A/N: Okay, my first Charmed fan fiction...I mostly write Harry Potter fan
fictions, or the occasional JAG fiction. I hope you guys like this one!
Summary: A group of illusion demons from the Charmed One's past escape Purgatory and set their sights on a local group of witches. Will the Charmed Ones be able to help them out?
Bide the Wiccan Law Ye Must
Chapter One
"Look, Paige...I don't quite understand what on Earth you're doing, but why is the Book of Shadows downstairs, and why are there herbs all over the kitchen counter?" Piper demanded.
Paige laughed. "Someone's cranky...but I guess being pregnant will do that sometimes, huh?"
"You didn't answer me." Groaned Piper.
"It's for Phoebe. Just in case something happens, since she lost her powers. This is an all-purpose vanquishing potion until she gets them back. Shouldn't you be at that magic school anyway? It's way too dangerous down here for you and little Chris..."
Piper sighed. "I feel kind of guilty about leaving you alone while Phoebe has no active powers..."
"Leo promised to help out, and so did Chris. We'll be fine. Go away." Paige waved. Piper disappeared quickly.
Paige continued to work busily in the kitchen for the next hour. Phoebe was out of the house, still on the quest for the man of her dreams. Without her empath powers, she was having much more fun enjoying herself on her dates. She got back to Halliwell Manor nearly an hour after Paige had talked to Piper.
"Hey, look...I made a couple vials of this all-purpose stuff just in case we run into some problems. But I doubt it will be of much use for long, so I hope you get your powers back soon." Paige explained.
Phoebe nodded. "I'm being a good girl. Don't worry. Besides, how can I break any laws without any of my active powers?" Phoebe frowned. Paige was suddenly holding on to the counter as if she would fall over if she let go. "Paige, what is it?" she demanded. "What's wrong?"
Paige shook, as if she were trying to shake off what had just happened to her. "Leo! Get down here, now!" she yelled.
"What is it?" he asked, orbing into the kitchen several minutes later.
Paige frowned. "I just heard people's voices inside my head. In my head, Leo. Like a crazy person. Explain." She demanded of him.
"I hear voices in my head all the time," he shrugged, and Paige's mouth dropped open. "Not like that! It's part of the territory that comes with being a white lighter. You can hear your charges inside your head. How do you think I know when you are calling me?"
"I know that already!" Paige whined. "The point, Leo, is that I am not a full white lighter...I'm only half. So why am I hearing people in my head? Isn't this your department?"
Leo smiled. "Maybe your powers are expanding?" he suggested. "You'll get used to the voices eventually." He promised. "Why don't you try to orb to them and see what's going on? If you can hear them, finding them should be no problem. Take Phoebe with you," he added, and orbed away.
"I feel defenseless." Growled Phoebe. "I can't do anything anymore..."
"Well then, you know what? Why don't we get the charges to come to us? That way, we don't risk orbing into the middle of a crowded park or something...Those Cleaner guys would be pretty PO'd then, don't you think?" Paige laughed.
"Err...Charges?" she said it more like it was a question, but it worked like it was supposed to. A group of four people was suddenly in the living room.
"Who are you?" one of the girls demanded.
"I'm Paige. This is Phoebe. We're two-thirds of the Charmed Ones. I heard you all talking in my head and decided to invite you over," Paige smiled.
"The Charmed Ones?" the group gasped.
"Yeah. So, what's the problem?" asked Paige.
A girl with long blonde hair stepped forward. "Well, see, we've tried to handle them ourselves, but nothing we do has seemed to work..." she explained. "They're starting to get rather violent. At first, they were only taunting us, you know? Yesterday, Melanie almost got hit by a car..."
"Are you...witches?" Phoebe asked.
They all nodded. The blonde girl began to speak again. "I think they are illusion demons. They are quite the tricksters...in a really cruel and unnatural way. I think they're after Melanie. She seems to be the one they've tried to hurt the most..."
"No, sweetie. See, that would almost be right, except I could hear all of you in my head. And when I said 'charges', it wasn't just Melanie who showed up...the three of you came as well. To me, this means you all need protecting."
Phoebe was already sifting through the Book of Shadows. She gasped when she came upon the right page. "Paige, listen to this...Illusion Demons, 'the tricksters of the dark side, these demons don't rely on fireballs or normal magic, but create illusions to lure their victims to death. Illusions may seem so real that the victim won't even realize what is happening until it's too late. The Illusion Demons feed off the magic of their victims. One demon may have several active powers, making them very hard to defeat...'"
"That sounds really familiar..." Paige was thinking out loud.
Phoebe snorted. "That would be because we've already wiped them all out." She smirked. "So how in the world did they come back?"
"If you remember last week, when you lost your powers..." Paige began in her smartest voice.
"Yes, well that doesn't count! He wasn't even back until after he won the case, if you remember that part!" Phoebe shot.
Paige frowned. "Oh...yeah..." she sighed. "Well, we're going to need some help with this one. How are we supposed to vanquish demons that we've already vanquished? I mean, it would be like trying to kill a white lighter, wouldn't it?"
"But that is possible. Remember? Dark lighter arrows. That may be the only way known, but it's still one way. Which means there's probably a way to re-vanquish the Illusion demons as well..." she explained.
Paige smiled. "Phoebe, you're a genius. And now, we have a power of six...well, kind of...so we could probably come up with something pretty damn good if we all put our heads together." She turned to the four girls that were still standing in the living room. "So, tell me, what is it that you girls can do?" she smiled.
