The Final Charmed
Chapter 1
It was a typical morning in the Halliwell household.
"Paige, will you have some breakfast before you leave?" asked Piper.
"I am really in a hurry, but I should have time for a quick bite", replied Paige.
Soon all four members of the household were seated around the kitchen table, discussing various matters with each other. They found it strange that there had been no demonic attacks for a few weeks, and were wondering if there was a new Source and if he was biding his time. Cole had not been seen anywhere for a few months, and Phoebe believed that he finally accepted that she didn't love him.
Suddenly, a huge vibration shook the house, but Phoebe reasoned that it must have been a huge vehicle driving past. Leo left the room and went to look outside. Paige and Phoebe sat back down, but Piper began clearing away the breakfast dishes.
At that moment, Leo re-entered the room.
"Ah, guys, I thing that there's something you should see".
They all turned and followed Leo out of the manor.
High above the city of San Francisco, a huge orb of water floated in mid-air. Phoebe could just make out a huge creature within it, its tail extending towards the city. As they watched, several scales broke away from the tail and dropped into San Francisco.
"What the hell it that?" asked Piper in disbelief.
"We called it 'Sin'" came a voice from behind them.
The speaker was a middle-aged man with a large sword over his back. He was dressed in a red robe, wore a pair of dark sunglasses and the neck of his robe came up to his nose. Attached to his belt he carried a large flask of some liquid.
"Who are you?" asked Paige.
"My name is Auron", said the man, "but that is not important now. What is important is that you realise the power of that thing in the sky and know that it would be folly to take it on"
"Come inside and tell us there" said Phoebe.
The four of them and Auron entered the house and sat down in the living room.
"All right", said Piper, "tell us what that thing was".
"Like I said, we called it 'Sin'. It is the source of all evil in the world, and it delights in destruction".
"But we already vanquished the Source of All Evil and stole the Grimoire, the evil book that gives the Source its powers", said Paige.
"No, in fact all you did was banish him from this world for a short amount of time. He still exists. You saw him today", he replied.
"I was originally from the world of Spira", continued Auron, "and for thousands of years there the people were terrified of Sin. He destroyed the ancient machina city of Zanarkand over a thousand years ago, and continued to wreak havoc for eons. Many people tried to defeat Sin, but it always came back, although no one knows how. The people who try and defeat Sin are called summoners, as they can summon divine creatures called Aeons to help them in their quest. Although the Aeons are powerful, they cannot solve every situation, so every summoner has a number of guardians, who would give their life to defend the summoner.
"The Aeons are made from the fayth, people who sacrificed themselves to fight Sin. However, to beat Sin, the Final Summoning is required. But Sin always comes back. It was only about twelve years ago when High Summoner Yuna defeated Sin without the Final Summoning and it was banished from Spira.
"Then it came to this world, and wreaked havoc on relatively remote areas. Today was the first time that I saw Sin attack a major city. Usually it went to remote areas where there were only a few thousand people and he killed them all so that no one would know what had happened.
"Some people here of Earth have become summoners, but not one has managed to defeat Sin. I am actually dead, but Yevon resurrected me and brought me here to help fight Sin. I was raised in a loving family with the name Turner in a small town on the West Coast, where I was liked and respected (although not by my older brother), but about two years ago, my town was attacked and my foster parents killed. My sister Belgemine then became a summoner, and she chose me and my older brother Cole to be her guardians.
"Cole Turner?" exclaimed Phoebe. "I was married to him, but he was killed, as he was the Source."
"I see", said Auron. "However, when our pilgrimage was at an end and we reached the ruins of Zanarkand, Lady Yunalesca, the first summoner to defeat Sin, gave Belgemine the Final Aeon. It has great power, which comes from Yevon himself".
"Yevon?" said Piper. "Who's Yevon?"
"The God of Spira', said Auron.
"He's also the leader of the Elders", said Leo, "but I've never met him. He's an enigma, and no-one really knows anything about him".
"Yevon creates the Aeons and helps in the struggle against his evil counterpart Yu Yevon, who created Sin. Anyway, Belgemine summoned the Final Aeon to fight Sin. The two of them fought, and Sin was beaten. However, Cole died in the battle, but he wasn't sent".
"Is he still alive?" asked Phoebe. "I haven't seen him for months. I thought he might have had to leave as he was already dead"
"He is still alive", said Auron. "You must have felt his presence today then you saw Sin".
"What the hell are you on about?" said Paige. "Surely you don't mean…"
"It cannot be", exclaimed Phoebe.
"It is" replied Auron. "Sin is Cole".