Post by charmedphoebe on Sept 19, 2005 15:00:18 GMT -5
CHAPTER 1
“Look, I know that this all sounds incredible, but it doesn't make it any less true. Alright, you're a healer, you do good, now either you have saved too many lives or you're about to save a life that they don't want you to save.”
“They?” asked Griffiths
“Yeah, demons. Uh, more specifically, Shax. He was The Source's assassin.”
“Hold it, I get it. This is a practical joke, right? Do you have a hidden camera here? My second wife put you up to this? Ah, it's just like her”. he said laughing.
“O-o-okay, Dr. Griffiths, listen to me, this is anything but” Prue stops.
“What?” Piper asked.
“I don't know, I just felt a chill. Phoebe?” Prue yelled. There is no answer. “Phoebe, are you there?” Prue yelled again. A tornado of wind twisted through the front door. “Phoebe, where are you?” The tornado knocked Prue and Piper to the floor. A clap of thunder is heard, the tornado calms down and Shax appeared.
“Dear god.”
“No!” Yelled Prue, Prue got up off the floor and pushed Dr. Griffiths out of the way. Shax threw an energy ball at Prue and she literally crashed straight through a wall. Piper got up and Shax threw an energy ball at Piper, sending her crashing through a wall. Shax turned to Dr. Griffiths.
“What are you?” Dr. Griffiths said.
“The end.” Shax replied.
He threw an energy ball at Dr. Griffiths and he crashed through a window. Shax looked around. He looks at Prue and Piper unconscious on the floor. Pleased with what he's done, Shax turned back into the wind and flew out the front door. The glass on the door smashed as it slammed shut.
zzzzz zzzzz zzzzz
Two Day's Later
In the attic. Phoebe is in tears as she flipped through the Book of Shadows. She chanted the Power of Three spell, hoping that Piper would return.
“Hear now the words of the witches, the secrets we hid in the night. The oldest of Gods are invoked here, the great magic is sought.”
A candle flickered. She's surrounded by herb jars, chalices and other ritualistic items. “In this night and in this battle, I call upon the ancient power.” She looks up and closes her eyes.“Bring back my sister. Bring back the Power of Three.” She kept her eyes closed for a prayerful beat, then she opened them, looked at the candle, but saw nothing. Blindly determined, she started flipping through pages until she found another spell, To Call a Lost Witch. She expertly finds and mixes certain ingredients rosemary, cypress, yarrow root into a silver bowl as she chanted from the book. “Power of the witches' rise. Course unseen across the skies. Come to us, we call you near. Come to us and settle here.” Then, she found an athame and sliced the left finger of her left hand so that blood can symbolically spill directly from her heart and into the bowl. “Blood to blood, I summon thee. Blood to blood, return to me.”
A faint gust of wind flickered the candle, but not much else. She buried her face in her hands in defeat.
“Phoebe?”
Phoebe looked up, hopeful. “Piper?” She looked at the candle. Prue enters, wearing her nightclothes and jacket. She had a tear-stained face.
“Sweetie, it 4 o'clock in the morning. What are you doing?” Prue said. Phoebe doesn't answer, just stares blankly at the book. Prue notices Phoebe's bleeding and grabbed a towel. “You're bleeding.”
Phoebe didn't notice and didn't care. Prue found a clean cloth, took Phoebe's hand and wrapped the wound. “I don't understand why magic can't fix this. And why we can't bring Piper back. It's not like we haven't cheated death before. I don't understand why this time isn't any different.”
“Because Leo can't heal the dead, Phoebe. You know that.”
“There's other magic, magic that we've used before.” She flipped through the pages and fought away the tears. “Scrying, calling a lost witch, reversing time.” She closed the Book of Shadows. She stood up.“It's like the book just deserted us and deserted Piper, and I don't understand why.” Prue took Phoebe's other hand, held them both, sharing her pain.
“We lost our sister. How can we ever understand that? We've tried every magical way to bring her back… but we can't. She's gone.” Their eyes welled up as they faced the harsh reality, then they fell into each other's arms. It's a nightmare neither one of them can ever wake up from. “I just I thank God that I didn't lose you too.” Prue gave her a little kiss. She broke the hug. She sighs. “We have to get some rest. Piper will never forgive us if we look bad at her funeral.”
