Title: Blast From the Past
Author: Anna Angel
Rating: T
Status: Complete
Category: Romance/Drama
Characters/Pairings: Piper/Leo
Plot: Piper's been missing Leo and having some strange dreams. Can she figure out what's going on before she's stuck in her dreams forever? Set right after season 1 "Love Hurts."
A/N: This story was inspired by Ke$ha's song "The Harold Song." If you want to you can listen to it while reading and kind of get the feel I had for this story. :)
Disclaimer: Still don't own Charmed. All I own are the ideas in my head.
Piper was lying in bed. It had been a month since he'd left to go be a whitelighter. She scoffed. She still couldn't believe that Leo was a whitelighter; a freaking angel! How did she not see it? Now that she thought about it, his long disappearances and his sudden attention deficiency during their dates made more sense now. She sighed and collapsed back on her pillow. She looked out her window at the stars. She couldn't help but wonder if he was up there watching over her like he said he would.
She'd been trying to keep a brave face for her sisters. She didn't know why she felt like she had to, she just did. Maybe, it was to comfort herself. However, when it was night, and she knew her sisters were in bed she indulged in the moment. She turned off the lights and went back to the bed before crying. She wouldn't show her sisters this, she couldn't just yet. The wound was still fresh, open, and bleeding slowly.
Her body shook with emotion. Her heart yearned for him to just walk or orb in, or whatever the hell he did, and just hold her telling her everything was going to be alright. She knew, however, that this wouldn't happen. The stupid Elders' rules prevented that. She had just learned about the sons of a bitches, and she already couldn't stand them. If it wasn't for them, she and Leo could be together and happy.
She didn't know how long she'd been crying, but her eyes started to become heavy. She could feel her broken body begin to shut down. She needed to sleep, she knew that, but sleep wasn't quite the same without Leo. However, her body continued to fight her until she was finally asleep.
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Piper woke up, but she wasn't in her bed. She looked around confused as to why she was on grass and to why it was suddenly daytime. She pushed herself up a little bit and looked around. Where was she, and what the hell was she wearing? She looked down at the blue sparkly dress she was wearing. What is this the 1920s? She didn't realize someone was next to her until it moved. Startled she turned around quite rapidly and froze the person.
She stared in shock at who she saw lying there. She quickly unfroze the man before uttering, "Leo?"
The man looked up at her confused but then smiled. "Well, that's a new nickname." He smiled at her once more before looking a bit concerned. "You okay, Priscilla?" He rubbed her arm reassuringly.
Piper's eyes widened as she looked down at the man in front of her. Priscilla? Who the hell is Priscilla? "Priscilla," she said almost trying the name out on her tongue.
Leonardo really looked concerned now. "Are you okay? Oh no, this isn't a demon thing again, is it?"
She looked down at his concerned face but was still utterly confused. "No, not demonic, at least I don't think it is." She looked around as to where they were at. It looked like a hill, but the place wasn't familiar to her. "Have we been here all night," she asked curiously. Maybe this was just a really warped dream.
"Of course we have," he said looking at her and chuckling a bit. "This is where we met. Don't you remember?"
She stumbled over her words a bit still confused. Seeing the hurt in his eyes, however, she tried to recover. "Of course I remember." She leaned into him and smiled. "I'm just glad you're here." She leaned down and gave him a kiss smiling happily. Hey, if it was a dream, she figured she'd indulge. It was her dream after all.
He smiled happily at her before looking at his watch. He knew he had to get her home at a certain time or her cousins and boyfriend would get suspicious. God, he hated Gordon. He wished she would leave him already. "We have to go," he said before getting up.
She looked at him slightly confused. "Go where?"
He looked at her incredulously. "I have to get you home. You know your cousins and your boyfriend will get suspicious. You did only tell them you were helping a friend move, and you'd been back in the morning."
Her eyes became wide. Boyfriend? Cousins? What kind of warped dream was this? "Right of course, I just lost track of time, I guess, being with you," she said pulling him forward so she was in his arms.
He smiled down at her before giving her a chaste kiss on the lips. "I know you hate sneaking around your family and Gordon," he spit the name out like venom, "but you know if we get caught then they'll take me away."
"The Elders," she said with understanding disappointment. However, at his confused look, she wasn't quite so sure about her statement.
"The Elders? Who are they?"
Piper continued to play it off as nothing. She wasn't about to spoil her dream. "Oh never mind, don't we have to get back," she asked walking past him. She didn't get too far, though. She felt a tug on her arm as she went back into his arms.
He brushed a piece of fallen hair from her face looking concerned. "Are you sure you're okay, Priscilla?"
She smiled up at him content. "Yeah, I'm perfect as long as I'm with you." She leaned up and kissed him wrapping her arms around his neck. God, she missed him.
He pulled slightly and reluctantly back. "Come on, we have to go." He kept hold of her hand as they made their way to his car.
After entering the car, Piper couldn't help but ask. "So, just to refresh my memory, who exactly is keeping us apart?"
Leonardo looked at her a bit shocked and hurt. "Priscilla, you know I don't like talking about it." He turned his head away and looked out the window.
She placed her hand comfortingly on his arm. "I know, just humor me, please." She looked up at him with pleading eyes. She knew he couldn't deny her anything when she looked at him like this.
