Disclaimer: I do not own the series 'Charmed' (unfortunately). The
characters I own are the ones you haven't heard of. This was set for when
Prue was still alive.
Chapter 16
"There you go baby." Phoebe cooed at Kit as she tucked the cat up in a small blanket, "Just have a long rest." Kit meowed and closed her eyes. Phoebe checked once more that Kit's bandage was secure and that she was still breathing. A nasty whack on the back of the head doesn't really do well for a cat. Grams stood beside the remains of the coffee table with her arms folded. She hadn't said anything for a while. Prue looked at her, "Grams, what's wrong?" Phoebe answered for her, "Nothing. Except the cat's been ambushed, the Book of Shadows is gone and our powers are gone too, everything is just peachy." Grams head shot up, "You're powerless?" she cried, "How?" Prue looked downwards, "Long story short- power of three is broken and Piper has our powers." Grams shook her head and looked at her granddaughters, "Okay then, first we need to find Piper and sort this whole thing out." Phoebe ran her fingers through her blonde hair and lent against the wall- and got the shock of her life when an energy ball flew past her face, missing her nose by inches. Andy spun round and found himself face to face with Leo. At the speed of light, Andy gave Leo a hard shove backwards and backed away. Instead of falling down, Leo slid across the wooden floor as if he was wearing roller- blades. "Oh my God- Prue!" Phoebe cried, pointing to Leo's feet. He was floating several inches above the floor- just like most warlocks did. Piper flung her arm forwards and sent Prue and Phoebe through the air and they both crashed into the staircase. Phoebe winced as she sat up next to Prue, "Now you know how much it hurts!" she moaned. Prue scrunched up her nose sarcastically at her sister as a lightening bolt landed between them. "Andy!" Prue called out, "Get the mirror!" Andy orbed out when he remembered that the mirror was still in P3. Seconds later, he appeared and called out, "Hey! You don't want them- they're powerless! You want me!" Piper and Leo spun around in unison and sent an energy ball each- Andy deflected both of them. Piper didn't have time to think because before she knew it, the energy ball hit her. * * * * * * "Piper?" Piper opened her eyes and saw her sisters and Andy looking at her.
"Are you okay?" a voice asked her. Piper recognised it- Grams? "Grams?" Piper asked as Prue helped her sit up, "What happened?" "Don't tell me you don't remember anything?" Phoebe sighed. Piper put her hand on her forehead as she tried to think of her last memory, "All I remember is being in P3, I was looking into the mirror." Piper trailed off when she realised that was her most recent memory. "Is that all, dear?" Grams asked. Prue helped Piper stand up as Piper replied, "Yeah, kinda. It's so weird- I know that the mirror made me a warlock but I have no memory what so ever about what happened while I was evil." They heard a groan behind them as Leo came to. Piper, Phoebe and Prue ran over to him, "Piper?" Leo asked, "Are you okay?" Piper frowned, "Yeah Leo- are you? Do you remember what happened?" Leo sat up, "I do. I should have contacted you soo- how did we get here?" Piper looked at him and Prue and Phoebe explained to him in turn why his memory was all fuzzy, "I'm getting really tired of having to explain the same story over and over again!" Phoebe exclaimed unhappily, "I'm the one who's suffered the most here- except for the cat." Piper opened her mouth but before she could say anything, Prue quickly explained how Kit got hurt. Piper sat down, "It's coming back to me," Piper whispered, "Leo and I- we took Kits fur and bit of her skin to conduct a spell for something, but I can't remember what for. Leo?" Leo shook his head in response- he couldn't remember either. Suddenly, the door crashed open and some 'thing' flew in. it was a ghoul of some sort. Phoebe backed away and looked at Piper, whose face was contorted in terror, "That's it! The spell we cast! It was to create an evil spectre!" Prue did a roundhouse kick and sent the beast out the door. She gasped and disappeared. "Argh!" Piper screamed when something moved underneath the couch's blanket. Prue came out from underneath. "How did you get there, Prue?" Piper asked shakily. Prue looked at her, "Well, before we lost our powers I had astral projected out of my body," She heard a growl and she swung her arm, closing the front door, "and now our powers are back." Phoebe glanced at Piper, "The ghost- do you know how to. un-create it?" Piper slapped her hands to her mouth, "The Book of Shadows! It's