6x16: Miracle on Prescott Screet

[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
DORIAN GREGORY...Darryl Morris
CHELSEA BRUMMET...Melinda Halliwell
DREW FULLER...Chris Halliwell

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.

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6.16 MIRACLE ON PRESCOTT STREET

GUEST-STARRING:
FINOLA HUGHES
JENNIFER RHODES
SANDRA PROSPER
BILLY ZANE
JAMES READ
DAVID CHISUM
EMMANUELLE VAUGIER
RICHARD McGONAGLE
ALISEN DOWN

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...John T. Kretchmer

[The Virtual Series]

Miracle On Prescott Street

Teaser

[Scene: Piper and Leo’s house. Melinda’s room. BABY CHRIS HALLIWELL is sitting in his baby carrier, dressed in a midnight blue robe dotted with silver stars and a matching conical hat. He keeps tugging at the brim of the conical hat with a look on his face as though he just ate a lemon. Meanwhile, BABY MELINDA HALLIWELL is sitting on the changing table dressed in a lacy white gown with matching dress shoes and socks with gold lace ruffles. She has a little gold halo headband on her head and PIPER HALLIWELL is attempting to strap on a pair of mini shimmering angel wings. PIPER herself has her hair pulled into a braid and the braid is wound up at the back of her head into a bun. She’s wearing a scarlet Renaissance style dress made of velvet and silk. Finally, she manages to wrestle BABY MELINDA into the wings and then kisses her on the cheek.]

PIPER: You’ll be the prettiest angel there, won’t you? (She scoops BABY MELINDA up and deposits her into the empty baby carrier next to BABY CHRIS and notices her son’s annoyance with his hat.) Chris, (she gently pushes his hand down) you look like a fine wizard, honey. (BABY CHRIS reaches for the hat again and she grabs his hand.) Stop that. (She kisses him on his forehead.) Now where’s Daddy? (PIPER grabs two handfuls of her skirt as she stands and swishes over to the door.) Leo! (She peeks down the hallway, but doesn’t see her husband.) Leo! (She walks down the hallway and finds the door to the master bedroom shut. She knocks.) Hey, are you almost ready in there?

(The door opens and LEO WYATT pokes his head out, revealing a poofy black hat on his head.)

LEO: I don’t know how you do this. These are ridiculous!

PIPER: (giggling) Let me see. (LEO shakes his head.) Come on, it can’t be that bad!

(LEO groans and opens the door, revealing his Renaissance ROMEO MONTAGUE costume, complete with black tights. PIPER covers her mouth as she stifles a laugh. LEO growls.)

LEO: I should have never agreed to this!

PIPER: Most men won’t wear tights for their lady fair. (She leans in and kisses him on the cheek.) One of the many reasons I love you.

(LEO looks PIPER up and down.)

LEO: Well…I guess it wasn’t a total loss. (He snakes his arm around her waist and pulls her to him, pressing their bodies together. PIPER raises her eyebrows.)

PIPER: How did you come to decide that?

(LEO glides down to his knee, tilts his head back, and holds his arm out to PIPER.)

LEO: But soft! What light through yonder window breaks! It is the East and, Piper is the sun!

(PIPER grabs LEO’s hand and pulls him to his feet. She wraps her arms around his neck and kisses him.)

[Scene: Manor. Attic. MELINDA HALLIWELL is moving dusty boxes around until she uncovers one with the name “Patty” written on the top. She drags it out into the center of the room and blows on it, causing a cloud of dust to fill the air. She coughs twice and then proceeds to tear open the box. She pulls out a tie-dyed, v-neck sleeveless top. Underneath are several silver bangles, a pair of large silver hoop earrings, and tie-dyed bellbottoms. MELINDA grins.]

MELINDA: Groovy!

[Cut to the hallway. PRUE HALLIWELL is standing anxiously in front of the bathroom door. She has a flower wreath on her head and is dressed in a flowing white Toga, with an opening for her stomach to be revealed. Her stomach has been painted to look like a miniature Earth. PRUE has a bowl of Halloween candy stuck in the cook of her arm and several wrappers liter the top of the bowl. She unwraps another candy and pops it into her mouth.]

PRUE: (anxiously) Come on, I’m dying to see!

(PHOEBE HALLIWELL timidly walks out, dressed in a turquoise “I Dream Of Jeannie” style costume, complete with a blonde wig.)

PRUE: Well hello, Barbara Eden!

(PHOEBE angrily stomps her foot.)

PHOEBE: I cannot believe this! (She yanks off the blonde wig.) I look ridiculous!

(PRUE giggles.)

PRUE: I couldn’t agree more! (She stuffs another candy into her mouth.) I think you should send a complaint.

PHOEBE: Oh, I intend to!

PRUE: And ask for a refund.

PHOEBE: (rolling her eyes) I doubt that will happen.

PRUE: (shrugging) You never know.

(MELINDA marches through the doorway, dressed in the 60’s clothes she found in the box.)

MELINDA: Ha! Told you Grandma was a hippie! (She places her hands on her hips and flips her hair. PRUE and PHOEBE stare at her.) Well don’t look so shocked, it was the sixties. (She narrows her eyes at PRUE’s stomach.) Hey, we’d better get going. Wouldn’t want to get stuck here, right?

PHOEBE: (suspiciously) Stuck here?

MELINDA: (quickly) In traffic, you know? Early trick-or-treaters and all.

PRUE: I’ll go grab the keys and meet you guys in the car. (She slips by her niece and into the hallway.)

[Cut to the stairs. PAIGE MATTHEWS is walking up the stairs wearing a white lace mini dress that cuts off about an inch above her knees. She has on a long haired black wig and a white headband, but she’s also barefoot.]

PAIGE: (yelling) Prue! Phoebe! Have either of you-

(PRUE rounds the corner of the stairs and PAIGE jumps.)

PRUE: I’m right here, no need to holler.

PAIGE: Hey, (she notices PRUE has the candy bowl) so that’s where that went. (She snags a piece of candy and begins to unwrap it.) Hey, have you or Phoebe seen my knee-high leather boots?

PRUE: Oh!

PAIGE: Oh? That’s not really a yes or a no-

PRUE: No, I mean, oh! As in, (she looks down at the floor and sees a wet spot on the stairs) oh my god, my water just broke!

Clickable Credits.

[The Virtual Series]

{SCENE: The song “Season Of The Witch,” written and sung by Donovan Leitch, is heard as midday Halloween themed stock shots of San Francisco are shown while the Guest Credits are rolled.}

Act One

[Scene: Manor. Stairs. PAIGE looks shocked and PRUE is holding her stomach with one hand.]

PAIGE: The baby’s coming. Oh boy, okay. We need to get you up to your room! (She touches PRUE’s arm, but PRUE swats her hand away.)

PRUE: I can walk myself, thank you very much.

(PAIGE throws up her hands defensively.)

PAIGE: O-kay, you don’t need to bite!

(PRUE grabs the stair rail and begins to trudge back up the steps.)

PAIGE: Phoe-

(PHOEBE and MELINDA round the stairs)

PAIGE: -be. Oh, good thing you’re here, Prue’s having the baby.

MELINDA: What?!

(The sisters look at MELINDA.)

PHOEBE: You don’t know your own cousin’s birth date?

MELINDA: Of course I do…it’s just that-

PAIGE: Why didn’t you warn us she was being born today?

MELINDA: I-

PRUE: It doesn’t matter! Can we please focus here? I need to get out of these wet clothes. (She takes another step up the stairs, but MELINDA steps in front of her to block her path.)

MELINDA: We need to get out of here.

PHOEBE & PAIGE: What?

MELINDA: I didn’t think she’d go into labor so early. (She shakes her head.) We have to get out of the Manor-

(PHOEBE grabs MELINDA’s arm roughly.)

PHOEBE: We aren’t going anywhere. Why do you think Ava’s been making regular visits over here and preparing Piper, Paige, and me to give Prue a home birth? You know we can’t risk her giving birth at the hospital with the baby’s powers!

MELINDA: Damnit! You don’t get it, she can’t be born in the Manor!

PAIGE: Why?

MELINDA: Why? Why! Because (her eyes widen and she shoves her arm outwards) because of that!

(The Charmed Ones look down the stairs to find a black cloud hovering at the bottom of the steps. PHOEBE gasps.)

PHOEBE: The Woogy!

PAIGE: Woogy? What the hell is a Woogy?

(THE WOOGY starts to move up the stairs.)

PAIGE: Freeze it!

MELINDA: It doesn’t freeze!

PRUE: The spell! Phoebe, what is it?

MELINDA: “I am light-”

PHOEBE: “I am one too strong to fight-”

(THE WOOGY darts up the stairs and absorbs into PHOEBE’s body.)

MELINDA: Run! (She grabs PRUE’s arm.)

PHOEBE: Not so fast! (She backhands MELINDA across the face, forcing her to hit the hit the wall and fall onto the stairs.)

