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Fight to Break the Curse
"My dolly! You broke my dolly!" Christina cried, her eyes wide as she stared at Phoebe.
Phoebe cringed. "No. No. That wasn't me. It was just someone that looked like me. Sort of. It's…it's hard to explain." She tried to explain but Christina still looked at her fearfully.
"But she recognizes your soul. That's a good sign." Leo pointed out.
"Just let her know that you're the good Phoebe, not the bad one." Prue suggested.
"Erm..." Phoebe hesitated before moving closer to Christina. "You don't have to be afraid of me anymore. I'm not going to hurt you. I promise."
"Christina, we need your help." Bella said softly and Christina smiled as she looked at her.
"Patricia..." she whispered, instantly relaxing as Phoebe knelt down next to her.
"Do you remember when you were a little girl back in 1924? You used to go to a speakeasy that was run by four cousins. Do you remember that?"
Christina nodded happily. "Daddy was the bartender. He used to pick me up after school and take me there. Patricia liked to look after me." She giggled slightly. "I liked the piano." She said before starting to sing. "If you were the only girl in the world, and I…"
Phoebe placed her hand over Christina's. "The girl that looked like me, do you remember her?"
Christina snatched her hand back as if burnt. "She was an evil witch." She told them quietly. "I used to hide upstairs by the landing. I saw everything."
"Did you see anything bad happen to the evil witch?" Piper asked.
"Oh. It was scary. Fire and screaming." Christina looked down at Phoebe. "And then…you were murdered."
Phoebe bit her lip, hesitating for only a second. "Do you remember who murdered me?"
"Was it a man named Anton?" Prue asked.
Christina frowned in thought. "It was such a pretty necklace. Just ripped it off of the bad witch and then strangled her."
"Who strangled the evil witch?" Leo asked before Christina burst into tears.
"That was my favourite dolly." She sobbed.
Phoebe sighed. "I'm so sorry." She whispered before walking out of the room, her sisters and Leo followed silently. Phoebe looked around at the other residents of the care home before turning to face her family. "Well, bright side, at least I don't have to worry about ending up in a place like this in my golden years."
"Don't talk like that." Bella pleaded. "We have time to figure out what happened."
"Not much time. By midnight, I'll be dead again."
Piper frowned. "By midnight? How do you know that?"
"Midnight, a full moon, what's the difference? It's always one or the other, right? I know I won't make it to February 18th unless - "
"You go back and find some answers."
...
"Whatever you do, make sure you get back before your past life gets killed." Leo said as Phoebe opened the book to the spell. "Otherwise we may not be able to wake you up."
"Don't worry. Dying is one experience I don't plan on reliving." Phoebe said.
"Are you sure you want to do this?" Bella asked.
"No…but here it goes. Remove the chains of time and space and make my spirit sore. Let these mortal arms embrace the life that haunts before."
...
Pearl smiled as she watched the box blow up.
Anton smirked down at her. "Feels good to be bad, doesn't it?"
Pearl's smile faltered slightly as she nodded. "Sometimes." She admitted before turning away from the burning box.
"Second thoughts?"
"They're my cousins, Anton."
"They're good witches, my love, which is why I gave you this amulet to wear. It protects you from their witch craft so they can never harm you." He said but she still looked unsure. "Hey, killing them is the only way for me to get their powers, and once I have them...together...we will be unstoppable." He said and Pearl smiled before they kissed. "First things first. Are you ready?" he asked before smiling widely when she nodded. "Good. Now remember, wait untill after I lure your cousin away from her piano man before you make your move."
"How are you gonna do that?"
"Easy, by posing as her former lover," Anton said, waving his hand over his face and turning into past Leo, "and fighting through her power. Shall we?"
Pearl nodded. "Lets."
They walked back inside before splitting up. Anton walked closer to Priscilla who was watching Gordon with a smile on her face. Her smile faded when she looked around and saw Anton. She stood up straighter, glancing at Gordon to make sure he wasn't looking, before walking over to him.
"What are you doing here?" she hissed.
