Disclaimer: i do not own anyone or anything, except for Prue's kids.
Author's Note: This chapter marks the biggest change from canon for this season, regarding Leo. Hope you guys like it. :)
Cast
(Picture all actors/actresses the appropriate age, please.)
Main Characters
Shannen Doherty as Prudence "Prue" Halliwell
Holly Marie Combs as Piper Halliwell
Alyssa Milano as Phoebe Halliwell
Rose McGowan as Paige Montana
Julian McMahon as Cole Turner
Brian Krause as Leonardo "Leo" Wyatt
Victor Webster as Coop Halliwell
Balthazar Getty as Richard Montana
Recurring Characters
Ocean Maturo as Phoenix Langdon Halliwell
Lily Rose Smith as Persephone "Seph" Amethyst Halliwell
Jason and Kristopher Simmons as Wyatt Matthew Halliwell
Chandler Riggs as Pagan Victor Halliwell
Maximillian Kesmodel as Christopher "Chris" Perry Halliwell
Clara Thomas as Melinda Prudence Halliwell
Selena Gomez as Tamora Lisa Montana
Selena Gomez as Katherine "Kat" Phoebe Montana
Sierra Paris as Prudence Johnna "P.J." Halliwell
Jack Fulton as Richard Scott Montana Jr
Maia Mitchell as Parker Patricia Halliwell
Jennifer Rhodes as Penelope "Penny" Halliwell
Finola Hughes as Patricia "Patty" Halliwell
James Read as Victor Bennett
Scott Jaeck as Samuel "Sam" Wilder
Dorian Gregory as Darryl Morris
Chris Wood as Rennek
Nina Dobrev as Neena
Rebecca Balding as Elise Rothman
Alex Black as Tyler Michaels
Emily Bett Rickards as Bailey
Ryan Reynolds as Hogan
Timothy Webber as Montgomery Knox
Lucy Lawless as Glynnis
Peter Woodward (voice) as The Source of All Evil
Renee O'Connor as Iota
Special Guest Characters
Gildart Jackson as Gideon
Minor Characters
(Will be added as they appear.)
Pauley Perrette as Alexi
The Darklight Zone
[Scene: Mountain Cave. Prue, Piper, Phoebe, Paige, Cole, and Leo are there.]
Paige: When I retire, I'm getting a nice cave in the mountains like this. Beats a beach house any day.
Piper: Good thing this place isn't in the underworld or we'd never get any answers.
(They find a Seer's body lying next to a mirror, a darklighter arrow through her heart, and go over to her.)
Cole: I don't think my contact is going to be any help. Someone beat us to her.
Paige: With all the dust and cobwebs, she's either been dead a while or she's even worse at housekeeping than I am.
(The Seer appears in the mirror.)
Seer: Hello, Cole, friends of Cole. I've been expecting you. And you're right, Paige. I have been gone a while. Ever since I trusted someone I knew would be the death of me. Now let's make sure he isn't the death of the world, too.
(The Seer's image steps out of the mirror.)
Cole: What happened? Are you trapped in there?
Seer: I am a reflection of Alexi as I appeared in life.
Cole: That doesn't really clear it up.
Alexi: I infused a piece of myself into my mirror to wait for your arrival. I have information that you will need if you are to deal with Rennek. My sacrifice was necessary for events to play out as they were intended, just as my message now will help you fulfill your role. (She holds out a hand to Leo.) Step closer, Leo. The key to your future lies in your past.
(Alexi places a hand to Leo's head.)
[Flashback. A road. A young Leo leans against a car with a dead girl in the driver's seat, a darklighter arrow through her heart. A young Rennek sits against the car.]
Leo: Nancy, I told you not to go tonight. Why couldn't you listen?
Rennek: Hey, you know how the game is played. Win some, lose some. Or is this your first dead charge?
Leo: She wasn't just a charge. She was a friend. Why would you do this?
Rennek: I get that things are dull up there in nowheresville, but even a square like you should know the answer to that. I'm a darklighter. It's what I do.
[Flashback. Leo orbs in to find one of his charges dead. Rennek stands nearby.]
Leo: Why, Rennek? Why do you keep killing? Don't you see that it only leads to more death?
Rennek: Just playing by the rules, brother. It would be more interesting if you fought back.
Leo: Words are my weapons of choice. Someday I'll get you to see that.
Rennek: Flower power is no good against my magic.
[Present day. Mountain Cave. Leo gasps and jerks away from Alexi, looking at Alexi in shock.]
Leo: Brother?
(Prue, Piper, Phoebe, Paige, and Cole look at Leo in shock.)
Alexi: Back when you were mortal the first time, you had a brother. You were quite close. You were both meant to be future Whitelighters. A sorcerer prophesied that one of you would be a great force of good someday, so the Source sought to nip that in the bud. He watched you two, eventually believing that your brother was the one, so he had darklighters kidnap him instead of kill him, and they made him one of them, renaming him, you guessed it, Rennek. Considering what you became, they clearly got the wrong one.
