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Post by AuroraNightstar on Aug 13, 2005 23:06:12 GMT -5
CHARMED “THE FAMILY CURSE”
FADE IN:
NARRATOR ROSE MCGOWAN(V.O.) Previously on Charmed ...
[Scene from 7X16: SEVEN YEAR WITCH] INT. MANOR - LIVING ROOM - DAY
PHOEBE Maybe it's time we face the fact that, you know, perhaps we're not meant to find love.
PAIGE That is ridiculous!
PHOEBE Okay, think about it. How many Halliwell women have actually been able to hold onto their men?
[Scene from 3X15: JUST HARRIED] INT. MANOR – BASEMENT - DAY
PIPER The Halliwells -- we are blessed as witches and we are cursed as women. Sometimes I think we're all destined to end up alone.
[Scene from 5X21: NECROMANCY AND THE STONE] INT. LIVING ROOM – DAY
PHOEBE So we're supposed to give up on trying to find love just because we might get hurt?
GRAMS Oh, no. You will get hurt. That's part of our legacy, too, unfortunately.
[Scene from 6X10: CHRIS CROSSED] INT. P3 APARTMENT - DAY
(CHRIS reaches into his pocket.)
CHRIS Doesn’t matter. (He tosses the engagement ring on the coffee table between them.) There's nothing left in the future anymore anyway.
(BIANCA stares at the ring, hurt more than anything by that simple action.)
[Scene from 1X09: THE WITCH IS BACK] INT. JAIL - SALEM, MASSACHUSETTS, 1692 – NIGHT
MELINDA So you've never loved me? All the passion, all the heat?
MATTHEW I had to make you trust me. It was the only way to share your powers.
OPENING CREDITS
INT. - CONSERVATORY - DAY
(PHOEBE and BILLIE are sitting on the couch. PHOEBE uses the remote control and the TV turns off.)
PHOEBE Where does he get all these freaks? Can you believe that woman rambling on and on about how her whole family was cursed? Curses don’t really work like that!
BILLIE Actually sometimes they do. A curse can be about anything. Money, love, anything.
PHOEBE How the hell could a love curse effect the entire family? If you couldn’t succeed in love, there would me no children.
BILLIE (Laughs) Right, and sex is always about love.
PHOEBE (Smiles) Well, no, not always!
BILLIE Actually a love curse almost has a mind of its own. It will let you succeed in love just long enough to produce an heir to the curse. After that you can go through marriage after marriage…
PHOEBE (Laughing) Like Grams; she was married four times.
BILLIE Right, but if it was an actual curse, it wouldn’t be just her. It would be the entire family filled with love gone wrong. Bad marriages, betrayal, even death.
PHOEBE But it is the whole family!
BILLIE Nah, your family isn’t cursed. Just look at Leo and Piper.
INT. PIPER’S BEDROOM – DAY
PIPER Leo, do you ever think before you open your mouth?
LEO I was just making small talk.
PIPER Make small talk about our anniversary, our kids, not about your experiences back in World War II.
LEO They don’t know which war I meant.
PIPER Oh, right! Mentioning that Germans usually respected the Red Cross badge is a sure tip-off!
LEO Fine, next time I won’t say anything at all. With all the weirdness in our lives you should know better then to invite the neighbors over, anyway.
PIPER (infuriated) Well, excuse me for trying to have a normal life.
(WYATT begins to get fussy. LEO walks over to WYATT.)
PIPER Don’t you dare walk out on me in the middle of an argument!
LEO (Picks up WYATT and then turns back toward PIPER) I am not. I am just taking care of Wyatt.
PIPER You leave him out of it!
LEO Piper, you have to calm down.
PIPER I am calm!
(Raises her hands. WYATT blows up taking Leo’s hand with it. WYATT orbs out. LEO calls out in pain. PIPER gasps.)
PIPER (A few tears roll down her cheek.) Oh, god, no! I am so sorry.
(WYATT orbs back in; his hand is fine. LEO grimaces, clenching his wrist. WYATT heals LEO, restoring his hand.)
PIPER Oh, baby, it's ok!
(PIPER takes a few steps toward WYATT. WYATT puts up his force field protecting LEO and himself.)
EXTREME CLOSEUP – PIPER devastated.
(PAIGE, PHOEBE, and BILLIE race in and look in the room.)
LEO You need a serious time-out!
BILLIE (Laughs) Ok, so maybe I am wrong and you really are cursed.
(EVERYONE looks at HER strangely.)
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Post by AuroraNightstar on Aug 29, 2005 5:51:50 GMT -5
INT. ATTIC – DAY
(PIPER and PHOEBE are flipping through the Book of Shadows.)
