"This place is creepy.'' The girl shivered.
"C'mon, where's your sense of adventure?" He uses his flashlight to look around. Seeing something unusual he checks it out. "Cool! Hey! Come here!" He gestures to his date to check it out. "A hidden doorway!" It was hidden behind a counter. "Let's go inside."
"Are you kidding! What if something is behind that!"
"Fine, stay here then." He grunts as he moves the cabinet. "It's not locked." He waves her over. "C'mon!"
She wasn't planning on going inside till she felt cold air. That air, it felt bad, felt evil.
"Wait up!" She quickly follows him inside.
"Coollll." This room was dusty and covered in dust. "Achoo!"
"Bless you." She said automatically. "Wow. What is this place?" There was books everywhere, plus a desk. None of that impressed them, it was what was on the wall. She goes to the other side of the room. "What is this place?"
"I don't know." Eliot walks over to the wall. There was a map on the wall, but that's not what impressed Eliot. There was paintings. "Check it out." He was peering at a figure of a shadow with red eyes.
She didn't bother looking at his direction. She was drawn to a small box. She turned around to look at Eliot, he was too busy looking at the paintings strewn around the room. Being careful not to make any noise, she opens it up. A melody of Tchaikovsky's "Waltz of the Flowers" started playing.
"What did you find?" Eliot walks over to his girlfriend. "A music box?"
"It's beautiful." The tiny ballerina was dancing inside. "There's something else." She lifts up a necklace. "Wow."
"That alone must cost a fortune!" Eliot whispers in excitement. "We can pay for college now!" He was turning eighteen in a few days, and was ready to go to college.
"You are going to college? You skipped school all the time!" She joked.
Eliot kisses his girlfriend.
"That was because I had trouble with reading." His friend Ann thought him everything he knows. Her tutoring made him want to do good in his life. "I was going to wait. but I just got accepted in Wichita.'' Wasn't a Ivy, but with grades like his, he was lucky to get in anywhere. "Now you and I would be together." He was depressed on his girlfriend and best friends leaving him behind, but now he didn't feel like a loser working at the town factory after grad.
"Really?! That's great!" She admires the necklace. "Lets get outta here." She wasn't worried about stealing, this house was abandoned for years.
Eliot was sleeping in his room, the music box and necklace hidden in his drawer. He knew his mom wouldn't say anything, his mom respected his privacy.
Corrine opens the door to see her son deep asleep. She smiles and closes the door, she knew he had school in the morning. She was about to go to bed when she felt a chill. Feeling like something cold was nearby, she goes to the phone and calls her boyfriend.
"Lebanon Police Department."
"Hi Harry. It's Corrine." It was a small town, almost everyone knew each other. Harry was her childhood friend growing up.
"Hey Cori." He said cheerfully. He loved nights, almost no one bothered him. "If you are looking for Drew? Sorry, he's not here." Naming Lebanon's sheriff, and Corrine's boyfriend. "Mitch called in sick today and Drew agreed to fill in. Is there anything wrong?"
"Oh no. Just wanted to say hi. Have a good shift."
"Thanks! Have a good sleep. Night!"
"Night." Corrine shakes her head in foolishness. Ever since she met Drew, she's been extra vigilant with her safety, especially after she met Drew. She hangs up the phone and goes to bed. "I really need to turn up the heat." After turning up the thermostat, she goes to sleep.
The dead ghost watches Corrine sleep. She then goes to Eliot's room and stares at him coldly.
Finally, she could get her revenge.
"Your car is nice." Jack liked Claire's car, he missed the Impala terribly, he always liked driving it. Dean gave him driving lessons after his sixteenth birthday. Although Jack had his license, he never drove since. It was usually Cas, Claire, or whomever he could bum a ride with that did the driving.
"Why you won't buy a car is beyond me." They just pulled in Lebanon, Kansas. Claire drove all the way from San Francisco, she missed hunting. "Paige pays you enough, you can yourself your own Impala." She knew how much Jack missed that car.
"I rather watch." Jack didn't want to admit he was scared about driving, he remembered Dean's white-hot knuckles when they drove for the first time.