PRUE: Oh!

(PRUE flings out her arm, telekinetically blasting PHOEBE down the stairs. PAIGE scrambles to help MELINDA up. At the bottom of the stairs PHOEBE starts to get up. PRUE looks to MELINDA.)

PRUE: Finish the damn spell!

MELINDA: I can’t! Phoebe has to say the spell to expel him from her body!

(A puff of black smoke appears in PHOEBE’s hand and a throwing star materializes from it. She rears her arm back and casts the throwing star towards her sisters and her niece. PAIGE jerks to the side and the throwing star embeds itself in the wall behind where she’d been standing.)

PAIGE: I somehow don’t think she’s in the mood!

(PAIGE grabs PRUE's and MELINDA’s arms and they vanish in a swathe of orbs. At the bottom of the stairs, PHOEBE starts to laugh. The laugh gradually turns from her laugh to a deep, throaty demonic laugh and then her pupils turn black.)

PHOEBE: (demonically) You can’t escape this time, witches! You’re outnumbered.

[Cut to the attic. PAIGE, MELINDA, and PRUE orb in next to the Book of Shadows. PAIGE snatches up the Book of Shadows and shoves it at her niece.]

PAIGE: You are in so much trouble after we vanquish this thing!

(PAIGE grabs PRUE’s and MELINDA’s hands again and the three of them dissolve into a spray of orbs, which move towards the stained glass windows. Almost all the orbs pass through the windows, but as the last few try to seep through, a web of blue electricity springs up across the window and shocks them, disallowing the orbs to leave. The orbs reform and fall to the ground, depositing PRUE on the floor. PRUE grabs her stomach and winces. PHOEBE steps through the doorway, looking smugly at her elder sister.)

PHOEBE: So we meet again.

[Cut to the front lawn. PAIGE and MELINDA orb in. PAIGE looks weak and breathless. She’s grabbing her chest and breathing shallowly.]

PAIGE: (gasping) P-Prue! (Her head bobs back as she looks up at the attic windows. She starts to orb back out again.)

MELINDA: No!

(MELINDA grabs for her aunt, but PAIGE disappears. Her orbs head up for the window, but the same electrical web appears and shocks her orbs away. The orbs begin falling to the ground and PAIGE rematerializes in mid air, flailing and sputtering. MELINDA darts forward as PAIGE lands in one of the bushes. She perches forward and grabs her aunt’s hand.)

MELINDA: I tried to warn you!

PAIGE: (gasping) What…the…h-hell!

(MELINDA pulls PAIGE out of the bushes and PAIGE tiredly brushes herself off. She turns to look at the Manor.)

PAIGE: The Manor’s never turned on us before!

MELINDA: Not on you.

PAIGE: What is that supposed to mean?

MELINDA: That’s what The Woogy does, or so I’ve been told.

PAIGE: Oh! So that black shadow (she waves her arm impatiently) thing-

MELINDA: Woogy-

PAIGE: Whatever! (sneering) Has the power to kick me out of my own house and you didn’t see fit to warn that it would be attacking months ago?!

MELINDA: We thought we could get you out safely and have Prue deliver somewhere safe.

PAIGE: (furiously) Plans like that take a little forewarning!

MELINDA: Well I’m sorry to say, but it gets worse.

PAIGE: (through gritted teeth) Worse? How much (emphasizing) worse?

MELINDA: (sighing) You better orb us over to Mom’s. (She snaps her hand onto PAIGE’s shoulder.) And fast.

(PAIGE shakes her head.)

PAIGE: Not gonna happen.

MELINDA: Are you crazy? (She shoves her hand in the direction of the Manor.) We can’t get in there by ourselves!

PAIGE: No, I mean, I can’t orb us. My whole body feels like jello right now. I can’t orb me, let alone the both of us. (She looks up at the sky.) Leo! Chris! One of you get your ass down here now!

[Cut to the attic. The Book’s pedestal is lying broken in half across the room. The attic door is shut and heavy pieces of furniture are barricading it. PRUE is still propped up against the wall under the windows, holding her stomach. She’s groaning.]

PHOEBE's VOICE: You can’t keep this up forever, Prue.

(The furniture in front of the door begins to creak and groan as it slowly slides away.)

PHOEBE's VOICE: Your labor pains will continue to grow as you continue to weaken.

PRUE: You’re not getting my baby! (She hugs her stomach protectively.)

PHOEBE's VOICE: I’m not after your baby. (demonically) I want the Nexus.

(The remaining furniture slides away from the door and it flies open. PHOEBE stomps in.)

PHOEBE's VOICE: Unfortunately I’ve been instructed to help in your delivery before I get my prize.

PRUE: Instructed? (She winces and hugs her stomach.) By who?

PHOEBE: (demonically) You’ll find out soon enough. (in PHOEBE’s voice) Until then…

(PHOEBE motions her hand and a cloud of black smoke appears in front of PRUE’s eyes and snakes around her head, materializing a blindfold. She makes a peace sign with her fingers and points it at PRUE. PRUE rises into the air and her hands are yanked behind her back. From behind, another cloud of black smoke curls around PRUE’s wrists and a pair of handcuffs appear binding her hands together.)

[Scene: The Morris home. Several cars are parked up and down the street and the Morrises’ driveway is already filled with three cars. PIPER’s car is parallel parked diagonal from DARRYL and SHELIA’s house. The back door to PIPER’s green jeep is open and she’s leaning inside, unbuckling BABY CHRIS’s car seat. From across the street, SHELIA MORRIS runs up dressed in a sexy leather Catwoman costume and spiked heels.]

SHELIA: Piper?

(PIPER pokes her head out from the car.)

PIPER: Hey!

SHELIA: Hey! (She grins.) DJ thought he said he saw your jeep. (She peers over PIPER’s shoulder.) Where’s Leo?

PIPER: Oh, uh…he and Chri-uh, Topher, said they had something they needed to do before coming over. (She smiles sheepishly.)

SHELIA: Well in that case, do you need any help?

PIPER: Actually, that would be terrific! (She pulls her car keys from her pocket and hands them to SHELIA.) If you could to the other side and unbuckle Mel, that would be great.

SHELIA: You got it. (As she starts to walk around the car, PIPER pops her head up again.)

PIPER: Sweet costume, by the way!

SHELIA: (giggling) Thanks! (A moment later, the door on the opposite side of the jeep opens and SHELIA leans in and begins unbuckling BABY MELINDA’s car seat.) I modeled it after the pictures I saw of Halle Barry’s new “Catwoman” movie. She looks smokin’!

[Scene: Piper and Leo’s house. Living room. LEO, MELINDA, PAIGE, and CHRIS HALLIWELL are there. CHRIS and MELINDA are exchanging hideous looks. MELINDA has her fists balled and CHRIS has his arms stubbornly folded.]

MELINDA: (telepathically) I told you we should’ve warned them!

CHRIS: (telepathically) How was I supposed to know that Prue was going to go into labor so early?

MELINDA: (telepathically) Oh, I don’t know, maybe because today’s her birthday!

CHRIS: (telepathically) She’s not even born until tonight, under the blue moon!

(MELINDA snorts, causing LEO and PAIGE to look up from the Book of Shadows at her.)

MELINDA: (telepathically) It’s just like a male to not think about how labor can take hours upon hours!

CHRIS: (telepathically) Oh, don’t start with me. You sound like Grams!

MELINDA: (telepathically) Speaking of that problem-

PAIGE: Here it is. The Woogy. (She stares down at the entry.) This looks like Phoebe’s handwriting.

LEO: She wrote the entry on The Woogy.

PAIGE: That’s all there is, just the spell that’s not going to work?

CHRIS: If you could get to the basement where The Woogy is, then you could say it to The Woogy and banish him back to the shadows.

PAIGE: So any bright ideas on how we could get into the Manor?

MELINDA: If the house were to let someone in, I could freeze them and we could get in…but that’s what Mom and Prue did last time; I don’t think The Woogy will make the same mistake twice.

LEO: Well, how did they get in last time?

(CHRIS and MELINDA look confused.)

LEO: You know, during the original timeline. Obviously they got in somehow and you clearly know the story.

CHRIS: We don’t-

(MELINDA elbows CHRIS in the ribs.)

MELINDA: It was Phoebe. She came to her senses, but it was too late to stop Prue from giving birth.

LEO: She gave birth over the Nexus? Like Phoebe? (He narrows his eyes.) The Woogy wants control over Prue’s child?

MELINDA: Not The Woogy, Lillith.

PAIGE: Lillith?

MELINDA: Yeah, she wants Prue’s daughter to be easily swayed and to do so, she has to be born over the Nexus, just like Phoebe.

PAIGE: But why would she want the baby to be easily swayed?

(MELINDA and CHRIS share looks.)

PAIGE: Oh my god, is my niece evil in your future?

CHRIS: That’s putting it lightly.

