4x07: Inner Child Of The Corn

[The Virtual Series]

CHARMED: RESET REALITY (A new Alternate Universe series brought to you by Daniel, 4Ever, Drama, Xenith and a host of others!)

STARRING:



SHANNEN DOHERTY....Prue Halliwell
HOLLY MARIE COMBS...Piper Halliwell
ALYSSA MILANO...Phoebe Halliwell
ROSE McGOWAN...Paige Matthews

CO-STARRING:



BRIAN KRAUSE...Leo Wyatt
JULIAN McMAHON...Cole Turner
DORIAN GREGORY...Darryl Morris

CHARMED: RESET REALITY is a concept conceived and copyrighted by Daniel Taylor and cannot be copied without his permission.[/i]

Based on the television show "Charmed" created by Constance Burge and featuring characters created by her and Brad Kern.


DISCLAIMER: This is a work of fiction. If we owned Charmed, the last few seasons would be more like this! All characters and locations are fictitious or are used fictitiously. We only own the characters listed as "Original characters" within the credtis. All others are products of the old WB and the new CW and belong to them and Aaron Spelling Productions. This work was not written for sale and is meant only to be read by visitors to websites for the fans of the television show, Charmed. [/size]

4.07 INNER CHILD OF THE CORN

GUEST-STARRING:
FINOLA HUGHES
SHAWN CHRISTIAN
JENNIFER RHODES
SCOTT JAECK
KRISTA ALLEN
EMMALEE THOMPSON
MEGAN CORLETTO
JAMEY GESTON
JAKE SAKSON

Script written by...CAMILLE (FOUREVER CHARMED)

Script edited by...DRAMA! (ASSASSIN WITCH)

Script proofread by...CAMILLE (FOUREVER CHARMED), DRAMA! (ASSASSIN WITCH), DTAYLOR (FOREVER YOURS)

Executive Producer...DTAYLOR (FOREVER YOURS)

Produced by...Drama!, Fourever Charmed, Xenith

Directed by...David Straiton

[The Virtual Series]

Inner Child Of The Corn

Teaser

[Scene: Manor. Kitchen. PHOEBE HALLIWELL yawns as she stumbles into the room, wearing baby blue pajamas with little yellow ducks printed on them. Her hair is pulled into a pair of messy pigtails, and she’s wearing fuzzy blue slippers. PIPER HALLIWELL is already in the kitchen, standing in front of the stove, whipping up some pancake batter. A pan of bacon is sizzling on the stove while an empty pan with melting butter is sitting next to PIPER, and the kitchen table is laid out with five placements.]

PHOEBE: You’re up early. (She covers her mouth as she yawns, and slips across the tile floor to the fridge. PIPER grins as she pours a circle of pancake batter into another hot pan.)

PIPER: I’ve just been in a good mood lately. (She places her hand to her still flat stomach and smiles.)

PHOEBE: Despite the morning sickness? (She grabs a carton of orange juice and shuts the fridge.)

PIPER: Surprisingly, it’s not been too bad. (She grabs a pair of tongs from a drawer and uses them to move the bacon from the pan to a plate covered in napkins, to soak up the grease. PHOEBE starts opening the cupboards, looking for something. When she can’t find it, her eyes turn towards the table. She notices the fifth placement.)

PHOEBE: Who else is here?

PIPER: What? (She flips the pancakes with a spatula.)

PHOEBE: There’s a fifth placement, but there’s only four of us.

PIPER: Oh! (She smiles.) I invited Paige over for breakfast. I mean, (she shrugs) it’s Saturday and it’s not like we’re doing anything, so… (PHOEBE grins.)

PHOEBE: Oh yeah? When’s she coming over?

PIPER: Actually-

PAIGE: Phoebe, hey! (PAIGE MATTHEWS walks into the kitchen with a smile on her face. She’s holding a pale pink coffee mug with the words “Best Baby Sister” sprawled across the front in big, bold blue letters.) We were wondering when you were going to get up. (PHOEBE stares at the mug in PAIGE’s hand.)

[Flashback: PENNY HALLIWELL is standing over the stove, preparing a vegetarian egg-white omelet. A little nine-year-old girl walks into the kitchen, yawning. She’s wearing white socks, white pajamas with little brown bears, her hair is in messy pigtails, and she has bangs down to her eyebrows. PENNY looks up, grinning.]

PENNY: So, the birthday girl finally rises. (She slides the finished omelet onto a plate and carries it over to the kitchen table, which is set for four people. Nine-year-old PHOEBE rubs her eyes as she climbs onto the chair.)

LITTLE PHOEBE: Grams! You made my favorite!

(PENNY ruffles PHOEBE’s hair.)

PENNY: Don’t dig in just yet, your sisters have a surprise for you. (She cups her hands around her mouth and yells.) Prudence! Piper! (Moments later, there’s a pounding of footsteps, and two older girls run in. The brunette, also with bangs, is carrying a small wrapped package and she looks about the age of eleven. The older girl has raven hair and piercing blue eyes, and she looks about fourteen or fifteen. LITTLE PHOEBE shrieks as she hops off of her chair.)

LITTLE PHOEBE: What d’ya get me?! (She bounces over to the brunette, YOUNG PIPER, and tugs excitedly at the package. YOUNG PIPER grins and looks to PENNY, who nods. She lets her little sister have the package, and watches as LITTLE PHOEBE takes it over to the kitchen table and tears off the wrapping paper, letting it fall carelessly to the floor. Under the paper, she finds a small cardboard box, and eagerly opens to lid to find a mass of gray colored packaging paper. She turns the box over and the clump of paper falls into her hands, and she yanks it off. LITTLE PHOEBE wrinkles her nose a little.) It’s a cup.

