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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Magic School…
"You asked to see us," Leo said as he and Chris appeared in the nearly empty library of the magic school.
Gideon was standing over a mural of magical symbols and runes on the wall.
"Yes, Leo, Chris," Gideon said as he finished drawing the circles. "I have devised a new spell and was wondering if I could get your help in powering it."
"What type of spell is it?" Chris asked as he and Leo walked closer.
"It's a type of teleportation spell," Gideon explained. "I don't quite have the magical energy to power it by myself."
"What do we need to do?" Leo asked.
"Just put your hand on these symbols like this and push magic into it. I'll say the incantation," Gideon explained as he demonstrated.
Chris and Leo both did as Gideon asked. Gideon chanted in French a brief spell and a portal opened up. Before father and son could wonder at the appearance of the portal a magical force washed over them and threw them into the portal. At the same time a completely different looking Leo and Chris appeared back out of the portal before it closed. This Leo and Chris wore all black and looked meaner.
"Where are we?" Evil-Chris asked.
"I don't know," Evil-Leo replied. "Where is your scar, Gideon?"
Gideon raised his hands to cast a containment spell on the evil versions of Leo and Chris but the two vanished in a wash of black orbs.
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Harry's House…
"Bollocks," Harry swore after he finished watching the scene at Magic School which Prue had called him and Patty to come watch.
"Exactly," Prue agreed.
"Did the readings obtain the signature of the universe they were sent to?" Harry asked.
"Umm…you didn't show me how to do that," Prue pointed out.
"Of course," Harry said. "I'm sorry. Never mind…we got a good reading on that spell Gideon performed. We should be able to get there. And if not I can always jump back in time and just follow Leo and Chris through the portal. Do you have a location on Evil-Leo and Evil-Chris?"
"Yes I do," Prue replied as she brought up a holographic map of San Francisco.
"What are they doing in that alley?" Patty questioned even as Prue brought the alley in question into focus on the sensor system.
Evil-Leo and Evil-Chris were dragging Darryl towards the back of the alley.
"Shit…that can't be good," Prue muttered.
"I'm on it," Harry replied as he vanished.
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Harry materialized directly behind Evil-Leo and Evil-Chris while making a very concerted effort to keep the two evil males from detecting the transport. The effort worked because the two evil males didn't turn. Chris was drawing back his fist for a second punch to Darryl's face. Harry's two super-charged stunners were swift and vicious right at the base of Evil-Leo and Evil-Chris' skulls. The two evil males dropped like puppets.
"Harry, what is going on?" Darryl asked.
Harry hit the two evil males with rope-binding charms as he stepped closer to Darryl. Harry raised his hand and began healing Darryl's face.
"It's a long story but basically these two are from a universe where everyone that is good here was born evil there and the opposite as well," Harry explained.
"You guys get into some seriously weird stuff," Darryl noted.
"Do we ever," Harry agreed. "Are you ok?"
"Yeah…they grabbed me when I was on my way to lunch. I was only hit once," Darryl explained.
"Where did they grab you from?" Harry asked.
"Café West on Smith and Lex," Darryl answered.
"I know the place. Lunch is on me," Harry said as he tucked a fifty into Darryl's shirt pocket and took Darryl by the arm to transport Darryl to the alley beside the café.
"Thanks, Harry," Darryl said. "Oh…before you go…be advised that Detective Sheridan is getting suspicious of you and the sisters again. She doesn't have anything concrete yet but she is definitely suspicious."
"Thanks for letting me know. We'll handle it if it becomes more of an issue. Have a good lunch," Harry said before vanishing back to pick up the evil versions of Leo and Chris.
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"What's up?" Piper said as she sat down on Harry's couch next to him holding Wyatt. Paige had orbed them over. "It sounded urgent."
Prue and Patty were also present.
"It is," Phoebe answered. "We have uncovered that Gideon has been the one after Wyatt this whole time."
"What?!" Piper shouted in alarm. "Leo," Piper called.
"Gideon tricked Leo and Chris into a parallel universe. We think he did it to get them out of the way so he could make a run at Wyatt. What Gideon didn't count on is my wards. Gideon can't get through," Harry explained.
"Are you completely sure about that?" Piper asked worriedly.
"Yes. I've shown you some of my power. Rest easy here," Harry assured.
"What about Chris and Leo?" Paige questioned.
"We need to go retrieve them," Phoebe said. "Harry can take us to that universe. Piper will have to stay here."
"When do we leave?" Paige asked.
"Now," Harry said.
Piper leaned over and drew Harry into a deep kiss.
When the kiss broke Piper whispered, "Stay safe."
The sisters took Harry's hands and they all vanished.
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Harry, Phoebe, and Paige materialized on the street where their house was located. The invisibility spell they were under kept anyone from seeing them.
"This place is beyond evil but what makes it so much worse is that it is ugly," Paige declared.
Dirt and grime covered everything. Trash littered the sidewalks and streets.
