Chapter 1.    

Disclaimer: I do not own charmed or any of the characters mentioned here. Except Liana.

   A demon appeared in front of the three sisters. She wore a long velvet cloak that reached the floor and her face was covered with a dark veil. Piper immediately tried to freeze her but it didn't work. The demon let out a little laugh. "You shouldn't even try to destroy me it will only make your deaths more prolonged and painful, your powers wont work on me I have a very strong sense of mind over matter and can withstand any of your power." With that the demon let out of her hand a small round object that grew and engulfed the charmed ones. The next thing they knew Piper, Phoebe and Prue were in a small cage that was bound magically. The cage seemed to be situated in the demons palace. The demon sat opposite them far across the room, she had many minions going to and from the room serving her and going about their business. The room was very large and elegant there were many arched doorways and the room was filled with ornaments that seemed to come from no particular age. The Halliwells were whispering amongst themselves over what could be done.

Phoebe: I could try to come up with a spell but we would have to come up with a way to trick her into letting us out of this cage.

Piper: okay you work on a spell and Prue and I will work on a plan.

Prue: I have a few ideas but they are far from perfect.

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Leo could sense that Prue, Piper and Phoebe were in trouble so he sensed where they were and decided to orb there.

Leo landed right in front of the cage. Two minions ran to his sides and grabbed him, a man standing beside the demon lifted a bow and arrow filled with white lighter poison

"No" the demon said calmly and wearily. Then with her fingers guided the weapon back down. "Let him go" she ordered her minions bluntly. By now most of her servants had stopped and were starring at her blankly.

 "You can't kill them." Leo pleaded, he knew her strength and he knew that even the charmed ones couldn't defeat her.

She looked around the room and sighed, her not killing a white lighter was going to spout so many rumours. For even though she had done so many deeds that many demons would perceive as evil beyond their boundaries, many thought she would return to the good side. She gazed at Leo sorrowfully. "Everyone is dismissed." She announced, the room emptied and all the doors were shut.

She stood and walked two paces towards Leo but there was still a great distance between them. "Whatever happened to you do your job and I do mine?"

"Its my job to protect them" Leo said he tried to sound confident so as not to worry Piper, Prue and Phoebe. But his eyes were begging her ever so humbly. It almost reduced her to tears.

"What do you want me to do release them, you know I can't." She said.

"I thought you didn't take orders from anyone" Leo stated cynically.

"I don't. Do you know how much I'm being paid to do this?" the demon briefly said.

"I'll pay you double to let them go" Leo said.

"White-lighters don't earn any money, how would you pay?" she said then continued, "Anyway that's not the point. Do you know how many witches I have killed?"

"I don't want to know" Leo replied.

"Well it runs into hundreds and yet so many still think I will return to the good side, can you imagine what would happen if they found out I had the charmed ones in the palm of my hand and let them go." She said.

"Don't worry, you don't have to let us go we intend on escaping and vanquishing you." Prue said spitefully.

"Can I talk to them alone please, Liana." He asked.

"By all means yes" she said using telekinesis to open the cage. "Make sure you don't waste your time to say goodbyes by trying to come up with an escape plan." She said and exited.

"So you know her, do you know how to vanquish her?" Piper asked.

"Its impossible." Leo mumbled.

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"I came as soon as I heard Leo was back, Liana you have to kill him."

"No, I don't have to do anything." Liana said firmly.

Now every servant had stopped and were gathering around her, some other demons who had also heard the news were there as well.

"That was Leo?" "The Leo?" "How long is he staying?" "Are you returning to the other side?" she was ambushed with a chorus of questions.

Flustered she cautiously began, "Yes that was Leo, I am not aware of how long he is staying, and I'm not even going to answer the last one."

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"You have to listen to me that vanquishing spell is not going to work." Leo said.

"Well what should we do then, just wait to be killed?" Phoebe said sarcastically.

"How exactly do you know Liana, Leo?" Piper asked.

"Well we have never been in a relationship, if that's what you are asking" Leo replied

"Who is she?" said Piper.

Leo mumbled something incoherent.

"Who?" asked Prue and Phoebe simultaneously.

"My sister." Leo said sorrowfully.

The girls' eyes went wide.