BREAK

[The Virtual Series]

Act Two

[Scene: Manor. Upstairs bathroom. PHOEBE is standing in front of the mirror, looking disgusted with her Barbara Eden reflection. She sneers at herself and waves her hand in front of her turquoise outfit and it turns green, just like Jeannie’s evil sister’s. Then she motions to the blonde wig and it turns black. She smirks in satisfaction. Then the light above the mirror flickers and PHOEBE rolls her eyes.]

[Cut to Prue’s bedroom. PRUE is still blindfolded and lying on her side on the bed with her hands still cuffed behind her back. A low groan is escaping her throat and the lights in the room keep flickering. PHOEBE bursts through the door. She marches over to the bedside and inspects PRUE.]

PHOEBE: I’d say by the look of things, we’ve still got a while. (She taps her mouth and yawns.) You’re a lot like your mother, Prudence. (She smirks and the laugh comes out sounding demonic.) Isn’t it funny how history repeats itself?

PRUE: (growling) What are you talking about?

PHOEBE: Didn’t your mother ever tell you how your baby sister was born? (PRUE tilts her head back, as if listening. PHOEBE croaks out another demonic laugh.)

[Flashback: PATRICIA HALLIWELL is seated in a rocking chair in her bedroom, PHOEBE’s future room. She has a spring green colored baby blanket, hand kitted and lined with ribbons, draped over her bulging stomach. She’s in the process of knitting a nearly finished “P” into the corner. Suddenly she lets out a little gasp and stops rocking.]

PATTY: Oh my. (She lets out a little laugh.) Oh boy. (She slowly gets up and pulls the baby blanket and knitting needles off her stomach to reveal a wet spot on the floor in front of the rocker. She touches her stomach.) Well, it’s about time you got here, isn’t it? (She winces a little and laughs in spite of herself and proceeds to set the blanket and needles on the bed and waddle towards the door.) Mother!

[Cut to the kitchen. PENELOPE HALLIWELL is going through the refrigerator as she sniffs the air. Food is litering the counters as PENNY continues to pull it out of the refrigerator and stack it up.]

PENNY: Where in the world is that God-forsaken stentch?

PATTY's VOICE: Mother!

PENNY: (yelling) In the kitchen!

(PENNY pulls out a bowl wrapped with aluminum foil and pulls it off. A brownish homemade soup with chunks of carrots and potatoes can be seen poking out of the broth. She sniffs it and shoves it onto the counter with everything else. As she reaches back into the refrigerator, she hears the soft padding of footsteps and looks around the door to see PATTY there.)

PATTY: Mother, I’ve been-

PENNY: Do you smell that?

(PATTY sniffs the air.)

PATTY: Uh…yes, but-

PENNY: I can’t figure out where it’s coming from!

PATTY: Mother!

PENNY: (snapping) What?

PATTY: Phoebe. (She places her hand over her stomach.) She’s on her way.

(PENNY stops cold in her tracks.)

PENNY: You’re in labor?

PATTY: My water just broke when I was upstairs. We need to call Victor and the girls and get to the hospital.

PENNY: We’ll leave him a note-

PATTY: Mother!

PENNY: He took them down to Kenwood.

PATTY: (rolling her eyes) Then we’ll drop by and pick them up.

(PATTY turns and starts to waddle through the dining room. PENNY starts to follow her and then stops, turns back around, and makes a quick swish of her arm. All of the food she pulled out of the refrigerator flies back onto the shelves and the door shuts. She smiles pleasantly and proceeds to make it towards the dining room when the sound of the basement door creaks. She stops and looks over at the door.)

PENNY: The basement! Maybe it’s a gas leak?

PATTY's VOICE: Are you coming, Mother?

PENNY: Just tell Phoebe to hold her horses, I’ll be there in a minute! (She moves to the basement door and opens it all the way. It’s dark and she attempts to turn on the light switch, but it doesn’t work. She scoffs and retrieves a flashlight from one of the kitchen drawers, flicks it on, and begins to descend the basement stairs. She shines the flashlight around as she sniffs the air.) It must be a gas leak. (Suddenly she shines the light into a corner of the basement and sees a swirling black fog. Her eyes widen and her hand shoots out in front of her.)

THE WOOGY: Hello, witch.

PENNY: Demon! (She waves her arm, but her power doesn’t work on THE WOOGY. A throaty, all encompassing laugh fills the basement.)

THE WOOGY: You're powerless against me…but I’m not so powerless against you.

(The fog flies at PENNY and the flashlight drops to the ground, casting a beam of light against the wall. THE WOOGY absorbs into PENNY and her shadow becomes superimposed on the wall in which the light is shining.)

THE WOOGY's VOICE: I want the Nexus and you’re going to help me obtain it.

(PENNY’s pupils dilate and her irises turn black.)

[Cut to the entry way. PATTY is standing by the front doors, holding a diaper bag on her shoulder. She looks irritated as she swings her car keys back and forth in front of her face.]

PATTY: (yelling) Fine! I’ll go wait in car! (As she reaches for the door handle, a burst of electricity shocks her hand. She gasps and her other hand flies to her stomach as her body freezes up.)

[Premonition: There’s a giant hole in the floor of the basement and pure energy is pulsating from it. Hovering above the hole is the black shadow of THE WOOGY, who is expanding and filling up more and more of the basement the longer he absorbs the energy of the Spiritual Nexus.]

[Cut back to the present. A little gasp escapes PHOEBE's lips as she seems to come out of a premonition. PRUE tilts her head back instinctively at the sound.]

PRUE: (hopefully) Phoebe?

(An apathetic expression returns to PHOEBE’s face.)

PHOEBE: (demonically) No, Phoebe’s left the building.

[Scene: The Morris home. Living room. Party guests dressed in an array of different costumes have filled the room which is decorated with pumpkins and black and orange streamers. A cloudy layer of fog is also covering the floor from a hidden fog machine somewhere in the house. As people walk by, the fog kicks up and swirls into the air before dissipating. PIPER is standing at a fold up table covered in Halloween themed refreshments. She fills her cup up with orange punch and then picks up a caramel covered apple and proceeds to worm her way through the crowd and down the stairs into the den, where a play area has been set up. The Twins as well as several other babies and toddlers at varying ages have been placed together. Across the room are some couches, where parents and less lively adults have taken refuge to talk and eat. SHELIA is sitting on one of the couches, nibbling on a bowl of candy corn. PIPER walks over and takes a seat next to her.]

SHELIA: Still no Leo?

PIPER: (shrugging) Not yet.

SHELIA: Well, I hope he shows up soon. Wouldn’t want him to miss out on story time.

PIPER: Story time?

SHELIA: Oh yeah, didn’t I tell you? As soon as the blue moon comes out, a handful of the adults are planning to take the kids outside, light up a fire, and start telling Halloween stories.

(ALICIA MORRIS, dressed in a Disney Princess JASMINE costume, and DJ MORRIS, dressed as MICHAEL JORDER complete with a basketball tucked under his arm, run in.)

DJ: (yelling) She’s in here!

SHELIA: Whoa, whoa, whoa! (She holds up her hand.) What did I tell you guys about running on the wood floors?

(DJ smiles sheepishly.)

DJ: Sorry, Mommy…

ALICIA: We were helping Uncle Leo. (She looks over her shoulder to see LEO walk in.) He said he needed to find Aunt Piper, that it was super important.

(DJ nods. SHELIA waves LEO over.)

SHELIA: Hey, speak of the devil, we were just talking about you. (She folds her arms.) What’s going? Is everything okay? The kids are saying you needed to see Piper.

LEO: Well actually-

SHELIA: You’re not about to tell me you have to leave, are you?

LEO: Well-

SHELIA: But you just got here!

LEO: It’s kind of an emergency.

SHELIA: What kind of-

LEO: Prue’s gone into labor.

(SHELIA's eyes light up.)

SHELIA: Really?

LEO: Yeah, and Piper’s needed at…the Manor. (He looks at PIPER, whose eyes are wide.) As a midwife, Prue decided on the homebirth, remember?

SHELIA: Oh, right, Piper told me about that. (She grins.) Oh, I can’t believe she’s finally having the baby, it seems like it’s been forever! (She hugs PIPER and LEO.) Please give her my congratulations! And let me know when we can stop by-

LEO: We will.

(LEO moves towards the enclosed area with the babies and toddlers. BABY CHRIS is playing with some ABC blocks and BABY MELINDA is hitting a light up toy that’s singing songs. LEO leans over to pick up BABY CHRIS.)

SHELIA: You know, you could leave them here if you want. (She shrugs.) If that would help, I mean. After all, you’ll probably be busy enough with Prue and-

PIPER: Leo? (She narrows her eyes suspiciously.) What do you think?

LEO: (to SHELIA) We don’t want to imposition you-

SHELIA: Nonsense! It’s no imposition, we love the Twins! And we’re always willing to help you guys out, you’re family.

PIPER: Umm… (She looks at LEO.) Do you think that would be okay? Do you think…that they’d be fine?

