"All Halliwell's Eve"
Prue, Phoebe and Daina were downstairs dressed in their witch costumes, getting ready for the party at the club after Prue took Daina trick or treating.
Phoebe was dressed in a skin tight black dress and wore a long black wig that was spikey on top while Prue wore hair extensions with butterflies and flowers in it while her dress was floor sweeping and was black and green while Daina was dressed in a blue dress that reached her knees poofed out around her, a blue witches hat and a blue cape along with matching knee length boots.
"All right people, let's go. I was supposed to be at the club half an hour ago." Piper said as she walked down the stairs dressed in a pink dress holding a wand and had an auburn wig with a tiara.
Leo was dressed in a uniform that a solider would wear when they weren't in the fields fighting.
"Hey, are you a good witch or a bad witch?" Prue asked as she held a tray filled with candy.
"I'm going to be a very good witch from now on." Piper brushed her dress.
"And you chose a role model who wears lots and lots of pink?" Prue asked.
"Yes." Piper chirped and she ruffled her skirt.
"Glinda helped innocents didn't she?" Leo added in.
"Yes." Piper chirped.
"'You had the answer all along.' That's not help, that's mind games." Phoebe scoffed as she put her lipstick in her purse.
"Yeah and girls who wear that much pink are insane. You've seen the movies with the mean girls." Daina said as she fixed her hat.
Piper used her wand to whack both her younger sisters as they moved off to the side.
"I'm not going to let you spoil my new attitude. I'm going to celebrate the witch's holiday with enthusiasm." Piper smiled as she swung the tulle on her skirt up making Leo grin at her chipper attitude.
"Yeah, the only problem is you never really know what you're celebrating when you celebrate Halloween." Phoebe said as she reached into a box full of decorations and held up a headband that had jack o lanterns on it.
"Details." Piper scoffed as she kept fussing with her skirts.
"I think it's the time when the dead are able to walk the earth and when magic is at its strongest." Daina said as Kit jumped into her arms while everyone looked at her.
"What? I was reading some stuff on witchcraft and I found this stuff about sabots, rituals and holidays. Halloween is the biggest holiday of them all because it has different meanings in different countries." Daina explained.
Leo smiled proudly at the girl for expanding her knowledge and learning about the old costumes.
"Fascinating. Now where's Darryl?" Piper asked.
"He is in the kitchen on the phone." Prue pointed as she and Phoebe rifled through the decoration box.
Nodding, Piper turned to go into the kitchen with Leo behind her.
"Hook nosed hags riding broomsticks. That's what we're celebrating." Phoebe held up a cardboard picture of an old witch with a hook nose and warts riding a broom in front of the full moon.
Her words made the couple stop and turn to face her.
"Personally, I am offended by the representation of witches in popular culture." Phoebe stated.
"Right, which is why you're dressed as the Mistress of the Dark." Piper laughed as she gestured at the costume.
"This costume happens to be a protest statement." Phoebe put the decoration down as she gestured at herself.
"Of what, your easy virtue?" Daina asked only to get slapped on the butt by the prophet while Piper and Prue laughed.
"Ow!" Daina yelped as she pouted at the black clad witch and Kit purred as she rubbed her head against the girl's neck for attention.
"You can't blame her for saying that. After all, I am impressed you can make a protest statement and show cleavage all at the same time." Prue said glancing briefly at Phoebe's breasts that seemed to be hanging half way out of the dress.
"Thanks." Phoebe said.
"Amazing." Prue smirked at her sister's sudden pleased look.
"Let's go!" Piper called as she marched into the kitchen with her boyfriend and sisters following.
They arrived in the kitchen to see the police man dressed as what he is, talking on the phone as he placed some of the Halloween candy in a bowl.
"All right inspector, put down the phone and no one gets hurt." Piper said making him look at her.
"Yeah, sweetie, I gotta go. Give your folks my love, okay? I miss you guys." Darryl said to his wife as he then hung up the phone.
Daina put Kit down as she grabbed her trick or treating bag off of the table while Piper started putting the popcorn-caramel balls in a dish to take to the club.
"Nice costume." She said to Darryl.
"Yeah, it's from my rookie days. Still fits." Darryl grinned as Phoebe picked up a plate of caramel apples.
"Yeah, mine too." Leo said making the inspector look over to him in confusion.
"Isn't that from World War 2?" he asked.
Everyone was silent at that.
"Who are you?" Darryl asked.
"Uh, I'll explain on the way. So in the meantime we can just stick together since we're both dateless." Prue suggested as she started eating one of the popcorn-caramel balls while Piper snapped her tongs at her in annoyance.
"He's not dateless, he's married. You're dateless 'cause you're picky." Piper said.
"No, I'm not settling, all right, the perfect guy is out there. A real man and I will find him, trust me." Prue said as she kept eating.
"Mm hmm and they're gonna love the popcorn and caramel in your teeth too." Piper said making Prue pick at her teeth.
"All right, Darryl, let's go. Somebody, get something." Piper waved her wand at the treats she and Daina had made earlier that day for the party at the club.
"Um, we can't leave yet. We have to wait for Cole." Phoebe called.
"Cole Turner? The ADA? You're dating him?" Darryl asked.
"Who? The what now?" Daina asked since she had not met this man yet.
"Uh, no, I just sort of invited him to go along with us. It wasn't set in stone or anything, but something must have come up." Phoebe said nervously as she walked out.
"Uh huh." Darryl scoffed as Leo handed him a basket full of candy to carry.
"Boys and girls of every age
Wouldn't you like to see something strange?
Come with us and you will see
This our world of Halloween." Daina sang as she skipped after her sisters.
