Chapter 4- Last resort (You know I don't own charmed, I also don't own
"Last resort" Papa Roach do, not me)
So this is what this place look like, it was destroyed by the Titan's in my time, those few who did survive the massacre had to move from place to place, it's more incredible than I imagined, Phoebe told me she, Prue and Piper went up here briefly, she said she didn't remember much, but she said it was incredible. Piper had once stayed here for a month.
Leo looks up at me, he looks angry. "WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME? WHY DID YOU LET THIS HAPPEN!" I feel my body being shoved up against the wall,
"Easy, easy!" This guy has a temper,
"Why?"
"Because this had to happen. It had to happen so you could do what has to be done." I hope this works, otherwise we're all fucked.
"What are you talking about? They're all dead. Gone." Yes I can see that, clearly I am not blind, except they're not all gone.
"No. Not all of them. Some of the Elders escaped back to earth but it won't be long before the Titans hunt them down too. But you can still stop them. You can still defeat the Titans." Will he go through with this? If not I'll have to. . .but I don't have that type of power. . .Leo has it. . .I can't stop this from happening. Only he can, so I'm not as powerful as everybody thinks.
"How?" Well here goes nothing,
"I think you know how."
"It's too dangerous. The Elders forbid it." For a guy who broke the rules by marrying a witch and having a child with that witch he seems to be a real abide by the book guy.
"True. But then again, the Elders aren't around to stop you now, are they? That's right, Leo. This is what it's all about. This is why they had to die so you could do something they'd never do. To save a future for your family, for your son." You know, me, the one you abandoned. . .will abandon. . .ach this is confusing,
"This is crazy!"
"Maybe, but it's our only chance. Like it or not, you've been put in this situation for a reason, Leo. We both have."
"Says you. How do I know you're not trying to manipulate the situation for your own future? Just the way you've manipulated everything else." What the hell do you think I'm doing?! I came back here to change the future, the future I'm a part of! Of course I'm manipulating it for my future!
"You don't. But what choice do you really have? There's certainly no future unless you do something."
"I don't know. Even if I were to believe you, even if I were willing, I couldn't. I'm no Elder." Yes you are. . .that's why you left.
"Well, you better start acting like one."
"What do you mean?"
"Leo, you. . .you are an elder. Well, not quite,"
"What do you mean? I'm not an elder, I'm a whitelighter! If I became an elder then I'd. . .have to leave. . .I don't want to leave! I WON'T!"
"Then don't, do what you have to do and go back home, to Piper and Wyatt."
He stays silent. . .only he can do this, but what if he doesn't?, I don't know if he's going to do this, I really don't, I have all these powers and I still don't know what's going to happen. He isn't saying a word, dam these premonitions, one would come in very handy right about now.
"Will you do this?" I ask, I need to know,
"Are you sure there's nothing else? The power of three?"
"Not powerful enough,"
"How do you know? You don't know them!"
"I do, I know them in the future, the power of three is dead in the future, Prue is dead, Paige is dead, Piper has lost her sanity, and Phoebe is the only one left, but when I left the future she had died."
"And Wyatt? Is he alive? Could he defeat the Titans?"
"Wyatt is powerful, but not powerful enough. It was prophesied that he would be the most powerful source of good magic, but he tried to defeat them. It didn't work. If Wyatt couldn't do it, then the charmed one's won't be able to either," That's right, I'm not powerful, I said it. If I really was as powerful as I've been told then I could do this. "This is the only way Leo. Give them the power of the God's, if they are the most powerful source of good magic, then mightn't they be able to defeat them without letting everything get to their heads?"
"I. . .I don't like this one bit,"
"Nor do I, but do you have any better idea's?" He gives me a sheepish look, "I thought so. You have to do this Leo, it's the only way." He looks at me for a minute and walks off, he's going to do it,
But how long will he stay up here? Will he leave once peace is restored? I know now why he had to leave, to protect us. But he won't have to stay afterwards, will he? No, there are still surviving Elders, they can do everything after Leo has sorted this whole affair out. There's no reason why they need Leo, Leo has a family to take care of, they'll understand that right?
