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
Lady Godiva is played by Kristen Miller
Cordelia/Kyra the Seer / Cordelia 'Cordy' Potter is played by Charisma Carpenter
Billie Jenkins is played by Kaley Cuoco
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February 19th 2006
Harry had created a suite of guest rooms for Billie and Christy in his house using expansion charms in order to make Christy feel more comfortable. Christy had been living with them for a week but had hardly spoken in that time.
"What's up?" Harry asked when Billie entered the kitchen with a somewhat distressed look.
"Christy thinks whoever took her is coming for her," Billie explained.
"Has she recalled anymore about them?" Harry questioned.
"No," Billie answered. "She just said she can tell they are coming."
"Well they aren't getting to her in my home. But I'll call Piper and Paige over to let them know. Piper is out running some errands at this moment," Harry said.
"Thank you Harry," Billie said before she stepped up and kissed him.
"No problem," Harry said as he watched his girlfriend walk away.
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Harry's Situation Room
"Not knowing who they are is pretty frustrating," Paige declared after Billie had brought the sisters up to date on the latest developments in the Christy situation.
"How is she dealing with everything?" Phoebe asked.
"She is kind of terrified," Billie answered worriedly. "I tried reassuring her that she is very safe in Harry's house but I'm not able to tell if she believes me. She does stare at Harry weirdly a lot." She glanced at her boyfriend and said, "I don't know what that is about."
"She probably has a crush on Harry," Prue suggested.
"Or it could be something else too," Patty said thoughtfully.
"What are you thinking mom?" Piper asked.
"Well…we think Christy is showing signs of emerging telepathy. Perhaps she is picking up on the thoughts and feelings of those of us around her when we are engaged in different activities," Patty put forth.
"You think she is picking up when we have sex," Billie said in realization. She appeared thoughtful. "Well that could be awkward."
"We're getting off topic," Paige said. "Let's see if there are any telepathic demons that Christy can identify."
"Sounds good," Piper agreed.
Just then an alert signal flashed through the room in a low level sound mixed with a glow on the walls.
"It looks like an unwelcome guest just tried to pop in," Harry said before he gestured and caused a large cage to appear in one corner of the room containing a well dressed man.
"Gah," The Man said as he tried to shift to see everyone present in the very tight cage.
"Who are you and why did you try to teleport into my home?" Harry asked.
"Simon Theodus Reginal Marx," Simon said. "I arrived here to be with Paige Matthews who I intend to take as my wife."
Paige snorted and said, "Good luck with that."
"Harry, you can release him. His family is an old ally of our family," Patty said.
Harry gestured and the cage vanished. Simon stumbled as he righted himself.
"Patricia Halliwell…I don't understand. I was told you were dead," Simon said with confusion.
"I got better," Patricia said. "What makes you think you can just waltz in here and approach my daughter like this?"
"Our match was foretold by forty of the most powerful oracles and soothsayers from around the globe plus a wizard or two," Simon said.
"You don't know the first thing about true wizardry boy," Harry told Simon.
"And who are you, Sir?" Simon asked Harry.
"That is my boyfriend who I am very much in love with," Paige said as she stepped closer to Harry and put her arm around his.
"And what qualifies you as a magical match for a half-whitelighter and half-witch of Paige's caliber?" Simon questioned.
"My desire qualifies him as a match," Paige interjected.
"With all due respect desires have no bearing in qualifications," Simon replied.
Harry thought this guy was a bit of a supremacist.
"Imagine the evil we could vanquish as a couple," Simon tried. Paige let out a frustrated growl and orbed away. "That did not go too well. May I teleport out?"
"You can teleport out…just not in," Harry replied.
Simon was then gone.
"At least he provides amusing entertainment," Prue suggested.
"I don't know that entertainment at your sister's expense is a good thing," Patty told her daughter.
"Paige is a big girl. She will survive. Now I have some more errands to run," Piper said before she left.
The rest of the group went about the business of searching for the threat to Christy.
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Christy's Room
"Just stop me if you recognize any of these demons," Cordelia said as she began flipping through images of demons she knew had some measure of telepathy.
The list was quite extensive so the pictures Cordy brought up on her laptop scanned from various records was quite extensive. Billie and Harry were also present in the room.
"They're here," Christy said partway through the process of running through the list.
Magic flared throughout the house as the wards captured the demons and held them in a pocket dimension. Unlike Simon the magic the demons wielded tried fighting back against the house wards.
Harry waved his hand and activated visibility into the pocket dimension the demons were inside. Three demons stood back to back in a triangle with their hands reaching out and touching the barriers of the cage they were in. Black magic flowed from the hands of the demons into the cage. But the wards lashed back and destroyed one demon.
"No," Christy screamed in terror.
Then the bed covering caught fire due to a random outburst of magic from Christy. Harry put out the fire as the demons stopped trying to attack their cage.
"Christy, calm down," Billie said. "They can't hurt you."
