Disclaimer: The Charmed Characters are the property of Aaron Spelling and Constance Burge. I just borrow them for your enjoyment and my writing addiction.

Third Times the Charm

Walking up the front steps of the Manor she opened the door and dropped her bag under the coat rack. ‘Oh man am I glad that’s over’ she thought to herself as she made her way to the living room and flopped onto the couch.

Her sisters weren’t home so she had the Manor to herself for the time been. She sat there thinking of the years that they had been witches. They had come across some pretty incredible stuff, that three years ago she wouldn’t of even dreamed possible. Now it was an ever day occurrence.

She got up and headed to the kitchen to grab something to eat. “Ok so we have nothing and over here we also have nothing. Ok who forgot to go shopping?” She yelled out to the empty house.
“Uh that would be you.” Her sister said from behind her as she walked into the kitchen.
“Hey. I didn’t hear you come in.”
“That would be because you were to busy yelling at the Manor.” Her sister laughed at her.
“Yeah well I was hungry. I had to take it on someone. And you guys weren’t around so I picked the Manor.”
“Pheebs you are always hungry. Now get out of my kitchen and let me start dinner.” Piper told her
“Ok. But if we have no food how are you going to cook anything?” Phoebe looked at her sisters knowingly.
“Well that is why you are going to go and unload the back of the jeep.”
“See I knew there would be a catch.” Phoebe replied as she headed to the door.

Heading out to the Jeep Phoebe saw Prue pull in to the driveway.
“Hey Prue.”
“Hey Phoebe. How was school?” Prue asked as she grabbed her camera gear from the car.
“Good I guess. I just wrote my exam. I’m just glad this week is finally over.”
Draping her arm over her sister shoulder Prue pulled her into a small hug. “I’m sure you did great Pheebs. Don’t worry.”
“Oh I won’t worry as long as the demons leave me alone for the next week. Just long enough for me to study for the one I have next Wednesday and recharge.”
“Come on I’ll help you with these.” Prue said grabbing a bag from the back.

The sister bantered back and forth about their day during dinner and then all got ready for another night at P3.


Earlier that day in another part of California:

“Man you have to let this go.”
“I can’t. She ruined my life. Twice. She will not be so lucky the third time. After all isn’t the old saying three times the charm?”
“Yeah but I still say it’s not worth it.”
“Look either you are with me or against me. And if you’re against me then you already know too much.” He said with an evil smile
“Look I’m with you. But the first trick will be to get out of here.”
“Don’t you worry about that. I have that covered. Just be ready tonight at 11.”
“Ok then what?”
“Then?” he said. “Then I get my revenge.” He started to laugh as the thoughts echoed throughout his mind.



P3 that night:

“Piper I told you we were getting low on beer. But oh no you didn’t listen and now look at me. I look like I took a swim in a beer vat.” Phoebe told her sister trying to dry her self off after the beer tap spit beer all over her.
“Phoebe I said I was sorry. But if you knew why didn’t you just change it.” Piper said trying not to laugh at Phoebe.
“Yeah well next time I’ll do that. Look I’m going home. I’ll see you two in the morning.” Phoebe said giving her sister a quick kiss on the cheek. “Don’t worry Pipe. I’m not mad at you.”
“Good because I hate it when you’re mad at me.” Piper replied. “Night Pheebs.”
“Night Phoebe.” Prue called out to her but over the loud music she wasn’t heard. “So Pipe. Is she mad at you?”
“No. Just a bit upset but not mad.” Piper answered as she watched Phoebe walk up the steps of the club.
“Lucky you.”
“Yeah. So did I really hear you right tonight, that you’re taking tomorrow off?” Piper asked not quite believing that her oldest sister would do that.
“Yep. I wanted to spend the day with you two. We haven’t really spent the day together for awhile. With you here, Phoebe trying to study and me working.”
“Not to mention demon attacks.” Piper added. “But Prue she won’t do anything we both know that. She has her last final on Wednesday. She’ll stay up in her room to study only coming out to answer the call of her stomach.”
“I know. But we’ll just have to get her to take a break.” Prue said laughing at Pipers comment about Phoebe.
“Yeah we’ll that may be easier said then done.” Piper laughed.
“True. But I think after three years of Demon busting we can handle Phoebe.”
“Hmm maybe.” Piper answered
“Yeah. Look I’m heading out to. I’m beat. See you in the morning.” Prue said giving her sister a quick kiss. “Night sweetie.”
“Night Prue.”