"I can't tell if the evil versions of us are home. I don't want to go in there to find out," Phoebe said.
Just then a kid rode by on a bicycle and smashed the window out of a van parked nearby with a baseball bat.
"Chris and Leo would probably think the same way," Harry pointed out.
"They might have gone to see Darryl like their counterparts did. We could go talk to Darryl," Phoebe suggested.
"My cell phone still works in this universe. The cell networks must be the same. I can call the station and locate Darryl that way," Paige suggested.
"Harry has a faster way," Phoebe said. "He has a tracking program on his phone which allows him to hack the phones of others."
What Phoebe said was partially true. Harry's technology was much more advanced than that though. Harry pulled out his phone and called up the information.
"Darryl is at P3," Harry announced.
"Let's go," Paige suggested.
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P3…
"This universe is definitely evil. They turned P3 into a strip club," Phoebe muttered.
"There he is," Paige said as she spotted Darryl with a blonde stripper on his lap.
The sisters had agreed that acting evil like their counterparts would be the best course of action. Darryl had two bodyguards he waved away.
"I knew you would show up sooner or later," Evil-Darryl said.
"Lose the slut for now. She can come back later," Phoebe replied.
"Give us some space, honey," Darryl told the stripper.
"Let me buy you a beer, Darryl," Harry said as he gestured at a waitress in a stripper uniform.
"Thanks but who the hell are you?" Darryl asked as the beer was brought over.
Darryl didn't see as Harry used a spell to add a little something to the beer.
"This is my boyfriend, Harry," Phoebe replied.
"If you want to buy me something then buy me a lap dance," Darryl quipped.
"Where are Leo and Chris?" Phoebe asked. "Tell us or we'll drop you off Golden Gate Bridge."
"The last time we saw them was at the police station. Me and my boys tried to give Chris what he deserved but Leo orbed Chris away," Darryl answered. "Never seen Chris run from a fight before. What the hell are you wearing? Bright happy colors aren't exactly your style. Get away from me before Sheridan sees me. That woman has been riding my ass."
Detective Sheridan was one of the strippers dancing on a pole. Harry and the sisters walked away from Darryl.
"They are hiding in the underworld," Harry surmised.
"You picked up on that did you," Phoebe said. "How was it so easy to get Darryl to talk? We didn't even have to prove we would drop him off the bridge. I thought Paige would have to orb him there."
"I slipped a little truth potion into his beer," Harry answered.
"Sneaky," Paige complimented. "Leo is going to go after the nicest demon in this universe's underworld which would be the evilest in our universe."
"Barbas," Phoebe surmised.
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The Underworld, Lair of Barbas – Demon of Hope…
Harry, Paige, and Phoebe materialized in Barbas' lair to find the demon dressed in white. Leo and Chris were present.
"Quickly…orb away," Barbas said. "I will hold them off."
"These are the good versions from our universe," Leo said.
"And the evil versions," Evil-Phoebe said as she and Evil-Paige appeared in the lair.
"We didn't come here to fight," Phoebe said. "We just came to get Leo and Chris."
"You give us ours and we will give you yours," Paige added.
"We can't trust you," Evil-Phoebe rebutted.
"Enough of this," Harry said as he caused the bound evil versions of Leo and Chris to appear before their Phoebe and Paige.
Harry caused their bindings to disappear.
"Who is the hot powerhouse?" Evil-Phoebe questioned.
"My boyfriend," Phoebe answered. "And Piper's boyfriend," She added.
"Someone might not be so nice after all," Evil-Phoebe suggested. "That's pretty naughty."
"I hate to cut this fascinating discussion with two different versions of Phoebe short but our Gideon is currently attacking my house while Piper has just gone into labor," Harry announced.
With that said Harry took Chris, Leo, Paige, and Phoebe back to the correct universe. Harry sensed Piper was in good hands. Prue and Patty had taken Piper into the birthing chamber Harry had prepared for the birth of his son. The birthing chamber would facilitate a painless birth on Piper's part and ensure no complications developed. Meanwhile Harry decided to go run Gideon off.
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"You aren't welcome here traitor," Harry told Gideon after Harry had silently materialized behind the treacherous Elder.
Gideon had been assaulting the edge of Harry's wards with minor amounts of power and attempting to find a weakness.
When Gideon spun to face Harry the Elder stated, "The threat he poses cannot be allowed."
Gideon lashed out with a blast of Elder-lightning. Harry caught the lightning in his left hand and returned it with ten times the power. Gideon was tossed back against the wards with brutal force. Gideon only screamed for a moment before he managed to orb away smoldering. With Gideon run off to lick wounds Harry took himself to Piper's side.
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Harry found Piper holding their son Daniel.
"What is that thing?" Paige was asking while indicating the birthing chamber set off to one corner of the room in which Piper lay. "And how is Piper looking as if she was never pregnant?"
Paige wasn't privy to the secret of Harry's advanced technology. The birthing chamber had restored Piper to physical fitness but she would still need some bed rest.
