Disclaimer: I do not, in anyway own the wonderful world of Harry Potter, or Charmed
Disclaimer: I do not, in anyway own the wonderful world of Harry Potter, or Charmed. I am just dabbling in the world they left for us.
by the way all of the (hpgwhpgw) things you see, signify a scene change
A/N: This is a note to all readers...i just posted this chapter...but due to an error I had to replace it; I had found it did not upload a small portion of what I had written, so I have replaced the original chapter 28 with this one. Instead of Reading it again, I would suggest scrolling all the way down to the bottom and reading the bit with Harry again. It will make clear as to what i was hoping to do with this chapter. I apologise...enjoy the chapter 28 revamp. Even if it is only a portion...
Chapter 28
Memory…
Piper; who was carrying an eight month old Harry, Phoebe, and Paige orbed into the manor in a flurry of blue lights. "We don't have much time. They're gonna follow us" Paige exclaimed.
"How are we supposed to stop them?" Phoebe asked.
Piper huffed and said "Well, we have to think of something. We can't just let them take Harry".
Just then the air in the foyer started to waiver as something started to come into the house. At seeing this Paige stepped forward and said "Uh…incoming".
Two extremely pristine-looking Men dressed completely in white appeared. "It's pointless to run" one of the men said.
"You can't have him" Piper exclaimed. She waved her hands, sending a blast at the man right in front of her. However the man raised his hand and easily caught the blast in his fist leaving the sisters staring at him in shock.
The man who caught the blast just smirked and said "You're only delaying the inevitable, I'm afraid. Now if you don't mind, we have a lot of 'cleaning' to do". The first man in white waved his hand and Harry disappeared from Piper's arms and reappeared in the second mans awaiting arms.
"No!!" Piper yelled and stepped forward to attack them and reclaim her child. But as if expecting an attack the first man waved his hand again, only this time he sent the sisters sailing flat on their backs and into the next room.
After a very quick shake of her head to get her bearings she yelled out "LEO"
Leo; at hearing his wife's call orbed in to see her scrambling to her feet and pointing at the two men.
"Harry"
The first man in white; clearly the leader of the two turned to Leo and said "Good, a Whitelighter. Perhaps you can explain it to her".
"Explain? Explain what?" Piper asked looking to Leo.
Leo just glanced at the two men and then back at the sisters. Piper was getting very aggravated, why was Leo not moving. "Well, do something. Don't just let them take Harry".
Leo looked at his wife, eyes full of sorrow and said "I can't. Nobody can".
"What the Hell are you talking about?" Paige asked as she looked at her brother-in-law.
Leo looked back at the men as Piper tearfully said "Please. He's just a baby. It won't happen again. I won't let it happen again".
The second man looked at Piper with no expression on his face and replied "Sorry. We can't take that risk".
"Don't worry. You won't remember any of this anyway" The first man in white said.
Paige looked perplexed by what he said, but it was too late. The first man waved his hand for the last time and lights flashed and some jingling could be heard as things around the Manor started to change. Little things were erased form existence, things that would remind them of Harry.
The toy carousel on the whicker table vanished. The play pen in the middle of the conservatory disappeared and was replaced by a stone table, and a lamp appeared in the spot where the toy carousel used to be. And there on the wall in Piper and Leo's bedroom a picture could be found of the three sisters standing behind Harry. However seconds later Harry had been erased form the picture.
Once everything was completely 'cleaned' the two men vanished…taking Harry with them.
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After a very confusing day the sisters came to the conclusion that someone has been messing with their memories and so they decided to cast a spell to help them find out who had done it.
'Moments lost make witches wonder
Warlocks plot or Demons plunder
If this is not a prank
Help us to fill in the blanks'
After having cast the spell, they found that it had rewound to the previous day. And so they decided to go about their respective days to find out what it was that they had forgotten and had lost so much time.