"Then I'll give you a tip. Girls love it when a man has their own wheels." Jack told her about that Ann girl. How much he liked her.
"I'll think about it." He points to the post office. "We can ask there for their address." Dean texted Claire and told her about those kids that were possibly being targeted. By what, Dean said Phoebe was very vague about it.
"Oh puhleeze!" After pulling over, she pulls out her phone. "They're teenagers, they're most likely getting ready for high school grad. It's a small town, probably lots of planned parties after school ends." After strolling for a minute, she pulls out Max's Igram.
'Final year before leaving Lebanon! Yale here I come!' She was posing in front of the local high school with Stacey and Eliot.
"School is going to end in a few months, and you are still together?" Eliot tells Max and Stacey. They been dating since they were sophomores.
"We want to make the best of it." Stacey was moving to London after high school, she was attending the prestige University of Oxford after grad. Her and Max agreed to have a long distance relationship.
"College is about growing. But that doesn't mean we want to be apart." Max holds Stacey's hand. "What about you? You and Liana only dated for six months. Hard to be together after grad." Max was tired of Eliot bitching about Liana moving away.
"That's why I'm heading to Wichita." His mom wasn't too happy, she knew that Eliot wanted to go to Florida State, but when Liana said she was going to State, Eliot decided to follow her. "Besides, the college offers a good program for Bio Engineering." When he saw his friends exchange glances he asked, "What? Monsters exist. Remember that ghost? If I can prove everything is real, then everyone won't be afraid anymore of the unknown."
"Well, at least it's a scholarship at least." Stacey shrugged. Spying a familiar face, she pointed them out with her eyes. "Look, it's Bambi."
"Who's that with him? She's cute." Max immediately takes out her mirror and checks out her makeup. When she felt Stacey's nails, she smiled apologetically. "Sorry, but she is." The blonde, she had this tough, but soft demeanor, Max was enamored.
"I guess so." Stacey wasn't happy about losing Max this fall, but she tried not to think about it. When they walked towards them, she wondered what they wanted.
"Hello." Jack holds up his hand.
"Hey." The trio say.
"Eliot, Max and Stacey?"
"Uh yeah. Can we help you?" Max asked. She saw that weirdo around a few times, but didn't know who he was.
Jack was about to show his fake badge till Claire stopped him.
"No point lying." She looks seriously at them. "Just have to know, do any of you have anything weird going on at the moment?"
"Weird? Like what?" Who were these people? Max wondered.
"Like anything...supernatural?" Eliot couldn't help it, he started smiling. "If anything weird happens, let me know. I can use that for my studies."
"We'll be in touch." Claire and Jack walk away.
"The hell?" Stacey was confused. "What was that about?"
Max just shrugged. Eliot was squirming in excitement.
"Didn't I tell you?! Remember those guys that were here a few years ago? They burnt that ghost alive!''
"Oh yeah. I forgot about that." Unlike Eliot, Stacey didn't care about the supernatural. Max was closer to Eliot and mostly humored him whenever he yapped about ghosts and monsters.
"You forgot!" Eliot was in disbelief. "It's all real! I been searching for proof! Those two, they are friends with those guys!" Eliot was about to say I told you so, when he saw his girlfriend coming over. "Gotta go."
Stacey smiles as she watched Eliot hugging Liana.
"That ghost thing was a long time ago. Wouldn't put it past anyone it was just an illusion." At the time Stacey thought it was cool as heck, but over time realized how silly it was.
''Maybe." Max was more open minded, she and Eliot were childhood friends. But she agreed with Stacey. "Whatever that thing was, it was probably set up by Ann." Ann was always talking about the supernatural, Eliot was always asking questions. "Remember how she never laughed at Eliot whenever he talked about that haunting in Old Man's Davidson's house?"
