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Well thats it. I hope you enjoyed it.

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The Future.

I have always intended to stay within "Canon", that is follow the TV series plot lines except for the big one, that Prue stayed alive. Like the Charmed books whose plot lines fit between the various episodes.

Matt and Cole will bond, at least while everyone thinks he's still without his powers. Cole will get on well with Matt as does Leo.

So the Source will use the Hollow to steal the sisters powers. Eventually the Charmed Ones will defeat the Source of all Evil with the Seer's and Cole's help. The Source's power will infect Cole who like in the series will gradually become the new Source.

Events will pan out as per the series. Phoebe meets her past and present selves and ends up marrying Cole. Paige almost dies due to being infected by a demonic power broker and Phoebe gets her advice job. Piper and Leo are almost killed by ghosts. Paige becomes a vampire (Matt gets to vanquish two thanks to some holy water supplied by Leo).

So the events pan out as per the TV series. Prue and Matt's wedding is delayed as a suspicious Prue and Paige start to suspect Cole. Piper and Leo will back Phoebe, further splitting the sisters. Matt and Prue will argue as Matt still trusts Cole, something Cole will use to prevent the sisters realising the truth. Other events from the episodes "Saving Private Leo" and "Bite Me" will continue to delay their wedding.

When Phoebe forces Cole to become the next Source of All Evil by vanquishing the wizard, she will also accept the role as the Queen of the Underworld. All three sisters will try to reclaim Phoebe.

Eventually they will force Phoebe to choose sides. As in the episode "Long live the Queen", Prue, Matt, Piper, Leo and Paige will orb into Cole's apartment to force Phoebe to make a choice. Allow Cole to kill her sisters or join her sisters to vanquish Cole. All four sisters with Leo and Matt will vanquish Cole as per the series.

(This scene is one of the reasons that I always considered the Charmed Ones as having a dark side!. Phoebe's sisters force her to make a choice that she can't win, only lose. Allow her sisters to die or help kill the man she loves.)

One of my top 5 scenes in Charmed. Piper and Paige comfort a heart broken and grieving Phoebe and now joined by Prue while Leo and Matt wait below.

And Cole would have made sure Paige's sensing ability will be now common knowledge so it will lose a lot of its effectiveness against magical beings.

As in the series, the Seer will then make a play to become the Source (the reason why she backed the first Source, not the Triad). Paige and Phoebe will summon Piper and Prue into the cage and the Power of Three spell will defeat the Seer.

When the Angel of Destiny offers to make them mortal and remove any demonic future, Phoebe and Piper will want to accept the offer. Prue will be uncertain and Paige will want to refuse. As in the episode, Agent Jackman (remember him) will trick them into helping him catch a witch which he will try to kill. Stopping him will convince the sisters to keep their magic.

Finally Prue and Matt will get their chance. Their wedding will go off without a hitch at the end of "Witch way now"!. The honeymoon, however will not. And part of their marriage vow will be 'for better or for worse, for now and forever' as Matt wanted it to be.

This is the third story I have written, the two being the Power of Four parts 1 and 2. What has amazed me the most since I started writing this, is that normally I hate writing anything over 2 or more pages. My job means that I do have to sometimes write reports etc. Getting me to write these reports is something my bosses would probably describe as like pulling teeth.

I have written over 65,000 words in this story ! and I have enjoyed doing it, add many more !'s and several other characters.

I have always liked Fantasy / Magical shows with Charmed being probably my favourite. Also Buffy, Angel and others in the same genre. I also like Science Fiction, ie Babylon 5, Star Trek, SG1, all good escapism etc. I am not sure why I find that Charmed is one of the best, probably because of the mix of magic, beautiful women, good acting and the humour amongst others.

PS: The PMS part above is my tribute to one of my favourite episodes, "Once in Blue Moon" although my favourite has to be "Sense and Sense Ability". Drat, my favourite episode is one that I can't do with four sisters.

Future stories

I have two possible plot lines I intend to explore. At the moment they in what I call the "early morning planning stage", by which I mean the time between waking early in the morning until the alarm goes off and I have to get out of bed.

Plot line One.

Starts after "Happily Ever After" and during "A Siren's Song".

