The Peculiar Witch

by makoto x chelia

Everyday, for Alex, wasn't exactly thrilling, a usual mundane life that anyone else had...but that all changed when a chance encounter happened when he met the infamous Charmed Ones, and watched them become, Charmed. He'll now go on a new journey of self discovery, battles of evil, and even a little bit of romance involved.

2. Chapter 2

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Something Wicca this way comes

After what happened during the night, Alex had arrived home at two in the morning.

He wondered what kind of powers the sisters would have. He didn't know what they were going to have, yet he wasn't sure what to think about it. He found it interesting, but he didn't have time to even think due to the fact that Prue…did what she did.

He walked through the door to his apartment, and placed the keys by the bowl.

The apartment itself wasn't anything to write home about. It was an average size for a single person. It had some couches that were visible from the front door. A television in front of the couches. Towards the far end, there was a door that lead into the bedroom, and on the left, was a door that lead to the toilet, and further down from that, a door that lead to the kitchen. The bathroom was situated on the right hand-side of the apartment.

It was alright for what it was. It wasn't the best, and it wasn't the worst. It was pretty average, and Alex didn't really care if it wasn't anything amazing like the girls home. Now that was amazing, and he kinda wished that he had a home like that, but his apartment was fine for now.

Slowly, he walked through the living area that was decorated with various things, even some Witch ingredients. Alex saw a crystal on the table, and then he produced a small vial of blood…

"Good thing that I got this from the Demon or Warlock, whatever it was, and before Piper washed my clothes…I at least got the Demons blood, now I know there's a spell to enchant something so when it reacts to the Demons presence, the crystal will glow…"

He mused to himself, and slowly, picked up the white crystal, and dyed it with the blood that he collected from the Demon/Warlock, whatever it was. Alex didn't know, and he didn't care either. Since it was two in the morning, he didn't really care all that much.

The blood spread around the crystal, and Alex did the ritual.

Once it was done, he yawned and then winced when feeling his shoulder. He wished he had the power to heal right now, but he didn't have the power to heal. He didn't know anyone that could, but right now, he didn't much care.

He raised from the couch, and walked towards the bedroom.

Getting to said bedroom, he saw his double bed beckoning him, which he complied with and crawled into it, not bothering to get out of his clothes. His head hit the pillow, and as he was about to close his eyes…he saw an image.

It was of Alex, and a blonde haired girl.

Upon seeing the girl, his eyes turned visibly upset, though his face remained the same. Raising his hand, he brought it down on top of the photo frame, forcing it to fall down to the table below it, hiding the image away.

"How could you…"

Devoid of emotion, he tossed his head to the other side of the pillow, and slowly, his eyes turned downwards, becoming lidded, and drifted off to sleep…

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After the events last night, Phoebe couldn't get out of her head what had transpired.

She couldn't stop thinking about her being a Witch now, her sisters were Witches (even if they were in denial) and their new friend…okay, her and Piper's new friend, Prue was on the fence about him, was a Witch as well.

She wondered if it was a coincidence that they happened to meet another Witch on the day that she and her sisters became Witches. She wasn't sure what to think about it. This new world was opened up to her, and she couldn't wrap her head around it.

But…she wouldn't have help from Alex.

Not that he denied her, it was because Prue forbid it. She practically forced him out of the house, even going as far as to threaten him, which she scowled upon. But she was helpless as she watched someone who had the ability to teach them about magic, was thrown away because Prue wasn't happy about witnessing something that was apart of them.

Sitting on the steps to the manor, she held a cup of coffee in her hands, and curiously watched as cars, and other people drove and walked by her home, and kept wondering what she was going to do now…what kind of powers she was going to have.

As she was thinking about what she was going to do, the girl didn't notice Piper come out, dressed up for something, until the woman herself sat beside her with a small look on desire on her face, desire to know what was going on with the youngest.

"You're up early."

Piper began, and Phoebe finally noticed that she was there, giving a yawn as her attention fell to her middle sister.

"I never went to sleep."

She responded with a far off look, trying to think of what to do now.

Piper noticed the face that Phoebe was making, and took a guess on what she was thinking about, knowing she was probably right about what she was thinking about.

"Let me guess, you were thinking about how Prue threw out Alex after that 'magic' happened?"

It was written all over Phoebe's face that it was the case.

She couldn't hide anything from her second eldest sister. Piper had a knack of finding out things from Phoebe, even if she didn't want to reveal them herself. She was an open book some of the time, some of the other time she wouldn't be able to tell what her sister was thinking. But right now, Piper could tell that she was thinking of a certain blonde.

"She didn't have to be so harsh. I mean, he was only showing proof that he was a Witch…and it was pretty cool…though we'll probably not see him again or whatever. I mean, would you come back here if you weren't related to us?"

"Probably not."

Piper agreed, even she couldn't deny that Prue had been a little hard on the man last night. Though she was freaked out herself, she couldn't stop thinking about how Prue did essentially throw him out on his butt without even allowing him to speak.

"Exactly. She just doesn't want to believe that he is a Witch."

"Phoebe…"

Piper tried to understand, but it was disbelief that held firmly in her voice, which Phoebe sensed and rolled her eyes at.

"Piper, it wasn't some kind of trick. I read it myself in the Book of Shadows."

"Were you reading aloud?"

Piper raised an eyebrow in questioning, but Phoebe showed her denial by shaking her head.

"No, I wasn't at all. But, according to the Book of Shadows, one of our ancestors was a witch, named Melinda Warren."

"And we have a cousin who's a drunk, an aunt who's manic, and a father who's invisible."

She stands up, and begins walking towards her car, Phoebe following after her.

"I'm serious. She practiced powers. Three powers. She could move objects with her mind, see the future and stop time. Before Melinda was burned at the stake, she vowed that each generation of Warren Witches would become stronger and stronger, culminating in the arrival of three sisters. Now, these sisters would be the most powerful witches the world has ever known. They're good Witches and I think we're those sisters. Alex told me, before he was rudely thrown out of the house by Prue, that he's been a Witch for a few months, and he has a power as well, something he called an active power. But before he could show me, the Witch…I mean, Prue wasn't going to allow it and threw him out."

She felt bitter about that. Alex didn't do any harm. In fact, he could've helped them understand what had just happened, as he must've been through something similar. But Prue wouldn't allow it. She hated Prue for that action. Not enough to say she wouldn't talk to Prue again, but the thought of Prue being that angry because Alex proved something that she even must've expected to happen made her feel truly bitter about the situation.

Piper didn't believe her. Even though she wanted to understand where her sister was coming from, she just couldn't do something like that.

"Look, I know what happened last night was weird and unexplainable, but we're not Witches, Alex isn't a Witch, and we do not have special powers besides, Grams wasn't a Witch and as far as we know, neither was Mum." Piper kisses her on the cheek with a sly smile on her face. "So take that Nancy Drew."

She makes it to her car, and gets inside, Phoebe standing at the window as Piper rolls it down to continue the conversation with her.

"We're the protectors of the innocent. We're known as the Charmed Ones."

Piper drives off, leaving Phoebe in the middle of the road, not sure what she was going to do now.

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Meanwhile, as that was happening, Prue was at a local café, getting some coffee.

She didn't have any in the house, so she thought it would be best to get some from a certain café located near her house.

As she was…she saw him.

She saw Alex sat down at a table, having some breakfast, and some unknown force caused her face to drop. She wasn't sure why she felt so pissed at him. Technically, he didn't do anything wrong, but something about him made her blood boil.

Once getting her coffee, she strolled over to him and planted her coffee cup right before his plate.

He looked upwards, and saw Prue's eyes, meeting his own eyes, and a timid smile made its way onto his face.

"Oh, hello Prue. This is quite unexpected. Something I can help you with?"

Though he appeared calm, Prue didn't like it and sat down on the opposite side, folding her arms and giving him a small scowl.

"So, follow me here did you? Gonna give me some more horrid things about magic, and how I'm a Witch when it was obviously fake. You can't blame me for anything that I did last night."

The tone she used was low, accusing, and even a little daring. Even the words she used were trying to convince herself that she was the one that was in the right, when it is up to debate who was really in the right.