"Yeah." She heard the stories. Supposedly he was a guy that lived as a hermit in his house. He didn't go out much and died alone one day. When a distant relative came to see him, he was horrified to find his dead body that turned out to be mummified. But that wasn't the weird part, it was after his body was taken away that the weird things started happenings. Eliot, still interested in ghosts immediately dragged Max and Stacey to investigate. After a week of finding nothing, both girls told Eliot they wanted nothing to do with ghosts or anything weird. "It was proven to be nothing anyways, the house was falling apart." The so called lights and screams were meth heads squatting inside. "Place is gone anyways, it burned down from a cigarette the guy left behind."
"Whatever. Babe, you mind if we eighty-six the movie, I have a huge test coming up." It was senior year, but Max's teacher was strict about grades. He said this test counted for thirty percent of her credit.
"Sure." She didn't have the same classes, but her parents were strict about her own grades. "Need a study buddy? I can come over and go over the material with you." Stacey was sad that she and Max were saying goodbye after high school ended, she knew their relationship was coming to an end. Long distance relationships rarely worked out. "I can quiz you, finals are in a few months."
"I'll like that." Max wanted to spend as much time with Stacey before she left, as much as she liked Stacey, seeing that hot blonde walking away made her wonder what else was out there. "Shall we go?"
Later that night Eliot was at home studying when he felt cold air.
"Brrr." It was chilly tonight. Eliot went to turn up the heat when he saw a image of a young woman staring at him. "Uh, hi." He squeaked. "Um, are you waiting for my mom?" He knew his mom worked part time at B & E's Pizzeria to pay for Eliot's college tuition. "She's at work, Max's mom called in sick today." Who was she ? Plus her dress. It was very old fashioned. When she flashed and disappeared all Eliot said was "Wow." A ghost? He runs to his room and opens up the music box. When the girl reappeared again, Eliot held up the necklace. "Is this yours?" Before the ghost could answer, he heard his mom's voice.
"Eliot? Are you home? I got dinner!"
"Coming mom!" He couldn't wait to tell Max and Stacey.
"Are serious?" Max couldn't believe it.
"A ghost? Are you sure?" Stacey couldn't believe it. When Eliot pulled out the necklace, both girl's eyes went wide. "Is that...real?" Before she could touch it, Eliot pulls it away.
"I don't think anyone should touch it." He carefully puts in inside a box, a Devil's Trap symbol was etched underneath.
"Where did you get that?" Max asked. The necklace looked real, but that symbol was on Ann's keychain.
"Long story." They were celebrating Eliot's birthday. Once Eliot thanked his friends for the birthday wishes, he pulled his two friends away to his bedroom. "This necklace, it belonged to a young woman." It was only a few days, but she and Eliot became friends. Once he told them what he promised the ghost, both girl's eyebrows rose.
"A hunt? You are seriously going on a hunt? For what?" Stacey was getting worried about Eliot's mental health. "Ghosts aren't real. You want me to give you a number?" She worked last summer at a teen crisis line.
"I'm not crazy! Max, c'mon." Max always humored Eliot, but this time she shook her head.
"I don't know."
"Fine then. Then neither of you want the profits for this." She told Eliot how much it was worth. It was enough for all three to go to college, and have enough money for Eliot's mom to retire young. "I been studying. Remember Bambi and his sister? He sent me some info." Once Eliot skimmed through it, he used YouShare to watch real ghost hauntings. "After the party, I'm heading out to the cemetery. There's bound to be a ghost." He had a gun, he filled his grandfather's old shotgun with salt rounds. According to those weird books he read, he knew the supernatural hated salt.
"That's real?" Stacey couldn't believe it. "Okay." Oxford was expensive, even with her parent's money, and a scholarship, she was worried about the expenses. "What do we need."
Lebanon Cemetery
"Ugh. This place is creepy." Max hated cemeteries. Her grandparents were buried here. "Remind me to get cremated after I die." She was carrying a tire iron, Eliot said ghosts hated iron.
"What exactly are we looking for?" Stacey was holding a jug. Eliot said it carried holy water.
"A ghost." Eliot couldn't wait to hunt. He remembered those hunters killing that clown. When he asked Ann over their emails, she said the ghost belonged to John Wayne Gacy. "Look, all we have to do is find that grave, and burn the bones. Then once that ghost is dead, then Helen can move on." Helen was friendly, she said it was her former fiance that murdered her. "Let's go."
