THE CHARMED

CHAPTER 3: "Sharing is Caring But Stealing Works Also!"

"Rachel, do you think the TRYO already killed our parents?" Arielle asked. It was a beautiful morning. The summer had begun so our Charmed ones didn't have to worry about school or people knowing their parents were missing. They even found a spell to forge the bill signatures!

"No I don't Arielle. We are the new Charmed Ones. I don't think the TRYO realized Mom said the spell to unbind our powers. When she said the spell, she was no longer the most powerful witch in the world. Plus I think the TRYO is using them as a pawn to kill us to stop the Halliwell generation" Rachel answered.

"Well I'm sure he knows now!" Adam said, walking into the kitchen. Just then Christina orbed near the oven.

"Hey everyone!" Christina said cheerfully. The Charmed Ones greeted their new friend.

"We are having a bit of a problem. Witches and wizards around the world have been found stripped of their powers and murdered." Christina said.

"Whose been doing it?" Adam said. "We just vanquished the shape shifting demon 3 days ago, do we ever get a break?"

"Not until you kill the TRYO!" Christina answered.

"I guess we will just look in the Book of Shadows for our demon." Adam replied. He was very annoyed. He was happy with his powers, but didn't want to fight demons.

"Vioelle: Evil Priestess. Vioelle is one the three High Priestess sisters. Unlike her sisters who can turn others evil and can read minds, Vioelle strips the powers of other witches. Vanquish spell not known." Arielle read out loud.

"Great. Once again the vanquish is unknown." Rachel said.

"Wow look at the time. I'm going to go the supermarket. Christina do you think you can orb me?" Adam asked.

"Sure I got to get going soon anyway" Christina replied.

Christina orbed her and Adam to a nearby park close to the supermarket. From there, Christina orbed to her next claim. The park was fairly empty except for a few passing joggers. Adam was walking, swearing the demons that caused all of this mess in the first place when a beautiful lady stepped out in front him.

"Hello Adam," Vioelle said.

"Excuse me. Do I know you?" Adam replied. He was enchanted with the woman's beauty.

"I heard you complaining you did not enjoy your powers. It must be so tough to not be able to be a normal kid." Vioelle replied.

"I don't think you heard me the first time. WHo are you?" Adam said, his voice tone getting angrier.

"Stress causes depression. Depression causes things we do not want to admit. I can help you." Vioelle said calmly.

"I'm sorry VIOELLE. My mom always told me not to talk to High Priestesses" Adam yelled and shoved her out of his way.

"That's funny. Your mom is a rat in cage right now isn't she?" Vioelle said hastily.

Adam turned around and lifted his hand in an attempt to wave goodbye to the woman. Instead, Vioelle lifted off the ground and flew a good 15 yards. Adam's powers were growing. He no longer needed to squint his eyes anymore.

"Well that makes things much easier. No more squinting." Adam smiled.

As he turned to keep walking, Vioelle blinked right infront of him.

"That wasn't nice." Vioelle said.

She took out a dagger from her pocket and stabbed Adam. Adam fell to the wincing in pain. He held his wound but couldn't take the immense pain.

"That will teach you not to mess with me," Vioelle said in a dark voice.

She picked Adam up by the collar. "Drink this!" she yelled.

"Never you dumb bi...' Adam said but got interrupted.

"Uh Uh Uh, Watch your mouth. You wouldn't want to be daggered would you? I didn't think so. Drink this and I wont kill you" Vioelle said impatiently.

Adam feared for his life. He knew if she killed him, the Power of Three would be eliminated. He drank the potion.

"Very good. Now hold still." Vioelle said. she touched Adam's forehand. Adam felt weaker. He felt drained physically and emotionally. Vioelle's touch was stripping Adam of his powers.

When everything was finished, Vioelle let Adam drop to the floor. She gave a sinister laugh and blinked away. A few seconds later, Christina orbed to Adam.

"Oh my god what happened, I heard screaming," Christina said worried. She helped Adam stand up.

"Vioelle...stripped...my...powers," Adam said, barely getting a word out.

"O no your wound looks painful. Let me heal that up." Christina healed Adam's wound and continued talking. "This is terrible. You're the only person with an offensive power and I am not allowed to interfere with your battles."

"Just orb me back to the Manor so I can talk to Arielle and Rachel and warn them."

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Back at the Manor, Adam explained his story of Vioelle to the girls. They were stunned and worried.

"Well we could try and summon the bi..," Arielle said but Adam interrupted her.

"Uh uh uh, watch your mouth," Adam interjected. he was very tired and worried he couldn't use his telekinesis. "You know, I really didn't realize how much I enjoyed moving things."