PAIGE I am telling you, there is nothing like that in the Book. I have been through the whole thing from cover to cover. Remember, I once even had everything color-coded.
(PIPER rolls her eyes at PAIGE.)
PIPER Yeah, I remember you defacing the book.
PAIGE The point is, it isn’t in there.
(PHOEBE turns the page)
PHOEBE You were saying?
PAIGE How did that get in there?
PHOEBE Mom!
PIPER Doesn’t look like Mom’s handwriting. Doesn’t look like Grams' either.
PHOEBE Who cares who wrote it? It's here! (reads) The practitioner Ruth cursed Melinda Warren and her entire line on Melinda's 16th birthday. The Curse prevented Melinda and all of her descendants from ever being able to hold on to true love. The Curse started with her and will end only with the last of the Warren line.
PIPER Oh, no!
PHOEBE There is a spell to reverse the curse.
PIPER What are we waiting for? Let's cast it!
PHOEBE (still reading) It requires blood from the one who originally cast it. Ruth was burned at the stake a few centuries ago! (looking up) Wow! Whoever put this here really thought it through. There is even a spell to go back in time! We even get to keep our powers! And look! There's a symbol down at the bottom of the page -- B & C inside a heart -- I wonder what that stands for?
PIPER Who cares? Let's just cast it.
PIPER Billie, could you possibly stay here and watch the children till we get back?
(BILLIE nods)
LEO Now remember, don’t change anything. Just get the blood you need for the potion and hurry right back, ok?
PIPER (Not really listening) Yeah, yeah, we got it. We know what we are doing.
LEO Just be careful.
PIPER We will! Stop worrying!
LEO Piper!!
PIPER What is the worst that could happen?
LEO I am not sure I want to know.
PHOEBE (Smiling) Me, neither.
(PAIGE draws a triquetra on the wall and backs away.)
PAIGE, PIPER and PHOEBE (chanting) Now turn back the hours But let us keep our powers Take us back to Richmond soon In October, 1624, just before noon.
(The triquetra transforms into a portal. The CHARMED ONES walk through it.)
BILLIE Leo, you can handle watching the kids, right?
(Before LEO can answer, SHE, too, walks through the portal.)
LEO (deep sigh) Good luck!
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Post by Assassin Witch on Sept 4, 2005 15:54:29 GMT -5
Wow. Story looks good so far. Cursed, that explains a LOT. Guess we'll have to see what happens next, and how they can break it. Hopefully Leo won't get blown up anymore. And Wyatt! *winces.*
B & C inside a heart
Hmm...*crosses fingers* I hope it's who I think it is.
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Post by AuroraNightstar on Sept 4, 2005 22:43:46 GMT -5
Thank you very much for replying Assassin Witch. I didn't think anyone was reading this. So, just for you:
EXT. WOODS - DAY
(A portal opens and the SISTERS and BILLIE step through.)
PIPER (angry) What are you doing here? You said you'd watch the kids.
BILLIE Leo can watch your kids. I'm here to help. C'mon.
(All three CHARMED ONES roll their eyes at BILLIE, but follow her to the edge of the woods, where THEY see PEOPLE dressed in 1620’s outfits, gathering and preparing for a bazaar.)
PHOEBE Uh, guys, aren’t we going to be a bit conspicuous?
PIPER (Moaning) Oh, no! We forgot to change into 17th century clothes first!
PAIGE (Grinning) Well, I can! (as SHE passes her hand over her outfit, it turns into the appropriate one.)
PIPER Good job. Now since you’re dressed properly and Ruth has never seen you, why don’t you go wander around and see if you can hear anything about where Ruth is?
(PAIGE nods and exits through the woods into the square, off-screen)
BILLIE Why don’t we just go right in?
PIPER Not so fast. See those silver talismans?
BILLIE Yeah?
PIPER Those are an alarm system. Pass them and they will know we are here.
BILLIE I see.
PHOEBE (Nodding) Too bad we don’t have a broom. Remember how Eva showed us how to use one against the talismans?
PIPER Well we don’t have one, so we’ll just have to think of something else.
BILLIE (Muttering) I sure hope Paige is having better luck!
EXT. VILLAGE SQUARE - DAY
(PAIGE wanders around the square. Suddenly a MAN holding a bucket accidentally bumps into PAIGE. The bucket tips and spills scalding hot water. Paige panic orbs out of the way. SHE reappears in a flurry of orbs closer to the trees with the talismans.)
A MAN (Pointing at PAIGE, screaming) Witch!
(PAIGE hops to her feet and starts to run towards the woods, but a BUNCH OF BURLY MEN begin chasing HER towards the house.)
