1x03 Charmed One's Lost Powers

The sun shone through the windows of the kitchen in Halliwell Manor. A puff of smoke rose to the ceiling as Paige added the final ingredient to her potion. Prue and Piper sat in the living room on the sofa.

"What do you mean, Prue," Piper asked her sister.

"Well, back in 1999, I had the power of telekinesis, you had the power to freeze time, and Phoebe..."

"Yeah —,"

"Well, we must have gained other powers. When Phoebe was possessed by the Woogy, she got other powers."

"So —,"

"So," said Prue, "What if our future selves have gained powers as well? That is possible, right?"

"I don't know, Prue," said Piper, "Maybe we should ask —,"

"Leo," Prue finished, "Piper. I know that Leo should have saved Phoebe...But, he cou —,"

"Couldn't, Prue? Couldn't," Piper asked, "Of course he could. He chose not to, Prue. He chose to let Phoebe die." The door bell rang.

"Come in, Kristy." The door opened and Kristy, Piper's new friend, came in with Melinda, Piper's daughter.

"Hi, mommy!" She said, before running up to her room. Kristy left.

"Oh my God, Prue," said Piper.

"What?" Prue asked.

"Melinda. I'm not her mom. She is —,"

"Piper? How can you say that," asked Prue, embracing her sister, "She is your daughter. She is your's and Leo's daughter." Piper sat on the arm of the couch. Prue looked up. "Leo!" She called, Piper jumped, and fell off the couch, and orbs appeared in the room. Leo materialized in front of them.

"What?" He asked.

"Is it possible that — No, do our future selves have other powers?"

"Yes. But, you won't have them. At least, not for a while. You keep the powers you exchange in. But, about —," Leo checked his watch, "— Five minutes those powers will reveal themselves."
"Five minutes?" Asked Piper, standing up, "You couldn't have told us this sooner?"

"No, the Elders forbid it."

"So? When have you started caring about the rules? What about Paige?"

"She'll keep the powers she has."

"So, she'll still be able to what," said Piper, "Move things by calling for them? Leo, I think that that greatly raises our chances of dying.."

"How," asked Leo.

"Well," said Prue, stepping in between Leo and Piper, "Obviously, if she has to call for things, that will take some time for it to orb. Then, we have to wait for it to move. Demons won't wait." Piper pushed Prue out of the way and advanced on Leo.

"Maybe if you had told use we had a sister in the first —,"

"I didn't know Piper. No one knew," said Leo.

"Still! Maybe if you were thinking about her welfare!"

"This isn't about Paige is it?"

"No! If you would have taken care of me and Melinda maybe we would be together!"

"PIPER THIS IS YOUR FAULT! YOUR THE ONE WHO THOUGHT IT WOULD WORK BUT IT DIDN'T! YOU'RE THE ONE WHO THOUGHT A WITCH AND A WHITELIGTHER TOGETHER WOULD WORK! BUT — IT — DID — NOT —," Piper's eyes filled with tears.

"Get out of my house! Now!" She opened her hands to freeze Leo. He blew up in orbs. Piper screamed, Prue jumped back and Melinda walked into the room.

"It's okay, mommy," she said, "You just blew up Daddy again." Leo orbed back into the room, gave Piper a resentful look, and orbed away.

"No," said Prue, "He never told me what my second power is."

"Fine! Go find him!"

"No, I want to stay with you."

"Just go!"

"No —," Prue said. Her head fell to her chest. Piper grabbed her and put her on the couch.

"Prue!" She yelled.

"It's okay, Mommy. She's just astral porjecting!"

"You mean 'astral projecting'"

"Yeah."

"Will she be alright."

"Yeah. She's done it before..."

Piper reappeared in Leo's living room. He grabbed her and put her on the couch.

"Okay," he said, "You've got the power of astral projection. Phoebe had the power to levitate and project into other's minds. She could submit this electronic energy that could melt a person's brain."

"And that's what she used on Cal Green?"

"Yes."

"Then, why didn't the Elders do something?"

"They couldn't. She'd been exposed. It could take years, decades, to clean up the mess she's started. Prue, The Elders' aren't Gods. They can' just snap and make the work a happy place." Red energy surrounded Prue, and went inward towards her center, making her disappear all the while. She woke up on the couch in the Manor. A demon through Paige through the archway, who stood up again.

"Athema!" She yelled, flinging her hand. The athema orbed up, into the demon's chest. Piper fell from the ceiling. Prue stood up and flung her arm. The demon flew through the air and landed in a heap in the another archway. Piper stood up and stretched out her arms. The demon blew up, leaving a scorch mark on the ground.

"I just had that floor fixed." Piper said.

"You did?"

"Well, not me. The future me. There was a bill," she added, seeing the confusion on Prue's face.

"How much was it."

"It was so large, I can't remember it," she said.