Charmed: And Then There Were Four
Main Characters:
Prue Halliwell – Eldest sister with the power of telekinesis and astral projection. She is very protective of Phoebe and Piper and is wary of Paige. She tries to find a new job when her photography doesn't work out.
Piper Halliwell – Middle sister with the power of freezing and blowing up. She tries to sort out conflicts between the sisters and is the most warm to Paige. She owns the nightclub P3
Phoebe Halliwell – Youngest sister with the power of premonition and levitation. She also tries to find new work while also battling her struggles with evil with her demonic boyfriend, Cole.
Paige Matthews – The half-sister of Prue, Piper and Phoebe. She struggles with the news of her new sisters and her new powers, which includes orbing and healing.
Leo Wyatt – The girl's whitelighter who's emotions often cloud his best judgment.
Cole Turner- Phoebe's boyfriend, who struggles with the good and evil inside of him.
Supporting Characters:
Darryl Morris – A police inspector who often covers up the sister's use of magic.
Penny Halliwell – Prue, Piper and Phoebe's grandmother who raised them. She is very protective of them.
Patti Halliwell – Prue, Piper and Phoebe's birthmother. She is sweet and caring and feels guilty over dying too soon.
Victor Halliwell – Patti's mortal husband who visits the girls from time to time. Prue still holds a grudge against him but the other girls like him.
Plot:
-Leo was able to heal both Prue and Piper after Shax attacked them. Now, Prue and Piper must travel to the underworld to save Phoebe, who promised her allegiance to the Underworld to save Piper. However, the girls are stunned when they learn from their mother that they have another sister, Paige.
Episode 1: Three's A Crowd but Four's A Party
Phoebe looked between Cole and The Source and took short, shallow breaths.
"You're lying. How could I possibly believe anything you say?" She asked.
The Source lifted his barren, right claw.
"You're right not to trust me, witch. But what I say is true. Piper is dead. The only way to save her is to reset time. If you don't do this, The Power of Three will die."
"Don't you want that to happen?"
"Yes, I do but there is something I want more."
"What?"
"To have a Charmed one on the side of darkness."
"What are you saying?"
"Join us. Make a pledge to turn evil and darkness will be reset."
"I will never do that." Phoebe snapped.
"Phoebe, it's the only way to save Piper." Cole said.
Phoebe turned to look at him.
"We still don't have proof that Piper's dead." Phoebe said.
"Call your whitelighter. He will give you the proof you need." The Source said.
"Leo!" Phoebe yelled out.
After a few seconds, Leo orbed down to them. He looked at Cole with suspicion and The Source with great anger.
"He's telling the truth, Phoebe. Piper is dead." Leo said.
Phoebe took Leo and gave him the biggest hug she possibly could.
"I'm so sorry, Leo." Phoebe said.
Leo couldn't help but cry but he was embarrassed to do so in front of The Source.
"Phoebe, do it. Make the pledge. We'll figure something out. This is a way to save Piper's life." Cole said.
"What pledge?" Leo asked.
Phoebe turned to Leo.
"The Source will get Tempus, who will reset time back to before Piper died which will save her life if I pledge to become evil." Phoebe said.
"Phoebe, you can't do that. What about The Power of Three?" Leo asked.
"Leo, there won't be a power of three without Piper and I don't know how I could possibly live without her and I just can't let that happen. I'm gonna do it. We'll figure out something." Phoebe said.
"Okay, I support you. But what about Piper and Prue? Without you there, they won't stand a chance against Shax." Leo said.
"Orb to the Manor now and get Prue and Piper out of there. I don't know how they're going to vanquish Shax but they can hold them off for a little while."
"Okay, Phoebe."
"Hurry." Phoebe said.
Leo nodded and orbed out of there. The Source turned to Phoebe.
"Well, do we have a deal?" The Source asked.
"Yes. What do you need me to do?" Phoebe asked.
"A blood oath. Swear to relinquish all of your goodness and to become an evil warlock."
"I wanna do it. I want to turn her." Cole said.
"Cole?"
"Phoebe, I'm going to be here with you every step of the way. I love you."
Phoebe nodded.
"Promise me, you won't let me hurt my sisters. No matter how evil I turn."
"I promise."
Cole made a knife appear and slowly cut Phoebe's chest right near her heart. He took her blood from the knife and dropped it in a black basin next to The Source.
"It shall be done." The Source said.
Prue and Piper opened the Door of the Manor with The Doctor.
"Who are you? What are you doing?" The Doctor asked.
"We're trying to save you. You're in trouble." Piper responded.
"What kind of trouble?" He asked.
"Look, you save innocent people everyday as part of your profession, that's what we do too." Prue replied.
"What? How? What's going on?" The Doctor asked.
