Chapter 2 : Reunited?

Leo, Piper, Phoebe, Cole, Paige, Wyatt, Chris, Peyton, and Kyle all walked into the manor. Piper was the first in and she was out of her mind, muttering to herself. It had been six years since they had faced a demon. The perfect, magic-free life they had aquired had suddenly slipped away. As her family filed in behind her, she turned to face them with a very stressed-out look on her face.

"What are we going to do?" Piper asked.

"I could go tell the Elders..." Leo suggested.

"NO!" Piper snapped. "You are NOT going up there. This was all a hallucination. Every single one of us had the same hallusination!"

"Piper! Piper! Calm down!" Paige said. "It's going to all be all right. It's just..."

"A hallucination?" Piper asked hopefully.

Paige slowly shook her head. Piper closed her eyes for a moment, trying to take it all in.

"What-do-we-do?" Piper asked.

"Book of Shadows?" Leo suggested.

"NO!"

It had come out of the Charmed Ones' mouths at the same time. Not one of them wanted to get back together.

"Are you willing to put your children at risk?" Cole asked.

"We dont need advice from an ex demon." Leo said.

"Wait." Piper said. She just realised Cole was there. "Aren't you suposed to be dead?"

"Lets not get into this." Phoebe said. "Let's just find Lysander, vanquish his sorry ass, and go back to living our lives."

"Fine-by-me." Paige said.

"Let's get to it then!" Piper said. She and her sisters walked up to the attic not speaking. They left the men to look after the kids, and they were not happy about it. Leo kept glaring at Cole, and Cole tried to ignore him.

"Lysander...Lysander...Lysander..." Piper said as she flipped through the book. Paige was leaning against the wall, sighing every few minutes. Phoebe was by the window, staring down at the street.

"He's not in here." Piper said.

"WHAT?" Paige and Phoebe shouted.

"The crazy bastard isn't in here." Piper said.

"You're kidding." Paige said. "You have got to be kidding."

Piper shook her head. "I'm not."

Phoebe looked around for a moment, apparently thinking. "LE-OOOO!"

"What are you calling my husband for?" Piper demanded.

Phoebe ignored the question and tapped her foot impatiently. Finaly, they heard footsteps pounding on the stairs and Leo walked in.

"Why didn't you just orb?" Phoebe asked.

Leo nervously glanced at Piper before saying, "Pip-We made a rule. I cant orb, cant see the Elders, no magic..."

"Piper, you realy are obessed with a magic-free life." Paige said.

"Well, breath the fucking rules." Phoebe said at the same time. "Go up there and ask about Lysander.

Leo glanced at Piper who was shaking her head no. Leo gave her a weak smile before orbing out. Piper glared at the spot for a moment before moving her furious, cold brown eyes to Phoebe.

"How could you make him do that?" Piper asked.

"I didn't make him." Phoebe corrected her. "I told him to and he did. His choice, I forced no...one."

"What is it?" Paige asked, staring at Phoebe who had suddenly held her breath.

"Oh fuck." Phoebe muttered.

"What?" Piper asked caught between trying to act angry and being curious.

"I...baby...early." Phoebe gasped. "COLE!"

"We gotta..." Paige began.

"NO!" Phoebe snapped. "Cole! You stay here...Lysander...FUCK COLE!"

"There are children in the house." Piper reminded.

"HOSPITAL!" Phoebe screamed before her knees gave away and she fell to the ground taking deep breaths. Cole suddenly burst in with the children following them. Even Zoe Lexus and Landon managed to turn up.

"Who is that?" Piper asked.

"HOSPITAL."

"What's going on?"

"Mommy!"

"Phoebe's going into premature labor."

"HOSPTAL! NOW! COLE!"

"MOMMY!" Kyle shreiked.

"Priscilla Kyle Halliwell do not make mommy...AHHH!" Phoebe screamed.

"Kids. Out." Cole said shortly.

Miss Lexus took this as a hint and took all five kids downstairs and closed the door. Paige locked it. Cole got on the floor in front of Phoebe...and lifted her skirt.

"No, Cole." said a hysterical Phoebe. "Hospital."

Paige ran over and knelt on the floor too. "I can orb you there."

Phoebe hastily agreed.

"Piper, stay and whach the kids."

And Paige orbed Phoebe and Cole to the hospital.

"Just great." Piper muttered to herself. She walked downstairs to look after the kids. They had gone and made a wild mess of things. Chris and Wyatt had knocked the couch over on its back. Peyton had managed to get the livingroom TV into the kitchen. Kyle was dangling from the chandelier. Landon was making a mess with the leftover speggetti.

