The ghost stares resentfully at the young woman. That was her fiancee, not hers. How dare she be held in his arms. She'll pay. But not until she gets revenge on the ones that killed her.
Paige was rubbing her elbow.
"That hell was that?" So much for her newest client. The Callaways canceled their contract with Paige and immediately blocked her number. Paige, curious to know why they fired her, came to their estate everyday wanting to talk, to tell them she wasn't blaming them for the 'accident.'
"Don't bother. You won't be the first that they fired." The guy that saved Paige from a energyball was helping her up. "Others came by. Muses, whitelighters, witches. None been able to stop this feud." He stares regretfully at the Callaway Manor. "Might as well turn around and never come back."
"I never turn away clients or lose them. I won't start now." Paige looks behind her. She presses the button. "Mrs Callaway? I won't go away. My office is always open. I'll be available twenty-four seven. Call anytime." She turns around. "Thanks."
Richard Montana smiles at the cute girl. She was beautiful, shoulder length dark hair with a kind face.
"No problem." Ahem. "Um. I seen you around. I'm Richard."
"Paige." They shake hands. "Sorry, I hate to be rude, but I have to go back to work. Thanks for saving me." Paige hated to leave, but she still had her day job to do. She goes in her green Volkswagen Beetle and drove away.
Richard waits till she drives away. He just hopes she never comes back, it was fatal for her to stick around.
Phoebe couldn't wait to get outta here. She usually liked volunteering at the soup kitchen, but the emotions of everyone here was making her miserable. Not only the clients, but her coworkers. Debbie was usually the chatty one, but her true self was a mess. She suffered from social anxiety, so to get over it, she talked extensively to get over her disorder. Then then was Father Joe. Always helping others to avoid the guilt of not saving his late wife from dying. When the clock struck four, she silently thanked the stars. She needed to get the hell out of there.
"Phoebe!" Pastor Joe calls. Phoebe groans. Not again. "I know you're off, but I was wondering if you can stay another few hours. Conner called in sick."
"Oh Joe. You know that I would stay. But I can't. Sorry." She hated feeling guilty, especially seeing his face.
"Don't worry about it. This is just a volunteer job." The pastor's voice almost made Phoebe change her mind, but being surrounded by people was exhausting to her.
"I'm not feeling well." That was the truth.
"Oh Phoebe! I'm so sorry!" She looked so exhausted. "Forgive me."
"It's not your fault Joe." No way was she telling him why she was so tired. "I just need to go home."
"I understand. Feel better soon."
"Thank you." Phoebe was glad she drove here. A few minutes of mind numbing music and she could drown out the world.
"Home sweet home." Phoebe was glad she lived alone. Taking off her shoes, she goes to her living room to get some alone time.
She was meditating when she heard her sister walking around.
"Hummmm." Phoebe was in nirvana. 'I'm at peace. Nothing will bother me.' She was ignoring her sister who was staring up her in impatience. "Paige. How many times do I have to tell you. Take a vacation! Hannah and Claire could watch that place for awhile." She could feel her frustration.
"Can you get down from there! I need to talk to you about something!" Paige was staring up at her sister who was floating in air.
Phoebe grimaces. Feeling Paige's annoyance, she reluctantly gets down. Luckily her couch was directly underneath her and she lands directly on the soft cushions.
"Look. I know you are frustrated about that feud, but the family apologized for canceling. They were nice enough not to ask for refunds." Sacred Meadows had a new client with Mrs Callaway, but they canceled unexpectedly after that day after that incident with that energyball. Paige was accidentally caught in the crossfire with a energyball, luckily she was okay. "You should be relaxing! You been working non stop for months! Take a breather! Relax! Go to Hawaii! Date! God knows how long its been for you." Phoebe knew, but no way was she saying it out loud. Thank god her sisters weren't here, especially Piper who was obsessed with getting pregnant after Jenna announced her pregnancy on social media. Phoebe was planning on going to Lawrence to help plan her sister in law's baby shower.
"That is none of your business!" Paige hated Phoebe's new power. Her empath's power evolved again, she could read and feel people's emotions. "I need advice."
"Fine." Why bother telling her. Phoebe knew everything. "Why are you so obsessed with this feud?" Phoebe heard the stories. The two families fought for years, nothing serious, till that death. Poor girl. "The Callaways made it clear it was none of your business."
"I know. But I can't let this go! This feud has been going on for too long. Besides, my reputation will take a hit if word gets out." She hated losing. But hated getting her good name smeared in the magical community. "I need to settle this."
"Fine. But if I help you, will you let me be?" She had a date with her new boyfriend, the sexy fireman Greg. But until she figures out how to control her powers, she was planning on a safe, boring date. She was not repeating last week's date. God was that embarrassing. "What exactly do you want me to do?"
"Get the attic ready at home. I plan to have the whole family there, to see if they could bury the hatchet once and for all." She didn't want to get hit with a energyball again.
"Why there? Why not at your place?" Sacred Meadows was bigger.
"It's too far. The Manor is perfect. Besides, I can't risk hurting innocents."
"Okay. Tell Billie to go away for the night." Truthfully Phoebe didn't think this would work, she been studying human psychology for years. This wouldn't be solved in one night. "While you do that, I'll be getting ready for my date." She couldn't wait to see Greg, hopefully her new powers didn't interfere.
When Paige showed up to the Callaway's Manor again, she was stopped by that same young man she ran into earlier.
