Rewrite the Charmed Children (Original P3 Version)

[psychicwitch011]

So if you could rewrite the next generation of Charmed Children with the Original Power of Three, how would you rewrite Piper's children? And how many children would you give Prue/Phoebe? Who would be their fathers?

This is how I would rewrite the next generation (Original P3 style)

Piper: Instead of her having Wyatt and Chris has her children, I would instead make Melinda from Morality Bites her only child. Her name should Melinda Warren-Halliwell. Melinda Halliwell would probably not be Twice-Blessed in my rewrite? Or I might still keep the Twice-Blessed thing for Melinda. Just depends on my mindset lol.

Prue: I would have the Charmed Sons go to Prue instead. I would make Prue have three sons that inherit the Power of Three and their father would either be Bane or Henry from Season 8. Of course the sons would have to be recast as different actors.

If Prue's sons were born from Henry, It would be the same storyline with Paige/Henry. Just that this time the relationship won't be forced and Prue/Henry would have tons of chemistry.

Or the Charmed Sons father could be from Bane as well, if he were to get out of jail because of good behavior and being with Prue again.

Phoebe: I would make Phoebe have twin daughters who are NOT Cupid-Witch hybrids. Instead of Coop, I would instead bring back Clay and he would be the father of Phoebe's twins. I always loved Phoebe/Clay together, so him being the father of Phoebe's daughters makes more sense instead of Cupid powers being passed on to her daughters.

So basically my rewrite of the Charmed Children (Original P3 version) is this:

Piper/Leo: Melinda Warren-Halliwell (Not Twice-Blessed?)

Prue/Henry or Bane: Charmed Sons who inherit the Power of Three in the future. This could lead to a spin-off with the Power of Three Brothers.

Phoebe/Clay: Twin daughters (NOT Cupid-Witches)

The Charmed Children's powers:

Melinda Warren-Halliwell: Witchlighter, has the basic whitelighter powers with Telekinesis, Telekinetic Orbing, and Molecular Immobilization as her witch powers.

For Prue's Sons I would have them inherit some of Prue's powers as well as the Charmed Cousins powers. Prue's kids would have one of the Warren powers with elemental powers.

Phoebe/Clay's daughter powers: Premonition/Empathy/Psychic Reflection/Astral Projection

This is basically how I would rewrite the Charmed Children if Prue lived and Paige was never introduced.

[Esmeralda]

Not quite sure what you mean by "P3 Style", but we have another Charmed Children thread: thecharmedcafe.proboards.com/thread/10664/charmed-children At one point, I combined three ideas and came up with my own:

Jan 1, 2012 14:37:38 GMT -5 Esmeralda said:

Jan 1, 2012 13:15:42 GMT -5 joshingabout said:

I think I'm the only fan in the world who likes the fact that each sister (minus Prue, obviously) had three kids of their own.

Oh, you're not the only one. Like I showed earlier, Lexi has 3 for each in her virtual series and a number of other fans do, too. I think they find it easier to do that now that it's set up that way in the comic books...we just haven't seen Phoebe's two youngest yet.

I think we'd just find 9 kids a bit hard to handle in any spin-off, even if it was done the way Lexi did it. But in a virtual series, it would be easy to pay that many stars; a lot harder in the real world, especially if you'd have to pay for all the special effects you'd need for nine witches, especially when most of them are witchlighers. If no one had more than 2 (and, better, if one had none), it would be a lot easier.

This wouldn't be the case in an animated series, which I would love to see, especially if the miracle could occur and all of the regulars would voice their character and Paul Ruditis would be the executive producer.

Best of all, none of them would be set up as the new Charmed Ones, the way either Piper's three children or Phoebe's three daughters usually are. I think most of us (me not included...but then I'm used to being the exception to the rule) would prefer the Charmed legacy continuing, but without there being new Charmed Ones.  Me, I'd prefer if all the children (Wyatt and Chris included) were just regular witches with no powers, that as Melinda Warren predicted, the Charmed legacy culminates (ends) with the Charmed Ones.