Alex felt offended by the harshness of the tone she used.

"Contrary to what you believe, I actually do have a life beyond you and your sisters." Prue's frown deepened, Alex cutting up a sausage that was before him, and continued. "Look, I live around here. I go to here to have some breakfast here sometimes, I didn't know you came here. So you can't accuse me of following you. Would you like to know where I live so you can check it out yourself?"

Prue deepened her scowl and inched closer with her body.

"Look, I don't deny that freaky things happened last night. But magic wasn't one of them. I'm gonna guess that you are some host club magician or something and did something to make us believe that it was real magic…and okay, I overreacted and did throw you out, and I suppose I'm sorry."

"Yeah, you were mean, cruel, and a little mental as well." He agreed, and sighed as he ate apart of the sausage that he had on the fork. "And I guess coming from you, it must've been hard to apologize…I mean, seriously, don't you ever smile? Do you know what smiling is? Do you have human contact?"

To make his point, he tried to touch her hand, but she retracted away from him as if he was disease ridden.

Prue didn't look happy, and went to stand, but something inside of her wouldn't allow her.

"You speak like that to me, yet you seem to overly friendly to be a real person."

Prue countered, Alex nodding his head in agreement to her shock.

"You're right, I am overly friendly, but that's because there's no point in being a downer. You can't really blame me for something like that. I mean, I'd rather be overly happy than depressed. Trust me, once you understand what it means to be a Witch, you have to adopt a certain mentality, and it will show you that you have to be a strong person to survive this kind of world. I might've been doing it for a few months now, but it doesn't mean anything gets easier. Trust me, if I didn't have my magic, I'd be totally fine with it. But I do have some magic, and I use it everyday to help people. Fight Demon's, Warlocks, and other evil creatures."

Though his words were quite passionate, Prue still didn't believe in them. She couldn't believe in them. He was a stranger, someone that she didn't know. Someone that wasn't even a someone to her. He was just a random stranger that did weird things in her house, and would be happy if they never spoke to one another ever again…but something inside of her was persuading her to stay here and speak with him.

"Funny, I didn't think you could sound so serious."

"Well, I'm full of surprises sunshine."

He responded while laughing, continuing his breakfast.

Prue drunk some of her coffee, and regarded him with disbelief, how he can be so relaxed with a stranger was beyond her.

"Look, I don't have time to talk. I have a job, know what that is?"

She smirked, trying to prove her superiority…but she was shot down with a smirk right back at her.

"That's right. I have two of them in fact. You know, can't rely on anyone else other than yourself."

For a brief second, Prue thought she saw something else other than what she had seen before…but then shook her head in rejection to the idea.

"Suppose not. Well, I've got to go…"

"Okay, have a good day Prue. Hope to see you again."

He said it with a kind smile, Prue smiling weakly.

"Sure…I wish the opposite, but whatever you want to say."

Prue soon stood from her seat, and left Alex alone to eat his breakfast.

As she walked through the gathering crowd, her face turned back to his position one last time…and saw that he didn't even look back at her.

She felt confusion enter her, wondering why she seemed bothered about him not turning back towards her.

Shaking her head, she soon disappeared and allowed him to join in on the fun of eating his breakfast.

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A little while later, in Quake, a restaurant that Piper wanted to work at, the girl herself was in the kitchen, making her audition meal. She was shuffling around, checking on different things. She looked hot, sweat on her brow.

As she shifted through the food and such…she was surprised when she came to see someone walking through the kitchen.

By chance, it was Alex, dressed in a chef's outfit.

She blinked, sure she was seeing things, but then saw that it was him after rubbing her eyes several times.

Since she was in the part of the kitchen that wasn't really used this time of day, she was surprised when he went into the busier part of the kitchen and began cooking something she could notice was a very extravagant meal.

He stirred a pot, and then walked back into the kitchen that Piper was in, thankfully desert of everyone else at the moment in time. She was thankful for that, and had to call out to him, she couldn't stop herself.

"Alex!"

She called involuntarily, catching his attention above the noise.

He looked around, and his eyes caught Piper, blinking in surprise.

"Piper, why are you here?"

He walked over, forgetting the food for a few moments.

Piper stood uncomfortably, wondering how she should say it.

"H-Hey, Alex. Long time no see."

"It was only yesterday…or this morning actually…but, why are you here? Are you applying to work here?"

"O-Oh yeah…a-and you?"

He smiled, and pointed at himself in the chef's outfit.

"Head chef. One of anyway."

"H-Head chef?"

She was in utter surprise.

She didn't peg him to be a chef…actually, she didn't really know much about him at this point.

She didn't know what to think, or to say right now.

"That's right. I also waiter, and serve at the bar sometimes, and other miscellaneous crap, depending on who is going to be coming with who, and if we have the staff. You understand, with everyone either ringing in sick, or just quitting or even just disappearing sometimes without a trace. Actually, truthfully, we're quite understaffed half of the time."

He explained with a tired sigh, knowing that it sounded quite dull…though to Piper, it was like looking at a professional.

"W-Wow, seems like…b-but, I had no idea you worked here though…"

"I've been here for about, a year now, even if this isn't what I want to do as a career, gotta start somewhere. Worked my way up, and other things as well. Eventually, I was able to work my way to head chef…plus other things as well…yeah, seems like I am underpaid for the amount of work I do around here…talk about underappreciated."

Piper snickered lightly, forgetting her own food for a few moments.

Alex leaned closer and merely smiled gently at the girl.

"Chef Moore said something about a young cook coming into audition…he said that she was a bumbling fool with zero IQ levels." He admitted as she felt like crying. "Sorry, didn't mean to sound bad. He says that about pretty much everyone, he's kind of a jerk. But the money's sort of good, depending what job you have."

"Well, I am looking for a good job after all."

Piper showed a bemused face, Alex could see that she was still unsure of herself, so he gave her a heart warming smile.

"I tried your food yesterday, and it was very good. I liked it. I mean, I had no idea that you were in this kind of profession. I didn't say anything, because I didn't want to offend, but I thought that you were awesome and didn't want to say it because…well, with what I said before. So, what are you making?"

He inquired, genuinely wanting to know what was going on.

"R-Roast pork with fennel and penne with a port giblet sauce."

She answered with a slight stutter, not sure how she was going to fair if he was going to be the one who was going to judge her.

"Oooh, nice choice Piper. Well, best get too it I suppose. I gotta make a bleeding party menu to do with a high rich kids birthday party. Oh, I'd watch out for the Chef Moore guy. He'll make you do things at the last second as well."

Just as he said that, Chef Moore enters the kitchen with a scowl on his lips, and spoke in a phony French accent.

"Your time is up. Let's see." He walks over and grabs the index card, reading from it. "Roast pork with gratin of fennel and penne with a port giblet sauce." He nodded in a disapproving way, and then saw Alex. "And, you're here, why?"

"Because I was seeing the new recruit, and waiting for the food, that I had to make at the last second, to cook, for a party, for children, that are stuck up rich kids."

He sent an accusing stare at the man, who backed away and looked at Piper.

Piper on the other hand looked a little troubled, as she had neglected to finish off, spending time with Alex and talking with him.

"Chef Moore..."

"What?"

His voice carried over to her ear, and it made her wince a little bit, Alex seeing her troubles, tried to defend her.

"Excuse me, Chef Moore. Piper isn't exactly done yet. Could you give her some more time…" He looked towards the port, and saw that it wasn't finished yet, seeing how nervous Piper was. "…if you could give her just a few seconds, then she'd be able to fix what the problem is."

"Without the sauce, it is nothing more than a salty marinara, the port I mean. A recipe from a woman's magazine. Puh!"

"B-But…"

"No more talking! I have to do it now!"

He expressed with a superior tone that reminded both Piper and Alex of Prue, if only a little bit.

"But, but ..." Piper pleaded but he didn't listen and puts some on a fork and raises it to his mouth. Piper waves her hands around and he stops. He stands there like a statue, surprising both Piper and Alex. "W-What in the heck has happened?"

"Whoa Piper, you've got the power to…I guess freeze time or something…? I dunno, it looks like that or something, you know?"

