Episode Synopsis: When The Oracle brings her old misstress back to life she kidnaps Piper, Now it's up to Paige to save her. Cole discover Piper's pregnant but are they to late to save her and the baby?
1x09 This Is Your Strife
"Piper are you alright?" Leo asked his wife from outside the bathroom door. "I'm fine it was probably the prawns I ate" Piper replied before she was sick again, then the manors phone started ringing. "I'll get it" Leo said as he moved from the bathroom door and ran downstairs to get the cordless. "Hello" He said as he answered, "Sorry Maddie, Piper can't make she's had some bad prawns" Leo replied, "Yeah I'll tell her that you've booked her and done the inventory" Leo said, "Ok bye" he replied and then put the phone down as Piper slowly walked into the kitchen. "Hay honey, why don't you sit down and rest" Leo said as he pulled a chair out for his wife. "God I feel wiped" Piper said as she slowly sat down at the dinning table, "Well Maddie just called to say she'd booked Pink for P3" Leo told his wife as he sat down beside her,
"That's great, another load off for me" Piper replied before she checked the time on her watch, "Ok I've got an hour before Paige swings by in her lunch brake" Piper said as she stood back up.
"Honey where do you think you're going?" Leo asked as he stood bloke the way out for his wife, "Leo I need to go and check up on The Oracle in the book ok" Piper said as she stood up, still being blocked by her husband, "Piper I'm sure this can wait ok" Leo said as Piper suddenly flicked her wrist and froze him, "I'm sure it can't" She replied as she moved out from the table and headed up to the attic.
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As The Oracle slowly flicked through the pages of an old spell book the look of concentration showed she was planning her next move on the sisters, "Perfect" She said to herself as she put her finger on the page in the book. "Alamas petra umas terra, exus mallus terra nore. Kela ex vala mallum intra kane." Oracle chanted as she sprinkled herbs over the cavern floor. Slowly grey wisps of smoke began to rise and brought forth black sludge. After time the sludge joined with the smoke and turned into a beautiful woman. "Terra at last you've been returned to your former glory" Oracle said as she bowed in front of the demon. "Oracle, it's good to see you survived, who do you do the biding for now?" Terra asked as she and The Oracle moved to a shrine in the centre of the cavern, "After your murder The Source took me into his command" Oracle replied to Terra, provoking a look of disgust on her face, "That bastard thinks he can have me killed and the steal the most loyal demon to ever serve me" Terra said in rage, "Where is he now?" She asked as she turned to face The Oracle. "The temporal witch and her sister have injured him in battle" Oracle replied to her former mistress,
"Ah so the stories of the temporal magic are true" Terra said as she flipped through the spell book The Oracle had found the spell in, "How powerful is she exactly?" She asked as she put the book down with on the page she wanted. "She wields time itself making her stronger than any witch, not to mention she's also one third of the power of three" Oracle informed Terra,
"Such power, if I'm to take my revenge on The Source I'll need her magic essence" Terra informed The Oracle and then flamed out in purple fire.
Opening Credits
The Song Get this party started sung by Pink is played as we pan across the city, we follow cars through the highway and eventualy meet up with Paige's VW Bug.
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As Paige drove across town she couldn't help but look back on everything that had changed through in her life recently, and how now even though she was different from everybody else she finally had a family she could share her ups and downs with, suddenly Paige was snapped out of her trance by her cell phone ringing in her purse. "Hold on, hold on" She shouted as she kept her eyes on the road and fiddled through her new gold purse and pulled out her cell phone. "Hello Paige Matthews speaking" Paige answered,
"Paige hay, you where supposed to be here ten minutes ago" Piper said from the other end as she mixed a potion, "I know, traffic in this city is such a mess. Give me another five minutes tops" Paige replied to her sister. "Ok then, but don't be any later or I'll have to blow your ass up" Piper said before she hung up.