"You're excited." Darryl noted.
"Yeah, this is my first Halloween. I never went trick or treating before. I can't wait to see all the costumes, decorations and even the homemade haunted houses people do for kids." Daina smiled as she bounced in place radiating excitement.
Darryl couldn't help but smile at the girl seeing why the sisters wanted to adopt her into the family as he watched the girl skip off after her sisters as he and Leo started gathering more of the food.
"Ooh, ooh. I want to take a picture of all of us first, but I have to get our broom sticks." Prue said as she went to the living room.
"Cliché!" Phoebe sang as the doorbell was rung.
"Come on you guys, hurry up!" Piper called to the men who were still in the kitchen.
The two women set the treats down as they went to the door, Phoebe opening it up to reveal two men wearing black with black eyes, bald heads and had gray skin with a tint of blue to it.
"Trick or treat." The shorter man smiled.
"Oh my God, that is so weird. They look just like the Grimm-"Phoebe trailed off as fear filled her eyes.
"Grimm Brothers?" Daina asked.
"Grimmlocks!" Piper yelled as she grabbed Daina as she and Phoebe started running as the two men stepped into the house, holding their hands out.
Phoebe and Piper leaned against the wall as they started gasping for breath, Daina looking at them in confusion.
"What's going on?" she asked and then looked over to the two demons.
"What do you think?" the shorter demon sneered.
"We're killing them." The taller one answered.
"Prue!" Daina yelled in fear.
Leo, Prue and Darryl all came running over, Prue waving her arm to send the two demons back, freeing Phoebe and Piper as they ran over to their eldest sister with Daina.
"Didn't we vanquish them already?" Phoebe asked.
"Well, it is Halloween. The barriers between the living world and dead are at its thinnest so that could be why they're here." Daina said.
"Then why didn't you mention this before?" Phoebe nearly shrieked.
"I didn't know one of your enemies would come back to kill us!" Daina shrieked back.
"Girls, calm down. I have to warn you about something." Leo said.
"What do you mean?" Prue asked as the girls looked at him.
Behind them, a teal colored vortex appeared making them jump back in surprise.
"That's what I wanted to warn you about." Leo pointed at it while Darryl looked clueless.
"Oh, look out!" Phoebe gasped as the Grimmlocks got back up and started storming over to them.
Waving her wand at them, Piper froze the two demons before they could get close enough to them.
"Leo, what the hell is-"Piper was cut off.
The vortex pulled the four girls inside making them cry out as their wigs and hat fell off while they were pulled inside, the scenery changing around them.
They continued to scream as the portal transformed into a twister that hit the ground, making the girls land on their feet unsteadily when they found themselves in the middle of a wide open field and then the twister faded away.
"Is everybody okay?" Prue asked as the wind blew their hair back.
"Too soon to tell." Phoebe said.
"Did the Grimmlocks do this?" Piper asked.
"Unless we're dead and this is the hereafter, I don't think so." Prue said.
"What is this place?" Daina asked as she saw a boulder next to them with apples, flowers, herbs and a black witch's hat on top.
"Eternally Elvira, ick." Phoebe scoffed.
"All right, uh, so this kind of looks like an alter." Prue said as Daina looked over to see some men on horses running over to them.
"Uh, guys?" she called.
"A witches alter. What's going on?" Piper ignored her.
"People!" Daina yelled making them turn to see what she saw.
"There they are!"
"Kill the witches!"
"You had to ask?!" Phoebe yelled as the four sisters yelled and started running off.
"Not good, not good, not good." Piper muttered as she picked up her skirts.
"We're not in Kansas anymore!" Piper cried as Prue pulled her along.
They ran off into the forest, looking for a place to hide as they heard the men getting closer to them, calling out insults towards them as they went.
Phoebe led the group to some tall bushes to hide behind, the four girls crouching down as they spied on the men searching for them, the ones on horseback holding guns while the ones on foot had farming tools.
"Don't tell me we've time traveled again. I hate time traveling." Piper complained quietly.
"You do? I was burned at the stake last time, remember?" Phoebe reminded.
"No." Daina whispered as Phoebe pulled the girl down to hide her.
"Okay, let's try and make sure that doesn't happen again. From what they're wearing it looks to be, what, the 16/17 hundreds." Prue guessed.
"Where the life expectancy of the average witch is what; 15 minutes?" Phoebe asked.
Rustling behind them made them jump in surprise as they turned to see a man with tanned skin, brown hair and blue eyes find them, staring at them curiously or Prue to be exact.
"Find anything, Mika?" a man called.
Piper went to freeze him, but Prue grabbed her hand, holding it down.
"No, nothing here. Ride on." The man known as Mika called to the other men, his eyes never leaving Prue's.
"Ride on men!" the leader of the charge called.
Horses whinnied as they started galloping off while the men fallowed, Mika holding a finger to his lips to shush the four sisters as he crept away.
"Well, that was nice of him." Daina commented once they were safe.
"Hi, why didn't you let me freeze him?" Piper asked.
"I don't know. There was just something…" Prue shook her head.
"Okay, you know what? I don't care why we're here or how we got here. I just want to get home. I've got a life to live and decorations to hang so where's the damn vortex?" Piper asked.
"I don't know, but-"
Prue was cut off when burlap sacks were thrown over the four sisters' heads making them scream in shock as they were then pulled off by people who grabbed at them, leading them off.
Nearly a half hour passed when the sisters were finally stopped and then the sacks were pulled off of their heads revealing they were in a cave with women all over the place talking, sewing clothing, tending to herbs or mixing something in a cauldron.
There were also beds, rocking chairs and candles around the room while a table had fruits, vegetables and bread on it.
