5x10: Road To Premonition

[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
SHAWN CHRISTIAN...Matt Capiello

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

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 credits. 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.

5.10 ROAD TO PREMONITION

GUEST-STARRING:
JENNIFER RHODES
ALISEN DOWN
ALICIA WITT

Script written by...CAMILLE (FOUREVER CHARMED)

Script edited by...DRAMA (ASSASSIN WITCH)

Script proofread by...CAMILLE (FOUREVER CHARMED), DRAMA (ASSASSIN WITCH), DTAYLOR (ASTRAL ECHO)

Executive Producer...DTAYLOR (ASTRAL ECHO)

Produced by...DRAMA, FOUREVER CHARMED, XENITH

Directed by...James L. Conway

[The Virtual Series]

Road to Premonition

Teaser

[Scene: A loud explosion sounds, followed by the billowing of thick gray dust. As the dust clears, an old man, CRONYN, stands in the midst of a very dimly lit tomb. A large sarcophagus sits in the center of the tomb, but the heavy stone lid is lying to the side, partly broken. CRONYN peers over the side of the sarcophagus and staring back at him are the remains of a long dead skeleton. Clutched in the grime coated skeletal fingers is a yellowed scroll. CRONYN grabs the scroll and yanks. The crunching of the bones as the fingers break echoes through the tomb and a small burst of bone dust briefly fills the air. Then, victoriously, CRONYN holds up the scroll.]

CRONYN: Yes! Yes, I’ve done it! (Greedily, he rolls open the scroll and blows across the old parchment, blowing away the centuries of dust and dirt.)
“When the three planets burn as one,
Over a sky of dancing light,
Magic will rest on a Holy Day,
To welcome the birth of the Twice Blessed.”

WOMAN’s VOICE: Amazing, isn’t it?

(CRONYN spins around.)

CRONYN: Who’s there?!

(The shadows seem to move and then from them, steps a tall woman with high cheekbones, a pointed face, and long, dark reddish-brown hair.)

WOMAN: To feel the power of a centuries’ old prophecy resting in your very palms.

(CRONYN clutches the scroll to his chest.)

CRONYN: You can’t have it! (He raises his hand and a fireball appears in his palm.) I found it, it’s mine!

(CRONYN hurls the fireball towards the WOMAN. The WOMAN raises her hand and catches the fireball in her palm, which dissolves. CRONYN’s eyes widen. The WOMAN looks down at her hand, seeing a few burn marks on her palm. The burns slowly fade away and then she curiously flexes her fingers. She lifts her dark brown eyes to meet his black ones.)

WOMAN: I don’t need the scroll, I already know the prophecy. (A fireball lights up in her palm.)

CRONYN: (frightfully) Who are you?

WOMAN: The name’s Lillith, but it doesn’t really matter to you, because you won’t be alive long enough to call me that.

(LILLITH hurls the fireball at him and he screams as his body goes up in flames. A pile of ashes then falls to the ground and the scroll falls on top of them.)

Clickable Credits.

[The Virtual Series]

{SCENE: The song “Pictures of You,” written by Robert Smith and sung by The Last Goodnight, is heard as stock shots of San Francisco are shown while the Guest Credits are rolled.}

Act One

[Scene: Manor. Kitchen. PRUE HALLIWELL, PIPER HALLIWELL, and PAIGE MATTHEWS are gathered around the kitchen table where a pile of pictures are spread out. PAIGE picks one up, which is of LEO WYATT in front of a Christmas tree, holding up a brand new plaid shirt.]

PAIGE: These really came out nice, Prue.

(PRUE grins.)

PRUE: Well, it is what I do. (She winks playfully.)

PIPER: (to PAIGE) I still don’t know why you had to get him plaid for Christmas, I’ve been trying to wean him off of it.

(PAIGE playfully taps PIPER.)

PAIGE: Oh come on, he likes it.

PIPER: I know; that’s the problem. (She laughs a little. PHOEBE HALLIWELL walks in, carrying a large and slightly dusty box.)

PHOEBE: Found ‘em! (She drops the box on the counter of the island and opens it up, sneezing a little as a puff of dust flits into her face. PAIGE gets up and walks over to PHOEBE.)

PAIGE: Wow, I can’t believe you guys have so many photo albums!

(PHOEBE shrugs.)

Phoebe: Prue’s a photographer, what did you expect? (She reaches into the box and pulls out the album on the top.) I think this one should have some free space. (She shrugs and walks over to the table, taking an empty chair next to PRUE. As PHOEBE starts to flip through the photo album she pulled out, PAIGE reaches into the box and pulls out two more.)

PAIGE: You guys don’t mind if I do some snooping, do you?

(PRUE waves her hand encouragingly.)

PRUE: Of course not! Actually, (she takes her seat with the photo albums) I think it’s a great idea. We all missed out on so many things growing up…the least we can do is try to fill in the blanks now, right?

(PAIGE brushes off the cover of one of the albums and opens it up.)

PHOEBE: Oh, look! (She holds up the photo album, revealing pictures from PIPER and LEO’s wedding. PRUE, PIPER, and PAIGE turn their heads to look. PIPER touches her swollen belly.)

PIPER: God, it seems like that happened a lifetime ago. (She blinks.) I can’t believe it’s two-thousand-three already!

(PHOEBE grins.)

PHOEBE: Only two more years of Bush!

(PRUE snorts.)

PRUE: (mockingly) That’s our resident Liberal.

(PHOEBE sticks her tongue out.)

PHOEBE: Hey, don’t blame me because you’re a stuffy Republican. (PAIGE and PIPER share amused looks. PIPER leans over to PAIGE.)

PIPER: (whispering) Just a little sisterly advice, never talk politics with them.