"Ew! Why are we doing this!" Max was grossed out. They were in a old mausoleum using her crowbar to open the coffin. It wasn't hard to open the stone tomb, it was old and falling apart. "I'm not opening this by myself, either one of you switch, or I'm leaving."
"I'll do it." Stacey wasn't afraid, she was heading to med school. "Step back. One, two..."
"Damn." Eliot couldn't help himself. He started taking pictures.
"Seriously?" Max was looking at the coffin with morbid curiosity. The skeleton was wearing an old suit, even with the old clothes, Max knew that suit cost a fortune back in his day; whoever he was.
"Just for proof. Okay. Stand back." Once he took off his backpack, he poured lighter fluid over the remains. "Sayanora."
"Now what." Since Stacey was the only one of the three that had her own car, she drove them back to Eliot's. Eliot said he had presents for them.
"We cash in." He was still planning on going to college, but wondered if he can make money hunting. The necklace was worth a fortune, but he wanted to leave money for his mom to enjoy. "Help me clean, I promised mom the place would be spotless after the party."
"Cool." Max had to admit she had fun. "So this hunting, is it worth it?" Max thought about that blonde. She was older, but seemed so cool. They were joking and laughing when Stacey stopped the car. "Why are we stopping?" They were a few houses away from Eliot's.
"Mom?" He jumps out of the car. "Mom!" Before he could run up to the porch, he was stopped by Drew. "Let me go!" Corrine allowed Eliot to have his party, but only if she worked from her office. She promised Eliot she wouldn't come out.
"Eliot." He had to stop Eliot from running inside. Inside, it was a bloodbath.
"My mom! Is it a burglar?" When he saw the bodybag, he felt weak. "Noooo."
"I'm sorry Eliot." Drew had tears streaming down his face. "I couldn't get to her in time."
Earlier That Evening
Corrine was shaking her head at the mess. She didn't care, her son turned eighteen only once. Eliot promised to clean, he said he had a huge surprise for her in the morning. She was only planning to have something to eat when she saw a man with a mustache staring at her.
"Oh! You scared me! Are you waiting for Eliot? He'll be back soon."
The man just stares coldly at her making her nervous.
"He said he'll be back in fifteen minutes." She looked at the clock. "He should be coming back any minute." When the guy wouldn't move, Corrine felt nervous. "I really need you to go. My boyfriend, he is the town sheriff. He is coming by after his shift." When the ghost wouldn't move, Corrine felt chilled. She didn't have time to scream before he killed her.
Drew pulled up to the house. He was carrying flowers, he had a important question to ask Corrine. Eliot was leaving for school in a few months, and Drew wanted to take things to the next level. He was about to walk up the steps when he heard screams. Dropping the flowers, he runs up the porch steps.
"CORRINE!" When he saw the blood he felt faint. "Noooooo."
"Why didn't you save her!" He screamed at the two hunters. Jack was about to say something before Claire stopped him.
"I'm sorry." Claire and Jack, their orders were to protect the three teenagers. Claire, she used an illusion to sell the ghost story. The necklace was fake, she hired a counterfeiter to make a fake necklace. As for the music box, she and Jack bought it at the thrift store. Neither one guessed that Corrine would be the one that died.
"I don't care what you two think. Mom's dead, there was no hunters here to protect her." It was the morning after Corrine's body was found, he was going back to the house to get his gifts to his two best friends. Luckily he kept the machete and gun in the garage. "Might as well be me." He pushed by Jack and walked towards the garage.
"Why couldn't I tell Eliot the truth?" Jack hated keeping secrets. But he had his orders. He knew Eliot was in danger, but didn't expect his mom to die.
"All Phoebe said is she saw their deaths." She watched as Eliot walked out of the garage holding a large duffel bag. "There's nothing more we can can do." Jack and Claire walk back to Claire's car and drove away.
After he gave them their gifts, he was staring grimly at his own gun. He was eighteen, he didn't need protection anymore.
"You coming?" He had enough money to buy a car, he been working odd jobs to pay for college.
