Disclaimer: Hehe, I've never done one of these before, but I have a reason to. I own the name and character Trudence and the character Patty, plus everything/everyone else whom you do not recognise from Buffy or Charmed.
Right, yeah, I know this is a quick update, but this chapter just seemed to flow and I think it's good, even though it's not that long.
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Shoot The Messenger:
"Are you sure you want to do this?" Phoebe asked for a third time, clutching the ruby potion in her hand,
"I'm positive," the red and black demon in-front of her replied,
"okay then, say bye, bye, Belthazor," she said, throwing the vial in her hand and watching as flames consumed him. The precognitive shielded her eyes from the heat and light that the fire was releasing, before pulling her hand away to see that only Cole remained, balancing weakly on his knees,
"I'm human," he murmured,
"you're human," she nodded, a smile growing on her face as she ran over and wrapped her arms around him when he stood up.
"You know, just because you're not a demon anymore, doesn't mean we can't live in sin," she said seductively, he grinned and then paused,
"I forgot I can't shimmer us to our room," he chuckled,
"you'll get used to it eventually," she promised, planting a kiss on his lips as they walked from the attic hand in hand.
Cream, flower print, sheets wrinkled as Patty wriggled around in her bed, searching for comfort, bitter dreams haunting her mind as she lay unawake.
Buzzing green lights and vast portals of blue energy created a cryptic effect as monks huddled in a circle around the glowing magicks. Thumps on the other side of a large oak door caused the monks to hurry, focusing on the energy and chanting in Latin, before the emerald light grew and a flash rippled throughout them.
The top half of her body ripped up from the mattress as she gasped and pushed her hair back from where sweat was sticking it to her forehead,
"what was that?" she panted to herself, pressing her other hand to her chest to try and calm the horrendous clapping of her heart.
That morning, Leo orbed in to tell the family of what consequences he may face for his actions three days ago,
"what did they say?" Piper, who had decided to take part in the situation considering it was her husband, asked,
"they said that, because what I, we, did will eventually pan out to be for the greater good, that we have nothing to worry about," he replied.
"Well that's good, now we can focus on Glory without having to worry about anything else," Phoebe said,
"apart from the Source," Cole added,
"and the power of two," Willow stated, glancing at Piper as the brunette walked through to the kitchen.
"Uh, Patty, why don't you go talk to your Aunt Piper," Phoebe told her,
"yeah, sure," the teen said suspiciously, following her eldest aunt's footsteps,
"what's wrong?" Leo questioned,
"I know what…who…the Key is, I've known for awhile but I didn't know what to do," she said.
"Okay, who is it?" Cole asked,
"it's Patty," Willow replied,
"how do you know?"
"well the way you reacted after we cast the truth seeing spell, and then you were suddenly so kind and protective of her," the redhead said.
"Yeah, I just didn't know how to tell you guys, how are we gonna tell Patty?" Phoebe said,
"we don't," Cole replied,
"but isn't Glory going to find out about her?" Tara asked,
"not if we can stop Glory first, Cole's right, Patty never needs to know," Leo told them.
"Does Piper know?"
"I told her, I had to," the clairvoyant said, "but it didn't persuade to come back at all, it just made her wanna leave magic behind more."
"There must be someone who can persuade Piper, how 'bout we do a spell?" Willow suggested,
"she'll kill us if she finds out," Phoebe reminded,
"it's worth it," Willow countered, handing the psychic a pad and pen.
Moments later, Phoebe and Willow sat together on the sofa as they cast the newly written spell:
"The power of persuasion is what we seek,
So send someone who'll make Piper weak,
To get her back on our side,
Let her find what she needs to decide."
Nothing happened. No lights. No glow. Not even a tingle.
"I'm going to the club," Piper said, walking passed the room as she made her way through the foyer and to the front door,
"it didn't work," Phoebe whispered,
"what do we do?" Tara asked quietly,
"nothing, there's nothing anyone can do now, if that spell was meant to have worked it would have," Cole explained, as the front door clicked shut behind Piper.
The time stopping brunette arrived at P3, which had practically become her home ever since she had vowed to part from her charmed destiny, and found a young blonde sitting at the bar waiting for her. The unknown girl, who looked no older than eighteen, had blonde, wavy, hair and was dressed in jeans, stiletto black, pointed toe, boots, with a tight orange halter neck and quite large gold hoop earrings.
"Who are you?" Piper questioned, although she felt the strange need to trust the girl when she saw the gold triquetra pendant that she wore,
"I'm the one who's here to help you," the stranger replied, Piper instantly raised her hands, "whoa, wait, don't shoot the messenger," the girl said, taking a step back.
"What are you here to 'help me' with?"
"your magic, you have conflicted feelings mo…Piper, I know that,"
"how, are you an empath or something?" Piper didn't take her eyes off the girl as she walked over to the other side of the bar and set her purse down.
"No, but I know a lot about you,"
"and yet I know nothing about you,"
"oh, sorry, I'm Trudence, but you can call me Tru," the girl introduced, offering her hand out to Piper, who declined.
