This is my first attempt at a Charmed Fanfic. It takes place in the second season. Leo is still a whitelighter and Dan and Piper are still together (grrr…) No Paige, Cole might come in later though, I haven't decided.
Ages (I'm not sure if they're accurate but what the hell.)
Leo-26
Piper-25
Jared-27
Prue-28
Phoebe-21
Two little boys, around four or five years old, are playing tag in their front yard. The older boy stumbles upon a bird with a broken wing struggling on the sidewalk. "Hey look," he gets the younger boy's attention and he runs over to see what his brother has found.
"Look, its bird. I wonder what happened to it." says to older boy. He picks a nearby stick and begins poking it.
"Jared! Stop, you're hurting it!" he struggles with his brother to get him to stop poking at the helpless bird.
"What do you care? It's just a bird." he questions his little brother.
"It didn't do anything to you. Leave it alone!" He says attempting to grab the stick from his older, stronger brother.
"Shut up Leo," he pushes him away. "Go inside and leave me alone."
"I'm telling mom on you!" he gets up and runs to the front door, he turns around to see his brother once again torturing the little bird.
"Leo...Leo...Leo?" the little boy looks up in slow motion and everything starts to fade away as Leo wakes up to see Piper standing over him.
"Wake up. You said you'd help me with inventory remember? Come on let's go." She helps him up.
"What?"
"Get up."
"Alright. Alright. I'm coming, I'm coming."
Piper looks at him suspiciously, "Are you alright?"
He just kind of looks at her, "What?"
"I said, are you alright?"
"Oh. Yeah, I'm fine." He walks out of Piper's office.
"Right..." she follows him out.
Later that morning, a young woman, about 19, is running down an alleyway, it's not dark because the sun shines high above San Francisco. She felt as if she'd been running forever, she looks behind her and sees no one there, she begins to slow down, still checking behind her to see if the man chasing her had caught up. Finally, she stops all together, her chest heaves as she tries to catch her breath. Suddenly a man orbs in with thousands of blue colored lights. "Devan?" he says placing his hand on her shoulder.
She jumps and screams, scared to death. She turns around and her face turns from frightened to grateful. "Oh my God you're here," she says still heaving, "I tried calling you and calling you but you didn't come so I ran." She hugs him, "I'm so scared, Johnny, what do I do?"
"Just relax. Everything's alright now, you're safe. We need to get you home you'll be safer..." he suddenly stops his eyes begin to fill with pain.
"Johnny?" he starts to lean on Devan to support himself, she willingly helps him. "Johnny? What's wrong? Are you okay?"
He struggles to speak, he finally is able to mumble one word, but it's to low to hear.
"What?"
"R...R...Run..."
Johnny's weight is too much for Devan to carry. He can no longer support himself, she still has no idea what has happened to him. Finally, she gives up carrying him; she can't do it by herself. He slips out of her grip and he falls to the floor, revealing and arrow in his back. Her face again turns to terror. "Oh my God," she begins to scream but a hand muffles her cries.
"You see that's the thing about white lighters they die so easily. Well, when you have the right equipment anyway." A man dressed in a all black suit, in his twenties stands behind Devan as she struggles to get loose from his grip, but he proves to strong for her to break free. "Look at him," he forces her to look, "his death could have been avoided if you just gave me what I asked for the first time." he pauses, "You're death on the other hand..." She begins to cry. He sighs and rolls his eyes, "you see that's the thing with you good people, you're always to emotional.'Oh my God I'm going to die help me.' Please... death is inevitable; it's just a matter of when you die." She bites his finger, and he lets her go but she can't escape because he still clings to arm.
"Please let me go." she says trembling.
"Oh okay since you asked nicely," he jerks her toward him and grabs both her arms so he can look into her eyes. "Now give me what I want, I know you have it! Give it to me!"
"Never."
"I'm through being nice! Give it to me, now!"
"I am the only one who can remove it from my neck, and you know that."
"Of course I know that! But that doesn't mean I can't remove your head and pick it up off the ground."
Her eyes widen, "Even if I give it to you, you'll kill me after you get it."