"Hey." Richard didn't think she'll return. She was persistent, she was once again back. "I thought you given up."
"I would never." Paige had to stop this feud once and for all. One woman died, next time it could be a mortal. The Cleaners won't be around to fix the exposure of magic this time. "I need to talk to them." Before she could press the buzzer, Richard stopped her.
"There's no point. They won't answer you. Come to my family's estate instead, they aren't as stubborn." Richard knew his family won't be happy, but remembering Olivia, he had to stop this once and for all.
"Your family?" Paige raises her eyebrows.
"Yeah, I'm a Montana. I'm a witch like you." He smiles shyly at her. "Would you like to come to my home? My family, they are stubborn, but they are kind."
Paige wasn't sure if she can trust him, but remembering why she was here, she follows him to his estate.
Phoebe was stubbornly holding Paige's shirt trying to get a premonition. Nothing. She had to know, what hit Paige? She saw that wound of hers, she made Paige take off her bandage. Her wound didn't look like a typical energyball, it looked different. The burn marks weren't there. Instead, it looked weird, like it was scraped with a weird grey substance. When she heard the doorbell, she swore.
"Shit!" It was after five, she had a date with Greg. After washing her hands, she gives herself a quick once over. Why she invited him to the Manor, instead of her condo, she had no idea. She goes to the door and immediately feels his emotions. She blushed, she knew he was just as nervous as she was. "Hi!" Damn, he looked gorgeous. He was wearing a leather jacket and was dressed up for their dinner date at that new restaurant that just opened.
"Hey." He smiled sexily at Phoebe making her blush. "You ready? Our reservation is at five thirty." He really wanted to make a good expression, he was just as nervous as she was. He also had some condoms, he was hoping that their evening ended up at her place afterwards.
"Yep." Phoebe grabbed her coat. She and Greg were only seeing each other for a few weeks, but she was ready to take her relationship to the next level. "Did you bring the car?" She was wearing her nicest jeans, she was hoping to ride on his motorcycle.
"Hope you don't mind, I was hoping to take the bike. You like cycles?"
"Love 'em. Lets go." The way he was feeling towards her, she couldn't wait for dinner to end.
Deep in the Underworld, an old man was making a potion. He wasn't a demon or mortal, he preferred to stay down here. As a alchemist, he was always bothered to make potions by witches for his spells. Demons came to him for his spells, he knew how to recreate their former vessels, that way, demons could go to the surface undetected. He quietly makes the mixture the young man asks for.
"So impatient." He ran out of the potion, almost everyone requested it. "I can make another, but it can take weeks."
"I don't have weeks. I need it yesterday." Chris knew this was the day Richard Montana died, it was after he was taken away by his dead fiancee using Paige's body as a vessel. Paige was lucky, she managed to get rescued by her sisters, but Richard suffocated to death in that coffin. He had to get the sisters to drink that potion, so all three won't be distracted when the time comes.
"Well, if you get me that ingredient, I can finish it by tonight."
"Fine." Chris knew where to get one, luckily he knew what weapon to use to fight against that creature. He warps out.
The alchemist had to work quickly, he didn't want to get killed by Zankou or Abaddon.
At the Montana estate, Richard was arguing with his father.
"How do you know she isn't a spy?" Benjamin Montana asks. He didn't trust outsiders, especially since she's been in the Callaway's Estate.
"She isn't one. Besides, she runs that hospital remember?" That place was well known among magical beings. The Montanas had relatives that stayed there as patients years ago.
"And two of the previous directors died. How do you know she did it?" He heard the stories.
"It was demons. Besides, that place is running better than ever. I trust her." He was holding a glass with a pink liquid in it. "Dad, be nice." He knew Benjamin himself had runs in with the Callaways.
"Fine. It's your funeral." He walks away.
Richard walks over to his family's sitting room, Paige was sitting on the couch reading a magazine.
"Here you go." He hands her a glass, the pink liquid glowing.
"What is it?" Paige cautiously sniffs it.
"An old family recipe. It will heal your wounds much faster. Trust me." He watches as Paige takes a cautious sip.
Once Paige finished her glass, she saw a woman walk by with a tray of potions.
"Are those potions?" She recognized the smells. One didn't have a lid.
"We're witches remember?" He knew she was a whitelighter, he heard rumors that a Halliwell had a affair with a whitelighter, that at the time was strictly forbidden.
"Good or bad." She liked Richard, but remembering that energyball, she moves away.
"That wasn't us. I swear. It was them, they try to blame us for everything gone wrong." They always blamed his family for everything.
"Really?" Paige couldn't believe it. The Callaways were really nice and polite. She couldn't sense emotions like Phoebe, but she knew they were good people. Otherwise Grandma Callaway's son wouldn't have been able to step on the grounds. But then again, that warlock familiar managed to get in. She already put up new spells, it was guaranteed to keep evil out this time. She raised her eyebrows when she saw a young man, who she had to assume was his brother walking by with a large scar on his face.
"Years ago, the Callaways cursed us with a plague. My brother, he was caught in the crossfire. In retaliation, we cursed them with boils. Or was it the other way around?" Richard couldn't remember. "Anyways, its been going on for years. It will never end."
Paige looked at his handsome face.
''Then why don't you have scars?" She saw the family members, some had scars on their hands and wrists.
