All Charmed characters are owned by WB. Use of names are on fanfiction basis. I owe nothing.
In this chapter, we learn a new destiny of the charmed ones, tint of a bigger evil and some good decisions.
Also teenage male Halliwells debuting in the last.
Enjoy.
Episode II
Part 1: Revelations
Cheerful as the last time, the angel of destiny of the charmed ones swept through the attic, smiling.
He said, "So! Are you terrified at your apparent death?"
"Ummm, I don't really think it that way. After all I went to the future and saw my old self with Leo, I was grandmother! So this apparent death must be a new input I guess?" Piper replied with a smile. "Tell me what does this means? The Source of all evil is banished, most powerful demons of the underworld are dead and we are leading a near normal life. Where did this powerful demon came from, which even power of three is unable to vanquish?"
"Oh, my dear you very well know I can't tell you directly and lead you in certain path, free will and all." He chuckled like the last time. "However you must know that your family was brought forth for a greater task. A task which is needed for the survival of this world and the reason I'm even telling you this is because there has been an anomaly. An anomaly, which might endangers your possible blissful future. We were forced to take action and it had resulted in some deviation. Fear not because knowing you, you will take good decisions."
"What anomaly?" Paige asked.
The angel replied, "I cannot explain it to you right now. But you must understand, it is made this way for the greater good of the grand design. I have also come to convey a prophecy for your next generation. This prophecy will help you decide you path. Decide your inner callings; choose paths that reflect your life and everything will be as they were supposed to be."
The sisters remained silent as they knew that grand design is something which is never meant to be trifled with. Cryptic directions with signs are always a way to maintain the cosmic balance with free will of humans.
Phoebe then broke the silence, "So what is the prophecy?"
The angel stood still in a trance like state and the time stopped flowing, his eyes glowed and he spoke.
From the will of the power of the ever one,
What was meant to be has been done,
Those came with the power of three to protect,
Now it is time for the power of ten to affect,
For a battle as never before might come,
Pains and bonds of the past will be needed to overcome,
For love is greater than hate you must learn,
Or it may all be undone,
On this moment and this time,
I invoke to the power of three,
Reconstitute for a new destiny,
Assemble in the new bloods of Halliwell progeny,
For you will now be three times three and one,
To be the power of ten, to fight again.
Though time was stopped, a wave of energy and wind gushed through the attic. The book of shadows glowed and levitated in mid-air. After few moments it stopped glowing and came back to rest.
The angel finished his oracle and looked at the sisters, smiled and said, "It is done. Choose you path wisely. Be as a family and everything will be fine."
With this he left in the sparkling orb and time started to flow again.
The sisters looked onto each other. Though they were worried, they were satisfied, that by some grand design they were meant to do something. They were meant to live.
"I guess I know what just happened, just now." Phoebe spoke.
"I guess we all know what happened." Piper replied back. "Even though we are still the charmed ones- the sisters having the power of three, our kids just got a new bond, the power as a family. The power of ten!"
Paige asked, "Piper, but our progeny is only nine. Where is this tenth one?"
"Frankly speaking, I don't know Paige. We have to figure it out on our own. I guess we'll have..."
"Hey look at this! The triquetra on the Book of shadows, has changed into an interlocking hexquetra with a rhombic perimeter. Just like Pauline's vision." Phoebe interrupted Piper.
"I think, like us, these runes represent our kids. However I'm still confused on the 'Power of ten' thing." Paige added.
"One thing from the vision has come to pass. Let's see what is next to come?" Phoebe exclaimed.
Piper looked at them, thinking deeply.
"PAIGE." A voice from ground floor called and Piper came out of her deep thoughts with a jolt.
-x-
She was interrupted by Henry. He had arrived from his investigations.
"What is it Henry?" Paige asked, coming down through stairs.
"That mansion which Pauline had seen, it is situated north-west of this manor. Currently it is uninhabited. To be precise, is for sale." Henry told them.
"What are you saying?" Phoebe was a bit surprised. "This doesn't make any sense. Such a big mansion for sale! At this time of the year?"
"Oh I think it makes much of a sense. If it is what I'm thinking, then we should be prepared." Piper said calmly.
Paige inquired, "Prepared for what?"
"...To buy that mansion!"
"What?" Phoebe, Paige and Henry spoke in unison.
"Find a map and check if that mansion is equidistant from major Wiccan elements. I'm going to summon Grams. I'll explain everything later. Now hurry." Piper commanded, ignoring their amazement and confusion.
Everyone was speechless. But Phoebe was getting what Piper was thinking. They quickly started to do as she ordered.
-x-
Meanwhile Piper summoned Grams Penny in the attic.
Hear these words hear my ply
Spirit from the other side
Come to me I summon thee
Cross now the Great Divide
She appeared speaking as ever, "Oh! After such a long time! How are you my dear? So what brings me here this time?"
"Cliff note version, apparent death of your beloved grand-daughters by some demon..." Piper said with a pausing tone.
"...Unless?" Grams completed with a worrying look.
Piper clarified, "Unless you help us to figure out something. You know, I'm starting to think of your insistence, to live together as a whole family, even though we have personal families."