LITTLE PIPER: It’s not just a cup, Pheebs. It’s a mug. A special mug, just for you. (She walks up behind her sister and points to the words.) See? It says, “Best Baby Sister”. That’s you. (She grins.) You’re the only baby sister we have, (she looks at YOUNG PRUE) right Prue?

(YOUNG PRUE rolls her blue eyes slightly.)

YOUNG PRUE: Yeah, Phoebe. (She cracks a small smile.)

PENNY: (to LITTLE PHOEBE) Do you like it?

(LITTLE PHOEBE studies the mug for a moment, tracing her fingers along the words “Baby Sister”, and then she nods.)

LITTLE PHOEBE: Can I drink out of it? (PENNY nods.) Now? (Again, her grandmother nods.) Cool! (She hugs YOUNG PIPER.) Thank you, Piper! (She glances at YOUNG PRUE.) Thanks.

YOUNG PRUE: You’re welcome.

YOUNG PIPER: Happy Birthday, Pheebs!

[Cut back to the present. PAIGE is staring confusedly at PHOEBE.]

PAIGE: Phoebe? (PHOEBE snaps out of her trance, shaking her head.) Hey, is something wrong?

PHOEBE: My mug.

(PAIGE looks down at the mug and her faces reddens.)

PAIGE: Oh, uh… (She looks at PIPER.)

PIPER: (to PHOEBE) I let her use it, Pheebs. It was just the first thing I grabbed when Paige came over for coffee this morning. (pause) You’re not mad, are you?

(After a beat, PHOEBE shakes her head and waves her hand dismissively.)

PHOEBE: ‘Course not! (She shuffles past PAIGE, leaving the orange juice carton opened on the island, and pats PAIGE’s shoulder.) Besides, you’re the baby sister now anyway, right? (to PIPER) Call me when breakfast’s on the table…I just remembered that I told Cole I would call him this morning, and I haven’t yet. (She leaves. PAIGE looks worriedly at PIPER. PIPER just shakes her head, not sure what to say.)

[Cut to PHOEBE. She starts to walk up the stairs and then leans against the wall, closing her eyes. The outline of her body glows yellow, and then suddenly she morphs into nine-year-old PHOEBE for a few seconds, before turning back into her adult self. She turns and continues up the stairs.]

Clickable Credits.

[The Virtual Series]

{SCENE: The song "Sister," written Mark Tremonti and Scott Stapp and sung by Creed, is heard as stock shots of San Francisco are shown while the Guest Credits are rolled.}

Act One

[Scene: Manor. PHOEBE’s room. PHOEBE is sitting cross-legged on her bed, with a photo album seated in her lap. She’s staring at pictures of herself, PRUE, and PIPER as little girls. She smiles as she comes across the picture she took when she time traveled back to the seventies. COLE TURNER shimmers in. PHOEBE looks up, startled. He cocks his head to the side.]

COLE: Am I interrupting something?

(PHOEBE shakes her head.)

PHOEBE: No. (She scoots over and pats the side of her bed.) Come sit.

(COLE walks over and sits down. He glances down at the photo album. PHOEBE turns the page. He squints and moves his head a little closer and snickers.)

COLE: Was that Prue?

(PHOEBE laughs.)

PHOEBE: Yep. (She taps the photo with her index finger.) I’ll never forget that night. Grams was so mad at Prue. She was supposed to be going to the movies with Andy, (she points to the boy in the picture next to LITTLE PRUE) but instead, they went to an unsupervised party that one of the girls on the JV Cheerleading Squad was throwing…Andy’s dad ended up breaking up the party and bringing them home in a police car.

COLE: Your grandmother must’ve been furious.

PHOEBE: I’ve never seen her face so red in my life! Well, except the time she found out I’d made out with Todd Marks on the principle’s desk. (COLE raises his eyebrows. PHOEBE wags her finger.) But that’s a story for another day.

COLE: Does that one include pictures, too?

(PHOEBE feigns a gasp and slaps the album closed.)

PHOEBE: Just who do you think I am, Mr. Turner?

(COLE snakes his arm around her waist and pulls her close until their lips are just centimeters from each other.)

COLE: I was just thinking the same thing. (He moves to kiss her, and as their lips brush, PHOEBE’s stomach growls. Her face flushes red as she pulls back from the kiss.) You know, that kind of kills the mood.

PHOEBE: Sorry…I guess Piper’s cooking is just getting the best of me. (She hops off the bed.) How about we get some breakfast, and then pick up where we left off? (She strokes his cheek suggestively. COLE smirks.)

COLE: Well, I guess it all depends on whether you can keep yourself together. (He winks. PHOEBE glares.)

PHOEBE: Be nice.

COLE: Or what? You’ll send me to the principal’s office?

PHOEBE: Maybe I will. (As she starts to walk out the door, COLE playfully slaps her butt.) Oh!

[Cut to the kitchen. PIPER is moving around the table, placing steaming hot pancakes on each of the plates, followed by a few slices of bacon on all the plates, except for PHOEBE’s. Opposite to PIPER, PRUE is going around, filling each cup with milk, and next to PRUE, PAIGE is wrapping each set of silverware with a napkin. Their movements are fluid, almost looking practiced, and quite harmonious. PHOEBE walks in and as soon as she realizes what’s going on, she stops short, causing COLE to bump right into her.]

