Post by prue516 on Jul 8, 2005 9:02:52 GMT -5
Season 8
Episode 2
A new addition to the Family Tree
I hope y'all like this one. I'm not sure if it's any good or not. Y'all may not even like it at all.
[Voice over]
Piper- Previously on charmed:
Phoebe- I want to go home.
Piper- I know, but how would we do that? Zankou killed Sheriden on tape, the homeland security people saw us in the attic, they saw a huge explosion in the basement, and went in to see that weren’t there. I don’t think even the cleaners could clean that up.
Paige- I just might have a solution to that.
Phoebe- Oh yeah? And what would that be?
Keyes- Well, I’ve heard enough. You’re free to go.
Phoebe- Doesn’t it feel great to be home again?
Girl- Is Prue Halliwell here?
Piper- Who’s asking?
Girl- I’m her daughter.
[Beginning of Episode. Manor- front door- right where we left off.]
Piper- Oh, I know what’s going on.
Phoebe- Explain please.
Piper- Umm… honey, what’s your name?
Girl- Riley. My name is Riley.
Piper- Well, Riley, come on in and you can have a seat on the couch, and I’ll talk to my sisters and then we’ll have a talk with you. Ok?
Riley- Ok.
[Manor- kitchen- sisters are standing there looking out into the living room where they can see Riley sitting on the couch looking around curiously.]
Phoebe- Ok, now you have to explain this to us.
Piper- Phoebe, do you remember when Prue was a freshman in college?
Phoebe- Yeah. She didn’t come home for Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Years, Spring Break, or Summer Break even though, we all knew she wasn’t taking summer courses.
Piper- Well, the night after we got out of school for Thanksgiving she called and said she needed me to come see her so I did. And she told she’d done a very bad thing that Grams couldn’t no about.
Phoebe- Wait. Why couldn’t I know?
Piper- Aside from the fact that you can’t keep secrets?
Phoebe- Ok. Fine. Continue.
Piper- She said that she hadn’t been feeling well lately so she went to the doctor and found out that she was pregnant.
[End of teaser]
Phoebe- Are you serious? I can’t believe Prue would have done something like that.
Piper- She didn’t mean to. She had just broken up with Andy for the millionth time and was feeling depressed so her friends took her to a dance club to try and cheer her up. She didn’t drink any alcohol, but she said that she went to the bathroom, and the next hour or so was a blur and then she couldn’t remember anything else about that night. And she said she woke with what felt like the worst hang- over in her life. My guess is that somebody dropped a drug in her drink while she was in the bathroom and then, you know.
Paige- Eeewww. I can’t believe how sick people can be!
Piper- So she talked to a lawyer or whoever handles adoptions and got it all figured out. And her baby was adopted.
Phoebe- So something must have happened to her adoptive parents, or she found out that she was adopted and decided to find her real mom.
Paige- And we’re going to have to tell her that her mother had been dead for five years.
Piper- Let’s go.
[Manor-living room- sisters walk in to break the news to Riley.]
Paige- Hi, Riley.
Riley- So, are one of you Prue?
Phoebe- What happened that made you want to know?
[Riley’s eyes filled with tears.]
Riley- I feel so horrible. I just turned 16 in August and-
Piper- Really? You look like you’re 18.
Riley- Everyone tells me that. My friends wanted to take me to the Michele Branch concert and my parents hate my friends so much and they don’t trust them, so they said no. So I snuck out went and was had an awesome time. Then my friends dropped me off at home and there were fire trucks there. My house was completely in flames and my parents weren’t standing on the lawn so they had to be inside and once the fire was out the house was completely gone and the found my mom’s necklace in the ashes.
[She was bawling at that point.]
Riley- And it’s all my fault! If I hadn’t snuck out they’d be fine.
Paige- That’s not true. If you’d have stayed the only thing that would have would be that you would have died too.
Riley- You don’t understand. One of my friends smokes and when they came to pick me up she tossed her cigarette in the grass thinking it would just go out. I thought it would too which was why I didn’t worry. If I hadn’t had my friends come get me the fire wouldn’t have started and my parents would still be alive.
Paige- I understand what you’re going through. When I was in high school my parents died in a car accident and I thought it was my fault for distracting them with my complaining and yelling.
Riley- Now, please. Are any of you Prue Halliwell?
Phoebe- No. We’re her younger sisters.
Piper- How did you find out about Prue?
Riley- After my parents died, I tracked down the man who sealed the deal for my adoption and told him who I was, and who my adoptive parents were and asked him who they adopted me from and after looking in his files he told my mother’s name was Prue Halliwell.
So I asked the Police where a woman with the last name of Halliwell lived the man looked it up and said he found a P. Halliwell at 1329 Prescott Street. And here I am.
Piper- Yeah and where were you living during all of this? With my best friend, Lily in her college dorm room. She got a single room. She’s not the one that smokes. So did Prue go out for a while or something?
Paige- There’s no easy way to say this.
Riley- Say what?
Piper- Prue died about five years ago.
Riley- Are, are you serious?
Paige we wouldn’t joke about something like this.
Riley- Do you know who my father is then?
Piper- She didn’t even know.
Riley- So now I really have no parents.
Paige-And no place to stay. The people in charge of the college are going to find out eventually and not let her stay.
Phoebe- She can stay with us.
Piper- Riley, you’ve had a rough time. Do you want to go lie down while we talk?
Riley- Sure.
Paige- Just go to the second floor and pick a room.
Riley- Ok.
[Riley goes up the stairs and the sisters sit down on the couch.]
Piper- We don’t have any more bedrooms.
Phoebe- She doesn’t have any more family.
Paige- I have to side with Pheebs on this one. We’re the only family she’s got and she has nowhere to go.
Piper- Ok, you’re right, but where will she stay if she stays here?
