Chapter 44: Be Careful What you Witch For

Phoebe is groaning while Piper is bandaging up her ankle. "Check my to do list. It says bank, dry cleaners, pedicure. No where on the list does it say kick box a beast. Just walking along, minding my own business and 'wham!' it was like a random attack, a demonic drive-by."

Piper smiles, "Nothing in our lives is random anymore."

Phoebe nods, "You know, we keep saying that but what does it really mean? Is there some kind of cosmic order to all this? Are we on some kind of list? And if so, how many points are we worth?"

Buffy rolls her eyes, "Pheebs…"

"What? We've had a great year, we've wiped out a tonne of nasties. I just wanna know if we've tripped some supernatural alarm or anything. Owie! And are we ever gonna learn what it really means?" Phoebe says.

Leo nods, "Well, not to sound all Whitelightery but everything happens in its own time. You can't rush what's to be."

Buffy sighs as she thinks about Angel, "Wish we could."

Piper nods, "Okay, how about what already is. Dan is back in town."

"So?" Leo asks.

Piper sighs, "So what am I gonna tell him? The last time I saw him he handed me proof that you were killed in 1942. He's gonna expect a reaction from me."

Buffy laughs, "How about "Hey Dan, you're right, I am a necrophiliac."

Piper frowns, "Buffy."

"Ow!" Phoebe says, "Watch what your doing, Piper."

Prue walks in. "Hey."

Piper nods, "Where are you off to?"

"Lunch date with Dick." Prue says.

"Dull Dick?" Phoebe asks. "Prue, you are too hot to have to duty date."

Prue nods, "Yeah, well, all demon hunting and no play has made me a lot less picky. I gotta figure out a way to put some more balance in my life."

Buffy shakes her head, "Yeah, but you don't need Dick." Prue, Piper, Phoebe and Leo smile. "What I mean is you should be excited to see the guy you're dating. You look like you're off to the inquisition."

Prue shakes her head, "This coming from the person who's love life is on hold due to a certain vampire. Seriously it's not that bad."

"Okay, Buffy and I have to go open the club. Are you gonna be alright, Pheebs?" Piper asks as she stands up.

Phoebe nods, "Yes." Leo helps Phoebe up. "Thanks Leo. I'm gonna take a walk and try to loosen up my ankle." They walk into the foyer and open the door. There is a box sitting on the doorstep. Prue picks it up. "What is that?"

"I don't know." Prue says as she opens the lid.

"I seriously hope that's not from my stalker." Buffy says

"Somebody got a secret admirer?" Piper asks as she takes a bottle out of the box.

"Eww, it's so dusty," Phoebe says. "Who would send us something so dusty?" She rubs the bottle, the lid flies off and the genie appears.

"Your wish is my command." The Genie says.

They stand there in awe.

Moments later in the living room…

"I don't get it. You've been stuck in that bottle for 200 years, someone finally sends you to us and you have no idea who licked the stamp? I kinda find that hard to believe." Phoebe says.

"What, and a genie man standing in our living room wearing that offering to each grant a wish isn't?" Prue asks.

"Well, I don't get it. You win the lotto and you're asking for explanations?" Genie says.

Piper sighs, "Actually, we'd just like to know who to send the thank you note to."

"All I know is that you rubbed and now I serve. Oh, look at that. Mmm. Snacks." Genie says as he walks over to the table and picks up a peanut. "What I wouldn't give to taste food just once. Smell it even."

Leo frowns, "I don't trust him. Genie's are tricksters by nature. They can and will do anything just to be freed."

Genie shakes his head, "What are you the butler? Come on, everybody's got wishes. I mean, most people spend their entire lives with their wishes never coming true. Here's your chance."

Buffy shakes her head, "No way is this legit."

"Oh, you don't think so?" Genie asks. "Well, I'll tell you what is. I stay until I grant four wishes. One from each of you, those are the rules. No wishes, permanent house guest. And I snore, I make house calls I can't even pay for, you think I'm gonna be putting the CD's back in the right case? No. Alright, talk amongst yourselves, I'll be over here, alright. I have a hunch that I'm going to be here for a while. It's a nice house." He walks into another room.

"He's enjoying this," Prue says.

"Alright, Leo, what else do you know about Genies?" Piper asks.

Leo sighs, "Well, the good thing is they're not evil by nature, they can't harm you unless you wish for something."

The genie is in the other room throwing a vase up in the air.

"Well, I mean, what is so dangerous about a wish?" Buffy asks.