COLE: Not that I’m complaining, (he wraps his hand around her waist) but you could watch where you’re going. (PHOEBE just stares, her mouth slightly open, at her sisters, who haven’t noticed her and COLE yet.) Phoebe? (He waves his hand in front of her face, but she doesn’t respond.) Phoebe?

[Flashback: PENNY turns the dial on the stove, turning off the heat. She turns around and claps her hands.]

PENNY: Girls! It’s time to eat! (YOUNG PRUE, YOUNG PIPER, and LITTLE PHOEBE rush in. LITTLE PIPER obediently heads over to PENNY, who hands her the pan filled with regular omelets and a spatula. Looking to YOUNG PRUE, she points towards the refrigerator.) We’re having apple juice this morning, Prudence. (As she looks to her last granddaughter, LITTLE PHOEBE frowns.)

LITTLE PHOEBE: Aw, Grams! Do I have to? ‘Cause it’s still my birthday, you know. (She bats her eyelashes and smiles sweetly.)

YOUNG PRUE: (to LITTLE PHOEBE) Quit complaining, Phoebe. You’ve got the easiest job of all! (She starts to fill up each of the four glasses with golden apple juice.)

PENNY: (to LITTLE PHOEBE) You know the rules, Phoebe. Everyone has to help set the table before a meal, or you don’t partake in eating. (She grabs four napkins from a napkin holder on the island and hands them to LITTLE PHOEBE.) Hurry up now, the food’s getting cold.

LITTLE PHOEBE: (muttering) This is so unfair!

(LITTLE PHOEBE takes the napkins and sulks over to the table, where she begins to wrap the silverware inside them. As YOUNG PRUE passes her, they share a glare. Across the table, as YOUNG PIPER slides an omelet onto one of the plates, she lets out a frustrated sigh that goes unnoticed by her sisters.)

[Cut to the present. Everyone’s already seated, and PRUE is turned around in her seat, glaring at PHOEBE and COLE.]

PRUE: (to PHOEBE) Are you going to continue to make the rest of us wait, or are you going to sit down too?

(PHOEE looks at PRUE. A yellow glow outlines her body.)

PHOEBE: You can’t tell me what to do! (PRUE’s mouth drops open. PHOEBE morphs into LITTLE PHOEBE. PIPER and PAIGE gasp. LITTLE PHOEBE squirms around COLE and runs up the stairs.)

COLE: Now, I’m no expert on witches, but I’m fairly sure that’s not supposed to happen.

BREAK

[The Virtual Series]

Act Two

[Scene: Manor. Hallway. PIPER is standing outside PHOEBE’s room, knocking on the door.][/b]

PIPER: Phoebe, come on sweetie, open the door. It’s just Piper.

LITTLE PHOEBE's VOICE: No! Go away!

PIER: Phoebe, please-

LITTLE PHOEBE's VOICE: Leave me alone!

(PRUE walks up with her arms folded across her chest. PIPER looks at her, unsure of what to do.)

PIPER: She’s barricaded her door, like she used to do when Grams refused to let her have a lock on it.

(PRUE looks at the door and glares.)

PRUE: Well, I guess now we know how Grams used to get in so easily. (She waves her arm and the door groans and pushes open. LITTLE PHOEBE is sitting on her bed, staring wide-eyed at the dresser, which she had used to barricade the door with. PRUE looks at LITTLE PHOEBE.) Just what do you think you’re doing?

(PIPER angrily pushes on PRUE’s arm.)

PIPER: Don’t be so mean, Prue! She’s just a little kid!

(PRUE tilts her head to the side and raises her eyebrows.)

PRUE: A little kid, Piper? (She waves her arm.) She just turned twenty-six!

PIPER: Does she look twenty-six to you? (PIPER waves her hand impatiently at her very little sister.)

PRUE: Fine. What do you suggest?

PIPER: Why don’t you go up to the attic and try to help Paige find something in The Book?

PRUE: And you think that’s any better solution, why?

PIPER: We’ve already got Cole in the Underworld trying to see if this is demonic and Leo talking to The Elders, so there’s really not another choice.

(PRUE tosses her arms into the air and walks out, telekinetically slamming the door behind her. PIPER points her index finger at the closed door and glares.)

PIPER: (shouting) And don’t slam the doors!

PRUE's VOICE: I’m just getting into the theme of things!

[Cut to the attic. PAIGE is flipping boredly through The Book of Shadows.]

PAIGE: I’m not even sure what I’m supposed to be looking for. (She folds her arms.) Why did they have to stick me with Book duty? (Suddenly, the pages begin to flip by themselves and PAIGE jumps back in surprise. She throws up her hands.) Whoa!

(PRUE walks in and sees the pages turning.)

PRUE: Sometimes it does that on its own. (She glances at the ceiling.) It’s a little help from above. (She walks over as the pages stop. It’s turned to the spell to summon a ghost. PRUE wrinkles her nose and looks at the ceiling.) You couldn’t just direct me to a page, instead of having to tell me in person? (The page lifts up and shakes.) Fine.

PAIGE: Uhm…who ya talkin’ to?

PRUE: Grams. (She moves across the room to a shelf with candles.) Or Mom.

PAIGE: Mom? (PRUE collects the candles and positions them in a circle on the floor.) You can talk to ghosts?