"Can't curse someone who doesn't practice magic." Even as a child, he didn't use magic that much. He wanted to be normal instead. His family wasn't happy about it, out of all the members, he was the most talented out of all of them. He reluctantly agreed to tap in his magic again. Then he met Olivia.
Three Years Ago
Richard was mowing the family lawn since their fairie gardener was in vacation. He was jamming out to his Ipod when he felt someone throwing him on the ground.
"What the..." He saw a energyball flying by, the hedge he just fixed was on fire.
"I'm so sorry!" When Richard looked up, he saw the most beautiful woman he ever saw.
Olivia blushed when she saw the guy staring confusedly at her.
"I saw the ball, you didn't hear me yelling, so I sprinted across your lawn to save you from getting hurt. Sorry to startled you."
"No problem. You did save me after all." Richard couldn't take her eyes off her. "I'm Richard. Richard Montana." How could he not see her before? She was beautiful. Really beautiful. Those eyes.
"Montana? As in The Montana's?" Olivia looked stricken.
"Yeah. Is that an issue?" Everyone in this neighbourhood was a magical creature. He was never around here growing up, he and his brother attended Magic School since preschool, only coming home for holidays and summer vacation. But even then they spent their vacations in either Colorado, Switzerland, or their summer home in Hawaii.
"Yeah. Um, you see. I'm Olivia. Olivia Callaway." She saw his face. "I understand if you want me out of here." She gets up.
"Wait!" Richard stops her before she walks away. "You did save my life. Or did you throw that ball just to meet me?" Richard joked.
"WHAT?! I would never!" How rude. "Excuse me. I have to go home, I have to write my college essay." Knox University was extremely competitive. Even as a graduate of Knox, the university associated with it was very choosy picking their applicants. He was a Montana anyways, their families would never approve.
"Wait! I was kidding!" He used his magic to shut off the mower. "I tell bad jokes. Forgive me." How could he not see her before? He thought he knew every member of that family. "Can I buy you lunch? I would ask our cook to make a meal, but I think us meeting on neutral grounds would be better. I know a great cafe on North Beach."
That was the start of their whirlwind romance. For the next few months they met in secret. Then one day, Olivia said she was sick of hiding and wanted to introduce Richard to her family.
"You sure?" He knew his family was curious on why he stayed in San Francisco. He applied to Knox, plus may other universities in Europe, plus many Ivies in the States. But he chose to stay here, he claimed he wanted to attend business school and help run the estate. His family didn't argue, they missed their son. But Olivia's family wasn't happy, she turned down a great scholarship to Knox. "You know our feuds."
''Our families feud." She corrected. "Not ours." Her best friend, the witch Glinda, called them the modern Romeo and Juliet. Their families went through the same thing. Poor teenagers in a fit of passion committed suicide. Their neighbour wrote a play based on their love, not realizing he used a Phoenix Feather to write. Poor things kept coming back every twenty years, always dying and coming back. They were currently trying to break the curse, they wanted to live normal lives and start a family, they put off kids because of it. It was the most famous love story to exist, most cupids were inspired by them, they were one of the few couples that wasn't fixed up by Heaven. "I think it's time to break it, don't you think?"
"I agree. No one, not even my grandparents knew how the feud started." There was theories, it was a business deal gone bad, one of the families was accused of witchcraft by one of them to acquire land and the entire family was forced to run in the middle of the night, plus one with the first generation that was supposed to get married, but one of them was stood at the altar, the list went on. "My family is having a party, I want you to be my date."
The dinner was a disaster. Olivia's family was cold to Richard, they demanded why Olivia brought over a member of "those rednecks." Seeing Richard seething, she held his hand and tried telling them, Richard was different. He didn't practice magic, only study it. When they heard he attended Magic School, they relaxed a bit. Magic School was a respected institution among witches. It took them a few days, but reluctantly accepted Olivia's relationship. Unfortunately, Richard's family didn't feel the same. Especially his younger brother.
"How dare you bring that creature! She is our enemy! You know that!" Rosaline Montana was staring at Olivia with hatred. Poor Olivia was trying not to cry, but held back thanks to Richard's hand.
"Mom! You were the one that taught us about love and forgiveness! Olivia, she is different! She spent most of her life at Knox!"
"Like that makes a difference." She attended Knox as a child, she and her hated rival, Geraldine Callaway attended classes together. Her bullying made Rosalie decide to make her future children attend Magic School instead. "How do you know she came here to ruin us!"
"She isn't like that. She wants the feud to end, same as me. Mom, tell me. How did the feud start?" Seeing his mom clench her jaw, he pulled Olivia closer. "It's time for the feud to end. Her family is ready to bury the hatchet. It's time for us to do the same." He wasn't sure about that, but seeing Olivia happy, they agreed to back off.
"I have to talk to your father." Rosalie stormed off.
"See. I told you." He kisses Olivia. Unfortunately, he didn't see his younger brother watching. Steven, seeing his reflection was angry seeing his brother with the enemy. Because of the Callaways, he had this ugly scar on his face. He swore to break them apart.
It was a few months later that the couple announced their engagement. Neither family was happy, but seeing their children so much in love, neither wanted to break them up. Benjamin and Rosalie put an announcement in the San Francisco Mirror, that the couple was getting married. The Callaway Matriarch, Margaret offered them to pay for their wedding. She hated the Montanas, but Olivia was her only granddaughter and wanted her happy. The couple was happy, especially since the two families were slowly patching things up. Then the accident a few weeks later.