"There isn't anyone or anything who can change my mind," Piper told her,
"if I were you I'd prepare to take that back," Tru said, telekinetically floating Piper's bottle of water over to her while the witch had her back turned. After sprinkling tiny clear crystals from a purple velvet pouch she had in her back pocket, Tru returned the bottle and watched as the gems dissolved, leaving no trace of their existence behind.
"What's that?" Piper asked, turning back around, from where she had been putting her purse and jacket in the locked cupboard under the bar, and seeing the small violet bag,
"a good luck charm," Tru lied, "it looks like I'm gonna need one if I'm gonna persuade you," she gave Piper a small smile, causing the twenty-eight year old's hard exterior to falter.
"Fine, I'll listen to you," Piper said, pretending to scratch her neck as she attempted to secretly try and freeze Tru,
"I'm a good witch, that won't work," the blonde smirked,
"just give me your best shot," the molecular sighed.
"First, tell me why you want to get rid of your powers?" Tru instructed, though she was in fact just stalling until Piper took a sip of her water.
Back at the manor, the family were discussing the Key when Patty entered and they suddenly stopped,
"what's wrong? why have you all gone quiet?" the teenage witch questioned,
"because it's rude to carry on a conversation when someone comes into a room," Leo said, trying to cover up the situation.
"Oh, right," Patty said softly, not entirely believing them,
"the Elders are calling," the whitelighter stated, breaking apart into blue-white lights,
"I wish I could do that, it's nifty," Willow said, looking like she was in her own little world as she stared at the disappearing orbs with a big grin on her face.
"Demon!" Cole hollered, running forward and pushing Patty to the floor in order to save her from an incoming energy ball, Willow threw out her hand to blast the attacker, but instead his body morphed into swarming particles and then clustered back together.
"What was that?" she exclaimed,
"the Hollow," Cole whispered, as Phoebe kicked the scrawny demon in the pit of his stomach and then punctured his chest with a pointy piece of wood which remained of the coffee table that the energy ball had struck instead of Patty.
"Everybody okay?" Tara asked,
"no," Willow replied, emphasizing her point by flicking her hand towards a vase and failing to move it with her telekinesis,
"what happened? where are your powers?" Phoebe questioned, standing still in awe.
At P3, Tru had asked the same question in about fifty different ways, and Piper was only now about to drink some of her water,
"what?" the brunette asked, pulling the bottle away from her lips when she spotted Tru staring at her intently.
"Nothing, jeez, paranoid much," the teen muttered, rolling her eyes, Piper paused for a second to glare at the girl before finally swallowing some of the clear cold liquid containing in her plastic bottle,
"what the hell?" she groaned, dropping her bottle and clutching her head as flashing images tore through her mind.
A half faced demon was exploding into flame.
Then, Piper was lying in her bed, with sweat glistening on her brow as she screamed out and looked down at her swollen abdomen.
Next, Piper and Leo were putting out breakfast on three plates; two Wonder Woman ones and one Superman one, while three kids; two little girls and an older boy, sat at the table.
Finally, a picture of Tru and presumably her twin was stuck into a photo album, with the words 'Trudence and Tessa, My Little Angels' magically inscribed beneath it, in what was undeniably Piper's handwriting.
"But…the voice…in the hospital said…" Piper stammered, clutching her chest and breathing heavily, tears blossoming in her eyes,
"said a lie," Tru told her,
"you…you're my daughter?" Piper asked, the tears of happiness now washing down her cheeks,
"it's Tru," the blonde nodded, "pardon the pun," she added, tears of her own beginning to appear as they embraced in a hug.
"Promise me you won't turn your back on magic, if you do then we'll never meet again," Tru whispered in her ear,
"I promise," Piper replied. They shared one last smile with each other, before Tru exited in a scarlet astral flare.
Orbs bathed the attic in light as Leo reformed,
"seriously bad news, the Source has unleashed the Hollow," he informed them,
"we know," Phoebe said, swivelling the pedestal so he could see that they were on the page named that in the Book of Shadows.
"Hello? Anybody home?" Piper's voice yelled from downstairs, as they heard the front door be swallowed into it's frame,
"we need to get down there before she tries to use her powers on any demon that may attack," Leo stated, and then they all herded down the stairs.
"Watch out!" Willow yelled, as a darklighter materialised out of black orbs and prepared to shoot an arrow from the crossbow trademark to his kind,
"Piper don't!" Cole ordered, but it was too late, she had already tried to use her power on the darklighter and the Hollow inside of him had absorbed it.
"What the…?" she began, clearly in confusion, but the following event brought her back to reality with a bang as an arrow pierced Leo's stomach muscles and he dropped to the floor in agony as the poison began it's terminal pulse.
"Leo!" Piper exclaimed, running to her husband's aid and lifting his head onto her lap,
"what're we gonna do?" Patty asked,
"well they didn't take my wiccan abilities," Willow said, giving Tara a nudge as a sign which the blonde understood. They clamped hands and focused on the darklighter, using their wicca magic to set him ablaze and vanquish him.
"We need help," Piper stated, stroking Leo's face and looking up at his family, "I didn't decide to come back to magic just for it to fail me," they all exchanged looks and it appeared that they all finally realised just how much trouble they were in.
To be continued…
Next chapter- The Source has two of the charmed powers, meaning the family is two charmed powers down, who will win the fight?
'Charmed And Dangerous' should be up soon.