WOW, we are at chapter 20 :o) Hehe, I was recording things on my video camera and it's a bunch of random stuff. I did that while my group was filming for an English project at school. I recorded the janitor washing the floor and a teacher joking around telling us to go home because it was Friday. Lol. YEAH, that's a day in my life. Right, onto the reviews!

The-Cheese-Fairy: Glad you liked it! Yeah, I hate the Avatars too, they stole my character. Lol. Yes, you ponder away at who Dustin is. lol. Aw, what you said about Andrew made my day. That was so nice. Thanks for your review!

Prince Halliwell: Glad you liked it! You will have to wait until the next chapter to see what my surprise is. lol. OH, that's what you meant. Sorry. Actually, the three protectors will sort of be like Whitelighters for the Divine Amity (and maybe a few others…) now that I think about it. lol. Ah, why Vera is with the Avatars is a good question. It will be revealed in this chapter. Dustin is a mysterious character isn't he? Wait, you figured it out already didn't you. Lol. Thanks for your review!

"Wh-what!" Piper stuttered. "Vera's with the Avatars? I thought we got rid of them?"

"No, they just left us alone, until now." Leo clarified.

"Why would they want Vera? I don't even think she's ever met them before." Ellen stated.

"How would you know? You don't even really know your own daughter." Andrew snapped.

"And here I thought we were getting on goods terms."

"We're never getting on good terms if you don't accept Vera and me together."

"Will you two just shut up for a second? We have to figure out why the Avatars have Vera." Drake said.

Everyone in the room looked at Drake, and then at Andrew and Ellen, who were trying desperately not to bit each other's heads off.

Kyle's head moved slightly upward. "Listen, I have to go. Jess is calling me. Try and figure out why the Avatars have Vera and meet me us at the Manor when you have." Kyle began to orb out, but stopped. "Oh, and one more thing,"

"What's that?" Andrew asked.

The Whitelighter pointed at Ellen, "Bring her." Kyle then orbed out.

"Utopia!" Leo said out of nowhere.

"Leo, honey, Utopia doesn't exist. We stopped Utopia. They can't make Utopia without a powerful…oh!" Piper realised why they had Vera.

"What's this about Utopia?" Andrew questioned.

"Utopia is what the Avatars needed the Charmed Ones for. It was a world without demons or conflict. It sounds good, but what the Avatars don't tell you is that they can erase anyone who causes conflict in Utopia." Leo explained.

"So, in other words, they were playing god." Drake said. Leo nodded. "Well, let's get to the Manor and tell the rest of the group." Leo held onto Piper's waist with his right hand and touched Drake's shoulder with his left. They dissolved in a flurry of orbs.

"Oh my god, are you serious. I have to orb you to the Manor?" Andrew complained.

"Oh it will take what, five seconds? Let's go." Ellen retorted. Andrew groaned, and touched Ellen's forearm with his first finger. "I don't know what Vera sees I you, Andrew. You are very immature for you age."

"And you are an old hag who hates magic and is having a child in her mid 40's, your point?" Andrew rhetorically asked before he orbed out with Ellen. 'That shut Ellen up.' he thought.

Clouds of orbs formed five people in the attic, where Paige, Kyle, Phoebe, Jess and Duncan were currently sitting and standing.

"So, what did you find out about Kira and Blair?" Piper asked.

"Just that the Elders sent them back to the future because there was too much of a risk for them to stay in the past. Although, there is something odd about all of this." Jess explained.

"Oh, and that," Phoebe began, but she caught a look from Jess, saying to tell the others yet. "Never mind. So what did you find out about Vera?"

"She's with the Avatars." Leo said.

"The Avatars? Not them again." Phoebe whined.

"Who are these Avatars?" Jess asked. Duncan shifted uncomfortably.

"Uh, I have to get going. I have some unfinished business to attend to. I'll see you all later." Duncan quickly said. He walked out of the attic and into the hallway. Making sure no one was watching the Darklighter dark orbed out of the Halliwell Manor.

"They are beings beyond good and evil. They want to change the world into Utopia, a place without demons or any conflict. It sounds like a great idea, but it's not. The Avatars can erase anyone they wish from ever existing." Leo described.

"Oh, well, what do they want with Vera then?" Andrew asked.

"To make Utopia, they need a powerful source of good. Since we, the Charmed Ones, fixed Utopia before it was too late to change, the Avatars need another source of good power." Piper spoke.

"And they have Vera as an influence on you two," Phoebe directed to Jess and Andrew, "to side with them on making Utopia."

