Authors Note:
-Stuff in bold is either scenery/camera changes
-Bold brackets are descriptions of what is going on in the scene between characters.
I DO NOT OWN THE RIGHTS TO ANYTHING EXCEPT CHARACTERS OF MY OWN CREATION: BARCAS, TRADON, EMILY AND KATIE AND THE CRYSTAL PROPHECY.
I hope everyone enjoys this story it starts off in between HP3O and Ms. Hellfire. Leo is temporarily not the Charmed ones whitelighter. The story will continue throughout the entire series and I will try to update as soon as possible.
Episode One: And Then There Were Four
Fade into the underworld. A dark rocky cavern with torches lining the walls. A dark hooded creature sits on a rock throne, all we see is a blue scaly hand. A man stands in shadow a few feet away.
Tradon: Why should I grant you your request Barcas? What's to say you won't turn around and kill me?
Barcas: Who's to say I would have enough power to kill you?
Tradon: True. (Tradon pauses and places his hands together.) And I would be helping fulfill the prophecy. Correct? (Barcas looks up his body still in shadow.)
Barcas: Prophecy? (Barcas sounds startled not by the news of a prophecy but by the fact that Tradon knows.)
Tradon stands up and walks over to a large stone basin filled with a dark liquid. He dips two long bony fingers in and stirs.
Tradon: Yes Barcas I know of the prophecy, I know you are the father, and I know why you want to become a demon. I want to see this prophecy fulfilled. I have waited centuries for the child to born in hopes of seeing the prophecy fulfilled. (Tradon pauses and turns towards Barcas. Tradon pulls back his hood to reveal his face, a wrinkly old man with black eyes.) I shall grant you your request, but you must not kill me, because I can help you achieve your goal...
Barcas: Of course. (Barcas nods.)
Tradon: (A glint can be seen in dark eyes.) Come.
Tradon motions for Barcas. Barcas steps out of the shadow. Barcas is tall young man, nineteen years old. He has light brown hair and emerald green eyes. He goes and stands beside Tradon. Tradon conjures a silver goblet and dips it into the liquid. He hands it to Barcas and places his hands over Barcas's head.
Tradon: Ungo haec calicis, alicae ardus.
Portavi fere viris. Commutavi.
Datus. Viris ulturus.
Regis Daemonicus.
Barcas gulps down the now smoking potion. The goblet falls as Barcas begins to scream. Camera zooms out Barcas and Tradon are in shadow. Barcas continues to scream as the scene fades out. The scream turns into a door buzzer.
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Scene opens on a little girl, ten years old with light brown hair, with a Madeline haircut. She has emerald green eyes. She opens the front door and runs up the steps. Close up on apartment 4A. She opens the door and drops her bag on the floor.
Katie: Hi mom. (calls)
Katie takes off her jacket and hangs it up. She grabs her bag and tosses it onto the couch she walks through a swinging door into the dining room. You can see a woman in the next room. Katie walks through a doorway into the kitchen.
Emily: Hi sweetheart. How was school? (Emily, a young women around twenty five with long light brown hair and blue eyes, walks over to the stove and begins stirring a pot.)
Katie: It was fine. James got in trouble for starting a food fight in the cafeteria.
Emily: A food fight? (Emily looks back at her daughter who is about to open a box of cookies.) Eh. If you want a snack take an apple.
Katie sighs and puts the cookies back. She takes an apple and bites in.
Emily: Why did James start a food fight? (Emily walks over and takes out a can of tomato sauce.)
Katie: Because Ashton, his ex-bestfriend, asked Markia to go out with him and Ashton knew James liked Markia. So they were arguing in the lunchroom and James knocked Ashton's tray to the floor, so Ashton tried to dump Markia's milk on James but missed and hit Chris. Chris got pissed and started throwing food, then everyone was. Everyone got hit. Except me. (Katie smiles slyly at the last part. Emily turns way from the stove to look at her.) It was like magic.
Emily: Katie? You didn't?
Katie: No. I promise. But it was just like Magic, the food would come at me and then fall to the ground or bounce off, but it wasn't me.
Emily: Alright. It wasn't a spell right? (She asked suspiciously.)
Katie: No. The book is still in its hiding spot. (Emily turns the heat on low and walks over to Katie. She takes her in her arms.)
Emily: I'm sorry. (She says sadly. Katie looks up at her.)
Katie: Why?
Emily: That you have to hide your powers all the time. It's just that--
Katie: I know. (Emily hugs her tighter, and kisses her forehead.)
Emily: I love you. (Emily steps back and runs her hand across Katie's face.)
Katie: I love you too. (Katie smiles at her mother's touch.)