(LEO slowly nods.)

LEO: Yeah…I think that would be okay. Helpful, too. (He smiles.) Thanks, Sheila.

SHELIA: Anytime! (She hugs LEO again.) You guys better get going.

PIPER: Yeah, let’s go. (She takes LEO’s hand.) Thanks again! (DJ grabs onto PIPER’s leg, halting her.)

DJ: Bye Aunt Piper!

ALICIA: Tell the baby hi for us!

(PIPER bends down to hug ALICIA and DJ goodbye.)

PIPER: I promise.

(PIPER winks and then quickly takes LEO’s hand and they head off into the crowd. After a minute, DJ and ALICIA take off as well. After they’ve left, a man in Batman costume walks up to SHELIA and removes his mask, revealing himself as DARRYL MORRIS. SHELIA raises her eyebrows and meows seductively.)

SHELIA: Hey there, Mr. Dark Knight. (She slinks up from her place on the couch and wraps her arms around DARRYL’s torso.)

DARRYL: (playfully) Down Kitty.

(SHELIA growls and playfully rakes her nails across the side of DARRYL’s cheek. They share a passionate kiss.)

SHELIA: Guess what.

DARRYL: What? (He raises his eyebrows in curiosity.)

SHELIA: Leo just announced that Prue’s gone into labor!

(DARRYL instantly seems distracted. He looks around.)

DARRYL: Where are they?

SHELIA: Just left. Piper needed to go be a midwife, so I said they could leave the kids here.

DARRYL: (distractedly) I think I need to go do something. I’ll be back in a minute, okay?

(DARRYL doesn’t wait for an answer, he just takes off. SHELIA throws up her hands in annoyance and looks at the children in makeshift playpen.)

SHELIA: Why does everyone keep doing that?

[Scene: Piper and Leo’s house. Living room. LEO, PIPER, CHRIS, MELINDA, and PAIGE are there. PIPER has a murderous look in her eyes.]

PIPER: The Woogy! And you didn’t see fit to drop a little hint!

PAIGE: I already gave them the third degree-

PIPER: You two better start talking or I swear to God I will go to your future myself and see what the hell is going on!

PAIGE: Speaking of what’s going on in the future, they claim our niece has turned.

PIPER: What? (Her eyes sparkle dangerously.) Turned? As in Darth Vader style? She’s evil? I thought you said you came back to protect the Grand Design. (Her breath hitches.) Or is that it? Does she turn and it ruins everything?

CHRIS: That’s not it. You’re only making assumptions based on your limited knowledge-

LEO: Then enlighten us.

MELINDA: Look, it’s not al about D-our cousin, okay? It’s moreso about Lillith than anyone…and Volac. Lillith is manipulating everything. She’s put things into motion- (CHRIS smacks her arm and MELINDA promptly stops talking. PIPER looks at her, willing her to continue.) We can’t let them get Prue tonight.

PIPER: Wait, are you saying-

LEO: They’re working with The Woogy?

(MELINDA and CHRIS say nothing.)

PIPER: I’ll take your silence as a yes.

PAIGE: We know that Phoebe somehow untangles herself from The Woogy’s hold, so all we have to do is get into the Manor before that happens. We could save them both and vanquish-

PIPER: The Woogy can’t be vanquished, only banished.

(PAIGE piques an eyebrow.)

PAIGE: I was examining the spell and thinking that if we used the Power of Three, (she shrugs) maybe even the Power of Three plus one, we could vanquish him for good.

(MELINDA and CHRIS share looks again. MELINDA smiles.)

MELINDA: In case you’re wondering, The Woogy is one of the demons that doesn’t exist from where we come from…

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Act Three

[Scene: November 2, 1975. Manor. Kitchen. PATTY stumbles in, breathing heavily.]

PATTY: Mother! (She doesn’t see PENNY anywhere. She pinches her nose at the odor PENNY had been complaining about earlier, which is now more pungent than before.) Mother?

PENNY's VOICE: Right here, Dear. (She walks out of the basement in a rigid manner.)

PATTY: Mother, I just had a premonition! There’s a demon here, it was- (She catches herself, realizing that PENNY is staring at her. She starts to breath a little more rapidly.)

PENNY: It was where?

PATTY: I’m not exactly sure, (she takes a step back) but it’s in the house. In fact, it’s got some type of hold on the house. It just shocked me when I tried to get out the door. (She takes another step back. PENNY cocks her head to the side.)

PENNY: What’s the matter Patricia, you seem unnerved?

PATTY: I’m going to go check the Book.

(PENNY grins.)

PENNY: Good idea.

(PATTY walks backwards out of the kitchen. Once she’s into the dining room, she turns and begins to waddle as fast as her legs will allow her to go. Suddenly, she winces and stumbles, grabbing a hold of one chair to steady her. She groans.)

PATTY: (whispering) Oh not now, not today…why? (She hears movement from the kitchen and gasps.) Keep moving, keep moving… (She starts to walk again, using the chair backings to steady herself.)

[Cut to present day. PRUE is in the dining room, unbound and no longer blindfolded. She’s creeping around and stopping every few moments to listen for PHOEBE’s footsteps. She’s slowly easies her way towards the kitchen. She pokes her head around the corner and doesn’t see PHOEBE there, but she does see the basement door wide open. She growls to herself and ducks back around the corner.]

PRUE: (muttering) Why does the basement have to be in the kitchen? (Her shoulders buck and she yelps and grabs her stomach. A red flare envelops her and she vanishes.)

[Cut to Prue’s bedroom. PRUE is lying on the bed, still bound and with her blindfold. Her legs kick out as she comes to and she wriggles her wrists as a strangled sound escapes her lips.]

[Cut to the front steps. PAIGE, PIPER, LEO, CHRIS, and MELINDA are there. MELINDA, PIPER, and PAIGE each have typical household brooms in their hands and they're sweeping in time with one another. The brooms glow and spark with magic and then the force field around the house hisses. Webs of blue electricity glow and expel the magic.]

PIPER: I don’t get it! Sweeping away black magic has never failed us before. In fact, it’s supposed to be empowered by All Hollow’s Eve.

CHRIS: But dark magic is also empowered by the magic of Samhain and that’s making his hold over the Manor that much stronger.

LEO: And he’s got the Nexus on his side.

MELINDA: And Phoebe.

(PAIGE taps her foot.)

PAIGE: I think I’ve got an idea!

[Scene: Drake’s penthouse. Living room. Two clouds of orbs fill the room, one depositing MELINDA and CHRIS and the other delivering PAIGE, PIPER, and LEO. They hear singing coming from DRAKE’s bedroom, so PAIGE marches over and raps on his door. The singing stops and the door opens, revealing DRAKE DE'MON dressed in a white leather, bell bottom costume lined with rhinestones, complete with a mini cape, a satin red scarf, and large dark sunglasses. DRAKE pulls the sunglasses down the bridge of his nose and looks PAIGE up and down, then he mimics the classic ELVIS PRESLEY lip curl and growls seductively.]

DRAKE: Well, if it isn’t the love of my life, Priscilla! Oh darling, how did you know? (He grabs her hand and kisses the back of it. PAIGE glares and pulls her hand back.)

PAIGE: (rolling her eyes) Of all the costumes I had to pick!

(DRAKE notices PIPER, LEO, CHRIS, and MELINDA. He sighs.)

DRAKE: I take it you aren’t all here to invite me to a party, are you?

PIPER: Not exactly.

LEO: We need your help.

(DRAKE takes off his glasses and folds them up.)

DRAKE: How?

PAIGE: Basically Phoebe’s turned evil and is helping a demon imprison Prue in the Manor until she gives birth.

DRAKE: And I can help…how?

MELINDA: We need you to get inside. Go up to the door, see if Phoebe will let you in. If she does, I could freeze her and we could get inside.

DRAKE: Why do you think she’ll let me in?

PAIGE: Because you’re a demon.

(DRAKE glares.)

DRAKE: You’re still holding that against me?

PIPER: Well, no offense Drake, but The Woogy likes to infect people with his evil. If he senses your demonic side…he might be more willing to allow you inside on the chance that he could get you to the basement.

DRAKE: Or he could think it’s a trap.

LEO: We’re running out of options.

PAIGE: So, will you help us? (They look at each other.) Please?

[Scene: Manor. Prue’s bedroom. ASTRAL PRUE is standing beside the bed, removing the blindfold from her unconscious form. She disappears and real PRUE awakens. PRUE sits up and groans heavily, then swings her legs over the side of the bed and gets up. She waddles over to her floor length mirror and turns around, then cranes her neck to see over her shoulder. She spots the handcuffs and squints at the reflection. The handcuffs click and fall off her wrists. She pulls out her arms and rubs her sore and red wrists. From downstairs, she hears the doorbell ring.]

[Cut to the lawn. LEO, CHRIS, MELINDA, PAIGE, and PIPER are hiding behind one of the bushes. PIPER pokes her head out to see DRAKE standing on the front porch. He glances back at her and winks. PIPER ducks back behind the bush.]

