Prue, Piper and Phoebe Halliwell, Leo Wyatt and all other characters who have appeared in the series "Charmed" together with the names, titles and backstory are the sole copyright property of Aaron Spelling, E. Duke Vincent, and the Warner Brothers Television Network. No copyright infringement was intended in the writing of this fan fiction. All other characters, the story idea and the story itself are the sole property of the author. The Tomorrow People, The New Series, are also created and owned by Roger Damon Price, Nickelodeon, ITV and/or Thames/Tetra Television. The TP's ages are ranging from 18 to 22. (I truly have no idea how old they all are at this point, but I'm assuming at least 18 by now.) This takes place around the year 2000. This is a fanfic that I hope to entertain the people who read this, in the hopes of successfully mixing Charmed and the Tomorrow People. All ideas here, including names of Council Members, are mine. This is the 2nd story in the alternate beginning I had set up for Prue/Piper/Phoebe.

Ok. This is the first fic in a series of three (or more?). Hope you like it, folks!

Here's the prologue prior to this story:

Wyerd Beginnings~

Teaser: New changes come to the Charmed One's Household, and to the TP's.

Feedback: Let me know what you think. This is the first Charmed story that is a crossover with TP world. Please inform me if I get any of the TP's characters wrong somehow, personality wise, etc. I haven't seen the show in a LONG time. (especially the new series) Feedback is welcome at [email protected]

[ words like this denote telepathy inside these brackets ]
/ words inside this indicate personal thoughts, or otherwise indicated as thoughts /

At the Manor in Piper's bedroom:

A song began playing over the stereo,

"Why did you have to leave? 
	 	I need you here, 
			to stay by me forever...
				What about my love? 

			Do you not know, 
		That you are my whole life? 
			you are my entire reason, 
				To live...?" 

Piper sobs into her pillow at those words. She angrily thinks to herself,/ dammit! I miss you, Leo. Where the hell are you? Why did you have to go!? I love you, Leo! /

Prue, meanwhile, is downstairs, saddened by the sobbing upstairs. "Dammit, I wish I could help, but she's closing me out, ever since Leo left.", she mutters half-heartedly to herself, in anger and sadness.

Prue sighs, and then decides to walk upstairs to check on Piper. She then knocks on Piper's closed bedroom door, "Piper? Do you want to talk?"

Piper sniffles to herself, then tries to compose herself, "No I'm fine.... I don't feel like talking right now."

Prue leans closer to the door, and says in a concerned voice, "Are you sure, Piper? I ..we are all worried about you... I know Leo left...but...you do have to move on."

Prue is then met with total silence. Piper is so angry, and doesn't speak a word, hoping Prue will leave. Prue sighs, "Okay. I will be downstairs if you want to talk."

Prue goes downstairs, with a heavy heart, and tries to keep herself busy by going over her photos, and choosing which ones would be best for the portofolio for her job at 415 magazine. She's so busy into the choosing, she doesn't hear Phoebe storm in, then looks up suddenly, when the doors slam shut. Prue asks, "What's up Pheebs?"

She flops down onto a beige colored plush la-z-y boy chair, and looks at Prue.

"Do not talk to me! Cole turned me down today for our lunch date. I swear, I don't know what is up with that man!", angrily remarks Phoebe. She continues, "I thought he was going to propose to me today. There have been many hints... oh.. like my feelings about him, and his sly comments about weddings, and all in white.."

Prue is surprised, "Wow. I'm so happy for you....maybe he just had some 'business' to attend to. You know how Cole is.. - ", but she's cut off as Phoebe interrupts, "Thanks, but if he keeps this up, I am thinking about breaking up with him."

Prue is somewhat speechless, and wonders at the latest outbreaks of relationships, or the lack thereof.

Phoebe calms down after a few minutes, then she hears a song coming from upstairs. She points upward, and asks, "What's that? Is Piper still depressed?"

Prue nods sadly. "That's the same song she's played for hours on hours. I'm surprised she hasn't ruined that music CD!", chuckles Prue softly, but not altogether into it.

Phoebe looks at Prue sharply in annoyance for the joke. "Sheesh Prue."

Prue looks ashamed, "I'm sorry, but that was a bad joke, I know."

Phoebe nods, and gets up from the plush chair, and sighs. "I will go up and see if she's okay."

Prue nods, "Go for it. She needs a hug. I tried to talk to her before, but... that was a few hours ago. She may be calmed down now."

Phoebe tosses her bookbag onto the floor by the plush chair, and gets a comment from Prue, "Pheebs... Please take your books to your room."

Pheebs sighs, "Okay Okay Prue. I'll see you for dinner." She picks up her bookbag, bulging with books about Psychology, and Metaphysical Studies, then ambles upstairs, to her room, then to check on Piper.

"Piper? It's Pheebs. May I come in?", queries the youngest sister. Piper sighs to herself, and says, "Yeah" Phoebe enters the bedroom, and notices her sister's swollen eyes, and rushes over to Piper and gives her a big hug. "Aw Piper.. I'm so sorry. I am here for you, day or night. I wish I could help..." Piper sniffles and smiles at her younger sister. "Thanks for the hug. I really REALLY miss Leo. I can't believe he's gone on assigment permanantly, elsewhere."

Phoebe hugs Piper tightly, "I know, honey. I wish we could bring him back, but apparently the 'Elders' don't need him to be our WhiteLighter anymore."

Piper whines, "But why?? I mean, we are STILL the Charmed Ones. WE still need guidance. I want LEO back, even if he can't guide us anymore."