A blonde haired woman with dark eyes and peach toned skin walked over to them making the sisters look at her curiously.
"Blessed be." The woman bowed to them.
"Our prayers have been answered. We need your help." The woman said as she stood up.
"Excuse me?" Prue asked.
"Forgive me for the manner in which you were brought here, but we had to make sure you were who we sent for. This doorway would have told us if you were evil." The woman pointed at the doorway decorated by leaves and flowers.
"Huh, where can we get one of those?" Piper asked.
"All right, wait. Uh, who do you think we are?" Prue asked.
"The most powerful good witches of all time of course." The woman said making the sisters shrug since she was right.
"Okay, lucky guess." Phoebe chirped.
"Dead on guess." Daina said.
"And you are?" Prue asked.
"I am Eva (pronounced as Ava).A midwife, a witch and a free citizen of the colony of Virginia. These good women are my coven. Come, now we don't have much time. No one can suspect that you've come to us from the future." She said.
The other women walked over and handed the sisters clothing to change into while Eva stepped back to take in their costumes.
"Witches must not have to hide in your time. What year are you from?" Eva asked.
"Uh, 2013." Piper answered.
"What year is it now?" Phoebe asked.
"1670." Eva answered.
"Oh snap." Daina's eyes went wide while Phoebe and Prue shared a look.
"Uh, all right, so why do you need our help?" Prue asked.
"To save a magical baby who's prophecy to be born tonight." Eva stepped closer.
"Save it from whom?" Piper asked.
"A dark practitioner. She kidnapped the baby's mother in hopes of raising the child evil. If that happens, good magic will never flourish in the new world. You must rescue Charlotte so that you can bring her here and we can deliver her baby with our own protective circle." Eva explained.
"Wait a minute, you have the power to bring us through time but you don't have the power to set her free yourself?" Piper asked.
"Well, we cast spells to prepare your way of course, but we know it was the power of All Hallows Eve that brought you here, not us." Eva said.
"All Hallows Eve?" Prue asked.
"A witch's most sacred day. The day when the source of all magic can be tapped into. How can you not know about All Hallows Eve?" Eva asked.
"We call it Halloween now." Daina chirped.
"It isn't what it used to be." Phoebe said.
"Wait a minute, uh; you can tap into that power to send us home, right?" Piper asked.
"We…we assumed you could." Eva said.
"They assumed that we could." Piper said as the sisters all looked in disbelief at the woman.
"Yeah, we have a saying. Assume makes an ass out of you and me." Daina said getting slapped on the arm.
"Language." Piper scolded.
"Gomen." Daina muttered.
"Okay, well, uh, Piper I have an idea so what time is it?" Prue asked.
"It's two fif-fifteen." Piper checked her watch as Eva gasped in awe as she took her wrist to look at the watch.
"Ah, you've made a big clock so small. You must possess great magic." Eva complimented.
"Just a good credit card." Piper said.
"Okay, um, excuse us for a minute." Prue held a finger up as she pulled her sisters to the side to talk.
"All right, I think that I have this figured out. I think that they sent us here and that's what Leo was trying to tell us." Prue said.
"Oh, leave it to them to zap first and give instructions never." Piper complained.
"But if I'm right, the only way that they are going to let us go home is if we bring that baby back here by midnight. All right, uh, Eva do you have a plan?" Prue asked as they turned back to the blonde.
"Yes. This vial holds a potion which will put the men who guard the house to sleep." Eva handed the vial over to Piper.
"And then you'll use your powers to bring the mother back here." Eva said making Prue scoff lightly.
"Huh, easy for her to say." Piper said as she handed the vial to Prue.
With that done, the sisters changed into their new dresses and washed their faces of the make-up and glitter so that they would look like they were from the 1600's.
Daina admired her dress that was blue on top, then a burnt orange color like a leaf for the skirt, but she refused to wear a corset much to her sisters' amusement.
They then were given black cloaks to wear as Eva then led them to the village, looking around to see the men that chased then earlier.
"We must be careful." Eva warned.
"Looks like they're having a party." Phoebe noticed as she saw the women young and old carrying in bowls of food and chopping vegetables.
"It's the kidnapper Ruth Cob. She's doing it pretending to mock All Hallows Eve, but I know better. She's really doing it to tap into the powers of dark magic." Eva said.
"Looks like our welcoming comity." Piper said about the men with guns on horseback.
"Witch hunters." Phoebe sighed.
"Hunters of good witches maybe. They work for Ruth, they're after us." Eva said.
Prue then saw Mika and smiled at the sight of him.
"Not all of them." She smiled as her sisters gave her a look.
Phoebe then went to step into the village, but was stopped by Eva.
"Beware the talismans. They've bard our way each time we try to rescue Charlotte." She warned as they looked at the talismans with sun and moon symbols cut into the metal.
"Oh, honey, those don't really pack much of a punch where we come from." Phoebe smiled as she, Piper and Prue continued on.
"No, you don't realize that-"
Eva was cut off when the talismans glowed red and a force pushed the three women back making the hunters look over at the screams, people crying out in warning as a bell was sounded.
"Kuso." Daina cursed.
"What the hell was that?" Phoebe asked.
"The talismans?" Piper asked.
"No way talismans have that much power." Prue said.
"You just got knocked back on your hinnies. I think they do." Daina retorted as the three women stood up.
"They never have before. Ruth's using the magic of All Hallows Eve." Eva said as she looked over in worry at the hunters.
"Guards!" she pointed.
"All right, I got 'em I got 'em." Prue stepped up as she flung her arm back, but nothing happened.
"What just happened? What's the matter?" Phoebe asked nervously.