"Well there is no way I'm agreeing to this Utopia. We're going to rescue Vera and they won't have anymore influence on our life." Jess stated.

"Sounds easy, but it's not." Kyle said.

"Why, what's so hard about going to that chamber place and kicking some Avatar ass?"

"The only way to weaken the Avatars is to use an ancient potion. But I don't think there are any. As far as I know, I used the last one to kill Beta before I died."

"We can make them. Zankou told us the recipe for the potion when we were working together." Piper said. She began to walk to the door by herself, but she turned around. "Well someone has to come help me."

"I'll help." Jess declared. The female Pentacle followed Piper to the kitchen.

"I'm going to check on Wyatt and Chris." Leo said.

"Can I, uh, see them?" requested Andrew.

"Sure. Come on." Leo smiled and walked out of the attic with Andrew, leaving Kyle, Drake, Paige and Phoebe.

"So, Kyle, did you ever find out how Drake could stay?" Phoebe inquired.

"Oh yeah I did. If Drake can prove himself worthy of life, life itself will grant him existence."

"That shouldn't be too hard." Drake said sarcastically. "How do I prove myself worthy of life?"

"I don't know" Phoebe sadly said.

"We'll think of something Phoebe. We're Halliwell's and we're witches. We are bound to come up with something." Paige reassured her sister. There was an awkward silence in the room.

Drake cleared his throat, "So have you thought of any names for the baby yet?"

The parents of the Divine Amity beamed at each other. "Well, if the baby is a girl we want to name her Ruth, after my mother,"

"Or Laurie, in memory of my adoptive mother." Paige finished.

"And if she turns out to be a he?" Phoebe asked her little sister.

"Jack or Kevin, although we might change our minds about the names. I'm only one month along."

"Right, and to think that these last eight months will fly by and it will soon be April. And that is the time when you will be pushing and huffing and waiting for little Matthews-Brody to be born and-"

"Drake, sweetie, you can stop now." Phoebe patted her hand on Drake's arm.

"Sorry. So Paige, are you taking Kyle's name or are you keeping Matthews?"

"I think I am going to change my name to Brody." Paige smile at her soon-to-be husband then at her sister and Drake.

MEANWHILE

Leo and Andrew silently walked into the bedroom that was inhabited by Wyatt and Chris. The youngest brother was sleeping without a sound while Wyatt muttered and woke up to see his father standing over him. The Twice Blessed Child grinned at his father and Andrew.

"Hey there buddy." Leo cooed as he picked his son up and hugged him.

"Leo, do you think it's a bit, um, weird that Wyatt doesn't talk much?" asked Andrew.

"I believe that Wyatt will start talking when he is ready. He sometimes talks to himself, but Wyatt is a special boy. When he wants to speak, he will speak."

"Oh, fair enough." Chris began to stir in his crib and started to cry. Leo set Wyatt back on his bed and walked over to Chris. The Whitelighter picked up his son and tried to get Chris to stop crying. When the crying deceased, Leo placed Chris back in the crib.

"Wow, you are defiantly a great father. Wyatt and Chris are lucky to have you." Andrew commented.

"Thanks. Do you plan on having kids some day?"

The former Elder smiled, "Yeah I want kids some day. I just hope that I live long enough to do the things I always wanted to do with my father."

"I'm sure you will have more than enough time to spend with your future kids."

"I hope you're right. Hopefully the potion Jess and Piper are making will work so we can save Vera."

MEANWHILE

Piper and Jess were mixing the ingredients for the Avatar potion when a person wearing all black faded into the kitchen. He waved his hand and the potions that Piper and Jess had already made went crashing to the floor.

"Hey, those took a long time to make! Who the hell are you?" Piper rhetorically asked. The witch tried to blow the person, but it didn't even make him flinch. Instead, he smirked and faded out.

"What was that about?" Jess asked.

"I don't know. He was after the potions though, so my guess is he was working for the Avatars."

"Oh. That's a logical guess."

"It's going to take forever to make the amount of potions he just destroyed." Piper groaned. She began to start more potions when Jess stopped her.

"Use your rewinding time power." Jess suggested.

"That's personal gain though."

Jess rolled her eyes, "Piper this is to vanquish the Avatars. And it's going to take longer to make them. By the time we are done, Vera could be dead!"

"Alright, but if things start going all wonky around here, I'm blaming you."

"Fair enough." Jess smirked. Piper took a couple deep breaths and gestured to the broken Avatar potions. The potions repaired themselves as time rewound itself. "Wow, you are getting good at that. You only rewound the potions. That's so cool."