Speaking of, after reading what all of the Astrals have come up with, I've been having fun pulling an Es and figuring out a way to take what I count as the best of each story and editing it into one alternate Charmed universe, which would include all of the Astrals' stories...Astral Alex, Astral Echo and Astral Chaos.

This would not necessarily be the way I would want the series to go...First I'd have Paige never existing. Prue never dying means Leo would never give into everything Piper wants because he feels guilty for losing Prue, which means he'd still be the Leo I loved for the first three seasons, and so would Piper. It also means she'd be the heart of the family and not its crappy leader. Cole would die at the end of Season Three, saving Phoebe from the Brotherhood of the Thorn (no Sources in my version) and Phoebe pregnant.

For kids, I'll stick to Trish for Prue and Andy, born after the four-season series is over; Melinda for Piper and Leo, born after the series is over, and Cole's daughter, Nicole, for Phoebe, born after Cole dies saving her from some Big Bad mainly so we don't have to listen to her gripe about finding her daughter's father.

That means just Nicole, Trish and Melinda (born in that order) one all human, one part-angel and one part-demon. Sounds more than enough for me, even if one for each sister is almost as bad as three for each--just a lot easier to handle.

And because they're cousins, not sisters, they never become Charmed, but could still make an interesting spin-off, one totally different than one about their mothers.

But back to the Astrals' scenarioes. This is how I would set it up, taking what I count as the best of each:

Season One would be the same, although when Prue sees Andy Up There, she tells him she's not the only one who needs him...so does their daughter. Andy tells her he knows she'll take good care of their child.

Season Two would obviously center more around Prue's pregnancy, but also her determination to not let it stop her career (I could imagine some lovely sisterly moments after Prue becomes overworked and maybe collapses due to the stress of Buckland's, Demons, grief over Andy and her pregnancy).

The pregnancy would be dragged out juuust a little -- easing the show into a slightly different direction as opposed to the sudden and completely different one we saw when Wyatt and Chris were introduced.

In late Season Two Prue gives birth to a baby girl who she names Patricia Andrea and calls Trish. Had she lived, Prue would have never married or settle down with a guy--instead she would have been perfectly content as a single, successful businesswoman raising a very special daughter.

Season Three could begin much the same way, Piper has been away for a month, leaving Prue and Phoebe on edge - especially without Piper's help with Trish (as her maternal side is evidently needed) and Phoebe is feeling like Prue keeps palming Trish off on her in order to stop the Triad.

During this season, Phoebe also meets Cole, the love of her life. He was raised by his father rather than his mother and although he has to fight the demon inside, he knows what unconditional love is since that's what he got from his father, and that's what he gives Phoebe, spoiling the baby of the family and making her the center of his life.

Prue has an epiphany halfway through the season that Trish is the only thing of Andy she has left, and she becomes more of a mother, slowly letting Piper take more responsibility for hunting for innocents so that she can take care of her daughter.

Then Prue dies in 'All Hell Breaks Loose'...but rather than saving the doctor she ends up saving a different innocent: Paige...

During 'Charmed Again', the season premiere of Season Four we see Piper attempting to use Trish as a means to bring Prue back - also with Piper and Phoebe likening themselves with Trish; how they were raised by their grandmother, and how Trish will be raised by her aunts.

Paige would be introduced in much the same way as the original except she'd come to Prue's funeral to thank her for saving her life rather than due to the spell. But on meeting Piper and Phoebe, she sees that Piper refuses to let her touch or have contact with Trish in any way. But around 4x10 when we finally see Piper trust Paige (letting her move in a bit later than in the real Season 4) Paige finally holds Trish, and Trish comes into her power of telekinesis upon Paige's touch.

Towards the end of Season 4, Leo and Piper try for children as normal but it fails just as Phoebe realizes she is pregnant earlier than in the real season, around the fifteenth or sixteenth episode. The plot would happen much the same way with the Cole/Phoebe/Phoetus storyline, but they attempt to vanquish the SOURCE'S ESSENCE and not Cole - however, upon vanquishing the essence it kills Cole accidentally and rids Phoebe's baby of the essence. Instead of Piper discovering she is pregnant in the season finale, it ends with the girls keeping their powers as they owe it to Prue and Cole - and in order to teach Trish and Phoebe's child how to use their own powers properly.

