Piper woke up to find herself lying on the pavement, Phoebe and Paige were laying either side of her, Leo standing above like a vision.
"It's okay," he assured her, "You're okay."
Her eyes began to focus as she saw the Manor in front of her, and Phoebe and Paige were stirring.
"Whoaaaaaa!" Phoebe announced, "What the hell is she?"
"I don't know," Paige responded, "But whatever she is, we need to stop her."
"You can't." Leo responded, "It was Piper's baby that saved you three, she nearly killed you."
"What was that?" Phoebe asked, "Have you ever heard of that Power before?"
"The Book." Piper said, "It was what I wanted to warn you about. She was in the book."
"What is she?" Paige asked, suddenly starting to perk up,
"A Mary Sue." Piper responded bluntly.
"A Mary Sue? What? Like from internet fan fiction?" Phoebe asked, obviously confused.
"Yes, like those bitches on the internet that you were complaining about last week." Piper snapped, there's a vanquish, but we need the Book."
"Leo," Paige started, "Can you go up and check with the Elders? See what they know about Mary Sues?"
"Okay." Leo said, and disappeared in a swirl of shimmering white lights.
"We need the book." Piper stated.
Inside the Manor, Mary Sue was in the Attic, frantically looking through the Book of Shadows. There was a spell that she was looking for, one which could help her in fulfilling her destiny. She found the page she was looking for, and began to read.
"How about we try what we did with Abraxas? Call for the Book while outside the Manor?" Phoebe suggested, as they sat in P3's now dark seating area.
"It's worth a shot." Piper suggested,
"And how was that?" Paige asked, confused as the others had faced Abaraxas with Prue, before she had been killed by a demon.
"We'll give it a go," Piper responded, "It's the spell to invoke the Power of Three.
The three began to chant in unison,
"Hear now the words of the witches,
The secrets we hid in the night,
The oldest of Gods are invoked here,
The great work of magic is sought."
A great bang was heard as the girls were thrown backwards.
"Well, that didn't help." Paige announced, getting up rubbing her backside.
"What was that?" Piper asked, clearly annoyed
"It was the Book not wanting to go to you." Leo announced from behind them,
"What?" Phoebe asked, then looking at Paige and Piper, "Is that possible?"
"Mary Sues infiltrate covens of witches, and then take them over. What she did in the Manor, was meant to suck the life out of you."
"Just like fan fiction." Phoebe announced, "Hold on… I know a weakness then."
"What?" Piper asked,
"A Mary Sue is utterly perfect, which explains why they work by themselves," Phoebe explained, "So if we clone her, she is no longer perfect."
"The Spell to Enhance a Power!" Piper exclaimed, "Prue used it once! And it made three of her!"
"So if we reword it," Piper started,
"She's vanquishable." Paige finished.
Around ten minutes later, Paige had orbed the girls into the Manor, and they were standing in the kitchen. They heard a large crash from the basement.
"She must be trying to absorb the Shadow." Phoebe whispered,
Paige stood there as they listened and after a moment had an urge to sneeze, she tried to hold it in,
"A – CHOO!" she eventually sneezed and Mary came running up the stairs,
"Now!" Phoebe yelled.
"Take the Sues Powers, Blessed be,
And Multiply their strength by three!"
They chanted three times, and almost as if she were astral projecting out of herself, there were suddenly three Mary Sues.
She tried to throw a potion at Phoebe, but missed horribly.
"Paige, get the Book!" Phoebe yelled, and Paige orbed into the attic. She found the Book on its usual night stand and grabbed it, frantically searching for the entry on Mary Sues. She memorised the spell before orbing back downstairs.
"Paige! Little help!" Piper yelled, and Paige grabbed her and Phoebe's hands before starting to chant,
"Being of perfection,
Hiding dark deception,
No longer shall you infiltrate,
This time has come, your death won't wait."
All three Mary Sues began to spin uncontrollably, before eventually exploding into pink fireworks which lit up the whole room.
"Wow," Piper said in awe, "Even when you vanquish them, they're perfect."
The kitchen cleaned itself up from the fight in a shower of pink sparks, and the door to the basement closed.
"Too much perfection for me." Paige announced, "I'm going to go out and make a mess."
"Me too," Phoebe added, "I have a column to write."
Piper stood there as Leo orbed in, they stood there in the spotless kitchen, and kissed.