PRUE: Spirits, and no. It’s more of a one-sided conversation.

(PAIGE looks at the spell.)

PAIGE: What are you doing?

PRUE: Read the spell. It requires five lit candles.

PAIGE: We’re really summoning the dead? Like, séance-style?

PRUE: We don’t need the spirit board for this. (She grabs a pack of matches, also from the shelf where the candles were, and lights each of the five candles.)
“Here these words,
Here my cry,
Spirit from the other side.
Come to me;
I summon thee.
Cross now, the Great Divide.”

(A swirl of lights appear within the candles, and a transparent PENNY HALLIWELL appears. She grins at PRUE.)

PENNY: I was wondering when you were finally going to get me back down here. (She spins around and looks at PAIGE. PENNY opens her arms.) Paige, darling, I’m so glad we finally have a chance to meet.

(PAIGE’s mouth hangs open, awe-struck.)

[Cut to PHOEBE’s room. PIPER is sitting on PHOEBE’s bed, and LITTLE PHOEBE is turned away from her, sitting with her arms and legs crossed, staring at the headboard.]

PIPER: Come on, Phoebe. I’m your sister. You know you can tell me anything.

LITTLE PHOEBE: Liar.

PIPER: Hey! (She shakes her finger.) I have not done anything to you, so you do not need to talk that way to me!

(LEO WYATT orbs in. PIPER gets up and shakes her head.)

PIPER: Did you find out anything?

LEO: Has anything strange been happening lately? (PIPER gives him a ‘duh’ look.) I mean anything with Phoebe. (PIPER looks back at LITTLE PHOEBE. She shakes her head.) Are you sure? She hasn’t been acting strange, closed off…upset?

PIPER: Not that I… (She scrunches her brows.) Well, this morning she did act a little strange when I let Paige use her coffee mug.

LEO: Was there anything special about the mug?

PIPER: It was the one Prue and I got her for her ninth birthday. (She looks at him quizzically.) Why?

LEO: The Elders think she’s repressing her feelings, and in rare cases, magical repression has been known to have physical side effects.

PENNY's VOICE: Well, I could’ve told you that.

(LITTLE PHOEBE's head whips around to see PENNY, PRUE, and PAIGE standing in the doorway.)

LITTLE PHOEBE: Grams?!

BREAK

[The Virtual Series]

Act Three

[Scene: Underworld. THE ORACLE is waving her hands over her crystal ball. An image of PENNY talking to LITTLE PHOEBE appears, while PRUE appears to say something from the door way, prompting LITTLE PHOEBE to stick out her tongue. THE ORACLE smirks.]

THE ORACLE: This is better than I expected. (She makes a swishing motion with her hands, and her revealing attire transforms into black jeans and a shimmering halter top. Holding out her hand, PHOEBE's "Best Baby Sister" cup appears in her hand. She looks back at her crystal ball and flares out.)

[Scene: Manor. Kitchen. PIPER and LEO are talking, while PAIGE is hanging back, listening.]

PIPER: So, how do we reverse this thing? Is there some type of spell or something that we can use to get back our Phoebe?

LEO: This wasn’t a backfired spell, Piper. This is something internal that’s reacting in a magical way. (pause) Do you remember our wedding? How Prue’s emotions took over in the form of her astral projection? Well, this is the same type of thing.

PAIGE: (surprised) Prue crashed your wedding?

PIPER: (to PAIGE) Yes, but not the point. (to LEO) So what, we’re just supposed to let her grow up when she feels like it? If you’ve truly been watching us our whole lives, you’d know that Phoebe never wanted to grow up in the first place!

LEO: That’s the whole point! Phoebe still considers herself the baby.

PAIGE: (realizing) And I took that away from her.

PIPER: (to PAIGE) What? Paige, don’t be silly. Phoebe knows-

PAIGE: (interrupting) No! Think about it. Since last week, you and Prue have been treating me like a little kid.

PIPER: Paige-

PAIGE: Piper! Chill and listen for a minute. Remember the other day when we were walking to Starbucks from the mall and the crosswalk light had just turned red, but Phoebe and I were going to run it anyway?

PIPER: Yes…

PAIGE: And do you remember how I was the only one Prue pulled the mom-stop on?

PIPER: The mom-stop?

PAIGE: You know, the hand-on-your-chest gesture that moms make to stop their kid from walking into something that might harm them. (She scratches.) My Mom used it a lot when we were in the car and she had to break quickly. (She shakes her head.) What I’m saying is, didn’t you see the look on Phoebe’s face?

PIPER: What look? I don’t remember a look.

PAIGE: She was shocked! So was I, for that matter. Nobody had pulled that on me since I was ten. (She folds her arms.) And judging by the look on Phoebe’s face, you and Prue never stopped, did you?

(PIPER shifts her eyes to the floor, wondering if PAIGE could be right. Then she shakes her head.)

PIPER: No. Paige, you’re being ridiculous!

PAIGE: Am I? What about yesterday when you made ice cream sundaes and I was the only one you handed napkins to? Phoebe asked why you she didn’t get one, and you told her you just didn’t think about it.

PIPER: But-

PAIGE: Or when-

PIPER: Okay! I get what you’re saying. But I don’t understand why that would make her so upset? They’re just stupid, little things.

LEO: But that’s not the point. It’s the fact that you used to do those things for Phoebe, and now you’re doing them for Paige. She feels like Paige has taken her role in the family.

