AN: Thanks to zoned-out, Agent Sassy J, Scullymulder1234, IcantthinkofaFnick, triquetraperson, melodieeidolem, Red-rumm, Alexandra-Halliwell, Chris Drew Lover, Ceres217, ilovedrew88, pyhp, darkdestiney2000, Faith-charmer, and TheShadowWithin
NOTES
Agent Sassy J: Oh, then I'm sorry if I offended you. I didn't mean to. I'm just not someone who likes to read that. But I'm sorry if I sounded rather rude
IcantthinkofaFnick: Sorry, I didn't put Wesley in the story. It will be too confusing for me – worst than the last few chapters were. Thanks for the review, though, and I'm glad you like the story
Triquetraperson: Okay, um, I can try to help with that. What about the name's is confusing you? Is it that you don't know who plays who on the show, or …? Oh, thanks for the review
Melodieeidolem: You're not slow. This story is a little confusing. More so then I thought it was, since people are telling me this, but it is confusing. Uh, what didn't you get about the end part? Piper, Paige, Rose McGowen, Shannon Doherty, Chris and Wyatt go to an occult book shop to get ingredients that could be used in a spell. They spilt up, Chris going off on his own to look around; Piper gets stuck with Paige and Rose, while Wyatt and Shannon hang out. While off on his own, Chris finds a book that has a way to get them home, and runs into Drew Fuller and Drew's girlfriend for the week. He gets nervous, and orbs away, now thinking of the good thing he found in the book. Drew – confused – chases after him, where they meet up with Piper, Paige, and Rose. Thanks for the review
Red-rumm: I'm not sure if I should take that as a compliment, or an insult. I want people to keep guessing, but some people tell me not everything should make you keep guessing. Thanks for the review!
Chris Drew Lover: LOL. I'd love to be in that store too. No, they're not going to run into Wes. Sorry.
Ceres217: I know all about that. I wasn't even sure if I wanted to mix the two worlds together, but then I said 'eh, why not? It's worth a shot, right?' Thanks for the review, glad ya like the story
Faith-charmer: I figured you'd like that part. Unfortunately, Drew and the crew aren't going to be sticking around much longer. sigh I'm moving to the end. Not yet! But soon
CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO
"Drew!?" Rose asked incredulously. "What are you doing in an occult bookstore?"
"I could ask you the same thing," Drew said slowly. "Rose, what's going on? There's … two of you. And he looks just like me. I think he just … did he just orb?"
"That's what it looked like to me," Drew's girlfriend said.
"Who's she?" Paige asked.
"Err … this is my new girlfriend, Francine," Drew said. "She's a Wiccan."
"Oh. Well this is Paige, Piper, and Chris Halliwell," Rose introduced the others.
Drew blinked. "No really, who are they?"
"Wow, can he get any stupider?" Chris asked. "Why are our counterparts in this world so stupid?"
"Excuse me!" Rose exclaimed.
"Point taken," Paige acknowledged.
"Don't start again, you two," Piper warned. She looked at Drew with a small smile, and then turned to Chris. "You said you found a way to get us home."
"Yeah, it's in this book," Chris said, giving it to her. Piper looked it over, Paige leaning over her shoulder.
"I don't know," Paige said slowly. "It'll just take us to where we left off. I for one am not in the mood to chance getting killed by Cole. Again."
"We fixed that," Chris explained. "Therefore, the potion will take you guys to that same time, but all that stuff wouldn't have happened."
"What about you and Wyatt?" Piper asked.
"It will take us back to the time were we left at. We can use the right potion to get back home," Chris explained.
"Last time you tried that you ended up in the evil world," Paige reminded him.
"You mean the one we went to with Drew, Brian and Alyssa on the show?" Rose piped up.
Drew blinked. "Wait, are you trying to say you believe they're from another world where the characters we play really exist!?" He asked.
"I don't believe it," Rose said. "But Shannon, Holly, and Alyssa are quick to fall for it."
"You said you believed me when we orbed to Holly's place!" Paige growled.
"It could have been a trick," Rose said, crossing her arms.
"Oh geez," Paige said, throwing her hands up in annoyance.
"I'm going to go find Wyatt, and tell him we might be on to something," Chris said.
"I think I'm going to follow him," Drew said unsurely. Then he darted after Chris, Francine trailing behind him while Paige and Rose started arguing over witchcraft, and Piper buried her head in her hands. Somebody, help us, she thought.
SHANNON AND WYATT
"Hey Shannon, how ya doing today?" The shop keeper asked. She was a smiling old woman, her white hair pulled back in a long braid.
"Not much. This is a friend of mine -."
"Wyatt Halliwell," The keeper finished. She grinned at his surprise.
Shannon smiled as well. "Wyatt, Jennie is Gypsy. She has the ability to look into the future by scrying. She probably saw you guys coming here," She explained.
