Charmed Forever (Completed)

[Paige Matthews]

Yea that was funny

[Esmeralda]

Thanks, guys!! I'm really glad you like it!! Here's more!!

CHAPTER TEN

Both Coop and Paige stared at this new proof that the old people truly knew what was going to happen because it had already happened to them.

Paige took the aspirin, threw them down her throat and then glugged the water down. “Thanks for that, but we gotta get back and--”

“save Piper and Phoebe,” Old Paige said along with her. “And you’ll do it. Grams will de-”

“Shush,” Old Leo warned her. “She has to figure it out for herself, just like you did, or she could mess up the future.”

“It’s already messed up,” Paige muttered. “And Piper would have done a much better job at straightening it out.”

“You’ll do it,” Old Henry assured her. “And the future is well worth saving,” and all three old couples nodded.

Old Coop turned to Paige. “I can tell you, because when I was him,” and he pointed at Coop, “Old Coop told me,” and Paige felt that headache coming back. “Your love for Grams isn’t strong enough to bring you to her,” and again Paige had an attack of survivor guilt. Both Piper and Phoebe knew Grams, loved Grams. Certainly with one of them, Coop would’ve brought them straight to Grams rather than here.

“But,” and Old Coop turned to smile at Patty. “Your love for your mother will take you all there.”

Patty, her arm still wrapped protectively around her tummy, nodded. She was confused as to why Prue didn’t love Grams enough to take them to her, but then even as a youngster, Prue was a very stubborn, very determined little girl, while her mother always wanted to be in charge and they‘d clashed often… There was just much too much to try to assimilate, but it didn’t really matter. Only one thing did. “Just tell us how we save my daughters.”

Before Old Leo could stop her, Old Piper told them, “You must get rid of the Hollow.”

Coop didn’t look pleased at the prospect. “Does that mean we’ll have to find a demon to say the spell with us again? I don‘t know if that one guy would.”

“If need be, we’ll force Billie or Christy,” Paige declared. “They’re evil. Grams will figure a way to make them.”

Old Phoebe grinned. “You don’t have to. The Power of Three is stronger than the Hollow any day!”

“What?!” screeched Paige, staring at Old Phoebe. “But the Seer said--”

Old Piper rolled her eyes. “Yeah, and we actually believed her!” and Paige had to smirk.

Quietly Old Phoebe explained, “That was just her way to make sure the essence of the Source possessed Cole,” and Old Coop nodded, reaching out to squeeze Old Phoebe’s hand, knowing the old regret that still lived in Phoebe‘s heart.

“Just remember,” Old Leo told her, figuring they’d already told them so much already, he might as well finish the job. “The Power of Three is the greatest force ever, good or evil. You just keep forgetting to use it. Don’t forget to use it now.”

“We won’t,” Paige vowed. “If we get the Power of Three back. How can we use it when two-thirds of it is dead?”

“So if we don’t have the sisters," Patty started, “Mother, Prue and I--”

“No,“ Old Leo shook his head. “Only three sisters descended from Melinda Warren can harness the Power of Three. Their connection as sisters is what makes it work, the way Coop‘s powers makes his ring work.”

“Then it’s hopeless!” Paige wailed, even as she stared at proof that it wasn‘t.

[Fourever Charmed]

So I sense they'll be a REAL battle this time, with the Power of Three spell? Well finally! Geeze. I was just so disappointed when Kern didn't give that to us. He left SO much out, that idiot! And I also liked how you pointed out Patty's inner confusion over why "Prue" didn't love Grams enough, and then had her consider their battle of wills. Very creative.

P.S. I'm so glad Paige made a point to call Billie and Christy evil. They BOTH were, no matter what Kern made Billie out to be. And I truly hope they BOTH get vanquished!

[Esmeralda]

*sigh* Hate to tell you, 4Ever, but unlike your fantastic fic, even tho the Halliwells think the Jenkinses are evil now, they'll know better by the time the fic is over, so the Jenkinses WON'T be vanquished. Because I hate the way those two dominated the final season, I tried and tried, but couldn't make vanquishing them fit my story the way it fits yours. I can't see Christy, who was kidnapped as a child, as anything but the ultimate innocent who needs to be saved, and Billie too stupid to be much else!! I hope the way that I write this will let you see them the same way by the time the fic is over.

Also, if I had written the whole season, they wouldn't have dominated the finale season so much (there would have been a lot more time for Paige and Henry to get to know each other and Phoebe and Coop--maybe even more references to Prue and Cole, and maybe even more about the boys getting and using their powers), Billie wouldn't have been so dumb or so powerful and I don't think we'd feel the same way about them as we do.

Hopefully this revelation won't stop you from reading this!! So if Grams, Patty and Paige don't get rid of the Hollow, how do they?? If you still want to read this, let's find out!

CHAPTER ELEVEN

Old Henry shook his head. “Just go find Grams. You’ll see. It will work out.”

Coop told Patty, “Think about your mother and how much you love her.”