"I don't know." Prue said as she tried again, only to fail.
"Piper!" she called.
Piper tried to freeze the man with the gun, but it didn't work as he shot the gun, the bullet going right at Daina who gasped as her eyes flashed gold and her barrier came up to protect her, deflecting the bullet back at the man, whizzing right by his head and startling the horse that bucked.
"Oh, Kami-sama. I love my power." Daina panted in fear and relief.
"How do her powers still work?" Piper asked.
"I don't know." Prue shrugged.
"Use your powers!" Eva yelled.
"We don't have any." Prue cried.
"What?!" Eva shrieked.
"Run!" Phoebe cried.
Another bullet was shot, hitting Eva in the arm, making her clutch at it in pain as the five witches ran for their lives.
(Back at with the coven…)
"Eva, we're sorry. We didn't know that our powers wouldn't-"Prue was cut off.
"Just leave us. Just go back to wherever is it you came from." Eva snapped as she held a cloth to her wound.
"We asked for the most powerful witches of all time and we get powerless frauds." She said.
"Um okay, I know you're a little disappointed, but frauds is a little harsh don't cha think?" Phoebe asked.
"It wasn't our fault. I've never time traveled before. I'm very new to the Craft. They didn't know that the timeline would affect their powers. How about instead of yelling at us, you count your blessing that we're all alive. Wyatch." Daina snapped.
Phoebe snorted at that last part.
"She's right, we do have powers or at least we had them, we just can't access them right now." Piper said.
"Maybe that's because technically we don't really exist yet so neither do our powers." Prue theorized.
"But what about Daina? She used her powers before." Phoebe pointed out.
"Maybe because the Golden Radiance is a different kind of magic from ours." Prue said.
"Protecting this baby is my destiny. How can we come this far just to fail?" Eva asked with tears of frustration glittering in her eyes.
"We're asking ourselves the same thing." Phoebe said.
"Bite down." a woman said holding fabric out to Eva.
She took it and placed it between her teeth as another woman pulled a scalding hot poker out of the fire, Daina turning pale at the sight of the sharp instrument.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa! What're ya doing?" Piper asked stopping them.
"Cauterizing her wound." The first woman said as if it were obvious.
"No, no, no, no. We may not have our powers, but we do have basics. Just get some hot water and some soap and some clean cloths. Hurry." Piper instructed.
The women looked to Eva who nodded making the women go off to get the supplies.
"Eva, don't give up on us yet, all right? I know that we can help." Prue said.
"And we've been through tougher jams than this before." Phoebe added in.
"We have?" Piper asked.
"Haven't we?" Phoebe asked as the women returned and gave Piper the supplies to tend to Eva's wound.
"We were born witches, that makes us innately magical. Maybe you can just teach us how to tap into it." Prue suggested.
"There's not enough time." Eva shook her head.
"We're quick studies." Phoebe said.
"We're not gonna give up yet." Daina added.
Looking them over, Eva sighed and nodded.
(Later on…)
"Here." Eva handed the four sisters dolls made from corn husk.
"Dolls? We tap into our powers with dolls?" Piper asked.
"It's not just a doll. It's a totem; it reminds us of the wisdom and power of women." Eva explained.
"Okay, but what does it have to do with…" Phoebe trailed off as Eva walked over to a table as the sisters followed.
"The witch's journey is a walk of wisdom collected over the years, Phoebe. Wisdom gives us power. Power frightens the fearful and ignorant." Eva grinned as she cut an apple in half.
"Well, that would certainly explain why in our time witches are made to look silly on Halloween." Prue said.
"And this magic? This knowledge is forgotten?" Eva asked a bit sadly.
"We can get it back if you teach us." Phoebe said.
"Yeah because most of the books from our time don't really explain it that well." Daina said.
"Here, the conical hat is a spiritual point. It helps to channel our magic. Keeps us centered, focused." Eva said placing a witch's hat on Phoebe's head.
Prue, Phoebe and Daina smiled at that in amusement since the prophet had been mocking the stereotypes hours earlier only now to learn they were real.
"The apple holds a pentacle in its heart. Add a Loral leaf; you will block the path of evil." Eva said picking up a leaf and placing it over the star shape in the middle of the apple.
"A simple Loral leaf?" Prue asked in disbelief.
"Simple, but powerful. Remember, there is magic all around you. Especially on this night." Eva reminded.
"What's with the masks?" Piper asked.
"Demons walk freely on All Hallows Eve, so a mask allows you to hide your identity, walk amongst them." Eva said picking up a mask with feathers decorating and held it over her face, then handed it over to Piper.
Eva picked up a white mask with blue bells decorating it and handed it over to Daina who smiled as she held it up to her face.
"Can I see that?" Phoebe asked as she walked over to one of the women who was holding a broom.
She handed it over to the eager witch who held it with a smile while the other women worked on sewing leaves, feathers and flowers onto masks.
"Okay, now don't tell me you ride around on this thing." Phoebe chuckled.
"Anything's possible. Here, the broom's traditional purpose to sweep evil from the path. Sweep east to west. The same path as the sun travels." Eva instructed as she showed her.
"Like anything else in magic, it's how you do it. With knowledge and reverence." Eva said.
Phoebe was sweeping but had a smile on her face as if she was trying not to laugh.
"Wow, do I feel silly." Phoebe chuckled as the broom glowed blue and zapped her before fading.
"What happened?" Piper asked as Phoebe cried out.
"Nothing. Must have been just a spark." Phoebe said.
"No, you felt the power." Eva corrected.
"Cool." Daina chirped.