"Just trust us, ok?" Piper asked.
"Phoebe! Phoebe! Where are you?" Prue asked.
"Why isn't she here?" Piper asked.
"I don't know." Prue replied.
Suddenly, a large gust of wind blew Piper and Prue off of their feet. A large demon appeared with a ghostly pale color and dark, silver hair. He looked at the girls with a sense of complete evil.
"What the hell is going on?" The Doctor asked.
"Who are you?" Prue asked.
"The End." He replied.
Shax shot an energy ball at the Doctor, which killed him instantly.
"No!" Prue screamed.
"Leo! Leo!" Piper yelled.
Shax turned to Piper and shot an energy ball at her. She crashed through the window and fell down to the ground, dead. Prue screamed and rushed to Piper.
"Leo! Damn it!" Prue screamed.
Shax appeared in front of Prue.
"So the oldest witch, now without the Power of Three and your precious whitelighter. Looks like you have nothing protecting you now."
Shax shot an energy ball at Prue and she had no energy in her to stop him and she died instantly, next to her sister.
CHARMED
STARRING:
SHANNEN DOHERTY AS PRUE HALLIWELL
HOLLY MARIE COMBS AS PIPER HALLIWELL
ROSE MCGOWAN AS PAIGE MATTHEWS
BRIAN KRAUSE AS LEO WYATT
JULIAN MCMAHON AS COLE TURNER
AND ALYSSA MILANO AS PHOEBE HALLIWELL
Leo found both Prue and Piper, lying dead outside of The Manor, with broken glass everywhere. He went to Piper first and put his hands in front of her chest and the golden light appeared which caused Piper's wounds to heal and she woke up. Leo then turned to Prue and placed his hands over her and healed her too.
"Where were you?" Piper asked angrily.
"I got here as fast as I could." Leo replied.
"Well, thankfully you got here when you did. I don't know where I'd be if you hadn't. Thank you." Prue said.
"I guess I should say thank you too. I'm sorry. It just was very scary for me that's all." Piper replied.
"It's alright. Come on inside." Leo said.
Prue, Piper and Leo walked through the broken window and sat down on the sofa in the living room.
"So what's going on? I have a weird sense of Déjà vu right now." Piper said.
"I hope it's not that again." Prue replied.
"Actually that's exactly what it is." Leo answered.
"Wait what? Tempus? I thought he was dead." Prue said.
"No, but now he is. He reversed time again."
"From what?" Piper asked.
"You were both exposed as witches and Piper died."
"I died?"
Leo nodded.
"Someone shot you and since I was in the under world at the time, I couldn't heal you. Prue couldn't get you to the hospital in time."
"Why were you in the under world?" Piper asked.
"I was with Phoebe and Cole trying to learn more about The Source."
"Why did Tempus reset time if it was going to just kill him?" Prue asked.
"To please The Source. The Source is the ultimate ruler down there. All must obey him."
"Where's Phoebe? We need her if we want to vanquish that demon." Prue asked.
"That's the bad news."
"What? What are you talking about?" Piper asked.
"In order to get The Source to get Tempus to reset time, Phoebe had to swear allegiance to Evil. She isn't a Charmed one anymore."
"What?"
"No, that's not possible."
"I'm sorry. I tried to stop her but it was the only way that we could save you, Piper."
Piper started pacing the room.
"Piper, that's not going to help." Prue said.
"Screw it. We can't do this without Phoebe. That demon is going to keep stalking us and without The Power of Three, we can't vanquish it."
"There has to be another way." Prue said.
"And you know what else? That is my baby sister, that The Source has just claimed. I can't accept that." Piper said angrily.
"What do you suggest, Piper? We can't save her. If we try to go down there we'll be killed and Phoebe's sacrifice would've been for nothing. We need to find a way to kill that demon without her for now and then think of a way that we can stop her from becoming evil." Prue said.
"You're just gonna leave her down there?" Piper asked.
"What choice do we have? Prue asked.
"I'm going to have to agree with Prue on this." Leo said.
"What? You're supposed to be on my side." Piper snapped.
"Piper, I'm always on your side. But Prue is right and it's for all of your interests. I would suggest you call your mother or Gramps and have them help you vanquish Shax."
"How can we do anything without Phoebe?" Piper asked.
"We just have to for the time being. We'll figure this out, Piper." Prue said.
"Okay, fine but we're not giving up on her." Piper said.
"Never." Prue answered.
Prue, Piper and Leo walked upstairs to the attic where The Book of Shadows was perched on top of their book stand. Prue flipped through the book and stopped when she saw the familiar Summoning spell. Piper lit five candles in the shape of a star and then joined hands with Piper and chanted the incantation:
"Hear these words. Hear my cry. Spirit from the other side, Come to me, I summon thee. Cross now the Great Divide."
