DarkPriestess66: Witch Way Now? I don't own it. LoL. If i did, i would be a witch on Charmed, with Alexis' powers.
Alexis laughed heartily as Cedric and Harry went crashing into each other at the roller skate park, she felt joyful now that the Source was gone for good, and she had taken her two favroite people out to the skate park, they went skating after a morning of shopping, then lunch.
She skated over and help them up from the ground, "You two need practice,"
"Like to see you on a broomstick," Harry muttered running his backside,
"Been there, done that, not going to happen again, Come on we have to get back," Alexis replies, "We'll walk back if it helps, besides with all that construction going on the street we have no choice,"
They walked back and Alexis couldn't help but feeling someone was watching her.
The two weeks later, Alexis was standing by the window, when paige came over. She looks out the window from the living room. They celebrated Alexis' and Harry's birthdays at home, just the family after Alexis' shopping spree last month,
"Did they say how much longer this was gonna go on for?" Paige asks
"Three weeks, which means three months." Piper answers, then they turned to seeLeo holding a picture frame on a wall. "A little higher."
"We'd better hope no demons attack, that'd be a bust, especially if one of us goes flying out the window." Paige replies,
"Yeah, that would be bad, I can't wait to go crashing though a window, or setting fire to the curtains," Alexis adds,
"I wouldn't worry about that too much, there's so much chaos in the underworld they're too busy fighting each other." Leo states,
"Well, I hope it lasts. I almost forgot what it's like to lead a normal life. It's gotta go a little higher." Piper replies,
"Yeah, being a normal teenager is fun, can't wait to give it up for another year at school." Alexis states, "I can't rememeber the last time, i just had fun going outside without coming across a demon or warlock,"
"I need a ladder." Leo states,
"Leo, just hover." Paige replies,
"No, no, no, I don't wanna jinx anything, I'd rather we not use magic unless we absolutely have to, thank you very much." Piperstates,
"Come on, Piper, relax a little. Use it or lose it, lady." Alexis states, "Not like anyone's going to walk right in and see, unless its Cedric and Harry,"
Leo hovers up and holds the picture against the wall.
"Fine." Piper states
Leo marks the wall with a pencil and hovers back down.
"Ah, see, no major disaster struck." Alexis stated,
Phoebe walks in through the front door.
"We have a huge problem." Phoebe announced
Piper glared at Alexis, who recoiled. "You were saying?"
"Cole tried contacting me again." Phoebe explains,
"What, more whisperings?" Leo asks,
"No, this time he was channeling through a TV psychic while I was at work. He sounded so desperate." Phoebe answers,
"Wait, did anybody else notice?" Piper asks
"My highly suspicious assistant. How am I supposed to move on with my life when I keep being haunted by his afterlife?" Phoebe asks,
Cedric and Harry walk into the room, Cedric goes to sit by Alexis while Harry sits in a chair,
"Cole's been contacting Phoebe again," Alexis explains, "When we vanquish someone, I wish they didn't come back to haunt us,"
"Leo, what do you think?" Piperasks
"I think you need to do something fast." Leo answers,
"No, I mean, how is he holding on?" Piper asks,
"I don't know, I guess because he's half demon, it must be some kind of astral plane." Leo replies,
"Well, whatever, we can't risk him contacting me again. I have to figure out a way to get to him and find out what he wants." Phoebe states,
"Honey, what he wants is you. I mean, why else would he be hanging on?" Paige asks
All of the sudden, everything freezes including Leo, Cedric and Harry.
"Piper, why is Leo frozen?" Phoebe asks
"Ced, and Harry too," Alexis adds
Piper goes over to him and waves in front of his face. "Well, this is very strange."
Paige looks out the window and all the work men are frozen too. "Uh, guys, I think you oughta take a look at this." Piper, Alexis, and Phoebe go to the window. "So much for not performing any magic, huh Piper."
"Me? I didn't do that, I couldn't freeze all that stuff." Piper replies,
An elderly man wearing a slivery gray robe appears.
"But I can." the man stated.
The girls spin around.
"Who are you?" Phoebe asks
"I'm the Angel Of Destiny, and I've come to change yours."
Piper, Phoebe and Paige are backing away from the Angel of Destiny. Piper is trying to freeze him.
"He's not freezing, why isn't he freezing?" Paige asks,
"You're wasting your time." Angel of Destiny replies, the girls back into a table and fall on top of each other. "I am beyond your powers." They get back up. "Besides, I pose no threat to you."