"All right, Sally will go with you to Ruth's house. She'll give you the last few things you need. I wish I could go with you." Eva sighed.
"We'll do great. You've learned us well." Prue smiled.
"Remember; connect with the power of this day." Eva said.
(At the village…)
Sally, the woman who was about to stab Eva with the poker, lead the four sisters to the outskirts of the village, the five witches looking at the people wearing masks, children laughing and playing as they ran around while food was being handed out and people were doing tricks for entertainment.
"Charlotte should be in the first bedroom at the top of the stairs. Be careful, Ruth's guards are everywhere. If they see you with these tools, they'll know you as witches." Sally explained as she pulled things from her bag and handed them to the sisters.
"Don't worry, we won't fail this time." Prue assured.
"I know you won't. Which one of you will be standing guard for the others?" Sally asked.
"Phoebe." Piper said as the witch raised her hand.
"If need be, this will turn away evil spirits. Perhaps even a demon you think Ruth summoned." Sally handed Phoebe a tiny pumpkin carved out with a star in it.
"You're kidding right?" Phoebe chucked in disbelief.
"According to that face, I don't think so." Daina shook her head as Phoebe stuffed the pumpkin in her cloak pocket.
"Blessed be. Good luck." Sally said before walking off.
"All right, trick or treat." Prue said as the sisters held their masks up.
"Oh boy." Piper groaned.
They all walked into the village, easily blending in with the people who were laughing and enjoying their time as the men juggled apples or other instruments while women offered bread and other baked treats while a turkey was being spun on a pit.
Separating, Daina walked over to where some women were handing out free treats and she looked over the people taking them, laughing and talking.
It seemed like such a tight community with family everywhere and it made Daina happy, yet sad at the sight.
Children laughed as they ran by making her smile at the sight of them, laughing at a mother who lovingly fed a baby, only for the baby to get chocolate smeared over his face.
As she looked around the area, she spotted a group of boys her age conversing and one glanced her way and smiled at her.
Biting her lip, she nodded at him, then turned away to continue walking and waiting for the signal for the rescue mission to start.
"Witch!" someone cried out.
Gasping, Daina turned to see an old woman dressed in black with a scarlet pendant around her neck pointing at Phoebe.
"Oh no." Daina muttered.
A man ran over to Phoebe and dug in her cloak, pulling out the items a witch would have while Prue and Piper ran over to them, Daina moving as well.
"Phoebe!" Prue called.
"Those two as well!" the crone who was Ruth called as she pointed at Piper and Prue.
Turning, Ruth found Daina as the girl's eyes glowed gold, warning the evil witch off.
"The young one there. There's your four." Ruth yelled as Daina was grabbed and dragged over to her sisters as the hunters dug into their cloaks.
"Hang them! Hang them all!" Ruth yelled.
"With pleasure." The man who first ran to Phoebe said.
"Take them from here." Ruth ordered.
Men started yelling to hang the witches as the sisters were dragged of out of the village, being tied up as they tried to escape from the men, but they were too strong.
(Soon after…)
Once away from the village, the sisters were tied up onto horses while ropes were tied around their necks in a noose to be hanged.
"Tell me this isn't happening." Piper groaned.
"I'm too young to die. Isn't there a rule about not killing a witch until they're at least 21? I'm not even a witch technically." Daina complained.
"Oh, sweetie, calm down. Everything will be all right." Phoebe said.
"What're ya, nuts? We're being hanged here." Piper reminded.
A man wearing a pheasant feathered mask rode up on a white horse with gray specks, Prue meeting his eyes as the other three sisters looked at him.
"Hang witch." He said.
The sisters then looked away as four men went behind the horse and then smacked their rumps making the horses ran off, the sisters gasping as they were hanged.
"Onward." The man in the pheasant mask ordered.
Sure that they were dead, the hunters rode off back to the village for celebration on killing four witches while the seemingly lifeless bodies swung from the branch.
Once the hunters were all gone, the man in the pheasant mask rode back over to the four bodies swinging back and forth from the tree.
Looking around cautiously, the man pulled out a dagger and cut the rope, making the four sisters yelp as they fell and then groaned in pain, whining when they hit the ground.
"My apologies. A little trick I learned from the French." The man said as he got down and started cutting the ropes binding their hands.
"Yeah, well, it's a really good thing the others guards didn't see you do that." Phoebe commented as the four sisters pulled their ropes off from around their necks.
"Wait a minute, I don't understand. How did you know we could trust him?" Piper asked.
"By the look in his eyes." Prue smiled as she brushed her hair back.
"Oh brother." Daina rolled her eyes while Piper and Phoebe looked in disbelief as well.
"So that would be," Prue reached up and pulled the mask up, revealing the man as Mika.
"The second time that you've saved our necks." She smiled.
"And what beautiful necks they are." Mika said as he kissed Prue's hand.
"I'm Mika." He introduced himself properly.
"I'm charmed." Prue said.
They both seemed lost in the moment as they smiled at each other while the other three groaned at this.
"All right, I hate to bust up the balcony scene, Romeo, but why do you keep saving us and why are you running with the witch hunters?" Phoebe asked.
"So I can undo their work whenever possible. I've seen what dark magic can do. If you're fighting that, I'm on your side." Mika assured.
"And I should get back before anyone gets suspicious." He said.
Before he left, Prue placed a hand on his shoulder as she leaned up and kissed him while her sisters either looked away or Piper covered Daina's eyes from the sight.
"Thank you." Prue said.
"Another time." He said as he then mounted his horse.
"Who was that masked man?" Prue asked breathlessly as Mika rode off.
"Okay, you finally found a real man, too bad he lives in colonial Virginia, Prue." Phoebe reminded.