Olivia's dead body was found by her bedroom window, her burnt body lying on the bed. When her maid found her, the Callaways swore revenge. They saw the hole in the window, the Montana's window was wide open. The feud reignited for a few weeks, till Richard begged his family not to retaliate. Olivia's family was grieving, and was lashing out. Benjamin and Rosalie agreed not to to use magic, they were getting tired anyways. Even with the Callaways using magic, the Montanas refused to fight back. Eventually the families agreed to an uneasy truce. Everyone agreed, except Steven. But knowing he accidentally killed Richard's fiancee, he kept his mouth shut. He quit magic right then and there.
The truce lasted a year, till Paige was accidentally hit. She was lucky, the energyball wasn't very strong. If it was, she would be dead. The two families were once again at war.
"I hadn't used magic for a year. My fiancee, she was a Callaway." He points to Olivia's picture. She was wearing her favorite dress, the same white dress when they met. She was buried in it.
Paige looked at the picture.
"Sleeping with the enemy I see." She wasn't a sap like her sisters, but it was a romantic story. She smiled at Richard.
"She was killed last year in a crossfire." He still didn't know how that happened. His entire family swore they didn't do it. Even with the Callaways firing back, the Montanas refused to fight back with Richard's insistence.
"I'm, I'm so sorry." Paige felt like kicking herself. She heard there was a accident, but she didn't like reading about true crime stories. Olivia's death was ruled a accident.
"It's okay. You didn't know." Richard missed her everyday, but he knew Olivia would want him to move on. "She's at peace. Our families agreed not to fight anymore." Olivia's death shook them all. Once the Callaways saw the Montanas stand down, they did the same. Only agreeing to a silent, but icy truce.
"Maybe me coming here was a sign." Already her shoulder stopped throbbing, that medicine Richard gave her, it was working. "What was in that potion?"
Olivia's ghost was watching them with jealousy. Who does she think she is? She knew what a Charmed One was. Whatever her name was, she wasn't going to steal Richard away. She swore to get him to get to her side, but not until she gets her revenge.
Benjamin Montana was in his office doing his papers when he felt a cold breeze. When he saw the ghost of Richard's dead fiancee he looked startled.
"Olivia." As a witch, he can see ghosts. "What are you doing here?" She should have moved on. Ghosts, they turn feral when they get stuck here.
"Taking back what was taken from me. My life for starters." She conjures a plasma ball, and floats out the window to her family's estate. "Your whole family will pay.''
"No!" Benjamin screams. Unfortunately the ball was too powerful, and the ball was fatal.
Hearing a window shattering, Richard and Paige come running in followed by his family.
"Oh my god! Benjamin! Noooo!" Her love.
Benjamin's chest had a huge hole, there was no saving him.
Paige looks out the window, all she saw was a hole in the window at the Callaways. Damn. She knew she needed help, there was no way she could do this alone.
Phoebe was laughing at Greg's stories. He was charming and funny. Too bad she can hear everything he was thinking, it took the mystery away.
"So the ladder with the cats are true?" That was such a cliche.
"Yep. We prefer those to fires, at least we get to see the smiles of the owners." He liked the eggplant dish, he never had one before. "Thanks for suggesting this restaurant. I never thought vegetables were so delicious."
"I'm a vegetarian, hope you don't mind. I hadn't had meat in years."
"I don't mind, food is food. Besides, I make a mean vegetable lasagna, my fellow firemen rave about it. Of course I don't have the heart to tell them that there is no cheese in it."
Greg was so perfect.
"Where were you all of my life?" Oops. Did she say that out loud? She felt her face getting hot. When Greg took her hand, she sighed. She heard his thoughts, he thought she was wonderful. She was about to lean in for a kiss when she saw Paige.
"Psst! Phoebe!" She was hiding behind a plant.
"Can you excuse me?" What did Paige want? This was her date. "What?" She saw Greg ordering drinks. Phoebe and him were heading to the movies soon, then heading to his place afterwards.
"I need your help."
"What? Now? You said you had everything under control. You bring the families, and have a peace summit. The End." Phoebe was dying to get back to Greg. She dreamed about her daughter. She wasn't sure if Greg was the one, but the way he was feeling towards her, she was feeling the same way.
"I did. Then a accident happened. You know the family I was supposed to work for? They accidentally killed a man." She never could forget Rosalie's sobs. That was her husband.
"A man is dead? Okay. I'll tell Greg I have a family emergency." She hated to break her date, but she knew Greg would understand. "Greg? I gotta go. My sister. She's sick."
"I understand. Family comes first." He always put himself over his ex-wife, hence their divorce. That's what he dated Phoebe, she was a divorcee herself and understood what he went through. "Raincheck?"
"You know it." Phoebe kisses him. "I'll call you."
"I'll be waiting." Once he and Phoebe parted ways, she and Paige went back to the Manor.
"A energyball? I thought the feud was over." Phoebe heard the details from Paige.
"It was. I know the Callaways. Maybe not that well, but they were so nice and sweet. I don't think that was them." Paige couldn't figure out why they would attack now, Richard said they were sick of fighting. "I think there is something else." Paige couldn't get her finger on it, but something wanted to keep the feud going. "Hey! Don't doubt me!" She hated Phoebe's new power. She could feel what Phoebe was feeling.