(PAIGE glances at PRUE and PHOEBE, who are still bickering, then nods.)

PAIGE: (whispering) Advice taken.

(As PIPER leans back in her chair, she notices the open page in the album on PAIGE’s lap.)

PIPER: Oh my gosh! (PRUE and PHOEBE look up.) I remember that! (She points to the picture with gold writing labeled, “June 1981.”) That was from our Santa Barbara vacation!

(PAIGE chuckles as she points to the picture in question.)

PAIGE: You and Phoebe look so cute in your matching outfits. (She looks at the second page, again with pictures of LITTLE PIPER and LITTLE PHOEBE.) Why isn’t Prue in these?

(PRUE, PIPER, and PHOEBE share strange looks.)

PHOEBE: Prue had a fear of water when she was little-

PRUE: I said I was sick so I could stay away from the beach.

(PIPER looks at the first page and points to a picture of her younger self and LITTLE PHOEBE in white dresses.)

PIPER: Wait, there should be a few of us together on the page before this one.

(PAIGE turns the page, revealing four more pictures. One is of all three sisters crowded together, all wearing matching white dresses. Another is of LITTLE PRUE and LITTLE PIPER, yet another is of LITTLE PRUE and LITTLE PHOEBE, and the last one is of the three sisters with GRAMS, who’s also wearing a white gown.)

PAIGE: Were you going to church or something? A wedding?

(PRUE shakes her head.)

PIPER: Grams didn’t do church. (She taps the picture with her finger.) No, sometimes she’d have us all get dressed up and then she’d invite her Bridge Club over, and they’d have a bonfire in the backyard.

(PRUE and PHOEBE exchange expressions.)

PRUE & PHOEBE: Her Bridge Club!

(PAIGE stares blankly.)

PAIGE: Okay, what am I out of the loop on?

(PHOEBE shakes her head.)

PHOEBE: I can’t believe we never put that together before.

PRUE: (to PAIGE) Grams’ “Bridge Club” was actually her coven.

(PIPER nods.)

PIPER: Well, that would explain the bonfires.

(PHOEBE motions her hand.)

PHOEBE: What’s the date on those pictures?

PAIGE: February second, nineteen-eighty-one.

(PHOEBE gets up and starts to leave.)

PRUE: Hey, where are you going?

PHOEBE: To get my laptop, I want to find out which Wiccan holiday that was. (She leaves. PRUE gets up and walks over to the box and begins to rifle through it. PAIGE elicits a little sigh as she continues to look through the photo album.)

PAIGE: You all look like you were so happy. (She turns the page to find a picture of LITTLE PRUE, LITTLE PIPER, and LITTLE PHOEBE playing dress up in clothes three times too big for them. PIPER chuckles.) I always used to wonder what it would be like to have sisters. (She looks up. PIPER wraps her arm around PAIGE’s shoulders.)

PIPER: We shouldn’t have had to miss out on so much. (PRUE sits down. PIPER squints at the album in PRUE’s hands.) Is that your baby book?

PRUE: Yeah. (She opens it up.) God, I haven’t seen this in years.

(PAIGE leans over to look. She cracks a smile.)

PAIGE: Is that-

PRUE: Mom.

PAIGE: Look how small you were.

(PRUE turns the page and laughs as she sees her infant footprints.)

PRUE: I can’t believe my feet used to be that small. (She turns towards the back of the book.)

(PIPER suddenly points to the left page.)

PIPER: Hey look, your first birthday!

(PHOEBE runs in with her laptop.)

PHOEBE: Imbolc! (She excitedly sits down next to PRUE.) “…also known as Candlemas, St. Brigid’s Day, and the Wiccan Festival of Lights, is one of the four Wiccan Sabbats, celebrated between January thirty-first and February second. Imbolc celebrates the return of the sun and rebirth. Traditional festivities involve bonfires, lighting each light in one’s home-”

PIPER: Oh, that’ll be cheap.

PHOEBE: (to PIPER) Okay, maybe that one is a little pricey, but I think you’ll like this last one, “and a large feast, heavily prepared with dairy products.”

PAIGE: Dairy products?

PHOEBE: Because it says that ewe’s milk is often associated with Imbolc. Apparently it goes along with the whole new life theme. (She scrolls down the page.) Oh, and it’s also traditional to wear either white or gold.

(PRUE nods.)

PRUE: That would explain the dresses Grams had us wear.

PAIGE: I think it sounds like fun. (She shoots her sisters a quirky grin.) Really delving into our Wiccan roots and all; anyone up for celebrating with me?

(PHOEBE raises her hand.)

PIPER: (to PHOEBE) You would.

PHOEBE: What? (She folds her arms in a near pout.) Doesn’t a feast appeal to you?

PIPER: A feast, yes, but I’m not so sure about a Wiccan Sabbat. I mean…I think I had about all the Wiccan celebration I could take at your friend Stevie’s Autumnal Equinox celebration.

PHOEBE: That was completely natural!

PIPER: Speak for yourself. (PAIGE shifts her eyes.) Besides, (she taps her belly) it’s not like I’m really that able to move around the kitchen these days anyway. (She shrugs.) I wouldn’t mind cooking for you guys if it were after Melinda’s born, but you said it was near the beginning of February, right? (PHOEBE nods.) And I’m not even due until the second week of February.

PRUE: Well, if it makes you guys feel better, I’ll celebrate with you.

(PAIGE clasps her hands together excitedly.)

PAIGE: Woo, my first Wiccan Sabbat! I feel like I’m learning more about my roots already.

[Cut to the laundry room. LILLITH is peering at the sisters from the cracked doorway.]