"Well, with genie's there's always a catch, an unseen consequence," Leo says. "For example, say a man wishes for a car, the next day his dad'll die and he'll inherit a car."

Piper nods, "So as long as we don't wish..."

"You're free and clear," Leo says.

Prue nods, "Clear enough to make a lunch date?"

Phoebe nods, "If what Leo says goes, you three go on ahead. Leave the genie with the cripple, I'm not really in a wishing mood."

Buffy shakes her head, "You think you can handle the club alone?"

Prue kisses Phoebe on the cheek. "Thank you gimp." She leaves.

Piper looks to Buffy, "Yeah, why?" She looks to Phoebe, "You sure?"

Phoebe nods, "Yeah, I'll look through the Book and see if we can UPS him back to wherever he came from."

"I'm going to stay here and help Pheebs keep an eye on our mystery guest."

Piper nods, "Alright."

Leo and Piper leave the room. The genie comes back in. "So, uh, what's it gonna be, master?"

Phoebe's flipping through the Book Of Shadows.

Genie appears. "Hi. How about great fortune? You want that?"

Phoebe shakes her head, "After taxes, not worth it."

"No? Land, power, beauty?" Genie asks.

Phoebe shakes her head, "Nope."

"Okay, who am I kidding?" Genie says.

Phoebe nods, "Why are you not in this book?"

"Because the only way to get rid of me is to make four wishes," Genie says. "Come on, large or small. I do all kinds. Only no world peace, I can't do that."

"The fine print of wishing. Your job has its limitations." Phoebe says.

Genie nods, "Yeah, well, so does yours." He looks at her foot.

"Occupational hazard." Phoebe says.

Genie nods, "Mmm hmm. Doesn't have to be. You could wish to be as powerful as you want."

Phoebe thinks about it for a second. "Nope, nope, I-I am not interested in that."

Genie shakes his head, "Oh, not interested, not interested in absolute power. You're a rocket scientist."

Later in Buffy's room, she's on the phone talking to Willow.

"Yeah this genie could be the answer to my problems. Angelus would no longer be a hassle with one wish." Buffy says.

"I know Buffy, but from what you said you learned from Leo, genies are tricksters. He could subvert the wish." Willow says.

"I know," Buffy says with a sigh, "Still I wish Angel was finally taken care of and that I could move on with my life."

Genie smiles as he peers around the corner of the doorway, "Your wish my command." He whispers as he snaps his fingers and then Buffy vanishes.

"I know Buffy," Willow says. She hears nothing but silence, "Buffy are you there?"

Buffy wakes up to find herself in the Manor but all the lights are out. She gets up to turn on a light and finds there is no power. "Phoebe?" There is no response. She walks out of her room and searches the entire house to find she is alone. "Where is everyone?" She looks out the front window and sees a cab drive by with an advertisement for the 2005 World Series. "I'm in the future again?" Then she sees why there is no power, a sign out front of the Manor lists it 'For Sale'.

In the present Phoebe's sitting in a chair in the attic reading a book. The genie appears right next to Phoebe and scares her.

"Do not do that." Phoebe says.

Genie smiles, "Is that a wish?"

Phoebe shakes her head, "No, it is not a wish."

Genie nods, "So, figure out how to get rid of me yet?"

"Yeah, all I have to do is get you back in the bottle. I have no idea how to do that but I will figure it out." Phoebe says.

Genie nods, "Well, wish and it will be so. Otherwise your only shot is if I volunteered to leave willingly and, uh, news flash," he sits on the footstool where Phoebe's foot is resting and he hits her ankle, "that's not gonna happen."

"Oww!" Phoebe says as she winces in pain.

"I'm sorry. Look, could you stop trying to banish me just long enough for me to try a little something on you. It's-it's-it's wish free." Genie says as he starts massaging her foot.

"Ow, ow, ow. Wow, ooh, oh. How'd you learn how to do that?" Phoebe asks.

Genie smiles, "Little something a Sultan taught me."

Phoebe nods, "Um, just out of curiosity, what would you wish for yourself? I mean, you must of heard them all, right? So what would be your wish?"

Genie smiles, "That's easy. I wish for the little things, you know. Things people take for granted. I mean, the feeling of a sun tan, taste of ice cream, preferably chocolate. Sex. That looks like that could be a little bit of fun. To be human. Yeah, that's what I'd wish for. So what did you do to yourself here?"

"I was demon dueling. One of my kicks was a little off centre." Phoebe says.