Phoebe is then frightened of going through motherhood alone like Prue did (they recall the struggle Prue had during Season Three) and is scared that something would happen, leaving Piper and Paige to raise their nieces/nephews alone.

Season Five would then see Piper's early pregnancy-related storylines switch to Phoebe - but instead of being all half-witch/half-whitelighter oriented they would be half-witch/half-demon, and because there would be no 'Crazy Cole' as he died in 4x21 and will always stay dead. Instead during the 100th episode, Phoebe give birth to a girl, Persephone Nicole, who she calls Posey. The baby would be a great controversy in the magical world, with some creatures fearing her and some praising her - but basically realizing that she would be good or evil depending on her own choices.

All of this would come out during Season Six as Leo and Piper continue to try for a baby and continue to not succeeding. Trish would get jealous of this new baby and it would appear that she might be developing into Evil Wyatt as a girl. But the sisters recognize the problem and nip it in the bud before it becomes too serious. Eventually Trish loves her new cousin as if she were her own little sister.

During all of this, Paige, who since her sisters have their own daughters to take care of, is most in charge of raising Trish, meets Henry (who takes Kyle's storyline - just without him being obsessed over the Avatars, who don't exist, so he doesn't die.).

Phoebe also attempts to start dating again, but find that now that Posey's powers are coming into effect she finds that hard - but eventually starts a relationship with Jason (who appears two seasons later than the original) - however this only lasts half a season as he is dismissive of Phoebe's daughter and later rejects Phoebe for being a witch. Phoebe then begins a relationship with Drake - who stays for the remainder of the season which is when he dies. Phoebe decides to just stick to her career as Ask Phoebe and raise her daughter.

Also during Season Six, the Titans appear and kill off most of the Elders. The remaining ones want Leo to join them, but he refuses, although other whitelighters take them up on their offer. The power of becoming an Elder goes to their head and they all become evil. The first thing they do is take away all of the powers of the remaining whitelighters, including Leo.

Near the end of Season Six, Piper discovers she's pregnant just before a mysterious whitelighter from the future appears, calling herself Nora, and saving Leo from the Evil Elders.

During Season Seven she convinces the sisters that the only way to stop the Elders is to join forces with evil to bring them down. She introduces them to Zankou who she seems to know a lot about, whereas he has never met her. In the 150th episode The Charmed Ones, Zankou, Nora, demons who agreed to fight, other good magical beings not manipulated by the evil Elders and the last remaining good Elders go to war against the evil Elders.

During the battle, Piper goes to into labor, so Nora orbs Piper back to the Manor leaving Phoebe and Paige with Zankou and the others, to fight against the Evil Elders. Piper and Nora are met by Leo who helps her deliver her baby.

Paige and Phoebe arrive back just in time to greet their baby niece, Melinda. Piper then suggests her middle name should be Nora after the woman who helped bring her into the world but Nora is now nowhere to be seen.

Shortly after the battle and Melinda's birth, Leo is asked by the remaining good Elders and whitelighter community to form a new council under his guidance. He agrees, but only if he's also allowed to continue to be the Charmed Ones' whitelighter, and they agree, so he receives his Elder powers for the first time.

At the end of the 150th, with his new Elder powers he senses a disturbance in the magical order. His new ultra sensing powers take him to Nora in front of an open time portal.

Confused, Leo asks what is going on. Nora then informs him that she was from the future which is why she knew when to come back in order to save him from the evil Elders, how to bring the evil Elders down, about Zankou etc...

He asks her who she really is. And she turns her back on him, pulling up her hair to reveal a birthmark on the back of her neck - the same one we saw moments earlier on baby Melinda. She turns and smiles and tells him that her middle name is actually Leonora...named after him...and she would suggest he gives it to Melinda. After all, shouldn't he and Piper continue the tradition of giving the first baby a form of her father's name as her middle name?

