Ongoing Path – The Charmed Universe
By Stargatesg1fan1
Disclaimer: I own nothing of any recognized characters or universes within.
Females bonded to Harry Potter in this universe
Meta is played by Lisa Thornhill
Phoebe Halliwell is played by Alyssa Milano
Freyja is played by Melissa George
Prudence 'Prue' Halliwell is played by Shannon Doherty
Piper Halliwell is played by Holly Marie Combs
Patty Halliwell is played by Finola Hughes
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February 22nd 2004
Harry watched Freyja dress while admiring her naked backside for the moment it remained uncovered. She had intentionally bent over to give him an unblocked view of all she had to offer. He definitely liked what she had which he could see.
"That was fantastic…but I'm coming to expect fantastic from you, Mr. Potter," Freyja said playfully. "We should definitely do that again with Meta. I think between the two of us we almost tired you out."
"Yes to the doing that again," Harry said as Freyja walked closer to his side of the bed and leaned down to kiss him. After they broke the kiss he whispered, "Never to the tiring me out."
"Hmm…well you had best get dressed or you'll miss Wyatt's birthday party completely," Freyja warned.
With that the goddess stood and teleported away. Piper had told Harry he didn't have to show up until all of the regular guests had left since Leo was going to be there. Piper had not made their relationship that public yet. The adult guests knew Piper and Leo were split but not that Piper was seeing anyone else. Harry cleaned up and got changed. Then he went over to Halliwell Manor and slipped inside while invisible. He waited until Piper and Leo had escorted the last guest out before materializing.
"Phew…I'm exhausted," Piper declared.
Harry dropped his invisibility magic gradually. Several seconds before he dropped the spell, he had allowed Piper to feel his magical aura in a very calm and soothing way. Harry placed his left hand on the small of Piper's back and manipulated her internal energy feeding her some of his own and suddenly she felt refreshed. Harry let his hand drop afterwards. Just because Harry was sleeping with Piper didn't mean he had to rub it in Leo's face.
"Leo," Harry greeted.
"Harry," Leo returned with a cordial greeting.
Leo was holding Wyatt.
"How was the party?" Harry asked.
"It went quite well. I only had to freeze the room once," Piper explained. Silently she added, "You are the best. I feel so much better."
"Wyatt was just excited," Leo said.
"He was excited to see his father. He misses you," Piper replied.
"I miss him too," Leo admitted. Leo broke the moment by asking, "Is that for Wyatt?"
"Yes," Harry agreed as he brought the wrapped gift out from under his arm and passing it to Leo.
Leo had no more touched it than the wrapping paper vanished in a flurry of orbs.
"Huh…I'm glad he didn't do that at the party," Piper said as a small rolled up carpet with an instruction booklet was revealed.
"He must sense the magic on the carpet," Harry suggested.
Leo set the carpet down on the floor and unrolled it.
"Is that what I think it is?" Piper asked warily.
"A child-sized magic carpet," Leo confirmed already sensing the magic on the carpet.
"That isn't a very safe gift," Piper pointed out to her boyfriend.
"Relax, I thought of that," Harry assured. "The carpet has extra enchantments on it which will make it impossible for Wyatt to fall off. There are also settings to limit its range, height, and speed. There is a command which can be keyed into multiple magical signatures so that when the keyed in person says a pass phrase the carpet will return Wyatt safely to them. You can key it into whoever you trust with Wyatt. It's all in the instruction booklet."
Leo set Wyatt down onto the carpet and the young boy giggled happily and caused the carpet to raise into the air slightly.
"He's a natural it would seem," Leo said proudly. "I'll work with him to get it working," Leo said as he opened the instruction booklet.
Wyatt slowly guided the carpet into the living room.
"That was a very thoughtful gift," Piper said as she turned in Harry's arms and leaned up to kiss him.
Harry returned the kiss. After the couple broke the kiss a dark-lighter had the misfortune to materialize in the entrance to the living room facing Wyatt and Leo. The dark-lighter hadn't spotted Piper or Harry but was already raising a crossbow aiming at Wyatt. Harry acted instantly raising an energy barrier in front of Wyatt. Piper sent her blasting magic at the dark-lighter smashing the demon back into the end of the hallway nearest the kitchen. Phoebe and Paige came rushing out of the kitchen.