Phoebe doesn't know what to say, then gets a sharp headache, "OW!! damned headache!" Piper snaps out of her grief and looks up with concern at her sister. "You get them often? Maybe we should take you to the doctor..?"

Phoebe shakes her head, "No. it comes and goes. No need for a doctor, plus it's gone." She shrugs for a moment, dismissing the headache. Piper smiles and looks at the clock, to see it's around 4 30pm, "Okay. Whoa! Damn. I'm a bit hungry. Maybe we should go make something?"

Phoebe's stomach growls in agreement, while Piper laughs, her troubles forgotten, for a moment. The two sisters come down the stairs, to see Prue still working on her photos. "Hey Prue, um, I'm sorry I was so pissy earlier.", apologized Piper.

Prue smiles, "That's okay. I'm actually glad you are feeling better."

Piper smiles back. She goes into the kitchen to make dinner.

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Two hours later, and after dinnertime.

[ Hey Adam! Wanna go to the movies? I hear there's a new one out, "Dungeons and Dragons." near my place? ], remarks a young man named Megabyte in a American accent, to his friend "Adam."

[ Sure thing, Megabyte. I'll be right over. ], Adam cheerfully replies, his australian accent thickly overlaid.

Phoebe stares at her sisters in shock, "Did you hear that?" A headache hits her so bad, she doubles over in extreme pain. Her sisters rush to her side, "Hear what, Pheebs?", asked Prue and Piper. Piper looks concerned, "Pheebs..Are you sure you're OK? I mean, we should take you to the doctor if this keeps happening...."

Prue looks at Piper questioningly, then at Phoebe, "What? It's happened a few times?"

Phoebe nods weakly at Prue, and feels somewhat nauseous. She sits back and takes a deep breath, and surprisingly the headache passes almost immediately.

Phoebe looks at her sisters with a serious look, "um. I sorta heard 2 people talking. like...inside my head?"

Prue looks shocked, as Piper stares at Phoebe strangely.

Phoebe chuckles, "No I am not going crazy. Maybe a new power? Granted, the only one I have is Pathfinding right now. and now reading minds?"

Prue looks doubtfully at Phoebe, "Well...that COULD be it, but why the headaches? Maybe it's a demon related thing, to make you think you have a new power, but it's clouding your mind?"

Phoebe sighs, "Oh come on, Prue. Not EVERYTHING is related to demons OR warlocks!"

Prue nods with an "Yes I know I know" tone, "Well, I know that, but...it does never hurt to check anyways." Phoebe stands up slowly, still feeling a little dizzy and nods, "Okay. Let's go to the attic."

Piper nods, and leads the other two sisters up to the attic, to search into the "Book of Shadows".

Meanwhile: At the WhiteLighter Council

Leo is facing an assembly of Elder Whitelighters, all in white robes and hoods. One nods to Leo in acknowledgement, while the others seem impatient to get this meeting over with. Leo isn't sure why he's here.

Leo looks angrily at the Council, "Why am I here? Why did I have to tell Piper that they don't need a whitelighter anymore?? At least you could have let me explain!"

A councilmember, Ramis, nods, "Calm down Leo! We have perfectly good reason to call you away. We have an assignment for you, Leo."

"What assignment?", asked Leo in a puzzled tone.

The Head Elder clears his throat, then imparts in a deep voice, "You are to meet a new group of people, and watch over them, to make sure they don't threaten the good of the Charmed Ones."

"What would this be?? Who are they?? How could they undermine the Charmed One's good?", Leo fires a multitude of questions at the Elders, in fear that they might all be undone by these new force of people.

Ramis smiled within his hood, and holds up an hand, "Calm down, Leo. They probably are just another force of good, but there have been developments lately, where one of the Charmed Ones may become the other force, AND be a Charmed One."

Leo is startled, "What KIND of people are they?"

Ramis answers, "They are the next step of human evolution, I have seen them emerge, but they seem to not have the ability to kill, which *could* undermine the Charmed Ones ability to vanquish warlocks and demons, and the dark side. They are called 'The Tomorrow People'. Not much is known about them, other than they have the ability to teleport, telepathy with each other, and possibly other abilities. I need you to watch over the Tomorrow People, and the Charmed Ones, in case they do exhibit signs of undermining good. "

Leo is stunned. "I never realized there were more than just witches, whitelighters, darklighters, warlocks and demons. These people? Are they good people?"

Ramis shakes his head, "That we are not sure about. But... If we arrest the development of one of the Charmed Ones, the world may suffer, for this. Go, Leo, go watch over these young people; Report to us when you have ascertained that the Tomorrow People are indeed good."

Leo wonders, "Where are they?" The Head Elder responded, "They are in South Taphini, an island, with a spaceship there."

Leo nods, and orbed away in a multitude of sparkly blue and white lights.

South Taphini : Near the Spaceship on the Beach

Ami lounges on the beach, enjoying the sun. Her thoughts are interrupted from her reviere by a robust male mental voice, [ Hey Ami! What's up? ]

Ami rolls her eyes as an imploding sound emerged by her, to reveal the form of Megabyte, grinning at Ami. "Hey there, Ami. Such a nice day isn't it?"

Ami smiles and agrees. "Nothing's up, Megabyte. Thankfully!" Megabyte chuckles, and teases Ami about roasting in the sun. Ami scowls playfully, "Oh you!"

Leo orbs into the scene, but invisibly, to watch these people. He speaks quietly to himself, "A new force of good? These are just kids??"

Megabyte gets a chill for no apparent reason as Leo orbs in. "ooh, it's a bit chilly here."