They had escaped their hell and were now driving towards San Francisco. Entering the out skirts of the city they knew that they would have to be very careful.
“So where to know?”
“A nice little club called P3. She’s owns it with her sisters.”
“So what we just go in there and grab her?”
“No you moron. We wait for her to come outside.”
“And if she’s not alone?”
“Then we follow her and wait until she is alone.”

They pulled into the parking lot of P3 and waited. It was just past 1AM and there were still a great number of people coming and going from the popular nightspot.
“Busy place.”
“Yeah that’s what I was thinking.” He said. Then suddenly something caught his eye. “Oh this is perfect.”
“What?”
“There.” He pointed.
“That her?”
“No, better. It’s one of her sisters.” He answered with a smile. “She would do anything for one of her sisters. So this could work out better then I had ever hoped.”
“So now we move.”
“Now we move. Be careful though, two of them are trained in martial arts. I’m not sure which two.”
“Oh thanx for the warning.”
“Hey I could have let you find out the hard way.” He replied. “Come on lets go.”

They got out of the car and walked towards her. Then as she turned around to the sounds of footsteps a wet rag was placed over her nose and mouth. Suddenly breathing in the drug she went limp in their arms. Picking her up quickly the made their way to the car and drove off. Leaving the power of three one sister short.

Waking up in the night thirsty, she headed down to the kitchen to get a drink of juice. Upon walking up the stairs, out of habit she checked on her sisters. Opening the first door she could make out the shape of a body in the bed. Curled up in a little ball, she had to chuckle quietly at the site before her. Quietly closing the door she made her way to the next room. Opening the door she was surprised to find the bed empty. Stepping into the room more, she wondered where her sister could be. Turning and walking towards the bathroom incase she was in there. However she knew as soon as she saw the bathroom door open that her sister was not in the bathroom.
“Ok one other place to check before I really start to panic.” She said to herself as she made her way up to the attic. Opening the door and turning on the light she could feel the panic starting to rise in her. Where the hell was her sister?

Running back downstairs she went to wake the one sister that she did know where she was.
“Phoebe wake up.”
Getting no response she shock her sister more. “Phoebe!”
“Um what? I’m trying to sleep here sister. Incase you forgot I’ve had a very stressful week with exams not to mention the fact that I haven’t seen Cole in weeks. So this had better be good.” Phoebe answered back to her older sister a bit miffed that she had woken her.
“Well I’m terribly sorry, but our other sister seems to be missing. She’s not in her bed, and I’ve checked the bathroom and the attic.”

Feeling a little remorseful for yelling at her sister now Phoebe rubbed the sleep from her eyes. And sat up and made her way out of her warm bed.
“Did you check the kitchen?”
“I was down there earlier and didn’t see her.”
“Ok maybe she’s just not back from P3 yet.” Phoebe said with hope.
“Phoebe, it’s four in the morning.”
“Oh. Well maybe she ran into someone she knew and went for coffee or pizza. You know that is what you’re supposed to do when you close down the clubs. Go and grab a late pizza.” Phoebe said half hoping.
“I don’t think she went for pizza Phoebe. She left not that long after you.”
“Piper what are you saying? That Prue was taking by a demon or something?” Phoebe said starting to get worried herself.
“I don’t know Pheebs. All I know is she left not ten minutes after you. She was tired and said that she was coming home. Now I wake up and she is no where to be found.” Piper said getting upset and concerned for her sisters’ disappearance.

