Chapter 7
July (Switching bodies)
It was mid-afternoon in July, Parker started crying in the play pen. As Coop went to pick her up, three month old Payton orbed into the play pen. That's when Prue and Andy orbed into the living room.
"You're baby just orbed" Coop informed them while picking up Parker.
"We know, she just came into her powers" Prue said excited.
Two days later, on the morning of Friday the 13th, Piper was with Wyatt, Chris and Melinda in the attic, she was teaching them a potion. When Piper turned around only for a moment, Melinda added a bunch of ingredients and potion exploded into a puff of smoke. Piper found herself in the kitchen, Leo came in panicked.
"Who are you" Leo asked Piper.
"I'm Piper, Leo, who do think I am" Piper said sarcastically.
"I'm not Leo, I'm Coop, I'm in Leo's body, and you're in Phoebe's" Coop revealed.
Piper looked in the mirror and screamed. Then the two of them went into the living room and called everyone in.
"Ok whose who, Prue" Piper called.
"Here" Prue said
"You're in Melinda's body, which means Melinda is in your body" Piper stated.
"Phoebe's in my body" Piper said.
"Paige who are you" Piper asked.
"Well since I'm in Prue's, I mean Melinda's arms, I'm guessing I'm Payton" Paige answered.
"Makes sense since your body is lying on the ground" Piper pointed.
"Let's take you out of her arms before she drops you" Piper stated and placed Paige in the play pen.
"Alright Henry" Piper called out.
"Right here" Henry said.
"Ok the Henry's have switched bodies" Piper said.
It turned out Prue was Melinda, Piper was Phoebe, Leo was Coop, Phoebe was Piper, Coop was Leo, Paige was Payton, and Henry was Henry Jr. Wyatt was Chris, Melinda was Prue, Tamora was PJ., Kat was Parker, P.J. was Tamora, and Parker was Kat.
"How did this happen" Henry asked.
"The kids must of added ingredients in the potion I was teaching them, when I wasn't looking" Piper stated.
"OK well, let's all call in sick today, Piper you and the kids will fix this… hopefully" Phoebe instructed.
Piper nodded and took her children back to the attic.
"Melinda sweetie, do you remember what you put in the potion" Piper asked.
"No mommy" Melinda answered.
"Ok then, we'll start with the ingredients I had put in before you messed with it" Piper said and did just that.
Melinda looked at all the ingredients and pointed to a blue plant. She remembered putting in because it was her favourite colour. Piper put added the plant.
"What else did you put in" Piper asked.
"Let me see" Melinda said.
Melinda circled the table repeatedly while taping her finger on her chin.
"OK this will take a while" Piper told herself and sat down.
Meanwhile in the living room the adults had a situation.
"You have got to be kidding me" Phoebe said
"What are we going to do" Coop asked.
"I think it's kind of obvious" Leo remarked.
"Who's going to do it" Henry asked.
"Well she's in your wife's body" Prue said handing Henry the diapers.
"She's your baby" Henry said handing back the diapers.
Prue groaned and bent down to Paige who was crying. The others watched as Prue undressed Paige and put a diaper on her. The others laughed when Prue disposed of the wet undies and pants.
"Piper better fix this soon" Prue said as she entered the room again.
"You won't be laughing when you have to change Parker, whose in Kat's body" Prue pointed out to Phoebe.
"That's not the same, Kat's three years old, not thirty three like Paige" Phoebe remarked.
"Fine keep laughing, but I'll remember it next time something like this happens to one of you" Prue warned.
Back in the attic, very little progress had been made. Melinda was still having trouble remembering what she had put in the potion.
"Ok Melinda sweetie try hard to remember" Piper encouraged her.
"Mommy I'm tired, can I please have a nap" Melinda whined.
"Honey can't it wait" Piper asked.
"No" Melinda replied.
"OK how about I cast a spell on you and give you some energy" Piper suggested.
"Isn't that personal gain" Wyatt asked.