"Yep." Max was holding on to her new machete. Whoever killed Corrine, he was going to pay.
"What do you want me to do?" Stacey hated guns, but she didn't want her own best friends getting hurt.
"We have work to do." Eliot swore off college. He was going to use his mom's life insurance to pay for his new life.
Everyone wonders what I am. A Monster, a Deadbeat Father, a Wrathful God, hell even Metatron called me a Coward. Not to mention Lucifer calling me a Dick. What I Am, no words exist to describe Me. Not even any of My children know what I truly Am. Well except Amara, and...no. I won't say Its Name. What is It you ask? All I can say It is Something that existed before anything. Before Me. Before Sis. Where is that Draft I made. Ah! Here It is. Oh my. I have another grandchild? That makes three. Charlie, Romy and baby Elaine. I knew leaving Amenadiel in charge would be a good thing. Yeah I hear your question. Why aren't I afraid of them? Because they are angels. They may be nephilims, half breeds of an angel and human. But, the angels there are weak. My third Draft, it is a few steps above the World without magic. True angels, their forms are not meant to be seen with normal eyes. Like my First Draft. What's going on there? Oh Billie. You poor naive Girl. The Ending is Done. Or at least what the Hard World believes. There's still a new Draft being written. Written by the Winchesters. I just hope I'm alive to watch It. I need a break. Even God gets tired. Maybe I'll do what Amara does and play Keno to pass the time. Or maybe I can go to the Hard World again to sell scalper tickets at Supernatural Conventions. I'm not worried about the virus, I had all my vaccines. Maybe I'll head to Texas and have a beer at Jensen's beer company. Guy makes good beer, not as good as Canada's, but still good.
Piper walked around aimlessly in the Veil. She finally figured out where she was, she was in the Ghostly Plane. She waved goodbye to the middle aged man. He asked if she was an angel, and she accidentally blurted out Leo's name.
"Leo." She had to force herself to stop crying. Even though Leo was gone, she knew he'll be disappointed that she was dwelling over his death. Remembering Rennek, she felt white hot anger. "You can run to the deepest regions of Hell, I'll make sure you suffer slowly." She swore.
Phoebe was walking to Piper's bed when she heard groans.
"Leo. Leo. You must be an angel." The bus driver was in the ICU laying in bed, he was incredibly lucky, his heart stopped.
"Leo?" Oh my god. She knew where Piper was.
"Paige." Paige was reading a magazine when Phoebe rushed in.
"Phoebe?"
"Never mind the Angel Tablet. I know where Piper is. Where's Sam?"
"He is at the cafeteria. Dean had to go back to Lawrence, I had to convince Sam to have something to eat. What did you find out?" After Sam came back, she explained to both about the Veil.
"I don't know. Dean almost died going to the Veil." Sam was still haunted about that case in Colorado when they were forced to flip a coin to see where the bodies were hidden after the ghost of Doctor Avery Meadows kept lobotomizing his victims after his death. Dean 'won' and Sam was forced to give him drugs to stop his heart. Whatever Dean saw, he refused to tell Sam, just saying the ghosts are at rest. Once they burned the plague masks,they knew the insane ghost was gone. Dean never liked talking about that night, all he said that he was glad alcohol existed. "Wait, you're not thinking of killing yourself are you?" Sam had enough of close calls. Dean died twice by suicide, one by Dr Roberts, and by him. "Remember what happened to Prue?" Phoebe told them about Prue's near miss with death. Her heart was severely damaged by the drugs she took. "I doubt you can steal Propranolol from the medicine cabinet."
"Yeah even we lock them up tight." Paige didn't know much about drugs, but Scared Meadows had its own clinic.
"I don't need drugs. All I need is a psychic." Phoebe was good, but she needed someone that specializes in death. "Sam, you have the number of that Pamela chick?"
A few hours later Pamela Barnes walked in the ICU unit. Giving Sam a appreciative look over, she checks out his butt.