A golden light appeared and suddenly, Patti and Penny Halliwell were among them.
"Prue, Piper. How nice to see you." Penny said.
"Oh, my angels. How are you?" Patti asked.
"Not so great, Mom." Prue answered.
"What's wrong?" Penny asked.
"It's Phoebe. She's sworn to be evil and isn't a Charmed one anymore." Prue asked.
"What?" Patti asked.
"How could you let this happen, Prue?" Penny asked.
"It wasn't my fault, gramps. Phoebe chose it to save Piper so Tempus could reverse time." Prue replied.
"But we can't vanquish Shax without The Power of Three leaving us vulnerable." Piper asked.
"So why did you call us?" Penny asked.
"To see if one of you could help us in vanquishing Shax." Prue said.
"We can't do that, dear. You need The Power of Three." Penny said.
"We told you we can't use Phoebe." Prue said.
"No, dear it's not Phoebe." Penny said.
"Mom, now's not the right time." Patti said.
"It's now or never, Patti. They need to know. They should've known long ago."
"I'm sorry, know what?" Piper asked.
"You have another sister. She's a witch, well half-witch. She can help you vanquish Shax."
"I'm sorry what?" Prue asked.
"Another sister? What are you talking about?" Piper asked.
"You girls met Sam, my whitelighter. We fell in love and we had a baby girl. It wasn't allowed for a witch and a whitelighter to fall in love so we gave her up."
"And when exactly were you going to tell us all of this?" Prue asked.
"I'm sorry. I wanted you to meet her by your own terms when you were ready." Patti said.
"But that's changed now since you lost Phoebe. You need to find her and get her to accept her destiny as a good witch before it's too late." Penny said.
"There isn't a Power of Three without Phoebe and not with some new person we don't even know." Prue snapped.
"Prue, as incredible as all of this is, this is our only chance. How can we find her?" Piper asked.
"Cast The Lost Witch spell. It's in the book. We have to go back now. Good luck." Penny said.
"I love you both so much." Patti said.
Patti and Penny then vanished. Piper cleared away the candles.
"This is sick. You know that? To find out we have a long lost sister whom known of us have ever known about for thirty one years?" Prue commented.
"Prue, I'm just as shocked and angry as you but let's talk about it when our lives aren't threatened by a psychotic demon." Piper replied.
"She can't replace Phoebe." Prue said.
"No one's saying that. But if she can help us for now, we need to at least try." Piper said.
Piper and Prue held hands again and chanted the following spell:
Power of the witches rise,
Course unseen across the skies
Come to us, who call you near
Come to use and settle here.
Blood to blood, I summon thee.
Blood to blood, return to me.
Nothing directly happened.
"It didn't work. I knew this would be a waste of time." Prue snapped.
"You don't know that. We just need to wait for now." Piper said.
"You mean, wait for Shax to kill us?" Prue asked.
"Girls, this isn't helping. The spell will work. You just have to be patient. Let's just hang tight for now."
Bob Cowan walked in to find Paige Matthews on the phone talking loudly to someone.
"Paige, get back to work." He snapped.
"I'll call you back." Paige said.
She hung up the phone.
"We don't pay you to talk to your friends." Bob said.
"It wasn't my friend. It was a woman who was being abused by her husband. I was trying to help her find a safe shelter to go to."
"Paige, you're not a social worker. It's not your job to do that."
"Well, it should be. I'm just as loyal and as hard working as anyone here." Paige said.
"Your job is to get the intern's their coffee. So run along, Paige." Bob said.
Paige swore under her breath as Bob left. She picked up her coat and was just about to walk out the door when a newspaper fell to the floor. Paige picked it up. The newspaper had an article that discussed a young girl who had been abandoned by her parents at a church. A photo was taken and the caption read that the woman in the photo was named Patti Halliwell. Paige had remembered that their parents had told them that her birthmother's name was Patti. She couldn't believe this could possibly be her real mother but it was too weird to be a coincidence. Paige left Social Services.
Darryl was sorting through paper work in his office where he heard a knock on the door. Paige walked through the door.
"Darryl Morris, right?" Paige asked.
"Who are you?" Darryl asked.
"I'm Paige Matthews. I'm sure you're really busy, so I'll get right to the point. I saw this newspaper that has an article about a woman named Patti Halliwell giving up her baby at a church."
Paige showed Darryl the newspaper.
"Where did you find this? This was from 1977."
"It just sort of fell from a coat rack in my work building. Look, I think that baby is me and I want to find Patti Halliwell."
"Halliwell? Are you sure it's that name?"
"Yes, why? Do you know where I can find her?"
