A/N: This is about the first year of the Charmed Ones' lives, starting from
the day that they uncover their powers. The Charmed Ones are not who you
think they are. It's Prue, Piper, and Paige; not Prue, Piper, and Phoebe.
In this story, Phoebe was kidnapped just after birth by demons and never
seen since. When Patty found out she was pregnant with Paige and told her
mother, Penny (Grams), that they couldn't give her up because then there
would be no Charmed Ones; they decided to wait until the baby was born and
then bind the girls' powers. If the child had any whitelighter powers by
the time her powers were unbound, The Elders couldn't do anything to her,
unless they wanted to destroy the Charmed Ones; the ultimate force of good
on Earth at the time. So as far as The Elders know; Prue, Piper, and Paige
are the Charmed Ones that were prophesied. They know about Phoebe's birth,
but they think that she died (which is why they think Patty had a 4th
daughter, so the "Power of Three" could live). So the 3 girls grew up very
closely (Prue and Paige hardly fought, sometimes, but it was rare), raised
by Penny (Grams), because Patty died fighting the Water Demon. When Paige
was 19, she moved to Nevada, to take a great job as a Social Worker. Glenn
won't appear in this story until later, but after that, he'll be a main
character. Since this is a different plot line, things will be similar, but
definately not the same. I had planned for this to be a prequel to another
fanfic that I'd started that takes place in 2001 (this fic takes place in
1998), where The Charmed Ones meet evil Phoebe who was raised as an evil
witch to destroy her sisters, but she never knew she was their sister. Her
name was changed and since she's had her powers all her life, she is very
strong. But I figured it might be sort of complicated, so I'm writing this
first and work my way up to the meeting between the 4 sisters. I'll
continue if you want me to, but if not, I'll just trash this chapter.
Main Characters & Their Powers:
Prudence (Prue) Alexandra Halliwell - Telekinesis
Piper Anastasia Halliwell - Temporal Stasis (Freezing)
Paige Isabella Halliwell - Sensing Evil, Orbing
Andy Micheal Trudeau - Mortal
Leo Jonathon Wyatt - Orbing, Healing, Sensing, Harmless Light Balls, Levi- orbing, Shapeshifting, Multi-lingual
Glenn Clark Belland - Mortal
The Power Of Sisters
Chapter 1: United In Pain
Serena Fredick's limp body slipped to the ground and dark, rich, crimson blood began to pool under her; she was dead.
A dark figure wrapped his hand around a thick, 2 sided, jeweled knife; then pulled it from the woman body. He was too far away from the burning candles to see his face, he carefully hid himself in the darkness. He held out his hand and small flames began to burn on his finger tips. "Perfect!" The figure's voice purred, with an evil tone. "Goodnight, witch!" He hissed. With that, he disappeared.
A small Siamese cat stared at Serena's body. The cat began to howel with pain and then ran to a slightly open window and jumped up; as she did her black collar jingled, as a small silver charm with a circle and 3 interlocking arcs, swayed on it. The cat jumped out the window, never to return to that apartment.
Paige Halliwell, who was 21-years-old, walked into a funeral service. She looked around the room, she was there for her grandmother's funeral, Penny Halliwell, who her and her 2 older sisters and been raised by after their mother drowned. Paige couldn't believe that Grams, which is what they called their grandmother, had actually died. Paige had tears streaming down her pale face, her black mascara was running. A few strands of her long, dark, wavy hair was stuck to her cheeks and she quickly brushed them away. She looked around the room, it was a small funeral. Even though she was very close to her older sisters, Prue and Piper, she'd moved to Nevada a few years before Grams died because she'd gotten a great job opportunity as a Social Worker. She was heartbroken when she had heard that her grandmother had died. Paige spotted her sisters by the coffin, in the front of the room. "Prue! Piper!" Paige cried.
