eye bags from crying herself dry were visible, and she barely had the energy to get out of bed. She had lost Leo. Leo, her husband, the father of her children, and more than that, he was her best friend, her guide, her mentor, her support, losing him was like losing herself.
The silence broke when Piper heard her younger sister Paige knocking on the door.
"Piper? Are you awake? Will you come downstairs to have some breakfast? You haven't eaten in ages."
Piper ignored her sister; she grabbed her brush and repeatedly brushed her hair in an attempt to make the outside world disappear.
"Piper, I'm coming in." Paige slowly opened the door, she looked at her sister. Piper was a total mess. Paige hadn't seen her like this since she saw Piper turn into a Fury back when she first met her. "Piper, let's go downstairs."
"I'm not hungry," Piper replied.
"Wyatt and Chris are waiting for you."
"Tell them that Mommy isn't feeling well."
"Piper, you can't be like that, you have to get out of this room. The sooner you get out of here the closer we are to getting Leo back."
"Weren't you listening? We will only get him back if we defeat this new evil… I barely had enough power to change Leo's fate. I don't think I have enough power to save him." Her voice started to crack.
"Piper, we'll find the power."
Piper turned to her sister. Her worn out eyes met Paige's eyes. "Screw the Power of Three."
Paige stood up, "How could you say that? We will get Leo back, I promise you this." She walked away from Piper, hoping not to enrage her more. "Breakfast is downstairs if you want some," and with that Paige left the room.
Piper sat there silently.
Paige still in disbelief over Leo's lose as well, walked downstairs to reunite with her other sister and her nephews in the Sun Room.
"She's not coming down."
Phoebe looked at the boys, they obviously missed their mother, and looked back at Paige. "Kitchen?"
Paige nodded in agreement.
Phoebe turned back to the boys and said, "Auntie Paige and I are going to go get you some food, okay?"
Wyatt nodded.
Phoebe took Paige's hand and walked over to the kitchen. She didn't know what to tell Paige, ironically, she is an Advice columnist. Whenever it came to family, Phoebe was at a lose of words. She stuttered with her first few words, trying to find the right ones, "Piper- I think- She- Leo."
Paige looked at Phoebe with her confused face, "You are trying to say what?"
Phoebe gathered her thoughts, "We may not have the power to get him back, but we do have the power to help Piper, right? What if we cast a spell on her, you know a small one to help ease the pain."
"Personal gain."
"No, not really. It's for Piper not us."
"It's still personal gain, Phoebe." Paige knew that Phoebe had the best in mind, but they already lost Leo, they couldn't lose any more than that.
Phoebe stared at the ground pondering their options, then the sound of an energyball forming was heard. Phoebe and Paige jolted back to the Sun Room.
Wyatt and Chris sat there in their chairs, with Wyatt's force field protecting them. The demon stood not too far from Wyatt and Chris, his energyball still in his hand ready to throw it at the force field hoping to break it.
Paige called out, "Energyball!" The energyball was surrounded in orbs and flew back towards the demon. The demon wasn't phased; the energyball left a small burn mark on his jacket.
He turned around and yelled, "I'm not here for you."
Phoebe looked at Paige, "Why didn't he explode?"
Paige as confused as Phoebe replied, "I don't know, maybe he's an upper level demon."
The demon started to walk towards them, every step he took, small sparks came from his hands, ready to fire. Phoebe and Paige slowly stepped backwards in sync with the demons steps. Phoebe yelled to Wyatt, "Wyatt, orb to Mommy!" The demon reacted and fired a blast of pure energy towards them, Paige jumped one way and Phoebe the other. Wyatt orbed out, taking his brother with him.
The demon turned around and noticed that Wyatt had left. He turned back to Phoebe, "You made me lose my bounty. You'll pay for that." He hovered over Phoebe, his hands in firing position, he was going to blast her to bits.
Phoebe was powerless, she didn't receive all her powers yet, she only had her premonitions. Premonitions, what good are they if they can't protect you, Phoebe thought to herself.
Paige gathered herself, after jumping she fell hard on the floor. She slowly turned to Phoebe, the demon going to blast her at any time, Paige called out, "Vase!"
