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Desperate Housewitches - Chapter Ten:

1.10: Blackmail and Suspicions

Chapter Synopsis:

Paige and Billie think that one of the Wyatt's killed Penny Johnson and Piper faces blackmail. Coop warns Phoebe that Cole is using some type of love potion on her which leads Phoebe to question Cole's judgement. Meanwhile Dresden continues to worm his way into Piper's situation so she'll fight more with Leo.

Also, Billie begins to develop an addiction with spell-casting.

Story By: Brando

Written By: Brando

The first thing Paige Matthews did on her mornings was pour a cup of coffee and walk out to get the paper. It had been nearly 2 months since my mother, Penny, passed away. Now, as the sun rose over Prescott Lane, Paige Matthews decided to use the same spell over and over each morning. The same spell that had shown her who had murdered Penny. And to her knowledge, she believed Piper or Leo had murdered their neighbor.

"I still don't understand." Paige said.

Billie walked in from the other room, having heard Paige from the kitchen. She was holding the spellbook in her hands and waved her hand at a pillow on the couch. The pillow soared into the air and landed on the recliner across the room. She plopped down on the couch and began flipping through the spell book.

"It feels so good to be able to use magic so openly." Billie said.

"Well don't get used to it just yet. Remember what I told you about using too much magic. It can't be a good sign." Paige said. "I'm going to test my theory."

"What theory?" Billie asked.

"The one about Piper and Leo being murderers." Paige said.

"Yeah, remind me never to say no to babysitting Piper's kids from now on. I'm not ready to die just yet." Billie joked.

"Billie, I'm serious." Paige said.

"Okay, so what are you going to do to test it?" Billie asked.

"I'm going to send a letter." Paige said.

"Isn't that blackmail?" Billie once again asked another question.

"Precisely." Paige replied.

[xxx

Piper hadn't heard from Leo for another twenty-four hours. This had come as no surprise to her since it had been her pleasure to befriend Dresden. For some reason, Piper had found herself beginning to relate so much to Dresden. Of course it is no lie that Piper was facing a magical problem when Dresden was clearly using magic to lie. Had Piper Wyatt known he was really a demon in disguise, she would have flicked her fingers and blown him to pieces. Dresden had a plan for Piper though...

"Good morning, Dresden. How are you?" Piper asked as she greeted him at the door.

"Morning, Piper. I brought over all the information I could find." Dresden said.

"Oh, thank you so much." Piper said. "I can't believe you barely know me and you're giving me all this information."

The day before, Dresden had offered to give Piper some information on starting a business in the San-Francisco Area. She had told him all about her desired profession to own her own business and was glad to take him up on his offer. She took the packet of papers and set them down on the table.

"I just wanted you to know how much I understand about your desire. It's not easy to move on when somebody leaves you." Dresden said.

"Oh, well Leo hasn't necessarily left yet." Piper said.

"Yes, but he hasn't been around lately. You've said it yourself. What does he do for a living?" Dresden asked. He pretended as though he had no clue what was going on but knew all too well that Leo was a whitelighter.

"Oh... well he..." Piper tried to speak. She quickly came up with a lie. "He just got promoted at one of the executive offices in San Francisco. His job requires a lot of travel." She knew it probably hadn't worked but she'd already said it and there was no turning back.

"Oh, okay. Well I'm going to go now. You just take a look over that paperwork and I'll help you with anything you decide on." Dresden said, heading back to the door.

"Thank you so much, Dresden." Piper said. She followed him out of the door and headed to the mailbox to collect the days post.

[xxx

Coop was dressed in black attire and his hair was spiked. He had decided to go to Phoebe's extremely early in the morning before Cole could show up but had noticed that Cole had stayed the night. Phoebe walked outside to retrieve her mail when Coop jogged across the street.

"Phoebe!" Coop shouted.

"Oh hello, Coop." Phoebe said.

"Phoebe, it's important. I need to talk to you." he said.

"What is it? What's wrong?" she asked.

"Cole is slipping some sort of love drug into your drink." Coop said. He decided to be blunt about it.

"Wow, that certainly is a wierd way to start out good afternoon." Phoebe chuckled as she grabbed her mail and started back across her lawn.

"Phoebe, don't go back inside that house. Cole is manipulating you just like you used to describe." Coop said.

Phoebe turned around as Cole walked to the front door. He stood in the entrance with a cup of orange juice.

"Phoebe, breakfast is ready." he shouted to her.

"Oh, thanks, honey. I'll be right there." Phoebe said. She walked up to Coop. "Look, I don't know what kind of crap your pulling but stay away from me and my husband. Cole is a good man." Phoebe said.

Phoebe turned and pranced back to her front door as she slid past Cole and walked inside. Cole turned and walked inside just before he glanced back at Coop. He smiled wickedly and waved his hand as the door closed and slammed shut.

[xxx

Billie stood up with the book in her hands. She slowly chanted out loud:

"Let thy powers start to rise

if in my path, meet your demise

multiplied my essence be

give me strength, set me free."

Billie's hands glowed and she turned to the couch. She thought about moving not just the pillows but the entire couch itself. She waved her hand and sent the couch, two throw pillows, the coffee table, and a lamp flying into the air where they collided with the ceiling and fell the floor. Paige heard the crash and came running into the room.

"What are you doing?" Paige asked.

"I've got it. Sorry." Billie shouted throwing her hand up in protest. Instantly Paige shot into the air and landed with a thud against the kitchen tile. "Oh my god, I didn't mean to do that."