CUT TO PIPER and PHOEBE
PIPER and PHOEBE (screaming) Paige!
(PIPER and PHOEBE run out of the screen)
BILLIE (screaming) No!
CUT TO PAIGE as TWO BURLY MEN grab HER. SHE tries to orb, but has no success.
CUT TO PIPER, who flings out her arms, but has no success freezing.
PIPER (screaming) We’re too close to the talismans! They’re negating our powers!
CUT TO A BUNCH OF TOWNSPEOPLE, who step aside and RUTH, looking as mean and angry as ever, steps out.
RUTH (pointing an accusing finger at PIPER and PHOEBE) Witches! Grab them!
(MORE BURLY MEN grab PHOEBE and PIPER. PIPER struggles, but has no success.)
CUT TO PHOEBE, WHOSE knee connects with BURLY MAN #1’s nuts. We hear a scream. PHOEBE's elbow connecting with BURLY man #2’s stomach We hear an “Oof!” BURLY MAN #1 reels in agony, while BURLY MAN #2 tries to slug PHOEBE, but SHE ducks away, karate-kicking BURLY MAN #3.
CUT TO BILLIE, who side-kicks BURLY MAN #4 in the shin. HE loses his balance and falls. BILLIE flings her elbow back, connecting with BURLY MAN #5’s torso. HE yelps. SHE launches forward, punching BURLY man number #6
BILLIE Next time try fighting back.
(BILLIE flees for the woods. SHE ducks behind a tree.)
CUT TO a very angry RUTH
RUTH Get them! Get them!
CUT TO PHOEBE, who runs for the woods, too, and then we hear the sounds of horses coming.
PHOEBE (panting) No, no! Gotta get away!
CUT TO BILLIE
BILLIE (chanting) Make them see what isn't there, Bring deepest fears to bear.
CLOSEUP - the HORSES’ eyes
(The HORSES think THEY'RE back in the woods with a pack of blood-thirsty WOLVES. The HORSESE raise to back legs only, throwing off their RIDERS, and the HORSES bolt. The MEN slowly get up and THEY too see the WOLVES, so THEY also run.)
PHOEBE (panting) Oh! Good spell
BILLIE That was kinda dumb.
PHOEBE (a shrug in her tone) Well, we found Ruth, didn’t we?
BILLIE (rolls her eyes) Yeah, but we lost Paige and Piper! What will they do to them?
PHOEBE Last time they tried hanging us.
BILLIE Well, they are trying something different this time. Look!
CUT TO THE VILLAGE SQUARE, where THE BURLY MEN are tying PAIGE and PIPER to stakes in the middle of the square, while OTHER TOWNSPEOPLE are piling green wood beneath their feet.
CUT TO PHOEBE and BILLIE
PHOEBE (screaming) No!
(PHOEBE jumps up and prepares to run, but BILLIE puts her hand on PHOEBE’s shoulder)
BILLIE Phoebe, no! We have to think this through.
PHOEBE You’re right! What was the spell Paige once used on Darryl?
BILLIE Huh?
PHOEBE (not listening, thinking) Hmmm, Got it! (chanting) Bless me with powers from my destiny, Bless me with invincibility.
CUT BACK TO THE VILLAGE SQUARE, where TWO MEN, holding burning torches, walk towards the stakes. The stakes grow closer as PHOEBE races towards them.
PHOEBE You stay here!
CLOSEUP - an angrier RUTH
RUTH (screeching) Burn the witches! Burn them! Burn them!
CUT BACK TO THE STAKES, now much closer. The two men light the wood and smoke flames leap high. We can hear PIPER and PAIGE screaming in terror. We see PHOEBE run closer and is surrounded by THREE MORE BURLY MEN. SHE casually brushes THEM aside. A FOURTH MAN draws a sword and charges HER. HE swings down on HER arm.)
CLOSEUP – BILLIE gasps.
CUT TO FOURTH MAN. HIS sword breaks.
PHOEBE (grins) They don’t make those things like they used to.
FOURTH MAN How in the hell? Demons!
(HE turns and runs away.)
CUT TO BILLIE, who looks around and spots a horse in the stable. SHE grins.
CUT TO THE STAKES
PHOEBE (calls out) You are far enough away from the talismans! Paige, orb out! (back-kicks BURLY MAN #7) Piper, freeze them!
(PAIGE orbs out away from the flames, but she is still tied up.)
PIPER I can’t, my hands are tied.
CUT TO BILLIE
BILLIE Must I do everything myself?
CUT TO STAKES
(BILLIE rides through on the HORSE. SHE jumps off stylishly and quickly cuts PIPER free.)