Christy calmed down somewhat.
"Do you know who these demons are?" Harry asked Cordelia.
"These guys are just lower level thugs," Cordelia said. "They work as a clan for whoever gives them what they want. They aren't telepathic themselves."
"Did you know you could start fires?" Billie asked her sister.
"No," Christy admitted as tears formed at the corners of her eyes.
"Shh…it's ok," Billie said as she hugged her sister.
Harry and Cordelia left the sisters alone while Billie calmed the emotional Christy down.
"Poor thing," Cordelia said out in the hallway.
"She'll be alright eventually," Harry said. "Any chance you can come up with a list of entities that demonic clan has worked with recently?"
"I know of a few names but I don't know everything that goes on down there," Cordelia admitted.
"Even that will help. Something is better than nothing," Harry said.
Cordelia nodded and kissed her boyfriend before returning to her room. Harry meanwhile turned to stare thoughtfully at the door. Something felt off about Christy. He couldn't pin down what it was. Of course he could probably just read her mind and find out what was going on. But he wasn't about to invade the privacy of his girlfriend's sister like that. Harry could also use some time travel techniques to find out. But something told him not to do it that way.
"What are you hiding," Harry asked himself before going to his study.
Harry sat down at his desk and accessed the latest reports of his financial holdings. His assets had grown considerably since his arrival in his new home universe. Harry was quite happy with the way things were going in his life. He had many beautiful women willing to share their beds with him and many of them either loved him or were on their way to loving him. He was also teaching them how to better protect themselves. He already had one child by one of those women and the second child by another was on the way. All-in-all Harry was very happy.
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"Here you go…one list of all of the employers of the Scather demon clan that I know about," Cordelia said as she handed her boyfriend the list and sat on the corner of his desk.
"Hmm…interesting," Harry said as he noted a few names on the list.
"Anything jump out at you?" Cordelia asked curiously.
"Hmm…shrouded in secrecy the dark side is," Harry said.
"Quoting Yoda…how very fanboy of you, Harry," Cordelia teased with amusement.
Given what Cordelia knew of the Star Wars universe from actually having visited there quite a few times with her first husband the Scooby was highly amused.
"Star Wars is awesome," Harry said. "If I had the Force I would say that my Force senses were telling me that this has something to do with the Triad."
Further discussion was interrupted by Billie's scream.
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Christy's Room
"What happened?" Harry asked as he and Cordelia entered Christy's room and immediately put out Billie's burning jacket.
"Christy set my jacket on fire and went kind of crazy. She started muttering something about demons being here and being the key to some kind of ultimate power. Her entire demeanor just changed. Then she set me on fire and hopped out the window," Billie explained.
"What were you guys doing?" Cordy asked.
"I was just trying to teach her to control her fire power," Billie explained.
"Something funky is going on here," Harry said. "Another telepath could have been programming Christy for years. Or they could have reached out and taken control of her."
Phoebe and Prue had entered the room during the discussion.
"It wouldn't have even had to have been a telepath," Phoebe suggested. "They had her from such a young enough age that Christy could have received conditioning or programming that has nothing to do with magic. You've heard of Stockholm Syndrome right?"
"Yeah…the one where kidnap victims fall in love with their kidnappers," Billie said.
"Well Christy needs some serious therapy. You can't really trust anything she has said or says until she has that therapy," Phoebe suggested.
Billie's first reaction was to lash out at such a suggestion about not trusting her sister. But the more she thought about it the more worried she grew. Harry had been teaching her many things like he taught all of his girlfriends. He had also taken her on dates all over the world. Her eyes were opening to the real threats that existed in the world.
"Alright…I think I agree," Billie said. "How did the demons get her?"
"She must have run outside the wards," Harry replied. "There's something else you ladies need to know," He said as he exchanged a significant look with Cordy.
"What is that?" Phoebe prompted after having felt the emotions running through Harry and Cordelia while they exchanged the look.
"This threat we are all facing…I think it may involve the Triad," Harry suggested.
"But they were vanquished," Prue pointed out.
"I have heard rumors that they were vanquished many times before but that they regenerate somehow," Cordelia said.
"This isn't good," Phoebe said. "We need to see if we can try to confirm these rumors."
"What do we do about Christy?" Billie asked.
"I will see what I can do about tracking her down," Harry promised.
From there the group discussed various ideas for their current issues and then broke up to go about their tasks.
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As it turned out Christy made finding her easy.
"Christy is contacting me telepathically," Billie told Harry as she walked into his study. "She wants me to reverse the To-Call-A-Lost-Witch spell to bring me to her."
"Or I can just track her location using the telepathic connection she established to you," Harry suggested.
"That works. She wants me to come alone," Billie said.
"Yeah…that so isn't happening. I'll go with you invisibly," Harry said as he stood and walked up to his girlfriend. Harry took hold of Billie's hand. He became invisible to everyone but her before closing his eyes and telepathically entering her mind. It didn't take him long to find the connection to Christy and follow it. "Here we go."
