Angelically Charmed: Magic Gone Mad
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.
"Yeah, it's a spell in the Book of the Shadows" Cole replied leaning on the podium as he stared into his empty glass. "You don't happen to have any scotch up here do you?"
"Ugh! Get Away!" Prue formed her fingers into claws and shoved Cole aside. "This spell wasn't here before" she was sure of it. She swiped a strand of her hair away from her face and read the spell again. Portal Portal on the wall, it looks like insert name has followed true love after all" This must be some sort of counter effect from Amanda's spell she thought before looking up at the wall where the portal had been.
Hmm…I wonder if, I can reopen it. Portal Portal on the wall, it let's us follow Paige's true love wherever we may fall!"
"It worked!" Andy beamed watching the dark hole reopen.
"Did you ever have any doubts? C'mon". Prue smiled back and started towards the opening followed Andy, and Drake.
"You coming?" Drake asked Cole who was rummaged about a cluttered of old boxes.
"Nope, I'm sitting this magical fairytale out. I can't believe that old bag Penny didn't keep a stash of something alcoholic up here!"
"I heard that!" Prue snarled as she and Andy started through the opening only to be thrown back into the attic by a set of pink electrical charges.
"Oh my" Drake remained rather solemn as the twosome went skittering on their backsides into the opposite wall
"Oh, ow" Prue grunted holding her hip, "I guess my revisal didn't work after all"
"Didn't it?" Cole looked up for a moment to see that the charges subsided allowing Drake to pass through. "Drake doesn't seem to be having a problem. In fact the portal seems to be swallowing him whole" The demon then smiled with delight as a dusty green bottle of what appeared to be outdated champagne caught this attention.
"Aha!" Quickly, Cole searched around for something to remove the cork as Prue and Andy collectively gathered their thoughts back over by the book.
"So why is that Drake could pass through and we couldn't?"
"It's really quite simple" Andy pointed down to the book. "The spell only works for true love"
"So are you saying that, Drake could be in love with-"
"Uh huh" Andy nodded looking into his wives green eyes, lowering his head, towards her lips "just like I'm in love with you"
Anticipating his move, Prue shot up two fingers blocking his kiss. "Just because you're under a spell doesn't mean that you're forgiven."
"Oh right" Andy replied sheepishly remembering Francis as he straightened. "Your mad at me for having another wife"
"Mad isn't the word" Prue crossed over to the scrying table. "Do you think you still might have your ability to Amanda's track orbing patterns?"
"I doubt it. I think I lost everything when destiny took my powers away " Andy shrugged as Prue picked up the scying crystal and handed it to him.
"Destiny, can't take away your fatherly instinct"
"But I'm a not a witch. How can I possibly scry?" he asked as Prue placed her hand over his, guiding the crystal over the map and the city which also contained, a channel to the Source's underground cavern.
"Do you remember the time that Ally turned the house into cake and we combined our powers to keep the changing table from drowning Austin in brownie batter?" Prue asked.
"Yes"
"Magic is all around you, even though you don't have active powers it's still part of your destiny" Prue continued remembering the time that she, Piper and Phoebe had been pulled back to the day that Melinda Warren had been born.
Together they held the scrying crystal until it dropped onto Phoebe's hand drawn addition of the underworld. "The Source's Cavern, she's in the underworld"
"Yeah but without my orbing powers how do we get down there?" Andy asked following Prue's eyes straight to Cole who was greedily downing the contents of the green dusty bottle.
"Nope not going to the underworld. Too many memories" Cole replied, throwing empty bottle into the wall and watching all of that shatter." Gave all that up when Phoebe died" Much to his dismay, Cole's appearance suddenly began to change. His hair grew to the middle of his shoulders, binding itself into a loose ponytail; his clothing to ancient Venetian consisting of knee length pants and a long sleeve ruffled shirt, with a gold colored vest.
"I thought you said the spell didn't affect him" Andy mumbled softly as he and Prue continued to watch.
"It- didn't…it couldn't. Phoebe's dead"
"You think there was something other than champagne in that bottle?" Andy asked, as Cole suddenly threw open the stain glass windows and extended his arms.
"Ladies of San Francisco, leave your lovers, for I Casanova have returned!"
"Did he just say Casanova?"
"I think so" Prue nodded, "but we can't worry about that right now. We have to find Amanda and save Paige"
at that moment, Cole turned from the window and swept Prue into his arms, kissing her neck "Prudence you are but a Goddess in the making"
"Ewe…get off me!" Prue slapped, attempting to push her brother in-law away.
"But women find me irresistible" Cole whispered trying to capture her mouth.
"I said GET OFF ME!" Prue hissed giving him her best squint, sending Cole straight out the opened stain glass window.
"AH!" Luckily for the demon, Cole was able to shimmer before making contact with the hard ground.
"He'll be fine" Both Prue and Andy stood at the window watching the shimmers ripple into nothingness.