Before passing through the portal, she warns Leo that Zankou must be taken care of and that he is mainly after the immortality amulets that are hidden within P3. She looks sad while saying this, but won't tell him why. Only in the spin-off will we find out that in the original timeline, the sisters trusted Zankou and he ended up killing all three of them, the reason why their three daughters now have to fight him in the future, but since they don't have the Power of Three, they couldn't, the reason why Nora was sent to the past.

(Astral Echo, as the ending, I very simply have to use one of yours:)

In a big fiery vanquish, the sisters risk their lives, fully expecting to die, but Paige manages to panic orb away. Piper and Phoebe are left for dead but using the spell that Chris gave them, Paige does a Forever Charmed and goes back in time to save them.

Paige never goes forward so we never see any of the Charmed Ones as old, just like we never saw Piper and Leo old earlier. Paige gathers Grams and Patty to help save the day. Paige phases back into her own body as soon the group arrives.

Patty freezes Zankou as Grams TK's the amulet away from Zankou and then Piper blows him across the room. Now unprotected by the amulet, the family recite the Source vanquish spell and then the sisters saying the P3 spell to protect them all from the explosion (which of course was what killed Phoebe and Piper the first time around).

In happy but not sappy ending, Piper, Phoebe and Paige walk down the stairs together, admiring the photographs on the wall as we get flashbacks of the past significant to each image, ending with the picture of the original Power of Three. Then there's a bit of magic and Paige becomes a part of it, too.

We don't see the future at all...that's left for the spin-off! Any extra kids (or spouses) can be added then.

Hehehehe! So I ended up with my mortal child (Trish), my half-demon child (Posey) and my half-angel child (Melinda). It wasn't on purpose; just the way it ended up coming out. I can't see them becoming Charmed since they're not sisters, but I can sure see them starring in "Chosen" - the spin-off.

So?? What do you guys think? I'm sure you'll each like your own version best (just like I like mine better than this), but as an attempt to combine all of them, not bad, huh?

In case you didn't notice - I'm MUCH more interested in the Charmed Ones than I am in their daughters - I never even mentioned their powers because I simply don't care what their powers are, although I'll be admit that if there was a spin-off called "Chosen", since these three would be chosen to continue the Halliwell legacy, it would be fun if Trish was the leader with all three original Warren powers, Posey all demonic powers and Melinda with all angelic powers.  It probably just means that like Wyatt and Chris (the reason I'm glad there was never a Charmed Sons spin-off) these three would be TOO powerful and the show would get very boring very quickly.  So I'd stick with them not having any powers at all, no matter who their parent are.

[Esmeralda]

Hehehehe - oh, am I slow! I just realized that by Original P3 Version you meant using the original Power of Three - no Paige. Oops, my combo version doesn't quite work, but my own version does since I also prefer no Paige:

First I'd have Paige never existing. Prue never dying means Leo would never give into everything Piper wants because he feels guilty for losing Prue, which means he'd still be the Leo I loved for the first three seasons, and so would Piper. It also means she'd be the heart of the family and not its crappy leader. Cole would die at the end of Season Three, saving Phoebe from the Brotherhood of the Thorn (no Sources in my version) and Phoebe pregnant.

For kids, I'll stick to Trish (short for Patricia) for Prue and Bane (oops - can't have Andy unless he becomes a whitelighter and that I don't want, so let Bane get out of jail instead - that combo would easily make the most beautiful daughter of the three) born after the four-season series is over; Melinda for Piper and Leo, born after the series is over, and Cole's daughter, Nicole, for Phoebe, born after Cole dies saving her from some Big Bad mainly so we don't have to listen to her gripe about finding her daughter's father.

That means just Nicole, Trish and Melinda (born in that order) one all human, one part-angel and one part-demon. Sounds more than enough for me, even if one for each sister is almost as bad as three for each--just a lot easier to handle.

And because they're cousins, not sisters, they never become Charmed, but could still make an interesting spin-off, one totally different than one about their mothers.

[Andrew]

I dunno. For all that she (eventually) got into taking care of baby Matthew with her sister in that episode with the ghost, I never really got the feeling that Prue ever really wanted to have kids. Oh, sure, she might have decided otherwise had she lived long enough, but she pretty much had to sacrifice her childhood to help raise her sisters. I think she would have much preferred to be a doting aunt.

