A/N: lol CharmingChix: Nah, you're not too slow. I'm glad you decided to read my fic (well, all of my fics, lol). Better later than never, right? Everyone: Oh...I betcha really wanna know who Pandora's father is right? Andy is a great guess, but then again, there are so many other people. But don't worry, you'll find out....eventually..... Anyway, I'll be adding 2 chapters (17 & 18) today, since I didn't update for a few days.

Charmed At Last
Chapter 17: Battle Of The Witchest

Piper flipped the pages the the old, leather bound book. "So, what are you guys..erm...girls known as?" Piper asked.

"The Blessed Ones." Pearl replied. She obviously was the one taking charge, like Prue.

"Ahhh..." Piper replied. "Oh, I found him! Nemus! The demon we were going to kill before we ended up here." Piper said.

Paige walked over to Piper's side and looked at the book. "Yep, that's him. But why wouldn't the spell work. It was the same one, right?" Paige asked, as she pulled a small piece of paper from her pocket. Paige looked at the piece of paper and then at the spell. "The words are written exactly the same." Paige said.

"We don't know. But we have to find a way to vanquish him." Phiona said, finally joining the conversation.

"We just know that we don't want to live in a world where demons rule." Pearl said.

"We almost lost Pandora a few times. After all, she is the youngest without an active power." Phiona explained.

"Why don't you have a whitelighter?" Paige asked.

"The Elders were going to give us one but Phiona and I orbed up there and told them not to. We convinced them that with Phiona's orbing and my healing that we could do without a whitelighter." Pearl said.

"You two orbed up there?" Piper asked, in shock.

Pearl twiddled her thumbs. "Well, they are kinda used to it now....I mean, after mom insisted Uncle Leo take her up there one time and then she kinda..well...yelled some sense into The Elders." Pearl said.

"What?" Piper asked.

"She was mad that they didn't want us up there. So, she had Leo orb her there so she knew where to orb to get there when she wanted. She figured that since she was half whitelighter she was entitled to go up there. She taught Phiona to orb up there too. And took me along too, seeing as how I'm one-fourth whitelighter." Pearl said.

Paige grinned. "Cool, I got through to The Elders!" Paige said.

Piper rolled her eyes and then high fived her youngest sister. "They needed to be taught a thing or two." Piper said.

Moments later a man appeared out of thin air. He walked up behind Pearl.

Paige spun around. "Hey you!" Paige yelled. The man instantly orbed out and orbed in, flying at the wall.

Pearl spun around. "Whoa! No! Phiona!" Pearl yelled.

Phiona turned around and held out her hands; orbs shot from her hands and wrapped around the man, then he easily glided to the ground.

"Sorry 'bout that, babe." Pearl said.

"'Babe'? Who is he?" Paige asked.

"My boyfriend. Brandon, this is my mom, mom this is Brandon." Pearl said.

"Whoa! Wait, your mom is dead!" Brandon said.

"Hello? Very much alive!" Paige said, as she waved her hands at Brandon.

"We summoned the Charmed Ones to our time." Pearl said.

"All four of them?!" Brandon gasped. He looked around the room, just noticing that all four of the ledgendary Charmed Ones were there. "My God, they are here!" Brandon gasped. He knelt down. "I'm so honored to meet such powerful witches!" Brandon said.

"Witches and a part whitelighter!" Paige corrected. "The first to be exact." Paige added. She had been on a kick about making sure people knew she wasn't just an ordinary witch, but half whitelighter as well.

Brandon stood up. "I can't believe it. I mean, I couldn't believe I was dating a Charmed One's child, let alone the first witch-whitelighter's child, and now I'm meeting you." Brandon said, in total awe.

"So, you must be a witch? In order to just appear out of thin air, right?" Prue asked.

"Yeah. My power is teleportation." Brandon answered.

"Look, we need a plan of action. I want to take back the Manor." Phoebe said.

"Demons surround the place, it is total suicide." Brandon said.

