A/N: Hi, so this is my first Charmed story so please try to bear with me while get into the characters.I know this ones been done many times before but here's my take on it. It is a two part story, this part will start in Oh My Goddess and end with Chris going into the past. I know this first chapter follows the script closely, that's the intention it won'y after this episode, just as a warning so people don't assume that's what I'm doing and stop reading because of this. I have left out the scenes with the Titans in as I've only written the scenes I've changed. So, I'll let you get to it and see what you think, I hope you enjoy it and see you at the bottom.
Disclaimer: I do not own Charmed or its characters etc...
So on with the first chapter...
Chapter 1
Paige orbed to attract the Titans. Almost immediately a whirlwind appeared, as it faded it revealed a woman. Paige threw a potion as did Phoebe, neither had much effect. She tossed Phoebe to the ground and focussed her gaze on. Phoebe reached forward and threw the potions at the Titan one after the other until she seemed to give up and disappeared. Phoebe managed to stand and turned to Paige. She gasped. Instead of her sister she saw a stone statue that looked suspiciously like Paige.
"Piper!" Phoebe yelled as she circled the statue.
"Oh! My god, tell me that's just a really good likeness of Paige." Piper entered the attic in a rush upon hearing Phoebe's shout.
"Oh, it's Paige." Phoebe assured her. "At least I think it is. A Titan turned her to stone." She explained.
"Leo! Leo!" Piper called. Leo orbed in at his wife's call.
"Honey, I'm sorry I missed counselling but..." Leo immediately began to apologise.
"Forget that, we've got bigger problems."
"What happened?" Leo asked before he turned to see Paige.
"A Titan turned her to stone, I think." Phoebe told him. "She wanted to use herself as bait."
"Well they already got two." Leo informed them, "That's why the elders called me." There was a sudden crash downstairs.
"What was that?" Phoebe was the first to voice it. They all hurried downstairs to find the parlour full of magical creatures.
"Sorry, we'll pay for that." The Dwarf apologised pointing to the broken vase on the floor. "So long as you can keep the world from ending." He added on the end.
They had all moved the conservatory.
"Come on, come on, prance this way. Here we go. Here we go. Move it, move it, move it. Today." Piper herded them.
"Hey, quit manhandling us. We're not your pets." The Dwarf protested.
"No, you're just a pain. Now, go on. And don't let the neighbours see you." She chastised. A muscly man wearing no shirt, holding a crystal ball walked into the conservatory.
"Whoa, check out the size of that Oracle's... ball." Phoebe stared as he passed. Piper closed the conservatory doors.
"Phoebe, focus." Piper gasped, seeing she had a fairy stuck in the door. "I'm so sorry, I'm so sorry." The fairy flew away. "Stay away from those windows." She stepped into the parlour. "What the hell is going on around here?" The Elf nanny walked in, holding onto a drumstick.
"If you haven't noticed, the world's a mess out there. Something terrible's going on. Everyone senses it." The Elf explained as though it was obvious.
"The Titans?" Phoebe offered.
"Must be." Leo agreed.
"So you guys just all came here figuring that we would stop them?" Piper asked the question, though it was more of a statement.
"Well, you are the Charmed Ones, aren't you?" The Elf asked rhetorically. They all heard Wyatt cry "Do you always leave the little one unattended?"
"No!" Piper and Phoebe defended.
"Well, it just sounds like he needs to be changed. I'll take care of it." The Elf told them. She turned for the stairs.)
"Hold it! You are not the nanny. We rejected you."
"No, I rejected you. But I suppose I can fill in, just for a bit." The Elf faced the stairs and disappeared.
"Did she just hire herself?" Phoebe wondered aloud.
" You need to go watch her." Piper turned to Leo
"What about the Elders? I need to let them know the Titans are back." Leo reminded her.
"Alright, you, to the Elders." Leo orbed away. "You keep an eye on our magical house guests. Herd them into the basement or something." Piper said turning to Phoebe. "I'm gonna go see what the Elf is up to."
