Again thank you to my beta - readers Lady Viva and TheCaptain3.
2003
"I still don't understand how she disappeared. The crystals are meant to stop her from teleporting," Phoebe stated.
Piper turned to Phoebe "Pick up one of the crystals. You could get a premonition from them as to what happened."
Phoebe picked up the crystal. As soon as she stood up straight, she began to get a premonition. It lasted longer than any other premonition she ever had.
"What did you see?" asked Piper.
Phoebe held her head. "Um, I had flashes of previous demons that we have vanquished. Then I saw the Dark Priestess. She was with one of the men in blue uniform that I saw in my premonition earlier. They were in San Francisco, I am sure of it. However, it looked a bit different."
"Different?" Paige asked.
"Yeah. I saw buildings that I didn't recognise. And building's that should be there were gone."
As Phoebe moved towards the book, the pages began to turn by themselves.
Paige jumped. "I hate it when it does that."
"Don't worry Paige." Piper laughed. "It's just Gram's way of showing us that she's watching over for us."
Phoebe smiled. "I wonder what Gram's wants us to do now?"
They all gathered around the Book of Shadows. Phoebe was the first to frown at the page chosen. "This is the spell to move ahead in time; it has nothing to do with the situation we are in."
Phoebe closed the book. As soon as she did this, the book flipped open again to the same page.
Phoebe looked towards the heavens while closing the book. "We don't need to go into the future. The last time we did that I got burned at the stake."
The book flipped open again to the same page. But this time with force.
"I guess she means business," sighed Paige.
Phoebe's face turned into one of confusement. "I thought this spell disappeared. It could only be used once, which we already did."
Piper shrugged. "I don't know, how it came back. I guess it's the Elder's doing." She turned from the book towards Phoebe. "Do you want to do this?"
Phoebe looked down. "I guess so. But we don't know what date or year to go to."
Paige picked up a piece of paper and a pen. She thought for a while and then began writing. Folding the paper she closed her eyes and recited the spell. " Send me a sign of the date I need to know. For to the future we must go."
The other two sisters stared at Paige with smirks on their faces. Paige opened her eyes and saw them. "What? It's the best I could come up with on short notice." Once Paige had said this, a piece of paper dropped from out of nowhere. "Ha, the spell worked," she opened the paper and read the date. "Ok, let's do this."
They gathered round a small table with a bowl in the middle. Phoebe began to add ingredients to the bowl while Paige grabbed a match and struck it against a matchbox. She lit the piece of paper while they all recited the spell.
"Hear these words, Hear the rhyme, We send you this burning sign, In another place and time."
In a glow of light, the three sisters disappeared.