"Just missing you baby." He said seductively, pulling her closer to him. She pulled away quickly.
"Stop it! We can't do this anymore. What is the matter with you? This isn't like you."
Anton chuckled. "You're right. It's not." He waved his hand over his face again, turning back to his normal self. Priscilla's eyes widened and she tried to scream but Anton covered her mouth.
He nodded to Pearl, who had been watching quietly. She nodded back, taking a deep breath before walking over to Phoebe. Phoebe froze when she saw Pearl walking towards her and watched her causiously.
"Do you wanna talk now?" Pearl asked to Phoebe's surprise. "Upstairs?"
Priscilla fought against Anton's grip and after a while managed to break free but fell to the ground. The music stopped and everyone's attention turned to her and Anton. Pearl, seeing that Phoebe was distracted, threw a fire ball at her. Phoebe recovered quickly and blew ice out of her mouth as the fire got closer, the ice hit the fire and destroyed it.
Everyone started running out and Phoebe and Pearl got knocked down in the process while Anton started to strangle Priscilla. Gordon hit Anton in the back with a rake to get him off his wife but Anton only lets go for a second to throw Gordon into a wall - knocking him out - before turning back to Priscilla. She tried to freeze him but it didn't really work, he fought through it and smirked down at her.
"Oh, I'm gonna like having that power." He said before he started to strangle her again. Christina ran upstairs and hid on the landing as Phoebe and Pearl managed to get up.
Phoebe tried to use her power on Pearl but it just went into her necklace. Pearl looked at her cousin smugly. "How does it feel to be powerless against me?"
Phoebe pulls a trigger on her camera and a little fire came out, blinding Pearl for a moment, giving Phoebe a chance to kick her to the ground. Pearl tried to get up but Phoebe held her down. "Patricia!" She yelled.
Priscilla's vision was starting to darken when Patricia appeared at an in-human speed, pushing Anton away from her before pushing a grandfather clock on top of him.
Priscilla glared at Patricia as she helped her up. "You took your time."
Patricia looked at her older sister sheepishly. "Sorry." They walked into the conservatory to see Phoebe still holding Pearl down. Priscilla grabbed a rope off a curtain and wrapped it around Pearl's kneck while Patricia ripped the necklace off her.
"We know Anton's a warlock." Priscilla said.
"And that he's fallen in love with you." Phoebe said as she got out the spell.
"And turned you evil." Patricia whispered.
"We can't have you guys joining forces. Not in this life. Not in any life."
"God forgive us." Priscilla sighed as Phoebe held out the spell.
"'Evil witch in my sight. Vanquish thyself. Vanquish thy might. In this life and every future life.'" Phoebe, Priscilla and Patricia read as Pearl slowly began to die.
...
Phoebe woke up with a gasp. Her eyes went straight to her sisters before she backed away from them.
"Phoebe what?" Prue asked, getting up to follow her.
"You! You were the ones that we're trying to kill me!" Phoebe snapped before practically running upstairs - her sisters, Joey and Leo followed.
"Don't be ridiculous. You know we'd never hurt you." Piper called after her.
Phoebe turned, glaring at them. "No? Tell that to past Phoebe. You cursed her."
"Phoebe, please." Bella pleaded, going to touch Phoebe's arm. Phoebe flinched out of the way.
"Hey!" Joey snapped when he saw the hurt on Bella's face. "You know they didn't try to kill you Phoebe. It was their past selves."
Phoebe sighed sadly. "I know, and it was my past self that tried to kill them first." She said before walking into her room.
"Huh?" Piper said confused.
"Hold on, then." Bella frowned. "Why is she so upset that our past selves killed hers then?"
"Bella." Prue said sternly.
"What?" Bella asked, looking at Prue innocently. "It's a good question."
Prue just shook her head before they walked into Phoebe's room.
"Phoebe, whatever happened, you can't blame yourself. It wasn't really you." Piper said softly.
"But that's the thing. It was me, or at least a part of me that I can relate to." Phoebe said before looking over at Prue, Piper and Bella. "And I don't mean hurting you guys. I can't even imagine that, but being in my past life, that powerful, evil feeling, it was…it was seductive." She looked back out the window. "And that's what scares me. I mean, what if that's who I really am."