"Cross-bow," Paige called summoning the dark-lighter's crossbow to her.
Paige sent a dark-lighter arrow into the dark-lighter at the same time Piper's next blasting curse severed the dark-lighter's leg. The dark-lighter had been in the process of getting the hell out of there but left behind a leg and a lot of blood. The family began to gather themselves from the recent fight.
"Well that leg should definitely be enough to scry with," Phoebe announced.
"I know dark-lighters are generally stupid but even they aren't this stupid," Chris said. "To attack with all of us here together is suicide."
"Which means an ulterior motive," Phoebe surmised. "While Paige, Chris, Harry, and I figure this out why don't you two take Wyatt to magic school. You can't be killed there and two parents guarding Wyatt are better than one."
"That works for me," Piper said. "Come pick me up the moment you need me. I'll go pack Wyatt's baby gear. You change him, Leo."
The group split up. Harry went to check on a lead on the white-lighter. In reality he returned to his home. Patty and Prue sat in the living room monitoring the holo-feed which depicted various scenes in both the mortal world and the underworld.
"What have you got?" Harry asked.
"The dark-lighter who attacked is named Damian. He is working with a group of dark-lighters. Apparently their goal is to get Leo out of the way without harming my sisters. They have been paid to do this but Damian hasn't let slip by who he was paid yet," Prue explained.
"He's in a rather bad way after losing his leg. They are fitting him with a peg leg," Patty added. "I suggest keeping this information to yourself until we figure out what his plan is. He wants the sisters to come after him. But with you along concealed you should be able to protect them from the worst danger."
"I agree," Harry replied. "The sisters were smart enough to figure out something was up but instead of holding back and waiting for Damian to return they are going after him into a potential trap. This could be a good lesson for the sisters."
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"That can't be good," Phoebe commented as the scrying crystal spun on its tip.
"You've never had it do that before?" Paige asked her sister.
"No. Never," Phoebe replied. "I think maybe our single dark-lighter has some allies. I'll go get Harry. You go get Piper."
Paige nodded and left.
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Harry, Leo, and the sisters climbed out of Harry's vehicle which was big enough to hold all of them.
"This doesn't look like a dark-lighter hideout," Piper noted. "But then again I've never been to a dark-lighter hideout so I wouldn't really know would I."
The group had decided to come without orbing or risking any type of magical teleportation. They didn't want to risk tipping the dark-lighters off to the impending attack. The group walked down an alley.
"Does anybody see anything?" Phoebe asked. "I don't."
"There," Piper said as she sent a blasting curse at a dark-lighter that had just appeared on a nearby rooftop.
Piper's shot vanquished the dark-lighter but two more showed up. Paige grabbed Phoebe and they vanished via orbing to the rooftop next to the two newly appeared dark-lighters. Paige and Phoebe used potions to vanquish the two dark-lighters. Another dark-lighter appeared behind Paige and Phoebe. Dark-lighter Raz as Harry thought of the new arrival hit Phoebe across the face with the crossbow knocking her off the side of the building. Harry snapped his hand out and caught Phoebe in his telekinetic grip. At the same time his other hand telekinetically ripped the head off of Dark-lighter Raz. Dark-lighter Damian appeared behind Piper and Leo as Harry rushed forward to help Phoebe down. Piper spun and sent a blasting curse at Damian. When Damian exploded a magical explosion occurred taking the form of a wave of magical fire. The explosion cleared seconds later leaving behind nothing. There wasn't a trace of Piper or Leo.
"Where did they go?" Paige asked as she orbed back down to the street.
"There is a portal to a pocket dimension here," Harry said as he reached out with his magical senses.
Harry was having a hard time pinning down the portal so he had one of his invisible probes that were a mixture of magic and technology find the portal entrance. The probe only took seconds to do what Harry could not. Harry used the probe's telemetry to reach out and rip open the portal entrance wider.
"They aren't on the other side of the portal anymore. We need to go after them," Phoebe said.
"Let's do it," Paige said as she stepped into the portal followed by the other two.
The trio entered a world that seemed to have less color.
"Where to now?" Phoebe wondered.
"I'll orb up high and get a look around this place," Paige announced. Nothing happened. "My powers aren't working."
Phoebe tried to levitate and said, "Mine aren't either."
Harry sent a levitation spell at a nearby dumpster and was rewarded with the dumpster lifting into the air.