"That's a bit weird though, considering I haven't used this new power of mine many times."

"Oh well, the potions are fixed. Let's make the rest and save Vera so we can move on with our lives."

"Yes lets." agreed Piper. She and Jess finished making the potions and headed up to the attic with the deadly vials, to the Avatars anyway.

A man faded into the chamber where Vera was being held captive. There were already a group of Avatars waiting for him.

"So how did it go?" Alpha asked.

"It went well. It will take Piper and the Elder witch to make more potions." The man replied.

"Good. We can't have them coming after us yet. Delta, Echo, Sierra, Zulu and I have to leave and meet Duncan. Gamma," Avatar Gamma turned his attention to Alpha, "you are in charge. Make sure the Charmed Ones and the Pentacles don't come. I'll be back." Avatar Alpha said. He, and the other four Avatars, then faded out to meet Duncan.

"Why do you want me? Let me go!" Vera cried. The Avatars looked at her, and then turned their attention back to whatever it was they were doing. "Err, let me GO!" she screamed. Rain began to pour over the city of San Francisco. Thunder and lightning appeared soon after the rain.

All the Avatars looked at the screen, which they watched to see what was going on in the world. The more Vera yelled and screamed, the worse the storm got. Gamma was the first to realize the connection.

"She's controlling the weather. Calm her down!" he ordered. Fox, another Avatar, made Vera go to sleep by simply touching the temples of her head. "Thank you Fox. The weather is clearing up now."

"She is quite the powerful one isn't she?" Fox asked.

"Well, Vera combined her powers to manipulate the weather. And I'm sure Andrew will be able to combine his powers to do something also."

"What about Jessica?"

"We are unsure about her. We will just have to wait and see."

ATTIC- 20 MINUTES LATER

"Alright, so we all know what our positions are?" Phoebe questioned.

"Yes Phoebe we are. Jess, Drake, Andrew, Piper and Kyle are going to get Vera. And Leo, you and I will wait here for them to come back." Paige explained.

"Right, we are off to rescue Vera. We could write a comic book about our adventures. It will be called 'We're off to Rescue Vera'." Drake joked.

"Yeah, but don't you think the title is a bit long?" Jess said.

"Ah, good point."

"Can we go please?" Andrew asked.

"Yeah let's go, bye!" the group orbed out of the attic.

Clouds of orbs dissolved into the Avatars chamber. There were seven Avatars standing around the large circular table. Vera was chained to a post on the opposite side where the orbs entered. Andrew was the first to spot Vera.

"Vera!" he screamed. Andrew began to run to Vera, but dropped to the floor, unconscious, when Xanga, an Avatar, launched thermokinetic energy at him.

"Andrew!" Piper darted toward Andrew. The Avatar, Fox, touched Piper as she was running to Andrew. She was instantly put to sleep.

"Andrew, Piper." Jess called as she held her hands out. The molecular witch and the Elder/witch orbed to where Jess, Kyle and Drake were standing. "Kyle, orb them to the Manor and heal them there. Drake and I can handle them."

Kyle was about to protest but when he received a death glare from Jess, he decided against it. The Whitelighter placed his hands on Piper and Andrew and the trio disappeared in orbs.

"You are not supposed to be here." Gamma said.

"And you're not supposed to kidnap people, your point?" Jess said sarcastically. She took a vial out of her pocket and fiddled with it in her hands.

"That's not what I think it is, is it?" Fox asked Gamma.

"Well, that all depends on what you think it is. If you think it's a prize for being assholes, unfortunatelyit's not." said Jess.

"But if you think it's a potion that will kill you, you are right." Drake finished.

"It can't kill us if you're dead." Fox stated.

"And you can't kill us if you're dead." Jess smirked.

"Now let's play nice. You let Vera go, and we won't use these potions on all of you. What do you say?" suggested Drake.

Fox leaned in to Gamma, whispering something in the male Avatar's ear. Gamma nodded, and then spoke, "All right. We have a deal."

Jess and Drake walked over to Vera. They tried undoing the chains around Vera, but they had no success.

"On second thought, no deal." Gamma stated. He unleashed a powerful wave of energy at the two Pentacles and ex-demon.

"No!" Drake stepped forward and used his body as a shield for Jess and Vera. The thermokinetic energy hit him and his lifeless body collapsed on the ground.

"That's it, I've had it! Say goodbye." Jess threw the potion at the closest Avatar. The Avatar fell to the floor, dead. The other Avatars in the room all gasped for air as the collective weakened. "I've got more of those if you want them. Let her go and I won't use them."

