Charmed

Season Eight

Angels Brought Us Here Part 1

8.01

The sun had started to set over San Francisco Bay. It was a normal summer evening, but not for one family.

The legendary Halliwell Manor was silent and lifeless.

The sounds of tears were heard from the living room.

Victor Bennett was crying on the sofa as the last of the guests left the house; it was decorated with black drapes and flowers everywhere.

The door closed and three women walked into the living room. They all had dark black hair and beautiful faces.

"It's okay, Dad, you can stop crying now." The tallest one spoke glowing with white lights and becoming Phoebe Halliwell.

"Thanks sweetie." Victor said looking up, his face was completely dry.

The other two women glowed with bright lights and became Paige and Piper.

"I really regret doing this you know." Paige said sitting down on one of the sofa's.

"Paige, you know why we did it, so we can start a fresh."

"To be honest I didn't really want to start a fresh!" Paige complained.

"Well isn't a bit late for that?" Phoebe said sitting next to Victor and giving him a hug.

Paige sighed and sat down on an armchair. She gazed at a photo of her Piper and Phoebe. She sighed again and looked at her appearance in the mirror.

A New day, A New Life…

Opening Credits

The door slammed as a tall man with dark short hair ran down the stone steps towards his car. He was good looking with brown eyes and a cheeky grin, this morning however he was not wearing his smile.

He ran down the pavement constantly looking behind him. He turned sideways into an alleyway and continued to sprint along it.

However, a couple of metres in front of him there was a glow of red lights and a bang and a demon stood there in a black leather jacket and dark black trousers, he was bald and had a menacing grin on his face.

"You know you can't run from me!" The demon said conjuring an energy ball. The man panicked and ran back. The demon released the energy ball and it collided with the dumpster that the man had just crouched behind. It exploded and the man was sent soaring though the air and hit his head on the wall…

"Paige! Breakfast is ready!!" Piper yelled to the ceiling.

There was a glow of blue orbs and Paige appeared wearing a sleeveless red top and a pair of jeans.

"Paige! You know we're not suppose to use our powers anymore! What if someone sees and realises there we are actually us then…"

"Then what?" Paige questioned.

"You know what I mean." Piper said turning round and walking back into the kitchen. Leo was sat at the table with Wyatt and Chris helping them eat breakfast.

"Where's Phoebe?" Paige asked helping herself to a muffin.

"Crying upstairs." Piper said blandly continuing to wash away the dirty dishes.

"Crying why?" Paige asked looking confused.

"She went to pick up her stuff from her office." Leo added spooning food into Chris's mouth.

"Told you this thing wasn't a good idea!" Paige said sitting down on a chair.

"Oh! This wasn't a good idea! Why did I listen to you Piper!" Piper yelled mocking Paige's voice.

As Piper continued to ramble Paige's head started to fill up with noise. It was like being drowned she couldn't think or hear anything all she could hear was this one person who needed help and fast!

"… so that is the reason we can't keep our normal identities Paige! Paige?" Piper broke off as she saw Paige collapse out her chair clutching her head in pain.

"Aunt Paige?" Wyatt said bewildered.

"Oh god!" Leo stood up and checked her over.

Chris started to cry as Piper ran over and stared into Paige's face.

"Charge, trouble!" Paige blurted out still clutching her head in pain.

Paige held out her hand to Piper as a gesture to come with her.

"Won't be long, hopefully!" Piper said kissing Leo and grabbing Paige. The two sisters glowed with shimmering blue lights and dissipated.

The man who's name was Riley Phoenix crouched behind a wall as the demon drew closer.

"What to do! What to do! What am I gonna do!" Riley panicked as the demon conjured an energy ball. Riley focused all his mind on what he was going to do and leapt out from behind the wall and stuck out his hands a small bolt of electricity shot from it and hit the demon squarely in the chest. He was blasted backwards releasing the energy ball in mid-flight. As Riley saw the energy homing in on him there was a glow of blue lights and a rushing sound and Paige and Piper appeared on the scene. Paige turned round and yelled:

"Energy Ball!" The energy ball flew back at the demon glowing with orbs.