"Why is it your powers work here but ours don't?" Paige asked.
"That's a girlfriend's prerogative to know. Just understand our Harry is special," Phoebe replied. Phoebe had gotten to know a lot about her lover through their question and answers sessions each day. Phoebe took Harry's hand in hers and suddenly his active powers caused her premonition abilities to return. "They are this way. Touching Harry allows my powers to return weakly it would seem."
Phoebe led the way. Paige also took Harry's other hand. He didn't say anything. Paige had just gone through a bad break-up with her ex-boyfriend Richard. Paige wasn't ready yet for another serious relationship but her sisters were doing their best to comfort her. The trio was led to a local hospital.
The trio entered the hospital to the sound of Leo calling out, "Piper."
The trio took off running and arrived on the scene to find Leo physically engaged with Damian. Piper was against a wall with a dark-lighter arrow in her arm. Harry was torn between helping Piper immediately and assisting Leo. It quickly became apparent that Leo didn't need the help because his time spent with the Valkyrie had left its mark. Leo was tossing Damian around. Harry summoned up a sword and tossed it to Leo who caught it. Harry went to check on Piper. He pulled the arrow out of Piper's arm and began healing her using his magic. Leo had by that time disemboweled Damian.
"Well something tells me we aren't about to find out who he was working for," Paige noted while indicating Damian.
Harry was helping a healed Piper to her feet.
"We will find out eventually," Piper said. "What matters is that we survived. Now let's get out of this miserable realm."
The group quickly left the hospital. Piper held Harry's hand tightly even after they left that realm. She was shaken by her recent near-death experience. Harry saving her life made her want to reward him.
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Smut Scene Redacted (See Hpfanficarchive for Erotic Version)
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"What can I do for you, Chris?" Harry asked as he gestured Chris to one of the comfortable chairs in the living room of the house Harry shared with Patty and Prue.
"Thanks for seeing me," Chris began. Chris had texted Harry asking to talk. "I have been trying to puzzle out what happens with me now but I really don't have a lot of experience in this kind of thing. I mean…I thought I would have a tough time getting my parents to conceive me after I made changes to the timeline. But now I don't think there is any chance of them conceiving me. I thought I would be more upset about that fact. I'm not though because you cast the spell so I don't have to be conceived in order to exist. Am I making any sense?"
Chris looked relieved to finally get that off of his chest.
"Do you feel better?" Harry asked.
"I do," Chris confirmed.
"Good. Did you talk to Bianca about this?" Harry queried.
"Yes. She's the one who suggested I come to you," Chris explained.
"Ok…most forms of time travel don't allow the user to actually change their past, not if they want to get back to their original future they left from. In reality what the time traveler typically does is they typically change the past but end up going back to a divergent future that is a result of the change they made. They don't go back to their original universe. It is possible to change the past but the power required is significantly larger for that type of time travel. I checked out the spell you used to get back here and you did actually change your past. You likely would have written yourself out of existence. The multiverse would have destroyed you to avoid a paradox. The spell I cast prevents that," Harry clarified. "As far as you being conceived is concerned…you as you are now will not be conceived. Your mother and I are very much in love even though we have only been together a short time."
"Ok," Chris said. "It will be a little weird not to hear grandpa telling stories of mom's second pregnancy with me. He used to always love talking about that. I think he was trying to freak me out."
"Well don't tell anybody yet because your mother wants to let it play out a little longer but she is pregnant again," Harry announced.
Chris was stunned and asked, "With you?"
"Yes," Harry confirmed. "I felt it the moment my child was conceived."
"Can…can I tell Bianca?" Chris asked.
"Yes. As long as she can keep it a secret," Harry replied.
Chris looked like he was mulling over this new development before he asked, "What are your intentions towards my mother?"
Harry grinned and said, "My intention is to be a part of your family for a long time to come, Chris. I'm in love with all of your aunts and your grandmother."
"What?" Chris asked in confusion.
"Prue, Patty, could you two come down here?" Harry called up the stairs.
"Hi, Chris," Prue greeted her nephew when she came down the stairs followed by her mother.
"What's up, Harry?" Patty asked after greetings had been exchanged.
"Chris is feeling out of place now that he doesn't need to be conceived to exist. And I think it is time for him to learn who you truly are. I can extend the charm protecting your true identities so that he and Bianca can be made aware without spilling that secret," Harry explained.
