9x09: Split Personality
Previously on Charmed:
(A flash to Phoebe kissing Jason.)
"That was Jason. He's back." Phoebe says. Paige and Piper squeal in excitement.
(Phoebe and Jason kiss and Coop flashes in and sees them)
"He came back from Paris to win me back." Phoebe says.
"And when did he come back?" Coop asks.
"A little over a week ago." Phoebe hesitates.
"A week ago?! And you couldn't tell me?" Coop says. "Answer me this one question. Do you still love him?"
"Yeah." she whispers. Coop groans and walks away from her. He looks at her.
"I'm not going to lose you to him. And I will fight if I have to but I won't lose you to him. I won't let it happen." Coop says.
"I just don't know what to do. I love him and I love you too...I can't deal with this right now...I just need some space." Phoebe says.
"Call me when you want to see me...I'm not going to be far." Coop says.
(Piper and Leo are arguing)
"You're right, maybe I don't understand but you work so much at Magic School that you're practically absent from our lives..."
"That's a bit of an overstatement, don't you think?" Leo says.
"No!" Piper yells, " You worked overtime in the last two days and it's not like you're bringing home a salary that helps benefit our lives in any way." Piper says.
"I benefit the lives of many children and the next generation of magic and that has to count for something, right?" Leo says.
"I didn't say that but you are making this take precedence over your life and I suggest you take a look at your priorities and make sure they aren't screwed." Piper says.
"My family is my first priority, Piper and you know it." Leo says as he gets up and walks to the sink to place the dish inside.
"You have always put your job above your family and that's never going to change." Piper says. As soon as she says that, Phoebe walks through the kitchen door.
Flash to Piper and Leo:
"I can't always try to make my life as normal as possible. I mean it is possible but I have to let it happen on it's own." Piper says. Leo smiles.
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Phoebe sits in her room, staring at a picture of Coop and a picture of Jason.
"How am I going to do this? Someone, please help me. I need a sign. " Phoebe says.
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(A flash to Billie sitting with the guy in a dark robe)
"A guy in a dark robe gave me a potion to drink. But I didn't know it was a potion until I began to experience with my powers. That potion unlocked my powers and made me meet you guys." Billie explains.
(Paige bumps into the guy in the dark robe at the fair)
"I think all of this made us get one step closer to the truth. I saw who gave you your powers and we will find him." Paige says, "I promise you that."
"Thanks." Billie says as she smiles.
"After today, I'd start with a good night's rest. Then with that soothsayer, see what he knows because I'm willing to bet that he knows something." Piper says.
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The soothsayer watches the Charmed Ones from his mirror. He smiles and then rubs his neck to reveal a tattoo on his neck.
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The setting is dark. Paige walks through the underworld and she sees a light at the end of the cave. She hears screams and explosions and she walks towards the noise with caution.
She enters the cave to find a familiar looking woman fighting a darklighter.
"Arrow!" the woman calls as the arrow orbs and is deflected towards the darklighter. The arrow pierces the darklighter and he begins to scream as he is covered in flames and he explodes out of sight. The woman looks to the side to see an innocent lying down. She helps the innocent stand up and waves her hand at the innocent and the innocent orbs out of the underworld. The woman looks over her shoulder to reveal that she is Paige. She looks at the other Paige behind her and she smiles. She in turn, orbs out of the underworld. The other Paige watches herself orb out. She looks confused and she orbs out as well.
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Paige orbs to her home where she sees another Paige, dressed as a Stepford housewife. She cooks and cleans and she walks around fixing everything until it reaches perfection. Henry walks into the house and drops his jacket on the couch and his keys onto the plate sitting on the table beside the door. Housewife Paige rushes to Henry and kisses him.
"Hi, honey!" she exclaims, "How was your day?"
"It was hectic." Henry says as she sits on the couch. Housewife Paige sits next to him.
"Oh? Tell me all about it." she says.
"Well, it started when I was called into the boss's office for a meeting I wasn't supposed to be in. It was boring and I was assigned to other cases out of my area of expertise." he begins . He continues to tell Housewife Paige and as his voice fades, housewife Paige looks at the other Paige watching them. She smiles and the onlooking Paige orbs out.
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Paige orbs into the attic of the manor where Phoebe and Piper are battling demons with another Paige. They run behind couches and they come up to take a peak at the demon. Witch Paige stands up and the demon throws an energyball at her. Paige orbs out of sight. Piper stands up and blows up the energyball in mid air. She freezes the demon and Phoebe stands up as well. She goes up to the demon and kicks him, sending him flying into the center of the attic.
"Now, Paige!" Phoebe screams. Paige orbs back in.
"Crystals, circle!" she yells as the crystals surround the demon on the floor. The demon stands up as the crystal cage forms. The sisters gather and chant a spell. The demon screams and explodes out of sight. The cages disappears and the sisters begin to walk out, leaving Witch Paige in the attic. Witch Paige turns around and sees the other Paige looking at her. She smiles. The Housewife Paige and Whitelighter Paige orb in. They walk towards the onlooking Paige and they turn in to orbs that head towards Paige. The orbs enter Paige's chest and a flash occurs.
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Paige wakes up in a cold sweat. She looks around and she sees Henry lying in bed next to her. She looks past him to see an open window. She gets up and shuts the window. She shivers a little bit and goes back into her bed, lying on her back with her eyes open.
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I am the son, I am the heir.
I am human and I need to be loved just like everyone else does.
See I've already waited too long, and all my hope is gone.
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Scenes from San Francisco can be seen. The sun rises from the horizon behind the Golden Gate Bridge, The sun light draws the shadows from the hills and smog hovers over the plains. The streets are starting to be filled with cars as they move with extreme speed. The manor can be seen with white flowers blossoming in the front. Paige's voice can be heard.
"...and all of a sudden, the orbs enter me and I wake up. What is that supposed to mean?" Paige asks as she is telling her dream to Piper who is rearranging the kitchen.
"I don't know what it means. You have some issues with yourself that you have to deal with? I don't know, ask Phoebe. She's the one who gives advice, has a psychology degree and still in college." Piper says.
Paige just groans and takes a strawberry from the bowl of fruits and nibbles on it. Phoebe walks into the kitchen rambling.
"I just wish they would cut out my heart and divide it in two already! They are already tearing me apart anyway." Phoebe says as she sits down next to Paige. Piper stops and turns around to see her sisters sitting around her table.
"Really, you guys should move back in here seeing as how you are never in your condo and you are never in your apartment." Piper says to Phoebe and Paige and she turns around to resume her duties.
"You complained that I wasn't here enough a few months ago and now you're complaining that I'm here too much?" Paige says.
Piper gives her the side eye and Paige just smiles.
"Just saying..." Paige says as she turns her attention to Phoebe, "How hard can it be to choose between two guys?"
"Two amazing guys." Phoebe adds. "I mean, Piper, how did you choose between Dan and Leo years ago?"
"Well, I had to see who I can see a future with, and the one who won my heart more. Leo was the patient, gentle, kind and Dan was more of a pushover kind of boyfriend who forced me to choose. I don't do well with ultimatums." Piper says.
"Well, that's different in my case. That wasn't any help" Phoebe says.