Harry and Billie vanished from his study and reappeared moments later inside a dark cavern in the underworld. Christy walked out of the shadows looking dazed and definitely not in control of herself. Moments later a black Scather demon with the pendant Christy had worn during her captivity came into view behind Christy.
"Your sister is lost to you," Breabus, the Head Scather demon, said. "Leave her with us."
"You are full of shit," Billie said as she tossed her knife at the Scather demon. Christy raised her hand and deflected the knife mid-flight with a burst of fire. Christy made a fireball blossom and sent it at Billie. Billie sidestepped the fire. More Scather demons began to step out of the shadows. "Christy, snap out of it," Billie called.
Just then Chris, Bianca, Piper, Paige, Prue, Patty, and Phoebe orbed into the cavern. There was a moment of stunned silence and then all hell broke loose. Demons were dying left and right at the hands of the Halliwell family. Harry snuck up on Christy from behind and wrapped her in a bear hug while putting her to sleep. She slumped in his arms. The demons were decimated within seconds.
"You didn't think we would miss out on the fun did you?" Patty asked.
"I guess not," Harry said.
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Christy's Room
"How are you feeling?" Billie asked her sister as she entered Christy's room.
"Crummy," Christy responded. "I'm sorry I attacked you. They so easily took control."
"It's alright…I know it wasn't your fault. I think you need to see a psychiatrist that is in the know about magic," Billie suggested.
Christy looked hesitant but couldn't think of a good reason to object without it looking bad for her.
"I can try…just give me some time," Christy said.
"Alright…but not long," Billie said. "You need help from what those demons did to you."
Billie left the rest unsaid. Billie was no longer so convinced Christy was as calm as Christy portrayed. She would wait to see what the psychiatrist thought. Billie sat down on the bed and the sisters talked.
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February 26th 2006
Harry entered Billie's bedroom in his house and stopped short. Christy stood before a full length mirror wearing a set of pink silk undergarments that showed plenty of skin. Billie stood to Christy's left and Phoebe to Christy's right.
"Oops…I'm sorry," Harry said before turning to go.
"No," Christy said. "Stay please. We could use your opinion on the clothes I'm trying on."
Phoebe was on the phone with Piper. Piper was back at the manor preparing for the party the sisters were throwing. The party was just a friendly get together they had decided to throw just because they could and would include close family and friends.
"I like the clothes very much," Harry said with a tone that suggested he liked more than just the clothes.
Harry walked over to sit on the bed and noticed that Christy was standing quite unsteadily on the high heels the other ladies had her in. When Christy was handed a dress to slip on and she tried putting it over her head Harry stepped up and held it up for her.
"Thank you," Christy said as she managed to slip the dress on. "Ahh," She said as she toppled forward.
Harry caught her and she looked up at him with grateful eyes. He didn't let go and she didn't draw back. Harry felt a magnetic draw to Christy. She felt the same. Christy jumped as magic that looked like lightning jumped between Harry's finger-tips and her body.
"Down boy," Phoebe joked. "Someone needs to work off some tension."
Harry drew back somewhat as Christy stood upright again.
"Sorry," Harry said.
"I didn't mind…not at all," Christy said.
"It's time to try out your new skills at lunch," Billie said to her sister. "We're going to a café," Billie added for her boyfriend. "You should join us."
"I would be delighted to," Harry agreed.
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Harry saw that Phoebe and Billie were mortified as Christy chowed down on her chicken using her hands. Harry cast a Notice-Me-Not charm on their table so that the other patrons ignored Christy's actions.
"Thank you," Billie said.
"Christy dear…you need to learn to eat with your utensils. See…watch us," Phoebe urged as she demonstrated.
Christy slowly lowered the chicken to the plate. Billie reached over with a napkin and cleaned her sister's face off.
"It's ok," Billie assured Christy. "You haven't had to use these skills in a long time. We don't blame you. You'll get it."
The encouragement Christy received seemed to help. She followed Phoebe's example and began using fork and knife to slowly consume her meal. Harry was sitting on Christy's other side. He felt the buildup of magic that would have seen her dinner catch fire. He reached out and laid his hand on her knee. He reached out with his magic and suppressed hers. Christy immediately became soaked at the intensity of the intimacy felt with his touch both physical and magical. She put her hand on his and squeezed. She left it there throughout the meal and gradually drew his hand up her thigh. Harry found the meal very engaging. His interest was definitely aroused. The game he and Christy were playing out of sight of Billie and Phoebe had both of them hot and bothered by the end of the meal but they both enjoyed it. Christy didn't really know what she was doing…but she knew what felt good. So she just went with that.
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Halliwell Manor
"Next we clink," Billie instructed as she brought her glass gently against Christy's wine glass.
"Why do we clink?" Christy asked.
"I don't know…it's tradition," Billie replied.