Paige- We could get Leo to convert the basement into another bedroom.
Phoebe- Yes. I like that idea. She can sleep on the couch or in one of our rooms till it’s finished.
Piper- Yeah, I guess you two are right. How are we supposed to tell her that she’s a witch?
Paige- We’ll wait till tomorrow to figure that out.
Piper- Ok. You win. Let’s go tell her.
[The sisters go upstairs and open Piper’s door to find Riley lying on the bed looking at the ceiling.]
Piper- Riley, do you want to live here with us?
Riley- I don’t want to intrude.
Paige- You wouldn’t be.
Piper- We just want to know if you really want to live here.
Riley- Yes.
Phoebe- Good, because we want you to live here too.
Riley- there are only three bedrooms. I checked.
Piper- Yeah, well we came up with a solution for that.
Paige- we’re going to convert the basement into another room.
Phoebe- We can make it into anything you want it to be.
Riley- Really? You would do that?
Piper- Of course. Anything for our niece.
Paige- Niece. Oh my gosh! You don’t even know our names!
Phoebe- That’s right. In all of this we completely forgot about that. Well, I’m your Aunt Phoebe.
Piper- My name’s Piper.
Paige- And I’m your Aunt Paige.
Riley- very nice to meet you all.
[Cut to Underworld- eternal night- an evil sorceress is watching the girls through a magic mirror.]
Sorceress- So, there is yet another witch in the charmed ones’ family. This can’t be right. They’ll teach her the craft and there will be yet another Halliwell witch in my way.
Demonic Minion- Sorceress, might I suggest sending another upper-demon to eliminate the new witch?
Sorceress- Very good. But, be sure not to get one that will fail as easily as Yanison did.
Minion- Yes ma-lady.
[The minion leaves and the sorceress turns back to her mirror.]
Sorceress- Mirror, show me the charmed ones once again.
[And she keeps watching studying them until the minion returns a huge upper-level demon at his side.]
Minion- This is the demon, Bromaxaul.
Bromaxaul- How shall I serve you sorceress?
Sorceress- The charmed ones have taken a new witch in their care. She doesn’t know anything about her powers and I don’t want her to live long enough to find out.
Bromaxaul- I’ll do my best.
Sorceress- Good. Now go!
[Manor- kitchen- noon]
Piper- Riley, are you hungry? Do you want a sandwich anything? I used to be a chef so I can make you whatever you’re hungry for.
Phoebe- I’ll take a turkey sandwich.
Piper- Nice try. Get it yourself.
Phoebe- Fine.
Piper- What’s it gonna be, Riley?
Riley- Could I just have a sandwich?
Piper- Sure, what kind?
Riley- Peanut butter would be good.
Piper- Jelly?
Riley- No thanks. Just peanut butter.
Piper- Ok.
[The phone rings]
Piper- I got it. Hello? Oh hi, Leo.
[Piper and Leo’s phone conversation.]
Leo- So what did you need to tell me?
Piper- Oh, just that Prue had a baby in college and gave her up for adoption and that that baby is now 16 years old is now living with us.
Leo- What?
Piper- You heard me. We decided today that you’re gonna convert the basement into another bedroom.
Leo- Ok, so who’s going to making the money for this plan to work?
Piper- Leo, now that everyone knows we’re alive Phoebe and I can go back to work. Or at least I can. Do you think they replaced Phoebe?
Piper- How’s it going over there at work? You did drop the boys off at school on the way didn’t you?
Leo- Yes, I dropped them off and it’s not really work considering that I don’t get paid.
Piper- If sorting clothes at the salvation army gives you something to do all day it’s considered work. Hey, at least the don’t do the whole background check thing like real jobs do.
Leo- Only because it doesn’t matter when you just walk in to volunteer.
Piper- Yeah whatever. I’ll let you get back to that. I love you. Bye.
[Piper hangs up and re-enters the kitchen.]
Riley- Who was that?
Piper- My husband. Hey Pheebs, do you think they replaced you at work?
Phoebe- I dunno. I’m about to go find out.
Piper- Ok. See you later.
Phoebe- Bye!
Paige- I’m gonna to the grocery store. Do either of you need anything?
Piper- I don’t need anything
Riley- Me either.
Piper- I’m gonna go upstairs real quick. Ok?
Riley- Ok.
[After Piper leaves the room Bromaxaul shimmers in.]
Riley- Holy crap! Where’d you come from? Who are you?
Bromaxaul- That’s not important.
[He approaches her with a dagger in. Riley screams and throws her hands up and freezes him. Piper runs in.]
Riley- What did I just do?
Piper- You don’t want to know. Let’s go!
[About 20 seconds after they leave the room he unfreezes and shimmer out. Underworld- eternal night- he shimmers in behind Sorceress.]
Sorceress- You failed to kill the witch.
Bromaxaul- I thought you said she didn’t have her powers yet.
Sorceress- No, I said she didn’t know about them yet. Piper is going to tell her about them now. Until she has learned to control them, we still have a chance of taking her out. Try again once she’s sleeping.
Bromaxaul- Of course.
[Manor- attic- day. Piper just told Riley the family secret.]
Riley- I’m a what?
Piper- a witch. Prue was too. And so are me, Paige, and Phoebe.
Riley- And what was that down stairs?
Piper- a demon. Thankfully, you have the same power as me.
Riley- Power?
Piper- Yes. The power to freeze.
Riley- What was my mom’s power?
Piper- telekinesis. The power to move things with her mind.
Riley- And… what can Aunt Paige and Aunt Phoebe do?
Piper- Paige is half whi- guardian angel so she got telekinesis when your mom died except it works a little differently. When she moves things they orb, or turn into little blue and white star-looking thing as they move and she can move herself in that same way. Phoebe can see the future and the past.