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Hearing a baby's cry Piper was the first to dart out of the attic. When Phoebe and Paige reached the conservatory they saw Piper picking up a baby from its playpen. "I'm a Mom" Piper exclaimed "How could I have forgotten about him?"
"It wasn't just you Piper, we all forgot about him" Paige put in.
"A parent should never forget about their child" Piper said as she gave baby Harry one last squeeze before she put him back in the playpen. She then sat down but jumped up again as the T.V. flared to life. About to turn it off she saw Harry was engrossed in the show that was on. The screen was entirely red and the letters R.E.D were being spelt out with clearly a child's voice. She decided to leave it on for him while she and her sisters talked just in the other room so as not to disturb him.
No one noticed when the screen, switched to a new station, which had a girl doing a trick on the un-even bars. Baby Harry blinked his eyes again and the channel changed once more. This time however, it was on a program about flying dragons. Baby Harry gurgled, he liked this show much better.
Deciding that he really liked what he was seeing, he 'blinked' his eyes and the dragon on the television was orbed out of the program. The blue lights flowed from the T.V. and through the door where it materialized in the backyard. The dragon looked into the house and growled. His hot breath pushed the doors open, knocking over a flower vase on the table. It teetered on the edge deciding whether to fall or to not fall. The dragon growled once more and flew away. The force of the dragons take off caused the vase to fall and shatter. Hearing the crash Piper yelled "Harry" and ran into the room.
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Piper was trying to get Harry to calm down. He had started to cry not long after Phoebe and Paige left. "Harry, honey its okay. She said as she picked him up. "Did I forget how to be a Mommy too?"
When she had him on her hip Harry stopped crying and began to orb. "Harry, what are you doing?" Piper asked.
"Harry?!"
As soon as she and Harry had arrived at their or rather his destination she looked around and said "Harry, you're making Mommy very nervous. What are we doing here?"
Just then her phone had started to ring and seeing that it was Paige she flipped it open and said "what's up?"
"Where are you?" Paige asked.
"Where am I? I'm standing outside of the Presidio Tunnel where your nephew just orbed me" Piper replied sounding annoyed.
"Wait. He did what?!"
And in a swirl of blue lights, Paige and Phoebe appeared in front of their older sister.
"What do you think you're doing? Aren't you worried about exposure?" Piper exclaimed.
"I think orbing in public is the least of our worries" Phoebe threw in.
All of a sudden an explosion was heard, coming from inside the tunnel. The sisters turned around just in time to see a blast of fire, followed by the dragon, which flew out of the tunnel and into the sky.
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"Piper it's not your fault" Phoebe said yet again trying to placate her sister from feeling guilty. She sat down next to her and put an arm around her sister. After the dragon had flown off they promptly orbed back to the manor.
"It is my fault, because I'm the one who left Harry in front of the electronic baby-sitter" Piper replied.
"Do you have any idea as to what she is talking about?" Paige asked Phoebe.
"No, not a clue" Phoebe answered looking to Paige.
"You want some clues? Try this on for size. After you left, Harry was watching a TV show about—wait for it- dragons" Piper exclaimed.
Phoebe was confused and looked from Paige to Piper and said "No, he was watching a kids show".
"Well, apparently, he magically changed the channel. Of course that was before he magically orbed me to the tunnel to find his new friend" Piper said matter of factly.
"He did all that?" Phoebe asked sounding impressed.
Paige, however, was thinking about something else and asked "Wait a second. So, you're saying that Harry conjured a dragon?"
"Yep, right out of the TV" Piper said
Phoebe smiled and patted Piper on the knee and said with a smile "Oh, you must be so proud".
"Yeah, or a little irritated" Came Pipers reply through clenched teeth.
"Right" Phoebe said looking up at Paige, who only shrugged.
"If this is true, your little boy is developing some serious powers" Paige said as she too took a seat near Piper.
Piper looked over at Paige and replied "Yeah, the kind that unleashes Godzilla on an unsuspecting city. How are we supposed to handle this?"