Piper was in disbelief, and waved a hand in front of the man, but he didn't respond. The frozen in time man didn't respond, and stood there, not responsive to any of the words that she used, no matter how many times that she did it.

She then turned her attention to Alex, looking for answers.

"W-What in the heck…A-Alex, is this you?"

She recalled what happened last night, and what he did with the flowers. But to her everlasting surprise, he shook his head.

"Not at all, I haven't done anything. I don't have the power to freeze like this. It must be you. I saw you wave your hands, and it looked like you were panicked…I did hear of a Witch that had the power to slow people down but not stop them like this…maybe you've got an advanced version of the power?"

"I-If that's the case, why aren't you frozen?"

"Because…well, I guess because I'm a Witch as well. Maybe it doesn't work on other Witches. Or it could be because I am strong enough to resist…I have no idea. I've not exactly been a Witch for all that longer than you, you know? But Piper, since he's frozen like this, maybe you should finish what you're trying to do."

Piper's mind clicked, and she did what she needed to do.

She picks up a baster and fills it up with some port. She dribbles some on Chef Moore's forkful of food and then retracts her hand.

He unfreezes and puts it in his mouth.

"Mmm ... this is very good. C'est magnifique."

Piper looked happy and so did Alex, glad that he was able to be happy like she was.

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A little while later, Alex and Piper were sat before one another, eating some lunch together. They were in a pretty seduced area, so there wasn't anything to worry about, not really. They could talk pretty openly, the people around wrapped up in their own information.

"Well, you've done it Piper. Chef Moore was really impressed."

"Thank you. You think so?"

She inquired further, so he nodded his head.

"I'm sure that you are. Anyway, do you now believe me that you're a Witch?"

She didn't have a choice but to agree with what he was saying, as that's how she felt honestly.

"You're right about that, I can't deny it…what a weird thing to even think about. So, y-you're a Witch as well as I am, huh."

"That's right, you and I are both Witches, Piper. And you've got the power to freeze people, it seems."

Piper nodded, trying to take everything in, though she found it a little difficult to swallow, even with everything that she had seen beforehand.

"Yeah…I guess that you're right about that. But, if I have this power to freeze…what kind of power do you have exactly?"

It was a good question that came from Piper. It was a question that even he didn't really have the knowledge on how to answer. He wished that he could but he found it a little difficult to answer, as he wasn't sure what to think about it.

"Honestly, my power is to…well, it's to make blasts of kinetic energy. I launch them, they hit people. And depending how strong they are, it either vanquishes them, deals some damage or what have you. It's an offensive power."

"Wow, I had no idea…energy powers huh…"

"Well, it is only like palms of energy. I can't do much with them besides throw them. But I can slay most low level Demons, and blast away other types of Demons at least. When I have access to it at least. It seems difficult in bring forth that type of power. It is pretty…kinetic."

The pun he made caused Piper to sweatdrop, but she found it endearing at the same time.

"Wow, so you're like Energy Man or something?"

He chuckled heartily at the assumption she made.

"…I guess the term is something like that. Though I can throw them against other types of energy balls or whatever they are called, and cancel them out, for the most part. But Piper, you know, having the power to freeze things in time or whatever is pretty cool. I can't deny that at least."

"I suppose so…God, what has Phoebe turned me into…"

She felt like her life was now ruined.

She wasn't sure what she was going to do.

She didn't even know if she was going to have a normal life now.

She couldn't even think about it.

"She's turned you into nothing, Piper." The girl became confused, so Alex elaborated. "You've always been Witches, but for some reason, you never had access to your powers, but now Phoebe has given you a gift."

"A gift? This is considered a gift?"

She tried to activate her powers again, but it didn't do anything.

She had to wonder if it had been a mistake, a fluke or something different. A trick that Alex was playing on her. She was sure that it was that. Now that she couldn't do it again, she tried to convince herself that it was the case.

"I do think that, actually. I can't see another way of saying it, you know? You're gifted with the power to freeze people in time, or whatever it is, and you're trying to turn away from it, why? Prue's the same. Is it so bad to have a power?"

"Yes, of course it does!" She exclaimed, waving her arms around. "It means my life is…"

"What? Over?" She nodded sombrely, but he shook his head. "It doesn't mean that at all. I thought the same when I became a Witch, I thought that everything was over. I didn't have my sisters, because I don't have any, or anyone to ask for help. But you know, we can learn to be Witches together, with Prue and Phoebe. Since you've got a power, they'll have one as well. It just means that you have superpowers, that's how I take it anyway. I don't think that this is a curse, per-say. Though I could do without the Demon's to fight with, they are always a pain in the ass."

"How long?"

She questioned, referring to him being a Witch which he caught.

"Not all that long. A few months, but I always remember hearing stories of it as I grew up."

His reply made her have more questions for the man before her.

"So you only found out a few months ago? What did you do? How did it happen for you?"

Alex cleared his throat, and explained the best that he could.

"Well…my powers were awakened, activated, whatever happened, when I was attacked." He began, seeing Piper's full attention on him. "Yeah, a few months ago now, I was just minding my own business in my home, when this man, creature, whatever it was, teleported into my home in a shimmering space. Of course I was naturally shocked, and didn't know what the hell was going on, but the man looked at me, with those red eyes, and made some kind of electric ball, energy ball, whatever, in his hand and threw it at me. I yelled, jumped away and avoided the ball and landed on the ground. Then I stuck out my hands and some…weird stuff happened. Something shot out of my hands and nailed the Demon in the chest, and blew it backwards, landing on something sharp in my home, killing it."

"What did you do after that?"

Now fully invested in the story, she couldn't help but lean closer and closer.

"Well, I just did what you did…honestly, I denied it happened. I didn't want to believe that some strange man threw energy balls at me, and I could use some magical powers. I just denied that it happened, and went on with my life…but then it happened again. A week or so later, my bitch of an ex did the same thing as that man. She made energy balls in her hand and threw it at me. I was unsuspecting, I didn't expect my girlfriend to be a Demon, so I was hit in the arm, and it hurt, a lot. But once again, when put into that situation, the power manifested again, and I vanquished her from the earth with her body going up in flames from being stabbed by the athame she tried to use on me, apparently."

"Wow…you had a Demon girlfriend huh?"

Piper felt like it was some sort of joke, but his eyes displayed a sadness, and that instant, she knew that he wasn't lying, having a joke, or anything to that effect. He was being truthful with her right now, and it broke her that he was in such a situation like that.

"I did, and I ended up killing her…weird, we were in a committed relationship…we were…well, I thought that we were in love…but then she just turned on me, told me that she was only with me to steal my powers before other Demons could. It seems like…all of it was a lie now. She laughed at it…she laughed that I loved her, when she told me my many, many faults, and how shit I was as a human being and how my life is going nowhere…thinking about it now, she's probably right…"

"No, don't say that…"

Piper conveyed kindness, and his hand brushed against her own.

They retracted each other's hands, and looked away from the other.

Daring to look back, Alex caught her avoiding his gaze.

"Piper…how would your girlfriend take it if you sat with a man like this?"

He asked, a blush dancing on his cheeks.

Piper's brows furrowed in confusion.

"M-My girlfriend? I-I don't have…Phoebe. She told you that I'm a lesbian, didn't she?"

Anger worked its way onto her face as a realization came to her, evidently pointing right back at Alex.

"Well…she said that you have a butch lesbian girlfriend that is also psychotic and you yell at them "Pipe down!" in a voice that was full of authority I guess…she said something like you get off on ordering women around and have no interests in men at all, especially blondes if I recall correctly...weird, what have you got against blondes?"

Piper's face turned red with rage, for Phoebe and felt like killing her younger sister right now, but she held it in and came up with something else to get her own back on the girl.

"I see, so that's how it is. Well, don't listen to Phoebe. I'm not a lesbian, or do I have a problem with blonde haired guys. Sh-She's just covering up her own paranoid schizophrenia."

Piper lied, getting her own back on Phoebe somehow.

She wished that it would at least, and by how his eyes were slowly lowering and his brow becoming nervous with sweat, she could tell that he was beginning to believe that Phoebe was insane like she was portraying.