Pulling Piper into a hug Phoebe tried to reassure her that everything would be fine. “She’s strong Piper. She’ll be ok.” Phoebe also said those words for her own benefit. She was worried about Prue. If it was supernatural related then what better way to take out the Charmed ones then to get Prue first. She was their big sister, the unspoken leader of the three. She also had the strongest power. At least that was how Phoebe always saw it.
“Piper let’s call Leo and see if ‘they’ know anything.”
“Ok but if it’s not related to our world then he may not be able to help.” Piper answered
“Leo!” They both called out.

Soon Phoebes room was filled with the familiar blue light of their Whitelighter orbing in. As soon as Leo saw Piper and Phoebes faces he knew that what ever the reason for calling him had something to do with Prue.
“Hey what’s wrong?” he asked as Piper approached him and started to cry into his chest. Wrapping his arms around his fiancée he just held her.
“Prue is missing.” Phoebe said. “We were wondering if you could see if ‘they’ know anything.”
“Sure. Are you two gonna be ok for a few minutes?” Leo asked but looking down at Piper.
“Yeah we should.” Phoebe answered
“Ok I’ll be right back.” He said as he kissed Piper on the top of her head and led her back to Phoebe. Orbing out he could see the lost look in both sisters’ eyes.

Down at the docks:

“Ok so now what?”
“Now you make your way over the my fathers island. Dump her body there and in the mean time I’ll call her sister to come and get her.”
“What if she doesn’t come?”
“Oh she’ll come. These three are almost too predictable. Their weakness is their love for each other. Always was. And taking Prue was perfect. I owed her one for messing with my plans years ago. She always thought that she was so cool: class president, captain of the cheerleading team. Well who’s in charge now.” He said looking down at Prue in disgust.
“Ok so I’ll wait for you there?”
“I’ll be there late tomorrow afternoon. That way we can both greet her, when she arrives. I will get my revenge. Now go and be careful. We don’t want the Coast Guard to catch you.”
“I’m gone. Until tomorrow then.” He turned and walked back into the wheelhouse of the boat and waited while two other guys loaded Prue onto the boat, securing her in a lower cabin. Once secure the other two left the boat and then he pulled out to an island of uncertainty.


Leo orbed back to the Manor not very long after he had left.
“Hey you two how you doing?” Leo asked as he orbed into the living room.
“Hey. Anything?” Piper whispered
“Uh yeah maybe. Why are we whispering?”
Piper just pointed at the sleeping form of her baby sister on her lap. “Busy week.”
“Oh.”
“So what did you find out?” Piper asked anxious to get her sister back.
“Well there is a rumour going around that a lower level demon is trying to make some waves.”
“What kind of waves?”
“Well he usually gets humans to do his dirty work for him. He finds someone with a grudge against a witch and uses that to his advantage.”
“So he has found someone with a grudge against Prue and now is using that against us?” Piper asked
“Yes and no. It my not be Prue that this person has a grudge against. It could be you or Phoebe.”
“So then this person takes Prue to get to one of us?”
“It could be that way yeah. Look Piper I’m sorry I can’t help you anymore. But they don’t know any more then that.” He said as he sat down beside her puling her into a hug. “We’ll find her Piper.”
“We have to Leo. Phoebe and I would die without her.”
“We will. Now why don’t you curl up by Phoebe and try and get some sleep. I’ll stay I promise.”
“Ok I love you.” She said as she leaned up and kissed him
“Love you too.” Returning the kiss. “Now get some sleep.”

She woke to the pounding in her head, and the noise of the engines didn’t help any. The last thing she remembered was walking out of P3 and heading home. She heard the engines change gears and they sounded like they were slowing down. She sat up carefully and tried her powers on the door. Nothing happened. ‘Ok what the hell happened to my powers?’ She thought.

She could see out the small cabin window that it was still dark but that daylight was trying to break through. Suddenly she was jerked forward as she felt them hit something. At first the only thing to be heard was the sound of the engine. Then she could hear a key in the door.
“Well you’re awake. Good that means I don’t have to carry you a shore.” He said as he pulled her off the bed roughly. Pushing her towards the door, and up to the upper deck.