[Cut to the entry way inside the Manor. PHOEBE is slowly walking up to the door. She opens it a crack and peeks out to find DRAKE beaming back at her. She narrows her eyes.]

PHOEBE: Drake. (She squeezes outside and shuts the door, standing in front of him.) What are you doing here?

(DRAKE flashes a winning smile.)

DRAKE: Thought I’d drop by. Is Paige around? (He winks.) I thought I’d ask her to an All Hollow’s Eve party.

PHOEBE: Sorry. (She smiles seductively and reaches up, stroking her finger down the line of one of DRAKE’s sideburns.) I’m the only one here right now…

DRAKE: Oh, that’s too bad. What are you doing all by lonesome on the most magical night of the year?

(PHOEBE bites her lip and proceeds to run her finger down the narrow v-slit of his costume, revealing a sliver of his bare chest.)

PHOEBE: That’s a good question… (She grins up at him, flashing her eyelashes innocently.) Maybe you’d like to come in? Make it not so lonely? (She tugs suggestively at his red scarf.) Perhaps we could even make a little magic tonight?

[Cut to Paige. She’s rolling her eyes.]

PAIGE: (whispering) Oh please!

(PIPER swats PAIGE.)

PIPER: (whispering) Shh!

[Cut back to Drake and Phoebe. PHOEBE tugs DRAKE’s scarf, pulling it off of his neck.]

DRAKE: (suggestively) Your wish is my command…

PHOEBE: (grinning) It certainly is. (She pushes the front door open and steps back, allowing him entrance.)

[Cut to Melinda. She snakes her arm out from behind the bush and waves it. DRAKE and PHOEBE freeze at the door.]

MELINDA: C’mon! (They run out from behind the brushes, up the steps, and into the Manor.)

PIPER: (yelling) Prue!

(As PAIGE passes DRAKE and PHOEBE she rolls her eyes and snorts.)

[Cut to Prue’s bedroom.]

PIPER's VOICE: Prue!

PRUE: Piper? Piper! I’m upstairs! (She scampers towards the doorway and flings it open. From the hallway, she hears several sets of stampeding footsteps.) Piper! (PIPER rounds the corner first, followed by LEO, CHRIS, MELINDA and finally PAIGE. PIPER runs up to PRUE and embraces her.)

PIPER: Oh thank goodness! We need to get you out of here! How far along are you?

PRUE: I don’t think it’ll be for a while, I’m getting pains, especially in my lower back, but it’s nothing severe yet. (She looks around.) How did you get in?

(MELINDA holds up her hands.)

MELINDA: Let’s just say we haven’t quite put the genie back in the bottle, but she’s safely contained for the moment. She definitely won’t be unfreezing for a while.

[Cut to the entry way. PHOEBE and DRAKE unfreeze. DRAKE walks inside and PHOEBE follows in after him, closing the door behind her.]

PHOEBE: I’ve got an idea.

DRAKE: And what would that be?

PHOEBE: I wanna show you something special. (She laces her hand with his.) It’ll be fun, especially on a night like tonight. (She leads him towards the kitchen.)

[Cut to the hallway. A cluster of orbs are heading towards the ceiling, but they bounce into it and a blue shockwave blasts them back to the ground. LEO and PRUE roll onto the ground.]

MELINDA: What the hell!

[Cut to the entry way. PHOEBE stops cold in her tracks as she hears the noise from upstairs. DRAKE looks up too.]

PHOEBE: (hissing) A trap! (A puff of black smoke appears in her free hand, followed by a dagger. She turns swiftly and pummels the dagger into DRAKE’s side. DRAKE stumbles as PHOEBE releases his hand and he falls into the miniature table in the entry way.) I should’ve known! (Another puff of smoke provides her with a baseball bat. She swings it, clunking DRAKE in the side of the head. He slumps forward.) I’ll deal with you momentarily!

[Cut to the hallway. CHRIS opens his eyes.]

CHRIS: She’s not frozen anymore and she’s coming up the stairs as I speak.

MELINDA: That’s not even possible! My power-

CHRIS: Samhain, remember? It’s giving them the advantage.

PIPER: (hissing) And now we don’t even have the Book of Shadows!

LEO: Let’s get to the attic, we’ll work something out there!

[Cut to the stairs. PHOEBE is stalking up the stairs like a pouting child. She’s swiping her hand at family pictures along the wall, knocking them down as she goes. When they fall, they hit the ground, break, and begin to burn. Her hand swipes across a photo of PATTY.]

[Premonition: PATTY is in the attic, standing in front of the Book of Shadows. Various boxes and other items have been placed in front of the attic door. She’s looking through the Book, but she comes to the end and closes it. She looks frustrated and panicked.]

PATTY: This can’t be happening! There’s got to be some way to stop this thing.

PENNY's VOICE: Patricia, are you up here?

(PATTY grips the sides of the Book of Shadows. There’s a knock at the door.)

PENNY's VOICE: Patricia, are in you there?

(PATTY swallows hard and refuses to answer.)

PENNY's VOICE: I know you’re there.

(Various objects begin to slide away from the door.)

PATTY: (shakily) Go away!

PENNY's VOICE: (demonically) Now is that any way to talk to your mother?

(The attic door flies open and PENNY stomps in. She raises her hand menacingly. Instinctively, PATTY throws up her hands and shuts her eyes, shielding herself with her arms. She waits for an attack, but there is none. When she opens her eyes, she sees PENNY frozen in an attack stance. She gasps.)

PATTY: I need a vanquishing spell! (She moves to the Wicca chest and struggles to kneel down. She pulls out a notepad and a pencil.) Think, Patty, think! What could harm this demon? (She taps her pencil impatiently on the notepad.) What is this demon? (She moves her hand and the shadow of her arm moves across her stomach. She gasps and the pencil slips from her fingers. She grasps her stomach.)

[Cut back to the present. PHOEBE is stalled on the stairs, with her hand still on PATTY’s photograph. Her brown irises return momentarily.]

PHOEBE: Mom! (Her irises turn black again. She swipes the picture off the wall just like the others. It burns as she continues up the stairs.)

[Cut to the attic. PAIGE holds up a notepad, revealing a new version of THE WOOGY vanquishing spell.]

PAIGE: I changed mostly pronouns to make it a Power of Three spell. The problem is, we need Phoebe and-

(The door blasts open and wood shards spray at the group. CHRIS waves his arm, directing the wood shards away from them.)

PHOEBE: Someone say my name?

(MELINDA throws up her hands, freezing PHEOBE.)

MELINDA: It’s not going to hold for long. How do we get her back?

[Cut to outside. The sky is growing dark and a first quarter moon in a bright blue color is beginning reveal itself in the sky.]

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Act Four

[Scene: Manor. Attic. Blue moonlight is shining in through the stained glass windows. PHOEBE flies across the attic and hits the wall with a hard thump. MELINDA freezes her again.]

PIPER: Aha! How about an Aura Cleansing Spell!

(PRUE is sitting on the old sofa, attempting lamas breathing as she clutches her belly.)

PRUE: (through gritted teeth) The last three haven’t worked!

MELINDA: Then we’ll add power to the spell; the four of us should say it together!

(PIPER brings the Book over to PRUE and sits down next to her. PAIGE and MELINDAa crouch down around PIPER so they can also get a look at the spell. PHOEBE unfreezes and she looks furious. She casts out her hand and telekinetically throws CHRIS into LEO. Twin puffs of smoke appear in her hands and transform into throwing knives. She flings them at her sisters and niece. PRUE holds up her hand and the throwing knives fly back at PHOEBE, who levitates over them.)

PRUE, PIPER, PAIGE, & MELINDA: “I call thee, pure witches’ fire,
Through vortex flow the heavenly mire!
Cleanse brackish aura of debris,
From dark to light sweep history!”

(A bright light descends from the ceiling and forms into a swirling cylinder around her.)

[Cut to Phoebe trapped inside the cylinder of light. A myriad of voices are swirling around her, coming from the light. Images of the past are also playing in the light.]

LITTLE PHOEBE's VOICE: The Woogy’s gonna get me, Grams!

PENNY's VOICE: He can’t hurt you, Phoebe. I took care of The Woogy for you.

LITTLE PHOEBE's VOICE: But what if he comes back, Grams?

PENNY's VOICE: If he comes back, all you have to do is remember the rhyme I told you. Do you remember the rhyme, Phoebe?

(PHOEBE shakes her head.)

LITTLE PHOEBE's VOICE: (shamefully) No…

PATTY's VOICE: “I am light…”

(PHOEBE turns her head in the direction of PATTY's VOICE. In the light she sees an image of her mother sitting on PEARL RUSSELL’s old sofa.)

[Cut to the light. PATTY is writing a spell.]

PATTY: “I am one too strong to fight,
Return to dark where shadows dwell,
You cannot have this Halliwell!”