"There are several theories about the reason. One theory is that a guest would pour a small amount of the drink into their host's cup through the sloshing that comes with clinking and the host would drink to prove a lack of poison. Another theory is that the sound drives off evil spirits. No one is sure of the exact reason," Harry explained.
"Huh…fascinating," Billie said. "You know a lot of stuff."
Christy nodded her agreement with her sister's statement.
"It happens when you get older," Harry said with a teasing tone.
Billie stuck her tongue out at her boyfriend playfully.
"Now we drink," Billie said. "Sip it lightly." But Christy had already spilled it down her front. Harry conjured a napkin and helped Christy wipe it up. "That was my fault. I should have explained to sip first and told you what sip meant."
"You are learning how to be a teacher. It will take you time too," Harry told Billie.
"Maybe you could take over teaching for a while," Billie suggested hopefully.
"Sure," Harry agreed as Christy wandered over and began examining utensils.
"What does this do?" Christy asked as she played with the wine bottle opener and as the doorbell rang.
Piper went to answer the door as Harry patiently explained.
"That is to remove the cork from a wine bottle. It's called a wine bottle opener," Harry answered while Billie snorted. "Something funny, love?" Harry inquired.
"Oh it's nothing…I just thought about the expression of someone needing their cork popped," Billie said.
"What does that mean?" Christy asked.
Harry looked at Billie with one raised eyebrow.
"That's right…we haven't had the talk about sex. Harry…could you put up a sound barrier spell around us?" Billie asked.
"Sure," Harry agreed.
Harry put up the spell and Billie went about educating her sister. Harry was distracted a moment later by the sound of fighting from out front. He raced out front only to be forced to catch a fireball. Piper had dealt with one of the two demons present wearing police uniforms. The second cowering demon faded away.
"That was strange," Piper said. "That demon which just escaped shouted 'The Triad's back! Beware.' He was warning me beforehand."
"So other demons want the Charmed Ones to deal with the Triad," Harry said. "It makes sense in a way. That gives us confirmation that this big threat may be the returned Triad."
"Yeah…but Freyja already confirmed the rumors Cordelia had heard that the Triad can come back from vanquishing," Piper pointed out. "Why didn't Billie and Christy come running?"
"True. But it's nice to have another source of confirmation. Christy is being given The Talk under a sound barrier spell," Harry explained.
"Oh…gotcha," Piper said.
Paige came rushing down the stairs half-dressed.
"Are you guys ok?" Paige asked.
"Yes," Piper said. "You can go back to the bathroom. Sorry you were interrupted."
"I'm beginning to think Phoebe has the right of it living under wards," Paige grumbled.
Harry had discovered long ago that the Nexus energy interfered with some of the heavier wards he could put up. But his house was far enough away and had him living in it to enhance the wards so that he could enjoy the benefits of wards along with anyone who lived with him.
"At least life is never boring," Piper said.
"I'll clean this up," Harry said referring to the fireball damage.
"You're the best," Piper replied while kissing him on the way back to party preparations.
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"It's funny…one of my few memories when we were younger was of me putting makeup on you," Christy told her sister as Billie applied makeup to Christy's face.
"That is funny," Billie agreed. "I know you lived in a cave and all but it did wonders for your complexion. You are a total babe."
"She's right…you are a knockout," Phoebe agreed as she entered with a necklace which she put around Christy's neck. "Harry made this for you."
"Thank you and him," Christy said as she touched the gem hanging in the center of the necklace.
"Can you try this dress on?" Billie asked Christy while holding out a dress.
"Yes," Christy agreed as she took the dress and then went into the bedroom's bathroom.
The moment the door was closed in the bathroom a crashing sound was heard. Phoebe and Billie came rushing into the bathroom. They saw a demon which was dressed in the uniform of a Triad member holding Christy before it sank down through the floor.
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Halliwell Manor, the Living Room
"You are sure it was a Triad member?" Piper clarified after Phoebe and Billie had finished recounting what had just happened.
"He was wearing the outfit," Phoebe answered.
"Well I have good news and bad news," Harry said.
"What is the good news?" Billie asked.
"The good news is that the necklace I just gave Christy has enchantments in it that will protect her and tell me her health status," Harry explained.
"And the bad news?" Paige prompted.
"The enchantment needed to punch through tracking masker spells wouldn't fit on the gem stone I used for the necklace with the protective and health enchantments already there. So they must be using moderately strong masking spells to hide her location because I'm not picking her up," Harry said.
"Are you sure those enchantments could protect her? The Triad is pretty powerful," Phoebe pointed out.
"Oh yes…that is why the tracker wouldn't fit. She'll be protected. Right now she's just unconscious. Unfortunately I have to activate the protection feature remotely which I have already done. It's just the nature of the enchantment that would fit in that gem," Harry explained.
"Well thank you for doing as much as you have," Billie said.
"If someone is trying to manipulate us into taking out the Triad…this could be a ploy," Prue suggested.
