"Piper, where is the nutmeg? I need it for the potion?" A voice came in from the hallway, just as Xena and Gabrielle crashed onto the hardwood floor in the middle of the living room.
"It's in the living room!" Another voice called back. That must be Piper…Xena thought, standing up on her four paws, and shaking her fur about.
"What…where are we Xena?" Gabrielle asked Xena confusingly as she too got up, also shaking her fur.
The living room door opened, and a woman walked in, hands full. Stopping short when she noticed Xena and Gabrielle, Phoebe Halliwell almost spilt everything she was holding. "Ummm…Piper, you should come here for a minute."
A shrill voice answered back as she headed towards her sister. "What is it now, sis, can't find the nutmeg?" The older Halliwell also stood frozen in the doorway along with Phoebe. "I can hear their thoughts, why can I hear their thoughts?"
"I don't know I can too, for some reason… ask them a question, maybe we can find out if they are witches turned to dogs by some weird spell or something."
We're not witches. Xena projected her thoughts towards the two strangers standing before her, hoping beyond hope they would be able to help. I am Xena, warrior princess, and this is my partner, Gabrielle, bard of Potedia. What century are we in?
"Well…it's nice to meet you Xena and Gabrielle. I don't know where you came from, or how you got here, but this is definitely not the year you are used to living in. Right now it is 2007, and you are in San Francisco. I am Phoebe Halliwell and this is my older sister Piper Halliwell. We have another sister, Paige, but she is at work right now. I hope that we can help you somehow, do you know how you got to be in this state?" Phoebe responded back, somehow comfortable with these strangers, and confident that the Power of Three will be able to change them back to their real forms.
2007? San Francisco? Gabrielle, we aren't in Rome anymore… Well, for starters, we have no idea how got to be dogs, we just woke up like this. As for how we got here, the god of War, Ares, summoned a time portal to here, he must have thought you two could help us somehow. Xena replied to Phoebe's long greeting.
Hope he wasn't pulling our leg…Gabrielle interjected, halfway sarcastic.
The two pups almost jumped when Piper clapped her hands together. "Okay, well, I think that we will need Paige to get you back, and the Power of Three, so why don't you start writing a spell Phoebe, and I will get these two settled?"
"Right…make yourselves at home!" Phoebe exclaimed before running off towards the attic, where the Halliwell sisters kept all of their magic stuff.
"Okay, so how about a nice bowl of dog food?" Piper joked, but quickly stopped when Xena began to growl. "Maybe a couple of sandwiches and some water?"
Two hours later, everyone was sitting around the couch in the living room, awaiting Paige's arrival. Xena and Gabrielle were licking each other softly in the corner, while Phoebe was making some final adjustments to the spell, and Piper was twirling her hair nervously.
"One thing I should mention before Paige gets here. We have been having some trouble, with this demon, and was wondering if you and Gabrielle would help after you got back to your normal selves." Piper asked randomly, looking over at the two dogs, cuddling cutely together.
Of course, I would do anything for you, you can fix Gabrielle and me back to ourselves. We owe you. Xena answered back, repositioning herself on the couch.
"Well, I hate that obnoxious boss of mine. I labor after him day after day, and what happens? Somebody else gets the promotion!" Paige orbed into the middle of the room, raging angrily about her day. She almost sat on top of Gabrielle, when Phoebe stopped her.
"Paige, we have special guests. Remember that one dog you turned back to human? Well, it looks like these two are in the same predicament."
A bewildered look appeared on the witch's face as she found an open spot on the couch and sat down. "What are their names?"
Xena and Gabrielle Xena answered to the new sister's question, getting a little tired of having to introduce herself.
Although a little surprised at being able to read the dog's mind, Paige reached out a hand, and shook Xena's paw. "Nice to meet you Xena, and you too, Gabrielle. I am Paige Halliwell, half-sister of Phoebe and Piper." Turning back to her sisters, she made sure to get all the information out of them. "Anything else I should know?"
"They are from Greece, we are writing a spell to get them back to normal, and then they will help us with our demon problem." Phoebe replied back, finishing the spell. "Done, so is everybody ready?"
Nodding, Piper and Paige grouped around their sister and began to read the spell she had written together. A few minutes later, Xena and Gabrielle were sitting on the couch, armor and all.
"Xena, we are back!" Gabrielle exclaimed, getting up and hugging the Halliwell sisters, thanking them each in turn.
"Alright, Gabby, you don't want to do overdo it!" Xena joked, as she too, began to thank Piper, Phoebe and Paige. "So what is this demon you need help with?"