"Well, forgive us for not believing that but the last being we met who could freeze time was a demon." Piper retorts
"Actually, it's because of a demon that I've come to see you. Which in and of itself is very rare. We Angels of Destiny normally don't intervene except in extraordinary situations. Mozart at age seven, Michelangelo, Albert Einstein... Britney Spears." Angel of Destiny explains,
"Huh?" Alexis asks as she looked at her sisters,
"I don't understand." Phoebe states,
"You four have accomplished something that few others ever dream of. By vanquishing the Source of all evil, you have fulfilled your shared destiny, much earlier than anticipated. Truth be told, some of us did think you'd never achieve it at all, but that's really beside the point. What's important is you have and because of that we're offering you a reward, a chance to chart a new destiny, one of your own design." Angel of Destiny replies, then he looks at Alexis, "And of course, being wand-user, i wouldn't change that part of your destiny, Alexis Halliwell."
Alexis let the breathe out, she didn't know she was holding, she was worried that if they did take up the offer, she would lose both sets of powers.
"A reward?" Paige asks,
"You can continue to remain as you are, charmed, vested with all your witchy powers, and of course demonic burdens. Or..." Angel of Destiny answers
"Or?" Piper asks,
"You can choose to relinquish your magic and lead normal lives again, unaccounted, free, we'd wipe the entire slate clean, nobody would come after you again. Well, what do you say?" Angel of Destiny asks,
"What do we say? Are you kidding? You can't just freeze the whole world and come in here and drop a bombshell like that and expect a quick decision. I don't care who you are." Piper snaps
"I don't think you quite grasp the uniqueness of this opportunity." Angel of Destiny states,
"No, I'm grasping it but that is beside the point. The least you could do is give us a little time to think about it." Alexis replies,
"Think about what? No time needed. Thanks but no thanks. Right?" Paige asks,
"Yeah, right, of course right. But, you know, as long as he's offering, maybe we should talk about this. Just talk about it. Over there. Right, right over here please, now, excuse us." Phoebe states before dragging her sisters across the room.
"You can't be serious, Phoebe, you of all people, you love being a witch." Alexis stated, "Even me, I love being a hybrid witch,"
"I know I do, but I..." Phoebe replies
"But what? What has changed?" Paige asks, Alexis was siding with her on this matter.
"Oh, I don't know, I became queen of the Underworld and nearly died carrying baby Lucifer. That's what changed, Paige." Phoebe answers,
"Pheebs, you know you were born in the Manor, and you are prone to evil," Alexis pointed out, but was ignored,
"Paige, it's just that we've been doing this a lot longer than you have, and I'm not trying to discount all the good that we've done or that we could do. But at the same time I'm not gonna minimize the costs. Paige, I can't get pregnant because of what we do." Piper stated,
"Punching out demons just isn't as much fun as it used to be." Phoebe adds,
"Guys, you're forgetting the most important part of being charmed," Alexis stated, "Me, I'm bound to the family by both blood and magic, without the magic, I'm not protected by the family line."
"So what are you gonna say?" Paige asks
"She's saying you need some time, which I'll grant, but not too much time. After all, other people's destinies are tied to yours. And since it's your charmed destiny that's at stake here, majority will rule. Two sisters will decide the fate of all four. So consider your choice wisely. Perhaps what happens next will help you to decide." Angel of Destiny answers; he disappears. Everything unfreezes and Piper's cell phone rings. Leo, Cedric, and Harry comes in.
"Hey, did you just freeze me?" Leo asks,
"Us too," Harry adds,
"No, dear, the Angel of Destiny did." Piper answers,
"Who?" Leo asks
Piper picks up her cell.
"Yeah, you'd better check with the Elders and make sure he's for real. I'm not kidding." Piper suggests,Leo orbs out. She answers her phone. "Hello?"
"Don't talk just listen." Darryl answers
"Darryl? What's wrong? Piperasks,
"Apparently you guys are about to be put under surveillance." Darryl explains, Piper motions for Alexis, Harry, and Cedric, Phoebe, and Paige to come over and listen. "An FBI agent named Jackman called me into his office today. He did a search on unsolved cases. Apparently your names came up on way too many witness lists."
"Just great," muttered Alexis, as she listened in, she raised a finger to her lips as Cedric was about to ask a question.
"What do you mean? What does he know?" Phoebe asks
"I don't know, but I'm gonna try find out. In the meantime just lay low and whatever you do don't use any magic." Darryl replies, They hang up.
"So are we screwed?" Alexis asks, as she looked at Cedric and Harry, "Go pack, everything that has do with school," they leave to Alexis' and Harry's room.