"Well now you know how I feel. i don't have an active power yet," Arielle complained. As soon as the words left her mouth she grabbed onto Adam's shoulder and was overcome with emotion. She saw Rachel get her powers stripped next.

"Uh Oh" Arielle said.

"What now?" Rachel muttered.

"WHAT NOW!? Rachel you're next. I saw Vioelle strip your powers." Arielle answered.

"Just great!" Christina said.

"Is there anything in the Book of Shadows about switching your power?" Adam asked.

"Maybe, why?" Arielle said.

"Well if Vioelle wants Rachel's power next, maybe we can switch your powers, so that some one still has an active power." Adam said.

"So I would get premonitions and Arielle would freeze time?" Rachel clarified.

"Precisely," Adam answered.

"Let's look!" Arielle said.

"I'll meet ya there," Christina said as she orbed to the attic.

"I hate it when she does that," Rachel muttered.

The group met in the attic and found the spell TO SWITCH POWERS. The spell was short but it could only be done between two good witches. Arielle and Rachel read it together: "We share our hopes, We share our dreams, We admire each other, For what it seems, We need to switch to protect the light, switch our powers, let it end at night."

"Did it work?" Arielle asked.

"I don't know," Rachel said. "Try freezing something."

Adam pushed over a vase and Arielle reached out her hands yelling "NO!". The vase was frozen in thin air.

"Looks like it worked," Adam said.

"Yeah well we only have till 11:59 PM. We got to vanquish this bih," Arielle was interupted again as Rachel and Adam glanced back at her with menacing looks.

"I know I know I Know. I'll watch my mouth," Arielle said rolling her eyes.

"Aww what are we kidding! Now it is time to summon the bitch!" Adam yelled!

Arielle and Rachel smiled back at him. Christina gave a grin too.

"Demons beware, Demons cease, Come to us, Before you feast!" Rachel said the summoning spell.

With the spell, Vioelle fell out of thin air and landed on the ground. She took out her dagger and dipped it in the potion. She then threw it at Rachel. The dagger dug into Rachel's leg. She collapsed screaming in pain. Vioelle walked over and Arielle charged towards her. Vioelle punched Arielle who landed on the ground unconscious. She walked over to Rachel and placed her hand on Rachel's forehead. The power of premonitions was stolen. Adam stood there, helpless.

Vioelle nodded and walked over to Arielle in an attempt to strip her powers.

Christina orbed back in the attic. She reached out for the knife and yelled "Dagger". The dagger orbed right to her. She launched the dagger as Vioelle went to block it from hitting her face. Instead, the dagger went throw her arm. Vioelle screamed in pain and blinked away.

Christina healed both Arielle and Rachel.

"That was too close you guys," she said.

"If she gets all the Powers of Three, we are doomed," Arielle said with a lack of confidence.

"We are too predictable. We got to find a new way of approaching these situations. Summoning has not helped us that much." Adam said.

"Plus, the Elders are mad at me for helping. I am not supposed to attack your demons, I am only supposed to guide you." Christina acknowledged.

"What if we don't summon her? What if we let her find us?" Adam questioned. "That way, we will be ready for her. Christina could orb her weapons away from her and Arielle could freeze her while we vanquished her."

"Did you not just hear me? The Elders are mad already, I can't keep interfering" Christina said.

"You may have no choice," Rachel said abruptly.

"What is the plan then?" asked Arielle.

"We have no other choice but to summon her, or we will not be ready for her," Adam implied.

"Again? there is too big of a risk to do that!" Rachel stammered.

"Then its a risk we have to take," Arielle said. "She knows if we let her find us, there would be a trap involved."

"Okay well get some weaponry ready." Adam responded.

Adam walked down the Manor steps into the kitchen. He opened a cabinet draw to get some knives ready. Just then, Vioelle blinked behind him. Still unaware anyone was in the kitchen with him, Adam kept looking for knives. Vioelle reached around his mouth to make sure no one could hear his screams. She stole a knife from the cabinet draw and stabbed him in the chest. Adam dropped but not before Vioelle used Adam's telekinesis to throw him across the room. Adam banged into dining room table and went unconscious.

The group in the attic heard the commotion and ran downstairs. Christina orbed and got to to the kitchen first. She went over to Adam but Vioelle stopped her.

"One more move and i will kill you, whitelighter rat!" she yelled. "And I know you wont orb out of here and leave your witch!"

Rachel and Arielle reached the kitchen.

"FOOLS! Now I will be able to get all of your powers. You ruined the world of good magic because you were foolish enough to run to your brother's help. And you have no more active powers!" Vioelle went on.

Christina crept up behind her and smacked Vioelle across the face. "How dare you!"

Christina tried to orb away but she couldn't. Little did she know, the Elders had temporarily clipped her wings for getting involved with the action. She was only supposed to guide them. When a whitelighters wings were clipped, their powers were disabled.