still in P3!" Andy came up behind them and held out the leather- bound tome and grinned, "No it isn't, I got it when I went to get the mirror." Prue hugged him, "Andy! You're a life saver!" Andy smiled, "What are whitelighters for?" Prue didn't reply. She was too busy looking for the spell. Phoebe looked over Pipers shoulder, "So, what are we looking for?" she asked. "A spell to undo that spirit. thing!" Grams stood beside Prue, "Allow me." She closed her eyes and held her hands over the Book of Shadows and the pages glowed and started flipping rapidly. They stopped on a page near the end of the book. Piper leaned over, "Yep, that's it." The words started to rearranged themselves again, "Now what?" Piper asked, "We're never going to be able to reverse it if we don't have the spell!" Grams put her hand on Pipers shoulder, "Wait dear." The spell stopped changing. The title said 'How to vanquish an evil spirit.' Phoebe squinted at the spell, "Wait a minute," she complained, "that's it? All we have to do it say so-" Prue covered her sisters mouth, "Don't say it," she hissed, "the spell is so vague, it can destroy any dead soul in the room for all we know." Leo and Andy nodded grimly and orbed out. Piper looked around, "Look at this mess!" she exclaimed, "Just because we were turned evil, it doesn't mean that we should be untidy too!" A jingling sound filled the air, "Girls, I have to go, they're calling me." Grams smiled, "Good luck." She disappeared in small balls of light. Phoebe lent over and flicked to the page on how to get into the mirror. "Piper, do we still have the ingredients to get in the mirror?" "I think so." Piper responded and went into the kitchen. Moments later, she came out clutching three potion bottles, "Got 'em!" she announced. * * * * * * "Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhh!" Prue hit the floor first and Piper landed next. Knowingly, both sisters rolled out the way and Phoebe landed with a thud on the rocks, "Ha ha, very funny! Where are we?" they looked around. They were in the middle of, nowhere actually. Cloudy gas billowed from cracks in the ground and the black sky seemed to go on forever. Prue hugged her bare arms, "Oh!" she huffed, "If the spell's going to send us somewhere, couldn't there be a 'this place is terribly cold' warning?" Piper ignored her sisters moaning. She looked around and found it harder to see anything and her vision started to fade. "Piper!" Piper's eyes snapped open again. "Piper?" Phoebe repeated, "Are you okay? You look drowsy." Piper rubbed her forehead, "I don't know. I just feel tired all of a sudden." Phoebe covered Piper's nose, "Try not to breathe the fog. I remember something about this in chemistry," Phoebe stopped to think, "or was it biology? Anyway, some gases contain a chemical of some sort that makes you sleepy." Prue frowned, "Thank you Miss Science teacher, but we have a demon to vanquish." Prue took wide steps through the fog, just in case there was anything on the floor. Phoebe narrowed her eyes at Prue as she and Piper followed her through the mist. Suddenly, Prue stopped, causing Piper and Phoebe to crash into her. Prue began to fall forward and Piper grabbed her arm and pulled her back. There was a huge gap in the ground, which also happened to be a dark abyss, a bottomless pit. Prue pushed her sisters backwards, "Okay, we're going to jump." Piper choked in surprise, "What!" she demanded, "Prue, I am not jumping. Did you see how big that pit is? Forever isn't a drop in the bucket to us!" "Yeah, Prue, are you nuts?!" Phoebe agreed. Prue turned to them, "Can you let me explain?" Prue snapped, "Phoebe can fly, can't she?" "Yes, but I cannot carry the both of you there!" Phoebe retorted, it was true though- she wasn't that strong! Prue planted her fists on her hips, "No, but I can telekinetically push Piper to the other side and you can fly both of us there too." Piper shrugged, there was no point in arguing, "Fine," she sighed, "but if you hurt me on purpose, you're off my Christmas list." Piper stood on the cliff side and shut her eyes tightly. Prue flicked her wrist and sent Piper flying in the air. Piper crashed landed and scraped her ankle on a rock. She heard a faint apology from Prue. Next thing she knew, her sisters were sailing towards her, "Woooaaaah!" Phoebe screamed. Prue let go before Phoebe landed. She crashed and did an unplanned somersault on the floor. She rubbed the back of her head, "Prue!" she exclaimed, "I'm gonna have a concussion if you keep causing me to bump my head!" Prue gave her an apologetic squeeze on the wrist as she helped her up. Prue looked around, "Where to now?"