LILLITH: (whispering) If roots is what you want, then roots is what you shall receive. (A piece of paper appears between her thumb and index finger.)“Let the truth be told,
Let Warren lives unfold,
So you can relive memories,
Courtesy of your enemy.”

(Fire spreads from her fingertips, burning the piece of paper in her hands. As the last of the paper disappears, a green flare envelopes the four sisters and in a quick zipping sound, they vanish.)

BREAK

[The Virtual Series]

Act Two

[Scene: Manor. Dining room. LEO walks in with a worried look written on his face.]

LEO: Piper? Prue? (He sees looks around, unable to find anything amiss.) Paige! (He bursts into the kitchen.) Phoebe! (LEO notices the pictures and photo albums spread out across the table. He moves to the table and picks up one of the albums, realizing that it’s from his and PIPER’s wedding.)

[Scene: 2001. Manor. Living room. The sisters are deposited in a green flash of light. PIPER, PHOEBE, and PAIGE seem a little disoriented at first. PAIGE rubs her stomach.]

PAIGE: What just happened?

PRUE: It felt a little like an astral projection.

(PAIGE leans against the wall.)

PAIGE: Well it was no orb, I can tell ya that.

PHOEBE: Unless some freaky bout of magic just happened to redecorate-

(PRUE notices the change in furniture too.)

PRUE: We just time traveled!

(PHOEBE looks at PAIGE.)

PAIGE: Don’t look at me! This isn’t how my powers work; and unless I got a huge power advancement that I didn’t know about, I don’t bring along passengers.

PHOEBE: So then where-

(PIPER starts to look around.)

PIPER: Oh. My. God… (She pushes her sisters aside and peeks around the corner.)

[Cut to the dining room. PAST PENELOPE HALLIWELL, PAST PATRICIA HALLIWELL, PAST VICTOR BENNETT, PAST PRUE, and PAST PHOEBE are there. PAST PIPER and PAST LEO are standing before each other in front of PAST PENNY.]

PAST PHOEBE: We did it! It’s really happening!

[Cut to the present PIPER.]

PIPER: Oh no!

[Cut to the front doors which break open as TJ rides through on his motorcycle. He knocks over the flowers and then the table with all the glassware, which smashes on the floor. TJ stops in front of the table with the wedding cake.]

TJ: Prue!

[Scene: Present. Drake’s penthouse. Cole’s bedroom. LEO orbs in to find COLE TURNER adjusting his tie in the mirror. COLE sees LEO’s reflection and turns around.]

COLE: (confusedly) Leo?

LEO: (hurriedly) I need your help!

COLE: Help? (He reaches for his briefcase.) Isn’t that what you’re for?

(LEO glares.)

LEO: This is serious! (pause) I can’t sense the sisters.

(COLE freezes.)

COLE: What? Since when?

LEO: Since I went to tell them about a new demon that The Elders wanted them to go after and when I went to the Manor, they weren’t there.

COLE: What do you need me to do?

LEO: Go see if you can find out anything in the Underworld. I’ll see what I can do up here.

(COLE looks at his watch.)

COLE: Meet back here in an hour?

LEO: Okay. (LEO orbs out as COLE shimmers out.)

[Scene: 2001. ASTRAL PRUE climbs onto the back of TJ’s motorcycle and they ride off, knocking over the table with PIPER and LEO’s wedding cake and causing it to smash on the floor in the process.]

[Cut to the present sisters. PAIGE hits PRUE’s arm.]

PAIGE: Oh my god, I cannot believe you ruined Piper’s wedding!

PRUE: It wasn’t me! (PIPER scowls.) Well, it was, but only a part of me; a part I couldn’t control at the time!

[Cut to PAST PIPER and PAST PHOEBE.]

PAST PHOEBE: Piper! Piper, you cannot just leave!

PAST PIPER: Yes, I can. A demon I could’ve handled, but my big sister ruining my wedding? I cannot handle that.

[Cut to the present Prue. She looks at PIPER, who’s busy staring at the argument taking place between her past self and PHOEBE’s past self. As PRUE reaches out to touch PIPER’s hand, the four sisters vanish in another green pop.]

[Scene: Present. Matt’s apartment. Kitchen. MATTHEW CAPIELLO is busy frying up bacon as LEO orbs in. MATT jumps.]

MATT: Leo! (The bacon grease spits from the pan and MATT barely dodges it.) Wh-what are you doing here? (He grabs a dish towel that’s hanging on the fridge and wipes up the bacon splatter.)

LEO: The girls are missing and I need your help.

(MATT’s face grows pale.)

MATT: What? All of them? (LEO nods.) What happened? Is The Queen behind this?

LEO: I don’t know yet, but I do know that I need you to take care of a demon for me.

MATT: A demon?

LEO: Yes. He’s not a Power of Three demon, but he is powerful and he does take a spell and potion combination to vanquish him. (He extras a folded up piece of paper from his jacket pocket.) The spell and potion ingredients are all on this-

MATT: (worriedly) Why do you need me to do this? Can’t you have another one of your charges do it?

(LEO looks confused, then his face turns angry.)

LEO: Because I asked you! I know that you and Prue aren’t together anymore, but I thought that at the very least, you’d still be willing to help! (He motions to the paper.) After all, you are a witch, aren’t you?

(MATT looks down at the paper and then back at LEO before nodding.)

MATT: Yeah. (pause) Yes, you’re right. (He clutches the paper between his fingers.) I’ll make the potion, just make sure you find Prue and her sisters and bring them back safely.

(Silence.)

LEO: I’ll keep you updated. (He orbs out. MATT wipes his sweaty forehead and then opens the folded paper.)

[Scene: 1998. Manor. Attic. The sisters appear behind some old boxes and other various clutter. PHOEBE pokes her head up.]