"Maybe, but that would take destiny out of our hands and I don't think that's what the angel meant." Piper replies,
"Okay, icksnay on the angelnay talk." Phoebe states,
They head for the stairs.
Outside the manor, a SFB Telecom van pulls up across the road. A guy gets out and gets in the back where surveillance equipment is set up. He puts on some earphones and a shot of outside the manor shows up on a screen. The girls' voices are heard in his earphones.
"I still don't understand how coming up here is gonna help." Paige's Voice states,
"Yeah, I agree, why are we coming out here?" Alexis' voice asks,
"Actually it's pretty simple." Phoebe's Voice answers, then loud music blares through the earphones and he quickly turns down the earphone volume.
Alexis was looking out the attic window, she hoped that the Owl Post wouldn't come now, Phoebe comes over and sits the CD player next to the window.
"So you guys have been home all day, right?" Phoebe asks,
"Yeah, so?" Piper answers,
"So there's no way he would've had time to bug the inside of the house, he's gotta be listening from the outside." Phoebe answers, she walks over to the Book of Shadows,
"Is it ironic that here we are presented with the opportunity to give up our powers and now we suddenly can't even use them." Piper states,
"Do you really want to live like this for the rest of your life?" Alexis asks, "because this seems pretty normal to me,"
"Except not using our powers doesn't necessarily mean that we won't be exposed. We still have Cole to worry about." Phoebe replies,
"Phoebe, you can't make contact to a dead demon husband." Paige states,
"Yeah, but if I don't he will, and then what? The FBI is outside and if they find out about us it's gonna be the same thing as last year and we don't want that now do we?" Phoebe turns to the "To Find a Lost Love" spell in the Book, "So I'm gonna cast the "To Find a Lost Love" spell. I mean, if Cole's soul is on some astral plane, it should astral me there, right?"
"Are you sure he even has a soul?" Alexis asks, as she looks back out the window, she notices the telecom van, parked outside, something just wasn't right,
"Well, what else would be calling out to me? Cole needs closure and so do I." Phoebe answers,
"We will create a distraction outside in case your spell inside creates any fireworks." Piper suggests,
"Be careful" Paige states, before she, Piper, and Alexis, go back downstairs. In the living room, Piper is looking out the window. Paige walks in carrying a tray of lemonade.
"Unless we spike the lemonade, I doubt they'll..." Paige began,
"Shh! That phone company van looks suspicious." Piper interrupts,
"Why?" Paige asks,
"Well, because it wasn't there earlier, and besides he didn't put out any cones." Alexis pointed out as she too was looking out the window,
"That's what you're basing it on?" Paige asks,
"Well, it's the best that I got, okay, now are you ready?" Alexis replies,
"Piper,why don't you just" Paige wiggles her fingers "to the street?"
"Because what if somebody drives around the corner? Now you just need to use some of your god given magic." Piper answers thenundoes the top button on Paige's dress. "Okay? Go."
Alexis laughed as the men rushed toward Paige, "Got to love, God given magic,"
Piper walks onto the road and smiles at Paige. She then goes over to the van and opens the door. She quickly freezes the guy inside and closes the door. She signals Phoebe who's looking out the attic window and turns off the music.
Alexis turns around and walks back into her room, "He's froze for now,"
"What was with us freezing earlier?" Harry asks,
"My sisters and I were given the chance to relinquish our charmed powers as a reward for vanquishing the source," Alexis explains, "Piper and Phoebe are all for it, but Paige and I aren't."
"What about Hogwarts," Cedric asks,
"Oh that I don't have to worry about," Alexis replies, "that part is unavoidable,"
it was silent for a few seconds, before Phoebe's screaming broke it.
Piper, Alexis, and Paige run in.
"Phoebe." Piperstates
Phoebe screams again.
"Something's hurting her." Paige states,
"Something is killing her." Piper
Alexis looks in the Book of Shadows. "Here's the reversal spell."
"Return thy love, wherever she be, through time and space, bring her back to me."
In the astral plane. Phoebe disappears. She returns to her body. She sits up with a jolt and gasps.
"Okay, you're okay." Piper sooths,
"Oh my god, what was I thinking?" Phoebe asks,
"You weren't thinking, I hope you got that closure," Alexis replies,
Someone knocks on the front door and rings the doorbell.
"Uh-oh, I hope the freeze didn't wear off." Paige states,
Piper, Phoebe and Paige walk in. Piper opens the door. Alexis warned Cedric and Harry not to say a word about magic, or Hogwarts or the wizarding world in general.
"Agent Jackman, FBI." he holds up his badge. "We should talk."
