Two months later. The four sisters are close, like they'd been living together. Phoebe couldn't completely control her levitation power yet, so sometimes Prue had to help her using telekinesis. Phoebe continued her martial arts training that she had started in New York.
Underworld. Library.
Cole Turner shimmers in. He begins examining the archives of the Source. He was very quiet, for if the Source caught him here, he could be killed. Cole looks through the books, and finally found the book he was looking for. The book's name is: Magical Beings. Cole looked through it, and found what he was looking for. He began reading the book.
Book:
Mother Nature. Woman who had been given the powers of nature. Earth, fire, wind, water, thunder, lightning, ice, and storms. But she had a most valued possession. The Gem of Hearts. The Gem of Hearts was very powerful. It could turn a being from good to evil or turn a being from evil to good.
Cole looks up from the book, with an evil smile on his face.
"With the Gem of Hearts in my possession. I can turn Phoebe into my side. But if I turn her other sisters evil, then she'll be mine forever." said Cole.
Cole then turns the page, and continues reading.
Book:
How to get to Mother Nature's Realm?
There were many access points. Mother Nature had closed most of them. One goes to Heaven, so she can commune with the Elders. And one other goes to San Francisco, California. Since the Nexus and the Charmed Ones are there. The portal to her realm is in located in the middle of San Francisco. You must be very careful. It is guarded with many traps.
Cole smiles, and closes the book.
"Now I'll get Phoebe back." said Cole.
Cole shimmers out with the book.
San Francisco. Manor.
Prue, Piper, Phoebe, and Paige were sitting together in the living room. It was a Sunday. The sisters' day off. Piper had someone else watching the club, while she spent time with her sisters.
"Should we stay in the house, right now? We should go have fun, before you know what happens." said Paige.
The other sisters all nodded. They didn't want to jinx it, for they rarely had any free time that wasn't interrupted by a demon, warlock, or some other magical creature trying to kill them or asking for their help.
"Where shall we go?" asked Prue.
"I don't know. Why don't we have a picnic in the park? Piper makes great meals, and the park is so beautiful. We've rarely gone there. I used to go there for a couple hours every Sunday with a sandwich or two, and just enjoyed the scenery. Sure it's not completely peaceful, but it's better than being cooped up here all the time." said Paige.
"Good idea." said Phoebe.
"I'll start cooking and packing right away." said Piper.
Piper got up, and walked into the kitchen. Prue leaves to gather camera equipment for a family photo album. Phoebe and Paige leave to get medical supplies and potions just in case they are attacked in the park. A couple hours later, the four sisters pack up the Piper's jeep, climb in, and drive away to the park.
At the park, Piper drives her jeep into the parking lot. Piper carries the picnic basket. Prue carries her photographic equipment. Phoebe carries the medical kit. Paige holds a bag of potions just in case. And with Piper's freezing power, they could limit the risk of exposure.
Nearby, Cole Turner shimmers in. He had to get Phoebe back. He looks through the book, which had a map to the location. He followed it, and he saw it. The four sisters were picnicking right next to the portal door. He resisted the urge to throw a fireball at the wanted to find a way to get them out of there, without exposing them. For if witches were exposed, and then eventually the demon world would be exposed as well. And Cole doubted that the Source would be very happy about that. Then an idea came to him. He reverted to Balthazar and shimmered out.
Nearby, people are eating lunch at picnic tables. Balthazar shimmers in, and starts attacking people at random. Their screams make the four sisters alert. They grab potions from the bag, and run off towards the direction. Paige had orbed the picnic and photo equipment back into the car so no one would steal it. She then runs after the other sisters to find out the trouble.
Balthazar shimmers into the portal location, where the sisters had just had their equipment. It wouldn't take long before the sisters would return. He opened the book, and sees a spell. It is unfinished. He decides to recite the spell, and add some words of his own. He begins to recite the spell.
"Portal to the other realm, open at my command! So I may enter the realm of Mother Nature to see where I stand. A love lost I wish to get back. Before her sisters return to snack."
