Ali had appeared at the end of the hallway. She only got there in time to see Prue stab Clark.
The demon dropped Clark to the ground and Prue looked at the blood-tipped dagger in her hand, then at Clark, then at Ali.
"He died because of you, you know." Prue said.
Ali didn't know what she was doing. She pulled out her sword, overcome with grief and anger. She rushed toward Prue, but Prue held up a hand. Ali felt herself slowing. She felt like she was trying to run against a hundred mile wind.
"It would be of no use to try and save him now." Prue said. "His death need not be avenged."
"Killer!" Ali screamed.
Prue waved her hand slightly and Ali fell backwards. Prue took a few steps forward and looked at Ali.
"Do try and stay conscious this time." Prue said and walked into a room.
Ali propped herself up, then stood and put her sword forward. The demon in front of her smiled and walked forward.
"You've gone against the Dark Ones and shall die." The demon said. "Lady Pruedence is already at work at the spell."
"Then I shouldn't waste too much time with you." Ali said and drove the sword into the demon's chest. He screamed then was engulfed in flames. Ali looked at Clark's lifeless body and bent down next to him. She turned him over and looked down at him.
"I'm sorry." Ali said then raced into the room where Prue was.
Prue was standing in front of a cauldron, with her hands in the air and she was chanting something Ali couldn't understand. After Prue finished chanting, a blue portal opened. Prue picked up the orb and looked at the portal. Before Prue could make her move, Ali charged at Prue and grabbed her around the middle. They both went sailing through the portal.
After a few minutes of swirling and falling endlessly, Ali landed hard on something very hard. Ali heard two things fall next to her: her sword and the orb.
Ali pulled herself up so that she was sitting on her knees. She put the orb in her bag and stood up. She put her sword in its sheath and turned around. Prue was standing behind her, looking a little shocked.
"Killer!" Ali screamed and jumped at Prue.
They both toppled over and Ali got in a few good shots, but Prue punched Ali and used her telekinesis to throw her in some nearby bushes. Prue got up and looked over to the bushes. Ali popped out of them with anger on her face.
"You killed him." Ali said. "There was no reason for him to die and you killed him!"
"Hey, I don't kill people." Prue said. "I protect Innocents."
"Innocents? Protect? You destroy them!"
"What are you talking about?" Prue asked.
"You and your Dark sisters! You kill people!" Ali screamed.
"We don't." Prue said. "And keep your voice down. It's almost midnight!"
"Wait, your robes... where are your robes?" Ali asked, coming from the bushes.
"My robes?" Prue asked.
"You... who are you?" Ali asked.
"I'm Prue." Prue said. "And you are - ?"
"I'm Ali."
"Well what are you doing?" Prue asked.
"I'm sorry." Ali said. "I'm looking for a Dark One."
"A what?" Prue asked.
"A Dark One." Ali said. "Are you... are you a Charmed One?"
"Well..."
"It's okay, you can tell me. I'm on your side." Ali said.
"Well, I am a Charmed One." Prue said.
Ali stepped forward and placed her sword at Prue's feet, then kneeled on one knee before her.
"Uh... what're you doing?" Prue asked.
"It's common knowledge that if one was to ever encounter a Charmed One, they should do this. The Charmed Ones are a well known symbol of Good." Ali explained.
"Where did you learn that?" Prue asked.
"From my book." Ali said.
"Do you have it with you?" Prue asked.
"Yes, I put it in before I left." Ali said.
"Can I see it?" Prue asked.
Ali straightened and unzipped her bag. She put her hand in and pulled out the leather bound book and handed it to Prue.
"You can, er, stand up." Prue said as she opened the book. Ali stood and looked straight ahead. "You can relax. Whoever told you that the Charmed Ones were so... wonderful was exaggerating just a little."
Prue flipped through the pages of the book and finally found the page on the Charmed Ones. She read: The Charmed Ones. The highest of all Good power. The Charmed Ones are the most powerful witches to ever exist and deserve that amount of respect. The eldest Halliwell Charmed witch holds telekinesis, the next holds the power to freeze time, and the third holds premonitions.
There were a few more facts about the Charmed Ones, but Prue didn't read them. She closed the book and handed it back to Ali.
"So, what're you doing here?" Prue asked.
"I was chasing a Dark One. I imprisoned her sisters and she was trying to release them, but we went through a portal and I ended up here without her. I need to find her so that I can capture her and the Dark Ones will be gone from where I come from." Ali explained.
"The Dark Ones, are they like the Charmed Ones?" Prue asked. Ali nodded.