Genie nods, "So, uh, did you finish them off with your scary witchy power?"

Phoebe shakes her head, "No, that, that is my power."

Genie frowns, "That's it?"

Phoebe nods, "That and premonitions."

"You're a witch with no real powers? I mean, no, you know, premonitions, those are, those are great but..." Genie says.

Phoebe nods, "I know, I know. I mean, I would love an active power but what can you do?"

The genie stands up. "You just done it." Phoebe throws down the book, stands up and covers her mouth. "And I know exactly where to get one."

"Was that a...?" Phoebe asks.

Genie smiles, "A wish? Yeah, yeah it was." He clicks his fingers and a choker disappears from around his neck. "And that's four and I'm free."

Phoebe frowns, "Four? That wasn't even one."

Genie nods, "That's four. I'm gone." He starts leaving.

"Okay, if you're free then where's my power?" Phoebe asks as Genie leaves. "Hello? Ge..."

In 2005 Manor Buffy walks over to a phone and finds the line is dead. She pulls out her cell phone and dials.

"The number you have reached is no longer in service."

Buffy frowns, "That's weird. Why would P4's number be disconnected. I'll try Piper's cell." She dials.

"Hello?"

"Piper?" Buffy says.

"Yeah, who's this?" Piper says.

"It's Buffy," Buffy says. "Why is there a For Sale sign in front of the Manor?"

"Very funny, Willow. You know Buffy has been missing for 7 years." Piper says.

"Missing? But I'm right here. I'll prove it. Tell me where your at and I'll flame to you." Buffy says.

"Sure Willow. 1630 Revello Drive. You know Willow your getting pretty good at that glamour you even sound like Buffy." Piper says.

Buffy hangs up and flames to the address Piper gave her. She knocks on the door and Piper opens it.

Piper's jaw drops, "Buffy?"

"Yes, my sister." Buffy says.

And right then those two little words told Piper this was really Buffy. Only Buffy called Piper, 'my sister'.

In the present Piper, Leo and Prue walk in to the attic.

"Phoebe?" Leo asks as he looks around.

"I'm up here." Phoebe says from where she is floating up in the air. "I can't get down. I don't know how I got up."

Leo floats up in the air and is helping Phoebe down. "I've got you."

Phoebe smiles, "Thank you, Leo."

Leo nods, "No problem."

They land on the ground.

"That is so totally cool. So do I get that power when I get old too?" Prue asks.

Piper shakes her head, "Alright, let's get something straight. We are not old, we are just older than you are right now for some reason. Where's Buffy?"

Phoebe frowns, "Wait a minute. Exactly how old are you?"

"Seventeen." Prue says.

Piper frowns, "Seventeen? Prue was a nightmare at that age. Why would she wish for that?"

Leo shakes his head, "She probably didn't. She probably only wished for something she could only get by being seventeen. Which explains why she has no memory of being older. Also I can't sense Buffy anywhere."

Phoebe nods, "Yeah, but how is that even possible? I mean, it's so..." She starts floating again and Leo holds her arms.

"Alright, you know what? How about you just keep your arms down until you learn how to work the controls." Leo says.

Phoebe nods, "Got it. Good idea. Why can't you sense Buffy?"

Leo shrugs, "I don't know. It's like she just vanished from the face of the planet."

"Are you sure you don't remember anything about witches? Genies? Dick?" Piper asks Prue.

Prue shakes her head, "No, but it sounds totally bitchin'. This is such a cool book. What is it?" She starts flipping the pages.

Piper shakes her head, "I'll tell you when you're older. Let go of it. Stop it. Stop it."

"You guys have another problem. At seventeen, Prue didn't have her powers yet which makes you guys more vulnerable. And with Buffy missing, she can't augment either. On top of that how long do you think vampires will notice the Slayer is missing?"

Phoebe nods, "Yeah, especially if whoever sent the genie is a demon or something."

They hear the front door fly open from downstairs.

"Where's my power? I want it back."

Phoebe frowns, "Who is that?"

"A demon or something." Piper says before looking to Prue, "You stay here."

Phoebe nods, "You stay."

Leo, Piper and Phoebe walk half way down the stairs. "Remember what I told you about wishes and strings attached? That genie gave you a power but he must of stolen it from him."

"So are we thinking demon or warlock?" Piper asks.

Phoebe shrugs, "I don't know."

Prue comes down the stairs. "Oh my God, who's the hottie?"

Piper frowns, "Oh my God, get her out of here now. Go." Leo takes her back upstairs. The dragon warlock breathes fire at them and Piper freezes it and him. "Okay."