[Cut back to Phoebe. She’s nodding her head.]

PHOEBE and PATTY's VOICE: “Go away and leave my sight,
And take with you this endless night!”

[Cut back to the light. PATTY touches her stomach triumphantly.]

PATTY: That’s it, Phoebe! We did it, that’s the spell we need!

[Cut back to PHOEBE.]

PHOEBE: I remember! (The cylinder of light becomes so bright that PHOEBE has to shield her eyes.)

[Cut back to PRUE, PIPER, PAIGE, and MELINDA. They watch as the light disappears, revealing PHOEBE standing before them.]

PAIGE: (whispering) Do you think it worked?

(PHOEBE spots her sisters.)

PHOEBE: Now I’m pissed!

PIPER: Apparently not!

(MELINDA raises her hands.)

MELINDA: Uh, okay, she’s not freezing at all now!

PHOEBE: (angrily) I say we go make The Woogy scared of his own shadow!

(PRUE, PIPER, PAIGE, and MELINDA exchange amused glances.)

PAIGE: Phoebe?

PHOEBE: I’m back. (She gets into a fighting stance.) And I’m ready for a little shadow boxing, who’s with me?

PIPER: Oh, thank god that worked!

(PRUE cries out in pain. LEO and CHRIS move over to the group of women. From downstairs, they hear the grandfather clock chime. MELINDA and CHRIS look worried.)

MELINDA: We need to hurry!

[Scene: November 2, 1975. Manor. Kitchen. PATTY is struggling to walk across the floor. Her forehead is glistening with sweat, her cheeks are flushed, and she’s breathing heavily. She makes it to the drawer and grabs for a flashlight, but it’s not there. Frustrated, she moves to a different drawer and pulls out a book of matches. PATTY touches her stomach protectively as she opens yet another drawer and pulls out a candle. She strikes a match and lights the candle and then wobbles over to the basement and walks inside. She struggles to hold onto the railing and the candle as she moves down the steps. The light from the candle casts eerie glows along the walls. About two-thirds of the way down the stairs, she spots a swirling smoky mass.]

THE WOOGY: Still alive, witch?

PATTY: My family’s not that easy to pick off.

THE WOOGY: Maybe I chose the wrong witch. I was sure the Matriarch would be more powerful than you.

PATTY: “I am light,
I am one too strong to fight-”

PENNY's VOICE: Patricia!

(PATTY stops momentarily to see PENNY at the top of the stairs.)

PATTY: Mother!

(PATTY turns and waves her arm to freeze her mother, but as she does so, a contraction hits. She gasps and drops the candle. It hits the steps and catches them on fire. PATTY yelps and falls down the remaining steps, landing in a heap at the bottom on the basement. PENNY gasps. The blackness fades from her eyes.)

PENNY: Patty! (Her jaw clenches. THE WOOGY moves in on PATTY, swirling around her like an inky whirlpool.) You stay away from my daughter! (PENNY waves her arm, lifting PATTY up off the floor and guiding her back up the stairs. PATTY screams.)

PATTY: “Return to dark where shadows dwell,
You cannot have this Halliwell!
Go away and leave my s-sight!”

(PATTY cries out again as another contraction hits. PENNY telekinetically guides PATTY to the top of the stairs and deposits her on her feet. She embraces her daughter, steadying her through the pain.)

PENNY: It’s okay now, I’m back and we’re going to get through this!

(PATTY grips onto PENNY.)

PATTY: (shakily) “G-go away and leave my sight,
And take with you this endless night!”

(Globes of light appear out of nowhere. They swirl around THE WOOGY, forcing his inky form into one of the cracks in the basement floor. THE WOOGY howls as he’s sucked inside and the crack magically seals itself. PENNY exhales a sigh of relief. PATTY grips her again and screams.)

[Scene: Present day. Manor. Entry way. PHOEBE and PAIGE are on each side of PRUE, helping her walk towards the entrance to the kitchen. PRUE screams and suddenly yellow electrical sparks shock PHOEBE and PAIGE, blasting them away from PRUE. PHOEBE thumps into the stair banister while PAIGE lands on the floor.]

PAIGE: What the hell! Was that The Woogy again?

(PRUE clutches her stomach and falls to her knees. PHOEBE begins to shake her head.)

PHOEBE: No, I’m afraid that was Prue and the baby.

(Electrical sparks spring from PRUE as another contraction hits her. She howls and the chandelier rocks above their heads.)

PAIGE: Prue, we need you to say the spell with us so we can get you out of here.

PRUE: (through gritted teeth) I can’t help it, Paige! Aaah!

(PRUE curls her fists and the house shakes again, forcing PHOEBE, PAIGE, and LEO to grab onto the nearest fixtures to keep from falling. MELINDA, CHRIS, and PIPER come running down the stairs once the shaking has subsided.)

PIPER: Oh my god, Prue! (She moves to be near her sister, but PHOEBE steps in front of her.)

PHOEBE: No! Don’t touch her! She’s liable to electrocute you.

PIPER: You mean…Prue’s causing the house to-

MELIDNA: Contractions.

PAIGE: You can say that again!

(Black smoke begins to filter out from the kitchen. CHRIS points.)

CHRIS: Well, you’re going to have to get over it unless you want to be taken over by him!

PIPER: I’ve got an idea! (She yanks PHOEBE down onto the floor next to PRUE as THE WOOGY nears them.) Paige!

(PAIGE drops to the ground. PIPER presses her hands to PRUE’s sides. PRUE visibly relaxes. PAIGE looks at PIPER questioningly.)

PIPER: Acupuncture. Say the spell!

(PAIGE and PHOEBE take PRUE’s hands.)

PAIGE, PHOEBE, & PRUE: “We are light,
Three are one too strong to fight,
Return to dark where shadows dwell,
You cannot have these Halliwells!
Go away and leave our sight,
And take with you this endless night!”

(An intense light radiates from the chandelier and lights up the entire entry way. THE WOOGY howls like a dying ghost as the light burns into its inky form. Tendrils of smoke begin to fade into the light as the howling dies away and finally THE WOOGY disappears altogether. The light from the chandelier fades and immediately all the damage PHOEBE wrought while possessed by THE WOOGY, such as the pictures she destroyed on the wall, repairs itself. The darkness in the Manor fades away and is replaced by blue moonlight shining through the windows. DRAKE, who had been passed out only feet away, begins to awaken. His stab wound is gone as well.)

MELINDA: (to PAIGE) Get Prue out here! (She stares impatiently at her aunt.) What are you waiting for?

PAIGE: (shocked) I can’t orb.

MELINDA: What?

(LEO shakes his head.)

LEO: Neither can I.

(MELINDA looks over her shoulder at CHRIS.)

LILLITH's VOICE: You can never trust a demon to do a witch’s job.

(Everyone looks up the stairs, in the direction of the voice. LILLITH is standing at the top of the stairs. She smiles contemptuously.)

LILLITH: I cast a little anti-orb spell. (She begins to descend the stairs.) Apologies for any inconvenience that may cause you.

PRUE: (furiously) You- (The chandelier flickers.)

LILLITH: I’d be careful if I were you, Prudence. Stress isn’t good for the baby.

(PRUE flings out her arm, sending a bolt of electricity at LILLITH. LILLITH whips up her hand and the electricity comes to a sudden stop and arches to the left, bounds back across the room, and hits CHRIS square in the chest sending him pummeling onto the dining room table. With another sharp wave of her arm, the front doors fly open and DRAKE, LEO, PAIGE, PIPER, PHOEBE, and MELINDA slide across the entry way, out the doors, and land roughly on the lawn. The doors fling closed.)

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[The Virtual Series]

Act Five

[Scene: The Morris home. Backyard. The bright blue moonlight from the first quarter moon is gazing down over a large group of children who are gathered around a fire. A man dressed as a ghost football player is telling a ghost story. Small clusters of parents and other adults are also hanging around to listen to the story. SHELIA and DARRYL are sitting at a picnic table, SHELIA with BABY MELINDA in her lap and DARRYL with BABY CHRIS. ALICIA bounds up to SHELIA.]

ALICIA: Mommy, look! (She points to the sky.)

SHELIA: I know, sweetheart. It’s blue. It’s a very special moon, tonight. You probably won’t see another blue moon in your lifetime.

(ALICIA shakes her head.)

ALICIA: No, (emphasizing) look! (She points again.) It’s growing, Mommy!

SHELIA: What? (She laughs.) Alicia, don’t be silly, moon’s don’t (she looks up at the sky and notices that the moon is getting bigger, filling out) get bigger… (She grabs DARRYL’s arm.) Am I seeing things or is the moon actually phasing before my eyes?

(DARRYL looks up at the moon. At that point, whispers are starting to spread among the children, some of whom are looking up at the sky.)

LITTLE BOY: Look! (He points. One by one, the adults begin to look up at the sky too and sure enough, the moon has changed from a first quarter moon to a waxing gibbous moon.)

