Chapter 2

"So your saying that in your premonition, we died?" Phoebe asked.

It was after school. The family was in the solarium, discussing Tori's premonition.

"That's what it looked like," Tori said. "It was really fuzzy. And it was one of us. Not all of us."

"Tell us about it one more time," Piper said.

"It happens tonight," Tori began. "We're in an alley, and there's a demon. We're standing around him, and a couple of us are on the side. We're chanting, and suddenly one of us is in the middle of it all, and they vanish."

"Which one of us?" Wyatt asked.

"I don't know," Tori said. "That part is fuzzy."

"What demon was it?" Cole asked.

"He had long black robes, long, shaggy black hair, and a pentagram on his forehead," Tori described. "You know him?"

"That's Tyvan," Cole replied.

"This is great," Paige said. "Someone is going to die before my wedding day."

"Ok, this is our plan," Phoebe said, standing up. "We go to the alley tonight, kick some demon butt, and then come home and sleep before Paige's and Keith's wedding."

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"I still don't understand why we're here," Blake said. "I know that we're the protectors of the innocent and all, but don't we have to protect ourselves?"

"Got him!" Piper exclaimed. She had been scrying for Tyvan, and they finally had found him.

"Hey Tyvan!" Phoebe exclaimed as the Charmed family walked into the alley.

Tyvan turned around. "Stupid witches."

"Oh, we're not the stupid ones," Piper said. "We're the Charmed Ones."

"Say the spell!" Tori said.

Paige, Piper, and Phoebe began reading the spell:

"Higher powers from above,
We call upon you.
Vanquish this evil with thy magic white,
Vanquish him into forever's night!"

Piper reached into her pocket for the potion. She picked it up, ready to throw it on Tyvan. Paige and Phoebe kept on chanting.

That's when Tyvan grabbed Melinda. He pulled her into the center of it all, right in front of him, just as Piper threw the potion.

The potion hit the ground and exploded with a flash of bright, yellow light. When is cleared, Tyvan was standing there, but Melinda was gone.

Tyvan glanced around, a smirk on his face. Then he shimmered out, leaving Piper, Phoebe, Paige, Cole, and the kids to wonder where on this earth or another Melinda was.

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Melinda awoke in an all-too familiar room.

"What am I doing in Aunt Phoebe's and Cole's room?" she asked. "And why does my head feel like I just ran head first into a brick wall?"

Melinda stood up and looked at herself in the mirror. "Whoa. Since when am I La Femme Nikita?"

Melinda was wearing a tight black midriff tank top. She had on very short, tight, black leather shorts. She had on knee-length black boots. Her hair was pulled back into a ponytail. Loose, black, sheer covering covered her tank top. The strangest thing of all was around her waist.

Around Melinda's waist was something that resembled her dad's tool belt. Only on her belt were knives.

"If this is Wyatt's sick idea of my Halloween costume, then I will hurt him," Melinda muttered.

She walked towards the door and opened it. In the hallway were many men and women wearing all black. They sort of resembled demons in their human form.

Melinda quickly shut the door. "What is going on here? Did Tyvan do something?"

Melinda sank down onto the bed. "This isn't good. I have no clue where I am. And nothing good can come from this."

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"Leo? Prue? Andy?" Paige called as they walked back into the manor.

They found the Whitelighters in the living room.

"What happened?" Andy asked when he saw the looks on their faces."

"Why is Piper crying?" Leo asked.

"Because," Phoebe started. "I think we vanquished Melinda."