"It's one of Harry's inventions. Any more knowledge than that only his girlfriends are allowed to know," Phoebe answered as she smiled and watched her newest nephew breastfeeding from Piper.
"He is adorable," Piper said with a warm smile for her son.
"Just like his daddy," Phoebe agreed.
In small groups the family members came and visited Piper and Daniel but ultimately mother and son were left to rest. Any thought of the danger Gideon presented was far from their minds. Piper knew Harry would protect her and their family.
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Chris orbed into Halliwell Manor clutching at his shoulder which sported an obvious bullet wound.
"Chris," Piper cried.
Piper's cry brought Harry.
"Let me see that," Harry said as he began channeling healing magic into the wound after extracting the bullet. "What happened?"
"The neighborhood watch guy shot me for supposedly being parked in the wrong place. He did it with a smile and Bianca acted like it was normal," Chris explained.
"Leo," Piper called.
Leo appeared just as Harry finished healing the wound.
"What happened?" Leo asked. Chris repeated his explanation. Leo closed his eyes for a moment and concentrated on several of his charges. "I think being in that other universe had more of an effect than we first thought. There appears to be some kind of magical imbalance occurring where everything is too good."
"You get punished for the smallest infraction," Chris surmised.
"Yes," Leo confirmed.
"Why wasn't I affected?" Piper asked.
"Because you were behind the wards around my home at the time the imbalance occurred. The wards would have kept you safe," Harry explained.
Harry summoned up holographic scans of various scenes around the city for the benefit of the others.
"Why are there so many amputees?" Paige asked while indicating a scene of the hospital.
Leo and Harry exchanged a look while Leo grimaced at the answer.
"They punish for the smallest offense," Chris suggested. "Well if getting shot dead is the offense for parking incorrectly then amputation must be the offense for some smaller infraction."
"He's right," Leo confirmed.
"This world is so screwed up," Phoebe said. "How do we change it back?"
"I'm not sure yet. I can go consult the other Elders. I just hope they aren't affected. They should be alright since they are in the heavenly realm," Leo suggested.
"Any luck finding Gideon?" Piper asked.
"I'm afraid not. I'll keep looking," Leo assured.
Piper nodded and Leo orbed away.
"I'm going to keep studying this altered universe and see if I can't figure out a way to set things to right," Harry said. "The architecture of this universe is very different from my original reality. There are so many powerful heavenly and hellish entities running around orchestrating the function of some grand design it's rather crazy."
"It is at that," Phoebe agreed.
"But it's what we have to work with," Piper said.
As Piper and the others went back to their business she thought about how she felt more comfortable about the safety of her children considering both Wyatt and Daniel were still at Harry's house underneath his wards. Harry had created strong magical duplicates of both children he called golems. Piper couldn't even tell the difference. The golems mimicked both boys to fool Gideon into thinking the boys were no longer protected by Harry's wards. Just thinking about her newest son Daniel brought a smile to Piper's face despite the strange situation they now found themselves in. Piper had made sure to thank Harry profusely and intimately for the restoration of her body so quickly after child birth. He truly was a wonderful man.
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"So what are we looking for?" Phoebe asked as she and Paige walked into Gideon's office within Magic School with Harry.
"Gideon must have some means of contacting the evil universe we visited," Harry explained. "I'm sensing an inter-universal-conduit behind that curtain," Harry suggested as he walked towards a curtain.
The curtain was pulled back at the same time on both sides only on the other side of the mirror revealed was Evil-Phoebe and Evil-Paige.
"Nice to see you," Evil-Paige said.
"Is your world screwed up too?" Phoebe questioned.
"I've never witnessed so much misery. Here every little good thing that happens earns dismemberment," Evil-Phoebe replied. "This isn't something I would have ever considered saying before but we could use some daylight right about now."
"Yeah…we are experience eternal daylight over here," Paige confirmed.
"What's your theory?" Evil-Phoebe questioned.
"We believe too much good was done in your universe dealing with Gideon," Phoebe answered.
"We thought the same," Evil-Phoebe concurred.
"We thought some serious evil on your side might do the trick to shift the balance back," Evil-Paige suggested.
"It could," Paige agreed.
"Harry, can you bring them over to our world?" Phoebe questioned.
"I could," Harry agreed. "But let's hold off. I've got the feeling that the serious evil in this world won't be a problem for now. Take this mirror off the wall and keep it with you in case we need to contact each other."
"It's rather large," Evil-Phoebe pointed out.
Harry laid his hand on the frame of the mirror which caused the mirrors in both worlds to shrink down to a manageable size.
"Hmm…you can make something shrink…can you make something grow?" Evil-Paige purred sultrily.
Harry didn't bother answering and instead cast a charm on the mirror to make it go blank until either they needed their evil versions or the evil versions needed them.
"Any hint about what this great evil will be?" Phoebe questioned as she and Paige helped Harry continue to search Gideon's office for anything useful.