"They are so much like you. They look exactly like you and their magic rivals yours, but they are pure evil." Ali said.
"Where do you come from?" Prue asked.
"The plane I come from has no name." Ali said. "It is just a place where people like me exist. It's a very magical place."
"What's it like?" Prue asked.
"Well, magic is everywhere. There used to be gods, but there were explosions in the sky and they were gone. That's when the Dark Ones got more powerful. They started to come out more and were no longer afraid of anyone because their powers had grown so much." Ali said.
"I bet my sisters would be very interested in meeting you." Prue said. "Would you like to meet them?"
"Meet the Charmed Ones? Definitely!" Ali exclaimed and picked up her sword.
"Why the sword?" Prue asked.
"Practically everyone has one." Ali said. "We carry them and mostly use them to fend off dangerous beasts."
"Beasts?" Prue asked. "Like what?"
"Lots of things. It ranges from trolls to Wendigos." Ali said. "Everything that's magic is where I come from."
They walked in silence to the manor. Ali looked around the street, looking at everything. Where she was from definitely did not look like the city.
"Here we are." Prue said.
Prue walked up the steps to the front door, with Ali following. Prue dug in her pocket for her keys, but before she could get them, the door swung open and her sisters charged through the doors with wooden spoons, both in their pajamas, screaming.
"Where's the demon?" Phoebe yelled.
"There!" Piper exclaimed and pointed her wooden spoon at Ali.
"No!" Prue said and stepped in front of her sisters to stop them from beating Ali with their wooden spoons.
"Look, we know spoons may not be the best weapons against a demon, but -"
"She's not a demon." Prue said, cutting Phoebe off. "I vanquished the demon. This is Ali, and Ali is not a demon."
"Oh." Piper and Phoebe mumbled.
"Well, come in." Piper said and put her wooden spoon in the pocket of her bathrobe.
"Yeah, you want some tea?" Phoebe asked, also putting her wooden spoon in the pocket of her bathrobe.
"No, thank you." Ali said, following the sisters inside.
"So," Piper asked as she poured three cups of tea. "What's the story?"
A/N: I thought I would add a little of that old Stephanie humor. So, what'd you think? Zette, this better get Leo's whole leg out of the house! And Sara, stop everything to work on the story? I suppose if I got Piper to freeze time...
The demon dropped Clark to the ground and Prue looked at the blood-tipped dagger in her hand, then at Clark, then at Ali.
"He died because of you, you know." Prue said.
Ali didn't know what she was doing. She pulled out her sword, overcome with grief and anger. She rushed toward Prue, but Prue held up a hand. Ali felt herself slowing. She felt like she was trying to run against a hundred mile wind.
"It would be of no use to try and save him now." Prue said. "His death need not be avenged."
"Killer!" Ali screamed.
Prue waved her hand slightly and Ali fell backwards. Prue took a few steps forward and looked at Ali.
"Do try and stay conscious this time." Prue said and walked into a room.
Ali propped herself up, then stood and put her sword forward. The demon in front of her smiled and walked forward.
"You've gone against the Dark Ones and shall die." The demon said. "Lady Pruedence is already at work at the spell."
"Then I shouldn't waste too much time with you." Ali said and drove the sword into the demon's chest. He screamed then was engulfed in flames. Ali looked at Clark's lifeless body and bent down next to him. She turned him over and looked down at him.
"I'm sorry." Ali said then raced into the room where Prue was.
Prue was standing in front of a cauldron, with her hands in the air and she was chanting something Ali couldn't understand. After Prue finished chanting, a blue portal opened. Prue picked up the orb and looked at the portal. Before Prue could make her move, Ali charged at Prue and grabbed her around the middle. They both went sailing through the portal.
After a few minutes of swirling and falling endlessly, Ali landed hard on something very hard. Ali heard two things fall next to her: her sword and the orb.
Ali pulled herself up so that she was sitting on her knees. She put the orb in her bag and stood up. She put her sword in its sheath and turned around. Prue was standing behind her, looking a little shocked.
"Killer!" Ali screamed and jumped at Prue.
They both toppled over and Ali got in a few good shots, but Prue punched Ali and used her telekinesis to throw her in some nearby bushes. Prue got up and looked over to the bushes. Ali popped out of them with anger on her face.
"You killed him." Ali said. "There was no reason for him to die and you killed him!"
"Hey, I don't kill people." Prue said. "I protect Innocents."
"Innocents? Protect? You destroy them!"
"What are you talking about?" Prue asked.