Emily: Why don't you set the table. Dinner will be ready in a minute. I'll be right back.
Emily leaves the kitchen and heads towards the living room. Katie nods and walks over and grabs the step stool. She brings it over to the counter and gets down two plates, and two cups. She then walks over to a drawer and takes out two knives, and forks. She then grabs two napkins and stacks everything on the plates. Carefully she carries everything into the dining room. She puts down one plate and sets one setting, she then picks up the second plate and walks over to the other side of the table.
Emily: No!
Katie hears her mother scream, followed by a loud explosion. She drops the plate which smashes on the floor. She hurries through the swinging door into the living room. Barcas is standing in the living room a fireball in his hand. Barcas' hair is now Jet black and his eyes black. Katie looks around the room, the bookcase is topple over and smoking.
Emily: Katie get out of here! (Screams)
Barcas launches the fireball at her. It hits her in the chest and she flys back into the wall and crashes through it into the bedroom.
Katie: NO! Katie screams tears running down her cheeks. Barcas turns to her a new fireball in his hand. Katie looks at him, a mix of fear and hate on her face. Barcas puts out the fireball and advances towards her. A blinding white light flashes and the scene dissolves. Katie is now lying on a deserted street unconscious.
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Scene Fades in on a car two girls can be seen in the backseat. Camera cuts to Katie in the car. She has short brown hair pulled back with a pin. She is wearing a short black velvet dress. The girl beside her looks to be about thirteen and is also wearing a black dress.
Katie: Jenny, Could you please leave me alone. (Katie says quietly to the girl beside her.)
Jenny: I'm not doing anything. (Jenny says her tone seems rather annoyed. Katie rolls her eyes. The camera cuts to the man driving.)
Dan: Jenny. Please.
Jenny: Alright but I wasn't doing anything. She's such a child.
The car pulls up into a driveway and the two girls get out. Katie stops and looks at the house two doors down. It is a large pink Victorian house, there is a cat sitting on the steps watching her.
Dan: Come on. Let's go inside. (Katie follows Dan and Jenny into the house.)
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Phoebe: Piper? (Phoebe calls out from the hallway.)
Piper: In the kitchen. (Phoebe hurries into the kitchen where Piper is. Piper looks at her expectantly waiting for her to say something.) What's up?
Phoebe: Dan is back. (Phoebe says smiling. I just saw him go inside. Piper rolls her eyes but smiles.) I think he went to a funeral though because he was wearing all black. And there were a lot of people going into his house. (Piper frowns when she says that.)
Piper: Maybe I should call him.
Phoebe: You do that…So where's Prue?
Piper: She's at work. I think she's working late. (Phoebe smirks and skips out of the kitchen. Piper shakes her head and returns to her cooking.)
Phoebe heads over to the front window and peeks outside. Katie is sitting on the sidewalk outside Dan's house drawing with chalk. Kit is sitting beside her. Phoebe goes outside and heads over.
Phoebe: Hey. I'm Phoebe Halliwell. (Katie looks up at Phoebe.)
Katie: Hi.
Katie returns to her drawing. Phoebe kneels down beside her and picks Kit up. She looks at her drawing and is caught off guard. The picture is the spitting image of the Halliwell manor, and beside it is the Triquetra symbol along side another strange Crystal symbol.
Phoebe: Are you drawing my house? (Katie looks up at Phoebe and over at her house.)
Katie: I guess so. I saw it in a dream. (Katie pauses and puts down the chalk.) I'm Katie Gordon.
Phoebe: Gordon? Like Dan Gordon? (Katie nods)
Katie: Dan's my uncle.
Phoebe: Are you Jenny's sister? (Katie makes a face and shakes her head vigorously. Phoebe raises her eyebrows.)
Katie: No. Thankfully. Er...I'm her cousin.
Phoebe: Oh. You said you saw my house in a dream? (Phoebe looks back down at the picture she points to the Triquetra.) Did you see that in your dream too? (Katie nods.)
Dan comes out of the house and walks over to Phoebe and Katie. Phoebe stands up, Katie follows.
Dan: Hey Phoebe. This is my other niece Katie.
Phoebe: Yeah, we were just talking.
Dan: Katie everybody is asking for you inside. (Katie rolls her eyes and folds her arms.)
Katie: Yeah, Yeah. I don't want to talk to all of them! Any of them actually! (Phoebe looks confused. Katie sees Phoebe's face and sighs.) It's my mom's funeral. So I'm supposed to be present...
Phoebe: Oh, I'm sorry. I know what its like to lose your mother so young. (Phoebe looks sadly at Katie. Katie sighs.)
