A/N: I humbly apologize for the delay for school and life crept up on
me. It seems one cannot live in fantasy. Again the characters except for
my witch of course are that of the WB Thank You. Enchantress
"Clever boy. Whitelighters can be too smart for their own good," Ariella waved a hand over her crystal causing the images in it to melt into hazy smoke. "I wonder where the Charmed Three would be with out their errand boy. We'll see." She walked across the cavern floor toward a pedestal of ebony marble upon which rested the Book of Shadows she had created. She touched the cover in admiration, centuries of knowledge resided in that book. The cover jumped under her hand and when she lifted it the pages turned to rest open on the answer to her question. "The shroud of betrayal? If the sister believed their precious Leo was betraying them...he would be out of my way. And the greatest prize would be mine." The book cover slammed shut as cavern wall collapsed in her wake. She laughed as she stepped through the portal.
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"What do we do now?" Paige asked. "Can we fight something like this?"
"I guess if she was one or the other but I don't know," Piper scratched her head. She glanced over at phoebe who had taken to searching the Book for help. "Honey, I'm afraid the Book won't help us this time."
"It has to right? I mean that's what it's for. You useless waste!" Phoebe struck the Book with her fist causing dust to erupt from the pages. Paige started over to her when she caught a bad vibe. Less intense that before but it caused her to break into a cold sweat. An ominous whispering filled the room. Louder and then softer, louder, softer: the chanted words wove together thickening the air with magic. A faint blue light flashed for an instant in Paige's eyes before the feeling and the chants were gone. Paige shook her head to clear it, ignoring the questioning looks from her sisters. "Well," Phoebe finally spoke up, "We could call Leo again."
"Why," Piper stood up, brushing off her pants, "so he can ruin everything again I suppose." The other sisters exchanged a strange look before passing into the same mood. Leo had betrayed them: they were of one mind in this fact. Without question they somehow knew he was not to be trusted. "We have no time—"
"That's it," Paige shouted excitedly, "Time. We have to stop that witch from committing all those murders and this would not have happened."
"Paige, that's a lot of powerful magic to work not to mention the consequences if something went wrong. Is that a risk we can take?"
"Frankly girls," Piper sighed, "I don't think there will be a future for us if we don't."
Again what do you think...should I continue I might even if you don't want me to. Maniacal right? Enchantress
"Clever boy. Whitelighters can be too smart for their own good," Ariella waved a hand over her crystal causing the images in it to melt into hazy smoke. "I wonder where the Charmed Three would be with out their errand boy. We'll see." She walked across the cavern floor toward a pedestal of ebony marble upon which rested the Book of Shadows she had created. She touched the cover in admiration, centuries of knowledge resided in that book. The cover jumped under her hand and when she lifted it the pages turned to rest open on the answer to her question. "The shroud of betrayal? If the sister believed their precious Leo was betraying them...he would be out of my way. And the greatest prize would be mine." The book cover slammed shut as cavern wall collapsed in her wake. She laughed as she stepped through the portal.
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"What do we do now?" Paige asked. "Can we fight something like this?"
"I guess if she was one or the other but I don't know," Piper scratched her head. She glanced over at phoebe who had taken to searching the Book for help. "Honey, I'm afraid the Book won't help us this time."
"It has to right? I mean that's what it's for. You useless waste!" Phoebe struck the Book with her fist causing dust to erupt from the pages. Paige started over to her when she caught a bad vibe. Less intense that before but it caused her to break into a cold sweat. An ominous whispering filled the room. Louder and then softer, louder, softer: the chanted words wove together thickening the air with magic. A faint blue light flashed for an instant in Paige's eyes before the feeling and the chants were gone. Paige shook her head to clear it, ignoring the questioning looks from her sisters. "Well," Phoebe finally spoke up, "We could call Leo again."
"Why," Piper stood up, brushing off her pants, "so he can ruin everything again I suppose." The other sisters exchanged a strange look before passing into the same mood. Leo had betrayed them: they were of one mind in this fact. Without question they somehow knew he was not to be trusted. "We have no time—"
"That's it," Paige shouted excitedly, "Time. We have to stop that witch from committing all those murders and this would not have happened."
"Paige, that's a lot of powerful magic to work not to mention the consequences if something went wrong. Is that a risk we can take?"
"Frankly girls," Piper sighed, "I don't think there will be a future for us if we don't."
Again what do you think...should I continue I might even if you don't want me to. Maniacal right? Enchantress