Almost as to grant her wish, he turned his head and looked at her. His eyes softened as he took her hand in his. "Our families are the ones keeping us apart."
She looked at him completely shocked, but then tried to fix her expression. This dream was crazy. "H-how?"
He looked away from her. "It's been a family feud for generations. Something about my ancestors starting the witch trials and, ever since then, our families have hated each other." He sighed angrily. He hated what his ancestors did, and he hated that his family sometimes still tried to kill witches. He was completely against the whole practice which, consequently, made him a bit of a reject in his family. If his family knew he was having a relationship with a witch, let alone one of the Warren line, they wouldn't only kill him, they'd kill her and her family too.
Her gaze fell to her lap. "You don't do the practice though," she whispered almost hopefully.
His gaze was one of shock, hurt, and anger. "No! You know that! I was never one of them, and you know I would never hurt you!" He took calming breaths before talking again. "I'm sorry, I just hate that, sometimes, I think you think I'm one of them. Frankly, I just can't take being a bad guy in your eyes." He looked at her with apologetic and pleading eyes.
She looked at his beautiful face and knew she couldn't be mad or think anything less of him. She rubbed soft circles on his hand reassuringly. "Leo, you know I couldn't think any less of you. You're my angel," literally, she added in her head. "If our relationship is so forbidden, why haven't we just run away and gotten married?"
He sighed sadly. "We thought about it but, if our families found out, a war would break out. A war, which frankly, would only end in blood and a lot of it." He looked remorsefully at her. "If either of our families found out about us, we would be killed. You know that."
"Oh," was Piper's simple reply.
"Hey," he said until she looked up at him, "if it was my choice, I would marry you right here and now. It kills me to have to sneak around with you when I just want to show you to the world." He smiled at her encouragingly.
The car slowly came to a stop, and he looked out the window. "This is your stop, my lady." He smiled sadly at her sweet, delicate face. He leaned down and lightly brushed his lips with hers. "I love you, and don't you forget it, okay?"
She pulled back slowly. She didn't want to leave him again, and her heart slowly started to break. "I won't. I love you too." With that she gave him one last look before exiting the car. "Be careful," she whispered to the car as it drove away.
Dejectedly, she slumped her shoulders and began walking towards the house. Shouldn't her strange dream be over by now? Why couldn't she just wake up? She walked into the house and was surprised to see so many people. What the hell is going on? She spotted Phoebe, or someone who looked like Phoebe, and made her way towards her. She turned her around, not paying much attention to what this Phoebe was wearing. "What the hell is going on, Phoebe?"
Pearl Russell turned around angrily. She was wearing a short, red, sparkly dress with a feathered boa around her neck and a red feather in her hair. She couldn't believe her cousin sometimes. "You know perfectly well my name is Pearl. Your precious Phoebe is over there," She said pointing to a woman that looked an awful lot like Prue. She glared at her cousin suspiciously. "Where the hell have you been anyway?"
Piper squinted her eyes confused. Why did Phoebe think Prue was Phoebe? Why did she call me her cousin? This dream was way too confusing, and she just wanted to be home. "I was where I told you I would be. I was helping my friend move. Now, why are all these people here?"
Pearl scoffed at her. "It was your idea to do this, Phoebe and I were completely against it, but you insister, my dear cousin." Pearl rolled her eyes before turning back around to her company. She then smiled wickedly remembering the dress Priscilla was wearing. "Oh, you might want to change out of that dress before Phoebe sees you. You know how she hates when you borrow her clothes without asking." With that Pearl turned back around to her male company.
She turned towards the woman that looked an awful lot like Prue except with shorter and browner hair. The woman was wearing a dark blue, knee length, sparkly dress with a band around her forehead. "Um, Phoebe," Piper asked almost unsure.
Hearing her name, Phoebe turned around and looked at the dress her cousin was wearing. "What have I told you about barrowing my clothes without asking?" She shook her head. "Never mind, where have you been? Gordon has been asking about you for an hour!"
Piper winced. "The moving took a little longer than I thought it would, okay. Now where is this Gordon?" Phoebe looked at her as if she'd gone mad.
"He's playing the piano, like he always is." She looked at her cousin suspiciously. "Are you alright, Priscilla?"
Piper nodded her head and tried her best to smile. "Yeah, I'm fine. Just tired, you know with all that moving," she let out a nervous laugh. "Well, better not keep Gordon waiting." She quickly made her way over to Gordon, if only to escape her cousin's suspicious gaze. She laid her hand on his shoulder awkwardly before saying, "Hi, um, honey. You were looking for me?"
He continued playing and looked up at her smiling. "I missed you, and your cousins told me you were helping a friend move in." He leaned up as if expecting a kiss.
Piper soon realized that and leaned down awkwardly. She was sure he was a nice guy, but in the real world or her world, she was with Leo and always would be. "You okay, Priscilla?"
Piper nodded her head and smiled again. "Yeah, I just think I need to lie down for a bit." Yeah, that's what she needed to do. Piper quickly went up the stairs and laid on the bed. God, she wanted this nightmare to be over. She closed her eyes and willed herself to sleep. Maybe she could get out of the nightmare the same way she got in.
TBC