Chapter 40: Pardon Our Past
Piper and Prue are throwing a party. Piper is serving drinks. Prue shows a couple to the door. Loud music is playing.
"Great party." A woman says.
Prue smiles, "Drive carefully."
"Good night." A man says.
Piper puts the tray on the table in the hall. Prue comes to her. "Great party. Maybe we should do this more often," Prue says.
Piper's attention is directed towards Dan and Leo, who are drinking beer and talking in the living room. "Yeah. Maybe next time we can trim the guest list by one."
Prue shakes her head, "Piper. I had to invite Leo. He was at the club when I went to go pick up the supplies. He knew that we were throwing a party."
Piper sighs, "Well didn't you think maybe he'd feel a little awkward being here because of Dan?"
"It doesn't look like he feels too awkward to me. Look, Piper, he's been mortal for what? A couple of weeks now? I mean, I felt bad for him. He doesn't know anybody and it's not like there's a fallen-white-lighters-support group to join or anything." Prue says.
"Prue, I'm not upset with you. I'm just…I'm…I'm, upset with the whole situation." Piper says.
Prue nods, "Well, Leo's just going to have to accept the fact that you're with Dan now. You are still with Dan, right?"
Piper nods, "Yes. Of course."
Leo and Dan laughs.
"What do you think they're talking about?" Piper asks.
Prue shrugs, "You."
Piper sighs, "Great."
Buffy and Phoebe comes out of her room by the stairs.
"Hey you guys." Phoebe says as Prue and Piper look at her and Buffy. "Give us a break. It's after midnight. I have midterms tomorrow."
"And I have a history test," Buffy says.
Piper nods, "Sorry. Pheebes. Sorry, Buffy. We didn't realize we were being so loud."
"Why don't you two take a study break? Clear your heads. Come on down." Prue says.
Phoebe shakes her head, "I can't. I have too many phobias." Prue and Piper give her the "what" look. "To learn about for my psych exam. I had no idea there were so many. "Claustrophobia. Arachnophobia."" She reads from the cards in her hand. "Um. "Kleptophobia, Phallusphobia.""
"Relax-a-phobia." Prue says.
"I have to cram in five whole years of Civil War history," Buffy says. "And you know what they say. Those that fail History are doomed to repeat it in summer school."
"Cute." Phoebe says.
Prue smiles, "Just trying to help."
"You can help by keeping it down," Buffy says.
Phoebe nods, "Did I mention it's after midnight?"
"Twice," Piper says.
"Party's breaking up anyway," Prue says.
"Thank you," Buffy and Phoebe says.
Phoebe kisses her hands, throws them at her sisters, and then she and Buffy go to their respective rooms.
In Buffy's room she has some papers, books, and laptop is scattered on her bed. She is going through her notes.
"Good night everybody," Piper says from downstairs.
"Finally," Buffy says she returns to studying until she hears music again. It sounds like the party is still going on. She exits the room and joins Phoebe, "I swear…"
Phoebe nods in agreement as they go to the stairs and begins walking downstairs.
"OK. we asked you guys once to keep it down," Phoebe says.
Buffy and Phoebe looks and sees no one around. As they walk downstairs, they still hear the party noises. They go into the dinning room. Something pushes both of them against the wall. They are forced to have their hands up against the wall. Something pulls their shirt off, then slips their bra strap off. Something then pulls their skirts up. They fallsto the ground. A lamp off the table and breaks.
Outside Piper, Prue, Leo, and Dan look towards the sound.
"Phoebe? Buffy?" Piper says.
They go inside and see Phoebe and Buffy on the ground.
"Phoebe? Buffy?" Prue says as they go to them. Prue and Piper kneel down by them. "Hey. Are you two all right?"
Phoebe and Buffy sits up and pulls their bra straps up and puts their shirts back on. They look at each other and then nods.
"Uh…yeah. I think so," Phoebe says.
"What happened?" Piper asks.
Buffy shakes her head, "Don't know, but I'd sure like to find out."
A few moments later Prue, Buffy and Phoebe are sitting on the couch. Buffy is laying her head in Prue's lap. Leo and Dan are standing behind the table behind the couch. Piper brings Phoebe and Buffy a glass of water. She then sits on the coffee table.
"Thanks." Phoebe and Buffy says.
"You sure you're both all right?" Dan asks.
Phoebe nods, "Yeah we're fine really."
"You're both lucky. Falling down like that, you really could have hurt yourselves." Dan says.
Prue nods, "Maybe we should call it a night, huh? Let them get some rest."
"Oh. OK." Piper says and she looks at Dan. "I'll walk you out."
Dan nods, "OK." Piper begins to show Dan out. Leo begins to walk around. Dan stops in the doorway with Piper and looks at Leo. "Hey, uh, Leo." Leo stops. "You coming?"
Buffy shakes her head, "Uh no. He has to stay here and…"
"Um, take glasses back to P3." Prue says.
Dan frowns, "Now? At this hour?"
"I'm a tough boss. Ready?" Piper says as she and Dan begin to leave.
"Nice chatting with you." Leo says.
Piper and Dan stop.
"Yeah. You too." Dan says.
Piper and Dan go by the door and kiss. Leo sees this. Dan leaves. Piper comes back into the living room.
"Well, I thought he'd never leave," Leo says.
Piper sighs, "What the hell were you two chatting about all night."
Prue frowns, "Piper do you mind?" Piper sits on the coffee table. "Buffy, Phoebe, so what really happened?"
