April 1:
Okay why can't I sleep? It's not even nine and I'm awake. I might as well get up. Pri was thinking to herself. She turned and sees her clock. Oh god…three AM. It had been almost a month since the Halliwells met Angel and his friends and they have already helped each other out with a demonic crisis or two. Pri looked around and saw that Paris was nowhere to be seen. I guess she couldn't sleep either. She walked out of her room, into the bathroom, and turned on the shower. She hadn't slept well for two weeks. It turned out that her brief feelings for Chris had been a result of a spell cast by a demon…a demon that Chris had vanquished while in the underworld. As a result of this vanquish the two of them lost all memory of ever having those feelings for each other. In fact, Chris was in the underworld at that very moment continuing his search for the demon that turns Wyatt.
I guess Mom and the aunts are sleeping, she continued to think as she stepped into the shower. It's a good thing that Uncle Leo is taking care of Wyatt at magic school for now. She finished her shower, got dressed, and went downstairs. At the bottom of the stairs, on the foyer table, she saw a piece of paper. She went to it and saw that it was a short letter from Paris. It read:
Dear cousin, I think I have spent enough time here. I fear that if I stay longer I may get in the way or cause too drastic a change in the future to fix. When you read this I will most likely have opened a new portal and left. If you ever need me just send a message through the loose floor board-I'm checking twice every day. Say bye to Mom and the aunts for me. Your cousin, Paris.
At the moment she finished reading the letter a wind blew through the foyer. A group of fifteen demons shimmered in and formed a circle around Pri. "Perfect just what I need." She muttered as she turned around, keeping an eye on as many of the demons as possible. "Mom! Aunty Piper! Aunt Phoebe! Someone!" She tried to blow one up but only wounded it. She turned in a circle, trying to blow up one after the other. As she turned to face the first one again they all shimmered out. Paige, Phoebe, and Piper all ran downstairs and find Pri facing the stairs with her hands out. "Hey perfect timing guys!" She glared at the sisters.
"What the hell did you wake us up for?" Piper walked to Pri with an angry expression on her face.
"I have work today so this better be good." Paige crossed her arms.
"Oh nothing's wrong. I woke up, couldn't get back to sleep, had a shower, Paris left, a powerful bunch of demons attacked, how about some coffee?" Pri put on a fake smile.
"Wait…Paris left?" Phoebe stepped forward and took the letter from Pri. "Well she didn't stay very long."
"Yes, I know. But she did say that if we need her…maybe she somehow did what she came to do." Paige joined Phoebe and Piper next to Pri. "You know, coffee doesn't sound too bad right now."
Piper looked at her in shock. "Hello, are you even listening? Pri just said that some powerful demons attacked."
"Yes they did. I wounded them then they left." Pri walked to the stairs. "They'll be back. I'm checking the book." Without waiting for anyone to reply, Pri went upstairs to the attic.
Piper went into the kitchen. "I'll make breakfast."
Phoebe put the letter down and walked upstairs, leaving Paige in the foyer. "I get the shower first."
"Well what am I supposed to do now?" Paige asked herself. As if in answer to her question the doorbell rang. "Who would be awake at this hour-besides us?" She went to answer the door and when she opened it she saw Darryl standing there. "Oh, it's you. Come on in."
"We got a call at the station about some strange noises." Darryl smiled as he walked in. " So I came. I figured you were having some kind of a demon problem." Suddenly a crash was heard above them and the ceiling above them fell. Paige was able to orb to the next room but unfortunately couldn't take Darryl's hand as she orbed. She watched in terror as the ceiling came down on Darryl.
Pri orbed, with Phoebe, next to Paige. Piper called 911 and joined them in the living room doorway. While they waited for the ambulance and fire department to arrive, the four of them cleared away as much of the debris as possible. When they uncovered Darryl they saw that he was barely alive.
"I was upstairs when the demons came. One of them slammed me to the floor." Phoebe started to cry. "The crash I made when I hit the floor caused this. I could have fought harder and stopped this."
"It was meant to be. Remember what I said in February last year. Darryl's wife just had her second child. Darryl will die and return as a whitelighter." Pri smiled and went to the front door.
The paramedics took Darryl; the fire department cleared the rest of the debris. As this clearing of debris was happening, Darryl was in the hospital. A doctor was performing CPR, and the sisters and Pri were getting out of their car at Darryl's house.
Piper went to the door and was about to ring the bell when she got second thoughts. "Paige orb us into whatever room you sense Sheila in. She knows what we are so we don't have to worry about exposing our powers."
Paige orbed them in front of Sheila who was in the kitchen. Sheila looked up and Piper stepped forward.
The phone rang. "Sheila…don't answer it. It should be us telling you." Piper sat down. "Right this moment your husband is dying in the emergency room."
"Well, actually, he is dead and they are trying to bring him back with CPR." Sheila put her hand to her mouth and her eyes teared up. "Oh don't worry. He's perfectly fine." Pri smiled.
"How is he being dead perfectly fine?" Sheila asked.