"Then don't ask me for my opinion next time then, ok?" Piper says as she takes plates from the dishwasher and stack them up.
"No. I value your opinion, Piper, it's just yours was just too easy and mine is difficult." Phoebe says.
"How so?" Piper asks. "I had to choose between an angel and a mortal, so do you. I had to go through the whole breaking the rules thing, and the Elders spared you that drama, so how exactly is that different or easier than mine?"
"Ok, so I guess it's not." Phoebe admits.
"Thank you." Piper says.
"I just need help to decide, you know? A sign or something." Phoebe says.
"Well, no one can help you decide but you, honey." Paige says.
"Paige is right. You of all people should know this since it was you who tried to meddle by casting that 'give me a sign' spell on me." Piper says.
"Yeah, well, it helped us find and save Prue, didn't it?" Phoebe says.
"Yeah, but the point is that you should have not cast it at all. We were new to witchcraft and we did not know what we were doing." Piper says.
"But if I did it now..." Phoebe begins to brainstorm as she gets up to walk away.
"Phoebe?" Piper calls out to her, "Don't do anything stupid."
Phoebe turns around. "What does that mean?"
"Just don't do anything I wouldn't do." Piper says.
"Right." Phoebe says as she walks away.
"You know that she is going to cast a spell, don't you?" Paige says.
"Yeah. I had a little help so why can't she use magic to help herself a little bit?" Piper says.
"And what about the personal gain issue?" Paige asks.
"Well, she's dealing with the consequences now. How bad can it get?" Piper says.
"Words of death in this household, Piper." Paige says.
"The Elders brought this on themselves and they have to cut her a little slack." Piper defends.
"Cut her some slack than they have already have?" Paige says.
"Let me put it like this...It's like Phoebe had a vision of getting a demon attacking an innocent in the future, only she didn't see who the demon is. She may not be able to short circuit the process of finding the demon but she has to figure out a way to get there to save the innocent before it's too late." Piper says. "Got it?"
"Yeah." Paige says.
"Don't worry. Everything's going to be fine." Piper says.
"If you say so." Paige says as Piper leaves the kitchen. Paige just takes a bite of the strawberry and sighs. She hears jingling and she looks up. She orbs out.
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There is a magical war going on in an alley in broad daylight. The battlefield is two-sided. Fireballs and energyballs fly across from one side, energyballs and deflections come from other side. A circle looking mirror stands in the middle of this crossfire. The demons dives out of the way. A woman flies forth and falls on the ground. She looks up.
"Paige!" she calls. She sees the mirror and she tries to reach for it. A demon notices this and hurls a fireball at her. She realizes this and she tries to use her power of deflection to deflect the fireball but hit grazes her as the shield comes up. The fireball hits the other demon and he explodes. She crawls behind a small wall. Paige orbs in the middle of it. She ducks when she sees the battle. She rushes to her charge.
"Oh my God." she says when she sees the wound. "Let me take care of that."
"Not now. Get the mirror. Then heal later." Liz says.
"Right!" Paige says. She looks over the wall. "Mirror!" The mirror orbs to Paige. The demons stop fighting and they see the mirror disappear. They see Paige and Liz stand up. They all form fireballs and hurl them at Paige and Liz. Paige orbs out with Liz and the fireballs and energyballs go through the orbs and hits the dumpster behind.
"Damn it! What are we going to do now?" one of the demons ask.
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Paige orbs into the attic. She heals Liz as she orbs in. They land on the sofa as the wound begins to close up. Phoebe, who is looking though the Book of Shadows in the attic sees this and she stops. Paige stops healing her.
"Oh, my God. What happened?" Phoebe asks.
"Demons. What else?" Paige says.
"Well, I know that but why?" Phoebe asks.
"The mirror of Scisson." Liz says.
"Phoebe, this is my charge, Liz. Liz, this is my sister, Phoebe." Paige introduces.
"Nice to meet you." Phoebe says.
"Likewise." Liz says.
"So what's up with the mirror?" Phoebe asks.
"I don't know. I just know that the mirror was stolen from a coven of good witches who are meant to protect it." Liz says.
"I think I saw that name in the Book." Phoebe says as she turns around to search through the Book.
"You shouldn't have gone through all that by yourself." Paige says.
"If I didn't, the mirror would have been in the hands of those demons right now." Liz says.
"The demons were fighting over it themselves. They would have had to kill each other before they got the mirror." Paige says.
"The important part is that I got the mirror away from the demons." Liz says.
"With my help." Paige adds. Paige's cell phone begins to ring and she picks it up.
"Hello?" she answers. She is talking to Henry.
"Hey honey?" Henry says as he is in his car driving and talking to Paige.
"Hey. What's up?" Paige asks.
"Remember when I told you about the Grand Ball?" Henry asks.
"Yeah. Why?"
"Well, I hoped you were getting ready for the Ball tonight. I was just checking up on you." Henry says. Paige winces on the phone.
"Ooooh!" she whispers.
"Please tell me you didn't forget." Henry says.
"I'm sorry, honey." Paige says. "I just have been swamped with work."
"Do you think you can make it for tonight?" Henry asks.
"I'm not exactly sure...um...can I call you back?"
"Yeah. Please let me know as soon as possible." Henry says as he hangs up.
"What is it?" Phoebe asks Paige while she continues to flip through the book.
"I was supposed to go to this ball with Henry and I totally forgot about it." Paige says. "Ugh, I'm so scatter-brained right now."
"Found it," Phoebe says.
"Scisson was a powerful evil witch who could not be vanquished. Various witches, warlocks, demons and evil entities tried to vanquish Scisson. An alchemist created a mirror that separates body from soul from any being. He gave the mirror to a neophyte witch to go against Scisson. The witch activated the mirror and separated Scisson's soul from his body. Then he was able to vanquish Scisson's body and banish his spirit into the mirror. Beware, the mirror infused with Scisson's powers makes the mirror do more than it is capable of. From separating soul and body to powers from any magical being. The mirror was given to a coven of good witches to be protected from evil so it cannot use the mirror and its power. It activates itself when it senses a great danger or threat." Phoebe reads.
"This thing looks dangerous. We have to call Billie and Piper for help." Phoebe says,
"I'll get on it." Paige says. "What are you going to do?" she asks.
"I'm going to locate the coven who is supposed to guard the mirror." Phoebe says. "Hopefully the mirror is not in activation mode."
Paige gets up and Phoebe and Liz follow her. The mirror starts to glow and spin.
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A flash from the mirror changes the scene and the underworld can be seen. The demons argue among themselves.
"Great! Now, we have a witch and her whitelighter protecting the mirror." a demon says.
"Why are we complaining? We can get it back!" another demon says.
"No!" a voice from the dark yells. The demons look back at the shadow to see who it is. The demon walks out of the shadow to reveal that Sebastian's face.
"Soothsayer? It's an honor to have you in our presence but what business is this to you?" a demon asks.
"The Grand Design? The balance of good and evil?" Sebastian says.
"We're listening." the leader of the demon says.
"You can't go for the mirror. The whitelighter you saw was a Charmed One." he explains. The demons gasp and begin to murmur among themselves.
"So what exactly are we going to do? We are doomed if the witch and the mirror are in the protection of the Charmed Ones."
