Piper gasped and leapt up. "Oh no! I forgot to close the club! Leo, can you
orb me there?" Leo got up from the table. "Sure, honey." Piper grabbed her
bag and they orbed out. Paige blinked at Phoebe. "It's not like Piper to
forget about closing the club." Phoebe shrugged. "We were being attacked.
She probably thought she didn't have time."
"Yeah, probably." Paige said as she went to fix herself a snack.
* * * Yvonne stared intently into the fire, watching something only she could see. Clarissa and John waited impatiently behind her. "Well?" asked John "Is it time?" Yvonne straightened and smiled. "Yes. The wife has returned to her club. After the spell is complete, we can go and drain her power. She will be unable to warn her sisters." Clarissa cackled gleefully as the three moved to space themselves equally apart around the fire. They began to chant in the strange language. Piper and Leo orbed into the alley behind P3. "Thanks Leo. I'll be driving back to the Manor in my car." Leo nodded and orbed out. Piper got out the keys from her bag. The fire began to rise in a column. Phoebe was walking up the stairs, and Paige was creating a sandwich out of leftovers, humming a snatch of song. They raised their hands high into the air. In a torch lit passage in the Underworld, Cole dodged a fireball from a bounty hunter, and flung an energy ball back. As one, the cloaked sorcerers clapped their hands together, sending an invisible power wave from the fire. Cole felt the huge amounts of power rush past, and he and the bounty hunter were thrown onto their backs. The bounty hunter leapt up and fled down the stone passage. Cole got to his feet and tested the shimmer barrier. It had been knocked down by the wave of power. Taking advantage of this, he shimmered out of the Underworld and headed towards the manor. Piper was just about to open the side door when the power wave hit her. She was blown backwards, and was cocooned by a blue light. She tried to scream but the light rushed into her mouth, choking her. Phoebe was up in her room, reading a novel when it hit her. She was bound by ropes of blue fire that encased her, blinding and muting her. The book fell to the ground, charred and broken. Paige looked up from her sandwich, listening for a sound she couldn't hear. Something was coming. She barely had time to blink before blue vines came, imprisoning her. She screamed for a split second before she was trapped inside the blue blaze. Leo, halfway between P3 and the manor felt energy convulse through first Piper, than Phoebe and Paige. Confused, he materialized in the kitchen and the Manor, wondering what was wrong. He got his answer instantly. Paige was a huge tornado of blue fire, bright and unbearably hot. Leo tried to advance, to release her, but a tendril of the blue lashed out, and he only just got out of its way. It sunk back into the cyclone of blue fire. Cole shimmered in next to him. He stared at the thing that was now Paige. "What's Happening!? What's that?!" he yelled over the noise made be the tornado. "It's Paige, I think! I don't know what the hell's going on!! There was a power surge through the girls, and when I orbed in she was like this!" he gestured towards Paige. As if it had heard him, the whirlwind stopped. It collapsed, and an unconscious Paige buckled and fell. Except now she had the lower half of a horse. Cole and Leo stared, then Cole suddenly rushed out, obviously towards Phoebe. Leo, after checking Paige was alright, orbed out to Piper. Phoebe was seeing a whirl of images. First, a hole opened in front of P3. Out of it came thousands of demons, yelling wildly. She saw a man turn to run, but a demon threw fire at him, and disintegrated in an explosion of ash. She was flying high above the city. Fires burned everywhere. Warplanes flew below her. They suddenly turned to stone and fell. People bowed to demons in the underworld. Before her eyes flashed images, from all over the world. London. New York. Paris. Sydney. All showed the same thing: Destruction and enslavement of humans. She cried out, feeling the pain of a billion people. She blacked out. Piper was drowning in fire. She tried to move, to escape the terrible heat, but she was trapped. The fire died, throwing her to the ground. She rolled and tried to stand again, but had unfamiliar feet. Looking down, she saw a hawk's breast and talons. She turned and saw, in a piece pf polished metal, her head on a bird's body. She screamed in horror, and backed away, staring at her reflection. She remembered something from her high school days. She was a harpy, a women's head on a hawk or vultures body. She stared around, on the verge of panic. What was she supposed to do? She opened her mouth to call Leo; then stopped. Something was coming. She didn't know how she knew, she just did. She glanced around, then flung herself behind a box. A high pitched whistling was coming from a spot on the