"Melinda, wait," Phoebe said to her niece the next morning. It was
right after breakfast, and the children were heading to school.
"Yeah, Aunt Phoebe?" Melinda asked.
Phoebe put a small bottle in Melinda's hand. "This is a vanquishing potion from along time ago, one I hoped I never had to use again. But if you have to." Phoebe trailed off.
"Aunt Phoebe, you're not serious. You want me to vanquish my law teacher? What do you want me to do? Stand up in the middle of class, yell "Hey everybody, I'm a witch, and our teacher is one most-wanted demons in the magical world!" And then vanquish him? You've got to be kidding," Melinda said.
"No. But if he tries anything. Anything at all," Phoebe replied.
Melinda sighed. She picked up the bottle and slid it into her purse.
Later that day, Melinda sat in her law class. She stared at Mr. Turner-Cole- and it was hard to keep her mind on what he was teaching. All she could think about was his relationship with the Charmed Ones. Lucky for her, the bell rang. Good. She had to go meet Tori anyway.
"Melinda? Can you stay back a second?" Cole asked her.
"Fine," Melinda replied coldly.
"What's wrong? Yesterday, you could barely contain your excitement for this class and today you look like I put you in the electric chair," Cole said.
"I would have assumed you knew by now," Melinda said sarcastically.
"Hey, I'm a teacher. You can't talk to me that way," Cole replied.
"Yeah, but I can talk to a demon that way," Melinda hissed. She reached into her purse and put the potion in her hand. She wasn't going to throw it, but she wanted to show him she meant business.
"I don't know what you're talking about," Cole stuttered.
"I thought you were smarter than that Cole. My last name is Halliwell. I'm the daughter of Piper Halliwell and Leo Wyatt, although I don't like to admit it sometimes. Do you see where I am going with this? Phoebe Halliwell is my aunt, one of the ones who raised me since before I could say demon," Melinda snapped.
At the mention of Phoebe's name, Cole looked like someone had slapped him hard across the face.
"Phoebe," he said quietly.
"Yeah. Try any funny business, and you're as good as vanquished," Melinda responded.
Before Cole could answer, a voice came from the door. "You ready, Melinda?"
Cole and Melinda both looked to see Tori. Cole couldn't believe it. "Phoebe?" he asked.
"No, Phoebe's daughter, Tori," Tori replied.
"Well, you can't vanquish me. Reason number one, you need me. I know who the new Source is, and I can tell you his plans. And I need you, because I want to be good again. So, it's a win-win situation," Cole said.
Tori and Melinda exchanged a glance.
"Fine. But you do anything demonic, and you're vanquished," Tori said.
Melinda glanced at her watch. Three-thirty. Phoebe would be home from The Bay Mirror in about half an hour.
"Lets go," Melinda said. She left the classroom, Tori and Cole following.
"So, I see you're still living here," Cole commented as they entered the manor.
"Follow us," Tori replied. The girls led Cole into the solarium, and instantly knew they were in hot water. Why? Phoebe sat in there, flipping through the Book Of Shadows.
"Uh-oh," Melinda muttered.
She hasn't noticed us yet. Just keep it cool," Tori whispered.
"Uh, Aunt Phoebe, your car wasn't in the driveway. I thought you were still at work," Melinda said.
"I got home about an hour ago. Paige is borrowing my car. Her car broke down again," Phoebe replied, without looking up.
Cole decided to take matters into his own hands. "Phoebe."
Phoebe froze. She slowly took her reading glasses off, and looked up.
"Melinda, Tori, why is he standing in my house?" Phoebe asked.
"Um, well we decided that we need Cole's help. He knows this new Source's every move, and what his plans are. And he wants to be good again," Tori responded.
"Good again. I've heard that one before," Phoebe replied. She turned to the girls. "How many times have I told you, don't trust a demon! They make you believe they're up to good, and then they stab you in the back."
"Phoebe, just give me another chance," Cole said pleadingly.
"I gave you enough chances. And you blew all of them," Phoebe responded.
"Mom!" Tori exclaimed. "Cole can help us. Maybe we don't have to start at square one this time. Maybe he really does want to be good."
"Aunt Phoebe, please. We need all the help we can get. We know we can't defeat him"- Melinda began.
Cole cut her off. "Why can't you defeat him? What happened?"
"You really don't know do you?" Tori questioned.
"No, I don't. If I recall correctly, I was vanquished for the last seventeen years," Cole responded.
"Well the Elders took Piper. Short version, she is the Queen of All Good Magic, and can't come back here," Phoebe said.
Cole's eyes widened. "I'm sorry."
"So are we," Phoebe replied.
"Tell us what you know," Melinda said.
"You already know there is a new Source. His name is Kavinan, and he was an upper-level demon. He probably has a page in the book," Cole said, motioning towards the book.
Melinda looked at it. "Work your magic, Grams." (Grams was her great- grandmother. Nana was her grandmother.)