"Hey now, you're talking to the Charmed Ones. And the 'Charmed Echo'." Piper said.

"Huh?" Pam asked, in confusion.

"Ya know how there was the 'Baby Boomers' and their kids were the 'Boom Echo'. Well, we are the 'Charmed Ones' and you are our kids, thus, the 'Charmed Echo'." Piper explained.

Giggles filled the room for a few moments and then slowly faded away.

"Ha, funny mom." Phiona said.

"Well, let's go!" Paige said. "We want our Nexus back!" Paige added.

"Where to?" Brandon asked.

"Paige and Pearl, take the back of the house. Phoebe and Pam, take the front of the house. Phiona, Piper, and Pandora take the living room. Brandon and I will take the attic. I want some boyfriend to Auntie talk time." Prue instructed.

"And won't the demons be surprised to see us?" Phoebe said, with a sly grin.

"Well, let's go!" Piper said. She walked over to Phiona and Pandora.

Phiona, Pandora, and Piper took hands.

"Rightio, mom." Phiona said, then she orbed the three of them out.

Paige walked over to Pearl and took her hand. "I guess now is a good time for mother-daughter bonding." Paige said, as she smiled.

"Yeah, while we kick demonic ass. I can't wait to see you in action again!" Pearl said.

"Well, thanks." Paige replied, as she orbed them out.

Phoebe grabbed Pam's hand. "And away we go?" Phoebe asked.

"I hope shimmering is okay with you." Pam said.

"Totally, your father and I shimmer all the time." Phoebe said.

Pam nodded and shimmered them out.

Prue looked at Brandon, who looked sort of scared. "So, you date my first niece?" Prue asked.

"Yeah...Well, we better get going." Brandon said. Before Prue could reply, he grabbed her arm and teleported them out.

Piper, Phiona, and Pandora orbed into the middle of the room. They were surrounded by demons on all sides.

"Surprise!" Piper shouted. She flicked her wrists and 2 demons instantly exploded.

"Don'tcha just love my mom?" Phiona asked.

"A Charmed One?! Impossible! She was killed years ago!" Another demon shouted.

"Hey, shouldn't you have learned by now, we don't always die! Remember, Prue 'died' once already too." Piper called out. Even though their future selves had died, Piper wanted to make the demons wonder.

"He isn't sure what to believe." Pandora said, as she used her telepathic powers to probe the demon's mind.

"Enough chat, let's kill her! In fact, all three of them!" Another demon shouted. He then hurled a fire ball at Piper.

Piper raised her hands and froze the fire ball in mid air.

Phiona raised her hands and orbs shot from her palms; the orbs surrounded the fire ball and sent it flying back at it's creator. Phiona then orbed out and moments later orbed in behind the demon. "Bye bye!" Phiona yelled, as orbs shot from her palms, once more. The orbs hit the demon and sent him straight into the fire ball. He burst into flames and was vanquished.

Pandora turned to one of the demons and jumped into the air, spin kicking the demon in the chest, and sending him flying into the burning fire place. He was instantly vanquished.

Paige and Pearl orbed into the backyard of the Halliwell Manor. It was swarmed with demons.

"What the hell?!" A demoness yelled. She held out her hand and sent Paige flying at the fence.

Paige quickly orbed out and then orbed back in, behind the demoness, before she could hit the fence. "Your turn, demoness!" Paige yelled. The demoness orbed out and then orbed in, instantly smacking into the fence. Paige scanned the crowd and saw a demon holding an athame. "Athame!" Paige yelled. The athame orbed out of the demon's hand and orbed in, stuck in the center of the demoness' chest. She instantly turned to ashes.

"I always loved to watch that." Pearl said. "Isn't my mom the best?!" Pearl called out.

That's when it hit the demons. Only one witch in history had ever had that power. She wasn't only, just, a witch. But a witch-whitelighter and a Charmed One.

"A Charmed One! No, but they were killed!" A demon hissed.

"Yeah yeah yeah. Save it!" Paige yelled.