"Sorry." She got used to her empath powers, but she hated how intense it was nowadays. Especially reading people's minds. That waiter at the restaurant, he kept undressing her with his eyes. Ugh, he wanted her and him to get naked in the bosses office with the hostess joining in. "What do you want me to do?"
"I need you to talk to the Callaways. See if they are responsible for the accident. You're neutral, they would talk to you." Might as well use Phoebe's power for good.
"Fine. FYI. After this, ask that guy out."
"Who? Richard? He's not my type." Paige lied. He reminded her of Charles, both were rich. She was finally over him, she saw Charles' wedding announcement. She liked Richard, but she wasn't ready to date yet.
"Yeah right." Phoebe saw Paige turning pink. "If I do this, promise to take a vacation. You earned it."
"Fine." Paige was getting tired anyways, she saw Hannah's and Claire's tans. Both looked well rested. Maybe she'll head to Hawaii herself. She always dreamed of living there. "See if they were responsible for this." Paige doubted it, but she had to make sure. "Bring them to the manor, maybe we can end this feud before anyone else gets hurt. I'll bring the Montanas."
"Before we leave, we need a third party to meditate."
"Piper." Neither sister wanted to call her, they knew how depressed she was since she wasn't pregnant yet. "Maybe bringing her here will cheer her up. It will be just like old times." She knew her sister missed her hometown, as well as her family. "Call her, bring her over, then we can go out dancing afterwards." Phoebe wanted to head to San Francisco's newest nightclub, she heard the famous DJ, Savannah was preforming. "See you after ten?"
Chris was dirty and disheveled when he arrived back in the Underworld. Those monsters, they were very overprotective of their eggs. But his mission was more important. Judgment Day was getting closer and closer. He had to save Richard, and in part Paige. With Richard's death, he couldn't find the cure for Paige's sickness. He was supposed to become a brilliant alchemist, he didn't practice magic anymore, but his potion making was unmatched. When the War started, his younger brother tried to make the potions, he was good, but not as good as Richard. Without modern medicine, alchemists were the new doctors. Magic was out of wack, most witches lost control of their powers and used potions to fight. If he can give Phoebe and her sisters the potion on time, none of them will avoid each other in the future since all three shared Phoebe's empath powers. Plus, help Piper's pain. She needed her sisters, not just to fight, but to protect one another.
"Here." Chris had a deadline. He only had two days.
"Very nice." He cracks the egg open, the yolk was his main ingredient. "How many do you need?"
"Five." Three for the sisters, and two for himself and Bianca. They had to hide from everyone now. With those potions, even the First Witch and First Hunter cannot sense them. They can work in secret behind the scenes. "When will this be ready?"
"A few hours. It has to ferment to get the ingredients a proper mix. Come get it then, it will be ready."
"Thanks. Chris already paid half, once he gets the potions, he'll pay the rest. It was very expensive, luckily he knew what stock to invest in. He quickly leaves, he knew he was being followed.
Richard was writing a spell when Paige orbed in.
"I thought you weren't doing magic." Richard swore he was done with it.
"That was before my father died. He was like me, he didn't want to use magic. But he should have. Those Callaways will pay for it. They killed Olivia, they always disapproved of us." He finished his spell. "Get out of my way!" Paige was standing in front of him.
"Are you sure about that?" She and Phoebe talked about after she got back to the Callaways. She said none of them had any malice, all of them, even Margaret was sick of fighting. Olivia's death was their wake up call. Whoever was behind it, they wanted the feud to end with blood, with both families killing one another for good. Phoebe sensed a dark soul, it was filled with anger and resentment. "The Callaways didn't do this."
"Then explain the window."
'I don't know. But Richard. Please. For Olivia's and your father's sake. Come to the manor. The Callaways, your family. They both need this feud to end once and for all."
"Fine." Richard was devastated seeing his father's dead body, especially with the injuries identical to Olivia's.
Back in the manor, a determined Piper was making a potion. Once Paige called, she immediately came by. She needed a break from home, Jenna did nothing but yap about her pregnancy. She wasn't as bad as Dean, he was very excited to be a dad, he was busy preparing their nursery. Her husband was just as irritating, he kept talking about being a uncle. Piper needed to do something with her time. As soon as Paige called, she immediately told a surprised Sam she had a case. She gave him a quick peck and came here. She was planning on staying a few days, she needed a break. Especially since the new owner was a hardass. Luckily she had some time saved up, she was a manager and hired a few people.
"Lets see. Pomegranate seeds, blood meal, clematis seed...then make into fine paste." Piper wasn't sure what was responsible for the death of that man, but she had a theory. She already made a demon vanquishing potion, but was making a ghost vanquishing one as well. She was just waiting for the results from Paige's shirt. Good thing she didn't wash it. Her blood from the shirt will tell her what attacked her. Hearing the timer, she took the shirt out of the bowl. "I knew it."
"Knew what?" Phoebe was back at the manor as well, she was waiting for the Callaways to show up. She was helping Piper, but she wished she could turn the emotions off. Both of them were driving each other nuts. Phoebe could feel Piper's envy at Jenna's pregnancy, plus feel her depression. Piper felt Phoebe's frustration at her love life, especially her 'itchiness.' Gross.
"We have a vengeful spirit. See Paige's shirt? That came from a plasma ball, not a energyball."
"Do you know who?" It could be either a Montana or a Callaway.
"Tell Paige to bring the family here, you as well. I'm going to light some candles for a seance." She had no idea who's ghost that was, but she was going to get rid of it.