"Perhaps, we can help"
The sisters shot up from their seats when they saw two Men dressed completely in white standing in their hall. "Who are you?" Phoebe asked as she stepped forward.
"We are known as the 'Cleaners…and we're here to help" The first cleaner said.
"The Cleaners" Paige stated.
This time the second man spoke "when magic is exposed we're the ones who cover it up, remove all evidence, and erase any memories, whatever is necessary".
"You're the ones who are going to take Harry" Piper said getting defensive.
"Well, we won't have to if you can eliminate the exposure risk" The first cleaner said as he moved closer to the sisters.
"Exposure, you're here to take my son away, you son of a bitch" Pier yelled. Throwing up her hands she attempts to blast the cleaners.
But as the first cleaner did before he 'caught' the blast in his hand and said "I understand your anger. Now you need to understand our position. We're a neutral party. We exist only to protect magic, to that end, your son has become…a problem".
Still angry, Piper moved to attack them again, but Phoebe grabbed her by the arm and said 'Easy Piper' and pulled her back a bit.
Smirking, the first cleaner continued "However, based upon your past successes in covering up your own magic, we have decided to give you a chance-"
"One chance only--"
"To take care of the problem before it gets out of hand" The first man in white finished.
"Clean it up" the second man said.
"Or we will" And with a wave of his hands the two men were gone in a swirl of bright white lights.
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"Leo, how do we fight this?" A crying Piper asked her husband.
"The cleaners are empowered by both good and evil, and have the power to rewrite history, you can't fight that" He answered.
"There has to be something" A teary eyed, but hopeful Piper stated back as she looked into his eyes.
"I don't know, but if anyone can do something it's you and your sisters. And hey, maybe it's not a magical solution. Maybe it's…Maternal" Leo replied and then leaned in and gave her a kiss.
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"Was Leo any help?" Phoebe asked.
"I'm not sure yet anything on the dragon?" Piper responded.
"No. dragons pre-date the book" Paige said as she slammed it shut.
All of a sudden Phoebe doubled over in pain "Phoebe" Piper exclaimed as she rushed over to her sister.
"Are you okay?" Paige asked.
"I am, but someone's not. Actually, a bunch of people aren't" Phoebe said as she clutched her stomach.
"People? Like people out there people" Piper asked.
"I don't know. All I know is I've never felt such pain and fear before in my life" the Empath replied.
"Is it the dragon?" Paige asked.
Phoebe nodded and Piper looked from Phoebe to Harry and said "I have an idea"
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The thunder rumbled, and the lightning flashed as the sisters arrived in mass of blue lights. They noticed that the street was lined with abandoned cars and there were scorch marks everywhere. "It looks like a war zone" Phoebe said as she looked around.
"Crap, it looks like it made a nest" Paige exclaimed at seeing the dragons' tail sticking out of a burning pile of rubble.
At seeing the dragon or rather part of it Harry gurgled. Sensing that there were people watching it, the dragon lifted its head and growled and flew from its nest and into the air. Harry giggled again. Hearing Harry's response at seeing the dragon, Piper looked form Harry to the dragon and handed him off to Phoebe.
"Wha…Piper what are you doing?" Phoebe asked.
"Just make sure Harry sees me" She yelled in reply.
Piper walked towards the dragon; that had started to fly in with a loud growl. Stopping in front of the approaching danger, Piper yelled at the dragon. "Ok! Come on, you fire-breathing lizard. Come and get me"
With a screeching roar the dragon swooped in closer. "Come on Harry. Don't let Mommy down" Piper muttered.
The dragon was gaining speed and closing the distance between it and Piper. Opening its mouth to breathe out fire, Phoebe and Paige could do nothing but watch. Their eyes were wide in anticipation. Then when it seemed that the dragon was going to be victorious, Harry started to wave his arms causing his 'friend' to explode in a mix of blue lights and fire.
The force of the air that the dragon had created knocked piper off her feet and back toward the others. "Piper!" Phoebe exclaimed.