PHOEBE (in the midst of pulling out an athame to cut PAIGE loose) I thought I told you to stay back there.
BILLIE I'm not very good at following orders!
(PHOEBE continues to fend off attacks and makes her way to PAIGE. A MAN comes up behind BILLIE and knocks her to the ground. HE holds a sword at her throat. BILLIE gasps. PIPER throws up her hands, freezing THE TOWNSPEOPLE. PHOEBE cuts PAIGE free.)
CLOSE-UP -- a very angry RUTH
RUTH (screeching) Grab them! Kill them!
(All FOUR GIRLS laugh, then PAIGE orbs in back of RUTH)
PAIGE Going somewhere?
(A MAN on a HORSE races toward PAIGE, with his sword drawn.)
PIPER Paige, look out!
(PAIGE panic-orbs yet again. The MAN on the HORSE swings through the orbs, stabbing RUTH in the back.)
CLOSEUP - TOWNSPEOPLE clearly devastated.
(PAIGE grins at her SISTERS, then reaches down and rips part of RUTH’s blood-stained clothes.)
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Post by AuroraNightstar on Sept 5, 2005 20:18:31 GMT -5
EXT. WICCAN ALTAR - DAY
(All FOUR WOMEN run out of the woods and stop at the altar.)
CLOSEUP - PHOEBE, looking at the altar and grinning.
PHOEBE Talk about your déjà vu!
CLOSEUP - PIPER grinning, too.
CLOSEUP - PAIGE holding up the bloodied cloth.
PAIGE I got the blood! Let’s go back and cast that spell!
(The OTHERS nod.)
BILLIE I have a really bad feeling about this. We changed more then we were supposed to.
PIPER What is the big deal? So she got stabbed instead of burning at the stake? Right now, our biggest problem is getting back.
PHOEBE Think the spell that Mom and Grams used to send us home from the seventies should work?
PIPER Sure, but we’ll probably need the Power of Three.
PAIGE Say it once; I’ll catch on.
PIPER Hold hands, so we all go together.
(The FOUR WOMEN hold hands)
PIPER AND PHOEBE (chanting) A time for everything And everything in its place. Return what had been moved Through time and space.
THE CHARMED ONES (chanting) A time for everything And everything in its place. Return what had been moved Through time and space.
(All 4 GIRLS sparkle out and become four sparks of light. But when they take off, only two take off, the other two fizzle.)
(Time quickly moves forward)
INT. ATTIC – DAY
(PIPER and PHOEBE return to the attic. THEY both glance around.)
PIPER Where is Paige?
PHOEBE How should I know?
PIPER Come on.
(Both GIRLS head downstairs.)
PIPER I'm going to check out my room.
PHOEBE Yeah, me, too.
INT. PIPER’S ROOM – DAY
(PIPER looks around confused.)
PIPER (muttering to herself) Where is all my stuff? (SHE walks over to the dresser. SHE picks up a perfume bottle)
CLOSEUP – Perfume bottle labeled Sandalwood
PIPER (looks in the mirror, a smile blooms, yells) Phoebe! (leaves the room, taking the bottle with her)
INT. HALLWAY - DAY
PIPER (Grinning) I don’t think that is my room anymore.
PHOEBE (Questioning) Oh! And that is a good thing?
PIPER Who do you know who wears this? (Passes the bottle to PHOEBE. PHOEBE looks confused!) Mom!! Why else would we have this still if…
PHOEBE (Excited) Mom is still alive!!
(Both GIRLS race down the stairs)
INT. KITCHEN – DAY
(VICTOR is in the kitchen making French toast. A LITTLE GIRL is sitting on the floor playing with a KITTEN.)
PIPER Dad, what are you doing here?
VICTOR Ah, Piper, I know you wanted to make breakfast, but you were sleeping and..
PIPER That is ok, Dad.
(PIPER looks at PHOEBE and PHOEBE back at HER, BOTH wishing the other knew what to say)
LITTLE GIRL (looks at PHOEBE and PIPER) Mommy!!
PIPER Melinda, sweetie, come here!
VICTOR (as LITTLE GIRL goes to PIPER, taking KITTEN with her) Who is Melinda?
LITTLE GIRL (Looks at KITTEN and brightens) You finally named her!! (Pets it a few times, then hugs it, making KITTEN mew) I love you, Melinda! (Passes the kitten off to PIPER)
(PIPER lets out a nervous laugh)
LITTLE GIRL (Goes to PHOEBE) Mommy!!
PHOEBE She is my little girl?
VICTOR Quit kidding around, Phoebe. Come on, you must recognize your own daughter!
PHOEBE (Big grin showing her wisdom teeth) Of course. (Turns to PIPER, grin fades) Let’s talk, now!!