"In order to get the mirror back, use it against the sisters. Separate their soul from their bodies and take the mirror back. They have two options. Move on to wherever good witches go to...or figure out a way to save themselves, which by the time they figure it out, the mirror will already be in your possession." Sebastian suggests.
The leader of the demons pulls Sebastian to the side and begins to whisper.
"Are you certain that we can get the mirror back without trouble? Those are powerful witches we are about to go up against." he says.
"Kledus, I am a soothsayer. You will be successful in retrieving the mirror, I can assure you that much." he says.
Kledus' smile begins to grow as he begins to grow more confident in his plan.
"Gather most of the demons, " he says, "We're going after the witches."
Sebastian smiles with Kledus.
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Victor, Leo, Darryl and Henry are watching a football game at Victor's apartment. They cheer on as their team makes another touchdown. Victor stands up.
"That was a close one, huh?" Victor says.
"You said it, man." Henry says as he finishes his beer.
"Do you want another one, Henry?" Victor asks.
"Sure. That'll be great." Henry says.
"How about you, Leo?" he asks.
"Umm... no. I can't. I don't drink." Leo says.
"Come on, it is not like you're still an angel. You need to live a little. One bottle won't hurt." Victor says.
"Sure. Why not?" Leo says with hesitation.
"That-a-boy!" Victor says as he grabs various bottles and set them on the table. Darryl, Leo and Henry grab one. Leo opens it and he sips a little bit.
"He's alive!" Darryl jokes as he pats Leo on the back. Leo releases an uncomfortable chuckle. Henry's phone starts to ring. He picks it up and walks away.
The broadcaster on the television begins to make an announcement, "Breaking news, we interrupt Monday night football to bring you this tragic story. Timothy Landry, known in the Bay area as the Mattress King, passed away earlier tonight from an apparent heart attack. He was 69. Landry leaves behind his wife of 3 years, Katherine Landry and his two children, Theodore and Troy Landry. More will be reported as more information unfolds."
"Wow, can you believe it?" Darryl says, "I got almost all my mattresses from Landry. From when I was in college until I had to buy bunk beds for my sons."
"I think everyone in San Francisco has bought at least one of his mattresses at least once," Victor says, "Hell, I think Prue and Piper were conceived on his mattresses."
The room roars with laughter and Leo takes a long sip of his drink uncomfortably.
"Yeah? No. Can't you get someone to handle this? It's my day off. Find someone else! Fine, I'll be there in a minute." he says as he hangs up and comes back to sit next to Darryl.
"They can't leave me alone...even on my day off." Henry says.
"I know what you mean, man." Darryl says. "I mean, if it wasn't for the fact that I have a wife and two kids to take care of, I would ignore calls like that all the time."
"It's calls like these that takes the fun out of the reason why I became a probation officer. At least I can lie in bed knowing that my salary is enough to take care of Paige and I." Henry says.
"Yep!" Victor says. "Our women deserve nothing but the best."
Darryl agrees. They all look at Leo.
"What do you do for a living, Leo?" Henry asks.
"I run the Magic School." he says proudly.
"That must rake in a lot of dough." Henry says.
"Not really. I don't get paid. It's more of a higher calling kind of thing." Leo says.
"Same excuse you used with me when I found out about you being an Angel." Victor says.
"You don't get paid? Then how do you take care of Piper and the boys? I mean that is a big manor you guys live in." Henry says.
"Piper handles all that. But Phoebe does not live there anymore so the bills must be a burden for her to carry." Victor says.
"Come on, you guys are gaining up on the man." Darryl defends Leo.
"That doesn't mean that Henry here isn't telling the truth." Victor says. "I mean, you should do something to help her out. What kind of example are you setting for your sons if they want to learn how to be a man? I'm sure you can hold a job down..."
"I have to get going." Henry says as he stands up. "We have to do this again sometime."
"I agree." Darryl says.
"I have to go check on the boys." Leo says. "Excuse me." He walks into the other room and shuts the door. He sighs and looks at his boys. Chris is asleep and Wyatt is staring at Leo in the pen. Leo smiles and his smile fades away slowly as he thinks about what Victor and Henry were talking about before. He sighs and walks back into the living room.
"Piper...uh needs me. I have to go. Victor, can you look after the boys for me?" Leo asks.
"Yeah." Victor says.
"Thanks! Henry, can you drop me off at P3 on your way to work?" Leo asks.
"Yeah. Come on." Henry says as they walk out.
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Piper sits in her chair at P3 talking to someone on the phone.
"This is ridiculous. Maroon 5 can't cancel on me at the last minute! I don't care if this was 48 hours ahead of time! Let me call you back." Piper says as she hangs up the phone angrily. She groans and rests her head on the table. Leo walks in the door.
"Hey. Rough day?" Leo says.
"You have no idea. Too much work is creating too much overload." Piper says.
"Uh-huh. At least you got a real reason to stress." Leo says.
"What is that supposed to mean?" Piper asks as she raises her head.
"I mean, I feel like a freeloader. Living off of you." Leo says.
"Where is this coming from?" Piper asks.
"Just the guys and I were talking and they raised some good points. I want to feel responsible for my family." Leo says.
"You take care of the boys every time I work." Piper says.
"I know...but I want a job that comes with a paycheck, you know?" Leo says.
"I-" Piper begins to say but her cell phone begins to ring.
"Hello?" she answers. "The mirror of what? But I can't leave right now." Piper says. "I'll be there as soon as I can." she says as she hangs up.
"Ugh...I got to go, honey. Can you watch the club for me, please?" Piper says as she rushes out and she gives Leo a quick kiss.
"Uh-huh. It's not like I have anything better to do." Leo says. He walks over to Piper's chair and sees the papers on the desk. He sighs and he begins to read them.
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Paige walks into the attic with Liz. Phoebe, who is looking through the Book looks up.
"Did you call Piper?" Phoebe asks.
"Yeah. She's on her way and so is Billie." Paige says.
"Good." Phoebe says as she finds the spell she's looking for in the Book.
"So you find anything else about the mirror?" Liz asks.
"Nothing that we don't already know." Phoebe says. Billie walks into the attic.
"Hey. what's up?" Billie asks.
"Nothing. Just the mirror that has the power to send separate our souls from our bodies." Paige says.
"So where's Piper?" Billie asks. As soon as she says that, Piper walks into the attic.
"This better be good." Piper says.
"Yeah, well. Cliff notes version, demons want this magical mirror that can separate a soul from its body. Demons get it, we're screwed." Paige explains.
"Great." Piper says. She sees Liz.
"Who are you?" she asks.
"Piper, Billie, Liz. Liz, Piper and Billie, my sister and other charge." Paige introduces.
"Nice to meet you." Piper and Billie say at the same time.
"Same here." Liz says.
"So how long have you been Paige's charge?" Billie asks.
"Um, I don't understand what the purpose of that question is." Liz states.
"It's only fair, just trying to see if you're worthy of being a Charmed Ones' charge." Billie says.
"And who are you to determine that?" Liz says as she stands up.
"Ok, so what's the plan, you guys?" Phoebe asks as she tries to defuse the situation.
"Send this mirror back to the coven, which requires a power of three spell. If demons attack, we can vanquish them." Paige explains.
