Parker watched as Peyton slowly turned the potion, the smell nearly burning her nose as she tried not to sneeze. Peyton peered into the brew before taking everyone's prized possession. Mason, PJ, and the parents all had their wedding rings to throw in respectfully. Parker placed her necklace as her prized possession as Peyton threw in her helix earring. She was expecting it to poof the second everyone threw in their jewelry but nothing happened at first before the potion weaved up and down as if it was breathing on its own.
The formula kept doing the breathing motion as it sank lower and lower until it practically seeped into their belongings. Parker made a face, not liking how the sludge of a potion absorbed itself into her necklace. It looked as if everyone else had the same idea but the trance was broken when PJ was the first to quickly take her wedding ring out from the bowl to quickly put it on. All eyes looked to her as she slowly breathed in as if she could feel the power of the protection potion course through her.
Slowly one by one, everyone took their jewelry out and placed it back on themselves. When Parker placed her necklace back on, she felt it pulse around her before it slowly dwindled and died away. It gave her a slight comfort to know that the potion gave her a slight indication in showing that she was protected.
"So what now?" Peyton asked.
"Now we find a way to get out of here" Mason said, "We know he used some sort of potion to get us in here so maybe there's a counter one out around here"
Parker looked incredulously at Mason as she said, "Do you know how extremely rare that is? I completely forgot that there was an alternate reality potion let alone one that was as powerful as the one he created"
"Which means he must've been trying to craft it for years" Phoebe sighed as she ran a hand through her hair, "He's been having this on his mind for a while now"
"All he needed was a chance to get us away from our annoyingly close family members" Peyton mumbled, "Mission accomplished"
"Can you reverse it with a spell or something?" Mason asked, "You are a member of the Charmed Ones"
"Yes, but in order for us to get out of here I would need all three of us" Phoebe told him.
Coop looked up, "So why don't we try to send a message?"
Parker never really thought about that, this is the first time she's ever been in an alternate reality so she didn't think if reaching out to anyone would work. Judging by the feelings of everyone else in the room, it didn't feel as if everyone was in her father's favor.
That was until Parker had an idea of who might be able to listen to their plea.
"Wyatt!" Parker shouted.
"Geez, Parker"
"What the hell?"
"Wyatt can hear us" Parker ignored her sisters, "If anyone who would be able to hear us it would be him, he's twice-blessed"
"So is he" Phoebe said.
"Exactly what I said" Parker let out.
"No, I'm not talking about Wyatt" Phoebe struggled to let it out but she did it anyways, "Demetri and Wyatt were conceived around the same time"
"Ew!"
"Crap"
"Any other secrets you're hiding?"
Parker rubbed her lips together at PJ's monotone challenge, knowing yesterday was only just an emotional outburst but this was something else entirely. She was the one who was physically hurt from Demetri and it would've better prepared them if they knew he was twice-blessed in the very beginning. Parker took a hold of her necklace as she suddenly felt as if the protection potion wouldn't work as much as it should have. She didn't blame her, it honestly felt as if their mom had one secret after another. She tried to give her mother the benefit of the doubt but this was getting ridiculous.
Parker walked back slightly as their dad tried to lecture PJ in the most polite way possible, but giving how she was recently attacked, Mason stepped in for her defence. She leaned back on the counter as she couldn't possibly imagine how powerful Demetri was. For all she knew, he could be just as powerful as Wyatt, maybe even more since he's evil. Parker straightened up as she folded her arms over her chest.
"So you're saying that this reality wasn't created by a potion" Parker spoke up, "He has the ability to warp reality"
Coop hesitated before he nodded, "That's what we believe"
"Which makes more sense as to how you want to vanquish him" Peyton sidenodded.
"I'm in for that vote" PJ answered, "I don't want him getting to either you or Parker the way he did to me"
Parker looked to PJ as Mason went behind her and held her close. She knew the sisters loved each other but hearing PJ's intention of not wanting her younger sisters to get hurt gave Parker a wave of comfort. It made her beating hurt even more knowing that she was the sister to take the fall for them.
"Paige was working on a potion to defeat Cole when he was basically invincible" Phoebe mentioned, "I believe I remember what the ingredients are, giving time… and possibly getting closer to the book"
"What?!"
"No!"
"It's too risky!"
"That's what he wants"
"Phoebe" Coop turned to his wife, "I'm not going to let you do that… we can travel back in time to get to the Book while Paige is working on the potion, we'll do it that way"
"But our girls will be defenseless without us" Phoebe said.
"They'll be dead if we sit in the present and try to remember the ingredients" Coop told her.
She turned and looked to all of them before she said, "I'll be back as soon as I can"
When Phoebe's eyes laid on Parker, she gave a small nod before Phoebe held onto Coop and they beamed away. Seeing her parents go back in time made Parker let out a shuddering breath, fear now settling into her. She could tell that Peyton wasn't trying to notice her emotions as she busied herself with gathering up the materials but she felt it in the room. Everyone was now scared of being alone without their parents.