“Jump.”
“Excuse me.”
“I said jump. It’s not that far, besides if you don’t jump out now I will throw you out. The choice is yours.”

Prue looked at him again and then stepped carefully over the rail of the bow of the boat. Bending down she made the three-ft jump down to the water.
“Now don’t go anywhere.” He said as he headed back to the wheelhouse. Putting the boat in to reverse he slowly back away from the beach leaving Prue standing in the water up to her knees.
“Wait you can’t just leave me here.” She called out, yet he didn’t hear her. Or he didn’t want to. As she watched him drive across the water. “Great.” She said.

Making here way ashore Prue tried to study the land around her. However she decided that she would wait until it daylight out before she really started to get her barrings. So she found a soft spot on the sand with a log to her back and went to sleep. Thinking only of her sisters that she knew in a few hours would be starting to worry about her.

The morning sun rose and filled Phoebes room with sunlight as it slowly made its way skyward. Piper woke and spotted Leo sitting in Phoebe chair in the corner of her room. She could see that he too had just woken up.
“Hey you.” She said with a small smile.
“Hey yourself. You sleep ok?” He asked
“Actually yeah. Sharing with Phoebe is better when she’s worried.”
“How’s that?”
“She doesn’t kick as much. She’s just more clingy.”
“Oh.” Leo said in understanding. “So what are we going to do about Prue?”
“Well first I have to let Phoebe know what’s going on. And we’ll have to figure everything out from there. Maybe start scrying first off.”
“Ok I’ll go downstairs and wait for you two. I’ll get the map and the crystal while I’m at it.” He said as he got up and kissed Piper before heading downstairs.

Phoebe had woken up just before Leo had left the room and was a bit worried about what Piper had said about figuring things out. Piper looked down at her sleeping sister only to find her awake.
“Hey there.”
“Hi.” Phoebe said quietly.
“What’s wrong?” Piper asked thought already knowing the answer.
“I’m scared Piper. I tried last night to be strong but I can’t. I can’t lose her Piper.” Phoebe answered as a new set of tears ran down her face.
“I know Phoebe. I’m scared too, but we have to hold on to the thought that we will find her.” Piper reassured her sister as they stayed on the bed just holding each other.
“So what did Leo find out last night?” Phoebe asked quietly.
“They think it maybe demon related but aren’t sure at this point.”
“What do you mean they’re not sure?”
“Well it seems that there is a low level demon that uses humans to do his dirty work so to speak.”
“I’m not following Piper.” Phoebe said confused.
“He looks for humans that are holding a grudge against someone. Usually a witch. He then manipulates that person into killing the other.”
“Ok so what does this have to do with us? I mean the only people we’ve ticked off lately are demons and Warlocks. Oh and the Source could probably be counted in that too.”
“That’s the part we have to figure out. Leo thinks that maybe there is someone from one of our pasts that’s holding a grudge against us. Whether it’s you, me or even Prue. If it’s you or me, what better way to get to us by taking Prue?”
“Ok so we’re back to making up lists again?” Phoebe asked
“Yeah. Unless you can come up with something else.”
“Nope. Sounds good to me. In fact I think I still have mine from the whole Abbey thing.”

They headed downstairs to try scrying as Leo had suggested earlier. Hoping that they would find Prue safe and they could just get on with their lives.
“Piper why don’t you do this I’ll go up and check the book on this guy?” Phoebe suggested as she went back upstairs before Piper could even answer. Phoebe just wanted some alone time. She tried last night to be strong for Piper but she wasn’t sure how much longer she could. She needed Prue more then she was willing to admit. She had been the only Mother that Phoebe had ever known. “Oh god Prue please be safe.” She said to no one as she walked towards the pedestal that held the BOS.

Back at the Beach:

Prue woke to the sun beaming down on her face. The warmth almost made her forget what had happened the night before. As she lay in the sand everything come back to her. Sitting up she pulled herself against the log, as she watched the sun creep higher into the sky. Her thoughts turned to her sisters and how they must be fretting right about now. And the other thought that worried her even more was why her powers had not worked yesterday on the boat. Sitting against the log her thoughts again went to her sisters. Trying to Astral project to them. After five minutes of no luck she gave up. Realizing that there must be a demon or warlock involved that was blocking her powers.