Riley- Like a psychic?
Piper- yes. Like a psychic.
Riley- Can you and I do anything else?
Piper- In a while your power will grow so that you can also blow things apart with the same gesture.
Riley- I’m getting a head ache.
Piper- Do you want to see something that might make all this a bit more interesting?
Riley- Sure.
Piper- Come over here with me.
[Piper leads her over to the book of shadows]
Riley- Whoa. You have a spell book too?
Piper- yeah, we come from a long line of witch craft dating all the way back to the Salem Witch trials. That’s how the first witch in our family died.
[Riley flips to the page with a picture of Melinda Warren.]
Riley- Wow. She was beautiful.
Piper- Yeah, your mom was named after her daughter, Prudence.
Riley- Wow. This is cool. It’s easier for me to understand stuff when I read it than it is when I hear it. I’m not much of an auditory learner.
Piper- Why don’t you keep looking at it while I go check on something? Ok?
Riley- Ok. Hey, what if that… demon comes back?
Piper- Just do what you did earlier. Let your self be scared and throw your hands up.
[Piper leaves the room, grabs the phone and calls Phoebe.]
Piper- Phoebe, a demon attacked Riley earlier. I told all about our being witches. She has the same power as me. She saved herself by freezing him.
Phoebe- Did you get a good look at him?
Piper- No, but I think she might have.
Phoebe- Well, Everyone’s been really happy that I’m back. They said they tried to replace me, but the number of sold copies dropped dramatically. They just decided to do without an advice column and the numbers went up a little.
Piper- That’s great. I’m sure San Francisco will be a much happier place now that you’re back. But,
Phoebe- You’ll see if you can ID the demon and you’ll call me when you do and you want me to come strait home when that happens.
Piper- You got it. I’ve gotta go. Bye.
[Piper hangs up the phone and heads back up to the attic.]
Piper- Hey, How’s it going?
Riley- Fine. I’m just still trying to get my head around all of this. Look at all these different demons. Oh gosh!
Piper- What?
Riley- I hope I never have to see that one.
[Riley turns the book around to show Piper the Belthazor page.]
Piper- Oh, don’t worry about him. We vanquished him a long time ago.
Riley- Oh, ok.
Piper- Riley, do you remember what that demon down-stairs looked like?
Riley- Big, strong, blood colored eyes, kind of like this guy.
[She points to a page in the book and Piper sits down next to her to look at it.]
Riley- Bromaxaul, this upper-level demon does others’ will at killing witches or competing demons. With flexible loyalties he serves many higher demons in the Underworld doing anything they order without a second thought.
Piper- His powers are throwing energy balls, and shimmering from place to place. So, basically, he’s no special upper-level demon.
Riley- What do you mean?
Piper- Well, first of all, he doesn’t have very many different powers. He just has the ones all upper-level demons have. Secondly, he only works as a sort of demonic hit man as opposed to just killing innocents when ever he feels like it. It says here that he can be vanquished with a potion and a spell.
Riley- That should be easy.
Piper- Except that we would have to track him down and surprise him. We also probably want to find out who he’s working for. Whoever sent him will probably want to send more. Do you want to learn to make potion?
Riley- Will I have to learn eventually?
Piper- Yes.
Riley- Then, why not?
[Manor- kitchen- day. Piper is helping Riley with her first potion.]
Piper- So just read the ingredients as you need them and I’ll hand them to you.
Riley- Ok. I need a pinch of cyan pepper.
[She reads off the whole recipe until she gets to the last ingredient.]
Riley- And I need a piece of… his flesh? Gross!
Piper- Oh, that’s right. Upper-level demon vanquishing potions require a piece of their flesh. See how long it’s been since I made one of these? Does it say anything about a summoning spell in there?
Riley- Nope.
Piper- ok. Back to the drawing board.
[They sit down at the kitchen table with a slip a paper and a pen.]
Piper- Ok, last time he attacked you were alone in the kitchen. So basically, he knows better than to go up against me or my sisters. So he’ll be avoiding us. But, he knew you were alone which means he’s probably watching us somehow which means he’ll probably be listening to us right now.
Riley- So how are we supposed to formulate a plan?
Piper- I have an idea.
[She gets up and grabs the book of Shadows and flips through the pages until she finds the page she and Prue used six years ago to hear others’ thoughts.]
Piper- On the count of three we’ll read it together. Ok?
Riley- Ok.
Piper- 1, 2, 3
Piper and Riley- As flames lights shadow
And truth ends fear,
open the locked box
to my mind’s willing ear.
May the smoke from this candle
Into everywhere creep,
Bringing innermost voices to my mind in speech.
[Piper and Riley’s thoughts conversation]
Piper- Now we can just think stuff to each other.
Riley- Whoa!
Piper- Ok. Down to business. Here’s my idea.
Riley- Ok.
Piper- We all pretend to be asleep upstairs while you do the same on the couch. When he shimmers in you’ll be able to hear his thoughts, therefore letting you know he’s there, and you’ll freeze him and shout for help.
Riley- And then you three will come and slice a bit of his flesh.
Piper- Exactly. Then Phoebe and Paige will use a crystal cage to trap him and torture him into telling us who he works for while you and I finish the potion. After he tells us who he works for we’ll vanquish him and spend tomorrow searching for that demon.
Riley- Ok, so what are we going to do the rest of the day?
Piper- We’re going to go pick up my boys from school my husband from work.
Riley- What’s his job?
Piper- He volunteers at the salvation army sorting clothes and doing whatever other things they need done.
Riley- What’s his name?
Piper- Leo. You know how I told you that Paige is half guardian angel? Well Leo used to be one until a chain of events happened that lead to him getting to be mortal. And now, he has no identity other than a man that died back during WWII so he can’t get a career.
Riley- I see.
