Charmed Forever (Completed)

[Esmeralda]

Hmm, that's an interesting question, Xenith! I would say because unlike the usual whitelighters who are dead, because Paige *is* still alive, yes, she would still age.

4Ever, I'm sorry to hear that you feel so rotten and hope you feel better very soon! For feeling so badly, I thought you did a *very* good job with your review!!

What Coop meant is that the way Chris now has a memory of 1)the evil timeline, 2)the one he came back to and changed and 3)the one they *were* part of; Wyatt has a memory of 1)When he came back during Imaginary Friends and 2)the one they *were* part of; and Mel just 1)the one they *were* part of; they'd now also remember this visit, which also changed, hence quadruple for Chris, triple for Wyatt and double for Mel. If they didn't want that, Coop would erase them, the way he'll erase Grams', Patty's and Young Piper's.

I'm glad you liked my explanation. Like you, I thought the show just threw stuff at us without trying to explain it. Simply saying, "Oh, this is fantasy about witches; anything can happen!" just doesn't cut it!!

Did you guys recognize Chris' "Remember to drop them off beforehand". etc., as actually from the show? Oh, did my eyes roll out my eyeballs from that!! That smart-a$$! Doesn't he think Coop knows how to do his own job?? Chris always had to show that he was so much smarter than everyone else, which always made me want to slap him silly! So like his "Future consequences" line, I had fun showing how totally a$$inine he truly was! No wonder I hated him and counted him as the worst thing that ever happened to Charmed, BIllie & Christy included! For people to love such a brat just because he was a cute brat and a member of the family--I never understood it!

Funny, we truly are coming near the end of Charmed Forever now while with yours, 4Ever, this is truly when it really got started!! I'd still like to figure a way to combine the two!!

At any rate, I hope you two and any other readers enjoys this last chapter!

CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN

Piper’s children needed no time to think; they all wanted to retain the memory.

"And," added Wyatt, "We won't time-travel back to this time anymore, no matter what happens, so we won't mess up this timeline that the Angel wants you guys to have. If something happens, we'll figure it out in that ourselves with your future guys' help." He looked at Chris. "No more time-traveling, no matter what!" and Chris had to agree.

“But,” added Melinda. “Before we leave, we want to watch Mom write the message in the Book of Shadows to be sure this is indeed the future we return to,” and her brothers nodded.

“That's right!" cried Paige. "I have to write down that Coop and I go to the future on July 6, 2050, so we’ll know when we’re coming!” That confused the others almost as much as they were when Paige had asked “How can you play Scrabble when you’re dead?” but like then, Coop and Patty agreed, while the others shrugged.

So everyone watched as Piper and Paige wrote the words in the Book of Shadows that would ensure this timeline would indeed be the one they would all live in. Then everyone exchanged heart-felt hugs and good-byes before Piper’s children cast the spell that would take them back to the future.

Once they were gone, Coop turned to look at ones from the past. “Are you ready to go back?”

Patty nodded. “I’ll be happiest to see Prue,” then with a sad smile, she added, “Victor told me what happened.”

Piper walked away from Leo to give her mother a big hug. “I’m sorry, Mom.”

“No, it’s OK,” Patty told her. “I know that everything happens for a reason, and that when one door shuts, another one opens,” and she was smiling at Paige, who very happily smiled back as that shiver of joy again ran up and down her spine.

“Thanks for stopping by,” Victor told Patty as he kissed her cheek.

Patty smiled, “My pleasure,” and Coop very happily smiled, too, as he prepared to bring them back.

~~

Later, Piper, Leo, Phoebe, Coop, Paige and Henry were all sitting around the dining-room table. “After a day like that,” Phoebe asked, “”What do we do now?”

Henry held up the game he still had in his hands. “How ‘bout a game of Scrabble?” and everyone laughed.

“I think it’s a good idea,” said Piper, turning serious, “And I think no matter what happens in the future, we should all try to get together and play Scrabble as often as we can.”