"Okay, okay, alright." Phoebe says as she hops down the stairs with Piper's help.

"Easy." Piper says.

Phoebe nods, "Okay, now what?"

Piper shrugs, "Well, we can't vanquish him if we don't know what he is."

Phoebe nods, "So why don't I just fly him outta here and dump him somewhere."

"I don't know, can you do that?" Piper asks.

Phoebe shrugs, "I have no idea but I can try to do that. I mean, I've always wanted an active power, right?"

Piper nods, "Uh huh."

"So let's see what it can do." Phoebe says.

"Alright." Piper says a little uncertain.

Phoebe smiles, "Alright." She raises her arms and she starts flying. She grabs the dragon warlock, he unfreezes and she flies outside.

"Phoebe?" Piper says.

In Piper's house in 2005 Buffy is sitting on a couch.

Piper walks in from the kitchen and hands her a cup of tea. "Where have you been for the last 7 years?"

Buffy sighs, "Piper for me it hasn't been 7 years. It's been only a few minutes?"

"What?" Piper asks.

Buffy sighs, "Phoebe was in the attic watching the Genie. I was in my room talking to Willow on the phone."

Piper frowns as she remembers the incident. "The day Prue and Phoebe died."

"What?" Buffy asks. "Prue and Phoebe are dead?"

Piper sighs and nods, "Yes. You must have accidentally made a wish in front of the genie that sent you here. Prue and Phoebe were killed by a warlock that day."

Buffy looks down at the floor and then back up at Piper, "I'm so sorry, my sister. You lost all three of us in one shot."

Piper nods, "Yes. I'm okay though. For me it's been seven years, I grieved a long time ago. We have to figure a way to send you back though. If you go back maybe we can prevent this future from happening."

Buffy nods, "Agreed. We have to find a way to send me back. I know I shouldn't know too much about the future and all. But I tried calling you at P4…"

Piper sighs, "After you disappeared and Prue and Phoebe died it just became to much for me. We were partners and with everything it was just too much to handle. It's why the manor is for sale. I haven't set foot in the manor in four years. For awhile I held on to it hoping you would come home. But I finally decided you weren't coming home and I had to move on."

In the present Piper's in the attic looking in the Charmed Book.

Leo walks in, "Your new little sister's in the bedroom checking out the clothes."

"Nice to see some things never change. Uh, I think I found our fire breather." Piper says.

Phoebe flies past the window. "Uh, guys?"

Leo reads from the Charmed book, "Dragon Warlock..." Piper looks behind her but is not sure where the noise is coming from. "Most feared witch killer there is. He can fly, breathe fire," Phoebe flies past another window. Piper looks outside again but sees nothing, "has supernatural strength. You're gonna need the power of three to vanquish him."

Piper nods, "Which we don't have right now. We don't even have the power of two augmented either." She starts walking towards the window. "If I ever find that genie again, I'm gonna wish him into oblivion." Phoebe flies past the window again yelling. "Did you hear that?"

"Hear what?" Leo asks.

Suddenly, Phoebe flies straight towards the window and crashes through it. She slides across the floor. Her hair is all messed up.

"Oh my God, are you alright?" Piper asks.

Phoebe nods, "Uh huh."

Piper helps her up, "Alright."

Phoebe smiles, "I'm great."

Piper sighs, "Okay, alright, oh, oh, alright."

Phoebe smiles, "Flying's awesome, it's the landing part that's a bitch."

Piper nods, "Yeah. Alright, Leo, how do we fix this? How do we get Prue back to her current age and Buffy back from wherever she was sent."

Phoebe smiles, "Oh, I know how to fix it. According to the book we've gotta get the genie back into the bottle. It's the only way to undo the wishes and make everything back to normal."

Leo nods, "Yeah, but first we gotta find him and we don't even known where to start."

"Well, he's really got a thing for food. Maybe he went back to that cafe where he found Prue." Phoebe says.

Leo nods, "It's worth a try."

In the attic of the Manor in 2005 Buffy and Piper flame in.

"So why did you want to do this here?" Buffy asks.

Piper sets the Charmed Book down on the couch, "Because if we manage to send you back. That means you could wind up with being exposed if you arrive in the wrong location. Doing it here makes the odds of that not happening much lower."

Buffy nods, "Okay. Piper can I ask?"