Gamma looked fiercely at the Pentacle. He snapped his fingers, making the chains around Vera loosen.

"Thank you." Jess smiled, grabbed Vera and Drake, and orbed out.

Blue and white lights became visible in the attic of the Halliwell Manor.

"Kyle, Vera won't wake up." Jess said. Kyle healed Vera, and was relieved when she woke up. Andrew, who was healed already, dashed toward his love and engulfed her in hugs and kisses.

"I'm so glad you're safe." He whispered.

Seeing Drake's limp body, Phoebe ran to him and held him in her arms.

"Drake, please wake up. Leo heal him!" Phoebe cried.

"Phoebe, I can't heal the dead." Leo replied. A yellow glow surrounded Drake. His eye lids slowly opened.

"Hey, what happened?" he asked groggily.

"You saved Vera's and my life. You sacrificed yourself to save us. Thank you." Jess said.

"So if I died, why am I alive?"

"You proved yourself worthy of life. And life itself granted you existence." Kyle declared.

"Isn't magic grand?" Drake grinned.

"It is." Jess beamed at all the couples in the room; Piper and Leo, Phoebe and Drake, Kyle and Paige, and Vera and Andrew.

"Oh, I hate to ruin this reunion, but it's getting late. We're going to head home." Andrew stated. "Are you coming Jess?"

"Yeah, but I think I'll walk home. It's a nice night. I'll see you two later." Vera and Andrew nodded before orbing out. "And I will see you all tomorrow, probably." Jess went down the stairs and left the house. She began her walk home, but was stopped when she felt a hand on her shoulder.

"Wow." Jess jumped. She turned around and came face to face with Thomas Davidson. "Can I help you Thomas?"

"Oh, I just saw you walking alone and I wanted to ask if I could walk you to wherever it is you are going." He grinned, showing his pearly white teeth.

"No offense or anything but, we're strangers to each other."

"None taken. Hi, I'm Thomas Davidson." Thomas held out his hand for Jess to shake.

Although she was still confused, jess took his hand, "Hi, I'm Jessica Wilder."

"We're not strangers anymore now are we?"

"I still know nothing about you. Besides the fact that your name is Thomas and you live across the street from my cousin."

"Well I'm hoping this walk will let us get to know each other better."

"Alright, it's not a far walk though. Are you sure you want to waste time on me?" Jess and Thomas began their journey to the apartment.

"Any time spent with you is not considered wasted time."

"You're a smooth talker. Has anyone ever told you that?"

"I get that all the time. Has anyone ever told you that you have the most beautiful eyes?"

"Not lately. Thank you."

"I speak the truth. You are a beautiful woman."

"You're not to bad yourself Thomas."

"Please Jessica, call me Tom."

"Only if you call me Jess." The two shared a laugh.

"I know we've just met and everything, but I like to be around you. You make my day."

"That's sweet. You're a really nice guy. So, do you have that special someone in your life?"

"Heh, no unfortunately not. What about you?"

"I broke up with my boyfriend a while ago. But for some reason, we're always around each other."

"Oh, so I guess it would be a bad time for me to ask what you were doing later on this week."

"I don't know. You'd have to ask and find out."

"Alright, Jess what are you doing later this week?"

"I'm not sure. I'll have to get back to you on that."

"Fair enough. I'm curious though."

"About what?"

"Well most girls would have smacked me in the head for asking that question when we just met."

"Well, I'm not most girls. And for an unknown reason, I feel like I've known you before."

"Maybe in a past life, we knew each other."

"Hmm, maybe." Jess and Tom stopped walking when they arrived at Jess's apartment. "Well, here we are. Thanks for walking me home. It was great getting to know you."

"Like wise. I'll see later." Tom flashed Jess a wide grin and began to walk home.

Jess watched Tom walk away and fade into the night. She looked up at the velvet blanket that held the moon and stars. It was a beautiful night and the walk home with Tom made it even better. One thought was existent in her mind though. Maybe it was time to move on. Maybe Thomas Davidson was the person Jess needed in her life right now.

Ehh, I went all sappy and romantic with all the flirting. If you didn't get the 'velvet blanket' thing, that was the night sky. Lol. Thank you Laur for part of that ending, I appreciate it.
YAY, next chapter is my big surprise! (Hint, think bells)
I've got exams coming up on the 22, 23, 24 and 27 so I'm not sure when chapter 21 will be posted. Until next chapter!
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