“Good idea,” Paige agreed. “As long as Leo remembers that Zankou is spelled with a Z!” and although a bit confused, everyone laughed as they began to set up the game.

(Epilogue to follow shortly!)

[Astral Echo]

Yes please, oh please update. I've read the whole thing over the last two days and it's fantastic! Well done for another great story Es!

[Fourever Charmed]

lol I really loved the joke Paige made at the end about Leo remembering to spell Zankou with a "Z". lol And I also liked that Piper and Paige were the only two to write in the Book. (It may have not been a bonding moment, but still. They're my favorites.) And I really like the recurring theme of the Scrabble board in your story. You took a small thing that Kern tossed in there, and really expanded on it to make it something that the readers can nod their heads and say, "Yeah, that's exactly what they need."

[Esmeralda]

I'm SO glad that you guys like this--especially the Scrabble game and the blurring; taking little things from Kern and making them special!! Hopefully you like the Epilogue, too, because believe it or not, here it is, guys, the end of Charmed Forever! Thank you so very much for sticking through the whole thing!! I TRULY appreciate it!!

I'll admit that this epilogue is quite a bit longer than my other updates and I probably should divide it up into a few chapters, but since it WAS set up like an epilogue on the show, I decided to go ahead and post the whole thing as a single update. It's very similar to what happened on the show, but in typical Es-fashion, there's a few slight twists! I'm first to admit that a number of those twists are based on stuff I've seen in other fics that made me say, "Yes! That's how it should've been!!" And, 4Ever, there might be a few things in here that sounds vaguely familar, but I *swear* I'd written them before I saw yours!! Enjoy!

EPILOGUE

Three familiar old couples, sitting around a Scrabble board, watched as the figures of Paige, Coop and Patty heart-orbed out before turning back to their game. While Leo decided what word he could make out of his letters, Piper got up and left the room. The others watched her, but also watched as Leo got his triple score anyway when he was able to spell out "Xanadu".

While everyone groaned at him for including an Olivia Newton-John movie and Phoebe decided on her next play, Piper returned, carrying the Book of Shadows. Immediately her sisters looked worried. “Is there a demon the kids need help fighting?” asked Paige.

Piper shook her head. “No, the kids are doing just fine, much better than we ever did, in fact. It’s just that after seeing young Paige and young Coop, even seeing Mom again, I think we should write down everything that has happened since you, Paige, and you, Coop, were the ones doing the visiting, along with everything else we want to pass down to future generations, so we can pass the Book of Shadows down to them, like it was passed down to us.”

Leo nodded. “You guys have told our kids and our grandkids the stories over and over again. They know them almost as well as you do. But it’s a good idea to have them written down for our grandkids' kids and their kids.”

“Phoebe, since you're the one who started this whole thing by finding the Book of Shadows, why don’t you go first?” Paige suggested.

Phoebe nodded and began looking through the Book for a blank page, her hand caressing the Book when she found certain pages that meant a lot to her. When she finally found a blank page, Coop picked up the pen he’d been using to keep score and passed it to her.

“Why don’t you read as you write?" Henry suggested. "That way we can all hear what you‘re writing and not duplicate,” and everyone thought that was a great idea.

So as Phoebe wrote, she also spoke: “So much happened after the Angel of Destiny rewarded us for a job well done. So much was gained, so much was lost, but it was all worth it,” and everyone nodded in agreement.

Looking up to smile at Coop, Phoebe returned to her writing. “After Coop gave up his powers as a cupid, I was finally able to have the big huge church wedding that I always wanted. I patterned my dress after the one I wore as the Goddess of Love and that’s what I felt like when the minister pronounced us man and wife. I knew that I could finally stop looking for love,” and Coop reached out to squeeze her hand. She smiled at him, then continued. “Thanks to that love, I was finally able to have the special little girl who I thought I would never have. Patty is indeed the joy of my life, but then so are Prue and Penny, the other two little girls that Coop’s and my love created. They have grown to be beautiful, loving women with families of their own and powers of their own. Because they are three sisters descended from Melinda Warren, they can also harness the Power of Three. I never dreamed that I would be the mother of the next set of Charmed Ones, but I am. And because despite being mortal, Coop was able to pass his cupid powers to his daughters, Patty, Prue and Penny care for innocents and take care of them much more than my sisters and I ever did,” and the others all had to agree with that.