"S-Schizophrenia?"

He mumbled with a stutter, hardly believing that she would be able to pull off sane like she did.

Piper nodded, enjoying herself.

"That's right. She was once checked into a mental hospital. It was also said that she made up stories when she felt threatened, scared. That's where she was, in New York. She was in that famous mental hospital that dealt with her…uniqueness. We don't call her mental, because she was…well, she flipped one day and came at Prue with a rusty hatchet. That's why they don't see eye to eye anymore."

Alex looked at her briefly, confused and unsure if she was telling the truth, and felt a little afraid if something like that actually happened, and it would explain why Prue and Phoebe didn't do anything.

"Right…so you aren't a lesbian then?"

He just wanted to confirm, and didn't expect that Piper would have an annoyed look on her face, especially right now with the look that she was dressing her face with, being accused of being a lesbian wasn't something she found funny.

"No, I'm not a lesbian."

She confirmed as he chuckled deeply, finding it quite funny that she'd be like that.

"I see, then that's cool. Also, Piper. It's nice to talk with another Witch, even if you're just a new one at that."

He spoke genuinely, never being able to speak so openly about his magic before, and was fond of the sisters, even Prue. Though he had only knew them for less than twenty four hours, he found that they were quite relatable people, even Prue, in someways.

"Hehe, it is nice…" Piper said in a daze, and leaned closer. But then she saw her reflection in her eyes, and pulled away with a nervous laughter. "I-I have a boyfriend! I have one!"

"Okay, that's nice of you. I'm glad that you do."

Piper pulled away, laughing even more nervously than before, trying to comprehend what was going on with herself, why she felt a little heat to her cheeks.

"Y-Yeah, a-and I have to g-go and m-meet my boyfriend soon…"

"That's lovely, I have to get back to work myself."

He noted, checking the time with the watch on his wrist.

"Yeah, then I'll…"

She went to pay for the bill but Alex put his hand out, stopping her.

"I'll pay. Think of it as a welcome to Quake gift."

His sudden generosity caught her by surprise, twisting her head to the side in a wondering gaze.

"Y-You sure?"

Piper's bashfulness was a surprising one by Alex, but it was quite cute nonetheless.

"Yeah, it's totally fine. Go and have fun with your boyfriend."

"W-Well, thanks, Alex."

He smiled and waved her off.

"No worries. Have fun. I've gotta get back to work, finish at eight tonight…ugh, no more work…"

Piper giggled sweetly, finding it funny that he looked like he was tired even though it was barely past twelve.

---

Later on, much later on, at around half seven at night, nearing eight in the evening, Prue and Phoebe are sitting at the bar in Quake, having drinks.

"The Chosen Ones? The Charmed Ones? Phoebe, this is insane."

Prue wore a disbelieving face, an equally shocking look on her face. Phoebe though nodded her head.

"Are you telling me that nothing strange happened to you today? You didn't freeze time or move anything?"

Prue took a deep breath, recalling what happened with her during the day, and found that she was quite pissed off right now. She recalled what happened with her ex-fiancée, and how he basically took away everything that she had been working hard for.

"Roger took an exhibit away from me. All right, look, Phoebe, I know that you think you can see the future which is pretty ironic."

"Since you don't think I have one, that my vision of life is cloudy compared to your perfect hell? Even if you don't want to believe me, just once can't you trust me?"

Phoebe begged again and again, but Prue wasn't going to believe it…no, she couldn't believe it. She didn't want to believe it.

"Phoebe, I do not have special powers. Now, where is the cream?"

Prue demanded, and seconds later, the cream moves by itself and fills her cup of coffee with cream, Phoebe noticing and saw that she had done her, her sister had used Telekinesis to do it, and was surprised that Prue would have it.

"Really? That looked pretty special to me."

Prue also notices, and felt faint from the fact that she was being put through all of this so suddenly.

"Oh my god. So, um, I can move things with my mind?"

"That's right." A voice came in, scaring Prue and Phoebe. They looked to the bartender, and saw that it was Alex, pleasantly surprising Phoebe, not so much Prue. "And Piper has the power to freeze things, witnessed it myself."

"W-What are you doing here?"

Prue demanded with a twitching eyebrow as if she was going to strangle him.

Alex winked and pointed to himself.

"I work here. So you can't accuse me of following you this time." Prue scowled, as Phoebe smiled. Alex then turned his attention to Phoebe and smiled even more, recalling what Piper had said before about her being mental, or on the verge of and carefully spoke when he noticed something. "Hey Phoebe, what happened to your head?"

He couldn't help but notice the small cut that was on her forehead, that she didn't have last night. Alex would accuse Prue, but she'd go supernova as Phoebe called her, and he didn't want to exactly anger the female right now.

"Can you believe it!" Phoebe excitedly called. "I mean, one day, I was this average girl with average hair, and then suddenly, I have superpowers…well, I have the power of Premonitions, that's it really."

She felt dejected about having such a power, but Alex shook his head to deny her worries.

"Premonitions huh…well, actually, from what I've read, that is one of the more desirable gifts."

He confided, wishing that he could do the same thing, but couldn't.

"No it isn't like that…I mean, is it?"

She tried to deny it, but he continued nodding his head.

"That's right. It's supposed to be a very powerful gift, to see the past, future, and whatever else. I've heard that it can even see what people do in the current time…but that might've been a little misinformation. Either way, you've got the power of Premonitions, Prue's got the power of Telekinesis and Piper can…freeze time…"

He trailed off, and something in his mind was being brought together.

He could remember what was going on, and then he recalled what he read about those powers especially. Thinking about it, he couldn't help but think about it…about how they were able to…and now that they were together…his eyes widened.

"What, something wrong?"

Prue called, seeing that his face was a little weirder than it was before.

He blinked a few times, and then shook his head.

"N-No, it's nothing…" He paused, and his eyes widened when he saw the crystal he had enchanted began glowing. "S-Sorry, I've got to go."

Without waiting for a reply, he rushed out of the restaurant. Phoebe and Prue tilted their heads to the side in a worrying gaze.

Alex runs out of the restaurant, and looks around.

"It actually worked…the same person that stole from me was…here…where did he go…"

He looked around, but he couldn't see anything.

He sighed openly, thought that he had failed again…but then his senses turned sharped as the crystal glowed even more than before.

Something about the left seemed to be attractive, so he twisted his head that way…and that's when he saw the person that tried to kill him, stole from him, through the crowd. He knew it was him, by the eyes that he saw last night, and he felt anger coming to him.

He felt it deeply, and wouldn't allow it to be unresolved, so tightened his hand and rushed through the crowd.

The Demon noticed him, and panic set into his heart.

He couldn't believe that Alex was there of all places, apparently not able to feel that Alex worked at the restaurant, at least that he was inside, and took tail, and ran away, not having enough time to teleport away from him.

"Get back here you! You're not getting away that easily!"

He roared after him, and chased him down.

He ran for over ten minutes, and didn't know where the heck he was going.

---

In the end, he ended up in an abandoned area, where the old Bowing building was. The area was desolate of many things. There were some boxes, some broken and others not. There was a door that was nearby but that led into a different area that he was unfamiliar with.

By chance, they happened to end up alone, and that was what the Demon liked…he liked the fact that the man was alone with him, so turned in his direction and made a sharpened eyed expression.

"Silly man, chasing after me was your last mistake."

The Demon chastised, Alex showing an uncaring face.

"That's nice of you, to consider my feelings. But you don't have to worry about things like that."

Alex sent a daring smirk towards him as he saw the Demon materialize a energy ball in his hand.

Alex put his hand down and tried to summon his power…but nothing happened.

He cursed himself mentally, but didn't show on his face that he was afraid.

"Trying to summon your power but unable to do so, huh?"

Alex gave a glare, but didn't visibly show that he was pissed off.

"Hmph, if that's what you think then I am not going to dissuade you from thinking things like that. but it isn't like I am going to be losing to someone like you either. I've slayed Demons before, you're no exception, trust me."

He said with an assuring smile, but then stopped when…more Demons appeared.

