Charmed Again: Season 3 (Charmed Fanfic) Master-List
Warnings: I don’t own the rights to any of the characters from the hit TV show “Charmed” or the storylines related to the show those rights belong to original creator Constance M Burge.
15+ Moderate/Graphic Displays of Violence, Sexual Innuendos, Witchcraft and Potentially Triggering Scenes.
Pairings: Paul Halliwell/Raven Turner, Pan Halliwell/Lacey Morgan, Drake Black/Cole Turner, Drake Black/Jason Quinn, Drake Black/Dermot McQueen, Phoebe Halliwell/Cole Turner,
In the third season of my fan-fiction series Charmed Again Paul Halliwell finds himself a potential new love interest, Pan Halliwell prepares to marry her white lighter Lacey Morgan and Drake Black adjusts to newfound fatherhood with the help of his new best friend Cole Turner as the third season promises to deliver shocks like never before!
Episodes and Links:
Episode 1 - Charmed by Cole (6,278 words)
Episode 2 - Better The Devil You Know (5,845 words)
Episode 3 - Witches of Egypt (5,874 words)
Episode 4 - The People Versus Raven Turner (5,740 words)
Episode 5 - The Charmed Bride: A Charmed Valentines Special (6,181 words)
Episode 6 - The Death of The Charmed Ones: International Fanworks Day Special (4,285 words)
Charmed Again (Charmed Fanfic) Season 1 Master List
Warnings: I don’t own the rights to any of the characters from the hit TV show “Charmed” or the storylines related to the show those rights belong to original creator Constance M Burge.
15+ Moderate/Graphic Displays of Violence, Sexual Innuendos, Witchcraft and Potentially Triggering Scenes.
Pairings: Paul Halliwell/The Source, Pan Halliwell/The Source, Pan Halliwell/Lacey Morgan, Drake Black/Jason Quinn, Drake Black/Jake Morgan, Drake Black/Cindy, Drake Black/Ash Anderson,
“Charmed” fan fiction based spin-off series that follows the lives of original charmed one Piper Halliwell and her husband former white lighter Leo Wyatt’s grandchildren Paul and Pan Halliwell as Paul is reunited with the son he gave up for adoption Drake Black in order for the three of them to become the second generation of The Charmed Ones.
Episodes and Links:
Episode 1 - Charmed Reborn: Part 1 (4,315 words)
Episode 2 - Charmed Reborn: Part 2 (3,670 words)
Episode 3 - Dancing with Demons: Part 1 (5,586 words)
Episode 4 - Dancing with Demons: Part 2 (3,711 words)
Charmed Again (Charmed Fanfic) Complete Master-list
Warnings: I don’t own the rights to any of the characters from the hit TV show “Charmed” or the storylines related to the show those rights belong to original creator Constance M Burge.
15+ Moderate/Graphic Displays of Violence, Sexual Innuendos, Witchcraft and Potentially Triggering Scenes.
Pairings: Paul Halliwell/The Source of all Evil, Paul Halliwell/Raven Turner, Pan Halliwell/The Source of all Evil, Pan Halliwell/Lacey Morgan, Drake Black/Jason Quinn, Drake Black/Ash Anderson, Drake Black/Cindy, Drake Black/Dermot McQueen, Drake Black/Cole Turner, Phoebe Halliwell/Cole Turner, Piper Halliwell/Leo Wyatt.
Summary:
"Charmed" fan-fiction series following Piper Halliwell's grandchildren Paul and Pan Halliwell as they become the second generation of charmed ones following Paul finding his long-lost son and third charmed one Drake Black.
Seasons, Episodes and Links Below.
Season One:
Episode 1 - Charmed Reborn: Part One (4,315 words)
Episode 2 - Charmed Reborn: Part Two (3,670 words)
Episode 3 - Dancing with Demons: Part One (5,586 words)
Episode 4 - Dancing with Demons: Part Two (3,711 words)
Episode 5 - Fear Forever: Part One (4,381 words)
Episode 6 - Fear Forever: Part Two (3,247 words)
Episode 7 - Mother Knows Best (6,047 words)
Episode 8 - Stripped: Part One (4,027 words)
Episode 9 - Stripped: Part Two (3,328 words)
Episode 10 - Into The Darkness (5,204 words)
Episode 1 - Back to Black: Part One (4,059 words)
Episode 2 - Back to Black: Part Two (2,019 words)
Episode 3 - Sweet Dreams Aren’t Made of These (5,639 words)
Episode 4 - Demonic Family Values (5,173 words)
Episode 5 - A Charmed Songbook (2,201 words)
Episode 6 - Coronation: Part One (4,087 words)
Episode 7 - Coronation: Part Two (3,446 words)
Episode 8 - Restless Spirits (5,251 words)
Episode 1 - Charmed by Cole (6,278 words)
Episode 2 - Better The Devil You Know (5,845 words)
Episode 3 - Witches of Egypt (5,874 words)
Episode 4 - The People Versus Raven Turner (5,740 words)
Episode 5 - The Charmed Bride: A Charmed Valentine’s Day Special (6,181 words)
Episode 6 - The Death of The Charmed Ones: International Fanworks Day Special (4,285 words)
Charmed Again (Charmed Fanfic) Complete Seasons 1 and 2
“Charmed” fan fiction based spin-off series that follows the lives of original charmed one Piper Halliwell and her husband former white lighter Leo Wyatt’s grandchildren Paul and Pan Halliwell as Paul is reunited with the son he gave up for adoption Drake Black in order for the three of them to become the second generation of The Charmed Ones.
Season 1 (Episodes and Links):
Episode 1 - Charmed Reborn: Part 1 (4,315 words)
Episode 2 - Charmed Reborn: Part 2 (3,670 words)
Episode 3 - Dancing with Demons: Part 1 (5,586 words)
Episode 4 - Dancing with Demons: Part 2 (3,711 words)
Episode 5 - Fear Forever: Part 1 (4,381 words)
Episode 6 - Fear Forever: Part 2 (3,247 words)
Episode 7 - Mother Knows Best (6,047 words)
Episode 8 - Stripped: Part 1 (4,027 words)
Episode 9 - Stripped: Part 2 (3,328 words)
Episode 10 - Into The Darkness (5,204 words)
Season 2 (Episodes and Links):
Episode 1 - Back to Black: Part 1 (4,509 words)
Episode 2 - Back to Black: Part 2 (2,019 words)
Episode 3 - Sweet Dreams Aren’t Made Of These (5,639 words)
Warnings: I don’t own the rights to any of the characters from the hit TV show “Charmed” or the storylines related to the show those rights belong to original creator Constance M Burge.
15+ Moderate/Graphic Displays of Violence, Sexual Innuendos, Witchcraft and Potentially Triggering Scenes.
Returning home to find his murdered father and aunt in the foyer of the Halliwell Manor would’ve been more than traumatic for anyone never mind someone who had already witnessed the death of his adoptive parents and his birth mother and things were made worse when Drake was arrested by the police wrongly charged with the murder of Paul and Pan Halliwell luckily his daughter Lilah never witnessed any of this and was currently with her mother Cindy the only comforting factor in a terrible situation that had well and truly left Drake feeling broken.
Through the worst times of his life Drake Black always had one person by his side his best friend Lacey Morgan-Halliwell but after killing her wife and brother in law’s assassin she had been kind of lacking when it came to communication leaving Drake alone behind bars with no word on getting out as he began to believe he was going to spend the rest of his life in a maximum security prison for a crime he never committed fearing he’d never see his daughter again.
Drake sat within the courtyard of the maximum-security prison he found himself imprisoned by as he sat on the cold ground with his legs crossed and eyes closed attempting to meditate and picture himself anywhere but there without accidentally blinking there at the same time.
Sure Drake had the power to leave at any moment but he knew if he did that would raise far too many questions leaving him with no choice but to stay put and hope the elders would find a magical solution to make all this go away knowing that even if he got out of his prison there’d be no way of bringing back his father or aunt no matter how much he wished they weren’t gone.
“Yeah I wouldn’t do that if I were you this is my first bit of peace since I got dumped in this hell hole and if you try disturbing it you will deeply regret it.” Drake warned Joey Kane and his prison gang as he opened his eyes to see them approaching.
“I don’t know what your doing here but move it along to somewhere else.” Joey told the Halliwell hybrid as Drake stood up to face Jake and his friends.
“Yeah I don’t take answers from anybody let alone some thug who needs a pose to bark orders at everybody.” Drake snapped at him.
“You’ve got an awful big mouth, but I doubt you’re half as dangerous as they say.” Joey said while pulling a makeshift shiv out of his pocket.
Joey charged at Drake with his makeshift shiv in his hand only for Drake to quickly kick it out of his hands before kicking Joey to the ground as Drake proceeding in fighting with Joey’s prison gang leading to Drake flooring each one of them with ease proving he was more than able to take them all without any weapons other than himself.
“Next time you’ll know better than to interrupt a guy while meditating.” Drake scoffed at him before hearing his own named shouted from across the courtyard as prison guarder Salter marched over the courtyard in his direction and whacked Drake across the face with his baton making Drake fall to the ground.
“You just can’t help yourself, can you?” Salter shouted at Drake. “One way or another I’ll make you follow the rules!”
Drake had found himself pulled into the prison warden Echo Jinx’s office within the maximum-security prison he had found himself residing in following his little showdown in the courtyard as he sat handcuffed in front of the warden who was sat behind her desk looking at him with her usual judgmental look on her face.
“So, you’ve found yourself in trouble again Mr Black it’s beginning to be something of a regular occurrence for you.” She said to him.
“Hey, I was just minding my own business taking up some good old-fashioned meditation and then those degenerates came and started I fight so I had no choice but to put them in their place.” Drake replied. “Did I mention that they had a shiv? Not my fault Salter only seems to jump in when it’s time to get handsy with me I’m pretty sure he’s got it bad for me.”
“I will look into filing an official complaint about prison guard Salter’s mistreatment of prisoners even though some of you clearly deserve a bit of tough love from time to time.” Echo informed him.
“Thanks, but no thanks Jinx I’d rather just take care of things myself whether or not it leads me back here.” Drake said making it clear he didn’t want her assistance.
“With more violent behavior no doubt.” Echo snapped. “Has your life always been violent Mr Black?”
Drake wanted to answer yes or at least reveal he had lived a violent life for quite some time now ever since his adoptive parents died in a fire he accidentally caused.
Since then he had vanquished several demons including his own grandfather and his daughter’s aunt and watched his own mother die before his very eyes and that was all before discovering his father and aunt dead in their family home.
To say Drake Black’s life had been a violent one would truly be an understatement.
“It’s hardly been the best life that’s for sure.” Drake answered her.
“I can help you…” Echo began to say.
“If you’re going to help anyone it should be Julian Parker.” Drake interrupted the warden. “He’s a big-time drug lord whose business hasn’t exactly stopped while in here and if you don’t put a stop to it, I’ll have to take matters into my own hands.”
“You do realize you shouldn’t be making threats in the prison warden’s office, right?” She asked him.
“Tick tock goes the clock. Time speed forward so I can be back in my block.” Drake quickly chanting making the nearby clock on the wall’s mechanics inside begin spinning around.
Drake found himself showering within the seemingly empty prison showers when he heard a door slam loudly making him switch off his shower and wrap his towel around his waste as he investigates the prison bathroom only to be left shocked to find Jake stood waiting for him wearing nothing but a towel himself.
“I take it you can just freely roam whenever you feel like it as long as you pay the guards enough.” Drake said to his prison nemesis. “I can’t decide whether it’s brave or stupid of you to come here alone after how I easily I just took you and your friends on earlier.”
“Let’s say I’m a bit of both,” Joey said seductively as he dropped his own towel and walked towards Drake before pulling Drake’s towel off him and kissing Drake on the lips.
Drake and Joey shared a smile between each other before Joey roughly pushed Drake up against a nearby wall as the two prisoners began passionately kissing each other before Joey turned Drake around to face the wall as he pushed himself up against Drake and began passionately kissing the Halliwell hybrid’s neck.
“They really don’t joke when they say prison food tastes like hell actually if I’m honest hell tastes better.” Drake joked as he sat in the canteen area within the prison while he ate what was considered his dinner, attempting to cheer up his friend Toby who was sat opposite him his body shaking and sweating from withdrawal symptoms.
“Tell me about it, Julian got busted and now I’ve got nowhere of getting anything, Drake please you got to help me!” Toby pleaded with his cellmate.
“Julian got busted wow what a shame wonder who tipped them?” Drake replied with a knowing smirk. “Toby it’s time we get you clean once and for all you got a wife and kid outside you need to be clean before returning to them or else you’ll only wind up back in here again and they won’t wait for you a second time around. Trust me when you have family you’ve got to try everything to keep them.”
“Your right man I know your right but I’m not sure I’m strong enough to go through this again.” Toby admitted to him.
“Luckily for you I have a little remedy that’ll kick the withdrawal symptoms ass and help you stay off the drugs for good.” Drake revealed. “It’ll be thanks enough not to put up with your addicted ass so don’t worry about owing me anything I don’t play those prison games.”
Toby smiled at Drake silently thanking him for his help as Drake noticed Jake and his prison crew walk over to their table before sitting down at their table with Jake sitting right next to Drake leaving Drake unsure of whether he was about to be stabbed or asked to join their group, not particularly wanting either to be true.