I've been thinking a lot lately, about everything, about my powers. Everybody always made such a fuss about me and my powers, they were relying on me to change everything, to make the world a better place. But look at me now? What am I doing? I'm only guiding, I can do that without powers. Why do I have these powers? Why me? I'm nothing special, I should be able to do something with these powers, there's a lot I'd love to do with these powers that I can't do because "good" magic forbids it.
There's a lot good magic forbids, like "personal gain" what's the point in having these powers if I can't use them. I'm working for the "greater good" but what do I get out of it? Why can't I use my powers to manipulate what I want to change? If I'm as powerful as everybody says then shouldn't they be answering to me rather than me to them? If I'm so powerful why can't I decide what's right and wrong.
It was forbidden for witches and whitelighters to love one another. Love is an emotion we can't control, we don't choose to love someone, our hearts decide. The heart wants what the heart wants. It is said that demons are "heartless" and cannot love, so if that's such a bad thing then why is it a bad thing to listen to our heart. Piper and Leo challenged that, they changed it, for once the Elders had to answer to them. The Elders were "wrong." If Patty and Sam had never fallen in love and had Paige, then the day Prue died would have been the day the power of three died, and she was needed by good magic, meaning the rule the Elders had was wrong. And now because of Paige, the Source was killed, bring "evil" magic to a slump.
There's a lot that could be changed that is considered "wrong." All that's needed is somebody to speak up to the Elders. Now they're not the authority, there is no authority and Leo is about to do something that could save the future, something that was deemed "forbidden."
It seems the tables have turned, now we need what is forbidden, good magic needs it, hell the world needs it. Sometimes what's considered "wrong" or "evil" is really right, maybe that's why I have my powers. For the greater good, to change other things that is wrong with the world. To break the rules, everything happens for a reason, right?
So this is what this place look like, it was destroyed by the Titan's in my time, those few who did survive the massacre had to move from place to place, it's more incredible than I imagined, Phoebe told me she, Prue and Piper went up here briefly, she said she didn't remember much, but she said it was incredible. Piper had once stayed here for a month.
Leo looks up at me, he looks angry. "WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME? WHY DID YOU LET THIS HAPPEN!" I feel my body being shoved up against the wall,
"Easy, easy!" This guy has a temper,
"Why?"
"Because this had to happen. It had to happen so you could do what has to be done." I hope this works, otherwise we're all fucked.
"What are you talking about? They're all dead. Gone." Yes I can see that, clearly I am not blind, except they're not all gone.
"No. Not all of them. Some of the Elders escaped back to earth but it won't be long before the Titans hunt them down too. But you can still stop them. You can still defeat the Titans." Will he go through with this? If not I'll have to. . .but I don't have that type of power. . .Leo has it. . .I can't stop this from happening. Only he can, so I'm not as powerful as everybody thinks.
"How?" Well here goes nothing,
"I think you know how."
"It's too dangerous. The Elders forbid it." For a guy who broke the rules by marrying a witch and having a child with that witch he seems to be a real abide by the book guy.
"True. But then again, the Elders aren't around to stop you now, are they? That's right, Leo. This is what it's all about. This is why they had to die so you could do something they'd never do. To save a future for your family, for your son." You know, me, the one you abandoned. . .will abandon. . .ach this is confusing,
"This is crazy!"
"Maybe, but it's our only chance. Like it or not, you've been put in this situation for a reason, Leo. We both have."
"Says you. How do I know you're not trying to manipulate the situation for your own future? Just the way you've manipulated everything else." What the hell do you think I'm doing?! I came back here to change the future, the future I'm a part of! Of course I'm manipulating it for my future!
"You don't. But what choice do you really have? There's certainly no future unless you do something."