"I'm okay" She replied as she stood and held out her arms to take Harry. "Hey there buddy, I'm so proud of you".
"Wait I'm confused" Paige stated.
"That was the greatest there is: A mother-and-child bond; especially when that child is Harry". Phoebe answered her younger sister.
"So you're saying he vanquished the dragon, and you knew he was going to do it" Paige said looking to Piper.
"Well, I was hoping that he would not want anything bad to happen to me" Piper answered.
"Ok, well that solved that problem. Now what do we do with this mess?" Phoebe asked as she gestured to all the carnage around them.
Piper shook her head "We'll figure it out".
"No actually, you won't".
"wait, we did what you asked. We got rid of the dragon" Piper said as she and her sisters turned to face the Cleaners.
"But not the exposure risk" the second man said.
"The boy" The first cleaner finished holding out his arms.
"No. You can't have him". Paige exclaimed and grabbed ahold of Piper and Phoebe and orbed them form the streets. The two Men looked at each other, not worried nor surprised.
Piper; who was carrying an eight month old Harry, appeared in the middle of the house with Phoebe and Paige in a flurry of blue lights. "We don't have much time. They're gonna follow us" Paige exclaimed.
"How are wee supposed to stop them?" Phoebe asked.
Piper huffed and said "Well, we have to think of something. We can't just let them take Harry"
Just then the air in the foyer started to waiver as something started to appear in the house. At seeing this Paige stepped forward "Uh…incoming".
"I will not lose him!" Piper yelled at the two men who had just appeared.
The first cleaner waved his hand and Harry proceeded to vanish from his mothers arms. Only to reappear, in the awaiting arms of the second man.
"No!" Piper yelled again, stepping forward to attack but again the first man waved his hand and the sisters went flying backwards into the other room by an unseen force. "Don't worry. You won't remember this anyway" the first cleaner said waving his hand.
Lights started to flash and some distant jingling sounds could be heard as little things throughout the house started to change. The toy carousel on the whicker table disappeared only to be replaced by a lamp. Harry's playpen in the middle of the conservatory changed into a stone table. And on the wall in Piper and Leos' bedroom a picture could be found of the three sisters standing behind Harry. Though, only seconds later Harry and his stroller were removed from the picture.
After the 'cleaning' was done and the two men gone, the girls started to sit up slowly. "Do you remember?" Piper asked.
Phoebe nodded "Absolutely everything".
"The spell must have worked" Paige put in.
"But not for Harry. He's gone".
Not too long after, the sisters found themselves in the attic going through the Book of Shadows, while Paige could be found scrying for her nephew. Flipping the book shut Phoebe and grunted "Ugh. Nothing, I can't find the cleaners anywhere".
"Well they have to exist somewhere don't they?" Piper asked as she walked over to the window.
"Not necessarily. Not even on our plane and not even in our time. I don't know maybe we should just summon them". Paige responded as she dropped the crystal.
"And then what?" Phoebe asked.
"Maybe we should call Leo" Paige said with a sigh.
"I don't think he can help anymore than he already has" Piper replied, still gazing out the window.
"How'd he help the last time?" Paige asked looking at Piper.
Piper sighed as she turned away form the window and replied "By reminding me that I can do this".
Looking back out the window Piper was lost in thought. How was she going to get Harry back, he was her life. Not to mention he was the most powerful force of good, next to the sisters of course. And that's when it hit her, it was brilliant and she was amazed that she had not of it before now.
"You know, maybe we are going about this all wrong. Maybe instead of trying to stop them, we should get them to stop us" Piper said turning back around to face her sisters.
"You lost me" Phoebe said looking confused.
"Well, when magic is exposed it's their job to clean it up, right" Piper stated.
"Yeah, so"
"So why can't we expose our magic and force them to deal with us" Piper said smilingly.
"Yeah, but if we do that, what's to stop them from erasing us?" Phoebe asked, still not quite sure what Piper was getting at.