Katie: Nice to meet you... (Katie leaves and runs back towards the house.)
Phoebe: Your sister?
Dan: Yeah, she was my youngest sister. We were real close, well when we were little we were closer...
Phoebe: I'm sorry.
Dan: I just don't know what I'm going to do with Katie. Her and Jenny don't get along, but her mother left her in my care.
Phoebe: You're a good uncle Dan.
Dan: Thanks. Well, I better go in. Tell Piper I said Hi. (Phoebe nods.)
Phoebe: I will.
Dan heads inside. Phoebe looks back down at the drawing she still has a strange feeling about it. Scene fades out.
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Scene fades in to Piper, Phoebe and Prue sitting at the dining room table eating dinner. Piper passes Prue a basket of bread.
Piper: See isn't this nice the three of us eating dinner together. (Phoebe rolls her eyes and continues eating. Prue just looks at Piper.) Alright then.
Phoebe: I found out who died. (Piper looks at Phoebe waiting to find out. Prue looks concerned.)
Prue: Wait, who died?
Piper: Someone in Dan's family? (Phoebe nods.)
Phoebe: His sister. (Piper gasps.)
Piper: Oh no. Jenny's mother? How's Jen-- (Phoebe shakes her head.)
Phoebe: Dan has more then one sister. And more then one niece. (Phoebe adds pointing her fork at Piper.)
Piper: He has another niece?
Prue: That's terrible.
Phoebe: That he has another niece?
Prue: You know what I mean.
Phoebe: Yeah. She's only like ten. (Prue gets quiet after that. She looks down at her plate and plays with her food. Piper looks over at Prue.)
Piper: You okay? (Prue nods)
Prue: I'm going up to bed. (Prue gets up and takes her plate to the kitchen, leaving Phoebe and Piper sitting there confused.)
Phoebe: I wonder what her problem is? (Piper looks at Phoebe an then back at the doorway.)
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Scene cuts to Katie in the bathroom brushing her hair, she is wear a pair of baby blue pajamas with teddy bears on them. Katie looks into the mirror, tears in her eyes. She reaches down and takes the locket around her neck in between her fingers.
Katie: I can't believe you're really gone...(She whispers.)
There's a knock on the door. Katie wipes the tears out of her eyes and puts the brush down.
Dan: Katie, you ready for bed? (Katie opens the door.)
Katie: Yeah I'm ready. (Dan picks her up and hugs her. Katie rests her head on Dan's shoulder. Dan walks down the hall carrying Katie and walks into a plain bedroom with a large bed, a guest room.)
Dan: You can decorate it anyway you like...When you want to. (Dan puts Katie down on the bed and brushes her hair out of her face.)
Katie: I don't want to...(Katie looks down at the floor. Dan puts his arm around her shoulder and sits down next to her.)
Dan: Your mom was one of the best people I ever knew. She loved you so much, you were all she could ever talk about. Every time I called, every time I talked to her. It would be Katie this and Katie that. (Katie looks up at Dan.)
Katie: She told me a lot of stories about you. She really loved you. You were the only one she ever really talked about. (Katie broke off and looked back down at the floor.)
Dan: I'm going to take good care of you. I can't replace your mom, but I can take good care of you.
Katie: You can't protect me. (whispers.)
Dan: What?
Katie: Never mind. I'm tired. I want to go to bed. (Katie climbs over the bed and gets under the covers. Dan stands up and tucks her in.)
Dan: Goodnight. I love you.
Katie: I love you too Dan.
Dan walks away and turns off the light. Camera zooms slowly in on Katie. She closes her eyes and turns over. The camera fades out.
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Scene opens: Katie is outside drawing again. It is a couple days later. Katie is wearing a white t-shirt and a pink skirt. She is drawing a picture of her mother. Phoebe is standing on her porch she spots Katie on the sidewalk again looking rather sad. Phoebe heads over to talk to her.
Phoebe: Hey Katie. (Phoebe smiles at her and looks at her drawing.) You're really good. Who is that?
Katie looks up at Phoebe and gives her a half smile.
Katie: It's my mother. (Katie looks back down at her drawing and starts to put away her chalk.)
Phoebe: I'm sorry about your mother. Was she sick?
Katie shakes her head and stands up.
Katie: She was...uh...(Katie eyes Phoebe carefully.) She was murdered.
Phoebe: Oh...I'm sorry. (Phoebe looks sadly at Katie. Dan comes out of the house and walks over to Phoebe and Katie.)
Dan: Oh. Hi Phoebe. (Dan says brightly.)
Phoebe: Hey Dan. (Phoebe still sounds sad after hearing about Katie's mom.)