"What type of spell did you cast?" Paige asked. "I heard chanting from upstairs."

"I power strenghtening spell. I didn't think it would work." Billie said softly.

"Well if you haven't noticed, the spells I've been casting are working. Give me that book." Paige said angrily. She started back into the living room to take the book from Billie.

"No, I've got it. Let me just clean this mess up." Billie said. She flipped through the pages and chanted again:

"Let the object of objection become but a dream,

as I cause the scene to become unseen."

The house instantly went back to its original look and Paige sighed. Billie smiled and closed the book.

"Give it to me." Paige said.

Billie reluctantly handed it over and Paige took it upstairs. Possibly to hide it so that Billie wouldn't start to get out of control.

[xxx

As Piper Wyatt opened her mailbox, she couldn't have been prepared for the letter she was about to recieve. Apparently, confusion was going to engulf her mind before she could analyze what it meant. One of her neighbors had sent her a letter.

Piper grabbed the stack of mail and began shuffling through it. She came across a small envelope labeled Wyatts and opened it, thinking it rather odd to have a one-word-address. She opened it and read:

Your secret is out

I know the truth

Watch your back

the truth might just slip...

Piper was of course confused after reading the letter. She looked up from the letter and stared down both sides of the street. Little did she know that Paige was watching from her own house in her upstairs window. Piper began to shake as she headed back up the steps. Someone knew she was a witch, she had a horrible feeling this was going to happen.

Little did Piper Wyatt know that Paige had no idea about Piper's witch characteristics. One of the Wyatts was being targeted as a murderer... although they had not committed a crime. There comes a time in someone's life when they are targeted as the criminal. Those who believe they are innocent will do anything to antagonize the guilty.

[xxx

When the day is over, one must realize that they never had a perfect life to begin with...

Phoebe sat at the dinner table with Cole who passed her a glass of wine. He had slipped the love potion in one more time and Phoebe looked at it. She wanted to trust Cole and take a sip. Actually, her mind was telling her that she should. However, her heart was beginning to develop a strange feeling. It was a feeling that she couldn't describe easily. She picked up the glass of wine and pretended to take a sip, smiling. She had a feeling Coop had been right, and it was time to test that theory.

[xxx

... one might realize that they just can't get enough of something so... magical...

Billie slipped on her blue fuzzy slippers and walked down the hall to Paige's room. Paige was downstairs locking up for the night and keeping another watch on the Wyatt's home. She could understand why Paige didn't trust them, if Piper or Leo had indeed killed Penny. However she had trouble believing it had been them. She was beginning to think that a demon might have killed Penny afterall.

She walked into Paige's room and looked around. She waved her hand and sent drawers opening left and right. She leaned down and looked under the bed. There she found the spellbook sitting in the dark. She pulled it out, wrapped it in her arms and waved her hands to close the open drawers. As she heard Paige heading upstairs for bed, she quickly ran back to her room and shut the door. It was time to cast a few more spells... she was ready to have some fun.

[xxx

... one must pull it together when they fear they have lost everything...

Leo orbed into the bedroom that night and Piper was sitting up. She was waiting for him at whatever cost and it was a good thing he had shown up early.

"I sensed something was wrong. Why are you still awake?" Leo asked.

"Someone knows, Leo." Piper said.

"What?" Leo asked.

"Somebody knows about my powers. They're blackmailing me." Piper said as she showed Leo the note.

"Do you know who it might be?" Leo asked.

"No, but I was hoping you and I might be able to talk." Piper said.

"I don't have much time. I was in the middle of training." Leo said.

"Training? For what?" Piper asked, annoyed.

"I'm becoming an Elder." Leo said, noticing that Piper was confused. He continued on, "It's the same position as my bosses. I don't have much time until I have to go." Leo said.

"Look, I don't want to talk about that right now. You said you were working on a plan to get around it and I'll accept that. Right now I just need your advice." Piper said.

"I'm sorry, but I don't know how to help in this situation. If anything, try using magic to help you." Leo said.

"Leo..." Piper started to say but it was only a matter of time before he interrupted.

"Piper, I'm being called away... I can't stay." Leo said as he suddenly orbed out.

Piper rolled her eyes, slipped out of bed and got dressed.

[xxx

... one may even begin to wonder if their plan is working. For in the end, there is only a greater chance that they will be outed as the real criminal.

Dresden looked at the signed paperwork that Piper had filled out. She had decided to take on an interview with the old club owner in chances of making an offer. He had only hoped that his acts would make Piper and Leo begin to fight more. He also needed to get back at Billie, for she had done something he could no longer tolerate. When Billie had fought off the powerful fire-throwing demon, she had eventually vanquished Dresden's brother. He knew he was going to get back at her and cause chaos for all of the neighbors. Until then... his first mission was to stop Piper and Leo Wyatt from savoring their happy marriage. In the end... Piper Wyatt would be weak, perhaps weak enough to kill.

There was a knock on the door and he ran to open it.

"Piper. What are you doing here?" Dresden asked.

"The boys are sleeping and I was wondering if you'd like to come over for a cup of tea. Perhaps have a late night talk?" Piper asked.

Dresden smiled, one of his plans was working.

TO BE CONTINUED

END OF CHAPTER TEN

Author's Note: Thanks for reading guys... stay tuned for new chapters as we get closer to the finale...