"I never said that. Now give me the necklace!"
"You won't kill me?"
"No, if you give me the necklace now, I'll spare your life," he puts a nice guy smile on his face, as if to get her to trust him. He holds out his hand as she begins to take the necklace off. "That's more like it." She places the necklace in his hand and he places it in his pocket, and an evil smile comes across his face.
"You have what you want, now let me go!" she pleaded.
"Yeah, that whole arrangement doesn't really work for me."
"But you said-"
"I know what I said, but I changed my mind, because if I let you go, you might go tell someone about me, and that would be good for me." She starts to struggle desperately, but to no avail. He brings his hand near his face, to reveal an athamea. Her eyes widen in terror and she screams, he thrusts his hand into her stomach and she winces in pain as he twists the athamea in her stomach. He face changes from pleasure, in knowing he's causing her pain, to anger as he throws her 20 feet from him. He walks over and pulls the necklace out of his pocket. He smiles satisfied with what he's done. "Thanks." He laughs slightly as he is engulfed with black orbs.
Phoebe is watching TV in the living room, when a news report comes on involving the stabbing of a young woman, and a man being shot by an arrow. She turns the volume up louder. The anchorman speaks, "Another twist arrived in the case when police discovered that the man who was shot, died years prior to today."
"Leo! Leo!" she waits for him. "LEO!"
I gotta call Darryl." Phoebe gets up and heads toward the phone, when the doorbell rings. She hurries to the door hoping Darryl will be there. She opens the door to see Dan standing with a folder in hand and the other in his pocket.
"Hey Phoebe. Is Piper here?"
Leo orbs into the living room and goes to talk to Phoebe. "Hey Phoebe! What did you need..." he sees Dan standing in the doorway. "Oh I'll just wait in the kitchen."
Phoebe turns back to Dan. "No she's not but I'll tell her you stopped by. Okay? See ya later." She tries to close the door, but Dan stops her.
"Phoebe, how much do you actually know about Leo?"
She struggles for an answer, "Enough..."
"I mean did Piper tell you I did a background check on him?"
"Yea, she did."
"Phoebe, Leo Wyatt doesn't exist!" Dan starts to get frustrated.
"Look, Dan we appreciate you lookin' out for us and all but when can take care of ourselves. We're big girls." She starts to close the door but opens it again, "And we know who Leo is, thank you."
"Then who is he?"
"He's..." Phoebe thinks, "He's Leo." She smiles, "Bye."
Dan stands there with the door shut in his face, and shakes his head. Piper walks up behind him but he doesn't notice her, he stills stands facing the door. 'I should stop and talk to him 'cause he deserves it, but I really don't want another lecture about Leo being not who he really says he is.' She sighs and freezes him, "Sorry Dan." She pats him on the back as she enters the house.
The darklighter stands on the Golden Gate Bridge, staring at the city near by. He pulls out the necklace and begins to fumble it around in his hands. 'Now I just need to find him and my plans will be complete.' A smile comes across his face. He looks down. "What do you want?" He pauses for a little, "Alright, Alright... I'm coming." He orbs out.
Piper, Leo, and Phoebe stand in the kitchen. Phoebe goes to the fridge and pulls out a bottle of water. "Well do you know what attacked them?"
"The elders believe it was a dark lighter."
Piper seems confused, "Since when do darklighters use athameas?"
Leo nods his head, "They don't. That's what the elders can't figure out."
Phoebe swallows a drink of her water. "Well could he have stolen the power to orb?"
Leo shakes his head, "No. That's one of the things that differs from Whitelighter to Darklighter; you can't steal a darklighter's powers. Only the people with the most evil, the most anger, and the most hate are bestowed with the powers of a darklighter."
"But Prue stole Alec's power?" Phoebe explains to Leo.
"No they only switched powers."
Piper lays her hands down on the counter, "Okay so we're dealing with a darklighter that has an athamea, ands not afraid to use it. So that means you have to stay here Leo."
"What do you mean?"
"Leo, Piper's right. This guy has already killed one whitelighter already, and we don't you to be the next one on his list."