"ARIELLE FREEZE HER!" Rachel yelled.

With Adam unconscious and bleeding heavily and Christina's wings clipped, things did not look good. The Charmed Ones had to think fast.

Arielle flailed her hands up and Vioelle froze. Even though Vioelle had stole good magic, she still had evil demon blood. Christina also stood frozen.

"Okay we do not have much time. Did the book say anything about a potion?" Arielle asked.

"No, it just said vanquish unknown." Rachel replied.

"Well," Arielle turned to Rachel, " we may as well just kill her."

Arielle walked over next to Vioelle and took the knife in her hand. As she went down to stab her, Vioelle unfroze. She grabbed Arielle's leg and pulled her to the ground. She forced the stripping potion into Arielle's mouth. "Your powers are mine!" she yelled forcefully.

Christina yelled, "GIVE ME MY POWERS BACK YOU DARN ELDERS!" Just then, Christina heard the Elders calling. The twinkling sound proved her powers were back. She orbed to Arielle and kicked Vioelle across the face.

"KNIFE!" she yelled. The knife orbed to Christina who reached back and stabbed Vioelle in the stomach.

Rachel was already writing a vanquish. When she got a great idea.

She ran to the Vioelle and placed her hand on Vioelle's forehead. She began to say the power switching spell. She prayed it would work. the spell could only be cast between good witches, but Vioelle had good magic in her. Rachel called out the spell: "We share our hopes, We share our dreams, We admire each other, For what it seems, We need to switch to protect the light, switch our powers, let it end at night."

Vioelle and Rachel felt a surge of energy pass through one another. It was 2 hours from midnight. Rachel had to act fast. She tested to see if the spell worked by throwing Vioelle across the kitchen telekinetically. She concentrated on Vioelle and squinted her eyes. Vioelle flew backwards.

Arielle read off the vanquish Rachel wrote: "Priestess Vioelle we vanquish you now, Cease your attacks, You'll never come back." The spell did not work. The power of three must all be together in order for the vanquish to work, and as it stood there was only a power of 2.

Arielle froze Vioelle. "Okay this may get confusing," Rachel said as she walked over to Arielle. They held each others hands as they read off the power switching spell. "We share our hopes, We share our dreams, We admire each other, For what it seems, We need to switch to protect the light, switch our powers, let it end at night."

Arielle now contained the power to telekinetically throw things and to have her premonitions. Rachel could freeze time.

"Now what?" Rachel asked Arielle.

They ran to the book of shadows. Time was running out for Adam as Christina tried to heal his wound.

Rachel and Arielle reached the book of shadows.

"Nothing," Arielle said. "We have to write our own spell."

"It may work," agreed Rachel.

They went back downstairs to Adam and said a spell as Arielle placed her hand on Adam, "I took your power, now you take it back, fix our powers, make everything right, before the end of night." Arielle felt energy move from her body into Adam.

Christina's healing touch worked. Adam was back to good health.

"Uhh What happened?" he said drearily.

"No time to explain," Arielle said.

They went back to Vioelle and Rachel unfroze her. They put their hands together and Rachel told them to repeat the vanquish after her:

"Priestess Vioelle (Princess Vioelle) we vanquish you now (we vanquish you now), Cease your attacks (cease your attacks), You'll never come back (you'll never come back)."

The Power of Three overcame Vioelle. She screamed in agony as her body began to disappear. She blew up in a puff of smoke.

"THANK GOD that is all over," Adam said after Rachel informed him what happened.

"We really owe it all to Christina. You misused your powers twice girlfriend, way to be rebellious!" Arielle said.

"Thanks, but i got to go make good terms with them," Christina said rolling her eyes.

The next day, the group of four discussed what the Elders decided to do to Christina. "They told me that I could help guide you and when you are in dire need, I can maybe do an attack or two but they told me to not break anymore rules. I think I'll stick to healing you." Christina told the Charmed Ones.

"Haha. And thats okay with me!" Adam answered.

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ON THE NEXT "THE CHARMED":

-Find out what happens when the Charmed Ones get stuck in a video game!

"Okay last time I checked there was no Mario World in San Francisco," Adam said. They were all confused. They were interrupted when a monster that looked like a friendly turtle charged towards them.

"Jesus Christ! Is that a koopa?" Arielle said.

Adam tried to telekinetically throw the koopa as he threw his arm up in a northeastern direction. It didn't work. "OUR POWERS DON'T WORK HERE!" Adam yelled nervously.

"I DONT CARE. LETS JUST MAKE LIKE THE MARIO BROTHERS AND FIND A PIPE TUNNEL OUT THIS PLACE!" Rachel said as the group began to run.