"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."

Tara took a tentative step back. "Who are you?"
"I am she that was called Charlotte Warren and I sense you have questions you need answered."

Tara sat on the couch that was there. "I know what the others told me is truth, I can feel that. Melinda's story rang so true. But what if I don't want these powers? What if I don't want to be the Warren Witch?"

Charlotte nodded. "I understand, When I first found out I was to have a magickal baby and she would be the cause of good magick flourishing in the new world I balked and screamed at fate. I had wanted a normal daughter, one that would live and marry, have children and die. But my dear you can not fight destiny she will always win in the end. You were destined for greatness. Your powers are a gift."

Tara put her head in her hands for a moment then looked back at Charlotte. "You said I was destined for greatness. How?"

"I am not supposed to tell you but I feel you must know, it won't be the Charmed Ones that destroy the thing that has taken so many of my daughters. You child, you will destroy the Source of all evil. That is your destiny from the moment you were born all your actions and decisions has lead you to this place and this time. The Source knows this and will stop at nothing to destroy you."

Tara got up and started pacing. "Why does this have to be my destiny, this isn't suppose to be my battle."

"Child, Tara," Charlotte said stepping out of the ring of candles and becoming solid, "you can have regrets we all do; you can hate your destiny. Every one of us has at one point. But it is hopeless and pointless to fight it you will lose. What you need to do is learn to use and control your powers, so that you will be ready."

Charlotte opened her arms and without hesitating Tara went into them. Charlotte put her at arms length and took her hand and they walked back to the circle of candles. "Tara I know this is hard for you and that perhaps you might not want this, but know that as a Warren you shall never be alone. I must go now, blessed be my daughter. Your destiny waits."

As before in a flurry of white lights Charlotte was gone. Tara sat on the couch with her book on her lap letting everything she had learned just sink in. She looked up at the door as Paige came in. Paige took one look at the look on Tara's face and went over and sat down beside her.

"It's a lot to take in isn't it." Tara just nodded. "Tara I haven't been a witch for very long, but the things I have done, the people I've saved make the weirdness of this worth it. When I saved my first innocent there was no better feeling in the world."

Leo orbed in and saw the two women in deep conversation, so he went quietly downstairs to find his wife and the rest of the family. They were in the kitchen, Piper looked up from the potion she was brewing and smiled. "Hey honey, have you seen Paige? I heard her come in."

Leo nodded. "She's upstairs with Tara."

Phoebe sighed. "I guess this hit her harder than anyone else."

Leo decided to address the biggest problem. "She doesn't know how to use her powers."

Phoebe stopped writing and sighed. "Well she has our powers, so the same triggers that worked for us should work for her. Prue had to be angry to use her power before she could control it, Piper had to be afraid, and as for me you know that the premonitions came when they wanted to."

Just as Phoebe finished talking a demon flashed into the room and smiled at them, Piper threw her hands up to blow him up just as Cole shouted, and it was too late. The demon didn't blow up and actually chuckled. The demon heard running feet and turned to see Paige and Tara run into the kitchen, he threw an energy ball and Paige called for it and threw it back. The demon did little but stagger. His smiled remained in place until Tara started chanting a spell, the demon quickly flashed out.

Piper rounded on Cole. "What in the hell was that?"

"That," Cole said shaking his head, "was Calamity, It's a demon that absorbs powers. You no longer have your powers."

Paige called for something, while Piper tried to freeze or blow up a vase, it didn't work. They looked at each other with feelings of dread.

Calamity appeared in the Sources chamber room and walked to the throne. The Source stared down at him. "Have you destroyed the Warren Witch?"

Calamity dropped to one knee. "No my Liege, she started to chant a spell that would destroy me," he sensed the Sources anger, "but I was able to absorb two of the Charmed Ones powers."

The Source stood. "Give them to me."

Calamity raised his hand and two glowing balls formed in them, he threw them toward the Source and when they struck he laughed he could feel the power thrumming through his body. He turned to Calamity. "You still failed." He threw a fire ball that turned Calamity to dust.

He sat in his throne as the Seer flashed in. "Seer I have collected to of the Charmed Ones powers. Now the weakest and the newest witches are the only ones left. Tell me what you see."

The Seers eyes went white as she reached out her powers. "I see, I see your death at the hands of the Warren Witch as it was foretold."

T.B.C