“I sure hope you’re not here for another beat-down because if so, I intend on making your injuries that much more fatal.” Drake warned them all while looking straight at Joey.
“We’re not here to start anything with you we learned the hard way so to speak not to mess with you Drake Black.” Joey replied with a grin on his face. “I suppose we should’ve known any guy who killed their own father and aunt in cold blood shouldn’t be messed with.”
“I’m innocent although I’m starting to wonder if the people who need to know that actually know it or not.” Drake stated, disgusted by the accusation of which he had found himself in jail for.
“Either way we’ll offering our friendship towards you whether you’re in here for a few weeks, months or the long haul we want to be your friends.” Joey told the Halliwell hybrid.
“Yeah I’ve not really bothered with many friendships since high school and she’s dead now so that doesn’t exactly bode well for any new friends.” Drake answered Joey.
“You’re a funny guy Drake,” Jake laughed. “How about you scratch our backs and we’ll scratch yours.”
“Okay then,” Drake replied, clearly finding some use for his new friends. “Let’s start this whole scratching thing now I need to get my hand on some items, and I don’t want to be asked why I need these items.”
“Consider it done friend.” Joey said with a sinister smirk.
The next day Drake forced Toby into joining him for his second attempt at meditation as they sat within the middle of the courtyard grounds legs crossed, eyes closed and meditating while noticing nothing butter utter silence a silence Drake knew was because of his new friendship with Joey Kane.
“My wife swears by meditation she’s going to be shocked when she hears somebody convinced me to meditate with them.” Toby said to Drake breaking their silence.
“Part of meditating is the silence,” Drake joked. “Trust me it’s not my sort of thing normally but if I stop trying to hold myself together and stay in each moment as they come then I’m afraid I’ll fall apart.”
“Well now your top dog around here you’ll get all the time in the world to meditate as you please.” Toby replied while opening his eyes.
“I had several dreams about being top dog in prison and I’ve got to say I prefer the dream world’s version to this reality.” Drake admitted as he opened his eyes to see Joey walking over to them both. “Well there goes the silence.”
“I got everything you asked for.” Joey declared before dropping a key onto Drake’s lap. “After lock-down meet me in the basement for the exchange.”
“I guess I’ll see you after lock-down then.” Drake responded with a smile before Joey quickly walked away from him and Toby.
“I don’t think he’s being helpful for the sake of it, Drake he’s clearly after something and I don’t think this supposed miracle remedy of yours is worth doing business with the likes of him.” Toby warned his friend. “The Kane family are notorious in San Francisco.”
“So is my family in certain circles and I can promise you Halliwell carries much more fear than Kane.” Drake boasted. “Beside if I’ve just been left here to rot, I may as well start making friends with those in for longer than you.”
“I’ll still visit you when I get out my wife and kid too their going to love you Drake.” Toby replied to him.
“Once you’re out of here don’t ever look back and if you wind up back in here, I’ll be kicking your ass!” Drake warned him.
“Well if I wasn’t certain I was going to stay clean before I’m certain I will no.” Toby admitted. “I’m going to miss you when I get out of here…I hope you do too one day.”
Drake cautiously walked downstairs and into the prison basement knowing there was a chance that this could be a trap but not too worried knowing a part demon part witch hybrid was more than enough to handle Joey and his friends even if he was no longer a charmed one.
“I’ve got to admit a part of me believed this was going to be some kind of trap.” Drake said as he found Joey standing waiting for him while holding a pillowcase filled with contraband.
“You’ve got to learn to trust more people sure we started a fight with you but you’ve earned our respect now although I’m the one who should be cautious with all the messed up things you told me to buy.” Joey replied to him. “What exactly are you planning to with all this anyway?”
“Seems like somebody already forgot the no questions asked part of our deal.” Drake reminded him as he walked over to Joey and took the pillowcase off his hands.
“Fine but it wouldn’t kill you to thank a guy for going to so much trouble.” Joey flirted with Drake as he grabbed a hold of his body and pulled the Halliwell hybrid towards him. “Unless last time was just a onetime thing?”
“I got advised to stay away from you probably shouldn’t be sleeping with you either.” Drake replied with a flirtatious smile.
“And are you going to…stay away?” Joey asked before Drake kissed him.
“I’m done listening to anyone’s advice.” Drake answered him before the two began passionately kissing.
“So, I’ve heard you’ve got yourself roped into the Kane family I’ve got to say that’s not quite what I was expected when I was sent down here to keep and eye on the Halliwell hybrid.” Echo revealed to Drake the next morning as he sat back in her office once more while she sat comfortably behind her desk.
“Ah now it makes sense why the prison warden has taken so much interest in me.” Drake scoffed. “So, what are you a white lighter, elder, demon or other?”
“I’m a white lighter the elders assigned me here after the tragic events which led to your wrongful incarceration I was advised to reveal myself sooner but my curiosity got the better of me and I wanted to see how the half demon worked within prison confinements.” Echo told him. “The elders are working on your release as us some kind of supernatural police force to get you out of jail they’re just hitting a few bumps along the way.”
“Of course, they are because now the charmed ones are dead, I’m just back to be some demonic hybrid they don’t approve of.” Drake snapped. “Firstly, I would’ve been out by now if I were a charmed one and secondly you should’ve told me the minute you got here to save me thinking I’d never get out of this place! As if losing my father and aunt weren’t enough the least you could do is get me out this prison.”
“I admit keeping lip was a mistake on my part but trust me when I say you are still very much a top priority with the elders you see Drake Black you are still needed to restore the charmed ones just like you did before but this time with different charmed colleagues.” Echo replied to Drake leaving him stunned by her revelations.
“Being a charmed one is the reason I’m in here it’s the reason I have nobody left except my daughter who I can’t even see right now.” Drake scoffed at her. “There’s no chance in hell I’ll ever be a charmed one again.
“Being a charmed ones is also the reason you were reunited with your family that you had your daughter and why your best friend didn’t stay dead although the elders are thoroughly regretting that mistake now she’s running around killing people right left and center.” Echo informed the Halliwell hybrid.
“Hold up you mean she’s killed more people?” Drake asked in horror, realizing how far Lacey Morgan-Halliwell had fallen.
“She’s mostly hunting other witch hunters, but she has taken out a white lighter or too as well it’s safe to say nobody in the magical community is safe as long as she lives.” Echo answered him. “Which I’m sure will be easy enough for the charmed ones to handle once they have been reborn with your help.”
“Hell no!” Drake shouted while standing up. “Killer or not I’m not killing my best friend and as for being a charmed one I was done being the elders’ lackey the moment they didn’t show up to save my dad.”
“Drake,” Echo said as she took a deep sigh before standing up to face him. “I can’t begin to imagine what your going through not only grieving but imprisoned but imagine what your going through now and how you can stop others from suffering that same fate.”
“Yeah that’s not my problem.” Drake replied.
“I don’t believe you I mean you have every means to escape prison and yet you stay because you know breaking out whether your innocent or not is wrong just like being able to help people and choosing not to is wrong.” Echo argued with him before Salter knocked on the door before opening it.
“I need to take Mr Black back to his cell now Miss Jinx.” Salter informed the white lighter pretending to be a prison warden.
“Very well,” Echo sighed with frustration before lowering her voice to speak to Drake. “Please just think about what I’ve said.”
“I’m more interested in seeing how quick their going to work to get me out without the knowing of getting me as some kind of prize for them.” Drake made himself clear.
Drake walked into his prison cell relieved to see Toby sat on the bottom bunk drinking from a plastic cup which contained a potion Drake made to help erase Toby’s withdrawal symptoms and his addiction in the process.
“I don’t know what’s inside this mad remedy you made but I’m beginning to feel like a new man.” Toby praised his friend while continuing to drink.
“Just make sure you finish the entirety of it.” Drake reminded him.
“I will, don’t worry in fact I’ll do it right now.” Toby said as he down the rest of the potion and stood up to hug Drake. “I can’t thank you enough Drake you’re like some kind of wizard.”
“It’s okay you can thank me by getting out of here and not fucking up your second chance.” Drake laughed while Toby continued to hug him.
As Drake continued to hug the only real friend, he believed to have in the prison he noticed Joey walking past his cell looking far from happy to see Drake touching another man clearly believing it to be anything but innocent.
The very next morning Drake woke up about to learn a cruel lesson about getting close to anyone while in prison as he was once again thrown into a murder scene of someone he had found himself growing close to as a dreadful history continued to repeat itself for the troubled Halliwell hybrid.
“Toby if you don’t want some ugly ass prison guard with bad morning breath screaming in your face you better get up now.” A blissfully unaware Drake told his cellmate before jumping out of his bunk bed to be left shocked to the core when his feet landed in a pool of blood.
Drake’s face dropped as he looked on the bottom bunk to see a bloodied and lifeless Toby laid on the bed with his throat slit much to Drake’s horror as he found himself flashing back to finding his father and aunt in a similar state remaining frozen for a moment before beginning to shout louder and louder.
“Help somebody help!” He shouted repeatedly despite knowing in his gut that Toby was already gone. “Guards.”
Drake found himself sitting within an interrogation room handcuffed and chained to the table while his eyes were red raw from crying over the death of his cellmate still shaking from the shock of finding his cellmate dead knowing it must of happened while he slept believing the murderer was his latest terrible choice in men.
“Obviously the elders know you’re not guilty of this crime and after advising the right people about the Kane family’s history of murder we ran a few tests on your blood leading to the conclusion you had been drugged leaving in a deep sleep which is why you never woke up to your friend being murdered.” Echo revealed to him as she walked over to the table and sat opposite the chained Drake. “I’m deeply sorry for your loss I wish I could say I’m surprised.”
“Hold up so your pretty much confirming Joey is behind all this?” Drake asked as his grief quickly turned to anger.
“Well I can’t exactly say for sure without checking in with the elders again, but I can honestly say I’d put good money on him!” Echo stated.
“Then I guess I’ve got a new bad guy to vanquish.” Drake declared. “And whoever helped him.”
“They’re not like the normal demons you vanquish Drake you can’t just vanquish them it’s not vanquishing when their human it’s murder.” Echo explained to a grieving Drake.
“What’s the use of being a witch and protecting the innocent when my friends, my family just get slaughtered one by one and I have to sit there and do nothing?” Drake snapped at the white lighter posing as a prison guard.
“Because there’s laws and a whole system in place to save humans from themselves granted they are flawed at best but that doesn’t mean we should take matters into our own hands we’re not gods.” Echo argued with him.
“That’s beyond hilarious coming from a woman whose real boss act like gods all the bloody time when all their just promoted white lighters considering most of them were wiped out years ago and saved by my own great-grandfather.” Drake continued to argue his point. “My god damn family has saved your asses time and time again but when it comes to saving us you are nowhere to be seen so don’t you dare sit there and tell me what I’m to do or not to do because I’m done listening to the lot of you!"
Drake had plenty of time alone in his new prison cell thinking whether to handle things the charmed way or the demonic way knowing the charmed way had only ever failed him whereas the demonic way was no less inhumane than the people who slaughtered his cellmate.
After a few hours after lock-down Drake found Salter opening his cell before ordering him out of bed and cuffing him as they escorted the Halliwell hybrid into the prison canteen to find Joey stood there waiting for him as Salter quickly made himself out of sight.
“I heard about your cellmate and by the looks of it you’re not exactly handling it very well.”
“I had a feeling you’d arrange a meeting with me sooner or later although I’m very surprised you chose the same day.” Drake said as he walked towards Joey before a knife blinked into his hand. “Killing my only friend in here was the worse place you ever made.”
“I never killed anyone Drake but I’m sure you’re not going to believe that given my family name.” Joey scoffed before Drake grab a hold of his hand slamming it down on a nearby table and pinning Joey’s hand to the table with his knife causing Joey to scream out in pain.
“Here’s the thing I’ve been lied to most of my life so when people lie to me it, kind of pisses me off.” Drake told him, as he contemplated murdering the man in front of him.
“I didn’t do it Drake,” Joey said in between screams of pain. “I don’t do over friends like that.”
“I don’t believe you!” Drake shouted as he twisted the knife launched in Joey’s hand.
“It’s probably some demon you stupid witch.” Joey screamed at him shocking Joey in the process as Drake instantly pulled the knife out of Joey’s hand as Joey fell to the ground his hand bleeding heavily.
“How do you know I’m a witch?” Drake asked him as he dropped the bloody knife to the ground, disgusted by what he had just done out of rage.
“I’m the guy who got your ingredients wasn’t hard to work out what you were after that.” Joey replied as he held on his hand trying to stop it from bleeding groaning in pain before Drake waved his hand and suddenly Joey’s hand was fully bandaged.
“Luckily for you I know how to bandage a perp from back when I was putting people in jail instead of locking them up.” Drake said as he helped a reluctant Joey back up to his feet. “So, you’re really telling me your innocent?”
“Screw you, you just stabbed me you psychopath and now you want to interrogate me.” Joey snapped at him. “Sure, I was jealous, but I don’t kill over jealousy I just break a few legs.”
“You know that’s problematic too right?” Drake laughed in response.