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Paige finally got through the city and pulled her VW Bug up outside of the manor, she grabbed her jacket and bag and looked the doors and headed up the steps to the front door. "It's open!" She heard Piper shout from somewhere within, "Hay. God you look wiped" Paige said as she saw how pale her sister was. "Yeah, we went out to dinner last night and I've been ill since. Probably the prawns" Piper said as she turned and Paige's eyes widened as she remembered the vision she'd had when she copied The Oracle's power. If it proved to be right then Piper could be pregnant. "Um Piper have you felt like this at all lately?" Paige asked as she followed Piper to the attic,
"Yeah, but it is autumn Paige. There's a lot of sickness about" Piper replied as she headed over towards the potions she'd been working on. "Ok then I've been mixing some defensive potions for you if you're alone and The Oracle, or The Source attacks" Piper told Paige as she handed her a couple of the vials, just then Leo orbed into the attic, "Talking to me yet?" Piper asked as Leo shot her a quick glance, "Ok one of you care to fill me in?" Paige asked the pair, confused as to what was going on between them, "Leo's annoyed because I froze him this morning to get up to the attic" Piper told Paige who looked slightly shocked, "Paige, maybe you could tell Piper that because she's ill she should try to cut back on all the demon hunting. Until she gets better" Leo said as Piper glared at him and added herbs to her current potion. "And maybe you could tell Leo that it's my destiny to do this or people die" Piper replied as the potion let out a little poof. "Ok you two back to your corners. Now both of you should take into account that you're both right" Paige said in response. "Leo we do what we do to save the innocent correct" Paige said, "Yeah you're right" Leo replied
"And Piper Leo's right, you need to take into account you're ill and may need to cut back on fighting and rest" Paige said a little surprised at how she'd handled the situation. Then in purple fire Terra appeared in the attic. "The temporal witch I assume" She said as she looked over to Piper, "Ok you now who I am, care to share who you are" Piper said as she grabbed a potion and held it behind her back ready to attack, "Sorry how rude, I'm Terra should be queen of the underworld" Terra replied before Piper chucked the potion at her. Quickly Terra reacted, she neutralised the potion with a thunder bolt, knocked Piper down with a fireball and telekinetically chucked Leo and Paige into the wall, all without blinking. "Childs play" She said as she towered over Piper,
"Looks like I'll have my throne by dusk" She said as she grabbed Piper and flamed back to The Oracle cavern.
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"Paige, Leo!" Cole shouted as he saw the pair slumped against the wall, "Oh my head" Leo said as he rubbed his temples,
"I think you should heal Paige" Cole said showing Leo her side was bleeding from some discarded wood that she been chucked into in the attack. "Where's Piper?" Leo asked not seeing her in the attic, "Was she with you guys" Cole said as Paige slowly opened her eyes, "Ok I'm feed up of being knocked on my ass" Paige said as she slowly realised the look of fear on Leo's face, "Where's Piper?" She asked realizing she was no longer there. "I don't know she must've taken her" Leo replied.
"Who was it?" Cole asked hoping he'd know the demon that'd attacked and they'd be able to get Piper back. "She said her name was Terra I think" Paige informed Cole.
"Terra, as in the queen" Cole said as Leo looked as if he recognized the name. "As in The Queen who ruled in the coupe against The Source?" Leo asked Cole,
"Could be. You better ask The Elders if there's been any major power shifts" Cole said as Leo nodded in approval and orbed out, "Ok then we better make a tracking potion" Cole told Paige,
"I don't know how" Paige replied as she grabbed the book,
"Well no time to learn than the present. You get started and I'll see if Piper's got some extra herbs at P3" Cole said before he shimmered out of the room.
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Piper was slowly coming too within the dark and damp cavern Terra had taken her to, slowly she started to recognize voices. "You brought her here. What if someone senses her, we could be killed" Oracle said as she paced back and forth in panic. "Calm down, I've coated the cavern. Nobody good or evil can find us" Terra replied as she turned to see Piper slowly sit up in the chains that she was locked in on the caverns wall, "I'm guessing you don't have many hospitality awards" Piper said sarcastically, "And I could've guessed this would've involved you" She said as she looked over at The Oracle. "Well of course it would, I wouldn't leave out may loyal Oracle" Terra said as Piper looked at her in slight confusion,
"Haven't you heard? She know works beside The Source" Piper said as she wriggled in her tight chains, "Oh little witch, how stupid you are." Terra said as she towered over Piper yet again,
"Oracle's been working to bring me back the moment I was vanquished. Trying to get your power, even trying to use your sister Phoebe's soul" Terra said with a wicked grin on her face knowing she'd hit a nerve within Piper, "Don't even mention her name bitch!" Piper shouted as Terra zapped her with electricity again, knocking her out cold.
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Cole quickly looked through boxes in Piper's office, looking for any herbs he had stored in case of emergences. "Cole" Maddie said in shock as she opened the office door, "What are you doing here?" Maddie asked as she and Cole went towards the bar, "Um I was looking for Piper's address book" Cole lied trying to think of something to say, "Well I haven't seen it. Does Piper want me to let her know if I find it?" Maddie said as she suddenly grabbed her shoulder blade, "Are you ok?" Cole asked as Maddie slowly sat down on the bar stool, "Yeah, childhood injury" Maddie said as she smiled, so much Cole could see her wisdom teeth. Then suddenly he remembered when he was attacked by The Source and the mysterious witch had saved him was hit with the attack in the shoulder blade, could it be Maddie? "Any way if you're finished, I really need to finish up the inventory" Maddie said, breaking Cole's train of thought, "Um yeah sure" He said before he headed out of sight and shimmered back to the manor.
