Scene: Manor. Attic. Piper is there reading a story from a fairy tales book out loud.

Piper: A year after the death of Snow White's mother, the king remarried, but his new bride was in fact a wicked witch. (Paige walks in.) One consumed by...

Paige: What are you still doing up?

Piper: Not sleeping as usual. I thought maybe reading some fairy tales would help me sleep. It always worked when Grams did it.

Paige: Well if you are trying to sleep, why don't you put away those silly fairy tales.

Piper: Silly? You think fairy tales are silly?

Paige: Yeah, they're all about helpless women needing big, strong men to come and rescue them. Plus, they're filled with evil witches.

Piper: But Paige, these stories are classics, they are filled with values and lessons for being a good person.

Paige: Well, my grandmother taught me values just fine without big wolves devouring little girls. You want my advice?

Piper: Not really.

(Paige walks over to the Book Of Shadows.)

Paige: You should ditch the fiction and read a real story.

(Paige picks up the Book Of Shadows and takes it to Piper.)

Piper: Well, Paige, those stories aren't really 'bedtime' stories, more like Stephen King novels.

Paige: Whatever, just make sure you don't stay up too much longer. I'm outie.

(Paige leaves the attic.)

Piper: Where was I? A year after the death of Snow White's mother, the king remarried. But his new bride was in fact a wicked witch, one consumed by jealousy. Every day she asked the magic mirror the same question.

Scene: A castle. There are various items on stands throughout the main room, like a museum. An old man is cleaning a magic mirror. A lady's face (the wicked witch) appears in the mirror.

Wicked Witch: Aren't you dead yet?



Old Man: Ha, still so bitter after all these centuries. Some things never change. (He turns to an apprentice, cleaning glass slippers.) Careful, my boy, those are not just symbols, they're pieces of history.

Apprentice: I understand.

(He puts the slipper on a stand. There is a sign saying "Cinderella" under them.)

Old Man: Never forget the power of every fairy tale emanates from each of these. (The nail holding up the magic mirror starts to come loose.) Their magic continues to shape every child born, even to this day. Which makes the task of preserving and protecting them much greater. (The magic mirror falls from the wall.) No, the mirror! Don't let it fall!

(The mirror smashes and a white mist floats out of it. The mist forms into the wicked witch.)

Wicked Witch: Thanks so much. I thought I'd never get out of there. (She grabs the old man by the neck.) This is the way to begin a story.

(The old man drops to the floor. The wicked witch turns to the apprentice.)

Apprentice: Who are you?

Wicked Witch: Little rusty on your fairy tales I see. Evil witch, magic mirror, speaks only the truth. Perhaps this would help. "Freedoms lost must be unwitting, into the glass to do my bidding." (The apprentice is sucked into the mirror. The wicked witch uses her power and the mirror slides back up the wall and into its place.) Now, amuse me. Not that you have any choice. "Mirror, mirror on the wall. Who is the most powerful witch?"

Apprentice: You're much stronger than other witches I've seen before, yet truth be told there are four with powers much stronger than yours.

(Images of Piper, Phoebe, Paige, and Porter flash in the mirror.)

Wicked Witch: We'll see about that.

Scene: Manor. Attic. Piper is asleep on a couch. Paige walks in holding the Book Of Shadows.

Paige: Piper!

(Piper jumps up.)

Piper: Where's the demon?

Paige: It's okay, you're okay.

Piper: Ohh, I think I had a nightmare.

Paige: Yeah, the brothers Grimm strike again. I wonder how they got their name. Where's Leo?



Piper: I don't know, I think he's helping one of his charges. What happened to your hair?

Paige: My protection potion blew up in my face. My hair was set on fire and turned red. I kind of like it.

(She places the Book of Shadows back on its stand.)

Piper: It probably blew up because it's an impossible potion. If it were possible, wouldn't we use it more often?

Paige: Well, according to the book it can be done. Your Grams was working on it day and night.

Piper: Well, too bad she's not around; she could help us all out. I just, I need a little help.

Paige: What do you mean?

Piper: Nothing much, I just think, maybe Grams could help us teach Porter some of the tricks.

(Phoebe races in.)

Phoebe: There you are. Paige, did you ever make that vanquishing potion?

Paige: Vanquishing potion?

Phoebe: The one for Cole. Remember I gave you the letter opener with his blood on it?

Paige: Right, vanquishing potion. I'm sorry; I didn't know you needed that right away. Do you?

Phoebe: Well, if the nightmare I had last night turns out to be a premonition, then yeah, big time. He had me back in the underworld as his queen.

Piper: Oh, yeah, but you've had that nightmare before.

Phoebe: I've lived that nightmare before, we all have, but this time we have to be prepared.

Paige: No arguments here.

Phoebe: And he's got a lot more powers now so there's no telling how he's gonna come after me. You guys have to be really, really careful, okay.

Piper: What, you think Cole's gonna try and kill us? That would not be the best way to win you back.

Paige: Yeah, but it wouldn't be the first time he tried. (Porter comes in.)

Porter: Who is Cole?

Phoebe: My ex-husband and a half demon. Paige, can you please make the potion ASAP? If you need me, call me at work. (Phoebe leaves.)

Porter: Uh…Piper, how long did take you to control your freezing power?



Piper: Almost a year, why?

Porter: Because on my way here, I sneezed and froze a street cat.

Paige: Did you walk here?

Porter: How else would I have gotten here? My adoptive mom doesn't know I have sisters.

Paige: Call for me and I can orb you.

Porter: Speaking of orbing, how come I can't orb even though I'm a whitelighter?

Piper: Maybe because your destined power doesn't require orbing and the DNA decided to skip a generation.

Paige: Too bad you can't leave with us, Porter.

Porter: Yeah, I can't see that happening. "Hey mom, I'm gonna go live with my older sisters. You've never met them but they're good people."

Paige: We'll find a way.

Scene: Castle. The wicked witch is there looking at images of Piper, Phoebe, Paige, and Porter in the mirror. The images disappear and the apprentice appears.

Apprentice: Wanna see more?

Wicked Witch: No, I think I've seen enough to know how to kill them.

Apprentice: Powerful though you are, I doubt it can be done. For good magic protects the Charmed Ones.

Wicked Witch: Still, I wonder if it can protect them against such powerful magic as we have here. Certainly worth a try.

Apprentice: But using the props for evil could...

Wicked Witch: Change the meaning of fairy tales? Shift them away from good? So be it. (She opens a large fairy tale book.) Let's begin with Snow White. She was easy prey. Woodsman come forth. (The picture of a woodsman in the book glows and a real life woodsman appears in the room.) Bring me the heart of the witch which is white as snow.

(She picks up an axe off a stand and hands it to the Woodsman.)

Woodsman: As you wish.