[Cut to PAST PHOEBE and PAST PIPER who are at a table set up for a spell in the middle of the attic. PAST PHOEBE is looking at a piece of paper.]

PAST PHOEBE’s VOICE: You want a man who is single, smart, and endowed?

PAST PIPER: Employed.

[Cut to the present Phoebe. She ducks back down behind the clutter.]

PHOEBE: Oh!

PAIGE: What? (She pops her head up.)

[Cut to Past Phoebe and Past Piper.]

PAST PHOEBE: Oh, sorry, employed. A man who loves sleeping in on Sunday, sunset bike rides, (she laughs) cuddling by a roaring fire, (she laughs again) and late night talks. A man who loves love as much as you do. (She laughs a third time.) Wow. You’re a romantic.

PAST PIPER: Yep. Your turn. (She grabs the paper from PAST PHOEBE.) You want the sexy, silent type that finds you driving through town on the back of a Harley at three in the morning. A man who appreciates scented candles, body oils, and Italian sheets. (She laughs.)

PAST PHOEBE: He’s about hunger and lust and danger and even though you know all this, even though you know he’ll never meet your friends or share a holiday meal with your family, you still can’t stay away. (pause) And he recycles.

PAST PIPER: He recycles?

PAST PHOEBE: Yeah. And I think it goes without saying that we both want a man who is well…employed.

PAST PIPER: You are seriously twisted. This is the spell we have to say?

[Cut to Paige. She ducks back down with wide eyes.]

PAIGE: (whispering to PHOEBE and PIPER) Your Wiccan butts are so busted! (Her face gets a little red as she wags her finger.) I can’t believe this! You guys cast love spells which interferes with all kinds of free will, yet you jumped all over me for casting a spell to get a cool Halloween costume!

(PHOEBE flinches.)

PHOEBE: (whispering) Well, to be fair, (she points to PRUE) it was actually Prue who jumped all over you.

PRUE: (whispering angrily) Phoebe!

PIPER: (whispering to PRUE) Well, to be honest, you were a little harsh, seeing as how we all butted heads with personal gain as newbies.

PHOEBE: (whispering to PRUE) Yeah, I seem to remember you casting a certain Truth Spell on Andy…

(PRUE lightly hits PHOEBE.)

PRUE: (whispering) We shouldn’t be rehashing this, we should be focusing on trying to figure out how to get us back to our own time.

PAIGE: (whispering to PRUE) Oh sure, change the subject why don’t you?

PIPER: (whispering) Prue’s right. We have to get out of here. If we accidentally get caught, there’s no telling how much we could mess up the timeline.

PAIGE: (whispering) What if we just ask them? (pause) Erm…you? I mean, couldn’t they – you – help us get back?

(PHOEBE snickers.)

PHOEBE: (whispering) Paige, why do you think we were casting personal gain love spells? (She folds her arms.) If we asked them, (she points) they’d probably think we were shapeshifters or something. I mean…at that point in our lives, we hadn’t even experienced time travel yet, let alone very much witchcraft at all!

PAIGE: (whispering) Well, we can’t just wait for whatever this is to play out. What if it’s a trap or something? Or…what if it’s not supposed to play out at all?

(PIPER sighs.)

PIPER: (whispering) Paige’s got a point. We need to get a look at The Book. Maybe we could find something to help?

PHOEBE: (whispering to PIPER) So you’re suggesting we just…wait here until they leave? (PIPER nods.) Prue? (PRUE shrugs.) Alright, I guess we can try it…unless we get pulled somewhere else first.

(Silence.)

PAIGE: (whispering) So Phoebe…

(PHOEBE narrows her eyes suspiciously.)

PHOEBE: (whispering) I don’t like that mischievous tone. (pause) What do you want?

(PAIGE wrinkles her nose in amusement.)

PAIGE: Does Cole recycle?

BREAK

[The Virtual Series]

Act Three

[Scene: March 18, 1988. Night. A green flare deposits the sisters in a backyard. PHOEBE hugs herself and shivers.]

PAIGE: (grumbling) Now where are we?

(PIPER squints in the dark.)

PIPER: I have no idea.

(PAIGE gazes up at the sky.)

PAIGE: Hey look! (PRUE, PIPER, and PHOEBE follow PAIGE’s line of sight.) It’s a solar eclipse!

(PRUE waves her hands.)

PRUE: Then don’t look at it!

(The sisters turn their eyes away. PRUE opens her mouth to say something to PAIGE, when the patio door on the house starts to open. The sisters duck behind a clump of thick bushes. A young man walks out, only partially illuminated by the patio light.)

PAIGE: Do you think The Elders sent us here, on some kind of…I don’t know, Spirit Quest or something?

(The MAN takes a seat on a lawn chair and puts on a pair of flimsy glasses. A twinkle of lights begins to swirl near the edge of the patio. The MAN takes notice and jumps to his feet, causing the glasses to fall off. PRUE gasps as PAST PENNY appears with a look to kill on her face.)

PRUE: Derek!

PAIGE: Derek?

PIPER: Your old boyfriend Derek?

PAST PENNY: You! (PAST PENNY deposits a box-like object on the ground and DEREK stumbles back as she begins to advance on him.) How dare you touch my granddaughter!

(PAIGE blinks in astonishment.)

PAIGE: (to PRUE) What did he do to you to get her so angry?

DEREK: (sputtering) I-I didn’t t-touch Prue!

PAST PENNY: Like hell you didn’t! (She waves her arm and DEREK’s feet fall out from under him, causing him to fall flat on his back with a loud crunch.) Didn’t your mother ever teach you any respect?!

DEREK: Please!

(PAST PENNY flings her arm and sends DEREK smacking into the side of the house.)