"Oh! I'm so thankful. Finally you got that." Grams said with tears of joy. She always wanted the sisters to live under one roof, but 15 members were impossible to be sustained in that manor. So she kept quite until now.
"But this Manor is a bit small to sustain more than 5 persons, don't you think?"
Penny raised her eyebrows, "You've got a point. So what are to suggesting? Turn this manor big from inside magically? Or..."
"... or we can simply buy a new home for Halliwell Family. How about a Mansion?"
Penny looked as if she had a shock of 1000 volts, eyes wide open.
Before she could say anything Piper replied, "Look! Grams, this manor is getting old. During vanquishing Zankou we practically erased the Nexus under this house. We are strong but absence of Nexus has taken a toll on our powers. We can still fight major demons and obliterate them, but under new light of evidence, even we might fail." Piper revealed her thoughts. "We need a new nexus to tap powers from."
She briefly described the vision which Pauline saw and the revelation which the angel of destiny told.
"I think the anomaly which he spoke of, must be a kind of new demonic power which is trying to rise and without nexus our 'Charmed powers' might be weak. However a new nexus may help us prevail. I think this is what the angel meant by, Choose you path wisely. Be as a family and everything will be fine."
"A new destiny! Right?" Penny smiled looking at the new Book of Shadows. "It was such a matter of pride when you girls became the charmed ones and now my great-grandkids becoming a new power! I couldn't be much happier than this. I think they need good guidance and for that you need to survive. Let's see what this mansion is hiding?"
-x-
Phoebe and Paige plotted the basic Wiccan elements around the mansion.
Fire – Kiln, Water - Baker beach, Earth – Pacific Heights, Metal – Junkyard, Wood – Forest. However they were not equidistant from each other and pentagram was not achievable.
However with few more elements, they found that mansion was in the middle of a decagram. Unconventional and alternate elements being, Spirit – Church and the Cemetery, Space – Observatory, Time – Clock Tower, Air – Windmill, Electricity – Power Plant.
"Oh! My God! This mansion practically sits over the most powerful Wiccan nexus of all time. Why didn't anyone noticed it before?" Paige asked with great surprise.
"Probably, because the power plant, windmill and Kiln are recent addition. The Wiccan nexus is probably newborn and growing its power slowly." Henry provided his theory.
"Oh! Great! You have learned a lot considering you are a mortal." Grams critically praised Henry.
"Thank you." Henry swallowed a spoonful of spit seeing her. Though he respected Penny, like any other grandson-in-law, he feared her short temper and critical responses. Paige amusingly patted his back.
"Piper, buy this mansion. Being double Wiccan nexus, this place is also a spiritual nexus like ours." Grams ordered immediately, seeing the location of mansion.
"I know." Piper affirmed, smiling.
Leo and Coop entered fading, holding some books.
"Piper, we have got something you need to know." Leo said instantly. "The dreams that Pauline saw is a kind of destiny drop. These drops are scattered from the time realm and only some powerful seers are able to intercept them. They are like a four lane highway leading to different outcomes. We only have to choose the suitable one to proceed forward."
"These dreams occur with all the signs to help us on our way. Only if we choose the correct path! I must admit, our little seer is very powerful!" Coop added.
Phoebe replied, "Well in that case we are buying this mansion."
"Wait! What mansion?" Leo and Coop asked with confused looks on their eyes.
"You guys have got a lot to catch up!" Smiling, piper said back.
Phoebe explained, "The angel of destiny revealed to us that our original destiny's path was altered or changed due to some anomaly which he chose to hide. Our kids have just been prophesized as the new, 'Power of ten'. I think he was hinting for us to fight together."
"Fight and live together." Piper continued, "Our own nexus is destroyed and I think that some new power in the underworld is rising, which might withstand our power of three. Without nexus our power might be weak and we live at different places too. To prevail, we should live in a single home and this mansion is the seat of power, we must protect it too. So that, good may win over evil."
"These angels of destiny are much helpful in terms to giving signs, unlike elders." Paige smiled.
Everyone smiled and affirmed for the decision to buy the mansion.
"Kids will go crazy when they will hear about this!" Paige exclaimed and everyone laughed.
"By the way, where are they?" Phoebe asked.
"Boys are training in the magic school." Leo informed.
"And girls are off to collect herbs and materials for potions." Coop added.
"Even though its holidays, they are giving so much dedication." Phoebe said with pride and joy.
-x-
"I don't know about my joy but you are full of pride. You know that?" Chris shouted at Wyatt, ducking the energy balls from a low-level Xarax demon. Wyatt was trying to blow demons but was missing many of them
Baam
"Oh come on bro! It was your idea to skip the training and go for hunt. I know I'm powerful, but to take on demons without strategy is epitome of idiocy." Wyatt replied.
Kaboom
Chris replied in annoyance, "I still don't get it. How do you stand literature classes? And it's more annoying when you use such intellectual words in a place like this."
Kaboom-pow-baam-crash
"Everyone! Focus! Or we'll end up being ash dust." Sam tried to gather attention to their present concern.
Boom.
Sam was thrown back due to a nearby blast.
