PRESENT 2005

Piper Halliwell had been doing what she does best, looking through the Book of Shadows, when a teenage girl came out of her attic wall and landed right at her feet. Piper's motherly concerns took over as she helped the girl up and checked for visible injuries. Once she was sure that the girl was okay, her demon guard went up. She walked around the girl in a circle as the girl stared open mouthed at her.

"Who are you?" Piper asked suspiciously.

"What year is it?" Pier demanded, avoiding Piper's question.

"I asked who you were. Do you know who I am?" Piper tried to instill a sense of fear in the girl, but she didn't think it was working.

Of course I know who you are, Pier thought. I also know that if I tell you who I am, it will ruin everything. The least mom did for me was teach me that going into the past was not a good thing. Oh Christ. How am I going to get out of here?

Without answering Piper, Pier turned back towards the wall she had come out and started looking for her portal.

Piper was amazed at this girl. Didn't she know that she was in the Charmed One's house? Didn't she realize she was dealing with the oldest Charmed One? Who was this girl?

Phoebe Halliwell walked into the attic to see Piper with a look of pure confusion on her face. She stared at her oldest sister for a couple of moments before realizing that there was someone else in the room. The girl was running her along the wall. Finally Piper turned towards Phoebe. Phoebe was about to open her mouth when Piper cut her off with a finger to her lips, signaling her to be quiet. Both Halliwell sisters turned back towards the girl as she stepped back, defeated. Sighing, she sat down on the ground. By the look on her face, she was trying hard not to cry. Finally, she couldn't hold it in any longer. She just wanted to go home, however she could get there. Piper's motherly concerns were back into action as she sat down next to the girl. Paige chose that moment to walk into the room. Pier heard the footsteps and looked towards the door, seeing Phoebe first, then Paige. As she focused her blurry eyes on the two figures and she realized who they were, her eyes got really big. The Pier fainted.

When Pier woke up, she wasn't in the attic. She tried to stand up, but when she raised her head a few feet off the pillow under her head, she vision started to blur and everything was spinning in circles. A hand pushed her head back down, gently but firmly, and Pier got the message. When she opened her eyes, she could see clearly. She saw Piper standing over her, face full of concern. A cold and wet towel was being pushed against her unusually hot forehead. She decided that the best she could do was let it all happen. She did travel 17 years back in time; the least she could do was spend some time here without going back to soon. Suddenly, blue and white orbs filled the room. Pier forgot about her aching head as she watched the mans molecules finally come into place and his face appeared. She jumped up.

"That was so cool. I wish I could do that, but all I know how to do is orb stuff to me." Pier said, regretting the words as soon as they came out of her mouth. Piper looked at her quizzically.

"You have powers?" Phoebe asked for the rest of them.

Pier shut her mouth.

"Alright. We can either ask once again, or we can settle for a truth spell." Paige said, hoping that the girl didn't know that truth spells couldn't be used on witches.

"What do you think I am? Stupid?" Pier asked with a smirk on her face. She saw herself in the mirror and immediately stopped smiling. Piper noticed this.

"What's wrong?" She asked.

"Nothing. I just…miss my little brother. He was standing in the room when I went through the portal. He looked really scared.' Pier looked down at the ground.

In an effort to cheer her up, Leo spoke up for the first time. "Did you say that you couldn't orb yourself, but you could orb objects?" He asked, full of interest.

"Yup." Pier said proudly.

"Alright. Try thinking of a place you want to go, then imagine yourself orbing there." Leo instructed, obviously knowing what he was doing.

Pier pictured where she wanted to go most. She pictured herself orbing. When she opened her eyes, she was still in the living room, surrounded by the Halliwell sisters and the whitelighter.

"Where did you picture yourself?" Paige asked innocently.

"At home." Pier admitted sheepishly.

"Where are you from?" Piper asked again.

"I don't want to tell you." Pier said blankly.

"Why not?" Leo asked.

"Because. I'm from the future. That's all you need to know. I don't want to mess with time or anything that going to come back and bite me in the butt." Pier said all in one breath.

"Well then I can take you to the Elder's and they can fix this." Leo said, reaching his hand out towards her.

"No!" Pier said, backing away from Leo.

The sisters exchanged glances. Pier caught the look, but wouldn't continue.

"Why not?" Phoebe asked softly.

"I hate them." Pier blurted out.

The sisters laughed. "Well then, we have something in common." Paige said. Pier just looked at her and backed away. Why is she avoiding me? Paige asked herself. Paige just shook it off.

"Can you at least tell us your name?" Piper asked.

"Pier…Harding. Pier Harding." Pier responded, using her best friend's last name.

"I'm going to check with the Elder's." Leo said to no one in particular. He kissed Piper's head lightly and then he blew a kiss to her stomach. Pier then realized that Piper was pregnant. How could I forget? Pier asked herself. He's only the world's most annoying person. Pier had done some research on the Charmed One'', but it never said that Piper's husband was a whitelighter.

"Is he…are you married?" Pier asked.

Piper smiled. "Yea. Two years this March." Piper responded.

Guess it doesn't last long, Pier thought.

Out of nowhere, Paige spoke up. "Well, I have to meet Rhys, so I'll see you guys later."

Paige was hallway to the front door when a demon attacked. At the same time Pier yelled. "PAIGE!" Paige turned around for a spilt second to see who Pier was talking to and missed the fireball by an inch. Piper threw her hand s up and the demon was blown to pieces, but he reformed and stared at them evilly.

Pier yelled out. "That won't work. You have to do this!" She raised her hands and a shot of blue light came out of hands and headed in the direction of the demon. It screamed out and was immediately vanquished.

Paige didn't take notice to the green slime that covered her from head to toe. All she could think about was what Pier had done.

"How did you do that?" Paige demanded.

"You saw me do it." Pier said. God. Maybe I can make myself faint. Pier thought.

Pier rolled her eyes back into her head and she dropped to the ground. Paige pulled her back off the ground.

"Oh no you don't! I know that you're just playing around." Paige said slightly loud.

"Listen! I just do that thing. All right. I didn't want any of you to get hurt. You could mean a lot to someone in the future!" Pier yelled. She turned and ran out of the manor.

Paige went to go after her, but Piper stopped her.

"Let her go," was all she said. "Where else is she going to go?"