This is a short one, but essential. Now we know relitivly nothing about
real Wicca, and we know that there are a lot of differences between the
Wicca on Charmed and real Wicca. So it is basically what we know about
from Charmed. If you practice Wicca, and this offends you, our lack of
knowledge does, then e-mail one of us at charmedgal005@yahoo.com (we share
an address) and we'll be happy to hear about the real thing.
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The sun rose like a curse upon the castle. Phoebe just wanted to lie in bed for eternity, but the sun rays reached her face, waking her. She stumbled down the stairs to see her sisters already up. They gave her a bright a perky smile, but she returned it with a grunt. "They stopped serving breakfast twenty minutes ago. We brought you some back with us." Piper said indicating a tray of eggs and toast on one of the tables.
"Thanks, any coffee?" She asked hopefully.
"No… but when we confronted Dumbledore about it, he said he would talk to the house elves about it." Prue said. "But I brought a tin of Penguin Mints." Prue held out a tin of the life-saving caffeinated mints. Phoebe grabbed four and promptly threw them in her mouth.
"You probably wanted to eat those after you ate breakfast." Piper joked.
"Yeah, yeah, yeah. I'm eating these for your own good. You don't want me to kill you from lack of sleep do you?"
"You've slept forever, did you not sleep well?"
"No, these dreams kept waking me up."
"What of?"
"Huh?"
"What were your dreams about?"
Phoebe hesitated. Normally she told her sisters everything, but she wasn't sure that she wanted to share these. Watching your sister die over and over again was not a healthy sign in the dreams of someone who got premonitions. "They were just weird, and confusing. Mostly involving Cole." She lied. "They were really nothing."
"You two still having problems?"
"If he would just not let his demonic half's personality get in the way. He can be so aggressive that it scares me. But I also know how much he loves me, and how much I love him."
"So until he gets his demonic half in check, things will be perfect?"
"Oh, no. His demonic half will always want to kill us. And with me being charmed, things will never be perfect. Plus, no relationship is perfect." Phoebe was glad that the conversation quickly changed from her odd dreams, to her relationship with Cole. She was willing to talk to Cole. Leo stared at Phoebe, and saw right though her lie, although he said nothing. "Thanks for the breakfast and mints. I'm going to go take a shower, change and be back down." Phoebe said, going back up her stairs.
Piper and Prue shrugged their shoulders and continued to flip through the books on Voldemort that they had checked out the night before. "This guy looks hard. Do we have to vanquish him? Or can we just get rid of who ever are working for him?" Piper whined.
"Personally, I think that just getting rid of the workers is suffice, but we will be doing more good, and saving more innocents if we actually vanquish the guy." Prue said. "I dunno, we'll see how the cards play." The rest of the day passed quickly for the girls. They did some more research on Voldemort, and discussed what they were going to talk about in their class later that evening.
"Hey Harry, we gotta go." Hermione said. Harry was writing the last line of one of his summer work essays as Hermione was pulling on his robes. "You've had all summer to write that. Why did you wait till now?"
"Because I was at Ron's for the last two months, and the Dursely's locked up my books, and did something so I couldn't pick the lock. Do you even have Ron downstairs yet?" Harry said, trying to get the last of the paper done.
"No, but," She started.
"Then until he is down here, I'm going to write."
"Fine, but we are going to be late."
"I don't think they will start on time."
"What makes you say that?"
"Something Phoebe said at the pub, along the lines of she's always running late, causing her sisters to be late."
"Finally!" Hermione said, seeing Ron come down the stairs. "We can go now."
"I don't see why you are even going Herm. You probably already know all about Wicca." Ron complained.
"I do not. I've only read two books on it. I want to get a first hand account." Ron and Harry were rolling their eyes. Carefully, Harry rolled up his parchment and stuck it in his bag, and placed the bag in a corner of the common room. They made their way to the charms classroom where they saw many people already gathered there. And as Harry had predicted, the Halliwells were not there yet. They found some seats at the back of the room. As luck would have it, sitting right in front of them were their best friends. Malfoy, Crabe, and Golye. Malfoy turned around to see Harry.
