Charmed

Chapter 2:

The replay

I was running, straight out of the bedroom and into Chris's room, where I knew the hooded demon would soon attack. I scooped him up in my arms and hurried into Wyatt's room, snatching him from the bed and hurrying to Leo.

"Piper!" he called at me, "I don't unstained what's going on?"

"It's happening again." I said urgently, my heart racing as I gave the boys to him and started packing clothes.

"What's happening again? Why are you packing the boy's clothes?" I sighed and turned to him.

"This day it's already happened...well, I think." he looked confused. "Yesterday morning I woke up, fine as always but I heard Mrs. Jenkins screaming, then you went and took Wyatt downstairs and I went for Chris, a demon attacked. Chris orbed us downstairs and I handed the boys to you, I killed the demon but when Paige and Phoebe came, they attacked you in the attic. We fought and Paige was killed!" I said

"Are you sure it's happening again, I mean today exactly is a year and a half since the battle, do you think maybe it could have been a dream?" I shook my head and gasped. I ran forward, grabbed Leo and made him stand behind me. Just in time for the hooded figure to appear and the instantly he did I threw my hands at him, exploding him into nothing but ash.

"Oh god, you're right." he said, holding Chris to his chest and Wyatt behind him.

"Of course I'm right, aren't I always? Okay I need you and the boys to go to magic school, for your own safety." I hurried them into the hall and downstairs, knowing the demon that would appear was dead already.

"What? Piper. I'm not going anywhere. I may be mortal but I'm not leaving you."

"Leo we don't have time to argue, you just need to-"

I stopped speaking. I remembered something.

"What is it?" he asked, looking around cautiously.

"You..." I said, "Yesterday when the demon attacked in the attic, you attacked back."

"I did?" he smiled a little.

"With lightning bolts." I said, his eyes were all over the place, he turned and nodded and walked away.

"It might be best for our safety to magic school, come on, Wyatt." Leo said,

"Leo!" I called as Wyatt orbed my boys away. I sighed and hurried upstairs to get changed. When I was ready in black jeans and brown T-shirt I stood in the foyer.

"Paige!" I shouted, "Paige can you hear me?" A few seconds later she appeared. Wearing what she had in my dream, or vision, or whatever it was. Her hair still long straight and red.

"Piper!" she chimed and pulled me into a hug. When I mentioned nothing about her hair she said. 'I dyed my ha-

""Yeah, it suits you!" I interrupted, "Chit-chat later, orbing now. Phoebe's."

"Piper, what's wrong?" she asked,

"Paige, orbing! I'll explain there." Suddenly we were standing outside of Phoebe's house. The house was a two story house with light brown panelling on the outside and a beautiful grey tiled roof. We walked forward, admiring the beauty of the garden. The garden was filled with different flowers and small tree's It had a small pond on the far side. The serenity of the pond, with the quiet stillness all around, calmed my mood at once. Even the garden animals were at peace. The sun in its full splendour lit up the closed and cascaded its light with a romantic glow. Its shimmering reflection cast a silvery sparkle on the still waters of the lake.

I knocked on the door and when it opened, Phoebe stood there. Wearing what she did in the vision, dream, thingy. Whatever.

"Piper! Paige! What a surprise!" she went to hug.

"Ah! Paige said, lifting her hand to stop Phoebe. "Pipers in a bit of a mood today, hugs are shamed upon." Phoebe looked confused.

"I'm not in a mood but something is wrong,"

"C'mon in," Phoebe said. Once inside and we were all sat down in Phoebe's main room. I told them everything. From waking up, Mrs. Jenkins, the kids, the hood in the nursery, killing it in the foyer. Those two coming over after I called, Leo being attacked in the attic, the fight.

"-And then...Leo, well he..."

"He what?" Phoebe asked,

"He used magic."

Blank expressions on their faces.

"He used magic?" Paige asked.

"Yes, the demon's were attacking and once he slipped the hooded demon's grasp, he shot lightning bolts, bright, big, shiny, scary lightning bolts out of his hands and attack the demon."

"How is that possible? He became mortal long ago?" Paige asked

"Or so we thought, I think he's hiding something." I said.

"That is weird," Phoebe said.

"Oh it get's weirder! After that, a demon through an energy and Paige... it hit you. You died. And then the next thing I know I wake up in bed, and Mrs. Jenkins shouts, the day happened again, I killed the demon before it could surprise me and when I mentioned the lightning bolts to Leo our son orbed them all out of there to magic school."

"Well obviously you're visions changed; I'm not dead, which to me is the best. Leo and the boy's aren't home. So they aren't in danger, we're all here. It's good. But I want to know why you had the vision in the first place."

"So do we."

We all spun to see them. Several hooded figures all stood across the room. In the Foyer with knives and energy balls in their hands.

They attacked. Paige grabbed us and orbs appeared, then the next thing I know we were in the attic at the manor, Paige running her fingers through the book.

"Oh no, no, no! We can't be here. This is where you died, they'll come!" I panicked.

"It's okay, Paige you go to Magic School, beat what you can out of Leo, try find out if he really does have his powers back. Piper and I will..."

Phoebe gasped and we all heard it, the spark of an Energy Ball. I turned and pounced tackling Paige to the floor, dodging an energy that was aimed at her. Phoebe rolled to the side, ran up the wall and kicked the Hood into the table. It broke with his sheer weight and we got up.

"Paige go!" I said, she orbed out. Phoebe pulled the sword from his hand and swung, but he vanished and reappeared behind her. I threw my hands at him; it hit him on the shoulder, knocking him to the floor. Phoebe rushed to me. She turned and threw the sword but he caught the blade in his hand, scarlet liquid poured out onto the floor.

Then I realized something. We were stood in the same spot where the two other's appeared in the attic.

"Phoebe!" I called, I turned and a hood had her hands on Phoebe's back. Phoebe struggled and lunged out with her feet, knocking another to the floor.

I went to take a step but the Hood sighed and I watched as Hood twisted her arm around Phoebe's neck in one quick motion and I heard and a loud crack echoed across the attic.

Phoebe fell to the floor, with her neck snapped and she was gone.

"Phoebe! No!" I killed the two demons without actually focusing on them and I dropped next to Phoebe.

"Leo!" I screamed, already crying. My heart was aching, throbbing. He appeared with Paige at his side.

They saw me, sat on the floor holding Phoebe.

"I know you have powers, I don't care how or why just heal her!" he hesitated but then he dropped down, he was crying as well, his hands hovered over her but there was no glow."

"You do have powers I know it! Heal her!"

"I-it's not healing because she's dead." he said.

The world blurred, as if being pulled out of focus and the floor vanished beneath me. I fell onto a soft mattress and I screamed and shot up right.

In bed.

"Bad dream?" Leo asked.

Then it hit me. I hadn't envisioned the attack, I had lived it. Twice. Two different experiences. Two different deaths.

I wasn't having a vision. I was in a time loop.