Piper gives him an 'I told you so look.'
"But-"
"No. No buts, Leo we can't risk losing you." Phoebe pats him on the back.
"You don't under-" Piper freezes him mid-sentence.
"Sorry Leo." She walks out of the kitchen.
"Man that sucks." Phoebe follows Piper.
Leo unfreezes, "stand..." he looks around, realizes they're both gone and he's lost the argument...again. He sighs and orbs out.
"We have an assignment for you." One of the members of the Triad informs the darklighter.
"I don't want an assignment!" he snaps. "I'm doing fine in my own. I don't need your guidance! I'm the best darklighter that has ever existed! I've never lost a charge!" His eyes fill with rage.
A different member of the Triad speaks, "We know you're the best."
"That's why we chose you."
"I don't care! I'm on my own mission!"
"We are well aware of your plans to gain the power to freeze time and with it destroy the demon Belthazor, but your mission is minor compared to what we want you to accomplish."
"He killed my fiancé! What mission can be greater seeking revenge?"
"The Charmed Ones."
The darklighter's eyes widen, "You want me to kill the Charmed Ones?" He stares at them. "No. No way. I'm not facing the Charmed Ones; every demon that has attempted has died. There is no way I'm coming with 100 feet of the damn manor."
"If you succeed, we will give you Belthazor."
He ponders this, "And I get to have my revenge?"
"Only if you succeed..."
He stills ponders the Triad's offer, "Fine, it's a deal. I deliver the Charmed Ones, you give me Belthazor."
"Agreed."
An evil smile grows across his face, as he begins to orb out.
"If you fail-"
"I will not fail."
Leo and his brother, Jared, are in army uniforms and they have bags on their shoulders, standing in front of their mother and father, and Leo's wife. They are leaving to go to Europe to serve in World War II.
Their father has his hand on Leo's shoulder, "I'm very proud of you son, I know you'll make me proud over there." He hugs Leo. He happily returns his father's hug. His father turns to Jared and holds out his hand, "Good luck Jared." Jared looks at his father's hand and up at his face, and turns and walks towards the bus in slow motion. Leo turns and watches his brother walk away, and his figure begin to fade, and Leo calls his name.
"Jared...? Jared...? Jared...?" Leo feels like he's screaming at the top of his lungs but he can't hear himself calling to his brother. He runs after his brother still calling his name trying to reach him before he disappears completely. He finally reaches him, he places his hand on his shoulder to turn him around, as he turns around Leo finds himself kneeling over a soldier who he is rolling over to help him, Leo rolls him over to reveal his brother, with a bullet in his left eye. Leo jumps back startled to see his lifeless brother staring back at him. He stares in shock at his, now dead, brother. Another soldier comes behind Leo, who is still kneeling down, and begins to pull on his soldier.
"Leo!" Leo doesn't budge; he remains staring at his brother. "Leo come on man! Let's go!" The soldier tugs on Leo again, "Come on!" he pulls him up and drags Leo, stumbling, Leo's eyes remain on his brother. A grenade goes off in the background and Leo flinches and wakes up from his dream. Leo sits straight up on the couch.
Piper is watching TV, "Leo? Are you okay?"
"Yeah... I just had a nightmare that's all."
"Well are you sure you're alright, 'cause you're sweating."
"Yeah, yeah I'm fine. I just need a glass of water."
"Okay." Piper watches him walk out, suspiciously.
It's a dark room, but a door opens to let in some light. A man walks into his apartment carrying a brown bag full of groceries, but when he walks in he finds the darklighter sitting in on of his sofa chairs.
"Daniel, you are without doubt one hard demon to find."
Daniel drops his bag of groceries, "Who are you?"
"I... have been looking for you." he says with a smirk on his face.
"What do you want?"
"Did you know that besides Tempus, you are the only demon with the power to control time?"
"I can't control time..."
"Ahh... yes but since the Charmed Ones vanquished Tempus, I guess I'll just have to settle with the ability to freeze things."
"Why don't you steal it from a witch?"