More Demons appeared, females, and males.

Alex counted four Demons coming all together, and added the one that stole from him, he made it five.

Five Demons were around, and nothing with his hands was happening.

Nothing was going on with his hands, and he cursed the fact that it wasn't.

He could feel his hand building up and up.

"Time to die boy!"

One of the Demons created a ball of fire in his hand and launched it at Alex.

He put his hands up, and the next thing he knew, a white like energy leaked from his hand, and coated hisbhand. Seeing that, Alex put his hand forward and released the energy from his hand, which turned into a force of energy that was as big as his hand, colliding with the fireball, and cancelled the ball out.

Both the Demons and Alex were shocked that this happened.

But then Alex smirked and put his hand forward.

"Seems like my powers have been released against, it is about time."

The Demons back away slowly, but Alex thrusted his left palm forward, and the energy circulate his hand again, and was released from his palm. The energy sailed through the air, and smacked the Demon right in the centre of his chest, knocking him off his feet and a distance into the air, who threw a athame at him at the same time, but Alex dodged it, landing near his feet.

The Demon panicked, and tried to speak, but the force of the blast allowed him to be blasted all the way to a sharp pipe sticking out, stabbing him in the chest, and he was vanquished, turning into nothing. Alex bent down, and picked up the athame, controlling his heart when it began to beat rapidly in his chest.

"Damn you boy!"

A Demon howled, and a ball of energy was made in his hand. Alex noted it and gripped his hand tightly, the energy being made there. With a mentality to fight, he lunged forward as the Demon released an energy ball towards him.

Alex dodged out of the way, the ball hitting the ground. He made it to the Demon and the Demon swung his fist at him. Retracting his head, Alex brought up his leg and swiped it across the Demons face, using his strength to throw him down to the ground.

"Hah!"

Behind him, a female Demon summoned a ball of flames, and launched it without a moments pause.

Feeling it coming, Alex whizzed around and stuck out one of his hands, coated in the energy like mist which soon converted to a palm shaped form of energy. The fireball hit the ball that was formed there, and cancelled out the fire, at the same time the man launched another palm of energy towards the female.

"Aaaaaah!"

The Demon girl cried out as the energy blast hit her body, sending her to the ground. Quickly thinking, the blonde rushed over, and impaled the athame in his hand into the torso of the female Demon, vanquishing her with a single stab, Alex guessing that these Demons were just low level ones since they disappeared with only a single stab of the athame.

"Take this!"

The third Demon, another female came in close quarters combat with him, having an athame in her hand. She went to stab from the left, but Alex dodged it by spinning, and went to do a backhanded punch on the female.

She moved out of the way pretty quickly, spinning the dagger in her hand, thrusting it towards Alex. Seeing it coming, Alex grabbed her wrist just before he could be stabbed by her, and kicked backwards at the same time, nailing his foot on the Demon he downed before.

"Aaaaaah! My wrist!"

The woman cried as Alex twisted her wrist as hard as he could. She dropped the athame to the ground, Alex seeing that leaned downwards and took the athame as he pushed the female away who cried, grabbing the knife, and lunged at the girl.

"Bye!"

He announced and stabbed the Demon in the stomach. Flames erupted from the stab, and her body exploded into nothingness, vanquishing her as well.

He turned back, to see the two Demons left. The one he had been chasing, and the other that had been summoned. Regarding them carefully, he saw that one summoned an energy ball, as the other had a hand full of fire. Having two blades in his hands, he carefully eyed up the Demon's, wondering what their next move was going to be.

"Well, shall we see what happens now?"

The main Demon announced, and shot his hand forth, a stream of flames erupting forth.

Alex knew it would be too much for his current powers, so did a sideways cartwheel, throwing the athame at the last summoned Demon. He was caught in the shock of the throw, and couldn't dodge, being stabbed through the heart with the athame.

His body exploded from the impalement of the athame, leaving the last Demon left.

"Come on! Fight me!"

The Demon laughed as he fired stream after stream at the blonde, who had no choice but to dodge. He couldn't fire his energy blasts, he couldn't beat the flames, being too strong for him, and merely had to dodge around the area.

He did front flips, back flips, and even cartwheeled a few times, but no matter what he did, he couldn't get close enough to the Demon to vanquish it.

"Hah!"

Trying his luck, he thrusted a hand forward and shot forth the kinetic energy palm. But the Demon put his hand there, and melted the dissipated the energy easily, turning it to nothing but little whisps of whiteness that fell to the ground uneventfully, Alex turning his eyes in annoyance.

"Oh, do you not want to fight seriously?"

The boy sharpened his eyes and looked at his hands.

He looked around and saw that above the Demon was large wooden container hanging by a chain. He didn't know why it was up there, but he didn't care right now, and formed a small plan within his mind.

"Hey Demon, want to know how it feels to be crushed?"

The Demon didn't know what he was talking about, and just shot a blast of fire forward.

Alex ran as fast as he could to the left, avoiding the fire, which scorched the ground.

He summoned the same energy his powers had beforehand to his hand, and launched it upwards towards the chain.

He wished that his aim was better, but it didn't matter right now, as it allowed the blunt force to break through the chain, thankfully cutting it off and it fell towards the Demon.

"Ooh shit!"

The Demon noticed it, and tried to move, but it fell too fast and it smashed into his head and body, crushing him underneath it.

He wasn't strong enough to lift the container, and watched helplessly as Alex strode forward, and grabbed the mans wrist, removing the ring that was there. He saw that his powers were stopping again, so he placed the ring that he had in his pocket, showing that he was ready to fight the Demon with a certain spell that he had developed, just for the Demon.

"I prepared a spell, just for you." He smiled, and then began chanting to the Demon's despair. "Hellish Demon within my sights, suffer through bated breath, extinguish your very light with fiery death!"

Alex flicked his fingers at the Demon and the Demons body exploded with flames running around his body.

As soon as he vanquished the Demon, he felt relieved, finally having what he had been searching for back again.

He fell to the floor, and sighed openly glad that he was able to get what he wanted back.

"Well, that was quite eventful-"

"Aaaaaaaaaaaaah!"

But soon, he heard the screams of someone, and knew who that was straight away.

"Piper!"

He could tell it was her, due to the fact that he had heard her scream quite a bit, and rushed towards the area where he heard the screams coming from.

---

Just a little before that transpired, in the old Bowing building. Jeremy opens the door and Piper came inside as well, or more precisely, she stood at the door, unsureness working its way into her heart, even if her boyfriend seemed to be genuinely pleased about going inside.

"Well, here we are."

"I don't care how amazing the view is. I'm not going in there."

Piper denied it, not wanting to step forward into the area.

Jeremy was insistent however, wanting to go inside with Piper, and somehow he was able to drag her inside of the place.

"Come on, come on. I have a surprise inside." They step inside an elevator. Jeremy pressed the button and the elevator starts to go up. "You are gonna love this. I bet you tell Prue and Phoebe the moment you see them."

Piper's eyes narrowed at Jeremy, at the mention of Phoebe's name being mentioned.

"I never mentioned Phoebe came home."

A sadistic smirk appeared on Jeremy's face, and he pulled out a knife.

"Whoops."

Piper gasped, and tried to back away…but she was stuck in an elevator. She wasn't going anywhere, and now she felt like she was going to die right now. She could see the strong looking steel that was in his hand, and became frightened, it being evident on her face.

"What is that?"

"It's your surprise."

He waved the knife away, Piper's heart filling with fear, even more so than before, wanting to escape this day.

"Jeremy, stop it, you're scaring me. Damn it! I'm serious!"

She cried, and put her back against the way, but Jeremy took a stab. She moved to the side, and they switched sides, Piper now being on the right hand side, Jeremy on the left, still waving the knife around as if it was a sword or something similar to that.

"So am I. See, I've waited six months for this. Ever since Grams went to the hospital. I've known for some quite time that the moment that old witch croaked that all your powers would be released. Powers that would reveal themselves as soon as the three of you got together again. All that was needed was for Phoebe to return."

From the conversation that she heard, Piper worked out who was the person who had been killing, and now wished that someone was around. Prue, Phoebe. Even Alex flashed into her mind briefly. She wished that he had come around right now.