Old Coop shook his head. “No, she must feel her love for her mother in her heart. Both of you, remember, when Coop uses his powers, you must focus on who you want to go to with your heart, not just your head. That’s how you will get to Grams and then to Phoebe and Piper.” He smiled tenderly at Old Phoebe before smiling back at Coop. “In your heart, you wanted to go back to the beginning of your relationship with Phoebe and realize you loved her right away, so you’d have that chance to love her while she was alive. That love in your heart is what brought you two to the beginning of Phoebe!“ and he smiled at Patty.

That made no sense to Patty, although it did to Coop and Paige, but Patty was getting used to ignoring things that didn’t make sense if it meant saving her daughters. So she concentrated on the great love for her mother that was in her heart.

Paige was smiling at Old Piper, silently swearing to her oldest sister that somehow she would get Leo back for her, even as the three old couples turned to pink fuzz.


When things became clear again, Patty smiled with relief. “We’re back in my time! But where’s Victor?”

Paige reached down to pick up Fuzzy, Piper’s bunny. Although not as ragged as it was in the future, it wasn’t brand-new either. “I don’t think so.”

Just then they heard a sound coming from the living room, one that sounded an awful lot like a sniffle followed by Grams’ voice asking, “Do you need a tissue? Just remember that you are very special.”

Just like in the future, Paige was drawn by those sounds, Coop and Patty following. Paige looked around a corner to see Grams looking much younger than the one that Paige knew, her arm around a young girl who looked to be around ten, her hair long and dark with bangs fringing her forehead, dabbing her eyes with the tissue. “Not as special as Prue or Phoebe,” she sniffled.

Grams smiled. “You’re special in your own way. After all, you’re the only one who can stop your sisters from killing each other,” and both Young Piper and Paige giggled through their tears. “And remember,” Grams continued. “You’re my very special helper. No one’s better at mixing things together than you are. That and other gifts you have will make you very special one day.”

Paige snuffled and whispered, “That’s the Piper I love and the one I was trying to reach.”

Coop smiled. “Then that is why we are here. In your heart, you wanted to reach this Piper, while in her heart Patty wanted to reach her mother.”

But Coop spoke just a bit too loud, as Grams’ head snapped up and she looked around. Turning to Young Piper, hiding her suspicions, she said, “Now go make sure your sisters haven’t killed each other yet.”

Again Young Piper giggled before giving Grams a huge hug. Grams kissed her on the cheek, then sent her on her way, outside. Only after hearing the back door slam did Grams stand, tall and formidable, her arms raised, ready to TK anyone who would dare enter her home uninvited. “Who’s there?” she demanded. “Show yourself!”

Patty laughed in delight and before Paige or Coop could stop her, she stepped into the living room. “It’s just us, Mother!” and at the sight of the daughter she knew to be dead, for the very first time in her long eventful life, Penny Halliwell, Wiccan High Priestess, fainted.

[Fourever Charmed]

I'll still read. It's just a little disappointing. *hates Billie so much* No offence or anything.

I liked that Paige wanted to reach out to "the Piper she knew and loved." Aw, the bond that should've been there and never was. Curse Kern. I liked the little line you put in there about her being a "Wiccan High Priestess," as it brought back their Wiccan heritage. I always loved that small element of the real religion in the show (although it was just that, only small). Very good. Update soon!

[Esmeralda]

That's OK--I hate her, too, but as I said, it just didn't fit what I ended up doing with the fic--Piper getting Leo back because they got a witch to vanquish her sister (and do the worst overacting in reaction in history!) who's also a witch just rubbed me the wrong way! I like why she gets him back in mine a lot better!

A friend is posting another fic, Everybody Hates Billie, on a different site. Once she finishes it, I want her to post it at my Charmed & Complete site. You'll HAVE to read it--you'll LOVE it!! I've told her about yours and she's going to read it when she gets a chance.

I never truly thought that Wicca was the sisters' religion. It may have been Grams', but I don't think it was the sisters--they were too Christian, with Piper being so happy when she was able to go into a church, Phoebe's wedding to Cole being in a church, them saying "Oh, my God" rather than "Oh, my Goddess" and we never saw them doing any sorts of ceremonies outside of the ones that Grams presides over. Might be something else Grams held against Victor, who probably insisted his daughters were raised Christian. I think the sisters look at Wicca as more of a way of explaining their powers than what they truly believed. BUT will Grams, who met the sisters in the 70's, realize that Paige isn't Prue?? What will be her reaction to THAT?? Let's find out!

CHAPTER TWELVE

“Mother!” cried Patty as she ran to her side.

Coop and Paige looked at each other. “Go get her a glass of water,” Coop ordered, and without even thinking about it, Paige, who was used to taking orders from Piper, obeyed.

When Paige returned, Patty was attending to her mother, while Coop stood close by, a concerned look on his face.

Seeing it, Paige worriedly asked him, “Is she OK?”

“Well, your grandmother’s coming around. Your mother, that’s another story.”

“Mom!” cried Paige. “What’s wrong with Mom?”

“She’s suffering from information overload. Along with everything we told her and what she saw in the future, I had to tell her that in this time period, only seven years after we came to her, she’s already dead and her mother is taking care of her daughters, not the husband she’s still madly in love with, who is still alive.”

"You didn't tell her why!"

He shook his head. "Telling her that was more than enough."

Just then Grams came to, asking, “What happened?”

“You fainted,” Patty quietly told her.