“Talk about our jobs,” Coop suggested.

Phoebe grinned and began to write again, still reading her words as she did: “I continued to work at the Bay Mirror, giving out advice, until it was time to retire, but I soon shared my office and my byline with a very special co-worker. Shortly after our marriage, the old banners that used to read ‘Ask Phoebe‘, instead read ‘Ladies, Ask Phoebe!--Guys, Ask Coop!’ All of Coop‘s experiences as a cupid helped me give even better advice on love, and even helped me write my best-seller ‘Finding Love’.” and everyone clapped as she signed “Phoebe Halliwell“ beneath her words.

Paige couldn’t help it. She grabbed the pen from her sister and began to write, also reading aloud: “Thanks to Coop’s love, Phoebe indeed became an expert on finding love, helping all of our children find their own true loves. That kept her busy during the demon truce, just as the Angel of Destiny knew it would. For me, life without demons opened up new avenues for me and Henry. Henry continued to look after his parolees, including one who ended up being our daughter-in-law! Henry eventually became a captain before retiring and still made time to help me with Henry Jr. and our twins, Charlotte and Cassandra, named after Melinda Warren’s mother and granddaughter. Since I was made full-whitelighter by the Angel of Destiny, all three are all half-whitelighters with powers similar to what I had before the Big Battle that Never Was, and use them to do all they can to help their cousins, the next set of Charmed Ones, just like Piper‘s kids do. Henry, Char and Cass learned how to do that from me, because I was able to help the next generation of witches come into their own, something I enjoyed doing and found completely fulfilling,” and everyone clapped as she signed: “Paige Matthews“.

This time it was Piper who grabbed the pen from her sister and began to write, also reading aloud. “Paige was able to pass on all she learned as a whitelighter and as a Charmed One, not just to her children or mine or Phoebe’s, but also to other future witches and whitelighters. When the demon truce was finally over, the next generation of Halliwells didn’t have to fight them alone, so they all have more than enough time for their own lives,” and everyone agreed with that, too.

Piper continued. “While the truce was in place, I was finally able to go back to my roots and cook things other than potions, finally opening up ‘Piper’s’, the restaurant I always wanted to have, while continuing to run P3.,"

“Talk about Leo!” cried Paige.

“And Wyatt!” added Henry.

"And Chris and Bianca!" added Coop.

Piper nodded and continued to write, reading aloud as she did. “Since the Angel of Destiny finally gave Leo an identity in this time period, he was able to go back to school and become a doctor, so he could continue to heal people as has always been his destiny. He continued to heal until it was time for us to retire, but by that time we both had help. Melinda has taken over running Piper’s and Wyatt is now a doctor, using both his knowledge and his powers to continue his father’s destiny of healing, while Chris took over running P3. He was the first of the next generation that found love--he is very happily married to his one true love. Bianca is not a Phoenix, because when she came back to our time to try to bring Chris back to Wyatt, she scared her mother so much, that her mother ran away with her younger self, so Bianca was never initiated into the Phoenix cult and never received her powers. Instead she is a cop, playing the same role with the next generation that Darryl played with us, although much closer than Darryl ever was!”

“Amen!” agreed Phoebe as she and Coop remembered what it was like to help bring those two together.

Smiling, Piper finished the entry: “Although we’ve had our struggles and our heartaches, we are a family of survivors.”

“AMEN!” declared the others, as she happily signed, “Piper Halliwell“ with a flourish and then closed the Book.

