Author's note: Here's something you readers aren't used to, a quick update for this story. LOL
PrettyDiva: No, Drake didn't erase Nikki's memory. To find out what happened to Tommy in all of this just read on.
Slytherin-Angel44: Don't worry about Tommy, he's just fine. Read on to see what I mean.
GinaStar: I'm glad to see you back and I hope you like this chapter as well.
Riverkirby: It is definitely not a dream; it is like a new reality I guess you could say. Keep reading to find out what happened.
ThePink1atReefside: Well Zephyr was made up by me and as for Tempus I'd forgotten about him. Be in suspense no longer.
Tommy Oliver sat at his desk in Reefside High School grading papers after school. There was a knock at his door and he looked up to see his best friend Hayley standing in the doorway.
"This is a nice surprise," Tommy said as he smiled at her.
"I thought we could maybe grab some dinner or something," Hayley told him.
"Sorry I can't, I have a date tonight," Tommy revealed.
"Let me guess your date is with Sara," Hayley replied.
"No wonder you're a genius," Tommy joked.
"This is the third night this week that you've been out with her, I must say I think she may be the one," Hayley told him.
"I don't know about all that, she's great girl I don't want to rush into anything," he replied.
Sara had opened a bakery in the building next door to Hayley's Cyberspace and Tommy had met her on a cruise he had taken this past summer only to learn that she was a resident of Reefside as well.
"Oh well I guess I'll just be eating alone tonight," Hayley remarked.
"You could join us if you like," Tommy told her.
"Somehow I don't think Sara would agree with you, we can hang out some other time," Hayley replied.
"Thanks Hayley you're the best," Tommy said.
"I know," she said as she left.
In the Underworld, Drake and Zephyr discussed the next step in their plan.
"I must say having the Seer reverse time so that Nikki never found out the truth about you was genius," Zephyr told his nephew.
"Yes, and since she never found out, she never broke up with me and therefore she never moved in with her sister and never went on that cruise that led to her marrying that mortal," Drake replied.
"Are you sure that there's no way she'll ever remember?" Zephyr questioned.
"How could she, she's never even heard the name Tommy Oliver before and now that we're engaged she has no reason to be suspicious of me what so ever," Drake said.
"In that case, we'll have to alter the plan a little bit, I want you to push her into getting married soon," Zephyr told him.
"You want me to marry the daughter of a Charmed One?" Drake asked.
"Yes, once she's married to you we'll separate her from her family and then you'll need to impregnate her, once the child has been conceived, we'll be able to use the evil in the child to control her and turn her against her family," Zephyr explained.
"The only way for that to work is if we're married by a person of evil, how am I ever going to convince her to get married anywhere besides a church?" Drake asked.
"I'm sure you'll think of something my boy," Zephyr told him.
Nikki walked hurriedly down the street after her lunch break trying to make it back to work on time. She wasn't looking where she was going when she ran into a little boy and knocked him to the ground.
"Watch where you're going!" his mother yelled as she helped him to get up.
"I am so sorry, I think this belongs to you," Nikki said as she picked up a comic book from off the ground. She looked at the cover and saw that it was a comic about the power rangers.
"Thanks, I just got this one today," he told her.
"Um excuse me, where'd you get this?" Nikki asked.
"There's a comic store about two blocks from here, it's on the corner you can't miss it," he said.
"Thanks, I really am sorry," Nikki called as they walked away.
Nikki didn't know why but she had this sudden urge to find the comic store and check out this particular comic book for herself. She called into her office and told them an emergency had come up.
"Um excuse, where can I find a comic about the power rangers?" she asked as she walked into the store.
"Funny, you don't strike me as the kind of girl who'd be interested in that," the clerk told her.
"Well, I used to hear reports about them from time to time on the news and I thought maybe my nephew would be into that kind of thing," Nikki said even though she didn't have a nephew and just wanted for him to show her what she was looking for.
"They're in that section over there," he said as he pointed to them.
"Thanks," she said as she went to take a look. She picked one up and read the name of the author, Trent Fernandez. Why am I feeling so drawn to this? I haven't cared about the power rangers since I was a young girl.
"Are you going to buy that, I'm closing soon?" the clerk asked.
"Um sure, I'll take it," she said as she took some money out of her purse and paid him.
She walked outside the store and was stuffing the comic into her purse when she heard a scream coming from the alley way. She wasted no time in running down the alley to see what was happening for herself. She saw a demon from behind and he was about to strike a man with a fireball.
"I wouldn't do that if I were you," Nikki said alerting him to her presence.
To her surprise however, the demon didn't turn around to attack but instead shimmered away.
"Are you ok?" she asked the man as she helped him up from the ground.
"Yes, thank you," he replied.
"Nikki, what's going on?" a man asked and Nikki turned around and was shocked to find Drake standing behind her.
"Drake, what are doing here, how did you know where to find me?" she asked.
"I didn't, I just happened to be walking in the neighborhood and I heard a scream so I was coming to check it out," he told her.
"Thanks a lot for your help but I'm gonna go now," the man she saved told her.
"No wait, I think we should talk about what just happened," Nikki said.
"No, no I really think I ought to be leaving now," the man said obviously still afraid of something.
"But I can take you someplace safe," Nikki replied.
"Nikki, the man obviously just wants to get out of here, just let him go," Drake said as the man began to run away.
"Drake, I can't believe you just did that, what if that man was an innocent that I was supposed to save, for all I know that demon could find him again and finish what I interrupted," Nikki said angry at his interference.
"It was probably just some lower level demon who didn't have anything better to do, I'm sure there's nothing to worry about," Drake told her.
"And when did you become such an expert on demons?" she questioned.
"Look just because I'm not apart of the Charmed Ones doesn't mean that I don't things about demons," he retorted.
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean that the way it sounded," she apologized.
"All that matters is that you scared the demon away right, what do you say you orb us home," Drake replied.
"I can't go home, I'm supposed to be working," Nikki told him.
"So call your boss and tell him that there was a family emergency there's something I want to discuss with you," he said.
"Can't it wait until later?" she asked.
"It could be if we want to get things moving we have to hurry," Drake replied.
"What do you mean get things moving?" she inquired.
"I want us to be married sooner rather than later," he told her.
"How much sooner?" Nikki asked.
"I was thinking next month," he replied.
"Next month, but we haven't even been engaged that long," she said.
"I know but I don't see any reason for us to wait," he told her.
"Um, how about the fact that I can't plan a wedding in only a matter of weeks, these things take time and time is something that I don't have a lot of," Nikki reminded him.
"So I'll plan it for you, I'll even get Sami to help and I'm sure your cousin Priscilla would be willing to help and we could get your Aunt Piper's restaurant to cater it," Drake informed her.
"You'd really be willing to plan our wedding?" Nikki questioned.
"If it means that you'll say yes to us getting married next month then I will," he replied.
"I don't know, I mean don't you feel like this is moving a little fast, just the other day you wanted me to move in with you and now you want jump into marriage," she said.
"Look at it this way, if we get married then you'll have to move in with me, it's killing two birds with one stone and besides you do love me don't you, so what does it matter how long we wait to get married," Drake told her.
"Well, when you put it that way, if you can really think you can pull this off then I say let's do it," Nikki replied.