Ami doesn't notice, then switches to telepathy [ Megabyte, do you ...ever feel like you're missing something? I know we've had a lot of action, but things are so quiet, I can't help but think it's the eye of the storm, or something. ]

Megabyte ponders a moment, to look at Ami. [ Missing something? I know it's been quiet but... What do you mean? ], asked Megabyte.

[ Well. We haven't had any new breakouts in the last half year. We used to have at least one breakout per month... I'm just..wondering if we're the last of the Tomorrow People? ], said a somewhat worried Ami, chewing her lip softly.

Megabyte looks pensive, [ Yeah. it has been a WHILE. Don't worry. They will come in droves any time now! ], with a laugh.

Ami chuckles a little, [ Yeah. I know it's rare to break out, to have these abilities, and not know what to do with them, and I'm so thankful actually...for the no kill rule. I can't even contemplate killing. ]

Megabyte nods and squeezes Ami's arm.

Leo follows their thoughts easily, and his heart aches. He thinks to himself, / Wow. They are human, but they have abilities that make them feel alone. I know how they feel. / He then makes a decision to himself, / They are GOOD. But. If one of the Charmed Ones *do* "break out", as they said...what would it mean if they had to vanquish a demon or a warlock? /

He then orbs out back to the Elder's Councilroom.

Leo strides up to the center panel, and says, "I have made my decision."

The Council peers at him within their hoods. The Head Elder motions with his hand, "Go ahead, Leo. Make your report."

Leo nods, and clears his throat. "Yes. I do believe they are a force of good. They are also alone, a small group, and need other people to identify with, as a "Tomorrow Person". I do believe that the 'rule' of no killing *may* cause a Charmed One to lose some of their Power of Three spells, but I believe they are creative enough to get around it. Now, may I ask who is the one that *might* become a Tomorrow Person ? "

Leo is met with a silence that seems deafingly loud. The Head Elder clears his throat, and says, "It will become apparent soon. That is all we can say." Leo starts getting frustrated and fires off, "Well, then I will go to the Charmed Ones!" He then starts to orb away but is interrupted by Ramis, another Elder.

Ramis reaches out and speaks loudly, "No Leo! You can't. It is essential that we must observe what happens. Any interference may undermine the capability of one of the sisters to become a Tomorrow Person."

Leo looks anguished and sighs heavily, but agrees to not interfere.

The Head Elder raps his gavel on the panel, "Dismissed, Leo"

He orbs back to his room, and paces.

Back to the Manor:

After several fruitless hours searching through the Book of Shadows, Piper slumps heavily onto a chair in the attic. "I wish Leo were here. He probably has an idea what's wrong with Phoebe...", declares Piper in a frustrated voice. Phoebe and Prue sigh. Prue slams the book shut. Phoebe shakes her head, "Now what?"

She gets a chill up her spine, and breathes deeply, to let the vision happen. She stiffens, while Piper rushes off her chair to catch Phoebe.

A white flash appears, then a path zooms along with her along the ocean, to an island with a ruined spaceship. She snaps alert and sags into Piper's shoulder.

Prue asks, "What'd you see, Pheebs?"

Phoebe shrugs softly, " I don't ..really know. It's not your usual premonition/path finding thing. I had a path opening to an island in the middle of an Ocean, with...a *spaceship*??", in an incredilous voice. She feels woozy, and walks over to the chair, with Piper's help, then flops down.

Meanwhile, Prue has an idea, regarding Phoebe's vision. "Wait!...Maybe THAT's why you're having a headache...it must be related to that?"

Piper looks at Prue askance, "But...a spaceship??" Prue shrugs her shoulders, "I know it's weird, but Pheeb's visions are never wrong."

Pheebs smiles, "So..all we gotta do is..." A headache strikes her once again, with mind-numbing pain, "OWWWW", screamed Phoebe.

Voices floated in and out of Phoebe's awareness.

[ Hey Ami, how about that dinner? ], replies a male with an australian accent.

[ Adam! I thought I told you, I can't leave my room, I'm grounded for the next week. That includes visitors, Mister! No teleporting in either! ], says an annoyed female, in response to "Adam's" question. The voices fade out of Phoebe's head.

Phoebe feels the headache go away mercifully. "Whoa! it just happened again. I heard 2 different voices, but one was the same?"

Piper gives a concerned look toward her little sister. Prue is certain that this is definetly related to the spaceship that Phoebe saw in her vision.

Piper looks at Prue, "What the hell do we do now?" Prue softly speaks, "We wait. For now."

Meanwhile, a Warlock is planning to take the Charmed Ones' powers, since he has heard that they have different powers than they were supposed to. The Warlock cackles, "My plan is the best one of all! I plan to take the Charmed Ones power by overwhelming the littlest sister, who has no active power! She shall be the easiest one to reach first. But first, I must watch out for Prue's, and Piper's Powers. I shall create a tailsman that will absorb those two sister's powers. " He then goes to work, to plan, and to create the amulet of silver and gold, with a ruby inset.

The sisters wake up the next morning, Piper bright and early, cooking breakfast, while Phoebe groggily ambles into the kitchen. Prue then bounds into the kitchen, in a good mood.

Piper notices Prue's mood, "What are you SO chipper about this morning?" Phoebe blearily looks at Prue, and grumbles, "early bird..." Piper then hurries over to give Phoebe a cup of steaming coffee. Prue doesn't hear Phoebe's comment, but goes ahead and explains, "Oh, I got a call from a guy. His name's Joe. He wants to go out with me!" Piper looks at her startled, "The Joe?? The one you've been raving about the last few days?? the one that you thought didn't notice you at all?" Prue nods, "Yep! that's the one!" Piper beams, "Wow, cool. At least you finally found a guy you like." Prue scowls playfully, and mimes to smack Piper, "Oooh!"