Phiona created a glowing ball of light and sent it smashing into the demon who had just been talking, he instantly exploded. "Whoops, my bad." Pearl smirked.

Phoebe and Pam shimmered into the front yard where the demons and warlocks were already on alert from the other attacks.

"How ya'll doin'? Phoebe asked. "I'm great, alive and kickin' I might add." Phoebe then levitated into the air and sent a spinning kick into the neartest demon, smashing him into a nearby warlock.

The warlock stood up and sent a powerful fire blast at Phoebe.

Phoebe levitated over the fire blast and then levitated down when it was gone. "Hey now, that isn't nice!" Phoebe scolded.

Pam shimmered behind the warlock and placed her hand on his shoulder, absorbing his powers. Then she held out her hand and sent a fire blast at him, burning him up on contact.

Phoebe grinned and levi-flipped behind the demon she had originally spun kicked and grabbed his arm, bending it back. "Ohhh...dat's gotta hurt..." Phoebe commented. Then she grabbed a piece of a broken bottle on the ground and smashed it into the demon's chest; then he was vanquished in a puff of smoke. "Next?" Phoebe called.

Prue and Brandon teleported into the attic. "Okay, everbody out of my house!" Prue yelled. She waved her hand and demons went flying in all directions, making a clear path. "You should all just leave now, because I'm not in the mood for house cleaning." Prue warned.

"A Charmed One?" Asked a young warlock.

"But they died!" Exclaimed a ghost.

"And isn't that the one that died twice?" Asked a gremlin.

"Now cut it out with all the chit chat!" Prue yelled. Suddenly her body went limp.

Astral Prue appeared behind the warlock and sent a quick punch into his back, knocking him to the floor. Then she faded away.

Prue awoke so find an acid blast flying at her. She waved her hand and telekinetically sent the acid flying back at the warlock, instantly rotting hom to nothing.

"Wow! Nice one!" Brandon exclaimed.

"Well, I do try." Prue said and then shrugged off the comment.

Brandon casually walked over to a group of demons. "So, how's it going?" Brandon asked.

Two demons, on opposite sides of Brandon, created energy balls and hurled them at Brandon.

Brandon quicky teleported out and the energy balls hit the demons. Both demons exploded.

"Nicely done." Prue commented. "Do you and Pearl often kill demons together?" Prue asked.

"Yeah, sometimes. But we prefer long walks on the beach." Brandon answered, as he dodged a plasma beam.

"Oh." Prue said. Prue looked to the corner of the room and in a swirl of orbs, she watched Paige and Pearl appear.

"Backyard is secure." Paige called out. Suddenly her ability to sense evil kicked in and she sensed something evil coming at her. She quickly orbed out and then moments later, a fire ball smashed into the wall where she had just stood. Paige orbed back in. "How rude!" Paige grumbled.

Pearl held open her hand and created a ball of glowing white light and hurled it at the nearest gremlin, on impact, he exploded. "Cool." Pearl mumbled.

Paige orbed out and then orbed in, on the other side of the attic. "Hey, you!" Paige yelled. Moments later a warlocked orbed out and then orbed in, flying straight into the wall.

Pearl created another light ball and smashed in into a warlock, making him explode.

"Pearl!" Brandon yelled. He teleported out and then teleported in, between Pearl and an on-coming fire blast. He winced as the burns appeared on his skin.

"Brandon!" Pearl gasped. She immediatly created 2 white light balls and tossed them at the nearest demons, exploding them, then she knelt down next to Brandon. She placed her hands over Brandon and a golden light glowed from her hands, immediatly healing her beloved boyfriend.

"Thanks honey." Brandon said, as he reached up and kissed Pearl. Then he took her hand and teleported them to Prue.

"You're welcome, sweetie." Pearl replied, as she kissed him back.

"Uh hmm! Demon raging!" Prue said, purposly interrupting the two.

"Yeah, about that." Pearl grumbled. She created 2 more white light balls and tossed them out into the open. They went flying until they hit a few random evil beings and then the evil beings exploded.