"Sounds good enough." Piper says sharply.
"What's up with you guys?" Billie asks.
"What do you mean, sweetie?" Phoebe asks.
"You guys seem very dismissive..." Billie says.
"I have a club to run and I need to book Maroon 5 now before they back out. Its very important." Piper says.
"Let us get this over with. Paige made a couple of potions to fight the demons with and to retrieve the mirror." Phoebe says as she walks to the pot with a lot of potions filled in the vials.
"Ok. So we're ready for battle." Liz says.
"Fine. Let me come with you." Billie says.
Liz stares at Billie questioning her intentions.
The demons shimmer into the attic, already armed with fireballs. They hurl one at the girls standing in the middle of the attic and they dive out of the way in different directions. Phoebe and Piper in one corner, Paige, Billie and Liz in the other.
"You guys got your potions?" Paige yells.
"Yeah." Phoebe yells back. Phoebe stands up and tosses one of the potions and vanquishes one of the demons. Piper joins her and Paige, Liz and Billie start throwing their potions as well. Kledus shimmers in behind the sisters, trying to get the mirror.
Piper blasts the demons and Phoebe kicks them around with her martial arts skills. Billie and Paige join her and Liz just raises a shield that protects her and the sisters.
Kledus comes close to the mirror, trying to reach for it when Phoebe notices this. She yells for Piper. Piper turns around. Her impulse reaction leads her to blast Kledus who flies into the mirror, which starts glowing and releases light. It goes towards Piper but she ducks and it hits Phoebe and Paige. Piper freezes the light and covers the mirror with a blanket she finds nearby. She looks at Kledus who is still on the ground and he smiles.
"We'll be back when you are not busy." he says as he shimmers out. The sisters turn around and the other demons disappear as well.
"Ok. So we have to i.d this demon so we can nail him." Billie says.
"Wait." Liz intrudes. Billie rolls her eyes. "Don't you think that its odd that Phoebe and Paige got hit by the mirror's beam and we're just going to ignore it?"
"No harm done. I'm perfectly fine." Paige says.
"I don't feel any different...maybe it doesn't work on good witches?" Phoebe says.
"If it didn't, it would have said so in the book., wouldn't it?" Liz says.
"Ok. We have to divide and conquer here. Phoebe, book duty. Find out about this demon. Paige, I need you to go to Chinatown and get me some more toad-flax because we need to prepare potions just in case someone's soul is separated from their body. Billie and Liz, you guys go to the underworld. Scout for the demon and find out something about him that is probably not in the book that we can use to our advantage." Piper delegates.
Billie sees an opportunity to go down to the underworld and meet with Sebastian but she knows she won't be able to with Liz by her side.
"I don't like working with others." Billie says, "I can go through the underworld by myself."
"This is not the time for this, Billie." Piper says. Billie groans and walks out of the attic with Liz.
"Play nice!" Piper yells out loud after Billie.
Paige rubs her head and stomach.
"Are you ok there, honey?" Phoebe asks.
"No. I feel light-headed." Paige says. "I'll be ok, though." She walks out of the attic.
"I'm going to Magic School to see if they have any more vials. We ran out of some." Piper says. "You have everything under control?"
"Yeah." Phoebe says.
"Ok." Piper says. "See you later." She walks out of the attic.
Phoebe just nods as she looks at the Book. She slowly walks over to the book and hesitates to touch it. She takes a deep breath and then closes her eyes. "Screw it."
She sits in the middle of a circle. She takes the book and places it in the middle. She looks at a spell.
"I'll just swap these words." she says. She gets a leaf and begins to break it as she begins to chant.
"I beseech all powers above
Send a sign to free my heart
One that will lead me to my love." Phoebe chants.
Phoebe immediately falls over and is knocked unconscious. Her soul rises from her body and hovers over her body. Phoebe's soul sees this.
"Wait. What's going on?" she gasps as she realizes the situation. "Oh, no...no, no, no, no!" Phoebe wails. "Piper?! Paige?"
She hears no answer.
"Why is this happening?" Phoebe asks.
"You asked for help and now you're getting help." a voice says. Phoebe looks around to see who's speaking to her.
"Who are you? Show yourself to me." Phoebe says. Swirls of lights appear by her side and a blond woman appears beside her.
"Hello, my daughter." she says. Phoebe's eyes widen to see her ancestor, Melinda Warren smiling back at her.
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Paige walks down the stairs and she feels light headed again. She looks at herself in the mirror in the hallway and she sighs. She stumbles and falls. She stands again and walks. As she walks down stairs, she splits into three Paiges. One wearing a housewife style dress, another wearing a suit and one wearing regular clothes. They are all unaware of the event that just happened as they go their separate ways. The one wearing a suit orbs out. The housewife Paige goes out the back through the kitchen and the Witch Paige goes out the front door.
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Piper is in the kitchen. She sees Housewife Paige walking through the kitchen. Piper is stocking the vials.
"Paige. You don't have to go get toad-flax. We have some in stock here..." Piper says.
"Good. Now I have to go see Henry!" she says in a highly chipper tone.
"Why? Isn't he getting ready for the Grand Ball?" Piper asks.
"I know. I have to go get ready but I need to ask him something important." Paige says.
"What are you going to ask him?" Piper asks.
"What he wants me to wear for the party." she says.
"Are you ok?" Piper asks as she turns around. She gasps.
"I'm peachy keen." Paige says.
"What the hell are you wearing?" Piper says as she laughs through her words. She turns around to continue stocking.
"I'm a homemaker, Piper." Paige says as she walks out.
"Right. Anyway, just go keep an eye on Billie and Liz. I don't like the way things are going for those two. Can you feel the animosity between the two? Is it me or does it seem like Billie doesn't like her?" Piper says.
"Paige? Paige!" she calls as she turns around to see that she's talking to herself. The back door is slammed shut.
"Ok, then." Piper says as she turns around and continues to stack the vials.
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Billie walks in the underworld with Liz.
"So how long have you been a witch? I mean, had your powers?" Billie asks,
"Since about a month and a half." Liz replies.
"Wow...you're a quick study." Billie says, "You're pretty good at this stuff."
"Yeah. I know I am." Liz says. "I was taught by my mother."
"Nice." Billie says sarcastically.
Whitelighter Paige orbs into the underworld, behind Billie and Liz.
"Hi, guys!" Paige says.
"Uh, hi." Billie says. "Aren't you supposed to be in Chinatown getting toad-flax?"
"Yeah, but my whitelighter duties and my charges are important to me." Paige says with a serious tone.
"Right." Liz says.
"Are you ok, Paige?" Billie asks.
"Just fine. Why?" Paige answers.
"Just checking..." Billie says staring at Paige with skepticism.
They come across the lair of Kledus.
"I think this is it." Billie says.
"Ok. So what's the plan?" Liz asks.
"I thought you were good at this stuff." Billie says.
"Yeah, but I want to work harmoniously with you." Liz says.
"Ok...moving on." Billie says. "What do you say, Paige?"
"I say we listen in first, then we attack later."
"Right." Billie says. Liz raises her hands and she is about to sneeze.
"What is it?" Billie asks.
"Sneeze." she says.
"Can't you hold it in?" she whispers but its too late. She sneezes and the demons notice. She looks up as the demons walk towards her.