"Who are they really?" Chris asked.
"Are you sure, Harry?" Prue questioned.
"Yes," Harry confirmed even as he began altering the enchantment on the two Halliwell women.
When Harry stopped his glowing fingers moving it was obvious when the charm allowed Chris to perceive the true identities of his aunt and grandmother. Chris' eyes widened with shock.
"Grandma, Aunt Prue," Chris whispered quietly. "But you are supposed to be in heaven."
"Harry did some interesting time travel tricks to save us from dying," Patty explained as she came over and wrapped her grandson in a hug.
Chris happily returned the hug as Prue joined them.
"That's awesome," Chris declared. "But why are you keeping it a secret?"
"Because I asked them to," Harry replied. "Among other reasons I like to be mysterious. Eventually the sisters will find out. But not at first," He explained. "Having too much backup will make the sisters soft and vulnerable to complacency. They need to toughen up a bit first."
Chris nodded slowly that he understood this logic. Just then a hologram popped up flashing a message in front of the couch the three Halliwells were sitting on.
Target Has Arrived
"I set the sensor system to alert us when an entity above a certain level of power materialized in Damian's lair," Patty explained as she brought up the holo-feed provided by a cloaked probe she and her boyfriend had managed to get undetected into the dark-lighter lair.
"No way," Chris said as the identity of the person who had hired the dark-lighters to go after Wyatt or Leo was revealed.
Clearly shown in the video-feed was the Elder Gideon. The quartet listened to Gideon laying out the basics of his plan for the single dark-lighter present.
"So Gideon is really after Wyatt," Prue summarized.
"Because he fears Wyatt's level of power," Patty added.
"How do we warn the sisters?" Chris asked. "And how are we seeing this from inside the dark-lighters' lair?"
"Harry has some really impressive technology and magics," Prue told her nephew.
"And we won't be telling my daughters anything at the moment," Patty asserted. "They need to figure this out on their own. What we will do is prepare to protect them from Gideon and smite that bastard should the sisters fail to figure out his plan in time. The bigger question I have is if Gideon is working alone or if the other Elders know about it."
"Leo would never go along with it," Prue pointed out.
"The other Elders might not have told him," Patty replied.
"True," Prue agreed.
"Or it could be a small subset of the Elders," Harry added. "For now I suggest we are cautious around all Elders."
Everyone agreed and several plans of dealing with Gideon were discussed.
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May 9th 2004
"Sorry I'm late but I'm not able to move so fast these days," Piper said as she sat down at a long table in Magic School off of the Great Hall.
Harry took his seat between Piper and Phoebe after Piper was seated.
"You are looking quite pregnant," Phoebe noted. "I think I may have a way to help us figure out who is after Wyatt."
"Are you saying you found the demon responsible?" Paige questioned.
"It may not be a demon," Phoebe corrected. "The magical solution has gotten us nowhere. I have a source on crime statistics. 50% of violent crimes are perpetrated by a person the victim knew. The person who turned Wyatt evil in Chris' timeline might be a person we know or even care about."
Harry had suggested to Phoebe that she keep her source of information to herself. Harry could positively feel Gideon's anxiety from where the Elder stood looking at a book down at the end of the table.
"A mortal…impossible," Gideon suggested.
"Nothing is impossible," Phoebe corrected. Silently Phoebe thought to herself, "And someone we know doesn't imply a mortal."
"Phoebe, this theory might make some sense in the lives of normal people," Gideon argued. "But you are not normal people. There is an entire underworld of demons out there that want you all dead. You should be focusing on the witch killer."
There had been a string of homicides perpetrated against witches lately.
"Before we change topics I think Phoebe is onto something here. We have tried the demon route," Chris argued.
"I don't believe this. Someone is killing witches, possibly as we speak. How is that not your only priority?" Gideon said.
"Because we are running out of time," Chris admitted.
"What do you mean by that?" Piper queried.
"I didn't want to put any more pressure on the situation. But whatever happened to cause Wyatt to turn happens before I am born. Now I know that isn't me in you, mom. But we are working along the same timeline," Chris explained.
"It could be the witch killer," Gideon suggested.
