Starting the Story (pt 3 added)

[SimplyAretha]

posted by wiccawitch

This is sorta half fanfic, half rp, and there's tons more if you like it. Just FYI, this is part of a rp written by a group of people, the only charrie I am responsible for is Paige. I also did the grammar and spelling.
Editor's note: All story lines take place after the WB episode Baby's First Demon, and do not necessarily follow along with the regular Charmed series, in anything other than characters and history. I do not own any of the characters in this story. ~wiccawitch


Piper: (sits down on the couch exhausted. Puts hands on forehead and mutters to herself. Hears something, and looks up to the grinning face of a sickening demon and screams.) AHH!!

Demon: Don't worry foolish Charmed One. It is not you I am after. It is Paige, the youngest. Could you make things simple and tell me where she is?

Piper: Like hell I will! (tries to blow him up, but it has no effect on him) Well that might be a problem. Um Paige, Phoebe help!

Phoebe: (runs down the stairs) Piper, what the hell's the matter?

Piper: (pointing at the demon) That's what the hell's the matter! I can't freeze the dang thing!

Phoebe: Well, what am I supposed to do?

Piper: Levitate and kick it in its fat demon face!

Phoebe: Ok! (goes to kick it in the face, but it blinks away, and she flies into the clock, breaking it)

Piper: You got to stop doing that Phoebe! (thinking) What was that and why did it want Paige? I thought the oldest witch was the most powerful? We better get Paige and look in the Book of Shadows. (they go to the attic and walk over to the Book of Shadows) Have you got your cell phone, Phoebe?

Phoebe: Yup, should I ring Paige?

Piper: I think that could be a good idea, you never know what that demon is gonna try and do! (they call Paige, who is in P3 surrounded by a group of men)

Paige: Hello?

Phoebe: Hey, Paige, it's Phoebe.

Paige: Ah, hey hun, look I'm kinda busy...what do you want?

Phoebe: Oh, sorrrrrrry.

Paige: I'm kidding, it's just that, you never phone me unless something bad's happening. (pauses, then speaks with a lowered voice) Something bad's happening isn't it?

Phoebe: Um, yah, you could say that.

Paige: Ok wait, let me just move away from the hotties before any potential romance is damped further by my 'extra curricular activities'. (walks over to the other side of the bar) Why does the Source of all Evil decide to pop in just as my love life is looking up? (looks over at the group, eyes her obvious favorite, and smiles at him apologetically) So, tell me, which big bad is after us today?

Phoebe: (pauses) Humm, I don't know how to tell you this. I'm thinking that I'll just come right out and say it. A demon jumped out at Piper this afternoon, grinned maniacally, made himself quite at home, and asked straight out where you were. Piper didn't say, of course, but the problem is that neither of our powers had any effect on him. I mean, I actually did more damage to the clock than him, and Piper's sparkage didn't even make him blink. It's crazy, nothing happened. I mean nothing. He got all sulky when he knew he wouldn't get anywhere and shimmered out. Now, we don't know where he is or who he is. All we know is that he wants you.

Paige: Ok, Phoebe, slow down. This is a bit of an information overload. So what you're saying is that I have something that this demon wants? Boy, I'm popular today.

Piper: (listening, snatches the phone away) This is no time for laughs, Paige, I think it could be serious. I want you to get back to the manor as quickly as you can.

Paige: (looking miserable) Spoil my fun, why don't you. (glares up 'There', mumbling) Thanks a lot, you guys, I really appreciate the way you look out for me. God, the things I do for this world- you'd think they'd return the favor.

Phoebe: Paige?... Paige? Earth to Paige!

Paige: Ok ok, sorry. (sighs again) I'll be over as soon as I get a number out of that one. (smiling)

Phoebe: Paige, I really don't think this is the right moment to be sorting out your love life when you could be dead tomorrow.

Paige: Miaow, do I sense bitterness Phebes? All work and no sex... Kidding, I'm coming I promise, but can't a girl have a bit of fun once in a while?!

Phoebe: Paige, fun later, vanquish now.

Paige: (tuts sulkily into phone) Fine. (hangs up)

(a little while later)

Paige: (Bursts in through the front door and surveys the damage.) Great. (sigh) Phoebe? Piper? Where are you? (runs to the attic, and storms up to Phoebe and Piper next to the Book of Shadows) What's going on now?

Phoebe: Well, hun, we haven't really found anything. So far, all we know is... (sounding concerned) You've got something he wants, Paige. But right now, only he knows what that is. Piper's been searching through the Book of Shadows, but as yet, nothing's come up. What do you have that singles you out from the two of us? We each share in the Power of Three...