Phoebe and Buffy look at each and nod.
"Uh…OK. We heard what we thought were party noises, so we came downstairs to check and to yell at you guys and…We were attacked by something invisible." Phoebe says.
"So what? Like a ghost?" Prue asks.
Buffy shrugs, "Uh, I didn't sense another being. It was more uh… I don't know, like a, like a daydream, I guess."
"A daydream? Since when do daydreams attack people?" Piper asks.
"It wasn't really an attack, it was more of... a seduction," Phoebe says.
"Yeah same here," Buffy says.
Leo frowns, "Interesting daydreams."
Phoebe nods, "Yeah."
"So I guess the question is what was it?" Prue asks.
Buffy and Phoebe looks at Leo.
"Have you ever run across anything like this? I mean, as a white lighter?" Buffy asks.
Leo shakes his head, "Not really."
Piper nods, "Which means we have no idea if it's going to strike again or not."
The next morning at school Piper is walking Buffy to her class.
"This is so embarrassing. I haven't needed someone to walk me to school since the first grade," Buffy says.
Piper nods, "Yeah, well, get used to it. Until we figure out what happened, Prue and I are yours and Phoebe's bodyguards."
"How do you know that you don't need the bodyguard?" Buffy asks. "How do you know that he won't come after you next?"
"Because from your and Phoebe's descriptions. It sounded very, uh, intimate." Piper says. "It makes us think that yours and Phoebe's are the only bodies it's interested in. Hey, you know, are you sure you're up for taking this exam?"
Buffy sighs, "I have to go to school sometime don't I. And this particular teacher doesn't believe in makeup exams."
Piper nods, "Okay."
"Oh!" Buffy says as she stops by her class in the doorway and looks at Piper. "You're not going to sit beside me in all my classes."
"I'm not?" Piper asks.
Buffy shakes her head, "No! You are not! You're going to wait patiently out here or better yet with Giles. I can check in between classes, please? Willow and Xander will be in there. They can watch me during classes"
"All right, but if anything weird happens have one of them come get me," Piper says.
Buffy nods, "OK." She turns and goes into class.
Moments later Buffy is taking the exam for History until something chokes her. She drops her papers and is thrown out of her chair. One girl screams.
The students jump out of their seats as Buffy continues to choke. Willow and Xander make their way through crowd and kneel next to her.
Willow looks to Xander, "Go get Piper."
Xander nods and turns to the teacher, "Payson's cousin is on campus I'm going to go get her." The teacher nods and Xander runs out of the room.
Willow turns back to Buffy, "Buffy. Buffy." Buffy stops choking and sits up. "Are you OK?"
That afternoon at Manor Piper and Prue are sitting on the couch. Leo is sitting in the armchair. Buffy and Phoebe is standing behind the couch. Giles is sitting in another armchair going through Buffy's Book of Shadows.
Piper is looking through the Charmed Book of Shadows, "What am I looking for?"
"Anything to do with past lives. Potions, spells, incantations. If I'm right, there should be something in the Book of Shadows about it," Leo says.
"You really think this has something to do with Phoebe and Buffy's past lives?" Prue asks.
Leo nods, "Well that's how our souls evolve, how we grow as invidious. From one lifetime to the next."
"OK. Then why is our past life trying to kill us?" Phoebe asks.
Leo shakes his head, "I don't think it is. I…I think it's trying to warn the two of you. Give you a chance to do something about it. Maybe it's because you get premonitions…"
Prue frowns, "Wait. Do something about what?"
Leo sighs, "About w…w…whatever happened before that's endangering her now. Anyways I believe it also because of Buffy's Slayer dreams."
"I've been meaning to talk to you all about that," Giles says. "There is no such things as Slayer dreams."
"What?" Buffy asks.
Giles sighs, "I've been researching it and didn't want to say anything till I was sure. The only Slayers who get prophetic visions are witches with an premonition power."
"You mean I have Phoebe's power?" Buffy asks.
"How is that possible?" Piper says.
"I believe it was passed down. Buffy you said your mother had the power of premonition," Giles said and Buffy nods. "That is like where it came from, something that was passed down from her mother."
"This is like huge," Phoebe says. "So you did wind up with a Charmed power after all, Buffy."
"Looks like," Buffy said. "Not sure how I feel about that though. I've seen how you've had to deal with them."
Phoebe nods and puts an arm around Buffy's shoulders, "Believe me I understand completely."
(A/N All I'm doing is giving an explination for the Slayer Dreams. Something that was really never explained much in the series. I may eventually advance them from being only during her sleep to being more active like Phoebe's eventually. I originally had planned to do this during Surprise and changed my mind. )
Piper finds a spell, "Leo's right. There's a spell that will take you to that past life."
Buffy and Phoebe goes and sits between Prue and Piper.
"Wait. We're not doing this," Prue says.
Piper slides Phoebe the Charmed Book of Shadows.
Phoebe shakes her head, "Looks like you don't have to. It's written in first person. Buffy and I can do it alone."
Prue frowns, "Phoebe, Buffy. "She flips through some pages looking for a return spell. "There's absolutely no spell to bring you back." She looks to Giles, "Did you find the spell?"
Giles nods, "I did and I find no reversal spell, either."
Prue flips back to the spell.
"Which means they can probably come back whenever they want to." Leo says.
Prue frowns, "Probably? That's not good enough. What if they can't? They could be trapped in their past life where something awful may have happened to them."
"But if Buffy and I don't go back, the same awful thing could happen to us in this life." Phoebe says.