Phoebe groans, and sips her coffee carefully. "Man. I need some aspirin ..lots of it. Didn't sleep well." Prue looks concerned, "Phoebe, Did you have headaches last night?"

Phoebe looks somewhat uncertain, "um, no. Dreams, I guess. maybe nightmares."

Piper sits down by Phoebe, breakfast forgotten, "What do you mean? Not another pathfinding dream?"

Phoebe groans, "I have no idea. But it did have that spaceship in it. Something about a group of people. The rest of it is pretty fuzzy."

Prue sits by Phoebe's other side and hugs her. "It's okay sweetie. We'll figure it all out." Piper nods.

The doorbell rings. "Oops! That's my ride -", exclaimed Piper. Prue nods, "See ya later Piper!" Phoebe waves to her sister, as Piper runs out to the club P3. Phoebe feels somewhat forlorn, and not sure what to do for today. Prue looks at her sister, "Don't worry, little sis. You'll be fine. I am sorry but I have to go to work too. I'll pick you up for lunch?"

Phoebe wanly smiles, "Sure thing, Prue." Prue stands up, to leave for 415 magazine, her recent job that she got hired as a photographer.

"Talk later, Pheebs!", Prue's voice trailed as she walked out the Manor.

Meanwhile in another part of the country:

Kevin paces his room, impatiently. / Where are they? I was hoping to tell them about a dream. /, ponders Kevin. Kevin always felt closer to Megabyte than to the others, and sometimes didn't feel like he fit in. Megabyte usually helped him snap out of that funk.

Megabyte chimes into Kevin's thoughts, [ Here I am! What's up? Sorry I didn't get here sooner. Adam and Ami are at a movie, and I thought they should have some time alone.. if you know what I mean! ], as a imploding flash with static appeared to form the figure of Megabyte.

[ MEGABYTE, I heard THAT! ], spoke the two TPs Adam and Ami.

Megabyte chuckles, [ Sorry. Couldn't resist the jab! ]

Adam's mental voice had a dryness to it, [ Sure sure, Megabyte. Tell us what happens later, okay? ]

Ami sends on a private thought tendril to Kevin, [ It'll be okay. We're here for you. ]

Kevin smiles inwardly, and sends back to Ami, [ Thanks "Sis"! ], which earns a mental laugh from Ami. Megabyte gives them a mental nod, and withdraws from their mental presences. "What's got you down, my buddy?", inquires a curious Megabyte to the solemn youngest TP. Kevin looks uncertain, "I don't know. A dream."

Megabyte considers the implications. [ Another breakout, Kevin? ], mindspeaks Megabyte. Kevin nods solemnly. Megabyte lets out a whoop of joy at the idea of meeting another TP again, but then looks closely at Kevin's face, and his mental tone betrays his own unease. [ What's wrong? What happened in the dream? ], asks Megabyte seriously.

Kevin slowly looks down and away and then back at Megabyte, [ It..was an older woman about early 20s...fighting a big ugly man. She was terrified. She teleported ..] Megabyte ponders, [ What's so weird about this, Kevin? ]

Kevin looks uneasy. [ it..didn't look...human. it looked evil. ], Kevin says in a quiet mental tone, that did nothing to reassure Megabyte. The two sat at the edge of Kevin's bed for a long time, pondering this turn of events.

Back to the Manor:

Phoebe was bored. Just PLAIN bored. There was nothing on TV. There was nothing to do at home. She looks up at the clock, and inwardly cheers. It was almost time to meet Prue for lunch. Then maybe she and Prue could go shopping. She taps her fingers on her knee, and waits for Prue's car to pull in. Five minutes later, Prue's car pulls in, and she honks the horn. Phoebe looks outside the window in the living room, and runs out the door, after grabbing her purse. She slides into the passenger side of Prue's car, and they have a wonderful lunch, and a day of shopping. Prue shakes her head, as Phoebe spends a lot of money on a few dresses. After their shopping trip, Phoebe sways on the sidewalk near a Clothing store named Claris', exhibiting all the signs of a pathfinding episode.

Prue grabs Phoebe to keep her from falling over. Phoebe shakes slightly.

A white flash leads to black and grey surroundings. A path opens up in her mind, back to the manor, to zoom into the grandfather clock, which says 5:07pm. She comes out of the vision and blinks. "Weird."

Prue looks puzzled, "What's weird, Pheebs? What'd you see?" Phoebe takes a moment to catch her breath, "Um... All I saw was the grandfather clock...it said 5:07pm at the Manor. And..that we were in the attic. The rest is blurry, but it makes me uneasy."

Prue says, "What? That's all? Maybe it is just telling us that we have to be at the Manor then." She looks at her watch, which says 4:45pm.

Prue panics, "Whoa! it's 4:45pm. We better hurry." Prue calls Piper at P3, and asks, "Can you come home before 5:07? It's something urgent, I think. That's what Phoebe saw in another vision." Piper nods, "Sure thing. Be right there!" Piper rushes back home, and barely makes it back by 5 minutes. Prue and Phoebe walk in at the same time as Piper. They rush up the stairs to the attic. The time says 5:05pm. They're waiting for something but they don't know what it could be.

Piper looks at Phoebe, "Are you sure about this vision? This seems rather vague." Phoebe shrugs, "I can't control them that way." Prue seems a little annoyed, if not at Phoebe, but at her vague visions in the last few days.