The book began flipping, and opened to a page. All four hurried over.
"That's him," Cole responded.
Tori read aloud. "Kavinan. He definitely was an upper-level Demon. He could morph into anything - animal, human, or even an inanimate object. Also, he could turn anything into a demon. He had your basic demonic powers: energy balls, shimmering, you get the picture."
"How did he become the Source and release all evil?" Phoebe asked.
"Kavinan found a book buried thousands of feet below the Earth's surface. It's basically the evil Book of Shadows. The book is called the Book Of Darkness. On the first page, there was an incantation, that would release all evil. Kavinan read it, and released evil. Other upper-level demons were so impressed; they made him the new Source. He's been gaining power by the Book," Cole said.
"Check with the Whitelighters?" Tori asked.
"Prue! Andy! Get down here, now!" Melinda yelled.
"Prue?" Cole questioned.
"She's a Whitelighter now," Tori responded.
The room filled with bright lights, and Prue and Andy appeared.
"What is he doing here?" were the first words out of Prue's mouth.
"He's going to help us," Melinda said.
"Oh! Andy, Cole - Cole, Andy," Phoebe said, introducing them.
"Hey," Andy said.
"Whitelighter?" Cole asked.
"Yeah. You?" Andy asked.
"Half-demon," Cole replied.
Paige flew into the manner. "Demon attack in five!"
They all turned towards the door. A demon flew in, the demon that had battled Phoebe and Paige the other morning.
"I'm back," he hissed.
"Remisk," Cole muttered.
Melinda picked up her hands and blew him up. But, he returned back into himself.
"That's new," Tori commented.
Paige orbed the knife off the demon's belt. "Let's try this again."
She flung it at him. Once again, he pulled it out, unharmed.
"Haven't you learned by now?" Remisk hissed.
Melinda picked up her hands and froze him. "Who is he?"
"His name is Remisk. He's Kavinan's right hand man. He's an ancient demon, from around the time of the ancient Greeks. He was finally vanquished by your Grams," Cole said.
"Great. Now we have an ancient demon chasing our butts," Tori said.
"So what else is new?" Paige responded.
"What are his powers?" Prue asked.
"He is the demon of catastrophe. He causes earthquakes, tornados, tidal waves, you get the picture," Cole said.
"Ok, so what can he do to us?" Melinda asked.
Remisk unfroze. He touched three things: a picture, a table, and a chair. To everyone's surprise, they turned into demons.
"Okay, that's really new," Tori commented.
Remisk shimmered out, leaving the three new demons there, and everyone else very confused.
"Yeah, Aunt Phoebe?" Melinda asked.
Phoebe put a small bottle in Melinda's hand. "This is a vanquishing potion from along time ago, one I hoped I never had to use again. But if you have to." Phoebe trailed off.
"Aunt Phoebe, you're not serious. You want me to vanquish my law teacher? What do you want me to do? Stand up in the middle of class, yell "Hey everybody, I'm a witch, and our teacher is one most-wanted demons in the magical world!" And then vanquish him? You've got to be kidding," Melinda said.
"No. But if he tries anything. Anything at all," Phoebe replied.
Melinda sighed. She picked up the bottle and slid it into her purse.
Later that day, Melinda sat in her law class. She stared at Mr. Turner-Cole- and it was hard to keep her mind on what he was teaching. All she could think about was his relationship with the Charmed Ones. Lucky for her, the bell rang. Good. She had to go meet Tori anyway.
"Melinda? Can you stay back a second?" Cole asked her.
"Fine," Melinda replied coldly.
"What's wrong? Yesterday, you could barely contain your excitement for this class and today you look like I put you in the electric chair," Cole said.
"I would have assumed you knew by now," Melinda said sarcastically.
"Hey, I'm a teacher. You can't talk to me that way," Cole replied.
"Yeah, but I can talk to a demon that way," Melinda hissed. She reached into her purse and put the potion in her hand. She wasn't going to throw it, but she wanted to show him she meant business.
"I don't know what you're talking about," Cole stuttered.
"I thought you were smarter than that Cole. My last name is Halliwell. I'm the daughter of Piper Halliwell and Leo Wyatt, although I don't like to admit it sometimes. Do you see where I am going with this? Phoebe Halliwell is my aunt, one of the ones who raised me since before I could say demon," Melinda snapped.
At the mention of Phoebe's name, Cole looked like someone had slapped him hard across the face.
"Phoebe," he said quietly.
"Yeah. Try any funny business, and you're as good as vanquished," Melinda responded.
Before Cole could answer, a voice came from the door. "You ready, Melinda?"
Cole and Melinda both looked to see Tori. Cole couldn't believe it. "Phoebe?" he asked.
"No, Phoebe's daughter, Tori," Tori replied.
"Well, you can't vanquish me. Reason number one, you need me. I know who the new Source is, and I can tell you his plans. And I need you, because I want to be good again. So, it's a win-win situation," Cole said.