"You can't. I'm sorry but she died a while ago." Darryl responded.
"Oh." Paige said.
"But she did have three daughters who live in town." Darryl said.
"Really?"
"Yes, I know them personally. I can take you there."
"Oh, thank you. I appreciate it."
Darryl grabbed his coat and left with Paige.
"I don't know what else we can do." Prue said.
"We just have to have faith." Piper replied.
"Piper, it's been hours. We might as well just drop it. There's no point. The Power of Three is over. We might as well give up our powers." Prue said.
"Prue, you can't talk like that. It'll be okay." Leo answered.
"You're a whitelighter, you're practically trained to say things like that." Prue said.
The doorbell rang. Piper went to answer it. She opened the door and found Darryl and a girl she didn't recognize.
"Darryl, what's going on? Who's this?" Piper asked.
"I better let her answer. I'll see you later." Darryl replied.
He then walked away and went into his car.
"My name is Paige Matthews. I think I'm your sister." Paige said.
Piper froze. Could this be true? Prue and Leo appeared behind Piper.
"Piper, who's this?" Prue asked.
"You better come inside." Piper told Paige.
Paige nodded and walked inside.
"I'm Paige and I'm your sister." Paige said.
"I'm sorry, what?" Prue snapped.
"Look, I know this is crazy but I found this newspaper and it talks about how this woman named Patti Halliwell left a baby at a church. Patti Halliwell is my mother."
"I'm sorry, you're mistaken. Patti Halliwell is our mother, not yours."
"She's mine too." Paige said.
"It's nice to meet you, Paige. I'm Leo, this is Piper and Prue, your sisters."
"Darryl said there were three sisters living here." Paige replied.
"Phoebe is the third but she's in trouble right now." Leo replied.
"Trouble? What kind of trouble?" Paige asked.
"It's a long story. A very long story." Piper replied.
"Look, I get it. This is weird and it makes no sense. If you want, I can just go and forget about this." Paige said.
"No, we need you. We all need you." Leo said.
"Speak for yourself." Prue snapped.
"There's more to this then what meets the eye." Piper said.
"What do you mean?"
With another large gust of wind, Shax appeared. Paige screamed.
"What the hell is that?" Paige yelled out.
"Ah, right on cue. Paige, this is a demon. We're witches. We need you to help us vanquish him before he kills us. Sound good?" Piper asked.
"This is insane. I'm getting out of here." Paige yelled.
"Paige, please, we need you." Leo said.
"For what? I'm not a witch. This is all just a dream." Paige said.
"No, it isn't. This is real." Prue said.
"I am The End of The Charmed Ones." Shax said.
"Piper, the spell!" Prue commanded.
Piper pulled out the page of the Book of Shadows with Shax's vanquishing spell.
"Paige, join our hands please. I'll explain everything to you but right now, we need you."
Prue and Piper joined hands. Paige hesitated. Shax sent an energy ball which nearly missed Prue.
"Please, Paige. We need you." Piper said.
Paige still hesistated. Shax sent an energy ball which hit Leo.
"Leo! Paige, please. We don't have much time." Piper said.
"The End is here." Shax said.
Paige ran over to join Prue and Piper and held their hands and chanted:
"Evil winds that blow,
That which forms below,
No longer may you dwell,
Death takes you with this spell.
Shax burst out into flames and was vanquished. Piper ran over to Leo but Leo was healed and was alright.
"I knew you could do it." Leo said.
Piper hugged Leo. Paige looked to all her sisters.
"What the hell is going on here? What is all this?" Paige asked.
"Paige, we can explain everything. Just have a seat." Piper replied.
"How can I trust you? With all of this? That thing was trying to kill us." Paige said.
"I know but he's gone now and we're safe for now." Piper said.
"For now? There are more of those things?" Paige asked.
"Yes, there are but don't worry about that right now." Piper said.
"I can't handle this. I'm just an intern at a Social Services company, not a witch with three sisters." Paige said.
"We'll help you learn. We promise." Piper said.
"I can't promise that." Prue said.
"Prue?"
"She's not Phoebe, Piper!" Prue yelled.
Prue then stormed out of the living room and slammed her room door.
"I'm sorry. It's been a really hard time for us right now." Piper said.
"Well I'm sorry about that but you can't just expect me to drop my life and become this wacky witch that you're talking about. I've got to go." Paige said.
Paige quickly ran out of the manor.
"Paige! Paige!" Piper yelled.
"She'll come around. Just give her some time." Leo said.
"Maybe she won't and then we won't have a Power of Three to protect us anymore."
"Just have faith, Piper." Leo said.
Leo gave her a kiss.
"Thanks for saving me." Piper said.
"Thanks for loving me." Leo replied.
They both looked into each other's eyes and smiled.