The clock chimes. They look at their watches and notice it's 5:07 now... nothing seems to happen for a suspended moment. A warlock, with a distorted face, glowing green eyes, and fangs, in a green robe materializes in front of the sisters, cackles, "I want your Powers! Die Witches!"

The sisters take a fighting stance. The warlock cackles as Prue tried to unleash her power of electricity. The electrical sphere seems to be absorbed into the Warlock's amulet. The Warlock laughs, "Now YOU die.", and unleashes a glowing green sphere directly at Prue to knock her against the wall, unconcious. Piper frantically throws up her hands, trying to erect a forcefield around the Warlock. The warlock laughs at Piper, his eyes glowing green, and places the amulet onto Piper's forcefield around him, to absorb Piper's power. Piper frantically tried to erect another force field, but to no avail. She screams for a moment, as the Warlock unleashes another green sphere at Piper, throwing her against the wall near Prue, rendering her unconcious. "Now that I have their powers, Yours is next, little witch!"

Phoebe is stunned, and then quickly tries to kickbox the Warlock into unconciousness, but something inside her snaps, a headache ripping through her skull, and is incapable of completing what she tried to do. She cringed, and scrambled back to her sisters, and the Warlock advanced onto her, grinning menancingly. She keeps thinking, / [ I WANT TO GET AWAY AND MY SISTERS OUT OF HERE! ] / She starts glowing electric, around her form, and implodes into a flash, along with her sisters.

WHOOSH. She and her sisters materialize in midair. PLOP. She and her sisters plummet into the Ocean. Phoebe screams with voice and mind, "[ HELP US! We're drowning! ]" A young man came running out onto the beach, and spies the three women drowning, then dives into the water, to drag them out. / One breakout, or three? This is gonna be interesting /, thinks the young man to himself. He mindcalls to his friends, [ We got more TPs! Help me! One's somewhat concious, the other 2 are out cold. ] There is a loud splash as Ami teleported into the Ocean, and helps the sisters to shore. Phoebe blinks and shakes her head. Phoebe looks at the young man, "You must be - Kevin!" Kevin smiles at her, "And You must be Phoebe Halliwell. Pleased to meet you." A tall, lanky female with eyes that seemed to radiate warmth, walked up to Phoebe and Kevin, her clothes dripping from the rescue. Another young man appears with another static implosion.

[ Is everyone alright?? ], asks a lanky tall male with long brown hair in a ponytail.

Phoebe's thoughts are in a turmoil, / [ How did I know his name? ] /

Adam smiles and looks at her, [ Do not be afraid. You are safe here. What is wrong with these two? I'm - ]

Phoebe automatically answers, [ Adam. Adam Newman. So that *WAS* you I heard a few days ago. So. This is telepathy, then? ] In a rush, she remembers her sisters. To no one in particular, [ OH! Can you help my sisters? I don't have any healing powers. ], she points to Prue and Piper. They are out cold, but breathing somewhat normally, with bad burns on their chests.

Adam chuckled mentally, [ Yes, I can help. Apparently, You aren't a stranger to psychic abilities. Let me attend to your sisters, as Kevin explains to you what we are. ]

Adam places his hands on Prue and Piper's chest, and his hands glow with a yellow color softly, and the two sisters moan, blinking their eyes at the glaring sun, "Where the hell are we?", states Prue. Piper moans, "Oh my head hurts..but it's feeling better now."

While Adam is helping Prue and Piper, Kevin shyly smiles at Phoebe. Kevin explains the history of the Tomorrow People. How they are a step ahead in evolution beyond most humans, and their basic powers.

Phoebe is stunned, "Teleportation? I had heard of blinking, but...how is this different?"

Kevin smiles and looks quizzical, "What's Blinking? I'll show you our way. Let me show you." He vanishes in an static implosion, with a white flash. He reappears 2 feet to the left. Phoebe is amazed, "Wow. that was so cool." Kevin nods, [ Try speaking more in your mind, and we need to teach you shields, and how to teleport. ]

Megabyte appears in a white flash, looks around, "Wow. 3 lovely beauties!"

Prue gives Megabyte a murderous yet annoyed glance, "3 beauties who may just thrash you. What happened? Where are we?"

Megabyte giggles, and hides behind Ami, who had just appeared as well. [ How Fiesty she is! ], was Megabyte's idle thought, and Phoebe picks it up, "HEY! That's my sister. I don't blame her. I mean, we *ARE* in the middle of nowhere.", with her hands on her hips, and a scowl.

Phoebe looks around, and takes in the surroundings. She is startled. "Prue, Piper!! I recognize this place!"

Piper looks at Phoebe woozily, and says, "Say what? Where ARE we anyways?"

Prue blinks and notices a spaceship a short distance away. Prue exclaims, "Whoa. Apparently Phoebe's vision was indeed a vision..."

Kevin steps up to the sisters, and helps them up, "You say, a vision?" Phoebe nods, "Yeah.. um, we also have a secret of our own. We're the Charmed Ones."

Megabyte is stunned, "Say what? What the heck is that??"

Ami, Kevin, and Adam look at Phoebe quizzically, then at Prue and Phoebe.

Phoebe doesn't know how to start. Prue starts in, "We're...witches. To save the innocent of the world, and fight the darkness. We have different powers." Adam has an insight, "You mean, you're almost like us, with powers, but you do magick too?" Phoebe thinks about it, and agrees.

Prue and Piper look at Phoebe. They ask, "So, who are THEY?"

Phoebe smiles, "The next step in human evolution. The Tomorrow People. They have psychic powers, including teleportation - "

Piper interrupts, "Like Blinking, but what that young man just did? Man, that looks different. Go ahead, Pheebs."