Grams glared. “You’d faint, too, if your dead daughter suddenly appeared in the flesh.”

“I know. Coop told me. I’m from the past--the 1970’s--but he and Prue brought me here,” and she indicated her traveling companions.

Grams turned to look and slowly stood, once more raising her arms. “I remember when the Charmed Ones visited Patty and me while she was carrying Phoebe, and you are not Prue. So who are you?”

“What?!” cried Patty, staring at Paige in shocked hurt.

“No, I’m not Prue,” Paige admitted. “But I’m not a demon either. Mom, you saw that I was part of the family in the future, that the others all accepted me. I’m another daughter. Your youngest daughter.”

Grams continued to stare at her. “Paige?” and Paige nodded. Grams also nodded. “Your mother keeps an eye on you. She tells me about you.” Then she spun to glare at Patty. “When I summon her from the other side, not when she comes visiting from the past!”

Poor Patty was still very, very confused and very, very hurt by Paige’s deception, but Paige gently told her, “I’m so sorry, Mom, but we don’t have time to explain.”

Patty took a deep breath, her arms once more wrapping around her tummy as if by doing that she could keep all of her daughters safe, not just Phoebe. She nodded her acceptance to her daughter, then turned back towards her mother. “This isn’t a social call, Mother. It’s a plea for help. We must save Piper and Phoebe in the future. That’s why Coop and…and…Paige?” Paige nodded. “Paige brought me here.”

Grams nodded. “What do we have to do?”

[Fourever Charmed]

Everybody Hates Billie, huh? It definitely has my interest.

Well, it may have not been their "religion" of sorts, but ideas from Wicca (Book of Shadows, Autumnal Equinox [Prue, Piper, & Phoebe's anniversary]) as well as the mere mentions of Wicca were heavy in the first three seasons. i.e. "Wicca PMS," the Handfasting ceremony (Wiccan/Pagan weddings), and the entire All Halliwell's Eve episode. And I just meant that I missed that from seasons 1-3. Apart from Piper's quip about "a Wiccan exorcism" in Charmed Again as well as Wyatt and Chris' Wiccanings (which are real Wiccan practises), we didn't get a lot of it in the later seasons.

Erm...you posted chapter seven (7) instead of chapter twelve (12).

[Esmeralda]

:lol So I did! I did it at work and was in a hurry. The hurrieder I go, the behinder I get! Just for that, I'll give you two, both fixing the previous one and giving you a new one! By the way, I'm sure you'll LOVE Everybody Hates Billie! It's a parody but it brings up SO many things that fans hated about Season Eight that it's just hilarious while also being scarey! Maybe I can talk her into posting it here, too!

CHAPTER THIRTEEN

So Paige and Coop explained what had happened. Once Coop assured her that Young Piper would forget everything once they were returned to their own time, Grams came up with an idea very similar to Patty’s and although Paige still wasn’t nuts on it, she knew it was their best bet. Ten-year-old Piper could handle something that three-year-old Piper couldn’t. So Grams went to call Young Piper back into the house, explaining to her what she needed her to do as they walked back into the living room. Young Piper was both excited and scared at the prospect, but trusted her Grams enough to agree.

After running through their plan a number of times, making sure everyone, especially Young Piper, knew exactly what to do, they all went into the conservatory and gathered around Coop, making sure that Paige and Young Piper were on either side of Patty. He again concentrated on his love for Phoebe, but this time he concentrated on the way he felt about Phoebe when he felt her die and how badly he wanted to prevent her from dying, feeling all of this strongly in his heart. At the same time, Paige concentrated on her love for her oldest sister and her determination to stop her from dying and getting Leo back for her, also feeling all of this in her heart. Soon the scene once more pink-fuzzed out.

This time when it cleared, Paige had no problems recognizing the scene. Three black-eyed sisters were facing two black-eyed sisters. Past Christy was just telling Past Piper, “You should’ve followed your instincts.”

“The spell!” yelled Grams. “Now!”

Immediately Paige and Young Piper put their hands on Patty’s tummy, feeling the Power of Three connection with Fetus Phoebe, Young Piper’s eyes growing wide as she felt that sensation for the first time that she could remember. All five of the time-traveling Halliwells began to chant:

“The Power of Three shall set us free! The Power of Three shall set us free! The Power of Three shall set us free!”

They chanted it over and over as the Battle to End All Battles began again. Even as Past Billie and Past Christy held out their hands to shoot energy balls, the five kept chanting. Rather than the mega streams of power, the black streams of the Hollow flowed out of the five Past women and headed towards the five who had just arrived. Young Piper screamed in terror. Patty squeezed her hand reassuringly while Paige yelled, “Charmed Ones! Don’t ask! Just chant!” and Past Piper, Past Phoebe and Past Paige, no longer Hollow-infected, joined the chant. As Old Leo had told them, the Power of Three, now doubled by both sets of Charmed Ones and amplified by their familial connection to their mother and grandmother, was much too powerful for the Hollow as all five streams became one huge black stream.

“Keep chanting!” hollered Past Piper, so everyone kept chanting while Coop, Past Billie and Past Christy simply stared.