Piper shakes her head, "Leo and I never got married. I never had that child we saw in the future. When I was grieving for you, Prue and Phoebe I pushed him out of my life. Now you will have to say the spell. I can't do it, I bound my powers."

At the Manor the phone's ringing. Phoebe goes to answer it. "Hello?"

"When I first got the call, I naturally dismissed as a crank. But I realised it was Deputy Marrow on the other end." Darryl says.

Phoebe nods, "Okay, Darryl, can you speed this up because I'm kinda busy right now."

"What, flying? Now, see I've learned to interpret those pauses as admission." Darryl says.

Phoebe sighs, "What did he see?"

"Actually it was his wife. She swore she saw a brown hair, young woman fly over the house earlier... without a plane." Darryl says.

Phoebe smiles, "How about a broomstick?"

"Phoebe, this isn't funny. Just the fact that a call like that got brought up to me gives you some idea of the pressure that I'm under here." Darryl says.

Piper calls from the other room, "Phoebe?"

Phoebe nods, "In here… Okay, Darryl, I'm really sorry okay, it won't happen again but I gotta go, bye, bye, bye." Piper and Leo walk in. "You didn't find the genie?"

Piper nods, "We did but then we lost him. Where's Prue?"

"Upstairs, reminding me what a pain she was at seventeen." Phoebe says.

Piper nods, "Now you know why she was lucky to make it to eighteen."

"Why? What do you mean?" Leo asks.

"Well, you remember it better than I do." Piper says.

Piper nods, "It was Prue's rebellious stage. She thought everything bad was good, especially the guy she thought she was in love with."

Phoebe nods, "Until he attacked her."

Leo frowns, "What?"

Piper sighs, "And Grams went crazy when she found out. Come to think of it, that guy disappeared not too long after that. You don't suppose Grams..." the doorbell rings, "I'll get it. You go watch Prue." Phoebe goes upstairs. Piper opens the door and a really old man is standing there. "Can I help you?"

"Piper, why the hell is this happening to me?" The man says.

Phoebe comes back downstairs, "Prue snuck out of her window, we have to go find her."

"Phoebe, that's Dan." Piper says.

In the attic of the Manor in 2005 Buffy stands before Piper who's holding the Charmed Book open to a page.

"Hear these words, Hear the rhyme. Heed the Hope within my mind. Send me back to where I'll find. What I wish in place and time." Buffy says, but nothing happens.

Piper closes the book, "The wish must be what's keeping you here. We've tried that spell several times now with no success."

"So I'm stuck," Buffy says.

"Hopefully not," Piper says. "Hopefully my past self will come up with a way to get the genie back in the bottle."

"But you didn't," Buffy says.

"No I didn't. But I may not be her." Piper says.

"What do you mean?" Buffy asks.

"What if the wish created for you an alternate reality one that is different than how things will turn out. If that is the case it's possible your Piper and I are not the same Piper." Piper says.

Buffy nods understanding, "If they can reverse the magic I should automatically go back."

Piper nods, "Yes. And this world will cease to exist."

Buffy sighs, "In a way that means you would die."

"I guess in a way it does." Piper says. "But it is a sacrifice I am willing to make. To return you home to prevent this world from happening."

Back in the present Piper's trying to call Prue. Phoebe's touching things trying to get a premonition.

"She's not answering." Piper says.

Phoebe nods, "Well, maybe she doesn't know how. Were there even cell phones eight years ago?"

Piper nods, "She knows what a ringing phone sounds like doesn't she?"

"Maybe I should fly around and see if I can spot her car." Phoebe says.

Piper shakes her head, "You'll never be able to find it. You have a hard enough time controlling your power in the day time let alone at night."

"Why can't I get a premonition when I want to? If I had one wish right now, that's what it would be." Phoebe says.

Piper sighs, "At least your wish isn't hurting anyone. Look what mine did."

Phoebe shakes her head, "That's not your fault."

Piper sighs, "How can it not be? Dan is aging because I wished for him to move on with his life. He would be fine if it wasn't for me. It's not fair, he doesn't deserve this. It's bad enough the wishes are biting us in the ass but not him. This shouldn't be happening to him."

Phoebe nods, "We have to find the genie. It's the only way to save Dan... Buffy and Prue."

Some time Later Phoebe's alone in Prue's room. She picks up Prue's purse off the bed and has a premonition of the genie's bottle falling under the chair.

A moment later Phoebe comes down the stairs. "Piper!" Piper and Leo walk out of the living room. "I just had a premonition. I have no idea what it means..."

The phone rings. Piper answers it.