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Back at the manor Leo was still consulting with The Elders to find out where Piper had been taken with Terra, leaving Paige alone to make the tracking potion. "Ok then I think if I add this herb first it should work" Paige said as she hovered a handful of powdered toadstool over the pot, then Cole shimmered in causing Paige to drop in the ingredient anyway. "Great, I hope that was right" Paige said to Cole as he placed the herbs he'd found. "You look a little on edge" Cole said as he pulled up a chair and sat opposite Paige. "Well I'm glad you can tell" Paige snapped back whilst she added more herbs and stirred the potion. "Try to relax. This stuff happens all the time in magic, Piper will be fine" Cole replied, although Paige's edginess seemed to remain,"It's not Piper I'm fully worried about" She replied through gritted teeth, "Well then who else?" Cole asked getting slightly confused, "Do you really want to know" Paige said as she stopped stirring and locked Cole's gaze, "Piper's pregnant" She said as Cole's eyes widened with shock and surprise, "What how do you know?" Cole asked, wondering why Piper or Leo wouldn't have mentioned it. "When I copied The Oracles powers I had a vision of Glenn possessed killing Piper." Paige told Cole, "He said she wouldn't die alone her daughter would die with her" Paige said as she put the potion into a vial. "Ok then, we better save her soon because she's now not the only one in danger" Cole said as he helped Paige.
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As Piper opened her eyes she had know idea how long she'd been out cold, The Oracle was facing with her back towards her, and she couldn't see if Terra was still in the cavern, slowly she tried to move forward but was stopped by the chains round her wrists, "Good to see you up again Piper" Oracle said as she turned and stood with a wicked grin. "Where's your master?" Piper said as she looked up at The Oracle, "She's not my master. Unlike The Source Terra treats me as an equal" Oracle replied as she placed a potion vial down in her shrine. "That's not how it looked to me" Piper said provoking a response from The Oracle, "As if I'd care how it looked through the eyes of a witch" She replied as she turned back to Piper.
"Well she looked like the organ grinder." Piper said, "And you were her monkey", this statement caused a sudden fury from The Oracle as she blasted Piper with an energy ball, but Piper was ready and deflected it with her chains that snapped open and releasing Piper. "You idiot" Terra said as she knocked Piper unconscious again, this time blasting her in the stomach. "Can't you see she was tricking you" Terra said as she grabbed the vial The Oracle and put down and put it in her purple robe, "Now quickly we must drain her powers" Terra said as stood ready for the power stripping.
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Cole and Paige were ready to go to the underworld in search of Piper after Leo had told them that The Elders believed Terra had been revived. "You sure you're ready for this" Cole said as he grabbed the tracking potion of the counter, "Yeah Cole, if Terra's as strong as The Elders say than we need to save both Piper and my niece" Paige said as Cole then chucked the potion and they disappeared in a cloud of smoke.
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As the duo entered The Oracles cavern they saw Terra ready to extracted Piper's powers. "Piper!" Paige shouted as she saw a badly beaten and bleeding Piper. "Goody you're here for the main event" Terra said as she gave her wicked grin, "Oracle confine them" She told Oracle who moved to attack, "Back off bitch" Paige said as she activated her powers, although this time on Piper. "Missed me Paige" The Oracle said obnoxiously as the orbs returned to Paige's body, "I wasn't aiming for you" Paige replied as she blasted The Oracle straight in the chest. "Cole now" Paige said as Cole summoned up a massive energy ball. "Terra save me!" The Oracle shouted before the attack hit her and she was engulfed in flames,"Why?" She questioned as she looked at Terra, "Because, everyone falls for there betrayal Oracle" Terra said before she flamed out of the cavern, leaving The Oracle to die. "No!" She shouted before she exploded into golden ash, "Glad she's gone" Paige said as she and Cole rushed over to Piper, "Yeah although Terra's still around" Cole said as the pair knelt beside Piper. Paige blasted the chains and they exploded into ash, "Ok we need to get her to Leo" Paige said as she grabbed Piper's hand and they shimmered out.
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As Pink played just like a pill at P3 Paige, Leo, Piper and Cole had gone there for a night out. "Thanks to Paige for saving my life" Piper toasted as the group raised there glasses, "Me blushing doesn't make my lipstick match now" Paige said with a smile.
"Thank you P3, my last song tonight's going to be Get this party started" Pink said as everyone cheered and got onto the dance floor, "Leo come on" Piper said as she grabbed her husbands hand and pulled him onto the floor to dance, "Did you tell her?" Cole asked as he sipped his beer, "No, I want her to feel the joy every mother feels when they discover they're pregnant" Paige replied as she looked over at Leo and Piper dancing."Besides I think a part of my already know" She said.
Starring: Holly Marie Combs as Piper, Rose McGowan as Paige, Brain Krause as Leo, Julian McMahon as Cole and Alyson Mack as Maddie. Guest Starring: Krista Allen as The Oracle and Eva Longaria as Terra. WIth Special Musical Guest: Pink.
Teaser Trailer: When Paige recites the truth spell all sorts of chaos is unleased and an old face returns to Presscot Street.
A/N: Hay guys just a little note to say i'll be releasing new Temporal Withc episodes on a Wednesday instead, because it gives me more time :).