Chapter 16
"There you go baby." Phoebe cooed at Kit as she tucked the cat up in a small blanket, "Just have a long rest." Kit meowed and closed her eyes. Phoebe checked once more that Kit's bandage was secure and that she was still breathing. A nasty whack on the back of the head doesn't really do well for a cat. Grams stood beside the remains of the coffee table with her arms folded. She hadn't said anything for a while. Prue looked at her, "Grams, what's wrong?" Phoebe answered for her, "Nothing. Except the cat's been ambushed, the Book of Shadows is gone and our powers are gone too, everything is just peachy." Grams head shot up, "You're powerless?" she cried, "How?" Prue looked downwards, "Long story short- power of three is broken and Piper has our powers." Grams shook her head and looked at her granddaughters, "Okay then, first we need to find Piper and sort this whole thing out." Phoebe ran her fingers through her blonde hair and lent against the wall- and got the shock of her life when an energy ball flew past her face, missing her nose by inches. Andy spun round and found himself face to face with Leo. At the speed of light, Andy gave Leo a hard shove backwards and backed away. Instead of falling down, Leo slid across the wooden floor as if he was wearing roller- blades. "Oh my God- Prue!" Phoebe cried, pointing to Leo's feet. He was floating several inches above the floor- just like most warlocks did. Piper flung her arm forwards and sent Prue and Phoebe through the air and they both crashed into the staircase. Phoebe winced as she sat up next to Prue, "Now you know how much it hurts!" she moaned. Prue scrunched up her nose sarcastically at her sister as a lightening bolt landed between them. "Andy!" Prue called out, "Get the mirror!" Andy orbed out when he remembered that the mirror was still in P3. Seconds later, he appeared and called out, "Hey! You don't want them- they're powerless! You want me!" Piper and Leo spun around in unison and sent an energy ball each- Andy deflected both of them. Piper didn't have time to think because before she knew it, the energy ball hit her. * * * * * * "Piper?" Piper opened her eyes and saw her sisters and Andy looking at her.
"Are you okay?" a voice asked her. Piper recognised it- Grams? "Grams?" Piper asked as Prue helped her sit up, "What happened?" "Don't tell me you don't remember anything?" Phoebe sighed. Piper put her hand on her forehead as she tried to think of her last memory, "All I remember is being in P3, I was looking into the mirror." Piper trailed off when she realised that was her most recent memory. "Is that all, dear?" Grams asked. Prue helped Piper stand up as Piper replied, "Yeah, kinda. It's so weird- I know that the mirror made me a warlock but I have no memory what so ever about what happened while I was evil." They heard a groan behind them as Leo came to. Piper, Phoebe and Prue ran over to him, "Piper?" Leo asked, "Are you okay?" Piper frowned, "Yeah Leo- are you? Do you remember what happened?" Leo sat up, "I do. I should have contacted you soo- how did we get here?" Piper looked at him and Prue and Phoebe explained to him in turn why his memory was all fuzzy, "I'm getting really tired of having to explain the same story over and over again!" Phoebe exclaimed unhappily, "I'm the one who's suffered the most here- except for the cat." Piper opened her mouth but before she could say anything, Prue quickly explained how Kit got hurt. Piper sat down, "It's coming back to me," Piper whispered, "Leo and I- we took Kits fur and bit of her skin to conduct a spell for something, but I can't remember what for. Leo?" Leo shook his head in response- he couldn't remember either. Suddenly, the door crashed open and some 'thing' flew in. it was a ghoul of some sort. Phoebe backed away and looked at Piper, whose face was contorted in terror, "That's it! The spell we cast! It was to create an evil spectre!" Prue did a roundhouse kick and sent the beast out the door. She gasped and disappeared. "Argh!" Piper screamed when something moved underneath the couch's blanket. Prue came out from underneath. "How did you get there, Prue?" Piper asked shakily. Prue looked at her, "Well, before we lost our powers I had astral projected out of my body," She heard a growl and she swung her arm, closing the front door, "and now our powers are back." Phoebe glanced at Piper, "The ghost- do you know how to. un-create it?" Piper slapped her hands to her mouth, "The Book of Shadows! It's still in P3!" Andy came up behind them and held out the leather- bound tome and