Piper should have had Melinda (as seen in “Morality Bites”). Not sure whether she would have wanted more than one child - though, admittedly, Chris wasn’t exactly planned, so she could have gotten another surprise in this timeline, too - but Melinda definitely should have been her firstborn. As for powers? I think I’ll go with something I don’t think I’ve ever seen anyone else choose: I think she should inherit the power of healing from her dad. Not orbing, not sensing, not glamouring, not sporking people with lightning. Just healing. For the daughter of someone as nurturing as (early) Piper was and someone so dedicated to taking care of his fellow man that he gave his life for it like Leo, that just seems to fit.

As for Phoebe… Hmm. Well, first of all, if Prue survives, Cole and Phoebe wouldn’t both suffer from such massive character derailment. Would he still be half-demon? Eh, probably. (He definitely wouldn’t be taken over by the Source, that’s for certain.) Even if he was, I’d imagine he and Phoebe would probably look into possible ways to keep any demonic heritage from being passed to any children they might want to have, if only to spare them the confusion and angst that Cole knew all too well could come from having parts of yourself being at war with each other. (Phoebe, meanwhile, would insist on not having her child in the Manor, knowing what being born there had done to her.) However, whether from some stray demonic genes or inheriting it from Phoebe’s past life - or, more likely, some combination - their child would have the power of fire throwing. No, I don’t know whether it would be a boy or a girl. That doesn’t really seem like the important part, anyway.

[Astral Chaos]

Okay. I'll take the bait and use this as an to give my -- very much atrophied -- creative muscle a little workout. This'll be more so me spitballing based off of my understanding of the rules/premise of the thread (all three sisters MUST have children + Paige doesn't exist), so my apologies in advance if it all seems a little . . . disjointed.

So, we'll kick this off with some basic background, I guess:
Rather than eight, my show would've lasted five seasons. The Source is vanquished early Season 5. Mark ("Dead Man Dating") never died and would be Piper's primary love interest. I very much like Andy and he's generally my Prue go-to but I think, in this world, I'll keep his "Déjà Vu All Over Again" death because it's a nice send off and pair Prue with Bane. Phoebe'll end up with Clay -- I never particularly cared for his character and he certainly wasn't the most ethical or morally upstanding character but, retrospectively, I think he might have her only love interest over the run of the show who actually loved her (Cole, I think, was more obsessed than in love). I wouldn't have given any of the sisters any individual additional powers; perhaps they would've developed some joint Power of Three group abilities but that's really neither here nor there. Piper is the only one to have a child during the run of the show -- a daughter during Season 4. The series finale sees Phoebe (and Clay) leave San Francisco to travel the world together; after a couple of years I think they settle in Seattle, open a "hidden" store and sell magical artifacts and items to the good magical community. Prue and Piper stay together in the Manor for a long time; at some point a neighbouring house comes up for sale and one of the two (probably Prue) snatches it up and moves.

Now that I've got all that settled (in my own mind at least), I'll move onto the specifics of each sister and their children.

Prue
I think I'll give her one daughter, with Bane, born a few years after the show ends and a couple of months after Piper's second daughter (so she'd have her in early 2005-ish). Her name would be Phaedra, nicknamed Phae (Faye), and she'd have hydrokinesis. A little nod to the "timing, feeling, phases of the moon" thing (of which I specifically always try to incorporate as much as possible whenever I deviate from the standard Warren witch powers) but, you know, also something of a full-circle moment that really shows the evolution of Prue -- Patty dying via a demonically-induced drowning, Prue consequently developing a water-phobia before eventually coming to peace with it.

Piper
Piper, and Mark, would have three daughters -- Melinda, Mei, and M-something (Madeline? Ming? IDK). Each would have one third of the Warren premonition power and they'd have some kind of interconnected prophetess/soothsayer-esque magical destiny. Melinda would be born in 2001/at some point during Season 4 and with the ability to see into the past. Mei -- born in late 2004 (a couple of months prior to Prue's daughter) and able to view the present. M-something: 2008 + visions of the future. Because their magic is more of a collective type deal, I'd give the three of them an innate empathic connection and I think they'd be able to send/include each other their visions.