“Says the jackass who just stabbed me in the hand!” Joey replied before looking at his bandaged hand. “Although I’ve got to admit your powers are kind of cool.”
“I’m sorry for stabbing you I guess I have some anger issues after everything.” Drake apologized. “I can’t believe I almost killed me.”
“Please what’s a stabbing between friends?” Joey joked before going on to say. “For the record you wouldn’t have wound up killing me even if I did kill your friend, you’re not a murderer I’ve known murderers and trust me you’re not one of them.”
“I thought I could be for a moment but then I remembered that’s not who I am and it’s not who my father would ever want me to be.” Drake revealed to him. “Who all four of my parents would ever want me to be.”
“I have a theory Salter’s a demon I mean he’s had it in for you since you got here, and I’ve not seen him around until you showed up.” Joey explained his claim. “I mean I’ve never been a witch or a detective so you should probably do some digging but I’ve got a hunch and my hunches are rarely wrong.”
“You know you should probably listen to the guy he’s not entirely stupid for a thug.” Salter suggested after shimming into the canteen.
“Good it’s a demon, demons I can kill without feeling like a murderer.” Drake said with a sigh of relief. “Which I suppose is kind of messed up considering I’m half demon.”
Salter suddenly summoned an energy ball above his hand before throwing it in Drake’s direction who waved his hand to blink the energy ball out of sight before it reappeared hitting Salter and sending him flying across the air before ending up laid on the floor. Before Salter could get back on his feet Drake waved his hand once more setting the demon on fire and watching him burn before exploding in front of him and Joey.
“Remind me to never piss you off again.” Joey joked with Drake.
“Got to admit that felt much better than murdering you would’ve done.” Drake laughed.
Later that day Drake walked back into Echo’s office within the prison no longer wearing any prison clothes or handcuffs instead looking like himself once again in his own clothes much to Echo’s delight.
“So, you vanquished a demon instead of murdering a human.” Echo said with a sense of smug in her voice. “I guess this means despite everything you’re still more charmed than demonic.”
“I’ve been stuck in here longer than needed to take out that demon, haven’t I?” Drake scoffed at the white lighter masquerading as a prison guard. “God even when I’m grieving the elders still have me doing their dirty work to the lengths, they kept me imprisoned until now once I did what they wanted.”
“What can I say the elders have their way of doing things sometimes it’s not for you or me to understand.” Echo replied, admitting Drake was right.
“You’re not like most white lighters, now are you?” Drake asked her.
“Actually, I am you charmed ones just seem to get special treatment from all your previous white lighters and look where’s that got you! The second generation of the charmed ones lasted three years.” Echo snapped at him. “I’m around to make sure the next charmed ones don’t wind up the same way.”
“Wow you’ve definitely got a way of words!” Drake replied before taking a deep sigh. “Let me talk to Quinn!”
Echo nodded in acceptance before orbing out of the room only for Quinn to orb into the room seconds later.
“Hey how are…” Quinn began to say before getting punched in the mouth by Drake.
“How dare you put me through all of this after everything I’ve been through?” Drake shouted at his former elder. “How dare you not save them and leave me to find their bodies? How could you let them keep me here?”
“I’m sorry it wasn’t my decision I voted against this, but the other elders thought it would help remind you who you are at a time when you needed it most.” Quinn revealed to him.
“So, once again you chose everyone else but me but this time it’s unforgivable.” Drake told him with tears in his eyes. “You let me lose memories of my mother when I was grieving her, you went off to chase your dream of being an elder instead of helping get me back and now you let your colleagues or whatever the hell you want to call them dump me in jail after I lost my family a family that took you in too.”
“I’ve apologised for that over and over again what more do you want from me?” Quinn asked him.
“I wanted you to be there for me you know how much it killed me losing my parents losing Eve and yet you weren’t there when I lost them.” Drake cried. “All I ever wanted was for you to choose me over everything else and yet you never did…you never will.”
“I still love you don’t ever think I’ve ever stopped loving you.” Quinn declared with tears in his eyes.
“That’s not enough,” Drake replied as he dried his tears. “Now that I’m free to go I’m going to do just that.”
“What about Charmed?” Quinn asked before Drake blinked away.
Warnings: I don’t own the rights to any of the characters from the hit TV show “Charmed” or the storylines related to the show those rights belong to original creator Constance M Burge.
15+ Moderate/Graphic Displays of Violence, Sexual Innuendos, Witchcraft and Potentially Triggering Scenes.
Raven shimmered onto the witness booth in the magical community’s courtroom the entire room being completely black except for the large white floor and two large white desks for the accused.
It’s the same court room in which the original charmed ones were put on trial for reckless magic and fought to save their friend Daryl’s life many years ago with the exact same large heads floating above the room preparing to make their judgement on the proceedings.
Raven looked over at one desk for the accused somewhat comforted to see her brother Cole sat behind it along with Paul, Pan and Drake and their white lighter Lacey while the headmaster at magic school Dermot McQueen sat alone at the other table clearly ready to condemn the demon.
“My name is Raven Turner I’m part human part demon, but my demonic side is the reason why I’m standing here today.” Raven addressed the court. “I was born and raised by my mother after she killed my father but unlike my mother, I chose a different path for myself. By choosing this path of peace I had no choice but to leave the Underworld behind forever because I refused to believe that just because I’m a demon that automatically makes me evil.”
“Your receptionist, your neighbor and several of your employees at Halliwell and Turner were slaughtered not to mention a student at my own school.” Dermot told the half demon half human hybrid. “Tell me why a demon would go to such lengths to hurt you unless you are the demon who did the hurting?”
“You really don’t understand the Underworld, do you?” Raven snapped at the elder. “Hurting people is exactly what the evil love doing more than anything especially hurting a demon who rejected their rules and way of life.”
“Perhaps not but you do in fact know my employee Mr Drake Black and you are a friend of his are you not?” Dermot asked the accused. “Therefore, giving you the opportunity to get to know and possibly even kill my student.”
“Objection!” Drake shouted at the top of his lungs as he rose from his chair, eager to fight for his fellow hybrid.
“On what ground?” Asked one of the three heads.
“This elder is arguing the archaic theory that just because someone she may or may not have had some contact with the victims then she must clearly be the guilty party however as we all know people die around us all the time.” Drake addressed the court. “Raven is no different from a good witch who is just here trying to explain why people are dying around her but instead of being a witch she’s a demon and therefore there’s this assumption that she must be guilty which is biased and frankly idiotic.”
“Witches lose innocents all the time which the explanation there but Miss Raven Turner isn’t a witch she’s a demon and whether you like it or not you can’t argue that when people start dying around a demon it’s usually the demons fault.” Dermot argued with Drake.
“Raven has powers just like a good witch does she doesn’t kill innocents just like a good witch and the only person in this court room who sees Raven Turner as anything less than a valuable part of the magical community is you and people with prejudices like you.” Drake schooled his boss once again before looking up at the three judges. “Raven has never shown any signs of wanting to hurt anyone the whole time I’ve known her, she literally escaped the Underworld because she wasn’t able to hurt anyone and now you want to put her on trial when we should be protecting her.”
“There is no evidence to prove Drake’s theory that Raven needs any protection just like there is no evidence of any other demon around when these crimes were committed other than Raven Turner herself of course.” Dermot argued.
“None of you may have any reason to trust Raven Turner because none of you really even know her but you’ve all heard of me and accept me enough to not only be a charmed one but a guidance counselor at magic school.” Drake said taking a different approach in his defense of his friend. “I’m half demon just like she is but all this is pushed aside by you all because I’m a charmed one, but it shouldn’t be because the demon part of me makes up the charmed ones just as much as my witch side. The elders have overturned many archaic rulings over the years we no longer live in times where any demon should be judged just for being a demon. I know Miss Turner and I can honestly say without a shred of doubt in my mind she isn’t guilty of this crime.”
“Is it not true Mr Black that you also trusted her and her brother Cole Turner before they betrayed you by working alongside the ancient mistress of dark magics Morgana to unlock the dark grimoire?” Dermot questioned Drake. “I mean for a demon who doesn’t want to harm anyone the unlocking of the dark grimoire would’ve caused a lot of harm would it not?”
“Yes, but that was under a desperate act the siblings had to try and reunite with their father we have all done reckless things out of grief.” Drake replied to him.
“That is not an excuse for almost unleashing all kinds of torment into this world the only thing that this proves is that your judgement is clearly not reliable.” Dermot told Drake before returning his attention back to the judges. “Drake Black shouldn’t be trying to defend anyone because history has proven time and time again that his judgement can’t be trusted. Drake has been romanced by the dubious demon Ash Anderson as an attempt to make him the prince of the Underworld, has been lied to and fooled by his own family who sit beside him now time and time again, his mother and grandfather were both sources of all evil and let us not forget the time he himself became the source.”
“Oh god this isn’t looking so good!” Pan told an equally worried Paul, Lacey and Cole as she looked at clearly infuriated Drake.
Drake stormed over to Dermot and launched his fist at the elder punching him straight in the face and causing the magic school headmaster to fall to the ground.
“We don’t condone violence in this court room!” All three judges shouted in unison.
“Yeah well that kind of got away from me.” Drake told the judges before he quickly vanished from the courtroom by their doing.
“Please Paul you’re going to have to take the stand after all you are the lawyer around here.” Cole pleaded with Paul.
24 Hours Earlier
Raven walked into the front entrance of the building for her law firm Halliwell and Turner holding a plastic tray containing two takeaway coffees in her hand with a big smile on her face as she walked over to the reception to greet her receptionist Patty Craft by handing her one of the coffees.
“You know you really should be getting me to do coffee runs Miss Turner after all I am your receptionist not the other way around.” Patty told her as she willingly accepted her coffee while sat behind the reception desk.
“Well I always like a coffee before starting work anyway so it’s only fair I pick one up for my favorite employee at the same time I mean you are the first face anyone sees when they walk in so there’s no point that face being missing because she’s off running after other people making them coffee when everyone is perfectly capable of making their own coffees.” Raven told her.
“About that Miss Turner I normally wouldn’t ask but I was wondering if I could finish an hour earlier today?” Patty nervously asked her boss. “My daughters are coming in from New York today and they rarely ever get time off together.”
“You mean your workaholic daughter Penny has finally got some time off being a detective in the big apple at the same time Rose is taking time off from studying at Columbia? That is a pretty big deal.” Raven replied with genuine excitement in her voice. “Of course, you can finish an hour early in fact you can half a half day with full pay so you can spend some time with your girls I know how precious family can be.”
“Are you sure Miss Turner?” Patty asked her, thrilled to get the time off. “You’re the best boss ever!”
“Please just call me Raven I feel like the two of us should be on first name basis by now.” Raven told her. “I mean here at Halliwell and Turner your practically family.”
Drake walked sneakily down the main hallway of magic school trying to rush his way to his office door after running a little late that morning only to make it right to his front door as Dermot orbed himself in front of the Halliwell hybrid.
“You’re late again Mr Black.” Dermot told him.
“Only by five minutes and as far as you know it could’ve been a charmed emergency.” Drake replied to his boss.
“Was there a charmed emergency?” Dermot asked to which Drake nodded to signal a no. “Then your late for no reason…again.”
“I’m sorry,” Drake apologized. “I’ll try my best to make sure it won’t happen again.”
“Good because the elders and I have put a lot of faith in you by giving you this position at magic school I’d hate to see your potential go to waste because of your tardiness.” Dermot advised the guidance counselor.
“I’ll keep that in mind.” Drake replied with a forced smile.
“I really don’t know what to say!” Pan said to Lacey as the two of them stood within an empty apartment located somewhere within San Francisco. “It just seems a little meh to me to be honest it doesn’t feel like it could be home.”
“Clearly this isn’t the one for us but there’s so many more on the viewing list yet I’m sure we’ll find the perfect home.” Lacey replied to her fiancé.
“I know this should be an exciting time for us both and I’ve always wanted a place without siblings and ancestors popping in every two seconds but I’m really dreading having to tell Paul we’re moving.” Pan admitted to her. “He’s not going to take it well we’ve lived together all our lives and he loves that his whole family is final under one roof.”
“I understand that, but he’s got to let you go at some point the two of you can’t live together forever you both have to live your own life sooner rather than later.” Lacey told her. “Besides Drake and Lilah will keep him company it’s not like their going anywhere anytime soon.”
“You’re right you always are.” Pan replied before kissing Lacey. “But I’ll hold off on telling Paul until after we find the perfect place.”
“So, your named Raven because your mother used to turn you into one every time you did something to displease her?” Paul asked his business partner while she sat behind her desk in her office as he sat in the chair in front of her desk at Halliwell and Turner as the two of them ate salad during their lunch break. “As parenting goes that’s pretty bloody awful.”
“To be honest that was far from the worst parenting in the Underworld and I actually quite enjoyed being a raven sometimes I mean the flying made me feel free at a time when I felt imprisoned and getting to scare clueless teens was also a lot of fun.” Raven admitted before laughing to herself. “Thank god for horror culture always finding a way to amuse me.”
“Making people jump is probably the baddest thing you’ve ever done.” Paul joked with her.
“I’ve really missed this…I’ve missed you.” Raven said with sincerity.
“I’ve missed you too!” Paul replied before their lunch was interrupted by loud screams coming from people outside of their office.