"We can split our focus. I'll continue to pursue my theory with Harry's help. Chris and Paige, you pursue the witch killer. Prue and Patty are available as backup," Phoebe instructed. "Piper, you just take it easy and relax.
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"I can't believe Gideon was so adamantly against my theory," Phoebe grumbled as she and Harry headed towards the manor.
"He was pretty adamant," Harry noted.
Phoebe suddenly stopped just inside the door to her home. She suddenly spun to face her boyfriend.
"Do you think Gideon could be a suspect? No…that's crazy. He's an Elder," Phoebe asked but then censured herself.
"It's not impossible. What motive would an Elder have for wanting Wyatt turned evil?" Harry countered. "Who is to say that turning Wyatt evil was the objective? Maybe that was just a side effect."
"There are so many possibilities," Phoebe said with frustration.
"If you want my suggestion…treat Gideon as a possible suspect but don't let on that you suspect him. Just view his actions with more suspicion than you would normally," Harry advised.
"I can do that," Phoebe agreed.
Harry transported Phoebe back to the newspaper. Harry then went invisible so he could have her back. Phoebe immediately approached her source for crime statistics, a crime reporter named Kyle Donie.
"Hi. Kyle, I'm sorry to bother you again," Phoebe said.
"Offer to pay him for his time. Say that a friend of yours found the crime statistics useful and wanted to know some more information," Harry advised. "Offer him $200 an hour. I'll give you the money."
"You seem really busy. I need to learn more. I can make it worth your while," Phoebe began. Phoebe noticed when Kyle's interest immediately perked up. She hastened to add, "A friend of mine needs some assistance with a potential crime. My friend is willing to pay $200 an hour for your time."
Kyle was quite surprised by the offer and felt he had to say, "I probably shouldn't suggest this but wouldn't it be easier just to hire a private investigator. It would certainly be cheaper."
"My friend found your previous advice so useful that they wanted to stick with you," Phoebe explained.
Kyle was silent for a moment before he said, "Well alright."
"What is the best way to figure out the perpetrator of a crime against a young boy, say for example my nephew Wyatt?" Phoebe asked. "What would the police do?"
"They would make a flow chart," Kyle answered. "Would you like my help in walking you through the process with your example?"
"Yes please," Phoebe agreed.
Harry watched as Phoebe and Kyle got down to it with the occasional input sent to Phoebe's mind telepathically from her invisible boyfriend.
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Harry took Phoebe back to the manor when she asked for it.
"Where is everyone?" Phoebe asked after materializing in the entrance hall to the manor.
Harry looked up and said, "I sense three beings in the attic."
Phoebe led the way up to the attic while Harry followed behind and enjoyed the view of his girlfriend's shapely backside.
"Hello, everyone," Phoebe said as she walked into the attic. "I need your address books and anything that has contact information in it." When she spotted an unknown woman she held out her hand and said, "Hi. I'm Phoebe and this is Harry."
"This is Tali," Paige introduced. "We showed up while she was being attacked by three upper-level demons."
"I don't know whether condolences are in order or congratulations for surviving that," Phoebe said. "I'm in a hurry so if you could get those books."
"I'm sorry, honey. We could actually use your help," Paige replied.
Phoebe didn't look pleased at this development but then finally asked Tali, "How bad was the attack?"
"Well they stole my grandmother's amulet," Tali explained.
"How powerful was this amulet?" Phoebe questioned.
"The amulet was non-magical," Tali answered.
"That sounds like someone hired the demons to steal the necklace…someone mortal," Phoebe mused. "But the only reason I can think of for a mortal to go through a demon to steal an amulet is because they knew you were a witch. And they must have paid the demons not to kill you because otherwise I should think you would be dead. Does that sound like anyone you know?"
"No," Tali admitted.
"You need to think on this more because something is up. I need to draw a police flow-chart of everyone in Wyatt's life. That is why I need the address books," Phoebe explained.
"Mine is in my bedroom," Paige said. "It's in the drawer in my nightstand. I suggest ignoring my former work contacts because none of them know Wyatt even exists."
"And mom's address book is downstairs," Chris added.
Harry was distracted from the conversation because he felt something strange. It was almost like he was being watched. He glanced around and looked for the source. He had just begun to look deeper with his magical senses when Phoebe took off again heading out of the room. Harry followed his girlfriend. For some reason he felt she might need his help in the near future with a threat to her life.