Buffy nods, "Phoebe's right."
Prue sighs, "Fine. Then we're going with you."
Piper shakes her head, "We can't. Not according to the way the spell is written. Only Phoebe and Buffy can."
Phoebe sighs, "I've just started to turn my life around. I really don't want my past life to ruin it for me now." She pauses for a minute and sighs. She then looks to Buffy, "You ready?"
Buffy nods, "Whenever you are."
"Remove the chains of time and space and make my spirit sore. Let these mortal arms embrace the life that haunts before," Phoebe and Buffy recite moments before they fall asleep.
Past Buffy and Past Phoebe are riding in an old car in the 1920s. It honks and stops. Someone in a tuxedo opens the back door to let them out.
Past Buffy and Past Phoebe walk up the steps. They are passed by a woman.
"Thanks for the love potion. Worked wonders," the woman says to Past Phoebe.
They go up the stairs where a man is standing by the front doors.
"Welcome back," the man says as he opens the door.
There is a party going on. 1924 music is playing. Some people smile Past Buffy and Past Phoebe. Some look hateful.
Past Buffy and Past Phoebe is walking into the living room. Past Dan is playing the piano. He sees them and they looks at him mad. He looks away. They go by the stairs by the bar. A woman approaches them.
"Well, I was wondering where you went off to." The woman says.
Past Buffy holds up a bag, "We had to get some herbs. We can't very well make our potions without them. Would you like us to curse anyone for you?"
The woman looks at a guy who looks at her. "Maybe later."
They both give an impish giggle. The woman goes.
Past Piper goes to the bar. "Hurry up with that giggle water Jake. We have thirsty people waiting."
The bartender nods. Past Phoebe and Past Buffy looks at her disguised. They go to the bar.
Past Phoebe smiles, "What's a matter dear cousin? You're not afraid of us are you?"
Past Buffy nods, "Why dear sister she's not right now is she?"
Past Piper shakes her head, "Should I be?"
Past Phoebe looks to the bartender, Jake, "Our usual and bring it to our booth." She looks to Past Piper, "Would you tell your husband to play something different?" She looks at Past Dan, "I'm board with this old song."
Past Piper goes to Past Dan, "Don't worry about them, baby. Just keep playing."
"Anything for you," Past Dan says.
Past Piper looks at Past Phoebe and Past Buffy, mad. Past Phoebe and Past Buffy looks at her equally made and goes into the parlor. Past Piper grabs a make-up case with no make-up in it off the piano and leaves. Past Prue take a picture of an old couple with an old camera and smiles at them. Past Phoebe and Past Buffy walks to her. Past Prue looks mad at them.
"Hello cousin," Past Buffy and Past Phoebe says.
"We have to talk…soon," Past Prue says.
Past Buffy shakes her head, "We're done talking." She and Past Phoebe begins to walk away.
Past Piper goes to Past Prue.
"Did you find the spell?" Past Prue asks.
Past Piper holds up the make-up case and opens it without taking her eyes off Past Phoebe and Past Buffy. Past Prue takes out a piece of paper. Past Phoebe and Past Buffy looks back at them. Past Prue and Past Piper looks at them mad. Past Phoebe and Past Buffy begins leaving again.
A little girl is sitting by a crystal ball and a woman sitting across from her. "Say these words. Heed the…"
Past Phoebe and Past Buffy walks to her.
"Christina Larson. What in the devil are you doing?" Past Phoebe says.
Past Buffy glares to the woman, "And you get out of here." The woman gets up.
"I told you to watch my things. That's all." Past Phoebe says. She takes a proscenia doll and throws it on the ground, breaking it's head.
"My dolly!" Christina says as she goes to pick it up and begins to cry.
"Spells and charms are not toys Christina. Do you understand me?" Past Buffy says before she and Past Phoebe leaves.
"I've been looking all over for the both of you," a man says to Past Phoebe and Past Buffy. He kisses them both sexually. He then looks around and sees no one is watching him. Suddenly there are two of him.
Both men slips slips off a strap from their dresses. They then begin to slip up Past Phoebe and Past Buffy's dress, then stop.
"Why must you tease me Anton?" Past Phoebe says.
Anton, "Come with me." Both Anton's become one person again as he leads Past Phoebe and Past Buffy to the back of the house. A guy takes a package inside through the back door. They exit and stop just outside the back door. "Drink this."
"What is it?" Past Buffy asks.
Anton smiles, "A potion to triple your power. In case your cousins'," he looks at Buffy, "and sister, are ready for us. It's the only way for us to succeed. You two do want that, don't you?" Past Buffy and Past Phoebe hesitates for a minute and then they smile. "That's my girls." They drinks the potion. "Go ahead. Test it." They looks around to make sure no one's watching. They then shoot a jet of fire through their fingers and sets a box of wine on fire.
Back in the present Buffy and Phoebe wakes up and sits up with a jolt.
"OK. OK." Piper says.
"Where am I?" Phoebe asks.
Prue smiles, "Your home, honey. Your both home. Your both OK. What happened?"
"We were bad…very, very…bad." Buffy says.
A few moments later Phoebe enters the attic looking for the family tree. Buffy, Giles, Piper, Prue, and Leo follow her.
"Family tree. I know I saw one somewhere." Phoebe says.
Piper shakes her head, "Uh, I still don't understand."
Phoebe nods, "We were all related. Cousins. Well you Piper and Buffy were sisters.
"Really?" Piper asks.