Paige: Could it be that I'm half whitelighter? Maybe he's a specialized darklighter or something. What do you think, Piper?

Piper: Paige, I think you may be right. Darklighters love to kill whitelighters, and I think they'll settle for a half, especially since the other half is Charmed.

Paige: Maybe it needs me to ruin the Power of Three? And it didn't take either of you because its little bit of hocus pocus would only work on me, and having you would mess up its plan...? What did it look like? Is it in the Book?

Phoebe: (stands looking over Piper's shoulder at the Book) Something's weird here. (gets woozy) Oh, god! Prem-premon-premonition! He's coming here, he's nearing the house again. I can feel him. Oh, no, we're not ready and our powers don't work on him! Paige, get us out of here! (Paige orbs them out, until they can't feel him in the house anymore, then orbs them back in) Ooo, I don't feel him anymore. He must be moving away. (they look in the Book a bit more) Oh god, it's the demon. (shuts eyes tightly) He's in the house. Piper, when he gets here, freeze him okay? I don't care if you think you can't. You can- you are strong. Remember that. (the door bursts open) Piper, NOW!!!!!!!!

(The demon comes in with an athemae in his hand, and reverses it straight at Paige's heart. Paige orbs out in case Piper's freezing power doesn't work on him. The athemae slams into the wall of the attic. The demon freezes momentarily, then fights through the freeze. He grins knowingly and blinks out. However, Paige doesn't orb back in, and Leo can't sense her.)

(in a strange, dark room)

(Paige is standing in a locked room, having just orbed there. She tries to orb out, but gets pretty bruised bouncing off the walls. She has no idea where she is, or how she got there. She gasps as she realizes that she recognized the demon's face.)

Paige: Oh my gosh, I used to date him!!

(A voice floats in from the walls)

Demon: At last we are alone, my love. Only the Power of Three can free you now. (sarcastically) Oops, it looks like they're one witch short.

Paige: Piper, Phoebe, Leo!!!!!! HELP!!!!!!

(meanwhile, back at the manor, in the attic)


Piper: I can do it! (freezes the demon and turns to smile at Paige) Paige?! Phoebe, where did Paige go? Okay, I have to calm down, this demon evidently has some control or contact with us, I can sense him. Can you Phoebe? Okay, what do we do, we can't leave him frozen in our attic. Phoebe, scry for Paige, I have a feeling this freeze will only last a ... Okay, he's gone. We have to find him, he might have Paige!

[SimplyAretha]

(Piper and Phoebe are still searching the Book of Shadows when the doorbell rings. Piper answers it, and sees her 11 year old distant cousin Jayne standing there, crying)

Jayne: Piper... (sob) My parents died last night, in a fire. (she cries some more, and Piper comforts her) They told me yesterday morning that I was a witch, and that you guys are too. (with wide eyes) I don't really get it... Do you know what they were talking about? (Piper calls for Phoebe, and together they gently explain)

Piper: Of course you can stay and I'm so sorry about your parents. They said you were a witch? I didn't know your family had any witch blood in it. And yes I do know about witches. Paige Phoebe and I are all witches. Did they say what powers you have? We'll have to figure out what
your powers are. But right now we need to find Paige she literally disappeared from the attic. Come up with us, and we'll show you the Book of Shadows. Wait (flicks her hand towards Jayne in an attempt to freeze her) Just checking, good witches don't freeze.

(the strange room)

(Paige paces around the room, beating on the walls)

Paige: Let me out of here!!

Demon: (a face appears right where she's about to hit) STOP!

Paige: (her arms fall weakly to her sides) What do you want from me?

Demon: You'll see soon.

Paige: My sisters will save me!

Demon: I think not.

Paige: (the opposite wall starts to glow and a scene of the manor plays out on it like a movie. She sees her disappearance, Jayne's arrival, her sisters' frantic search through the Book of Shadows) I told you, they'll save me, and you'll go back to Hell where you belong.

Demon: Just watch.

Paige: (her head turns unwillingly back to the wall. A different scene appears. Her sisters and Jayne scrying for her, the demon letting them, them bursting through the door, right into the trap. Piper not able to freeze him this time. All of them dying, Jayne's pain filled eyes before she bled out) NOOOO!!! Isn't there any way they can win? I know you were good once, a long time ago. Isn't there any of that left inside of you?