Prue and Matt go on their honeymoon to Asia. They encounter a growing war between Asian witches and demons. And its sort of the Halliwells fault. You can't destroy evil energy, just the container (ie the Source). All the recent demonic deaths such as the Source, the Council, the Triad (sort of), the Seer and many others, has left a lot of now unused evil power floating around. And all this power had to go somewhere. One guess where some it it turned up.

The local covens will ask Prue for help, something she is not willing to do as she wants a magic free honeymoon. Would you blame her! Paige will be involved as she can orb over easily and is keen to learn more about asian magic. So will the other sisters and Leo, assuming the problems below, will let them.

Piper is pregnant and we all know whats happening there. Wyatt is starting to make his presence felt, despite only being an inch long. Both physically, hormonally and magically.

Phoebe is depressed as Cole has by now returned and is still after her. And so is the "City" whose call is becoming increasingly hard to resist. The City doesn't exist in any physical way on any plane but is still very real. Its calling Phoebe and promises to give her everything she wants, promises she will find out that it can and will keep. Needless to say, there is a price but one Phoebe is increasingly prepared to pay if her sisters will let her.

Paige is on her magic kick and getting into all sorts of trouble.

If I can, I will involve Angkor Wat, a place I have never visited but would really love to. This might be as close as I ever get.

Plot line two ( much later on, as yet date unknown ).

This would be a mix of Fantasy and Science fiction.

If magic exists in our world then why not elsewhere. Like on another alien planet, with alien witches, demons etc. A world where magic is an accepted part of their society. Witches have a role similar to police, firefighters etc. These are aliens who also have space travel.

Maybe a spaceship transporting captured demons suffers a breakout and alien demons escape to the nearest planet (Earth !) and a certain city. Given the recent depletion of the demonic population, these new arrivals would find a ready niche to fill.

Followed by alien witches and crew who want to vanquish or recapture them. OK, this plot line has been done to death in the Science Fiction world but not to my knowledge when involving magic.

In this case, the demons would probably fit right into the demonic world, no racial prejudice as such in the demonic world. Evil doesn't care about shape but more about power. If a being has power then the other evil beings will respect it. Its not quite this simple but close enough for now.

But the aliens witches and crew are reptilian and do not fit into our world. A sort of role reversal as they will have to hide from both the underworld and the mortal world. And of course, the Charmed Ones get involved.

Anyway time will tell, I am going to have to plan the plots and start the stories. A fair amount of early morning day dreaming is going to have to happen before I can see if these plot lines will lead to a story. Plus a fair bit of research on Asian demons and Asia so as to get my scenes right.

The Charmed Ones, their powers and the future.

My thoughts on magic, powers and the Halliwells.

I have made the Charmed ones more powerful in my story line for several reasons.

First I think its a more natural progression of their powers. The series always made the point that the sisters powers would develop both in strength and control with new powers developing. Compared to some of the demons in the series, ie The Source, Zankou, the Triad, the Seer etc, the sisters are seriously outgunned in the powers department.

All of these demons have a range of powers (see the Charmedwiki web site) and because they are 100's of years old, have fully developed them. None of the sisters could match any of the upper level demons on a individual basis until season 8 when Piper was able to kill one of the Triad. But only after another one had been killed, presumably weakening their power of three.

Plus I assume it allowed the producers to keep the costs of the series down. Not that I blame them. I would rather have the 8 seasons we got than 4 seasons with more special effects and a greater cost.

This asks the question is how the heck did the sisters survive for any length of time once Evil had identified them in season one. Look at it this way. You are the Source. There are now three good witches who will one day grow powerful enough to vanquish you. So get some powerful and loyal demons, flame into the Manor around two in the morning when everyone is asleep. Chose one bedroom and open fire. Kill one sister and there goes the power of three and the other two will be easy meat.

This is the major reason why I expanded the sisters powers more rapidly so I used Paige to explain why the sisters powers have developed faster than in the series. Her early addition to the family has speeded up the development of all their powers.

So what could happen in the future. Again the Charmedwiki site has been very useful.

Prue

Prue's telekinesis should develop into Advanced telekinesis such as one her ancestors showed when she threw a War Lord's sword 100's of miles away. Plus she should gain the control that Penny showed. In "That 70's Episode", Penny used her telekinesis to throw all three sisters out of the house, around corners and out the door, after opening it with her power.