Raven and Paul quickly rushed out of their office chasing the sound of the screams from various people as they passed reception and walked out into the parking lot outside of their law firm only to be left horrified to find a completely burned up corpse laying on the ground next to a car Raven instantly recognized as Patty Craft’s, the law firm’s number one receptionist.
Drake was sat behind his desk in his office at magic school typing away at his computer when he heard a knock at his door before his boss Dermot walked into his office.
“Okay you’ve literally just moaned at me about time keeping what’s next on your list to have a go at me for?” Drake asked him.
“Well actually I was hoping you could sit in with a meeting I’m having right now to make sure I’m not handling it with a biased view considering the incident happened within my class when I was teaching.” Dermot replied. “A student apparently thought it was okay to attack another.”
“Can’t say I can blame either one of them really having to listen to your lectures would turn anyone violent.” Drake mocked his boss before reluctantly standing up. “Of course, violence in school is never unacceptable but why can’t you handle this yourself? After all you are the boss around here.”
“Because it involves two demonic students and I have a feeling you’d throw a fit again if I handled it incorrectly so this way it saves us both a lot of time.” Dermot teased the guidance counselor with a wicked smile on his face.
“Does anyone actually like you here?” Drake wondered.
“Other than you people seem to love me.” Dermot responded with a laugh. “I’m very popular around here actually.”
“Yeah well Satan’s popular around certain circles too.” Drake taunted him.
After the police and coroners were called and took away what remained of Patty Craft, Raven, Paul and Lacey had found themselves sitting on a couch within the reception area of Halliwell and Turner which was now completely empty barring the three of them as Raven and Paul told everyone to go home following Patty’s untimely and horrific demise.
“My guess is some demon is trying to send one of you a message.” Lacey suggested to them both. “But considering we’re talking about a charmed one and a demon turned good the list could of possibilities could be endless.”
“Her daughters were coming in from New York today she never got to see them as often as she’d like, and she was so excited to have them both home for a few days.” Raven cried. “Penny is always busy with work and Rose is always busy studying that they’d never have enough time with Patty and now some monster has made it so these girls will never get another moment with their mother.”
“I know it’s awful Patty Craft was an amazing woman.” Paul told Raven as he reached out and held her hand. “The best receptionist we ever had I wish I got to know her better…I didn’t even know she had children.”
“I can’t remember the last time I’ve lost someone I knew I believe it was my father all those years ago if this is because of me if some demon has a vendetta against me then I’ll never forgive myself.” Raven told them both.
“You’re not to blame for any of this Raven even if it is some demon trying to get back at you that happens to us all the time.” Paul tried to reassure her while holding Raven’s hand tighter. “We will get justice for Patty and make whoever did this pay I promise you that.”
“I guess I’ll check in with the elders and find out what’s going on from them if they know anything.” Lacey said to Raven and Paul. “You guys try and sit tight until I’m back.”
Drake walked into Dermot’s office to find the two female students sitting on opposite ends of the headmaster’s couch. He quickly rushed over to his boss’ desk and sat down behind it on Dermot’s chair.
“How come he gets the comfier chair?” Drake mumbled to himself. “I’m so stealing this later.”
“Look Mr Black I didn’t mean to get violent but she kept saying the charmed ones thought they were so much more important than they actually were and so I argued with my first.” The redheaded student claimed.
“Hey, you’re the one who said charmed 2.0 has nothing on the original.” The brunette student snapped back at the redhead.
“What now?” Drake asked looking at them both, clearly unimpressed before going on to say. “There is absolutely no excuse for violence of any kind within magic school I would say or out of it, but sometimes folk need vanquished.”
“Fine,” The redhead sighed before turning to look at the brunette. “When I said the charmed ones were self-important, I meant Charmed 2.0 not the original charmed ones the originals rock.”
“Yeah, they do, don’t they?” The brunette agreed. “Prue’s my favorite.”
“I personally love Piper!” The redheaded student replied.
“Whether the two of you agree or disagree there’s no reason to answer an argument with your fists trust me when I say there are a lot of people in this life that are going to irritate you but punching them is never going to be the answer.” Drake educated them both.
“You mean like the way you stop yourself from knocking Mr McQueen’s lights out every time he reprehends you?” The redhead replied to him. “He seems to be a lot nicer to the other teachers around here.”
“I knew he was extra strict on me for something reason.” Drake agreed before returning himself back to the matter in hand. “The point I’m trying make is when someone says something you don’t like speak it out instead of going fist first and maybe just maybe you won’t wind up with detention again.”
“Well I think Mr McQueen’s got it hot for you!” The brunette suggested. “There’s nothing hotter in the library than demon/angel romance novels and you guys are like the real edition.”
“Okay I think I’m done here,” Drake changed the subject as he stood up from his chair. “You’re both getting detention every day after school for a week hopefully I won’t have to hand you anymore detentions in the future although if you suggest any romances with me and Mr McQueen again, I’ll give use detention for life!”
“I think I have theory on who might have done this Paul.” Raven told the Halliwell lawyer as the two remained sitting on a couch with the reception area of Halliwell and Turner. “I think she’s come back for me once again and it’s all my fault for believing she’d ever leave me alone.”
“Who do you think it is Raven?” Paul asked her.
“My mother Beth Turner she never did know how to let go of me or Cole and she specialized in burning her victims alive I mean sure she had another talents when it came to murder but when she wanted people to know who killed her victim she’d burn them like that.” Raven explained. “I haven’t seen her in so long I had hoped I was finally free…I guess I’m never going to be free from her.”
“We need to tell Cole straight away between the two of you, the elders and us we can figure out what to do to stop your mother and make sure she doesn’t hurt anyone else.” Pan told his fellow business partner.
“No this is my fault for not killing her all those years ago which means I must finish this one way or another.” Raven replied before kissing a shocked Paul. “If things don’t end well look after my brother.”
Before Paul had any chance to talk Raven out of whatever it was that she was planning she had already shimmered her way out of sight.
“Are you like everywhere now?” Drake asked Dermot as Dermot walked into his own office to see Drake sitting comfortably behind his desk and no students to be found.
“You do remember I sent you in here to deal with students not to take over my office, right?” Dermot asked him.
“Yes, I do…now.” Drake replied as he stood up from Dermot’s office chair. “I’ve delivered detentions to both students for a week and I think helped them bond over their love for the original charmed ones and their joined believes that neither me nor my father or aunt will ever live up to their legacy so you’re welcome.”
“I guess you’re continuing to prove yourself worthy of your job tittle…for now.” Dermot told him. “Long may it last.”
“Let me make myself perfectly clear Dermot,” Drake snapped as he stormed over to stand in front of the headmaster. “You can keep riding me as hard as you want but I’m not going to buckle under anyone’s pressure I’ve been through so much more than you could ever handle and I refuse to let some old man with a god complex make me quit now so if you want me out of here you’re going to have to fire me.”
Raven shimmered her way to different caves and locations within the Underworld relentlessly searching for her mother not stopping for long as she continue to search high and low for her twisted mother refusing to be scared of being caught by anyone as she vowed to seek revenge on Elizabeth Turner for all the crimes she had committed, finally coming face to face with her mother within one of the endless caves in the Underworld.
“Well if it isn’t one of my failures, you’re a very brave girl to come back here after all this time knowing everybody here wants you dead.” Beth told her daughter upon their family reunion.
“I can’t believe after all these years your still hurting people just to get to me!” Raven screamed at her mother. “You murdered that innocent woman just to spite me what kind of monster are you?”
“I’m a mother who simply wants her children to live up to their potential instead of continuing to disappoint me repeatedly.” Beth snapped back. “We are demons darling not pathetic humans and the sooner you learn this the better.”
“You need to leave me and my brother alone forever or I promise you I’ll break my no kill mission just to end you!” Raven warned her.
“Please you’re nothing but a disappointment you couldn’t kill anyone.” Beth cruelly mocked her daughter. “How about we test this little threat of yours?”
After a long day at work Drake found himself facing an even longer night at magic school following a list of reports that had been handed to him from his boss on students he needed to check up on leading to Drake calling on Cole to pick up Lilah to babysit while he continued working, refusing to let Dermot win in a battle he was convinced the elder had started to make Drake quit a job that despite his terrible boss he had found himself loving.
“Me allowing you an unsupervised visit with Lilah doesn’t mean we’re back to being besties again or anything it just means I’m willing to give you a second chance so try not to blow it again.” Drake told Cole while the two walked down the main hall of magic school with Drake pushing Lilah’s pram while Lilah was fast asleep in her seat.
“I promise no more family drama is going to get me betraying you again.” Cole promised him.
“Yeah, I’m done talking this to death so take my daughter for an hour and I mean an hour tops and then bring her back and god help me if you so much as…” Drake began to say before Cole interrupted him by kissing him on the lips much to Drake’s surprise.
Before Drake could even respond to Cole’s surprise act, he had grabbed a hold of the pram and shimmered away with Lacey just before a clearly panicked Raven shimmered herself in front of Drake.
“Drake I really need your help.” Raven told him.
“I’m beginning to think there’s some huge conspiracy going on right now to keep me here forever.” Drake said as he walked Raven into his office at magic school. “Sorry…please go ahead and tell me what you need.”
“My mother has returned and she’s killing people right left and center in some attempt to torture me and I would’ve went to Cole but he’s on recently back on side and I don’t know how he’ll react to our mother being back.” Raven explained to him. “I need to stop her somehow, but I’ve never killed before not even something as wicked as her.”
“Wow as revelations go that’s quite a big one to get my head around.” Drake admitted. “Don’t worry I’ve got your back no matter what you want to do with her.”
“Thanks, I just want her to be stopped once and for all so no more blood is on my hands because of her.” Raven told him.
“Raven we’re not to blame for our parents it’s something I had to learn myself you know with my mother being the source of all evil and everything. You’re not responsible for whatever your mother is doing but I can sure as hell help you stop her once and for all.” Drake reassured Raven.
“First you’re late to showing up and now you’re late to finishing I’m beginning to think you’re one confusing witch Mr Black.” Dermot said as he walked into Drake’s office before recognizing Raven straight away.
“Trust me I’m going to leave once I’m done the reports which I’ll do after helping my friend here so you can turn back around and mind your own business thank you very much Mr McQueen.” Drake snapped at his boss.
“Yeah that’s not happening Drake I’m going to need to speak to you in my office right now!” Dermot argued with his feisty employee.
“I will be there once I’m finished helping my friend.” Drake told his boss.
“My office now!” Dermot shouted before storming out of Drake’s office.
“I’m sorry about all this he’s turning into the first ever elder I’m going to vanquish,” Drake apologized to Raven. “I’ll be straight back and then we’ll vanquish your mum please just stay here for a minute.”
“You really do have quite the variety of people stopping by your office.” Dermot snapped at Drake as Drake met him within the main hallway of Magic School.
“Again, with this demon hating talk are you ever going to learn from this self-hatred you have for demons?” Drake argued with his boss. “I get you may have not been a big fan about me working here because I’m a demon but I’m a damn good one and guess what so is my visitor.”
“You’re so beyond naive is frustrating when are you going to learn to stop trusting everyone so bloody easily?” Dermot told him. “This naivety of yours is going to wind up harming one of our students.”
“I’m here to help all students the demonic ones especially and the only way for magic school to ever really change for the better is for you to either shut up and accept the changes or back the hell down!” Drake shouted at Dermot.
“You really think you know everything don’t you your so beyond frustrating it’s driving me crazy.” Dermot shouted back at him as he got up in Drake’s face, both completely furious with each other.
“No, it’s you who’s convinced you know everything and you’re the one driving me crazy!” Drake snapped back at his boss before he was once again surprised, this time by Dermot pulling his body in towards his own and passionately kissing him.
The two looked at each other with pure confusion in their eyes, unsure of what just happened between them while longing to kiss each other again until suddenly they heard a loud scream coming from Drake’s office a scream which Drake instantly recognized as Raven’s.
“How the hell did you get in here mother?” Asked a horrified Raven after her mother shimmered into Drake’s office holding a male student from magic school by the throat. “Please just let him go and I’ll do whatever you need me to do.”
“I remember a time when this school never let our kind in and now it seems by trying to be more inclusive of us, they’ve just opened themselves up for any old demon to talk in.” Beth replied to her daughter while continuing to strangle the student.
“Let the kid go mother, stop hurting these innocents and start hurting me instead I know that’s what you want.”
“But darling hurting others seems to hurt you so much more!” Beth told her daughter before setting the student on fire with her magical touch alone.
“No!” Raven screamed at the top of her lungs.
Present Day
Raven was sat on the witness platform as her court case withing the magical courtroom continued after Drake found himself kicked out of court while the three heads remained above them all judging the demon on trial as Raven tried to focus on Paul, Pan, Cole and Lacey who were sat at the defense table.
“The entire case presented here against the accused is nothing more than a case of prejudice within the magic community spearheaded by the headmaster of magic school nonetheless which only serves to prove if anything that Mr Dermot McQueen is far from the right person to be head of any school where demonic students reside.” Paul addressed the court after standing up from his chair and walking over to stand in the middle of the courtroom floor. “In over 100 years Raven has never harmed a single innocent and instead of believing a victim who is quite clearly under attack you all jump to this conclusion that she must be guilty because she’s a demon and demons are only good for killing people. Raven was right when she said she wouldn’t be here if she was a witch and for that reason alone you should all be deeply ashamed of yourselves.”