Another swirl of orbs appeared in the room; Piper, Phiona, and Pandora appeared.

"Taken care of all the evil crap in the living room." Piper updated. She spun around and waved her hands; the entire room froze, except for Prue, Piper, Paige, Pearl, Phiona, and Pandora.

"Hey! Unfreeze my boyfriend, Aunt Piper!" Pearl complained.

"Okay, okay!" Piper said, as she rolled her eyes. Piper flicked her wrists and Brandon unfroze.

"Whoa! What happened here?" Brandon asked.

"My Aunt Piper froze the room...And you, but I had her unfreeze you." Pearl explained.

"Wow, that is a serious power!" Brandon said, as he looked at the room full of frozen demons.

"Well, they won't stay that way, so come on now!" Prue said.

Piper flicked her wrists and a demon exploded.

Paige looked around the room and spotted a dagger on a table. "Dagger!" Paige called. In a swirl of orbs the dagger disappeared from the tabled and orbed into Paige's hand. She then plunged it into the nearest demon, who burst into flames, and then was gone.

Prue telekinetically moved the dagger that Paige had justed used from the ground and sent it into another demon, vanquishing him.

Pearl created 2 more light balls and threw them at two different warlocks, exploding them.

Phiona then waved her hand and orbs shot from her palms. The orbs hit one of the creatures and sent him flying through the attic window. The broken glass from the window cut into him and he exploded during his fall.

Pandora grabbed walked over to the broken window and grabbed a piece of sharp glass, then she walked over to one of the demons, and jabbed it into his heart. He immediatly turned to dust.

At that moment Piper's freeze wore off and the demons looked around, realizing their army was much smaller now, and then the remaining beams disappeared in some way.

Paige stood there for a moment and then her ability to sense evil kicked in again. She rolled her eyes ad then spun around. "Glass!" Paige called. In a flurry of orbs the glass from the floor orbed out and then orbed in, stuck in mid air; or so it looked. But really it was in the stomach of an invisible demon and he exploded.

"Nice one!" Prue called.

"Thanks, but no biggy." Paige responded.

In the center of the room Phoebe and Pam shimmered in.

"You're late!" Pandora joked.

"Oh, well, there were a lot of demons there." Phoebe said.

"Thanks for the Manor back. We couldn't have done it on our own." Pandora said.

"Well, we had four very powerful witches on our side!" Prue stated.

Pearl glared at her mother and aunts. "Five, remember, Brandon?" Pearl said.

"Yes yes...And Brandon..." Piper said.

"And whitelighters!" Paige and Pearl said in unison. Then the two began to laugh.

"You're on the whitelighter kick too?" Pandora asked.

"Hey, you're forgetting a very important key witch, mortal, demoness!" Pam said.

"Hey yeah. That's right. None of us, except for Brandon, are full blooded witch are we?" Pearl asked.

Prue thought this over for a moment. "You're right. And then we all hooked up with other magical creatures and wham, you guys are all something more than witch-mortals." Prue said.

"Well, my dad was mortal, but mom wasn't so I am more than a witch-mortal. But that excludes Pandora, she still has the whole witch-mortal thing goin' on." Pearl said.

"So I hook up with a mortal guy?" Prue asked.

Phiona walked over to Pearl and whacked her in the head. "Nice goin', slick." Phiona said.

"Come on, tell me who!" Prue begged.

Pandora grinned. "Nope! I want you to be surprised, like you were when you found out you were pregnant....I would miss that story if you knew." Pandora said.

Prue sighed. "I guess I'll just wait then." Prue said. 'Damn, who could it be?' Prue thought.

A hooded figure stood in a dim cave. "No, we must kill the Charmed Ones in this time. Then they will be gone in the past, or rather, their present." The Source hissed.

The demon that the Charmed Ones had been trying to vanquish in their time stood before The Source. He looked older now. "Yes, we must kill them before they and their spawns find a way to vanquish us." The demon said, then he shimmered out. TO BE CONTINUED....