"But that demon demonstrated the same teleportation as a Triad member," Phoebe replied.
"I remember hearing about a member of the Triad that was ousted and replaced with one of the current members. I think his name was Xar," Cordelia said. "He would have that same teleportation ability."
"It would make sense that this Xar would want the Triad destroyed if he was ousted," Prue mused.
"Do you know where Xar has his lair?" Paige questioned.
"No. Being ousted from a group like the Triad tends to come with a vanquishing attached. He must be in hiding if he has lasted this long," Cordelia replied. "But the forces of the Triad have taken over the false magic school."
"They may not know where he is but they might have some good leads," Piper added.
"Ok…it looks like we need to gear up for the Triad. Time to go make some uber-vanquishing potions," Paige said.
The group broke up to go prepare.
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"Christy," Billie shouted joyously.
Harry and the others came running. Christy looked severely disheveled but it was definitely her when Harry and the sisters reached the attic.
"What happened?" Piper asked.
"I have periodically been trying the To Call a Lost Witch spell," Billie explained.
"I was in a cage but then managed to get out of it," Christy explained. "Then I was here."
"Did they say what they wanted?" Paige asked.
"I don't know," Christy replied. "I didn't hear what they said."
"Ok…well we still need to go after the Triad," Piper said.
"So back to preparing then," Phoebe said from where she was brewing potions in an isolated section of the attic.
The group split up again. Harry was with multiple women through his ability to be in multiple places at once.
"What are you thinking about?" Harry asked Phoebe as he watched her brew while occasionally helping.
"I was thinking I wish we knew how Cole vanquished the Triad the first time," Phoebe explained.
"Cole had the power of the Source. There wasn't much technique involved. But they have the same weakness you used to have…take out one of you and the collective is weakened," Harry pointed out.
"I guess that was a weakness for us past tense," Phoebe agreed. "With you around not so much. If one of us was killed now would you go retrieve us out of heaven?"
"Yes. But I could simply prevent you from getting killed in the first place," Harry said.
"Yes…there is that too," Phoebe mused. "Well I think these potions are done. Now it is just a matter of bottling them up and I think we are ready to go." As she was bottling the potions Phoebe said, "You know…I'm really glad you came into my life. If not for you then Cole would have been my longest relationship ever. And that would simply be tragic."
Harry drew Phoebe into a kiss reveling in the feeling of her love and her body pressed against his.
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Outside of Halliwell Manor
Christy shivered as the Triad left her. For the first time she felt bad about a discussion she had with those that had raised her from girlhood. Christy had been taught to prepare for a mission. That mission was to reunite with Billie magically and use their combined power, the ultimate power, to vanquish the Charmed Ones. Christy had been told that the Charmed Ones were going to lead magic astray. But now Christy wasn't so sure. The Charmed Ones had treated her so well. And then there was Harry. Ever since Billie had had the conversation with Christy about what men and women did with each other naked Christy hadn't been able to stop thinking about him for very long. Christy may have wanted to unite with her sister magically…but now she wanted to unite with Harry physically.
"What do I do?" Christy asked herself. Cordelia was invisibly watching the struggles Christy was going through. Cordelia decided to give Christy a little help and sent a silent command to her replicat. The replicat faded into sight lying on the ground in front of Christy. "What…what are you?" Christy asked while taking a step back.
"I'm a friend," Prometheus replied. "You just asked what you should do. Perhaps you should learn to question. Ask yourself…what makes the Triad in the right here and the Charmed Ones in the bad?"
Christy thought about what the large cat had said to her. She didn't have a good answer. But she continued to think.
"Christy," Billie called from the house.
Christy glanced back to the house and when she returned her gaze to the large cat it was gone. Christy was perplexed as she re-entered the house but was resolved to think about what the cat had said.
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False Magic School
Harry and the sisters teleported into a room of the false magic school where the Triad wasn't at and then walked under invisibility to the Triad's location. The three Triad members were doing some magic in the air above their heads.
Per the plan, Prue went behind one of the Triad members. When she was in place Prue sent out a focused blast of telekinetic energy. At the same time Paige combined power with her eldest sister and helped propel the Triad member towards the group of visible sisters. The other two Triad members shuffled to the side to get a better angle on the visible sisters and began hurling Source-level fireballs at the sisters. The sisters had seemingly become visible after the Triad member had been singled out. But in truth the visible sisters were simply illusions.
The illusions shuffled to the side behind the down Triad member. But the sisters were using another illusion to mask the location of the downed Triad member.
"No," The two remaining Triad members shouted when they realized they had killed one of their own.
Piper began focusing her blasting powers on one of the remaining Triad members and Phoebe's knife came out through his back. At the same time Prue and Paige began tossing around the other remaining member. The Triad member Prue and Paige were working on, Candor, saw his comrade die messy and managed to teleport out of danger but not without severe injury.
"I can't believe they fell for that," Phoebe said.
"It wasn't a simple illusion," Piper pointed out.