"Ok...new plan. Divide and conquer, as Piper says, right?" Billie says.
"Ok, talk faster." Liz says.
"You take that side and I take this side." she says.
"Break!" Paige says as they all go their separate ways. Paige stands up.
"Looking for me?" Paige asks standing between two demons.
The demons form energyballs and hurl it at her, who just orbs out of the way and the demons vanquishes themselves. She orbs back in with a smile. Zooming into Billie. She begins to deflect energyballs and fireballs and dives out of the way. She vanquishes various demons . Liz is doing the same as well. A demon fighting with Billie shimmers out and appears before Liz. He hurls the energyball at Liz and Liz deflects it back at him. He explodes out of sight.
"What did you do that for?" Billie asks.
"I vanquished a demon?" Liz says.
"No. You vanquished my demon." Billie says.
"Seriously?! Do we really need to fight over demons here? Now?!" Liz says.
"No! That was my demon and you killed him." Billie complains.
"That's a bad thing?" Liz asks.
"Yes! You vanquished a demon I was supposed to vanquish." Billie says.
"You can't be serious!" Liz scoffs.
"Guys?!" Paige calls out as she continues to orb in and out to distract the demons.
"You know what? I can't handle this anymore. You are just mad that I am new to the craft and yet I excel at it. I have done nothing wrong, Billie. Just trying to survive by myself is what makes me stronger so if you are angry at me for my strengths, then so be it. I'm not going to stand her and let you belittle me." Liz says.
"Guys!" Paige yells. "This is not the time or place to be fighting about demons! Let that go and just grow up!" Paige scolds. "Instead of fighting individually, combine your powers to defeat them all."
"But I don-"
"Now!" Paige yells.
"She's right." Liz says in a soft voice.
"A truce...for now?" Billie says.
"Sure." Liz agrees.
"I have an idea." Billie says, "Take my hand." Liz looks down at Billie's hand and grabs it. Billie closes her eyes. A blue shield rises from them both and flies straight at the demons. With a quick sweep, majority of the demons are vanquished. Kledus is the only one left standing. He hurls a fireball at Liz and it hits her, sending her flying into a wall. Paige and Billie rush to her. Kledus forms another fireball and throws it at them but Paige orbs them out in time.
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Witch Paige comes out of Chinatown, walking through an alley to her car.
A demon shimmers behind her and throws an energyball at her. She deflects it with telekinesis and vanquishes the demon on the spot. She is surprised she did that as she runs to her car and drives away.
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Phoebe stands in the attic staring at Melinda Warren.
"I can't believe its really you." Phoebe says.
"It's me." Melinda says, "I can't believe how much you've grown since I last saw you."
"I thought you watched over us from up there." Phoebe says.
"I did...I mean I do, its different from up there than it is down here." Melinda says. "So you have a problem that needs solving?"
"What do you mean? What are you talking about?" Phoebe asks.
"You asked for help and your spell summoned me. Just not in the way I imagined." Melinda says, gesturing to Phoebe's body on the ground.
"Am I dead?" she asks.
"No. You were supposed to be but the spell altered that." Melinda says, "So back to this problem of yours."
"How do you know about my problem?" Phoebe asks.
"I watch over you, my dear. I know and guide you in many ways possible." Melinda says. "Come here."
Phoebe gets closer. Melinda places her hand over Phoebe's heart. She closes her eyes with a smile.
"You are torn between two men, who you love greatly but you want to choose one without thinking you made the wrong choice." Melinda says she opens her eyes.
"Yeah." Phoebe whispers as she begins to choke on her tears, "How do you know that? Did you see it?
Melinda nods.
"I wish I could control that power as easily as you do." Phoebe says.
"All in good time, Phoebe." she says sweetly as she places her palm under Phoebe's face for comfort. She takes a deep breath.
"My dear, solving this problem does not solve your problem emotionally but magically as well." Melinda says.
"What are you talking about?" Phoebe asks.
"Hold out your hands. I need to show you something." Melinda says. Phoebe holds out her hands and places them on Melinda's. They begin to glow as they are sucked into a premonition.
"Where are we?" Phoebe asks as she looks around.
"In your past. " Melinda says.
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Housewife Paige cleans the house and Henry enters the house. He is exhausted. He sees the way Paige is dressed.
"Hi, honey! How was your day?" Paige asks.
"It was fine?" Henry says surprised at what Paige is doing. "Honey? What's wrong?"
"Nothing's the matter. I'm fine." Paige says. "I'm just being me."
"This is not you. The Stepford, desperate housewife look-a-like? No." Henry says.
"Okey dokey. So I have an important question to ask you." she says.
"Ok, shoot." Henry says.
"Well, I need to know if it is casual or formal wear for the ball." Paige says.
"Formal." Henry answers. "So what's the important question?"
"That was it, silly!" Paige says.
"Ok, are you sure you are alright?" Henry asks.
"Yeah. Couldn't be better." Paige says.
"Ok. The ball is at 8 so you want me to pick you up?" Henry says.
"No. I'll be there." she says. Henry kisses her and walks into their bedroom. Paige stares at herself in the mirror. She fixes her hair and brushes lint off of her apron and giggles. She walks into the bedroom.
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"Aren't you afraid of changing the future?" Phoebe asks.
"We can't alter the events you're about to see, that's why I used premonitions to get here." Melinda says.
"Ok. So what are we doing here?" Phoebe asks as she sees a packed restaurant.
They are in the past watching Phoebe and Jason celebrate Jason buying his grandfather's winery.
"You talk as if you have inside information." Past Jason says.
"Well, maybe I do." Past Phoebe says. They share a moment as he stares into her eyes.
"You are special, Phoebe." Past Jason says.
Past Phoebe reaches out and touches Past Jason on his cheek as she senses his emotions unintentionally.
"I love you, too." Past Phoebe says. As soon as the words leave her mouth, Past Phoebe realizes her mistake. Past Jason stares at her, the moment gone.
"I'm sorry?" Past Jason asks. Past Phoebe pulls back.
"Who said that?" Past Phoebe asks.
"Did you say, 'too'?" Past Jason asks Past Phoebe.
"No. I just said 'you' twice. I said "I love you, you". Isn't that ... What I said? Oh, God. Ooh! " Past Phoebe says as she turns and clumsily knocks the glass of water on the table to its side. Past Jason covers his eyes with his hand.
Present Phoebe who is watching lowers her head in shame as she smiles. Melinda smiles with her.
"This is the last time you found love again, until Coop. This is the crazy things his love for you makes you do and you love everything about it and you can't get enough of it." Melinda says.
"Yeah. If it was that easy to admit." Phoebe says.
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Whitelighter Paige orbs the girls to the attic in time. Billie sits on the couch and Liz is on the ground. Paige heals her. As soon as her wounds close, Liz becomes conscious.
"Oww!" she screams.
"You're ok." Paige reassures her.
"How are you feeling?" Billie asks.
"I'm ok." Liz says, looking at her shoulder. She looks up at Billie. "Is that compassion I'm sensing from you?"
"I was just worried, ok?" Billie says. She stands up and walks towards the Book but she sees Phoebe's body on the ground.