(THEY leave)
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Post by sweet8 on Sept 6, 2005 12:24:18 GMT -5
Excellent story! Please write more!
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Post by AuroraNightstar on Sept 6, 2005 19:28:06 GMT -5
Sweet8, thank you so much for your reply. I am glad you are enjoying this story.
INT. CONSERVATORY – DAY
PIPER I know this is weird, but..
PHOEBE Great, I have a daughter. I don’t know her name or who the father is..
PIPER Are you sure the father is still around?
PHOEBE I did find several men’s suits in my closet.
PIPER Right! Let’s get some answers. Go meet your daughter.
(PHOEBE smiles as she leaves)
PIPER (Sighs) Oh, Leo where are you?
EXT – CLOUDS ELDER-LAND – DAY
(LEO and SANDRA walk together)
LEO (Looks down, concern and surprise) Piper!! She is calling me. I have to ..
SANDRA Stay!
LEO But she was my wife.
SANDRA Only in your past life, but…
LEO I know. I know. She is married to Dan now.
SANDRA Exactly, she doesn’t even know you this..
LEO Then why is she calling me?
SANDRA Now, that is a very good question.
LEO I have to find out.
SANDRA Ok, ok, but just don’t let them see you.
INT. CONSERVATORY – DAY
SPECIAL EFFECT sparkling lights in back of PIPER that shine and fade.
PIPER (Sighs) Come on, Leo! Please, I need you!
SOUND EFFECT Loud crash (O.S.) (KITTEN races out of the kitchen and up the stairs followed closely behind by LITTLE GIRL. PHOEBE storms in.)
PHOEBE We have officially entered the Twilight Zone!
VICTOR (entering) What the hell is the matter with you?
PIPER What!
(A GIRL with long dark hair steps in the front door. SHE is about 8 years old. SHE is wearing jeans and t-shirt)
PHOEBE Get this! I am married. To whom you ask? Cole!
PIPER Well, where is he?
PHOEBE (Shrugs) I kicked him out.
VICTOR (Same time) She kicked him out! What has gotten into you, young lady?
GIRL You, what? What did I miss?
PHOEBE We better get a vanquishing potion ready in case he comes back.
VICTOR Vanquishing potion? What for?
PHOEBE My very soon-to-be ex-husband.
VICTOR What? You two are getting a divorce? What happened? I didn’t know you two were having problems. PHOEBE Cole just isn’t the right guy for me. This I just know.
VICTOR What happened to "I could not have gotten a better husband."?
PHOEBE I was naive back then.
VICTOR (questioningly) Yesterday?
GIRL I think a spell went wrong. Again.
VICTOR Or she could be possessed again.
GIRL Not again!
PHOEBE (Worried) Yeah, I think a spell affected my memory. Like I can’t for the life of me remember your name.
GIRL Andrea!
PHOEBE Right, thanks.
VICTOR Come on! Let's refresh that memory. (Time lapse)
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Post by AuroraNightstar on Sept 18, 2005 21:35:48 GMT -5
INT. Conservatory – Day
(EVERYONE is sitting on a couch, and ANDREA is flipping through a photo album)
ANDREA Your wedding photo album. (Passes the book to Phoebe) I got to be flower girl
VICTOR Yeah, you tried to talk Phoebe and Cole into eloping just so you could get out of wearing a dress! Hopefully you remember your wedding day, Phoebe. That first picture was the only one that we managed to get of you and Cole where you were not lip-locked. I am sure you remember that, Piper?
ANDREA (Laughs) I sure do! It was mushier than your wedding, Piper!
VICTOR You and Dan even joked about getting out a hose!
CLOSEUP – PIPER
PIPER (nervous laugh) Dan!!
ANDREA (mumbles) Oh, not you, too!
VICTOR Dan, your husband! What is it with you girls?
PIPER (winking at PHOEBE) See, I accidentally read a spell in the Book of Shadows, and something must've gone wrong. I think it warped both Phoebe's and my memory.
(VICTOR and ANDREA look at each other weirdly.)
ANDREA You got the Book of Shadows back? How? When?
PIPER (Surprised) Back?
VICTOR I guess you don’t remember that either. The Source stole it after…
ANDREA (misty-eyed) After they killed Mom.
PHOEBE (shocked) Mom? Prue was your Mom?
VICTOR Don't tell me you don't remember that!
PIPER No, we don't. And if the Source has the Book, then we will just have to steal it back.
VICTOR No, Piper, let it go. You know you can't do that without the Power of Three!
PIPER We have the Power of Three.
VICTOR No you don’t! Not since Prue…
(ANDREA’s head falls as she looks at the floor. PIPER goes to ANDREA and massages her back.)