"It was you wasn't it? You killed all those women."

"Not women, Witches!"

He exclaimed, making Piper fill with anger and pain, wanting to display that to the Warlock that was before him.

"Why?"

It was a simple question.

She couldn't understand why he would do what he did. Why he would kill people. She didn't realize why he was doing what he was doing. He was just her boyfriend this morning. But now, he was a Warlock, and he couldn't understand what the hell was going on.

He raises his hand and flames come out of his finger tips.

"It was the only way to get their powers." He said in a normal voice, and then he shifted his voice into a demonic voice. "And now I want yours."

With that, Jeremy raised the knife above his head, Piper's eyes widening with fear.

"Aaaaaaah!"

Piper screams as Jeremy lunges forward, about to stab Piper. She puts her hands up and he freezes. The elevator freezes as well.

Her power came in handy, and now she was glad that she was able to use her freezing power.

She took a breath, and tried to think of a way to get out of it.

"Okay, think, stay calm. I gotta get outta here. Okay."

She notices that the elevator had an opening to the next floor, which she was thin enough to be able to fit through.

She climbs up onto the next floor. She uses her upper body strength that she possessed to claim as fast as she could. She didn't know how long that he would be frozen for, so she wasn't going to waste time and hang around.

"You bitch!"

Jeremy unfreezes and he grabs her leg roughly.

"Aaaaaaaaaaaaah!"

He tries to pull her back into the elevator and she screams. She struggles to get anything that she could use to get the Warlock off her, but she couldn't see anything, she couldn't get anything that would help her get what she wanted to get the Warlock off her.

She tried kicking him off, but stopped when he took a stab at her. She screamed again and moved her foot, just before he could impale her with the knife, saving herself from being stabbed. At the same time, she was able to find an opening to the mans face, and took it, kicking him in the face.

His face bent around the foot that she used, and his nose turned bloody. But it didn't do anything to deter him. He still continued to pull, and if anything, he even pulled harder. Piper lost the grip of the floor that she had, and was slowly pulled back to the beast.

"Come here you bitch!"

He ordered with an aggressive face, Piper crying for someone to help her….

"Hey! Get off her!"

A voice announced, and the next second, a two-by-four comes swinging at Jeremy's face. Since he wasn't expecting it, the book bends around Jeremy's face, breaking due to the force that was being used and he fell to the floor, hitting the back wall after twisting his body around the elevator.

Piper gasped and looked up, to see that Alex was there.

"A-Alex…?"

She was confused, but it didn't matter that much right now.

She was pulled to her feet, and clung to him.

"It's alright Piper. Let's get out of here now. He's not gonna stay like that for long, and right now, I feel a little tired from fighting beforehand, and the wound still is bothering me so…yeah, let's get out of here. A-And, I think my power has stopped working for the time being…g-guess I need to get control over that."

"R-Right!"

Piper announced, and carefully ran away together with Alex. As they ran, Jeremy came to his senses, and slowly rose his body off the ground, and noticed that Piper had gone. His eyes turned red with rage, and he got out of the area he was in, chasing Piper back to the Halliwell Manor.

---

Back at the Halliwell Manor, Phoebe enters the manor, and goes over to the phone together with Prue. She sees that there was a recorded message, and pressed the play button while Prue exists, seeing that there was a cat there.

"Prue, it's Roger. I've decided to let you come back to work. Seriously, let's talk. Bye."

Hearing the mans voice, she felt disgust work its way into her being.

Prue comes in holding the cat.

"Piper's definitely not home unless she's turned into a cat."

Phoebe's eyes turned a little downwards, confusion written onto her face.

"How'd the cat get in?"

"I don't know. Someone must of left the window open. Um, did Piper leave a message?"

Phoebe shook her head, and then looked downwards, wishing that she didn't have to say what she was going to say next.

"She's probably out with Jeremy. Roger called."

Prue rolled her eyes, but she wasn't interested.

"Yeah, I heard."

Prue wasn't amused, putting the cat into the kitchen.

The front door soon opens.

It reveals to be Alex, and Piper. As soon as she saw them, Phoebe's face scowled at the thought of the girl getting too close to the boy that she kind of liked right now, and wondered what the heck they were doing together.

"Prue, Phoebe! You in there!?"

Piper calls, as she locks the door.

Alex thought that it was a futile effort, and noticed that Jeremy was getting closer than he was beforehand.

"Oh my God, what is it? What's wrong?"

Piper whizzed around Alex, who tilted his head to the side, wondering what she was going to do now.

"Lock the doors, check the windows. We don't have a lot of time. Phoebe, in the Book of Shadows, did it say how to get rid of a..."

"Warlock?"

Phoebe finished off, Prue feeling like she was going to pass out.

"Yeah…Jeremy is a Warlock. He came after me with a knife. I froze him with my power, and then Alex saved me from getting stabbed. He hit him with a piece of wood or something, and he saved me."

"You said that twice sweetie."

Phoebe noted, referring too how Piper looked starry eyed at Alex, who was smiling weakly in return.

Prue looked ready to kill something by now.

She looked ready to fight and flee at the same time.

She didn't know what to do, and looked towards the phone.

"I'm calling the cops."

She announced, walking closer to the phone, but was stopped when Piper got in front of the phone.

"And tell them what? That we're Witches? That some freak with powers beyond comprehension is trying to kill us? Even if the cops did come, they'd be no match for Jeremy, and we'd be next."

Piper announced, as Alex calmly stepped forward, and looked at all of them.

"Look, there's no need to panic."

"That's alright for you to say, you're more experienced than we are."

Prue said accusingly, Alex rolling his eyes and tightened his expression.

"You're the Charmed Ones, aren't you?" He announced, getting a nod from Phoebe, not sure where he was going with it. "Then, we don't have to worry. You guys are the strongest Witches ever. And I'm not just saying it. I've read many things about the Charmed Ones. They always popped up when I was researching some magical history. And my Grandfather once told me about the Charmed Ones. If you're those Witches, then you've got nothing to fear."

"I'm glad that you have such confidence in us because I don't."

Phoebe muttered, feeling like she was going to fall down at any second.

Alex walked closer to Phoebe and placed his hands on her shoulders, looking her squarely in the eyes.

"You're Charmed, Phoebe. And very charming at that, even if you're a schizophrenic." Phoebe's eyes turned to confusion, as Piper's face lit up. "Trust me, I've known you weird girls for just under twenty four hours, and you're all completely weird, or in Prue's case, just evil." Prue scowled at him, and tightened her fist, ready to hit him. "But if you're the Charmed Ones that I've heard about, then a simple Warlock is nothing to you. So, Prue. Take charge. You're the eldest, you know what's what. And knowing you, you'd want to fight for the sake of your sisters. So, do what you do best and order everyone around!"

At his words, Phoebe and Piper were impressed that he talked like that to Prue. But at the same time, being built up by him gave them confidence. Piper more so than Phoebe, since she had some confidence in her already, but now she was getting better and feeling as if she could do pretty much anything.

Prue on the other hand looked ready to explode. She looked ready to murder at any second, and it frightened Alex on what she was going to pull next. She already seemed to be in a mode where she would be killing someone.

"I don't like how you said that but…" Prue turned her face from a frown, to a small smile. "…I have to say that when the chips are down, you do kind of come through with motivational speeches. Alright, Phoebe, Piper, go and a way to vanquish this…Warlock."

"How are we supposed to do that?"

Piper questioned with a quickened heart, Phoebe dragging her sister towards the stairs.

"We've got to check the Book of Shadows. Come on!"

"Wait!"

Piper didn't have a choice, and was dragged up the stairs by Phoebe.

Prue looked at Alex, and sighed.

"You and I are going to be fighting off Jeremy together."

"I thought that you'd say something like that. Alright, we'll do a team-up, if you apologize to me."

The girl scoffed, and punched him in the arm.

"That enough of an apology for you?"

Alex nodded, turning away as tears brimmed in his eyes, the punch hurting more than he thought it would.