Piper looked at her sisters pointedly and said "They wouldn't dare. So…let's give them something to clean up"
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The hill over-looking the Golden Gate Bridge shown with a blue light as the sisters materialized on the spot. Stepping forward Piper began to chant…
'Let the object of objection become but a dream
As I cause the scene to be unseen'
As soon as she finished the spell the Giant Bridge shimmered out of existence. Smiling she stepped back to her sisters and touched Paige's shoulder and nodded. And just as they came, they went orbing back to the manor to await the men in white.
"How long do you think we'll have to wait?" Phoebe asked as they arrived in the attic. All of a sudden the tell-tale signs that the cleaners were coming started and soon there were two very upset men glaring at them.
"What do you think you are doing?" The first cleaner asked.
"Are you out of your minds" The second one stated.
"Quite possibly, oh, did you see our little magic act?" Piper asked calmly.
The cleaners looked confused. "How is it that you still have your memory?"
Phoebe gave a small chuckle and said "Oh, I think we still have a few surprises that you don't know about".
"Whatever you do, we will just erase" the first cleaner said.
"Or, we'll erase you" the second man finished.
Piper smirked "You can't. Not if you're truly neutral that is. 'Cause you see, if you get rid of us you tip the balance of power from Good to Evil. Now that's hardly being neutral now, is it?"
The cleaners once again looked at each other. She had them, and they knew it. Piper decided to continue as it seemed they had nothing to say. "Now, you will give me back my son, or I swear to you, the only thing you will be doing for the next fifty years is cleaning up after us".
The first cleaner looked directly at Piper, as though trying to decide if she was bluffing. Not finding what he was hoping for he asked "If we do return him, how do you know that you will be able to control him?"
"I'm his mother. If anybody can, I can".
"Very well" And with a wave of his hand, Harry, in his playpen materialized in the middle of the attic, just in front of Piper and her sisters. Piper smiled and went to pick up her son, while Paige and Phoebe smiled in relief.
"Everything is as it was. We've erased all evidence of your son's magic. We'll leave him…in your care" The first cleaner paused.
"For now" The second man finished.
"Good luck. Because believe me…you're going to need it" The first cleaner said, just before he vanished.
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Harry awoke with a look of awe etched onto his face. Never in a million years would he have thought that when he took the 'Piece of Mind' potion that he would have seen what he did. On the one end he got to witness what his Mom and Aunts went through just to get him back. There was only one way and one word to describe the reason that his family had gone through what they did…"Love".
But then there was the other end; the one where he had seen for himself that he had conjured a dragon. Which he had thought was not possible. Then there was also the fact that the dragon he had conjured, reminded him of another dragon. But for some reason he couldn't remember what type of dragon that was. 'Oh well' Harry thought "Maybe I will figure it out latrer" he said to himself.
Looking down at his watch he noticed that it was getting late and needed to head back to his bed. After dinner he had made the lame excuse that he was tired to his friends and went up to Gryffindor tower. After he had pulled his hangings shut, he put a locking charm on them, so only he could undo it, he made his footsteps silent with a handy little spell and made himself invisible. As only a whitelighter could. And made his way to the Room of Requirement and sealed the door, not letting anyone in or out until he left himself.
Instead of walking back, Harry decided to orb directly onto his bed. Not even bothering to change his clothes Harry laid his head down on his pillow and was out almost immediately. But not before he made a mental note to ask his Mom about what he had seen. For something in the memory brought up a question that only she or his Dad could answer.
A/N: Well I hope that you liked the chapter. All credit goes to the episode of Charmed. Most of if not all the chapter was pulled from the episode 'Forget Me Not' i had to watch this episode so many times to get everything right…but I changed enough of it so that I could add my touch to it. That aside what do you all think about Harry having conjured that dragon?
I already have some of the next chapter typed and so I hope to post again sometime soon, but I have finals this week, so it may be at some point in the next three weeks as I also have some more RA training for the building I am over on my schools campus.
As always though please Review.
Thank you.
Mudbloodpotter.