“Objection!” Dermot shouted as he rose up to his feet from behind the desk of the opposition. “Paul Halliwell is clearly a biased party who despite having a law degree is unwisely basing hi argument on emotion instead of evidence or logic.”
“No this entire court proceeding is based on zero evidence except from a corpse being found near the accused while the other corpse was found with the accused when she was having lunch with myself and therefore I’m here alibi for the first murder which was identical to the second which occurred in magic school.” Paul argued with Dermot before looking up at the three judges. “If change is really going to happen in the magical community then we have to be the change, the driving force to make it all happen.”
“Enough!” Raven shouted as she stood up from her seat and began walking over to Paul. “I may have never hurt an innocent life but as of today I can no longer say I haven’t claimed any lives.”
“Show us what you mean please Miss Turner.” One of the three judges asked her.
“Of course.” Raven agreed before a screen suddenly appeared to the right of the courtroom as they watched Raven’s mother kill the male student in front of Raven in Drake’s office at magic school completely burned the body before Raven returned the favour to Elizabeth Turner as she set her own mother on fire before Beth exploded and the screen disappeared along with the footage.
“You did the right thing Raven!” Cole told his sister as he stood up from his chair. “Our father would’ve been so proud of you.”
“You vanquished a demon who was killing innocents Miss Turner that makes you a hero in our eyes not a murderer.” One of the judges said to her.
“Today has honestly shown us of our own prejudices along with many others within the magical community.” Another judge stated while the three judges looked at Dermot.
“We thank you for your services Miss Turner and apologize for this trial ever having to take place.” The third judge apologised. “As for prejudices within Magic School we will be implementing some changes to ensure a brighter future for all students.
“We won!” Paul smiled as Lacey, Cole and Pan stood up to cheer before Paul hugged Raven.
Warnings: I don’t own the rights to any of the characters from the hit TV show “Charmed” or the storylines related to the show those rights belong to original creator Constance M Burge.
15+ Moderate/Graphic Displays of Violence, Sexual Innuendos, Witchcraft and Potentially Triggering Scenes.
“Whatever you do don’t try the airplane trick my little girl when eat whenever wherever but if you dare start playing with her food she gets in a right strop.” Drake warned his father as he walked into the kitchen of his family home to find his father Paul sat the table feeding Drake’s daughter Lilah who was placed in her highchair. “She bit my finger one time and I’m not convinced it was an accident.”
“How are you feeling about your first day at magic school?” Paul asked his son as he continued feeding his granddaughter, while Drake kissed his daughter on the forehead before sitting down at the kitchen table.
“Relieved to finally have a job and yet completely terrified by finally having a job.” Drake admitted. “I’m terrified their going to realize they hired the wrong man.”
“Drake they wouldn’t have hired you if they didn’t think you were capable of doing the job and as for character recommendations the elders are kind of all knowing.” Paul said trying to reassure his son as he finished feeding his granddaughter.
“Yeah I know it’s just new but hey change has been good for me so far I’m sure things will only get better from here.” Drake replied to his father.
“Speaking of change have you heard from a certain demon recently?” Paul wondered.
“Nope and as far as I’m concerned, I hope I never hear from him again.” Drake told him.
“It’s okay to be hurt by his betrayal I know you got quite friendly with him.” Paul said to his son.
“Look Cole Turner is nothing more than a blip on my now perfectly fine life and I’m not going to let him be anything more than that.” Drake claimed, as Paul feared his son was putting up a front.
“I’m not trying to interfere except I totally am.” Pan told her fiancé Lacey as the two of them stood upstairs in the attic of the Halliwell home looking through the book of shadows. “I just think if I speak to your brother and help him understand everything you two can finally be reacquainted.”
“I just can’t believe he got in touch with you instead of me I mean how does he even have your number?” Lacey wondered. “Besides I’m a detective although admittedly I had to quit that job after becoming a white lighter but still he should’ve came to me it’s not like I had to stay dead like other white lighters in fact nobody even knows I even died for those brief few weeks.”
“I’m sure he just needs a little help with something and who knows I meet even be able to find some way of getting Jake to come to our wedding.” Pan replied to her.
“I don’t know normally when my brother is in trouble, he’s in big trouble.” Lacey continued to worry. “I hope he’s not struggling with drugs again the one good thing about him being wrongly put in jail was it got him clean.”
“You shouldn’t always go to the worse case scenario it’s probably nothing.” Pan suggested, trying to ease her fiance's worries.
“Like you don’t always jump to the worse case scenario yourself.” Lacey joked with her before kissing Pan on the lips. “I’ll try not to overthink this too much.”
“Okay well I can’t really narrow down what kind of Egyptian demon we could be dealing with upon arrival, so I guess I’ll just have to wing it once you orb me there.” Pan said as she closed the book of shadows. “Luckily for me I know how to save the day with my bare hands.”
“Drake dumped him nowhere near Egypt why the hell would he wind up in Egypt of all places I mean I get it’s a beautiful country and if you’re one of those kind of people you’d want to tick it off your list but Jake’s never cared about that kind of stuff before.” Lacey said as she continued to worry what kind of trouble her brother was in.
“So, you’ve found yourself in a love triangle with a demon and a witch,” Drake replied to his 18 year old female student as he sat behind his desk in his office at magic school while the girl sat in front of his desk. “I can’t imagine your white lighter is happy about you dating either.”
“Yeah he just keeps telling me I’m too young like I don’t hear enough of that from my parents besides everyone just seems to hate demons no offense Mr Black.” The girl complained to her counselor.
“It’s true that good demons are definitely a minority, but I mean so are good humans and nobody can judge anyone for being who they are. The problem here isn’t the type of men your stuck between it’s the fact your stuck between them.” Drake explained to his student. “I was younger than you when I fell in love for the first time and it doesn’t matter what age you are whatever you are feeling is always real.”
“Thanks Mr Black it’s nice to hear somebody actually validate what I’m feeling instead of brushing me off.” The student thanked him. “Who do you think I should choose?”
“Honestly this isn’t a case where somebody can just give you the answer and everything’s suddenly fixed the only person you should be talking to right now is yourself.” Drake made clear to her. “Although trust is a pretty huge deal so if I can give you advice it would be pick the one you trust the most.”
“I guess you’re right I’m just going to need to work this one out alone.” The girl replied as she stood up from her chair. “Thanks Mr Black you’ve given me a lot to think about.”
“Please just call me Drake Mr Black makes me feel way too old especially considering I’m not that much older than you.” Drake told her as his first student of the day walked out of his office.
Lacey, Pan and Paul orbed into a scorching hot desert just outside of a large and ancient looking Egyptian pyramid all three curious as to how Lacey’s older brother Jake Morgan could’ve wound up in this location.
“How does somebody even get signal to send a text when your out here?” Paul asked them both as he looked around the seemingly endless desert.
“This whole thing just doesn’t sit right with me!” Lacey admitted.
“It’s fine we’ve been too far stranger places than this in our time actually I think it’s beautiful and I’m hoping we get to break into that pyramid.” Pan replied to them both with excitement in her voice. “I’m calling it Jake’s got in trouble with a mummy or maybe even an Egyptian god.”
“Sometimes you like this life a little too much!” Paul complained to his sister.
“I guess this is the part where I leave you both to it.” Lacey said before kissing her fiancé Pan. “Shout me the minute you need me…hopefully once you guys speak to him, he’ll want to talk to me.”
“You’re among one of the new demonic students around here aren’t you?” Drake asked his second student while he remained sat behind his desk in his office at magic school as his sixteen-year-old male goth looking student sat on the same chair as the student before him.
“Yeah.” The goth student mumbled.
“I’m guessing your parents weren’t exactly approving of you enrolling in Magic School I can’t imagine the process would’ve been easy.” Drake replied to him.
“No, they’ve spent lifetimes being evil and expected the same from me, but I knew early on that wasn’t the life I wanted for myself.” The student explained to his counselor. “After they found out about me attending Magic School my family disowned me in fact I barely got out of the Underworld with my life.”
“Wow that does sound like you’ve been through some pretty tough times already and yet you have this whole new world to try and adjust to without any parental guidance which is bound to be tough on anyone.” Drake sympathized with him. “Like you I went through some events in my own life where I had to adjust to a whole new world without the parents who raised me and it can get pretty overwhelming while you go through a long learning curve but I can honestly it does get better.”
“Did it get better for you?” The student wondered.
“Yeah it really did but that doesn’t mean it was easy and I’m afraid it’s not going to be easy for you either. It’s okay to be mad at everyone because everyone has let you down but it’s not okay to stay mad forever because they are people in your life who aren’t going to let you down and you deserve to have those people in your life without chasing them away out of fear.” Drake replied to him. “What you’ve already been through and continue to go through just by being at this school shows an incredible amount of strength and you should be extremely proud of yourself!”
“You really think so Mr Black?” The student responded with a sincere smile, clearly touched by Drake’s kind words.
“I never say things I don’t mean.” Drake said with a smile. “Now how is the accommodation around here and the other students?”
“It beats the Underworld but in fairness that wouldn’t be hard.” The goth student admitted.
“Well if you ever need to talk to someone or if anyone gives you trouble my door’s always open.” Drake told him.
After several meetings with students from all kinds of different varieties within the magical community Drake took it upon himself to check in on his daughter within the nursery at Magic School during his lunch break eager to spend some quality time with her only to be left horrified to walk in on Cole playing with his daughter Lilah in a room filled with other children and nursery teachers.
“What the hell are you doing at magic school?” Drake asked Cole after dragging him out into the hallway. “After all the crap you pulled you should definitely run it past me before you just decide to drop in to visit my daughter.”
“Lilah’s powers are growing and somehow she summoned me here I guess the little genius is missing me.” Cole told his former friend. “I miss her too.”
“I didn’t think about her missing you,” Drake said with a frustrated sigh. “Oh god I’m already failing as a father I can’t even tell when my daughter is missing someone.”
“Hey, don’t beat yourself up babies aren’t exactly the most communicative well not in a language we understand anyway.” Cole joked with a clearly unamused Drake.
“This isn’t some joke I introduced my daughter to a backstabbing demon that she’s clearly grown attached to.” Drake snapped at Cole before calming himself down. “Look I’m not going to stop you visiting Lilah but only at magic school and only when me or someone in my family are there to supervise you but if you so much as put one foot wrong with my daughter I’ll find a way to vanquish you in a way that even you can’t come back from.”
“Okay so there’s no obvious way into this pyramid which is good because it’d be no fun if we could just walk in.” Paul said excitedly to his sister Pan as they stood right in front of the Egyptian pyramid within an Egyptian desert. “Which means there’s definitely a secret pathway somewhere.”
“Somebody’s starting to buy into the Indiana Jones fantasy now.” Pan mocked her brother before raising her hands and trying to explode a part of the pyramid, only for nothing to happen. “Figures ancient pyramids made my creatures before our time would have anti-magic. Also, kind of grateful I didn’t just ruin a part of Egyptian history.”
Suddenly a sandstorm began to pick up as if from nowhere until wind began picking up the sand from the ground forming a man shaped out of sand alone.
“Something tells me you offended the pyramid.” Paul said in shock as he and Pan watched the sandman walk towards them as Pan attempted to explode the sand creature exploding its chest for a moment only for it to be reformed with more sand.
“I’m never watching another Indiana Jones movie again!” Pan shouted at her brother before a part of the pyramid suddenly opened to show Jake stood there signalling them to get in quickly which they wasted not time in doing exactly that, running into a pyramid which secret door quickly closed behind them.
“Is there some kind of family emergency again?” Drake asked Lacey after she orbed into his office at magic school to find himself sitting on his couch eating a sandwich.
“There’s definitely something going down but it’s not currently at emergency status just yet.” Lacey admitted to Drake and she sat down next to him before grabbing half of his sandwich and taking a bite. “I just wish I could be there too.”
“So, they’re on a power of two mission?” Drake asked his best friend. “If I wasn’t so focused on day one of this job I’d be offended.”
“Jake’s wound up in Egypt and sought out Pan’s help for something but didn’t reach out to me so I’ve left them to break the ice hoping he’ll want to see me after but knowing I can’t blame him if he doesn’t want to.” Lacey replied to him.
“Jake’s in trouble and instead of calling either of us it’s my aunt and father who’s on the rescue mission?” Drake said before scoffing to himself. “To be fair that sounds like a super awkward time that I’d rather not be a part of.”
“I just want him to get passed hating me so I can have my brother back after all these years I really do miss him.” Lacey told the Halliwell hybrid. “After dad’s death he’s the only other Morgan left.”
“Hey he’s with dad and Pan right now I’m sure now he’s had some time to adjust and has them as company he’ll soon see you had no free will when it came to putting him behind bars and he’ll finally bury that hatchet.” Drake reassured his friend. “He’s a good and understanding guy he will forgive you in time.”
“True plus you did bust him out of prison so that’s bound to score me some kind of brownie points.” Lacey replied before Dermot McQueen knocked on Drake’s office door and let himself in.