Phoebe continues, "telepathy among each other, and apparently one or two extra 'abilities'. OH, I forgot one thing...it's somewhat bothering me, since our last warlock. It is the unability to kill. I'm umm apparently a Tomorrow Person. That's why I had all those headaches."

Prue stammers, "Say what?" Piper joins in, "But how the hell can you kill or defend yourself if you're gonna be a TP and a Charmed One?"

Adam interrupts politely, "So, How does this differ, being a Charmed One and a Tomorrow Person?"

Prue gives Adam a pointed look, "Look here. the Charmed Ones have to 'vanquish' forms of darkness. Meaning send them BACK to hell, like 'killing' them..."

Ami's hand flew up to her mouth in a silent "O". Prue sees her expression, "Exactly. How will she function as a "Charmed One" if she can't vanquish a warlock?"

Kevin pipes up, "Um, is that warlock what I saw attacking you in my dreams? all evil, disfigured, glowing green eyes?" Piper nods. Phoebe nods, "I was so scared when my sisters got knocked unconcious. I didn't know what to do. I tried to kickbox him, but something inside me snapped and said "NO!" and on top of that, a headache cropped up, disabling the means to attack. Then I rushed over to Prue and Piper, and tried to get away...and here I am."

Prue puts her arm around Phoebe and hugs her, "I'm sorry that I thought this new ability was demon related. This is definetly different. Just one question. How do we get home?"

Megabyte smiles, "Simple. Have Phoebe master her teleportation here, since she can't get back unless she's strong enough to teleport to override the beacon."

Piper wonders, "Beacon?" Prue looks at Megabyte, puzzled as well.

Ami starts to explain. "A beacon from the spaceship is always on, to bring new Tomorrow People out here, to let them learn their abilities, if and when they do break out. Unfortunately it's a wee bit off target.", laughs Ami.

[ Kevin, why don't you teach Phoebe how to teleport. You're the best teacher of us all at the moment. The rest of us can probably teleport them back, if they want to go back immediately. ], asks Adam.

Kevin nods at Adam. Piper looks at the exchange and goes, "Ooh. don't do that in front of us. We can't hear you." Adam smiles, "Sorry. It's been a strange day for all of us. Why don't you two sit down here, and explain what you do, and where you're from. Kevin is going to teach Phoebe how to control her abilities." The two sisters agree, and Adam lays out a blanket for them to sit on. "So, where ARE we?", asks Piper. Adam smiles, "Oh you are, umm, somewhere in the Ocean, on South Taphini. It's very isolated, and very ideal for us, so our abilities aren't misused or exploited."

Prue and Piper begin to explain what a Charmed One entails, their family history, and the apparent 'goof' when Phoebe incanted that beginning spell to unbind their powers. Prue seems to trust Adam implicitly, and so does Piper. They feel at ease with this lanky Australian who chats easily with them. "Prue, would you mind demonstrating your power?", asks Megabyte, who has never seen one with electrokinesis. Prue nods, and aims at a tree, and tries to unleash her ability, but to no avail. It's like it disappeared. Her hands remain unelectrified. Prue looks at her hands in shock, "What the hell? Where is my power?" Ami looks concerned, "maybe you are just stunned, and can't do it right now? Sometimes I get tired or paralyzed with shock I can't use my powers." Prue looks at Piper, "You try yours." Piper nods, "Okay, sis. Here goes."

She waves her hands and tries to create a force field. With no success. She looks mad, "What the hell? Wait - I do remember the amulet glowing when you threw your electrosphere thingies at him, and it somehow seems like it got absorbed... and mine as well, I think. Damn!"

Prue looks at Piper decisively, "We have to get that amulet back. At least Phoebe got out before she was affected I think. But how? We're SO far from home. I think we have no choice but to wait for Phoebe." Piper sighs. "Although. It'd be nice to have Leo here."

Megabyte looks at Piper, "Who's Leo?" Piper sighs and looks crestfallen, "He *was* our Whitelighter." Seeing the TP's blank glances, she explains, "A guardian for witches, mainly." Adam, Ami, Megabyte nod in understanding, "Oh Okay." Piper sighs, "I don't really want to go into that right now, but nevertheless I want him back."

Adam looks at Piper, thinking, / By her tone, she seems to be lovelost. a soul mate to Leo? /

His thoughts are echoed unconciously with the other Tomorrow People. Kevin is inside the Ship, teaching Phoebe how to talk with her mind, and shielding lessons, and teleportation.

Kevin smiles at Phoebe, [ GOOD. Now try again. ], in response to feeling her mental shields tighten against any mental intrusion. She let out a breath, and retried, thinning her barriers, and then rebuilding them.

Kevin looked at her admiringly, [ Wow. you're a natural. Are you sure you haven't had psychic experience before? ]

Phoebe answers with a mind chuckle, [ Well, I do have another ability before I 'broke out'. It seemed to be part precognition, and part path finding.. ] Kevin is curious, [ Path finding? What is that? That's something I've never heard of. ]

Phoebe runs her hand through her hair, getting the straggles of hair out of her eyes. [ Well. It's um, like a path is made known to me, to a particular 'goal', or to the premonition that I need to 'change'. ]

Kevin, surprised, says, [ Wow. that sounds more useful than my own precognition. I usually have dreams about new TP's. Like you...], with a somewhat wistful mental tone that Phoebe couldn't quite identify. Phoebe looks at him with a curious look.