Piper darted forward towards Riley and pushed him behind a dumpster.

"Who the hell are you?" Riley exclaimed.

"Me? You don't need to know who I am but the girl out there?! You need to know her she's your Whitelighter."

"Whitelighter? What's a…" Before Riley could finish his sentence there was a colossal explosion he flew frontward into the road while Piper was blasted into the wall hitting her head.

Paige screamed and ran towards Piper she turned round and yelled:

"Demon!"

The demon flew backwards glowing with orbs when Piper stood up.

"Damn You!" She screamed as she flicked her wrists at him. He soared backwards smashing through a huge glass window of a warehouse. The glass showered the floor and Riley stood up. He limped over to Paige who grabbed his and Piper's arm before orbing out.

The demon stood up slowly. He was covered in little shards of glass but he smiled before shimmering out…

Leo was pacing the room biting his nails.

"Leo, I'm sure they'll be fine, it's not like we've never done it before!" Phoebe reminded Leo, she was sat on a chair in the kitchen, she looked okay but it was obvious that she had been crying.

There was suddenly a rushing sound and a big glow of orbs and Paige, Piper and Riley fell into the kitchen.

"Are you okay?!" Leo rushed over and Piper stood up.

"Yeah, we're fine!" Piper standing up throwing back her hair.

Riley stood up and stared around.

"What? Why? How?" He stared at Leo and Phoebe and the room he was stood in.

"Okay, I need to explain this to you." Paige spoke grabbing Riley's hand and leading him into the living room.

"Okay, I am your Whitelighter, I am sort of a guardian angel that protects you, now your either a future Whitelighter or a Witch so do you know if you have any powers?" Paige asked sitting Riley down on a sofa, he looked at her concentrating intently.

"Well, sometimes, when I'm angry sort of electricity stuff comes out of my hands. I don't want it to happen, I can't control it!" Riley put his head in his hands and Paige put her arm around him.

"It's okay, I was like that when I couldn't control my powers."

Riley lifted up his head and smiled at Paige. He couldn't help noticing how beautiful she was. Her long brown hair down to her shoulders was sleek and shiny, her eyes were brown and warm.

He shook his head and said to Paige:

"So your suppose to protect me if I get into trouble?"

"Yeah, I'm glad you understand…" Paige smiled again at Riley and he smiled back but then there was a huge yell from the kitchen.

"NO PHOEBE!" Piper's voice screamed from the kitchen.

Paige hurriedly rushed in and saw Piper and Phoebe arguing.

"I didn't wanna change, it was you that wanted to change your life! NOT ME!" Phoebe screamed.

"We did for the best!" Piper yelled back.

Wyatt started to cry as his mother and aunt were fighting.

"Guys what's going on?!" Paige asked running into the kitchen.

"You didn't even consider Wyatt and Chris when you made that decision!" Phoebe yelled.

"It was a joint decision!" Piper bellowed back at Phoebe.

"Your kids don't even know who their mother is anymore!" Phoebe screamed.

Piper narrowed her eyes at Phoebe and waved her hands, Phoebe dived out the way and crockery on the kitchen island exploded.

"AT LEAST I CAN HAVE CHILDREN!"

At this point Riley came into the room. Paige widened her eyes at Piper's comment.

Phoebe stared at Piper and Piper stared at Phoebe. Paige stared at them both and Leo stood up.

Phoebe's eyes narrowed until they were slits and she ran forwards and pushed Piper backwards into the table it collapsed under the women's weight.

Leo yelled and Wyatt orbed him and Chris out of the way.

Paige ran forwards as Phoebe punched Piper.

"How dare you! How dare you tell everybody!" Phoebe yelled punching Piper with every word.

Upstairs in the attic, the unique Book of Shadows glowed with gold light and the triquetra symbolising the Power of Three, dived into three separate shapes.

Back in the kitchen, Piper pushed Phoebe off her and started to cry.

"Phoebe I'm sorry!" Piper said crying, her cheek was bleeding.

Leo looked at Piper, then suddenly, without any sign of warning, an energy ball hit him squarely in the chest sending him backwards smashing into a cabinet.