Piper Halliwell, who was 25-years-old, turned to face her youngest sister. "Paige!" She weeped. She'd always been the closest to Grams. Piper ran to her baby sister and wrapped her arms around her. "I've missed you so much! Thank God you came!" Piper cried. Her face was tear stained, her voice was shaky, and she wore no makeup.
Paige hugged Piper tightly. She could feel Piper's body trembling. "It's okay, we'll get through this.." Paige soothed.
Prudence Halliwell, who was 27-years-old and went by Prue for short, walked over to her 2 younger sisters and hugged them tightly. "Paige, I'm so glad you're back!" Prue whispered. She'd been crying to, but she tried her best not to show it, she needed to be strong for Piper and Paige. "We're going to be okay, we'll get through this, together!" Prue comforted. "Paige, how long can you stay?" Prue asked, in a bit of a hopeful tone.
"Will I get my old room back?" Paige asked.
Prue smiled, for the first time in a few days. "Yeah, but you didn't answer my question." Prue probed.
"I've asked to be transferred here, to San Francisco, so I can still keep my Social Worker job." Paige replied.
"Really?" Piper asked, as she took a ratty looking tissue, and wiped her eyes. Piper hugged Paige again. "Now we can have the whole family together again." She whispered. She looked at her watch. "The service is about to begin." She said. She showed Prue and Paige to their seats, in the front row.
*****2 Hours Later*****
Prue, Piper, and Paige walked into the Halliwell Manor.
Paige took a deep breath. "It's been forever since I was here." She whispered. "It still smells the same." She added.
"Welcome home, little sister." Prue said, as she patted Paige on the back.
"Yeah, welcome home, everyone." Piper said.
Prue turned and quietly shut the doors. "So, where are your belongings?" Prue asked, as she looked at her baby sister.
"In the trunk of my car, I'll get them later. I think I should get get reaquainted with the house." Paige said. She shrugged. "Does the attic still not open?" She asked. Even though she grew up in the house, her nor her sisters, could ever remember going in the attic.
"Yep." Prue and Piper answered in unison.
"Well, I'm going to go try." Paige announced.
"Good luck, but there are probably just old books and dust up there, if anything at all, that's important." Prue replied.
"Probably, but I still think it would be cool." Paige said, with a smile. She hugged each of her sisters one more time. "If you need me, just yell." She said, then turned and walked upstairs.
"Prue, I'm just going to go lay down. I think I should rest for a while, maybe I'll feel better by the time I have that meeting at Quake, tomorrow." Piper said.
"Sure, I'll be up later to check on you." Prue said, then gave Piper a reassuring pat on the back.
Paige stared at the attic door. "Come on, you know you want to open." Paige urged, as she jiggled the handle. She sighed and reached into her pocket, pulling out a paper clip. She bent the paper clip and stuffed it into the lock, then moved it around a few times; nothing happened. "Fine, be that way!" Paige said, in an annoyed tone. She turned and took a few steps away, when she heard a click. Paige whirled around and saw that the attic door was cracked open. "Huh?" She asked, aloud. Then she shook her head and shoved her way into the attic. She felt around on the side of the wall for a light switch, then flick it on. Some light was filtering through the room, from some window that were caked with dust, but not much light. Paige looked around. There was an old sofa, lots of boxes, a small table, a small stand in the center of the room, and a large chest. "Hmmm...." Paige muttered. She walked over to the chest and bent down beside it. Paige looked at the lock. "Not another one." She mumbled. She jiggled the lock, but it wouldn't open. "Fine." She said, then began to stand up, when the lock open and fell to the floor. "Interesting, almost like magic." Paige mused. She bent down again and pulled open the chest. Inside she found a few pictures of herself and her sisters as children, a few old dresses, a lot of dust, and then at the very bottom there was a huge leather book. "What's this?" Paige asked, as she grabbed the book. She wiped her hand over the cover and stared at it for a moment. There was a large symbol on the book, a circle with 3 interlocking arcs. Then she looked at the writing on the huge, leather book. It said, The Book of Shadows. It was written in ornate golden colored calligraphy, with the B and the S illustrated like letters in a medieval manuscript. Paige blew over the book once more, getting most of the dust off. Then she carefully opened the pages and saw pictures of women, fighting horrible looking creatures. As she turned the pages, she finally came to some writing. "Wow, surprises never cease. What is this? I wonder why Grams would have put it up here?" Paige asked, out loud. She looked at the yellowed page. "It's like a spell, or incantation." Paige muttered. She'd always loved the unknown. Miracles, magic, a lot interested her. As children, she'd been the wild one growing up; but she still had this urge to help anything and everything that she could, which is why she became a Social Worker. She took a deep breath and began to read the incantation.
