(A/N: Here it is. It's been a little of a wait, but I gave up on the last 3 reviews. Heh. Ah well, as long as you guys are enjoying it. You are, aren't you? Huh? Huh? Well anyway, here we go...)
episode 1
chapter: the fourth
Patty Halliwell turned to the sound of the voice. Piper couldn't believe her eyes, and stood implanted on the ground. Deja vu? They had already gone back in time before. Shax must've ripped open a portal that sent them all through time. But the others were nowhere to be seen, probably caught in other times. Her mother looked at her for a moment, then turned back to Shax. Sam stood by her side, fighting off the demon.
"..No, wait----look out!" With this, Sam turned, wondering what all the commotion was. Piper was frozen in fear again, fear of losing her mom (again) to the same demon that had taken---that had taken Prue. In this fateful moment, she realized her mistake. Shax gave a devious smile in her direction--and before she knew it Sam was on the ground. Dead.
"Oh my god!" Patty screamed, huddling down to the man's corpse. "Samuel?" She cried, looking back at Piper. "Oh god--what--I--"
Piper's eyes filled with tears at this sight, and she flew forward. "You son of a bitch!" She sent a roundhouse of explosions and freezes in Shax's direction. "Evil wind that blows, that which forms below, no longer may you dwell, Death takes you with this spell!" Shax gave a confused look at her as suddenly he blew up in a mist of flames and energy. The girl fell to her knees, listening only to the wind and the sound of her mother crying.
".. I'm... oh god.. I'm.. I'm so sorry.." Patty looked up to Piper as she slowly disappeared. Back in a 1900 setting, a confused-looking Phoebe also disappeared from the black-and-white setup. Paige, caught somewhere in her teens, began to shimmer---then follow suite with her siblings. A whirlwind through time began again, and Piper felt herself falling back into time again--but Shax was there. She felt him. It wasn't over--and one of her sisters was fading away.
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"Huh?" Phoebe Halliwell shook herself off and looked at her surroundings. She was becoming more familiar with where she was now. It wasn't where she had been before--and it wasn't the actual time. But it was the Manor, and that was all that mattered--wasn't it? "...Paige? Piper?" No response. It was almost dead silent--then she remembered what was going on. Rushing down the stairs to sobs, she figured out what was wrong..
Laying in a pile of destruction was the motionless body of Prue. Phoebe clutched the railing and couldn't find her footing, letting out a gasp and almost feeling herself throw up. A bawling Piper lay huddling over the body. Leo, tears streaming from his face, had his hands over the fallen Charmed One, trying to ress her. But there was no bringing back the dead..
"..You ruthless bastard," Phoebe looked up and around, meaning her comment specifically for Shax. It was eerie and confusing, but as she pulled herself down the steps, restraining tears from the sight--things began to back up. It was almost as if time was being reversed right on her--no portal, nothing. Something began pulling her backwards, and before she knew it she was at the top of the steps.
"Phoebe!" called a voice. "Leo!" She knew it was only moments before. And then time shifted again, things around her seemed to blur momentarily before she heard Leo orb in. More cries and sobs. He couldn't heal her. She wasn't there--if she had been there, maybe Prue would've still been alive. Oh god.. Oh god.. She tried to snap out of it, but found herself sinking deeper into an endless regret stemming from that day. When all hell broke loose..
Before she knew it, things were changing again. Rapidly. The wall around her began to blend together as she reached for some kind of stability. What was happening? "Piper! Paige!" She cried out as her entire reality was ripped away from her. Nothing was real anymore, and she felt herself falling through an endless whirl-wind of nothing. "Somebody!"
Darkness.
(A/N: I think I'm going to change the episodes idea into parts; since I've figured this is going to be much longer than just "an episode." Expect a huge twist in the next chapter, and as always R&R D!)