Dan: I have to go get Jenny...Well we have to go-- (Dan starts to say but Katie looks up at him angrily.)
Katie: I am not going to get Jenny! (Katie says slightly yelling.)
Dan: Katie I am not leaving you alone.
Katie: Well I am not going! I hate--(Dan gives a warning glare.) Well I don't like her!
Phoebe: Katie can stay at our house. I'm sure Piper won't mind, and Prue isn't there, just until you come back. (Katie looks at Phoebe happily, trying not to smile. You can tell she is starting to like Phoebe.)
Dan: Are you sure?
Phoebe: Yeah. It's no problem. (Dan looks at Katie and nods.)
Dan: I'll be back in a couple hours. (Dan gives Katie a hug and thanks Phoebe. Katie waves goodbye.)
Katie: Thanks. (Phoebe smiles and shows Katie over to the house.)
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Scene cuts to the manor. In the living room. Katie is sitting on the couch. Piper walks in and is surprised to see her.
Piper: Uh...Hi. Who are you?
Katie: I'm Katie. Dan's niece. Your Piper right? Dan doesn't stop talking about you. (Katie says smiling at Piper. Piper smiles nervously.)
Piper: Phoebe could you come in the kitchen with me...for a second? (Piper says motioning for Phoebe to come over to her. Phoebe gets up and follows Piper into the kitchen.)
Phoebe: I'll be right back. You want anything to drink?
Katie: I'm fine.
Phoebe: Ok. (Katie watches Phoebe and Piper leave.)
Scene cuts to Phoebe and Piper in the kitchen. Piper is standing behind the counter pacing.
Piper: Phoebe have you lost your mind?
Phoebe: Piper what's the big deal? She's just here while Dan picks up Jenny, she and Jenny don't get along.
Piper: Phoebe, what if a demon or warlock attacks?
Phoebe: They won't...She won't be here very long.
Cuts to Katie in the living room. She is walking around looking at the photographs. She looks at one of a little girl playing piano. A demon shimmers in behind and in front of her, both are tall and bulky wearing scrappy clothes, she glares at the one in front of her and spins around and glares at the other.
Katie: So he's not brave enough to come after me himself? (Katie says taunting the demon behind her.)
Demon #1: You know why we're here, why not come quietly? (Katie turns halfway to look at him.)
Demon #2: We could always take you the hard way? Why he had trouble with a ten year old girl...well we won't!
Katie smiles menacingly at the second one. She pulls her right arm back over her chest and flings it forward the demon goes flying back into the wall smashing the picture frame. The Demon behind her creates an energy ball and throws it at her. Katie ducks and turns invisible.
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Scene cuts to Piper and Phoebe in the kitchen.
Piper: What was that? (Piper looks worried. Phoebe looks scared and runs out of the kitchen, Piper close behind.)
They get to the living room. One Demon is standing up from a pile of debris by the wall the other is standing looking around. Katie comes back into view and kicks the demon in the back. He falls forward. The second one throws another energy ball at her and hits her in the chest. She flys back into the wall and crashes to floor motionless. The two demons see Piper and Phoebe and shimmer out before they can do anything. Piper and Phoebe run over to Katie who is unconscious. Leo orbs in behind them.
Leo: Katie? (Leo looks around and realizes he is at the manor.)
Piper: Leo what are you doing here? (Piper looks surprised to see him.) Never mind. Can you heal her? (Leo looks at Katie in shock.)
Leo: Katie! (He kneels down and begins to heal her. The front door opens and closes. Prue comes in.)
Prue: I'm home! (calls. Prue sees the wreckage and Leo.) What happened? Who's that? What did I miss?
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Katie: Leo! (Katie jumps up and gives Leo a big hug. Leo hugs her back his hand pulling her head close. Piper looks uncomfortable. Phoebe and Prue look confused and Prue looks annoyed.)
Leo: How did you drop off my radar? I couldn't sense you until just now? (Katie looks confused and shrugs.)
Katie: I don't know! But he got my mom! She's dead Leo! (Katie says beginning to cry. Leo nods and looks serious he picks Katie up and hugs her again. Piper looks comforted at how sweet Leo is with her.)
Prue: Hello? Can someone please explain what the heck is going on? (Phoebe nudges Prue. Leo looks at Prue, he looks serious.)
Leo: Katie is one of my charges. (Katie drops out of Leo's arms and stands beside him. She wipes the tears away.)
Katie: I've known Leo all my life.
Phoebe: You're a witch?
Katie: Yeah (nods)
Leo: Can I talk to the three of you in the kitchen?
Prue: I think that would be a good idea.