Prue sat down next to Phoebe on the bed. "But that's not who you are Phoebe. Not in this life. I mean, you...you've evolved. You've grown. You're good now."
"I was good then too. Before I…before she turned. Before she fell in love with Anton." Phoebe said, glancing at Bella. "Who, surprise, was a warlock."
"Looks like it runs in the family." Bella said sarcastically.
"Oh. And that's not the only surprise. Anton could glamour into looking like anyone he wanted to. That's how he lured Past Piper. He glamoured into her former lover."
Piper frowned. "Her former lover? Who was that?"
"It was me." Leo said, making Piper turn to her in surprise.
"What?" Piepr asked, her eyes wide.
"Or, rather, past me."
"Him?" Piper asked Phoebe.
"Yeah. Hey, how did you know that?" Phoebe asked Leo.
"Yeah, Leo, how did you know that?" Joey teased. Leo sent him a small glare before turning back to the sisters.
"When you become a white lighter, they let you see your past lives for perspective." He explained.
"No wonder he knows so much stuff about this." Bella said.
"Hold it. Wait a minute." Piper glared at Leo. "You knew that we were lovers before and you didn't tell me?"
"No. I just…"
"You just what? I'm getting a migraine." Piper groaned.
"Look Piper, I didn't want to tell you because I didn't want it to influence you in the present. I wanted you to decide whether or not you wanted me in this life."
"I need an aspirin."
"Okay." Phoebe stood up. "Can we get back to my problem. Since, at best, I only have till midnight to live?"
"Right. Sorry." Piper said, sending Leo one last glare. "We will talk later."
Prue looked between Piper and Leo causiously before turning her attention back to Phoebe. "I…I…I understand how Past Phoebe was killed, but not why killing her is going to kill you."
"Because of the curse. The cousins didn't want to risk Past Phoebe and Anton getting back together in any lifetime. Anton was…is immortal. And I guess that they thought he and Phoebe were soul mates." Phoebe explained.
"So he's still alive? Running around out there somewhere?" Piper asked and Phoebe shrugged.
"You know, the more immediate question is how do we protect Phoebe from her past life?" Joey asked.
"The amulet could protect me." Phoebe suggested.
"What amulet?" Bella asked, starting to get annoyed that she didn't have any idea what was going on.
"The one that Anton gave Phoebe. I wonder if Christina knows where it is."
"76 years later? I don't think so." Piper said sceptically.
Prue stood up. "We probably have a better chance of looking in the Book of Shadows under Anton and, uh, seeing where he got the amulet in the first place."
"Yeah. Good. You guys go check that out and I'm going to run downstairs and grab something to eat. I'm starving." Phoebe lied, trying to smile convincingly.
"We'll meet you downstairs." Bella said.
Prue, Piper, Bella and Joey went to the attic, Piper sending Leo another glare as she left.
"Leo. Wait." Phoebe said before he could leave. "I want you to come with me to the retirement home."
Leo frowned. "What about your sisters'?"
Phoebe shook her head. "I don't want them there. If I don't find the amulet, I'm going to die, Leo. And I don't want them to see that." She grabbed her bag and walked downstairs with Leo.
...
"If Anton is still around and truly in love with Phoebe, he's going to be looking for her." Piper said as she, Bella, Prue and Joey walked into the attic.
Prue opened the book of shadows and began to look through it. "Yeah. I know, but right now that is the least of our problems. We need to find something, anything to save Phoebe."
The four of them looked up startled when they heard the door slam from downstairs. "Where's Leo?"
...
"Christina?" Phoebe called as she walked into the room to see Christina sitting in a wheelchair, looking out of the window. "Hi. It's Phoebe. I'm sorry to bother you again, but I need your help with something. It's really important." Phoebe knelt down next to her. "I need you to try to remember back to the day that the bad witch died, and the pretty necklace was torn off her neck. Do you remember that day?"
