Phoebe turner – Heh… I'm not revealing anything about Aidan! Thanks!

Aniaka – Ugh… You're such a slave driver! Lol, I'm cruel? Why thank you! Most of your questions will be answered in this chapter (including Emma and the Elementals) so tell me what you think of my first Piper based chapter!

Prince Halliwell – I don't think they'll be any more kids after Faith is born, but you never know! I know, ain't Aidan being an ass? And Phoebe may be powerful, but she'll still need her sisters to vanquish the Nameless One! I have so many ideas for this fic; they're bursting out my head! picks up ideas

Wyatt Halliwell – AH! I have so many story twists! But trust me, you'll love the way she comes back! That's right, Pamela will come back!

Ravenix – Well, the Nameless Ones's body is being maintained by its mind, so when Emma tampered with its mind, the illusion of a body collapsed for a brief second. Thanks!

Unique deflection – Heh… Pamela's possession power will be put to use (in the weirdest of ways) And I read your stories, they're good and there's nothing wrong with them, but speaking from personal experience and observation, the people of this site don't really like Charmed stories without the Charmed Ones in them. So just think up of any idea, maybe write about the way you want Charmed to go! Do you know how this fic started? I was sitting outside and I suddenly thought "Phoebe and Brennan are the perfect couple" and look what it's turned into! I hope I was able to help and thanks for your review!

Princess Pinky – Lol, I thought I would give you two Pams since she isn't going to be talking (or awake) for a while, and I'll let you in on a secret, I had planned to kill Emma off in the finale of the previous story (different plot of course) but in the end, I just couldn't do it! I'm sorry if I upset you, people can be jerks sometimes (I'm going through some stuff at the moment, let's just say peoples reviews for this story are one of the only things cheering me up right now) I hope you like this chapter!

Time Waits For No Witch

Piper sat in the chair sat to Pamela's hospital bed, she was huddled up and sleeping soundly with a blanket over her while Phoebe, Paige, Emma and Brennan argued outside of the room. The oldest sister hadn't left her niece's side as the machines that surrounded her bleeped and hummed with power.

"How did this happen? She was fine before we left!" Phoebe protested.

"The demon attacked before you guys came back, he hit her with some sort of black energy and she didn't wake up…" Brennan trailed off.

Paige put her hand on her forehead, "Bastard… I'm going to rip him a new-,"

"So how's Pam doing?" a voice said, they turned around and saw the Nameless One sitting in one of the waiting room chairs. Brennan snarled and went to fly at him, but Phoebe held him back,

"Don't… I not going to lose you too," She stared into his eyes and he stepped back.

Paige sighed and shook her head at the demon, "When we vanquish you, I'm gonna revive you and vanquish you again for the hell of it…"

"A little touchy, are we?" He smirked while rubbing his thumb and index finger together, "Just the little tart's not waking up, it doesn't mean you guys need to lose your manners,"

Emma ignited a psionic blast in front of her head, the demon's attitude changed immediately, "Unless you want to lose that body of yours, I suggest you get now," She growled, surprising her friends as they didn't know Emma could be so threatening.

"Sheer luck, red," He stood up, "Try it again and promise you won't get the evil centre you saw last time," The witch sneered and the globe grew bigger as the demon played with dark energy in his palm. Brennan pulled Emma back by her shoulders and the blast disappeared, The Nameless One pushed his hands together and the darkness vanished, "See you soon!" He flamed out just before a nurse came down the hallway.

Piper came out of Pamela's room with puffy, tired eyes, "What's going on out here?"

"Nothing." Emma replied flatly before storming off towards the bathroom, Paige went to go after her but Phoebe held up her hand,

"No, let her go. She needs to work through this by herself," She explained with a calm tone.

"Work through what?" The pregnant witch frowned.