Jennie laughed. "Your friend is here," She said to Shannon.
"Who?" Shannon asked. Jennie simply shook her head and moved down to start working on some things. "That's the thing about Jennie. She tends to be very elusive."
"I didn't expect you to have gypsies in this world," Wyatt admitted. "Or any sort of magic. Is that why you aren't that shocked that we're here?"
"I'm trying to learn to accept things the way they are," Shannon admitted. "Jennie's been helping me with my alcohol problem. It's gotten me into way too much trouble."
Wyatt nodded. "I wonder who she meant when she said a friend of mine was in today. No one I know would come here," Shannon continued.
"Wyatt!" Chris called, running up. Followed quickly behind him were Drew and Francine.
"Well that I wouldn't expect," Wyatt said with amazement as he stared at the two Chris's before him.
"Drew? What are you doing here?" Shannon asked.
"Told you so!" Jennie called from the boxes she was unpacking. Drew glanced at the old gypsy and then back to Shannon.
"You're Shannon Doherty, aren't you?" He asked.
"Yep," Shannon said. "What's going on?"
"I found a way back home," Chris said.
"Is this going to work, or is this like Aunt Phoebe's way back home?" Wyatt asked him.
Drew stepped closer to Shannon. "Are they really …?"
"Yep," Shannon replied.
He nodded his head, and then looked at Francine. "Uhh, maybe you should go home and get ready for the party, while I try to figure this out," He said.
"Alright, I'll see you later tonight," Francine said. Then she walked out.
"How did this happen?" Drew asked.
"Actually, it all started when I was attempting to make a vanquishing potion, and Chris orbed in – skipping out on school," Wyatt said disapprovingly as he started to relay the whole story, Piper, Paige and Rose joining in not much later.
FINLEY'S FIRST BIRTHDAY
Piper leaned over the balcony into Holly's backyard where a bunch of tables were set up. Then she turned around and looked at the small group before her.
"We don't have long before the birthday begins," She started.
"Do you guys have to go?" Alyssa asked.
"Yeah," Phoebe added in a sort of whiny voice.
"Yes, we have to go," Piper replied. "We can't leave Sheila and Daryl watching Chris and Wyatt for too long. What if Leo shows up?"
"We find him and kick his a$?" Phoebe suggested.
"Phoebe," Paige said.
"Well something's got to knock some sense into him," Phoebe replied.
"Why don't you get him to reverse time to before he became an avatar?" Drew suggested.
"Didn't you watch that episode? You were in it," Holly snapped. "If he does that, Piper and Phoebe end up dead."
"There's a way to help him," Wyatt said. "After all, you guys did it in our time."
"You're just assuming that," Paige pointed out.
Rose shifted nervously. "Actually, I was looking over the new scripts," She said. "And it mentioned something in it."
"Leave it to Rose to look ahead," Alyssa mumbled.
"What did you see?" Piper asked.
"Well, Cole was an avatar, remember? That's how he created that world," Rose started.
"He was?!" Paige, Piper, and Phoebe exclaimed at the same time Chris and Wyatt said, "Yeah."
Rose blinked, and then continued. "Well we defeated him because he was Balthazar again, and not the 'oh so powerful' Cole."
"So?" Paige asked.
"So on the show we turn Leo back into a whitelighter," Rose said.
"How can we do that?" Piper asked.
"Well, Paige and Brody -." Paige's face turned a light pink at this. "Are in the underworld and find the secret hideout place of the avatars. There they learn that the only way to take avatar powers away from someone is to get the avatars to take it away from them by performing a certain ceremony."
"Can you get to the point?" Paige snapped.
"So the power of three finds out how to do the ceremony, and perform it on Leo," Rose snapped back.
"But we're not avatars," Phoebe pointed out.
"No, but you're the power of three. And with the help of Wyatt, you perform it successfully," Rose finished. (AN: I made all that up, just so you know)
"Okay, get home, find the ceremony, and revoke Leo's powers before he tries to kill us again," Piper said. "Sounds like a plan. Now, let's hit the road."
Everyone said their awkward goodbyes, and then the actor and actresses from this world stepped back inside the house so they wouldn't get caught up in the portal. The witches turned back to look over the balcony.
"Do we have to do it this way?" Paige asked nervously.
"Its how the book says to," Piper said.
Chris twisted the potion in his hand, and then tossed it out and up in the air. The bottle broke on its own and the liquid spread outwards, and began to swirl around in a circular motion.
"Spell," Piper said. The Charmed Ones leaned over and read: "Taken from time and lost in space, take now to where before we came, witches gather and here our plea, send us home and help us flee."
The five were then jerked into the swirling vortex. Seconds later Wyatt and Chris landed alone in the attic.