A/N: Kind of left it hanging...it was rather unintentional, sorry! Anyway, I hope you liked it! Please read and review! I'd love to know what you think!
Summary: A group of illusion demons from the Charmed One's past escape Purgatory and set their sights on a local group of witches. Will the Charmed Ones be able to help them out?
Bide the Wiccan Law Ye Must
Chapter One
"Look, Paige...I don't quite understand what on Earth you're doing, but why is the Book of Shadows downstairs, and why are there herbs all over the kitchen counter?" Piper demanded.
Paige laughed. "Someone's cranky...but I guess being pregnant will do that sometimes, huh?"
"You didn't answer me." Groaned Piper.
"It's for Phoebe. Just in case something happens, since she lost her powers. This is an all-purpose vanquishing potion until she gets them back. Shouldn't you be at that magic school anyway? It's way too dangerous down here for you and little Chris..."
Piper sighed. "I feel kind of guilty about leaving you alone while Phoebe has no active powers..."
"Leo promised to help out, and so did Chris. We'll be fine. Go away." Paige waved. Piper disappeared quickly.
Paige continued to work busily in the kitchen for the next hour. Phoebe was out of the house, still on the quest for the man of her dreams. Without her empath powers, she was having much more fun enjoying herself on her dates. She got back to Halliwell Manor nearly an hour after Paige had talked to Piper.
"Hey, look...I made a couple vials of this all-purpose stuff just in case we run into some problems. But I doubt it will be of much use for long, so I hope you get your powers back soon." Paige explained.
Phoebe nodded. "I'm being a good girl. Don't worry. Besides, how can I break any laws without any of my active powers?" Phoebe frowned. Paige was suddenly holding on to the counter as if she would fall over if she let go. "Paige, what is it?" she demanded. "What's wrong?"
Paige shook, as if she were trying to shake off what had just happened to her. "Leo! Get down here, now!" she yelled.
"What is it?" he asked, orbing into the kitchen several minutes later.
Paige frowned. "I just heard people's voices inside my head. In my head, Leo. Like a crazy person. Explain." She demanded of him.
"I hear voices in my head all the time," he shrugged, and Paige's mouth dropped open. "Not like that! It's part of the territory that comes with being a white lighter. You can hear your charges inside your head. How do you think I know when you are calling me?"
"I know that already!" Paige whined. "The point, Leo, is that I am not a full white lighter...I'm only half. So why am I hearing people in my head? Isn't this your department?"
Leo smiled. "Maybe your powers are expanding?" he suggested. "You'll get used to the voices eventually." He promised. "Why don't you try to orb to them and see what's going on? If you can hear them, finding them should be no problem. Take Phoebe with you," he added, and orbed away.
"I feel defenseless." Growled Phoebe. "I can't do anything anymore..."
"Well then, you know what? Why don't we get the charges to come to us? That way, we don't risk orbing into the middle of a crowded park or something...Those Cleaner guys would be pretty PO'd then, don't you think?" Paige laughed.
"Err...Charges?" she said it more like it was a question, but it worked like it was supposed to. A group of four people was suddenly in the living room.
"Who are you?" one of the girls demanded.
"I'm Paige. This is Phoebe. We're two-thirds of the Charmed Ones. I heard you all talking in my head and decided to invite you over," Paige smiled.
"The Charmed Ones?" the group gasped.
"Yeah. So, what's the problem?" asked Paige.
A girl with long blonde hair stepped forward. "Well, see, we've tried to handle them ourselves, but nothing we do has seemed to work..." she explained. "They're starting to get rather violent. At first, they were only taunting us, you know? Yesterday, Melanie almost got hit by a car..."
"Are you...witches?" Phoebe asked.
They all nodded. The blonde girl began to speak again. "I think they are illusion demons. They are quite the tricksters...in a really cruel and unnatural way. I think they're after Melanie. She seems to be the one they've tried to hurt the most..."
"No, sweetie. See, that would almost be right, except I could hear all of you in my head. And when I said 'charges', it wasn't just Melanie who showed up...the three of you came as well. To me, this means you all need protecting."
Phoebe was already sifting through the Book of Shadows. She gasped when she came upon the right page. "Paige, listen to this...Illusion Demons, 'the tricksters of the dark side, these demons don't rely on fireballs or normal magic, but create illusions to lure their victims to death. Illusions may seem so real that the victim won't even realize what is happening until it's too late. The Illusion Demons feed off the magic of their victims. One demon may have several active powers, making them very hard to defeat...'"
"That sounds really familiar..." Paige was thinking out loud.
Phoebe snorted. "That would be because we've already wiped them all out." She smirked. "So how in the world did they come back?"
"If you remember last week, when you lost your powers..." Paige began in her smartest voice.
"Yes, well that doesn't count! He wasn't even back until after he won the case, if you remember that part!" Phoebe shot.
Paige frowned. "Oh...yeah..." she sighed. "Well, we're going to need some help with this one. How are we supposed to vanquish demons that we've already vanquished? I mean, it would be like trying to kill a white lighter, wouldn't it?"
"But that is possible. Remember? Dark lighter arrows. That may be the only way known, but it's still one way. Which means there's probably a way to re-vanquish the Illusion demons as well..." she explained.
Paige smiled. "Phoebe, you're a genius. And now, we have a power of six...well, kind of...so we could probably come up with something pretty damn good if we all put our heads together." She turned to the four girls that were still standing in the living room. "So, tell me, what is it that you girls can do?" she smiled.
A/N: Kind of left it hanging...it was rather unintentional, sorry! Anyway, I hope you liked it! Please read and review! I'd love to know what you think!