PAIGE: Which is not something I asked for, by the way. I’m perfectly capable of watching out for myself. Phoebe on the other hand, and I’m not trying to put her down, but she grew up depending on your guys. I grew up an only child. There’s a big difference, Piper.

PIPER: (realizing) Oh my god! And this morning, when we asked you to put out the napkins, that was the breaking point!

(PAIGE looks at LEO.)

LEO: Ever since they were little, it’s been Phoebe’s job to put out the napkins before a meal.

PIPER: I didn’t think anything of it. I mean, she was off calling Cole and you were already there, so I just figured… (She holds her head.) Oh god, I’m a horrible sister!

PAIGE: You’re not a horrible sister. I think this is more my fault. I should’ve said something earlier, and maybe I could’ve prevented this.

LEO: It’s not going to do either of you any good to blame yourselves. What’s done is done. What you need to focus on now is helping Phoebe turn back into her adult self.

PIPER: How do we do that?

LEO: You have to help her come to terms with her true feelings, and once they’re released, she should be fine again.

PAIGE: (deadpanning) Sounds like fun. (They turn to walk out of the kitchen, and then they hear a loud thump upstairs. PAIGE, PIPER, and LEO exchange looks.)

PRUE's VOICE: (angrily) What are you doing in my room?!

PENNY's VOICE: Phoebe Elizabeth Halliwell!

(The sounding of footsteps can be heard running down the hall. PIPER looks at PAIGE.)

PIPER: Remember the other day when you asked me what it was like to grow up with sisters? (PAIGE nods. The footsteps get louder and then LITTLE PHEOBE runs past the kitchen, followed by PRUE.) This was it.

BREAK

[The Virtual Series]

Act Four

[Flashback: PENNY opens the front door to find a young man with dark hair and blue eyes standing outside.]

PENNY: Oh, Andy, how can I help you?

(YOUNG ANDREW TRUDEAU smiles and holds up a wrapped package.)

YOUNG ANDY: This is for Phoebe. (PENNY takes the package.) Uhm… (He peers past PENNY.) Can Prue come over?

PENNY: I trust you won’t be taking my granddaughter to anymore unsupervised parties, will you?

(YOUNG ANDY's face turns red.)

YOUNG ANDY: Just to my house, Ms. Halliwell. My dad’s home today.

PENNY: I see. (She turns around and cups her hands.) Prue! You have a visitor!

[Cut to the present. PRUE comes running down the stairs. The front door is open and PIPER is standing there with MATTHEW CAPIELLO staring in from outside. PRUE comes over.]

PRUE: (to PIPER) Thanks. (PIPER walks away and PRUE turns to MATT.) Hey. (She grins.) What’s up?

(MATT looks down at his watch.)

MATT: Our date. (PRUE’s eyes widen.) I take it you forgot.

PRUE: I’m so sorry! It’s just-

MATT: I didn’t know you had a niece.

PRUE: Niece? What? (She turns around, following MATT’s line of vision. She sees PIPER chasing LITTLE PHOEBE around the room.)

PIPER: Phoebe, get back here with my keys!

PRUE: Oh! (She slips outside and shuts the door.) She’s not my niece, she’s my, uh, cousin.

MATT: Named Phoebe? (pause) I thought that was your sister’s name.

PRUE: Right. She was named after my sister. It’s, uhm, kind of a family tradition.

MATT: I see. (pause) So, about our date?

PRUE: Matt-

MATT: You have to cancel.

PRUE: I’m really sorry.

(MATT holds up his hand.)

MATT: Say no more. I understand. (He flashes a cheeky grin.) I used to date a girl who would get stuck with babysitting duty all the time. I’m used to it.

PRUE: Babysitting. Right. Well, I can promise you that this will be a one time thing.

(The door opens and PIPER pops her head outside.)

PIPER: Uh, Prue, we could really use your help in here.

PRUE: I’ll be right there. (She shuts the door.) Well, I should really get back in there.

MATT: Call me when you get a chance. (He gives her a peck on the cheek.)

PRUE: I will. (MATT leaves and PRUE walks back inside. She brushes her hands together and looks around. PAIGE comes down the stairs.) Okay, where’s the little witch?

PAIGE: She just locked herself in the bathroom.

PRUE: Oh, she is so getting a time out!

[Cut to the bathroom. LITTLE PHOEBE is sitting on the toilet with her arms wrapped around her knees. THE ORACLE flares in and LITTLE PHOEBE jumps off the toilet and backs up against the glass door of to the shower.]

LITTLE PHOEBE: How did you do that?

(THE ORACLE smiles.)

THE ORACLE: It’s magic; just like your Grams always talks about.

LITTLE PHOEBE: Grams says I’m not allowed to talk to strangers.

THE ORACLE: I’m not a stranger. I know your sisters.

(LITTLE PHOEBE squints her eyes.)

LITTLE PHOEBE: Prove it.

(THE ORACLE holds out her hand, revealing PHOEBE’s "Best Baby Sister" mug. LITTLE PHOEBE grabs it.)

LITTLE PHOEBE: How’d you get that?

THE ORACLE: I told you, I know your sisters. (She frowns.) I also know that they’re not treating you fairly, right Phoebe? (LITTLE PHOEBE stares.) It’s okay, you can tell me, I promise I won’t tell them.

(LITTLE PHOEBE nods.)

LITTLE PHOEBE: They’re supposed to be paying attention to me, not to stupid Paige! (She pouts.)

