Eternal flame
Chapter 20 – Sister vacation, part II
Piper woke up in the bed and saw Phoebe standing beside her. The last thing she could remember was the demon attack. She quickly got up and realized that they're still in the cottage. "What happened?" Piper asked. "The demon…"
"The demon is gone. At least for now." Phoebe replied. "Thank God you're awake. Finally."
"Finally?" Piper asked. "How long have I been sleeping?"
"Four days." Phoebe said and Piper's jaw dropped. "Paige woke up yesterday, and Prue… she's still sleeping." Phoebe said, looking worriedly at Prue, who was lying in the other bed. "She almost died."
"What?" Piper yelled. "Well, why didn't you take up to the nearest hospital? Why didn't you call Leo?"
"Because we have a problem. When demon attacked, Emma ran away to the forest. There she asked one witch to help her and the two of them cast a spell on this area." Phoebe explained.
"What kind of spell?" Piper asked, fearing the answer.
"To block it. Completely." Phoebe said. "We can't get out of this forest. There's no way. No one can get in here or get out of here."
"You mean, we can't get out even the normal way?" Piper asked.
"Yes." Phoebe nodded. "There's absolutely no way."
"Well, we have to find the way to let Leo and Cole know we can't get back. They'll get worried."
"Well, don't forget you've been sleeping for four days." Phoebe said "They got worried a long time ago. And there's no way to communicate them. But, we're talking about Leo and Cole. They are smart enough to figure what happened and how to get us out of here."
"What if they don't? What if we stay trapped here forever?" Piper asked.
In that moment, Paige came into the room. She heard whet Piper said and laughed. "I see my sister pessimist if awake." She said.
"If that'll make you feel better, I know how to reverse the spell. The only problem is, they forgot what spell they cast." Phoebe said. "I used the same spell to make Paige's big breasts vanish. You remember when she became Pamela?"
"Yeah. But, that doesn't work, if they can't remember the spell." Piper said.
"They'll remember." Phoebe said "Actually, Emma remembers that it started with 'normal magic'."
"Oh, that helps a lot." Piper said ironically. "Let's go to that other witch." she grabbed Phoebe's hand. "We have to make them remember. Where is Emma?"
"She's in his cottage." Phoebe replied.
"She's in whose cottage?" Piper asked.
"Josh's." Phoebe answered, but Piper still looked at her like she has no idea what is Phoebe talking about. "That's the name of that witch." Phoebe explained.
"Oh…" Piper said. "I thought it was she, not he. Never mind, let's go." She pulled Phoebe's hand, but than stopped and turned around. "Going, Paige?" she asked when she saw her sister sitting at the chair next to Prue's bed.
"Than who's gonna watch Prue?" Paige asked.
"You're right. Let's go, Phoebe." She pulled Phoebe's hand and they got out of the cottage.
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"Did you remember of anything else?" Phoebe asked when she and Piper entered the cottage.
"Yes." Emma nodded. "We remembered the first line: 'All magic and normal ways'. That's the first line." She said. "There are only four of them, thank God."
"How could you forget?" Piper asked rudely. "Now we're trapped here."
"Just try to remember of more." Phoebe cut Piper off and looked at Josh.
"Anything for those pretty eyes." Josh said seductively.
Piper stared at Phoebe. Was this guy seducing her sister? "Phoebe, honey, did you tell this guy that you are married and have two kids?" she asked, pretending that she's not in the same room with Josh.
"Yes, and I told him that I love Cole more than my own life." Phoebe answered. "But Josh just doesn't seem to get it." She said and looked at Josh, who smiled at her.
"Let's leave that aside now." Emma said. "We need to remember the spell."
"You're right." Phoebe agreed. "You said that the first line ends with 'ways' right?" she asked and Emma nodded. "Well, than we have to think of the word that rimes with 'ways'." She concluded.
"Days?" Piper asked. "Base? Race? Face? Case? Vase? Maze?"
"Not really." Phoebe said. "Only days really rimes with ways. Did you two mention days in the spell?" she asked. "Or any of the words that Piper mentioned?"
"No, I don't think so." Josh said. "What do you think?" he turned to Emma.
"I don't think so, either." Emma shook her head.
"What about place?" Phoebe asked. "Did you use the word place?"
"All magic and normal ways…" Emma started. "For getting out of this place!" she yelled happily. "That's it! Josh, write it down." She handed him over the pen and the paper.
"But you said that no one can get in, either?" Phoebe asked and Emma nodded. "So, there must be something with mentioning words 'getting in'." she concluded.
"Yes, I think we mentioned that. Maybe it's: all magic and normal ways for getting out of this place, and for getting back within…" she said and Phoebe smiled. "Yes, it's like that! Write that down, Josh." She turned to Josh, who was already writing it down.
"Look!" Josh handed over the little piece of paper to Phoebe. "I thing that this is the spell we used."