Demon: (he softens a bit) Well, since they can't find out, and I do want you to love me... I will tell you one thing. The only way I can be beaten is by using the Power of Three. Only the three sisters who are the Charmed Ones can kill me...However, you are completely under my spell, and that can also be broken only by the Power of Three. (grins evilly) Ironic, isn't it? It's a shame your sisters can't bring Prue back, isn't it...?

(back at the manor, in the attic)(Jayne is downstairs checking out her new room)

Piper: (angrily) He's not in here! (the pages of the Book start fluttering) Hey, we're getting help. The demon Training Academy? Haven't we already been through that with Prue? (as she says Prue's name, the pages move to a new place) Omigod, Phoebe! That's Prue's handwriting, isn't it?! That was never there before... (reads the heading on the page) Resurrection? Omigod, we can resurrect Prue! It's not personal gain if we're doing it to save Paige. We need the Power of Three, how about it Phebes?

Phoebe: I don't know Piper. Do you really think we can resurrect Prue? We were hurting so bad when she left, and you wanna bring her back so she can just leave again? Sure, we have to save Paige, but there must be another way. Prue's finally resting in peace... Look, we can't do it. (near tears) I'm sorry, but I can't agree on bringing my sister back. There has GOT to be something else, another option. (shuts the book)(after a pause, a light wind begins to blow around the attic, the page about resurrection reopens by itself, and a very familiar scent engulfs the two sisters) Piper, can you smell that? It's Prue's favorite perfume. I'm sure of it. Maybe she wants to help, I mean, she did write that spell. Even though she's moved on, she'll always be there for us.

Prue: (a swirling inner circle of light envelopes the sisters, and the voice of Prue is heard) The Power of 3 lives with in me. I love you both very much. Your security is what allows me to rest in peace as I watch over you with Mom and Grams. Let me help. The Power of Three.... (her voice drifts of into an echo, then fades away)

Phoebe: (struggles for breath)(starts to cry, and reaches for Piper. They hug, and after they break away, the simultaneously say) The Power of Three. (smiling weakly) It's what Prue wants, you were right. (on a pad of paper, she writes down the resurrection spell) Piper, help me set this up. (they create a circle of candles, and each lights half of the circle)(they face each other and join hands, Phoebe squeezes Piper's hand in encouragement, Piper responds, and they begin the chant)

Pain, pleasure, beauty within,
set us free of sight and sin.
Our sister past, we need her near,
let her join us without fear.

Time has past and people grow but
with each second we miss her so,
As the candles burn,
for her presence we yearn.

Spirit draw from the earth's natural power.
Earth, air, fire, water,
we call upon our ancient powers.

Prue Halliwell, appear before our eyes,
The power of three will set us free.
The power of three with set us free

(They repeat the last line until Prue materializes before their eyes.) PRUE!!!!!!!!!!! We did it Piper! (all hug while tears fall from their eyes.) I can't believe it's you. We've missed you so much. (more hugs.) The Power of Three is still strong as ever. Now with the power of 3 reunited, we can vanquish this evil for good and you get to meet Paige, our new little sister. But the question is, where do we start? Leo, have the Elders told you anything? She orbed away and never returned, so she must be stuck somewhere. Maybe the Book has a spell we can try. Hey, Piper, ask Jayne if she wants to do her first witchy stuff. We should involve Prue, but she seems a bit disoriented, hardly surprising. (flips some pages) Here. "To Uncover One Lost" Come here, stand with me. This is closest to where she was before. Say this spell with me:


Open the windows, unbolt the door,
Place our sister back where she was before.
For a person of power, who is taken from sight,
restore her to glory, with all of her might.

Paige Matthews, one of we sisters 3,
return to this space and so mote it be.

Do you think it worked? I heard a thud. That must be her. We'd better check that she's okay. Paige? Hi hun, what happened to you?

(downstairs)

Piper: Prue, we should go check and see if Phebes and Jayne got Paige back, I heard some noise. Leo what do you...? (Leo is frozen) What?" Suddenly the Angel of Destiny appears next to Leo. "Ah man, the last time you came around we all got in a fight. I better get the girls. Phoebe, Jayne, Paige! We have an all powerful visitor. (They all come rushing down the stairs, Paige looking slightly disoriented)

Angel of Destiny: I have come to speak with Prudence. The Elders, Death, and I have discussed and foreseen many events. I have come to offer Prudence the chance of her life, quite literally. She would continue living here in San Francisco as a witch, and she would continue to age like a normal human. She will be as she was before.