"Okay…"

He muttered, and at that moment, Jeremy kicked down the door. locking it did nothing, and he appeared with his knife. It startled Prue and Alex, the former looking at him with a darkened glare, and the latter getting ready for a fight.

"Hello, ladies and gentleman. Ready for a fight?"

"You first."

Prue squinted her eyes at Jeremy, and the focus of the eyes allowed Prue to use her Telekinesis to push Jeremy back as if it was unseen. His body hit the arch way into the living room, but he didn't sustain any real damage, only as if he had been pushed back a little bit.

"Cool parlor trick, bitch. You were always the tough one weren't you, Prue?"

She uses her powers again he hits the wall, but he recovers quickly. He raised his hand and from the tip of his blade, a small fire gathered. With a flick of his wrist, he fired the small projectile for Prue's heart, the woman captured in a motionless state.

"Prue!"

Alex pounced on Prue and forced her to the ground, the projectile going over their head just in time, hitting the banister.

"Take me now, Prue. My powers are stronger than yours." He laughs and tries to fire another projectile at the two, but Alex drags Prue to her feet, and it hits the floor, where Prue was. "Do you think he will stop me? Have you Witches figured it out yet? Nothing, nothing can keep us away."

"We'll see about that!"

Alex sprang into action, and in a surprising turn of events, he cartwheeled forward towards Jeremy, stopping just before him, and brought his leg up in a swiping motion, hitting the knife out of Jeremy's hand before he could do anything, disarming the Warlock to the pleasantly surprised Prue.

"You bastard!"

Jeremy spat and went for a straight punch. Alex moved out of the way, and spun around, stretching his hand and punched him across the face, backhanded style. Jeremy groaned in pain at the punch, feeling it growing when he saw that Alex tightened his other hand and went to punch him.

Jeremy pulled back into the living room, avoiding the punch by mere inches, but Alex didn't stop the pursuit of the Warlock.

Prue blinked as she watched him whiz around and slam his foot into the back of Jeremy, sending him to the ground, smashing his body against the coffee table that was in the living room, Jeremy's mouth releasing a howl of pain.

Realizing that he just broke their coffee table, he bent his head back to Prue and smiled weakly.

"Sorry, I will pay for that."

He bowed his head, Prue unable to speak and just merely inclined her head.

Jeremy recovered from being slammed against the coffee table, and tried to swipe under his legs from the laying down position that he was in thanks to Alex, but Alex does several back flips towards the confused Prue.

"W-What in the hell was that?"

She was surprised…of course she was.

She thought he was just an idiot. So to find out that he can do acrobatic stuff, it was very surprising to say the least.

"Yeah, I kinda kick ass sometimes." He explained sheepishly. "I used to get bullied a lot in high school, so I learned how to fight so when they tried anything, I'd just beat them up. This could be called one my natural powers."

Prue couldn't say anything else, Jeremy returning to his feet and growled darkly.

"You bastard! Thinking you can do that to me!"

"Yeah, I really do! Prue! Fling him!"

On the suggestion of Alex (he was too afraid to order her) she tilts her head up with a squint of her eyes, and sent the Warlock falling backwards. Alex ran forward and saw Jeremy had returned to his feet, and went to punch Alex, but he jumped with his feet sticking out, kicking Jeremy in the chest with both of his feet, and he fell backwards, cracking his head on the wall.

Alex rolled backwards as well, doing a backwards handstand, and then stood perfectly tall, putting his hands outwards in a fighting position.

"So, you going to come again?"

"Ugh…"

Jeremy groaned, and stood up again, ready for a fight, sort of.

"Prue! We've got it!"

Piper announced as she and Phoebe ran down the stairs.

Prue glanced at them as they each stood together, handing hands. Piper held the spell in her hands and showed it to Prue.

"This is it?"

Prue questioned, Alex avoiding a punch from the Warlock.

"Y-Yeah but…"

Phoebe worried for Alex, but then saw that he moved backwards, and sat on the mini table in the foyer. Spinning, his leg outstretched and kicked Jeremy in the face, sending him flying across the couch and headed towards the sunroom, using the spin to increase his speed and strength.

Piper silently cheered at the fact that her Warlock ex had been beaten down by Alex.

"We've got to say the spell, while the Warlock is distracted."

Prue glanced over to see Alex summersaulting over the couch, landing just before the table, and kicked upwards, forcing the table upwards as the Warlock took to his feet, flinging the table with his foot, and nailed the Warlock in the chest, hurling him backwards, hitting the wall that was leading to the sunroom.

Seeing that it broke apart, Alex bent his head in an apologetic manner.

"Sorry, I'll pay for that!"

Prue rolled her eyes as she, and her sisters began the spell, Jeremy returning to his feet again, albeit on shaky legs.

[The power of three will set us free. The power of three will set us free. The power of three will set us free.]

They continue the chant over and over.

They keep chanting as Alex beats the discombobulated Jeremy to a pulp.

The girls watched on as Alex punches Jeremy in the throat, then did a sideways kick to his face, and forces him on his back.

"I am not the only one! I am one of millions! In places you can't even imagine! In forms you would never believe! We are hell on earth!"

As he said that, Alex places his foot on top of the Warlock, and pinned him down so he couldn't do anything.

"Hasta la vista, baby."

At that, his body erupted into flames, and soon, he disappeared, vanquished.

"The power of three."

Prue mumbled, trying to think of something, anything to say to what she just witnessed.

Alex looked at the sisters, and flashed a dashing smile.

"Cool beans. I've always wanted to say that since I saw it in the Terminator. That was awesome ladies. Well done, well I'm gonna go and party~ Maybe get a little drunk, who knows~ Have a good night, and I'll pay for the damages I did to the coffee table…both of them, promise~ Hugs~ Ciao Bella's or whatever it is~"

He sang as if nothing major just happened, and walked towards the door, a small skip in his step.

"W-Wait a second!"

Phoebe called, halting his advances.

"Yes?"

He turned and saw the baffled sisters.

Prue furrowed her eyebrows, and wondered something.

"Right…so, you just did all that, we did all that, and now…you're going to party? Don't you find it a little…weird to do something like that?"

It sounded absolutely insane to her, she couldn't see why he'd want to have a party after nearly dying a few times.

But Alex merely nodded his head.

"Why not? I'm not at work tonight, and we just vanquished Piper's boyfriend, my condolences." He offered, Piper shrugging her shoulders. "And now, it is time to party. I know that you are like anti-fun or whatever, but I've always found it relaxing to have a little party after I've vanquished my own Demons and such. It'll help you…say, wanna come with me? I know this great club that serves drinks with really low prices. And the bands that play aren't half bad either."

He offered the three, seeing the gleam in Phoebe's eyes, the same as Piper's, Prue's was difficult to read.

"Are you kidding?" Phoebe smiled, and walked forward, pumping her arms up. "I'm there!"

She announced as Piper also joined them, in the party mood.

"Well, since after everything that happened, we might as well go together and have fun."

Alex tossed his head to the still baffled Prue.

"You coming? First round on me."

With that kind of offer, Prue smiled softly, and walked closer.

"As Piper said, this day has been full of surprises. Why not have a little fun."

Piper, Phoebe, and Alex all looked at her, shocked that she was actually agreeing to go with them.

"God, what happened to you Prue?"

Piper inquired, Prue merely rolling her eyes.

"After the day I've had, a drink would be nice. And since he's offering, I can't turn it down."

Something about her words almost sounded nice, almost.

"Onwards to new adventures fellow Witches!"

Phoebe cheered, and all four of them left the manor, going to party their night away.

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The next day, Prue walks down the stairs with a slight headache, recalling what happened the previous night. She strolled passed the living room, and noticed that Alex was passed out there, but she didn't mild this time. She didn't care this time, since everything that happened last night. But she wasn't going to allow him to stay over whenever he wanted, having a sneaky suspicion that he was going to be sticking around.

She rolled her eyes, headed outside and grabs the paper that was on the ground.

Her eyes then went up when she heard the shuffling of feet, and came across Andy, someone from her past who she had met in the hospital when she picked up Phoebe just last night, when things kind of made sense.

"Good morning!"

He spoke kindly, holding a paper and a cup of coffee with both of his hands.