Piper- Let’s go.
[They get in the car and drive off. Pre-school and nursery school building- Pre-school room- day.]
Wyatt- Mommy!
Piper- Hey, little man. Did you have fun today?
[Wyatt nods his head.]
Piper- What do you say we go get baby Chris?
Wyatt- Ok.
[Nursery room- Piper put Wyatt down and grabs Chris.]
Piper- Riley, this is my younger son, Chris. He’s one year old and Wyatt’s turning three in a couple of months.
Riley- They’re adorable.
Piper- Wyatt, will you hold Riley’s hand while we walk to the car?
[Wyatt nods and looks up at Riley already trusting her. He grabs her hand and they all head out to the car. Salvation Army- Leo’s waiting outside the door as they drive up and Riley climbs into the back seat between Wyatt and Chris. Leo gets in and kisses Piper on the cheek.]
Leo- Hey Wyatt, Chris, and… you must be Riley.
Piper- Right! Leo- Riley, Riley- Leo.
Riley- Nice to meet you.
Piper- Leo, we’ve got a demon after Riley and we’ve already got a plan so tonight when you hear Riley shout for help you have to promise me you’ll go into the boys room and make sure Wyatt doesn’t orb down stairs or anything. Ok?
Leo- Ok.
Piper- Let’s go home. Phoebe and Paige ought to be there by now.
[Manor- kitchen- day. Leo, Piper, Riley and the boys come in the back door and find Paige and Phoebe there.]
Phoebe- Where have you been? We’re hungry.
Piper- Relax. Did you ever think of ordering pizza?
[The door bell rings.]
Paige- Yes, we did after we decided you weren’t going to be back for a while.
[Paige gets up and answers the door. She comes back with two large pizza boxes.]
Paige- We got one cheese and one pepperoni.
Phoebe- Let’s eat.
[They eat all the pizza and Leo takes the boys up stairs.]
Piper- Paige, Phoebe read this spell and don’t ask questions until it’s done.
[Paige and Phoebe read the spell aloud. The girls’ thoughts conversation- Piper explains the whole thing.]
Phoebe- Ok, is that what that stuff on the stove is for?
Piper- You got it.
Paige- Hey, it’s 8:30. What do you say we get it done now? If we do it when we would actually go to bed we might risk actually falling asleep and not being able to come when Riley calls.
Riley- How about 9:00? That way it’s more believable and we still won’t be that tired.
Piper- Yeah, let’s do that.
[Manor- Living room- 9:00 pm- girls are in their pajamas saying good night to Riley.]
Riley- Please don’t leave me alone. What if the demon comes back?
Phoebe- Don’t worry. He probably knows we’re all here. He’s not going to attack with the power of three here.
Paige- She’s right. You’ll be fine.
Riley- Ok. Good night.
Sisters- Good night Riley.
[The sisters go up to their rooms and lay down and Riley lies down on the couch and shuts her eyes. Bromaxaul shimmers in.]
Bromaxaul’s thoughts- Wow. That was easy. Too easy. What if it’s a trap? Oh, who cares? I’ll just get her and leave.
[Riley is terrified, thankfully- Bromaxaul throws his athamea and she freezes the room just in time to not get stabbed.]
Riley- Piper, Paige, Phoebe! He’s here!
[The sisters run down stairs. Paige is carrying four crystals. Phoebe’s carrying a knife, and Piper heads to the kitchen to turn the stove on. Paige lays three crystals around him, Phoebe cuts a piece of flesh off his arm, and Paige lays down the fourth crystal. Then he unfreezes.]
Phoebe- You know, if you would just not come after us I wouldn’t have had to cut you. It’s sick!
Paige, just go give it to Piper and wash your hands. Riley, come here. I want to teach you something.
[Riley walks over to Paige where she learns how to torture a demon using a crystal cage.]
Paige- Who sent you?
Bromaxaul- I’m gonna tell you, witch.
[Riley moves the crystal and puts it back electrocuting the demon.]
Riley- You wanna tell us now?
Bromaxaul- It doesn’t matter. I’m gonna die either way. Whether or not I tell you you’ll kill me, and if I tell you, she’ll get to me first.
Paige- Who’s she?
[Piper and Phoebe enter with the potion and a slip of paper with a vanquishing spell.]
Piper- You want to tell us who you’re working for?
Bromaxaul- NO!
Phoebe- Ok. It’s not a power of three spell. Riley, do you want to do the honors?
Riley- Why not?
[Phoebe hands Riley the slip of Paper with the spell on it and the potion. Paige moves a crystal and Riley tosses the potion.]
Riley- This demonic knight
Shall not win without a fight.
Be killed in the eternal flames
This is the end of your evil reign.
[Bromaxaul catches on fire.]
Bromaxaul- D*** you, Desdemona!
Riley- Desdemona?
Paige- I wonder who she is.
Piper- Yeah, but that’s tomorrow’s problem.
Phoebe- I’m not very tired.
Riley- Same here.
Paige- So what do you want to do?
[Manor- Attic- Midnight the girls are sitting in a circle on the floor with candles lit, all the junk food in the house, the book of shadows, and lots of photo albums.]
Phoebe- And this is Piper’s Senior picture.
Piper- Phoebe! Don’t show her that. I was such a geek!
Riley- Phoebe, who’s this guy?
Phoebe- Oh, that’s my ummm….
Paige- That’s her demon ex-husband that we vanquished a couple of years ago.
Riley- You married a demon?
Phoebe- Well, I didn’t know he was a demon at the time.
Piper- Riley,
Riley- Yeah?
[Piper holds up a Polaroid camera and takes a picture.]
Piper- Now we have a picture of everyone in our family.
[Phoebe snatches the camera and takes a bunch of pictures throughout the night. They fill up the next couple of pages in the latest album with pictures of the four of them.]