Suddenly the huge black stream of the Hollow turned into a hundred different colors before it very simply went POOF as all five Past women tried to figure out what just happened.

“What went wrong?” demanded Christy.

“I don’t know,“ Billie admitted. “But let’s get out of here and figure it out!” and taking her sister’s hand, the Jenkinses smoked out.

Meanwhile Past Piper, Past Phoebe and Past Paige were staring at Paige, Grams, Patty and Young Piper. “What’s going on?” Past Piper demanded.

“Don’t ask,” Paige advised. “Not if you don’t want a headache.” No sooner did she say that than she blurred into Past Paige.

Grams shook her head. “Now that is something that you don’t see every day.”

“What just happened?” Piper demanded.

Coop smiled. “I think time just caught up with itself.”

“Coop!” cried Phoebe. “What are you doing here?” at the same time that Piper asked, “Grams! Mom! What are you doing here? And is that--?”

Young Piper was staring at her older self. “You’re me! And we really do have powers here?”

Piper nodded. “We sure do,” before turning on her youngest sister. “You brought our mother and our grandmother and ME to face the Hollow? Do you know what could’ve happened if you had failed? Have you lost your freakin' mind?”

Young Piper hid behind Grams. “Are you sure that’s me?”

[Fourever Charmed]

Chapter 12: Wonderful! I loved the way Grams remembered Prue, and demanded to know who Paige was. And the idea of Patty watching over Paige from the spirit world is wonderful. I melted when Grams asked, "Paige?" Aw! And poor Patty.

Chapter 13: Wow. Interesting twist. I never expected you to bring ten-year-old Piper along to come help vanquish The Hollow. Although it makes some sense, seeing as how although the girls powers were bound, they could still cast spells. (Otherwise Phoebe wouldn't have been able to activate the spell in the Book of Shadows in the first place.) The thing I'm a little iffy on is the fact that Little Piper took in all this magic stuff so easily, and yet her older self never did. But I gotta say, I LOVED the last line! LOL

[Esmeralda]

I think with how young Piper is and with how much she loves and trusts her Grams, she's just accepting it, the way a young child does, while our Piper, who went through a lot more between ages 10 and whatever wouldn't. I *thought* I'd seen on other episodes where even if the powers are bounded in an earlier time, if someone *does* go forward to a time where the powers aren't bounded, they'll be able to access those powers, too. If not, there's some later stuff that's not quite right and is all for the next person to fix! I hope there will be a whole series of these "Charmed Forever" fanfics where each writer fixes the earlier writers' mistakes and eventually we'll get a perfect version, or at least as perfect as you can get with all of the inconsistencies of Charmed! So does getting rid of the Hollow mean that Piper will get Leo back? Let's find out!

CHAPTER FOURTEEN

Grams reached behind her to bring Young Piper forward, squeezing her tightly with one arm. “Yes, my darling, that’s you, all right. I always knew there was some fire inside of you somewhere--you couldn‘t be a Halliwell without it. I told you that you were special. And now I know you‘re even more special than I thought you were,” and this time her eyes were on the older version. Her words calmed Piper down and now she managed to smile back.

Now Young Piper clapped her hands. “Wait until I tell Prue and Phoebe!”

“Um,” Grams started. “I’m afraid--”

“That’s OK,” Coop assured her. “Remember, I’ll take care of it when I return all of you. She won’t remember anything.”

Grams realized that he also meant her and she looked disappointed and everyone laughed, everyone but Piper. “Where’s the Angel of Destiny?” she asked. “Where’s Leo? We fought the battle. I want my husband back.” And looking up, she demanded, “I want Leo back, right now!”

But no Angel appeared. And although Leo did appear, it was only to Piper, much as he had before, only this time she could practically see through him, he was so transparent, the look of fear on his face clearly pleading, “Help!” before he was gone.

When she told the others, Phoebe hugged her, even when Piper tried to stop her. “Billie and Christy are still alive and still evil. Despite beating the Hollow, I don’t think we’ve won the battle yet.”

Paige nodded. “It’s still just a draw.”

Piper sighed. “So much for my future…”

Paige blinked back her tears. “I tried to save him for you, Piper! Really I did!” She spun to face Coop. “I don’t get it. We did what our future selves told us to do. Why didn’t it work?”

Coop could only shrug before adding, “At least your sisters are alive,” and he turned to smile at Phoebe, who shyly ducked her head, wonder why she always felt shy around this man, something she hadn‘t felt around any man since Cole.

“Yeah, but we’re right back where we started from,” Piper grumbled. “And still no Leo. We’ll just have to figure a different way to finish the Battle.”

Phoebe nodded. “And with Grams and Mom here, that should be a piece of cake. I mean, if we can beat the Hollow, we can certainly beat Billie and Christy!”

“But we have to be sure that Mom gets back to the past safely,” Paige reminded her. “Or you and I are toast! And if something happens to Young Piper, who knows what will happen to our Piper! That’s why I wasn’t nuts on this idea.”

Patty nodded and Piper held her head as she felt the pressure build.

“Something else I don’t understand,” Patty told Piper. “Is Leo your husband?” When Piper nodded, Patty continued. “Why do you have to vanquish those two to get him back? I mean, those two are obviously evil. Don’t you simply want to vanquish evil?”