"Paige!" Prue's voice yelled from down stairs.
Paige shook her head and closed the book, placing it on the ground, closed. "Yes?" Paige yelled back.
"Come down here! Piper and I found something that we want to show you!" Prue called.
"Okay!" Paige said. She smiled, forgetting about the book, then rushed out of the attic; then finally reached her sisters. "What is the big surprise?" She inquired.
"Look!" Prue said, as she pointed to an old spirit board on the table. "It's the old spirit board that Grams let us play with as kids, that mom gave to us!" She announced.
"Where'd you find it?" Paige asked.
"In the basement, I was going down there to try and find a bottle of wine; I keep 'em down there because it's cold." Prue replied.
"Prue says it was in a dusty corner." Piper said. She looked a little happier now.
The 3 sisters plopped down on their knees.
Outside the sun had finally faded from the sky and a full moon was beginning to rise into the sky. A few stars twinkled in the pale light.
"What should we ask it, for old times' sake?" Piper asked.
"When my dream guy will come?" Prue joked.
"I have mine." Piper bragged.
"Yeah, yeah, yeah." Prue and Paige replied, with a roll of their eyes.
Even though Paige hadn't met this Jeremy guy that Piper liked to much, she figured he had to be good, for Piper to like him. Paige had on and off boyfriends, there was only one she'd really eve liked, Glenn Belland. 'He has probably moved far away from here by now, after all, why would he stay in San Francisco after high school anyway; unless he had a great job of something.' Paige thought.
Prue sighed. The only guy that she'd ever really loved was Andy Trudeau, her high school sweetheart. They'd broken up though, when they wanted to go to different colleges. Andy moved away.
"Well?" Piper asked, interrupting her sisters' thoughts.
"Oh yeah....Ummmm....how about, what our future holds?" Paige asked, with a roll of her eyes.
Prue and Piper exchanged glances. "Sure." They said, in unison.
Paige grabbed the pointer and held it over the board. As a kid, the youngest, she'd always moved the pointer as a kid; not that she hadn't caught her sisters doing it once or twice. Suddenly the pointer charged towards the letter, A. "Whoa! I didn't do that!" Paige said, as she pulled her hands back.
"Sure ya didn't." Prue joked. She stood up and began to walk away.
"I'll go get something to eat, be back in a sec." Piper said, as she followed Prue.
Paige looked back at the board and the pointer shot over to the letter, T. "Hey! It moved again, but this time by itself!" Paige said, as she pointed to the board.
"What?" Prue asked. She turned around and saw the pointer at the, T. "You moved it." Prue said.
"Yeah Paige, you always moved it." Piper added, without looking back.
"No, I swear, I didn't!" Paige said.
Prue turned around.
The pointer shot the the end of the board and then back to the, T.
"And again!" Paige said. "Look, I'm telling the truth!" She said.
Prue and Piper turned around. "It's still at the, 'T'." They said, in unison.
"It moved away from the 'T' and then back to it." Paige said.
"Sure." Piper said, in a sarcastic tone.
"No! I'm serious!" Paige pleaded.
"Paige, it was funny at first, but let's drop it now." Prue said, getting a little annoyed. She turned and began to walk away.