Piper: Oh my god, Prue! (happily) You can stay!!!

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(the strange room)

Paige: (the scene is still playing out on the wall: The Angel of Destiny appears. All the sisters and Jayne rush downstairs...) So that's Prue. She's beautiful. But she probably hates me. I took her
place. I'll deal with that when I have to, I don't even want to think about it right now. Ha! Your plan is spoiled, I will be going home soon. Wait, there's something wrong with this picture. Demon, is this the present or the future? Present? But...I'm right here. How can I be in
two places at once? Who is that? Ohmigosh, is that another demon? She's called a what? A cloniaw? As in clone? That's a clone of me???!!! How...

Demon: I programmed her exactly as you are. Not like that stupid Cole. He just sends someone in who doesn't even know your sister, and ends up getting almost killed. Her every reaction will be as yours would be. Your foolish sisters will never know the difference. You are trapped, my love, and until we marry, and you conceive, you will never see them again, barring this magic mirror. Do you consent?

Paige: Never!! I'll never marry you, and especially not...ugh! I don't even want to think about it. Where the Hell am I? Wait...I just caught on to something, did you mention that Cole ALMOST got killed? He really did get all the way killed. Didn't he?

Demon: An oversight on my part. Oh well, he is planning, even now. You and your sisters would have found out about it sooner or later. Although he would have preferred it to be later. Will you consent to marry me yet? If you don't now, you must know you will either eventually, or starve, and I can bring you back to life from death, to make you suffer the torment many, many times.

Paige: No!! Stop asking me, I'll never do it. Go away. (he disappears) Oh, my god!! How am I ever gonna get through this? (goes back to watching the screen: Scenes play by, then the fake Paige takes out a lollipop and starts licking it.) That's it!! I stopped eating lollipops a while ago. He must not have known. I hope they notice. I only have one more thing to try, although this will be my first non-practice try. (sits cross-legged in the middle of the floor, meditating)(sending) Please, Piper, I need your help. That is not the real Paige. It is a cloniaw. There should be something on them in the Book. Just look at the lollipop, or try to freeze her. She is not a good witch. I am still...wherever I am. The demon says the only way to save me is to come here, battle and vanquish him. If you just summon me, he will just send different demons in my place, and you won't be able to tell they're fake. He learns quickly from his mistakes. Cole is back, as well. Help! (keeps repeating the message until Piper hears her)

(at the manor)

Phoebe: Hey guys, anyone for coffee? Everyone up for leaded? (puts out 4 cups, one for Prue, one for Piper, one for Leo, and one for herself.) Paige, are you sure you don't want some? (places each mug on a tray along with some cookies and carefully heads to the family room) Coffee's up everybody. I'm surprised at you Paige, no coffee? No one ever turns down coffee in this house. (hand against Paige's forehead) You feeling ok girl? Just kidding. (they all sip for a while in silence) So I must say, this is a bit strange. Family reunion and an unexpected yet welcomed visitor. I'm so glad your back for good Prue. Everything must seem muddled for you but we are gonna make everything as easy as possible for you during the transition. Hey, don't mock me
it is a transition. You've been dead for almost 2 years. (pauses) I'm thinking that we cant use the power of 3 anymore. We have 4 sisters, a cousin plus Leo and baby- that's like the power of 7.
Doesn't exactly have a ring to it. We'll have to come up with a new trade mark. The Heavenly Sevens? Ok ok, you try something. Paige, use your mind and get us a pad of paper and a pen. Is that ANOTHER lollipop? I thought u gave those up. That's 3 in half an hour. Glucose trip!
Did you hear me? (tuts) Fine, I'll do it myself. (gritted teeth) Piper, can I see you in the kitchen? (in the kitchen) Can you believe her? I sorry but I think we deserve a bit of gratitude for returning her from that other dimension. Thinking about it though, she hasn't been totally, 100% herself since she returned from wherever she was. 3 lollipops after none for months and no coffee? Maybe she got deprogrammed as she was coming back. Not really but it doesn't seem like such an odd idea. Can you ask Leo to speak with the Elders, see if any strange behavior from the Underworld has been noted? I'll try and speak with Paige, see if anything else is up and um, while you are up there, give Prue and Jayne this pad to share and a couple of pens and say "become
inspired." They'll know what you mean. I hope Paige is feeling alright. I'm sure its just the change of forces within her. It must be draining orbing from a place you have no clue about and back here. Maybe it was a long distance she had to travel. Hopefully she'll be alright by the morning but warn the others and lets keep an eye on her.