Phoebe sighed, "The needless guilt she feels,"

Emma came into the bathroom and paced the white sterile floor. She put her hands on either side of one of the sinks and stared into the mirror, a dark eyed, pale skinned face stared back at her, none of them had had any sleep since the previous night so Emma had been awake for twenty four hours. The door squeaked open and Phoebe came in, she jumped up onto the surface and turned to Emma,

"Brennan's going to keep an eye on her, his shift starts in a couple of hours anyway," The psionic merely nodded as she looked at her tired reflection, "Talk to me… what's wrong?"

Emma snorted, "C'mon Phoebe, we're both empaths, you tell me before I'm crushed by your pity…" She growled.

The Charmed One rolled her eyes, "Here's me trying to be friendly and you basically spit in my face… Emma, you didn't know he was going to come after you guys while me and my sisters were gone, don't beat yourself up about this!"

"But if I hadn't used my powers and exposed his true form, he wouldn't have got pissed off and came back for more!"

"Emma," Phoebe lay a hand on her shoulder, "You're our main weapon against this guy, when I hit him with a psionic blast in our first confrontation it didn't do anything. Maybe it's something to do with you not being a born witch,"

The psionic snorted, "So me being a freak is finally coming in handy, huh?"

"And as for Pamela… Well, I haven't known her s long as you, but she's a fighter, she'll be back on her feet and awake in no time!"

Emma shook her head and sighed, "I guess…"

Phoebe walked into the nursery and saw Connor sleeping peacefully in the playpen. She smiled at Miss Winterbourne before gently picking up her son and shushing him as he began to wake, hoping that he wouldn't take a tantrum from being disturbed. The Charmed One slung the diaper bag over her shoulder as she balanced a groggy Connor on her left hip.

"Hey! Mrs Mulwray!" A voice hailed her as she walked down hall, Phoebe turned around as saw Zach and Jenna walking towards her. The witch cringed when she realized that her niece's best friends had no idea about Pamela's condition.

"Hey you two, there's still a week of holidays left, what are you doing here?"

"Bookworm here…" Jenna nudged Zach, "Decided we should start getting ready for the new year by getting all the stuff we needed for our classes."

"Yeah, Pam was supposed to meet us after her morning shift at the coffee shop, but her boss said she never showed. Do you know where she is?"

Phoebe looked at the telepathic teen and let down her mental defenses, as she had sensed that Zach was trying to read her, "Actually guys…"

"Pam's in a coma?" Zach gaped, Jenna looked between her friend and Phoebe before realizing it was true.

"Yeah, a demon attacked last night and…"

"It put her in a coma," Jenna finished her sentence.

Phoebe glanced at her watch and cringed. She was late for work already and she had to go, "Look, she's at the Memorial. Ask for Brennan at the desk and you'll get in to see her, I'm sorry you guys, I have to go," She turned on her heel and walked briskly down the hall. Jenna put a hand on Zach's shoulder and made a sympathetic face,

"Do you wanna go see her? I know how you feel about Pamela… Can you cope seeing her like this?"

His voice came out cracked, "Yeah, let's go,"

Piper snapped off a piece of the burdock root and dropped it into the steaming potion pot, turning her head slightly as a small explosion erupted from the mixture. This wasn't the only cauldron she had going at the moment, as the attic was filled with potions and pots took up all four points of the stove. Paige walked in with Sandy, her new dog, at her heels, her paws made a clicking sound on the floor.

"Piper, what are you doing?" The witchlighter raised one eyebrow at her potion making sister.

"The Power of Three can't kill the Nameless One, so maybe a little Power of One is the trick," She put a white powder into one of the pots, creating another explosion, "Make that the Power of One plus twenty seven potions," She grinned.

Paige's eyes widened, "Okay, are you trying to blow up the neighborhood?" she sat down on one of the stools at the island.

"Auntie Paige! Can I go plays with your doggy?" Chris wore a big smile, knowing that his aunt was a sucker for his grin.

"Okay, but only in the back garden!" She waggled her finger at him.