"Oh, my God, Phoebe!" she screams. Paige and Liz rush to her. "Phoebe?" Paige says. Phoebe does not answer. Paige places her hands over her body and tries to heal her. It doesn't work. Piper walks into the attic.
"What the hell is the noise..." Piper says as she sees Phoebe lying on the ground. Piper runs to Phoebe's body as she tries to wake her up.
"Phoebe? Come on. Wake up!" Piper says trying to wake her up. "Oh..no...Not again. How can this happen?"
"I'm guessing its the mirror?" Liz says.
"Oh, no...it can't be." Billie says. "I mean it hit Paige too and she seems fine."
"Is she dead?" Piper asks.
"No. Not yet. She's unconscious." Paige says. Paige orbs her body from the ground to the couch. "I'm going to go to Magic School and to see what I can find." Paige orbs out.
"We have to find a way to reverse the magic on this thing." Piper says as she looks at the mirror. She looks at Phoebe. Phoebe lies on the couch peacefully and a flash occurs.
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Phoebe and Melinda land in another restaurant, in the day time.
Past Phoebe just signed an autograph for a fan.
"I'm taping my last show today." Past Phoebe says.
"It doesn't have to end. I own tv stations all around the world."
"Are you offering me the world, Jason Dean?" Past Phoebe says.
"Yes. All except Kazakhstan. I don't have stations there." Past Jason says. Past Phoebe laughs.
"Look, I appreciate you hop in your jet to see me and the roses, all ten dozen of them, and the shows and the dinners and the private concert by the San Francisco Symphony." Past Phoebe says.
"But?"
"No. No "buts". I like you. I like you a lot, and you don't have to try so hard." Past Phoebe says.
"I know." Past Jason says.
"You do?"
"You're a very easy girl to please, and I love that about you, but have you ever stopped to consider that maybe I enjoy doing these things for you?" Past Jason says.
"No. Actually, that never occurred to me." Past Phoebe says.
Jason glances behind him before leaning close to Past Phoebe to whisper confidentially to her. "I don't like to talk about it, but you're dating a minor media mogul here, so can I make a suggestion?"
"Sure." Past Phoebe says.
"Let go. Lose control a little bit. Trust me, and just enjoy the ride."
"You mean, let you drive?" Past Phoebe says, "I don't know. I'm not a very good back -" Past Jason leans forward and kisses Past Phoebe, stopping her words completely. After a moment, he pulls away.
" - seat driver." Past Phoebe murmurs silently.
"He offered you the world and you love the fact that he makes you feel like the queen of the world." Melinda says as she looks at Phoebe.
A flash leads to Past Phoebe and Coop talking in the bedroom. Melinda folds her hands and watches intently.
"I really should be out there helping them." Past Phoebe says.
"No, not until we talk."
"Look there are lives at stake here, and…"
"And so is love, ours." Past Coop says. "I let you kick me out of here yesterday. I'm not doing it again today. And you know why? Because I love you, Phoebe Halliwell." He put his hands on her shoulders. "With all of my heart, with every fiber my being, I love you. Now I've found love for thousands of people all over the world, but I have never found love for myself, not until now. Until you. And I-I-I know you feel the same way, because I can see it, I know what loves looks like. And I am not letting this get away from us, Phoebe. "
"Apparently not, Uncle Coop." Past Phoebe says with a smile.
"Yeah."
"Look. I don't know what you want me to do with this information. I mean, we haven't even been out on a date yet, and I don't know how to get past the whole forbidden love thing." Past Phoebe says.
Another flash happens and they end up in the living room, where Wyatt and Chris are explaining to Phoebe about Coop.
"The Elders sent Coop down to you, Phoebe, not just to help you find love, but to help you find him." Chris says.
"They were hoping you'd fall in love with a Cupid. It was the only way that they could make it up to you after everything you sacrificed." Wyatt says.
"And they weren't gonna put you through what mom and dad went through, so…" Chris says.
"It wasn't and it will not be a forbidden love." Wyatt says.
"He re-opened your heart to love. That information alone should help you out there, Phoebe." Melinda says.
"I know. But the future can change, can't it? I just don't know what to do, Melinda. It's just not enough to convince me of who my true love is." Phoebe says.
"Ok. You are a very stubborn woman and that is a trait of a Warren witch but only a Warren witch can penetrate that. One more vision?" Melinda asks.
"What is that going to do?" Phoebe asks.
"Hopefully, it will be enough to make you see what you need to see." Melinda. says, "One that will hopefully help you make up your mind."
"Sure. Why not?" Phoebe says. She holds Melinda's hand and another flash happens.
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There is a formal party going on in a big hall. People are chatting and they are dancing and mingling. Henry stands in a corner all by himself and a guy and his wife comes by.
"Mitchell, are you ok?" he asks.
"Yeah, I'm fine. I'm just-I'm just thinking about my wife right now." he says.
"Well, hopefully everything turns out alright for you." he says as he walks away. Henry watches him leave and he sighs.
Housewife Paige is dressed up in a beautiful dark crimson dress. She walks up through the crowd and appears behind Henry.
"Hi there, stranger, care to dance?" she says.
"I'm sorry...I-" he says as he turns around but he is speechless as he sees Paige. "Wow. you look amazing."
"So do you." Paige says. She sees that Henry looks sad. "You thought I wouldn't show?"
"Well, its been an hour already..." Henry says.
"So...how about that dance?" Paige asks.
"I'll be honored." Henry says as he walks to her and they begin to dance. As they dance, the camera pans out and focuses on the chandelier. A flash occurs.
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The flash leads to Phoebe and Melinda and they reappear in Virginia in 1670. They are at the All Hallows Eve fair.
"Care to know your future, milady?" A man asks her.
"Oh, no thanks, I'm pretty familiar with it already." Past Phoebe says.
"Are you certain? I can show you the first initial of your true love's name." the man says.
"Really? You can do that?" Past Phoebe asks.
"With a simple peel of the apple." the man says.
"Prove it." Cole says as he walks up to them
"And why would you be interested, sir?" Past Phoebe asks.
"And why wouldn't you be?" Cole says. They stay silent.
"Okay, how do I do it?" Past Phoebe asks.
"First..." the man says as he peels an apple, "you must fill your heart, only thoughts of love. Then close your eyes and blow on the peel. Past Phoebe does so. "Drop the peel into the water and watch."
The man drops the peel into a bucket of water.
"And how is it that apple knows this big secret?"
"It's simple, milady. Apples are the fruit of knowledge." Cole says
The apple forms a C shape.
"It is C. The name of your true love begins with a C." the man says.
"Cole." Phoebe mutters.
Present Phoebe looks at Melinda.
"What is this supposed to prove?" she asks.
"Who your true love is." Melinda says.
"Well, it's obviously wrong. That was about Cole." Phoebe says.
"No. The true love's name begins with a 'C'. Can you think of anyone else?" Melinda says. Phoebe looks at Melinda and smiles as she looks down and then back up at Melinda.
"He may not be able to offer you the world, Phoebe, but he brings you the simple thing love brings. The thrill that you seek." Melinda says.
Phoebe nods. They come out of the premonition. Phoebe sighs and looks at Melinda.
"Thanks for everything, Melinda." she says. "I don't know how I can repay you."
"You can help your sisters the same way I helped you. " Melinda says.