Upon deciding that the Elf nanny was harmless enough Piper had gone to the attic to see about Paige.
(Phoebe, the dwarf and Finnegan the Leprechaun walk in.)
"Phoebe, what are you doing? You're supposed to be..."
"I know, I know. But I thought they could help us free Paige. After all, a leprechaun's luck has helped us before." Phoebe patted the dwarf on the shoulder.
"He's the leprechaun, I'm one of the seven dwarves. Try to keep it straight, will you?" the Dwarf sounded irritated.
"Sorry." Phoebe apologised. Finnegan walked over to the statue.
"It's gonna take a lot more than just me luck to free this one. We're gonna need some pixie dust too."
"I'll get a fairy. Left my axe downstairs anyway." The dwarf left the attic.
"Okay, so where are we?" Phoebe enquired.
"Screwed. Possibly. One thing I'm still not clear about. If the Titans are roaming around, why are they killing Whitelighters?" Piper asked. Phoebe paused for a moment.
"Paige thought maybe one was injured and needed healing powers." Phoebe suggested.
"Or orbing Powers…" Piper suddenly put it together. "Leo!" She shouted. He didn't answer. "Leo get down here!"
Leo stood next to Cecil Up There. There were the bodies of dead Elders on the floor and black scorch marks everywhere. Leo had orbed up just before the Titans attacked. Elders and Whitelighters had scattered. Leo had managed to reach Cecil before he too orbed away. Now after the Titans had gone Leo had orbed them both back to survey the damage. It seemed catastrophic.
Piper had continued to fret the longer Leo didn't respond. In the meantime Phoebe had convinced her that their best hope was to try and free Paige. The fairy threw magic dust on the Paige statue and Finnegan held out his gold nugget, hitting the statue with good luck.
"Now, laddie!" Finnegan shouted. The dwarf hit the statue with his pick but nothing happened.
"Don't know what else to try." The Dwarf said, resigned.
"Running out of gold too, I'm afraid."
"Okay, well, there's gotta be something we can do. Just keep trying." Phoebe encouraged.
Piper walked back in.
"Alright, what's going on? Leo is not responding to any of my calls and it's been over five hours."
"I know sweetie, but if the Titans were after the Elders then maybe he's busy with them."
"But we didn't even get to warn him. I mean, what if he's…" Piper trailed off unable to finish the sentence.
"We'd know Piper, we have to believe that he's okay." Phoebe assured her. "We need to get Paige freed, then maybe she can orb up and find him." She sighed noticing Piper didn't seem to relax any. She was worried about Leo too but someone had to be strong right now. "You know what? Why don't you go be with Wyatt and I'll take care of everything up here. I will call you if anything happens, I promise. You're not breathing."
"Nope."
"Breathe." Phoebe ordered as piper left the attic. "Okay, next sister."
Leo and Cecil were surveying the damage. Leo was distraught over the loss of life but Cecil was calm in his belief that everything happened for a reason.
"Leo." Cecil put a hand on Leo's shoulder, he was sat by one of the Elder's bodies. "We need to get out of here, the other Elders are scattered and the titans will be picking them off one by one." Leo stood.
"How are we going to stop the Titans?" He asked Cecil. "It took gods the last time."
"I don't know Leo." Cecil told him in his usual calm voice. "But we can't do it the same way. Especially as it has been proven that they can be bought back that way."
"But if there's no other way…" Leo trailed off, unsure of what he seemed to be suggesting.
"It's too dangerous. After what happened last time we had to forbid it." Cecil told him, though it didn't seem as though his heart was in the statement and perhaps he agreed with Leo and couldn't see another way around it.