End of Episode
Episode 2
A new addition to the Family Tree
I hope y'all like this one. I'm not sure if it's any good or not. Y'all may not even like it at all.
[Voice over]
Piper- Previously on charmed:
Phoebe- I want to go home.
Piper- I know, but how would we do that? Zankou killed Sheriden on tape, the homeland security people saw us in the attic, they saw a huge explosion in the basement, and went in to see that weren’t there. I don’t think even the cleaners could clean that up.
Paige- I just might have a solution to that.
Phoebe- Oh yeah? And what would that be?
Keyes- Well, I’ve heard enough. You’re free to go.
Phoebe- Doesn’t it feel great to be home again?
Girl- Is Prue Halliwell here?
Piper- Who’s asking?
Girl- I’m her daughter.
[Beginning of Episode. Manor- front door- right where we left off.]
Piper- Oh, I know what’s going on.
Phoebe- Explain please.
Piper- Umm… honey, what’s your name?
Girl- Riley. My name is Riley.
Piper- Well, Riley, come on in and you can have a seat on the couch, and I’ll talk to my sisters and then we’ll have a talk with you. Ok?
Riley- Ok.
[Manor- kitchen- sisters are standing there looking out into the living room where they can see Riley sitting on the couch looking around curiously.]
Phoebe- Ok, now you have to explain this to us.
Piper- Phoebe, do you remember when Prue was a freshman in college?
Phoebe- Yeah. She didn’t come home for Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Years, Spring Break, or Summer Break even though, we all knew she wasn’t taking summer courses.
Piper- Well, the night after we got out of school for Thanksgiving she called and said she needed me to come see her so I did. And she told she’d done a very bad thing that Grams couldn’t no about.
Phoebe- Wait. Why couldn’t I know?
Piper- Aside from the fact that you can’t keep secrets?
Phoebe- Ok. Fine. Continue.
Piper- She said that she hadn’t been feeling well lately so she went to the doctor and found out that she was pregnant.
[End of teaser]
Phoebe- Are you serious? I can’t believe Prue would have done something like that.
Piper- She didn’t mean to. She had just broken up with Andy for the millionth time and was feeling depressed so her friends took her to a dance club to try and cheer her up. She didn’t drink any alcohol, but she said that she went to the bathroom, and the next hour or so was a blur and then she couldn’t remember anything else about that night. And she said she woke with what felt like the worst hang- over in her life. My guess is that somebody dropped a drug in her drink while she was in the bathroom and then, you know.
Paige- Eeewww. I can’t believe how sick people can be!
Piper- So she talked to a lawyer or whoever handles adoptions and got it all figured out. And her baby was adopted.
Phoebe- So something must have happened to her adoptive parents, or she found out that she was adopted and decided to find her real mom.
Paige- And we’re going to have to tell her that her mother had been dead for five years.
Piper- Let’s go.
[Manor-living room- sisters walk in to break the news to Riley.]
Paige- Hi, Riley.
Riley- So, are one of you Prue?
Phoebe- What happened that made you want to know?
[Riley’s eyes filled with tears.]
Riley- I feel so horrible. I just turned 16 in August and-
Piper- Really? You look like you’re 18.
Riley- Everyone tells me that. My friends wanted to take me to the Michele Branch concert and my parents hate my friends so much and they don’t trust them, so they said no. So I snuck out went and was had an awesome time. Then my friends dropped me off at home and there were fire trucks there. My house was completely in flames and my parents weren’t standing on the lawn so they had to be inside and once the fire was out the house was completely gone and the found my mom’s necklace in the ashes.
[She was bawling at that point.]
Riley- And it’s all my fault! If I hadn’t snuck out they’d be fine.
Paige- That’s not true. If you’d have stayed the only thing that would have would be that you would have died too.
Riley- You don’t understand. One of my friends smokes and when they came to pick me up she tossed her cigarette in the grass thinking it would just go out. I thought it would too which was why I didn’t worry. If I hadn’t had my friends come get me the fire wouldn’t have started and my parents would still be alive.
Paige- I understand what you’re going through. When I was in high school my parents died in a car accident and I thought it was my fault for distracting them with my complaining and yelling.
Riley- Now, please. Are any of you Prue Halliwell?
Phoebe- No. We’re her younger sisters.
Piper- How did you find out about Prue?
Riley- After my parents died, I tracked down the man who sealed the deal for my adoption and told him who I was, and who my adoptive parents were and asked him who they adopted me from and after looking in his files he told my mother’s name was Prue Halliwell.
So I asked the Police where a woman with the last name of Halliwell lived the man looked it up and said he found a P. Halliwell at 1329 Prescott Street. And here I am.
Piper- Yeah and where were you living during all of this? With my best friend, Lily in her college dorm room. She got a single room. She’s not the one that smokes. So did Prue go out for a while or something?
Paige- There’s no easy way to say this.
Riley- Say what?
Piper- Prue died about five years ago.
Riley- Are, are you serious?
Paige we wouldn’t joke about something like this.
Riley- Do you know who my father is then?
Piper- She didn’t even know.
Riley- So now I really have no parents.
Paige-And no place to stay. The people in charge of the college are going to find out eventually and not let her stay.
Phoebe- She can stay with us.
Piper- Riley, you’ve had a rough time. Do you want to go lie down while we talk?
Riley- Sure.
Paige- Just go to the second floor and pick a room.
Riley- Ok.
[Riley goes up the stairs and the sisters sit down on the couch.]
Piper- We don’t have any more bedrooms.
Phoebe- She doesn’t have any more family.
Paige- I have to side with Pheebs on this one. We’re the only family she’s got and she has nowhere to go.
Piper- Ok, you’re right, but where will she stay if she stays here?
Paige- We could get Leo to convert the basement into another bedroom.