Christina didn't respond. "Christina. I…I know this is difficult, but please try. Phoebe's life depends on it." Leo tried.
"Do you remember what happened to the necklace Christina?" Phoebe asked and Christina looked down at her.
"I was up on the landing watching the whole scary thing." She said sadly.
"And the necklace?"
"It…It…it just slid across the floor into the foyer."
Phoebe sighed a got up. She turned to leave. "Oh. Damn it. Now we're never going to find it this way." Leo said and Phoebe stopped.
She turned back around to face Leo. "Maybe, or maybe not. Leo, do you think that I can write a spell that can not only send me back to the past but give me complete control over my actions as well?"
"I don't know. Why?"
"Because if I can, I could go back to the past and find the amulet and hide it someplace safe so I know where to find it when I come back to the present."
"The only way for you to do that would be to switch life forces with Past Phoebe." He told her and she stared at him confused. "In other words you would be in 1924 and evil Phoebe would be right here in your body."
"But just long enough for me to find the amulet and then switch back."
"Yeah, but if sw$omething goes wrong, we risk unleashing a powerful evil witch in the present and losing you in the past."
"But if we don't do anything Leo, we're going to lose me anyway. I have to find the amulet. It's my only hope." Phoebe said, grabbing a pad and pen off the bed side table and began to write a spell.
"You do realize you won't look any different to them? They'll still think you're evil Phoebe and try to kill you."
"Leo. Don't worry so much." She touched his chin. "You're mortal now. You'll get wrinkles." They shared a smile before Phoebe lay down on the bed, looking at the pad before closing her eyes. "In this time and in this place, take the spirit I displace. Bring it fourth while I go back, to inhabit a soul so black." Her face flashed purple as she left her body and was replaced by Pearl.
...
"I'll kill you." Pearl gasped before her face flashed purple as she was replaced with Phoebe.
"No, wait." Phoebe gasped, struggling against their grip. "I'm not - " She gave up trying to explain and kicked past Phoebe and Patricia before flipping Priscilla over.
"Where'd she learn that?" Priscilla asked, cringing.
"I don't know." Past Phoebe said Phoebe ran over to the bar, looking over the counter.
"Okay. The amulet. Where is the amulet?" she whispered to herself before running up the stairs when she saw Priscilla, Patricia and past Phoebe get up.
The cousins frowned after her. "Why is she running? Why doesn't she just use her power?" Patricia asked confused.
"She's probably trying to lure us into another trap."
...
"Phoebe, are you alright?" Leo asked, leaning down next to her. "Are you there?"
Christina stood up and walked over to a jewellery box. "Here...there...everywhere." She said as she pulled out the amulet.
Leo frowned. "What?" he whispered, walking over to her.
Christina smiled up at him before waving a hand over her face, turning into Anton. Before Leo could react, Anton punched him through the bathroom door, knocking him out. Christina was in the bathroom, gagged and tied to her wheelchair. She looked up at Anton fearfully.
Anton turned to Pearl and walked over to her. "If you were the only girl in the world, and I were the only boy." He sang, placing the amulet around her kneck. He leaned down and kissed her. "Wake up my sweet."
She opens her eyes and looked up at him confused. "Anton? What's going on?"
He helped her stand. "It's okay."
"Where am I?"
"You've been reincarnated…reborn…to me."
...
"Um...I'm not who you think I am." Phoebe tried to explain as they came up the stairs. "I'm a different me. A me from another lifetime where we're involved into sisters. Good sisters...happy sisters."
Past Phoebe, Priscilla and Patricia shared a glance. "Must have cut off too much blood to her brain." Priscilla said finally. Past Phoebe and Patricia nodded in agreement.
"Must have."
"Screw this." Phoebe groaned, leaning against the wall. "'In this time and in this place, take the spirit I displace. Bring me forth while she goes back to her soul so black'." Her heart dropped when nothing happened. "Uh-oh." She quickly moved as past Phoebe tried to use her power on her. The ice hit the wall were she had been standing.
...
Leo cringed at he rubbed his jaw, standing by the door. Bella handed Christina a glass of water.