Katie: I don't! (Prue looks suspiciously at her.) Leo why do I have to stay here?
Leo: I just need to talk to them for a minute, alright? (Katie frowns but nods. Piper, Phoebe, Prue and Leo head into the kitchen. Katie sits down on the couch and crosses her arms. She thinks for a moment and then becomes invisible.)
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Scene cuts to the kitchen. Prue is standing behind the counter, Piper, Phoebe and Leo come in behind her.
Prue: Alright Leo explain.
Leo: Ten thousand years ago a prophecy was made by a powerful seer. The seer told the leaders of both good and evil. I don't know the whole prophecy, my bosses have only told me what I need to know, but the prophecy said that in the future two powerful witches would come together and produce a child, the child of the crystal. The crystal could be swayed to either good or evil depending on who controlled the child. The child would be born at the end of a decade when the moon and sun are equal, during an eclipse, and she would possess great power. The prophecy said that the father would turn evil and try to sway the crystal to evil. The leaders of evil wanted to ensure that happened, the leaders of good did not. They planned to take the child when it was born and raise it away from society. The child was born and soon after I was assigned to be it's whitelighter to gain the mother's trust so we could take the child.
Piper: How could they just take the child away from it's parents? They didn't even give them a chance to prove themselves? (Piper looked angrily at Leo, who waited to continue.)
Leo: However, the father learned of their plan. He was contacted by one of the leaders of evil. He took his wife and child and ran. They were on the run for a year when he was contacted again by a leader, they told him his wife had kept in contact with me. He came back to find me with his wife and child. He attacked us. I orbed them out. It was too late though, by trying to prevent the prophecy we ensured it happened. He went to a demon named Tradon and had him transform him into a powerful demon. He spent the next nine years tracking his wife and daughter--
Katie: But he found us and he killed his wife. My mom. Everyone turns to the door. (Katie reappears.) Leo, I know about the prophecy. My mom told me in case anything happened.
Leo: She shouldn't have.
Katie: I had the right to know. It's about me. It's my life that's been mapped out.
Leo: No. Not mapped out. Not everything.
Phoebe: You can always change the future. We have. (Phoebe says referring to earlier in the year when they saved her from being burned at the stake. Leo turns back to the sisters.)
Leo: There's a reason I showed up so quickly when Katie was hurt. I have been watching your house, we knew Dan was related to her and if anything happened to Emily, Katie would live with him. Also, if that happened they wanted...(Leo stops and looks at Katie.)
Katie: Let me guess you want me to leave?
Leo: No. You're already here.
Prue: What did they want?
Leo: They wanted—The Charmed ones to take her.
Piper: What?
Phoebe: Really?
Prue: You've got to be kidding me?
Katie: The Charmed ones?
Phoebe: Uh. That would be us. (Phoebe points to herself and her sisters. Katie just blinks at them in disbelief.)
Katie: You're the charmed one?
Piper: Yeah. You know who we are?
Katie: Yeah. My mom told me about you. She said if anything happened to find you...
Phoebe: Well, you did! (Prue glares at Phoebe for being so happy.) But Leo, what about Dan?
Leo: Well if you agreed, my bosses would take care of it. It would be in Katie's best interest, there will be demons after her as long as Barcas lives.
Piper: Barcas?
Leo: Evan Barcas. That's her father's name, when he became a demon he dropped Evan and became Barcas.
Prue: Why us? (Phoebe glares at Prue, who ignores her.) I mean she's a child. We can't take care of a child.
Katie: I am not a child. I'll be eleven in may! (Prue eyes Katie and takes a deep breath. Before she can say anything the doorbell rings.)
Piper: I'll get it. It's probably Dan. Katie come on. (Katie follows Piper out of the Kitchen. You hear chatter and the door closes. Piper comes back into the kitchen.) Can you give us some time to think about it?
Leo: Of course. (nods) You know how to contact me. (Leo orbs out. Prue glares at Piper.)
Prue: We cannot have a Ten year old living in our house. We are three young women, we're out every night, and oh yeah attacked by demons on a regular basis.
Phoebe: So is she Prue!
Prue: Another reason she should not live here. It means double the demon attacks and another person to watch out for. She is not our responsibility.
Phoebe: She needs us. We protect the innocent. I don't know Prue but she's looks pretty innocent to me.
Piper: All right we told Leo we'd think about it. So let's do that. Okay? (Prue glares at Phoebe and leaves. Phoebe makes a face in her direction and leaves the other way. Piper stands there alone feeling very frustrated.) Okay Piper. (She mumbles to herself. Scene fades out.)