Phoebe- Yes. I like that idea. She can sleep on the couch or in one of our rooms till it’s finished.
Piper- Yeah, I guess you two are right. How are we supposed to tell her that she’s a witch?
Paige- We’ll wait till tomorrow to figure that out.
Piper- Ok. You win. Let’s go tell her.
[The sisters go upstairs and open Piper’s door to find Riley lying on the bed looking at the ceiling.]
Piper- Riley, do you want to live here with us?
Riley- I don’t want to intrude.
Paige- You wouldn’t be.
Piper- We just want to know if you really want to live here.
Riley- Yes.
Phoebe- Good, because we want you to live here too.
Riley- there are only three bedrooms. I checked.
Piper- Yeah, well we came up with a solution for that.
Paige- we’re going to convert the basement into another room.
Phoebe- We can make it into anything you want it to be.
Riley- Really? You would do that?
Piper- Of course. Anything for our niece.
Paige- Niece. Oh my gosh! You don’t even know our names!
Phoebe- That’s right. In all of this we completely forgot about that. Well, I’m your Aunt Phoebe.
Piper- My name’s Piper.
Paige- And I’m your Aunt Paige.
Riley- very nice to meet you all.
[Cut to Underworld- eternal night- an evil sorceress is watching the girls through a magic mirror.]
Sorceress- So, there is yet another witch in the charmed ones’ family. This can’t be right. They’ll teach her the craft and there will be yet another Halliwell witch in my way.
Demonic Minion- Sorceress, might I suggest sending another upper-demon to eliminate the new witch?
Sorceress- Very good. But, be sure not to get one that will fail as easily as Yanison did.
Minion- Yes ma-lady.
[The minion leaves and the sorceress turns back to her mirror.]
Sorceress- Mirror, show me the charmed ones once again.
[And she keeps watching studying them until the minion returns a huge upper-level demon at his side.]
Minion- This is the demon, Bromaxaul.
Bromaxaul- How shall I serve you sorceress?
Sorceress- The charmed ones have taken a new witch in their care. She doesn’t know anything about her powers and I don’t want her to live long enough to find out.
Bromaxaul- I’ll do my best.
Sorceress- Good. Now go!
[Manor- kitchen- noon]
Piper- Riley, are you hungry? Do you want a sandwich anything? I used to be a chef so I can make you whatever you’re hungry for.
Phoebe- I’ll take a turkey sandwich.
Piper- Nice try. Get it yourself.
Phoebe- Fine.
Piper- What’s it gonna be, Riley?
Riley- Could I just have a sandwich?
Piper- Sure, what kind?
Riley- Peanut butter would be good.
Piper- Jelly?
Riley- No thanks. Just peanut butter.
Piper- Ok.
[The phone rings]
Piper- I got it. Hello? Oh hi, Leo.
[Piper and Leo’s phone conversation.]
Leo- So what did you need to tell me?
Piper- Oh, just that Prue had a baby in college and gave her up for adoption and that that baby is now 16 years old is now living with us.
Leo- What?
Piper- You heard me. We decided today that you’re gonna convert the basement into another bedroom.
Leo- Ok, so who’s going to making the money for this plan to work?
Piper- Leo, now that everyone knows we’re alive Phoebe and I can go back to work. Or at least I can. Do you think they replaced Phoebe?
Piper- How’s it going over there at work? You did drop the boys off at school on the way didn’t you?
Leo- Yes, I dropped them off and it’s not really work considering that I don’t get paid.
Piper- If sorting clothes at the salvation army gives you something to do all day it’s considered work. Hey, at least the don’t do the whole background check thing like real jobs do.
Leo- Only because it doesn’t matter when you just walk in to volunteer.
Piper- Yeah whatever. I’ll let you get back to that. I love you. Bye.
[Piper hangs up and re-enters the kitchen.]
Riley- Who was that?
Piper- My husband. Hey Pheebs, do you think they replaced you at work?
Phoebe- I dunno. I’m about to go find out.
Piper- Ok. See you later.
Phoebe- Bye!
Paige- I’m gonna to the grocery store. Do either of you need anything?
Piper- I don’t need anything
Riley- Me either.
Piper- I’m gonna go upstairs real quick. Ok?
Riley- Ok.
[After Piper leaves the room Bromaxaul shimmers in.]
Riley- Holy crap! Where’d you come from? Who are you?
Bromaxaul- That’s not important.
[He approaches her with a dagger in. Riley screams and throws her hands up and freezes him. Piper runs in.]
Riley- What did I just do?
Piper- You don’t want to know. Let’s go!
[About 20 seconds after they leave the room he unfreezes and shimmer out. Underworld- eternal night- he shimmers in behind Sorceress.]
Sorceress- You failed to kill the witch.
Bromaxaul- I thought you said she didn’t have her powers yet.
Sorceress- No, I said she didn’t know about them yet. Piper is going to tell her about them now. Until she has learned to control them, we still have a chance of taking her out. Try again once she’s sleeping.
Bromaxaul- Of course.
[Manor- attic- day. Piper just told Riley the family secret.]
Riley- I’m a what?
Piper- a witch. Prue was too. And so are me, Paige, and Phoebe.
Riley- And what was that down stairs?
Piper- a demon. Thankfully, you have the same power as me.
Riley- Power?
Piper- Yes. The power to freeze.
Riley- What was my mom’s power?
Piper- telekinesis. The power to move things with her mind.
Riley- And… what can Aunt Paige and Aunt Phoebe do?
Piper- Paige is half whi- guardian angel so she got telekinesis when your mom died except it works a little differently. When she moves things they orb, or turn into little blue and white star-looking thing as they move and she can move herself in that same way. Phoebe can see the future and the past.
Riley- Like a psychic?