"Come on Sandy! Let's go plays!" The toddler ran out of the back door with the dog running behind him, skidding on the floor. Paige frowned,

"I'm surprised she responds to her name so quickly…" Her train of thought was interrupted by another blast coming from behind her. She stifled a laugh when she saw Piper, her face covered in soot and her hair was flying in all directions, as if she was in the wind, "Honey, how much hair spray did you use when you got home from the hospital?"

The eldest sister frowned and looked up, trying to see her hair, "Only a little, why?"

"You might want to go take a shower…" Piper stomped out of the kitchen and Paige carefully slid off her barstool, "While I pour these potions down the drain," She picked up the handle of one of the pots and slowly poured it down the drain, she repeated the process with the other pots before standing triumphantly and patting her stomach, "I'm sure you two will have the same quick thinking as mommy!"

Hearing Piper coming down the stairs, Paige rushed outside and lifted up Sandy, who had been running about with Chris at the time, "I'm sorry sweetie, but you can play with her another time, okay?" her nephew nodded and she orbed out just before Piper came out to the back garden, her facial expression telling everyone she was pissed off,

"Paige!" She boomed, looking around the garden.

Chris giggled when he saw her hair, "Mommy go boom!" he made a outward gesture with his hands, making a small explosion in one of the flower beds that Piper had created with her geokinetic abilities,

"Oopsies…"

Emma appeared on the top of the Golden Gate Bridge in a swirl of golden lights, she looked around frantically and saw Skye, Danielle and Grant standing before her and the remainder of a puddle of water vanish. She had just missed him,

"Dammit!" She cursed under her breath as the Fire Elemental stepped forward.

"God! First Aidan brings his girlfriend up here, now you!" She pointed at Grant, "What do you think this is? A place to show off to your new pick of the month? Well, it's not!" Smoke flew from her nostrils and her hands became the claws of a dragon. Danielle took a deep breath and all signs of her Elemental form vanished, she gave a heated glare to Grant before flaming out in disgust.

"Does she ever wake up on the right side of the bed?" Emma sneered.

"Tell me about it!" Skye shot a look at Grant, "We need to get together with Aidan and figure out something, I know Fire Elementals are short fused by nature but she's becoming more and more pissed every day!"

"I know Skye!" Grant spat back at the eighteen year old Air Elemental, "But what are we supposed to do? I may not have been an Elemental at the time, but I remember the hellish weather that the city had after my predecessor died!" He was referring at Matt of course.

"Oh please! You don't know the half of it! And the weather wouldn't have lasted so long if you hadn't been so resistant to join us!"

"Well I'm here now! And if we are going to boot Danielle out, we should find her successor before we strip her of her powers!"

"Ugh… I'll talk to you later, hopefully when Aidan's present," She disappeared in a tornado.

Grant turned to the psionic and smiled nervously, "The whole opposing elements thing… We'd get along fine if we didn't have powers,"

Emma nodded in understanding, "I remember Aidan and Danielle fighting, but she seems to be lashing out at everyone these days!"

"Yeah… You wanna get a cup of coffee and talk about it?" He grinned and she couldn't help but grin back.

He was persistent…

Piper appeared in the Underworld within a tornado of lights, seeing five guards that had been standing at the mouth of the cave, she released an orange light from one of her hands and shot it into the ground, opening up the floor and sending the demons into the core of the earth.

Two rough looking demons shimmered in at either side of her, Piper quickly phased as they both launched energy balls at her, they vanquished each other and the Charmed One smirked as she walked towards the cave. Just before she crossed the threshold, the stone and rock began to shift and the entrance was blocked. Piper didn't know if she would be able to stay phased for the amount of time it took to run through the wall, so she resorted to her geokinesis and blast an orange light at the ground. The wall began to fall away but as soon as Piper stopped to take a break, the rock reformed and its dents disappeared.

"If magic won't work…" She backed away from the wall, "Use sheer, brute, force!" Running at the cave wall, she massed out the second before she hit the stone, crashing through rock and landing on the other side, extremely pleased with herself.