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"How are you doing?" Harry asked Piper as he materialized next to his girlfriend.
Piper was sitting watching Wyatt nap. Harry had erected a magical bubble around them when he appeared to keep the sound of their conversation from disturbing Wyatt.
"I'm going a bit stir crazy to be truthful. What Phoebe said to us this morning about it being someone close really has me thinking over everyone we know," Piper admitted.
Harry moved closer and lifted Piper into his lap easily despite the extra weight of her pregnancy. He wrapped her in a hug and she leaned back into his arms relaxing. Harry channeled a charm into Piper's flesh that had her muscles feeling like they were getting a wonderful massage combined with the feeling just after a great orgasm.
"This should make you feel better," Harry whispered. Piper moaned approvingly. "You know I won't let anything truly happen to Wyatt right?"
"But can you stop threats you don't know about from hurting him?" Piper questioned.
"I've currently got an entire suite of magical and non-magical sensors assessing any threat to Wyatt's person which can erect a shield more powerful than anything you can imagine faster than anything I can think of that would threaten him," Harry explained.
Like Phoebe, Piper had started questioning more about her boyfriend's past. She knew of his extra-universal origins along with some of the advanced magics and technologies he possessed.
"That does make me feel better," Piper admitted.
"I'm going to tell you the same thing I told Phoebe more or less," Harry said. "Keep your suspicions to yourself only discussing them with your sisters and maybe me. You have felt inside me when we have been intimate. You know how much I care for you and want to see the best for you. So you know you can trust me. Observe those around you and see if there is anything that makes you suspicious. Everything will work out."
"You always know what to say to make me feel better," Piper whispered as she sat forward and turned her head so that she could draw Harry into a kiss.
Piper proved it was less words that she needed to help her feel better than action. The privacy bubble around Harry and Piper turned from just audio-blocking to vision-blocking as things grew more heated between the couple.
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"Ok…so we have the immediate family and then the close friends of the family," Phoebe said as she sat across from Kyle working on their flow chart.
"Who has the child regularly been in contact with for the last six months?" Kyle asked.
"A lot of people," Phoebe answered. "Is there a trick to narrow it down quickly?"
"There is no magic formula," Kyle said. "But typically it's a white male between the age of 25 and 50 years old. It might even be someone you trust. Think on that while I get coffee."
Harry watched as Kyle went into a back room and was hit in the back of the head by a shape-shifting demon. Kyle fell unconscious but Harry was sure Kyle was alright. The demon assumed Kyle's shape and walked back out into the main room.
"Are you making any progress?" Shape-Shifter asked.
"No," Phoebe answered thoughtfully. "Where is the coffee?"
"I changed my mind. If I have caffeine this late I'm unable to sleep," Shape-Shifter explained as he walked closer to Phoebe.
The shape-shifter was looking up at one particular spot. Harry again felt like they were being watched. This time Harry wasn't interrupted as he focused on the spot the demon had been looking in. Harry quickly located the magical equivalent to a hidden camera and several others like it around the newsroom. Harry's tech quickly began tracing the signal the camera was sending out to the other end. Harry traced the signal to a relay station of sorts and then to many other signals going out. There were also more signals coming in which Harry was able to trace back to Halliwell Manor. Harry watched on the newsfeed as Leo and Paige were lured away from the manor leaving Chris to protect Tali. Harry knew shit was about to hit the fan. One of his other forms made itself known at the manor at the same time as a dark-lighter appeared in the living room.
Chris wasn't fast enough to avoid the dark-lighter's arrow completely but twisted enough that the projectile went into a shoulder instead of the chest. The dark-lighter was moving towards Tali with a dagger but Harry's sword swept down at the arm holding the dagger. The dark-lighter's arm fell to the ground clutching the athame. The dark-lighter managed to escape before Harry's next stroke took off the dark-lighter's head. Leo appeared in the living room to take care of Chris so Harry let that form lapse while he focused back on Phoebe and Piper. It was only a few minutes later when Phoebe received a phone call from Paige explaining that Chris thought they were on a demonic reality show called Witch Wars.
"I'll be home as soon as I can," Phoebe said.
"Is something wrong?" Shape-Shifter questioned.
"I have to go home," Phoebe explained.
"I was having a really good time," Shape-Shifter said.