Cole rolled his eyes at the last line, realizing how lame it sounded. But the portal opened, regardless. Cole smirked, before pocketing the book. He put in it so quick, that he didn't notice it fall out of his pocket, onto the ground, as he stepped through the portal, which closed behind him. The four sisters return back just to see a closing portal.
"We have a problem." said Phoebe.
"Either something escaped, or something went through." said Piper.
"We better get Leo on this." said Paige.
"What's this?" asked Piper.
Piper picked up the fallen book.
"Maybe the guy who went through or came out dropped it." said Paige.
"Let's just get home. And look through that book as well as the Book of Shadows." said Phoebe.
The other sisters nod. The group packs up their stuff, and heads to the jeep. Prue climbs into the jeep with Piper, while Paige and Phoebe orb back to the manor. Piper drives her jeep to the manor.
Dimension.
Cole steps through a portal which closes behind him. He enters a cave, finding a library. He discovers a chain, and five gems are connected to it with different colors. A blue circular gem. A yellow diamond-shaped gem. A pink square-shaped gem. A green triangle-shaped gem. And a red star- shaped gem.
"The blue gem is the Gem of Hearts. But what are these other four?" asked Cole.
Cole reaches into his pocket for the book and realizes he dropped it.
"The sisters must have it by now. That means they'll know my plan. But they may not know I'm the one doing it. I'm going to have to work fast. I may only have one try." said Cole.
Cole looks around and finds a scrap of paper. It was the rest of the page that he'd read in the book. It has the rest of the spell, and has the other four pieces, and their names. He reads the page, while pocketing the necklace.
Page:
The yellow diamond-shaped gem is the Gem of Souls. It determines whether someone goes when they die. The pink square-shaped gem is the Gem of Power. It determines who gets what power. The green triangle-shaped gem is the Gem of Time. It gives people the power of time and the power to see into the future. This is where the Angel of Destiny, The Seer, The Oracle, and The Crone get their powers. Witches and other demons that see the future also get their powers from this gem.
"So this is where they get their powers. Paige's powers are also from here." said Cole.
The red star-shaped gem is the most powerful of all. It is the Gem of Destiny. This determines the destinies of witches, people, and demons. These gems were kept hidden for the safety of both sides, like the Hollow, only worse for the Hollow also drew upon the Gem's powers. If the Gems were to fall into the hands of someone evil or good, it would tip the balance of nature between good and evil which is why Mother Nature, a neutral magical being, is the guardian of the gems.
Cole thought about it very long.
"I'll just take you long enough to bring Phoebe back. Then you'll be back here before you know it." said Cole.
Cole left the page on the table. Cole walked out of the cave. A blast of wind hurled him into a tree. He stood up, and turned around to face a woman. The woman has brown eyes and long, red hair. She is wearing a green dress made of leaves and tree bark. Her name is Mother Nature. With the powers of the elements. Earth. Fire. Wind. Water. Lightning. Thunder. Ice. Storms.
Cole throws a fireball at her, but she diffuses it, by barely lifting a finger.
"It's not nice to mess with Mother Nature!" said Mother Nature.
She clapped her hands together. A tornado appears and sucks Cole inside, and he is flung around in it. Cole struggles to break free, but realizes she is stronger than him.
San Francisco…
The four sisters are now in the manor attic, looking at the Book of Shadows. Leo orbs in.
"Well, Leo?" asked Piper.
"He or she went into the realm of Mother Nature. It is holding five powerful gems that control the powers, destiny, whether someone is good or evil, where you go when you die, and the powers of time." said Leo.
"Powers of time?" asked Prue.
"Time travel, stopping time, seeing into the future." said Leo.
"You mean like my premonitions." said Phoebe.
"And the Angel of Destiny's powers too. And the Seer, The Oracle, and the Crone's powers." said Leo.
"Then it affects both sides." said Paige.
"But who would do this?" asked Piper.
Prue, Paige, Piper, and Phoebe look at each other, and the same idea comes to their mind. Balthazar.
Dimension.
