A/N So nobody was bothered about Phoebe's death? I wouldn't have been really either! lol Anyway, getting to the replies-
Peanut2lb: Glad you liked it! well you didn't really but I'll say that anyway! lol. No, this time Paige will be the dog, and Prue will be the banshee, as I said at the bottom of the last chapter. How Leo's dealing with his grief will be in the next chapter! Glad you liked Grace and Karis, they have lots of fun moments in upcoming chapters! Can't wait for your next update!
The-Cheese-Fairy: Glad you liked it! I thought the chapter you posted was amazing! Piper will practically always be nice to Paige, like Phoebe was when they first met her in the show, that is until they become sisterly of course! Glad you liked Grace and Karis!
Princess Pinky: Glad you sort of liked it! Peanut did feel the same as you! You'd really come all the way to England if I didn't save Andy?
You probably noticed I mainly ignored the factor of the deaths, that's because there's something at the bottom of the page about it. This is sort of my spin on 'Charmed Again pt 1'.
Three to Go:
Piper sat at her dressing table, brushing her long, brunette, hair,
"Piper, it's time to go," Dan said from the doorway,
"I don't want to go," she sniffled,
"you'll never forgive yourself if you don't," he said, kneeling down next to her.
"I hurts to think about it, it hurts to talk about it, and you expect me to watch them be buried?" she said, wiping the tears from her eyes,
"please Piper, they'd want you to be there," he told her, she held her face in her hands and said,
"I'll be down in a minute, I just need a moment alone." He nodded and walked downstairs, Piper stood up and closed the door behind him, before taking a deep breath,
"Leo!" she called, bright lights sparkled next to her and formed Leo. The whitelighter had only just arrived when Piper threw herself into his arms,
"I can't do it Leo, I can't go to the funeral, I can't say goodbye," she cried.
Meanwhile, Prue stood in the kitchen with Grace in her arms,
"your daddy loved you very much, and he still does, but he can't be here right now," the eldest sister said, "but he will be soon," she promised, putting one of Grace's brown curls behind her ear.
"This is probably a stupid question, but are you okay?" Paige asked as she entered, Prue shook her head, "I know how you feel, when my parents, my adoptive ones that is, died, I didn't know how to cope, I missed them so much, but I hated them for leaving me." Prue gave her baby sister a half smile,
"I'm gonna look forward to getting to know you," she said,
"likewise," Paige replied, Karis wriggled in her mothers arms and an electro-pyrokinetic spark appeared in palm, Prue squinted at the spark and it flew into the sink, disappearing.
Not much later, the remaining sisters, Leo, Cole, Darryl, Victor and Glenn watched as the priestess finished the ceremony, the joint funeral of Phoebe and Andy was over. It was now time for the baby's memorial ceremony, Piper and Leo had decided to name her Patrice, after Patricia her mother, with a middle name of middle name of Phoebe, after the lost sister, and her last name was Halliwell. Dan had felt a bit left out when Piper had told him she had a name for the baby, but he still had no idea he wasn't the father.
"We release you into the gates of Heaven, Patrice Phoebe Halliwell, you would have had a wonderful life, as you shall have a wonderful afterlife," the priestess said, Piper stood up and stepped onto the platform where the priestess was standing,
"I think there's something you all need to know," the middle sister said, "Patrice is not the daughter of Dan Gordon, she's the daughter of Leo Wyatt, I'm so sorry Dan." Dan felt his heart sink and ran from the church, but not before glaring at Leo, Piper walked back to her chair and broke down in tears into Paige's arms. Paige was surprised that her new sister already found comfortable with her, and to cry with her,
"its okay," she assured Piper, "everything's going to be okay,"
"Daryl can you call Sheila? Make sure the kids are okay?" Prue asked, she was trying to stay strong and had wiped away every tear that had leaked from her eyes.
"Prudence, it helps to cry," Victor told her, Prue listened to her dad and buried her face into his chest, letting her tears spill onto his clothes. All the of the others gradually left, leaving the family alone,
"dad, get down!" Prue exclaimed, as four warlocks blinked in, she pushed his to the ground when she saw one of the warlocks shoot beam of burning red heat his way. While they were battling the warlocks the Source flamed in and formed one big fire ball,
"this is for the three to go, after I did get one down," he sniggered, releasing the fire ball at Paige, Prue and Piper, who were all standing close together. Prue spun around and sent the fire ball back with her telekinesis, it smacked into the Source's chest and black blood leaked from the wound it had created,
"you haven't won," he growled, flaming out. Piper blew up the remaining warlocks,
"this is Phoebe and Andy's funeral damnit, is it too much to ask to bury them in peace?" Prue screamed, all of the chairs flew across the church.
Later that afternoon, Piper was alone in the attic, she had decided to summon Phoebe and told everyone they couldn't stop her,
"Hear these words, hear my cry,
Spirit from the other side,
Come to me, I summon thee,
Cross now the great divide."