"What are you doing here? I thought this was a stupid class on muggle magic." Harry asked.
"I thought I'd come to see for myself. And it is good for my image. If I am to be a head boy, I need to go to all extra curricular activities. Besides, I want to see you fall on your face." Malfoy gloated. Ron tried to suppress a laugh, but only found himself laughing harder. "You? A Head Boy? It is like saying that Percy will get a detention!"
Harry and Hermione joined in the good laugh. "He really probably fancies one of them." Hermione whispered into Harry and Ron's ear. They burst out laughing. The other kids in the room turned and looked. Seeing that it was the infamous Harry Potter, they decided not to ask, they never knew. He had saved the school multiple times, and could almost do anything he wanted.
The Halliwells entered the classroom squabbling. "I can not believe you lost the map! You're the responsible one!" Prue said.
"It was put in the book as a book mark, but someone took it out, figuring it was a useless piece of paper, not thinking to check the other side." Piper rebutted.
"You did put it in folded up and upside down!" Phoebe argued.
"Who's to say it wasn't a spell or something?" Piper continued. They stopped dead when they saw how full the room was. If there were no desks left, the late comers took a spot against the wall. They shut up and took on a professional look as they marched up to the front of the room. All eyes were on them. Leo followed, still sour that they were doing this.
"Hi!" Prue nervously said at the front of the room. "I'm Prue Halliwell."
"I'm Phoebe Halliwell."
"Piper Halliwell-Wyatt."
"Leo Wyatt." They had gotten through the introductions, now came the hard part. There were so many faces, some blankly staring at them, some staring attentively, some not caring (hmm… wonder who that could be) and some looked like they were forced their by their friends (hmm… wonder who that could be). Phoebe suddenly felt very nervous, and when she got nervous, she started to say some really stupid things.
"Yes, for some of you who haven't quite figured it out, Prue, Piper and I are sisters. And Piper and Leo are married." Phoebe said, instantly regretting it. In embarrassment, she turned her face away from the crowd. Luckily, Prue was able to get over her nervousness enough to not only speak coherently, but also to speak intelligently (Piper was having troubles stringing two syllables together.) Without realizing it, she was giving a quick overview of Wicca.
"Basically, it is the same as your magic, only less organized, no wands, we live like muggles, and we have way more and stricter rules. In other words, they couldn't be more different." Prue chuckled to herself.
"Powers." Piper managed. Public speaking was not a strong point.
"We have powers that are exclusively ours. Well, kinda. It's really complicated." Prue said "But I can do this." With a flick of her hand, she took Malfoy's pen, and made it zoom around in the air. Malfoy looked at her with sheer hatred. "And this." She made herself astral project to a small spot behind the crowds. It took the kids a minute to realize that she was also behind them. They gasped.
"That is cool! How did you do that?" One small boy squeaked. He was obviously a first year, and had no concept of much magic. Malfoy rolled his eyes.
"I do…" Piper said, freezing the room. "That is a relief. This is scary, like being back in high school speech!" She told her sisters.
"You're doing great! Come on, lets move!" Phoebe comforted. Phoebe, Prue, and Leo carefully walked around the kids to a different spot. Phoebe nodded, signaling Piper to unfreeze the room.
"I freeze time!" She said.
"No witch can freeze time!" Malfoy sneered.
"Different magic, different rules." Phoebe reminded him.
"Ever heard of a time turner?" Hermione asked innocently. Harry laughed.
"And make things explode." Piper looked around the room to find something for her to explode, but found none. "Does anyone have anything they want me to explode?" Immediately, things were being handed to her. The Weasely twins handed her dung bombs, but she chose to blow a girls lipstick instead. Eyes were opened.
"Great, you made me look bad!" Phoebe said to Piper. "I only have one active power that I can show you. I get premonitions." The kids looked at her very doubtful. The only person they knew that 'got premonitions' was Professor Trelawney, and she wasn't believable. "That is why we're here. I had a premonition. Plus, I can levitate," Phoebe did so, quickly relieving herself from the doubtful minds.