“I was just popping in to introduce myself I’m the headmaster at magic school Dermot McQueen.” He introduced himself before holding out his hand to shake Lacey and Drake’s, only for the two of them to be too focused on finishing their sandwich. “Did I hear right when I heard you busted someone out of prison?”
“The guy was innocent, and it was charmed related business.” Drake replied after finishing his sandwich and standing up to finally shake Dermot’s hand. “I don’t break people out of jail all the time.”
“I’m Lacey Morgan!” Lacey introduced herself as she stood up and placed what remained of her half of the sandwich on the coffee table. “I’m the charmed ones’ white lighter.”
“I see,” Dermot said as he shook Lacey’s hand before turning his attention back to Drake. “I’d like to see you in my office…alone.”
Paul, Pan and Jake walked through the tunnels of the Egyptian pyramids where the walls, statues and even the floor was filled with golds and all kinds of hidden ancient treasures before they walked into a large room filled with unspeakable kinds of treasures.
“I guess I now know why you came to Egypt.” Pan said to Jake, clearly believing he was on a treasure heist. “Trying really hard not to jump to conclusions considering you’ve already been wrongly convicted once before.”
“Well I’m going to come out and say it.” Paul told them both. “You awaken some kind of sand demon because of some fools treasure hunt mission, and you hit us up to save the day knowing we would because your Lacey’s brother and yet you don’t even contact your sister.”
“Hey, I’m a wanted criminal living life on the run for a crime I didn’t commit a guy gets pretty desperate for money when he has no choice but to keep running.” Jake snapped at Paul. “You and your family got me into this mess it’s only right your family gets me out of it!”
“It’s not going to be easy clearly you’ve awakened some ancient Egyptian curse by trespassing somewhere you don’t belong so we’re going to need to break that curse somehow or else this sand creature will just follow you wherever you go until it kills you.” Pan told her fiance's brother.
“It’s kind of hard working out what’s just myth and what has truth when you’re trying to get used to the knowledge of knowing magic exits.” Jake replied. “I should’ve known better, but I was getting kind of desperate.”
“In your defense most supposedly haunted or cursed places are just hocus pocus however unfortunately for you this one turned out to be true.” Pan told Jake making it clear he shouldn’t blame himself too much.
“So, I guess we either break this curse, vanquish the sand demon or both?” Paul suggested.
“If this is about my white lighter popping in to see me, I was told I was allowed visitors at all time I mean being a charmed one means there’s going to be the odd disruption around here.” Drake told Dermot after knocking on the headmaster’s door and walking into his boss’ office to find Dermot leaned up against his desk.
“Did you seriously tell one of our students that the charmed ones had his back if another student bothered him?” Dermot asked his new employee.
“Well I may have said something like that yes, but it was to a bullied student who just needed some help standing up for themselves.” Drake replied nervously.
“That same student got into a fight with a student witch, using your name as leverage.” Dermot told him. “When I was told your method would be a bit out there by the other elders, I had no idea you’d be causing fights with the students.”
“So, I guess their both being expelled now then?” Drake asked the magic school headmaster.
“The demonic student yes but not the student with I mean he was provoked by the demon after all and we can’t blame a witch for naturally clashing with a demon it’s kind of their destiny.” Dermot revealed to Drake, instantly making the Halliwell hybrid furious with his new boss.
“Witches and demons are only natural enemies because people like you have been telling them to be for centuries.” Drake snapped at his boss. “That student has literally been through hell and back and you want to throw him out for trying to defend himself from a witch who quite frankly is nothing but a bully. Your prejudice is standing in the way of true change around here and if you are even remotely a good person you will lift that expulsion and teach this school that bullying isn’t something that should be tolerated whether their victim is demon or not.”
“How dare you accuse me of being prejudice towards demons when I’ve allowed them into my school?” Dermot argued with the Halliwell hybrid.
“When you automatically expel the different kid without getting all the facts that’s being biased automatically assuming the other student is innocent just because they’re not a demon is prejudice.” Drake schooled the headmaster. “I was hired here to help this transition but how am I supposed to do that when you’re clearly the biggest thing in the way of this being a success?”
“I was warned you were just as outspoken as the charmed ones before you and you’d be twice the work.” Dermot admitted to Drake while rolling his eyes.
“Here’s what I suggest you do.” Drake demanded. “You expel nobody and instead put them in detention for about a month one week everyday after school where they learn about prejudices, violence and the good both demons and witches have done before presenting their information to you at the end of the month with a glowing presentation. Then you arrange your own school seminars making it clear to everyone prejudices or hate of any kind will not be tolerate here!”
“You’ve got some mouth on you…you must really care about these kids already and it’s only been a day.” Dermot told his newest employee.
“I was hired by you and the other elders because this school needed me and I can see why but fire me now if you think you change my approach because I’m never going to agree just for the sake of it whether your my boss or not.” Drake made himself clear.
“I like your punishment idea better than mine it seems more beneficial to both students and you’re right about treating them fairly I guess I do have some prejudices to overcome if demons are to find safe haven within these walls.” Dermot reluctantly admitted.
“Wow I thought for sure I was going to get fired right here right now.” Drake laughed nervously.
“Oh, I’m still tempted,” Dermot teased him. “Did you really give a student a leaflet about safe sex?”
“I may have handed out a few leaflets today but only to the students who are clearly having sex I’d rather them be safe than wind up knocked up.” Drake explained himself.
“Makes sense,” Dermot laughed at Drake. “But where did you get the leaflets from?”
“I may or may not have wrote several leaflets concerning many issues that my daughter may come across growing up and I just made copies of the sex talk one for my first day here just in case it was needed which it clearly was.” Drake admitted to his new boss.
“I don’t understand…why make leaflets for years in advance especially when a five-minute talk will just suffice when it comes to it?” Dermot wondered.
“In case I’m not around to speak to her…being a charmed one doesn’t allow for many happy endings and I just want to be prepared for any outcome to ensure my daughter has the best life possible.” Drake admitted. “I don’t want her to have to go through what I did.”
“Okay we cast a lightning storm spell so that the lighting hits the sand demon and turns it into glass allowing me to then explode the glass?” Pan suggested as she, Paul and Jake stood within the tunnels of the Egyptian pyramid.
“Not a bad idea unless you picture us all ditching actual lightning from striking us while trying to vanquish a demon.” Paul replied with great sarcasm.
“I should’ve just have bit the bullet and called Drake at least he could’ve teleport-ed me somewhere.” Jake complained.
“Oh, I’m so sorry that we’re taking our time to work out how best to save your sorry ass!” Pan snapped at her fiance's brother.
“You’re right I should be more thankful that you guys came it’s just a little hard seeing two people whose family literally destroyed my own.” Jake explained to them both. “I know neither of you played in part in any of it, but it still angers me.”
“Lacey misses you she’s still your family!” Pan told Jake. “I know it’s complicated but what she did to you she only did because she was under a spell.”
“My dad’s dead and Lacey and Drake got all those years with him while I was in jail and then more time when I had to go on the run.” Jake snapped. “I’m barely even living just surviving all because Drake killed his own parents and your family put all the blame on me!”
“Drake never meant to kill his parents in that fire it was an accident and the minute he learned you were innocent he broke you straight out of jail.” Paul explained to Lacey’s brother. “What my mother did to you and your sister is unforgivable but that’s on her neither Lacey nor Drake are to blame for any of it.”
“Yeah I get that I do, and I want to be a good guy and forgive and forget but you all get to go on with your lives while I have no-one and nowhere to call home.” Jake admitted to them both.
“I’m so sorry we haven’t been working harder on clearing your name I guess we all kind of got swept up with Lacey dying, then Drake’s mum dying and let’s not forget Drake dying himself.” Pan mumbled while apologizing to her fiance's brother.
“When did Lacey and Drake die?” Jake asked her in complete shock by what she had revealed to him.
“Don’t tell me you got fired after one day? That’s a record even for you Drake.” Lacey joked with Drake as he walked into his office at magic school to find Lacey sitting back on his sofa.
“Surprisingly not,” Drake laughed before walking over to his friend and sitting down beside her. “Despite having another major bitch fit…I don’t know why I keep blowing up like that.”
“Because you’re trying too hard to maintain perfection you have been since the moment you became a dad and I get it after the shit we’ve both been through that you’d want everything to be perfect for Lilah but it’s never going to be perfect nothing ever is.” Lacey told her best-friend. “You do so well in crisis mode because you’ve been stuck there half your life but now you need to learn how to function when everything isn’t going to hell.”
“You’re right,” Drake admitted reluctantly before taking a big breath. “You should go to your brother and speak to him I think the only way either of you are ever going to heal this rift between you is by speaking face to face.”
“Are you sure me just showing up won’t just make him even more angry with me?” Lacey asked.
“Your statement put him to jail for a crime I committed I’m fairly certain he can’t get any angrier with us.” Drake joked. “Clearly the only way is up from here Lace.”
“Okay we could cloak the pyramid, so it’s never found again but then again that only really helps us once we’ve found a way out of here without being killed by a sand demon.” Pan said to Jake and Paul as the three of them remained within the tunnels of the Egyptian pyramid.
“So, I decided to not wait for an invite and just show up.” Lacey told the three of them after orbing into the pyramid.
“So much for your magic proof theory.” Paul taunted Pan.
“Lace…it’s been a long time.” Jake replied to his sister while walking towards her. “You look good for being dead and everything.”
“Yeah being a white lighter does kind of suit me.” Lacey laughed.
“Well you were always Drake’s bodyguard makes sense your now an undead bodyguard to his whole family.” Jake joked before hugging his sister. “I forgive you.”
“You do,” Lacey gushed while hugging her brother tighter. “I’m so sorry for everything I’m just so glad to see you again Jake.”
“Okay not to be the one to break up a family reunion but can we get the hell out of here so I can get to the book of shadows and break a sand demon curse?” Pan asked her fiancé and her fiance's brother, having seen enough of the Egyptian pyramid.
“I’m sorry for what I said to you last time I saw you.” Cole apologized to his sister after shimmering into her office at Halliwell and Turner law to find Raven sat behind her desk typing away on her laptop. “You’re not a disgrace you’re an inspiration I keep making these same mistakes and never learning from them. You were 100% right in siding with the Halliwell’s but please don’t give up on me just yet sister.”
“I suppose considering we’re the only family either of us have left declaring to disown you was a little hasty.” Raven admitted as she closed her laptop and looked up towards her brother.
“Does that mean your forgiving me once more?” Cole asked with a cheeky smile before sitting down in front of his sister’s desk.
“It means you’re my brother and as your sister it’s my duty to help you on your path to redemption and forgiveness.” Raven explained to him. “Which means it’s my duty to help stop you from facing the rest of eternity completely and utterly alone but I’m warning you Cole this is your very last chance!”
“Little Lilah summoned me to her nursery at magic school today because she missed me because in her eyes, I’ve only ever been a good guy and I want her to grow up to continue believing that.” Cole admitted to his sister. “Drake’s unbelievably allowing me to stay in her life and I’m going to make sure he doesn’t regret that decision.”
“That’s good brother I’m glad for you I really am.” Raven replied with sincerity. “I know losing our father scarred us both but we’re still a family and if we’re lucky one day that family may extend in time.”
Drake walked out of his office immediately closing and locking his door behind him before turning around to find his new boss Dermot orbing himself in front of the Halliwell hybrid as the two met once more, this time in the main hallway of magic school.
“If you have another complaint to make can you at least wait until tomorrow because that’s me finished for the day.” Drake said to his boss.
“Unless you have a charmed emergency then you’re not finished just yet because I need help preparing this seminar that you came up with.” Dermot told the new magic school guidance counselor.
“I’d totally be convinced you were some evil demon headmaster if you weren’t a bloody elder.” Drake moaned at the elder while rolling his eyes at him.
“Now Drake isn’t that just the tiniest bit prejudice?” Dermot mocked him with a smile on his face. “I mean stereotyping someone as a demon just because they irritate you sounds a bit prejudice to me.”
“Well played Mr McQueen,” Drake replied with a reluctantly sigh. “I suppose I can stick around a little longer I mean the nursery’s open 24/7 so I suppose I can help with this seminar.”
“Good.” Dermot replied. “And you can call me Dermot.”
“I’m sorry we haven’t managed to clear your name yet Jake it’s been a lot adjusting to not being alive while everyone else still believes I am.” Lacey said to her brother as the two stood in a hotel room somewhere in France. “Also, I had to quit my job due to the fact that being a white lighter is full time job.”
“Yeah I’m never going to get used to the fact my sister is now a white lighter and my ex is a demon/witch hybrid.” Jake scoffed.
“It’s a lot to take in I mean Drake took a long time to adjust to all this and so did I, but life is definitely more interesting now and I kind of love the madness.” Lacey admitted to her brother.
“I really can’t believe after everything Drake and his family has done to us, you’re still his dutiful sidekick after all these years.” Jake snapped at her.
“I know you’re still getting used to all this but you loved Drake once and both me and dad have always considered him family not to mention the fact I’m marrying Pan and I really want you to be happy for us all.” Lacey told him while defending her best-friend and the Halliwell’s.
“Drake stopped being family when his actions put me behind bars when his family’s magic made me serve time for a murder, I didn’t commit…a murder Drake committed.” Jake said, making his feelings very clear. “His grandmother stole everything from us both and yet you’re still running around after him like you did in high school. Lacey, I love you, but I can’t be a part of the lives of a family who are the reason I’m on the run and my dad is dead which means you have to choose between them or me.”
