Disclaimer: I don't own Charmed

Note: This is my first Charmed fiction. Please forgive me.

Spoilers: Everything up to and including season 7.

Attic.

Piper stood over the 'Book of Shadows'. She carefully added the ingredients for a potion together. She jumped as Wyatt orbed in front of her, causing her to drop the potion at her feet as she did the potion explode and Piper collapsed.

"Piper?"

Paige walked into the attic and saw Piper laying on the floor.

"Piper"

She rushed over to her and checked her pulse. It was there, still strong.

"Leo"

Within a second, Leo orbed into the attic.

"Paige, what's wrong?"

"Piper"

Leo saw Piper on the floor and rushed to her. He placed his hands over her and tried to heal her. Paige watched desperately as Leo failed to heal her.

"Leo, why isn't it working?"

Leo shook his head.

"I don't know."

Leo continued his efforts to heal her while Paige picked up Wyatt and placed him back into the playpen next to Chris. The two of them waited for Piper to be healed.

Unknown Plane.

Piper looked around at where she was. It was so dark that she could barely see anything.

"Hello"

No response came and the darkness continued to roll in on her.

"Leo? Leo if you can hear me get your ass down here."

Again no response came.

"Crap"

Piper walked around trying to get a sense of where she was.

"Can anybody hear me?"

Piper heard a rustle and put her hands up determined to blow up anything that looked threatening.

"I wouldn't do that Piper. It won't help. Your powers don't work here."

Piper knew that voice. But it couldn't be. She spun round and saw Cole.

"Cole?"

Cole walked towards her and smirked.

"Don't look so shocked. You never believed this could happen?"

Piper was confused, Cole had been dead for nearly two years but here he was in the flesh.

"Why am I here Cole? Did you bring me here?"

Cole shook his head.

"I don't have that kind of power anymore. You brought yourself here Piper. Admit it, since Chris died and the Avatars you've found yourself becoming more and more withdrawn. You had to keep it together for Leo, Paige, Phoebe. You wanted freedom, that's why you mixed that potion. You wanted just a moment of freedom."

Piper shook her head.

"What the hell are you talking about? That was a vanishing potion from the Creeper demon"

Cole nodded.

"You're right, that's how it started but your subconscious mind wanted you to change it. This is a vision quest Piper. And I'm here to help you"

Piper tried to blow up Cole and he just smirked.

"Piper I've told you, no powers here. Just us, your memories and your desires"

Piper looked at Cole trying to decipher just what he was doing. She was convinced this had to be some type of trick. Cole couldn't be alive.

"Leo"

Cole chucked. It was very amusing.

"He can't hear you Piper. Just me,"

Cole held out his hand.

"The only way to go back is to go forward."

He gestured to a door that Piper was sure wasn't there originally.

"You have to go this way Piper."

Piper groaned.

"How can I trust you?"

Cole shrugged his shoulders.

"You know, in your heart, whether you can trust me."

Piper sighed considering what to do, she eventually groaned and followed Cole through the doorway.

TBC…