"And I can orb," Leo said, as he orbed next to Harry, "And heal, but that one I don't like using very much." The kids were silent. They wanted more.
"So that is about all we are limited to, except when we use potions and spells." Prue said. "Other than having limited powers, we have scores of rules."
"Most spells, or is it all, have a little trick attached to it. IF you say the spell for personal gain, you have to pay consequences." Phoebe helped.
"And our magic can only be used for the good, and to save innocents. If we don't we sorta become warlocks, and witches in turn vanquish us." Piper added. They continued to talk about the differences. The rest of the class went without a hitch. There was the occasional remark by Malfoy, but other than those, the class was silent. In truth, Malfoy seemed to be enjoying himself, and was only making the remarks to give the appearance that he didn't want to be there. They showed the Book of Shadows. Hermione was so interested in it, that she offered to buy it from them, but they put it bluntly. "The book is not for sale." Leo yelled at Hermione after Phoebe, Prue, and Piper had all turned her down. It was quite late when Snape came in saying that the students needed to return to their houses. The Hufflepuffs, and the Ravenclaws, and the Gryffindors hurried out, knowing that Snape would deduct house points in a jiffy. The Slytherns took their time.
"Thank you, do you think you will be back?" Snape said politely, looking solely at Prue.
"Harry hasn't been attacked yet, so I think so." Prue replied.
"I can't wait." Snape said, trying to put on his best moves.
"Neither can I. Excuse me, we need to get back to our room." Prue said, excusing herself, and joining her sisters at the door. They walked quietly up to the room, and the instant they stepped through the portrait hole, they burst out laughing.
"He was so trying to pick you up!" Phoebe said.
"Ha. Ha. Ha. I am actually going to try to use this to my advantage." Prue said smugly.
"What? How? Why?"
"Why first. In reading the books, it is obvious that Snape hates all the houses except his own. If he likes me, I could use it to make him more civilized to the others. How now. I'll show favoritism towards the other houses, and if he likes me enough, he will totally change himself to make me like him more." Prue said.
"I don't think it will work." Piper commented.
"It worked in high school, why shouldn't it work now?" Prue questioned.
"I dunno. It seems you're treading deep water here." Leo agreed.
"It is always worth the shot."
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The sun rose like a curse upon the castle. Phoebe just wanted to lie in bed for eternity, but the sun rays reached her face, waking her. She stumbled down the stairs to see her sisters already up. They gave her a bright a perky smile, but she returned it with a grunt. "They stopped serving breakfast twenty minutes ago. We brought you some back with us." Piper said indicating a tray of eggs and toast on one of the tables.
"Thanks, any coffee?" She asked hopefully.
"No… but when we confronted Dumbledore about it, he said he would talk to the house elves about it." Prue said. "But I brought a tin of Penguin Mints." Prue held out a tin of the life-saving caffeinated mints. Phoebe grabbed four and promptly threw them in her mouth.
"You probably wanted to eat those after you ate breakfast." Piper joked.
"Yeah, yeah, yeah. I'm eating these for your own good. You don't want me to kill you from lack of sleep do you?"
"You've slept forever, did you not sleep well?"
"No, these dreams kept waking me up."
"What of?"
"Huh?"
"What were your dreams about?"
Phoebe hesitated. Normally she told her sisters everything, but she wasn't sure that she wanted to share these. Watching your sister die over and over again was not a healthy sign in the dreams of someone who got premonitions. "They were just weird, and confusing. Mostly involving Cole." She lied. "They were really nothing."
"You two still having problems?"
"If he would just not let his demonic half's personality get in the way. He can be so aggressive that it scares me. But I also know how much he loves me, and how much I love him."
"So until he gets his demonic half in check, things will be perfect?"
"Oh, no. His demonic half will always want to kill us. And with me being charmed, things will never be perfect. Plus, no relationship is perfect." Phoebe was glad that the conversation quickly changed from her odd dreams, to her relationship with Cole. She was willing to talk to Cole. Leo stared at Phoebe, and saw right though her lie, although he said nothing. "Thanks for the breakfast and mints. I'm going to go take a shower, change and be back down." Phoebe said, going back up her stairs.