Buffy nods, "Really. And we lived here at the manor back in the twenties."
Phoebe begins looking for the family tree
"Together? Here?" Piper asks before she looks at Prue. "So much for evaluation."
Prue shakes her head, "Wait. So you both saw us in our past lives? I mean, did we look the same?"
Phoebe looks up from the trunk, "Uh, yeah. You did, actually. Kind of." She opens the trunk, kneels down, and begins to look through it.
Leo shakes his head, "Well, they probably looked the same to you two because your soul recognized their souls. I mean, we all tend to travel in the same circle of family, friends, even enemies throughout our various lives. And that's why our souls recognize each other. So we can keep finding each other. That's what soul mates mean."
Buffy nods, "It was really weird being back like that because it wasn't like I had any control over my actions. It was more like I was a visitor. Watching. Feeling."
Phoebe nods in agreement, "I was the same way."
Piper frowns, "Feeling bad?"
Phoebe nods, "Feeling very, very bad." Prue and Piper give her and Buffy a look. "OK. I admit it. I liked it. It felt good to be respected and powerful." She looks at Leo. "Hey! Speaking of powers." She stands up, "How come I didn't get to keep that kick ass power I had back then?"
"Well, if you screw up your regress. Your past self must have abused the power. That's why it was taken away from you." Leo says.
"Uhm Leo, if Phoebe lost hers how come I still have mine?" Buffy asks.
"You likely won yours back at some point in another life, Buffy. Or you won them back in this one when you became the Slayer." Leo says.
Phoebe nods, "It's too bad I lost mine because it was hot." She looks at Prue and Piper, "Literally."
"Yeah. Apparently that wasn't the only thing that was really hot," Prue says.
Buffy smiles, "Ooh. Yeah. Anton was hot too. Ooh." She kisses her hands. "And he was such a good kisser."
Phoebe looks through the desk behind her, "And so good with his hands."
Buffy nods, "Those hands… And he had this power to duplicate himself. While he was kissing Phoebe his duplicate was kissing me simoultaneously."
"Hands that very well may have killed you both." Piper says. "
Phoebe nods, "Maybe. But, you know, it could have also been Past Dan."
"Dan? As in my Dan?" Piper asks.
Buffy nods, "Uh-huh."
You both saw him too?" Piper nods.
Phoebe nods, "He was your husband. Sorry Leo."
Leo smiles, "That's OK. I'm hoping Piper learns from her past mistakes."
Piper looks at Leo. "Huh."
Prue looks at Piper and smiles. "Huh."
Piper nudges Prue.
"Prue, this was the camera that you used in your past life." Phoebe says motioning to the old camera.
"Wait. I…" Prue says and goes over to Phoebe to see the camera, "…I was a photographer?"
Buffy nods, "Yeah, and apparently a really good one because people were lining up to get their portraits taken."
"Really?" Prue asks as Phoebe begins looking through a drawer. "So um, any idea what kind of power I had?"
Phoebe stops for a minute, "Uh, I don't know, but whatever it was, it must've been pretty powerful because Anton had to triple mine and Buffy's." She pulls up a rolled up family tree. "I found it. The family tree."
They all go to a box and Phoebe unrolls the family tree while they all kneel down. Leo puts his hand on the top to make sure it doesn't roll up on its own.
"Well there we are at the bottom." Piper says.
Prue nods, "Right. There's mom and Grams." Her finger slide by her parents' and grandparents' names and birth dates.
"OK. This must be us again. 4 of us." Phoebe says and points to the family tree. She slides her fingers across the names P. Bowen, P. Bexter, and P. Russell.
Buffy nods, "And this is Piper and Me since it's the only sisters listed for that generation." She points next to P. Bexter where there is another P. Bexter.
Prue nods, " Yeah, well, which one's which?"
"Wait a minute. What's the date today?" Phoebe asks.
"Uh, February 17th." Piper says.
Buffy and Piper sighs.
"I think that this one is me." Phoebe says as she points to P. Russell, "She died February 17th, 1924. The same age I am also."
Buffy nods, "Which means I'm," she points to the P. Bexter with the same date of death. "And apparently she was the same age I am also."
"Certainly explains why the warnings are happening today." Piper says.
Phoebe looks at Leo, "So, it doesn't mean that we're going to die today too, right?"
Leo shrugs, he doesn't know.
"We have to figure out what happened…fast." Prue says.
"Wait. Wh…what was that little girl's name? Christina…Christina…Christina Larson. Christina Larson. Maybe she can remember what happened." Buffy says.
"Can you say long shot?" Prue asks.
Phoebe nods, "Well, it's the only shot we got, Prue. I will call Darryl and maybe the police can track her down. I just hope she's forgotten what I did to her doll."
Later at the retirement home, Buffy, Phoebe, Piper, Prue, and Leo are there talking to Christina, who's in a wheelchair.
Christina points at Phoebe, "My dolly! You broke my dolly!"
Phoebe shakes her head, "No. No. That wasn't me. It was just someone that looked like me. Sort of. It's…it's hard to explain."
Leo nods, "But she recognizes your soul. That's a good sign."
"Just let her know that you're the good Phoebe and the good Buffy, not the bad ones." Prue says.
Buffy nods, "Uh…" She goes by Christina. "You don't have to be afraid of us anymore. We're not going to hurt you. I promise."
Piper nods, "Ms. Larson, we need your help."
Phoebe kneels down, "Do you remember when you were a little girl back in 1924? You used to go to a speakeasy that was run by four women. Do you remember that?"