Suddenly the front door flew open and all nine of the next generation of Halliwells and their spouses, along with a whole crowd of grandkids ran into the room. The grandkids each ran to hug their grandparents, while their parents stood in the doorway and proudly, lovingly watched.

One little granddaughter ran in last, one with shorter raven-black hair, electric-blue eyes and a mole in just the right spot, dressed in a bright red dress. Seeing her brother and sister and cousins hugging Piper and Leo, she hugged her dad instead.

Chris smiled and told her, “You left the door open, Prue!” so his youngest child turned back towards the foyer and waved her arm.

The front door of the Manor magically closed.

THE END

[Fourever Charmed]

I loved that Paige actually had a part in your finale, as opposed to the two lines she got in the Book and the ten second footage of how her life turned out. And I thought it was cute that Piper named the restraunt, well, "Piper's"! And Leo finally becoming a doctor was fabulous! I never saw that coming, but it was SO perfect! But my favorite part, BY FAR, was the end! That 70's Episode, anyone? I LOVED, LOVED, LOVED that you gave Prue recognition by having not only Phoebe name one of her children after her, but ALSO having Chris' daughter named after her AND having her the spitting image of Little Prue from the said episode!! Complete with the red dress and mole! *grin!* And you had her shut the door. Perfect!!

[Astral Echo]

Perfect Es, absolutely perfect. I don't really think some of the errors people pointed out along the way made much of a difference.

[charmed colleen]

WOW! Yours is the first Charmed Fan Fic I have read, and I absolutely love it! (don't worry fourever charmed, I'm going to read yours next!) You are an INCREDIBLE writer and I hope to read more of your stuff soon!!

[Esmeralda]

Thank you so very much, Colleen!! I'm honored that mine is the first Charmed Fan Fic that you have read and that you enjoyed it so much. You'll HAVE to read some of the others and see if you still think I'm an incredible writer--I have more here. My Morality STILL Bites (my ending for Charmed) is here in Alternate Reality Fanfics and my The Warren Curse (my idea of how it should've ended without including Bille & Christy, written with my friend, Aurora--probably should've been posted here) and Her Last Day (Piper's dying of cancer and this might be her last day--based on my own mom's death) are in The Charmed Ones

You'll also have to try some of the other fanfics, especially 4Ever's Fourever Charmed! Hers simply rocks!

[hannahpotter]

are you going to write prue in it??

[Esmeralda]

All of my fics are completed, hannah, and in most situations, telling whether Prue appears or not would act as a spoiler, so you'll have to read them and find out!

Unless you mean the fic where 4Ever & I combine our two finale-fics. We haven't agreed to do this yet, but if we do, I absolutely LOVE how she includes Prue (Cole, too!) in her fic, so I'm sure we would.

[Esmeralda]

Just had to say thank you to 4Ever for nominating this fic as August Fic of the Month and to everyone who took part in helping it win! (The fact that it went unopposed helped a lot!) I'm absolutely flabberghasted and absolutely THRILLED!!!

[vanillabliss]

awesome fic girl! lol iv only read like one chapter, but its goos so far. ;D

[Esmeralda]

I'm SO glad you like it, Vanilla! You'll have to let me know what you think when you finish it!

[XxP3HalliwellxX]

Wow...this wasw a really awsome fanfic! I like your ending better than the original ending. Job well done, I hope you write similar to this soon! Good job!

[*Sammi!*]

that was really good!! welldone!!

[phoebe11]

great job on the book!

[Esmeralda]

I haven't been around for awhile, so I haven't had a chance to say this. Thank you SOOO very much to everyone for their fantastic comments! I'm SOOOO glad you liked my version of Forever Charmed!

[Jacob Halliwell]

Thank you so much for writing this. I read it before I joined the forum, and I joined partly so I could comment.

Really cool version of Forever Charmed. I liked it how Paige survived, because in reality, she's the only one who really could have. So many cool twist plots etc. It's inspired me to possibly write my own version of Forever Charmed.