Piper: Hold up. Darklighters can turn people into darklighters?
Leo: Yeah. But only future Whitelighters. They can't turn anyone else.
Paige: What about those already Whitelighters? Or Elders? Or half-Whitelighters?
Leo: It has to be their choice. There are Whitelighters who fall and become darklighters. Sometimes Elders too. I would assume that half-Whitelighters who go evil become half-darklighters, going by that alternate world and what dark future Chris told us about dark future Wyatt. But wait! Go back. I don't understand. Why wouldn't I remember that Rennek and I were… were…?
Alexi: Brothers? The Elders believed that your conflict with Rennek was going on too long, because you kept trying to reform him instead of defeating him. They saw him as too big a threat, so they had the Cleaners erase the fact that you were brothers from everyone, except for Rennek, as it would give you an edge. Why do you think Rennek never kills you? He's had plenty of opportunities.
(Leo is still in shock.)
Piper: Well, how do you know all this?
Cole: She's a Seer. There's not much she doesn't know.
Alexi: There's more you need to see, Leo.
(Leo nods and she places a hand to his head again.)
[Flashback. A street. Leo orbs in between Rennek and some innocents just as Rennek fires his crossbow at them. Leo stops the arrow from reaching them.]
Rennek: Getting faster, Leo. Ready to take me on yet?
Leo: How many times do I have to tell you that Whitelighters avoid violence?
Rennek: You can't win this way, Leo. This battle will never end.
[Flashback. Club. Rennek is there making some corpses dance like in Michael Jackson's "Thriller". Leo orbs in to see this.]
Leo: Oh my god, What did you….? What are you doing?
Rennek: You know what M.J.'s video was missing? Real zombies. I couldn't get any, but you can do boss things with stop-motion animation, like Gumby.
Leo: Rennek, this is insane, even for you.
Rennek: Insanity? Boredom? Such a fine line. Why are you mad? It's not like I killed these people. All I did was dig them up.
Leo: You desecrated their bodies!
Rennek: Their souls have moved on, haven't they? This is just an empty husk. Life and death, good and evil…. I have to have my fun somehow. You want to kill me, don't you?
Leo: You need to be punished.
Rennek: Gonna send me to my room without supper? Spank me? You don't seem the type. Find me when you're ready for a real fight.
[Flashback. Construction Site. Rennek is surrounded by bodies and has just killed a girl with the Touch of Death. Leo orbs in.]
Leo: No.
Rennek: I honestly thought this would be more fun, but I simply don't care anymore.
(Rennek drops the girl and Leo runs over and tries to heal her.)
Leo: Come on! Come on! Live!
(Leo can't heal her as she's already dead.)
Rennek: I gave you the chance to be a worthy enemy, Leo. I'm done with you now. I'm done with all of this. But maybe one last victim before I go.
(Leo screams in pain when Rennek grabs his head from behind and attempts to kill him with the Touch of Death. Leo quickly reaches behind him and puts his hands to Rennek's head, his hands glowing with a white light rather than the healing gold.)
Leo: No more killing, Rennek! No more! (Leo flips Rennek over his head.) It ends here and now!
[Scene: Outside the Halliwell Manor. Leo and Gideon are there.]
Gideon: These new charges will be difficult, but now that Rennek is no longer a threat, the Elders feel that you are ready.
Leo: I'll do my best, Gideon.
(Rennek is revealed to be watching Leo and Gideon from hiding.)
Rennek: (whispering) They fell for it. Good. Maybe now they'll leave me alone.
Alexi: They will. For a while.
Rennek: And who are you?
Alexi: Someone you are going to befriend and then someone you are going to betray. But that won't happen for a while, either.
Rennek: Whoever you are, I'm out. Done. I played my part, made with the bad boy stuff, earned my keep. I'm retired now. No more being a pawn in a war I didn't start.
Alexi: It's not that easy, Rennek. You have a part to play in the battle between good and evil. You can't just walk away. Evil will find you again. It's inevitable.
Rennek: I'm not a big fan of destiny. It's already ruined my life once when it made evil come after me in the first place. Thanks for the warning, though.
(Alexi grabs Rennek's wrist when he goes to leave.)
Alexi: There will come a time when you will have true happiness again, Rennek. But your choice will determine who else has it and who doesn't. That includes your brother.
(Rennek looks over at Leo.)
[Flashback to when Rennek had Leo captive in a cave. Leo, in chains made of black orbs, Rennek, and the other demon are there.]
Leo: I don't care what you do to me. You'll never get what you're looking for.
Rennek: I've spent years looking for this. Only one last piece of the puzzle that will finally free me from the endless fight. All I need is what's buried deep in that magical subconscious of yours.
(The demon places his hands to Leo's head and his hands glow red. Leo screams out in pain. The demon and Leo then speak as one.)
Leo/Demon: The spell to end the battle requires a powerful artifact from your side of the fight. (Rennek is shown stealing the Grimoire.) Use that artifact to give you control over a relic of your enemy. (Rennek is shown casting a spell from the Grimoire over the Empyreal Sword.) Bring those objects together at the convergence of the dimensions and the battle will be no more.
