I LOVE YOU, PIPER
Summary: Leo got lost in the reality where Piper was married to Cole. He showed her his sincere love and tried to win her back.
Disclaimer: I don't own any Charmed character.
A/N: Thank you very much for paying attention to this story. This part explains the agreement between The Charmed Ones and The Source. Please keep reading and reviewing!!!
Part 3
Phoebe got dressed ready for her work, she knocked on Piper's bedroom being aware that her sister always got up early and were making breakfast in the kitchen at that moment. As she expected, the one answered the door was Cole, his tie just put around his neck. She tenderly helped him tie it.
"Thank you!" – said Cole.
Phoebe raised herself up to kiss him, he leaned aside.
"Why didn't I hear any sound from your room last night?" – flirted her while fumbling his chest.
"Really? You must've slept like a log." – he walked into the room to take his jacket and briefcase.
Phoebe followed him and sat on her sister's bed dragging her hand on the sheet.
"How long have you two just used this bed for mere sleep?"
"Leave it, Phoebe. Here's her private space." – sighed Cole.
"Unless you're going out for dinner then spending the night with me." – said her.
"Deal."
Piper saw her husband and her sister enter the kitchen at the same time, Phoebe looked so overjoyed.
"I get to go now!" – Cole cleared his throat – "I'm not coming home tonight."
He gazed at his wife but Piper didn't bother to give him a look.
"OK." – said her with no concern.
"Bye!" – he walked out. Phoebe smiled radiantly.
Cole was a demon, and worked for The Source, he had enough reason to stay out overnight. But Piper knew his reason this time, it involved Phoebe.
"So will you be home tonight, Pheebs?" – asked her.
"No. I'll stay with Jason." – answered Phoebe quickly.
"Is he still in town now?" – whispered Piper to herself. Her younger sister had told her boss was going to leave for Hong Kong a week ago.
"Pardon me?" – said Phoebe.
Andras – the demon of rage – was outside, he hit the sisters two balls of light. They were ablaze with anger immediately.
"I said you're lying, bitch!" – shouted Piper – "You have a date with Cole."
"Bingo." – admited Phoebe – "What's the matter? You think you're really his wife? It's just you chose that lot by chance to be the one got married to him. But we're the same parts in this plan. I'm even more useful than you, The Elders ask me to get close to him so that I have some premonitions in time."
"You don't need to get fucked with him for your damn premonitions. I know you started drooling for him at first sight. And you tried to seduce him all the time. Even though he's evil or he's your brother-in-law, what you're doing is totally lewd." – cried Piper aloud.
"Are you virtuous, Piper?" – retorted Phoebe – "You never stop thinking of Leo who is your brother-in-law while you're married woman, what it means if not lewd? You knew I liked Cole at that time, why didn't you let me marry him? Because you yourself were drooling for him too. You want all of men to be yours."
"Hey!" – Prue came in. Andras sent a ball of light to her.
"That's good, Prue!" – Phoebe tugged her oldest sister close – "Here she is, tell her you don't love Leo anymore, he just loves you one-way now, then you have the right to be jealous."
"What you mean? Leo still loves her?" – asked Prue.
"Didn't you see their eyes last night?" – challenged Phoebe.
"Bitch! He promised me he would break off his old love to be my good husband. You tempted him." – grunted Prue.
"I did nothing. You know I always avoid talking alone to him. She just cause problem to sink her own guilty." – defended Piper.
"See. She still loves your husband." – said Phoebe.
"Bitch!" – Prue used telekinesis on a pot making it fly to Piper.
Piper dodged, it smashed on Phoebe, Phoebe instantly kicked her for return, she ducked again but it hit her side making her fall down. Prue went on tk Piper but nothing happened. She looked at her hand while Piper held her hip.
Prue pushed the breakfast Piper had prepared down, Piper tried to freeze but all of them dropped on the ground.
Three sisters got frightened. Their powers had lost. The triquetra on the Book of Shadows in the attic splited apart.
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Andras appeared in Cole's office.
"What're you doing here?"
"I've done my part. It's your turn to do the rest." – replied Andras.
"Which part?" – confused Cole.
"Break the Charmed Ones. It's taken a year but still unfinished yet. The Source doubts you've turned over a new leaf."
"My exploits last year weren't less than before."
"Why did it take the demon as great as Belthazor so long?" – questioned Andras.
"If it's not difficult, The Source didn't make his agreement with them like that."
"The Source has found out their weak-point. I've broken their bond, now they're powerless and vulnerable. Go finish your job."
"You created war between them?" – asked Cole.
"What else can I do? Interesting that they got war because of you and their whitelighter." – smirked Andras.
"Thank you very much, buddy!" – Cole threw an energy ball to him.
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Leo was with The Elders at the same time.
"Tell me what you feel different. We'll adjust it."
"I can't sense my other charges, but The Charmed Ones." – said Leo.
"They're your only charge now. Because of the importance of their task, you have to be with them full-time."
"How about their lives?" – asked him.