"Hey, this is a surprise."

Prue greeted, wondering what was going on with him being around.

"I've been feeling really guilty about that bad cup of coffee. I just want to make it up to you."

He said with a sheepish smile, Prue curiously gauging the man on his reactions.

"So, you brought me a good cup of coffee?"

Andy looked at the cup of coffee briefly, then shook his head.

"Oh this? No, this is mine. I, uh, just wanted to ask you out to dinner. Unless of course you're afraid."

"Afraid of what?"

Prue demanded with a stone like tone, Andy flinching at the tone.

"Oh, you know, having too good of time, stirring up old memories, rekindling and old flame."

She hummed in thought, and ultimately rejected, or not, depending on who listened.

"Hmm, good point, better not."

"Okay. Friday night, eight o'clock? You're hesitating."

Prue went to answer fully, but then she stopped…she was going to say yes, but something held her back before.

"Yeah, but it's not what you think. It's just that my life has gotten a bit complicated…"

"Prudence!"

Prue's eyes turned hard when she heard his voice…she heard his voice, and she couldn't even contemplate what she was going to do now.

Andy also heard the voice and looked behind her to see that Alex was stood there, in his underwear, not caring who saw him like that. Andy's eyes turned slightly jealous upon inspecting the young man with the way he is dressed, and saw that he was waving without a care in the world.

"Prue, who's that? Is that why…things are complicated?"

She noted the jealous tone, feeling the rejection rolling off him in waves, and lowered her head darkly, her hair shadowing her eyes as she thought about Alex, feeling all the negative things she felt the previous day.

"That's the bane of my existence."

She grumbled out, trying to control her anger.

When he didn't get an answer from Prue, Alex placed his hands by his mouth and jumped up and down on the spot.

"Prudence! Prudence! Prudence! Prudence! Prudence! Prudence!" She didn't answer, tightening her fist tightly. "Prue! Prue! Prue! Prue! Prue! Prue!" He called again while waving energetically like a child, but she didn't answer, her eyebrow twitching rapidly. "Ms Halliwell! Ms Halliwell! Ms Halliwell! Ms Halliwell! Ms Halliwell! Ms-"

"WHAT!?"

She roared like a tiger ready to kill her prey, as her eyes shot towards him with her fierceness echoing in her voice, her tone so full of rage that even Andy felt like he was going to fall from the anger that leaked off Prue right now.

Alex recoiled from her with a cry, and his eyes became watery.

"I-I only wanted to see if you wanted coffee…"

He muttered, trying to control the tears forming in his eyes.

Prue took in a deeply frustrated breath, trying to calm herself down.

"Fine, decaf if you would."

She answered calmly, in the mood for some coffee right now. Andy looked between them, trying to figure out their relationship with one another.

Alex regained his peppiness and winked at the frustrated Prue.

"Kay Prue!"

Like a child, he ran back into the house while chuckling deeply at the embarrassed face that Prue made, Prue breathing a sigh of relief once he left, not caring to experience another round of her name being shouted again and again.

"So, who is he again?"

Andy pressed, not getting an answer from Prue beforehand.

Prue raised a hand to her forehead, and openly sighed.

"Yeah, he's…well, he's some random guy that we met a few days ago. We went through some stuff, and I think we're acquaintances now. Certainly, he's at least knowledgeable about things that have been happening with myself, Piper and Phoebe."

"What things?"

Prue smiled ever so softly, and shook her head.

"If I told you…"

"You'd have to kill me."

Andy finished, earning a nod from Prue.

"Exactly, so see you later? Can I call you sometime?"

Andy took out his card, and gave it to Prue, the girl offering a kind smile towards him as he turned away from her.

"Take care, Prue."

He called as he went down the stairs slowly, each stepping of his feet feeling as if he was breaking the ground with the still jealous notions that filled him up.

"Bye, Andy."

Her murmur wasn't heard by Andy, the man walking to his car and getting inside.

Phoebe and Piper come outside moments. Phoebe's holding the cat and Piper has a pleasing smile on her face.

"It's Andy. I told you I heard a man's voice."

Phoebe continued to smile, Piper folding her eyes with a small smile.

"What did he want?"

Prue tossed her head to the side, wondering what she was supposed to say.

"He asked me out."

She confided, the sisters sharing a passive gaze at the other. Prue noticed that and lowered her head, as Piper noticed the face that Prue was making, so prodded for more information.

"And you said ...?"

"I started to say yes and then I stopped. I wondered if I could date. I mean, do Witches date?"

At the question, Piper and Phoebe didn't know what to think, or even say. They both were lost for words right now, contemplating their own lives from now on.

"Actually, we do." Alex chimed in as he returned outside with some coffee, handing it to Prue with a kind gesture, though she didn't really thank him for it. "And, we usually get the hottest people around, especially if you show them some cool stuff…or is that just me…aah well, whatever else happens I guess happens."

He mumbled at the end, genuinely not knowing what his life was going to be like now that he knew the Charmed Ones.

"I see, so what do we do now?"

Phoebe asked for the gang, Prue looking between each of them and then gaze her answer.

"We stick together of course." Her eyes went briefly towards Alex, who was recoiling from her, almost certain she was going to yell, but to his surprise, she didn't. "And, last night, you came through. I guess, we'll be seeing more of you."

"Maybe~ If I feel like it~"

He sang, wrapping his arms around Piper's and Phoebe's shoulders, bringing them close as he winked. Being so close to a essentially half naked man, both felt complicated on how they were supposed to feel right now.

Prue rolled her eyes, and slowly began traversing the stairs.

"Well, we've got to have breakfast and go from there."

She explained, as Alex saw the cat in Phoebe's arms.

"Hey, that's my cat! You stole it!"

Alex tried to snatch the cat, but Phoebe retracted her arms, stroking the cats head slowly.

"This is your cat?"

"Yes! It is my cat! Give it me back!"

He ordered, but it fell on deaf ears.

Piper clapped her hands together when she thought of something, diverting the attention away from the cat for the moment.

"Ooh yeah, Prue. Alex said he's gonna make breakfast, isn't that cool?" Piper gleamed, recalling that he was a professional chef, glad to have met someone else that deals with food. "He's a professional, so making a simple breakfast should be cool."

Piper said it in such a way that she was actually impressed, having a thing for people that cooked, that was always a plus in her eyes.

Prue was mildly surprised, not having heard he was a professional.

"Professional…I never thought I'd associate that with your name."

She joked, earning a scowl from Alex.

"Well, I never thought I'd ever see you smile, I thought you were incapable of smiling."

Snorts of laughter came from Piper and Phoebe, the latter struggling to hold the cat as they went up the stairs as well, following after Prue.

"Don't you have work to attend to or something?"

Prue tried to get rid of him jokingly, so he joked back with her.

"I did, about half an hour ago, but I'm dead late now. So what, they wait another hour, whatever happens, happens. That's my mentality. It might not be the best, but that's how I roll, Prudence. I'm sure it messes with your sense of unfun, but fun people like me like to take risks."

"Being responsible doesn't mean that I am not fun."

Prue told him with a stern face, not allowing her façade to drop right now, but Alex saw through it and found it quite funny.

"If you say so dear."

Prue scowled, Piper, Phoebe and Alex entering the house, Prue standing at the door of the manor. She slowly went inside, and watched as her siblings and their new…whatever Alex was now, walk towards the kitchen.

"Well, this is going to be interesting…God knows what's going to happen now."

Prue looks at the door and shuts it with her power as the gave the ever so slightest twitch of her head, going to join the others for some breakfast.

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End chapter!

So, that's the end of the second chapter! And showed some more of Alex on a personal level!

Alex's power of energy blasts in a canon power indeed, and can be found on the wikia. In the future, he'll have other powers, but I thought that this would be a cool one to have, which might evolve later on to another power that's on the wikia as well.

From reading the reviews, it seems quite close between Prue, and Phoebe. I'll leave it a few more chapters, so others can have their input and such. Though right now, it is a pretty close match between Prue and Phoebe, with Phoebe slightly in the lead. So vote now, as they say, and Merry Christmas! Hope you all have a good one!