"Do you think I haven't thought of that already," he pauses as if waiting for answer, "Well I have. But you see the only person on the good side who has the power to freeze is Piper Halliwell, and I'm not about to battle a Charmed to get her power when I can just take it from you." He smiles.
The demon tries to freeze the darklighter but he does not freeze. "What the hell?" He tries again the freeze the darklighter. "Why aren't you freezing?"
The darklighter just smiles and reaches down his shirt and reveals the necklace around his neck, "This little thing is incredible!" He orbs out, and in right behind the demon with his athamea in his hand. He stabs the demon in the back, and a red essence transfers from the demon to the darklighter, he pulls the athamea out of the demon's back and he falls to the floor, erupting in flames as he lies on the ground. "Finally. Now for Belthazor- Hey! What are you doing! Wait a second!" But he is forced to orb out.
Piper and Prue sit in the kitchen drinking coffee, and reading the newspaper. Piper lays down her paper, she can't hold her worries inside any longer, "There's something wrong with Leo."
"What do you mean?"
"I mean he's been acting strange, especially right after he wakes up. I think his dreams are getting to him."
"Piper he could just be having bad dreams."
The doorbell rings, "I'll get it!" Leo yells.
Leo opens the door and sees Dan standing there.
"What are you doing here?"
"I slept on the couch. Relax."
"It's 11 o'clock. What are you still doing here?"
"I sleep late."
"Will you go get Piper?"
"Yeah," Leo remains at the door looking across the street and sees a man wearing an all black suit staring at him. Leo wipes his eyes to make sure he's not seeing things; this man looks so familiar, Leo is almost sure he's seen him before, but a car drives by and the man is no longer there. He shakes his head.
"Well are you going to go get her?" Dan says frustrated.
"What? Oh, yeah." He walks back to the kitchen.
Leo walks into the kitchen, goes to the fridge and starts to look around. He stills seems kind of out of it.
Prue puts down her paper and looks at Leo. His eyes are bloodshot revealing his tiredness. "Leo, are you sure you're alright?"
"What?"
"Are you alright?" Her eyes are wide waiting for an answer.
Leo sighs, "I'm sick of everyone asking me if I'm alright." He forcefully closes the fridge. He looks up, "I gotta go." He starts to orb but returns, "Oh yeah, Dan's at the door." He continues to orb. Both Piper and Prue sit there staring where Leo just stood.
Prue gets up, "Yup. Something's wrong with Leo."
Piper rolls her eyes, "Thanks for the insight." She gets up and heads for the open door where Dan waits.
"Piper, what is Leo doing here?"
She sighs, "He had to stay here last night, because he drank a little too much."
"Right. Are you free for lunch?"
"No actually... I have to do inventory at the club."
"Okay how 'bout dinner?"
"Dan I have to work tonight, I'm sorry."
"Okay, what about lunch tomorrow?"
"Uh... sure, why not. Look I have to go to the club, but I'll call you later."
"Sure." He goes to kiss her, but she kisses his cheek, closes the door and heads for her car.
The darklighter is orbed in, in front of the Triad.
"Why am I here?"
"Because you are going to break our pact."
"No I wasn't! Why did you send me to that house?"
"That house... is the Halliwell Manor."
The darklighter's eyes widen.
"In order for us to deliver Belthazor to you, you must first deliver us the Charmed Ones."
"Fine, but how do I get them?"
"That's not our decision."
"Well, I can't do it on my own. I'm only a darklighter!"
"Fine, we advise you gain their trusts, and find a way inside their lives. Infiltrate their home."
"How the hell do I do that?"
"We will advise you there too."
"You will use Piper, gain her trust, you have an interview today at her club, P3. You will become a bartender and gain her trust. We don't care how, just do it." The darklighter bows and orbs out.
Piper stands at the bar doing inventory. The darklighter walks down the stairs, his taken off his jacket, and tie to look less like a darklighter. Piper looks up, and just stares at him. She's always looked at other guy's when she was involved before, but this was different she was attracted to him, and she couldn't help it. He flashes a warm smile, she melts. Somehow she feels like she's met him before. "Hi. Can I help you?"
He smiles again, "Yeah, I'm here for a job interview."