"Here you go." She whispered.
"Oh, thank you, dear." Christina said, smiling up at her.
"The nurse will be right in." Piper said, appearing next to Leo. "Is she OK?"
"Yeah. I'll be fine. Thanks for asking." Leo said sarcastically while Prue and Bella rolled their eyes at them.
"You're not getting any sympathy out of me. You should never have let Phoebe cast that spell."
"Ms. Larson, can I get you anything else?" Prue asked quickly.
"Some JELL-O would be nice." Christina said and Prue nodded slowly.
"Some JELL-O. Uh...okay. I'll see what I can do. Would you excuse us for a second?" Prue and Bella walked over to Piper and Leo. "I don't think she has any idea what happened."
"Well, that makes two of us." Piper sighed. "Do we really believe that Anton knew all along that Phoebe was going to come here looking for Christina?"
Leo shrugged. "Well Christina is the only living link. It was his only hope."
"Does it really matter how? We need to get Phoebe back and fast." Bella said.
"The problem is she's the only one that can say the spell." Prue pointed out.
"And also with evil Phoebe wearing the amulet, she's protected from it." Piper pointed out.
"We've got to get the amulet off of her."
"Yeah, but only long enough for our Phoebe to switch lives. She has to be wearing the amulet in the present to protect her from the past live curse." Leo said.
"OK. So bottom line, get evil Phoebe, get the amulet. Any questions? OK. Good. Let's hurry." Prue said before starting to leave.
"Hurry where?" Leo called after her.
"Back to the manor. If Anton and evil Phoebe reunited then I have a feeling they're going to want to pick up right where we left off—trying to kill us."
...
Phoebe tiptoed downstairs, glancing behind her to see if her 'cousins' were following. "'In this time and in this place - '" She started to say the spell again but was cut off when she backed into Anton.
He smiled down at her. "Oh, there you are." He kissed her. "You are too good to be true."
"Thanks for reminding me." Phoebe said before kicking him, making him crash into the pool table. Phoebe smirked proudly before jumping as she was grabbed from behind.
"Got her." Priscilla said before she started to strangle her again, while past Phoebe and Patricia held her tightly.
...
They walked upto the manor to see Joey climbing down from the bedroom window.
"Hey." Bella said as he got to the bottom. "You know, we have a door."
"I do know that but I also know that to get to the door I have to go past your sisters past life and her warlock boyfriend." Joey said sarcastically.
They sighed before walking into the manor.
"Didn't I tell you they'd come?" they heard Anton say. They walked further into the livingroom to see Pearl sitting on the chair, holding hands with Anton.
"Hello cousins." Pearl smirked. "Or is it sisters now?"
Prue tried to use her powers but nothing happened. "The amulet's protecting both of them." Leo sighed as Pearl and Anton began to walk towards them.
"It's your turn to die this time." Pearl said, sending a fire ball at them. Piper gasped and froze it. Prue, Leo, Joey and Bella ducked behind the sofa, Bella pulling Piper down with her.
"All right. We have to figure out a way to get that amulet off of her." Prue whispered.
"Yeah. Great. Any idea how?" Piper asked sarcastically before cringing when the fireball un-froze and hit the wall.
...
"'In this time and in this place...'" Phoebe tried again as it became harder and harder to breath.
Anton and Pearl walk over to the couch, Anton letting go of Pearl's hand. Piper stood up. "Hey, how's it going?" she asked quickly, just before Joey jumped up from the couch behind them.
"Behind ya!" He exclaimed, making Anton and Pearl turn. Prue, Bella and Leo stood up next to Joey and Pearl sent a fire ball at them.
Prue used her power to send the fire ball at Anton, who screamed and turned to dust as Pearl watched heartbroken.
Piper walks up behind Pearl and wacked her over the head. "Sorry Pheebs."
"Get the amulet." Leo ordered.
"'While she goes back to her sould so black.'" Phoebe finally whispered, almost about to pass out when her face flashed purple as she went back to her own body.