Piper and Prue shrugged their shoulders and continued to flip through the books on Voldemort that they had checked out the night before. "This guy looks hard. Do we have to vanquish him? Or can we just get rid of who ever are working for him?" Piper whined.
"Personally, I think that just getting rid of the workers is suffice, but we will be doing more good, and saving more innocents if we actually vanquish the guy." Prue said. "I dunno, we'll see how the cards play." The rest of the day passed quickly for the girls. They did some more research on Voldemort, and discussed what they were going to talk about in their class later that evening.
"Hey Harry, we gotta go." Hermione said. Harry was writing the last line of one of his summer work essays as Hermione was pulling on his robes. "You've had all summer to write that. Why did you wait till now?"
"Because I was at Ron's for the last two months, and the Dursely's locked up my books, and did something so I couldn't pick the lock. Do you even have Ron downstairs yet?" Harry said, trying to get the last of the paper done.
"No, but," She started.
"Then until he is down here, I'm going to write."
"Fine, but we are going to be late."
"I don't think they will start on time."
"What makes you say that?"
"Something Phoebe said at the pub, along the lines of she's always running late, causing her sisters to be late."
"Finally!" Hermione said, seeing Ron come down the stairs. "We can go now."
"I don't see why you are even going Herm. You probably already know all about Wicca." Ron complained.
"I do not. I've only read two books on it. I want to get a first hand account." Ron and Harry were rolling their eyes. Carefully, Harry rolled up his parchment and stuck it in his bag, and placed the bag in a corner of the common room. They made their way to the charms classroom where they saw many people already gathered there. And as Harry had predicted, the Halliwells were not there yet. They found some seats at the back of the room. As luck would have it, sitting right in front of them were their best friends. Malfoy, Crabe, and Golye. Malfoy turned around to see Harry.
"What are you doing here? I thought this was a stupid class on muggle magic." Harry asked.
"I thought I'd come to see for myself. And it is good for my image. If I am to be a head boy, I need to go to all extra curricular activities. Besides, I want to see you fall on your face." Malfoy gloated. Ron tried to suppress a laugh, but only found himself laughing harder. "You? A Head Boy? It is like saying that Percy will get a detention!"
Harry and Hermione joined in the good laugh. "He really probably fancies one of them." Hermione whispered into Harry and Ron's ear. They burst out laughing. The other kids in the room turned and looked. Seeing that it was the infamous Harry Potter, they decided not to ask, they never knew. He had saved the school multiple times, and could almost do anything he wanted.
The Halliwells entered the classroom squabbling. "I can not believe you lost the map! You're the responsible one!" Prue said.
"It was put in the book as a book mark, but someone took it out, figuring it was a useless piece of paper, not thinking to check the other side." Piper rebutted.
"You did put it in folded up and upside down!" Phoebe argued.
"Who's to say it wasn't a spell or something?" Piper continued. They stopped dead when they saw how full the room was. If there were no desks left, the late comers took a spot against the wall. They shut up and took on a professional look as they marched up to the front of the room. All eyes were on them. Leo followed, still sour that they were doing this.
"Hi!" Prue nervously said at the front of the room. "I'm Prue Halliwell."
"I'm Phoebe Halliwell."
"Piper Halliwell-Wyatt."
"Leo Wyatt." They had gotten through the introductions, now came the hard part. There were so many faces, some blankly staring at them, some staring attentively, some not caring (hmm… wonder who that could be) and some looked like they were forced their by their friends (hmm… wonder who that could be). Phoebe suddenly felt very nervous, and when she got nervous, she started to say some really stupid things.
"Yes, for some of you who haven't quite figured it out, Prue, Piper and I are sisters. And Piper and Leo are married." Phoebe said, instantly regretting it. In embarrassment, she turned her face away from the crowd. Luckily, Prue was able to get over her nervousness enough to not only speak coherently, but also to speak intelligently (Piper was having troubles stringing two syllables together.) Without realizing it, she was giving a quick overview of Wicca.