ground, and growing louder each second. A pale white mist appeared, growing and twirling, swirling around into a vaguely human shape. It darkened and solidified into a shape. Piper's eyes widened when she saw the cloaked person's face. It was Clarissa, the lead player in the band that had last played at P3. She shrunk behind the box, hoping that she wouldn't see her. She had a feeling that this was one of the figures from Phoebe's vision. Clarissa turned around, searching for something. For her. "Now, now, don't be shy." She smirked around. Piper sunk even lower behind her box. The cloaked figure kicked the polished metal aside, then a few more boxes. Piper knew she'd find her eventually. She prepared to fly off, even though she had absolutely no idea how. Clarissa turned suddenly, and flicked out her hand. Blue wires lashed out, and sped straight towards her. She leapt into the air, but was caught and bound be the wires. One twisted around her mouth, stopping her from screaming. Clarissa reeled her in, smiling. "Poor witch, no one to help you." Piper struggled widely, fear coursing through her veins. Clarissa put her hands on the side of Pipers head, and stared into her eyes. Piper froze as she felt her magic leave her, draining though her temples into the sorceress's hands. Her face began to change, shrinking and changing. Clarissa dropped her to the ground. She threw back her head and laughed, the horrible sound echoing through the alley. "Such power!" she cried as she exploded a box. Piper, crushed against the polished metal, Piper glared up at the laughing sorceress, anger humming through her veins. She hadn't been this mad since Prue had been killed. Before Clarissa could move, Piper had flapped up into the air and dived straight for her face. She swung her talons up and crashed into her face, claws digging into flesh and slicing through delicate eye tissue. She flapped higher and out of the alley, spiraling overhead as she watched her scream and clutch her face. Blindly she threw jets of the blue fire upwards, missing piper by three feet. She collapsed against the wall, moaning in pain. Leo orbed in. He rushed over to help what her thought was an injured innocent. Piper tried to yell an alarm, but no sound came out of her beak. Not even a croak. Leo knelt beside her Piper flapped her wings in a panic, trying to get his attention. It was too late. Clarissa's hand suddenly grabbed Leo's and they disappeared. Piper tried to scream, but no sound would come out of her beak.
* * * * * * * * * * * * Sorry of you are confused. It kinda makes sense in the next coupla chapters. And if I don't get any more reviews I'll stop writing.
* * * Yvonne stared intently into the fire, watching something only she could see. Clarissa and John waited impatiently behind her. "Well?" asked John "Is it time?" Yvonne straightened and smiled. "Yes. The wife has returned to her club. After the spell is complete, we can go and drain her power. She will be unable to warn her sisters." Clarissa cackled gleefully as the three moved to space themselves equally apart around the fire. They began to chant in the strange language. Piper and Leo orbed into the alley behind P3. "Thanks Leo. I'll be driving back to the Manor in my car." Leo nodded and orbed out. Piper got out the keys from her bag. The fire began to rise in a column. Phoebe was walking up the stairs, and Paige was creating a sandwich out of leftovers, humming a snatch of song. They raised their hands high into the air. In a torch lit passage in the Underworld, Cole dodged a fireball from a bounty hunter, and flung an energy ball back. As one, the cloaked sorcerers clapped their hands together, sending an invisible power wave from the fire. Cole felt the huge amounts of power rush past, and he and the bounty hunter were thrown onto their backs. The bounty hunter leapt up and fled down the stone passage. Cole got to his feet and tested the shimmer barrier. It had been knocked down by the wave of power. Taking advantage of this, he shimmered out of the Underworld and headed towards the manor. Piper was just about to open the side door when the power wave hit her. She was blown backwards, and was cocooned by a blue light. She tried to scream but the light rushed into her mouth, choking her. Phoebe was up in her room, reading a novel when it hit her. She was bound by ropes of blue fire that encased her, blinding and muting her. The book fell to the ground, charred and broken. Paige looked up from her sandwich, listening for a sound she couldn't hear. Something was coming. She barely had time to blink before blue vines came, imprisoning her. She screamed for a split second before she was trapped inside the blue blaze. Leo, halfway between P3 and the manor felt energy convulse through first Piper, than Phoebe and Paige. Confused, he materialized in the kitchen and the Manor, wondering what was wrong. He got his answer