(upstairs)

Piper: Prue, Jayne, heres a paper and pens, get inspired or whatever. Leo I need to talk to...to... (looks as though she's listening to something) What? Ok, um, hold on, how the Hell I'm hearing you I don't know. (calls Leo over and explains what she just heard Paige say) I wrote this spell to possess me with Paige's soul.

In this body one soul may dwell
to cast it away would send it to hell
so make room inside for sister to hide
from wherever Paige Matthews has fell

Ah, a limerick Paige always liked limericks.

Paige: I know I did.

Piper: Leo, did you hear that? Paige can talk through me. Okay, first things first. Paige, shut up, don't say a thing. (pulls open to a drawer, takes out some chalk, and mutters a spell at it) Hey, everyone, come over here. (they all come and stand near Piper, and she throws her hands up and freezes the fake Paige) Okay, nobody move, hold 100% still. (draws an outline around them all with the in the air, leaving a shimmery gold outline) I put a spell on the chalk so only we could see it. I had to outline you guys in case Paige was looking at you. Well, actually, that's not Paige, it's a cloniaw, a demon clone of Paige. Right now, Paige's soul is inside me, and can talk and see through my eyes. The demon that has Paige used to be a human, he went through the demon training academy like that guy we used to know, only this one is really powerful. (walks over to the chest holding their supplies and pulls out the crystals they use to trap demons) This should keep her from orbing out, they kept Cole from shimmering. Oh, and while we're on that bridge, Cole is still alive.

Paige: (taking over Piper's mouth) Thank God you heard me, Piper, I was so scared. It's nice to see all of you again. And to meet Prue and Jayne. Wow, how were you guys fooled by that cloniaw? My butt is not really that big, and my boobs aren't that flat. Ha Ha, Piper, real funny. Seriously, guys. We need to get this done fast. I need to get back to my body fast so he doesn't do anything to me while I'm gone. First things first, we need to get rid of that cloniaw. Piper, walk me up to the Book of Shadows. (Piper walks her to the Book, and flips through the pages) Good. Here is a vanquishing spell. I think I wanna take this one on my own.

One who would take on my form,
Disguised in what would be the norm.
We know you now for what you are,
We know the tricks you've played so far.
Return at once to whence you came,
To die in Hell's eternal flame.


Well, good, she's gone. Now we need to deal with Tyler. What? Oh that's his name. Or at least it was when we were dating. I don't know what name he uses now. I'll write a spell for him. And I think we should all go wherever it is and say the spell together. Leo, you should stay home with Wyatt, but be ready if we call for help. Jayne, I think you should stay here. You just got your powers this morning, and if they were to not work right, you got hurt, and we couldn't heal you, I don't know what I'd do. I saw a vision wherever I was of you dying, and it hurt me so much I- (composes herself) You aren't ready to battle demons yet, I'm sorry. We need to get to where my body is, call him in, and defeat him. Prue, Piper, Phebes, I think I've written a spell to bring him to us when we get there:

Demon who to us would come,
Stealing sister loved by we,
Twice you have been taught to fear,
And left the sight of sisters three.
To one who dwells in darkest night,
One hidden by the thought of fright,
Come here to us, don't cower far,
With the Charmed Ones you shall spar.

He should appear, and then we need a Po4 spell to vanquish him:

To one who deals in things unjust,
to one who feels the sin of lust,
Begone forever, turn to dust.
The Power of Three will set us Free.
The Power of Four Forevermore.
The Power of Three will set us Free.
The Power of Four Forevermore.

Guys, I feel a tugging. I'm going back. Help!! Just grab on to Piper's hands. Everyone just let your minds relax. Let your souls float with me. Follow my glow. (all of them are in the darkened room) Everyone here? Good. Say the first spell with me, when he gets here, everyone touch Piper's hands. Piper, with us here you can freeze him. I believe in you. Let's say the spell. (they say it, and he appears) Piper freeze him!!! Now let's vanquish him. (they say the vanquishing spell) ...The Power of Four Forevermore! (Tyler burns and dies) Well, I guess since he's not holding me anymore, we can go home.

(voice from behind): You know, I don't really think that was a very potent spell, Paige. You see, both parts applied to me, but I'm not a big pile of ashes. Now what are we going to do about that?

Paige: Ohmigosh! (they are so startled that their souls all seize up, and Paige orbs out. Suddenly she is in the manor in her own body. She gasps, disoriented, looking around. Then she remembers what startled her)...

[SimplyAretha]

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