LITTLE PHOEBE: It’s not fair, is it Phoebe? (LITTLE PHOEBE shakes her head and her pigtails fly in her face.) I have an idea. (She holds out her hand.) Why don’t you come with me? We could have fun.

(LITTLE PHOEBE hesitates. There’s a bang at the door.)

PIPER's VOICE: Phoebe Halliwell, open this door!

THE ORACLE: I can give you all the attention you want.

LITTLE PHOEBE: I-I don’t know.

PIPER's VOICE: Phoebe!

THE ORACLE: Come on, what’s the worst that could happen?

LITTLE PHOEBE: Could you teach me your light trick?

THE ORACLE: If you want.

(LITTLE PHOEBE grins.)

LITTLE PHOEBE: Okay. (She places her hand in THE ORACLE’s hand, just as the bathroom door flies open. THE ORACLE sees PENNY and smiles evilly.)

PENNY: No! (She waves her arm, but it’s just seconds too late as TTHE ORACLE and LITTLE PHOEBE vanish.)

BREAK

[The Virtual Series]

Act Five

[Scene: MATT’s apartment. MATT is looking in the mirror as he adjusts the collar of his blue shirt.]

MATT: So, let me get this straight. She reverted into a nine-year-old because she was jealous of Paige, and then an oracle abducted her?

(He turns around and looks at a Parker Brothers Ouija board that’s lying on his bed. The pointer moves towards the top left corner, where there is a picture of a smiling sun and next to it is the word “Yes,” where the pointer stops.)

MATT: And how am I supposed to find this Oracle?

(The pointer moves down to the “U,” over to the “N,” up to the “D” and then “E,” and then back down to the bottom row of letters to the “R.” As it starts to move again, MATT waves his hand and it stops.)

MATT: The Underworld, I figured it out. (He folds his arms.) And just how do you expect me to get there?

(The point moves to “B,” then “O,” “A,” and finally “T.”)

MATT: Boat. (He nods.) Funny haha. Care to try again?

(This time, the pointer spells out the word “FERRY.”)

MATT: Very funny. But I’m serious here, so- (His nightstand begins to jiggle, causing the lamp to sway back and forth. He runs over and grabs it.) Hey! That’s a one-of-a-kind. Could we please be a little more considerate?

(He opens the drawer to reveal a book on mythology. The book flips open and the pages begin to turn. MATT takes the book out and lays it on the table, where the pages stop turning.)

MATT: “In ancient Greece, golden coins would be placed under the tongues of the dead to pay Charon, the mystical ferryman who take was said to take the souls of the deceased from the world of the living through the Underworld, over the River Styx, and bring them to Hades.”

(The pages begin to flutter again and two of them flip over. MATT runs his index finger across the text until he finds something else of interest.)

MATT: “Although Charon was not accepting of living passengers, the gifted Orpheus was able to sway Charon by playing an enchanting note on his lyre.” (MATT grins and closes the book. He holds out his hand and a wooden, harp-like instrument, a lyre, appears in his hand.) Thanks for the history lesson. (He grabs his jacket from the back of a chair, tucks the lyre underneath it, and leaves.)

[Scene: Underworld. LITTLE PHEOBE's playing with a pair of Malibu Barbies while THE ORACLE is standing over a bubbling concoction. Fire erupts across the room and LITTLE PHEOBE looks up. THE ORACLE runs over to THE SOURCE and beckons him to turn away.]

THE ORACLE: No, you mustn’t scare her! I’ve got her right where I want her.

THE SOURCE: Are you sure she can activate the spell?

THE ORACLE: At the age of nine, she doesn’t have her individual powers. But she still has her innate ability to cast spells. Otherwise, she would have never been able to cast the spell that brought them their powers in the first place.

THE SOURCE: And you’re certain she trusts you?

THE ORACLE: Her jealousy for Paige has clouded her senses. She’s mine for the taking. (She glances over her shoulder at LITTLE PHOEBE.) Do you have your demons ready to attack her sisters once their powers are gone?

THE SOURCE: Ready and waiting. (He laughs evilly.) I’m taking the oldest myself.

THE ORACLE: Perfect. (THE SOURCE flames out and THE ORACLE walks back over to LITTLE PHOEBE. She kneels down to meet LITTLE PHOEBE's eye level.)

LITTLE PHOEBE: Who was that?

THE ORACLE: He was a friend of mine.

LITTLE PHOEBE: He looked scary.

THE ORACLE: Yes, he does have that effect on people.

LITTLE PHOEBE: How did he do his fire trick?

THE ORACLE: You know what? I bet I could show you.

LITTLE PHOEBE: Really?

(THE ORACLE nods.)

THE ORACLE: But first, I need you to do something for me.

LITTLE PHOEBE: What?

THE ORACLE: I just need you to help me with a-a-a poem I’m writing. Just repeat after me.
“Hear now the words of the witches,
the secrets we hid in the night,
the oldest of Gods are invoked here,
the great work of magic is sought.”

LITTLE PHOEBE: “Hear now the words of the witches,
the secrets we hid in the night,
the oldest of Gods are invoked here,
the great work of magic is sought.”

THE ORACLE: “In this night and in this hour,
I call upon the ancient power,
take your powers from my sisters three,
they hate the power,
take away their power!”

LITTLE PHOEBE: “In this night and in this hour,
I call upon the ancient power,
take your powers from my sisters three,
they hate the power,
take away their power!”

