A/N: here's the second chapter guys, now you get to find out what happens to Nirah, Chris, and Bianca. Again, I don't own charmed or any of the characters, sadly. Except the ones I made up lol. Like Nirah for example.
Everyone in HQ looked around at each other, completely clueless. Phoebe picked the ring up, just in case anyone saw what was on it.
'Hang fire half a sec. For longer than forever? Chris, Nirah, oh shit! He's going to think it's Bi he has to kiss! I hope he's never seen it!' Yelled one of the older members of the resistance who'd seen The Swan Princess when she was small. Then a small smile passed her face. 'Of Course!' Everyone looked at her blankly.
'Swan Princess DVD!' And it orbed into her hand, and then into the DVD player. They all gasped.
'That isn't.. Nirah?'
***
For a moment, all Nirah could see was darkness. Then she opened her eyes and looked around. She was looking onto a lake. No, she was standing in it! Why would that be? It didn't even look real, it looked like… a 2D movie. Nirah gulped. And she found that her body felt strange. She felt as if her neck was too long, and her fingers nonexistent, and her feet felt… strange and rubbery.
Nirah looked down at her reflection and gasped. There, staring back up at her was a swan.
'Oh no…I know I've seen this in a…..' Her eyes widened as she realised her situation. 'Oh shit!' But then she smiled when she saw the moon rise.
The water rose up around her with a mystical glow and enveloped her, then fell back down revealing the human version of her. 'Ok, so I'm Odette… I wonder who the Phoenix bitch is…' Nirah turned as she heard footsteps. 'Rothbart!' She scowled with hatred, he was one of the bad guys she hated the most, tearing Odette and Derek apart like that. Or now she supposed, her and…. Chris?.
'Will you, Marry me?' He asked her, more begging than asking. She slapped him hard.
'Every night you'll ask me, every time the answer will be the same. You heartless bastard! I'd die first!' She yelled at him. So what if it was a kid's movie, Nirah was not happy, and she wanted the world to know it. Even if she had to swear in a kids movie to get her point across. The only comfort she had was that she was the swan princess, and she could see that Bianca was Rothbart's stooge, and the phoenix bitch was looking rather gloomy about it.
***
Chris found himself in what seemed to be some sort of palace courtyard. He looked down and saw he was in an outfit he would have worn in his days of being the prince in Christmas shows when he was little. He smiled, they had never wanted Wyatt to be the prince in anything. Then he realised the most shocking thing ever.
'What the Hell?! I'm in flaming 2D!' He cursed under his breath and rolled his eyes. 'This is Wyatt' doing….' Chris went through his head, trying to think of a non-Disney movie that had a prince in it… That would take him a while.
'My prince! You were going to search for the princess today, were you not?' The funny thin old guy, Rogers asked him. Chris was sure he's seen this movie before, a long, long time ago. Chris just looked at him and nodded absentmindedly, not really thinking. But then… he was the prince, looking for a missing princess… he was sure this rang a distant bell. He grabbed his horse's reins and galloped off with the fat guy, Bromley or something like that.
'I might as well go along with….' He trailed off as he heard a yell he knew all too well, and missed all too much.
'Why the hell am I a pencil drawing?' Piper Halliwell's voice sounded through the courtyard and it was like a birdsong to Chris's ears.
'Mom!' He yelled back, jumping off the horse, running to her and holding her in his arms.
'Peanut!' glad as I am to have a body right now, why are we in 2D?' He just shrugged and hopped back on his horse.
'I don't know mum, but I have to find by princess, who has to be' Before he could continue.
'Peanut, so you know, and don't risk killing your soul mate, because, if this is the movie I think it is she's a sw-'
***
Paige paused the movie. Everyone told her to switch it back on, they were enjoying the movie. This frustrated her to no end.
'GUYS!' She yelled at them, really pissed off. 'This isn't just the movie! This is Chris, Ni, and… the Phoenix bitch in there!' Phoebe stifled a fit of laughter at Paige's apparent frustration.