"Wait, how?"
"Help them embrace their problems in order to make them understand." Melinda says.
"What-?" Phoebe asks.
"Blessed be." Melinda says as she disappears. Phoebe is left speechless. Her soul begins to descend back into her body.
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Witch Paige enters the manor and walks into the kitchen.
"Piper?" she yells. She turns around and sees three demons standing before her.
"Looking for someone, witch?" Kledus asks.
"Piper?! Phoebe?" she yells.
Kledus hurls a fireball at Paige who dives out of the way and it hits a lamp behind her.
Piper and Billie and Liz hear a noise downstairs.
"Billie, stay here and look after Phoebe and the mirror." Piper says.
"Can I come?" Liz asks.
"No." Piper says as she runs downstairs.
"What the..." Piper says as she sees Paige dive into a corner and a fireball hits the wall.
"Hey!" Piper yells. The demons look at her on the stairs and they hurl the fireballs at her. She blasts the fireballs in mid-air and she runs downstairs. Paige stands up and a demon throws a fireball at her. She waves her hand and deflects it right back at him. He is hit and he explodes.
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Phoebe gains consciousness and gasps as she sits up. Billie turns around and sees that Phoebe's awake.
"Phoebe! You're alive!" Billie says as she hugs Phoebe tightly.
"If you want me to stay alive, you'll let me go." Phoebe strains.
"Oh, sorry." Billie says.
"Where's Piper?" Phoebe asks.
"She's downstairs battling demons." Liz says. Phoebe gets up and begins to walk out of the attic.
"Can we come?" Billie asks.
"No. You have to guard the mirror." Phoebe says as she runs out of the attic.
"You see what I have to go through?" Billie says.
Liz releases a small chuckle.
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Piper and Paige run from couch to couch.
"This is really starting to get old." Piper says.
"Yeah, tell me about it." Paige says.
"I thought you went to Magic School." Piper asks.
"I went to China Town to get the toad flax, remember?" Paige says.
"But I-" she doesn't finish her sentence when the couch is blown up. Paige stands up and waves her hand at the demon and sends him flying telekinetically into the wall. Kledus appears behind Paige and hits her with a fireball. Paige is thrown across the room and lies unconscious. He smiles and shimmers out of the manor.
"Paige!" Piper yells. She rushes to Paige and the demon who Paige threw across the room forms a fireball behind Piper. The demon begins to smoke, and he screams in pain. He explodes out of sight with Phoebe standing behind him holding a knife. She goes to Piper.
"What happened?" Phoebe asks.
"She got hit by a demon." Piper says as she tries to control her panic. Billie and Liz come down the stairs.
"What are we going to do? We can't let her die." Piper says.
"Upstairs. The mirror." Billie says. "We can try to reverse the situation where instead of separating the soul from body-"
"We can put the soul back in the body." Liz says.
"I like the way you think." Billie says.
"Same here." Liz says.
"You know, you should share your witch strategies with me sometime." Billie says. Liz just smiles.
"We have no time. We have to hurry." Phoebe says.
Moments later, they arrive in the attic with Piper and Phoebe carrying Paige. Billie and Liz run to the spot where the mirror is. The sisters put Paige on the couch.
"Ok. Where's the mirror?" Piper asks.
"It's gone." Billie says is a low tone.
"No, no, no...this cannot be happening." Phoebe says. Piper just starts to cry. Phoebe's eyes begin to swell up in tears.
"Paige! Paige..please stay with us. You can't leave us...not now..." Piper cries.
All of a sudden, white and blue orbs appear and Whitelighter Paige orbs in.
"You called for me?" she asks. Phoebe and Piper's eyes widen in surprise.
"Paige?" Piper says.
"How-how's that possible?" Phoebe says.
"What's going on?" she asks. She sees herself on the couch.
"Paige? What the-" Piper says.
"I went to go to Magic School for info on the mirror and you called me." Paige says.
"Wait. How many of you are there?" Phoebe asks.
"I don't know." Paige says.
"Wait. First, there was the Paige dressed like Bree Van de Kamp. Then there was this Paige who had only the power of telekinesis, and now whitelighter Paige. So just three?" Piper says.
"Ok. how is that possible." Phoebe asks.
"The mirror." Liz says. "It split Paige into three."
"But why?" Piper asks.
"Can we figure that out later? Right now, we need to save Paige." Phoebe says. "Can you heal...yourself?"
Whitelighter Paige nods and walks to Witch Paige's body. She places her hands above them and begins to heal the wound.
"Why is it taking so long?" Billie asks.
"She almost died." Whitelighter Paige says. The wound heals and Witch Paige gasps as she sits up.
"That was too close." Phoebe says as she hugs Paige.
"Yeah. Where's the demon?" Paige asks.
"Gone." Piper says.
"Now, before we go for the demon, we have something we have to do first. Where's the other Paige?" Phoebe asks.
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Housewife Paige walks into the apartment with Henry. Both looking very tired.
"You were amazing tonight, Paige." Henry says.
"Without you, I am nothing." she says.
"I don't know about that, but ok." Henry says. "I can't believe you could dance like that, and win the crowd the way you did."
"What can I say? I'm full of surprises." Paige says. "Speaking of surprises, I have one up my sleeve."
"Oh...really?" Henry says.
"Yeah...you go to the bedroom and I'll be there in a second." she says.
"I'll be waiting." Henry says as he goes into the bedroom. Paige smiles as Henry closes the door. The smile fades as white swirls surround her and she disappears from sight. She re-appears in the attic.
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Phoebe, Piper and both Paiges stand in a circle in the center and housewife Paige appears in the middle.
"What is the meaning of this?" she says angrily.
"Hi-ya, sis!" Piper says.
"What's going on? Why am I here?" she asks.
"We need to go after a demon, and apparently we need you three Paiges together in order to get the power of three back." Piper explains.
"I need to go back to Henry." Housewife Paige says. She begins to walk out. Piper thrusts her hands forth and freezes her.
"I thought good witches don't freeze." Billie questions.
"Yeah, but she's the human part of Paige. Non-magical." Piper explains.
"Now, how are we going to fix this without the mirror?" Liz asks.
"Well, I may have another plan up my sleeve." Phoebe says. Piper, Witch and Whitelighter Paige look at Phoebe.
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The demons celebrate the fact that they won the battle.
"I can't believe I killed a Charmed One." Kledus boasts.
"No other demon has accomplished that before." a demon says.
"Shax did." another demon says.
"Appearances can be deceiving." Sebastian says as he walks in. "Your victory appears to be short-lived."
"What are you talking about?" Kledus asks. "The Charmed power lies in the power of three. That no longer exists."
"While that is true, the sisters are going to find a way to bring back the third sister...whitelighters, spells, time traveling..." Sebastian says, "Clearly, these other options crossed your mind, right?"
"Damn it." Kledus says. "Gather the rest of the men. By the time we're done with the witches, there will be no more Charmed Ones!"
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The sisters, Phoebe, Piper, Housewife, Witch and Whitelighter Paige sit in a circle surrounded in a circle of candles.
"Ok. Billie and Liz, you guys are to protect us in case the demons attack?" Phoebe says.
"Yeah." Billie says.