"There is still one more to go. We can get him later," Paige pointed out.
"Let's go home," Prue suggested.
The group left.
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Halliwell Manor
"How did it go?" Billie asked.
"We got two of the three Triad members," Piper answered.
"Good…then this little party we are having will be a true celebration," Billie declared with a grin.
"Excuse me," Christy whispered. "I need to use the restroom."
Christy left and went upstairs. As soon as she was in the bathroom with the door locked Candor materialized out of the floor.
"It did not go as planned," Candor said. "But hopefully they will believe we were the great threat they were warned about."
"But Asmodeus and Baliel have been vanquished," Christy pointed out.
"That does not matter. They will regenerate. All that matters is that you reunite with the ultimate power. We have trained you well. I just did not realize the Charmed Ones could be that brutal and vicious," Candor said.
"It's Harry's influence. He is always training them," Christy replied. "I thought your power would make up for it."
"Power helps but they employed far superior tactics than we were prepared for," Candor replied.
"He has power and amazing tactics," Christy pointed out.
"You may need to seduce him," Candor suggested.
"I…I can try," Christy said while inside thinking that Harry was far more likely to sway her to his viewpoint than she was to sway him to hers.
"Keep your eye on the target," Candor said before he left the same way he had entered.
Christy leaned against the door thinking how much harder her task had just become. The Charmed Ones had just defeated the Triad!
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Home of Chris and Bianca, Chris' Study
"What is Christy's fate?" Harry asked.
Chris jumped in surprise looking up from the book he had been reading.
"Harry…don't startle a guy like that," Chris said. "You'll give me a heart attack."
"Sorry," Harry said as he sat down in a chair across from Chris. "It's just…I know you know something about Christy's fate. I see the way you tense up whenever she is mentioned."
"I didn't think I was so obvious," Chris said with a sigh.
"Only to me," Harry replied. "Is she dead in the time period you came from?"
"Yes," Chris answered. "She didn't die well either."
"She was allied with the Triad then. Or rather she still is," Harry surmised.
"It figures you could figure it out so quickly. But Harry…you've changed so much already. That doesn't have to be her fate," Chris said. "I really hope it isn't. Billie helped raise me. She was always so gutted about her sister's death."
"I agree. It doesn't have to be her fate. I will see what I can do," Harry said.
And then Harry was gone just as suddenly as he came.
"That guy is spooky sneaky," Chris told himself.
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April 16th 2006
"I swear it's like she is trying to kill me," Christy lamented. "It's like death by dinner."
"Then leave," Candor said. "And take your sister with you."
"It's not that simple," Christy replied. "I have to draw Billie out without her knowing it."
"Or letting yourself be drawn in," Candor added. "I know what seems to draw in all the women in that place."
"Harry is not part of this discussion," Christy said.
"Well maybe he should be," Candor replied.
Any further conversation was interrupted by the sound of pained screaming coming from elsewhere in the false magic school. Christy hadn't yet been let in on the secret that this magic school was false and being monitored by Cordelia and Harry. Christy and Candor went to investigate the screams.
"How's it feel witch," Rondok the demon demanded as he stepped back from a man lying on the floor in the fetal position.
"What is going on here?" Candor asked as he and Christy walked into the room. "No other demon is to be here."
"Back off old man," Rondok snarled.
Candor gestured with his hand and sent Rondok against the wall where the demon was pinned.
"I am Candor, a Triad. And I will not be disparaged by the likes of you," Candor said as he squeezed his fist and caused Rondok to grown in agony and drop the torture stick he had been using.
Rondok's victim Ryan got up and ran.
"Stop him," Rondok demanded.
Pator, another demon with Rondok, made to run after Ryan.
"Let him go," Candor ordered. "We are trying to change the world here. Your witch is nothing compared to that."
"That witch and others like him in a classroom spent a year torturing Pator and I. We deserve our revenge," Rondok snarled.
"And you shall have it," Candor said. "But you won't have it here and now." Candor gestured at both demons and sent them out of the false magic school. "Now then…let's return to our discussion of your sister."
Christy rolled her eyes and endured Candor's lecturing for a while yet before leaving to return to Harry's home.
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Harry's Study
"It's just so frustrating," Billie declared vehemently. "I mean I don't understand why Christy won't see them. Mom is heartbroken and I can see dad is devastated too although he hides it better. I don't know what to do."
Christy didn't want to see her parents. Harry knew deep down it was because she was afraid that if anyone could derail her from her mission it would be her parents. But Harry hadn't told Billie yet that her sister was working with the Triad.
"I just think she is working through something. Your parents can come and go from here anytime they want with my ability to teleport them back and forth," Harry suggested.
"She says she just feels like they abandoned her. She admits it is irrational but can't help feeling it," Billie explained.
"Well give her some more time and then maybe we can throw them in a room together and make your parents fireproof," Harry suggested.