"Yes it is, but desperate time's calls for desperate measures" Piper told him.
"Ok I guess that will be ok" Melinda agreed.
Piper went to the book of shadows and flipped through the pages until she came across a spell.
"Help her feel awake, give her an energy shake."
A little potion bottle appeared in her hand, it had a label that said Energy on it. Piper gave it to Melinda, this was a mistake. As soon as Melinda drank the potion she started running around like crazy, she was super hyper. Piper told the boys not to touch anything then ran after her.
The others laughed as Piper ran through the living room and into the kitchen after Melinda. In the Kitchen Andy orbed in just in time to catch Melinda. Andy handed her to Piper who informed him on what was going on. Andy laughed and joined the other in the kitchen while Piper brought Melinda back to the attic.
In the attic, Piper had to strap Melinda to a chair. It took a good hour for her to calm down enough to focus. Downstairs there was a knock at the front door. Leo got up and answered it, it was Paige's boss.
"Is Paige home" the boss asked.
"Yes, she's in bed sick" Leo responded.
"Can I speak with her" the boss asked.
"Not a good idea, she's contagious, even the children are staying away from her" Leo lied.
"I'll take my chances this is important" the boss insisted.
"I'm sorry Paige can't be bothered right now" Leo stated.
"This is urgent, so unless she's dying, I must speak with her" the boss sternly said.
"Well you can't, she's dead" Leo panicked when Paige's boss was starting to enter the manor.
"Oh in that case, I'm sorry for your loss, sorry to have bothered you" Paige's boss said kind of sad and walked away.
"Oh no what did I just do" Leo said in his head.
Leo walked into the living room and stood over the playpen where Paige was lying in Payton's body.
"Paige that was your boss" Leo informed.
"What did you tell him" Paige asked.
"At first I told him you were sick in bed, then he tried to come in, and I couldn't let him see you on the floor acting like a baby, because Payton is in your body, so I told him you were dead" Leo responded.
"LEO!" Paige shouted in shock.
"What would you have rather him come in a see you acting like Payton" Leo asked.
"Well no obviously, but you could of said I was at the hospital instead" Paige pointed out.
"After telling him you were in bed, that would have made him think we're lying for you and that you were really out partying somewhere" Leo stated.
"Good job, now I can't show up to work, because my boss thinks I'm dead" Paige said.
"Ok I'll think of something to undo it later" Leo stated.
In the attic, Melinda had remembered two more ingredients she had put in.
"This is boring, can we go play" Chris whined.
"Yea go ahead" Piper said.
Piper tapped her finger on the table that was filled with ingredients. Suddenly the obvious solution came to her. Piper went to the book of shadows and found a remembering spell.
"Refresh her memory of today's events, so she can recall today's contents."
"Oh I remember now, I remember everything I put in" Melinda said.
"Ok good, so what did you put in honey" Piper asked.
"Everything" Melinda replied.
"You've got to be kidding me, this whole time you couldn't even remember you put everything in" Piper sighed.
"I'm only three" Melinda reminded her.
Piper rolled her eyes at the ceiling and started throwing all the ingredients in. Once all the ingredients were in, the potion exploded in a puff of smoke. Downstairs in the living room, the play pen broke into pieces when Paige turned back into an adult.
"You know in plain eye sight, you should have known this would happen if you put me in here" Paige said as she got up.
Melinda who was back in her own body, orbed herself and Piper down to the living room.
"Ok is everyone in the right bodies, I know I'm not Phoebe anymore" Piper said.
"Yeah everything is good" Henry said.
"Except what Leo is going to do about telling my boss that I was dead" Paige recalled.
"Well I'm going to call him and tell him I thought you were dead, and if that doesn't work, I'll use memory dust" Leo revealed.
Leo didn't have to use the memory dust on Paige's boss. Also the personal gain consequence for the energy boost on Melinda, was that Melinda didn't sleep the whole night. She did sleep for hours the next day though.