Suddenly the pointer shot from the, T, to the, I.
"P..Piper....Tell me you saw that..." Paige said, as she rubbed her eyes.
"Yeah...yeah, I saw that....It moved by itself..." Piper said.
Prue whirled around. "Come on, you two! You're just trying to pull a fast one on me!" Prue said. Then her eyes got wide and she gasped, as she saw the pointer move from the, I, to the, C. "Oh my God!" Prue breathed.
"Told you!" Paige said. "Hey, get me a pen and paper." She said.
Piper ran into the other room and grabbed a pen and a piece of paper, then ran back to her younger sister. "Here!" She said.
Paige quickly wrote down the letters and stared in disbelief. "'Attic'." Paige whispered.
Suddenly rain began to pour from the sky, which was now very dark, and lightning shot through the sky; like someone ripping through thin fabric. TO BE CONTINUED....
Main Characters & Their Powers:
Prudence (Prue) Alexandra Halliwell - Telekinesis
Piper Anastasia Halliwell - Temporal Stasis (Freezing)
Paige Isabella Halliwell - Sensing Evil, Orbing
Andy Micheal Trudeau - Mortal
Leo Jonathon Wyatt - Orbing, Healing, Sensing, Harmless Light Balls, Levi- orbing, Shapeshifting, Multi-lingual
Glenn Clark Belland - Mortal
The Power Of Sisters
Chapter 1: United In Pain
Serena Fredick's limp body slipped to the ground and dark, rich, crimson blood began to pool under her; she was dead.
A dark figure wrapped his hand around a thick, 2 sided, jeweled knife; then pulled it from the woman body. He was too far away from the burning candles to see his face, he carefully hid himself in the darkness. He held out his hand and small flames began to burn on his finger tips. "Perfect!" The figure's voice purred, with an evil tone. "Goodnight, witch!" He hissed. With that, he disappeared.
A small Siamese cat stared at Serena's body. The cat began to howel with pain and then ran to a slightly open window and jumped up; as she did her black collar jingled, as a small silver charm with a circle and 3 interlocking arcs, swayed on it. The cat jumped out the window, never to return to that apartment.
Paige Halliwell, who was 21-years-old, walked into a funeral service. She looked around the room, she was there for her grandmother's funeral, Penny Halliwell, who her and her 2 older sisters and been raised by after their mother drowned. Paige couldn't believe that Grams, which is what they called their grandmother, had actually died. Paige had tears streaming down her pale face, her black mascara was running. A few strands of her long, dark, wavy hair was stuck to her cheeks and she quickly brushed them away. She looked around the room, it was a small funeral. Even though she was very close to her older sisters, Prue and Piper, she'd moved to Nevada a few years before Grams died because she'd gotten a great job opportunity as a Social Worker. She was heartbroken when she had heard that her grandmother had died. Paige spotted her sisters by the coffin, in the front of the room. "Prue! Piper!" Paige cried.
Piper Halliwell, who was 25-years-old, turned to face her youngest sister. "Paige!" She weeped. She'd always been the closest to Grams. Piper ran to her baby sister and wrapped her arms around her. "I've missed you so much! Thank God you came!" Piper cried. Her face was tear stained, her voice was shaky, and she wore no makeup.
Paige hugged Piper tightly. She could feel Piper's body trembling. "It's okay, we'll get through this.." Paige soothed.
Prudence Halliwell, who was 27-years-old and went by Prue for short, walked over to her 2 younger sisters and hugged them tightly. "Paige, I'm so glad you're back!" Prue whispered. She'd been crying to, but she tried her best not to show it, she needed to be strong for Piper and Paige. "We're going to be okay, we'll get through this, together!" Prue comforted. "Paige, how long can you stay?" Prue asked, in a bit of a hopeful tone.
"Will I get my old room back?" Paige asked.
Prue smiled, for the first time in a few days. "Yeah, but you didn't answer my question." Prue probed.
