WHAM!
"Owwww... Well, that landing was simply lovely, wasn't it?" Phoebe remarked.
"Sheesh, for such a powerful demon, you'd think she'd drop us somewhere interesting." Paige remarked
*sounds of explosions ring out*
"You were saying?" Phoebe rolled her eyes as she said that.
"I'm going to take a look at this, you two stay put." Cole remarked. He then tried to shimmer but failed. "Huh. Guess that doesn't work here. I'll go walk over and look, then..." He got up and moved out a bit, and then came walking back, with a serious look. "We might be outmatched."
"What? What are you talking about, Cole? We're the Charmed Ones, right? We have the power to deal with anything, right?" Phoebe replied, a steely tone in her voice.
"Look, go over there and judge for yourself." Cole replied. "If you still think you can handle it, talk to me and we'll come up with a plan."
"Don't mind if I do, Cole." Paige snapped, orbing. She came back with a distraught face. "Cole's right, we're outgunned. Literally."
"WHAT does that mean?" Phoebe replied, exasperated. "Can someone give me a straight answer?!"
"It's really hard to explain. Look, take my hand and I'll show you." Paige sighed. "You'll probably believe me after this." They orbed over to see two girls shooting loads and loads of energy balls at each other.
"Whoa. Where are all these energy balls coming from?" Phoebe asked.
"You're right, we're outgunned." Piper said. "I think we should-"
"New arrivals to Gensokyo? This will make an interesting story!" A voice came from behind them along with a clicking camera. They whirled around to see what resembled a harpy taking pictures with a film camera.
"Excuse me for asking this, but WHO THE HELL ARE YOU!?" Piper yelled. The girl had black wings, and a red hat.
"Aya Shameimaru, reporter for Bunbunmaru, crow tengu, Gensokyo resident! Who are you three?" the black winged girl replied.
"Just a few humans who wound up STRANDED here because someone pulled us through a rip in space!" Piper screamed, agitated.
Aya pulled out a notebook and started writing. "Care to tell me more about your powers?" she asked.
"Powers? What powers?" Piper asked, praying she hadn't seen them.
By way of answer, she pulled out some photos. "This Polaroid camera is awesome, best thing I've ever seen." There it was, in black and white. The orb was clear as day in the picture. "You're not ordinary humans, are you? You mentioned something about the Charmed Ones? What is that, some sort of club where you came from?"
"Look, feather girl, we're not interested in doing a damn interview! Only thing we care about right now is how to get home!" Piper said. "So tell me, damn it, before we feel the need to vanquish your sorry ass!"
A wind blew up suddenly. "They call me a Wind God Girl." Aya replied. "You'll find you need to consider your words carefully. Now, can you tell me more?"
"Oh, just who we needed to see, it's that BLASTED reporter along with... who are YOU girls?" The two girls from earlier were standing near them, shoulder to shoulder.
"Hi. We got DRAGGED HERE by a lady with a fan and who sucked us all into a rift in space. Sound familiar?" Piper snapped.
"Uh, yeah, that would be Yukari. Reimu here can explain more, I'm out of here." Marisa mounted her broom and made to move away.
Paige looked at Marisa and cried out: "Broom!"
The broom disappeared from under Marisa and reappeared and Paige's hand. Marisa fell to the ground with an undignified WHUMP! "Ow... what the hell, happened, ze?"
"Going somewhere?" Phoebe asked. "Not anymore."
Marisa got up and looked at them. "You. Stole. My. Broom. That's punishable by..." She went for a device which looked powerful and pointed it at them. "LOVE SIGN..."
Paige reacted quickly. "Cannon!" Marisa's device also teleported into her hand. "Now can we talk reasonably?"
Marisa looked agape at her. "How the hell did you do that?"
"Well, guess there's no point in pretending we're normal." Piper said, sticking her hands out and freezing time around Aya. "Damn crow was bugging me."
Reimu looked at her. "Who are you? You've just disarmed Marisa and shut Aya up. Both of which I thought impossible, by the way."
"I guess you could say we're charmed." Piper said. "Any place we can stay since we were brought here so suddenly?"
Reimu grumbled. "I guess you can use my shrine. Marisa's house is so cluttered, I don't know how she FITS in it, much less sleeps in it."
They moved in and night fell. Eventually, Aya unfroze and flew off, grumbling about how short the day was.
