Chapter 1
"Good, but they call it high kick for a reason." Cole teased. Phoebe laughed as she watched her sister give Cole a glare.
"Oh shut up! I'm not the fighting witch. I don't even know why I'm here. I just had a baby for goods sake!" Piper replied, putting her hands on her knees to catch her breath. Phoebe walked over to Cole, and looked around their basement.
"You asked me. But you're right about one thing." Cole said, half smiling. Piper looked up at Cole curiously.
"You aren't the fighting witch." Cole confirmed. Phoebe laughed, as Piper kept a steady glare at Cole.
"Ok, try it again. Piper, don't be afraid of my energy balls, it's just an illusion." Cole ordered. Piper nodded sarcastically. Phoebe laughed, and then started the drill by levitating, yet she only jumped up about half a foot, and then landed on her butt.
"What was that?" Piper said almost laughing. Cole got an annoyed look on his face.
"Phoebe, if you can't take this seriously than-" Cole started; Phoebe ignored him and walked to the stares.
"I can't do it. Piper, try using your power." Phoebe said, gripping on to the handle rail.
"Which one, why?" Piper asked, obviously annoyed and tired.
"Just do it. Freeze this." Phoebe said, picking a flashlight off a wooden shelf and tossing it into the air. Piper flicked her wrist, but nothing happened.
"See." Phoebe said. Piper's eyes widened, as she was suddenly filled with desperate energy, as she now tried to blow the flashlight up.
"I knew we were working to hard. Cole, now we have no powers. Good thing Paige had to work." Piper accused half jokingly. Cole looked at Piper with disbelief.
"Right." Cole said, and with that, he shimmered out.
"I hate it when he does that!" Phoebe almost screamed in frustration. Piper gave Phoebe a sympathetic look.
"Lets go find out why we don't have any powers, because our first suspect is on the run." Piper joked. Phoebe cracked a small smile and followed Piper up the stares. They were about to head up the attic, when they heard a door slam, and echo through the manner quite heavily.
"PIPER! PHOEBE!" Paige called. Phoebe and Piper ran anxiously down the stairs, to see Paige, pulling a man with a dog leash, that she had tied his hands around his back. A Husky trotted into the house behind Paige and the dark brown haired man. Paige was drenched in a purple, slimy liquid that was dripping slowly in glops on the floor. Piper looked at Paige, then looked at the man.
"Paige, right. I've told you a million times, I'm not a demon, if I was, your powerless, I wouldn't put up with a Charmed One pulling me to her house by a dog leash." The man impatiently exclaimed. His brown eyes looked around the manor, and then fell upon the dog.
"Star. Outside. Now." The man ordered. The dog happily trotted outside through the unclosed front door.
"Paige, untie him. He's right, he would have killed you by now if he was a demon." Piper ordered. Phoebe went over to Paige, and poked the goo timidly on her.
"Actually, this stuff is kinda fun to play with." Phoebe said. "Oh, and the dog can come in." Phoebe said. Piper gave Phoebe a warning look, which was ignored.
"Ok. Star, free." The man said as Paige untied him. "Thanks, and oh, I can get that." The man said. He waved his left hand, and the slimy mess on Paige disappeared.
"Why did you think he was a demon?" Phoebe asked, petting Star. Paige rolled her eyes.
"He vanquished a demon with fire. It was only natural." Paige accused.
"I told you, I'm a fire starter. Would you rather have had me let you die?" Max asked rather eagerly.
"Hmm…. Remind you of anyone?" Piper asked. Phoebe glared at Piper.
"On a brighter note. I don't think I caught your name." Phoebe changed subjects.
"I'm Max, and you are?" Max asked, shaking Phoebe's hand. Phoebe smiled.
"Phoebe, and that's Piper and Paige." Phoebe replied. Piper nodded.
"LEO!" Piper called. Paige took a step away from Max, and stood by Piper, when Leo orbed in next to her.
"Yeah, Paige remember Tyler? He was a fire starter." Piper asked. Max looked at Piper.
"Tyler, actually, we were the family that adopted him." Max said, looking at Leo.
"I knew I heard those P names somewhere before, you must be Leo" Max continued looking at Leo. Leo nodded, and looked at Piper who smiled. Cole shimmered in.
"I know why you have no powers." Cole exclaimed, walking over to Phoebe. Star looked up and barked once at Cole, then wagged his tail, only to playfully trot over to Cole, who petted him immediately.
"Hey." Cole said, bending down to Stars height. Piper smiled and looked at Phoebe.
"Ok, puppy boy why don't we have powers?" Piper asked, half bending over to Cole's head. Max looked at Cole.
"Cole?" Piper asked Cole who obviously had all his attention on the dog.
"You don't have powers because there has been an upset in the balance of good and evil. Someone found a way to get to all the powers of witches everywhere. That's why, Cole, Leo and I can still use them, pretty soon we aren't going to be able to either. But the point is, if all good creatures are powerless-" Max exclaimed for Cole. Cole stood up, and Piper looked to him for confirmation.
"Couldn't have said it better." Cole confirmed, still looking at Star.
"Sorry, but right now I have to pick up Tyler, and his brothers and sisters from school. I would elaborate, but I have to walk back to my house to get the van. I'll be back of course. " Max said.
Piper nodded.
"If it wouldn't be too much trouble, do you think me and Leo could come with you, we've been meaning to give Tyler a visit." Piper asked hopingly. Max smiled.
"I don't know, I could bring him by. Actually his sisters, they have powers too so, when I come back, I could bring the two of them and Tyler by. They'd probably be safer with me. Is that ok?" Max asked. Piper nodded.
"Uh, yeah. Do you need a ride, Leo could orb ya." Piper suggested. Max smiled.
"Actually, that would save some time, Leo could you?" Max asked Leo nodded. He patted Max on the back and the two disappeared with blue and silver lights.
"Who's Tyler again?" Phoebe asked. A small smile creped across Cole's face.
"Oh, honey that was when you were, um bewitched." Piper explained. Paige giggled.
"Ok, what is up with you?" Phoebe asked Paige. Paige looked at Phoebe with a blank stare.
"What?" Paige asked. Phoebe rolled her eyes.
"You haven't said anything to Max." Phoebe said. Paige shrugged.
"There wasn't much to say." Paige replied. Receiving stares from everyone in the room, she decided to leave it.
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"Piper! Leo! Paige!" Tyler cried out in excitement. The three enchanted hugs with the now twelve-year-old boy. Phoebe walked in with a baby boy in her hands.
"Tyler, this is my son Tanner." Piper introduced, taking Tanner from Phoebe. Max walked calmly in the front door, followed by two young girls.