THE ORACLE: Perfect!

[Scene: Manor. Attic. PENNY, PRUE, PIPER, PAIGE, and LEO are gathered around The Book of Shadows. Suddenly, the three sisters pale. PRUE touches her head, PIPER touches her stomach, and PAIGE lays her hands on the podium and starts to sway like she’s dizzy.]

PENNY: Girls? What’s wrong?

PAIGE: I suddenly don’t feel so good. Weak, actually.

PRUE: It’s my head. Everything looks a little fuzzy.

PIPER: And my stomach… (She shakes her head.) And I know this isn’t the morning sickness acting up.

(PENNY looks worriedly at LEO.)

PENNY: Has this ever happened before?

LEO: Not that I can-

PIPER: Yes, yes it did!

PRUE: Back when we gave up our powers to Rex!

(A horde of demons shimmer in, surrounding the four witches and LEO.)

PAIGE: Uh oh.

BREAK

[The Virtual Series]

Act Six

[Scene: Manor. Attic. PRUE waves her arm but nothing happens.]

PRUE: Piper, please tell me you still have your powers!

(PIPER flicks her wrist but nothing happens. She looks to PRUE and shakes her head. Both PRUE and PIPER look at PAIGE. She holds out her arms.)

PAIGE: Candle?

(When nothing happens, the demons simultaneously conjure fireballs.)

PRUE: Duck! (The sisters duck as the fireballs come flying towards them. PENNY raises her hand and makes a peace sign with her fingers.)

PENNY: Stay away from my granddaughters! (The fireballs reverse their flight and impale half of the demons. PENNY claps her hands together and then throws them outwards, sending most of the remaining demons in all different directions.)

PIPER: (whispering) Man, Grams sure has juice.

PAIGE: (whispering) I don’t think I want to ever get on her bad side.

PRUE and PIPER: (whispering) No you don’t! (They hear a gasp and look up to find LEO holding his stomach. PIPER’s eyes bulge as she watches LEO drop to the ground, with an arrow sticking out of his back. A darklighter stands across the room, holding up his crossbow. PENNY jerks her arm, taking the crossbow from the darklighter and forcing it to fire on its owner, vanquishing him. As PIPER starts to run to LEO, THE SOURCE flames in.)

PAIGE: Piper, no!

(THE SOURCE waves his arm and sends PIPER sailing across the room, crashing into a full length mirror. It shatters on impact and she falls to the floor with a large chunk of glass protruding from her back.)

PRUE: You bastard! (She runs at THE SOURCE and attempts to land a spin kick into his chest, but he grabs her by the throat and holds her in the air. Looking over at PENNY, he waves his arm and a glowing swarm of black light surrounds her, making a cage-like formation. PENNY waves her arm, but nothing happens.)

THE SOURCE: (to PRUE) I’ve finally got you right where I want you. (He laughs.) Say hello to your mother for me. (He lets her drop to the ground and then summons a fireball.)

[Scene: Underworld. MATT is strumming his fingers along the lyre, as a figure in a brown cloak is pushing a row through the long, tangled River Styx. The giggles of a little girl can be heard in the distance. CHARON rows the boat around a bend as MATT continues to play a beautiful melody, and the giggles get louder. Squinting, MATT sees THE ORACLE and LITTLE PHEOBE a few yards away. The ferry comes to a stop and MATT stops playing. He stands up, but CHARON grabs him by the collar.]

MATT: Sorry. (He holds out his hand and a gold coin appears. He places it in CHARON’s bony hand.) Thanks for the lift. (He hops off the ferry and begins running towards LITTLE PHEOBE.)

[Cut to the attic.]

PAIGE: Prue! (PAIGE dives at PRUE as the fireball comes flying at her. Orbs engulf them and the fireball flies through the dancing lights, leaving a black scorch mark on the floor as the sisters disappear. THE SOURCE howls in anger.)

[Cut back to the Underworld. MATT skids to a stop as he comes up to THE ORACLE’s lair.]

MATT: Phoebe, get away from her. She’s evil!

(LITTLE PHOEBE looks up with wide eyes. THE ORACLE flips around.)

THE ORACLE: Who are you?

MATT: You’re the oracle, you tell me. (He moves towards LITTLE PHOEBE, but THE ORACLE grabs her first. She places her hand over LITTLE PHOEBE's mouth as she starts to scream.)

THE ORACLE: Move any closer and I’ll break her neck right here and now. (LITTLE PHOEBE bites THE ORACLE’s hand and she screams, releasing her hold. LITTLE PHOEBE runs over to MATT, who steps protectively in front of her.)

[Cut to the living room. PAIGE and PRUE orb in on the floor. PRUE looks shocked.]

PRUE: I thought you lost your powers.

PAIGE: So did I. (They stand up.)

PRUE We need help.

PAIGE: What about Cole?

PRUE: Cole?

PAIGE: Do you know anyone else? (Pause.) Cole! Cole, we need your help!

(COLE shimmers in.)

COLE: Paige?

PAIGE: The Oracle took Phoebe to the Underworld and-

THE SOURCE's VOICE: Belthazor. How nice of you to join us. (COLE spins around.)

COLE: I’ll hold him off. You go get Phoebe!

PAIGE: We don’t have our powers!

PRUE: You can orb.