"Gideon's death would be pretty evil considering he is supposed to be a force of extreme good," Harry pointed out.
"Who is going to kill him?" Paige asked.
"That is the question," Harry replied.
"There doesn't seem to be any clue as to Gideon's whereabouts," Phoebe said after looking through a stack of files. "Did Sigmund know anything?"
"Only that Gideon was spending a lot more time in the Underworld lately. So maybe he fled to the Underworld," Harry explained.
"That is something at least. Though the Underworld is a huge place," Paige pointed out. "Chris has contacts in the Underworld. He could ask around."
"Chris had contacts before the world went crazy. He's just as likely to be killed these days," Phoebe said.
"Right. I forgot," Paige said.
The trio gave up finding anything of further use in Gideon's office so departed for home. It had been suspected that Gideon wasn't stupid enough to return to his office but all leads needed to be pursued.
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Harry's House…
"This is interesting," Harry said as he analyzed some readings from one of his sensors.
"What is?" Prue asked as she approached her boyfriend from behind and looked over his shoulder while wrapping her arms around him.
"It would appear Evil-Piper was tricked into casting a spell on her two sisters which has them just as super evil as Evil-Piper was," Harry explained.
"Tricked by who? It's mostly likely at Gideon's behest," Prue suggested.
"I've got an A.I. breaking down the cumulative magical signatures on Evil-Piper but it could take a little while. Piper comes in contact with a lot of different foreign magics," Harry explained.
"Harry," Patty called from where she had been monitoring the feed to the Manor.
Harry glanced up to see Gideon trapped in a magical cage within Halliwell Manor.
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Halliwell Manor…
"You didn't think it would really be that easy did you," Piper rhetorically asked Gideon as Golem-Wyatt was revealed to be a magical construct.
"You can't hold me," Gideon said as he strained against the magical cage.
"Oh but we can," Harry said as he appeared next to Piper.
"You should know not to mess with our family," Phoebe added.
"Even the other Elders can't see what I'm about to do to you," Leo said as lightning crackled between his fingertips.
"Leo, you know Wyatt is too powerful. A great evil has to occur to balance the universes," Gideon pleaded.
"Elder on Elder murder is pretty evil," Paige suggested.
"My thoughts exactly," Leo replied.
"But completely unnecessary," Harry said as he flicked a finger at the ward holding Gideon.
The ward contracted crushing down on the Elder and smashing him into a tiny ball of purple orbs about one inch in diameter. Harry conjured a pendant to contain the orb and handed it to Piper.
"Is this Gideon?" Piper asked as she and her sisters gathered around to look at the new pendant.
"Yes. I call it an Elder-Orb Battery," Harry explained. "A portion of Gideon's own magical power is used to power the shield. About 20% is used for the shield. That leaves about 80% for whatever spells you want to power. Though I recommend only draining it 60% and leave 20% there if you still want him to regenerate."
"Can he escape from that?" Leo asked.
"No," Harry assured. Harry had an A.I. monitoring the ward constantly countering any attempts Gideon made to escape. "And we can use Gideon to correct the universal imbalance."
"How do we do that?" Phoebe asked.
"I have studied the original imbalance in the evil universe that caused this whole situation and know how to counter it," Harry explained as a complex looking pedestal device appeared in the room.
Piper saw the spot for the Elder-Orb Battery and set the Battery there.
"Now what?" Piper asked.
"It's already preprogrammed to send out a magical pulse," Harry explained. "Place your hands on these spots," Harry directed as he indicated a spot for each sister. "Then call out the activation phrase which is The Power of Three."
The sisters placed their hands and glanced at each other before calling out, "The Power of Three."
The Elder-Orb Battery brightened momentarily before an explosion of magic washed out in a sphere and expanded outward through the walls of the house and out into the world. When the sisters shook their vision clear they noticed the Elder-Orb Battery's glow had dimmed somewhat.
"That was wicked," Paige declared.
"How long will the battery be dimmed like that?" Phoebe questioned.
"I'm not sure. We will have to wait and see," Harry replied.
"Does it hurt Gideon when we do that?" Leo asked curiously with no accusation in his voice.
"I don't know that I would say it hurts him. It weakens him but I don't really think there is any pain," Harry replied.
"Now I have to explain what happened to the other Elders," Leo said worriedly.
"Actually Leo," Harry said somewhat hesitantly. "I can show the Elders whatever we want them to see with an illusion ward. They haven't observed anything happening yet. What do we want them to see?"
"You can hide the fact that you made Gideon into a battery?" Piper clarified.
"Yes," Harry confirmed.
"Let them see that we killed one of them," Phoebe suggested. "Then they won't be so quick to push us around."
"No…then you would be a threat to them," Leo corrected.
"It's better than them thinking Wyatt killed Gideon in self-defense," Paige pointed out.
"Show me killing Gideon," Leo told Harry.