"Hello?" Piper asks.

"Piper, thank God, you have to help me." Prue says.

"Prue?" Piper asks.

"Where is she?" Phoebe asks.

"Piper, he's trying to kill me... dragon... he's trying to kill me and I don't think he's human." Prue says.

Piper nods, "Okay, calm down. Uh, where is he now?"

"I don't know. I think he's, he's following me. You have to come quick." Prue says.

Piper nods, "Okay, Prue, where are you?"

"Golden Gate Park." Prue says.

Piper nods, "Okay, listen to me. Go to the lake where dad used to take us fishing, remember? And hide under the bridge until we get there, okay."

"I think he's coming." Prue says.

"Prue? Prue?" Piper asks as the line goes dead.

"What?" Phoebe asks.

"The dragon's after her." Piper says.

Piper and Phoebe grab their coats.

"It's a trap, you know it's a trap." Leo says.

Phoebe shakes her head, "It doesn't matter, Leo, we have to go anyway."

Leo nods, "Alright, well, at least go with a plan. Try using your new power, fly over head, spot him before he spots you."

Piper smiles, "Alright." She kisses Leo in the cheek. "Uh, stay with Dan. We'll be back."

Leo nods, "You better be."

"We gotta hurry, it's gonna be light soon." Piper says as they leave.

In the Attic of the Manor in 2005 Buffy and Piper are sitting on the couch.

"Piper I want you to promise me something." Buffy says.

"Buffy." Piper says trying to derail her cousin from where she is heading with the conversation.

"Piper, please. Just in case this world doesn't disappear if I should go back." Buffy says. "Promise me you won't sell the Manor and you will reopen P4."

Piper looks down at the Charmed Book in her lap and then back at Buffy, "I don't know if I can, Buffy."

"I do, Piper. This is not you, at least not the you I know." Buffy says.

"You forget I went through a lot, Buffy. Your disappearance, Prue and Phoebe's deaths." Piper says.

Buffy sighs, "Piper I know it was difficult for you loosing all of us. But you need to move on. Besides you really think Prue or Phoebe would want you close the club or sell the manor?"

Piper shakes her head, "No they wouldn't. Alright I'll do it. On one condition."

Buffy smiles, "Sure."

"I'm going to rename the club in your honor." Piper says.

"I'd like that," Buffy says.

Back in the present at Golden Gate Park. It's daylight. Phoebe and Piper pull up in the car.

"Okay, you think you can control the power this time?" Piper asks.

Phoebe nods, "I'll have to, I have no choice. Alright, I'll spot the dragon, you freeze him."

"Then we find Prue and get the hell outta here. Alright, go, fly." Piper says.

Phoebe raises her arms and she flies up into the air.

Prue comes running towards Piper, "Piper! Piper! Piper!"

"Prue!" Piper says as he starts running towards Prue.

"Piper!" Prue says.

Piper shakes her head, "No, Prue, shh. Go back! Go, go!" The genie runs out from behind a tree and grabs Piper. The dragon warlock also runs out from behind a tree and grabs Prue. "What are you doing? Let go of me."

"I'm sorry," Genie says.

"Let her go! Let go of her damn it!" Piper says.

The dragon warlock pulls out a knife.

"Piper." Prue says, scared.

Piper frowns, "No."

The dragon warlock sees Phoebe flying. "Come on. Keep coming. Come and save your little sister."

Phoebe frowns, "No."

Piper shakes her head, "No, no, no, no." The dragon warlock plunges the knife into Prue's back. "Nooo!"

Phoebe flies towards the ground, "Prue!" She lands flat on her stomach on the ground.

Dragon Warlock smiles, "Time to get my power back." He throws Prue on the ground and heads over to Phoebe.

Piper frowns, "Let go." The genie lets go of her, she freezes the dragon warlock and runs over to Prue. "Prue!"

Phoebe gets up and runs towards Prue. Piper kneels down next to Prue.

Phoebe is crying and panicking, "Oh my God, oh my God, what do we do, what do we do?"

Piper nods, "Leo can heal her. I know he can. We just need to get her home. Go get the car, Phoebe, go get the car."

"Oh my God." Phoebe stands and starts running back towards the car. "First Buffy, now Prue."

"Oh my God, what have I done?" Genie asks.

Later back at the manor, Phoebe and Piper are carrying Prue through the back door into the kitchen.

"Leo! Leo!" Phoebe calls out.

Leo comes in. Phoebe and Piper lay Prue on the floor. "What happened?"

