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The Old Witcheroo

The lives of the Charmed Ones has completely turned upside down in the past six months. All that is about to change. At least that's what they hope….

[Scene: Halliwell Manor. Piper's Room. Phoebe, Leo, and Coop are there, Coop holding Phoebe's hand as she's in labor. Leo is delivering the baby. His wings are out. Phoebe lets out a scream.]

Phoebe: Oh my god! Oh my god! Oh my goddess!

Coop: It's gonna be okay, Phoebe. You're doing so great.

Phoebe: I'd be a lot better with an epidural!

Leo: Just one more push. We're almost there.

Phoebe: You may be almost there, but I'm done. She's staying in. I can't do this anymore.

Coop: Yes, you can. That little baby is just waiting to meet us and-

Phoebe: Fine! But we're never doing this again!

[Cut to outside Piper's Room. Prue, Piper, Paige, Cole, and Richard are there waiting outside of the closed door. Phoebe is heard letting out another scream.]

Leo: You guys can come in now!

Paige: Yay!

Prue: The newest member of the Warren line is here.

(The five of them go inside. Phoebe is holding her new baby.)

Phoebe: Look, Parker, your aunts and uncles have come to meet you.

Paige: Parker? I like it.

Prue: It was at the top of my list of P names.

Phoebe: That and the fifty others you suggested. Never realized so many names began with a P.

(Cole, Coop, and Richard take out cigars to celebrate.)

Piper: You did a great job, Leo. You should get some rest.

Leo: I didn't expect it to take so much out of me.

Piper: Another thing we have these damn wings to blame for.

(Leo sits down in a chair,)

Leo: They've been out six months now. I don't know if I can take this any longer. I'm exhausted all the time.

Piper: We'll find a way to get rid of the wings and fix everything else wrong with the world while we're at it.

Phoebe: (to Parker) I'm so sorry that I have to bring you into a world like this. (Phoebe looks outside of the window. The street outside looks like something out of Alice in Wonderland.) This is nothing like the place I grew up in.

[Cut to the stairway. Prue, Piper, and Paige are going downstairs.]

Piper: I never expected nap time would include my husband. Those wings are going to kill him if we can't find a way to put them back inside.

Prue: At least we still have our powers, unlike the rest of the magical community. Cole's going crazy without his.

Paige: I wonder why we still have our powers.

Piper: Leo thinks it's because our line is too powerful to lose them.

Prue: That would explain how the kids still have theirs too.

(The doorbell rings and they answer the door to see Elise. She's holding some roses and a newspaper.)

Prue: Hey, Elise.

Elise: I don't want to concern you, but there's a strange woman hanging out by the bushes.

Prue: Oh, for the good old days when someone would say that and be talking about a demon.

Piper: Hello, Mrs. Javitz! Everything okay?!

Mrs. Javitz: I was just wondering the same about you, dear! I heard screaming!

Piper: That was Phoebe. We have a new girl in the family.

(Mrs. Javitz comes over.)

Mrs. Javitz: Isn't that wonderful! But a home birth? Nowadays? They can just pop the baby out at the hospital.

Piper: Phoebe's still a little nervous about these magic doctors. It's all so new. She hasn't embraced the magic like you.

Mrs. Javitz: Like my outfit? It's the newest in witch chic. None of you should be afraid to embrace the magic. Your house could use a little makeover. Spruce it up to make it look as nice as the rest of the block.

Piper: We'll keep that in mind, Mrs. Javitz. We'd better get back to Phoebe.

(PIper closes the door.)

Elise: Isn't she observant?

Piper: She's only gotten worse since she turned into witchiepoo.

Prue: Magic was so much easier when only a few people had it and it was secret.

Elise: It's all we're reporting on these days. It's the biggest news story ever. A lot of people think it could be the end of the world.

Piper: It might be. These people don't know how to use magic. They don't know about the rules or the repercussions. They're doing whatever they want.

Paige: If we don't figure out how to fix this, I'm afraid of what will happen next.

Elise: The new thing is magic gangs.

Piper: Magic gangs?

Elise: Groups of people with powers that complement each other and teaming up for crime.

Prue: And I thought the government's magic squads were bad enough. (to Elise) You can go on up. Phoebe's expecting you.

Elise. Don't worry. I won't tell her any of this. She's got enough to worry about as it is.

Piper: We all do.

[Time lapse. Cut to Piper's Room. Phoebe and Elise are there. Phoebe is still lying down. Parker is sleeping in a bassinet. Elise is putting the roses in a vase for Phoebe.]

Phoebe: Thanks for coming by. It's so nice to have a visitor from the outside world. I can have Coop bring a smaller vase.

Elise: No need. (Elise holds out her hands and revitalizes the flowers.) There! That freshens up the room a bit. (She goes over to Parker.) Aren't you a little cutie?

(Phoebe is staring at the roses.)

Phoebe: I wish I could get used to this. Now that we're cut off from the Elders, the Angels of Destiny, and pretty much everyone else that enforces the magical rules there's no one to maintain control. It takes years to learn how to use magic safely.

(Phoebe takes one of the roses.)

Elise: I'm sure the world will right itself soon enough. You've got more important things to focus on.

Phoebe: We've got to figure this out. I feel like we're running out of time.