1. Just a dream?!

Following a small path, a path that seemed to have no end, a 17-year-old girl was searching almost desperately for something in the endless garden…anything that might show her a way out of here. She was barefoot, only wearing a white long night gown, her strawberry hair was loose and it really emphasized her green, kinda bluish eyes that right now were looking scared from one side to another.

Suddenly she heard what seemed to be water...maybe a fountain. She quickly approached the spot from where the sound was coming…indeed, it had been a fountain. But someone else was sitting near it. A person that had her back at her…but from what she saw it might be a man or a boy perhaps. So she carefully approached that person that seemed to be caught in his own thoughts not even realizing that someone was now behind him.

Slowly lifting her hand to pat on the stranger's back, she was startled when the person suddenly turned around and grabbed her arm. Now fully facing him, she was confused…

"Andrew? What are you doing here?" she asked, snatching her arm out of Andrew's grasp.

"What am I doing here?" he repeated smirking." This is your head so you should ask yourself that question. I am here because you want me to be here." he softly spoke, emphasizing each word with a bit more strength.

"What? No, I don't .I told you we're over and I mean it. Why can you just leave me alone? We were great together, yeah, but that's over now. And that's your fault…"she said on an angry tone.

"I know. And I'm truly sorry about that, I told you. It was just a moment of weakness, that's all. You're still the one I want." he replied looking into her beautiful eyes…eyes in which only disbelief could be read.

"Well I don't want anything to do with you." she said before turning her back at him.

"What if I look like this? Would you want me then?" he asked grabbing her shoulders and turning her around to face him. She gasp at what she saw…this couldn't possibly be, right? He isn't real…he isn't real…he isn't real, she kept repeating to herself.

Alexa…Alexa…Alexandra!!

"Alexandra Erin Mayes get your butt here right this instant or I'll have to come and drag it myself. And it won't be pleasant, I can assure you." she was woken up by a voice she knew well….her mother's.

Groaning, she slowly opened her eyes and stretched her legs and arms before glancing at the clock near the bed.7:26 a.m. Boy is she gonna be late…again. She quickly got up, took a shower, put on some casual clothes of course -this was school after all -brushed her long hair, that reached past her shoulders and put on some make-up and she was ready for a new day.

Going downstairs, she was greeted by an oh-so–known-view: her mother was sitting at the table, reading the newspaper, Mary, who by the way was the housekeeper was preparing breakfast and her dad-wait…her dad wasn't in the kitchen.

"Hey mom, hey Mary. Where's dad?" she casually asked taking a seat at the table.

"Another business trip, honey. But he said he'll be here just in time for his birthday so no need to worry about. Everything will go exactly as you planned." her mother replied, giving her a reassurance smile. Alexa wanted to organize her father's birthday party this year and her mother was quite okay with it.

"Oh. Okay then. I'm off to school anyway. Bye, see ya later." she said while giving her mother a kiss and waving at Mary.

"But...but you haven't even eaten you breakfast." her mother added without having any audience really…well except for Mary that is. "Kids today." she said before turning her attention to the newspaper in front of her.

School-around 8 a.m.

Arriving at her school, she parked her car and went off to meet with her best friend…Jordan Loring. Narrowing her eyes to search for her, she was, however, interrupted when someone grabbed her shoulders from behind, startling her.

"Hey, relax…it's just me." Jordan said looking at Alexa with an amused face and Alexa just sighed.

"Yeah, just do me a favor and don't do that again…ever." she said starting to walk.

"Okay…I'm sorry, didn't mean to scare you like that. So what's up?" Jordan said following her.

"Nothing. I just had a weird dream. I was walking through a labyrinth and then I see this fountain and there was a person near it. So I'm thinking I should see who it is...'cause you know in a dream, you never figure that it's just a dream…So when I went closer, he turns around and grabs my arm. And who do you think that was?" she asked now looking into Jordan's eyes.

"Andrew." she simply answered, knowing fully well that he was the only person bugging her best friend at the moment.