"Nice ass." She nods to the sisters. "Phoebe Halliwell. Wow. Pleased to meet you." She shakes her hand. After Phoebe looked confused, she laughs when she didn't let her go. "I wanted to see if you had a premonition. You're famous in the circles." After letting her hand go, she nods at Paige. "Hello Paige."
"How did you know my name?" She heard of Pamela from Phoebe. Said she was one of the best.
"I'm ashamed to admit I was a member of the Church of Whitelighters. Yeah, don't judge." The angel she said yes to, said that Pamela was supposed to be a future whitelighter. But after what Michael did, Pamela wanted nothing to do with angels. "Anyways, Sam here, he wants his Mrs to wake up. Don't blame him. You can't have the Charmed Ones with just the two of you." She walks over to Piper's bedside. "May I?" After they gave their nods, she takes Piper's hand. "Wow."
"What. What did you see?" Phoebe tried, but she wasn't able to penetrate her mind. It was different with Prue, she was able to see what she was doing during their time in New York.
"Her hand is cold. It's like ice." Pamela takes her hand away. "She's under a spell, I assume to hide from her reaper. Good thing too, I heard rumors her Boss is strict with the rules." Her angelic friend stuck around, she was very sweet and wanted to stay on Earth, a rare trait in humans.
"Yeah we put up every sigil there was." Sam cared deeply about his wife. If they couldn't have kids, Sam wasn't about to push her. "Can you wake her up?"
"I can try. But I only have enough power to send two of you."
"You can go. I'll keep an eye on things." Paige knew how important it was for Sam and Phoebe to save Piper. "I have an arsenal of potions, and have every hunter and witch on speed dial just in case."
"Where do you need us. Cause the Observatory has everything you need."
"It's better that you are close by. But I need room."
"Upstairs." Phoebe hoped the room was empty.
Once they checked the room was empty, Sam and Phoebe laid down on the twin beds. They knew Piper was underneath in the ICU unit below them, Pamela said it was easier to reach her if she had close relatives close by.
"Okay. This is it. You only have a few minutes. Time moves differently in the Veil, but don't dwell. One wrong move, and you'll get lost. Grab Piper as soon as you see her. Ready?" Pamela only did this once, she almost lost her client. "One, two. Take a deep breath, breathe slowly. Let go of your earthly bodies. That's it relax. Think of your wife. Your sister. Don't think about anything else, you'll end up lost and I can't bring you back. Ready? Animu vult decipi, ergo decipiatur. Vis, vis, vis..." (He wishes to be deceived with the mind, therefore he is deceived. You want, you want, you want...)
Once their breathing stopped, Pamela wished them luck.
"Be careful." One wrong move, Death will take them away forever.
Sam and Phoebe found themselves in a empty room.
"Where are we?" Sam was looking around. "Where is all the furniture?"
"I think we're in the Ghostly Plane. C'mon. We don't have much time." She didn't know where to find Piper, but here, rules can be bent. "Don't be tempted by any memories. We can do all those things after we're dead." She remembered her dreams about Grams and mom. "Let's start at the Manor."
Piper was walking around aimlessly. She already sent back a few souls, most looked bloody and injured. Whatever happened on Earth, looked like everyone was in a bad car accident. She smiled at a young boy who was asking for his mom.
"Hi. What's your name?"
"Quinn."
"Quinn? What are you doing here?"
"I was with my mommy when my dad came home. He hurt her, then me." Only then Piper saw the hole in his chest. "I want to go home."
Poor kid. Leo told her about this place. It was a transition phase to ease souls to their next destination. This boy, he was dead, or close to it.
"Quinn? Where is your parents?"
"Daddy's gone, the nice lady took him away. Said it was hot where he was going. My mom, I don't know."
Piper hated cowards. She was satisfied where Quinn's dad went.
"I don't know where your mommy is, but you shouldn't be here." She knew a few souls went on, a few returned to Earth.
"No he shouldn't be here." The woman's voice made Piper and Quinn turn around. A dark skinned Woman wearing a black trench coat was staring stonily at the two souls. She used Her hand to wave Quinn away.
"What did you do to Quinn?" Piper demanded.