"That could work," Billie said with a smirk as she came over and plopped down in Harry's lap. "Thank you for letting me rant."
Billie gave Harry a peck on the lips.
"That is what boyfriends are for," Harry suggested.
"You are a very good boyfriend then," Billie replied.
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Halliwell Manor
When the doorbell rang Piper was the one to answer the door.
"We need to see Leo fast," Ryan said as his girlfriend Jen helped support his weight while bringing him into the house.
"We are students of his from magic school," Jen added. "Demons are hunting us and we couldn't make it to Leo through the usual channels. We happen to live fairly close by here," She explained.
Harry came over to Ryan and helped take some of Ryan's weight. Immediately Ryan felt the pain drop down to a barely felt level.
"Did you just heal me?" Ryan asked as he was led into the sitting room.
"No…I just numbed the pain. You've definitely got some broken ribs. Tell us what happened," Harry requested.
Christy recognized Ryan as the witch who had been getting tortured by Rondok and Pator earlier during her meeting with Candor.
"I was captured by two Noxen demons named Rondok and Pator," Ryan explained. "They tortured me."
"Do you know why you were targeted?" Billie questioned.
"Leo trapped the Noxen in magic school so he could use them for our advanced combat class. Other demons did something to make them invulnerable. Leo wanted them so badly so that we could practice vanquishing them without them actually being sent to the wasteland," Jen explained as Harry healed her boyfriend.
"Right…so unvanquishable demons," Piper said. "Leo," Piper called.
Leo appeared a few moments later and spotted his students immediately.
"Jen, Ryan, I was just looking for you," Leo said. "Something happened in the False Magic School that destroyed the cage holding the two Noxen demons Rondok and Pator."
"A little behind the times Leo," Harry said as he stood from healing Ryan. "The Noxen demons kidnapped and tortured Ryan. I'll have to study this anomaly that destroyed your cage. The False Magic School is interacting with foreign powers I have never encountered before. So there are bound to be a few glitches. Is anyone dead?"
"No…I managed to get to all of the students in time except these two. The Noxen must have gone after you first," Leo said. During the conversation Billie had noticed her sister had slipped off to the kitchen. Billie followed and then Harry noticed the sisters leaving the manor. He got a text asking him to bring the Jenkins to Harry's house. Christy was finally ready to meet them. Another version of Harry did so while his current version remained behind to be involved with the situation involving the Noxen demons. "You should stay here. This group can best protect you while I work on trying to track the Noxen and trap them again," Leo told his students.
"I'll repair the issue with the cage if you will show me," Harry told Leo.
Leo nodded his agreement to that idea and a version of Harry left with Leo. Moments after the two men disappeared Rondok and Pator shimmered into the room. Piper immediately opened up with a set of blasting spells to the face for both demons which knocked them back into the wall. She followed up with two freezing spells. In a practiced movement Piper drew two potions vials from her enchanted pocket and threw them at the demons.
Rondok and Pator both screamed. Fiery cracks began to appear on their bodies. They thrashed and shook. Their mouths grew impossibly wide.
"It isn't working," Ryan called over the screaming.
Indeed, the fiery lines were growing back together. Piper had two more potions vials at the ready but the demons managed to shimmer out in a retreat.
"Well that was eventful," Piper said. "I think we might have to try something different with those two."
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Christy was perplexed on what course of action to take in her current situation. She had recently reunited with her parents. She found feelings she had never known before were emerging. She could feel the love her parents had held for her. It was a palpable thing. Normally when Christy needed advice she would turn to the same source for as long as she could remember…the Triad. But now the Triad was vanquished with the exception of Candor. And Candor had just made a really credible threat to her parents if Christy continued and didn't pull back. Christy had gotten so angry she had tried burning Candor and sending him to the wasteland. But she wasn't strong enough. She suspected she knew somebody that was. He had told her he would come if she ever called him.
"Harry," Christy called from the park where her parents had left her upon her request.
One moment the secluded walkway in the park held just her. The next moment Harry was beside her.
"You called my Lady?" Harry asked.
"I'm no lady," Christy said. "A lady hasn't done the things I have."
"Christy, I know what you have gone through in your life. I won't judge you," Harry said.
"You wouldn't say that if you knew what I have been up to…even after I have been back with your family," Christy replied while looking at the ground.
Harry reached out and took Christy's hand.
"Christy…all of us have made mistakes. All of us try to be better. Let me help you be better. Would it help you if I told you I already know what this is about?" Harry questioned.
"You do?" Christy asked in surprise. "You haven't told the sisters or Billie have you?"
"No. I figure they will find out soon enough. I put protections on all of my girlfriends and those they care about as immediate family. My protections picked up what is going on," Harry said.
Christy was relieved to hear of these protections. That meant her parents were likely safe.
"Thank you for not telling them. I couldn't stand Billie's disappointment," Christy said. "The Triad told me she was brainwashed. But really I think maybe that was what they were doing to me."