Standing up she looked around at her surroundings. In front of her was the sea and behind her was a cliff that went almost straight up except for a few spots that looked like maybe she could climb up. She could see down the beach but it didn’t look anymore promising. She could also tell that there were vast trees on the top of the cliff. “Ok Prue this is survival 101, stranded on a strange island with no water or food. And they say Survivor is tough. What ever, at least they had rice.” Prue said. “Ok so do I stand here and talk to myself or do I see what I can find?” she paused a minute as if waiting for an answer. “Ok so we look around but not to far from this spot. I have a feeling that I should remember where here is.” She commented as she made her way down the beach.

At the Manor:

Phoebe had been looking in the attic but as of yet had found nothing that led to their demon. Finding nothing she made her way back downstairs and found herself in Prue’s room. Flopping down on the bed she just enveloped the smells around her. She just wanted her sister back was that too much to ask. She lay on the bed and had almost fallen back to sleep when her arm brushed against the bear that sat on Prue’s bed, pulling her into a premonition.

Piper had tried scrying for her sister to no avail. She wondered if Phoebe was having anymore luck then she was.
“Leo I’m going to go check on Phoebe.” She said as she headed for the stairs.
“Piper.”
“Yeah Leo?”
“I get the feeling that Phoebe wants to be alone right now.”
“I know Leo, but she also needs someone to let her know that everything will be ok. That we’ll figure this out.” She said and then turned and walked up the stairs.

Piper was heading for the attic when she heard the sudden gasp that she immediately recognized as the sound her sister makes at the start of a premonition. Turning into Prue’s room Piper immediately saw that her sister was in the middle of a premonition. Sitting beside her on the bed she just waited until she came out of it.

Then just as suddenly as it started it ended. Phoebe gasped and then saw Piper sitting beside her.
“Phoebe are you ok?”
“I think so.”
“What did you see?” Piper asked afraid of the answer, yet hopeful all at once.
“I saw Prue. At first it looked like she was in some sort of cabin and then I saw her on a beach.”
“A beach?”
“Yeah. But I couldn’t tell where.” Phoebe answered. “Oh Piper we have to find her. I have very bad feeling about this.”
Placing her arm over Phoebes shoulder she pulled her in. “I know Pheebs and we will.”

They stayed there a few more minutes before they were interrupted by the sound of the phone.

“Halliwell residence.”
“Well hello Halliwell residence. I am an old friend of the family.”
Not recognizing the voice the conversation continued.
“How can I help you?”
“Actually it is I that can help you.”
“And how is that?”
“I heard that you were missing a sister.” He said casually.

At first she didn’t know how to respond. She just sat there with the phone in her hand. Then she got a fire in her that she didn’t think she even had.
“Where is she?” as the realization hit her as to who she was talking to. The person that had taken her big sister.
“Oh now that is for me to know and you to find out isn’t it?” he laughed at her
“Ok then what do you want?”
“Oh I think you know. But I’ll make it easier for you. Go down to Pier 69 at the Fisherman’s dockyard. Ask for the Lady Rose. Once there climb aboard and let the deck hand know who you are. They will take you to your sister.”
“How do we know this is not a trick?” she asked thinking this could be a demon after their powers.
“I think you know that I am not messing around.” He replied as he hung up the phone.

Staring at the phone she wasn’t sure what to do. Then as her sister instincts kicked in she grabbed her sisters hand and ran out of the room.
“Whoa what’s going on?”
“Prue is going on, now come on.” She cried as she ran down the stairs. Trying to fill in the other sister on the way down.

“Leo come on we have to go.”
“I can’t.” He replied sadly.
“What do you mean you can’t? We just got a call from Prues kidnapper and you have to go where?”
“I’m sorry but I just got called.”
“You know thos