A/N: I'm glad someone's liking it. I hope people will keep reading. Here's the next chapter. Enjoy. Read and review.
Fade in:
Int. - Cave.
In the middle of the cave lies a cauldron with a small fire underneath. A CLOAKED CREATURE is mixing several items that he's fetching from a small wooden table behind.
Suddenly a bunch of flames materialize nearby but they quickly fade away leaving the form of a MAN DRESSED IN BLACK. He looks to be around his mid 20's. He carries the same knife we saw before.
Cloaked Creature: (Raspy voice.) I take it that your last mission went well, Jeremy.
Jeremy: How you know what name I was using in the mortal world, Seer?
Seer: I also take it you realized what a stupid question that was the second it let your mouth.
Jeremy: You damn clairvoyants are far too witty for your own good.
Seer: Is how we survive. I must warm you though. In spite of your success in gathering thee witches' souls, I'm afraid that a force strong enough to stop you has awakened.
Jeremy: If you speak of that silly Charmed Ones legend, I already sent one of my Drogmons to the infamous Halliwell Manor.
Seer: Fool.
Jeremy flinches and glares at the Seer.
Seer: The Power that was dormant was awakened because you interfered. The sisters would've remained bound if they had not faced any sort of danger.
Jeremy smirks.
Seer: I know that look. And I can already tell you that idea is futile.
Jeremy: You know, some times you just gotta trust that the future can change. You can't deny I have a shot at this either. They may be the Charmed Ones, but, unlike the witches I killed they aren't trained or educated in their abilities.
Seer: I supposed there is a very small window that will lead to your victory.
Jeremy: A victory that will not only make me go down in history as the first Demon to ever defeat the Charmed Ones, but also the new successor to that great line of power!
Ext. - Manor Drive way. – Day.
Piper and Prue are both heading towards their respective cars with Phoebe trailing behind them.
Phoebe: How can you guys act like this isn't happening to us?
Prue: If Grams calls, you're to let her down easy on the fact that you are back.
Piper: The plumber said he would stop to fix the pipes today and if I get a call from Beth, tell her to try my cell.
Phoebe: We killed a monster!
Both older sisters turn and stare at Phoebe for a long moment.
Phoebe: And the two of you ignoring it won't make the scorch mark on the attic floor go away!
Piper: Pheebs…
Phoebe: No. You guys didn't pay any attention to what I was telling you during breakfast. We're descendants from Melinda Warren. One of the most powerful Witches in history. We inherited her powers! The power of moving objects with the mind. The power to manipulate time and the power of foresight!
Prue: Phoebe.
Phoebe: And these creatures are demons! The one from last night was in the book. It's some sort of henchman for upper level demons.
Piper and Prue: PHOEBE!
Phoebe shuts up and looks at her sisters pleadingly.
Prue: I have to get to class.
Piper: And I have to get to work.
Prue: And we can't really get into what went down last night right now.
Phoebe: But it's our destiny!
Prue: Can you move things with your mind? Or freeze? And I doubt you of all people can predict the future. So maybe you just have to accept that there's a logical explanation for what happened last night.
Phoebe: Fine! I'm all ears.
The two stare at each other glaring Piper looks uncomfortable with this. Phoebe smirks at the lack of respond.
Phoebe: That's what I thought.
Phoebe starts to march back up towards the front door. Prue and Piper resume getting in their cars.
Phoebe: We're witches! And you can play the denial card all you want, but you'll see that's not really gonna get you far.
Int. - Quake's diner. – Kitchen. – Day.
The staff is at full work mode. Piper is on the phone with a clipboard, taking notes of what she's hearing on the other line.
Piper: Yeah, everything's checked here, so I'll-
She bumps into someone. It's someone wearing a staff uniform. Piper looks up to the person. Her cheeks bluish slightly. It's Jeremy.
Piper: (To the Phone.) Hold a sec. (To Jeremy.) You are?
Jeremy: (His eyes glow a shade of red.) Jeremy. The new guy. We spoke last week remember?
Piper: Um… not exactly… I mean, yeah, I do.
A waiter walks in.
Waiter: Piper, we got a problem at table six, some dude complaining about his burger. You mind?
Piper: Yeah, okay.
She turns to Jeremy and gives him the clipboard.
Piper: Okay, new guy. You get to recheck my inventory and then you're on cleaning duty at the restrooms.
Jeremy: I… um…
Piper: Yeah, sucks to be new guy.
She heads out the door, Jeremy looks at the clipboard.
Jeremy: Stupid mortals.
Int. - Halliwell Attic. – Day.
Phoebe sits by one of the old chairs in the attic, with the Book on her lap. She's reading a passage. A close up on it, allows us to see what it reads.
"The Demon world's goal is to drive the world towards the power of darkness, acting as mere bringers of this power. The human will always remains a neutral point. Mortals are the ones that can choose to be evil or good. In the case of witches, they can be easily lured into the dark side. Especially if they are new to their powers. These witches become Warlocks. Beings that abused their gifs for personal gain and ultimate darkness. They only wish to grow more powerful and often target inexperienced witches to steal their powers."
Suddenly Phoebe's eyes shut and she gasp. Cut to a black and white image of Quake. Piper is being stab by Jeremy in the back with a knife. Cut back to Phoebe. Her eyes open.