"We need to get out of here. Pay attention." Piper placed her hand on Prue's head and turned it away from Mika.
"Okay any idea how we're going to save the baby?" Phoebe asked.
"And humiliate that evil witch while we're at it?" Daina suggested feeling bitter about Ruth outing them.
"Well, they think we're dead now. They certainly aren't suspecting us." Piper said.
"Right and besides you guys, we're witches and it's All Hallows Eve, so…" Prue grinned.
"All right, glow elsewhere." Piper pushed the love struck sister along.
"Okay." Prue chuckled.
"Kami help me if I ever become that love sick over a guy." Daina said making Phoebe chuckle as she wrapped an arm around the girl's shoulders.
(Back at the village…)
Hiding behind near the forest where they could watch the people continue on with their party, Prue walked over from where she was keeping lookout.
"I don't see Ruth or the guards. What time is it?" she asked.
"It's-its 6:00 and we're running out of time and magic." Piper said as she checked her watch.
"Well, that doesn't change what we have to do." Prue said.
"How are we supposed to get past the talismans?" Phoebe asked.
"I don't know. A spell or something." Daina shrugged.
"Do you remember what Eva said?" Prue asked.
"The powerless frauds part?" Phoebe asked having Daina smack her arm.
"No, the magic is all around us part. It's time we learn how to access that." Prue said as she walked over to where some hay, a broom and flowers were located.
"To sweep away evil." Prue handed Phoebe the broom.
"What, no funny hat?" Phoebe joked.
"Lavender, didn't she say that was a protection herb?" Piper asked as she picked the flower.
"All right and the wisdom of the women before us will guide us again." Prue pulled off the husk from a corn stalk and started tying it and shaping it into the totem of a woman.
"What about me?" Daina asked.
"You stay where you can protect us from bullets with your barrier." Prue instructed.
"What? I don't like that plan." Piper jumped in.
"Neither do I but she's the only one with an active power right now." Prue said.
"I got it. Everyone hide behind the human meat shield." Daina sighed as Phoebe pushed her along.
"Okay, get sweepin'." Piper said to Phoebe as the four walked over to the house.
They hid behind a wagon as Phoebe looked around, Daina peering over at the people.
"Okay, which way is east?" Phoebe asked.
"Uh, that way." Piper pointed.
Nodding, Phoebe started sweeping and soon it started to glow with a blue light.
"Whoa. Did ya see that?" she asked as she continued.
"Yeah, keep going." Prue brushed her hair back.
"Hey, the talismans." Daina said.
Everyone looked over to see the talismans glowing with the same blue light as they began to shake and fell out of the tree, their dark magic gone.
"It's working." Phoebe whispered.
"That's good." Prue said.
"Oh, but that isn't. Your boyfriend's in trouble, Prue." Daina said from where she was watching.
Mika had been captured by the hunters and they dragged him over to Ruth.
"Mika." Prue gasped.
"Prue, you can't." Phoebe held her sister back before she could run out to save him.
"Crone." Mika hissed at Ruth as he was dragged away by the other men who looked ahead sternly.
"They found him out." Prue said.
"Man, we need to get Charlotte out of here and fast." Daina glared at the evil witch.
"What would he want you to do?" Phoebe asked Prue who shook off her sadness.
Prue and Piper started heading inside the house while Phoebe and Daina watched as Ruth turned to go see Mika's fate for helping the good witches escape.
About five minutes later, Piper and Prue were rushing out of the house with a woman with hair the color of fire between them panting and groaning.
"Charlotte?" Phoebe asked.
"What's wrong with her?" Daina asked at the state the woman was in.
"Her water broke. We have to hurry." Prue said.
Groaning at this, the four sisters helped Charlotte walk away from the village, going through the forest while everyone was occupied by dealing with Mika, Daina looking over her shoulder to see the crowd, then focussed on her sisters.
They kept going for a few hours until they reached the alter, Charlotte having a hard time standing properly since the pain of labor was making it unbearable on her.
"The alter." Phoebe pointed.
"Okay, just a little longer. We're almost there." Prue said.
"I can't." Charlotte stopped.
"Yes you can." Prue insisted.
"Come on, we got cha." Daina insisted.
"You can do this." Prue said.
"No, the baby's coming." Charlotte cried out as she fell to her knees with Prue making the sisters look at each other in worry.
(Night time…)
Piper placed her cloak on the ground as Charlotte laid down on it while Daina placed her own cloak over the woman to keep her warm and allowed her to use her lap as a pillow.
"Okay, easy, easy." Piper soothed to the redhead.
"I got her." Daina said as Charlotte panted and held her hand.
"Um, it's almost 11:00; do you think they gave up on us?" Piper asked as she walked over to Phoebe and Prue.
"Uh, no, I don't think so!" Phoebe exclaimed when they saw lights in the darkness.
The hunters were on their way on horseback, their torches lighting their way.
"All right, what do we have?" Prue asked.
"We got big problems, a little time and a little magic." Piper said.
"Not helping." Daina called over as she gently whipped Charlotte's forehead of the sweat.
"All right, didn't Eva say something about, uh, Charlotte giving birth in a protective circle?" Prue asked.
"Can we make one of those?" Phoebe asked.
"I don't know, we've got lavender and…" Piper trailed off.
"Isn't rosemary supposed to be good for protection?" Phoebe asked.
"And apples and Loral leaves block the path of evil. Put it all together, it just might work." Prue said holding an apple.
Charlotte then cried out as she clenched Daina's hand tightly making the three older sisters look over.
"Little help here! I'm too young to coach a woman through birth by myself!" she yelled as she tried not to panic.