PIPER It's ok, sweetie.
PHOEBE What about Paige?
VICTOR Who?
PHOEBE Paige? Our half-sister!
VICTOR That spell must have really done a number on..
PIPER (Interrupting) Phoebs, I think Billie was right. We changed more then we were supposed to.
ANDREA Billie? Who is Billie?
PIPER (shakes her head, frustrated) Never mind that either, sweetie.
ANDREA Strange spell if it made you forget things that happened and remembered things that didn't.
PIPER Yeah, it was a strange spell, all right.
PHOEBE (Contemplating) Are you sure, Piper?
PIPER I don’t know. Dad, how many times was Grams married? Once?
VICTOR Twice.
PHOEBE Four times!
VICTOR No just twice, let’s not exaggerate!
PIPER What year did Melinda Warren die?
VICTOR I would have to check the family tree..
ANDREA 1712!
PIPER How did you..
ANDREA (Interrupting) I recently did our family tree for a school project.
PIPER Do you happen to have it still laying around?
ANDREA (Shrugs) Sure!
PIPER Get it, please!
(Time lapse. They are all looking over the family tree.)
PIPER Ok, so Prue married Andy right after college and (smiling at ANREA) and they then had a beautiful little girl. (pats ANDREA on the back.)
ANDREA Yeah, one who can kick some serious as.. (VICTOR gives HER a stern look) butt! By the way, Aunt Phoebe, when is the next karate lesson?
PHOEBE And Cole and I got married in 2002 and had (shocked at the name) Nicole in 2003.
VICTOR Yep, Prue started a new tradition of naming the first-born after the father. Andrea was named after Andy, of course. Nicole was named after Cole.
PHOEBE (Outraged) Nicole, I named my daughter after Cole!
(NICOLE shimmers in. She climbs up into Phoebe’s lap and cuddles up next to her.)
NICOLE Mommy!!
CLOSEUP: PHOEBE first surprised then happy.
PIPER (Also outraged) No, I started that tradition, naming Wyatt after Leo!
ANDREA How do you get Wyatt from Leo?
PIPER (Shakes her head) That was his last name. Oh, never mind! (Still frustrated) Let's see what else we have here. (Looks at the family tree some more) Yeah. Dan and I got married in 2001 and didn't have any. No Wyatt. No Chris. (Clearly upset, tears begin to form)
ANDREA Who?
(PIPER sobs some more)
PHOEBE (still looking at the family tree) 1956? She died in 1956? I thought it was 1924!
CLOSEUP of the family tree, focused on P RUSSEL 1899-1956
ANDREA Yeah, she died helping some orphans escape a burning building.
PIPER (sarcastically) Are you sure she wasn’t the one who started the fire.
PHOEBE (puts her hands on her hips and glares at PIPER) Hey!
ANDREA Positive. (pulls out a very aged newspaper article.)
PHOEBE (begins reading it. She grins.) I died a hero! I mean she did.
(PIPER rolls here eyes at PHOEBE)
NICOLE You are my hero, Mommy. (NICOLE smiles at PHOEBE and PHOEBE smiles back.) I love you, Mommy.
PHOEBE I love you, too, sweetie. (turns to Victor) You and Mom are back together, right, Dad?
VICTOR What do you mean back together? We never split up!
PHOEBE Piper, are you thinking what I am thinking?
PIPER (Getting even more upset) That Paige was probably never born, yeah. What have we done?
PHOEBE Oh yeah, that too. But we didn’t change that much.
PIPER You mean our lives are messed up just because Ruth got stabbed instead of burned?
ANDREA Who?
PHOEBE Never mind, sweetie. We just think we know who cast that spell on us. I think I figured it out.
PIPER (angry) What?
ANDREA (getting frustrated) What are you guys talking about?
VICTOR Ok, you two need to tell me what the hell is going on.
PHOEBE Piper, I think we killed her before she even cast the curse!
PIPER Do you mean to tell me that even without the curse, our lives are still ruined?
PHOEBE Ruined? Mom is still alive and happily married to Dad and..
PIPER (still angry) Phoebe, look. Paige, Wyatt and Chris are gone, and do I have to remind you who your husband is?
PHOEBE (shrugs) Nothing a quickie vanquish can’t fix.
(PHOEBE looks down at little NICOLE who looks so peaceful, sleeping in her lap.)
VICTOR You can't do that! Nicky would be devastated! Why on earth would you want to vanquish Cole anyway?
PHOEBE (rolls her eyes at VICTOR) He is evil. Heck, he was once the Source of All Evil.
(PIPER nodds)
VICTOR Oh, do you mean that time when The Source possessed him?