Kevin blushes slightly. He turns his mind to other things, like teaching her teleportation. [ Ok. Now try visualizing.... ]

Meanwhile back at the Manor:

The warlock is stunned at Phoebe's disappearance, then becomes furious! "How could they escape my grasp?? At least I have 2 powers, but her power seems to have just expanded. I need her power, since I only have 2 of the 3. I need the entirety of the Charmed Ones' Powers. Where did they go? I must return to my lair, and scry for her, if possible.", states the Warlock, holding a reddish glowing amulet that contained 2 of the witches' powers.

He then blinks back to his lair. He tries to scry for Phoebe in a basin of water, but somehow she is blocked from his view. He snarls. He mulls for a while. "I will wait till they are back at the Manor, then I will strike! Then the Charmed Ones will be dead, once and for ALL!"

Back at South Taphini :

The two sisters giggle as the 5th time a drowned sister keeps teleporting into the ocean. She starts walking out, "Damn it. I should be able to learn by now.", mutters a wet and drowned rat of a sister, Phoebe. Piper giggles and says, "That's okay. You can do it Pheebs!" Phoebe strongly thinks to herself, / Sheesh. I could do it but ... what's stopping me? Maybe this rule of no killing? / Prue snaps her head at Pheebs, as she walks by. She wonders to herself, / did I hear that?? Did I hear Phoebe's thoughts? naww. it must have just been her expressions. / Prue says, "Go for it, Pheebs. You can do it!" Phoebe smiles brightly, "Thanks, sis." She then amazes them all, and teleports inside the ship without any problems. She vanishes in a static implosion inside the ship back outside nearby her sisters, amazing them. "You did it, Pheebs!", exclaim Prue and Piper.

Pheebs smiles. "Now we can go home." Adam smiles up at Phoebe, [ Please come back soon. ] Megabyte chuckles, [ This is sooo sweet, Kevin. You liiiiike her! ] Ami punches Megabyte on the shoulder, and gives him a sharp look.

Kevin blushes, [ STOP That Megabyte! ], then says, "That was great, Phoebe. We're here for you if you want to hang out as well." Phoebe smiles softly, catching Megabyte's drift, then feels somewhat saddened, but keeps it behind tight shields. Ami, Adam, and Megabyte wish Phoebe well on her way home.

Prue looks at Phoebe, and Piper. They all look at each other. Phoebe nods, "I'm ready." They all take hands. Phoebe concentrates on the image of the Manor, their figures becoming like electric static, and imploding, into thin air.

Adam sighs, "I hope they figure a way to their dilemma.", and looks into the vacant air. Ami leans on Adam's shoulder and silently agrees. Kevin ponders the way things have gone. Megabyte is oddly silent as well.

Back at the Manor again:

Three figures form from electric implosions and a white flash, to reveal the three sisters safely back in the attic. Piper lets go of Prue and Phoebe's hands, utters, "Whoa. that was definetly different." Prue nods and chuckles. Phoebe smiles, looks around. "Where did he go?" Prue thinks, "He probably was as shocked as you were when we all teleported out there. He probably will be back, but I don't know how we can defeat him without our powers."

Phoebe sighs, "Let's look in the BOS. There's probably a chapter on him somewhere." The three sisters then look through the BOS for 30 minutes.

Piper says, "AH! there he is."

'A warlock of Green Fire'

This is a warlock that can throw 'green fire' which is worse than a fireball, and can do magick that absorbs other magicks/powers.

Piper interrupts, "That must be how he absorbed our powers. The Amulet." Prue and Phoebe nod, and continue reading.

To vanquish this warlock, one must overcome their dependant need on their powers. To destroy an amulet they may have created, hammer it with a blast.

Two spells to vanquish the warlock plus the amulet.

 "Begone, thou warlock of magick
  dark and foul absorbing, I thee rid,
  To the hells of fire, I throw thee,
  So the Charmed Ones say!"

 "Our powers return from,
  thy object we destroy!
  This amulet, we return,
  to the depths of hell,
  The Charmed Ones beseech!"

Phoebe mutters, "Damn." The two sisters look at her. Prue prods Phoebe, "Yes? What is it?"

Phoebe sighs, "That spell to get rid of a warlock. I can't cast it. It goes against my..."

Prue groans, "Damn. So how do we do this?"

Piper thinks for a moment. "We could probably change it to this."

 "Be gone, thou warlock of magick,
  foul and absorbing, We thee rid,
  To the hells of fire, We damn thee,
  We, Two Sisters, The Charmed Ones declare!"

Phoebe looks at the modified spell. "Wow. That's a good modification. It's worth a try. From what Kevin somewhat told me...I can do self defense stuff."

Prue comes up with a plan. "Phoebe, you teleport behind him when he appears, and push him so he drops his guard, maybe grab his amulet. We'll cast the spell, and regain our powers." Phoebe is amazed at the great plan, "Great! Let's wait till he comes back."

Moments not too soon, the warlock becomes aware that the sisters are back in the Manor. He chuckles evilly, and blinks to the attic. The sisters stand in a fighting stance again, but Phoebe teleports quickly behind the warlock, grabs the amulet, and pushes him, before he can react.

Phoebe cries out, "Do the Spell!"

Piper and Prue start chanting:

 "Be gone, thou warlock of magick,
  foul and absorbing, We, thee, rid,
  To the hells of fire, We damn thee,
  We, Two sisters, The Charmed Ones declare!"

The Warlock laughs menacingly. "You cannot get rid of me without a Power of Three - " He then screams in agony, while a black wind swirled around him, and flames spouts up his body, to eradicate the warlock forever. His screams echo for a few moments, "NOOOOOOOOOO!"