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Scene fades in on a younger looking Katie, like eight or nine. She is sitting in bed with her mother a large spell book in their laps. Emily is stroking Katie's hair and Katie has her head resting on her mother's shoulder.
Katie: Why does Daddy want to hurt me?
Emily: Your father is gone, when he became demon he stopped being human. Your father doesn't want to hurt you. Barcas does.
Katie: They're the same person. He made the decision.
Emily: Well, it doesn't matter. I won't let him hurt you. (Emily hugs Katie tighter.)
Katie: What if he hurts you? Then I'll be all alone.
Emily: You will never be alone. Leo will always be watching you. Leo will protect you.
Katie: But what about you?
Emily: You're more important.
Katie: Don't say that...I need you.
Emily: Katie, you have to promise me something.
Katie: What?
Emily: If anything ever happens to me you will find the Charmed ones. (Katie looks up at her mother confused.)
Katie: Who are the Charmed ones?
Emily: They are powerful witches. Three sisters. They should protect you.
Katie: Nothing is going to happen to you mommy! (Katie turns around and kneels on the bed facing her mom.) I won't let it. I'll kill Barcas. (Emily shakes her head.)
Emily: It is not time. You are powerful, but not powerful enough. Do not try. He will he hurt you.
Katie: I won't let him hurt you! (Emily gently takes Katie's hand and looks into her eyes.)
Emily: Promise me Katie. Promise you'll find them. (Katie looks at her mother sadly but nods.)
Katie: I promise Mommy. (Katie wraps her arms around her mothers head and hugs her tightly.)
The scene dissolves. Katie is sitting on her bed staring at the mirror across the room. She is wearing blue and white cloud pajamas and slippers. There's a loud explosion downstairs.
Katie: Dan! (Katie screams and runs downstairs. A demon has knife to Dan's throat.) Let him go!
Demon #1: I don't think so!
Demon stabs Dan. Dan falls to the ground with a thud. Katie screams as the demon advances towards her. Scene dissolves and Katie shoots up from her bed, sweat racing down her face. She throws the covers off her bed and goes down the hall to check on Dan. He is asleep in his room. Katie runs downstairs. She passes a clock that read 12am. She grabs her pink jacket off the hook and leaves. She runs over to the Manor and bangs on the door. Tears are running down her face. Piper opens the door, she is wearing a nightgown and a robe.
Piper: Katie. Oh my god, what happened?
Katie: Hysterically. They're going to kill him. They'll kill him if I stay. They're going to attack me.
Three demons shimmer in and throw fireballs at Piper and Katie. Piper grabs Katie and they duck. Katie screams and turns invisible and Piper becomes invisible as well. Phoebe and Prue come racing down the stairs. Prue flings two of the demons across the room. The third shoots a fireball at Prue who sends it back at him. It hits him in the chest and he bursts into flames. The other two shimmer out. Katie and Piper reappear.
Prue: Piper are you okay? (Phoebe and Prue rush over. Phoebe takes Katie into her arms and hugs her. Katie is still crying hard.)
Katie: They were the Demons from my dream! (She says threw hysterics.)
Phoebe: It's okay. They're gone. We won't let anything happen to you. (Phoebe hugs her closely and looks up at Prue, who sighs in defeat.)
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Piper: Here you go. (Piper hands Katie a cup of tea. Katie takes it but doesn't drink it. Phoebe is sitting next to her on the couch. They are in the Solarium.)
Katie: Thanks. (Katie yawns and spills some of her tea. Piper freezes it so the tea is in midair. Katie stares at the tea and then up at Piper in shock.)
Phoebe. Uh. Move this way so it doesn't land on you. (They scoot down. Phoebe takes the tea cup and puts it on the table. Time unfreezes and the tea splashes onto the couch.)
Katie: Cool power. (Quietly.) So you can freeze things?
Piper: Yeah. But good witches don't freeze, so we know you're a good witch. (Piper smiles at Katie who looks down at her hands.)
Phoebe: So you can turn invisible, right? (Phoebe asks hoping to cheer her up.)
Katie: Yeah, and Telekinesis, and something else but I never use it cause I can't control it.
Phoebe: What's that?
Katie: Well, when I get really upset and if I am being touched, I heat up and burn whoever is touching me. But I usually overheat and pass out, so I don't use it.
Phoebe: You have some cool powers. I only get premonitions...Wait you said you saw the demons in a dream? (Katie nods. Phoebe looks at Piper and Prue suspiciously. Leo orbs in.)
Leo: What is Katie doing here?
Katie: Leo?
Leo: Are you okay? (Katie nods.) What happened?