“Jake my fiancé and her brother just dropped everything to come and rescue you!” Lacey argued with him. “They’re not the enemies here you should see the amazing things they do with their magic the innocents they save by taking down every evil they face.”
“That family are the reason I got myself in danger in the first place because I wouldn’t be doing any of this if I could go back home not that I’d even want to know that dad’s gone.” Jake said continuing his argument with his sister. “You’re either a Halliwell or you’re a Morgan but I sure as hell won’t be calling any Halliwell my family.”
Warnings: I don’t own the rights to any of the characters from the hit TV show “Charmed” or the storylines related to the show those rights belong to original creator Constance M Burge.
15+ Moderate/Graphic Displays of Violence, Sexual Innuendos, Witchcraft and Potentially Triggering Scenes.
“I’ve got to admit something to you Paul and I’m afraid of how you’re going to react to it.” Raven said nervously while her and Paul sat on a blanket having a picnic within a park in San Francisco. “I really don’t want you to hate me because I’ve really enjoyed this time we had together.”
“Raven it’s okay I’m sure nothing is going to be as bad as Cole Turner being your sibling.” Paul joked with her.
“Cole and I entered your lives under false pretenses he saved Drake on his own accord, but he never planned to stick around.” Raven reluctantly revealed. “Until we got word about how to access the locked dark grimoire and we got desperate.”
“What’s the charmed ones got to do with the dark grimoire?” Paul asked as he stood up from the ground, shocked by Raven’s betrayal. “The dark grimoire has nothing to do with us in fact none of us can even touch it no good can.”
“The grimoire was locked many years ago by the original charmed ones when the elders couldn’t find a way to destroy it and until now it wasn’t thought possible of it ever being unlocked.” Raven revealed as she stood up to face Paul.
“So, buying Halliwell and Turner, you and me getting close and Drake becoming friends with Cole it was all part of some game to you two?” Paul asked, furious with himself and the demon in front of him. “I knew I should never have trusted Cole, but I was so foolish to underestimate you.”
“At first we were just trying to get that book unlocked but then I really started to like you and I realized the last thing I want to do is hurt you or your family.” Raven tried to explain herself. “I was hoping we could find a way around hurting you and this plan of ours would do nobody any harm but now this wicked witch named Morgana has formed an alliance with my brother and god only knows what she’s capable of.”
“I thought you were different to the rest of them,” Paul snapped at her. “You even convinced me to allow Cole near my son!”
“Trust me please Paul I’m not like the demons you vanquish I’m not evil.” She pleaded with him. “The only reason I reconnected with Cole is because he had a plan to reunite us with our father. Do you know what it’s like to grow up without a father because your mother took him from you? I was raised by a monster not a mother who never understood my or Cole’s humanity and we were punished for being who we were. When we were old enough, we ran from her but not together and I’ve spent well over a century completely and utterly alone.”
“I’m so sorry you had to go through that Raven I truly am but despite how much I don’t want it to, this changes everything.” Paul replied.
“It doesn’t have to,” Raven said as tears began forming in her eyes. “Let me help fix all this.”
“If you came to me with the truth from the start we would’ve helped you I mean it’s our job to help out when we can but you didn’t instead you lied to me and because of those lies I won’t be able to ever trust you again.” Paul admitted to her.
Pan and Lacey decided to spend the day out having some quality time with Drake’s daughter and Pan’s niece Lilah who was now about 10 months old. The couple decided to take her to the beach with it being such a hot day as Pan believed this to be a normal day out with her girlfriend and her niece not knowing what Lacey had planned.
“Lilah honey who put this ridiculously heavy jacket on you on a beautiful day like this?” Pan asked her niece while she, Lilah and Lacey sat on the beach making sandcastles together before she took off Lilah’s jacket shocked to see her niece wearing a plain white top with black writing on it saying Marry Aunt Lacey leaving the Halliwell witch shocked. “I thought you didn’t want to do the whole marriage thing with me?”
“That was a long time ago I was still adjusting to this whole white lighter gig and I was scared but despite everything that’s changed over the last three years my love for you has only grown more and more.” Lacey declared.
“Are you sure your ready to become a Halliwell?” Pan asked Lacey.
“I’m more than ready to become your wife.” Lacey responded with a smile before the two were both shocked to see a ring box blink itself on little Lilah’s lap causing her to laugh. “I knew I forgot the ring but how did it get here? I never told Drake I forgot the ring.
“I think Lilah’s starting to come into her powers.” Pan admitted as she picked up the ring box, opened it and placed the ring on her finger before kissing Lacey. “I love you so much Lacey Morgan.”
“I love you too Pan Halliwell.” Lacey responded with another kiss before looking down at Lilah. “Thanks for the ring save even if you’re having powers now completely and utterly terrifies me.”
“Just wait until we start having kids.” Pan laughed.
Drake and Cole walked into the foyer of the Halliwell laughing amongst themselves as they continued walking into the dining room only for their laughter to instantly stop as they saw Paul and Raven sat down at the dining table in total silence making Drake wonder why they had been called there while Cole feared his secret was out.
“So, what’s with the big family meeting?” Drake asked his father and his father’s business partner as he sat down next to Paul. “I want to make a morbid joke but, in this house…that’s just tempting fate.”
“I have no idea.” Paul replied to his son as he tried to hide his anger while watching Cole sit down next to his sister Raven. “I’m not the one who called this family meeting.”
“Is this about you sleeping with Raven?” Drake asked his father. “Because people in this house can have a sex life without announcing it or being walked in on.”
“Wait…what?” Paul replied in shock.
“Well it started with a shirt on a floor and ended with that look on your face.” Drake responded with a laugh. “It’s okay dad you can date whoever you want just as long as they haven’t already been with your sister, I don’t see anyone having a problem.”
“We didn’t call the meeting.” Raven butted in, begging for the conversation to change.
“Did I just put my foot in my mouth?” Drake asked a silent room. “You know I can actually put my foot in my mouth don’t ask how I learned that little trick.”
“I’m going to take a guess and say it’s from your stripping days.” Cole laughed, noticing the awkwardness between Paul and Raven.
“No it was this crazy hot chick I saw for about of month she was in to all kinds of…” Drake began to say before realizing just how serious the situation was as Paul refused to make any eye contact with Raven who kept looking at him with hurt in her eyes. “Never mind that ended when I arrested her.”
“You’re a total goofball when your happy aren’t you?” Cole teased Drake.
“Oh, shut up!” Drake blushed at Cole before turning his attention to his dad. “Is everything okay?”
“Everything’s fine.” Paul lied, unable to tell his son the truth, not wanting to be the one to ruin his son’s newfound happiness.
“So, guess what we went and did?” Pan asked the room after she, little Lilah and Lacey orbed into the dining room with Lacey holding baby Lilah in her arms.
“Why does it feel like someone’s about to murder someone in here?” Lacey asked the four sitting down at the table before Drake got up on his feet and rushed over to take his daughter of her.
“Daddy miss you so much.” Drake said as he gushed over his daughter and cuddled into his little girl. “Daddy missed you so much! Yes, he did.”
“Seriously dude dump a baby in your arms and suddenly you’re a giant talking teddy bear.” Lacey taunted her best friend.
“Just ignore your aunt Lacey she’s just bitter because Daddy has always been the pretty friend.” Drake joked while talking to his daughter before sitting back down at the table as Cole began making faces at little Lilah making her laugh away.
“You said you guys went and did something?” Raven asked Pan and Lacey.
“We got engaged!” Pan revealed to everyone making everyone cheer even Paul as he was sincerely happy for his little sister.
“Oh my god not to put any pressure on you girls but please make me your wedding planner I am literally bored out of my tiny little mind without a job right now and I refuse to go back to being a detective.” Drake pleaded with Lacey and Pan. “I’d totally smash it as a wedding planner.”
“Congratulations!” Raven and Cole both said as they got up from their seats and separately shook the hands of the newly engaged couple.
“Well I for one am thrilled you are finally going to become a Halliwell.” Paul said to Lacey as he stood up from his chair and gave his white lighter a hug. “Just remember we keep our name in this family so get used to being Lacey Halliwell.”
“So, is that a no to be a wedding planner?” Drake asked Lacey and Pan. “I really need a job even if it doesn’t pay.”
“You could always come work for me at the law firm.” Paul suggested to his son as Drake stood up from his seat and passed Lilah over to him.
“Thanks, but no thanks I’ve already been in charge of hell once and it didn’t exactly end well.” Drake joked with his father.
“Well I wasn’t quite thinking wedding planner I was thinking more best man.” Lacey said to Drake. “How does that sound?”
“Fine,” Drake sighed. “I’ll just find another way of keeping my brain from dying from boredom.”
“You’re supposed to say thanks.” Lacey laughed before Drake hugged her.
“Congratulations Lace just don’t fuck it up!” Drake joked with his best friend.
“And of course, I want you to be my best man big brother.” Pan told Paul.
“See now, this calls for a celebration how about drinks on me?” Cole suggested to which everyone cheered too except Paul who continued to struggle his hatred towards the demon.
“Why didn’t you tell everyone the truth?” Raven asked Paul as she walked into the kitchen of the Halliwell Manor to see Paul pouring champagne into flutes.
“Because everyone is happy right now and we’re not going to spoil that.” Paul replied as he placed the champagne bottle down on the kitchen counter. “We continue with Morgana and Cole’s plan long enough to vanquish this witch.”
“Are you sure you want to be keeping stuff from your family? I’m not one to judge but that never ends well for you.” Raven warned him.
“You’ve left me with no choice.” Paul said before noticing Drake walking in smiling from ear to ear.
“So, I’ve decided to throw the girls a surprise engagement party tonight.” Drake revealed to them both.
“Tonight, that doesn’t really give us much time.” Paul replied to his son.
“Yeah you won’t be able to get much done within a few hours.” Raven agreed with Paul.
“I’m already planning everything in my head as we speak and Cole’s going to help me with it although I haven’t told him yet.” Drake answered while Paul and Raven shared another awkward glance at each other, which Drake noticed but misinterpreted as romantic tension. “You guys need to find the perfect engagement which means spending the next few hours together and nowhere else until the perfect gift is bought.”
“If you’re sure you can manage the party planning then I’m sure I can help your father find a present.” Raven replied with a forced smile.
“Haven’t you got an appointment with Magic School today?” Paul asked his son.
“Ugh yeah but their only going to ask me to enroll and except from getting Lilah enrolled early I’m not interest in any student related conversation with them I mean I’m a freaking charmed one who single handily took down the triad I should be teaching not being taught.” Drake complained. “I can still swing by there and get the party perfect I was born to overachieve.”
“So, please remind me why you’ve pulled me away from my new fiancé to attend some magic school meeting with you.” Pan asked Drake as the two walked down the corridors within magic school
“I need back up in case the elders try getting me enrolled instead of Lilah which means you’ll have to stop me vanquishing them while standing up for me when I boast about how amazing I am as a charmed one.” Drake told his aunt.
“Oh yeah about that I think Lilah’s starting to come into her powers, but we’ll talk about that after this meeting.” Pan replied.
“She has?” Drake asked as they both stopped walking and his face lit up with excitement. “What power does she have? How does she use it?”
“Hey guys it’s so good to see you both.” Quinn said after orbing himself in front of them both. “It’s been far too long!”
“Oh, you’re the elder who summoned me.” Drake said looking far from amused. “I hope for your sake you’re not about to tell me I need lessons…”
“Oh,” Pan laughed to herself. “Something tells me this is going to get interesting.
“So, you weren’t going to tell me then you decided to tell me because you saw some sense but clearly not enough to talk to everyone else.” Lacey told Paul as the two of them walked into the attic of the Halliwell Manor. “When the first person you’ve shown interest for in forever turns out to be a backstabbing demon you tell everyone.”
“She’s only trying to get her father back if anybody should be understanding of that it’s us.” Paul replied as they walked over to the book of shadows. “I mean my father randomly showed up out of nowhere declaring an undead sister before leaving town once again and yet I still hope I’m going to see him again.”
“Yeah daddy issues are a sore point for everyone in this house.” Lacey replied as Paul began flipping through the pages of the book of shadows. “I still miss mine everyday and it doesn’t help Jake’s still out there somewhere hating me.”
“We just need to work together and hope she doesn’t screw us over.” Paul said to his white lighter. “Obviously it’s up to you if you want to tell your fiancé but please don’t tell Drake about this mess.”
“That man shook my hand and wished me congratulations while plotting against my fiancé and my best-friend there’s no chance in hell I’m not telling them both, before or after I kill the demon myself.” Lacey declared to her future brother in law. “And just because you’re still crushing on Raven doesn’t mean she’s getting saved from being crushed by me if she so even puts one more foot wrong.”
“It’s so good to see you again Quinn.” Pan told her former white lighter turned elder before giving him a hug as the two of them stood in the hallway of magic school with Drake by their side. “Lacey proposed and we’re getting married.”
“That’s great news I’m so happy for you two!” Quinn replied sincerely as he broke off his hug with Pan.
“As nice as this reunion is, I’ve got a busy day ahead so can you just tell me why I’ve been summoned here?” Drake asked his ex.