Piper, Phoebe, Alexis, and Paige and Jackman in the dining room. He puts a thick folder on the table and slides it over to the girls. What Jackman had to say didn't involve Cedric and Harry, so they were in the kitchen listening in.
"In case you're wondering, that's just a copy." Jackman stated.
They look in it to find photos of themselves being spied on.
"Pursued to ensure trust, Agent Jackman." Phoebe replies,
Alexis couldn't believe the pictures, there was everything even at the skate park with Cedric and Harry.
"If I wanted to expose you, I could've done that six months ago when that file first crossed my desk." Jackman explained
"Expose us as what?" Paigeasks,
'Six months ago, we were in England, and at Hogwarts.' Alexis thought, as she worried about what could happen to her if she was expose as a hybrid witch,
"Witches. It's the only logical explanation for all the unsolved cases, the missing persons, the mysterious deaths." Jackman answers,
"Prove it." Piper challenged,
He gets out a tape recorder and presses play.
Paige's voiceon tape "Something is hurting her."
Piper's voiceon tape "Something is killing her."
Alexis' voice on tape, "Here, reversal spell."
Piper, Paige, and Alexison tape "Return thy love wherever she be, through time and space, bring her back to me."
He stops the tape.
"That doesn't prove anything." Piper states,
"No, but it implies everything, especially when coupled with that file. You think your newspaper wouldn't run that story?" Jackman asks
"What do you want?" Phoebe asks
"Believe it or not, your help. See, I specialize in occult style slayings, that's why I was watching you in hopes of catching a serial killer. A witch hunter." Jackman answers,
"Alright, I've heard enough of this nonsense." Piper states, then she tries to freeze Jackman, but he doesn't freeze.
"Uh, wait a second, he froze before." Paige
Jackman pulls out an amulet out of his shirt which is hanging around his neck. "This time I was prepared. Like I said, I specialize in this stuff. There's supposed to only be a few of these amulets left in the world. Got this one off the witch hunter we're after." Jackman tucks it back under his shirt. He hands the girls a photo of the witch hunter. "Her name is Selena. I traced her genealogy all the way back to the witch trials. I think killing you people is in her blood, it's what she lives for. I mean, why else would she had burned her last three victims at the stake."
"Why are you telling us this?" Piper asks
"Well, because I thought you were gonna be her next victims, but now that I know who you really are and what you can do, I need you to help me find her before she kills again." Jackman replies,
"Do you have any idea where she is?" Phoebe asks
"I did for a while, I had her in custody once but she got away." Jackman: puts a plastic bag of stuff on the table. "These are some of Selena's personal belongings and from what I know, if you use your powers on them you might be able to find her. Now you do that, I'll make sure those files disappear forever. You don't," he pulls out his card "well, you figure it out." He grabs his bag. "Call me." He leaves.
Alexis ran to the window and watched him leave, just to make sure he wasn't going to listen in on the conversation, she turned back to her sisters "I don't trust him."
"Gee, you think?" Piper asks
"Maybe we should take the Angel of Destiny up on his offer." Phoebe suggests,
"Great, so we'd be free and so would Selena, who for all we know could be a warlock." Paigereplies,
"No, warlocks don't burn witches at the stake, they just steal their powers." Phoebeexplains,
"Exactly. Powers, Phoebe, the very things we were given to do good with, remember?" Paigeasks
"Huh, yeah, Paige, I remember." Phoebe replies,
"Guys." Piper stated but was ignored.
"Do you really or has all that dark magic just kinda gotten into your brain." Alexis asks going over to Paige's side, "Because it seems to me you're forgetting something,"
"Guys." Piper tried again,
"I can't believe you're so willing to just throw away our powers." Paige stated, "At least Lexi, is on my side."
"Paige, you don't know the hell that I've been through. You didn't live it." Phoebe stated,
"Oh, really? I was just turned into a vampire and then I was shrunk and then we switched bodies and..." Paigeasks
"Okay, imagine going through that for years. All I'm asking is for my life back." Phoebe replies,
"So you want to back to being a shoplifter, or move back to New York, so we will never see you again, I don't know what I'll do with a role model like you, I might as well go steal a pair of shoes now." Alexis snaps, "Your life began the day you found the Book."
"Okay, guys, enough, we need to focus." Piperstated.
"What about you, Piper? What do you think?" Paige asks
"I think we need to see this through like the angel suggested. So Paige, you are gonna go up to the attic and get started on this stuff." Piper replies then hands Paige Selena's stuff. "We will meet you there. Scoot." Paige goes upstairs. "Leo! Carmela! You two can orb it's alright."