"Leo, you don't have to do that," Piper told her ex-husband.
"I want to. It helps protect you all," Leo stated.
"I can do that," Harry agreed. Harry closed his eyes and communed with the A.I. controlling the wards he had over Halliwell Manor. The wards over the sisters' home were very limited intentionally. The wards would keep the sisters from being killed by teleporting them to the safety of Harry's home before they could be killed. But the wards protected from little else. Again Harry wanted to make sure the sisters learned. "It is done," He said after opening his eyes.
"Thank you, Harry," Piper said. "And thank you, Leo."
Leo nodded once and said, "I'm just sorry it happened in the first place. Gideon went off the deep end. Did you ever figure out who was helping him in the evil reality and hiding him here?"
"Prue told me you were looking," Phoebe said by way of explanation on how Leo knew Harry had been searching.
"It was Barbas," Harry replied.
"Barbas," Leo said with a sneer. "That little shit needs to die."
"You might be interested to know that Evil-Leo did kill his Gideon," Harry added.
"Our way is better," Leo said. "This way at least he serves a purpose."
"Come on…let's get some dinner. Fighting evil makes me hungry," Piper declared.
The others agreed with that sentiment.
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September 19th 2004
Harry was sitting at a café with Phoebe and Piper as Piper breast fed Daniel with a blankie draped over herself to cover up.
"This column just isn't me," Phoebe lamented as she laid down an example of that day's advice column. Phoebe had decided to take a sabbatical from work and a temporary columnist named Leslie (a man) was filling in for her. "I knew a man couldn't give advice like a woman. Men are all about fixing the problem."
"I love how you feel comfortable enough to say that with me sitting here," Harry quipped with a smirk.
"You aren't like other men, honey," Phoebe told her boyfriend patting his right hand affectionately. "Before fixing the problem Leslie is supposed to listen and validate feelings," Phoebe clarified.
"That is true. Most men don't need their feelings validated," Harry replied.
"Well my readers will read Leslie's columns and know that I didn't write it," Phoebe lamented.
"Phoebe…you are having trouble letting go," Harry pointed out.
"Yes…and I don't think your readers are going to notice. This is a very subtle thing," Piper assured.
"Maybe you are right," Phoebe said. "I need to find something else to be passionate about. Paige has saving magic school. You've been making sure Leo has been able to cope with Gideon's betrayal."
The discussion was halted as the waiter walked up at that moment.
"Excuse me, ladies, sir," Ray the waiter said. "But I'm afraid you are going to have to take that somewhere else."
"Take what?" Piper questioned.
"That," Ray said while gesturing at Piper breastfeeding.
"It's called breastfeeding," Phoebe stated.
"Customers are complaining," Ray announced.
Phoebe glanced around bewildered in outrage. Harry too was growing angry.
"Let's just go," Piper said.
"Piper, don't go anywhere. You haven't done anything wrong," Phoebe said as she stood. "You can't do this," She told Ray.
"Actually yes I can," Ray said while pointing to a sign that said Management Has the Right to Refuse Service to Anyone. "Sorry," Ray said before he left.
"A bunch of trumped up prudes…the lot of them," Harry swore.
A pulse of magic swept out from Harry and the clothes of everyone in the city of San Francisco disintegrated within seconds.
"Umm…Harry," Piper said worriedly as she held a naked Daniel clutched to her exposed breast.
"Calm down," Phoebe pleaded sensing her boyfriend's rage at those around her.
Harry clamped down on his anger.
"Relax," Harry assured as he gestured for the group to move towards a nearby alley. "I can cover this up from exposing magic by introducing a bio-engineered microscope organism which eats cloth with certain dyes used mostly only in clothing. In fact it is already being distributed."
"Good…I would hate to have another run-in with the Cleaners," Phoebe said.
Harry took the group home and after Harry had restored the clothing the adults left the two sleeping children in the living room within a specially designed protection and monitoring field Harry had set up for the children. When they entered the kitchen it was only a few moments until Paige appeared with a stunningly beautiful blonde woman in a wash of orbs. The blonde woman whose surface thoughts revealed her to be Godiva, THE Lady Godiva, was wearing a black teacher's robe from Magic School and nothing else. Harry took a moment to take in the sight of Godiva and Paige. Paige had gained a more mature beauty over the past couple of months and in fact could be described as stunning. Godiva was just as stunning standing beside her.
"Hello," Paige said. "This is Godiva. I need the book."
"Godiva as in Lady Godiva?" Piper clarified.
"Yes," Paige confirmed. "One of my students, Duncan, accidentally conjured her."
"Are they witches too?" Godiva asked.
"Yes," Paige confirmed.
"What is he?" Godiva asked while glancing appreciatively at the handsome dark haired man.
"That is a complex answer," Paige replied. "Suffice it to say he is magical."
"Harry Potter at your service, my Lady," Harry said as he stepped forward and took her hand kissing the back of it. "These lovely ladies are my lovers Piper and Phoebe Halliwell."