Prue's astral projection could develop into cloning as her astral self becomes more capable and more powerful. Both the real Prue and her astral self should be able to function at the same time rather than only one at the moment. It could even develop into teleportation as she projects her astral self somewhere, then moves herself fully into the astral form, effectively teleporting.

Given that her power is based around moving things with her mind, she might even become telepathic.

Personal

Matt and Prue's marriage will be turbulent, with lows and highs although not as dramatic as Piper's and Leo's. I have no intention of splitting them up, its just that any marriage has its problems. Problems that will be greater when magic is involved. On the credit side, the highs will also be greater.

Prue like Phoebe will have three daughters, all magical. The names will be taken from both the Halliwell and Battagliana family tree. Vi, Clara and Stephen will feature more in the Halliwell's lives as the grand children arrive, as grand parents tend to. Kay will also take part, just he will be more difficult.

Matt is always going to be mortal like both Henry and Victor. Like Victor he will have some problems with magic but will be more open minded. Unlike Victor, his children will always (unless the Angel of Destiny interferes again) have their mother plus their aunts and other relatives to protect them. While neither of the children will be as powerful as Wyatt or even Chris, they will all be powerful witches like the rest of their cousins. Remember Wyatt and Chris have a Charmed One for a mother and a powerful Whitelighter / Elder for a father.

Given powers are inherited, their abilities are going to come from their mothers and aunties side for the family. For example telepathy could easily come from Prue's telekinesis (move thoughts around) or Phoebe's empathy.

Prue will get pregnant, possibly during plot line two above. Wyatt and Chris are going to get a niece(s) at some stage. I have already decided that their first child will be a girl and she will be a Telepath. She will make Matt's life difficult by sharing Prue's morning sickness through to her childbirth pains on to him, so they can share the pregnancy. Something that will not gain him much sympathy from the sisters. After all, look what Wyatt did to Piper and Leo.

Note Prue and Phoebe's daughters could have a potential Power of Three. To be accurate, a Power of Three does not need three females, the Rowe coven and the Triad were all male. Any combination of three witches could generate a Power of Three, so long as all three trust each other enough to form a collective (The Borg strike back!). This is easier amongst siblings and I accept more likely between sisters.

Piper

Piper's powers would also develop as both her molecular immobilisation and combustion becomes increasingly powerful. At the moment she can not freeze upper level demons for more than a couple of seconds. By the end of season eight she could freeze even a Triad member almost fully.

Since her power revolves around molecules, another power advance could molecular manipulation, like Paige's Transformation power. She could even develop a true temporal ability which could range from just a stasis ability (from her molecular immobilisation power). Or even an advanced temporal control that allows her to rewind time or advance it like Tempus can.

Phoebe

Phoebe now has three powers. She has her Premonition, Levitation, and Empathy powers and showed what is called Electo - Mental Ignition in "Morality Bites". Given some of her abilities she shows after she receives her Empathy power, I would also argue that she might have a Projection like power. Time will tell.

Paige

Paige's powers will still revolve around her Whitelighter abilities which complement her three sisters powers. Her powers will remain more pacifist due to her Whitelighter heritage now she is not taking up Prue's role.

Her version of Prue's telekinesis is based around her orbing ability. This would develop as it did in the series. She will be able to orb heavier objects, further and with greater control.

She will develop remote orbing for example.

Her Transformation power which is the least developed, will slowly grow in power and control. I expect that this ability will be more controlled by her emotions in that is its more likely to activate when she really needs it. This may combine with her orbing ability to produce what is called combustive orbing, similar to Piper's molecular combustion power. This is probably unlikely given her more passive whitelighter outlook.

Her Sensing ability is currently the best developed. It a combination of her Whitelighter sensing ability merged with her version of Phoebe's empathy ability. It could even develop into full telepathy.

Her other Whitelighter abilities would expand, again as in the series. She should be able to Glamour, Cloak herself, Hover, Omnilingualism (understand and talk in her charge's language) and Heal. The latter will have to wait until season eight when she gains it after falling in love with Henry and then having to heal him.