Phoebe couldn't help but smile through the tears at that. She stood up, looked down at the Book of Shadows one last time before closing it. Arm-in-arm, they exited, shutting the door behind them. A beat, then a mysterious wind returned our attention to the Book of Shadows. The symbol, the triquetra, on the cover begins to glow. The mysterious wind re-opens the book and magically turned to the pages to the last spell Phoebe tried to cast, “To Call a Lost Witch...”
zzzzz zzzzz zzzzz
Underworld. A darkly cloaked figure appears in front of a shadowy figure known as the Oracle.
“Is Belthazor died?”
“Yes, but there is something else...” He considered that for a beat, then turns and waves his clawed hand at The Oracle. A creepy but sexy young woman, materializes from the depths, stroking her ever-present crystal ball. “There is something more.”
“The Charmed Ones are dead. What else is there?”
“Not all of the Charmed Ones are died.”
“One gone ends the threat. Be grateful I don't turn you into a snake.”
“Yes, but then how would you see into the future without me?”
“Without the Charmed Ones to worry about anymore, I may not need to.”
“Mmm. Well, in that case, you'd better keep me around a little while longer.” The Source turned back to the Oracle as she looked into her crystal ball, saw whips of smoke forming inside.
“What do you see?”
“I see a witch's call on the spirit winds. I see another.”
zzzzz zzzzz zzzzz
A beautiful ivory-colored coffin sits on a pedestal amongst the flowers. An ivory-dressed, Wiccan Priestess stands before a blue silk covered altar table, which is adorned with a ceremonial chalice. A tied, silver cord lay before the chalice, three lit candles surrounding it, symbolizing birth, death, and the rebirth. To the unaware mourners, however, the service came across as part traditional, part New Age. Prue, Phoebe, Leo, Darryl, and Victor were seated close to the priestess. Prue and Phoebe dabbed at their eyes and Leo kept his eyes peeled for any trouble. The funeral program, which bore the symbol of the triquetra above the name, read: “PIPER HALLIWELL, 1973-2001; “Forever in our Hearts.”
“That which belongs to fellowship and love. That which belongs to the circle, remains with us. The wheel turns. As life is a day, so our sister has passed into night. Nothing is final, and we who remain behind know that one day, we will once again share the bread and wine with our sister. O' blessed spirit, we bid you farewell, for you await a new destiny.”
With that, she untied the silver cord and gently lay it into the chalice. She blew out the candles. Mourners standing, shaking hands, crying, etc. Darryl went over to Prue and Phoebe to hug them and people began to pay their respects.
zzzzz zzzzz zzzzz
“Look, I know that this all sounds incredible, but it doesn't make it any less true. Alright, you're a healer, you do good, now either you have saved too many lives or you're about to save a life that they don't want you to save.”
“They?” asked Griffiths
“Yeah, demons. Uh, more specifically, Shax. He was The Source's assassin.”
“Hold it, I get it. This is a practical joke, right? Do you have a hidden camera here? My second wife put you up to this? Ah, it's just like her”. he said laughing.
“O-o-okay, Dr. Griffiths, listen to me, this is anything but” Prue stops.
“What?” Piper asked.
“I don't know, I just felt a chill. Phoebe?” Prue yelled. There is no answer. “Phoebe, are you there?” Prue yelled again. A tornado of wind twisted through the front door. “Phoebe, where are you?” The tornado knocked Prue and Piper to the floor. A clap of thunder is heard, the tornado calms down and Shax appeared.
“Dear god.”
“No!” Yelled Prue, Prue got up off the floor and pushed Dr. Griffiths out of the way. Shax threw an energy ball at Prue and she literally crashed straight through a wall. Piper got up and Shax threw an energy ball at Piper, sending her crashing through a wall. Shax turned to Dr. Griffiths.
“What are you?” Dr. Griffiths said.
“The end.” Shax replied.
He threw an energy ball at Dr. Griffiths and he crashed through a window. Shax looked around. He looks at Prue and Piper unconscious on the floor. Pleased with what he's done, Shax turned back into the wind and flew out the front door. The glass on the door smashed as it slammed shut.
zzzzz zzzzz zzzzz
Two Day's Later
In the attic. Phoebe is in tears as she flipped through the Book of Shadows. She chanted the Power of Three spell, hoping that Piper would return.
“Hear now the words of the witches, the secrets we hid in the night. The oldest of Gods are invoked here, the great magic is sought.”
