AN: I am putting this in the Charmed section. Please let me know what you think and if I should continue, By the way in this story the source has yet to be defeated. What do you think Tara's reaction when she wakes up should be and Willow should she stay on in San Francisco or go back to Sunnydale? Please Review this is my first fic dealing pretty much with charmed.

AN2: The story of the Warren Witch and Christina belong to me

AN: The spells will be in Italics, as will all the sence taking place in the underworld involving the Source.

Piper put her hand on Leo's arm. "Well apparently she is the Warren Witch."

Leo looked at his wife with wide eyes. "What?"

Piper sighed in frustration. "Leo this is our cousin Tara, she is the Warren Witch and how could you not of known about this?"

Well," Leo cleared his throat, "um maybe I should check with the elders."

So saying he orbed away, Piper turned her attention back on Tara who had finally gotten to her feet. Willow looked at each of the Halliwell women and then back at Tara. "So does this make her a Halliwell?"

Patty shook her head and stared at Tara. "No it makes her a Warren, a sister witch."

Tara had remained quiet since the whole ghost thing, now she wanted answers. "It makes me a Warren and what exactly does that mean?"

Patty sighed. "It's a long story, let's sit down and I will try to explain," she waited until everyone had sat down, "Melinda Warren lived during the Salem Witch Trials and I am sure you can imagine what it was like to be a witch in that day and age. But she kept on healing and doing good for the people of her village. She was turned in to the town council by her lover Mathew Tate, he was a warlock. She was tried and found guilty of witchcraft and sentenced to burn at the stake. The town's people tied her up in the center of town and executioner waved a flaming torch in her face and asked if she had any last words. This is what she told them, you may kill me but you can not kill my kind. With each generation the Warren witches will grow stronger until one day three of my blood will be born and they will be the most powerful witches the world has ever known and they will be called the Charmed Ones." Patty looked at Tara then back to her daughters, "What Melinda told those towns people wasn't only a vision, it turned into a spell, now when ever a female Warren is born she will always have one of Melinda's powers."

Tara looked lost in thought as she stared at what apparently were her cousins. "There has to be a catch, nothing comes for free."

Prue nodded her head. "Yes with these powers come certain rules that you will have to learn and live by."

Phoebe took over. "We use our powers to protect the innocent not punish the guilty. Always remember, the wrong thing done for the right reason is still the wrong thing."

Piper had remained silent since Leo left looked at Tara. "We can't use our powers for personal gain, or there will be consequences."

Paige smiled. "Trust us on that one those personal gain consequences can suck."

"The most important thing to tell you though is to be careful and on your guard," this came from out of no where, when in a swirl of lights an older woman appeared, "your powers are now a beacon for demons and warlocks who will want to steal them and the only way to do that is to kill you."

Willow stared straight through the woman but before she could speak, Patty was saying. "Mom what are you doing here?"

"Well Patty dear I wanted to meet the Warren Witch."

Patty looked at a very confused Tara and a very shocked Willow. "Girls this is my mother Penelope Halliwell, Mum this is Tara and her Girlfriend Willow."

Grams smiled at the girls. "Please call me Penny," she looked at Tara intently, "oh my dear, do you realize how very much you resemble Charlotte, "She glanced at the ceiling. "My dears I must go but before I do, you need to know that the source is coming."

Then Grams disappeared in the same swirl of lights she appeared in. Tara and Willow looked at the remaining women in the room. It was Willow that spoke. "The Source? The Source of what?"

Prue's eyes glittered. "The Source of all evil."

Tara and Willow didn't even seem fazed. Willow nodded her head and said oh, the others started planning, Tara looked at her cousins. "Excuse me, but Prue didn't the Source recently kill you and Patty in a manner of speaking you too."

Piper nodded. "You both have to leave, your not strong enough to fight him," Prue was about to interrupt, "No Prue, this calls for the Charmed Ones," then she glanced at Tara, "and the Warren Witch. Just go back to the apartment."

Tara turned to Willow. "Baby you go to, I couldn't stand it if something were to happen to you."

Willow shook her head. "No damn it, no I told you no matter where your destiny lay I would be beside you even if that destiny means facing the Source of all evil. I might not be as powerful as you are now but I am still powerful."

"Willow," Tara pleaded, "you can't use dark magick against the Source."

"She's right," a man said from behind, they all turned to see Cole, "he would use that to warp you and bring you to his side."

Phoebe went over and hugged her fiancée. "Baby, Grams said the Source is coming."

"If the Source is coming, you can't hope to defeat him, there is no vanquish for that."

Tara had seen Willow and her cousins out of the Manor and was now going through her book; she stopped at a page that had the word Source on it. Then looked up to see the girls arguing with Cole.

Piper threw up her hands. "The only reason there isn't a spell to defeat him is because no Halliwell has every been up against him."

Tara stood. "Maybe no Halliwell has but it seems a Warren did."

Paige walked over to Tara. "What are you talking about."

"Christina's daughters, granddaughter Eve wrote in here about the Source, she said only a spell calling on the line would be powerful enough to defeat him."

Paige looked at Tara. "What line?"

Tara looked thoughtful for a moment. "I'm thinking the only line the source has tried to destroy since it began our line."

Phoebe looked at her sisters than back to her cousin. "How do we call on them?"

Piper looked up. "We call on the past Warren witches, Penelope, Melinda, Astrid, Charlotte, Helena, Laura, Christina and Grace." Piper turned and took control, "Phoebe start writing the spell, I'll start on the source vanquishing potion, Cole I need you to come with me to tell me everything you know about the Source. Paige don't you have to go to work?"

Everyone scattered except Tara who stood in the attic after the others left. She needed to know more, Why was she chosen for this, Why she had to be the Warren Witch. She walked to her book and started flipping the pages searching, she found the spell she was looking for. She stepped back.

"Hear these words

Hear my cry, spirits from the other side.

Come to me, I summon thee.

Cross now the great divide."

Swirls of light started to circle around; as they disappeared a woman who looked very much like Tara was standing before her. The woman smiled. "Blessed be my daughter."

The source Swept into the Seers lair and shouted. "Seer show yourself."

The black woman appeared before the source and stared into the black where his face was suppose to be. "You called my liege."

"Yes tell me what you see of the Charmed ones future."

The Seers eyes turned white as she reached out her power. "I see conflicting futures," she gasps, "I see a forth Witch, not as powerful as the Charmed Ones but nearly so. She is the deciding figure in your victory. As long as she lives or has her powers you will lose."

The Source stalked to the Seer. "We can not allow this to happen. I can not lose, who is this fourth?"

"The fourth is more than a mere witch, her birth was prophesized from the time of Melinda Warren, this girl is the Warren Witch and she is second in power only to the Charmed Ones."

The Source appeared calm but was raging on the inside. "Well we must destroy her now. Send out Calamity." With that the Source flamed out, leaving the Seer to do his bidding.

T.B.C.