AUTHOR'S NOTE

And here comes episode five of our beloved alternate season seven. Oh, but I have a point to make: the alternate season I am creating is not going to be twenty three episodes long (or twenty two) like the other seasons have been, because A) I don't have the time and B) I'm not sure if I could write a season that long. I will let you all know when the season will be coming to an end, but I will tell you it will be before twenty two episodes, I promise you that.

I hope you enjoy!

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FLASHBACK

EXT. FOREST - NIGHT - 1995. A small girl is running through the forest, as if she is running from something.

A bolt of lightning comes flying in her direction, and she dives to the ground and the lightning flies over her head. The small girl turns and sees a demon with his hand outstretched.

DEMON
Sorry, witch. You're not getting away this time. I killed your
mother for her powers, and now all I need is yours to become what
I wish to be.

CHRISTINE (crying)
Stay away from me!

DEMON
Crying won't do you any good. Say hello to your mother for me.

He throws another bolt of lightning at her, but it merely bounces off of her chest. Christine twists her hand and sends a powerful gust of wind that throws the demon off his feet.

Christine gives another twist of her hand and sends a bolt of lightning at the demon. It hits him in the chest, and he gasps, as if it stabbed him. Before the demon is vanquished, it throws out his hand.

A cave appears, surrounding Christine. She gasps and looks around, confused. The demon gives one final wave of his hand, sealing the cave up and creating a force field around the cave. With his power gone, the demon explodes in a burst of cloud and smoke.

INT. CAVE - NIGHT. Christine is inside the cave, looking around confused. She conjures a bolt of lightning in her right hand and throws it at the cave walls.

The lightning hits the wall, but just explodes on it in a puff of smoke, not harming the wall at all.

Realizing that she is trapped in there, Christine sits down, and cries.

END FLASHBACK

INT. MALL - 2004 - DAY. Piper and Phoebe walk out of the department store with no bags in their hands.

PIPER
May I be the first to say that this sucks?

PHOEBE
Yeah. Who thought sister bonding was so dull?

PIPER
Well, whoever thought up window shopping obviously did not have
sisters and decided to make life miserable.

PHOEBE
We could always go up and down the glass elevator.

PIPER
I'm still listening for the part where the story ends out that we aren't sad pathetic individuals.

PHOEBE
Okay, well, at least we got out together. Got to do some sisterly
bonding type of thing.

PIPER
I think I would rather be cleaning demon guts off the ceiling.

PHOEBE
Hey, okay, making jokes like that to any Halliwell? Not so funny. And
besides. It's been awhile since you and I have been able to have
some time together.

PIPER
Oh, well, sue me.

PHOEBE
Piper.

PIPER
Oh, you know I'm kidding. But you're right. It doesn't matter
whether we are sad individuals, it just matters that we are sad
individuals together!

PHOEBE
That's right!

PIPER
Hey, wanna go run up the down escalator?

PHOEBE
I'd love to!

Interrupting their conversation, Paige orbs into the mall, point blank. As soon as Piper begins to see the orbs, she freezes time just as Paige finishes orbing in.

PIPER
Whoa! Hi! We're not alone in this place us Californians call ... oh,
what was it? Oh, that's right! A public mall!

PAIGE
Okay, bigger emergencies.

PHOEBE
Demons?

PAIGE
Actually, no. Come on.

PIPER
Whoa, whoa. Wait. We can't just orb out. Meet us in the ladies
room down by the food court. Just make sure there isn't anybody
there before you orb in.

INT. MAGIC SCHOOL. Both teachers and students are putting away books. Some are telekinetically putting them into boxes, others are orbing them into boxes.

The three sisters orb in. Piper and Phoebe look around, confused at all the motion that's going on.

PIPER
What's going on? Why is everyone packing things away?

PAIGE
Magic School is being closed down.

PHOEBE
What?

PAIGE
Forever.

FADE OUT

END OF TEASER