"I don't know. Even if I were to believe you, even if I were willing, I couldn't. I'm no Elder." Yes you are. . .that's why you left.
"Well, you better start acting like one."
"What do you mean?"
"Leo, you. . .you are an elder. Well, not quite,"
"What do you mean? I'm not an elder, I'm a whitelighter! If I became an elder then I'd. . .have to leave. . .I don't want to leave! I WON'T!"
"Then don't, do what you have to do and go back home, to Piper and Wyatt."
He stays silent. . .only he can do this, but what if he doesn't?, I don't know if he's going to do this, I really don't, I have all these powers and I still don't know what's going to happen. He isn't saying a word, dam these premonitions, one would come in very handy right about now.
"Will you do this?" I ask, I need to know,
"Are you sure there's nothing else? The power of three?"
"Not powerful enough,"
"How do you know? You don't know them!"
"I do, I know them in the future, the power of three is dead in the future, Prue is dead, Paige is dead, Piper has lost her sanity, and Phoebe is the only one left, but when I left the future she had died."
"And Wyatt? Is he alive? Could he defeat the Titans?"
"Wyatt is powerful, but not powerful enough. It was prophesied that he would be the most powerful source of good magic, but he tried to defeat them. It didn't work. If Wyatt couldn't do it, then the charmed one's won't be able to either," That's right, I'm not powerful, I said it. If I really was as powerful as I've been told then I could do this. "This is the only way Leo. Give them the power of the God's, if they are the most powerful source of good magic, then mightn't they be able to defeat them without letting everything get to their heads?"
"I. . .I don't like this one bit,"
"Nor do I, but do you have any better idea's?" He gives me a sheepish look, "I thought so. You have to do this Leo, it's the only way." He looks at me for a minute and walks off, he's going to do it,
But how long will he stay up here? Will he leave once peace is restored? I know now why he had to leave, to protect us. But he won't have to stay afterwards, will he? No, there are still surviving Elders, they can do everything after Leo has sorted this whole affair out. There's no reason why they need Leo, Leo has a family to take care of, they'll understand that right?
I've been thinking a lot lately, about everything, about my powers. Everybody always made such a fuss about me and my powers, they were relying on me to change everything, to make the world a better place. But look at me now? What am I doing? I'm only guiding, I can do that without powers. Why do I have these powers? Why me? I'm nothing special, I should be able to do something with these powers, there's a lot I'd love to do with these powers that I can't do because "good" magic forbids it.
There's a lot good magic forbids, like "personal gain" what's the point in having these powers if I can't use them. I'm working for the "greater good" but what do I get out of it? Why can't I use my powers to manipulate what I want to change? If I'm as powerful as everybody says then shouldn't they be answering to me rather than me to them? If I'm so powerful why can't I decide what's right and wrong.
It was forbidden for witches and whitelighters to love one another. Love is an emotion we can't control, we don't choose to love someone, our hearts decide. The heart wants what the heart wants. It is said that demons are "heartless" and cannot love, so if that's such a bad thing then why is it a bad thing to listen to our heart. Piper and Leo challenged that, they changed it, for once the Elders had to answer to them. The Elders were "wrong." If Patty and Sam had never fallen in love and had Paige, then the day Prue died would have been the day the power of three died, and she was needed by good magic, meaning the rule the Elders had was wrong. And now because of Paige, the Source was killed, bring "evil" magic to a slump.
There's a lot that could be changed that is considered "wrong." All that's needed is somebody to speak up to the Elders. Now they're not the authority, there is no authority and Leo is about to do something that could save the future, something that was deemed "forbidden."
It seems the tables have turned, now we need what is forbidden, good magic needs it, hell the world needs it. Sometimes what's considered "wrong" or "evil" is really right, maybe that's why I have my powers. For the greater good, to change other things that is wrong with the world. To break the rules, everything happens for a reason, right?