PAST PENNY: Did you think you could really get away with getting your kicks out of a seventeen-year-old girl? (She lifts her hand and DEREK is yanked off his feet, dangling in the air face-to-face with PENNY.) You make me sick! (DEREK’s face starts to turn red as he chokes, then PAST PENNY wiggles her fingers and he drops to the ground, gasping for breath.) Not so big now, are you?

DEREK: (whimpering) P-please don’t h-hurt me!

(PAST PENNY stares murderously at DEREK for several moments, then she produces a potion from pocket.)

PAST PENNY: Like you hurt Prue? (She throws the potion at his feet and a brown cloud rises around DEREK. DEREK begins to shrink and morph until he’s a miniature poodle. PAST PENNY bends down to the object she placed on the ground when she arrived and opens it up, revealing that it’s a pet carrier. She waves her hand and POODLE DEREK begins to yap as he slides into the pet taxi. PAST PENNY seals the door and stands up, glaring through the door as the little poodle cowers into the back.) Much better.

(PAST PENNY pulls another potion from her pocket and swallows it. Both PAST PENNY and the pet carrier vanish in the same twinkle of lights she arrived in. From behind the bushes, PIPER turns to PRUE.)

PIPER: Well, that would certainly explain why Derek disappeared after what happened.

(PAIGE blinks.)

PAIGE: What happened?

(The eldest three sisters share looks.)

PHOEBE: He…attacked Prue. (PAIGE opens her mouth as if to reply, but the four of them vanish once again in a green glow.)

[Scene: Present. Matt’s apartment. Kitchen. A ceramic bowl is sitting on the counter and MATT is standing over it. A few leaves and spices are already at the bottom.]

MATT: “A pinch of mustard seed.” (He waves his hand over the top of the bowl and then a little pinch of mustard seed appears atop a few mint leaves. He looks back down at the list of ingredients.) A Spike Demon, (he rolls his eyes) I feel like Buffy should be dealing with this one.

[Scene: 1993. Downtown San Francisco. U-Save. The sisters appear in an empty isle. The four of them look around rather confused.]

PRUE: We’re in a store? (They start to walk down the isle confusedly.) Why would someone be using magic in a public place? (They reach the end of the isle and PAIGE gasps. She turns away abruptly.)

PHOEBE: What’s so bad? (She looks and her eyes get big.) Is that-

PAIGE: Me.

(PIPER blinks.)

PIPER: Wait, (to PAIGE) you? As in, like, past you? (PAIGE nods.) But hasn’t our journey been magic themed so far?

(PRUE motions her hand.)

PRUE: Uh, guys… (They turn their heads to see YOUNG PAIGE nonchalantly stuff some candy into her pockets. PRUE snorts as PAIGE hides her head in embarrassment.) Just imagine how much trouble Grams would’ve gone through had you and Paige grown up together, huh Phoebe?

PIPER: (warningly) Prue…

(PHOEBE wags her hand.)

PHOEBE: It looks like she’s leaving. (She motions.) I think we should follow.

PAIGE: Do we have to? (pause) What if it’s a trap or something, you know? We never did get to look at The Book before we got ripped away again.

PHOEBE: Fine, I’ll go then. (She walks off after YOUNG PAIGE. The present PAIGE groans as she follows PHOEBE with PRUE and PIPER in toe.)

[Cut to the front of the store. YOUNG PAIGE starts to speed up as she nears the door and just as she’s about to walk out, a large SECURITY GUARD spots her.]

SECURITY GUARD: Excuse me! (YOUNG PAIGE keeps walking.) Hey! (He starts to follow her.) Hey, girl! (YOUNG PAIGE starts running and the SECURITY GUARD immediately bolts after her. PHOEBE waves her hand.)

PHOEBE: This way! (PRUE, PIPER, and PAIGE follow PHOEBE’s lead, changing course and running down the store instead of outside.)

[Cut to the second entrance to the store. PRUE and PHOEBE run out just in time to see YOUNG PAIGE run past them, with the SECURITY GUARD still several steps behind. The two sisters watch YOUNG PAIGE duck into an alley next to the U-Save and as they walk up towards the alley, PHOEBE’s jaw drops. The SECURITY GUARD finally catches up to the alley and looks down, not seeing PAIGE. He turns to the two sisters.]

SECURITY GUARD: Did you just see a young girl run by?

(PHOEBE and PRUE shake their heads. He groans and looks around.) Are you sure? Dark brown hair and a really heavy jacket?

PHOEBE: Sorry…

(The SECURITY GUARD sighs.)

SECURITY GUARD: Thanks anyway. (Frustrated, he turns and leaves. As he starts walking the other way, PRUE and PHOEBE whip their heads back to the alley just as PIPER and PAIGE lumber up to them.)

PIPER: Where- (Halfway down the alley, YOUNG PAIGE orbs in mid-run, heading for the chain link gate at the end.) Whoa!

PHOEBE: That was my first thought.

(PAIGE blinks.)

PAIGE: I orbed? But I thought…

PRUE: It was probably instinct; to save yourself from getting caught, just like what happened at the crash.

(PAIGE looks at her feet.)

PAIGE: Yeah, the difference is, I was unknowingly using my power to steal then, not saving my life…

[Scene: Present. Underworld. COLE shimmers in to find a group of pretty female demons surrounding one demon in particular, MARLA. COLE begins to snake forward.]

COLE: Marla, Marla, Marla…you haven’t changed a bit. (The group of female demons spin around, all with fireballs raised. COLE smiles.) It’d be wise to put those silly little things away, they aren’t for children.

(When the girls don’t put their balls down, he suddenly transforms into BALTHEZOR. Suddenly, the group begins to disperse and shimmer out. COLE transforms back into his human form.)