"Well maybe we could talk more tomorrow. Thank you for all of your help," Phoebe said as she focused her empathic abilities at Kyle. Phoebe had been getting a creepy vibe off of the other reporter for the last ten seconds. "Demon," Phoebe called as she launched a kick to the shape-shifter's head that sent the demon staggering back.
Phoebe produced one of her emergency blasting potions from the specially enchanted pocket Harry provided all of his lovers and tossed it at the demon. The shape-shifter exploded.
Phoebe ran over to check on Kyle when Harry said, "Kyle is fine. He'll wake up not remembering this incident. I'll set him over his desk so he will think he fell asleep."
Harry moved Kyle over to the desk.
"Thank you. We need to get home," Phoebe said.
"We do but there is no super rush. Another version of me was forced to intervene or Tali would have died. She is ok and everyone is ok. But the innocent saving today would have been a failure," Harry explained.
Phoebe winced at this news and nodded acceptance before wrapping her arm around her boyfriend's waist. He took them home.
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"This is useless for scrying," Paige announced as she finished reading the information contained within the magic school library on athames. "The projection crystal is useless too."
"Perhaps not," Harry said as he set one of the cameras on the table.
Harry cast a spell on the camera.
"What was that spell for?" Phoebe asked.
"I just cast an illusion spell which will fool the viewers into thinking we are talking about something else. I don't want them to know I am tracing the magical feed where the signal from this camera is being sent," Harry explained.
Harry caused a thread of black energy to become visible emerging from the camera shooting off into one wall.
"Ok…now how do we turn that into a location?" Paige questioned. "Do we use the map?"
"A map of the mortal world won't work," Harry assured.
"Then the underworld is what we need a map of," Piper suggested.
Harry projected a holographic map of the underworld and tied the magic of the tracing spell he was using into the map.
"Gotcha," Phoebe declared.
"Now we need a good plan," Piper suggested.
"We have this," Phoebe suggested as she held up the Athame before briefly outlining her plan.
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The two Game-Masters running the demonic TV show Witch Wars were a male demon named Corr and a female demon named Clea. Corr and Clea had concentrated all of the power they had stolen from upper-level demons into one demon, Corr. And Corr waited for the sisters to make an appearance back in the manor so that he could attack. When Corr thought he saw his targets in the attic of the manor he made his move.
The instant Corr had left the demonic study of Witch Wars in his lair the Charmed Ones plus Harry materialized in the lair. Harry snapped out a magical trap keeping Clea from escaping.
"No…you are in your house," Clea screamed in denial even as she looked at the feed from the hidden cameras within Halliwell manor.
Corr was clearly doing battle with two of the Charmed Ones. Yet before Clea's eyes all three Charmed Ones were present.
"You above all others should know not to trust what you see on TV," Paige taunted. "Athame," She called which caused the power-sucking-athame to materialize in Clea's chest.
Corr felt his mate die and leapt back to his lair. More powerful than Clea her mate may have been but none-the-less he met the same fate.
"You all like spying on us and going after our children," Piper said in a deadly whisper into the nearest camera. "Let this be a lesson to you."
Harry had taken a device out of his pocket and held it out to Paige.
"Bomb," Paige called.
A bomb that radiated in both the arcane and non-arcane spectrum was transported into the biggest demon-bar viewing the show Witch Wars. The resulting explosion rocked the Underworld.
"Let's blow this joint, literally," Phoebe suggested.
Harry left another bomb behind which blew shortly after the group disappeared.
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"Sigmund, what can we do for you?" Phoebe asked as she answered Harry's front door.
"Phoebe, good. You are here," Sigmund said. "Can I come in? I have something important to tell you and Harry."
Once Sigmund was seated across from Phoebe and Harry the couple waited for Sigmund to speak. Sigmund was obviously very nervous.
"This is a safe place, Sigmund. What is it?" Harry said.
"No place is safe from him," Sigmund said in a near-whisper. "Though I suppose if anyplace is safe this might be the one place that is. That is why I came to you. Gideon is nervous about you, Harry. You are an unknown. And he can't get through the protections on your house."
"Why would you fear Gideon, Sigmund?" Phoebe asked. "Is this about Wyatt?"
Sigmund's focus shifted to Phoebe and he gave a short nod before elaborating with, "As you suspected it is Gideon who has been after Wyatt. Gideon fears Wyatt's power and wants Wyatt eliminated."