Piper exhales sharply, "whew. I was hoping THAT would work. Phoebe, you were such a big help! Thanks!" Prue chuckles, "I wasn't sure if it'd work either. But it seems like we have a similiar 'roundabout' way of taking Phoebe's place if she cannot do a spell like this. "

Phoebe smiles cheerily, then sobers. "We do....need to get rid of this amulet too." Prue takes the amulet from Phoebe and puts it down on the ground. Piper watches as Phoebe has the uncontrollable urge to pound the amulet, and is amazed that she has. Sparkly white lights swirl around the amulet for a moment. Prue says, "QUICK. Let's do the second spell." The other two nod, and begin chanting along with Prue:

 "Our powers return from,
  thy object we destroy!
  This amulet, we return,
  to the depths of hell,
  The Charmed Ones beseech!"

The sparkly white lights speed to the proper sisters, and the powers are returned to Piper and Prue. They exhale softly, as a tingle runs up their back. Prue smiles, "I guess we have our powers back. Thanks Pheebs!" Piper grins, "Yeah, Thanks Pheebs!"

Phoebe blushes and disclaims no major part in this last part. Prue ponders, for a moment. "Hey... How did you smash that amulet anyways?"

Phoebe takes stock in that question, and thinks back to what Kevin said, / and you usually 'get' another power, along with teleportation, and telepathy. /, which echoes in her mind from her earlier lesson. Phoebe smiles. Piper looks at her askance, "What is it, Pheebs?"

Phoebe chuckles, "Oh. I just discovered another power of mine. Telekinesis." She then smiles, and has a vase float to her, from the bookshelf nearby. "See?" Prue and Piper smile, somewhat amazed, but in awe. Piper says, "That IS so cool, Pheebs."

Meanwhile, The Elders are watching over the three sisters. They are satisfied with what they see. Ramis comments, "So, Phoebe will need to figure out where the line is drawn in her new 'no killing' mindset. And she will definetly figure it out sooner or later. They are still very creative, no doubt, which is why they are the Charmed Ones." Ramis summons Leo to the Council Room. Ramis smiles, "Leo. You are permanantly reassigned to the Charmed Ones again, even if it's just to help Phoebe mainly, with her dilemma of killing." Leo nods, and broadly smiles. He then orbs to the Manor's front door, and knocks.

The three sisters hear the front door, and run downstairs to see who it is. Piper goes forth to open the door, and exclaims, "LEO!!!!", and hugs him so tightly. "Leo, I've missed you SOO Much! Where HAVE you been!?! There's been a LOT of changes lately." Leo says, "I know." Prue and Phoebe stand back watching the reunion with a small smile on each of their faces. Piper looks into Leo's eyes, and looks suspicious. "You know?"

Leo sighs, "I really really wanted to help, but they forbade me to interfere. I was ordered to report on those "Tomorrow People", and see if they were a good force that was compatiable with being a Charmed One. "

Phoebe starts slightly, "What? They..", points upward, "..knew about it?!?" Leo nods, "But I couldn't interfere, because the Elders said that If I had said anything to you guys, that it might have interfered with Phoebe's breakout. She might have died. That's all I know about them at this point. Apparently some who break out, could die, if they get 'held' back in their progress of breakouts. I'm sorry I couldn't help or say anything, Piper. They had called me before I could leave a note or something to actually say exactly why they reassigned me." Piper sighs softly, "That's Okay, Leo. We know they operate on less than stellar rules sometimes, but hey..at least you're back!" Piper smiles and kisses Leo soundly, while Prue and Phoebe excuse themselves to the lounge.

Leo breaks off the kiss, and leads Piper by the arm to the lounge. He looks at Phoebe, "I'm mainly here to guide all of you now, but especially Phoebe, to figure out what this new 'no killing' mindset means, and how to handle this mindset, whether it only applies to warlocks, or demons, or any darkness-type thing you encounter in the future."

Phoebe goes quiet, when a mental voice interrupts, [ Hey Phoebe. You made it home safe, then? ] She unfocuses her eyes, and sends back a reply, [ Yeah Kevin, I made it. The Warlock's gone, and our sister's powers are back. ]

Kevin is jubiliant, [ GREAT! I'll talk to you later. It 'feels' like you're busy. ] Leo waves her hand in front of Phoebe's eyes, "Hey Phoebe..what are you doing?"

Phoebe chuckles mentally, [ Yeah. Our whitelighter is back, plus he's here to help me figure out where this no killing thing draws the line and how to go around it, such as spells that involve three of us vanquishing something....]

Kevin grows somewhat quiet, [Ah. I see. Well. I'll be in touch.] Kevin breaks off the mental tendril, and thinks to himself, / That girl is going to be in for a rough time, I think... /

Phoebe finally hears Leo speak, "Oh um what? Yes. I was sorta chatting with Kevin."

Leo queries, "Kevin?"

Pheebs smiles, "Another Tomorrow Person. he taught me how to teleport and telepath."

Leo nods, "Ah. Okay."

Leo continues, "Anyways, I think we can work with these people. They seem like they're capable of being a great force of good, along with the Charmed Ones."

Prue chuckles, "Yeah Leo. I think so." Piper smiles. "Ami was pretty nice." Phoebe laughs and thinks, [ It's gonna be a WIIIIIIIILD ride from now on! ]

The other TPs pick up her mental comment and chuckle.

Megabyte shoots off a parting comment, [Way to go, girl! I know it's gonna be SO much fun!]

Phoebe laughs at Megabyte's comment. The other girls look strangely at her. She then shrugs, smiling.

And so ends this adventure, for now.

[fin]