'Come on sis, I think what the girl meant, was that they had to go along with the movie. And besides, I want to hear Chris and Ni sing "Far longer than Forever" already!' Paige gave her daggers, oh.. If looks could kill 'Now come on Paige! Be nice! Pass the remote, now!' Paige rolled her eyes and gave in, passing the remote to her older sister.
Phoebe wore a triumphant smile on her face, and moved over to make a space for Paige on the couch. 'Oh well' Paige said, sighing as she sat down. 'If you cant beat 'em, join 'em. Popcorn!' orbs filled the room, and vanished revealing a tub of popcorn in front of everyone's lap.
'Thanks Paige!' everyone chorused. Phoebe pressed play, while holding onto a pillow, as she liked to do while watching films.
***
'-an' Piper stopped 'Hey! Paige just paused us!' She swore under her breath. 'Where was I? oh yeah, the swan princess. Not Bianca, she's most likely Rothbart's stooge.' It all clicked then for Chris. He was in the Swan Princess!
'I don't understand mom! How is it not Bianca, who is it if not her!?' Piper shook her head sadly.
'Come on, you cant seriously believe that you and Bianca were meant to be together, can you?' Chris stood back a little, scared by his mother. Music started to fill the air, and the scene switched.
***
Nirah heard the music filling the air. 'Great, now I have to sing, and no jean bob, you're not getting a kiss.' She told the frog firmly.
'If I could break this spell, I'd run to him today, and somehow I know he's on his way to me, whatevertheprinceiscalled, you and I were meant to be.' She paused, then continued with the music. 'Far longer than forever, I'll hold you in my heart, It's almost like you're here with me, Although we're far apart' the scene switched to Chris again.
***
'do I have to sing mom?!' Piper just smiled and nodded, obviously enjoying her son's discomfort. ' if I must then. But wait, Odette sings before Derek. Piper nodded smiling. 'When's my cue?' Suddenly he heard a distant voice singing to him, when she had finished, he started 'Far longer than forever, as constant as a star, I close my eyes and I am where you are' He went red in the face and Piper laughed at him for being embarrassed of his voice. The scene switched to the lake again.
***
Nirah smiled when she heard the Chris singing the prince's part of the song, though he probably thought it was the phoenix bitch he was singing to. 'Sure as the dawn brings the sunrise, we've an unshakable bond' Scene switched to Chris again.
'Destined to last for a lifetime, and beyond!' And then switched to each on half of the screen.
'Far longer than forever' Chris sang, Nirah continued 'Far longer than forever' and then Chris sang again 'I swear that I'll be true' again with Nirah repeating 'I swear that I'll be true.' Then they both appeared to be in the same place with bluish and pinkish tones for a backdrop. 'I've made an everlasting vow, to find a way to you' Then it split again to their separate places, but they were both singing at the same time 'Far longer than forever, Like no love ever known, and with your love, I'll never be alone.'
Then only Nirah was there, at the lake again. 'Far longer than forever' Her voice was sad and longing, matching how Odette's voice sounded exactly in this scene. One last time it switched to Chris. 'Much stronger than forever' Nirah sighed and sang the last part 'And with your love I'll never be alone' She let a single tear fall from her eye, and drip down onto the frog's head.
'Princess! Let me kiss you to make it all better!' The turtle speed rolled his eyes, and both he and Nirah exclaimed at the French frog 'Jean bob!' and the frog fell over with the strength of their shouting. 'Vhat? Was eet sometheeing I said?' Nirah rolled her eyes, and gulped as the moon began to wane.
'Not again fuck it!' The water came up around her and she was a swan again, she let tears roll down freely her cheek again.
***
Wyatt Matthew Halliwell threw an energy ball at his TV in frustration. The girl had betrayed him, though this little Swan Princess thing could be interesting, the evil overlord was pissed at her for making Chris Derek.
An old, hunched over demon carefully walked up to his master. 'Sire,' He inquired, 'what is it that bothers you so?'