Piper spun round and was hit by an energy ball too. Paige screamed as she flew backwards of the kitchen island and into the cabinets as well as Leo.

Phoebe looked in the doorway and saw a demon wearing a black shirt and pants. He launched another energy ball but Paige called for it and tossed the energy ball back, it hit him and he soared backwards into the grandfather clock. Shattered pieces of wood and glass rained down upon him, but upon this moment, five more demons shimmered into the living room. Paige and Phoebe ran out of the kitchen and started to fight. Phoebe was kicking and punching the demons while Paige was calling for objects.

As Phoebe vaulted the sofa and kicked a demon in the stomach, a demon grabbed her and held a knife to her throat.

"STOP!" The demon bellowed and the demon's stopped attacking Paige.

Paige turned round and saw the demon using Phoebe as a body shield and yelled:

"Athamae!"

She expected it to glow with blue orbs and dissipate into her hands but nothing happened.

Paige tried again and still, to no effect. The demon who was angered by Paige's attempt drew the knife away slicing Phoebe's neck. She fell to the ground.

"Phoebe!" Paige screamed trying to run forward but two demons held her back.

There was then a groaning sound from the kitchen and Paige turned to see Piper sitting herself up, she put her hands over a huge patch of blood over her shirt, the energy ball had formed a huge gash.

"Piper!" Paige yelled as Piper stared over at Leo.

She reached over and checked his pulse.

"N,n,n,no!" Piper started to cry.

A tear dropped from Paige's eye.

"I'm afraid however, we're having to end this." The demon said menacingly creating another energy ball. Paige braced herself, this was the end, no matter how hard they had tried they had never been able to escape the demons. She stared bravely into the demon's face as he launched the energy ball. As it was about to hit her she felt herself glowing with bright blue lights, she saw Phoebe and Piper glow with them too, the energy ball passed right through her and exploded the demon behind her. Then, everything was gone…

At first, Piper thought that she hadn't made it. It wasn't really the first time she had died. But, it didn't feel right…

Piper opened her eyes, she saw and Elder standing over her withdrawing his hands from her chest where he had just healed her wound.

Piper stood up, her memory then came flooding back to her.

"Leo! Leo is dead! Do something, do something!" Piper said holding the Elders arm.

"Piper, its okay, or it will be if you listen." The Elder reassured Piper, "I am Zorad, I can help you and your sisters change time and bring Leo back.

"How?" Piper sobbed.

"First, I need to summon your sisters." Zorad said calmly closing his eyes. Two figures appeared in glowing blue orbs.

"Piper? What happened?" Phoebe asked appearing with Paige, Phoebe's neck had been heeled.

"Your going to go back in time." Zorad said to the sisters.

"But, wait, do you know what happened to my powers? They stopped working properly!" Paige said annoyed.

"It will all become clear soon enough." Zorad said walking over to the sisters.

"Will we have our powers back then?" Paige asked her eyebrows raised.

"Listen, we can't control how far back you go, you go wherever your destiny is going to take you and you need to decide what is best." Zorad said as he raised his hands.

"Wait, what is that suppose to…" Phoebe failed to finish her sentence as she glowed in bright white lights and vanished with a bang.

As the dust settled, Riley emerged from behind the kitchen door. He had hid when the demons had attacked and in all the fighting been knocked out cold.

He stood up and yelled as he saw Leo's cold body. He then spun round as he heard crying and wailing. Chris and Wyatt were stood there crying.

"Hey, come on it's okay. Everything is going to be fine." Riley said strolling over to Piper's children. He sat them in his lap as he sat on the scorch marked sofa.

"Hopefully." Riley thought.

Piper, Phoebe and Paige were suspended in nothingness, all six eyes were tight shut until they heard a bang and saw a flash of light.

They had appeared in the attic

"Where are we?" Piper asked staring around.

They suddenly heard a scream and ran to look out the window

"Oh my god!" Piper yelled.

The scene before her eyes was one she had experienced four years ago.

A mob of people were shouting and screaming to get themselves heard in front of the house. Some had signs and others were fighting police to get across the barriers.

"I think we've gone a little too far!" Phoebe said staring at Piper in terror…

To Be Continued

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