Leo and Carmela orbs in.
"Where have you been?" Alexis asks
"Helping Professor Dumbledore," Carmela replies, "I need to go now, I'm planning a very special surprise for you and Harry, and Cedric," She orbs out again.
"What about the FBI agent?" Leo asks
"Uh, he already busted us. But supposedly all he wants is our help." Piper answers,
"Did you find anything out about the Angel of Destiny?" Phoebe asks
"He's legit and so is his offer." Leoanswers
Alexis let out a groan, she was hoping it wasn't legit, like the rest of Elders were suddenly feeling humorous and wanted to prank them.
"Okay, um, can you do us a favor and go get Darryl and make sure that agent Jackman is legit too. And meanwhile, we have a witch hunter to find. Don't ask, just go." Piper asks then Leo orbs out. Phoebe moans. "Having a crappy day?"
"Yeah." Phoebe answers,
"Cole?" Alexis asks
"Yeah." Phoebe replies,
They went up the attic, Alexis is reading from the Book of Shadows, while Cedric has his arms wrapped around her waist reading over her shoulder, and Paige is making a potion,
"Before the flame subsides, let the wax from the candle drip onto the crystal. Once consecrated scry with the crystal for the one who is sought."
Paige drips a candle into a pot and it explodes.
"Ain't magic grand." Paige states,
"I agree," Alexis agrees then looks at Piper, who was glaring at her.
Phoebe walks in, talking on the phone. "Okay, bye." She hangs up. "That was Morris. He confirmed that there is a serial killer on the loose doing exactly what Jackman said."
"We're all over it." Paigereplies,
Paige starts scrying on a map.
"He also said that Jackman has more information on us than he shared, including our genealogy. Dating all the way back to Melinda Warren." Phoebe explained, "He even checked into Alexis' adoption records, it's good thing, she was adopted by the state too."
"Well, what does that mean?" Paige asks
"They're gonna keep checking." Phoebe replies,
"It means he's going through an awful lot of trouble to get as much information on us as possible. I got a bad feeling he's not gonna let us off the hook so easily after this is all over." Piper states,
"What, he's just gonna keep using us afterwards?" Paige asks
"Great, Charlie's freakin' angels. This just keeps getting better and better." Phoebe replies,
The crystal points to a spot on the map.
"Got Selena. Do we still go after her?" Paigeasks
"Well, we don't have a choice. We can't let her run around burning people at the stake." Piperanswers, "Cedric, Harry, stay here."
Paige orbs in a room with Piper and Phoebe, while Alexis' flames in. Piper opens a door slightly and peeks through it. She sees Selena and some men in the next room.
Piper whispers "She has body guards. Lots of body guards."
"I wonder why Jackman didn't tell us about them?" Phoebe asks
"Probably figured we wouldn't help if we knew." Paige answers,
"Either that or he didn't know," Alexis states.
A bodyguard walks in through a different door and shoots his gun at Paige. Piper freezes the bullet in mid-air.
"Paige." Piper warns then knocks the bullet out of the air. "Did you not have the sense to sense if anybody else was in the room before you orbed us in here?"
Another bodyguard comes in through the other door and shoots. Paige gets frighten and orbs out. Phoebe grabs the bodyguard and pushes him against a cabinet. Alexis quickly uses her pyrokinesis and burns the bullet in mid air.
In the other room. Selena is there heading for the door. Paige orbs in front of her.
"Going somewhere?" Paige asks thenSelena takes a swing at Paige but misses. Paige hits Selena and knocks her unconscious. Piper, Alexis and Phoebe race in. "We're gonna need some serious memory dust after all this is over."
"Yeah, well, we've gotta get out of here." Piper orders
Phoebe sees Cole in the corner of the room.
"Phoebe." Cole states.
"Cole." Phoebe states then he disappears. Piper turns to look. "I swear he was just there."
A bodyguard runs in and shoots. Piper freezes him.
"Time to go. Orb! Orb! Orb!" Piper exclaims
They all orb and flame out.
Back at the Manor. Someone knocks on the door. Piper answers it and Jackman walks in.
"Where is she?" Jackman asks
"In there." Piper answers asJackman pulls out his gun. "Whoa! Whoa! You don't need that, she's unconscious."
He puts it away and they go into the living room where Selena is unconscious on the couch.