A candle flickered. She's surrounded by herb jars, chalices and other ritualistic items. “In this night and in this battle, I call upon the ancient power.” She looks up and closes her eyes.“Bring back my sister. Bring back the Power of Three.” She kept her eyes closed for a prayerful beat, then she opened them, looked at the candle, but saw nothing. Blindly determined, she started flipping through pages until she found another spell, To Call a Lost Witch. She expertly finds and mixes certain ingredients rosemary, cypress, yarrow root into a silver bowl as she chanted from the book. “Power of the witches' rise. Course unseen across the skies. Come to us, we call you near. Come to us and settle here.” Then, she found an athame and sliced the left finger of her left hand so that blood can symbolically spill directly from her heart and into the bowl. “Blood to blood, I summon thee. Blood to blood, return to me.”
A faint gust of wind flickered the candle, but not much else. She buried her face in her hands in defeat.
“Phoebe?”
Phoebe looked up, hopeful. “Piper?” She looked at the candle. Prue enters, wearing her nightclothes and jacket. She had a tear-stained face.
“Sweetie, it 4 o'clock in the morning. What are you doing?” Prue said. Phoebe doesn't answer, just stares blankly at the book. Prue notices Phoebe's bleeding and grabbed a towel. “You're bleeding.”
Phoebe didn't notice and didn't care. Prue found a clean cloth, took Phoebe's hand and wrapped the wound. “I don't understand why magic can't fix this. And why we can't bring Piper back. It's not like we haven't cheated death before. I don't understand why this time isn't any different.”
“Because Leo can't heal the dead, Phoebe. You know that.”
“There's other magic, magic that we've used before.” She flipped through the pages and fought away the tears. “Scrying, calling a lost witch, reversing time.” She closed the Book of Shadows. She stood up.“It's like the book just deserted us and deserted Piper, and I don't understand why.” Prue took Phoebe's other hand, held them both, sharing her pain.
“We lost our sister. How can we ever understand that? We've tried every magical way to bring her back… but we can't. She's gone.” Their eyes welled up as they faced the harsh reality, then they fell into each other's arms. It's a nightmare neither one of them can ever wake up from. “I just I thank God that I didn't lose you too.” Prue gave her a little kiss. She broke the hug. She sighs. “We have to get some rest. Piper will never forgive us if we look bad at her funeral.”
Phoebe couldn't help but smile through the tears at that. She stood up, looked down at the Book of Shadows one last time before closing it. Arm-in-arm, they exited, shutting the door behind them. A beat, then a mysterious wind returned our attention to the Book of Shadows. The symbol, the triquetra, on the cover begins to glow. The mysterious wind re-opens the book and magically turned to the pages to the last spell Phoebe tried to cast, “To Call a Lost Witch...”
zzzzz zzzzz zzzzz
Underworld. A darkly cloaked figure appears in front of a shadowy figure known as the Oracle.
“Is Belthazor died?”
“Yes, but there is something else...” He considered that for a beat, then turns and waves his clawed hand at The Oracle. A creepy but sexy young woman, materializes from the depths, stroking her ever-present crystal ball. “There is something more.”
“The Charmed Ones are dead. What else is there?”
“Not all of the Charmed Ones are died.”
“One gone ends the threat. Be grateful I don't turn you into a snake.”
“Yes, but then how would you see into the future without me?”
“Without the Charmed Ones to worry about anymore, I may not need to.”
“Mmm. Well, in that case, you'd better keep me around a little while longer.” The Source turned back to the Oracle as she looked into her crystal ball, saw whips of smoke forming inside.
“What do you see?”
“I see a witch's call on the spirit winds. I see another.”
zzzzz zzzzz zzzzz
A beautiful ivory-colored coffin sits on a pedestal amongst the flowers. An ivory-dressed, Wiccan Priestess stands before a blue silk covered altar table, which is adorned with a ceremonial chalice. A tied, silver cord lay before the chalice, three lit candles surrounding it, symbolizing birth, death, and the rebirth. To the unaware mourners, however, the service came across as part traditional, part New Age. Prue, Phoebe, Leo, Darryl, and Victor were seated close to the priestess. Prue and Phoebe dabbed at their eyes and Leo kept his eyes peeled for any trouble. The funeral program, which bore the symbol of the triquetra above the name, read: “PIPER HALLIWELL, 1973-2001; “Forever in our Hearts.”
“That which belongs to fellowship and love. That which belongs to the circle, remains with us. The wheel turns. As life is a day, so our sister has passed into night. Nothing is final, and we who remain behind know that one day, we will once again share the bread and wine with our sister. O' blessed spirit, we bid you farewell, for you await a new destiny.”
With that, she untied the silver cord and gently lay it into the chalice. She blew out the candles. Mourners standing, shaking hands, crying, etc. Darryl went over to Prue and Phoebe to hug them and people began to pay their respects.
zzzzz zzzzz zzzzz