AUTHOR'S NOTE

This story is the second "episode" of what one might call my alternate season six of Charmed. Both this script and its predecessor do not take anything that has happened in the actual season six into account. My characterization of Chris is a bit different from the show's.

Since a couple of storylines are carried over, one might want to read the first "episode", "Fortune Is a Witch", before reading this script though it is not strictly necessary.

I hope you enjoy. Oh, and feel free to correct my French.

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INT. MANOR - KITCHEN - NIGHT

PIPER is chopping up vegetables for dinner. Pots are simmering on the stove. ANGLE on Piper cutting vegetables as arms wrap around her waist. PAN UP to reveal that the arms belong to LEO. Piper puts down the knife and leans back into her husband's embrace.

LEO
Hi.

PIPER
Hi.

LEO
You look beautiful.

PIPER
Thank you. They smooch.

LEO
Is that cucumber?

PIPER
Mm hmm.
(feeds him some cucumber)
Is he asleep?

LEO
Yes. Wyatt is asleep. Your sisters are gone. So it's just us.

They canoodle some more.

INT. MANOR - PIPER'S BEDROOM - NIGHT

Piper wakes up from her dream. Turning, she stares at the empty space beside her.

PIPER
Leo.

EXT. FIELD - NIGHT

A man is running. ANGLE on his bare feet. After a few moments, he slows as he enters a...

EXT. WOODED AREA - NIGHT

He stops running. PULL BACK to reveal Leo, his clothes torn, his face dirty. Breathing hard, he looks around him suspiciously. Exhausted, he leans back against a tree and slowly sinks out of frame.

END OF TEASER