"That's for Me to know." She looked at her for a full minute making Piper nervous. "Hmm. I met the Warren Women a few times, but a Halliwell married to a Winchester. Must be My lucky day. Come with Me." Piper didn't have anytime to react before she found herself in a huge Library.
"Where am I?" She was standing in a endless hallway filled with books. The rows of H's went on forever.
"My Office." Billie took off Her trench coat and gloves. "Just gonna set this down." She puts Her scythe against the wall. "Piper Halliwell. Or do you prefer Winchester?" She casually walks to the row in front of Piper and opens a Book. "Hmm. Wow. You had a interesting life. Suicide? How sweet. You had to make a decision. Shame that the doctor couldn't wake you up in time." She smiled a empty smile at Piper. "Don't worry, you went upstairs. Your niece was under a curse. Shame the Charmed Ones failed at their mission. But the generation after you, they took the reins." She opened up another Book.
"What are you..."
"Shhh." Billie was reading the contents. "Better." She closes It. "There are countless Books about you. There are so many, what you see barely counts the surface. I wouldn't have known about This if Dean Winchester didn't kill me." She opened a Book, but before She can read It, they were interrupted by a Voice.
"Excuse me. Is a Piper Halliwell here?" A man wearing light blue robes was standing behind them.
"How did you get in Here?" Only reapers and Herself was allowed access. With the exceptions of God and His Sister.
"I have special permission." He bowed respectably to Billie. "Mrs Winchester. It is an honor to see you again."
"Hi." What did Fate want?
"Can I help you?" Billie said coldly.
"My orders come from the Top. The very Top." He shrugged apologetically at Death. "New orders. Ms Halliwell. Come with me."
"Go. I have no use for you." Billie didn't care about the Halliwell woman, it was Sam and Dean that needed to pay. She opens the Book. "Huh." Billie didn't expect that. "Well well well. Interesting." She puts the Book away and walks back to Her desk. She had a Book to read. God's Book. Piper's Story, It had a interesting footnote.
"Now where are we?" Piper was standing in a open field.
"Somewhere we can talk privately." Fate walks over to a bench that materialized in front of them. "Sit. Have a cup of tea."
"Not until you tell me what's going on." She was confused when Fate laughed.
"You youngins. So impatient. Come sit. Have a cup. Sure you're thirsty. Its been days since you drank or eaten anything." He hands Piper a teacup. "I know you like yours with a bit of sugar and milk, sit."
Piper, still not understanding what was going on reluctantly sits down beside him.
"Thanks. Ow! Hot." Piper grimaces as she puts down her cup. "Where are we?" They were on a beautiful field, Piper could see a baseball diamond a few yards away.
"Heaven."
"Heaven?" Oh no. "I can't die! I have a lot of work downstairs! Send me back!" She was furious when the Angel of Destiny laughed.
"Relax. This isn't your Heaven, just a manification of what you pictured Heaven." Piper watched as a baseball team ran to the diamond and started throwing pitches. "Remember this?"
"Oh my god." This was when she was a little girl. She and her Grams fought hard to let Prue on the boy's baseball team. The boys were fine to let her play, she was the best pitcher at their elementary school. Little Piper was nervous as heck, this was her first game. She smiled when she struck out the first player, causing the opposing team to boo. When she squinted, she couldn't believe it. "Leo?" Leo was acting as the coach for the opposing team. "Why did you bring me here?" She teared up remembering Leo's last words.
The Angel of Destiny sighed.
"I wanted to show you one of your favorite memories." The baseball diamond disappeared, they were in the Manor.
"What do you want with me?" She demanded. "Leo is dead. If you are working with Him, tell him to bring Leo back."
"I came here to offer you a reward."
"Excuse me?" Leo is dead. "You interfered with my life long enough. Sam's, my sisters. We are in a middle of a war!" Piper fought demons on a daily basis. "What can you offer me?" She felt nothing but white hot anger.
"A chance for you to have something wonderful."
"What?"
"To be normal. Forever. No demons, no monsters, no hunting. You, your sisters. Sam, Dean. All of you can have a normal life. Those dreams, they will never happen. Your niece or nephew will grow up to have a normal life."