Piper- yes. Like a psychic.
Riley- Can you and I do anything else?
Piper- In a while your power will grow so that you can also blow things apart with the same gesture.
Riley- I’m getting a head ache.
Piper- Do you want to see something that might make all this a bit more interesting?
Riley- Sure.
Piper- Come over here with me.
[Piper leads her over to the book of shadows]
Riley- Whoa. You have a spell book too?
Piper- yeah, we come from a long line of witch craft dating all the way back to the Salem Witch trials. That’s how the first witch in our family died.
[Riley flips to the page with a picture of Melinda Warren.]
Riley- Wow. She was beautiful.
Piper- Yeah, your mom was named after her daughter, Prudence.
Riley- Wow. This is cool. It’s easier for me to understand stuff when I read it than it is when I hear it. I’m not much of an auditory learner.
Piper- Why don’t you keep looking at it while I go check on something? Ok?
Riley- Ok. Hey, what if that… demon comes back?
Piper- Just do what you did earlier. Let your self be scared and throw your hands up.
[Piper leaves the room, grabs the phone and calls Phoebe.]
Piper- Phoebe, a demon attacked Riley earlier. I told all about our being witches. She has the same power as me. She saved herself by freezing him.
Phoebe- Did you get a good look at him?
Piper- No, but I think she might have.
Phoebe- Well, Everyone’s been really happy that I’m back. They said they tried to replace me, but the number of sold copies dropped dramatically. They just decided to do without an advice column and the numbers went up a little.
Piper- That’s great. I’m sure San Francisco will be a much happier place now that you’re back. But,
Phoebe- You’ll see if you can ID the demon and you’ll call me when you do and you want me to come strait home when that happens.
Piper- You got it. I’ve gotta go. Bye.
[Piper hangs up the phone and heads back up to the attic.]
Piper- Hey, How’s it going?
Riley- Fine. I’m just still trying to get my head around all of this. Look at all these different demons. Oh gosh!
Piper- What?
Riley- I hope I never have to see that one.
[Riley turns the book around to show Piper the Belthazor page.]
Piper- Oh, don’t worry about him. We vanquished him a long time ago.
Riley- Oh, ok.
Piper- Riley, do you remember what that demon down-stairs looked like?
Riley- Big, strong, blood colored eyes, kind of like this guy.
[She points to a page in the book and Piper sits down next to her to look at it.]
Riley- Bromaxaul, this upper-level demon does others’ will at killing witches or competing demons. With flexible loyalties he serves many higher demons in the Underworld doing anything they order without a second thought.
Piper- His powers are throwing energy balls, and shimmering from place to place. So, basically, he’s no special upper-level demon.
Riley- What do you mean?
Piper- Well, first of all, he doesn’t have very many different powers. He just has the ones all upper-level demons have. Secondly, he only works as a sort of demonic hit man as opposed to just killing innocents when ever he feels like it. It says here that he can be vanquished with a potion and a spell.
Riley- That should be easy.
Piper- Except that we would have to track him down and surprise him. We also probably want to find out who he’s working for. Whoever sent him will probably want to send more. Do you want to learn to make potion?
Riley- Will I have to learn eventually?
Piper- Yes.
Riley- Then, why not?
[Manor- kitchen- day. Piper is helping Riley with her first potion.]
Piper- So just read the ingredients as you need them and I’ll hand them to you.
Riley- Ok. I need a pinch of cyan pepper.
[She reads off the whole recipe until she gets to the last ingredient.]
Riley- And I need a piece of… his flesh? Gross!
Piper- Oh, that’s right. Upper-level demon vanquishing potions require a piece of their flesh. See how long it’s been since I made one of these? Does it say anything about a summoning spell in there?
Riley- Nope.
Piper- ok. Back to the drawing board.
[They sit down at the kitchen table with a slip a paper and a pen.]
Piper- Ok, last time he attacked you were alone in the kitchen. So basically, he knows better than to go up against me or my sisters. So he’ll be avoiding us. But, he knew you were alone which means he’s probably watching us somehow which means he’ll probably be listening to us right now.
Riley- So how are we supposed to formulate a plan?
Piper- I have an idea.
[She gets up and grabs the book of Shadows and flips through the pages until she finds the page she and Prue used six years ago to hear others’ thoughts.]
Piper- On the count of three we’ll read it together. Ok?
Riley- Ok.
Piper- 1, 2, 3
Piper and Riley- As flames lights shadow
And truth ends fear,
open the locked box
to my mind’s willing ear.
May the smoke from this candle
Into everywhere creep,
Bringing innermost voices to my mind in speech.
[Piper and Riley’s thoughts conversation]
Piper- Now we can just think stuff to each other.
Riley- Whoa!
Piper- Ok. Down to business. Here’s my idea.
Riley- Ok.
Piper- We all pretend to be asleep upstairs while you do the same on the couch. When he shimmers in you’ll be able to hear his thoughts, therefore letting you know he’s there, and you’ll freeze him and shout for help.
Riley- And then you three will come and slice a bit of his flesh.
Piper- Exactly. Then Phoebe and Paige will use a crystal cage to trap him and torture him into telling us who he works for while you and I finish the potion. After he tells us who he works for we’ll vanquish him and spend tomorrow searching for that demon.
Riley- Ok, so what are we going to do the rest of the day?
Piper- We’re going to go pick up my boys from school my husband from work.
Riley- What’s his job?
Piper- He volunteers at the salvation army sorting clothes and doing whatever other things they need done.
Riley- What’s his name?
Piper- Leo. You know how I told you that Paige is half guardian angel? Well Leo used to be one until a chain of events happened that lead to him getting to be mortal. And now, he has no identity other than a man that died back during WWII so he can’t get a career.
Riley- I see.
Piper- Let’s go.