Piper shakes her head, "Never mind, just heal her. Quickly, come on." Leo kneels down beside Prue and holds his hands above Prue. His hands glow but doesn't heal Prue. "What's the matter? Why isn't it working?"

"Leo." Phoebe says with concern.

Leo sighs, "I can't heal the dead."

Phoebe and Piper cry harder.

"Yes you can." Piper says.

Some time later Piper and Phoebe are sitting on a chair crying and holding each other. Leo and the genie walk in.

"What the hell is he doing here?" Phoebe asks.

Leo shakes his head, "Wait, wait, just hear him out, he may have an idea."

Genie nods, "Listen, I'm so sorry. All I ever wanted was my freedom, that's it, that's all that I was thinking about. I'm just a genie..."

"Get to the point!" Piper says angrily.

Leo nods, "He's willing to give up his freedom. Go back in the bottle and return everything to the way it was."

"Even Prue and Buffy?" Phoebe asks.

Genie nods, "It should. I mean, technically teenage Prue is the one who got killed, not adult Prue. And Buffy was simply transported through time. The wish is reversed she should return."

Piper nods, "How do we know this isn't just another trick?"

"Well, if it gets Prue and Buffy back you'll have the power of three augmented to vanquish the dragon. What have you got to lose?" Leo says.

Piper and Phoebe look at each other and then Phoebe takes the lid off the genie's bottle.

"After you." Phoebe says.

The genie claps his hands once and rubs them together. He disappears into the bottle.

"Try to fly." Piper says.

Phoebe lifts her arms and nothing happens. Phoebe runs in the kitchen and Leo and Piper run in the living room.

In the kitchen Prue changes back to an adult.

In the living room Dan changes back also.

In the attic Buffy appears. "Am I back?" She runs downstairs, "Prue, Piper, Phoebe?"

In the living room Piper and Leo hear Buffy, they turn towards the stairs as she comes down them.

"Buffy, my sister." Piper says and she hugs Buffy. She turns and tugs Buffy behind her as she and Leo lead Buffy towards the kitchen.

Phoebe has Prue's head resting on her lap. Buffy, Piper and Leo walk in.

"It worked. Buffy and Dan's..." Piper says.

Phoebe looks up at her cousin half joyed to see her and half sad that she has to come back to see that Prue is dead. "No it didn't."

Leo nods, "All it did was turn her back into her adult self, it didn't save her."

Buffy shakes her head, "We thought my going back could prevent this."

"Prevent this?" Piper asks. "What do you mean?"

"You told me, Piper. How Prue and Phoebe died. How the dragon warlock killed both of them. We thought my going back would change that."

Piper nods and thinks about it, "Wait, the genie's back in the bottle, so if we can get him out, then we have four more wishes, right?"

Phoebe nods, "All we need is one."

Buffy smiles, "We can wish Prue back alive again. I'll go get the bottle." She runs into the conservatory heading towards the bottle. The dragon warlock crashes through the window and pushes Buffy on the floor. The bottle gets knocked under a chair like in Phoebe's premonition. Piper, Phoebe and Leo come in.

Dan comes in from the other room. "Piper?"

Phoebe shakes her head, "Dan get down!"

Buffy flames out just as dragon warlock turns around and blows fire at Dan. Buffy flames back in grabbing Dan before flaming out again. She flames in on the second floor, "Dan, stay up here."

Phoebe kicks the dragon warlock in the stomach and he blows fire at her.

Leo pulls her out of the way and they crouch around the corner. "You see where the bottle went?"

Phoebe shakes her head, "No, I have no idea. Wait, yeah, in my premonition. You distract him."

"Right." Leo says.

Buffy flames in, "Okay where's the bottle?"

Leo orbs out.

"I know where it's at." Phoebe says.

"Too bad you don't have my power anymore." The Dragon Warlock says.

Leo orbs in behind the dragon warlock, "Hey, dragon breath, over here."

The dragon warlock turns around. Phoebe runs over to the chair and gets the bottle. The dragon warlock blows fire at Leo and he dives out of the way.

Phoebe rubs the bottle and the genie appears. "I wish Prue were alive." The genie clicks his fingers. "Buffy… Piper, go check on Prue."

Buffy and Piper goes in the kitchen.

Dragon Warlock frowns, "Where the hell did you come from?"

Genie shakes his head, "Oh, no, no, that's where you came from."

Buffy, Piper and Prue walk in. "The power of three will set us free, the power of three will set us free." Phoebe joins them. "The power of three will set us free, the power of three will set us free. The power of three will set us free, the power of three will set us free."