"All magic and normal ways
For getting out of this place
And for getting back within
Shall be sealed until we win." Phoebe read the spell and raised her eyebrows at Josh.
"Yeah, I know that it's not the best spell, but we were in hurry. We didn't have time to think of anything better." Josh quickly explained.
"Why did you cast that spell, anyway?" Piper asked Emma.
"Well, we had to make sure that he doesn't bring the rest of them." Emma explained and Piper and Phoebe glared at each other. "There are more demons like this one, but they are in other forests. He could bring them all."
"So, hat's like… A coven?" Piper asked.
"Yes, something like that." Emma nodded. "They are very strange demon: when one of them gets attacked, they all come to defend him. But, that's normal, 'cause if one of them dies, they all die."
"Ah, so that's the catch!" Piper smiled. "I was wondering why they would help him. Demons are traitors and usually do not help each other. But, they are afraid for their own lives…"
"Never mind that now." Phoebe said. "Josh, do you have the candle around here?" she asked.
"Of course!" Josh answered. He got up from the couch and took the candle from the shelf. Than he took the box of matches. "Here." He said when the candle started burning.
"Okay, here we go…" Phoebe said. Piper's lips formed the words 'please, work' but she didn't say anything. Josh passed Phoebe the piece of paper. Phoebe rolled it in and put it on the candle. It started burning.
"Guided spirits, hear my plea,
Annual this magic, let it be."
The paper burned out and Phoebe and Piper looked at each other. "Did it work?" Piper asked.
"There's only one way to find out…" Phoebe answered and looked at the ceiling. "LEO!" she yelled. "Leo!"
"It didn't work!" Piper yelled frustrated.
"Well, maybe it did." Phoebe didn't loose hope. "Maybe Leo can't hear us, 'cause he's up there, at the meeting. Cole wouldn't hear our call, either. We should go back to out cottage and see if Paige can orb out.
"Good idea." Piper said and grabbed her sister's hand once again. "Let's go."
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"Paige, try to orb out of here." Phoebe said when she entered the cottage.
"They remembered?" Paige happily yelled. "Yay! Did you reverse the spell?"
"Yes, but I don't know if it worked. "That's why I need you to try to orb."
"Okay." Paige nodded. She disappeared and Phoebe looked at the orbs that were moving towards the ceiling. But, suddenly, it looked like they hit the invisible wall and Paige appeared at the floor. "Ouch!" she complained, rubbing the back of her head.
"It didn't work!" Phoebe yelled. "Damnit!"
"Did it work?" Piper asked as she came in the cottage.
"No." Phoebe shook her head. Than Emma and Josh came in the cottage, too. "Emma, Josh…" she started. "Are you two a hundred percent sure that that was the spell you used?"
"Well, I'm pretty sure that it was something like that…" Josh said.
"You can't be pretty sure it was something like that, you have to be one hundred percent sure that it was exactly like that." Piper said rudely.
"How about this?" Phoebe asked and read the spell from the new piece of paper
"All magic and normal ways
For getting out of this place
Or for trying to get in
Shall be sealed until we win"
"That's it!" Emma yelled. "That's the right spell!"
"Okay, than." Phoebe rolled in the piece of paper with spell written on it. She put it on the burning candle and said the spell
"Guided spirits, hear my plea,
Annual this magic, let it be."
When the paper burned out, everyone turned around to Paige. "Come one, orb out." Phoebe said.
Paige closed her eyes and orbed out. But this time, she really orbed out. "Yay, it worked!" Phoebe yelled happily.
After a couple of seconds, Paige orbed back in. "Guess who." She said and Cole shimmered in next to her. Emma and Josh jumped back, but Phoebe ran to Cole's arms.
Cole kissed the top of her head. "God, Phoebe, I missed you." He said. "What happened?" he asked.
"Long story." Phoebe said. She kissed his cheek gently and turned around. When she saw the sunned faces of Emma and Josh, she laughed.
"A witch and a demon?" Josh asked, still in shock.
"Oh, come on, don't tell me you never heard about us." Phoebe laughed. "It's well known. You know, the greatest demon of the century couldn't kill the Halliwell sisters, because he fell in love with one of them. Everybody knows that story."
"Well, we don't." Emma said quickly.
"Well, everybody, this is Cole, my husband." Phoebe said. "Former Belthazor, former Source of all evil, former human, former many things." She smiled. "And now an invincible demon."
Emma laughed "There's no such thing as an invincible demon." She said.
"Yes, there is." Phoebe said. "The demon that passed enough time in Wasteland to get an incredible amount of powers and escape." She said and than saw the look on Josh's face.
"Belthazor?" he whispered angrily.
"Oh, that was long time ago." Phoebe explained. "Why? Do you have a problem with that?"
"Belthazor… killed my parents." He sharply answered. Suddenly all room got quiet. What now?
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I just noticed that the end of this chapter looks a little bit like the episode 'Black as Cole' (since than Emma said that he killed her fiancé). I'm sorry for that. Please, review!