Chris gets to be a Prince! every time! Every fucking time! The prince, the hero, the knight in shining armour! Always Chris!' Wyatt sounded more like a moody ten year old than evil overlord of the world at this moment in time.
'But my lord, you rule the world!' Wyatt sighed angrily.
'Its not the same thing! Chris always gets the girl!' He growled, becoming almost animal like.
***
'No fear!' The puffin squawked as he and Nirah flew into Rothbart's castle to find the map.
'No no no! I am NOT, I repeat NOT singing this stupid song. But Jean Bob, do tag along, or I'll never give you a kiss, ever. Once I kiss my prince, if you do come, I'll give you a kiss then, ok?' Nirah knew how to get all of the characters to do what she wanted, if it was in other circumstances, she might have enjoyed this. The thing was though, she really hated having webbed feet. 'C'mon Jean Bob! Oh alright!' Nirah sighed. 'Our team is shy one green web footed volunteer!' she sang sweetly. Then flew off again with Puffin.
'Lets go visit the mute old witch' Swan-Nirah giggled at her joke. Witch pah, demon more like it, but hey, this was a children's show. And it was Phoebe who introduced the cliché of witches riding on broomsticks. And Bianca was hardly old. But older than Chris, and that was… eww.
***
Bianca sat on a stool glaring at the ceiling. She couldn't use her powers here, not even shimmering. Stupid fairytales. And she was stuck as the apprentice of the bad guy. And she couldn't speak, so definitely no spells for her to get herself out of here. Just brilliant, brilliant, mother-fucking brilliant.
"I bet that little goody two shoes Nirah is so full of herself because she gets to be the bloody swan!" Bianca thought to herself. Obviously she was jealous of Nirah, but she would never admit it. Not that she could even if she wanted to, with her being mute and all.Being a Phoenix sucked, always stuck with the evil guys.
***
'That was easy' Thought Nirah, almost too easy actually. She was cautious, but since the girl with the spell had seemed to hint at her and Chris being… well, together. And that comforted Nirah beyond belief.
With her wings outstretched, she flew to where she knew the Prince, Chris, to be riding his horse. "Ha, Chris, on a horse, this'll be… interesting" In fact, Nirah thought Chris would be like a "sack of potatoes" in the saddle, as the common expression went. Her wings pounded the air faster in her excitement, just as her heart pounded faster in her chest.
***
Chris was in the woods, near the lake, which he was totally unaware of. He was busy thinking of what happened in the movie. "this is where the prince almost shoots the swan, so I think I should just follow the swan, to be safe." He thought "C'mon Brom, we haven't got all day, don't shoot anything. It could go horribly wrong" He called back to the plump character behind him.
Chris looked up to the sky, and sure enough, he could see the swan, and another bird.. What was it… Puffin! Oh how Chris loved that bird, though Jean Bob was the best. The Prince spurred his horse on as fast as he could to follow the swan and get to where he had to go before moonrise.
***
When Nirah arrived at the lake, she could feel that Chris was hot on her heels, or so to speak. Swans don't really have heels. She descended to the lake just when the moonlight hit, and Chris arrived right on cue, for once.
He watched, entranced as the beautiful creature before him spread her wings, held her head high and was encased in a glowing orb of water. When it faded back into the lake, the water left behind an elegant young dark blonde woman in a flowing dress. Although she was in 2D and cartoon style, Chris knew she was the one. He breathed her name in a whisper.
'Nirah' They ran towards each other. 'My Nirah! My light! My swan!' He said, holding her in his arms and spinning her around. It was all so clear to him now.
She smiled her sweet smile, almost making Chris melt in her eyes as she was melting in his.
'Chris, you have to say it, or I turn back into a swan.' She said sadly. To her surprise, Chris leant forward, kissing her passionately on the lips.
' I make a vow of'
***
Phoebe and Paige had been on the edge of their seats the whole way throughout the movie, and when Junior paused it they were fighting tooth and nail with him to get the remote back.