Teaser (from plot line one above).

Charmed In Asia

Arriving in Phuket

Matt Battagliana wriggled as he tried to make himself more comfortable in the airline seat. Once again, he found himself considering a very familiar topic as he tried to get back to sleep. Wishing that Paige had never mentioned it, he regarded his fellow passengers. "What would you say if you knew what I know, that magic, demons, witches and a whole lot of good and bad magical creatures exist out there. That my telekinetic wife could easily throw you from one end of the plane to the other, without lifting her little finger. Her sister would make any explosive expert green with envy, given what she can blow up with just a wave of her hands. Another sister can do strange things with her mind. And the only reason that the youngest sister hasn't teleported us to Phuket is that Prue and I want a magic free honeymoon".

Good, having got that of his chest, Matt found he could relax better, hopefully enough so that he could fall asleep again. "Good grief, that woman was still knitting" as he looked across his sleeping wife to regard the third person in their row of seats. Gently readjusting his posture, he started to drift into a fitful sleep.

Woken by the pilot's announcement, Matt sighed with relief as the Thai Airways International Airbus A330 began its decent into Phuket International airport. Finally they were about to about to start their honeymoon, something that for a while he didn't think they ever would. Turning to his wife, he said, "Twenty minutes and we are on the ground, another two hours to the hotel and we can relax".

Prue Halliwell stretched as she also wanted nothing more than to get out of the plane. Twelve hours of flying with only a short break in Hong Kong to change airlines and aircraft had made the trip hard. Especially as either Paige or Leo could have orbed them there in seconds. Still Matt wanted their honeymoon to be as free of magic as possible, something Prue had a fair amount of sympathy for.

Matt watched with pleasure as Prue stretched, both because it reminded him of just how attractive his wife was, as the covert glances from several other men told him. And that after all the mayhem of the last several months, Prue was finally learning how to relax.

Since he had found out that Prue and her sisters were witches, a continuous parade of demons had entered their life's, apparently hell bent on killing them. He had watched and tried to help the sisters vanquish demons, Wolfen, ghosts, vampires, and of course the Source of all Evil (three times!). Losing Cole had been the greatest shock as he changed from a valued friend to a betrayer and then a deadly enemy.

Even then things hadn't changed as the Angel of Destiny who had introduced Paige to the family offered to give them a magic free life as a reward. That eventually all four refused was something Matt was still uncertain that it had been the right choice.

Watching Phoebe become a mermaid to try and escape from a returned Cole had not made life any easier. Neither had the Sea Hag trying to drown him twice, been much fun. The last demon had been a witch trying to use fairy tales to kill his wife. Watching his wife fall asleep after pricking her finger on a rose thorn had scared the heck out of him.

So the sisters were still the Charmed Ones, witches who had been given incredible powers and a destiny that often seemed at the time to be unrelenting in its constant problems and often desperate fights.

"Enough of the memories past, time for some future ones" Matt decided. Four weeks of sun, surf, good food, very good company in a bikini and the chance to visit Angkor Wat if any of the first three got boring was the immediate future. "So why the grin" teased Prue as she looked at him with that quiet, intense look that had attracted him so many months ago. "Oh, sandy beaches, swimming on the reefs, you in a bikini, exploring, just the next four weeks" was the reply.

"Bikini?" said Prue with a reflective look, "I knew I had forgotten to pack something". "Oh goody was the reply". As Prue giggled, the elderly lady who had sat next to them, in complete silence for the entire flight sighed, "Newly weds, I bet". One look at Matt and Prue confirmed that guess. "Its been so long but I still remember". Looking at Matt, she said "Spend some time away from her, it makes the reunion so much more fun and you young lady, buy at least one bikini, let him take it off, that can be fun too".

As a somewhat bemused Pure and Matt regarded the white haired and sensibly dressed old lady, she flashed them another grin and started to pack up her knitting. A raised eye brow from Prue as she looked at Matt, almost starting him giggling as well.

A final call over the aircrafts intercom reminded everyone to tighten seat belts, raise the food trays and put everything away. Increasing engine noise, a change in the aircrafts flight angle, along with various noises as the flaps extended and landing gear dropped told them that arrival was imminent.