“Please, Mom,” Piper begged, her head pounding. “It’s too complicated to get into.”

Patty looked ready to protest when suddenly an orbstream appeared in the middle of the room. “Leo?” Piper whispered, a whimper in her voice.

But it wasn’t Leo who appeared. It was--

“Wyatt!” cried Phoebe, as she ran to the future version of her older nephew.

“Chris!” screamed Paige, running to hug the future version of her younger nephew. Chris hugged her back, but not as tightly as a different version of her nephew had, and Paige felt bad, knowing that somewhere deep inside, he still remember being dropped out of that window and still didn’t quite totally trust her the way that other version of him had.

Piper was staring at the young girl who was standing between her sons. She looked a couple years younger than Chris and had the long chocolate-brown hair and high cheekbones of the Halliwells, but her eyes were as green as Leo’s and Chris’ and her face reminded Piper of Leo.

“What are you two doing here?” Piper demanded of her sons, then turned to the girl. “And who are you?”

The girl looked hurt. “Don’t you recognize me, Mom? I’m Melinda.”

Chris rolled his eyes. “I told you she didn’t know about you yet.” He turned to Piper. “We found the entry you wrote in the Book of Shadows, Mom.”

“What entry?” Piper asked.

“You know,” Melinda insisted. “The one about needing us to come back here in order for Wyatt and Chris to reclaim their powers and so we could help free our father from being frozen.”

“WHAT?” demanded Piper. “I wrote no entry concerning you three. How could I? I didn't even know about you.”

“Well, you did,” Wyatt insisted. “Or maybe you will, because here we are!”

[Fourever Charmed]

Yay! Melinda! I'm so excited that you brought her into this. It's far better than the half a second shot of the back of her head as she grabbed her lunchbox. And I can't believe they still won't give Leo back. Ugh. I hate The Elders! Okay. If Billie and Christy won't die, I at least hope they don't get to keep their powers. They don't deserve them. How about a binding potion, like the one the sisters used on Paige's past life; The Evil Enchantress? I can't wait for more!

[Esmeralda]

Once more, 4Ever, you've come up with a better idea than mine!! I TRULY think that once you've finished reading mine, you should write Charmed Forever II -- this one edited to be even better!! Just be sure I get credit!!

CHAPTER FIFTEEN

Everyone stared at the newcomers, still totally confused. Paige began to think she was back in the future with all this confusing talk and went to fetch some aspirin for both herself and Piper, who looked absolutely sick from the pressure.

Piper kept staring at Melinda, the only thing that was keeping her from going totally insane. She was going to have a daughter. She held that thought close in her heart. It had to mean that they would somehow get Leo back. That helped her headache even more than the aspirin that Paige insisted she take.

“So these are my grandchildren?” Patty asked in amazement and now Piper nodded, smiling with pride in her children. “Whose are they?”

Piper had to smile. “They’re all mine,” and Patty smiled, pleased, while Young Piper just stared in shock. These kids who were supposed to be hers were even older than she was!

“Grandsons!“ cried Grams. “I have great-grandsons?? And they have powers? Only the girls are supposed to have Warren powers!“

Piper rolled her eyes. “Grams, we’ve already had this argument or we‘re gonna have this argument or, or, whatever. Face it. They’re my sons, they have powers and I love them and eventually you do, too. Either face it and accept it or have Coop take you back right now!“

“Coop!” cried Wyatt. “Uncle COOP?“”

Chris rolled his eyes. “Watch it! I warned you about future consequences!” but it was much too late, because Phoebe was already calling out, “Uncle COOP?” and Coop sheepishly shrugged.

“But you’re not dead!” cried Melinda. “Does that mean Uncle Henry is alive, too? What about our father? Is he still frozen?”

Chris rolled his eyes at his sister. “Not you, too!”

Paige was staring at Melinda in shock. “No! They can’t be dead! They can’t! How can they be dead and still play Scrabble?”

Now it was Piper and Phoebe’s turn to look at their younger sister as if she was nuts, but Coop nodded.

Paige turned to her niece and nephews. “Your parents play Scrabble, don’t they?”

Not it was Piper’s children’s turn to look at their aunt as if she was nuts.

“You kidding?” Wyatt asked, while Chris sighed impatiently. Wouldn’t his brother ever learn? “I don’t even think they own a game.”

Melinda nodded. “They’re too busy fighting demons, just like the whole family always is. Well, everyone except Wyatt and Chris. I don’t even know how to play Scrabble,” and now Chris rolled his eyes at his sister.

But Paige was still insistent. “Maybe not in your future,” she told the next generation. “But in some other future I’ll bet your parents taught you, because in some other future they do play Scrabble and that’s the future I’m determined to have! One that includes Henry, Leo and Coop,” and that startled Phoebe.

Coop nodded. “Your heart took you to the future you wanted,” and his eyes smiled at Phoebe.

“But it was real!” Paige insisted. “Our older selves told us how to save everyone. All of our older selves!” and both Coop and Patty nodded.

Grams nodded. “So you must have to do something more than just getting rid of the Hollow and these kids must have a role in it. And since they just came now, it must have been something you‘ve done recently.”