"Yes," Harry confirmed. Harry hadn't let go of Christy's hand but she certainly didn't seem to mind. "What made you see the truth?"
"I felt how much my parents loved me. Though I think you and Billie are the ones who have made me able to sense such love," Christy admitted.
She looked up at Harry shyly and requested, "Harry, before everything goes to hell literally…could you do something for me?"
"Name it," Harry prompted.
She turned more fully to him and stepped closer.
"Could you kiss me and show me what it feels like?" Christy asked.
Harry drew Christy in and bent down to give her a kiss which was heated enough to make her moan in delight.
"How was that?" Harry asked.
"Mmm…I think one isn't enough for experience," Christy said with her hand on the back of his head while drawing him down for another lip-lock.
It was quite some time before a rather mussed Harry and Christy left the park. Christy definitely felt better than when she had arrived at the park. She felt less stress. Now she wasn't lying to everyone. Harry had given her the confidence to face the lies she had been trained to carry out.
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Cordelia watched as the demons Rondok and Pator materialized inside the Jenkins home. Harry had said that the Jenkins had cloaked probes watching them but Prometheus had informed her she would want to be here for this.
"Demons," Helen screamed in alarm.
"That won't do you any good," Pator said as he summoned a fireball.
"You shall not harm the Jenkins," Dobby said as he appeared and gestured at the two demons.
The demons froze.
"Thank you Dobby," Carl said with relief as Dobby snapped his fingers and caused the demons to vanish.
Carl and Helen had met the little house elf on a previous occasion while visiting Billie and her boyfriend.
"Why did they attack us?" Helen asked.
"Because a nasty powerful demon wants Christy to become angry enough to tap into more power," Dobby answered. "I be seeing you, demon," Dobby said, slipping into old house-elf speech mannerisms in his excitement at spotting the Triad.
Candor had been preparing to kill the Jenkins from beneath the concealment spell he had obtained from a witch that owed him a favor. Candor had not anticipated the small being appearing and rendering Rondok and Pator useless with so little effort. The little creature the Jenkins had called Dobby gestured towards Candor and the Triad felt his concealment spell vanish.
"What are you?" Condor asked.
"Your worst nightmare," Dobby said as a small silver cylinder materialized in his hand and he flicked the activation stud.
A brilliant blue shaft rose out of the cylinder with a snap-hiss sound. The hum of power in the air was palpable as the Jenkins gawked at the light-saber. Meanwhile Cordelia was openly belly-laughing at the antics of the house elf.
Dobby had been watching a lot of Star Wars apparently because he did a perfect impersonation of Yoda facing off against Count Dooku. Dobby flipped through the air and struck out at Candor. The Triad barely managed to dodge in time to avoid the first strike. The second strike took off Candor's arm. Candor made to flee through the floor but Dobby was faster. With a lunge, Dobby drove the light-saber through Candor's chest. Candor howled in agony and died messy. He exploded as all demons do when vanquished. Dobby put away the light-saber and turned to face the Jenkins.
"Dobby…what just happened?" Helen asked.
"Dobby took out the trash," Dobby said. "That was one of the demons that has been keeping Christy all of these years. They were a trio called the Triad. The Charmed Ones took care of the other two."
"We don't know what to say. Thank you doesn't seem good enough," Carl said after exchanging a glance with his wife.
"No thanks are necessary. We are always looking out for family," Dobby said before vanishing.
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Magic School
"They just reappeared in the repaired cage with no note," Leo said to Harry as he stared at the cage where Rondok and Pator were raging against the silenced enclosure. "Do you know anything about it?"
"One of my retainers had to intervene. They went too far," Harry said. "You're welcome."
"Thank you," Leo said. "I was just wondering what happened."
"No problem," Harry replied before leaving.
"I wonder what happened," Leo said to himself before going back to managing Magic School.
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Halliwell Manor
"It looks like we might have to give Dobby a new name," Billie said as she sat down to dinner with the family.
"What is that?" Patty asked.
It was a recent tradition where the entire family liked to get together every couple of weeks for dinner. Even if there was a demon fight going on they liked to do it. Harry had announced he would do his best to deal with any demon issues during meals.
"Yoda," Billie explained as she sat next to Christy. "I just got off the phone with my mom. Two unvanquishable demons and a Triad member paid them a visit," Billie said as Dobby floated food dishes onto the table.
"Are they alright?" Christy asked in alarm.
"Oh yeah…Dobby has a light-saber. He used it. Candor, the last Triad member on the loose is no longer flesh-and-blood," Billie explained.
Everyone looked at Dobby and then Harry questioningly.
"I told you I would keep your parents safe," Harry said to Christy and Billie. "And I said I wouldn't let anything interrupt the family dinners."
"That you did," Piper said.
"We have the best boyfriend," Prue declared which earned much agreement.
Left unsaid was that the Triad would probably still regenerate at some point. But that particular issue was a problem for another day.
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Rev 0 Posted 11/26/2016
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