Little packets of energy flew off of the demon's hands. He was going to blast her any second now.
A nearby vase orbed and flew towards the demon, it reappeared as it hit the demon, once again, not phased.
Phoebe quickly jumped up and kicked the demon in the leg then roundhouse kicked the demon in the face, the demon fell to the floor. Phoebe jumped over the demon's body and rejoined her sister. Phoebe knew that the two of them didn't have to power to vanquish this demon. She knew that they need Piper.
"Piper! Help!"
Paige and Phoebe grabbed each other's hands, their powers weren't enough to vanquish this demon. They barely stalled him. The demon found himself with the upper hand. His power was too great for the two witches he was fighting. He knew that he'd win this fight. The power boost he recently received was enough to scare the Charmed Ones. He was going to get their powers today, he knew it. He raised his hands prepared to blast at them.
Phoebe called out to Piper again, "Piper! We need you!"
The demon knew that the last sister was too emotionally weak to come down. He took that to his advantage. He taunted them by blasting the table, the mirror, the grandfather clock.
Paige, "Damn. We just got that fixed."
The demon smirked, "Any last words?" He blasted around the girls, taunting them once again.
Piper came down the stairs.
"Oh, so the last witch came to show her face. How touching. I thought losing your whitelighter was going to make you retire."
Piper stared him down. She already resented him. She wanted to vanquish his sorry ass. Piper gathered her emotions and flared her hands in an attempt to vanquish him.
The blast was more than the demon anticipated. He knew that her emotions would amplify her powers, but not this much. He had underestimated the blast; it sent him flying into the wall.
Phoebe and Paige stayed out of Piper's way. Getting in Piper's way was like getting into the way of a raging bull. With all the emotions she held in her, her powers would be stronger than they already were.
Piper walked towards him, "Don't you dare say anything about my husband. Get your ass out of here and tell your demon friends that if any of them come after me or my family I will vanquish their sorry ass. Got it?"
The demon wasn't threatened by Piper, he had more power than her at the moment. He had the upper hand. Piper put her guard down. He got up, "You shouldn't be barking orders witch." He quickly fired a blast of energy towards Piper.
Piper reacted quickly to the blast and blasted it in an attempt to send it back, but it backfired, the blast hit both the demon and Piper. The demon blew up and Piper fell backwards unconscious.
Piper flew backwards onto the floor, she hit the floor with a thud, she lay there on the floor, blood running down her face. Phoebe and Paige quickly went down to Piper, trying to aid her. Piper's breathing slowly went away. Tears were running down their faces. The blast took its toll, Piper had lost consciousness. Her vision blurred and she closed her eyes.
Phoebe and Paige were crying over Piper's body. They had lost her, they had lost Leo. Losing Piper was the last straw. They were ready to give up their powers to bring her back. They wanted Piper back, they needed her back.
Phoebe hugged Piper's head and pushed the hair out of her face, "Piper, you can't leave us… You have to fight it. Piper. Come on Piper, stay with us please. We need you. Piper… Piper."
A bright light from the pile of ashes that was once the demon floated out of the ashes and floated towards Piper.
Paige, tears running down her face, "What the hell?'
The bright light entered Piper, the light washed over Piper. The blood had disappeared and she gasped for air.
"Piper?" Paige asked, "Piper, come on wake up, please wake up. Piper, we need you. Don't leave us. Fight."
Piper could hear the pleas of her sisters slowly fading away, but she wasn't returning to her body, she felt like was being transported to another place. The feeling went away, and Piper opened her eyes again. She looked at the room she was in. It was pitch black, a light off in the corner of the room could be seen. She said, "Great. I'm dead again."
Piper stood up and walked over towards the light, then a voice coming from the direction of light said, "You're not dead."
"Who are you? Why did you bring me here? Show yourself." Piper was confused. She didn't want to move any further in fear that this place was demonic.
"Very well." The dark room lightened up, and revealed a person dressed in a robe much like that of the Destiny they had conjured. "I am Destiny."
...To Be Continued...
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