"How is this going to work again?" Paige asks.
"It's kind of a vision quest...one that could help solve everything we're going through right now." Phoebe says. "Let us join hands and close your eyes."
Piper sighs and closes her eyes. All the Paiges close their eyes.
"Just clear your minds and let the problems that face you come to mind." Phoebe says. Piper gets sucked into a premonition. She sees herself trying to fight demons and at the same time trying to raise her boys. She picks up Wyatt with one hand and blast demons with the other. Phoebe's voice echoes.
"Embrace yourself and your life." Phoebe says.
Piper looks and sees Phoebe saying it. She closes her eyes as she begins to glow. Outside of the premonition, Piper begins to glow and rises to the ceiling.
"What is that?" Billie asks.
Demons shimmer into the attic.
"Well, well, well...so the Charmed Ones are still alive." Kledus says. "Not if I can help it."
"You'll have to go through us first." Billie says.
"This is going to be a piece of cake." Kledus says as he walks towards Billie and forming a fireball. The demons come towards Billie. Billie begins to throw the demons back and forth across the attic.
"Liz, use your shield to guard the sisters. I'll fight the demons." she says.
"Ok..." Liz says as the shield rises.
"Come on, Phoebe. Hurry up!" Billie says.
The three Paiges are sucked into a premonition. They see themselves scrambling to please Henry, fighting demons with their sisters and healing charges. They come out of the premonition as they begin to join into one. They begin to glow and hover in the air. Phoebe begins to hover in the air as well. The glowing stops and the sisters land on the ground. Three golden orbs hit the Charmed Ones in the chest.
"What was that?" Paige asks.
"Nice to see you back as one, sis." Piper says.
"Thanks." Paige smiles.
"Now, there are some demons we need to vanquish." Piper says as she looks at Liz and nods. Liz's shield disappears. Piper begins to thrust her hands forth and vanquishes three demons at once. She looks at her hands.
"How did you do that?" Paige asks.
"I don't know, but I like it." Piper answers.
Phoebe jumps to kick a demon in the face and she levitates into the air. Her surprise is met with a loud gasp. Taking advantage, she glides in the air and kicks the demon and sends him flying into the wall. She guides herself down to land on her feet.
"Since when can you fly?" Billie asks.
"That wasn't flying, that was me getting my levitation back." Phoebe says with a smile. She looks up and sees the demon she deterred running towards her. She blocks his strikes with her arms and in an attempt to strike him with her palm, emits a purple volt of electricity which incinerates the demon on the spot.
"What the hell is going on?" Phoebe asks.
Paige waves her hand at an athame lying on a table. It orbs and it stabs a demon. It explodes. She then waves her hands at two more demons and they are surrounded by orbs as they are flown into a wall. Kledus throws a fireball at Piper and she freezes the entire room, with an echo of her freezing power heard through the whole room. She froze everything and everyone in the room, including her sisters, Billie and Liz. She unfreezes Phoebe and Paige.
"Whoa..." Phoebe says as she sees everything frozen.
"What happened to our powers?" Paige asks.
"We can try to figure that out later. We just need to take care of them first." Phoebe says pointing to the demons.
"Ok. Let's do it. " Piper says. She thrusts her hands and she blows up all the demons behind Kledus.
"Any spells in mind?" Piper asks Phoebe.
"I think so...hold my hands." Phoebe says. Her sisters hold her hand.
"Being of evil, standing before thee
Shall now be extinguished by the Power of Three." Phoebe chants.
The room unfreezes as flames come from the floor and consume Kledus. He screams and yells and blows up. Phoebe sighs.
"So what the hell was all of that? I have never seen you guys do all of that before!" Billie says in excitement.
"I think we just had a major power boost. All three of us." Piper says.
"It's been a while since we have had our powers advance. Do you think we have more powers?" Phoebe asks.
"Why you ask that?"
"I gained my power of levitation back with the power of electricity? I feel like we might have a few more under our sleeve than we know of." Phoebe explains.
"What does that mean?" Liz asks.
"Meaning, there are more powers cooked up inside us that we have no idea what they are," Paige says.
"The new and improved Power of three..." Phoebe says as she nudges Paige. She smiles. Liz and Billie look at each other.
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Scenes of San Francisco can be seen. It is the nighttime and a soft gentle music is playing. P3 can be seen. Maroon 5 is playing in the club. "She will be loved." is playing. In the VIP lounge, Piper sits there with Leo, Henry and Billie.
"I can't believe you landed Maroon 5." Billie says.
"I didn't." Piper says. "Leo did."
"It was nothing. Just had to pull some strings." Leo says,
"Well, I'm proud of you." Piper says. "And I have a business proposition for you."
"Oh? What is it?" Leo asks.
"How would you feel if I hired you to become the manager of P3?" Piper offers, "Think of it as a second job away from the Magic School thing and you'll be paid for it too."
"I don't know what to say." Leo says with a surprised smile.
"Just say yes and that you're ok with it." Piper says.
"Yes." Leo accepts. "Thank you, honey."
They share a kiss.
"You are officially employed, my man." Henry says as he congratulates Leo. Liz comes to the section.
"Hey." Billie says.
"Hi..." Liz says, "Can I talk to you for a moment?"
"Yeah." Billie says. She walks to the side with Liz. "What's up?"
"Ok. Thank you for everything." Liz says.
"For what?"
"For what you've done for me in the last couple of days. I have to go to the East Coast for school. I was only here on an exchange student program." Liz says.
"Wow. You were starting to grow on me." Billie jokes.
"Yeah. But my brother is coming back into town and the witch strategies can come in handy for you." Liz says.
"Your brother...who's your brother?" Billie asks.
An African American, built with a perfect smile, about 23 years old stands next to Liz.
"Jerry, Billie. Billie, Jerry. Jerry's a witch too." Liz says.
"Nice to meet you, Billie." Jerry says. Billie stands there, speechless and spellbound by the guy's looks.
"Uh-huh."
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Phoebe paces back and forth in her loft. Coop flashes in.
"Yeah, you said you wanted to talk?" Coop asks.
"Yeah..." Phoebe says as she takes a deep breath, "Here it goes. I'm sorry for everything I have put you through in the last couple of weeks and-"
"Phoebe, I have something to say too." Coop says.
"Please let me finish..." Phoebe says. "I love you, Coop...and I now know that I need you in my life because without your love, I am empty."
"Does this mean that you choose me over Jason?" Coop asks.
"Yeah." Phoebe says softly with a smile.
"Phoebe, I am flattered and all but I have something to say. I know that I was sent here just for you but-"
"But what?" Phoebe asks.
"But I need some time by myself. I look at Piper and Leo and I see that they know almost everything about each other...so does Paige and Henry. I want to get to know you first, without being in a relationship. Just starting with our friendship first." Coop says. "I hope you understand this and honor this wish."
Phoebe looks up and smiles halfheartedly.
"Um. Sure. Yeah. I think it's a good idea." Phoebe says. Coop kisses her on the forehead and steps back.
"I'll see you later?" Coop says.
"Yeah." Phoebe says. Coop flashes out of the loft. Phoebe stands there with her head lowered. She folds her arms and looks to the ceiling as she sighs heavily.
FADE TO BLACK.
END OF EPISODE.
