After their run-in with Niray, Piper had found she had lost her powers. Karen told her boss that Phoebe wrote the column (and Phoebe's was better) and Elise hired Phoebe as the new advice columnist. She named the column "Ask Phoebe". Paige, who's powers were still a mystery, started learning spells and potions from Piper, who was trying to get Prue, who blamed herself for Piper's losing her powers, to do something other than sit in the attic for endless hours, researching a way to destroy Niray.

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Paige threw powder into a cauldron, which began to smoke lightly.

"Damn!" she yelled. Prue, Piper, and Phoebe were in the room like a flash of lightning, Prue astral projection, Piper running in with Leo from the living room, and Phoebe from the basement with Cole.

"What's wrong," asked Phoebe.

"Nothing," Paige replied, "I just can't get this potion to work." Prue leaned forward and grabbed a few ingredients and threw them into the cauldron, which exploded and smoked heavily. Paige sighed in disappointment.

"Well of course you can do it," she said, "You're super witch. You three are. I'm a newbie."

"You'll get the hang of it," said Prue, astral projection away, as Piper and Phoebe returned to their men.

"Yeah. In a hundred years," Paige said to the air. Her watch beeped, and she ran out the door to head to work.

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DISCLAIMER: ALL THE CHARACTERS WHO APPEARED ON CHARMED ARE THE SOLE WRITE OF THE ACTORS, WRITERS, AND CREATOR(S) OF CHARMED.

CREDITS:

Shannen Doherty as Prue Halliwell

Holly Marie Combs as Piper Halliwell

Alyssa Milano as Phoebe Halliwell

Brian Krause as Leo Wyatt

Julian McMahon as Cole Turner

Chad Michael Murray as Kevin Lane

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Prue slammed her fists against the table as her latest attempt to find a spell powerful enough to vanquish Niray. She secretly hoped to find one to also vanquish Niray's powers, to avoid giving them to Kevin. Phoebe, Piper, Leo, and Cole ran into the attic.

"I'm such a genius!" Phoebe yelled.

"Honey," Prue said soothingly, "Are you OK? I think all this working-out is making you go insane. Cole, did you hit her on the head." Phoebe frowned.

"No. I'm just a genius," Phoebe said forcefully, "We need a warlock."

"Why? To kill us?"

"No. Niray."

"We need Niray to kill us?" Prue frowned as frustration stretched over her face.

"NO!" Phoebe yelled, "We need to get a warlock in here while we kill Niray so it can take Niray's power. Then, the warlock will be stripped of its evil powers and just become a witch of the same alignment."

"So, we need to find a good warlock to take Niray's powers, and become a good witch with the power of mana."

"Okay. But the only good warlocks we knew were Kevin and the priest. We can't ask the priest to."

"And Kevin's dead so, we can't use him," said Piper, "Too bad we killed him."

"Yes. Too bad you "killed" him, right Prue?" asked Cole, staring into Prue's eyes.

"Yeah. Too bad," she replied, "I'm going to take a nap." She stood up and ran out of the room.

"Cole! What was that?" asked Phoebe as the two of them left the attic. Leo and Piper stayed back to find a vanquish. "She's been under a lot of pressure and you have to do this? So, join me in my room?"

"In a minute," said Cole and he shimmered out. Phoebe walked into her room.

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"Kevin!" Prue yelled standing in her room. Kevin blinked in.

"I know," he said, "But I can't just blink in when you guys kill her. If even one of you stop, it won't work." He gave Prue a hug and handed her a piece of paper.

"It's the spell you would have found. I went to the future. Niray will attack tonight and you find out, then you fall asleep and Niray kills you, takes your powers, and kills Paige, Piper, Phoebe, Leo, Cole...and me. It's a spell that draws the powers from the entire Halliwell line. But, with a little twist." Blinking out, Kevin whispered.

"I love you too," he whispered. Prue turned and left through the door.

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Running into the attic, Prue held up the piece of paper.
"I got it!" She yelled. Phoebe and Cole ran into the room, followed by Paige. Prue had waited nearly an hour to create the illusion that she was working.

"What is that?" Paige asked.

"This," Phoebe said, walking up to the piece of paper and putting her hands around them, and moving them dramatically, "Is the brilliance of Prue Halliwell: super witch!"

"Yes. Remember the spell that we were gonna use to vanquish the Source? Well, I used that spell, with a little twist. A nod to the new Power of Four! Plus, we have a spell that can summon Niray."

"All we need now is someone to take Niray's powers."

"Maybe I can help?" said Kevin, blinking into the room. "I am a good warlock, after all."

"Wait!" Piper yelled, "We vanquished you."

"No you didn't," said Prue. I cast a spell on him. All that happened was he flamed to another part of the underworld. I knew he hadn't died."

"OK."

"OK?" asked Prue, "I pretended to kill a demon, then didn't kill him and you don't care?"

"I did the same thing!" Yelled Phoebe, "you just did it for love."

"Yeah," said Piper, "And now, we have a way to vanquish Niray, and to take her powers."

"Then let's do it." The three sisters stood around the rug and with the instruction of the sisters, Cole and Leo crouched behind a couch. Phoebe threw a potion in the middle of the rug. The smoke spiraled up and spun around. When it subsided, Halon, Rak, and Shax stood on the carpet, facing Phoebe, Piper, and Prue respectively. White light flew up and went into Piper.

"A gift from Niray," said Rak, "She likes to play fair." He smiled happily at the chance to defeat the Charmed Ones. The boys rushed forward, but too late. A white field of energy stretched over the sisters, and expanded, blocking the men from them.

"Time to test the Power of Four."

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Well, I hope you like the way the story is going. I want you to choose Paige's powers. Leave a review or PM me...