“The elders myself and Paige included wanted to offer you a job at magic school.” Quinn revealed to a stunned Pan and Drake.
“You want to offer me a job here no offense, but my only skills are stripping and police work neither are exactly fitting of a school.” Drake replied to him.
“Well let’s hope they’re not hiring you here for their stripping skills.” Pan said to her nephew before turning her attention to Quinn. “I love my nephew but if you’re wanting him to teach he’s still fairly new good enough not to be a student but not quite at the teaching stage either.”
“Magic school has just starting accepting demonic students those either seeking redemption, those who are part demon and any who don’t report back to the Underworld so as you can imagine the transitions’ not going to be smooth with elders’ and teachers’ prejudices not to mention students who are no doubt going to be spies and we all believe a half demon hybrid who just so happens to be a charmed one would help a lot around here during this time.” Quinn explained to them both.
“So, what exactly would my job title be around here?” Drake asked him.
“We’re offering you the position of magic school’s guidance counselor which I personally believe you’ll be amazing at and it also happens to pay very considerably.” Quinn told his ex-boyfriend and former charge.
“Wait so he gets paid for giving guidance around here and yet we all don’t get paid for being the freaking charmed ones?” Pan complained to the elder.
“Just how much are we talking here and does that mean free childcare?” Drake wondered as he found himself enticed by the job offer.
“We’re talking posh private school kind of money.” Quinn replied to Drake. “And yes, all childcare here is free.”
“Considering Lilah’s starting to display powers before she’s even a year-old magic school would be perfect for her.” Pan admitted to them both.
“I don’t get it I’m hardly a professional at giving guidance.” Drake said to Quinn.
“This position isn’t just because you’re part demon Drake you’ve been through so much change over the last few years that you could help any student adjust to changes in their life and help them come through it with your excellent guidance.” Quinn complimented Drake causing Pan to smile at the two of them. “You’re the strongest person I know, and anyone would be lucky to get some guidance from you.”
“I suppose when you explain it like that…” Drake began to smile at Quinn, old feelings coming back to the surface.
“Favoritism!” Pan coughed under her breath.
Raven stood in front of her window within her office at Halliwell and Tuner law looking out at the city before her while pondering about her current situation knowing her brother would never forgive her for giving back on their plan while fearing Paul would also never forgive her for initially betraying him when suddenly she heard her door open only to turn around to see Paul throw a potion at her feet.
“What did you just do?” She wondered.
“Do you believe Cole can be trusted to do the right thing in the end?” Paul asked her, knowing she couldn’t lie to him thanks to her truth potion.
“I don’t think he will because he never does but I really hope he does.” Raven replied before realizing she had no choice but to tell the truth. “I suppose I deserve being hit by a truth potion after everything so go ahead and ask away.”
“Have you ever killed someone?” Paul questioned her.
“No but I believe anyone is capable of it if pushed enough.” Raven admitted.
“Can I really trust you to be on my side now?” Paul continued his truth potion fueled interrogation.
“Yes, because I never wanted anyone to get hurt from the get-go that’s the last thing I want especially now that I’ve found myself really starting to like you.” Raven revealed before Lacey orbed into the office.
“So, you can be trusted that’s good because I liked you at first and having to kill you for messing with my family would’ve been a real bummer.” Lacey said to the half demon/human hybrid. “However, it’s pretty clear Cole needs to go!”
“What do use want me to do?” Raven asked them both. “Whatever it is I’ll do it.”
“For our plan to work we need to wait for the potion to wear off so you can give the performance of several lifetime.” Lacey instructed.
“Are you sure you guys haven’t made an error here by hiring me I mean I don’t even know how to give the right kind of guidance to somebody.” Drake worried as he and Quinn walked into Drake’s new office within magic school. “What if I give the wrong advice and mess up somebody’s life?”
“The fact that you’re worried about something like that just shows me that you’re going to do great here.” Quinn replied, reassuring the Halliwell hybrid.
“I should really have a more professional job than my previous stripping gig now that I’m a father and all that but I’m still not sold that this is my professional calling although I am only just coming around to being a charmed one after three years.” Drake explained to his former white lighter.
“I know you can do great things here just like I knew you’d do great things as a charmed one face it, Drake Black I’m never wrong.” Quinn told him with a sense of self righteousness that Drake couldn’t help but find adorable.
“Are you sure you shouldn’t be guidance counselor around here? You always gave the best advice even if I never did really listen.” Drake joked with his elder ex.
“I really do miss those days.” Quinn said with a sad sigh, wishing in that moment he could go back to his white lighter days.
“I don’t…” Drake admitted. “I was a total mess back then and I’m only just starting to pull myself together now and I like who I’m becoming now.”
“You do seem really happy now I’m happy for you.” Quinn replied sincerely.
“And I’m happy for you living your dream as an elder I really hope it’s everything you wanted it to be and more.” Drake told him.
Raven rushed into Cole’s office within Halliwell and Turner law firm instantly making Cole and Morgana panic who were in there having a hostile meeting about their wicked plans.
“What’s wrong?” Cole worried.
“Paul hit me with some kind of potion and found out everything we had planned.” Raven revealed to them both.
“I should’ve known playing with demons was going to bite me in the ass luckily for me I never just have one plan up in the air.” Morgana admitted. “We’ll just kill the charmed ones steal the child and get the little brat to unlock the dark grimoire.”
“That was never the plan!” Cole snapped at the devious witch. “None of them are getting hurt and there’s no chance your going anywhere near Lilah.”
“Please your nothing more than a dead demon who won’t pass on you don’t get to make demands of me!” Morgana snapped at Cole.
“Actually, I’ve already come up with a plan where nobody gets hurt and we can persuade Drake to open the dark grimoire.” Raven told them both. “I have Paul unconscious and tied up in my office and I plan to get back to him before he wakes up. He’s already been cloaked so no pesky white lighter finding him and getting in the way.”
“Wow at least someone in your family can get a job done.” Morgana said to Cole, mocking the demon.
“I must admit I didn’t think you had it in you sister.” Cole admitted, ignoring Morgana’s insult towards him.
“You’d be surprised what I’m capable of doing when push comes to shove brother.” Raven replied.
“So, it’s pretty clear dad having a girlfriend at work has turned him even more into a workaholic he had the cheek to get Raven to call me to say he couldn’t make this.” Drake announced as he walked downstairs and into the foyer to meet Pan and Lacey. “Which is so beyond frustrating I can’t even begin to complain but I won’t because today’s been an amazing day and we should be appreciative of it.”
“Okay this happy go lucky Drake is really starting to spook me blink twice if you’ve joined a cult and can’t get out of it.” Lacey teased him.
“What exactly is Paul running late or not showing up for anyway?” Pan asked her nephew.
“Follow me!” Drake told them both with a smile on his face as the two walked into the dining room before Drake waved his had across the table making a buffet of food blink onto the table as well as cutlery, dining ware and a fancy table cloth to dress the table. “I’ve been working hard on my powers, so I don’t have to shout all the time.”
“Consider me impressed.” Lacey complimented him as she looked around at the dining table filled with food.
“Drake this is truly amazing I don’t even know what to say.” Pan admitted to her nephew.
“How exactly have you managed to do all this without a single shout out?” Lacey wondered.
“Telekinesis is the ability to move things with your mind therefore I knew I could somehow tap into my witch side to do just that while also tapping into my demonic side to summon things just by thinking about them I mean that’s how I blink everywhere it makes sense I can now blink things to me.” Drake explained to them both.
“Starting to believe it’s not just favoritism as to why you got a job at magic school.” Pan said to her nephew, proud of how far he has come.
“Okay enough talking now girls it’s time we get to drinking.” Drake told them both before glasses of champagne suddenly blinked into each of their hands.
“Okay now you’re just being a showing off.” Pan laughed. “Which means you take after me!”
“Drake can I talk to you for a moment?” Cole asked after shimmering into the dining room.
“You don’t even compliment all my hard work that you were supposed to help with me before going M.I.A and now your gate crashing my best friend and my aunt’s engagement party to demand private time.” Drake moaned at Cole. “Does it look like a party where privacy is needed? No, because the lot of you haven’t even bothered to show up.”
“Drake it’s okay this is perfect the way it is honestly.” Pan reassured her nephew.
“No, it’s not because I wanted everything to be perfect god damn it! Everything is meant to be perfect but clearly, it’s just the calm before the storm and boom here’s the storm signs coming one by one.” Drake snapped at everyone in the room. “How are we supposed to be happy if no-one can make time to be happy god damn it?”
“Drake it’s okay!” Lacey told him as Drake realized, he had just overreacted.
“Yeah of course it is sorry I was just going full party planning diva there thank god I’m not planning the wedding.” Drake joked trying to brush off his little outburst.
“I’m sorry I missed helping earlier but can we please talk?” Cole pleaded with the Halliwell hybrid while Lacey used the distraction of Drake’s recent outburst to slyly slip something in Drake’s drink.
“Yeah of course but we should make it quick.” Drake told his demonic friend before he and Cole walked out of the dining room and began heading for the stairs as Lacey pulled Pan in for a tight embrace.
“It’s showtime!” Lacey whispered in her fiance's ear.
“What are you on about?” A confused Pan asked her fiancé.
“Oh yeah,” Lacey laughed. “I should probably fill you in right now.”
Morgana walked into Raven’s office at Halliwell and Turner law looking smug for a second before realizing she had been trapped in a crystal cage as a seemingly unconscious Paul stood up from behind the desk before Raven shimmered herself into the room standing next to the Halliwell lawyer.
“I’ve got to admit for a really old witch you’re not as smart as you should be.” Raven mocked her.
“I’m going to kill every single one of you!” Morgana shouted at them both, furious to have fallen for their trap.
“Yeah that’s a lot more threatening when you’re not about to be dead.” Paul replied to the wicked witch before Lacey orbed into the office hand in hand with Pan who quickly uses her free hand to explode the devious witch.
“Well that’s one down.” Pan declared.
“And just one more left.” Lacey replied.
“Okay so what’s the big emergency that you just had to gate crash Pan and Lacey’s engagement party?” Drake asked Cole as the two walked into the attic of the Halliwell Manor. “It better be good because this day is going downhill really quick.”
“There’s something I really need you to do for me.” Cole told him as the dark grimoire appeared into his hand with a blight red flash.
“What is that?” Drake wondered.
“I need you to open it for me it’s very important to me.” Cole replied before Drake grabbed the book out of his hands shocking Cole that Drake could even touch it.
“Why is some dusty old book so bloody important suddenly?” Drake snapped as Lacey orbed into the attic with Paul and Pan on each side of her making Cole instantly panic as he instantly snatched the book out of Drake’s hands and tried to open it to no success.
“Damn it!” Cole snapped.
“Guys what exactly is going on right now?” Drake asked everyone while looking around the room and slowly backing away from Cole.
“Cole was going to threaten you with your father’s life if you didn’t unlock that dark grimoire for him.” Lacey revealed to a stunned Drake.
“The dark grimoire is basically the evil book of shadows which you clearly never knew which means I’ve still got more to teach you.” Pan piped in before getting judging looks from both Lacey and Paul. “Which is so not the time for me to talk about it.”
“I’m sorry son but he’s been playing us this entire time thankfully Raven told us the truth in time before it was too late.” Paul told his son.
“Is this true?” Drake asked Cole before snapping. “Answer me!”
“I wasn’t going to actually hurt you or your father I just need this book unlocked so badly.” Cole tried to explain himself.
“I slipped a little potion in Drake’s drink so you couldn’t harm him because quite frankly nobody knows what your capable of.” Lacey told Cole.
“I understand why you need that book or at least believe you need it because I’ve felt the pain of losing someone and I would’ve made the same mistakes as you if I knew of a way to bring any of them back but that kind of magic is locked away for a reason.” Pan explained to Cole taking a much softer approach towards him than anyone expected. “Sometimes whether we like it or not death really is the end.”
“I really meant it when I said you were the first friend; I’ve ever truly had I didn’t expect to bond with you like I did.” Cole told Drake before shimmering out of sight.
“Are you okay?” Paul asked his son as he began walking over to him.
“I will be.” Drake said as he forced a smile on his face. “We should get back to celebrating now family only this time.”
“Drake we can rearrange for another night.” Pan told her nephew.
“Guys I’m perfectly fine and I didn’t go to all that trouble downstairs for nobody to enjoy it.” Drake told them all. “Now let’s go party!”
“How could you betray me like this?” Cole asked his sister after shimmering into her office at Halliwell and Turner law to find Raven sat behind her desk clearly expecting his visit.
“I was willing to do this crazy plan for you because I wanted to try and help you get to a good place, but dad’s been gone for a long time and there’s no bringing him back.” Raven admitted as she stood up from her chair. “I wanted to help you so badly brother but I’m beginning to fear you’re the walking stereotype that allows this world to label all demons the same. You lost your wife and your child due to the darkness you desire, you lost Drake and now I’m afraid you’ve lost me. I can’t be in your life any longer because I no longer believe there is any redeeming you and even if I did I know for a fact you’re just going to continue the same cycle you’ve been doing for far too long already.”
“I should kill you where you stand!” Cole shouted at his sister.
“Try me.” Raven shouted back, making it clear she wasn’t scared of him.