MARLA: C-Cole… (She leans up against the wall as COLE walks up to her.) I-I heard ya got the b-bounty off your head. (pause) A-and Dr-Drake, too.

COLE: Still the Underworld Gossip, I see.

(MARLA smiles nervously.)

MARLA: Anything I can h-help with?

COLE: Actually, yes, there is. (He leans over her and presses his hand to the wall, just above her head.) Who sent the Charmed Ones away?

MARLA: What?

COLE: Don’t lie to me!

(MARLA shakes her head vigorously.)

MARLA: I swear I don’t know! (She cowers.) But-but-

COLE: But what?

MARLA: But there was, uhm, one thing…

COLE: And that would be?

MARLA: Something about a prophecy. A, uh, a magical birth on one of the Witches’ Holy Days.

(COLE blinks.)

COLE: A magical birth on the Sabbat?

MARLA: Yes, yes, that’s it!

COLE: Were there any other details?

(MARLA shakes her head.)

MARLA: No, that’s all I know. (COLE narrows his eyes.) I swear! (COLE releases his grip on her.) Stay available, Marla. (MARLA nods quickly and then shimmers out.)

[Scene: 1981. Manor. Stairs. PRUE, PIPER, PHOEBE, and PAIGE appear at the top of the stairs, staring down over the railing below.]

PIPER: Okay, so now we’re back at the Manor?

LITTLE PIPER’s VOICE: But she got into my stuff, Grams! (The sound of footsteps grows nearer.) You always let Phoebe get away with everything!

LITTLE PHOEBE's VOICE: Nuh uh! Grams said to share!

(PAST PENNY, LITTLE PIPER, and LITTLE PHOEBE walk under view of the sisters. LITTLE PIPER and LITTLE PHOEBE are heavily arguing, while PAST PENNY’s face is growing more and more irritated.)

PAST PENNY: “Let these girls,
Quick as a sneeze,
Stop these snits,
And quickly freeze!”

(LITTLE PHOEBE’s and LITTLE PIPER’s bodies halt instantly; their mouths still open in protest. Above on the stairs, PIPER stares with a sour look on her face.)

PHOEBE: Now that’s personal gain if I ever saw it!

BREAK

[The Virtual Series]

Act Four

[Scene: Present. Casey Johnson’s house. Den. CASEY and her coven are chanting in a circle as LEO orbs in. CASEY sees him and breaks the circle.]

CASEY: Let’s take a break. (She walks over to LEO, who looks expectantly at her.) I’m sorry, Leo. We’ve been trying for an hour, but even with the entire coven, we haven’t been able to pick on the whereabouts of the Charmed Ones.

(LEO puts his hand to his head, appearing ready to break down. CASEY gently pats his shoulder.)

LEO: This can’t be happening! We were keeping her so safe and now-

CASEY: Leo. (She pulls his hand away from his head.) You can’t lose it now, you’re going to find her. For all you know, they could be in the Underworld.

LEO: Not with Piper! Prue would never let her go down there while she’s pregnant. (He starts to whimper and CASEY pulls him into a comforting hug.) They’ve been through worse, remember? I’m confident that you’re going to find them.

[Scene: 1946. Downtown San Francisco. Loft. The sisters appear.]

PHOEBE: Whoa, wait a minute, now this is a place I do not recognize. (She looks between her sisters, who shake their heads. They hear the sound of rushed footsteps.)

PRUE: Oh, oh! (She looks around and sees a closet, then she motions quickly to it.) Go!

(The four scurry into the closet and cram in, shutting the doors just as the bedroom door opens and a MAN in a Moustache and an ASIAN WOMAN clamber in, kissing feverishly. PIPER grimaces.)

PIPER: Oh great, so now this little magical field trip has turned Rated R?

PHOEBE (whispering) Piper, keep your voice down!

(The door bursts open and PAIGE gawks.)

PAIGE: (whispering) Prue?

(PRUE shakes her head.)

PRUE: (whispering) I don’t remember this!

(PIPER squints through the ribbed bars on the closet doors.)

PIPER: (whispering) Look at her hair, it’s a rusty-brown color. (She bites her lip.) I don’t think that’s Prue…I think that’s Phoebe Bowen.

(PHOEBE blinks.)

PHOEBE: Prue’s past life?

PHOEBE BOWEN: (furiously) Albert!

(ALBERT and the ASIAN WOMAN clamber off the bed.)

ALBERT: Phoebe! (PHOEBE BOWEN starts to advance on him as he backs up against the wall.) Please! Let me explain!

PHOEBE BOWEN: Explain that you’re cheating on me with this-this charlatan?!

ALBERT: It’s not what you think!

(PHOEBE BOWEN’s face grows dark red.)

PHOEBE BOWEN: Oh it isn’t? Well then do tell me dear lover, what am I thinking?

ALBERT: Chan’s a-a-a-

(PHOEBE BOWEN sneers.)

PHOEBE BOWEN: Don’t waste my time! (She starts to storm out and then stops and turns around.) On second thought…

(PHOEBE BOWEN holds up her hand and blows across it. A puff of cryokinetic ice blows at ALBERT and CHAN and they ice over into human ice sculptures. PHOEBE BOWEN leaves, angrily slamming the door behind her. In the closet, PAIGE cocks her head to the side.)

PAIGE: Now, just to be sure, that was personal gain, wasn’t it?

PHOEBE: I’m starting to think that maybe whoever, or whatever, sent us on this trip wants us to realize that our family isn't as magically moral as we'd like to believe.

PAIGE: I think I may have detected a pattern then.

PIPER: What pattern?

(PAIGE motions her hand.)