"I've asked to be transferred here, to San Francisco, so I can still keep my Social Worker job." Paige replied.
"Really?" Piper asked, as she took a ratty looking tissue, and wiped her eyes. Piper hugged Paige again. "Now we can have the whole family together again." She whispered. She looked at her watch. "The service is about to begin." She said. She showed Prue and Paige to their seats, in the front row.
*****2 Hours Later*****
Prue, Piper, and Paige walked into the Halliwell Manor.
Paige took a deep breath. "It's been forever since I was here." She whispered. "It still smells the same." She added.
"Welcome home, little sister." Prue said, as she patted Paige on the back.
"Yeah, welcome home, everyone." Piper said.
Prue turned and quietly shut the doors. "So, where are your belongings?" Prue asked, as she looked at her baby sister.
"In the trunk of my car, I'll get them later. I think I should get get reaquainted with the house." Paige said. She shrugged. "Does the attic still not open?" She asked. Even though she grew up in the house, her nor her sisters, could ever remember going in the attic.
"Yep." Prue and Piper answered in unison.
"Well, I'm going to go try." Paige announced.
"Good luck, but there are probably just old books and dust up there, if anything at all, that's important." Prue replied.
"Probably, but I still think it would be cool." Paige said, with a smile. She hugged each of her sisters one more time. "If you need me, just yell." She said, then turned and walked upstairs.
"Prue, I'm just going to go lay down. I think I should rest for a while, maybe I'll feel better by the time I have that meeting at Quake, tomorrow." Piper said.
"Sure, I'll be up later to check on you." Prue said, then gave Piper a reassuring pat on the back.
Paige stared at the attic door. "Come on, you know you want to open." Paige urged, as she jiggled the handle. She sighed and reached into her pocket, pulling out a paper clip. She bent the paper clip and stuffed it into the lock, then moved it around a few times; nothing happened. "Fine, be that way!" Paige said, in an annoyed tone. She turned and took a few steps away, when she heard a click. Paige whirled around and saw that the attic door was cracked open. "Huh?" She asked, aloud. Then she shook her head and shoved her way into the attic. She felt around on the side of the wall for a light switch, then flick it on. Some light was filtering through the room, from some window that were caked with dust, but not much light. Paige looked around. There was an old sofa, lots of boxes, a small table, a small stand in the center of the room, and a large chest. "Hmmm...." Paige muttered. She walked over to the chest and bent down beside it. Paige looked at the lock. "Not another one." She mumbled. She jiggled the lock, but it wouldn't open. "Fine." She said, then began to stand up, when the lock open and fell to the floor. "Interesting, almost like magic." Paige mused. She bent down again and pulled open the chest. Inside she found a few pictures of herself and her sisters as children, a few old dresses, a lot of dust, and then at the very bottom there was a huge leather book. "What's this?" Paige asked, as she grabbed the book. She wiped her hand over the cover and stared at it for a moment. There was a large symbol on the book, a circle with 3 interlocking arcs. Then she looked at the writing on the huge, leather book. It said, The Book of Shadows. It was written in ornate golden colored calligraphy, with the B and the S illustrated like letters in a medieval manuscript. Paige blew over the book once more, getting most of the dust off. Then she carefully opened the pages and saw pictures of women, fighting horrible looking creatures. As she turned the pages, she finally came to some writing. "Wow, surprises never cease. What is this? I wonder why Grams would have put it up here?" Paige asked, out loud. She looked at the yellowed page. "It's like a spell, or incantation." Paige muttered. She'd always loved the unknown. Miracles, magic, a lot interested her. As children, she'd been the wild one growing up; but she still had this urge to help anything and everything that she could, which is why she became a Social Worker. She took a deep breath and began to read the incantation.
"Paige!" Prue's voice yelled from down stairs.
Paige shook her head and closed the book, placing it on the ground, closed. "Yes?" Paige yelled back.
