Author Note: I own none of the characters, only Aelithe is a figment of my imagination. I already posted this story on the CSI section, but someone told me it could be a good idea to post it here also.

Welcome to Vegas

"Please, make yourselves comfortable. I'll be with you in a second." The voice came from the hallway. Confused Piper, Phoebe, Paige and Leo looked at each other, they had orbed to Las Vegas, but the idea was to orb to an abandoned allay. Now they were in the house of someone, they had never met. And even more peculiar, this person was apparently not amazed by the fact that he or she had visitors that had orbed in. A young woman with straight brown hair walked in holding a tray with a teapot and several cups.: "Do you want some tea?"

"Where are we?" Phoebe asked.

"Well you are in my home of course. Come and sit down."

"Who are you?" Phoebe asked the woman who sat the tray down on the table.

"No one told you?"

"No."

"Oh, I'm sorry. I'm Aelithe." The woman extended her hand in a gesture of welcome.

"You are a witch?"

"Among other things, yes I am a witch. Otherwise I would have responded differently to a sudden appearance in my home."

"I am Piper Halliwel." Piper shook Aelithe's hand. Phoebe, Paige and Leo introduced themselves to Aelithe.

"I know, you are the Charmed Ones. The elders had already alerted me to expect you."

"How did the Elders know we where going to come here?" Paige wanted to know.

"Well that is easy, every witch or wizard coming to Las Vegas first comes through my home." Aelithe explained.

"Why?"

"Because Las Vegas is a different city then the cities where you come from."

"But why here? Why your place?" Phoebe asked.

"Because my job is to show people around in the city. Tell people what to look out for, which demons are active, where they can go for help. I am not only a witch, I am also a Guider."

"A Guider? What is that?" Paige asked.

"A Guider is someone that shows other people around in new area's, help other people on their quests, show new witches the ropes of the trade. A Guider has certain powers to help people get their answers, without them being ready made. Furthermore can a Guider transport her or himself and others, almost like orbing or shimmering."

"Okay. But when we travelled to Egypt, there was no Guider to show us around there." Piper said.

"Well no, Las Vegas is one of the only cities to have people like me, Salem is another."

"So what is special about Las Vegas." Phoebe accepted the cup of tea Aelithe handed her. Before answering Aelithe sipped her tea. "Well Las Vegas is Sin City."

"Yes, so." Paige didn't see any explanation in that sentence.

"You've got to let me finish. Las Vegas isn't Sin City for only the mortal non-magical people. It is also Sin City for magical creatures."

"Why would that mean that we need a special Guider to show us the city?" Piper wanted to know.

"It means that here in Sin City not everything is what it seems. Here a witch could use her powers for her own profit, maybe even curse someone, in the meantime a demon could be the one handing a helping hand. Here demons commit sins by being nice, helpful and not destroying other people, they could be innocent tourists not meaning any harm, while a witch could become your worst enemy."

"So here we could perform magic for our own gain?" Paige clarified.

"Well yes and no. When you are on holiday a certain amount of personal gain is allowed, when you take a holiday from your work you can do things you can't do while at work, but only to a certain amount. When demons and witches come here for a holiday some things are allowed. However we do have demons and witches that live here and go about their normal business, so to minimize mistakes in which demon or witch is called upon to, let say, help, I tell you which demons we have here on holiday and which are residents. But my first question to you is: Are you here for business or pleasure?" Aelitha imitated an airhostess.

"Business." Phoebe replied, she was the one to have gotten the premonition that had lead them to Vegas in the first place.

"Okay, what has lead you to Las Vegas?"

"A premonition I got." Phoebe explained.

"So you have the power of premonition and levitation?"

"Yes. Paige has orbing and telekinesis and Piper has time freezing and blowing up stuff."

"That would make Leo your white lighter?"

"Yes and Piper's husband."

"Of course. So let's go back to your premonition. What did you see?"

"I was hovering over Las Vegas and saw the 'Welcome to Las Vegas' sign. Then I kind of zoomed in on a part of Las Vegas and ended on a crime scene." Phoebe told Aelithe, her sisters had already heard her tell them this. After several seconds of silence, Aelithe asked: "That is it? No indication of a demon or anything?"

"No, that was a bit strange. I did go to a crime scene, but I don't know what kind of a crime was committed there." Phoebe had found the premonition very vague, but something, a feeling had told her to go to Las Vegas as quick as possible.

"So can you help us with it? Seeing as you are a guider." Paige asked.

"Well, I could help, I think that that is the other reason why you came here. The Elders had warned me, but they were unhelpfully vague. However I am not sure whether or not that was because they didn't know anything else or just to humour me. Leo couldn't you go and see what they know?" Aelithe asked. "Sure." And amidst a cloud of blue lights Leo orbed away.

After several minutes Leo was back. "The Elders don't know anything more than us. It has to do with a new power arising or coming to light. But they are not sure whether or not it is good or bad. They want us to find out what it is and help if necessary."

"They don't know anything else? No one we need to seek? No name? Nothing?" Paige demanded to know.

"Nothing, just that we have to work together with Aelithe, she is one of the best." Piper, Phoebe and Paige looked at Aelithe expectantly. Aelithe spoke: "Well it is nice to hear that you are one of the best, but it doesn't help much."

"Apparently you know how to deal with these problems." Piper said, "So where do we start?"

"With the premonition. It is the reason you came here, so there must be more to it. What triggered the premonition, Phoebe?"

"I don't know exactly, there was nothing I was holding. The only thing I can think of is a small blue butterfly, that sat down on my hand."

"Well that doesn't tell us much." Aelithe sighed: "Okay, I think we have to take a closer look at the premonition."

"How do we do that? It felt a bit like something was obstructing the premonition, I can't think of anything else." Phoebe told everyone. Once again Piper, Phoebe and Paige looked at Aelithe. Aelithe seemed to have thought about that and found a solution. "Piper, Paige and me are going to visit your premonition."

"How are you going to that?" Phoebe wanted to know.

"Well, the premonition is locked inside your mind, so Piper, Paige and me are going to visit your mind. We have to say this spell. Leo will stay with Phoebe, you will fall asleep and we need to make sure there is someone who can help you, Phoebe." Aelithe continued, when she saw the question in Phoebe's eyes.

"Is it dangerous?"

"No not at all. But we have to be on our guard and really take in everything: names, dates, people. You don't know exactly when you will return here. The spell goes: let us in her subconscious take a peek, return us when we find what we seek. And since we are not completely sure what we seek, it might be a very small detail, we have to remember everything. Okay?" Aelithe looked at Piper and Paige. "Let's do it." Paige answered.

A brown haired women and a grey haired man drove through the streets of Las Vegas, riding to do their jobs. Riding to a crime scene. The woman didn't feel comfortable.

"What is the matter? You seem nervous." The man said.

"I don't know, I have this strange feeling." The woman answered, looking out of the window.

"What?"

"I feel like a thousand eyes are looking at me."

"Don't worry, it is just us. Everything will be fine." The man didn't say that he had felt the same thing, the feeling that they were being watched and it didn't feel good.

Neither knew that the coming day would change their lives forever.

Author note: I hope you liked it so far. Please read and review?