PAIGE: Haven’t you noticed? Everyone one of these…moments, have been at a time that one of us, or our ancestors, have used our powers for personal gain.

(PHOEBE starts to nod.)

PHOEBE: (to PRUE) If Paige is right, then that does explain why you don’t have cryokinesis in this life.

PAIGE: Huh?

PIPER: (to PAIGE) If you misuse your powers in a past life, you don’t get them back in your next one.

PHOEBE: (to PAIGE) That’s why I don’t have pyrokinesis anymore. (She groans.) Which was a totally kick ass pow- (A green glow swallows the sisters and they vanish.)

[Scene: Present. Drake’s penthouse. Cole’s bedroom. COLE is pacing when LEO finally orbs in. He turns around, scowling.]

COLE: Where have you been? You agreed we’d meet back here in an hour, and that was forty minutes ago!

LEO: I was with one of my charges; I was hoping maybe her coven could help to locate the sisters.

COLE: (impatiently) And?

(LEO shakes his head.)

LEO: Did you find anything?

COLE: No… (He looks away.) Nobody seems to know anything about the sisters’ disappearance, otherwise they aren’t talking. (He looks back.) But I did find something else that might be of interest.

LEO: What?

Cole: There are rumors about a prophecy that’s been circulating lately, something called a “Twice Blessed Prophecy” which is supposed to come to fruition on an upcoming Wiccan Holy Day.

LEO: What does that have to do with anything?

COLE: I thought…it might be pertaining to Melinda.

LEO: Warren?

COLE: No, Halliwell.

LEO: My daughter?

COLE: Yes.

LEO: Why would you think that?

COLE: Because the prophecy is about a Twice Blessed birth.

[Scene: 1749. Massachusetts. Boston. Cottage house. Bedroom. A woman, CASSANDRA WENTWORTH, with long orangey-red hair, very much like CHARLOTTE WARREN’s, and sickly white skin is lying in a bed, shivering uncontrollably. Thick beads of sweat are clustered across her body and her cotton white nightgown appears to be sticking to her extremely moist skin. Also, clutched to her chest as she sleeps restlessly, is a small black leather diary. The sisters appear in the room.]

PRUE: Is it just me, or do each of these destinations keep taking us further and further back in time?

PIPER: Well, if you’re crazy, then I am too.

(PHOEBE cautiously looks around the room before spotting a large oak dresser. She motions to her sisters.)

PHOEBE: If this is anything like the others, we need to hide!

(PIPER, PAIGE, and PRUE follow PHOEBE over to the dresser where they all cram to crouch down behind it.)

CASSANDRA's VOICE: (telepathically to PHOEBE) Help me! (Behind the dresser, PHOEBE shivers.) Phoebe, help me!

(PHOEBE’s eyes get large.)

PHOEBE: (whispering) D-did you just hear that?

CASSANDRA’s VOICE: (telepathically to PHOEBE) I don’t know who you are, but I know we share a common gift.

(On the bed, CASSANDRA’s eyes seem to pop open and her hands start to quake. She starts to cough violently for several seconds, then sits up in the bed, shivering with every breath. Her body suddenly goes rigid. At the same time behind the dresser, PHOEBE also goes rigid.)

[Premonition: A streak of lightning lights up a gray sky as rain bleeds from the black clouds and thunder roars in the background. In a graveyard, the rain pours down, soaking headstone after headstone, one of which a LITTLE GIRL with long dark hair is kneeling in front of. Her head is face towards the headstone and her body is blocking the engraving, but she shaking as she cries. Another streak of lightning strikes and this time, it hits a nearby headstone, causing a jagged crack right down the center of the stone. The LITTLE GIRL screams and covers her head, then after a moment, she gazes up at the cracked headstone again. Suddenly her eyes begin to glow and she blinks out.

A view of San Francisco from above shows complete decimation of the city. Countless mounds of smoke rise from the city, buildings are burnt and torn down, scorch marks liter the streets, ashes blow in the wind, and even a few bodies lie among the wreckage.]

[Cut to present Phoebe. PHOEBE grabs the edge of the oak dresser for support as she’s thrown out of the premonition.]

CASSANDRA's VOICE: (telepathically to PHOEBE) “The skies will darken and the rain shall ravage the land. In her moments of confusion, a Warren witch shall turn to evil, and all hope for the future will be lost.”

PRUE: (to PHOEBE) Did you just have a premonition?

PIPER: (to PRUE) That’s impossible, we don’t have our powers in the past.

(PHOEBE shakes her head as she peers around the dresser. She spies CASSANDRA furiously scribbling something into the diary she was formerly holding.)

PHOEBE: (whispering) I did have a vision…but I don’t think it was mine.

PAIGE: Come again?

(PHOEBE points.)

PHOEBE: I think it was hers…and she was trying to tell me something.

BREAK

[The Virtual Series]

Act Five

[Scene: Present. Manor. Kitchen. THE CHARMED ONES and PIPER appear next to the island in a final green flare. PIPER clutches the edge of the island.]

PIPER: Where are we now?

(PRUE sees the pictures on the table.)

PRUE: I think we’re finally back where we belong.

PIPER: Are we sure?

(PAIGE walks over to the table and picks up the album with PIPER and LEO’s wedding pictures. She wags them at PIPER.)

PAIGE: Pretty sure.

PHOEBE: But for how long?

PRUE, PIPER, & PAIGE: Shh!

(PHOEBE holds up her hands.)

PHOEBE: Just kidding.

(PIPER waddles over to the chair and sits down, exhausted.)

PIPER: Well that was certainly…different.

PRUE: I wish I knew how we got there in the first place.

(PIPER shakes her head.)

PIPER: I’m more worried about finding out about Phoebe’s, or, whoever gave it to you, premonition.