Piper brushed off her pants before standing up, it was there she saw her enemy standing before her, the Nameless One looked as shocked as she was. Gesturing at the demon, Piper blew him up and the scattered pieces flew around one spot. The demon reformed just as the eldest Charmed One turned invisible; he ignited a fireball in his hand and looked around frantically for his attacker.

"You put someone's niece in a coma and this is how you're rewarded…" He heard a pebble hit off the floor and quickly turned around and launched the fireball in the direction he had heard the noise; he smirked when the fireball suddenly froze in midair, "Found you, witch!" He growled, walked over the space and snuffing the floating fireball

"Guess again, demon," Piper's voice came from the other side of the room as she revealed herself, "I'm surprised such a powerful demon fell for the old stone throwing trick. I guess strength isn't everything…" before he could respond, Piper clenched her teeth and held her hands out above the ground; the cave began to shake as the rocky floor shifted. The stone beneath the Nameless One's feet began to rise around him, it rose over him before joining at the top, Piper then brought her arms down swiftly and the stone coffin closed in on itself, before dropping down back into the earth, taking whatever was inside with it. Piper took deep breathes and clutched to her chest, she was so shocked at what she had just done; she was even more shocked when Paige appeared in a burst of red light.

"Piper! Do you know how many lairs I've astralled into? It's a lot! Where have you been?" The pregnant Halliwell put her hands on her hips.

"Why didn't you just orb?"

"And put my unborn children in danger? I don't think so, this way I could find you and stay safe, as I would return to my body when-,"

"Yeah, Paige, I know how astral projection works!" Her sister snapped, "But enough about that! I just vanquished the Nameless One!"

Paige was about to respond, but her eyes widened and she pointed at something, "Piper! Behind you!" the eldest turned round and saw the Nameless One leaning casually on the wall.

"Chronox! Work your magic!" He roared, a demon glimmered in, he had grey messy hair and wore a red cloak, he looked a lot like Tempus. The Nameless One threw a fireball at Paige, which caused her astral form to dissolve when the two made contact.

Chronox advanced on Piper, who was worn out from her battle and began to gesture wildly, but her freezing and exploding had no effect as the demon grabbed the sides of her head. That was the last thing she remembered before it all went dark…

The eldest Halliwell groaned as she woke up, a harsh light making her eyes sting and making her shut them tightly once more. She reopened them slowly, realized that the light was coming from a fluorescent light on the ceiling; Piper felt as if she was curled up and looked around, she had a blanket over her and was sleeping in the chair, it seemed to be a hospital room of some sort. She saw Pamela wired up to all different machines next to her and Emma, Phoebe, Brennan and Paige were talking outside, this was the present morning!

Piper lunged out of her chair and threw the blanket onto the floor, looking around with wide eyes and wondering how she had ended up in the past. She opened the door and walked out of the room, seeing what everyone seemed to be in an awful mood. Emma stormed off towards the bathroom, Paige went to go after her but Phoebe held up her hand,

"No, let her go. She needs to work through this by herself," She explained with a calm tone.

"Work through what?" The pregnant witch frowned.

Phoebe sighed, "The needless guilt she feels,"

"Um… Guys, I need to talk to you…" Piper began.

Phoebe looked at her watch, "Okay, I'm going to take Connor to work with me today, will you be home around… sevenish?" She looked at her husband.

"Maybe, I'm supposed to finish at six, but things are never certain around here. Eat without me if I'm not home,"

"Okay," She gave her husband a quick peck on the lips before going down the hallway and going into the bathroom. Paige walked towards her oldest sister and sighed,

"Can I come back to your place? I need to pick up some of my old stuff,"

"Okay, I need to talk to you about something anyway…"

"What are you looking for?" Paige stood in front of her frantic sister who was flipping through the Book of Shadows in the kitchen.

"A demon with the power over time…" She answered without looking up.