Christina nods happily, "Daddy was the bartender. He used to pick me up after school and take me there." She giggles a little. "I liked the piano." She sings this next line. "If you were the only girl in the world, and I…"
Buffy touches Christina's hand, "The girls that looked like us, do you remember them?"
Christina takes her hand away, "They were evil witches." She looks at Leo, Prue, and Piper. "I used to hide upstairs by the landing." She looks at Phoebe and Buffy. "I saw everything."
Piper nods, "Did you see anything bad happen to the evil witches?"
Christina nods, "Oh. It was scary. Fire and screaming." She turns to Phoebe. "And then…you…" she turns to Buffy, "and you were murdered."
Phoebe nods, "Do you remember who murdered us?"
Prue nods, "Was it a man named Anton?"
"They were such pretty necklaces. Just ripped off of the bad witches and then strangled them." Christina says
Leo nods, "Who strangled the evil witches?"
Christina cries, "That was my favorite dolly."
Buffy sighs, "We're so sorry." They walk outside. Buffy looks at Phoebe and then at Piper, Prue, and Leo, who are following them. "Well, bright side, at least we don't have to worry about ending up in a place like this in our golden years."
Prue sighs, "Hey, at least we have time to figure out what happened."
Phoebe nods, "Not much time. By midnight, we'll be dead again."
"By midnight? How do you know that?" Piper asks.
Buffy sighs, "Midnight, a full moon, what's the difference? It's always one or the other, right? Phoebe and I know we won't make it to February 18th unless…"
Leo nods, "You go back to the past again and find some answers."
A little later Prue, Piper and Buffy are sitting on the couch. Leo is standing behind the couch, pacing. Phoebe brings the Charmed Book of Shadows as she sits on the couch between Prue and Buffy. She begins to open the book to the past life spell.
"Whatever you two do, make sure you get back before your past lives gets killed. Otherwise we may not be able to wake either of you up," Leo says.
Phoebe nods, "Don't worry. Dying is one experience I don't plan on reliving."
"I've done it three times already." Buffy says. "I really don't want to make it number four."
Prue nods, "Are you sure that you both want to do this?"
Phoebe looks to Buffy who simply sighs. "No…but here it goes."
"Remove the chains of time and space and make my spirit sore. Let these mortal arms embrace the life that haunts before." Buffy and Phoebe says and they fall asleep.
Prue lays Phoebe's head down on the pillow as Piper does the same for Buffy.
Back to just after Past Phoebe and Past Buffy threw their jet of fire. Boxes blow up.
"Feels good to be bad, doesn't it?" Anton says.
"Sometimes." Past Phoebe and Past Buffy says.
They turn around.
"Second thoughts?" Anton asks.
"They're my cousins, Anton," Past Phoebe says.
"Payson's my sister, Anton." Past Buffy says.
Anton nods, "They're good witches, my loves, which is why I gave you both these amulets to wear." He points to the necklaces. "They protect you both from their witchcraft so they can never harm either of you." They look like they're thinking about not doing it. "Hey, killing them is the only way for me to get their powers, and once I have them…together…we will be unstoppable." He duplicates himself and one version kisses Past Phoebe passionately while the other kisses Past Buffy passionately. "First thing's first. Are you both ready?" They nod as both versions of Anton meld back into one person. "Good. Now remember, wait until after I lure Payson away from her piano man before you make your move."
"How you gonna do that?" Past Phoebe asks.
Anton smiles, "Easy, by posing as her former lover…" he waves his hand over his dace and changes into Past Leo, "…and fighting through her power. Shall we?"
"Let's," Past Phoebe and Past Buffy says before they go inside.
A man is singing "If you were the only girl in the world and I were the only boy".
Past Piper is watching Past Dan playing the piano. She spots Anton as Past Leo. He smiles. She looks at Past Dan to make sure he isn't watching. She goes to Anton. "What are you doing here?"
Anton draws her to the corner, "Just missing you baby." He starts grabbing her sexually.
Past Piper frowns, "Stop it. We can't do this anymore. What is the matter with you? This isn't like you."
"You're right. It's not." Anton says as he waves his hand in front of his face and turns back into Anton. Past Piper tries to scream, but Anton covers her mouth. He signals to Past Phoebe and Past Buffy. They go to Past Prue, who is getting a couple ready. Past Prue begins to go back to the camera and then sees Past Buffy and Past Phoebe. She stops.
"Do you wanna talk now? Upstairs?" Past Buffy says.
Past Piper gets free from Anton's grip, but falls to the floor. Everyone focuses their attention on her. Past Phoebe amd Past Buffy throws a jet of fire at Past Prue. Past Prue blocks them by blowing at them. Icy breathe, literally, comes out of her mouth and destroys them. People get up and start to run. In the process, Past Phoebe, Past Buffy and Past Prue get knocked down. Past Piper is being chocked by Anton. Past Dan gets a rake and hits Anton in the back. Past Prue gets up.
Anton turns around and hits Past Dan, who is flown to the fire place and knocked out. He turns to Past Piper. She tries to freeze him, but he fights through it and begins to choke her again. "Oh, I'm gonna like having that power."
Christina runs upstairs and hides at the landing. Everyone flees from the house except Past Dan, Past Phoebe and Past Buffy, who are standing, Past Piper, Past Prue, and Christina. Past Prue tries to use her power on Past Phoebe. It goes into her necklace.
"How does it feel to be powerless against us?" Past Phoebe says.
