Romeo and… Phoebe?
In the manor, Billie, Phoebe and Cole were sitting at a desk, with a bunch of papers and folders over it.
-Oh God, I regret offering to help. –Billie said sinking her face into the papers.
-Stop whining Billie! –Cole replied.
-Yeah, I mean, Agent Murphy helped us a lot of times, and we promised to help with some cases. –Phoebe added.
-But I thought we were going out fighting demons, not reading through a bunch of documents and reports trying to find which ones are really related to magic!
-The faster we do this, the faster we can go to action, so stop complaining! –Cole said again.
Suddenly, there was a noise in the kitchen.
-Piper, is that you? –Phoebe asked loudly, but didn't get any answer.
-Let me go check what was that. –Billie said.
-You won't get away from it… -Phoebe said smiling.
-I know; I will come back. –Billie responded.
She left to the kitchen, but when she got there, someone knocked her down. In the living room, The Crone appeared behind Phoebe and Cole and chanted:
-Transportari, charta, mundi.
Ubi fabulas facta sunt
Et heroes evanesces!
Then, she threw a stone at the table and Phoebe and Cole were covered by a red smoke. The smoke floated through the room and then into a book shelf, disappearing with them.
-Did you do it? –A woman asked from the kitchen's door; it was The Seer.
-Yes, I did. –The Crone answered. –Now we must fulfill the plan. They snapped their fingers and shape shifted; they were now disguised as Phoebe and Cole.
Phoebe woke up in a room; it was very rustic, like it was from a castle in 1600.
-Juliet! What are you doing lying on the floor? –A man asked coming into the room.
-Juliet? I'm sorry; there must be a mistake…
-There's no mistake here, you're not going to miss the ball tonight.
-What ball?
-Don't act like you don't know, I thought your mother had talked to you about it; tonight you're going to tell Paris that you'll marry him in two years, like we agreed. –He said and then left the room.
-What the… -Phoebe said to herself after he left. –Where am I? I've gotta get out of here. –She walked over to the window and looked down; she was high, but not high enough. With a deep breath, she jumped out of the window.
Before hitting the ground, she levitated and damped the fall. Then, she started running, until she saw what looked like the end of the road: an endless black pit, with no floor, sky or anything.
-Damn! –She said as she realized she'd have to go back.
Back in the manor, The Seer and The Crone, still disguised, were talking when Billie interrupted them.
-Hey, why didn't you come to help me? –She asked angrily.
-Help you? Why? –Phoebe asked.
-Someone hit me in the head! Come on, didn't you see anything?
-I'm sorry, but no. –Cole said. –No one came here and we didn't hear any noise…
-Ok then; if you see any demon in the house, please vanquish him for me. –She said.
-Ok. Now I think I'm going to my room. –Phoebe said.
-Humm, your room? –Billie asked.
-Yes; is there a problem?
-Oh, no. I think I'm gonna go get some ice. –Billie said and left.
-Who was that? –Cole whispered to Phoebe after Billie left.
-I don't know, but we have to find out; I don't know for how long we were gone…
In Piper's restaurant, she was busy working in the kitchen and talking on the phone.
-I'm sorry Prue, but I'm really busy, I don't think I can't meet you right now…
-It's ok. -Prue replied. -I'll talk to you later then.
-Ok, bye. -Piper said hanging the phone.
When Piper was leaving the kitchen, she bumped into Billie.
-Billie? What are you doing here?
-Piper, I need you to come with me now.
-Why? What happened?
-It's Phoebe, she and Cole are acting weird; she even said she was going to her room, as of she still lived there.
-Are you sure that's what she meant? Maybe you're over thinking it.
-No, I'm definitely sure. Please! It'll take 5 seconds.
-Fine, but we have o hurry.
Phoebe was now in the ball; she was walking when someone grabbed her, covered her mouth and dragged her to an empty room.
When they got there, Phoebe turned around and fought back, until the man shouted:
-Phoebe, stop! It's me!
-Cole?
-Yeah. -He said taking off his mask.
-Thank god you're here. I think we're trapped inside Romeo and Juliet.
-I know, but who did it?
-We can find that out after we leave here.
-And how are we gonna do that?
-When Paige got trapped inside a book, she had to follow the story, so maybe that's what we got to do.
-Then, I guess I'll see you later. -He said and left.
-Wait, you're Romeo?
Later, after Phoebe had already, forcefully, said yes to Paris, she met Cole at the balcony, where they made a plan; they were going to keep acting as Romeo and Juliet until her sisters could do something or the story ended.
A day later, Cole was challenged by Tybalt, one of Juliet's cousins, and killed him with a fireball, being then banned from the city.
As planned, they story continued as Phoebe and Cole went to meet Friar Laurence.
-We have to get married now. –Cole whispered to Phoebe. –It's the way the story goes.
-I'm not getting married for the fourth time!
-Wait, fourth?
-I'll tell you everything you want later, right now we need to think of another solution.
-There's no other solution, we have to get married and then we have to consummate it.
-Whoa, no way!
-We have to, Phoebe! It's the only way. And besides, none of it will be real.