"Junior!" Shouted Wyatt and telekinetically orbed Sam behind him. He healed his wound on the arm quickly.
There were 15 demons in total, blasting energy balls on the brothers. Brothers were avoiding them and fighting back with all their powers.
It was Chris's idea to skip training from the magic school and go for real hunting despite of Wyatt's reluctance and Sam's looked for innocents in need of help. Sam smuggled some files from Paige's office and found that recently Xarax demons were attacking an Herb store near the outskirts of city and were plundering the store for valuable herbs and minerals. Though they generally attacked in 2-3 and were easily thwarted by the witches assigned to protect the store by Paige's service centre, they seem to return every time.
Xarax demons were low level hunter demons and easily vanquished. However they could prove nuisance in large numbers.
Chris saw this as an opportunity to fight demons, as he was bored because of the lack of any real demon threat back at manor.
Christopher Victor Halliwell had just turned eighteen this November. He had grown into a handsome young man with similar lean look as the older Chris from the future. He was also very similar in nature as the future Chris, rash, neurotic and impatient. He however was unaware of this another Chris's existence. His parents also chose to hide that fact.
Wyatt however, sometimes felt a sense of Déjà Vu while looking at Chris, his emerald-green eyes, his brown silky long hairs and many more things. However he never really understood why? He was also very protective of Chris, though he never admitted it openly.
Wyatt Matthew Halliwell, the eldest son of the Halliwell family, the twice blessed child, the master of many wonderful powers, the greatest witch to ever walk this earth. However these specialities never went over his head. He was raised well by Piper. He had grown into an imposing stature. Short brown hairs and blue-green eyes, he was handsome. However far from his looks he was a laugh riot. He was cheerful, easy going and more than optimistic. Coming February he would be twenty. Next to Chris he was also very close to Samuel Henry Junior.
Samuel Henry (Junior) Halliwell. Sam as they called him, Junior by Wyatt and his aunts, was a young teenage in his sixteen. He was a prince charming like his father Henry. Even though, 2 years younger than Chris, he was more bulky than him. Though less than Wyatt. Paige chose to keep her children's last name Halliwell. Because as Leo said once, Good magic respects it and evil fears it.
These young men of Halliwell family were very strong. They were stronger than average young witches around, but were new to use powers and to attain new powers.
And in the light of their inexperience, it proved dangerous that they were ambushed by the large horde of Xarax demons who were hoping to lure the charmed ones.
"This is better than the charmed ones, we got the twice bless child." The leader of demons said.
Chris raised his eyebrows and twitched his mouth on the word, 'Twice blessed'.
Seeing him unguarded, the demons concentrated their attack towards Chris.
It was unavoidable, even orbing could not have helped as energy balls could hit the orbs and he would end up more severely damaged. He raised his hands to avoid the balls and inadvertently deflected the attack with his telekinesis and a force field. Many balls in proximity got snuff by some unseen field, as if being absorbed. The deflected energy balls got more energized and hit the demons back, incinerating them. Seven demons were vanquished.
"This was new!" He said to himself with surprised looks on his face. He felt a gush of energy inside of him.
Being a half witch and a half white-lighter Chris had the powers of Orbing and charmed lineage – Telekinesis. However he was still far from telekinetic orbing like his aunt Paige. But deflecting energy balls like that and possessing an invisible force field was a new thing.
"Cool!" Wyatt and Samuel exclaimed.
"I guess you developed a new force field." Wyatt informed.
Wyatt understood the nature of snuffing off of energy balls and concluded that some field was activated around Chris, as he too had the power to make Protective field. His field however were visible and worked more like a physical shield.
The demons prepared to attack again. Wyatt raised his hands to blow the demon in front and thought, 'If I could blow them up in single blow.'
As if his wishes were realised, instead of blowing one demon, energy was emancipating from his hands which literally dispersed and vanquished everyone in front of Wyatt. Every demon was vanquished.
"Whoa! That's awesome." Sam said in awe. Chris was also impressed.
"Hey, what's happening? First you got your new power and now my power advanced. This is unusual." Wyatt asked Chris.
"Dunno! May be we should ask..." Chris was interrupted before finishing the sentence.
"...we are in trouble. Uncle Leo found out that we are not at magic school." Sam spoke looking out in blue.
"How do you know?" Chris asked in surprise. "Do they know where we are?"
"Yes, they are summoning us right..." Sam vanished in glowing sparks together with Wyatt and Chris.
-x-
"...now." Sam rematerialized finishing his sentence together with Wyatt and Chris.
Apparently Piper Phoebe and Paige had brought them back with the 'lost witch' spell.
Everyone in the room had a grim look on their faces.
Piper broke the silence, "You kids are in serious problem that I can assure. Until you have a good reason to explain, you are grounded."
The young boys dropped jaw. New powers in hand and punishment, not a very bright day. They all thought.
However they were soon going to learn the reason for the sudden advance in their power.
Thank you for reading.
I have tried my best to keep loose ends tight.
Since this chapter was getting big in size I've decided to introduce the girls of Halliwell progeny in next chapter.
Episode II Part 2: Mansion not dear!