Angelically Charmed: Portal, Portal on the Wall
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Piper rolled her eyes as a line of magical spirits started to form at the door. Oh good God, wasn't finding a home for the old ladies familiar enough?
"Obviously not" Death's voice boomed from out of nowhere causing Piper's head to jerk up.
"What you can read my thoughts now?"
"You are in my reality," the spiritual voice reminded.
"Hmmph" Piper sighed sourly wondering if she was ever going to get the chance to go home. A set of orbs appeared before her and her spirits began to pick up. Leo? He looked like Andy and Drake dressed in princely robes, of purple of a gold, with curled toed boots and a crest.
"What's with the get up?" she asked eyeing her handsome whitelighter from head to toe.
Without an immediate response, Leo fell to his knees and took her hand, kissing it softly. "I've been sent to take you to our Magical Kingdom"
"Magical Kingdom?" Piper jerked her hand away. "What have you been drinkin?' Did Ally and Melinda make you a glass of their supercharged lemonade again?"
"Paige" Prue said the name under her breath but came into the attic with her arms waving violently, which sent both Drake and King Glendrous flying into opposite walls. Prue knelt at her sister's side cradling her head into her arms.
"Stay away!" she warned with a dangerous squint as Glendrous started to pull to his feet. Straightening himself the evil king, kept his distance. "You must let me take her back to our kingdom"
"Over my dead body" Prue snapped, not caring about her play on the words.
Andy knelt beside her, casting his eyes on Drake, who was making a shaky recovery over near the potions the table. "You need to call Leo" Andy gently told Prue.
Prue nodding kissing the top of Paige's head before lifting her sea green eyes heavenward. "LEO!"
A deafening silence fell over the room prompting Andy to lock eyes with Prue. Paige was fading fast he could tell by the limp posture of her body and the amount of blood fleeing from her body.
"She doesn't look so good, Prue"
"Gee, could that be because her insides are trying to escape from the gaping hole in her chest, caused by that sword?" Cole appeared in the room with a glass of scotch in hand and smiling like a drunken sailor. "Nice outfits" he quipped as Drake slowly shuffled his way back over to Paige. Seemingly Cole was the only male unaffected by Amanda's spell.
"LEO!" Prue gave Cole a heated gaze choosing to ignore the remark based on the fact that Cole was inebriated. "Damn it where is he?"
"Whitelighter or not, I think we need to get the sword out" Drake said softly, letting his eyes fall upon Paige's porcelain skin. Next to of all of the blood saturating her emerald colored halter-top, her skin looked whiter than white.
"He's right my Queen" Andy added mirroring Drake's tone, "It needs to come out. She needs a doctor" his tone then changed.
"Queen?" Prue narrowed her eyes again certain she'd fallen into some sort of magical hell created to rid of her sanity. Fine, she shook her head, looking down at the sword. She could remove it telekinetically and then have Amanda orb them to the hospital.
"Please, my healer can save her without pain!" The king shouted from his corner as Prue slowly started to pull the sword from Paige's chest with a wave of her hand moving it just an inch at a time so not to damage her sister's vital organ's with a rush of hemorrhage.
"Enchantress! Tell them to let you be" the King shouted at the sound of Paige's weak mews.
"It's okay, it'll be okay" Prue soothed until the sword started to show resistance. Curious, she waved her hand fasted and the sword gave a little and then sank back into Paige's chest.
"Maybe it needs to be removed by her true love?" Cole quipped, beaming at the gangly looking King.
"Exactly!" King Glendrous, nodded frantically, "that's what I've been trying to tell you"
"Sorry, but I don't work with demons, or past evil lives" Prue lowered her hand, slowly as not to cause Paige anymore pain and called for her daughter. "Amanda!"
Drawing an athame, from his hip sheath, Declan advanced, "Haven't you ever heard of a demonic prince?" Declan was quick to use his invisibility power to move behind her, pressing the blade of the athame to the skin on her neck. "Prepare to meet your new subjects, my Angelic Amanda"
"I can't, my Mother's calling me" Amanda swallowed feeling the edge of the knife against her tender skin. She wanted to orb, but she couldn't. For some reason she was frozen against his threatening embrace.