"If we do nothing it won't matter that some of the other Elders are still alive, the Titans will just keep hunting them until they are stopped." Leo pointed out. "The other Elders might disagree but we don't have another choice. And they aren't here. We can't save them. Only the gods can." Leo was gaining confidence in this plan, the knowledge that he saved Cecil overpowering the helplessness he would surely be feeling if he was too late. Like it or not, you've been put in this situation for a reason. We both have." Cecil nodded.
"But who do you have in mind?" Cecil asked him.
In the attic Phoebe was still trying to free Paige with the help of the others. The fairy sprinkled magic dust on the Paige statue.
"Now." Phoebe ordered. Finnegan held out his gold nugget, hitting the statue with good luck. Phoebe threw a potion at the statue. "Hit it!" The dwarf hit the statue with his pick. Almost immediately the stone started to crumble releasing a confused Paige at long last. "Honey, hi!" Phoebe hugged Paige. "Oh, I'm so happy to see you. Are you okay?"
"What happened? Where's the Titan? What the hell are these guys doing here?" Paige fired off questions.
"Long story, I'll tell you on the way." Phoebe insisted as she lead Paige out the attic.
"You're welcome!" The dwarf shouted after them.
Piper was sitting on the couch in the living room as Phoebe and Paige walked down the stairs.
"There you are." Phoebe commented as they walked into the living room.
" Okay, I get the whole epic Titan thing, but what I'm not getting is the Leo thing."
"Yeah, we're still trying to figure that part out. Look who's not stoned."
"Welcome back. You've missed a lot."
"Yeah. I can't help but think it's kind of all my fault though. I'm the one who lured the Titans here. Insert I told you so."
"Done."
"I just kind of was obsessed with the whole weird dreams thing and... but I am so sorry for any distress I might have caused you, Piper." Paige tried to explain and apologise.
"Don't worry about it. I should've listened to you in the first place. Just trying not to worry or to panic."
"Still haven't heard from Leo?" Paige checked. Piper shook her head.
"I don't know. What the hell is he doing up there?" she admitted. The dwarf walked in.
"Sorry to interrupt but we're all leaving now." The dwarf told them bluntly.
"Wait, why?" Phoebe asked confused.
"Didn't you hear the distress call? The surviving Elders have all been flushed out and they need protection."
"Surviving?"
"The Elf will stay behind to take care of the kid while you battle the Titans. Ciao." And with that he left.
"Wait, who said anything about us battling the Titans?" Phoebe asked confused.
"Leo."
Cecil and Leo were both still Up There. Leo heard piper shout from down below. Some doors opened and Cecil walked out holding an urn.
"Piper. She needs me." Leo told him.
"I know, you'll need to go down to warn them but I'll need you back up here after to coordinate. I'll need to go down and explain what is happening, have you finished everything else?" Leo nodded. "Good luck." Leo orbed out. Cecil sighed and took the lid off the urn. "Ekre oh-gee, akman minento." Cecil said the incantation. A bright light rose out of the urn.
"Leo, for god's sakes, if you can hear me." Piper continued to call. Leo orbed in and she did an instant sigh of relief and moved over to hug him. He held her tightly whispering apologies.
"What is this about us supposedly battling the Titans?" Phoebe interrupted. Before Leo had the chance to explain a tornado of light swirled around the girls. It disappeared and reveals them wearing outfits from ancient Greece; Phoebe with extremely long and thick blonde hair, Paige holding onto a trident, Piper looking the same only wearing a Grecian toga. Phoebe gasped.
"What happened? What are we?" Paige asked confused.
"You're gods." Leo told them simply.
Okay, I hope you enjoyed it. I know I used a few of Chris' lines and gave them to Leo, someone needed to say them as Chris wasn't there and Leo seemed like the logical choice given their connection. I know I followed the script quite closely. It won't be like that after the next chapter. I just felt it was necessary to go through this episode in detail to understand how the future pans out differently. It will follow Chris' life, once he is born of course, and after the next chapter it will be a lot less script like. so, I hope you enjoyed it, let me know what you think and see you in the next chapter, hopefully... (*smiles*)