"Oh, that is today huh."
His sticks his hands in his pockets, "Well, I can come back another time, if you want?"
"No, no it's fine. What job was it you're interviewing for?"
He scratches the top of his head and kind of looks around the club. For some reason, all his gestures, the way he moves and his smile all reminded her of Leo. "Uhh... bartender."
Her eyebrows raise, "That's funny, I don't remember getting an application for a bartender." She turns around to search for his application. She looks through the pile of papers, the darklighter gets nervous. He wonders if the Triad went as far as creating an application. "Ah ha, here it is." He sighs with relief as she turns to face him. She looks over the application, and then looks up at him. He smiles at her again, she returns it. Piper didn't really know if she should trust him, but there was just something about him that she felt she could trust with her life. "Ya know what, why not? Can you start tonight?"
"Uh... sure. What about the interview?"
"It's fine you don't need one. You seem...trustworthy."
He smiles once again, "Thanks."
"No problem. We open at 8:00 so be here at like 7:30, and just tell the bartender that I hired you this morning."
"Alright I guess I'll see you later."
She sticks her hand out, "I'm Piper."
"Oh I'm sorry," he reaches for her hand, "I'm Jared."
"Well it was very nice to meet you Jared, I'll see you tonight."
"Yeah." They still hold each other's hands just staring into one another's eyes. Piper is completely lost in his eyes. She felt safe, like she could just stay in that one moment all day. She was happy, only for a few seconds, but she had never felt that way when she looked into Dan's eyes. She-
"Uh hum..."
Piper quickly looks up at the stairs to see Phoebe leaning with one hand on the railing, her eyebrows raised. Piper quickly lets go of Jared's hand. "Phoebe. Hi." She says smiling innocently. "This is the new bartender... Jared."
"Uh huh." She continues down the stairs, "I just came by to get my books in your office, don't mind me."
"Oh well its unlocked so..." she smiles at Jared embarrassed.
Jared just stands there, also looking rather embarrassed, his hands returned to his pockets, "Well I'm gonna get goin' then."
"Alright, bye."
He smiles one last time, "Bye." He walks up the stairs without taking his eyes off Piper. She also watches him leave, she remains still 'til she hears the door shut, then she accompanies Phoebe in her office.
"Phoebe, that wasn't what it looked like."
She laughs, "Ha! I wouldn't blame you he was cute."
"I know, but I don't have the intention of cheating on Dan, I mean he's been nothing but good to me, and he doesn't deserve that."
"Yeah... but he is bugging me lately."
"Oh god! I know!" She covers her face with her hands, "he won't let the whole Leo thing go!"
"How much do you think he actually knows?"
"I don't know, but I hope he stops digging in Leo's past, because pretty soon he's gonna find something that's going to expose Leo, then that'll eventually expose us, and that's a disaster waiting to happen."
"Speaking of disasters, so what's with the new bar hottie?"
"I already told you, nothing. He just works for me... He is a hottie though huh?"
She sighs deeply, "Why do you always get the cute guys?"
They both laugh, "No I don't." Piper stills smiles.
"You like him, don't you."
"I don't know, but it seems like I've met him before." Phoebe just stares at her. "I don't know, but I trust him, but I can't figure why."
Jared stands outside of P3 squinting in the sun. "Well it looks like I've found my way in." He laughs slightly. Piper and Phoebe walk out of P3 laughing. He looks behind him, sees them and quickly orbs out before they see him.
Phoebe looks at Piper, "Was someone just standing there?"
Piper feels Phoebe's forehead, "You feeling okay Pheebs?"
Phoebe swipes Piper's hand, "Get outta here."
Later that night, Piper, Prue and Phoebe sit at the bar at P3. Jared gives them all a drink, and he smiles at Piper, then turns to help a guy who approached the other side of the bar.
Prue turns to Phoebe, "Check out the hottie new bartender." She smiles giddily.
"Hmm, forget it. He's into Piper."
"Damnit Piper, why do you always get the cute guys?"
Phoebe looks at Piper, "Told you so."
"So Piper, what are you gonna do about Dan?"