"Come down here! Piper and I found something that we want to show you!" Prue called.
"Okay!" Paige said. She smiled, forgetting about the book, then rushed out of the attic; then finally reached her sisters. "What is the big surprise?" She inquired.
"Look!" Prue said, as she pointed to an old spirit board on the table. "It's the old spirit board that Grams let us play with as kids, that mom gave to us!" She announced.
"Where'd you find it?" Paige asked.
"In the basement, I was going down there to try and find a bottle of wine; I keep 'em down there because it's cold." Prue replied.
"Prue says it was in a dusty corner." Piper said. She looked a little happier now.
The 3 sisters plopped down on their knees.
Outside the sun had finally faded from the sky and a full moon was beginning to rise into the sky. A few stars twinkled in the pale light.
"What should we ask it, for old times' sake?" Piper asked.
"When my dream guy will come?" Prue joked.
"I have mine." Piper bragged.
"Yeah, yeah, yeah." Prue and Paige replied, with a roll of their eyes.
Even though Paige hadn't met this Jeremy guy that Piper liked to much, she figured he had to be good, for Piper to like him. Paige had on and off boyfriends, there was only one she'd really eve liked, Glenn Belland. 'He has probably moved far away from here by now, after all, why would he stay in San Francisco after high school anyway; unless he had a great job of something.' Paige thought.
Prue sighed. The only guy that she'd ever really loved was Andy Trudeau, her high school sweetheart. They'd broken up though, when they wanted to go to different colleges. Andy moved away.
"Well?" Piper asked, interrupting her sisters' thoughts.
"Oh yeah....Ummmm....how about, what our future holds?" Paige asked, with a roll of her eyes.
Prue and Piper exchanged glances. "Sure." They said, in unison.
Paige grabbed the pointer and held it over the board. As a kid, the youngest, she'd always moved the pointer as a kid; not that she hadn't caught her sisters doing it once or twice. Suddenly the pointer charged towards the letter, A. "Whoa! I didn't do that!" Paige said, as she pulled her hands back.
"Sure ya didn't." Prue joked. She stood up and began to walk away.
"I'll go get something to eat, be back in a sec." Piper said, as she followed Prue.
Paige looked back at the board and the pointer shot over to the letter, T. "Hey! It moved again, but this time by itself!" Paige said, as she pointed to the board.
"What?" Prue asked. She turned around and saw the pointer at the, T. "You moved it." Prue said.
"Yeah Paige, you always moved it." Piper added, without looking back.
"No, I swear, I didn't!" Paige said.
Prue turned around.
The pointer shot the the end of the board and then back to the, T.
"And again!" Paige said. "Look, I'm telling the truth!" She said.
Prue and Piper turned around. "It's still at the, 'T'." They said, in unison.
"It moved away from the 'T' and then back to it." Paige said.
"Sure." Piper said, in a sarcastic tone.
"No! I'm serious!" Paige pleaded.
"Paige, it was funny at first, but let's drop it now." Prue said, getting a little annoyed. She turned and began to walk away.
Suddenly the pointer shot from the, T, to the, I.
"P..Piper....Tell me you saw that..." Paige said, as she rubbed her eyes.
"Yeah...yeah, I saw that....It moved by itself..." Piper said.
Prue whirled around. "Come on, you two! You're just trying to pull a fast one on me!" Prue said. Then her eyes got wide and she gasped, as she saw the pointer move from the, I, to the, C. "Oh my God!" Prue breathed.
"Told you!" Paige said. "Hey, get me a pen and paper." She said.
Piper ran into the other room and grabbed a pen and a piece of paper, then ran back to her younger sister. "Here!" She said.
Paige quickly wrote down the letters and stared in disbelief. "'Attic'." Paige whispered.
Suddenly rain began to pour from the sky, which was now very dark, and lightning shot through the sky; like someone ripping through thin fabric. TO BE CONTINUED....