"Bingo. Yep, it was Andrew. So he began telling me that he still wants me and all that bullshit and I turned around. And then he said something that I didn't get. 'If I look like this? Would you want me then?' and he turns me around and suddenly I'm face to face with a fictional character. Imagine my surprise." Alexa said gesturing like a mad person.

"Fictional character? Well who was it? Ah...don't tell me. Was it by any chance Chris from Charmed?" she asked laughing.

"It's not funny. I'm being stalked by a guy that doesn't even exist…I think I'm going nuts." she said sighing.

"Oh come on. He's hot. Of course you like him, and if I were you I'd enjoy it. I mean, think at it this way: Andrew or Chris?" Jordan said gesturing.

"I suppose you're right." Alexa said giving up.

"So? What did ya do when you saw it was Chris? Did ya grabbed him and kissed him passionately on his soft lips while he grabbed your waist and pulled you closer?" she said in a dreamy way making Alexa burst out in laughter.

"Geez, I think you need to dream about Chris. I have enough guy problems as it is." she said while putting an arm past Jordan's shoulders and dragging her to the class.

"Finally!!" Jordan yelled. "Finally school's over. God, was today hectic or what? I mean, Mr. Brink is definitely insane if he thinks we'll be able to do that project about biggest errors in history. I really don't like war-it's just a waste of time. Oh but luckily I have you missy. Can I come over today? I really need a good grade at history, so please say yes." Jordan asked pleading she would accept and help her.

"Of course you can." Alexa replied with a smile. "And history's not that bad, you know." she added.

"Yeah, yeah. You know, you can't move on until you let go of your past." she oh-so-wisely said.

"Riiight. And you can't move on until you learn your past mistakes." Alexa said while searching her car keys in her bag.

"Hello there. Need some help?" a guy voice could be heard.

"No, not from you anyway. So fuck off." Jordan said on an aggressive tone.

"You might wanna keep your big mouth shut, Jordan. I wasn't talking to you so you fuck off." Andrew replied in the same manner.

"Okay kids…enough. Andrew I'm not in a mood for this so just go." Alexa cut in.

"Well funny, me neither. I'm not in a mood for anything since you broke up with me. Please, let's just talk, okay? We can sort things out." he softly said.

"Sort things out? I'm not confused here Andrew, I know exactly what happened. Let's see…oh yeah, you cheated on me. What do you wanna sort out? If you mean that you wanna keep lying that you were drunk, or it was just a moment thing or God only knows what, then don't. I don't need it. Goodbye Andrew. Oh and one more thing…if you ever talk like that to Jordan I'm gonna kick your ass, literally. Now bye." she said and got in the car as did Jordan and started going away when Jordan asked her if she's okay.

"I'm fine Jordan. Really. Look I'm gonna drop you off to your place and you can come to my place later, okay? I'm not in the mood for history right now." She said and Jordan knew she was upset about her encounter with her ex.

"Okay, no prob honey. I'm proud of you, you know. I know how much you liked him and how badly you probably wanted to believe him, but you didn't." Jordan said with a small smile before hugging her best friend and getting out of the car.

"Bye. I'll see ya later." Alexa said before starting the engine again and taking off. She was paying attention to the road, but she couldn't stop thinking about what happened to her. She was lied to…the world wasn't made of little pink harts, flowers everywhere, rainbow and sunshine…no, this wasn't the world she was drawing when she was 5.This world had bad people, bad things, people who lie, kill, steal…people who cheat. People like her ex-boyfriend. She thought she loved him, but did she really? She wasn't sure of that anymore, everything just seemed messed up. She used to be naive, she took notice. But not anymore. Never again.

Suddenly a car appears in front of her own…a car that wasn't controlled. The driver must have been drunk or something…but that didn't change the fact that that car was heading towards hers, and it was approaching pretty fast. What to do? She was on a bridge for God's sake…she tried to avoid an accident…but that didn't work. The car smashed into hers in the left side, causing her car to smack into the grille pretty hard so now the car was barely holding up….threatening to fall of the bridge at any moment. Alexa was fine due to the airbags, just a little dizzy when she finally saw the current position of her car. She had to get out of there….fast. She moved a bit but she soon found out that her foot was stuck. She opened the door carefully and tried to get out, when the car suddenly began to move and slide down, down into the river, taking Alexa along with it.