'Guys!' Junior shouted, exasperated. 'I did it for a reason! Look! Look at the ring!' everyone in the room did so. A few, namely Mel, Ali, Kayla, Paige and Phoebe, squealed in delight at what they saw. Others merely stared in silent awe.
For there, in the exact spot where Bianca's name had been, the engraving had changed to: "Nirah, My light, My love."
'Good enough reason?' Junior asked. All of them just nodded, unable to speak, they were all so happy.
'ok, I'll put it back on, but this time' He looked at the younger members of the resistance in particular. 'No farting, no making loud noises, and no complaining that it's too babyish! that's Chris and Nirah there! In love! And if anyone has a problem with that' he paused for dramatic effect. "I will personally kick their asses to Timbuktu. Got it?' They all nodded their heads violently, eager to watch the events unfold. Junior pressed play.
***
'everlast-' Chris never got to finish his vow. The two of them didn't count on Rothbart being there. With a blast of energy, he sent Chris flying into a nearby tree.
' thought you could get past me aye? Defeat ol' Rothbart aye? Well let me tell you, it's not what it seems.' The man grew and morphed into a bat/wolf type creature.
Nirah gulped. Chris didn't move. There was nothing she could do. Unless… She had no idea if her powers would work here, but it was worth a try.
' Powers of the witches rise, course unseen across the skies, power now to this tale give, so evil die and good may live.' Nothing felt different for a second, but then Nirah felt power surging through her. ' I may be "D, but don't ever mess with me!' Chris stood up and gave her a funny look. 'What? I cant help it if I rhyme all of the time! Oh crap. I am rhyming a lot. You should have your powers back now Chris, try orbing.' She suggested.
Chris concentrated, and sure enough, he orbed, but in a shower 2D bubbles, rather than the usual shining blue and white orbs. Nirah threw her hand out and sent Rothbart flying. The couple then nodded to each other, and chanted in unison:
"No longer shall your power dwell,
In this world, now with this spell,
Our love combined sends you to hell"
Rothbart Squealed in terror like a frightened pig, before bursting into flames and dieing. They couldn't see, but Bianca was behind them. With an athame. Because of Nirah's spell, she could speak now. 'If I cant have him' she hissed, 'Then sure as hell you won't.' The phoenix struck the athame into Nirah's back an shimmered out. Nirah let out a scream and fell backwards, but Chris caught her.
'No… this can't be happening, I can't lose you, not like this' hot tears began to pour down from his beautiful green eyes. Usually so unreadable, they were filled with love and grief.
'Chris, the vow.. Say it' Nirah managed to say weakly. Chris nodded and stroked her hair as he was holding her in his arms.
'I make a vow of my everlasting love to you, Nirah Summers. I love you with all of my heart and soul, now please, please don't leave me.' Another tear fell. Chris felt Nirah's heartbeat stop as if it were a part of him.
***
Everyone sitting in the room was bawling their eyes out, especially Phoebe, who was feeling everyone else's emotions as well as her own grief.
'No.. not Nirah, we can't lose Nirah!' Paige cried. Junior tried in vain to calm everyone down.
'Guys! Come on, this is the Swan Princess… It has to have a happy ending, it has to!' Tears were filling hi own eyes. 'At any rate, we cant keep it paused there forever.' Everyone nodded solemnly in agreement. Paige handed out tissues to everyone.
'Be brave little ones. Chris'll fix it' She sniffed, 'He always does' With that, she pressed play again.
***
Chris hadn't noticed that the both of them were in the water, he was soaked up to his knees. But he didn't care now, nothing mattered, not now his soul mate was gone, his Nirah was dead. Dead. The word rolled around his head, as if performing a victory dance. He couldn't let it win, and he wouldn't.
