Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters from Charmed. But I do own Aurora, Haley, Charisma, and any other characters you don't recognize.
Charisma glanced over at her oldest sister curled up at one end of the couch in the Halliwell's attic, fast asleep. The Halliwell children were all at their homes, and in bed, because of school in the morning. Even Chris had been forced to go to bed by Piper, much to his detest. Charisma was now in the attic with her dad, Haley, Piper, Phoebe, Paige, and Wyatt, everyone else had either gone to bed or had left to watch the younger kids.
Charisma's father had told her to go to bed, but she didn't want to She wanted to stay awake, just incase they found another way of getting rid of Reagan and the Inpental demons. Haley had passed out only an hour ago, and her father was on the brink of sleep, while she was wide awake. Even Piper, Paige, and Phoebe looked ready to sleep.
They hadn't been able to find an alternate way of getting rid of Reagan and the rest of the Inpental demons yet, and Charisma could tell everyone was getting agitated. Charisma couldn't understand why they didn't just let Aurora do what she had to do. Aurora wouldn't have a problem trying to convince an Inpental demon to kill Reagan. She was good at making friends, and at times she was good at manipulating people. Aurora would be able to get it done in no time if she put her mind to it. That was the only reason Charisma wasn't extremely worried.
"Charisma, hun, you should get some sleep." Piper stated when she looked up from where she stood beside Wyatt.
"I'm not that tired." Charisma replied.
"But we're going to need you well rested so that you can help us tomorrow while everyone else is at school." Piper stated.
"Charisma, please, listen to Piper." Donald said from where he sat on the couch beside Haley.
Charisma sighed, "Fine. But where am I going to be sleeping?"
"You can sleep in Melinda's room." Piper replied, "Come on, I'll help you get settled in."
"Kay." Charisma replied, following Piper out of the attic and to Melinda's room.
Charisma soon found herself lying on the spare bed in Melinda's room staring at the ceiling. She knew what was going on, and was trying to think of how she could help, even though she had faith in Aurora being able to do what she had to. But, if Haley was right, and Aurora became evil while in the underworld things would definitely change. Her family life as she knew it wouldn't be the same.
Aurora paced the room, she'd only been able to sleep for about an hour. The rest of the night she had been trying to figure out how exactly she was going to befriend one of the Inpental demons, and turn him against Reagan.
Then it hit her, maybe she didn't exactly have to befriend the demon, maybe all she had to do was make him jealous, make him want to turn against Reagan. As her plan began to form there was a knock on the door. Sighing Aurora said, "Yea?"
She could hear the door being unlocked and saw it open. A smile came to her lips as an Inpental demon walked in, the same one from last night. "Reagan told me to tell you that breakfast will be ready in a few minutes."
"Do you do everything Reagan tells you?" Aurora questioned, with a raised eyebrow.
"Why wouldn't I?" The demon shot back.
"Come on you're a demon. Demon's don't listen to rules. They do what they want, when they want." Aurora grinned.
"Even demons have rules they follow."
"Or at least that's what Reagan told you right?"
The Inpental demon gave Aurora a confused look in response but didn't say anything. Shaking her head Aurora asked, "Wouldn't you like to have the power he has though?"
"What are you talking about?"
"You have a name right?" Aurora questioned ignoring the question the Inpental demon had asked her.
"Alan." he replied warily.
"I bet if you had a human form, you'd be pretty damn cute." Aurora stated walking up to him a small smile playing on her lips.
"What are you getting at exactly?"
"Don't you want to take Reagan's place?" Aurora questioned. "Don't you want to know what it's like to have that much power? To be able to get what you want at the snap of your fingers. To be able to look like a normal human, and play witches like Reagan did with me?"
Alan looked at Aurora in confusion. What exactly was she trying to get at? Aurora grinned at him again but this time her grin looked almost evil. "I'll talk to you later." She said as she walked past him and towards the dining room.
"Did you sleep alright?" Reagan questioned as Aurora walked in and sat down across from him.