Piper nodded, then turned to her children. “Please tell us exactly what happened to bring you here.”

“We can’t tell you,” Chris insisted. “Future consequences!”

[Fourever Charmed]

Oh good Goddess! I so want to ring his neck! I hate it when that line comes out of his mouth. *moan* So about this "future you want to have" business? Does that mean it wasn't supposed to be a real future? :-\ Okay, now I'm really curious how this ends with the Mary Sue Sisters. How do they get punished, so TCO can get on with their lives? Update soon!

[Paige Matthews]

yea me 2

[Esmeralda]

LOL! Mary Sue sisters!! ROFLMAO! Oh, if that doesn't fit the Jenkinses perfectly, I don't know what is!! I *hope* you'll like what I ended up doing with the Jenkinses; I think it's a lot better than what the show did, but I'm not sure if you will!!

And I'm SO with you on Chris! Since this is based on the show and not fanfics, naturally Chris is as impatient and stubborn and as certain that he knows more than anyone else as ever! (I always thought he was a lot like Prue that way!) I've always wondered if he wasn't played by someone so cute if more Charmed fans would look at him that way! And if anyone who knows how VERY much I hate Chris (worst thing that ever happened to Charmed outside of letting an obviously male chauvinistic pig taking over as producer!) thinks that Es isn't going to have some fun with him...

Oh, yes, the Scrabble future is most definitely real, as real as the one that the kids came from and as real as S6 Chris' original! It's just, as Coop said, Paige's love for her sisters and his for Phoebe is what brought him to that particular future, the one she's going to want to be sure is the future they're heading for!

So will Chris SOMEHOW be convinced to do what he should've done right away in S6--tell the CHARMED ONES who he was and what was wrong in the future, and then trust the ones who had the power to take care of it rather than trying to do everything himself? That way he could've gotten his skinny a$$ back to the future where it belonged and not send every single person he met for over a year into a different future than what they should've had if he'd done the proper thing??? Let's find out!

CHAPTER SIXTEEN

Phoebe and Paige couldn’t help rolling their eyes. Not Piper. She was pissed. “To hell with future consequences!” she demanded. “Look. You’re talking about a future where all of us sisters are widows and we don’t even have time to play a simple game of Scrabble, while Paige is talking about a time where we’re all alive and have time to play games! If the future consequences of you telling me is that we’ll be able to live the future Paige saw, well guess what! That’s what we want! And if I wrote that entry in the Book of Shadows, or if I’m going to write that entry, or, if, well, whatever, you know what I mean, well, then obviously that means that we need your help and how the hell can we ask you to help us if we don’t know what the hell happened to bring you back? So forget about the future consequences and start talking!”

Chris opened his mouth to argue, thought about it, then closed his mouth again.

Melinda grinned. “She’s right, Chris. Mom’s always right,” and Wyatt nodded.

Chris sighed impatiently, “Oh, all right, but we already told you anyway. We found that entry in the Book of Shadows that says we helped you get Wyatt his Twice-Blessed powers back, and helped me get the ones I once had, which also helped bring our father back, so here we are.”

Melinda nodded. “I can’t wait to meet him!”

“What?” cried Piper. “You haven’t met your father yet?”

Melinda shook her head. “I was born after he was frozen. I just know him from your stories and pictures.”

Piper stared at her, knowing she had to be Leo’s daughter. Despite the dark hair, she looked too much like Leo not to be. Suddenly Piper’s eyes grew large as her hand went to her tummy, a tummy much bigger than it had been when she lost Leo, one that she thought was simply growing from all the comfort food she kept fixing for herself, and as for that other thing that didn‘t happen each month, well, she was certain that was a result of stress. Now she knew better.

Suddenly it hit her sisters, too, as they screamed in delight and ran to hug Piper and rub her tummy, as she tried to shrug them off. The older versions of Piper’s kids just shrugged at one another and Grams, Patty and Young Piper did the same.

Phoebe was ecstatic about Piper’s condition, but confused about something else, as she turned on her niece and nephews. “I still don’t get it. Why would Piper ever write such a thing? Wyatt, you’re the Twice-Blessed Child--the most powerful kid ever. Only the Power of Three must be stronger,“ she added, remembering how it had vanquished the Hollow. “Of course you have powers.”

“My GREAT-GRANDSON the Twice-Blessed Child?” Grams demanded. “Not my GREAT-GRANDDAUGHTER?”

Again Piper sighed impatiently, sounding an awful lot like Chris. “Not now, Grams! Not now!” She turned back to her older son. “You have your powers, right?”

“Well, I did,” Wyatt admitted. “I vaguely remember having them when I was very small. But neither Chris or I have powers now.”

“Sure,” Melinda agreed. “I mean I have powers, as do the rest of the cousins--’’

“COUSINS?” interrupted Phoebe and Paige.

Coop laughed. “Of course. How else could you have grandkids?”

Phoebe spun on Paige. “GRANDKIDS?”

Paige nodded. “Later!”

“Later, both of you!” Piper barked, then motioned her children to continue.

“Chris and I are the only Halliwells who can’t kick demon a$$.”

“Watch it, young man!” reprimanded. Grams.