Later that night, both families were glaring at one another. Phoebe wanted to leave and have a stiff drink. It was very tense in the room. She could feel the hatred.
"A ghost? Why?" James Callaway asked. "We did nothing wrong."
"Bullshit." Steven spits. He was still angry about Benjamin. "Your family killed my dad."
"Well yours killed my daughter." James little girl.
"Enough!" Richard's voice shut everyone up. "We lost so much." Everyone clamped their mouths shut. Richard lost his love as well as his father. "This feud cost us everything. Lets end this for good." He was tired of it. "Tell us what to do."
"We have to hold hands, we can't break the circle. They will be trapped inside, until we tell it to move on. C'mon." Piper and Paige felt Phoebe's discomfort. "Unless you want angry spirits running around." Both families reluctantly takes a hand, with Paige and Richard holding hands. Paige blushed seeing his smile, Richard had soft hands.
"Ooooommmmm. Hummmm." Phoebe hummed.
"Phoebe?" What are you doing? Piper thought.
"The energy in this room. Phew.'' The emotions were heavy.
"Fine. Paige?"
"Unknown Spirit We Call to Thee,
Those Who Wish to Set You Free,
Cross Over So We May Help,
Come to Us and Reveal Yourself.''
Paige finished chanting. When she felt a gush of wind, they all got blown back. "Don't break the chain!" She warned. When everyone saw who was summoned, they couldn't believe their eyes.
"Olivia." James never realized how much he missed his daughter.
"Hi daddy. Miss me?" She taunted. She flashed in front of Richard. "Richard.'' He was staring sadly at her, then he looked away in sadness and guilt.
"Why Olivia? Why attack us? We're your family."
"Because you didn't avenge my death." Her ghostly form was flashing angrily.
"But you were hit with one of your own. The magical community confirmed it." Rosalie knew magical deaths were investigated by magical specialists. They then cleaned up the magical evidence to hide all forms of magic. Olivia's death was considered an accident by the coroner.
"That's what he wanted you to think. Right Steven?" She glared angrily at Richard's baby brother. Steven was staring at the floor.
"It was a accident. I swear." It was supposed to scare Olivia away. Richard said she was away for the day shopping for wedding gowns. The energy ball was supposed to destroy her clothes. With her things destroyed, Olivia would dump Richard and things would go back to normal. When Olivia died, he panicked and used a spell to make it look like Olivia accidentally killed herself. He was scared to go to prison. Magical trails existed now. He then swore to never use magic again.
"We were set up." A Callaway or Montana remarked. The room was so bright, no one could see who's who.
Rosalie wanted to run, but James held firm. He knew about vengeful spirits, he was afraid for his aging mom. She was in a wheelchair. Luckily her night nurse was with her.
"Don't break the chain." Paige warned. She felt them wavering.
"No you wouldn't do that would you. Paige." She didn't know Paige, but hated her for not minding her own business. She had plans for her anyways.
"Ooo. Let's just move this along." Olivia was stronger than she looked. Most newborn ghosts were weak, unless they died a unclean death. Olivia was murdered, and her thirst for revenge made her powerful.
"Olivia. This isn't you." The Olivia he knew was kind and sweet. She wanted the feud to end more than Richard.
"The feud was never meant to end. I know that now. I will have my revenge, but not until we're together again." She flashes away in a bright light, but not before breaking the chain.
James glared at Rosalie.
"My daughter. Your son killed her."
"Your daughter killed my husband." She stomps out with her sons following her.
James couldn't say a word. He glared at Paige before he left with his own family.
"Dammit." She didn't know what to do.
"Paige?" Phoebe felt her unhappiness.
"I need to be alone." She hated being pitied. She just wanted to lie down.
Once she was downstairs, she decided to go for a walk instead. When she saw who appeared in front of her she looked startled.
"Why go alone? Richard needs us.'' Paige didn't have time to react before getting possessed.
Olivia smiles at her new body. It was just temporary, she just wanted one thing. She knew what Paige knew. Her "sisters" won't question Paige making a potion. Especially a ghost vanquishing one.
"Paige? Paige!" Piper went to her room, Paige wasn't there. When she got downstairs, she saw a book open to a a page. Shit. "Phoebe!"
"What?" Seeing the page, she grabs her keys. "Lets go." They couldn't use magic, they knew there was a war going on at the Callaway/Montana estates.
The page was open to a potion book to kill witches. It was only used as a last resort, it was also meant as a suicide potion, just in case a witch was possessed.
"What's this?" Richard was staring at a bottle with green liquid inside.
"Something for both of us. Why stop living? If we go away, the feud will die on its own." It was guaranteed to kill both, no spell or deal can bring them back. She knew Paige would be okay, her family is in Heaven. As for her and Richard she made a quiet spot on the astral plane. She and Richard could live normal afterlives. She saw Richard's hesitation. "Penny for your thoughts?'' Olivia/Paige saw his face.
"Olivia used to say that." He had her lucky coin, she claimed she never saw bad luck. Unfortunately she didn't have it on her when she died, she loaned it to Richard the night before to seal his father's business deal.
"Whoops. Ahem. I mean, what a coincidence." Olivia wanted to kick herself. "Anyways how did it feel seeing her again?"
"I don't know." Richard was sure he was over her. "She seemed so angry." That anger, it scared him.