"I slept fine." Aurora replied
"You look tired." Reagan stated.
"Boredom does that to a girl. You need to give me something to do Reagan. Being locked up in that room is driving me insane. At least give me someone to talk to, so that I don't go out of my mind."
"We'll see." Was all Reagan said in response.
Sighing Aurora nodded, "So why exactly did you want me Reagan? There has to be plenty of powerful witches out there."
"There may be, but none of them have the power you do Aurora. Plus with your family history how could I not what you? In a matter of years you're going to rule the underworld, and I want to be by your side Aurora."
"You mean you want me to be by your side." Aurora stated.
"I don't think I know what you mean by that Aurora."
"Reagan I've known you for awhile. You like being in charge. You like to have the first and last say in everything done around you. You prefer to be ahead of everybody. And you want me to be working for you."
"I wouldn't say that."
"Yea right. Like you'd listen to anything I have to say."
"Why do you have so little faith in me Aurora?"
"I wonder." Aurora replied glaring at Reagan. "You took my family hostage to get to me, to make me come down here with you. Which is the lowest thing I've ever heard someone do. You just did it for the power I have. The power you want to have control of. I got news for you Reagan, if I end up letting this curse take over me, you won't be the one telling me where to direct my magic. You'll be listening to me. You'll be doing my evil bidding, not the other way around. I want to make sure you know that before you carry through with whatever plans you may have."
"It's good to know you're that strong willed." Reagan smirked.
Aurora rolled her eyes, "Can we just hurry up and eat, I'm feeling rather tired at the moment."
"Of course."
Aurora opened her eyes to the sound of a knock on the door. Groaning she sat up and asked, "What do you want?"
The door opened to reveal Alan standing there. Sighing Aurora said, "Let me guess you have been sent to tell me lunch is ready."
"No, actually." Alan replied. "You slept through lunch. Reagan sent me here to keep you busy."
"That's kinda kinky." Aurora laughed. At the look of confusion Alan gave her Aurora said, "Ok, maybe not. So how exactly are you gonna keep me busy? Read to me?"
"If you want me to."
"I'd prefer to talk. Come here and sit down, I promise I won't bite." Aurora smiled patting on the spot beside her on the bed.
Alan did as Aurora had told him to, and sat down on the bed beside her. As he did so Aurora asked, "So how old are you anyway? I never know with you demons. It tends to be so hard to tell. Especially with Inpental demons. All of you have the exact same look. The only way I can tell you are you is the scar above your right eye."
"You pay attention to details don't you?"
"When I have nothing else to do, yea. So answer my question, how old are you?"
Sighing Alan replied, "Same age as you, maybe a year older. I'm one of the younger Inpental demons."
"Then I bet your human form would be pretty damn cute."
"You've said that before." Alan stated.
"But I stick to my word." Aurora smiled. "Why don't we carry on with our conversation from earlier?"
"Which conversation would that be?"
"The conversation about you taking Reagan's place."
"That was basically a one side conversation. Your side."
"You can't tell me it never crossed your mind Alan." Aurora stated. "You can't tell me that you never thought about being better then you are."
"Doesn't everybody though?"
"Of course." Aurora sighed. "Let me get to the point. Reagan only brought me here because of the power I have, or at least I will have. Basically, if you think about it, he wants me to do his bidding. I don't want that. If I'm going to follow my 'destiny' I don't want to be someone's follower. I want to be in charge, I want to be on the top."
"What do I have to do with anything?"
"I want you to be my right hand man."
"Isn't that basically what Reagan wants you to be?"
"No, he wants me to be his little minion. I simply refuse to do that. Look I want you to be my right hand man. I want you to help me make my decisions. One thing I promise is I wont belittle you. You will be just as important in my decisions as anything. You gonna take me up on my propositions?"
"What exactly would I have to do?"
"Get rid of Reagan. It's the only way you can gain power that is rightfully yours in my opinion. Kill Reagan and you and me will be able to take charge of the Inpental demons, and then hopefully the underworld."