Phoebe sat up with a gasp. "Piper...Prue...Bella..."
Her sister's let out a breath of relief. "Okay. It's her. Put it back on fast." Piper said. Prue put the amulet on Phoebe quickly. It glowed and Phoebe caught her breath, after a moment it stopped glowing and Phoebe relaxed.
"Are you okay?" Bella asked nervously. Phoebe nodded.
"Thanks you guys...for saving my life. All of them."
...
"So I, uh, hope you're not still upset with me. You know, for not telling you about our past lives together." Leo said as he and Piper walked towards the door.
"I'm not letting you off the hook for that just yet. I'm still not quite sure what it even means."
Leo hesitated for a second. "Well, I'd like to think it means...uh, we're destined to be together." They stared at each other for a second before the doorbell rang. "Saved by the bell." Leo joked but his smile faded when he opened the door to see Dan. "Or not."
Dan frowned at him. "Leo, what are you doing here?" he asked, looking between him and Piper suspiciously.
"Leo was just leaving. Bye." Piper said quickly.
"OK. I'll see you at work." Leo smiled at Piper before nodding at Dan. "Dan."
He walked out of the door before Dan walked in, closing the door behind him. "You know, I'm just going to come right out and say this. Even if you get mad at me, but I know in my gut that something's not right with him. He worries me. I mean, just for you."
Piper frowned. "Uh...are you talking about Leo?"
"If Leo is his real name. You know, I had my brother-in-law who works for the state department check out his army records. But the only Leo Wyatt they came up with died almost 60 years ago in World War II."
"Well, there must be some kind of mistake."
"Piper. There is no record of him anywhere. Nothing. It's almost as if he didn't have any past at all. I'm sorry. It's…just…just do me favor and watch your back when you're around him OK. At least until I figure out who he really is."
Piper nodded. "Okay."
"Well, gotta go." Dan kissed her on the cheek. "Bye." He said before leaving.
"Well, that was eventfull." Bella said as she sat down on the sofa next to Joey.
Joey scoffed bitterly. "For you maybe."
Bella bit her lip, trying to change the subject. "So...if whitelighters get to see their past life, did you ever see me? I mean, did you ever see my soul?"
Joey looked at her before shaking her head. "Not like that. We were never together. You already had a different soul mate." Bella frowned.
"Oh." She said, trying to keep the disappointment out of her voice. Joey heard it anyway and smiled softly at her.
"I was disappointed too." He admitted. "But...we can't stay together Bella. As soon as my suspension is over I have to leave so you can meet up with your soul mate again."
"I don't want my soul mate, I want you." Bella whispered and Joey sighed.
"You say that now, but when you meet him you'll love him more than you ever loved me."
"You can't know that." Bella said firmly. Joey chuckled quietly, leaning down to kiss her.
Bella froze in shock and - too soon for Bella liking - Joey pulled away. He sent her a little wink before getting up and walking upstairs. Bella stared after him.
...
Prue walked into Phoebe's bedroom to see her sitting on her bed, the book of shadows in front of her.
"Hey, you alright?" Prue asked.
Phoebe looked up with a smile. "Yeah. I think so. I'm just writing a little warning in the book about Anton."
"Why? You don't think that we actually vanquished him?" Prue frowned.
"I don't want to take any chances. I just hope my future me is somewhere near this book if he ever strikes again."
"Something tells me that we're always going to be near it. Always have been. Always wll be."
"Yeah. You're probably right. Of course the warning won't do much good if the future me turns out to be bad."
Prue sat down on the edge of the bed. "It's not just you, you know. I mean, we all have a little bad in us. It's just that when you turn bad things tend to catch on fire." Phoebe laughed.
"And this is supposed to be making me feel better?"
"What I mean is that it's just as natural to be bad as it is to be good. That's how we know what good is. That's how we're able to make the choice to be good. Remember, Anton wouldn't have needed evil Past Phoebe if you hadn't evolved into good Phoebe."
"Still, it's okay to be bad every once in a while isn't it?"
Prue nodded happily. "Oh yeah. A lot." She said as they laughed.
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