"Did she put up much of a fight?" Jackman asks
"No, but her bodyguards did." Alexis replies,
"Bodyguards? She had bodyguards?" Jackman asks
"Yeah, lots of them with lots of guns and they weren't shy about using them either." Piper replies,
"Oh, must have known we were closing in on her." Jackmanstates,
"Still, don't you think it's odd that a serial killer has hired guns protecting her?" Paige asks
"Well, maybe she's not working alone." Jackman replies,
"Or maybe you're just not telling us everything." Phoebe counters,
"Maybe I'm not. What are you gonna do about it?" Jackman asks
"Well, for one thing, we're not gonna let you take her without a warrant." Piper answers,
"You know, you're all the same. You think that just because you have gifts, powers, that you're above it all, you're special. Well I'm no different." Jackman declares.
"Oh really?" Alexis asks
"Yeah. Your arrogance is your Achilles heel, that's why witch hunters and demons are always after you and they always will be. I wouldn't trade places with you for the world. Oh, ah," Jackman answers thenpulls out some paper "here's your warrant."
"So when do we get our files?" Paige asks
"When she's in jail and I feel I'm safe." Jackman answers,
"Safe from what?" Phoebe asks
"Safe from you." Jackman replies before he picks up Selena. "I don't wanna be another one of those people who mysteriously disappear around here."
He leaves.
"I knew he'd never give up those files. In case anybody is wondering we are officially screwed." Piper states,
"Not necessarily." Phoebe replies,
"No, we are not giving up our powers." Paige replies,
She storms over to the couch and sits down. Alexis joins to angry to speak.
"Paige, Lexi, I don't wanna give up our powers either. But I don't wanna give up our lives even more. He's just gonna keep using us." Phoebe reasons,
"Unless we let the angel wipe the slate clean. Look, we said we would wait to decide until this thing played out and it has. And frankly if the angel hadn't made this offer I'd probably think differently and I'd think let's just keep fighting. But I'm tired of fighting and Jackman's right, it is never ending." Piper adds,
"Unless we end it ourselves. So do we need to talk to Leo about this first?" Phoebe asks "Or Carmela, she has a part in this too."
"No, She doesn't. She saved me because of my destiny to be a Charmed One, if you two give up our powers, I have no purpose here, I will find my dad and live with him, and never speak you two ever again," Alexis threatens, she didn't want to tell them, it was also her duty to help Harry defeat Voldemort.
"No, it doesn't have anything to do with him, it's just us. And he will understand." Piper agrees, but feels sad about the thought losing her baby sister.
"You guys are only seeing the bad. What about all the wonder of being witches, the stuff you introduced me to in the first place? You're gonna let all that go?" Paige asks
"Paige, it doesn't balance out anymore. And after everything that we've lost, it doesn't seem worth it." Phoebereplies,
"What about all the good we've done. Doesn't that count for anything?" Alexis asks,
"Of course it does but that's exactly why we have this choice to make. He said we fulfilled our destiny, we've done it. This is supposed to be our reward for that." Piper answers,
"Yeah, well, pardon me if it didn't seem like much of a reward, because without being witches I wouldn't have sisters." Paige replies,
"I agree with Paige, I would be dead right now. Voldemort would have killed me as well; Just like he did Lily and James." Alexis stated.
Later that evening, in the attic Piper, Phoebe, Alexis, Paige, and the Angel of Destiny are there.
"Are you sure about this?" Angel of Destiny asks
"Yeah. As sure as we're ever gonna be." Phoebe answers,
"You understand this decision is final. There'll be no changing your minds." Angel of Destiny explains,
"We understand." Piper replies,
"Very well." Angel of Destiny agrees, He closes his eyes and raises his arms about to change the Charmed Ones' destiny.
"Hold it. Just so we're clear this wipes the entire slate clean. No read the fine print technicalities, no more demons, no more vengeful warlocks." Piper interrupts,
"And we won't have to worry about Agent Jackman anymore, or anyone else who might have found out we were witches?" Phoebe asks
"Exactly. Just free to lead normal lives with no demonic aftertaste." Piper agrees,
"Absolutely." Angel of Destiny replies,
"Will we remember? Being witches that is." Paige asks
"Oh, you'll remember everything. It doesn't change your history, only your future." Angel of Destiny answers.
"And what about the Primary book?" Alexis asks, "I'm planning on keeping my copy."
"It'll pass to some future descendant." Angel of Destiny asks
"What about Cole? Will he keep trying to make contact with me?" Phoebe asks
"I don't know, I have no control over that. He exists beyond time and space, outside destiny's reach." Angel of Destiny answers,
Piper looks at Phoebe, "What is it?"