"Who's gonna delivery the baby?" Piper asked.
"Personally I think you should considering we know that you're gonna have one in the future." Phoebe insisted.
"I second that." Prue eagerly replied.
"Wait a minute…" Piper chuckled in disbelief.
"Help!" Daina shrieked as Charlotte groaned in pain again as she squeezed the girl's hand.
"I always get the messy jobs." Piper muttered as she walked over to Charlotte's legs and sat down.
"All right if ever there was a time that we were going to connect, it needs to be now, so Phoebe, form a circle, I'll work on the apples." Prue said.
Phoebe nodded as she started running around the perimeter of the alter and the women, throwing rosemary and lavender around as Prue cut the apples in half and placed Loral leaves on the star inside of them.
"Okay, you're gonna have to try and be kinda quiet. Okay, I know, I'm sorry." Piper said as Charlotte sobbed.
"I don't think I can keep quiet or even hold my lunch down. I barely know anything about going through puberty let alone how babies are born." Daina started to hyperventilate.
"Um, don't worry. Everything's under control." Piper smiled forcefully as she pulled Charlotte's skirt up to check on the baby.
"Oh my God! I see it. I see it." Piper exclaimed making Phoebe walk over and lean over in interest.
"Really?" Phoebe asked.
"Phoebe, the circle." Prue called.
"Circle." Phoebe repeated as she went back to work.
Daina was muttering things in Japanese under her breath, ranting on how 12 year olds shouldn't be coaching someone through birth and how she never thought she would never have to go through this.
"Just-just try not to push." Piper said as she gave an example of the lamas breathing that Charlotte tried to copy.
"Okay, uh, this baby is coming!" Piper called.
"Yeah, well, so are they." Prue retorted as the hunters grew nearer.
"Okay, we can do this. You, start breathing. Come on, Daina, we can do this." Piper encouraged as the girl started copying the deep breathing and the redhead did the same.
"Yes we can do this. We have to do this." Phoebe ran back over to Prue and was handed some apples.
"All right, ready. Knowledge and reverence." Prue said as they both held apples and walked over to the trio.
"Knowledge and reverence. Knowledge and reverence. Knowledge and reverence." The duo chanted.
The sound of the men urging their horses on could be heard as well as the heavy hoof steps of the horses.
"Here they come." Phoebe said.
"Prue!" Piper called.
"Somebody do something!" Daina cried.
"All right, put it all together, it's gonna work. Come on." Prue said.
They then tossed the apples around the perimeter where the herbs were and a flash of blue light encircled them just as the men arrived, the barrier blocking their path.
"How cool is that? It actually worked." Phoebe breathed.
A man who had been bucked off his horse pulled out his and gun and shot, the bullet going through the barrier and hit the alter making the witches gasp.
"Or not!" Phoebe yelled.
"It doesn't stop bullets?" Piper asked.
"What kind of lame-o barrier doesn't stop bullets?" Daina asked.
"We are running out of ammo." Prue picked up another apple.
"Prue, it's not like an apple's gonna stop them anyway." Phoebe said.
Another man shot a bullet at them, hitting an apple next to the two sisters at the alter.
One man aimed a bullet at Charlotte, but Daina leaned over the woman as her eyes glowed gold and her barrier appeared, sending the bullet back at the man who threw himself off the horse before he was hit.
"It's a girl!" Piper announced as she held the newborn baby.
Charlotte smiled as Daina looked over to see the baby who was silent and peaceful with her eyes closed.
"Aw, she's so cute! What is that stuff on her?" Daina asked.
A bullet was fired again making the baby cry and Piper handed the baby cradled in the blanket to Daina.
"Hear, take the baby and run." She said.
"What? Why me?" Daina asked.
"Your barrier can protect you from them. Keep the baby safe. We'll be fine. Now go!" Piper yelled.
Looking down at the baby, Daina felt insecure of protecting something so small and innocent, but took in a deep breath as she stood up.
"Please protect her." Charlotte begged.
"I will." Daina vowed as she then started running.
When she started running, some of the men started to chase after her and yelled insults as they did as they tried firing at her, her barrier coming up to protect her and the baby as she ran, not looking back and focussed on getting away.
Her protective instincts kicked in as the baby babbled, her tiny warm body pressed gently against Daina's chest as she ran.
Cackling was then heard and the men started to yell and run making Daina stop as she looked up to see Phoebe was riding on a broom stick with the conical hat, scaring off the men.
"Huh, looks like someone embraced the cliché." Daina chuckled.
Seeing she was safe, Daina then took off for the cave, rocking the baby to calm her down.
She soon arrived to the cave, rushing inside making Eva look up and run over in relief.
"Thank goodness. Where are Charlotte and your sisters?" Eva asked as she took the baby.
"Taking care of the hunters. They did it. We did it. Whatever. The baby was born in a protective circle and now Phoebe's riding broom sticks in the sky scaring off the hunters." Daina breathed with a smile.
Eva chuckled as she and the other woman brought the baby over to a cauldron of warm water to clean her off while Piper, Prue, Phoebe and Charlotte arrived, safe and sound.
The four sisters smiled at each other as they hugged the three older kissing the youngest sister's head.
"Great work." Prue smiled at her.
"You too." Daina said.
They then broke the hug to see Charlotte lying in bed as Eva handed the now washed babe over to the proud new mother.
"Ah, blessed be." Eva smiled
"Isn't the future beautiful?" Prue asked.
"It is thanks to you. You found the power." Eva said.
"You showed us where to look." Phoebe grinned.
"Yeah, I guess we now know where all that flying hag stuff is starting. You only have yourself to blame, right, Pheebs?" Prue smirked at her proud looking sister.
