Chapter 5
Prue Halliwell was getting dressed for bed while trying hard to make sense of her sister's current attitude change. It was as if the girl that she had grown up with suddenly disappeared. Although she wasn't sure exactly what it was that sparked the change she knew that it had something to do with her soon to be brother in law. "If only I can find a way to see what he did to turn her" she said out loud. A knock on her bedroom door demanded her attention "Prue, it's me Phoebe. Can I come in?" "Sure sweetie, come on in" Phoebe then continued as both she and Prue took seats on the bed "So do you have any ideas on what we should do about Piper?" "No, not yet" the oldest replied. "I have no clue as to what can be done Phoebe. I mean it would help if we can find out exactly what it was that Leo did to her" "Hold on Prue, maybe there is. Do you think that we can write some type of spell to reveal the past to us? Something that we can use to see what Leo did." Prue smiled widely before responding. "That is perfect Phoebe. But we have to be careful and make sure that Piper and Leo don't catch us in the act" "OK why don't you go up to the attic and get started while I go and get Paige" "Sounds like a plan. I'll meet you guys up there" Prue said leaving the room with Phoebe following close behind.
Paige flopped down onto the blue and white comforter that surrounded her queen size bed as she tried to think of a way to help her sister. "Come on Paige think" she whispered. Then a picture flashed into her mind. She could remember seeing Leo slip something into Piper's drink two nights ago. Although she wasn't sure of what it was, she knew that whatever it was played an instrumental part in her sister's change in behavior. But before she could ponder any further someone knocked on her door. "Come in" she called. "Hey Paige, can I see you in the attic for a minute?" Phoebe asked trying to play it off. Paige was confused until she saw the woman point in the direction of their older sister's bedroom that was right next to hers. Finally getting it, Paige quickly followed Phoebe out of the room and up the stairs all the while filling her in on her epiphany.
"Oh my God Prue, Paige just told me that Leo slipped Piper something the other night at the restaurant" Phoebe announced as she made her way over to the woman. "Are you serious Paige? And you're just telling us now?" "Well I thought that I was seeing things until Piper started acting all weird and going crazy on us" "It doesn't matter as you remembered and that's all that counts, right Prue?" Phoebe spoke urging her sister to apologize. "Yeah she's right. Sorry I snapped at you Paige" "It's ok; we're all on edge here. But the most important thing is helping Piper" "So how's the spell coming?" "I'm almost done" Prue said as she added one more line. "Ok, here goes nothing"
I call upon the ancient power
To help us in our darkest hour
To bring secrets to life in front of me
Revealing what Leo has to hide to us three
Giving us the power to free our sister from darkness
Once more restoring her to the side of goodness.
As the scenes unfolded in front of the sister's were even worse then they could have ever imagined. Not only was Piper drugged by Leo, but she was now as evil as he is. They watched in horror as their very own sister consulted with demons and spoke of taking over the underworld as Leo's evil queen, not to mention her standing by watching as Leo killed an innocent witch that refused to join him. "Piper what have you done?" Paige whispered as she took in the horrible scene. Once the spell had came to an end, the three women stood there in complete silence. After a long while it was Phoebe who spoke "Look guys we have to find out what it was that Leo gave her before its too late" "I agree" Paige replied as she fell back onto the sofa. "I can't believe this. Leo is part demon and part whitelighter. It doesn't make any…" the woman trailed off as mind drifted back to their encounter with the demon Zalil and her sister's ex-boyfriend Mike.
"Oh my God" "Oh my God what?" Paige asked not liking the tone of Prue's voice. "Paige, how many brothers did Mike have?" "Umm three. Are you sure?" "Yeah why?" "Because we only vanquished two" Phoebe spoke for Prue now knowing exactly where the woman was thinking. "Wait that means that Leo was his other brother" "No wonder his older brother looked hurt when Leo saved Piper" "But I don't understand. Why the secret and why didn't Leo kill us before we could get to his family?" a confused Phoebe ask. "Simple, because he has something bigger planned." "Something like what" the youngest spoke. "I don't know, but I bet the seer does" Prue said as she flipped through the book of shadows. "Ok so, what do we do now?" "The only thing we can do, call the seer and find our exactly what Leo's up to" as she finished her sentence Prue looked up and instantly a wave of fear came over her as she took in the form standing in the door way of the attic. The two women that stood by her side followed her gaze and immediately felt the same fear pulsed through their veins. "I'm so sorry ladies, but I can't allow that to happen. You see I've worked to hard to make Piper my bride and once she is, well you'll find out the rest all in good time. And don't worry, this won't hurt a bit" Leo spoke as the vile he held in his hand came flying in their direction.