A group of somber men and women gathered around a circular, wooden table. It was placed in the middle of a white walled room with white floors. No knick-knacks or decorations flourished the room, and steady fluorescent lights lit the space from their spots along the wall.
A total of ten people stood in the room. Eight were around the table, and two stood guard at the large, wooden door that marked the entrance into the room. This was the Council of Eight, where the formal fight against Wyatt raged through arguments and squabbling politicians.
The old, graying man with gold and white robes was the last surviving elder, Odin. He claimed to preside over the council, but in reality, the actual leader was Leo Wyatt, who stood next to him.Most of thevaluable contributions to the Council and to the fight came from him, but Leo allowed Odin to feel like he was in charge. He understood that the elder missed their glory days, where they were a power to be both feared and respected.
To Leo's left stood Maria, who was queen of the faeries. Her forces did whatever they could to annoy to dark forces, but it was mostly little things, like hiding weapons and potion vials, or switching written orders around to confuse Wyatt's generals and commanders.Maria was miniature and delicate, but she had quite a mouth on her, and tended to slow down the Council during decision-making with rather piontless arguments.
Next to Maria was Shamus O'Reilly. Although many leprechaun clans pledged their loyalty to the Council and the war on Wyatt, he was the only "little person" on the council. The others preferred not to be part of the group; rather, they wished to take direct action, like spreading bad luck to Wyatt and good luck to the forces of good.
The two people next to the leprechaun were Diana and Michelle. These two witches were about thirty, and had begun training under the Charmed Ones about two years before they died. The Council had invited them to join when they realized this, and felt that they could contribute to the fight if they were given leadership roles. Whether their theory was correct was yet to be proven, since they had joined but a month ago.
Darryl Morris was also one the Council, sitting rather than standing next to the two witches. He had lost a leg in battle, and the limited amount of whitelighters and elders still living were busy elsewhere at the time; so consequently, his injury stuck.
The last member of the Council was an avatar, Omega. She was transformed into one almost thirty years ago, but did not hold as strong beliefs of Utopia as the others. So when they were killed in the Utopian Wars by Wyatt in 2017 during his ascent to power, she gladly joined the Resistance, opposed to being a neutral figure. However, the elders and she did not get along well, even though they generally sided together on most issues.
The Council was a proud organization, and they felt that they did their part to fight Wyatt and his forces, which rose in number every month. These nine each commanded their own unit, and lieutenants under them commanded smaller forces as well. Species meant very little these days, and leprechauns, faeries, avatar, which, and elder alike fought side by side trying to free the world for Wyatt's evil and corrupted grasp.
Overconfidence, and the unwavering belief that all is black and white, however, would eventually lead to their downfall.Actually, it alreay was.Their numbers shrunk each day, while Wyatt's only grew.For in order to win, they needed to fight fire with fire.
And a sole group was doing that at this very moment. Although small in number, their courage, loyalty, and strategic abilities made it possible to fight the good fight. They had no intention to join the Resistance, since their own satisfiedthem just fine.
These warriors were Christopher Haliwell, Peter Haliwell-Brody, and their loyal friends and surviving family.
Also fighting with them was the Source of All Evil...
But she preferred Melinda Haliwell.