Alan looked at Aurora warily. "I don't know..." he trailed off.
"Just take some time to think about it. And I know you're probably wondering why I want you to get rid of Reagan. I'm stuck in this room, and have no way of doing it myself. You're around him a lot, you know his weakness, you can use it against him."
"I'm going to go." Alan stated as he stood up.
Sighing Aurora said, "Ok, just think about it."
"I will." With that said Alan left the room, locking the door behind him.
Aurora stared at the door, a grin coming to her face. Her plan was working. In no time Reagan would be gone, but it was a pity she had to get rid of Alan as well. In a way he would of been a good ally. He was a bit to easy to manipulate, not that, that was a bad thing for Aurora. All she had to do now was make sure Alan did what she needed him to do.
Getting off the bed, Aurora walked to the en suite. She looked at her image in the mirror with a grin. But the image of her wore a frown and said, "I'm not going to let you win."
"Hun, I think I already have."
"Why are you doing this anyway? I thought you were suppose to completely take over, not give me a split personality."
Aurora laughed at the image in the mirror, "I need you as much as you need me. We balance each other out, and for the longest time I let you make the rules. It's my turn now."
"I'll get control again."
"You wish. You're not strong enough anymore. Soon I'll have complete control, and you'll be dead. Not you, 'cause I'm you. Just the you that once was."
"You make no sense."
"Can't help it, I am you after all."
"What I don't get is how you managed to take over during one little nap."
"It wasn't just one little nap, hun. I've been working hard for years, trying to break through the wall that separates the good and the evil in you. Being down here strengthened me, and weakened you. Giving me the opportunity to take over."
"What exactly are your plans now?"
"Make sure our little buddy Alan gets rid of Reagan, and then go home and live your life for awhile, pretending nothings wrong. And then, when they think all is good, I'll step up and take over the underworld."
"One of them is going to notice you know. Someone will realize I'm not myself."
"That's where you're wrong. I'm a pretty good actress. They won't suspect a thing. Now if you don't mind, I've got things to do. And stop trying to fight it, you're giving me a headache."
Aurora walked away from the mirror a grin still plastered on her face. 'This is going to be fun. No one will know what hit them.'
Tuesday had just flown by, and as soon as school was out the older children we're up in the attic with their parents, and Aurora's family. All of them trying to think of ways they could help Aurora. Charisma was getting annoyed, and was finally ready to share her opinion. "Why don't you guys just let her do what she has to do."
"What do you mean sis?" Haley questioned.
"Look, you told her she has to befriend an Inpental demon and make him turn against Reagan. I highly doubt she's going to have a problem doing that." Charisma began to explain. "You know Aurora, she doesn't have a problem making friends, and demons can be easily to manipulate. I'm sure she's pretty much done doing what she has to do. All we have to do is wait to hear from her. She'll make sure we know when she's done doing what she has to do."
Haley opened her mouth to say something, but couldn't form words. Charisma was right, and Haley knew it, but Haley was afraid to admit it. She was afraid that if she did, she'd jinx it.
"You know I'm right Haley." Charisma stated. "All we have to do is wait for Aurora to contact us."
"When did you become so smart Charisma?" Haley questioned.
"You've just never really paid attention Haley." Charisma smiled. "That, and I like to keep my opinion to myself unless I definitely have to share it."
"We're not going to just wait around." Chris stated looking between the two sisters.
"We have to." Haley sighed. "If we find a way to do it ourselves and Aurora is basically done doing what she has to, we could screw it up."
"So we're waiting?" Wyatt questioned.
Haley nodded swallowing the lump in her throat. "We're waiting and hoping nothing happens."
AN: Last update before school starts. I don't know when I'll be able to update again. I'm hoping I'll be able to at least once a week, but I don't really know. Don't forget to leave a review. Oh, and if you haven't figured it out yet, Aurora becoming evil one the little poll, but it definitely won't be like Haley's premonition.
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