"Two lovers…this is indeed a strange time," Godiva said before wondering around the kitchen.
"She needs to be sent back so she can finish her ride," Piper declared.
"I know," Paige agreed.
Godiva accidentally activated the blender and jumped back with a scream of fright. Harry stepped over and pulled her back while shutting the blender off. She clutched at him in fright.
"So you brought her here to find a spell to send her back," Phoebe summarized earning a nod from Paige.
The ladies suspected Harry could take Godiva back but they had learned it was best to try to do it themselves before resorting to him. Paige and Godiva walked upstairs to the attic and found Harry waiting for them up there looking through a history book.
"This book has an entry on Lady Godiva," Harry informed the two beauties.
Paige glanced between Godiva and Harry suspiciously. She had thought a lot about the handsome man of late. She was gradually coming to the conclusion that a relationship with him might be her best option. She just wasn't as completely sold on the idea as her sisters. But Phoebe and Piper had never been happier. Paige could tell right away that Harry was attracted to Godiva.
"Thanks Harry," Paige said as she took the book.
"I'm in the history books?" Godiva questioned excitedly.
"Indeed you are, my Lady," Harry assured. "You are quite famous."
Godiva looked at the illustration of her famous naked ride through town to protest her husband's unjust tax increase and her enthusiasm waned.
"What is wrong?" Paige asked also noticing the mood change.
"Lord Dyson is in this illustration," Godiva said. "He is an evil land baron who feeds on the pain of peasants. He suppresses them for his own gain. He is the little weasel who convinced my husband to tax the peasants."
"Weren't you terrified of doing what you did?" Paige questioned.
"It was the only way to show my husband that I was serious about my stance on the taxes. I had to shock him," Godiva answered showing a resolve and fortitude that her size and stature wouldn't at first lead people to believe.
Paige had located the spell she thought she needed.
"Let's go back to Magic School to your horse," Paige said as she took Godiva's hand. "Coming, Harry?"
Harry nodded and followed the ladies to a room in Magic School where Godiva's horse had been taken to. Harry helped Godiva up onto her horse and took her robe from her.
"I just have to say," Harry said. "Your beauty is absolutely breathtaking."
Godiva blushed and replied, "Just from what I see of you so far I am certain I could say the same about you."
Harry caused his clothes to vanish and stepped back so Godiva and Paige could both get a good look at him.
"Damn," Paige said noticing how cut Harry was.
"You are like one of the ancient statues of a Greek god I have viewed in books," Godiva noted. "Except such statues were never this well endowed." Godiva couldn't take her eyes away from Harry's form. "You had better send me back now, Paige. Otherwise I may not wish to leave."
"Right," Paige said as she too tore her gaze away from Harry. Harry caused his clothes to return and watched as Paige cast her spell. "From lands afar and time and space take her now from this our place, one that dwells and must remain, send her back to her domain."
Nothing happened.
"Why did it not work?" Godiva asked.
"I don't know," Paige said while glancing at Harry with confusion. Suddenly there was the sound of fighting coming from another room. "Stay here," Paige said.
Harry cast a protective ward around Godiva and followed Paige out into the hallway. The pair quickly located mass fighting among the students and staff at Magic School.
"What's going on?" Paige asked as she encountered the Elder known as Odin in the Great Hall.
When Harry spotted Odin the name Q appeared in his mind and he caught flashes of memories from another place. Harry was confused at the origin of this new memory of Odin. Harry would have to meditate on it later.
"You tell me," Odin said. "You claimed you could control these students."
"I don't see how conjuring Lady Godiva could have caused this," Paige replied.
"Unless she wasn't the only thing conjured," Odin pointed out.
Paige sent a cluster of boxes to cushion the landing of one student that was magically thrown by another student.
"At least this incident demonstrates how much help kids need in learning to control their magic," Paige pointed out trying to put a positive light on the situation.
Paige had been trying earlier that day to convince the Elders to keep Magic School open after Gideon's "death."
Odin rose and declared, "This is a disaster…a complete utter disaster."
Harry and Odin both sensed something demonic going on and moments later Lord Dyson became visible beside Odin.
"To be whole again," Lord Dyson said with a grin.
"I've had it with you and your stupid ideas," Odin said before raising his hand and sending a blast of Elder lightning at Paige.
Harry pulled Paige behind him while raising his right hand and caught the Elder lightning in his palm.
"So much repression to feed on," Dyson said.
Godiva had left her horse and followed after Paige.
"You," Godiva said as she recognized Dyson.
"My Lady," Dyson mockingly bowed before conjuring an energy ball.
"Watch out," Paige shouted in alarm as Dyson prepared to kill Godiva.
Harry was in front of Godiva pulling the naked woman to his body even as the energy ball failed. Dyson was still too weak. Harry sent a blast of telekinetic force at Dyson but the weak demon shimmered away.
"You saved me," Godiva whispered.