Phuket International Airport.

Almost an hour later, the sun, sea, food and Prue in a bikini did not seem any closer as they both waited patiently in line to pass through customs. Having a large family in front of them and another behind, each with impatient and noisy children was not making the wait any easier. "We should have followed that old lady, she knew what she was doing, she's went through customs almost 20 minutes ago" commented Matt somewhat sourly. "Agreed, just it was so hard keeping up with her" replied Prue.

Walking amongst the waiting passengers was Mia Ti Ling, a petite young women dressed in the uniform of a customs officer. She was apparently helping people by making sure they had all the relevant documentation. In reality she was one of the customs most valued officers with an unrivaled ability to spot people hiding something. From drugs, false passports, forbidden plant or animal material and in one case, a bomb, she had the ability to somehow spot something in their owners body language that gave them away.

Working her way through the recent arrivals, she was looking for anyone which set of her internal radar. Unknown to her bosses, she was a witch with partial empath and telepath powers which allowed her to excel in her job. As she passed through one line she found herself alongside Prue. She stopped dead in her tracks she found herself looking at a tall, dark haired caucasian woman who she instantly realised was a witch like her.

Reaching out with her empathy she blanched as she got a good read on Prue's power which blazed brightly in front of her. Prue also turned to examine the women alongside her as she also recognised her as a witch. Neither said anything, then Mai shook her head to clear it and walked away. Climbing some stairs to the administration floor she chose a position that would allow her to watch what she now knew as a powerful witch and her non magical companion.

"What the heck was that all about" asked Matt in an anxious and quiet whisper. "That woman was a witch and she obviously recognised me as one" whispered Prue. "and she is still watching".

Finally the family in front cleared customs and it was their turn. As they handed over all the documents for examination, both Prue and Matt began to wonder if they were about to encounter problems.

High in the observation section, Mai turned to walk over to a particular desk. "Tam, a favour if don't mind". The young man seated in front of the computer screen turned and smiled. "For you Mai, anything". "Line three, who are the two people being currently processed?".

With a quick tap of the keys, Tam bought up a TV picture of the station, alongside which scrolled information. "His name is Matt Battagliana and her's is Prue Halliwell. Says here they are husband and wife, she must have kept her maiden name. They are from San Francisco. Apparently here for four weeks so I presume they are on their honeymoon".

Turning to look at Mai, Tam was surprised at the look on her face as she visibly showed a mix of surprise and then awe. "Do you want me to flag them?" said Tam. Mai shook herself and replied "No, I have heard of her, she's famous". "What, is she an actress?" said Tam as he turned to look at the screen. "What about the man, he's not bad either".

Well aware of Tam's personal preferences, Mai replied "No, she belongs to a special group of people, and I just never expected to meet her. What do we know about what she and her husband are going to do?". Scrolling down the screen, Tam replied "Occupations are listed as a reporter for him and a photographer for her. They are staying in the Hilton Phuket Arcadia Resort for the next two nights, then they intend to spend some time at Hat Patong beach, staying at the Banthai beach resort. Also listed are visits to the Thalang National Museum, the Khao Phra Thaeo Wildlife centre, various other tourist places, oh and they have booked a trip to Angkor Wat".

"Why am I not surprised" replied Mai, "print off a hard copy for me, thank you so much". Patting Tam gently on the head, Mai moved back to watch Prue and Matt work their way through customs. Reaching into her pocket, she pulled out her cell phone and dialed her mother.

"Mother, I have good news, one of the Charmed Ones has arrived and I am watching her go through customs right now. The one called Prue, it looks like she is here on her honeymoon. Will you tell Grandma, she will probably what to make contact. We could do with some Charmed help, after all, it sort of their fault. Yes, I have their itinerary and she wants to visit Angkor Wat. And what does that whitelighter of yours know?"

"Finally", as an already hot and sweaty Prue thought to herself as she and Matt got into the taxi. Something made her look back as she tried to focus on a small figure now watching from a second floor window. "Great, that witch is still watching us". Hearing Matt give the driver the name of the Hotel they were staying at for the next two days, Prue sighed and settled back to enjoy the ride. If the local witches wanted to say hi, then it better be quick as she had other things to do.