"What? You mean it?" Phoebe and everyone she knew said War was inevitable.
"Mmm hmm. Heard it from God Himself. Your Book, their Books. They all said you can have a normal life."
"Why are you telling me this?" Why now? "Why not tell my sisters? My husband?"
"It's easier if I tell you here. Down there, my presence will freeze time. So whataya say? You can wake up, from there forth, you can live quietly."
Piper didn't know what to say. A normal life? Not temporarily?
"What about Leo?"
"I'm afraid that is outta of my hands. Where God went, even I can't cross over. Not unless I want to be completely human."
The World without magic. Her counterpart, she has a happy life with her family. Same with everyone else.
"I'll let you all talk about it. Go, your husband and sister are looking for you." Before Piper can react, she found herself in a middle of a battle.
"Ah!" By instinct, she uses her powers to blow up a demon. "Sam! Phoebe!" She runs up to them.
"Piper!" Phoebe waited till Sam and Piper stopped kissing. "Thank god, I mean, you know. How?" Even here, her and Sam were fighting evil.
"Long story." Before Sam could stab the darklighter, Piper blows him up. "Man it feels good to use magic again." She looks up. "I'm ready to head back!"
"Huh?" Phoebe was confused.
"I'll tell you when we go home."
Paige was reading her magazine when she heard Piper gasp.
"Piper?" When she saw Piper groaning she screamed for help.
After they woke up Sam and Phoebe, they listened in disbelief about Fate's offer.
"So no War?" Phoebe been having nightmares for months.
''No hunting?" Sam was holding his wife's hand. He never wanted to lose her again. When he saw Piper smiling at him, he was kissing her hand.
"Yep."
"But that means no magic." Paige knew that meant she couldn't work her job anymore. No magic, meant she would be laid off. Sacred Meadows would have a new Director. "Who would take over?"
"Castiel can take over. He knows the job better than anyone." Phoebe knew he quit, but being in charge, helping others, she knew Cas will be happy to feel useful again.
"Dean and Jenna can have a normal life." Sam knew how stressed out Dean was about balancing his life with his duties. "No fires, they can be happy." Sam couldn't wait to start his new life. Azazel will never bother them again.
"You'll be the best uncle there is." Phoebe was already planning Jenna's baby shower. "I can finish med school, start my own practice." Dr Phoebe Halliwell.
"You can't be seriously thinking about this!" Paige couldn't believe it. "What if He's tricking us?" She watched that show, how God was the original Trickster.
"You know Fate doesn't fuck around. He sounded really sincere. We can have normal lives. Forever."
Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
"Patience!" Jody Mills hugs her. "It's been awhile. What are you doing here?" Jody never realized how much she missed her daughters. Although Alex was the only one she legally adopted. Claire considered Hannah her stepmom as well as Jody.
"I had a vision."
"Well come in. It's chilly out here." Jody ushers Patience inside.
The wraith smiles as he licks his spike.
"Yum." He looks at the dead psychic. "A treat, but not the main course." He had a plane ticket to New York. Tons of psychics in that town. But before he feasts at the buffet, he had plans to eat his filet mignon. "Who should I start first." He looks over at his list.
Pamela Barnes
Missouri Moses
Patience Turner
Phoebe Halliwell
Pamela was the easiest to get to, and Phoebe was that hardest.
"Can't be greedy." Hmm. Maybe instead of New York, he can fly to San Francisco instead. "Cole, you should have taken better care of your wife instead of throwing her away." He chuckles.
Phoebe was watching Piper sign her release papers a few days later when she felt a familiar feeling.
"Phoebe."
"Huh?" Phoebe turns around.
"What did you see?" Paige smiles at the young boy getting wheeled away, he was her newest patient at Sacred Meadows.
"Nothing." No more visions, no more ghosts, she can be normal. "Lets go home. I'm planning on ordering a big meal from Piper's favorite restaurant." She couldn't wait.
The spirit could only watch as Phoebe and everyone else walked away. He had to protect them, even with all of them having no magic anymore.