PAIGE: But-

PRUE: Just focus on Phoebe! (PAIGE squeezes her eyes closed and grabs PRUE’s hand. They orb out. COLE looks at THE SOURCE and then screams as he transforms into BELTHAZOR. He starts throwing energy balls at THE SOURCE.)

[Cut to the Underworld. THE ORACLE is lying on the floor with a bloody gash on her side, and a bloodied athame lying on the ground next to her. PAIGE and PRUE orb in. LITTLE PHEOBE sees them.]

LITTLE PHOEBE: Prue! (MATT spots the sisters as they turn in the direction of LITTLE PHEOBE's voice. He turns away.)

MATT: (whispering to LITTLE PHOEBE) Go to them! (As LITTLE PHEOBE runs to them, MATT turns and runs the other way.)

PAIGE: Thank god you’re okay! (PRUE scoops LITTLE PHOEBE into her arms. Neither one of them notice MATT as he runs back to the River Styx. PAIGE, however, does see the spell in THE ORACLE’s hand. She walks over and grabs it.) Prue, look at this. (She holds up the spell.)

PRUE: She used Phoebe to reverse the spell that gave us our powers!

PAIGE: So what do we do?

PRUE: We reverse the spell before Piper and Leo die!

LITTLE PHOEBE: I’m sorry for being selfish. (Tears fall from her eyes. PAIGE takes her hand.)

PAIGE: It’s okay, I understand. (They share a smile and then LITTLE PHOEBE glows yellow, and morphs into adult PHOEBE.)

[Cut to the Manor. One of the stained glass windows in the sun room shatters as BELTHAZOR crashes through it. THE SOURCE advances on him. Across the room PAIGE, PHOEBE, and PRUE orb in.]

PRUE: (to PAIGE and PRUE) Go take care of Piper and Leo! I’ll help Cole.

PHOEBE: Be careful.

PRUE: I will. (PAIGE and PHOEBE run up the stairs. PRUE turns to THE SOURCE.) Hey, why don’t you pick on someone your own size! (She flings out her arm and THE SOURCE flies through the broken window.)

[Cut to the attic. PAIGE and PHOEBE run in. PHOEBE gasps.]

PHOEBE: Piper! (She runs over to PIPER and kneels down. Tears begin to steam down her face.) Oh god! (She checks her pulse.) She’s still alive!

PENNY: (to PAIGE) Heal Leo.

PAIGE: But I don’t have that power!

PENNY: (to PHOEBE) Pull out the arrow. (to PAIGE) And then take his hands and let his power flow through you. Once you heal him, then he can heal Piper.

(PHOEBE moves to LEO and pulls out the arrow. PAIGE kneels down and takes LEO’s hands in her own. Tears are running down her face as she hovers their hands over the blood wound on LEO’s stomach. A golden light begins to glow. PHOEBE gasps.)

PHOEBE: It’s working! (LEO wakes up with a gasp.) Hurry, Piper!

(LEO moves over to PIPER and pulls the glass from her back. He holds his hands over her back. PAIGE and PHOEBE take hands, both crying.)

LEO: Please, Piper, you can’t leave me. (A golden light bursts from his hands.)

[Cut to the sun room. A bloodied COLE has resumed his human form. PRUE steps over the broken window. THE SOURCE flames out. PRUE kneels down and helps COLE to his feet.]

COLE: (coughing) He’ll be back.

PRUE: I know.

[Time lapse. PRUE, PIPER, and PHOEBE are in the attic.]

PIPER: So, you don’t remember anything?

PHOEBE: No. (She rubs her head.) But I sure have one hell of a headache.

PIPER: I bet. (PAIGE walks in.)

PHOEBE: Hey.

PAIGE: Hey. (She shifts uneasily.) So, are we cool now? I mean, about the whole little sister thing.

(PHOEBE pats her back.)

PHOEBE: We’re cool. (PAIGE takes something out from behind her back. It’s PHOEBE’s "Best Baby Sister" mug.) Where’d you get that?

PAIGE: I picked it up before we left The Oracle’s lair. (PHOEBE smiles as she takes it.)

PHOEBE: Actually, we’ve got a surprise for you too. You know, since you saved the day and all.

PAIGE: Oh yeah?

(PRUE and PIPER smile as PHOEBE walks over to The Book. Candles are set in the center of the room, all lit.)

PHOEBE: “Here these words,
Here my cry,
Spirits from the other side.
Come to me;
I summon thee.
Cross now, the Great Divide.”

(In the circle of candles, two tornados of light appear, followed by a transparent PATRICIA HALLIWELL and SAM WILDER. PAIGE looks to her sisters, who nod in confirmation. PIPER lightly pushes PAIGE towards them.)

PIPER: (whispering) Go ahead.

(PATTY and SAM step out of the candles and become solid.)

PAIGE: M-Mom? (PATTY opens her arms and hugs PAIGE. SAM wipes a few tears from his eyes. PAIGE starts to cry too.) Dad?

(PAIGE, PATTY, and SAM share a three way hug. COLE appears behind PHOEBE and wraps his arms around her waist, as LEO orbs in next to PIPER, both of whom lean into their respective man. PRUE purses her lips as she looks on alone, and allows a smile to cross her face.)

[The Virtual Series]

End Credits

Co-Starring
Michael Bailey Smith --- The Source

Featuring
Michael Bailey Smith --- Belthazor
Jay Spece --- Charon

Production & Design
Daniel (Forever Yours) - Casting Director
Britt (The Original P3) - Video Editor (Credits)
White Orleander - Set Designer