"It's just that he's still holding on, that's why he appeared to me. So maybe if I can tell him that I don't have the power to save him, then he'll be able to move on for good." Phoebe answers
"I don't think that's such a good idea considering what happened last time." Paige replies,
"Yeah," Alexis agrees,
"I can't leave it like this. I owe him more than that." Phoebeexplains, She did the spell again, and collapses,
Alexis turned, "I think we should see the whole Jackman and Selena thing to the very end,"
that started Piper thinking, for as long as it takes Phoebe to finally end her relationship with Cole. Phoebe astral projects back in her body and gasps.
"Are you okay?" Piper asks
Alexis helps her up, "Gees, I didn't think Astral Projection was that painful."
"Yeah, let's do this." Phoebe replies,
"Uh, well, we've been thinking a little bit." Piperstates, "Alexis drilled it into my brain,"
"Are you having second thoughts?" Phoebe asks looking at her younger sisters
"Not about the decision unfortunately." Paige answers for the both of them.
"About Jackman and Selena." Piper explains,
"Yeah, a lot of things don't add up. His extensive knowledge of witches, how he got a hold of that amulet." Paige adds,
"The fact that he came in alone to pick up Selena." Piper states,
"The bodyguards." Alexis adds, "What kind of Witch hunter has bodyguards?"
"We just wanna make sure we've done the right thing before it's too late to do anything about it." Piper explains,
"Okay." Phoebe replies then turns to the Angel of Destiny "Is that okay?"
"Hm? Oh, sure, absolutely. Frankly, I thought you were being a bit premature anyway." Angel of Destiny replies,
"Well, then why didn't you say something?" Piper asks
"Oh, can't, free will and all. Let me know when you're ready." Angel of Destiny answers then disappears
"So now what?" Paige asks
"Leo!"
Leo orbs in with Darryl.
"We were just coming to get you." Leo stated.
"Why? What did you find?" Piper asks
"Another genealogy Jackman has besides yours." Leo answers,
"Oh, yeah, we know Selena's a descendant of witch hunters." Paige states,
"No, Jackman is. Selena is a daughter of a witch." Darryl replies,
"What?" Piper asks
"She is not a suspect, she's a victim. They have her in a safe house because somebody's trying to kill her." Darryl explains,
"Please tell me we didn't just help a witch hunter get a witch." Alexis replies, before giving Piper and Phoebe a smug look.
"Oh my god." Piper states,
"Oh my god." Phoebe repeats.
Somewhere in an out of the way park. Jackman has Selena tied to a stake. He lights the wood surrounding her feet.
"Somebody please help me!" Selena exclaims,
"No one can hear you, not where we are." Jackman states,
"Please don't. No." Selena begs then starts to cry.
"Oh, but I must. You see it is my duty, what I was born to do. It is what I'll continue to do until every last one of you is dead." Jackman explains,
"Help!" Selena shouts,
"You're not gonna get away from me this time, witch."Jackman replies
"Help!" Selena shouts again, "You're making a mistake; I swear I'm not a witch."
"Of course you are, Selena, it's in your blood. Your mother was, that makes you one too." Jackman replies,
"I'm begging you." Selena begs, tears coursing down her cheeks.
"You know why they burned witches at the stake four hundred years ago? So they would burn forever in eternal fire. They used green wood too made it last longer, prolong the agony." Jackman declares
"Help!" Selena shouts, one last time. Suddenly Paige, Piper and Phoebe and Alexis orb and flame in respectfully
"Come to save your sister witch have you?" Jackman asks
"Actually, yeah." Piper answers, She tries to freeze the fire but nothing happens.
"You see, I buried the rest of the amulets around here in anticipation of your arrival. Your powers are useless here. However..." Jackman explains thenpulls out a gun and grabs Phoebe. "Mine aren't. Move and she dies."
"It was his plan all alone. He's gonna kill us anyway. Ouch!" Phoebe declares,
"Hey, how does it feel to be powerless, huh? Mortal. You're a discourage from mankind, a blasphemy. Burning will be your justice too." Jackman replies, Phoebe hits Jackman and knocks him to the ground.
"Evy much?" Alexis asks
Phoebe shouts to Piper, Alexis, and Paige "Get Selena."
Piper, Alexis, and Paige race over and try to put the fire out while Phoebe fights with Jackman. Selena's pants catch on fire.
"Piper, her leg. What are you doing?" Paige asks as Piper jumps onto the wood and knocks over the post Selena is tied to.
"Piper!" Alexis exclaims,
Jackman points his gun at Phoebe.