The Dragon Warlock starts flying and heads for the window. He explodes.

Later in the living room…

Genie nods, "They call themselves the Triad and they're scary dudes. Very high up on the evil food chain. It's only gonna be a matter of time before they send somebody looking for you."

Prue nods, "Just means we're doing something right if we got their attention."

"Plus it means that there's some method to this wiccan madness, some greater purpose. It's nice to finally know." Phoebe says.

Leo nods, "Be careful what you wish for."

"Oh, I am a reformed wish-a-holic, believe me. I'm in no hurry to get any new powers." Phoebe says.

Prue nods, "Yeah, besides, the power that you already have is the one that saved the day anyway."

Phoebe smiles, "I know and I love it. I just have to work on controlling it better."

"Yeah, and I'm gonna concentrate on finding Mr. Right, not settling for Dick." Prue says.

Buffy, Prue and Phoebe smile.

"Well, speaking of wishes, you still got three left, you know." Genie says.

Buffy nods, "Yes, we know and we already know what one of them is if you're up to it that is. In fact if we do it last it will negate the others. We want to make you mortal. Keep you off of the councils radar once and for all."

Leo nods, "True freedom. And not just from the bottle although mortality is the consequence."

"And feelings too. Even the painful ones." Phoebe says.

Genie smiles, "That's okay. I think I'm ready, I'm feeling very sensitive these days." Piper walks in. "Let me ask you something. Why would you do that for me? I mean especially after I helped kill you."

"Yeah, well, you also helped bring me back. And besides, once you're human, we don't have to worry about you tricking us again." Prue says.

Piper nods, "But there's one wish you have to grant first. One that I need. I want Dan to have peace of mind, to forget about all the horrible things that have happened in the last couple of days. About who we all really are. I wish that Dan could truly move on with his life without consequences."

Genie smiles, "Your wish is my command." He clicks his fingers and the choker around his neck disappears.

Piper walks outside and sees Dan in his front yard picking up the paper. He looks over at Piper and she waves. He waves back and goes inside. The genie comes outside. "No tricks, right?"

Buffy walks out the door.

Genie shakes his head, "No tricks. I promise. I've got no powers. You know it's a little weird you all had a fourth wish but chose not to use it."

"I know," Buffy says. "But I think for us we got everything we need right here. We don't need that fourth wish. If helps you though just think of your new found mortality as being two wishes."

Genie smiles and nods and he walks down the steps.

Buffy and Piper walks back inside and Leo, Phoebe and Prue are standing in the foyer.

"Well, that was an interesting couple of days." Prue says.

Buffy nods, "Interesting couple of years. Piper can I talk to you alone for a moment." Piper and Buffy head up the stairs and into Buffy's room. Buffy shuts the door behind them. "Piper when I went to the future you were alone. You were selling the manor and had closed P4 because of the grief and memories were too much for you. You never married Leo and never had that beautiful girl. When you were grieving you pushed Leo away. After my deal with my past life I promised you I wouldn't put you through that again and I failed."

"Buffy, you didn't…" Piper says.

Buffy puts a finger to Piper's lips, "I felt like it though, Piper. But in the end I think I made up for it. I convinced you to move on, reopen the club. Not to sell the Manor. You agreed with one condition."

Piper smiles, "What was the condition?"

"You were going to rename the club in my honor." Buffy says. "My point… well I guess I didn't have a point. I just wanted to tell you that, my sister."

Piper nods and hugs Buffy, she and Buffy walks back down stairs and join Leo, Prue and Phoebe in the living room.

The Elders call Leo.

"They're calling me, I've gotta go." Leo says.

Piper shakes her head, "Not so fast. If we're ever gonna make this work I think I deserve to know a little bit more about you, don't you think?" She looks to Buffy who nods.

"What do you mean?" Leo asks.

Piper smiles, "I mean, I'm going with you, Leo. I'd like to meet 'them'."

"Are you sure?" Leo asks.

Piper nods, "Positive." Piper puts her arms around him. "Take me to your leader."

"Uh, Piper? Wh-wh-whatta?" Phoebe asks.

Piper smiles, "Don't worry, I'll be back."

They orb out.

"Worried? I'm not worried, I mean of course they'll be back, right?" Phoebe says.

Prue nods, "Of course, I mean why would we worry?"

Prue and Phoebe look at each other, obviously worried.

Buffy shakes her head, "She'll be back. I know it."