Prue: Demons attacked. She saw it in a dream? (Prue looks at Leo hinting at him.)
Leo: Uh. Katie, this time I need to talk to them alone and do not listen I will be making sure you're not. (Katie rolls her eyes and nods. Piper, Phoebe, Prue and Leo go into the Kitchen.)
Prue: Leo does she get premonitions?
Leo: Yes. But she doesn't know and her mother didn't want her to know. Because she only gets them in dreams. Its called Precognition. Her powers may evolve so that she gets premonitions like Phoebe does but for now she only gets them through her dreams. Her mother didn't want her to be afraid of every dream she had, which is why she doesn't know.
Phoebe: How many powers does she have?
Leo: At the moment, only four: (Phoebe scoffs and mumble "Only" Piper nudges her.) Precognition, Telekinesis, Transparancy, and Molecular Thermality.
Piper: Molecular what?
Leo: She can heat up her molecules. Her body. (Leo adds looking at the confused faces in front of him.)
Phoebe: Cool. (Prue glares at Phoebe.)
Prue: If her dreams are premonitions, then Dan really was in trouble. If that's true—
Piper: She can't stay with him. Does Dan know?
Leo: I don't think so. You'd have to ask her. (Piper and Phoebe go back to the solarium, Leo and Prue following.)
Phoebe: Katie, does Dan know that your a witch?
Katie: He can never know. My mom said that Dan could never know.
Phoebe: Why not?
Katie: Because he couldn't handle it. (Phoebe looks at Piper who looks sadly down at the floor.)
Piper: But how do you know if you don't give him a chance?
Katie: Piper, he can't know about me...I'm not telling you not to tell him. That's your choice. But don't tell him about me. (Piper takes a deep breath and looks at Prue.)
Piper: She can't stay with Dan Prue. (Prue looks at Piper but sighs.)
Prue: I still don't think it's a good idea.
Phoebe: We could vote on it? (Phoebe suggests looking from Piper to Prue. Prue glares at her and looks at Leo.)
Prue: We don't need to vote, tell your bosses we'll take her. (Phoebe smiles and sits down next to Katie. Katie half smiles but looks nervously at Prue. Katie knows Prue doesn't like her.)
Phoebe: You can stay in my room until we can set up the guest room as your room. This way you won't be alone.
Katie: Okay.
Piper: And I will call Dan and tell him where you are so he won't worry. (Piper looks at Leo as she leaves. Leo looks away quickly.)
Leo: I'll go tell my bosses. (Leo Orbs out. Piper heads to the kitchen. Phoebe takes Katie upstairs. Prue stands in the solarium thinking.)
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Upstairs in Phoebe's bedroom. Phoebe is tucking Katie in.
Katie: Phoebe?
Phoebe: Yeah?
Katie: How old were you when you lost your mother? (Phoebe sits down on the bed beside Katie and puts her hand on the blanket over Katie's legs.)
Phoebe: I was three. I don't remember much.
Katie: Do you think it's easier if you don't remember, then if you do? (Phoebe thinks for a moment.)
Phoebe: I don't know. It's different. I think if you don't really remember them you mourn never getting the chance to know them. If you did know them you mourn losing them. Prue was around your age when our mom died.
Katie: Yeah...well Prue doesn't like me very much.
Phoebe: Oh that's not true. Prue doesn't hate you. She just...worries...a lot. (Katie looks at Phoebe. You can tell she doesn't believe her. Katie yawns and lies back. Phoebe brushes some hair out of her face like her mother used to do. Katie closes her eyes at Phoebe's touch.)
Katie: Good night Phoebe.
Phoebe: Good night. (Phoebe gets up and walks to the other side of the bed. She gets in under the covers and turns out the light. The scene fades out as the light goes out.)
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The scene fades into the kitchen Katie is sitting at the kitchen table her feet just barely touch the ground from her chair. Phoebe is fixing cereal for both of them and Piper is pouring coffee. Prue walks in looking very tired. She takes a cup of coffee from Piper and sips it.
Phoebe: Good morning, Prue! (Phoebe sounds overly cheery. Prue looks at her like she's nuts. Phoebe takes the bowls of cereal and sits down next to Katie.) Here you go.
Katie: Thanks. What did Dan say when you talked to him? (Katie asks Piper. She takes a spoonful of cereal.)
Piper: Well, he was asleep, I woke him up. (Katie smiles and giggles softly.) But he was glad to know that you were safe, I told him that you could stay with us today. That will give Leo time to set everything up.
Katie: He's okay with that? I mean me staying here all day, not the Leo part. (Piper looks at her suspiciously narrowing her eyes.)
Piper: What did he say about Leo?