PIPER Possessed?
VICTOR Yeah, we all figured it out pretty quick. He didn’t have any of us fooled for long. Like Patty said, Phoebe, it was your love that saved him.
PHOEBE (looks to PIPER) So the only reason my relationship with Cole didn’t work was because of Ruth and her stupid curse? It wasn’t even Cole’s fault.
PIPER Looks that way. Phoebe, we have to fix this. I can’t go the rest of my life without Leo. I need him and I love him.
SPECIAL EFFECT LEO begins to orb in.
LEO (softly) Piper!
PIPER You are still a whitelighter?
LEO Not exactly.
PIPER Don’t tell me you are an elder!
LEO Yeah, I am an elder alright!
PIPER Doesn’t matter.
(PIPER goes over and hugs LEO)
LEO (backs away) Piper what are you doing? You are a married woman.
PIPER Where I come from the only one, I was married to was you.
(PIPER wraps her arms around LEO. LEO closes his eyes and breathes in deep.)
PIPER Oh, Leo, what have I done?
(LEO gently pushes HER away, holding her at arm's length.)
LEO Piper, I need you to listen to me. I know there's something very wrong here, but you can fix it.
PHOEBE No, this doesn’t need fixing. This is the life we were meant to have.
LEO Phoebe, it isn’t just your life that is different, but the world as well.
PHOEBE How would you know? You didn’t see it!
LEO I know what kinds of atrocities began after the Power of Three was no more.
PHOEBE Leo, it doesn’t matter. Like it or not, we are stuck here.
(PIPER looks longingly at LEO.)
LEO I can help you with that. I can send you back in time to wherever you need to go.
PHOEBE I can’t believe things are really this bad.
LEO Then come with me. Let me show you.
(Leo extends his hand to PHOEBE. Reluctantly she takes it.)
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Post by AuroraNightstar on Sept 24, 2005 6:21:10 GMT -5
EXT. GOLDEN GATE PARK – DAY
(The park is trashed, barely any plants around. The statue of the angel has been smashed. A bum is sleeping on the park bench. A tough guy walks through the park, carrying very big guns.)
LEO Before the Source, this used to be a wonderful place for a picnic, kids to play in. Now look at it.
(PHOEBE looks around, finding this a bit disturbing.)
SPECIAL EFFECT: LEO and PHOEBE orb out.
EXT. GRAVEYARD - DAY (Tombstones as far as the eye can see.)
SPECIAL EFFECT: PHOEBE and LEO orb in.
LEO Look around. These are all witches that were killed by demons. Shax did over half of these.
Close-up: Tombstone reads "Eva Niccolli 1973 to 2002"
PHOEBE Eva, too? We didn’t even save her?
LEO You knew her?
PHOEBE Yeah, she was a doctor and a gypsy.
LEO I am sorry, Phoebe.
PHOEBE Yeah, me, too.
ESTABLISHED SHOT – HOSITAL INT. HOSPITAL – MATERNITY WARD -DAY
SPECIAL EFFECT: PHOEBE and LEO orb in
LEO Don’t worry, we are cloaked. We won’t be seen.
(A man in black scans a baby with a red raygun.)
MAN No, she isn’t a witch. (looks to the woman.) You can keep her.
WOMAN (clasps her hands together and looks to the ceiling) Thank you!
PHOEBE What happens if the baby was a witch?
CLOSEUP: GUILLOTINE
LEO (Hesitates) You don’t want to know.
(PHOEBE turns around and looks at the guillotine and gasps.)
PHOEBE Ok, I get the point. We have to change this.
(THEY orb out.)
INT. HALLIWELL MANOR CONSERVATORY - DAY
SPECIAL EFFECT: LEO AND PHEOBE ORB IN
(LEO opens up a vortex and the girls go through it)
EXT. WOODS - DAY
A vortex opens and PIPER and PHOEBE step through, right after PIPER, PHOEBE and BILLIE run passed them.
PIPER Paige, look out!
CUT TO THE SQUARE, where the BURLY MAN is waving his sword, running towards PAIGE and RUTH.
CUT TO THE WOODS as PIPER steps out and throws out her arms.
CUT TO THE SQUARE
SPECIAL EFFECT: THE BURLY MAN and RUTH freeze just before the BURLY MAN is about to stab PAIGE. PAIGE makes a small cut in the back of RUTH’s arm.)
PAIGE She isn’t bleeding!
PIPER (O.S.) That is because she is frozen.
(RUTH becomes unfrozen. PAIGE tears a piece of blood-stained clothes and orbs out quick. RUTH runs away clear of the path of the frozen SWORDSMAN.)