"And me," Paige agreed. "We'd better go talk to my sisters. But we can't leave everybody fighting like this. Harry…I think your help is required."
Harry sent out a mass calming spell and the fighting gradually stopped. Everyone looked around in confusion. Paige explained what was going on to some of the teachers before she left with Harry and Godiva.
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Godiva had stopped clutching at Harry in a full body shiver by the time they returned to the manor but she still stuck close to his side and held his hand. Harry didn't mind. She wore the robe once more but Harry had transfigured it into a summer dress. Godiva still wore no knickers but nobody had asked him to provide any for her and he wasn't about to offer them without being asked. Paige quickly explained to her sisters what had happened at magic school while they all sat in the living room. Godiva sat next to Harry on a couch while Paige sat on his other side.
"That man or demon as you call him was Lord Dyson," Godiva added at the end of Paige's explanation. "In my time he was different…smaller…weaker."
"How did he get stronger?" Piper asked.
"He mentioned feeding off of repression in all the fighting," Harry pointed out.
"I didn't hear anything," Paige said with confusion. "But he was flickering in and out of visibility for a bit there."
"Huh…I didn't notice the flicker. But my senses are better attuned to magic," Harry replied.
Just then the doorbell rang and Godiva jumped. Phoebe went to get the door while Harry explained to Godiva the purpose of a doorbell.
"This is such a miraculous time period," Godiva said to Harry. "I wish I could stay here. But if I am so important to history I doubt that is possible."
Paige and Piper had been discussing something about the situation so didn't hear Godiva's wish.
"It might be possible without you losing your place in history," Harry suggested.
"How so?" Godiva asked interested.
"Through magic. Just give me some time to think on it," Harry suggested.
Godiva nodded in agreement and thought on how exciting it would be to remain in this time. She was interested in getting to know the man beside her better. She had loved her husband but he simply couldn't compare to the opportunity she found herself in. Plus her husband had changed since falling in with Lord Dyson.
Paige had orbed the book of shadows down from the attic and had been looking through it. She also orbed down several other history books.
"This entry says Lord Dyson mysteriously disappeared the day Godiva took her ride through town," Piper informed those with her. "I doubt that is a coincidence."
"Good…vanquishing the demon won't negatively impact history," Paige pointed out.
"And the tax was repealed. So at least I accomplished my goal," Godiva added.
"Your ride must have starved Dyson into oblivion because you helped stop repression," Piper stated.
"She stopped prudishness," Harry said.
At the questioning look from Paige and Godiva, Piper explained the situation at the café that morning.
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Harry stood in the same room in Magic School as before where Godiva's horse was located. This time all three Charmed sisters were present. It appeared to an outside observer that Lady Godiva was once more astride her horse naked. But in reality she was standing next to Harry invisibly holding onto his arm dressed in the same dress he had created for her. The version of Godiva on the horse was a very convincing magical duplicate which essentially had a limited artificial intelligence meant to carry out the rest of Godiva's life in her original time period as if the golem had been Godiva.
"I still think we should wait for Leo to see what he found out about this repression demon," Paige suggested.
"It won't matter once we summon him and return him to his time period," Piper replied. "You just make sure you finish your ride," She told Godiva.
"I will. I promise," Golem-Godiva replied. "And thank you for giving me a glimpse of what is to come."
"Thank you for showing us you are more than a box of chocolates," Phoebe quipped.
"I'm sorry," Golem-Godiva said with confusion.
Harry sent the real Godiva mental images of the Godiva chocolate line. Any further discussion on that topic was ended as Piper said the spell to summon the demonic Lord Dyson. Dyson appeared in a cloud of smoke.
"Hi there," Piper said before she tried blasting Dyson.
Dyson was knocked on his ass but didn't die.
"From lands afar, and time and space, take them now from this our place," Paige chanted before finishing the spell.
Golem-Godiva and Lord Dyson were sent back into the book from which they were conjured. Then all light went out of the room.
"That can't be good," Phoebe pointed out. Harry sent glowing orbs of light flowing around the perimeter of the ceiling within the room. "I need a ride to the office."
"I'll orb you there on our way home," Paige said.
Harry followed the sisters using his own transportation while bringing Godiva with him.
"Thank you," Phoebe said. "I'll be home later."
Harry had given Phoebe and Piper permanent portkeys targeted to take them home whenever they needed to get home. Phoebe went and opened the door into the main room of The Bay Mirror newspaper and found every woman dressed in gray. In fact most of the interior decorating was in gray.
"Woh," Paige commented.
"Yeah…it looks like everyone took Elise's sexual harassment just a bit too seriously," Phoebe quipped.
"Phoebe," Leslie said from Phoebe's office. "What are you doing here and what are you wearing? Who is watching your children? I doubt your husband would like you leaving them," Leslie said.
Phoebe responded by pulling the door closed and stepping back into the hallway.
"Phoebe, look," Piper said as she pointed to a poster on the wall which depicted an advice column called Ask Leslie.