Past Prue pulls a trigger on her camera and a little fire comes out, blinding Past Phoebe and Past Buffy for a moment. Past Prue kicks Past Phoebe down and then goes to kick Past Buffy down. Past Phoebe tries to get up, but Past Prue holds her hands back.
Past Piper, is almost near death, kicks Anton in the balls. He lets her go and she stands up. She pushes a grandfather clock on Anton. Past Piper runs and grabs Past Buffy holding her down. Past Prue takes Phoebe's amulet off and throws it. Past Piper takes Buffy's amulet off and tosses it also.
"We know Anton's a warlock." Past Piper says.
Past Prue takes a slip of paper off her leg, "And that he's fallen in love with the both of you…"
"And turned you both evil." Past Piper says as a tear rolls down her face. For a moment she hesitates as it would mean killing her sister.
"We can't have you guys join forces. Not in this life. Not in any life." Past Prue says.
Past Piper looks to Past Buffy, "God forgive us. I love you my sister."
Past Prue holds the paper where Past Piper and her can see it. "Evil witches in my sight. Vanquish thyself. Vanquish thy might. In this and every future life."
Back in the present Phoebe and Buffy wakes up with a gasp. They look at Prue and Piper and backs away. Prue and Piper gets up and follows them.
Prue frowns, "Buffy, Phoebe what?"
"You! You were the ones that we're trying to kill us." Phoebe says.
"Why Payson? Why did you want to kill me, your sister?" Buffy says.
Phoebe and Buffy head upstairs away from them. Piper, Prue, and Leo are following them.
"Don't be ridiculous. You both know we'd never hurt either of you." Piper says.
Buffy frowns, "No? Tell that to Past Buffy and Past Phoebe. You two cursed them."
Prue goes to grab Phoebe's arm as Piper grabs Buffy's arm. "Phoebe. Buffy. Come on."
Buffy and Phoebe draw their hands back.
"Hey! You know they didn't try to kill either of you Phoebe, Buffy. You know that it was their past selves." Leo says.
Phoebe sighs, "We know, and it was our past selves that tried to kill them first."
Phoebe and Buffy goes in to Phoebe's room.
Piper frowns, "Huh?" Phoebe slams her bedroom door close. Piper opens the door. Phoebe and Buffy are sitting on Phoebe's bed looking out the window. "Buffy, Phoebe, whatever happened, you can't blame yourself. It wasn't really you."
Buffy sighs, "But that's the thing. It was us, or at least a part of us that we can relate to." She looks over her shoulder at Prue and Piper. "And we don't mean hurting you guys. We can't even imagine that, but being in our past life, that powerful, evil feeling, it was…it was seductive." She looks back at the window. "And that's what scares us. I mean, what if that's who we really are."
Prue goes and sits by Phoebe and Buffy. "But that's not who either of you are. Not in this life. I mean, you-you've both evolved. You've both grown. You're both good now."
Leo nods, "Buffy you would never have been called as the Slayer if you were evil."
Phoebe sighs, "We were good then too. Before we…before they turned. Before they fell in love with Anton." She looks over at Piper. "Who, surprise, was a warlock." She looks at Prue. "Oh. And that's not the only surprise. Anton could glamour into looking like anyone he wanted to." She looks at Piper. "That's how he lured Past Piper. He glamoured into her former lover."
"Her former lover? Who was that?" Piper asks.
Leo smiles, "It was me."
Piper turns around. "Wh…"
Leo nods, "Or, rather, past me."
Piper looks at Leo. "Him?"
Buffy nods, "Yeah. Hey, how did you know that?"
"Yeah. How did you know that?" Prue asks.
Piper looks at Leo.
Leo sighs, "When you become a Whitelighter, they let you see your past lives for perspective."
Phoebe looks at Prue. "No wonder he knows so much stuff about this."
Piper shakes her head, "Hold it. Wait a minute. You knew that we were lovers before and you didn't tell me?"
Leo sighs, "No. I just…"
"You just what? I'm getting a migraine." Piper says.
Leo nods, "Look Piper, I didn't want to tell you because I didn't want it to influence you in the present. I wanted you to decide whether or not you wanted me in this life."
"I need an aspirin." Piper says.
"OK." Buffy says as she and Phoebe stands up. "Can we get back to our problem. Since, at best, we only have till midnight to live?"
Piper nods, "Right. Sorry." She turns to Leo. "We will talk later."
Prue nods, "I…I…I understand how Past Phoebe and Past Buffy was killed, but not why killing her is going to kill you two."
Phoebe sighs, "Because of the curse. They didn't want to risk Past Phoebe, Past Buffy and Anton getting back together in any lifetime. Anton was…is immortal. And I guess that they thought he, Buffy and Phoebe were soul mates or something."
Piper frowns, "So he's still alive? Running around out there somewhere?"
Buffy and Phoebe shrugs.
"You know, the more immediate question is how do we protect Phoebe and Buffy from their past lives?" Leo asks.
Buffy nods, "The amulets could protect us."
Prue frowns, "What amulets?"
Phoebe smiles, "The ones that Anton gave Phoebe and Buffy. I wonder if Christina knows where they are."
"76 years later? I don't think so." Piper says.
Prue nods, "We probably have a better chance of looking in the Book of Shadows under Anton and, uh, seeing where he got the amulet in the first place." She goes to Piper.
Buffy nods, "Yeah. Good. You guys go check that out and I'm going to run downstairs and grab something to eat. I'm starving. Want to join me Pheebs?"