Twinkling clusters of golden light appeared and joined together, making up the spirit of Patty Halliwell, their mother,
"mom, but I meant for Phoebe to come," Piper said,
"she can't sweetie, she needs time to adjust to what she's going to be, your grams is helping her," Patty replied. She stepped out of the candle circle and became corporeal, putting her arms around her daughter,
"I named her after you and Phoebe," Piper said,
"who?" Patty asked,
"my baby, Patrice Phoebe Halliwell," she replied.
"Mom, is my baby in the afterlife too?" Piper asked, Patty nodded,
"she's become a source of pure light," the deceased witch said,
"can I see her?" Piper asked, Patty nodded and waved her hand, a bubble of white orbs appeared. It began to whiz around in the air and make noises,
"my baby," Piper whispered, she held out her hand and the orbs rested in her palm,
"that's the essence of Patrice, it time she will develop into a child and be as the rest of us in the afterlife, a spirit," Patty explained.
About ten minutes later, Patty had gone, taking the essence of Patrice with her, and Piper was making her way downstairs, most of the guests had gone but some remained,
"are you okay?" Dan asked,
"as okay as is possible at the moment, I'm sorry about before, I was just so upset and felt the need to get it out of my system," Piper replied. Dan shrugged and had a drink of his brandy,
"I'm gonna go speak to Prue and Paige," Piper told him,
"well actually I need to go and pick my niece Jenny up from the airport, but I'll be back, I promise," he said, putting his glass down and kissing her on the cheek. Piper walked into the kitchen just as the sun finished setting,
"it's amazing how it gets so dark so quick," she said, gaping outside at the moon,
"Paige, are you alright?" Prue asked with concern, Paige was holding her head in one hand and tapping her fingers on the table with the other.
"No," she replied, "I feel like…I feel like there's something bad near, it's getting closer,"
"you must have some kind of sensing power, makes sense as Leo does and you're half whitelighter, but because you're also half witch you must be able to sense evil," Piper said. At that moment, the kitchen windows shattered and a blood-curdling scream splintered their eardrums,
"what the hell?" Prue screeched, a pale-skinned woman with crystal blue eyes and multiple fangs bounced in through the window, her white hair blew back with the wind and her grey, ragged, dress danced around her in a wind-caused frenzy. The woman continued to scream at a high-pitch, that was until Paige closed her eyes tight and, without meaning to, psychokinetically orbed the howling female back through the window and into the garden.
"What was that?" Piper asked, taking her hands away from her ears as the screaming stopped,
"that, was a banshee," Leo told them as he stepped into the kitchen.
A few moments later, Piper and Paige were searching through the book while Prue paced the attic,
"Prue will you just stay still?" Piper snapped, while she said it she made a hand motion and created a purple ripple from her hand which blew up all the things against the wall on her right.
"Whoa, mega power advancement," Prue said, as she finally stopped pacing,
"I know, I'm sorry for snapping at you like that, but it was just getting on my nerves," Piper told her. They both turned to see Paige with her eyes clenched shut, a swirl of orbs enveloped Karis and Grace, who were downstairs with Glenn, and they were transported into the attic.
"I did it, I used my power!" Paige exclaimed, Piper and Prue couldn't help but chuckle at their sister's excitement, Grace and Karis mimicked them and began to giggle.
"I think Karis has inherited that orbing thing you do," Glenn said as he ran into the attic,
"actually she hasn't, I psychokinetically orbed them up here," Paige told him.
"There's a spell to track a banshee," Piper said, "but someone has to volunteer to be the tracker,"
"I'll do it," Paige told them raising her hand,
"okay," Prue nodded, using her power to move the candles into a circle. The eldest sister went around and lit all the candles, then she joined hands with Piper and they chanted;
"The piercing cry that feeds on pain,
And leaves more sorrow than it gains,
Shall now be heard by one who seeks,
To stop the havoc that it wreaks."
A bright flash enveloped Paige, and when it cleared she had become a fluffy, chocolate-brown, dog,
"oh my god," Piper gasped, holding her hand to her mouth. Paige let out a bark and ran from the attic,
"we need to get her, Glenn watch the kids," Prue instructed, she and Piper ran after Paige. They followed her down to the bottom of the stairs and watched as she chased Kit and Kat into the dining room,
"bad Paige," Piper scalded, Paige growled at the two cats and toddled over to her sisters. Suddenly, she began barking and ran at the door, scratching at it with her paws,
"d'you think it's the banshee?" Piper asked,
"only one way to find out," Prue replied, grabbing their coats and opening the door.
"Paige! Wait!" Piper yelled as they ran after the sprinting canine.
To be continued…
Next chapter- Paige leads them to the banshee, but her scream turns Prue into one of her kind. Piper discovers Leo is training to become an Elder to try and escape his grief over Patrice.
A/N. All of you are very upset about the last chapter, Andy and Patrice to be exact, but I can reveal….even though I wanted to wait….one of them will temporarily guide one of the sisters, and then two of them will become a type of angelic beings!
Also, in a couple of chapters, because this is coming to an end (chapters 41 and 42, a two-parter (I know that's not a word) I will be posting a preview summary of the sequel, 'Being Charmed isn't Simple', which I might change to just 'Being Charmed'.