grinned, "No it isn't, I got it when I went to get the mirror." Prue hugged him, "Andy! You're a life saver!" Andy smiled, "What are whitelighters for?" Prue didn't reply. She was too busy looking for the spell. Phoebe looked over Pipers shoulder, "So, what are we looking for?" she asked. "A spell to undo that spirit. thing!" Grams stood beside Prue, "Allow me." She closed her eyes and held her hands over the Book of Shadows and the pages glowed and started flipping rapidly. They stopped on a page near the end of the book. Piper leaned over, "Yep, that's it." The words started to rearranged themselves again, "Now what?" Piper asked, "We're never going to be able to reverse it if we don't have the spell!" Grams put her hand on Pipers shoulder, "Wait dear." The spell stopped changing. The title said 'How to vanquish an evil spirit.' Phoebe squinted at the spell, "Wait a minute," she complained, "that's it? All we have to do it say so-" Prue covered her sisters mouth, "Don't say it," she hissed, "the spell is so vague, it can destroy any dead soul in the room for all we know." Leo and Andy nodded grimly and orbed out. Piper looked around, "Look at this mess!" she exclaimed, "Just because we were turned evil, it doesn't mean that we should be untidy too!" A jingling sound filled the air, "Girls, I have to go, they're calling me." Grams smiled, "Good luck." She disappeared in small balls of light. Phoebe lent over and flicked to the page on how to get into the mirror. "Piper, do we still have the ingredients to get in the mirror?" "I think so." Piper responded and went into the kitchen. Moments later, she came out clutching three potion bottles, "Got 'em!" she announced. * * * * * * "Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhh!" Prue hit the floor first and Piper landed next. Knowingly, both sisters rolled out the way and Phoebe landed with a thud on the rocks, "Ha ha, very funny! Where are we?" they looked around. They were in the middle of, nowhere actually. Cloudy gas billowed from cracks in the ground and the black sky seemed to go on forever. Prue hugged her bare arms, "Oh!" she huffed, "If the spell's going to send us somewhere, couldn't there be a 'this place is terribly cold' warning?" Piper ignored her sisters moaning. She looked around and found it harder to see anything and her vision started to fade. "Piper!" Piper's eyes snapped open again. "Piper?" Phoebe repeated, "Are you okay? You look drowsy." Piper rubbed her forehead, "I don't know. I just feel tired all of a sudden." Phoebe covered Piper's nose, "Try not to breathe the fog. I remember something about this in chemistry," Phoebe stopped to think, "or was it biology? Anyway, some gases contain a chemical of some sort that makes you sleepy." Prue frowned, "Thank you Miss Science teacher, but we have a demon to vanquish." Prue took wide steps through the fog, just in case there was anything on the floor. Phoebe narrowed her eyes at Prue as she and Piper followed her through the mist. Suddenly, Prue stopped, causing Piper and Phoebe to crash into her. Prue began to fall forward and Piper grabbed her arm and pulled her back. There was a huge gap in the ground, which also happened to be a dark abyss, a bottomless pit. Prue pushed her sisters backwards, "Okay, we're going to jump." Piper choked in surprise, "What!" she demanded, "Prue, I am not jumping. Did you see how big that pit is? Forever isn't a drop in the bucket to us!" "Yeah, Prue, are you nuts?!" Phoebe agreed. Prue turned to them, "Can you let me explain?" Prue snapped, "Phoebe can fly, can't she?" "Yes, but I cannot carry the both of you there!" Phoebe retorted, it was true though- she wasn't that strong! Prue planted her fists on her hips, "No, but I can telekinetically push Piper to the other side and you can fly both of us there too." Piper shrugged, there was no point in arguing, "Fine," she sighed, "but if you hurt me on purpose, you're off my Christmas list." Piper stood on the cliff side and shut her eyes tightly. Prue flicked her wrist and sent Piper flying in the air. Piper crashed landed and scraped her ankle on a rock. She heard a faint apology from Prue. Next thing she knew, her sisters were sailing towards her, "Woooaaaah!" Phoebe screamed. Prue let go before Phoebe landed. She crashed and did an unplanned somersault on the floor. She rubbed the back of her head, "Prue!" she exclaimed, "I'm gonna have a concussion if you keep causing me to bump my head!" Prue gave her an apologetic squeeze on the wrist as she helped her up. Prue looked around, "Where to now?"