"Basically, it is the same as your magic, only less organized, no wands, we live like muggles, and we have way more and stricter rules. In other words, they couldn't be more different." Prue chuckled to herself.
"Powers." Piper managed. Public speaking was not a strong point.
"We have powers that are exclusively ours. Well, kinda. It's really complicated." Prue said "But I can do this." With a flick of her hand, she took Malfoy's pen, and made it zoom around in the air. Malfoy looked at her with sheer hatred. "And this." She made herself astral project to a small spot behind the crowds. It took the kids a minute to realize that she was also behind them. They gasped.
"That is cool! How did you do that?" One small boy squeaked. He was obviously a first year, and had no concept of much magic. Malfoy rolled his eyes.
"I do…" Piper said, freezing the room. "That is a relief. This is scary, like being back in high school speech!" She told her sisters.
"You're doing great! Come on, lets move!" Phoebe comforted. Phoebe, Prue, and Leo carefully walked around the kids to a different spot. Phoebe nodded, signaling Piper to unfreeze the room.
"I freeze time!" She said.
"No witch can freeze time!" Malfoy sneered.
"Different magic, different rules." Phoebe reminded him.
"Ever heard of a time turner?" Hermione asked innocently. Harry laughed.
"And make things explode." Piper looked around the room to find something for her to explode, but found none. "Does anyone have anything they want me to explode?" Immediately, things were being handed to her. The Weasely twins handed her dung bombs, but she chose to blow a girls lipstick instead. Eyes were opened.
"Great, you made me look bad!" Phoebe said to Piper. "I only have one active power that I can show you. I get premonitions." The kids looked at her very doubtful. The only person they knew that 'got premonitions' was Professor Trelawney, and she wasn't believable. "That is why we're here. I had a premonition. Plus, I can levitate," Phoebe did so, quickly relieving herself from the doubtful minds.
"And I can orb," Leo said, as he orbed next to Harry, "And heal, but that one I don't like using very much." The kids were silent. They wanted more.
"So that is about all we are limited to, except when we use potions and spells." Prue said. "Other than having limited powers, we have scores of rules."
"Most spells, or is it all, have a little trick attached to it. IF you say the spell for personal gain, you have to pay consequences." Phoebe helped.
"And our magic can only be used for the good, and to save innocents. If we don't we sorta become warlocks, and witches in turn vanquish us." Piper added. They continued to talk about the differences. The rest of the class went without a hitch. There was the occasional remark by Malfoy, but other than those, the class was silent. In truth, Malfoy seemed to be enjoying himself, and was only making the remarks to give the appearance that he didn't want to be there. They showed the Book of Shadows. Hermione was so interested in it, that she offered to buy it from them, but they put it bluntly. "The book is not for sale." Leo yelled at Hermione after Phoebe, Prue, and Piper had all turned her down. It was quite late when Snape came in saying that the students needed to return to their houses. The Hufflepuffs, and the Ravenclaws, and the Gryffindors hurried out, knowing that Snape would deduct house points in a jiffy. The Slytherns took their time.
"Thank you, do you think you will be back?" Snape said politely, looking solely at Prue.
"Harry hasn't been attacked yet, so I think so." Prue replied.
"I can't wait." Snape said, trying to put on his best moves.
"Neither can I. Excuse me, we need to get back to our room." Prue said, excusing herself, and joining her sisters at the door. They walked quietly up to the room, and the instant they stepped through the portrait hole, they burst out laughing.
"He was so trying to pick you up!" Phoebe said.
"Ha. Ha. Ha. I am actually going to try to use this to my advantage." Prue said smugly.
"What? How? Why?"
"Why first. In reading the books, it is obvious that Snape hates all the houses except his own. If he likes me, I could use it to make him more civilized to the others. How now. I'll show favoritism towards the other houses, and if he likes me enough, he will totally change himself to make me like him more." Prue said.
"I don't think it will work." Piper commented.
"It worked in high school, why shouldn't it work now?" Prue questioned.
"I dunno. It seems you're treading deep water here." Leo agreed.
"It is always worth the shot."