"You sure about that?" Andy picked up a large piece of broken glass from the bottle Cole had been drinking out of, quickly noting a label; Casanova Summoning Potion.
"Ewe" Prue frowned, "I'll call Darryl and have him keep an eye our for him. He can't get himself into too much trouble. Can he?"
Before Andy could answer, a swarm swirling black ash appeared before them, transforming into a beautiful women with long flowing golden hair. "I new that if I allowed you to answer your daughter's call that the Charmed Ones would make you young again!" Thrusting her hands the women shot a blast of orange laser like bolts from her fingertips creating a massive glowing spiked collar around Andy's neck. Another blast from her palm sent the orange lights hurling straight towards Prue, throwing up against the attic wall. The Oldest Charmed One let out an inward groan as her head made contact with the wood and brick, rendering her unconscious.
The women smiled with victory as she watched Prue's body crumple to the ground like a rag doll. Shaking her head with a smirk, she then sauntered right up to Andy who was fighting for breath and planted a lustful kiss upon his lips.
"Thank you. You lead me right to her. She'll make a nice addition to our community don't you think?" she asked Andy before waving her hand and creating a funnel cloud of ash "Now it's time to go back home"
"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".
"Evil?" At that moment, Amanda looked up and saw the Source standing directly before her, dressed in his red cloak and flaring wings.
"I trust that your new home will be to your liking, your highness"
Your Highness? The Source of all evil was actually welcoming her to the Underworld? Amanda blinked although, she'd never seen the Source up close and personal before she had no doubt that this was the demon standing before her.
"Declan shall escort you to your chamber" The Source nodded and prompted Declan to take Amanda by the crook of her elbow. The young witch, shuddered for moment and then went willingly deciding it best not to try and use her powers against the All Mighty Source. That would be suicide.
"Relax, he means you no immediate harm" With long strides and a swift motion, Declan lead Amanda down a long corridor which was adorned with torches and gargoyle statues.
"No immediate harm?" There was a sudden change in her demeanor as she pulled her arm free from Delcan's grasp. "I suppose, he just sends you to do his dirty work"
"I beg your pardon?" Declan replied confused.
"You tried to kill me, or doesn't that ring a bell?"
"You were trespassing on my territory. Not to mention your Mother murdered mine"
"Your mother was demon!" Amanda spat taking a step back as he stepped forward.
"As am I!" Declan shouted raising his hands. "Don't you get it? I'm just like you!"
"Just like me? I doubt that. I wasn't raised to be a cold blooded killer!"
"Weren't you?" Declan challenged, "Or does the term Angelic One cover up the fact that powers were meant to kill and maim " A pause lapsed between them before Declan grabbed her by the shoulder. "Evil lives in all of us, Amanda!" he shouted letting his voice drop to just a whisper, "and neither you nor I have the power to change that. That whole Good versus Evil crap, it's just a rouse"
"A rouse for what?" Amanda swallowed, letting her eyes bead back and forth in time with his.
"A rouse for keeping a destined love, like ours apart" Expertly, Delcan swept a gentle kiss over her mouth ensuring that she was the one under a spell and not him. "Think about your Aunt Phoebe and Uncle Cole" he whispered into her lips when the kiss finished. "Look at what both of our worlds put them through? You're telling me that wasn't evil at work, through your so called Greater Good?"
"I don't know" Amanda whispered back thinking of all the times she'd heard her Mother and Aunt Paige chastise Phoebe's relationship with Cole because he was a demon. Despite the differences her parents and Aunt's had with the Elders' she'd always believed that they were serving the ultimate leaders of true goodness.
"Just look at your parents? Why would a group that calls themselves the Greater Good give them so many consequences just for being in love?" Another pause lapsed as Declan waited for the thought to sink in. "Your so called Elders and Angel of Destiny never wanted them to reunite. They never wanted you or your sisters to exist"
"STOP IT, JUST STOP IT!" Forming fists, Amanda beat her hands into her chest before exploding into a burst of sparkling white orbs. Anticipating the move, Declan exploded into a black set of orbs to match hers. Quickly he floated upward, overtaking the white sparkles with his masculine power and forced them back down to the ground.
When she rematerialized, Amanda was on her hands and knees sobbing, with Delcan kneeling at her side. "I don't tell you these things to hurt you" he said softly brushing the hair away from her crestfallen face. "I only want to educate you about the world we live in.
Slowly he pulled the crying witch to her feet, locking into his embrace "The truth shouldn't hurt"
The Source watched through a glowing crystal. The oracle was at his side. "You have taught him the power of mind manipulation well"
"Thank you" the oracle bowed, "but let us not forget that he is destined to love the Angelic Witch"
"Do not worry" the Source replied waving his hand over the crystal so that the vision would vanish, "We will not make the same mistakes with Declan as we made with Belthazor"