"You mean vengeful. Imagine minding your own business, then POW! It's all over. I would be pissed.'' Olivia remembered when she saw her body. She saw Steven looking horrified. She was too new for him to see her with her new ghostly form, he ran when he saw the maid screaming for help. It was seeing Richard that drove her to stick around. He needed her.
She wondered everyday if staying was a mistake. Rejecting her reaper, she stuck around watching Richard. Unfortunately, she started to change. She became angry and resentful. Why is she dead? She was innocent! She wanted nothing more than be at peace, but not until she got her revenge.
Richard stares at the last photo they took together. Coincidentally Olivia and Paige were dressed very similar, both were wearing a red sweater and black pants. Even their hair was loose and free. Olivia saw his expression.
"You don't have to be alone anymore.'' She takes Richard's face and kisses him.
The Underworld
"Here you go." He hands him five potions once Chris paid him the remaining amount.
"Does this have any side effects?"
"Maybe nausea or upset stomach. But all medicine does. May I ask what's it for?"
"A solution. Thanks." Once Chris was gone, the alchemist looks up.
"The boy is up to something, but it's not my job to ask questions."
Apocalypse World
Leo Wyatt looks through the telescope, he, Christy, and his young charge were seeking shelter at the abandoned bunker in Lebanon, Kansas.
"Thanks anyways." Leo nodded to Mrs Butters, the last fairie alive on Earth. Once she took her hands away, the telescope went dark.
'The girls look hungry. Do you want burgers?" Mrs Butters suggested. When the girls nodded, she asked Leo if he wanted one.
"Sure." He said absently. He felt so helpless, there was another world and he couldn't do anything. He watched different coordinates, he watched helplessly as every world burned. There wasn't many left. He saw one, but it was awful. Every person was suffering needlessly because of greed. Another was in the middle of fighting, he knew that world was on a ticking clock. The one he was watching, that world was the only one that was suitable for him and his two charges. He kept watching the boy, he didn't know why. He seemed drawn to him for some reason. He sighed. He needed to escape from here, Mrs Butters, his fairie friend that he met here, she agreed to protect them all for the time being. The angels, they cannot enter here thanks to the sigils they put up.
"Leo! Supper!" Christy calls.
"Coming!" Yum, he hadn't had meat in years, or had food with flavor. He didn't care Mrs Butters used magic to make food, food was food. "Looks good." He thanked her using her real name. When she teared up, Leo apologized.
"No. No. You were the first human to pronounce my name right." She missed her family, the MoL, her granddaughters, they all died from Michael's army.
"Former whitelighter, I had to learn every language on Earth, even fairie." He takes out his hands in a prayer. Christy was a atheist, but she went through the motions to make Leo happy.
"Dear Lord, we thank you for this meal we are about to have..."
Mrs Butters knew this world was finished, but she'll be damned if her Creator took away her new family. Leo, Christy as well as the young teenager, they were her new grandchildren.
"Amen. I made Rice Krispies for dessert." She knew the girls loved their treats. "We can watch Gone With the Wind later after dishes are done, then we'll go to bed."
"Are reading the bible Leo?"
"Church is at eleven am. Christy, you don't have to attend."
"I'll be there." She didn't care about the bible, but Leo's voice was so soothing. "Where is it?"
"The library." He and Mrs Butters put out chairs for church. "Afterwards, we can play with the games we have around here." He saw a Monopoly game from the sixties. He sighed.
"Leo?"
"It's nothing. Let's eat dinner." He'll save everyone, he has everything, he just needs archangel grace. He knew someone will cross over to get the Occultum.
Magic World
He stared at the potion. He was about to drink it before his brother came running in.
"They're attacking!" The Callaways, they broke in. The feud it was getting settled for good tonight.
Richard absently takes the potion from "Paige's" hand and runs out.
Olivia smiles.
Finally. Her revenge will be complete, the Montanas will die, same with her family. Both will pay for abandoning them both.
"Oh my god." Phoebe and Piper saw the lights flashing inside. They knew there was a battle inside.
"We have to save Paige." They needed to get her out of there. When Piper got out of the car, she felt faint.
"Piper? You okay?" Phoebe knew Piper just got over a flu, she was so sick after she came back from Oregon.
"I'm fine. Just need to get some sleep." She didn't tell her sisters she felt so sick, she never felt so bad before. Except that one time, but she was cured by Leo. "Lets do this." She hoped Phoebe didn't sense her dizziness.
The fight inside was intense. Both families were fighting with vengeance. Potions, energy balls. Nothing was off limits.
When Richard saw his mom getting hurt, he aimed a energy ball at James. Just when he threw it, the ball vanished thanks to Piper.
"Phew." Phoebe was relieved. Unfortunately her relief was short lived. Just when Richard put his guard down, he was hit with another energyball.
"Oh!" Piper saw the injury, it wasn't fatal, but Richard was seriously hurt. When she saw Paige running to his side, she saw Paige crying.
"Richard? No no no. It's okay baby. I'm here." Olivia was crying. Richard was supposed to be with her, not dying in battle. "Rich. Its It's me, Olivia. It will be okay."
"Oh no." Piper should have known. Paige wouldn't have killed any innocent. Not even herself. She saw Olivia's true form.
"If I can't be with him in life, I can be with him in death.'' She uses Paige's powers to orb away. She knew a safe spot, her and Richard would be together forever.
Richard groans in pain.
"Where am I?" The last thing he saw was getting hit by James Callaway. "My bed is so hard." Why was it so dark? "What's that smell?" Phew. It smelled like death.