Wyatt hunched his shoulders. “Yes, ma’am. We’re the only ones who can’t kick demon butt,” and as Grams nodded, Patty, Phoebe, Melinda and Young Piper all giggled while Chris rolled his eyes.

Not Piper. She was too worried. Shushing the others, .she asked Wyatt to continue.

He nodded. “So when Patty--”

“Patty?” Phoebe interrupted, while Patty smiled. “Who’s Patty? Is she a cousin? Who’s her mom?”

“Yeah, she’s our cousin," Chris told her. "Your oldest daughter."

"OLDEST?" cried Phoebe. "I have more than one??!"

Piper rolled her eyes. “Phoebe! Please! Time enough for that later. What did Patty do?” she asked.

"She’s the one who found the entry,” Chris told them. “And I remembered the time-travel spell from the other time.”

“Other time!” This time it was Piper who interrupted. “You still remember the last time you were here?” and Chris nodded.

“But how?” cried Paige. “Leo and I saw you die!”

[Fourever Charmed]

Actually, that's a good point. I bet not as many people would have liked him, had they not thought he was so cute. (Personally, I don't get what everyone sees in him and Future Wyatt. I'm more of an Andy Trudeau and Leo Wyatt [early seasons Leo, when he still had the baby face] kinda girl.)

Geeze. How many interruptions was that? lol I loved the fact that Piper's already pregnant with Melinda. And that Wyatt and Chris don't have their powers! Mwahahaha! I wonder if all the other kids are girls? Or if Paige actually had Henry Jr., who has powers in the future? Hmm. And Piper was just so in character! I loved it! And the way Grams yelled about Melinda not being the Twice Blessed Child was wonderful. It would have been a hell of a lot better if she was. She should've been.

[Esmeralda]

Whoops! I just realized that the Cafe censor changed Wyatt's "demon a$$" to "demon behind", so it's not as funny when Grams gives him a bad time! I *loved* that line on the show and really worked to let it be part of this. So I went back and modified it.

No, Chris and Wyatt not having their powers has nothing to do with them being male, only with them being the only ones who were around earlier. And Henry Jr is definitely around and he *does* have powers. Have you figured out how Wyatt and Chris lost theirs yet?

It really irritated me with how much Grams yipped about Wyatt and Chris being male in the past that this Grams-from-the-past in the finale didn't. Piper's "Not now" would've kept it short. Oh, well. And I agree totally. The Twice-Blessed Child SHOULD'VE been Melinda, with her sister Chris coming back to save her!! How much better the show would've been!! Shorter maybe, but, oh, so much better!

Anyway, the following is a tip of my cap to all the Chris-fans out there. I know we're not amongst them, but like it or not, he WAS one of the most popular character and deserves his due, something Kern didn't do for two other popular characters, Prue and Cole! (I like how you gave him his due with Bianca better. Oh, well!) So how did Chris remember the time-travel spell?? Let's find out.

CHAPTER SEVENTEEN

“I remember that,” Chris admitted. “But that’s the last double memory I have.”

“They both have double memories,” Melinda put in. “They’re both weird.”

Chris rolled his eyes at his sister then continued. “I’ve always remembered another life, one where both Wyatt and I have powers, but he’s evil and I went back to save him. It’s strange, but I’ve gotten used to it.”

Paige snapped her fingers. “That future version of you that we thought had died faded at the same time the present version of you was being born, so that future version must’ve caught up in time with you, the way I caught up with myself when we came back.“

“So Chris wrote down the spell and I used it on my orbing powers.“ Melinda put them back on track. “And here we are.”

“It has to be Billie and Christy,” Piper groused.

“Can you please tell us who these Billie and Christy people are?” Grams requested and Patty nodded.

Piper started to explain with her sisters helping, but when she got to the part about Christy being kidnapped by demons as a child, Patty interrupted her. “Oh, that poor child!”

“Some poor child,” and Phoebe rolled her eyes. “Billie was fine before she showed up--a bit dumb, maybe, but at least she was our friend.”

Patty was still upset. “Wait! If this Billie is a witch, that means her sister is a witch, too! What are you girls doing vanquishing fellow witches?”

“Sounds like they turned evil,” Grams judged darkly. “That means they’re warlocks now, not witches. Of course they must be vanquished.”

“But--” Patty started, but Piper shook her head.

“Mom, can we just table this discussion for now? Right now we have to figure out how to get my sons their powers back, since that seems to be part of getting Leo back. Billie and Christy must’ve used the Hollow to steal Wyatt’s powers.”

Paige hung her head. “And I stole Chris’ while I was possessed by the Hollow.” She waved her hand at a lamp, trying to use TK on it. The lamp stayed put. “But I don’t have them now. Where did they go?”

“I don’t get it,“ cried Phoebe. “The powers are supposed to go back to their rightful owners after the Hollow is returned to its box!”

It was Grams’ turn to hang her head. “But we didn’t return the Hollow to its box. We vanquished it. And with it, my great-grandsons’ powers! It wasn’t such a good plan after all, Piper. I’m so sorry.”

“Of course it was a good plan,” protested Paige. “It’s what our future selves told us to do! It’s what they must’ve done in order to make their future come to be. There must be something else that we need to do!”

