The Charmed Ones huh? So when did you move to Sunnydale?

BANG! Piper Phoebe and Paige coughed as a cloud of dust and smoke erupted around them.

"Well I think it's safe to say that, that spell didn't go according to plan…"muttered Paige as she brushed the excess dust off her pink T-shirt and blue jeans.

"Ya think!" Phoebe exclaimed sarcastically as she stared at what was left of the potion (dust and a brown, muddy sludge that clung to the edge of the cauldron)

"What did you guys do to it!" Piper spluttered as the dust cleared around her mouth.

"Us?" asked Phoebe

"Last I checked you were helping us to make this vanishing potion too and now it's our fault?"

"You must have gotten an ingredient wrong," said Piper, ignoring Phoebe's outburst. Paige bent over the Book of Shadow's and examined the ingredients.

"Aha!" yelled Paige triumphantly

"We forgot to add essence of mugwart," she said as she tapped her finger on the missing ingredient.

"Oh you guys!" Piper exclaimed with a look of annoyance in her eye.

"It says clearly here that without essence of mugwart the spell can have an explosive effect!" Piper sighed,

"We'll get it next time. Paige slammed the Book of Shadow's shut in frustration.

"You know I was really looking forward to invisibility." Said Paige with a hint of disappointment in her voice.

"Me too." Agreed Phoebe.

"What about you Piper … PIPER! Hello! Am I talking to myself here?" Hey, what are you staring a…" Pheobe's voice dropped in a mixture of shock and joy. She looked at the figure standing in the doorway and then yelled at the top of her lungs, "PRUE!"

"What the Hell?" Piper exclaimed.

"But … but how, when, you died, what?" All of Piper's questions leaked out in a stream of confusing words.

"This isn't a social call." Said Prue sharply.

"Aww, no kidding!" said Piper sarcastically

"Most dead people don't visit their alive sisters for a social call!" Piper exclaimed with a mixture of confusion, annoyance and sarcasm in her voice.

"But what are you doing here, you should be wearing a big white dress playing a harp and wearing funny sandels up in … wait a minute you did make it to heaven right?" Asked Phoebe worriedly.

"The elders agreed that you would only understand the importance of this message if I was the one who gave it to you." Said Prue sternly.

"Also, I'm here only as a messenger. The moment my message is complete I will leave you … forever. The world is in jeopardy. The demon known as Argok (the Book of Shadow's magically opened to a page with a full description of him)

"Wait," said Paige

"Let me see what the Book of Shadow's has to say first" Paige stared at the illustration of Argok and was transfixed by it's appearance. It looked like a human brain stretched into the shape of a human body and dyed black. There were two big, round eyes and two more above them in the form of slits. Its nose consisted of two nostrils flat against its face and below that was a large mouth that remained open all the time. It was the approximate size of three golf balls one on top of the other. It's cheeks had three giant scratches either side with a pool of red blood smudged across the edge and filling the cut as well as dripping down the creature and landing neatly on his shoulders. Argok appeared as though he was always bleeding yet he seemed to have a never-ending supply of the life-giving stuff. In proportion, its head appeared too large for it's body. Argok's skin was toned around the face but his body was a different story. The skin sagged off his body in a most unpleasant way. Paige managed to tear her eyes away from the horrific drawing to read what the Book of Shadow's had to say about him.

Paige took a deep breath and then spoke:

"Argok. The demon that all other demon's fear. He is famous for his ever bleeding cuts and his habit of…"Paige Gulped and then continued.

"Swallowing babies alive and letting his stomach acid burn them to death. Argok is an extremely gifted fighter who has the strength of six demons put together and the agility of a samurai soldier. He can repel the majority of spells and active powers that are used against him. He is also a shapeshifter (he has the ability to turn into whatever person, animal or object he desires). He is closely connected with the devil and is always trying to find a way of connecting our world with the underworld. Vanquishing potions are harmless to him. To destroy him, you need to use the greatest power of all. The one power Argok could never hope to have or repel. Love." Paige finished reading and stared at the horror-struck faces around her.

"So what else … what, what … what else do we know about this gu – guy? Piper stuttered. Prue heaved a great sigh and then continued with her description.

"Argok has forged a gateway which leads to … well there's no easy way to say this but to hell." Paige stared at her too shocked for words.

"What do we do?" Paige exclaimed, unable to hide the fear in her voice.

"Well," Prue began,

"The good news is that the gateway has not yet been opened. To open it, he needs the power of a Charmed one."

Piper took a deep breath and tried to take it all in.

" Uh, why are we on his hell gateway wish list?" Piper asked. Prue began to explain.

"He doesn't have the power of a charmed one because as yet he has been unaware of your whereabouts. Although he knows how to kill you, he also knows that to get your power, he has to get the Book of Shadow's out of the house, which he has no idea how to do. He needs your power to complete the spell. Prue finished.

"So all we have to do is stop Argok from getting our power." Paige concluded.

"So how do we go about doing that?" Phoebe inquired slowly. Prue sighed. "Here is the hard part. You have to move to Sunnydale."