"Wonderful." Piper muttered.

Piper got the kids and locked them in Wyatt's room. She went to fix the downstairs area before going to get them. They had managed to behave in Wyatt's room. She quietly closed the door, turned around, and came face-to-face with her husband. She gave a small shreik.

"Oh, sorry." Leo apologized. "Anyway, the Elders think Lysander gave you a phony name. They think his name may be Carswell. He gave you the wrong name so you couldn't find him. The Elders say he's the new..."

"Dont say it!" Piper said. "Do not say Source of all Evil."

Leo said nothing. Piper closed her eyes and took a deep breath. She was trying to keep her blood pressure at a safe rate.

"Leo, Phoebe went into early labor. I need you to go check up on them. I will stay here with the kids and try to find something on Carswell." Piper said.

Leo nodded and orbed out. Piper sighed and began to walk to the attic. Just then she ran into Mrs. Lexus.

"Can you whach the kids again?" Piper asked.

"Sure." Zoe agreed. "I just got out of the closet they locked me in, but okay."

Zoe walked to Wyatt's room to whach the kids. Piper groaned and went to the attic. She opened the Book of Shadows and flipped to it until she came across Carswell.

Carswell

Higher level demon with many powers. Shapeshifting is one of them and he takes on man identities, espesialy to confuse people.

There is no spell

There is no potion

There is no found way to vanquish him.
And it was totaly useless. It only named one of his "many" powers and there was no known way to get rid of him. Piper growled and pushed the book to the floor. She was completely frustrated. She hated where the whole situation was going.

Hours later Leo orbed in to find Piper sitting on the floor, her back pressed against the wall.

"They had a boy. They named him Cade. Phoebe can come back tomorrow but they're keeping Cade for a while longer." Leo informed her. "Phoebe's worried and in the hospital. Cole is downstairs. Paige went back to magic school."

"So who is helping me?" Piper asked.

"I am." Leo said. "It's going to be okay."

"No it's not!" Piper insisted. "You cant help! We need the Power of Three. They are long gone. We are just three sisters who lost touch and dont want to come back for this stupid reunion!"

Leo stayed quiet for a moment. He was doing some serious thinking. Finaly, he said, "Piper, I want you to practice your powers. I'm going to go talk some sense into your sisters."

"Why do i need to practice my power?" Piper asked.

"You've been out of action for six years, that's why." Leo said. "Now try freezing first. I'll be back." And Leo was gone again.

Piper sighed. It was ridiculous. Her powers were working fine...

Piper picked up the book of Shadows, dropped it, and tried to freeze it.

It hir the floor with a loud thud.

Piper just stared at it for a moment. So her powers were not doing so great. But that just meant alot of bad things. Then Piper took Leo's advice and kept practicing.

Leo orbed to the hospital. Phoebe was laying in bed eating some kind of pink jello. When she looked up and saw him she frowned but said nothing.

"Phoebe, we need you." Leo said. "You gotta help with the demon. His name is..."

"I dont care." Phoebe said.

"What?" Leo shreiked. "The Charmed Ones..."

"Are gone.' Phoebe finished. "They're over."

"What if he comes after you or your family?" Leo asked.

"I can defend myself." Phoebe said. "I can protect my family."

"Your sisters are your family!" Leo shouted.

Phoebe looked down into her jello and said nothing. Leo shook his head and orbed to magic School.

Paige was sitting behind her desk grading the rest of the papers when Leo orbed in. She knew he was there and said nothing.

"Paige." Leo said.

"No." Paige said. "No, Leo. I'm not doing anything. The Power of Three is gone. They are no more. I am not going back to that life. I will not change my mind so just go!"

"Paige..." Leo said desparatly. "We need you. We all do."

Paige looked up into Leo's eyes and said, "I just cant do it. I'm sorry, but I just cant. There isnt a good enough reason to."

"Your sisters!" Leo whispered. "Your sisters."

"They areny my problem." Paige told him. "Now go!"

Leo glared at her before orbing back to the attic. So the Charmed Ones realy were gone.

To be continued...

Finished with that! I gotta go between this and my Harry Potter fanfic so it might take a while to get chapters up. Anyway, please reply and tell me what you think!

Chapter 3 : Independence

They think they can do it on their own. But can they? Without practice? Without eachother? And will Carswell come back and give them something to write about in the Book of Shadows? Will the Charmed Ones finaly realise they cant do it alone? To find out read Chapter 3 : Independence.

Thank you to Unbridledpsyche, Heather1184, and Charmed4life803 for replying. Hope your still reading and I hope you like it.

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