“I can only think of one way to get them back,” Phoebe told them. “Go back in time and stop the Jenkinses from taking Wyatt’s powers in the first place.”

Paige nodded. “And if we vanquish them before they summon the Hollow, we won’t have to summon it ourselves, so I won’t take Chris’ powers.”

For the first time in a very long time, a genuine smile lit Piper’s face. “And we would win the Battle and I’ll get Leo back!”

“Only problem is you can’t use my powers to go back to them,” Coop told them. “My powers only bring you to the ones you love. You certainly don’t love those two.”

[Fourever Charmed]

That's how "behind" got into my story! LOL I knew I remembered writing Cole's line as, "You could kick my a$$ anytime," or something like that. Not "behind." Now I'll have to go fix that.

I liked your explaination about why Chris and Wyatt don't have their powers. It makes perfect sense! Huge kudos. But my question is, Melinda said that Chris used a spell that worked with her orbing powers to take them back in time. How is Melly half whitelighter? Because Leo hasn't had whitelighter powers since The Seven Year Witch, which was back in mid-late season 7 (episode 16, I think). She would've been pretty far along in her pregnancy by now (if not already had Mel) if she'd just gotten pregnant at that time.

[Esmeralda]

*shakes head in amazement* You're absolutely right, 4Ever! Melinda should have Charmed powers but not whitelighter! Oh, would the boys give her a bad time when they get THEIR powers back!! And actually, she really wouldn't have had to use the whitelighter powers--S6 used a portal. I just liked using orbs so that Piper would think it was Leo. Oh, 4Ever, if you only knew how much I wish you'd been my beta before I started posting my fic and how very much I hope you'll decide to rewrite it once it's done!! I'm posting this elsewhere and you're the only one catching this stuff!! At any rate, this wasn't the best of cliffies, because there's an obvious solution as to how to get back in time to the Jenkinses. And here it is!

CHAPTER EIGHTEEN

“But our spell should work,” Melinda pointed out. “If we knew when, we could tweak the spell so it would take all of us to that time.”

“Well, when did these two steal Wyatt’s powers?” Grams asked.

“I should know,” Wyatt admitted. “But unlike Chris and his double life, I can’t remember that far back. I remember coming back here as an adult and becoming evil and then becoming good again and remember seeing myself with powers, but I just vaguely remember having powers myself; so I don ‘t remember when I lost them.”

“But little Wyatt might,” Chris suggested. “I remember he was a pretty special little boy when I was here before.”

Wyatt smiled. “Thanks, bro.”

Melinda rolled her eyes at both of her brothers. “So let’s go get little Wyatt,” and she started to head for the stairs.

“He’s at your grandfather’s condo,” Piper told her. “Do you remember the way, Chris?”

“Sure. Melinda can take us there. Mel, it’s the same one he has in our time--he never moved.”

“Can I go with you?” Patty asked.

“Dad will be there!” Phoebe warned her.

Patty smiled. “I know. I miss him.”

Grams shook her head. “Must be from the time before I kicked him out.” She shook her head. “Marrying someone who’s not magical. They’d never understand, so it never works. I should know.”

Patty stared at her mother in hurt shock, while Paige and Piper exchanged, “Oh, yeah?” looks, thinking of Leo and Henry.

“Never mind,” Coop told Patty gently. Then he looked at the others. “May I come, too? I would like to see this reunion.” The others nodded and Coop looked back at Phoebe. “I’ll be back. We have to talk.”

Phoebe just sighed impatiently. She didn’t want to talk to someone who was magical. Grams was wrong. Marrying someone magical wasn’t a good idea. Not when it was forbidden. No matter what she felt for Coop in her heart.

So Melinda took Chris and Wyatt’s hands, while Patty took Chris’ and Wyatt took Coop’s.. As they began to orb out, Piper yelled, “Hurry back as soon as you find anything.” As soon as they were gone, she turned to the others. “We have to get to the Book of Shadows, so we can figure out how to vanquish Billie and Christy and get Leo back. Paige?”

Paige nodded, glad to have Piper back in control, and soon they were all taking the Paige Express to Phoebe’s loft and the Book of Shadows.

Soon Grams and Piper were busy working on brewing a potion. “We don’t have enough herbs.”

“Grams! They’re human, not demons!”

“But they’re evil. We can’t take chances.” She smiled at the Book of Shadows. “Look how thick it is! I’m so proud of you, Piper, all of you. If Paige is a part of the Power of Three, it must mean that Prue isn’t,” and Piper nodded, blinking her eyes. “So you’ve had to take over. Oh, my precious girl! I’m so very proud of you! When Patty and Paige and Coop found me, I was right in the midst of telling you that you were just as special as Prue and Phoebe.”

Piper smiled. “I remember that. It’s one of my favorite memories.”

“I was right, wasn’t I?

[Fourever Charmed]

lol Aw, that's so cute. I loved your own little moment between Grams and Piper. That's so sweet. I loved that she told Grams it was one of her favorite memories. And with Penny telling her how proud she was of her. Definitely better than the show. I also liked the fact that Coop wanted to go see Patty and Victor's "reunion," seeing as how Victor obviously still loves her and Patty, from before Phoebe was born, still sees him as her soulmate.