"You and your Dark sisters! You kill people!" Ali screamed.
"We don't." Prue said. "And keep your voice down. It's almost midnight!"
"Wait, your robes... where are your robes?" Ali asked, coming from the bushes.
"My robes?" Prue asked.
"You... who are you?" Ali asked.
"I'm Prue." Prue said. "And you are - ?"
"I'm Ali."
"Well what are you doing?" Prue asked.
"I'm sorry." Ali said. "I'm looking for a Dark One."
"A what?" Prue asked.
"A Dark One." Ali said. "Are you... are you a Charmed One?"
"Well..."
"It's okay, you can tell me. I'm on your side." Ali said.
"Well, I am a Charmed One." Prue said.
Ali stepped forward and placed her sword at Prue's feet, then kneeled on one knee before her.
"Uh... what're you doing?" Prue asked.
"It's common knowledge that if one was to ever encounter a Charmed One, they should do this. The Charmed Ones are a well known symbol of Good." Ali explained.
"Where did you learn that?" Prue asked.
"From my book." Ali said.
"Do you have it with you?" Prue asked.
"Yes, I put it in before I left." Ali said.
"Can I see it?" Prue asked.
Ali straightened and unzipped her bag. She put her hand in and pulled out the leather bound book and handed it to Prue.
"You can, er, stand up." Prue said as she opened the book. Ali stood and looked straight ahead. "You can relax. Whoever told you that the Charmed Ones were so... wonderful was exaggerating just a little."
Prue flipped through the pages of the book and finally found the page on the Charmed Ones. She read: The Charmed Ones. The highest of all Good power. The Charmed Ones are the most powerful witches to ever exist and deserve that amount of respect. The eldest Halliwell Charmed witch holds telekinesis, the next holds the power to freeze time, and the third holds premonitions.
There were a few more facts about the Charmed Ones, but Prue didn't read them. She closed the book and handed it back to Ali.
"So, what're you doing here?" Prue asked.
"I was chasing a Dark One. I imprisoned her sisters and she was trying to release them, but we went through a portal and I ended up here without her. I need to find her so that I can capture her and the Dark Ones will be gone from where I come from." Ali explained.
"The Dark Ones, are they like the Charmed Ones?" Prue asked. Ali nodded.
"They are so much like you. They look exactly like you and their magic rivals yours, but they are pure evil." Ali said.
"Where do you come from?" Prue asked.
"The plane I come from has no name." Ali said. "It is just a place where people like me exist. It's a very magical place."
"What's it like?" Prue asked.
"Well, magic is everywhere. There used to be gods, but there were explosions in the sky and they were gone. That's when the Dark Ones got more powerful. They started to come out more and were no longer afraid of anyone because their powers had grown so much." Ali said.
"I bet my sisters would be very interested in meeting you." Prue said. "Would you like to meet them?"
"Meet the Charmed Ones? Definitely!" Ali exclaimed and picked up her sword.
"Why the sword?" Prue asked.
"Practically everyone has one." Ali said. "We carry them and mostly use them to fend off dangerous beasts."
"Beasts?" Prue asked. "Like what?"
"Lots of things. It ranges from trolls to Wendigos." Ali said. "Everything that's magic is where I come from."
They walked in silence to the manor. Ali looked around the street, looking at everything. Where she was from definitely did not look like the city.
"Here we are." Prue said.
Prue walked up the steps to the front door, with Ali following. Prue dug in her pocket for her keys, but before she could get them, the door swung open and her sisters charged through the doors with wooden spoons, both in their pajamas, screaming.
"Where's the demon?" Phoebe yelled.
"There!" Piper exclaimed and pointed her wooden spoon at Ali.
"No!" Prue said and stepped in front of her sisters to stop them from beating Ali with their wooden spoons.
"Look, we know spoons may not be the best weapons against a demon, but -"
"She's not a demon." Prue said, cutting Phoebe off. "I vanquished the demon. This is Ali, and Ali is not a demon."
"Oh." Piper and Phoebe mumbled.
"Well, come in." Piper said and put her wooden spoon in the pocket of her bathrobe.
"Yeah, you want some tea?" Phoebe asked, also putting her wooden spoon in the pocket of her bathrobe.
"No, thank you." Ali said, following the sisters inside.
"So," Piper asked as she poured three cups of tea. "What's the story?"
A/N: I thought I would add a little of that old Stephanie humor. So, what'd you think? Zette, this better get Leo's whole leg out of the house! And Sara, stop everything to work on the story? I suppose if I got Piper to freeze time...