Harry was not surprised though he hid it well. Phoebe wasn't tremendously surprised but rather felt vindicated and fearful for her nephew.
"Are any of the other Elders in on it?" Phoebe questioned.
"No," Sigmund confirmed. "I'm coming to you now because Gideon has gone way too far. He was willing to pit those Game-Masters against you and risk your lives in the process of trying to get to Wyatt. In truth I tried convincing him that maybe it was his efforts that turned Wyatt evil but he wouldn't hear of it. I backed off at that point."
"Good…he might have killed you," Harry pointed out.
"I shouldn't have to fear him like this. He's an Elder," Sigmund lamented. "But I feared for my life as well. I don't know what else to do other than to warn you."
"You'll stay here until this matter is all sorted out," Harry assured. "How is he spying on the sisters?"
"He is keeping track of things using crystal ball divining," Sigmund explained. "He probably already knows I am here."
"Alright…Prue will show you to one of my guest bedrooms. She'll give you a brief tour. Please stay out of the areas she advises," Harry said as Prue made her presence known.
After Sigmund and Prue departed Patty also became visible. Patty and Prue had been hidden under invisibility spells during the conversation.
"He helped Gideon in some of the plots against Wyatt," Patty noted. "He will have to be punished."
"Yes. But perhaps not as badly as Gideon," Phoebe suggested. "At least he is trying to do something about it now."
"The magical community holds too much reverence for the Elders," Harry stated. "This situation might help stop that."
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Sigmund had been wrong. Gideon hadn't known Sigmund was at Harry's house. Sigmund had managed to get within Harry's wards before Gideon had noticed Sigmund's absence. The moment Sigmund had alerted Harry to the crystal ball divining Harry made adjustments to the wards surrounding his home to block Gideon's method of remote viewing. Harry's methods weren't so restricted. Patty determined using these methods that Gideon was worried about Sigmund's absence but couldn't locate Sigmund. Harry advised Phoebe of this fact a few hours after Sigmund's big revelation.
"Well what does Gideon not knowing change about our response?" Phoebe asked.
"It gives us more time to prepare," Harry put forth. Harry, Phoebe, Patty, and Prue were all sitting in his living room once more. "Time is a valuable tool when it comes to preparation."
"Prepare how?" Phoebe queried.
"Right now I am further trying to discern Gideon's plans. It isn't easy because he has become erratic and somewhat paranoid since Sigmund's disappearance," Patty explained.
"If we record evidence of what Gideon has been up to we can put it before the other Elders and see what he is doing," Prue suggested.
"Your sisters and Wyatt are all being heavily observed for any threat Gideon poses," Harry added.
"So you don't want to tell Piper and Paige what Gideon is doing?" Phoebe surmised.
"Not quite yet," Harry responded.
"I can't say that keeping them in the dark gives me warm and fuzzy feelings but tipping Gideon off that we know about him until we are ready is probably not a good idea," Phoebe admitted. "If things go badly how do we kill an Elder?" She looked intently at her boyfriend. "Could you do it?"
"Obviously I've never had the occasion to test if I could kill an Elder but I'm pretty sure inflicting enough magical damage will do it. I am also fairly certain I can manage it. We can also always call down Leo to help out in that regard if it becomes necessary," Harry answered.
"I don't think Leo will be willing to kill Gideon without some major explanations of what is going on. I don't think we would have time for such explanations in the heat of battle," Phoebe pointed out. "I assume you have a way to get around that drawback?"
"I can erect a time dilation field around Leo and your sisters which will speed up time inside relative to the outside universe. That will give us plenty of time to explain Gideon's duplicity to them even in the heat of battle. These runes will erect the time dilation field," Harry explained as he held up a small pendant charged with runes. "All I have to do is charge it with magic."
"You always have the best plans. Any chance you could show me how to make one of those and teach me the ins-and-outs of how it works?" Phoebe asked.
Prue snickered.
"What?" Patty asked her daughter.
"She just said ins-and-outs," Prue pointed out.
Patty rolled her eyes before smirking.
Harry cleared his throat and agreed, "Of course I can teach you."
"You are the best," Phoebe told her boyfriend with a grin.
The war-planning went on for a little while after that.
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Rev 0 Posted 7/10/2016
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