"I thought only one demon could go back go back in time, and that you vanquished him. And if he's put us in a time loop, how come you remember everything?"

Piper slammed her hands down on the pages, "I don't know!" She frowned and looked to the side, "Although I remember him touching my head before I woke up in the hospital… Maybe he threw my consciousness back in time instead of reversing it! Yeah! Demons can do that, right?"

"I'm still not sure if I believe you…" The witchlighter replied timidly.

"What? Paige, for once we have all the info! Why don't you believe me?"

"No offence honey, but you've been sorta scattered since we found out about Pamela last night… Maybe you-,"

"Dreamt the whole thing?" Piper uttered in disbelief, "You think I'm making up demons because I'm grieving?"

"Piper…"

"You want proof?" She pointed towards the kitchen door, "In a minute, Chris will come though that door and ask to play with Sandy,"

Sure enough, Chris came skidding though the door and halted at his Aunt, "Auntie Paige! Can I go plays with your doggy?"

Paige looked at Piper with a shocked expression then turned to her nephew, "Uh… Sure, just stay in the back yard where we can see you…" Chris beamed and ran out the back door with Sandy on his heels.

"Okay, I believe you, what do you need?" She said, her battle face now on.

"Ah hah! Found it!" Piper grinned at the book, "Let's see…"

Before she could scan the page, Piper felt a pulling sensation in her stomach and the world began to swirl around her. When it finally stopped, she was back in the hospital with Paige standing in front of her,

"Hello? Earth to Piper! Can I come to your place?" Paige waved her hand in her sister's face. Piper stomped her foot in annoyance and pushed the witchlighter's hand down,

"Get Phoebe then meet me back at the Manor. We've got work to do!" She stomped off down the corridor, leaving her baby sister completely lost…

Piper walked into the library at Magic School, the place was bustling with students who were getting ready for their return to school next week. The witch spotted Miss Donovan and jogged over to her.

"Miss Donovan! I need your help!" She slowed down as she came closer.

"Piper? What's the matter?" The librarian frowned.

"Could you get me everything you have on time demons?"

"Uh… Sure, but can I ask why?"

"Because one's screwing with my head,"

A couple of moments later, Miss Donovan came back with a couple of books and handed them to the Charmed One, "That's all I could find, everyone in your family always seems to find information on the elusive demons," She smiled.

Piper smiled wearily back before walking out of the library and making her way towards the door that would take her to the Manor. She opened it and the Manor stairway stood before her and her sisters were sitting in the living room. Piper walked through the door and it disappeared from the landing. She threw the books at Paige and Phoebe and sat down tiredly in the loveseat,

"So why did you call us here?" Phoebe asked as she maneuvered Connor to her other hip. Piper quickly explained the situation to her sister's and although Paige wasn't sure, Phoebe was, "So your consciousness gets put back every time you get close to figuring out who the demon is?"

Piper nodded, "So anything you find in those books, keep to yourself because I really don't want to go back again today…"

"Oh look, here's something…" Paige began as she began to read aloud from the book.

"No! Paige, don't!" but it was too late, the familiar feeling of her insides churning came back and when the world stopped spinning, she was standing in front of her sisters who were looking strangely at the books that she had just threw at them,

"So why did you call us here?" Phoebe asked as she maneuvered Connor to her other hip.

Piper groaned and rolled her eyes before flopping back into a chair,

"Isn't there a book on tape version of this explanation?"

Phoebe carefully let a drop of beetle toe fall into the potion she was making before it blew up, she laughed at the mushroom cloud of smoke that was rising, "It's been a while since I last did that!"

Piper frowned as she watched her sister's fascination with the smoke, "Didn't you practice magic where you were?"

The middle Charmed One shook her head, "Well, not as much, I was pregnant so most of the missions…" She trailed off and cringed.

"Missions? Were you working for the CIA or something?" Piper smirked, Phoebe pursed her lips.