DARRYL: (muttering) That’s definitely not normal!

SHELIA: What do you think is causing it?

DARRYL: I really couldn’t tell you… (whispering) But I have my suspicions…

[Scene: Manor. Dining room. LILLITH is standing at the back of the room, staring at the windows. The blue moon, now almost a full moon, is casting an eerie glow on her face. She steps back from the window and eyes CHRIS, who is tied to one of the dining room chairs. She moves around CHRIS towards the entry way, where PRUE has been propped up with a single pillow and some blankets on the floor beneath the chandelier.]

LILLITH: You know, Prue, this is a very special night. Blue moons, let alone full blue moons, don’t happen all that often.

PRUE: (gritting her teeth) And I’m sure you’re about to tell me why.

(LILLITH drapes her arm over the stair banister and gazes at PRUE.)

LILLITH: Do you know when the last blue moon occurred?

(Instead of answering, PRUE clutches her stomach and screams. The Manor quakes and the lights in the entire house flicker three times.)

PRUE: (screaming) Why are you doing this to us?!

LILLITH: (calmly) June twenty-third, seventeen-thirty-six. (The house rattles again and she glances up at the chandelier as a few of the bulbs explode.) And before that, one occurred in February of sixteen-seventy.

(Two thick threads of electricity unwind from PRUE’s hands as another contraction swarms over her body. One hits the stair banister, splintering a chunk of it and the other collides with the wall, charring it. PRUE’s eyes flash menacingly.)

PRUE: You evil bitch! You can’t have her, I won’t let you!

(LILLITH immediately finds herself pressed against the wall thanks to PRUE’s heated telekinetic hold. LILLITH starts to laugh.)

LILLITH: I’m not interested in your daughter, Prudence. Not so much as I’m interested in what she can do for me.

PRUE: What can she possibly do for you? An infant! What do you want? Her power? Is that what you’re after, like every other warlock?

LILLITH: Don’t be naive, child! Do I look like I need her power? Of course not! I have plenty of my own. Petty theft is below me. No. I have bigger plans for your precious little girl.

(PRUE yowls again and her concentrated hold on LILLITH vanishes. LILLITH glides down the hall to her feet. She brushes herself off.)

LILLITH: There are things in this world that aren’t clear cut, Prudence. Things like good and evil, but you Warrens don’t seem to understand that. (She clicks her tongue.) I have faith that your daughter will see the light though. (The chandelier flashes again.) Excuse me, poor choice of words, perhaps I should say the shades of gray? I think she’ll be able to look beyond good and evil and how goddamn ridiculous they both are.

PRUE: I don’t know where you get off giving this speech to me. You don’t deserve to call yourself a Warren.

LILLITH: Why would I want to? Why would I want to myself a Warren, or a Tate, or a-

PRUE: Aaaah!

(The windows at the far end of the dining room blow out. LILLITH smirks. Blue moonlight floods through the hole where the windows were and washes over CHRIS’s face. CHRIS begins to stir.)

LILLITH: It’s time!

(PRUE hugs her stomach.)

PRUE: No.

LILLITH: This is like Death, Prue, you can’t fight it.

(LILLITH points her finger at PRUE who jerks back and becomes pinned to the floor with her palms up. Her face darkens to a scarlet color as she screams. Two bolts of electricity pummel from PRUE’s hands and hit the ceiling, causing plaster to fall around PRUE and LILLITH. LILLITH kneels down in front of PRUE and forcefully presses her hands to PRUE’s knees.)

LILLITH: I can see her head, (she glances over PRUE's knees to get a look at PRUE’s face) she’s got raven hair, just like her mother. (The grandfather clock chimes. LILLITH glances up at the front doors.) Your sisters should be bursting in at any moment now, if my premonition proves true, which means unfortunately I won’t be able to stay for the birth. (She rises to her feet and her shadow passes over PRUE's face.) But know that I have promised Volac a sister and I do intend to deliver, (she snickers) so I will be back in the near future…unfortunately for you, we probably won’t be seeing each other again. (The front doors rattle.) That’s my cue.

(The funnel of flames mixed with green rays of light shatter through the front doors. LILLITH blinks out. PRUE shrieks.)

[Cut to November 2, 1975. PATTY is lying on the dining room table, screaming. PENNY is standing in front of her, looking as stern as ever.]

PENNY: Push, Patty!

PATTY: I’m trying, but she has a giant head!

PENNY: Like mother, like daughter.

(PATTY snarls. The sound of the front doors can be heard.)

PATTY: (screaming) Victor! (She hears the sound of footsteps and then VICTOR BENNETT runs in.)

VICTOR: Patty! Oh my god! (He rushes to her side.)

PATTY: Where’re the girls?

VICTOR: At Andy’s. (He looks at PENNY, who scowls at him.) We saw him at the park, they wanted to go visit- (PATTY vice grips his hand and hollers as another contraction washes over her.) Why isn’t she at the hospital?

PENNY: There was a demon and we didn’t have time. (She picks up a pair of scissors from the table. PENNY’s eyes light up.) I see her head!

(PATTY’s face turns a plum color as VICTOR’s hand turns red. VICTOR yelps.)

PENNY: Suck it up, Victor. She’s in more pain than you’ll be.

PATTY: (screaming) I’m having a baby for Christ sakes, can’t you at least put aside your bickering for that! (She stiffens up.) Oh god!

PENNY: Push!

PATTY: (screaming) I’m trying!

VICTOR: Come on, Patty!

PATTY: Her head’s too big, I don’t think I can- (Her voice hitches and her shoulders stiffen up.)

[Premonition: PATTY is standing with PRUE, PIPER, and PHOEBE in PIPER’s bedroom. PIPER is dressed in a wedding dress and PRUE and PHOEBE are wearing matching bridesmaids dresses. The four of them join in a four-way hug.]

[Cut back to 1975. PATTY’s eyes flash open and she gasps. There’s a clipping noise and then the sound of crying fills the air. PENNY proudly holds up a wailing BABY PHOEBE HALLIWELL and wipes her off with a towel before wrapping her in a blanket and placing her in PATTY’s arms. Tears are streaming down PATTY’s face.]

PATTY: Shh, everything’s going to be okay now. (She strokes BABY PHOEBE's face and looks up at VICTOR. VICTOR’s eyes are wide. PATTY tentatively holds the bundle out to him.) Here. (VICTOR takes BABY PHOEBE in his arms and stares at her.) She’s perfect.

VICTOR: Welcome to the world, Phoebe Elizabeth.

[Cut to present day. PIPER, LEO, PAIGE, and PHOEBE are crowded around PRUE. The light from the chandelier is glowing down on them. LEO is attempting to massage PRUE’s shoulders. DRAKE and AVA NICOLAE are also there.]

PRUE: I swear I’m gonna kill Matt if I ever see him again! (Her fists clench.) Aaah!

(PIPER holds up her brand new niece. She looks wide eyed as PRUE slumps back against LEO. PHOEBE squeezes PRUE’s hand excitedly.)

PHOEBE: Oh my gosh!

PAIGE: (beaming) She’s beautiful!

(PIPER cradles her niece as she wipes her off with a blanket.)

PIPER: So this is what if feels like to be an auntie?

PHOEBE: Amazing, right?

PIPER: Prue, she’s the spitting image of you. Big blue eyes and raven hair.

PRUE: I wanna see her.

(PIPER gently leans over and places the baby in PRUE’s arms. PRUE stares at the infant with a renewed light in her eyes.)

PRUE: I didn’t know this was possible. (She looks at PIPER.) Why didn’t you tell me?

PIPER: Tell you what?

PRUE: That you could love something so much that you’ve only known for ten seconds.

(PIPER grins.)

PIPER: Because it’s just something you have to experience yourself.

(PRUE glances at AVA.)

PRUE: Is she okay?

AVA: She looks fine to me. Pink and healthy.

PRUE: But she’s not crying.

AVA: Not all babies cry when they’re born. Usually they’re given a pop to make them cry to ensure that they’re breathing, (she motions her hand) but she’s clearly breathing, so I’d say she’s doing alright. (She smiles.) Congratulations, Prue.

DRAKE: So, what’re you going to name her?

(PHOEBE claps her hands excitedly.)

PHOEBE: Yeah, yeah, yeah! We’ve been dying to know! (Her eyes twinkle.) It’s Phoebe isn’t it!

PAIGE: Oh please, (she waves her hand dismissively) in your dreams, Pheebs. (She folds her arms smugly.) It’s Paige Jr. right?

PRUE: (gazing at her daughter) Drea.

PAIGE & PAIGE: (confusedly) Drea?

PRUE: Yes, Drea. (She strokes the side of DREA HALLIWELL’s cheek.) Andrea Penelope Halliwell.

PIPER: (softly) After Andy.

PRUE: (nodding) She should’ve been his. (She rocks DREA in her arms.)