CLOSE-UP: PIPER and PHOEBE watching her, then turn to smile at one another in triumph, just before they fade away.
EXT. ALTAR - DAY
(PIPER, PHOEBE and BILLIE are standing near the altar. PAIGE orbs in to join them, holding the bloodied cloth. )
CLOSEUP: PHOEBE, looking at the altar, then at BILLIE and PAIGE, a huge smile on her face, then at PIPER, and grinning, a different grin than the last time we saw her do this.
PHOEBE Talk about your déjà vu!
CLOSEUP: PIPER grinning, too; her grin is also different.
CLOSE-UP: PAIGE holding up the cloth
PAIGE I got the blood! Let’s go back and cast that spell!
(Time lapse)
INT. ATTIC - DAY
PIPER Time to break this curse.
(PIPER lights a candle)
PIPER, PHOEBE and PAIGE (chanting) Where love is strong let the curse be weak, It’s an answer that we seek, Let her blood burn within this fire, So we may keep our heart's desire.
(PAIGE drops the cloth in the candle. They watch the cloth burn.)
PAIGE Think it worked?
PIPER Only time will tell.
PAIGE Still I wonder who put wrote this in here.
(PIPER looks at the heart again.)
PIPER C… Could be Cole?
PHOEBE (looks at the page) No, not his handwriting, besides that would be C + P not B+C. Cole would have put himself first for sure.
BILLIE Most people would.
CLOSEUP on Billie
PAIGE Wait, B for Billie?
BILLIE No!!
PAIGE Just kidding.
LEO I better go get Wyatt and Chris. (pauses) Chris, wait, what was his girl…
PIPER Bianca..
BILLIE Isn’t Chris a little young to have a girlfriend?
PIPER You think..
LEO Long story, never mind.
PIPER B and C, it fits. But why would Chris put this in there and not tell us?
LEO I don’t think Chris wrote it.
PIPER You think Bianca did?
LEO (nods) It is like Billie said, you put yourself first.
PAIGE Cool! Looks like She did something good when she came back here after all.
AROUND SAN FRANSICO - MONTAGE
A. EXT. GOLDEN GATE PARK - DUSK
PHOEBE and DEX sit on a park bench admiring the sun set
B. INT. CONSERVATORY – DUSK
LEO and PIPER are making out on the couch. WYATT and CHRIS play on the floor.
C. INT. P3 – DUSK
PAIGE is dancing with a very cute guy.
D. INT. BILLIE’S BEDROOM - DUSK
BILLIE rests on the end of her bed, kissing a cute guy.
EXT – HALLIWELL HOUSE PORCH – NIGHT
(PHOEBE and DEX kiss on the porch.)
PHOEBE Good night. (Kisses HIM one more time) See you tomorrow.
DEX Does it have to end here? (Kisses HER one more time)
PHOEBE When you ask like that.. (Kisses HIM again) Afraid so, but you present a very good argument.
DEX You should see my debriefing.
PHOEBE (Chuckles) I bet that is worth waiting around for. Good night.
(DEX kisses her one more time and leaves.)
INT. CONSERVATORY – NIGHT
PHOEBE Good night.
PIPER Ah, you didn’t invite your date in.
PHOEBE Nah, I have something more important to do.
PIPER Like what?
PHOEBE Oh, just contacting an old friend. A wrong here needs to be righted.
(Both PIPER and LEO smile proudly at her.)
(PHOEBE leaves. PIPER leans over LEO and plants a big kiss blissfully on his cheek.)
INT. ATTIC – NIGHT
(PHOEBE is in the midst of lighting five candles in the form of a pentagram.)
PHOEBE (Chanting) Magic forces black and white, Reaching out through space and light, Be he far or be he near Bring the spirit of Cole Turner here!
(Mist begins to form in the pentagram.)
Fade out
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Esmeralda
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S2 "What If...?" Fan Fic Winner
Twenty Years Gone....But Never Forgotten.
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Post by Esmeralda on Jan 19, 2006 12:17:02 GMT -5
No doubt that I absolutely *LOVE* this, Aurora!! Taking your story that included Cole and Patty and others and being able to turn it in to such a fantastic award-winning script is absolutely fantastic!! I'm sure if this had been a true episode, many fans would've thrown their shoes at the screen, but I would've gone "Ah!!!" If anyone wants to see what this may have been like had Aurora been able to use *any* character during the contest, check out my fanfic thecharmedcafe.proboards40.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=miscfanfics&thread=1123612721&page=1 which was written as a Charmed series finale. Since it's also based on Aurora's original fanfic, "The Family Curse", it's very similar to this one, but different. I hope, like me, that you enjoy both of them!!
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