Olivia lights up a candle. In her family's tradition, a candle is always in the final resting place of the deceased.
"You and I, we can finally be together."
When Richard turned his head, he screamed. The remains of Olivia was lying next to him.
Back at the Montana Estate, Rosalie was begging for Richard.
"My boy. Save my son." She sobbed.
James was staring at Rosalie with regret. He lost his child, he'll be damned if she loses hers.
"Save Richard. My family, we're done." He'll bind their powers, it bought them all nothing but pain. "We're standing down for good. Charmed Ones, save them." Olivia, he had to put her soul to rest. Richard, he won't last long with that wound. "My study, there is a healing herb, mix it with a healing medicine. Richard won't last long without it." A magical wound like that, no modern medicine will cure him.
"My family, I know how to mix our recipe." Steven gets up. "James. Show me where that herb is." He helps James up. "Mom?"
"I'll be fine. Go." Her son, she will not lose him.
"We have to get back to the manor." Phoebe had to use her spell to find Paige.
James was losing consciousness. He felt so weak.
"That's it. Dying, it's not so bad.'' Olivia soothes. "You only have an hour at most. Maybe sooner if your wound doesn't heal.'' She shushed Paige who was screaming inside. "That's it. It's just like falling asleep.'' She knew Paige will run out of oxygen soon. "Shh.''
"Paige." He saw her beautiful face. "I'm so sorry to...drag...you...into...my..." He saw blackness before the candle went out.
"Argh!" Phoebe threw down her crystal. "I can't find Paige. Olivia, her hold is much too strong."
"Keep trying!" Piper scolded. She ignored her headache. "Paige could be anywhere!"
Hearing the doorbell, Piper hurries downstairs. When she saw James and Rosalie, she wondered what was going on.
"We want this to end. It's over for good." The young man that came by earlier, he handed them a box. James didn't argue, he knew he was a employee at Knox. He handed her the box. "This contains a special box, your friend Kyra delivered it to you. We found it sitting on your doorstep." He lied. Whoever that man was, he knew who they were. He simply said to get ready to fight. He and Rosalie, they understood what he meant, their children, they woke up screaming, saying a Great Evil was coming. They brushed it off, till last night. While they were napping, they saw blood. Their future, it was filled with pain. Both of them agreed to a permanent truce.
"Richard, Paige. I know where they are." Rosalie knew where the Callaway's crypt was.
When Piper and Phoebe arrived, they saw the coffin wide open with Paige putting a potion in Richard's mouth.
"Here we go." Paige soothes. "Drink up, it's good for you."
"Olivia?" Phoebe knew that was her sister. That vengeance, it was gone. But she had to make sure.
"She already left."
Paige was unconscious when the coffin opened. When she saw a young man shaking her awake, she asked him what was going on.
"Never mind. Here. Give this to Richard. He'll die without it." He thrusts a potion in her hands. He got it from the Callaways and Montanas. He could have waited for the sisters, but he knew Piper was already sick with the disease. Her sickness would have compromised the potion.
''Okay." Paige felt so weak. The room was cold, but she and Richard were sweating. "Richard? Richard? Wake up." She opens the bottle.
"Mm. Olivia?" He was so tired.
"She's gone. Here. Sit up. Drink." Paige was about to thank the guy, but he was already gone. It was only a minute till her sisters came in.
"Paige? Where's Olivia?"
"She's gone."
Paige and Richard were walking hand and hand to a beautiful white light.
"It's so beautiful." Richard never felt so peaceful.
"I know." Paige died a few times, but this is the first time she came this far. "Olivia? Come here! You belong here too!" She saw her hesitation. "Forgive yourself!"
"I can't! I killed a man.'' The guilt was overwhelming. "You two. I killed you too!" God, she was so selfish. She should have moved on. She almost killed her family, a innocent party. Richard, his lady friend. "I belong in Hell.''
"Bullshit! You made a few mistakes! " Benjamin steps out of the light. "Your mom is waiting for you! You belong with us!"
Paige and Richard smile peacefully at Olivia who was crying.
"Dad." Richard grabs him in a hug. "How?''
"Leo?" Paige saw Leo behind Benjamin.
"You have to go back. I'll escort you." It was dangerous, if the angels found out, all of them were heading to prison. "Benjamin, take Olivia Home." He touched Paige's and Richard's forehead. "Wake up!''
"Do you have your car?" Paige asked Phoebe. Piper sold hers after she got married. She didn't buy a new car yet in Lawrence, she couldn't decide what to get. Seeing Phoebe nod, she helped Richard up. "Richard, we are heading to the hospital. We'll patch you right up."
"Dr Nicolae is in." She was a doctor at Sacred Meadows. "She'll patch you right up."
"Thanks Paige." Richard was sore, but he no longer felt so ill. He looked sadly at Olivia's dead remains. She was in peace now. "Goodbye Olivia, goodbye dad." He knew both were okay. "Let's go."
Piper was about to follow them, till she got dizzy. Phew. That flu, guess she wasn't over it yet.
"Piper!" Paige yells.
"Hold your horses!" She should check in, Sacred Meadows had a walk in clinic now. She needed some medicine. She walks dizzily towards the exit.
Chris sighs. He pulled out his ring. The last thing he kept from his love.
"I'll get you the future you deserve. Promise." She wasn't born yet, but Chris and Bianca were looking forward to her birth.