Phoebe nods, "Sure, I'm hungry."
Piper nods, "OK. We'll meet you downstairs."
Prue and Piper leave. Piper looks angrily at Leo.
"Leo. Wait." Phoebe says and he looks at her. "We want you to come with us to the retirement home."
"What about your sisters'?" Leo asks.
Buffy shakes her head, "We don't want them there. If we don't find the amulets, we're going to die, Leo. And Phoebe and I don't want them to see that." Phoebe grabs her bag as Buffy grabs Leo and Phoebe's hands and flames out.
At the retirement center Christina is sitting in a wheelchair looking out the window. Buffy and Phoebe comes through the door with Leo behind them.
"Christina? Hi. It's Phoebe and Buffy. We're sorry to bother you again, but we need your help with something." Phoebe says.
Buffy nods, "It's really important." She kneels down. "We need you to try to remember back to the day that the bad witches died, and the pretty necklaces was torn off their necks. Do you remember that day?"
Christina doesn't response.
"Christina. I…I know this is difficult, but please try. Phoebe's and Buffy's lives depends on it." Leo says.
Phoebe nods, "Do you remember what happened to the necklaces Christina?"
Christina looks at Phoebe and Buffy. "I was up on the landing watching the whole scary thing."
Buffy nods, "And the necklaces?"
"Th… Th… They just slid across the floor into the foyer." Christina says.
Buffy and Phoebe sighs and Buffy gets up. They begin to leave.
"Oh. Damn it. Now we're never going to find it this way." Leo says.
Phoebe and Buffy stops and turns around.
Phoebe nods, "Maybe, or maybe not. Leo, do you think that I can write a spell that can not only send Buffy and I back to the past but give us complete control over our actions as well?"
Leo shrugs, "I don't know. Why?"
"Because if she can, we could go back to the past and find the amulets and hide them someplace safe so we know where to find them when we come back to the present." Buffy says.
Leo nods, "The only way for you to do that would be to switch life forces with Past Phoebe and Past Buffy." They give him the "what" look. "In other words you would be in 1924 and evil Phoebe and evil Buffy would be right here in your bodies."
Phoebe nods, "But just long enough for us to find the amulets and then switch back."
"Yeah, but if something goes wrong, we risk unleashing a powerful evil witch in the present and losing you both in the past." Leo says.
Buffy nods, "But if we don't do anything Leo, we're going to lose us anyway. We have to find the amulets. It's our only hope."
Phoebe looks around for a pad and a pen then and finds them on the night table. She goes there and begins to write a spell.
Leo sighs, "You both do realize you won't look any different to them? They'll still think you're evil Phoebe and evil Buffy and try to kill you.
Phoebe nods, "Leo. Don't worry so much." She touches his chin. "You're mortal now. You'll get wrinkles." They smile. Phoebe and Buffy lies down on the bed, looks at the paper, then closes their eyes.
"In this time and in this place, take the spirit we displace. Bring it fourth while we go back, to inhabit a soul so black." Phoebe and Buffy recite.
In 1924 Past Piper and Past Prue are trying to kill Past Phoebe and Past Buffy.
"We'll…kill…you." Past Phoebe says.
Phoebe frowns, " No, uh, wait. It's…I'm not. Grrr."
Phoebe and Buffy kick Past Prue and Past Piper.
"Aaah!" Past Prue and Past Piper says.
Buffy and Phoebe goes to a bar and looks over the counter.
"OK. The amulets. Where is the amulets?" Buffy says.
Buffy and Phoebe sees Past Prue and Past Piper get up and Buffy and Phoebe runs upstairs.
"Why are they running from us? Why aren't they just using their powers?" Past Prue asks.
Past Piper shrugs, "They're probably trying to lure us into another trap."
Back in the present Leo watches Buffy and Phoebe.
"Phoebe, Buffy are you two all right?" Leo asks as he leans closer to her and whispers the next line. "Are you there?"
Christina gets up and goes to her jewelry box, "Here…there…everywhere." She takes the amulets out of her jewelry box.
Leo frowns, "What?" He goes to Christina.
Christina waves her hand in front of her face and changes into Anton, who hits Leo. He crashes into the bathroom door and knocks him out. The real Christina is in the bathroom gagged and tied to a wheelchair. Anton goes to Phoebe and Buffy, who is Past Phoebe and Past Buffy, "If you were the only girl in the world, and I were the only boy." He puts the amulets on them and then kisses them. "Wake up my sweets."
Past Phoebe and Past Buffy wake up and sees they are someplace new.
"Anton? What's going on?" Past Phoebe asks.
Anton helps Past Phoebe and Past Buffy to stand up, "It's OK."
"Where are we?" Past Buffy says.
Anton smiles, "You've both been reincarnated…reborn…to me."
In 1924 Past Piper and Past Prue are coming towards the stairs and Buffy and Phoebe are on the landing.
"Uh, we're not who you think we are. I'm a different me. A me from another lifetime where we've evolved into sisters'. Good sisters'. H-happy sisters'." Phoebe says.
"And I'm a different me, again from another lifetime where we've evolved into good cousins. H-happy cousins." Buffy says. "So happy that we even still consider ourselves sisters. I was even named after you Payson."
Past Piper looks to Past Prue, "Must have cut off too much blood to their brains."
Past Prue nods, "Must have."
Phoebe looks to Buffy, "Screw this." She and Buffy sits against the wall. "In this time and in this place, take the spirit we displace. Bring us forth while they go back to their soul so black." It doesn't work and they stand up. "Uh-oh."