Above them in the skies, a lamentation of swans gathered and flew down, landing on the lake, making a circle around Chris and Nirah. They began a heart-wrenching song, and the water began to encircle Nirah. It lifted her limp body into a standing position, and rose up into the sky. The swans sang slower and even more beautifully, filling Chris with some emotion that he couldn't quite place, a strange mixture of joy and grief, as he watched this miracle.
As the glowing orb of water fell back down slowly, it left behind it, standing there in the moonlight, a beautiful girl in an elegant dress. Nirah.
'My Chris' She whispered, seeing that his face was full of tears, she ran over to him. ' Baby, what is it?' She asked, clueless. Chris took her in his arms and held her close, kissing her on the lips. 'say it Chris, you never finished. Say the vow, did you?' Chris laughed feebly and nodded.
'I said it, but I'll say it again and again if you want. Now, how do we get out of here?'
Just as Chris spoke, there was a purple flash, and the mysterious girl from earlier appeared.
'Well, I think you managed to make the plot a fair bit more exciting, but Nirah, really, how could you! You didn't sing the best song in the whole thing!' When Nirah looked at her weird, the girl just laughed. 'No fear!' She looked over to the swans, who were making their exit. 'Anyways, I'm guessing you guys want out of here?' Both Nirah and Chris nodded, still holding each other tightly, as if they were afraid to let go.
'Alright then, take this potion, think of home, and off we go!' She handed a purple potion vial to each of them. 'Right, three two one… throw!' she shouted. All three disappeared is a puff o purple smoke.
***
Paige, Phoebe, and almost everyone else were jumping for joy at the ending of the movie.
'Told you it would be a happy ending!' Junior told everyone, obviously pleased with himself. 'Wait why aren't they-' he was interrupted mid-sentence by the people rolling out from the TV.
Nirah and Chris, back in their three dimensional form, along with the mysterious girl.
'Chris, I think you have a proposal to make.' With that, she vanished again, but not before Junior grabbed hold of her and tagged along.
Chris shook his head at his cousin, always grabbing for the girls, could never let them just come to him naturally. The witch lighter shrugged off his thoughts and picked up the ring. He knelt on one knee, held it out to her, and asked that four word question;
'Will you marry me?'
Everyone in the room held their breath, waiting in silent anticipation. One… two… minutes ticked by. Nirah drew her breath to answer, everyone edged closer to her, eager to hear what she said.
'Yes Chris, I will marry you' Chris stood up, picked Nirah up bridal style, and orbed somewhere "private". Everyone else at HQ started a party that lasted dusk until dawn.
***
Bianca shimmered in to a place she knew so well, and oh boy was she glad to be back on 3D ground. And have a 3D body too. But she couldn't dwell on those thoughts, she had a job to do. She was at the Halliwell Manor, where "Lord" Wyatt Matthew Halliwell was waiting for her.
'My lord?' She asked, knocking on his door. The door opened. Wyatt was obviously enjoying being evil and using his powers for every little thing. Bianca stepped over the threshold tentatively.
'I thought you said you were going to kill Nirah?' Wyatt demanded. Bianca looked taken aback.
'B…but I did! I stabbed her, and she died, I know she died!' Bianca shouted back at him, her fear not showing, though it was there.
The overlord pondered for a second. Then seemed to accept that Bianca had done all that she could. 'Probably a trick of that little witch's. you know, the one whose family I killed, and said I had kidnapped them.' In the shadows of the room, the girl in question's eyes widened. She and Junior were hiding behind a closet.
'No…' She whispered, her voice full of grief and anguish, and hatred filled her eyes.
'C'mon Jo, we gotta go, before he sees us.' Junior whispered to her. The girl, Jo, nodded, closed her eyes, and without any flash or glow or anything, they teleported out. Unnoticed.
'Well, at any rate, this changes our plans.' Wyatt told Bianca. 'But, you have a lot of inside knowledge on the Resistance, which will come in useful.' Bianca nodded, and shimmered out. Leaving Wyatt Halliwell to devise another evil plan.
A/N: hope you enjoyed everyone! I certainly enjoyed writing this chapter.