Phoebe
Okay, so this one is a struggle (I've always been pretty staunchly against Mother!Phoebe) and while I've been able to come up with two possible options, I can't say I'm satisfied with either one.

So we have option one -- the safer of the two options and what I prefer/am leaning towards --, where Phoebe and Clay decided against having babies and actively took measures to ensure that they didn't have any but "ooops! the birth control failed!" (possibly there was an accidental encounter with some kind of a fertility charm/totem) and Phoebe found herself pregnant. They have a much loved, however accidental her conception may have been, daughter named Parker who inherits the Warren power to freeze time.

Or . . . we have wildcard option two. I like this one much less but it's somewhat more creative and a little more interesting than the first. Echoing what Piper was told in the original Charmed, Phoebe is infertile because of an abundance of scar tissue caused by repeated blunt force trauma. Barbas, following his own nefarious purposes, steals some of Phoebe's "essence" and secretly mixes it with his own to create a baby. Magical IVF, if you will, just without the traditional incubation period. Phoebe, guided by her premonitions, somehow discovers the existence of aforementioned baby, -- and with the help of Prue + Piper -- tracks her down, brings her home, renames her Persephone [with the nickname "Posey"]. Clay, happy that they finally have a baby after many years of disappointment, raises her as his own. I think Posey would be able to see auras (feels appropriate for a witch/demon baby to me but also seems like a comfortable halfway point between Phoebe and Barbas' individual powers) and throughout her life would likely develop other sense-based powers such as enhanced hearing and/or sensory removal, etc ...

Parker or Posey -- whichever one makes the final cut (probably Parker) -- comes into existence circa 2009-ish.

So all up, there'd be:

- Melinda
- Mei
- Phaedra
- "M3"
- Parker or Persephone

I feel like a handful of children between the three of them is plenty. Then there's also the option of two potential spinoffs. San Francisco with Prue, Piper, their men, Melinda, Mei, "M-3" and Phae OR one in Seattle with Phoebe, Clay, Parker/Persephone (+ maybe Phaedra who moves for either studying or work, IDK).

[BriannaWarren2.0]

Charmed Children:

I will go in what I believe should have been in chronological order.

Phoebe and Cole: 

Persephone Nicole Halliwell.

The twice blessed child (meaning she is the first born demon and witch), she was born in the manor over the nexus, suffering the same fate as her mother, she is more bonded with the Warren line than the Turner making her an incredible force of good, she utilises the demonic power of Shimmering to help get innocents out of harms way, because her soul is of good nature she can touch the book. 

She has her mother’s rebellious attitude and goes against her parents decisions however she is always found by Phoebe and picked up by Cole. 

She like her Aunt is incredibly intelligent at historical events and is getting an internship at her Aunt’s auction house, she will have a job there if she can improve her grades and prove to Prue how responsible she can be at both her personal and magical life.
The powers she is born with are Premonitions and Shimmering, her Premonition power grows over her life. 



Piper and Leo: 

Patricia Melinda Halliwell. 

Their daughter was born in the middle of house renovations, they moved next door to the manor, they limit the amount of magic used in their home but can never avoid it, making Piper feel like Witchcraft will always interfere with their lives, something that Leo helps Piper with especially after having Patricia, Leo Wyatt becomes a SAHD something the Elders prefer since he is the Next Generation’s Whitelighter as well. 


Patricia’s powers at birth was Molecular Deceleration (she can slow time not completely stop it, this is something she picks up over time).



Prue and Bane: 

Penelope Jessica Halliwell. 

Penelope was never planned for, however, Prue stated that this will be her first and only child, something that Bane agrees with, she finds out that she is pregnant two years after moving in with Bane, they planned a romantic dinner for Valentine’s Day and they conceived their little girl on that night, having Penelope in November.


Their daughter receives the power of Telekinesis.

In the future: A spin-off series called, Destined, will star the Cousins living in the manor, like their mother's past lives, battling the forces of evil whilst also protecting the innocents and not exposing the magical world to humans, adding to the book and balancing their magical and personal responsibilities.