"Something like that…" at that moment, Paige orbed in with a jar of something in her hand, "Oh, is that the ingredient we need?"

Paige snorted, "No, this is a jar of mussels!" The two older sisters pulled faces and turned away, "What? I'm in the craving stage, so sue me!"

"Tell me about it! I never want to eat another onion cookie again! Ugh…" Phoebe shook a little as if trying to shake off the memory.

"That's nothing!" Piper began, "If I see another pickle, hot fudge and mustard sandwich I will hurl!" The three girls laughed at the thought of all their disgusting cravings.

"Okay, potion's almost done," Phoebe stirred the mixture.

Piper covered her ears, "I don't want to hear another word!"

"Actually…" Phoebe began, "How about I fix your little time jumping problem?"

Piper narrowed her eyes, "Go on,"

"Okay, think of it this way, every time you go back, your consciousness goes along a road, well I could probably put in a little psychic roadblock, you up for it?"

Chronox stood over his crystal ball; he had been watching Piper through it and cursed himself, knowing that he could only throw her consciousness back if she began to unravel what he was all about. He frowned as the witch's sister began to release a pink glow her head and into Piper's, the vision on his crystal ball turned foggy and his sight over his victim disappeared.

"No!" He hissed, waving his hand over the globe again and again, trying to make it work.

"Looking for me?" A voice came from the shadows as Piper walked out of the darkness with her sisters behind her.

"The Charmed Ones… He hissed.

"Plus two!" Paige added, patting her large stomach.

Piper threw the potion at his feet, it made a hissing sound as it smashed on the ground and the demon was exposed to the magical smoke that rose from the liquid,

"For all the pain he has inflicted,

We use this spell for wrong to righted,"

Flames consumed the time demon before he blew up with a scream.

Phoebe smirked, "The Book said that that spell curses Chronox to relive his vanquish again and again for all of eternity…"

"It's what he deserves…" Piper snarled…

Piper shuffled into the kitchen with her white fluffy slippers making a sliding sound on the floor as she moved. She rubbed her eyes now and again, as she had just got up, seeing Emma at the island with a smirk, she cringed.

"Please tell me I'm not in the past again…" She groaned.

Emma raised her eyebrows, "Wow, I need to shake up my morning routine if you think that this is yesterday!"

"You know I didn't mean it like that!" She smirked, "Can I cook you anything?"

The psionic shook her head, "Nah… All I need is a microwavable croissant and a cup of coffee to start my day,"

It was Piper's turn to raise her eyebrows, "We must really be rubbing off on you if coffee is a vital part of your morning!"

They sat in silence for a while as Emma sipped on her coffee, "It's so quiet…" She mused.

"Mm…" Piper nodded, "I know, Pam was always the last one up and the last one down…"

"Last one up?" The psionic mulled it over then nodded, "Remember that time the police brought her home, stinking drunk, at three in the morning? You yelled at her, woke up Wyatt and Chris, then she threw up on your new rug and passed out on the floor…"

The eldest Halliwell let out a laugh and smiled, "She didn't get out of bed until four in the afternoon and even when she did, she spent the rest of the night in the bathroom hurling!"

Emma grinned, "Who would think we'd miss memories like that! We're lucky that we only got warnings for her being underage and out after curfew,"

"It's weird the things you miss…"

Emma held out both of her hands, Piper put her own in them, "We'll get through this, and so will Pam… She's a fighter,"

She nodded weakly before Emma slipped off the barstool and headed towards the door, "Where are you going?"

"I have stuff to do at work before the students come back next week, that husband of yours is a slave driver!" She smiled and walked out of the door, leaving Piper to find our own strength…

NEXT TIME: Phoebe is worried about Connor not having any power from her side of the family. Emma almost runs over a young boy with the extraordinary ability to talk to animals, but why are there demons after him? Leo struggles at sort everything out at Magic School and Pamela's condition remains unchanged.

Chapter 10 "Little Dolittle" will be up soon!