She sighs, "I think... I'm gonna have to break up with him, because I don't like having to keep my secret. I don't know how to explain my frequent family emergencies."
Phoebe takes a drink, "Nobody said that being a witch was easy."
"I need another drink. Hey Jared!" He turns, "How 'bout you get me another drink?"
He smiles, "Sure anything for you Piper." Phoebe and Prue give each other a "wow" look. Piper continues talking about him after he gives her the drink. "I'm not entirely sure about him, I feel like I know him though. Everything he does reminds me of someone too."
"Who?"
"If I knew, I would have already told you."
"Maybe you went to school with him or something. Hey Jared!" he turns around, "What your last name?"
Jared's' eyes widen, 'Should I tell them? It might give me away.' He waves his hand discreetly in front of his pocket. All of a sudden he pulls a ringing cell phone out of his pocket, "Excuse me I have to get this."
Piper still stares at him, trying to figure out who is reminds her of, or if she met him before. "Damnit! This is pissing me off!" Phoebe and Prue laugh. Leo enters the club. Jared sees him walking down the stairs, he drops his cell phone, and the fake conversation he's having and stares at Leo mouth open in shock.
"Jared, are you alright?"
He picks up his cell phone quickly; "Uh..." he's at a loss for words, "Uh, no actually my friend just got into a car accident. I kinda have to go. Is that alright?"
Piper smiles at the irony that's at least this time it's not her family emergency, "Oh sure. Go right ahead."
"Okay thanks." He grabs his jacket from under the counter and starts to leave but he stops and goes back to the girls. "Piper, do you maybe wanna get some lunch tomorrow?"
Piper is taken aback by his invitation, but she feels she can not refuse him. "Uhh...sure that sounds great."
"How's noon at that place, Quake?"
Piper laughs, "Sounds great."
"Alright bye." He slips out of the club without Leo noticing him.
Leo walks up, "Who was that guy?"
Piper sighs, "The new bartender."
"Oh well the elders just told me that there was another killing, but this time the darklighter killed a demon."
"Well, why would he do that?"
"The elders think he's planning something."
Piper laughs, "Well when aren't they?"
"They also believe that the darklighter uses the athamea to steal the powers of other demons."
"So he stole that demon's powers." Prue concludes.
"What was his power?"
Leo looks at Piper, "The power to freeze."
"What are you looking at me for?"
"Well besides that other demon, you are the only one with that power. He could have come after you Piper."
"But he didn't so..."
"So you guys better watch your backs."
Piper laughs again, "When are we not?"
Jared paces back and forth in his empty apartment, he yells, "How is he still alive? I thought he died in the war?" He continues pacing. "This is impossible! He hasn't aged one day!" He stops pacing, and orbs out, and in, in front of the Triad. "They made him a Whitelighter!"
"We assume you are talking about-"
"My brother! Leo Wyatt!"
"Yes, we know Leo is a whitelighter."
"What! Did you guys just forget to tell me that minor detail!"
"Focus on your brother later. Your focus now should be on the Charmed Ones."
"This is unbelievable!"
"Wyatt!" a member of the Triad bellows. "Go now, and focus your efforts on your task, nothing else."
Jared bows and orbs out.
"He troubles me."
"I know. Do you think he has the strength to defeat the Charmed Ones?"
"Maybe not the strength, but he has the intelligence."
"Should we tell him his brother is the Charmed Ones whitelighter?"
"No... He shall discover that on his own."
Jared stands atop the Golden Gate Bridge that night looking out over the water. 'Leo is a whitelighter huh? He always was a good kid, too good.' He pulls the necklace out of his jacket pocket, "Looks like I won't be needing this anymore," he throws the necklace out into the bay. He closes his eyes, 'Now is not the time to think about Leo, focus on Piper. Ya know she's actually kind of cute for a witch, her eyes and her smile-' he train of thought is cut off and his open quickly as he grabs his chest, and falls to his knees. He clutches his chest, screaming in pain. After a couple of minutes, he finally lets go of his chest, and gets up as quickly as possible, he breathes heavily, "What the hell was that?" he says out of breath.