"Because his spirit is in Elderville right now. He's gonna be a whitelighter and do magic and everything." Pri smiled even more. "He's gonna be immortal so you won't have to worry about him dying. He can almost never die."
"Sheila it's my fault this is happening. I was attacked. And Darryl was below in the foyer. When I hit the ground it made the ceiling fall on him." Phoebe looked down.
"No, it is the fault of whatever it is that attacked you. All that matters is that he is coming back." Sheila said, a tear rolling down her cheek.
At that moment Darryl orbed in. "Wow. Dying and coming back really works up an appetite." He looked around and saw the sisters, Pri, and his wife. "Hi honey! I guess they told you huh." Sheila broke down crying. "Honey…it's okay. I'm alive now. I died ten minutes ago."
"Sorry we can't stay and chat, but we have potions to make, spells to write, demons to kill…the usual stuff." Piper smiled and as Pri orbed them out she said, "Have fun!"
"Ok, listen to this. A legendary group of demons with no known name that is made up of fifteen demons…this sounds like them. A potion has been made but the only way for it to work is if one is thrown at each demon and then one more at the demon you start with. No one has been able to complete the circle." Phoebe put the book down on the kitchen table. She turned the page and saw the list of potion ingredients. "I should probably go pick up some of these at the store…" her voice trailed off.
"While you do that I can start mixing the ingredients we have." Paige waited while Phoebe wrote down the ingredients and put the list in her pocket. She then set about starting the potion.
"Look there's a spell. We have to say it while throwing the potions. "All around the Halliwell Manor, the Charmed Ones chase the demons. They throw the potions at all of them, pop goes the demons." Piper looked skeptical. "That's odd…Grams always had a strange sense of humor."
"I thought it was funny," Phoebe said before walking out the front door and to her car.
An hour later they were all sitting in the attic, hearts beating wildly, breath quickening, minds racing, bracing themselves for the next time the demons attacked. Time passed slowly and they wondered if they should summon the demons.
A single bead of glistening sweat rolled down Phoebe's forehead and a shiver rode down her spine. She stood up, suddenly alert, and focused. "They're coming." As she spoke a cold wind blew through the room.
The rest of them stood with Phoebe, potions raised. Piper had the spell in hand. The demons shimmered in and formed a circle around all four of them. Phoebe threw the first potion. As she reached for another Paige threw a potion at the next demon. As Paige reached for another, Pri threw a potion at the next demon after that. And so on and so forth until every demon had been hit once. The demons, caught off guard, finally formed energy balls. Just as the energy balls were thrown at them Paige and Pri managed to orb Phoebe and Piper out of the way. They reappeared behind the first demon and Piper started singing the spell.
"All around the Halliwell Manor, the Charmed Ones chase the demons. They throw the potions at all of them, pop goes the demons." The wind blew harder and faster, blowing the girls' hair, sending papers flying throughout the attic. The demons once again formed energy balls. Piper raised her hand with the potion. "Didn't your mother ever tell you? NO BALL IN THE HOUSE!" She screamed the last words as she threw the last potion at the first demon and they all exploded. The energy balls hung in the air for a second before falling to the ground and disappeared in puffs of smoke. "That was for killing Darryl."
"But Darryl isn't dead. He was for thirty seconds but he's alive now." Paige began to pick up papers.
"He is dead. He is an angel now. Well a whitelighter, but there's not really a difference." Phoebe said, tears springing to her eyes.
"I'm calling it a night," Pri orbed out.
"She's right. I'm going to P3." Piper turned to leave then stopped and looked over her shoulder. "Come on. Don't make me go alone. Besides, I hired a great band tonight. Full Blown Rose." She walked outside to her car and her sisters followed.
Later that night while the sisters were sleeping, Pri was in the living room with the lights off. A cold wind blew through the room and Pri stood up. At that moment she was circled by a group of fifteen demons. "Oh no…not again." She went around in a circle, blowing up each demon one at a time. When she blew up the first demon for the second time they all exploded in a noisy cloud of confetti. "What the hell?" She looked around the dark room. Suddenly she heard Piper laughing. "That was so not funny Aunt Piper!"
Piper turned the lights on and had a huge grin on her face. "You fell for it! I can't believe you fell for it!" She was laughing so hard that tears were in her eyes.
"Well I am glad that you are amused at my almost having a heart attack. If I had died you would be dying of laughter by now," Pri said, but was unable to keep back a smile.
"What…you can't take a joke?" Piper walked over to Pri and put an arm around her shoulders. "It's April Fool's Day. I just helped kick some demon ass, I earned some fun."
"Ok fine. Ha, ha, ha. I laughed, happy now?" Pri said sarcastically as Piper walked out laughing. Once again the demons shimmered in a circle around Pri. This time she sang the spell. "All around the Halliwell Manor, the Charmed Ones chase the demons. They throw the potions at all of them, pop goes the demons." For the last time the demons exploded, covering Pri with confetti. "Ok Aunt Piper! You win!" She shouted as Piper turned and continued to laugh.
A/N: I though maybe some light humor…