After a long argument, Phoebe agreed, but filled with regret.
Another day later, after Cole had left, Phoebe went to get the drug to make it looks like she was dead; she was hoping they weren't going to need to end the story, but she was losing hope.
In the real world, Billie and Piper got back to the manor and Piper's phone rang:
-Hello?
-Hi, Pipes, why did you pick up Wyatt at school earlier? –It was Leo asking.
-Humm, I didn't Leo.
-Well, his teacher is saying you did, like, half an hour ago.
-Oh my God. –Call Paige and Prue, ask them to meet you there, someone took him! –Piper said quickly turning her phone off. –I think someone is pretending to be us for the hundredth time! –She said angrily to Billie.
Let's go upstairs, maybe one of them is still here. They went to the attic and found Phoebe trying to hold the book of shadow, but it kept flying away.
-Hey you! –Billie said waving her hand and sending Phoebe on a wall. She was turned back into herself.
-It's you! –Piper said. –Back from the dead.
-Exactly. –She said and then threw a fire beam at them, which they evaded.
Piper waved her hand and tried to blow The Seer up, but she missed.
They kept exchanging attacks until Billie managed to trap The Seer inside a crystal cage. Piper got ready to vanquish her, but she was interrupted.
-Wait! –The Seer shouted. –I know something about the Triad. I know why they are bringing demons back from the dead! All I wanted was a spell or potion to vanquish them!
-I don't care. –Piper said. –Tell me where my son is.
-I don't know, but I know who's got him! It's The Crone, if you let me go I'll take you to her.
-I think we're good with scrying. –Billie said.
The Seer looked desperate now.
-I'm the only one who can save your sister. If I die, she'll die where I trapped her.
-You're lying. –Piper said.
-No I'm not. I'm not dumb enough to lie to you right now. You need this. –She added showing the red crystal.
Billie waved her hand, but the crystal didn't move.
-Your powers won't work on it, you need me. –She said.
Prue and Paige met with Leo at Wyatt's school, they were had already scried for The Crone and were after her.
-In that alley! –Prue said and went there with Leo, but someone grabbed Paige and pulled her inside a door.
-Hey! –Paige said and orbed away from the man's arms.
-Is that all you can do? I remember you were stronger before.
-Shut up. –Paige said and tried to attack him, but he evaded. –Who are you?
-I'm Sigma; I'm part of the Triad and I have a proposal to you.
-I don't wanna anything from you!
-Really? I can give you power, power to get your husband back, and power to save your sister.
He waved his hand and a hologram appeared in front of them; it showed Prue fighting with The Crone, but she was losing.
-You're lying.
-No I'm not, and that demon already has your nephew, if you don't stop her now, she'll go after your children too. –He secretly waved his hand.
-Stop doing that!
-Doing what? I'm just offering you power, if you join me.
-I'm not gonna betray my sisters! –She said and left.
She found Prue arguing with The Crone:
-Give me my nephew back and no one will get hurt.
-I'm not giving this precious boy up; I almost had him and now it's my chance.
-Not if I interfere. –Paige said waving her hand. Wyatt was orbed to Leo and she got dizzy, losing her balance.
-Are you ok, Paige?
-Yes, I'm fine, I just need a couple of minutes…
-Now I'll vanquish you! –Prue said to The Crone.
-Wait! I have a prophecy for you; I know why you called your sister this morning…
-Shut up!
-Your baby has a future, a bright future, but there's darkness coming also.
-What? –Prue asked. –What are you talking about? What did you see?
-There's a special day coming, and you all will have a tough choice to do; I can help you if you let me live!
Prue hesitated for a while, but then answered.
-In your dreams. –And then waved her hand, sending a telekinetic wave that vanquished The Crone.
-Prue, what was she talking about? –Paige and Leo asked.
-I'll tell you later.
In the story, Cole was already dead by the poison, and Phoebe was holding his dagger close to her heart. Strangely, she was getting strong feelings, as if her empathy was channeling Juliet. She was about to kill herself when she was transported out of the book.
-Phoebe! I'm glad you're safe. –Piper said.
-Oh, thank you. I almost had to kill myself to escape. –She added sighing.
-Thank God you didn't, otherwise it would have been too late. –Billie added.
-What?
-Yeah, if had killed yourself on the book you would have died.
-Oh no. –She turned around and saw Cole lying on the floor. She ran to him and said: -Are you ok? Cole? Can you hear me?
-Phoebe. –He said breathing heavily.
-We need to heal him. –Phoebe said. –We're lucky the poison was made for humans.
As the three of them ran for help, The Seer tried to run, but Piper saw her.
-Hey! –She shouted waving her hand. The Seer slowly burned and melted on the floor. –This is for my son.
Later, at the manor, everyone was talking.
-We have to find out the Triad's plan; The Seer made it sound like it was something big… -Phoebe said.
-Yes we do, and we have to do that before they go after your family again. –Piper added.
Paige was thinking about telling them about her encounter with Sigma when Prue got up:
-Guys, I've got something to tell you. –She said with her hand on her belly.