Groaning, Alexa stretched a bit, an old habit she always had and she did it before getting up-she said it helps your blood circulation.

This is odd…I don't remember falling out of bed. Although it might explain why my leg hurts so bad. Go ahead mom, yell…any minute now….But then the funniest thing happened…it was silence. No one yelled, not a move, not a noise…nothing.

Finding it extremely odd, Alexa decided to get up and check if everything was okay. So she slowly picked herself up from the floor, rubbing her eyes, when she realized she wasn't in her pj's. Now I know I didn't fell asleep like this, did I? God this thing with Andrew really got to me…

Turning her attention at her surroundings her heart stopped, she froze. She wasn't in her room, apparently she was in an…attic maybe? Yes, it was an attic, she thought…and it was strangely familiar to her. She looked around a bit but the real shock came when she turned around.

That can't possibly be the Book of Shadows, right? No, no it's not 'cause that would mean that this is the attic…the one in the Halliwell Manor…the Halliwell family which of course doesn't exist because its just a show…Charmed's just a TV show, nothing else. Maybe this is a joke? Or a dream? Or I finally went nuts.

Her thoughts however were interrupted by sounds of orbing…like the ones in the show. She turned around and her eyes widened in surprise when she took in the view. It was Chris as in Chris Halliwell, the fictional character, as in the one that doesn't exist. Or maybe this was just another dream of hers...seems like they're pretty frequent then.

"Who are you and what are you doing here?" Chris asked in suspicion, narrowing his eyes. He looked younger then the one in the TV show…around her age perhaps. His hair style was almost the same like the one he had in season 6-messy brown hair, a bit longer then you usually see boys wearing, but seemed to suit him perfectly.

"I'm only gonna ask you one more time: who are you and what are you doing here?" he asked on a harsh tone.

"This is just a dream, just a dream. Don't worry, you'll wake up soon and everything will be okay…"she muttered to herself and Chris watched confused as she was pacing around the attic.

By this time Chris had lost his patience and flicked his hand in her direction, using his telekinesis that caused her to collide with the wall. Not exactly believing that Chris would hurt her she tried picking herself and went to stand behind the Book of Shadows, knowing that he would never risk its safety.

"Get away from the Book, I'm warning you." he said on a dangerous tone.

"No, wait. You don't understand, I'm not a threat. I'm a mortal, I don't have any powers. I don't even know how I got here." she pleaded him.

"I don't believe you. Now step away from the Book." he demanded but got infuriated when he saw she didn't listen to him so he used his telekinesis and grabbed the Book before throwing her once more in the wall, this time leaving her unconscious.

Having heard some noises from upstairs, Piper and Leo ran to the attic only to be surprised when they saw a teenage girl lying unconscious on the floor and their son with the Book in his hands.

"What happened here?" Piper spoke first.

"I came in here 'cause I heard someone up here and I thought it was Wyatt and he might need some help with a demon or something when I saw her" he said pointing to the girl "standing near the Book. I asked her who she is and how did she get here but she kept whispering something about a dream so I asked her again and she moved closer to the Book and that's why she's like this right now. I think she was after the Book of Shadows." he said before putting the Book back to its place and then grabbing some crystals and placing them around her.

"They get younger and younger. You'd think they'd be smart enough to teach their kids to stay away from the Halliwells, but no. They keep coming." Piper said in a matter-a-fact tone.

"What are we going to do with her?" Leo asked his wife, glancing at the girl.

"Well there's nothing we can do with her right now so we'll just have to wait 'till she gets up." she replied before starting to head downstairs along with her husband.

Chris however remained in the attic to make sure nothing else happens. This girl seemed weird to Chris. She could have anticipated that someone's going to be in the attic and form a plan…but she didn't. And she didn't attack him either. Oh well…demons are weird. He decided to stay there and keep an eye on her, make sure she doesn't try anything funny…