Past Prue tries to use her power against Phoebe and Buffy, but misses and her icy breath hits the wall.
Past Prue and Past Piper come upstairs looking for Buffy and Phoebe.
Buffy and Phoebe sneaks to the stairs. They walks downstairs, looking behind them to see if Past Prue and Past Piper are following them.
"In this time and in this place…" Phoebe and Buffy says as they back into Anton.
"Oh, there you both are." Anton says as he kisses Phoebe and then Buffy against their will. "You both are too good to be true."
"Thanks for reminding us." Buffy says as kicks him and he files to the pool table. It breaks from under him.
Past Prue and Past Piper come up behind them.
"Got her." Past Prue says as she clamps Phoebe's hands.
Past Piper grabs Past Buffy from behind and clamps her hands. "Sorry, my sister."
Past Piper and Past Prue begin to chant.
"In this time and in this place…" Phoebe and Buffy chant.
In the present Past Phoebe, Past Buffy and Anton are walking towards the couch. Anton lets go of Past Buffy and Past Phoebe's hands.
Piper walks up to Past Phoebe, "Hey. How's it going?"
Leo pops out from behind a couch behind them, "Behind ya!"
Prue pops up behind the couch. Past Buffy and Past Phoebe shoots a jet of fire at her. Prue uses her power to make the fire go to Anton. Anton, Past Buffy and Past Phoebe look at each other sadly. Anton screams and turns into dust. Piper comes and bats Past Phoebe over the head and before Past Buffy knows what happens she is hit over the head also. Past Phoebe and Past Buffy falls to the ground, "Sorry Pheebes. Sorry Buffy."
"Get the amulets," Leo says.
In 1924 Phoebe and Buffy continue to chant, "While they go back to their soul so black."
In the present Phoebe and Buffy sits up with a gasp.
"Piper… Prue." Phoebe and Buffy says.
"OK. It's them. Put it back on fast." Piper says as she puts an amulet on Buffy.
Prue puts the other amulet on Phoebe.
Both amulets glows for a moment.
Prue smiles, "It's OK."
Piper nods, "You're both safe.
Phoebe and Buffy look at each and smiles. "Thank you guys…for saving our lives. All of them." Phoebe says.
"Ditto," Buffy says.
The next morning Phoebe and Buffy are sitting on Phoebe's bed with both Book of Shadows.
Prue walks in. "Hey, you two all right?"
Phoebe looks to Buffy who nods, "Yeah. I think so. We're just writing a little warning in the book about Anton."
"Why?" Prue asks. "You both don't think that we actually vanquished him?"
Buffy shrugs, "We don't want to take any chances. Phoebe and I just hope our future selves are somewhere near the books if he ever strikes again."
Prue nods, "Something tells me that we're always going to be near it. Always have been. Always will be."
Phoebe smiles, "Yeah. You're probably right. Of course the warning won't do much good if the mine and Buffy's future selves turns out to be bad."
Prue sits on the bed, "It's not just you, you know. I mean, we all have a little bad in us. It's just that when you turn bad things tend to catch on fire."
Buffy and Phoebe laughs.
"And this is supposed to be making us feel better?" Phoebe asks.
Prue nods, "What I mean is that it's just as natural to be bad as it is to be good. That's how we know what good is. That's how we're able to make the choice to be good. Remember, Anton wouldn't have needed evil Past Phoebe or evil Past Buffy if you hadn't evolved into good Phoebe and good Buffy."
Buffy nods, "Still, it's okay to be bad every once in a while isn't it?"
Prue nods, "Oh yeah. A lot."
They laugh.
Buffy gets up and hands Prue her book, "Is Piper downstairs?"
"Last I checked why?" Prue asks.
"I just need to talk to her," Buffy says.
Phoebe looks at Buffy and then nods, "Sister to Sister?"
Buffy nods, "Yes." She turns and walks out the door and downstairs, "Piper?"
"In here," Piper says from the kitchen.
Buffy walks into the kitchen and over to Piper who is fixing breakfast. "Piper I need to apologize."
"For what?" Piper asks.
"You are or were my sister," Buffy says. "And I turned on you."
Piper sighs and turns to Buffy, "It's in the past."
"No it's not. Not for me." Buffy says. "For me it was just yesterday. I experienced it. I know that was your past life but it was still you. And I think it's why Leo was wrong about one thing. I was punished, still am. I wasn't stripped of that power because when I was reborn I was punish in another way. It's why I'm not your sister in this life."
Piper sighs and turns off the stove. She walks around to Buffy and hugs her.
"I know you all consider me a sister despite that were cousins now. But you and I, I would like to think we are in fact still sisters." Buffy says.
Piper wipes a tear from her face and smiles, "I'd like that."
"Promise me something." Buffy says. "Promise me that if I ever show signs of turning evil. That you will bind my powers till you can turn me back. I don't want to ever put you through that again. I saw what having to cast that spell did to your past self. It was destroying you. You knew what you had to do was the right thing to do. But I could tell it was eating you up inside. And I don't ever want that to happen again."
Piper lets out a sigh and then nods, "I promise my sister." Buffy smiles. "What?"
"That's what your past life called me, my sister," Buffy says. "It's just nice to hear you say it again. Even if it is in a different lifetime."
Piper smiles, "How about I call into the school and tell them your sick. Then you and I can have a day just the two of us."
"I'd like that," Buffy says.