"Saving her life just cost you yours." Jackman states
Cole shimmers in behind Phoebe. Jackman shoots his gun and the bullet heads for Phoebe. Cole waves his hand and Phoebe and Jackman swap places. The bullet hits Jackman. Phoebe sees Cole.
"Cole." Phoebestates confused.
"I couldn't very well let you die now could I?" Cole asks
"I don't understand. How are you...?" Phoebe asks
"Here? Let's just say I picked up a few powers lately, quite a few actually." Cole states thenstarts to leave but stops. "I'm not giving up on us, Phoebe. Ever."
He disappears. Selena coughs.
"Paige, you've gotta go get the ambulance." Piper orders,
"You'll be okay." Paige replies then runs off.
Early the next afternoon, At the manor, in the Foyer. Leo and Cedric are in there, pacing. Piper, Alexis, Phoebe walk in through the front door.
"Where's Paige?" Leo asks
"Oh, she had to park down the street because the driveway was blocked." Alexis asks as she takes off her coat, "I think she enjoyed be a distraction,"
Cedric came forward and hugged Alexis, and wouldn't let her go, just switched his arms to wrap around her shoulders,
"Well, that's ridiculous; I'll go talk to them and tell them to move." Leo replies,
"Oh, no, it's not a big deal." Phoebe states,
"And to think twenty-four hours ago that was our biggest problem." Piper replies,
"How'd it go?" Leo asks
"Uh, well, it looks like we got away with everything so far." Piper answers,
"Thanks to Selena testifying for us." Phoebe adds
"What about how Agent Jackman died?" Harry asks from the living room,
"They're stumped. They can't figure out how he shot himself from twenty feet away." Alexis replies,
"What are they gonna do, subpoena Cole?" Phoebe asks sarcastically
"You guys stopped one of their own from killing again, I think they'd be grateful." Leo states
"Yeah, one would hope. At least until they find those files on us." Piperreplies,
"They won't. I sorta orbed them into a volcano." Leo explained,"Carmela even falsified records in a private boarding school, just in case they ever search into Alexis' disappearances,"
"You what?" Phoebe asks
"Uh, excuse me, are you allowed to do that?" Piper asks
"Well, my job is to protect my charges and that's all I did." Leo answers, Piper kisses him.
"Thanks. Maybe sometime soon you won't have to protect your charges. Are you okay with that?" Piper asks
"Whatever you guys decide I'll support. I mean that." Leo replies,
"Me too," Cedric adds, as he kisses the top of Alexis' head.
The front door opens and Paige walks in. Suddenly, Leo and everything else freezes. Alexis trapped in Cedric's arms,
"Uh-oh." Piper replies,
"The door's stuck." Paige stated, the Angel of Destiny appears. "Oh, you."
Paige walks over to Piper and Phoebe. Alexis wriggles out of the frozen Cedric's arms, and goes over to her sisters.
"Well, still ready to retire?" Angel of Destiny asks
"Actually, I don't think so anymore. We saved someone and it felt good, it felt right. Besides, I got a little taste of what life would be like without my powers and I didn't like it at all." Phoebe answers,
"Now you know how I feel about have the Trace on me," Alexis replies, "But not using my powers was a nightmare."
Angel of Destiny turnsto Piper "What about you?"
"Majority rules, right? Might as well make it unanimous. What can I say, we're masochists." Piper answers,
"We are?" Paige and Alexis asks
"Yeah, sometimes. But Phoebe's right, this isn't a choice we have to make, it's who we are." Piper answers,
"You realize you won't get this opportunity again." Angel of Destiny explains,
"We understand." Phoebe answers,
"Very well." Angel of Destiny starts to leave but stops. "By the way, thought you'd like to know, neither decision would've affected yours and Leo's personal destiny."
"What?" Piper asks
"You'll find out soon." Angel of Destiny answers then glances down at Piper's stomach.
"Oh my god." Alexis gasped, her eyes light up in a way only an aunt's would.
"Oh my god." Phoebe repeats in the same fashion,
"What?" Piper asks confused.
"Don't you get it?" Alexis asked clearly enjoying the fact that Piper didn't understand what the ultimate home pregnancy test just revealed.
"What?" Piper asks
Phoebe turnsto Paige "Don't you get it?" the she says excitedly "She's pregnant!"
"Who's pregnant? I'm pregnant?" Piper asks
Phoebe, Alexis, and Paige scream in excitement and hug Piper.
Phoebe saysto Piper's stomach "Hi baby."
They giggle. The Angel of Destiny smiles and disappears out the front door.
DarkPriestess66: the dementor thing in the beginning of the Order of the Phoenix never happened in my story, they had the Angel of Destiny instead.