"I told you we should have waited for Leo," Paige said.
"Shut up," Piper replied.
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The sisters decided to take a walk outside the building to see what else was different.
"Everything is so gray," Phoebe declared.
"The demon must have killed Lady Godiva. Her ride must have affected all of this," Paige pointed out.
"Women have been sent back like a thousand years or so," Piper lamented.
The women were all wearing a cloth covering their hair.
"Or just held you back," Harry corrected. "We need to get out of here. You three are drawing a crowd. My house shouldn't have changed."
Paige took her sisters and Harry took Godiva back to his house.
"Another universe change," Prue commented as soon as the group appeared.
Unlike her sisters Prue could see Godiva but didn't comment. Prue and Patty had known their boyfriend planned to keep Godiva with him.
Paige asked Harry, "Do you think you could figure out what conjuring spell my student Duncan used to conjure Lady Godiva in the first place?"
"Why…what are you thinking?" Piper asked.
"If we conjure Lady Godiva from before her ride, vanquish Dyson, and then send just her back she should be ok," Paige suggested.
"You are banking on the idea that Dyson doesn't need to be sent back if he doesn't exist anymore," Phoebe surmised.
"Yes," Paige confirmed.
"It might work," Piper mused.
"There is no need to conjure Lady Godiva again," Harry said.
"Why not?" Phoebe questioned.
"Because I'm right here," Godiva said as Harry made her visible.
Harry had explained his plan mentally. At the surprised reaction of the sisters Harry explained why he had kept Godiva with him.
"Ok…so you just make another Golem-Godiva after we vanquish Dyson. Do you have a spell for that?" Paige asked.
"I do," Harry confirmed before writing down a spell for her.
"You're the best," Phoebe said before giving Harry a kiss in thanks.
Piper followed Phoebe's example.
"Oh what the hell," Paige said before also giving Harry a kiss in thanks.
"I like this custom," Godiva said before also giving Harry a kiss with a grin.
"I like this custom too," Harry quipped feeling no need to explain to Godiva that the custom she thought existed in this time period wasn't in fact a custom.
"Do we have any buried resentments which a hungry demon could feed off of?" Piper asked.
"I'm fine," Phoebe said. "What about you?"
"Nope. I generally tell you guys when I am pissed off," Piper replied.
"Sometimes I feel repressed being a little sister," Paige admitted.
"And you want to be the oldest sister?" Piper replied. "Come on now, get over it."
"That won't help her get over her feelings, Piper," Harry pointed out. "Paige, I don't think your feelings will be strong enough for Dyson to use much of."
"Ok…let's cast this spell," Paige said.
Paige chanted the spell and Dyson appeared. A wave of magic washed over the room and the drab gray decorating theme vanished. Dyson gestured at each of the sisters in turn and finally stopped on Piper.
"The Elders need to be destroyed," Piper declared. "They are the reason I am left to raise a boy by myself."
"You aren't raising anyone by yourself, Piper," Harry pointed out. "You have me."
Meanwhile Dyson tried launching an energy ball at the real Godiva but Paige deflected the energy ball back at Dyson before the projectile had traveled more than a foot. Dyson shrugged off his own energy ball. It was at that moment that a dagger was stabbed into Dyson's neck.
"Aaaahhhhh," Dyson screamed in pain.
Phoebe's invisibility spell dropped as she focused on the effort she was putting into the dagger. The runic dagger which Harry had shown her how to create took focus and skill to use. Harry had been training Phoebe but she was still relatively inexperienced at using the weapon. She forced more effort into twisting the magic she was feeding into the dagger in rending and tearing apart the very essence of the demon Phoebe was attacking. For several long breathes it looked like Dyson would survive despite the dagger. But then Phoebe buckled down and ripped Dyson magically to shreds. Dyson exploded from within.
Harry by this point had managed to get Piper to shrug off the effects of Dyson's attack.
"How are you there if you are over there?" Godiva asked while indicating the two different versions of Phoebe.
The Phoebe that had killed Dyson held out her hand towards her other version and the holographic decoy vanished as a small sphere floated into Phoebe's hand.
"Harry has been training me," Phoebe explained to her sisters at their curious look while re-sheathing her dagger. "My active powers haven't always been as useful in a fight."
"Nice," Piper commented.
"What happens now?" Godiva asked.
"Now we send another golem of you back to complete your ride and live out the rest of your life as the history books say. Then we get started on helping you acclimate to this time period," Harry answered.
"I would like that," Godiva agreed with a smile.
After the second Golem-Godiva was sent back in time Harry offered his arm to Godiva. She took it.
"I do believe we could all use some food. Let us show you the wonder that is pizza," Harry suggested.
"Pizza," Godiva said with a question in her tone.
"You're going to love it," Phoebe assured.
And Phoebe's prediction proved correct but hadn't needed any of her power of foresight.
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Rev 0 Posted 7/27/2016
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