PIPER: I think in a way, she kind of is. (She smiles.) I wonder what his reaction will be when he finds out at the Wiccaning?

(PRUE’s face falls a little.)

PRUE: If he comes.

PIPER: Why wouldn’t he?

(PRUE shrugs.)

PRUE: I’m just saying… (She shrugs.) Never mind, I’m sure you’re right, he’ll be there. (She stares into DREA’s bright blue eyes.) He wouldn’t miss that, right?

(DRAKE swivels his head around as a curious expression writes itself onto his face.)

DRAKE: Hey, where are the kids?

(Everyone else notices that MELINDA and CHRIS are nowhere in sight.)

[Scene: Cemetery. The blue moon is once again a first quarter moon. It’s light is reflecting off the of headstones in the cemetery. The sound of leaves and twigs crunching under shoes can be heard. A flashlight shines over several headstones, including those of PENNY and PATTY.]

CHRIS: (telepathically) He’s not here.

[Cut to Melinda. She’s walking down a dirt path, shining her flashlight back and forth. The flashlight passes over the mausoleum. She turns and shines her flashlight along a row of graves. It passes over ANDY TRUDEAU’s headstone and MELINDA keeps moving.]

MELINDA: (telepathically) I’ve got nothing on my end of the cemetery either.

[Cut to Chris. He shines his flashlight up at the night sky.]

CHRIS: (telepathically) What should we do?

MELINDA's VOICE: (telepathically) Just go back to the Manor, make sure he doesn’t show up. I’ll keep looking.

(CHRIS turns off his flashlight and pauses to stare at the blue moon. He orbs out.)

[Scene: Manor. Prue’s bedroom. PRUE is in bed now, dressed in a white nightgown and propped up by a bunch of pillows. DREA is sleeping in her arms, wrapped in a pale lavender baby blanket with a ribbon edge and hand stitched “P” in the corner. There’s a soft knock at the door and PRUE looks up as PIPER walks in. She smiles lightly and takes a seat on the bed next to her sister. She points to the blanket.]

PIPER: Hey, that’s the one Mom made you.

PRUE: Yeah…I figure I’m a little too big for it now…and it’s not like I inherited her talent for knitting, it’s not really my thing.

PIPER: I knitted the Twins their own blankets, I could probably make Andrea one too if you’d like.

(PRUE smiles.)

PRUE: I would.

PIPER: (laughing) Me too.

(There’s another knock at the door.)

LEO's VOICE: It’s me.

PRUE: Come in.

(LEO pokes his head in.)

LEO: Hey, Darryl just called. They wanted me to give you their congratulations.

PRUE: Thanks.

LEO: (to PIPER) I think I’m gonna go pick up the Twins. Are you going to stay here?

PIPER: Yeah. (She shrugs.) No offense to Darryl or Sheila, but I think I’ve had enough fun for one Halloween.

LEO: They kind of figured. I’ll be back soon.

(PIPER blows him a kiss as he shuts the door.)

[Scene: Sunroom. PAIGE is setting a crystal on the windowsill. She stops to gaze out the window at the full moon and doesn’t notice DRAKE's reflection in the window.]

DRAKE: Busy?

(PAIGE jumps and turns around.)

PAIGE: Hey. (She laughs.) No, sorry, I was just setting up the demonic alarm system.

DRAKE: Oh. (He shrugs.) Well I was just wondering if you wanted to go out.

PAIGE: Excuse me?

DRAKE: To P3, I mean. (He laughs.) You’re all dressed up anyway. (PAIGE looks down at her PRISCILLA PRESLEY costume.) I was planning to head over there to tonight. (He shrugs.) Sing a couple songs, you know? If you don’t wanna go-

PAIGE: No. (She smoothes the end of her short dress.) I think that’d be fun. And it’s not like we’re going to be doing much else tonight, anyway. I might as well go out and show off my costume. I did pay for the rental, so…

DRAKE: Let’s rock n’ roll then. (He slips her hand into his.)

[Scene: P3. Backstage. DRAKE and PAIGE shimmer in. From their vantage point, they can see the announcer on stage, dressed in a 1920’s style gentleman’s suit.]

ANNOUNCER: …and for your pleasure tonight, I’d like to introduce the one and only King of Rock n’ Roll, Elvis Presley! (He turns to the side and tips his hand in DRAKE's direction. A round of cheers and applause can be heard. DRAKE, still holding onto PAIGE’s hand, pulls her towards the stage.)

DRAKE: (whispering) Do you know how to play a guitar?

PAIGE: (whispering) What?

DRAKE: (whispering) If you don’t-

PAIGE: (whispering) I haven’t played a guitar since college.

DRAKE: (whispering) It’s like riding a bike. (He ducks to the side, out of view of the ANNOUNCER, and behind the curtain a blue guitar appears resting against the wall. He picks it up and hands it to PAIGE.) Don’t worry, if you have somehow forgotten, I got it covered. (He winks as he pulls PAIGE out on stage and waves to the jumping P3 crowd.)

ANNOUNCER: Well what a surprise, Elvis and Priscilla everyone!

(The audience cheers again as DRAKE grabs the microphone.)

DRAKE: Well thank you, (he curls his lip) thank you very much. (He grins at PAIGE who visibly resists the urge to roll her eyes. She cradles the guitar and bats her eyelashes at him.)

PAIGE: What song do you wanna play tonight?

DRAKE: Well in honor of our this special night, what do you say to “Blue Moon”?

(The crowd roars in approval. PAIGE wiggles her fingers and begins to sway back and forth as she strums the chords on the guitar.)

PAIGE: “Blue Moon” it is…

DRAKE: “Blue moon…” (He turns to look at PAIGE as he sways to the sound of the guitar.) “You saw me standing alone…Without a dream in my heart…” (He walks over to PAIGE and holds the microphone in front of her lips. PAIGE shakes her head, but DRAKE pushes the microphone closer to her. PAIGE shakes her head again so DRAKE moves his face close to hers.) “Without a dream in my heart…” (He looks at her expectantly.)

PAIGE: “Without a love of my own.”

(DRAKE grins.)

[Scene: The Morris home. The blue moon is shining above their house, making the front walkway look like its glowing.]

DRAKE: (v/o) “Blue moon…” (LEO walks up the front walk.) “You knew just what I was there for…”

[Cut to inside the den. BABY MELINDA and BABY CHRIS are asleep on blankets in the playpen area and the party has started to clear out quite a bit. There are still leftover plates and cups everywhere, but SHELIA and DARRYL seem unaware. Instead, they’re holding each other and dancing on the hardwood as blue moonlight filters in through the glass doors and reflects off their faces as they turn in a circle.]

DRAKE: (v/o) “You heard me saying a prayer for…”

(DARRYL and SHELIA share a soft kiss. LEO walks in and SHELIA sees him as she’s pulling out of the kiss. She waves her hand and LEO walks over. LEO appears to be thanking DARRYL and SHELIA, then he leans over the enclosed play area and begins to gently wake up BABY MELINDA and BABY CHRIS.)

[Scene: Manor. Prue’s bedroom. PRUE is standing in front of the windows, rocking DREA in her arms. The blue moonlight is flooding in and making her white nightgown look blue and enhancing the color of her eyes. She shifts her head down to admire DREA.]

DRAKE: (v/o) “Someone I really could care for…”

[Cut to the entry way. PHOEBE is heading for the doors. CHRIS comes out of the living and she starts following him. She gives him an odd look and he points towards the front doors.]

[Cut to outside the house. The blue moon is above the Manor and the silhouette of a man is on the front porch.]

DRAKE: (v/o) “Blue moon…”

[Cut to Phoebe and Chris. PHOEBE pulls open the door to reveal MITCH PERKINS standing outside dressed in a gray robe and a long fake gray beard, with an antique watch pinned to his robe. He’s dressed as Father Time. PHOEBE smiles and MITCH holds up a pink teddy bear.]

[Cut to the sidewalk. A silhouette of a hooded person is standing on the sidewalk, watching as PHOEBE lets MITCH into the house.]

DRAKE: (v/o) “You saw me standing alone…Without a dream in my heart…Without a love of my own.”

(PHOEBE shuts the door. The silhouette on the sidewalk tilts its head back and looks up at the moon.)

DRAKE: (v/o) “Blue moon…” (The figure pulls the hood down from its head, allowing the blue moonlight to shine on its face revealing him as MATTHEW CAPIELLO.) “Without a love of my own…”

[The Virtual Series]

End Credits

Special Guest Appearance
Shawn Christian --- Matthew Capiello

Co-Starring
Brody Jo Hamilton --- Baby Melinda Halliwell
Jackson Phillip Deveraux Kaufman --- Baby Chris Halliwell
Megan Hope Sanov --- Andrea Penelope Halliwell
MaDonna Conners --- Alicia Morris
Taquiyy Ludd --- DJ Morris

Featuring
Andrew M. Chuckerman --- Announcer
Milo Langdon --- Little Boy at the Morris Halloween Party

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