Phoebe: Piper…
Ext. - Library. – Night.
Prue is staring at the building for a long moment. Keith walks over to her. She doesn't really react.
Keith: Speak to me, Halliwell. You got a new lead I should know about.
Prue: Not really. Just thinking. It's just horrible. All those girls killed at random. Makes you wish…
Keith: Actually, I think I found a pattern and the reason why this has been so hush-hush.
Prue: You had?
Keith: Yep. The girl killed last night, Jenny, was part of the campus Wicca group.
Prue reacts to this revelation slightly.
Prue: How does that connect them to the Jenkins girl and Morgan Holland?
Keith: Morgan was part of a Coven of Witches. I found this out through her necklace design. Remember that pic I was studying? I traced the symbol and found out it's a commonly used item for many of these sects.
Prue: I would hardly call a Coven a sect…
Keith: Yeah, cause believing in magic and rituals are all for sane people.
Prue glares at this. A few leaves from nearby trees start to rustle slightly.
Keith: I managed to contact a family member. And she totally confirmed that Morgan and her mother and sisters were all practitioners of the Wicca ways.
Prue: So you're saying that this is a religious hate crime?
Keith: Not just religious. Ms. Jenkins was not a Wicca in any way or form. Not that I could tell seemingly. But a look into some of her stuff and she had a lot of artifacts and spell ingredients in her room. Plus, a small book filled with spells.
Prue: What are you saying?
Keith: I think our little killing spree is more than just some sick cult. I think we're dealing with witch hunters.
Suddenly Keith is hit with a ray of energy. He falls on the ground unconscious. Prue turns to see where the ray came from. A WHITE HAIRED MAN dressed in black, hovers off the ground and stares rather detached.
White haired man: Charmed one… you must unleash your power.
Prue: What did you do to him?
The man doesn't answer and sends another ray with his hand towards her. Prue holds out her hand and some force hits the ray before it reaches her. The ray hits a nearby tree. The man smiles.
Int. - Quake Diner. – Night.
Piper and Jeremy are in some sort of storage room. Piper has her back to Jeremy as she put cans on a shelf. Jeremy watches her with a wry smile curling across his lips.
Piper: I still think you're mighty chipper for someone on their first day here.
Jeremy: What can I say? I think this job has its advantages.
Piper: (Chuckles.) What would those be?
Jeremy: Get to see pretty managers all day.
Piper stops, and turns, blushing a bit.
Piper: Do you now?
Jeremy: What are you doing this weekend?
Piper: Oh, Jeremy, I—I-I-
Jeremy: Hey, it's cool. If you're busy then how about now?
Piper: Um, I-What?
Jeremy pulls Piper into a kiss. She's surprised but slowly let's herself be kissed, placing her hands on Jeremy's back. The door burst opened. Piper pushes Jeremy off her and Jeremy freezes. His body stops moving completely like he was a still film. Phoebe rushes in.
Piper: (Staring at Jeremy.) Oh my God!
Phoebe: Get away from him!
Piper: What did you do?
Phoebe: I did nothing!
Piper: He's… he's like, frozen.
Phoebe: No, duh, Piper! But we need to get out before he unfreezes!
Piper: But… what?
Phoebe: He's going to kill you!
Piper: Phoebe… what are… you…
Phoebe: Hand! Look at his hand!
Piper does. Inside of his sleeve there's what appears to be a knife. Piper's eyes widen.
Piper: Oh shit…
Phoebe: Yuh huh. Let's go.
She takes Piper by the hand and start pulling her out.
Phoebe: (Incredulous.) Were you kissing him?
Int. - Halliwell Manor's foyer. – Night.
Prue enters. She's scratched on her cheek and looks sore as hell. She hears some noises coming from the living room. She enters it and finds a SMALL CAT, it Siamese breed is on a table and seems to have dropped an ornament to the floor. Prue calms down and walks towards the cat, picking it up.
The cat has a collar that she notices. She takes the tag in his fingers and looks it over. It's the same symbol on the Book of Shadows. She recognizes it for a moment before the door opens.
Piper and Phoebe are rushing in. Prue goes meet them in the main hall with the cat in her hands.
Piper: So I can freeze things?
Phoebe: Yeah, and I saw you getting stabbed by him, so if I hadn't come in and spooked you enough to do it, you would be dead by now.
Prue: What's going on?
Piper: My new waiter tried to kill me.
Phoebe: After she made out with him. And they call me the family slut.
Piper: (Smacking Phoebe on the arm.) Phoebe!
Phoebe: I'm just kidding. I'm sure he was a nice enough evil demon.
Prue: Where is he now?
Piper: Frozen at Quake. Though I'm not sure how I did that.
Phoebe: Or how long it'll last. Prue, did you get any powers?
Prue sighs and squints her eyes and looks at a table lamp. The lamp suddenly pushes itself off the table. She turns to her sisters.
Piper and Phoebe: Whoa.
Prue: Yeah, there's also this little guy. (She holds up the cat.) The symbol of the book is on its collar. Any ideas?
Jeremy: (Off-screen.) I have an idea.
The girls all turn to the door where Jeremy is standing with a knife in his hand and a smile on his face.
Jeremy: I kill you all before you get any ideas.
Fade to black.
Title on screen: To be continued…