[They get in the car and drive off. Pre-school and nursery school building- Pre-school room- day.]
Wyatt- Mommy!
Piper- Hey, little man. Did you have fun today?
[Wyatt nods his head.]
Piper- What do you say we go get baby Chris?
Wyatt- Ok.
[Nursery room- Piper put Wyatt down and grabs Chris.]
Piper- Riley, this is my younger son, Chris. He’s one year old and Wyatt’s turning three in a couple of months.
Riley- They’re adorable.
Piper- Wyatt, will you hold Riley’s hand while we walk to the car?
[Wyatt nods and looks up at Riley already trusting her. He grabs her hand and they all head out to the car. Salvation Army- Leo’s waiting outside the door as they drive up and Riley climbs into the back seat between Wyatt and Chris. Leo gets in and kisses Piper on the cheek.]
Leo- Hey Wyatt, Chris, and… you must be Riley.
Piper- Right! Leo- Riley, Riley- Leo.
Riley- Nice to meet you.
Piper- Leo, we’ve got a demon after Riley and we’ve already got a plan so tonight when you hear Riley shout for help you have to promise me you’ll go into the boys room and make sure Wyatt doesn’t orb down stairs or anything. Ok?
Leo- Ok.
Piper- Let’s go home. Phoebe and Paige ought to be there by now.
[Manor- kitchen- day. Leo, Piper, Riley and the boys come in the back door and find Paige and Phoebe there.]
Phoebe- Where have you been? We’re hungry.
Piper- Relax. Did you ever think of ordering pizza?
[The door bell rings.]
Paige- Yes, we did after we decided you weren’t going to be back for a while.
[Paige gets up and answers the door. She comes back with two large pizza boxes.]
Paige- We got one cheese and one pepperoni.
Phoebe- Let’s eat.
[They eat all the pizza and Leo takes the boys up stairs.]
Piper- Paige, Phoebe read this spell and don’t ask questions until it’s done.
[Paige and Phoebe read the spell aloud. The girls’ thoughts conversation- Piper explains the whole thing.]
Phoebe- Ok, is that what that stuff on the stove is for?
Piper- You got it.
Paige- Hey, it’s 8:30. What do you say we get it done now? If we do it when we would actually go to bed we might risk actually falling asleep and not being able to come when Riley calls.
Riley- How about 9:00? That way it’s more believable and we still won’t be that tired.
Piper- Yeah, let’s do that.
[Manor- Living room- 9:00 pm- girls are in their pajamas saying good night to Riley.]
Riley- Please don’t leave me alone. What if the demon comes back?
Phoebe- Don’t worry. He probably knows we’re all here. He’s not going to attack with the power of three here.
Paige- She’s right. You’ll be fine.
Riley- Ok. Good night.
Sisters- Good night Riley.
[The sisters go up to their rooms and lay down and Riley lies down on the couch and shuts her eyes. Bromaxaul shimmers in.]
Bromaxaul’s thoughts- Wow. That was easy. Too easy. What if it’s a trap? Oh, who cares? I’ll just get her and leave.
[Riley is terrified, thankfully- Bromaxaul throws his athamea and she freezes the room just in time to not get stabbed.]
Riley- Piper, Paige, Phoebe! He’s here!
[The sisters run down stairs. Paige is carrying four crystals. Phoebe’s carrying a knife, and Piper heads to the kitchen to turn the stove on. Paige lays three crystals around him, Phoebe cuts a piece of flesh off his arm, and Paige lays down the fourth crystal. Then he unfreezes.]
Phoebe- You know, if you would just not come after us I wouldn’t have had to cut you. It’s sick!
Paige, just go give it to Piper and wash your hands. Riley, come here. I want to teach you something.
[Riley walks over to Paige where she learns how to torture a demon using a crystal cage.]
Paige- Who sent you?
Bromaxaul- I’m gonna tell you, witch.
[Riley moves the crystal and puts it back electrocuting the demon.]
Riley- You wanna tell us now?
Bromaxaul- It doesn’t matter. I’m gonna die either way. Whether or not I tell you you’ll kill me, and if I tell you, she’ll get to me first.
Paige- Who’s she?
[Piper and Phoebe enter with the potion and a slip of paper with a vanquishing spell.]
Piper- You want to tell us who you’re working for?
Bromaxaul- NO!
Phoebe- Ok. It’s not a power of three spell. Riley, do you want to do the honors?
Riley- Why not?
[Phoebe hands Riley the slip of Paper with the spell on it and the potion. Paige moves a crystal and Riley tosses the potion.]
Riley- This demonic knight
Shall not win without a fight.
Be killed in the eternal flames
This is the end of your evil reign.
[Bromaxaul catches on fire.]
Bromaxaul- D*** you, Desdemona!
Riley- Desdemona?
Paige- I wonder who she is.
Piper- Yeah, but that’s tomorrow’s problem.
Phoebe- I’m not very tired.
Riley- Same here.
Paige- So what do you want to do?
[Manor- Attic- Midnight the girls are sitting in a circle on the floor with candles lit, all the junk food in the house, the book of shadows, and lots of photo albums.]
Phoebe- And this is Piper’s Senior picture.
Piper- Phoebe! Don’t show her that. I was such a geek!
Riley- Phoebe, who’s this guy?
Phoebe- Oh, that’s my ummm….
Paige- That’s her demon ex-husband that we vanquished a couple of years ago.
Riley- You married a demon?
Phoebe- Well, I didn’t know he was a demon at the time.
Piper- Riley,
Riley- Yeah?
[Piper holds up a Polaroid camera and takes a picture.]
Piper- Now we have a picture of everyone in our family.
[Phoebe snatches the camera and takes a bunch of pictures throughout the night. They fill up the next couple of pages in the latest album with pictures of the four of them.]
End of Episode