instantly. Paige was a huge tornado of blue fire, bright and unbearably hot. Leo tried to advance, to release her, but a tendril of the blue lashed out, and he only just got out of its way. It sunk back into the cyclone of blue fire. Cole shimmered in next to him. He stared at the thing that was now Paige. "What's Happening!? What's that?!" he yelled over the noise made be the tornado. "It's Paige, I think! I don't know what the hell's going on!! There was a power surge through the girls, and when I orbed in she was like this!" he gestured towards Paige. As if it had heard him, the whirlwind stopped. It collapsed, and an unconscious Paige buckled and fell. Except now she had the lower half of a horse. Cole and Leo stared, then Cole suddenly rushed out, obviously towards Phoebe. Leo, after checking Paige was alright, orbed out to Piper. Phoebe was seeing a whirl of images. First, a hole opened in front of P3. Out of it came thousands of demons, yelling wildly. She saw a man turn to run, but a demon threw fire at him, and disintegrated in an explosion of ash. She was flying high above the city. Fires burned everywhere. Warplanes flew below her. They suddenly turned to stone and fell. People bowed to demons in the underworld. Before her eyes flashed images, from all over the world. London. New York. Paris. Sydney. All showed the same thing: Destruction and enslavement of humans. She cried out, feeling the pain of a billion people. She blacked out. Piper was drowning in fire. She tried to move, to escape the terrible heat, but she was trapped. The fire died, throwing her to the ground. She rolled and tried to stand again, but had unfamiliar feet. Looking down, she saw a hawk's breast and talons. She turned and saw, in a piece pf polished metal, her head on a bird's body. She screamed in horror, and backed away, staring at her reflection. She remembered something from her high school days. She was a harpy, a women's head on a hawk or vultures body. She stared around, on the verge of panic. What was she supposed to do? She opened her mouth to call Leo; then stopped. Something was coming. She didn't know how she knew, she just did. She glanced around, then flung herself behind a box. A high pitched whistling was coming from a spot on the ground, and growing louder each second. A pale white mist appeared, growing and twirling, swirling around into a vaguely human shape. It darkened and solidified into a shape. Piper's eyes widened when she saw the cloaked person's face. It was Clarissa, the lead player in the band that had last played at P3. She shrunk behind the box, hoping that she wouldn't see her. She had a feeling that this was one of the figures from Phoebe's vision. Clarissa turned around, searching for something. For her. "Now, now, don't be shy." She smirked around. Piper sunk even lower behind her box. The cloaked figure kicked the polished metal aside, then a few more boxes. Piper knew she'd find her eventually. She prepared to fly off, even though she had absolutely no idea how. Clarissa turned suddenly, and flicked out her hand. Blue wires lashed out, and sped straight towards her. She leapt into the air, but was caught and bound be the wires. One twisted around her mouth, stopping her from screaming. Clarissa reeled her in, smiling. "Poor witch, no one to help you." Piper struggled widely, fear coursing through her veins. Clarissa put her hands on the side of Pipers head, and stared into her eyes. Piper froze as she felt her magic leave her, draining though her temples into the sorceress's hands. Her face began to change, shrinking and changing. Clarissa dropped her to the ground. She threw back her head and laughed, the horrible sound echoing through the alley. "Such power!" she cried as she exploded a box. Piper, crushed against the polished metal, Piper glared up at the laughing sorceress, anger humming through her veins. She hadn't been this mad since Prue had been killed. Before Clarissa could move, Piper had flapped up into the air and dived straight for her face. She swung her talons up and crashed into her face, claws digging into flesh and slicing through delicate eye tissue. She flapped higher and out of the alley, spiraling overhead as she watched her scream and clutch her face. Blindly she threw jets of the blue fire upwards, missing piper by three feet. She collapsed against the wall, moaning in pain. Leo orbed in. He rushed over to help what her thought was an injured innocent. Piper tried to yell an alarm, but no sound came out of her beak. Not even a croak. Leo knelt beside her Piper flapped her wings in a panic, trying to get his attention. It was too late. Clarissa's hand suddenly grabbed Leo's and they disappeared. Piper tried to scream, but no sound would come out of her beak.
* * * * * * * * * * * * Sorry of you are confused. It kinda makes sense in the next coupla chapters. And if I don't get any more reviews I'll stop writing.