My thanks:

Charmed Amber: Here in the US, Charmed is almost over!! The season finale is airing on May 16th!! This Sunday!! Tomorrow!! I can't believe it's been a whole year since Piper and Leo have been apart. Kern promised us only a ½ season. Grr! A whole year between seasons, that's gotta suck. We had 130 days from 5-6. (may 11-sept 28) and I thought that was long. Anyway, thanks, and you'll soon find out what's in store for this lovely group here.

Sci Fi Fan Gillian: thanks a lot. been wondering where you were. Haha. Here is the more, and it's fairly soon! Right?

xXx RT xXx: Haha, more plotty things. That's great. Will Piper remember Leo, hmmm...LoL. Saw you on the board this morning, yipppeeee!!!

Mela: You're not slow, I'm cryptic. Actually no, I just didn't explain myself well at all. It's been a long week and I just wrote the chapter on Friday night, took me a REALLY long time actually, because I was confusing myself lol. The above explains it, some of it, sort of. Sorrys. Friends was soo sad, yet happy, ya know? Obviously not going say anything that happened b/c I know a lot of you aren't from the us and haven't seen it...but um, well the plot involving...ah nvm. It just made me very happy, sure you know why. Oh, you know Spencer gifts, haha cooli. Yeah, cool store...weird though.

Chub: Well, yes. I guess it is a AU. See, it's what the world would be like had Piper and Leo never met. Hm, the guy suing them, we'll see. You'll find out, soon enough!

Piperleo4eva: Good, I wasn't totally vague. You got the whole he's not there, no powers thing. I feel better now! Thanks a bunches!

Charmedobsessi12: Hah. Welcome. LoL. Don't worry, I'm the biggest Piper/Leo fan out there, there's no way I could have them end up apart of ANYTHING like that. Just adding a bit of drama. Promise you this. This chapter doesn't even have the girls in it, but next chapter will be Piper and Leo romance...feel better now? And yes, that's what it means...read below, I explained it. Won't be for good though...or will it?
This is a shortie, but had to sort of explain it...a bit. Before reading this, you may need a little itty bitty refreshing to clarify some things:

Importante: Remember on the show, in the first season, in the episode "Wicca Envy" Rex, Prue's old boss, tried to frame the girls into relinquishing their powers. They didn't see anyway out of it, so they gave up their powers by saying a spell. Just as Rex took them, Leo went up into the manor and saw the book empty, as a result of loosing their powers. He healed the book, somehow, with his powers, that they girls did not know of yet. So, basically this a/u I've created, consists of Piper and Leo never having met, the whole "I wish this never happened" thing, meaning they wished THEY never happened.

Therefore, if Leo never came into their lives, nobody would have prevented Rex from taking their powers and that's why the girls are powerless and have been for around 3 years. Because there was no magic involved Prue had time to devote herself to Bucklands and still works there in a very high position. Phoebe had a job working for a fashion magazine, and is trying to get published in it. Piper, owns a restaurant instead of the club. Dan, is their neighbor still but nothing ever really happened there, just friends. Oh and obviously, if their powers were taken away a long time ago...the Source lives! And...they never met Cole either, as a result, because it started where he was out to kill the Charmed ones. Confusing, I know.

Enjoy!

. . . . Chapter 10- "Power Struggle" . . . .

In a secluded spot in the Underworld two cloaked men stood talking. The first was busily pacing around the dungeon with a confused look on his face.

"So then, tell me. What do you think he'll do?" Said the first, raising his voice, but not too loud, preventing anyone from hearing outside of the two of them.

"I don't know. But I do know that we can't just do nothing. He's too dangerous."

"But after all he has done to help us. Can you abandon that?"

"What gives you authority to ask that?"

"Surely you can't be all evil." He said with a smirk.

"You'd be surprised. Don't make me change my mind." His voice growing more powerful.

"No, no. Please. Don't do that. That would be just preposterous. I'll get them in time."

The second man walked in closer to the other and grabbed him by the neck.

"If you betray me."

"You strip me of my powers and I die." He said trying to free himself from his restraints.

"Good. We have an agreement."

"What about the demon?"

"He' s not just any demon. He's the all mighty Belthazor."

"Killer of the most witches in the history of known magic. Yes I know."

"He was..."

"Our friend. Our ally." He said, pulling his hood down revealing his young, human form.

"He was our ENEMY!" The second man screamed whaling his arms up into the air.

"He is one of the most powerful demons the world has ever known. Why would we get rid of that power?"

"Because the only thing left for him to do is to use them against me, against us, and take over the underworld."

"No one has been able to over throw you in centuries."

"Not yet."

"If it comes down to it, I'd gladly relinquish all of my powers to you, my Source." The first man said with a hint of an accent in his voice.

"But will it be enough?"

"You know as well as I do that if I hadn't succeeded with the stealing of The Charmed Ones powers' they would have come after you by now."

"They don't know of me, they never did."

"But they were young witches at the time. Giving them three years to grow, they would have known. Especially with every good magical being they had on their side from the beginning."

"But that's no longer a threat. Why do you bring this up?"

"Because combined with your powers, mine, the Charmed One's, may be enough to prevent anything from ever threatening your power."

"What kind of fool would give up those powers?"

"Someone looking for a power boost himself. Not magically, of course, in terms of leadership."

"Rex, we have a deal."
Sorry it's short, sorry it's so like not my story. I was thinking I really should have just continued on with this story, with a bunch of pure fluff..and just made this fic painstakingly cutsie, and then started a whole new story with this one. While, I can tie it in the beginning and all and plan to have more Piper and Leo stuff in it...it really would have been better separate. Hm, yeah. I'm just thinking about it now. I should have just made this the A/U fic. Bt I didn't so bare with me you avid Piper/Leo fans, next chapter will have both in it.

Please review...I'd be ever ever ever so greatful to ya! -Love