"Not to worry, where we're going, we don't have to listen to Mommy anymore" Controlled by her spell and the Source, Declan pressed his lips to the side of her neck causing her to shudder. The feel of his lips against her skin was wonderful, intoxicating. Slowly her eyes closed as black orbs enveloped around them. When she opened them again they were in the Underworld.
"Where are we?" Amanda looked around to see a darken cavern lit by torches, and demons dressed in medieval attire.
"Your new kingdom" Delcan whispered against her flesh, this is the place where together you and I shall over all that is evil.
"Amanda!" Prue shouted again, as Andy reentered the attic. He'd just come from Amanda's room.
"The Princess is not there my love, but I did find this" Andy lowered Amanda's open diary to where she could see it. "I found it on her bed, your highness."
"Ugh" Prue cringed at the medieval speak but chose to say nothing as she skimmed over the words to Amanda's spell. Her focus had to remain on Paige and her now missing daughter. "Did you search the entire manor?" If Amanda had cast a prince and me spell then she was the only one who could reserve it.
"Sir Drake is doing that"
"Sir Drake?" Cole chuckled, "Oh this is getting comical"
"Zip it!" Prue retorted wasting no time in sending an old tin canter sailing towards Cole's head.
"Hey ow!" Cole blistered, as the canister caught the side of skull. "I'm the only one that's on your side, you know"
"My side?" Prue shook her head, taking that Cole meant he was the only one not affected by whatever magical presence had crossed over in the manor.
"You are all wasting precious time!" King Glendrous bellowed, "My beloved enchantress is fading as we speak!"
"He's right" Cole's gaze met Prue's, suspecting the worse. Paige was dying. "We need to do something now or your going to lose another sister"
"No, no…no…" Still holding onto Paige, Prue shook her head rocking her sister gently in her arms. "We'll find a way to save her"
Then you'd better hurry" Gold orbs appeared materializing into Austin and the original angel of Death. Both were dressed in soul taking attire.
"You aren't taking another one of my sisters!" Prue spat knowing that since Paige was injured that the Elder's or the Angel of destiny had granted Death his true place as Austin's mentor.
"I'm not" Death grinned looking down at Austin. "She is".
The young toddler looked from her mother to death, who had casually knelt at her side. "Well go on, like your Aunt Phoebe, it is Paige's time." Remaining silent as always, Austin's eyes fell to the floor allowing her human/angelic emotions to rule. She didn't quite understand but when she'd taken Phoebe, a great sadness formed in her heart. "Destiny is waitng" the angel reminded as Austin looked up to see tears rolling down her mother's face.
Giving a small sigh of defeat, Austin slowly raised her arms calling upon her soul guiding light.
A flash of yellow and white interchanged to form a beam, leading to the afterlife. "Austin?" Slowly Paige's spirit began to rise out of her body in time with a might roar from the King.
"NO!" Charging the light, King Glenrous rushed right through Austin and Death reaching for the sword that had pierced Paige pulling it out out of her chest. "You shall not take my Enchantress!
Paige's spirit fell back into her body instantly as drops of her blood dripped from the sword.
"The Enchantress belongs to me and not even death shall claim her soul!" Skillfully, the King placed the sword back into his sheath, drawing his shield in the light. Standing in the pool of Paige's blood, the king lifted the shield, firing a bolt of light of his own back at Austin and Death.
"AUSTIN!" Prue couldn't help but scream as her daughter and Death were swept into the light.
"Not to bother, Mi Lady, they cannot be harmed" Drake appeared behind her, "But lady Paige is a different story" Prue looked down to see, Paige awake and smiling at the King. The wound in her chest mysteriously healed.
"My love" she breathed struggling to her feet, "You have brought me back"
King Glendrous smiled, offering his hand as Paige's form began to change into a luxurious dress that matched his attire with a velvet Emerald colored cloak.
"Enchantress" he whispered throwing a quick hand under her knees.
"Paige!" Prue sputtered as they started through the portal. "GET BACK HERE!"
Drake's hand fell to her shoulder, "Uh no offense, but I don't think that's Paige anymore" he said watching the two disappear through the dark hole, which lead to the Kingly Realm.
All stood in silent shock as Cole picked up what was left of his drink and downed it. "Portal, Portal on the wall, it looks like Paige has followed true love after all"
"Portal, Portal on the wall?" Prue repeated watching the large dark hole close back into a combination of solid brick and wood.