"Prue, Piper, Phoebe, and Paige are Patricia's children with Victor, but the youngest's father is Sam, her whitelighter. They all lived in the Manor being brought up by Penny and Patricia. One year ago, they sucessfully destroyed The Brotherhood of Thorn, but lost Paige in progress. They hunt demons down hectically for revenge. A lot of upper level demons was vanquished, they even confronted The Source directly. It was an awful battle, The Source got serious injured after killing Penny and Patricia. They're just three sisters left. It's matched the prophecy, they became The Charmed Ones, the most powerful witches from ancient times to the present."
. . .Flashback. . .
The sisters and Leo were having dinner. They're very grievous.
"There's lots of void spaces here." – sobbed Piper looking at the empty chairs.
"Our baby sister has Gram and Mom now. She'll be happy." – said Prue.
"Why our destinies have to be witches, why we have to live in danger?" – choked Piper – "I can't make up my mind to it. I want to give up."
"Piper, let think about the good side, if you're not a witch, you wouldn't meet Leo, your soulmate." – said Phoebe.
"It's too much, I lost Gram, Mom and Paige." – Piper looked at Leo who embracing her tightly and stroking her hair.
"They rest in peace. You'll see them again someday, honey." – comforted him.
"Really?"
"Yeah. They'll let you see them. All you need to do is move on. As soon as you accept it, you'll see them."
"I just want to live with you as a normal family." – whispered Piper snuggling up to Leo.
"We have to be strong. We're The Charmed Ones now." – said Prue.
"No, I hate being witch." – argued Piper.
Leo gently shook his head hinting they shouldn't talk about it at that time.
Suddenly, three demons shimmered in. Phoebe levitated to kick one fall down. Another threw an energy ball, Prue changed its direction to his partner. The fallen down demon managed to stand up, Prue tk him on the wall, Phoebe go fight him again, the other one sent an energy ball to Piper, she froze it, Prue made it come back to him. Piper blew up the last one.
Leo came to heal Phoebe, a darklighter appeared aiming at him, Piper blew him up, an arrow from nowhere flying to him at the same time, they had no chance to react, Prue threw herself to receive it.The second darklighter disappeared.
"Prue!" – gasped Piper and Phoebe.
Leo turned around and held her on his lap.
"Don't worry, you'll be ok, Prue!" – said him.
Piper got a handkerchief to wrap the arrow and pulled it out.
Leo healed her. After he finished, Prue embraced him sobbing.
"I was afraid I would lose you." – murmured her.
. . .End of flashback. . .
"Prue loves you, but she stepped back for her little sister, Piper."
Leo gasped. In his old memory, Piper and Phoebe had liked him at first, but he just loved Piper, so Phoebe had given up.
"After that failure, The Source suggested an agreement. If The Charmed Ones dropped out of their destiny and stopped going after him, he promised they and their next generations would live safe as everyone else in the normal way. The agreement included a marriage between one of The Charmed Ones and an upper level demon to show the good will from both sides."
"It didn't make any sense." – Leo already knew his love had been chosen among them.
"No, it didn't. We protested a witch to get married to a demon. But we had a prediction later. Belthazor, the demon The Source recommended to take part in this agreement will be an essensial associate in defeat him. So we need to take that demon in."
. . .Flashback. . .
Three sisters were in the attic. Piper had been searching the book, she stopped at Belthazor's page.
"It's him." – said her.
Prue and Phoebe joined her to take a look.
"Upper level demon who likes to kill witches using an athame, sometimes with energy balls." – read Phoebe.
"Let me do it." – said Prue.
"No." – resisted Piper – "It's unfair."
"Well, I'm the oldest, you have to follow me. Moreover, I'm supposed to be the first one to get married." – explained Prue.
"We're not letting you take sacrifice. We've agreed to draw lots." – argued Piper.
"You have Leo." – Prue shook her head – "You can't hurt him."
"It isn't I betray him." – protested Piper – "I'll always love him, but if it's my fate. . . We're not here to scramble for a husband."
"I don't want to be that big bad demon's bride, but let the destiny choose who." – Phoebe held 3 lots on her hand. She tossed them up and they dropped on Belthazor's page.
Three sisters looked at them.
"You two choose your lots. I'll get the last." – said Prue.
Piper glanced at Phoebe, her younger sister was afraid of picking any lot. She took one. Then Phoebe closed her eyes to took the second. Prue got the last, she opened it.
"Not me." – her voice didn't sound joyful.
"Neither me." – said Phoebe quickly.
Both of them stared at Piper.
"It's me." – Piper put her lot down near Belthazor's portrait.
Three sister joined together in a big hug.
. . .End of flashback. . .
. . . Another flashback. . .
Two hit men opened the door, a tall and gorgeous man walked through the porch to the living room where three sisters were standing close to each other.
"I'm the groom. Who is my bride?" – said him.
Belthazor's human form was out of all imaginations.
"Me." – said Piper.
. . .End of flashback. . .
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