[Present day. Mountain Cave. Leo gasps and jerks away from Alexi, looking at Alexi in shock.]
Piper: So?
Leo: I know where Rennek is and what he's done.
Piper: Well, what's he done?
Leo: Destroyed the magical energy that runs through every living thing.
Paige: But if he destroyed it, how come there's still magic in the world?
Leo: It's a little more complicated than that. He didn't really destroy anything. He divided it.
Phoebe: I'm officially lost.
Leo: Earth is the juncture point that links the Heavens and the underworld with the magic that flows through the dimensions.
Cole: That's why demons always want to take over.
Leo: Correct. If they control the point of convergence, they control the magic. They can control the All. The Elders protect the Earth to maintain that equilibrium. Rennek divided the dimensions, effectively ending the fight. Angels and Elders are trapped in the upper regions. Demons can't escape the underworld. The Earth is still connected to the All, but it is separate. Alone. Rennek put an end to the battle between good and evil. The side effect led the world to the state it's in today.
Prue: How did he do it?
Leo: By taking control of the point where the dimensions are linked. At the place on Earth where magic was at its strongest before the creation of the higher realm. The nexus of the All. (to Alexi) Before we go, I want the memories back the Cleaners took from me.
Alexi: Done.
[Scene: Outside Knox Academy in a Jeep.]
Voice: I've tasked a satellite to the location. We should have an image in a minute.
[Scene: Halliwell Manor. Living Room. Prue, Piper, Phoebe, Paige, Leo, and Darryl are there, waiting for the TV to show something.]
Prue: What I don't understand is why demons aren't always going after this juncture point. Why even bother attacking us at all?
Leo: Very few beings know where it is. Neena would have since she stumbled across it thousands of years ago. Apparently I gained that information at some point as well, along with the knowledge of how to tap into it.
(The TV shows an empty desert.)
Darryl: Doesn't look like anything's there.
Paige: The desert's green?
Darryl: That's the night vision. Let me switch to daylight viewing.
Piper: Better, but I'd prefer a live view.
Darryl: That's live. Our scientists were able to magic the satellite to do the impossible. Like bring daylight to nighttime.
Prue: Whatever is there must be too well hidden, even from your magical satellite.
Darryl: This is the best magical technology we've got.
Prue: Maybe we can help it out with the Power of Four.
Prue/Piper/Phoebe/Paige: "Path of land across the globe/Reveal yourself to our space probe."
(Everyone's eyes widen.)
Piper: That can't be right.
Darryl: The readings confirm it.
Phoebe: It's enormous!
Paige: We're going to need help with this, from everyone we know.
[Scene: Encampment. Four hundred people are there. Phoebe and Paige are talking to Elise, Tyler, and Darryl.]
Phoebe: Elise, Tyler, I'm not crazy about the two of you being involved in this.
Elise: It's our world, too, Phoebe. We have to make it right.
Tyler: You sent me away when the Source attacked Magic School, but you can't keep me from this. It's time to let me grow up.
[Cut to Prue, Piper, Cole, and Leo talking.]
Piper: I'm glad the kids are still safe with Darryl, but I wish all our friends could be home as well.
Prue: Who knows? Maybe all this is for nothing. Rennek is just one darklighter after all.
Cole: One darklighter that now controls all the magic on Earth.
[Time lapse. Prue, Piper, Phoebe, Paige, and Leo are getting ready.]
Prue: Cole, Coop, and Richard are in place with Darryl, but everyone is waiting on the Charmed Ones.
Paige: We should go.
Leo: Go ahead.
Paige: Be back for you soon.
(Prue, Piper, Phoebe, and Paige orb out. Glynnis goes over to Leo.)
Glynnis: Here. (She holds out a sword to Leo.) This is better than that replacement sword Rennek stuck you with. It can slice through steel.
Leo: Thanks, Glynnis. You know you don't have to come, right? We don't want anyone in this unless they want to be.
Glynnis: Are you kidding? Give up the chance to see my weapons in action? I wouldn't miss this for the world.
(Paige orbs in and places a hand on Leo's arm.)
Paige: Come on. Everyone's waiting.
(Paige and Leo orb out.)
[Scene: Outside of the nexus of the All, which looks like an enormous purple dome. Prue, Phoebe, Paige, Leo, and 396 other people are there. Phoebe is levitating in the air, speaking into a headpiece.]
Phoebe: You guys should get a whiff of the power rising off this thing. I feel like I could do anything.
[Cut to Piper and Darryl in a vehicle. Piper is wearing a headpiece as well.]
Piper: It's pretty strong down here, too.
Darryl: The magic readings are off the charts.
[Cut back to Phoebe.]
Phoebe: I'm afraid of what we'll unleash if we crack this egg open. Think I can get a closer look. Wait a minute. Something's happening. The dome is opening!
Piper: Phoebe, get down here! Now!
Phoebe: Something's coming out! (Numerous soldiers come out of the dome and attack.) A lot of somethings are coming out!