"I know it and I love it. Now if I can just figure out how to take it back with me." Phoebe said.
"It did seem like a lot of fun to be able to fly in the moonlight." Daina smiled.
"Hey, what are they waiting for? Why haven't they sent us home yet?" Phoebe asked.
"Maybe we haven't learned everything that we're supposed to yet." Prue suggested.
"I just learned how a baby is born. Isn't that enough?" Daina whined.
"Well, it's almost midnight, so if we're gonna learn something more we better hurry." Piper checked her watch yet again.
The baby cooed making everyone look over and smile.
"I promise my daughter will know of you. Of the four powerful witches who came to bring her into this world. And we'll always be grateful, won't we, Melinda?" Charlotte asked her sleeping baby.
Prue, Piper and Phoebe all seemed to have stood straighter at the name making Daina and Eva look at them curiously.
"Melinda?" Piper asked.
"Yes, Melinda. Melinda Warren." Charlotte smiled making Phoebe stutter while the others looked on in disbelief.
"Am I missing something?" Daina asked.
"What is it?" Charlotte asked.
"I, uh…I think we're related." Phoebe confessed.
Those who were not Halliwells looked stunned or confused by this revelation.
In the doorway, the vortex appeared and pulled the four sisters through making them cry out as they went through; the last thing they saw was the dawning look on Charlotte's face as she looked down at Melinda while Eva smiled.
They then found themselves in the manor and saw that one of the Grimmlocks was now a puddle of ooze on the floor while the last one was using his powers to strangle Leo.
"Hey, haven't I vanquished you somewhere before?" Prue asked as she used her powers to lift the spilled potion off the floor and it hit the Grimmlock, making him melt.
"You guys all right?" Leo asked as Piper ran over to help him up.
"Are we all right? Are you all right?" Piper asked pulling him up.
"It's been a long day." Leo sighed.
"Yeah, tell us about it." Phoebe let out a breath.
Thumping made them turn to see Darryl was carefully walking down the stairs, feeling the walls and rail as he went down.
"Darryl?" Prue asked curiously.
"Prue?" he asked as she walked over, helping him down.
"I got it." Leo said as he walked over.
"Open your eyes." He instructed to Darryl.
He opened them to reveal that his eyes were pure white making the girls realize that the Grimmlocks had blinded him, so Leo waved his hand over the man's face as it glowed gold and healed his blindness.
"Happy Halloween." Leo said.
(At P3…)
Snake River Conspiracy were playing that night, singing as everyone was dressed in costumes and dancing or drinking as they enjoyed the night.
Since Daina wasn't able to go out trick or treating, the sisters decided to bring her along with them to the club to celebrate with them.
Phoebe was walking over holding a jack o' lantern that had a witch flying on a broomstick carved into it, but stopped when she saw a man holding a broom.
"Use that broom with reverence." She advised making him look at her strangely as she continued on to her sisters and Leo.
"Hey, Halloween is now officially my favorite holiday." Phoebe said as she set the jack o' lantern down.
"It's definitely mine, though I could go without the time traveling and demons." Daina shrugged.
"Who would've thought Halloween would be your favorite holiday?" Piper grinned.
"We didn't but we should have. So much knowledge, so much power that we all lost, but will get back." Phoebe smiled.
"Yeah, well, one crash course at a time." Prue said.
"Yeah, too bad Darryl didn't feel up to celebrating with us." Phoebe said.
"He saw a lot today. Think he needs some time to sort it all out." Leo said.
"Yeah, well so do we. I mean it's bad enough that the Triad wants us dead, but to send someone back to wipe out our whole line? Do your bosses have any clue who it is?" Prue asked.
"None that they're sharing." Leo said.
"I think it was that guy who was hitting on Phoebe at the party." Piper said.
"Hang on. Not every guy I meet wants to kill me. Maybe he just liked me." Phoebe grinned.
"Whatever helps ya sleep at night." Daina muttered as she took a sip of her Pepsi.
"Well, you saved Melinda and that's all that matters." Leo smiled.
"And I helped to deliver our great-great-great-great-whatever-great-grandmother." Piper said.
"Too bad we couldn't save her form moving from Virginia to Salem. That would've been nice." Phoebe said.
"Yeah, well, you can't change history, for better or for worst." Prue said.
Daina then gaped as she saw a man who looked very much like someone they had just seen get carted off to be killed had walked up behind Prue.
"Excuse me." he announced making Prue turn to him and was surprised.
"Hi." He smiled.
"Mika?" she asked.
"Mitch actually. Forgive my directness, but I've been watching you from across the room. Have we met?" he asked as he looked her over curiously.
"You know, that's funny, I was about to ask you the same thing. Um…" Prue chuckled as she linked arms with Mitch as they walked off, Phoebe and Daina laughing.
"Ooh, my turn." Phoebe leaned back on the bar, then walked off over to the man dressed in an angel costume who had just walked into the club.
"So that's Cole?" Daina asked.
"Yep, that's him." Piper nodded.
"Isn't he a little old for her? I mean, he looks like he's Prue's age." The mahogany haired girl commented as she saw Cole and Phoebe talking as the blonde placed her arms around his neck.
"Well, it's her life. Besides, he doesn't seem like a bad guy. Anyway, I'm really sorry your first Halloween wasn't what you expected it to be." Piper said.
"That's okay. We can try for a normal one next year." Daina smiled.
"If we don't have any more problems." Leo said making the two sisters glare at him.
"Don't jinx us." They warned.
He smiled nervously at them as the trio then started to eat the treats that were left, enjoying them as they listened to the music and danced.
To be continued…