(PAIGE nods.)

PAIGE: (to PHOEBE) Do you really think it was a serious threat?

PHOEBE: It was an incredibly powerful vision, Paige. Whoever that ancestor was, she had amazing clairvoyant powers.

(PIPER gasps.)

PRUE: What? (She looks PIPER up and down.) Are you okay? The baby-

PIPER: No. (She shakes her head.) What if that’s what The Queen wants Melinda for?

PRUE: What are you talking about?

(PIPER’s mouth opens and closes a little, trying to figure out a plausible response.)

PIPER: I have a…gut feeling, Prue. (pause) I think that The Queen is going to try and come after Melinda. (She bites her lip.) What if she thinks that Melinda is the one from the vision? (She swallows hard.) The Warren witch who’s destined to turn evil?

PHOEBE: I have a feeling we might need to track down that book.

PAIGE: You mean the black diary thing she had?

(PHOEBE nods.)

PHOEBE: I’m not sure why, but when she telepathically linked with me, I felt strong pulls to that book.

PRUE: Maybe we should see if we can find out who she is from The Book of Shadows?

PAIGE: Or better yet, why not just summon her from the dead? She couldn’t possibly still be alive, she was obviously dying when we were there.

PHOEBE: That’s a good idea. (She starts to head for the attic right as LEO orbs in, bumping right into him.) Leo!

LEO: Phoebe! Thank goodness! (He sees PIPER and moves to her, hugging her protectively.)

PIPER: Leo, what’s wrong?

LEO: Where have you all been? Everyone’s been worried sick about you!

PRUE: Everyone?

LEO: Cole and I have been trying to find you. (PHOEBE smiles a little.) And I’ve got Matt working on vanquishing your latest demonic threat.

PIPER: (alarmed) What?

LEO: The Spike Demons-

PIPER: (worriedly) Where is he?

LEO: I- (Before LEO can finish speaking, PIPER suddenly orbs out. LEO looks around.) Piper?

[Scene: Matt’s apartment. Living room. PIPER orbs in. She looks around, slightly disoriented.]

PIPER: Matt?

(MATT walks in.)

MATT: Oh thank god, it’s about time! Where have you been? Do you know I came this close (he pinches his fingers together) to having to say a vanquishing spell that wouldn’t work today?

PIPER: Which is why I’m here now, thanks to Melinda, and I’m going to help you fix this. (She wiggles her fingers.) Where’s the spell and do you know where the Spike Demons are?

MATT: No, but Leo brought me one of their spikes earlier to scry with and it’s in my room. (He beckons her to follow him into his bedroom, where she sees the map, scrying crystal, and a Spike Demon spike lying on top of the red comforter.) Hurry, please, I’d like to get this over with as soon as possible. (He pulls a latex glove from his pocket.) Oh, and put this on, the spikes are poisonous.

(PIPER snatches the glove.)

PIPER: (dryly) Thanks for the warning at the last possible minute.

[Time lapse. Drake’s penthouse. Cole’s bedroom. PHOEBE walks in, causing COLE to turn around.]

COLE: (surprised) Phoebe.

(PHOEBE smiles.)

PHOEBE: Hey. (She pads over to the bed and sits down.)

COLE: I wasn’t expecting you…

PHOEBE: I wanted to thank you for helping out Leo today.

COLE: Did you think I wouldn’t have?

PHOEBE: No! Of course not, I just… (She takes a deep breath.) I miss you, Cole.

(COLE smiles.)

COLE: I miss you too.

PHOEBE: I’d like things to get back to the way they were.

COLE: I’m sorry for pushing you.

PHOEBE: I know. (She places her hand on his.) It’s just everything, you know? There’s too much going on right now…planning a wedding in the middle of a everything, even if I was ready, would just be too consuming. (She looks down.) And as much as you deny it, I still worry about The Elders and-

COLE: Phoebe. (He tilts her head up.) Look, let’s just worry about you and me right now, okay? We can work the rest out later.

(PHOEBE smiles.)

PHOEBE: That sounds good. (COLE wraps his arms around her and PHOEBE sighs, leaning into his chest, both of them simply content to be in each others arms.)

[Scene: Manor. Kitchen. PAIGE is still flipping through various photo albums as PRUE pastes pictures into newer albums.]

PAIGE: So, who do you think the Evil Warren Prophecy is meant for?

(PRUE looks up.)

PRUE: We still don't even know what happened, Paige. For all we know, this so-called prophecy could be a trap from The Queen.

PAIGE: And for all we know, it could be true. (She looks over at a picture that PRUE is pasting into a photo album, one of all four sisters happy and smiling together on Christmas. She sighs and mutters under her breath.) It could be any of us.

[Scene: Piper and Leo's house. Master bedroom. PIPER is cuddled up next to LEO in bed.]

PIPER: So, who do you think this Twice Blessed Prophecy is meant for?

LEO: Well, Cole thinks it might be us.

(PIPER laughs.)

PIPER: Us? Leo, the baby isn't due until after Imbolc, it couldn't be us.

(LEO places his hand on PIPER's belly.)

LEO: You never know...

[The Virtual Series]

End Credits

Co-Starring
Richard Lynch --- Cronyn
Charles Duckworth --- Derek
Lawson Adams --- Little Piper
Sterling Adams --- Little Phoebe
J'aime Del Vecchio --- Marla

Featuring
Erica Amatori --- Little Girl
Tahmus Rounds --- Security Guard
Shannen Doherty --- Phoebe Bowen

Production & Design
Daniel (Astral Echo) - Co-Casting Director
Camille (Fourever Charmed) - Co-Casting Director
Alex (Combustion) - Video Editor (Credits)
Alex (Combustion) - Set Designer