Tori and Melinda exchanged a glance.
"Fine. But you do anything demonic, and you're vanquished," Tori said.
Melinda glanced at her watch. Three-thirty. Phoebe would be home from The Bay Mirror in about half an hour.
"Lets go," Melinda said. She left the classroom, Tori and Cole following.
"So, I see you're still living here," Cole commented as they entered the manor.
"Follow us," Tori replied. The girls led Cole into the solarium, and instantly knew they were in hot water. Why? Phoebe sat in there, flipping through the Book Of Shadows.
"Uh-oh," Melinda muttered.
She hasn't noticed us yet. Just keep it cool," Tori whispered.
"Uh, Aunt Phoebe, your car wasn't in the driveway. I thought you were still at work," Melinda said.
"I got home about an hour ago. Paige is borrowing my car. Her car broke down again," Phoebe replied, without looking up.
Cole decided to take matters into his own hands. "Phoebe."
Phoebe froze. She slowly took her reading glasses off, and looked up.
"Melinda, Tori, why is he standing in my house?" Phoebe asked.
"Um, well we decided that we need Cole's help. He knows this new Source's every move, and what his plans are. And he wants to be good again," Tori responded.
"Good again. I've heard that one before," Phoebe replied. She turned to the girls. "How many times have I told you, don't trust a demon! They make you believe they're up to good, and then they stab you in the back."
"Phoebe, just give me another chance," Cole said pleadingly.
"I gave you enough chances. And you blew all of them," Phoebe responded.
"Mom!" Tori exclaimed. "Cole can help us. Maybe we don't have to start at square one this time. Maybe he really does want to be good."
"Aunt Phoebe, please. We need all the help we can get. We know we can't defeat him"- Melinda began.
Cole cut her off. "Why can't you defeat him? What happened?"
"You really don't know do you?" Tori questioned.
"No, I don't. If I recall correctly, I was vanquished for the last seventeen years," Cole responded.
"Well the Elders took Piper. Short version, she is the Queen of All Good Magic, and can't come back here," Phoebe said.
Cole's eyes widened. "I'm sorry."
"So are we," Phoebe replied.
"Tell us what you know," Melinda said.
"You already know there is a new Source. His name is Kavinan, and he was an upper-level demon. He probably has a page in the book," Cole said, motioning towards the book.
Melinda looked at it. "Work your magic, Grams." (Grams was her great- grandmother. Nana was her grandmother.)
The book began flipping, and opened to a page. All four hurried over.
"That's him," Cole responded.
Tori read aloud. "Kavinan. He definitely was an upper-level Demon. He could morph into anything - animal, human, or even an inanimate object. Also, he could turn anything into a demon. He had your basic demonic powers: energy balls, shimmering, you get the picture."
"How did he become the Source and release all evil?" Phoebe asked.
"Kavinan found a book buried thousands of feet below the Earth's surface. It's basically the evil Book of Shadows. The book is called the Book Of Darkness. On the first page, there was an incantation, that would release all evil. Kavinan read it, and released evil. Other upper-level demons were so impressed; they made him the new Source. He's been gaining power by the Book," Cole said.
"Check with the Whitelighters?" Tori asked.
"Prue! Andy! Get down here, now!" Melinda yelled.
"Prue?" Cole questioned.
"She's a Whitelighter now," Tori responded.
The room filled with bright lights, and Prue and Andy appeared.
"What is he doing here?" were the first words out of Prue's mouth.
"He's going to help us," Melinda said.
"Oh! Andy, Cole - Cole, Andy," Phoebe said, introducing them.
"Hey," Andy said.
"Whitelighter?" Cole asked.
"Yeah. You?" Andy asked.
"Half-demon," Cole replied.
Paige flew into the manner. "Demon attack in five!"
They all turned towards the door. A demon flew in, the demon that had battled Phoebe and Paige the other morning.
"I'm back," he hissed.
"Remisk," Cole muttered.
Melinda picked up her hands and blew him up. But, he returned back into himself.
"That's new," Tori commented.
Paige orbed the knife off the demon's belt. "Let's try this again."
She flung it at him. Once again, he pulled it out, unharmed.
"Haven't you learned by now?" Remisk hissed.
Melinda picked up her hands and froze him. "Who is he?"
"His name is Remisk. He's Kavinan's right hand man. He's an ancient demon, from around the time of the ancient Greeks. He was finally vanquished by your Grams," Cole said.
"Great. Now we have an ancient demon chasing our butts," Tori said.
"So what else is new?" Paige responded.
"What are his powers?" Prue asked.
"He is the demon of catastrophe. He causes earthquakes, tornados, tidal waves, you get the picture," Cole said.
"Ok, so what can he do to us?" Melinda asked.
Remisk unfroze. He touched three things: a picture, a table, and a chair. To everyone's surprise, they turned into demons.
"Okay, that's really new," Tori commented.
Remisk shimmered out, leaving the three new demons there, and everyone else very confused.