Katie: Nothing. (Piper looks at her.) Not much. Anyway it doesn't matter. (Katie stuffs her mouth with cereal so she can't answer Piper.)
Prue: Well, I have to get to Bucklands. If I'm late, I won't have a job.
Katie: Bye. (Prue looks at Katie and smiles forcefully.)
Prue: Bye. (Katie looks at Phoebe.)
Katie: I told you.
Phoebe: Shush!
Piper: I have to get to P3 and make sure we still have a band playing tonight, will you be alright?
Phoebe: Yeah, we'll just hang out.
Piper: All right.
Piper leaves, leaving Phoebe and Katie alone in the house. Katie returns to eating her cereal. Phoebe and her start joking around and laughing.
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Scene cuts to that night. Phoebe and Katie are in the parlor watching TV. Phoebe pained their toenails and they have their feet up drying. Piper is in the kitchen making dinner, Prue comes in the front door and into the parlor where she spots Phoebe and Katie.
Prue: Having fun? (Phoebe and Katie stop giggling and look up at Prue. Katie falls silent, her smile fades. Phoebe smiles at Prue.)
Phoebe: Hey. Just having a girl day, we were watching cartoons. I forgot how much fun they are. (Phoebe laughs. Prue smiles at her childishness. Leo Orbs in.) Leo!
Leo: Uh, hey. What are you guys doing?
Prue: Piper! (Calls.)
Katie: Phoebe painted my toenails! They're pink, it matches my skirt. (Katie smiles up at Leo who smiles back.)
Piper: So? (She says to Leo as she enters the room.)
Leo: They set everything up.
Prue: That's it. Just like that? So what does Dan think? (Before Leo can answer the doorbell rings. Leo smiles and orbs out.) Leo?
Phoebe and Katie rush to the door wobbling so that they don't mess up their nails. Phoebe opens the door, it's Dan.
Katie: Dan? What are you doing here? What's that? (Katie points to a folder in Dan's hands.)
Dan: Katie could I talk to Prue, Piper and Phoebe for a moment—
Katie: Let me guess? Alone. Okay. (Katie wobbles back to the parlor just as Piper comes out.)
Piper: Dan? (Piper goes over and gives Dan a kiss.)
Dan: Hey. Can I come in?
Piper: Yeah, sure. What's up?
Dan: These are Katie's guardian papers. I thought about this all day and I have decided that the three of you would be the best guardians for her. She doesn't get along with Jenny, and I have feeling she isn't comfortable living with me. She's gotten very attached to Phoebe. (Phoebe smiles.) If you sign them, then the three of you become her guardians. What do you say?
Piper, Phoebe and Prue look at each other. They knew this must have been what Leo's bosses did.
Piper: Sure. (Prue rolls her eyes at how simply Piper agrees to it, but seeing as Dan is under a spell he doesn't notice.)
Dan: Great. (Piper, Phoebe and Prue sign the paper. Dan leaves it with them.) You can come over and get her stuff tomorrow this way she can settle in quickly.
Phoebe: Alright. Me and her will be over tomorrow.
Katie: Can I come back in? (Calls)
Dan: Yeah. (Katie runs back in and gives Dan a hug.) I know you were listening, I'll see you tomorrow? (Katie smiles, one of the few genuine smiles.)
Katie: Yeah. (Dan smiles and kisses her on the forehead and leaves. Katie closes the door behind him and looks at the sisters. She smiles at Piper and Phoebe and then turns to Prue.) Thank you. For letting me stay.
Prue: Your welcome. (Phoebe smiles and walks over and grabs Katie. Who laughs as Phoebe picks her up.)
Piper: Let's eat.
Prue: Oh good, food! (Prue says looking at Piper with a happy smile on her face. Katie looks at Phoebe and smiles, Phoebe nods and they both take off for the kitchen.) Oh. Careful! (A crash is heard up ahead.)
Phoebe and Katie: Sorry. (Prue shakes her head.)
Prue: Great a little Phoebe.
Piper: We'll learn to love her. (Piper smiles and throws one arm around Prue as they head for the dining room.)
Scene Fades out. End Music plays.
CREDITS
Authors Note: Okay, this is my first Charmed Fanfic and I have been working on this idea for a while I have a great storyline mapped out. I hope everyone liked the first chapter. If you have any questions or suggestions leave them in your review, I 'd love to know how what people thought of it. Especially what they thought of Katie, yes I know I named her after myself. But I have never done that and I just felt the name suited her. I didn't want it to be a P name.
I will try to update as soon as possible I have a lot of stories that I am working on but this and Little Whit Powder are my priority at the moment.
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