Cole struggles to break free from the tornado. Then he remembers the necklace in his pocket. He opens it, and shines the green gem at the tornado. It stops, and he falls to the ground. Mother Nature falls to the ground, and then her eyes glow green. She is no longer in control of her powers, and the world is now beginning to suffer for it. Cole runs back into the cave.
In the cave, Cole ran in and saw a mirror on the wall that wasn't there before. He looked into it, and it showed the world. Fires, earthquakes, tsunamis, floods, tornados, hurricanes, and ice storms happening in too many places.
"What have I done?" said Cole, falling to the floor, putting his hands in his face.
For falling in love with Phoebe had given him a partial conscience. Sure he didn't mind killing the occasional witch or human, but what he'd just done had doomed everyone his friends and enemies alike.
At the manor, the four sisters and Leo are talking at the manor.
"The Elders don't know what's go-"
Leo suddenly stops talking, and now looks like Piper had frozen him.
"Piper, did you freeze him?" asked Phoebe.
"No." said Piper.
"Guys. Take a look at this." said Prue.
The group looks at the TV. They change the channels showing a tornados, floods, earthquakes, fires, and ice storms frozen in mid-destruction.
"Someone's saved the world, but what's going on?" asked Paige.
Two figures walk into the attic. They are both old men. One has short, grey hair, and is wearing blue robes. He has a gray beard and mustache. He also has brown eyes. He is known as the Angel of Destiny. The other man has brown eyes, and long, white hair. He also has a white bear and mustache. He is wearing white robes. His name is Father Time.
"Who are you?" asked Piper, about to raise her hands to blow them or freeze them.
"I am the Angel of Destiny." said the man in the blue robes.
"I am Father Time." said the man in the white robes.
"The entire world is out of balance. And not just the human one. The magical one as well. Leprechauns, fairies, elves, dwarfs, demons, warlocks, witches, whitelighters, humans, everyone is now doomed." said Father Time.
"What has gone wrong?" asked Piper.
"Balthazar has taken five gems. They are known as the five Gems of Destruction, once they are removed from their resting place. With them removed, the balance is in danger. Even if we return them, the balance will be forever changed." said Father Time.
"Is there a way to restore the balance back to normal?" asked Phoebe.
"Well..." said Father Time.
Just then, an African American cop runs in. He has short, black hair, and brown eyes. He is wearing a cops uniform.
"Darryl?" asked Piper.
"What's going on? The last thing I remember was my wife, my son, and I being hit by a tornado..." said Darryl.
"I'm afraid that you're friend and his family passed away in this disaster." said Angel of Destiny.
"Then why didn't I cross over?" asked Darryl.
"Because your destiny isn't complete. You're now a whitelighter." said Father Time.
"What?" asked Darryl.
"I'm sorry, Darryl. I wish we could have saved you." said Prue.
"I know. One day, I'll see my wife and son again. But now I must help you guys out." said Darryl.
"How do we restore the balance?" asked Darryl.
"Let Leo hear this. It will be quicker." said Piper.
Angel of Destiny nods, and unfreezes Leo. Leo looks around in confusion.
"Angel of Destiny and Father Time, meet Leo Wyatt, our whitelighter. Leo, they just told us that Balthazar stole something that has upset the balance of nature and good and evil. We have to restore the balance. They're going to tell us right now." said Piper.
"The way to restore the balance is simple. You must go to the realm of Mother Nature, and destroy the five gems. Then one of you must stay behind and help Mother Nature guard the realm." said Father Time.
They nod, and Father Time gives them directions, before vanishing with the Angel of Destiny. Time returns to normal, and the disasters continue to happen. The four sisters, Leo, and Darryl begin to gather supplies, then orb out.
At the park, the four sisters, Darryl, and Leo orb in. The group finds the portal.
"Portal to the other realm, open at our command! So we may enter the realm of Mother Nature to see where we stand. To restore the balance of light and dark. Before there's nothing left. Not even this park."
"Paige, that wasn't a good spell." said Phoebe.
"I told you I couldn't-"
The portal opens.
"RHYME!" yelled Paige, as she is sucked in.
Prue, Piper, Phoebe, Leo, and Darryl grab hands, as they are sucked into the portal.