Disclaimer: I lay no claim to the Charmed Ones. They belong to the WB Next Year


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Disclaimer: I own none of this, the Charmed series belongs to WB. The Foo Fighters wrote ¡°Next Year.¡±


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~~~ I’m in the sky tonight
There I can keep by your side ~~~

I stand on the Golden Gate Bridge, watching Piper, and giving her an unknown strength as she fought for everything she loved, her sisters, her sons, and me. I follow her invisibly, the only thing I am allowed to do. The elders had no choice about this, evil had managed to banish white-lighters into our realm ‘up here’ and all we could do was sit and watch as they took on the Charmed Ones and every other witch in the Bay area, killing and destroying it all.

~~~ Watching the wide world riot
And hiding out
I¡¯ll be coming home next year ~~~

I watched as San Francisco burned, its fate resting in the palms of my three talented charges. Nothing I’d ever come across had been this hard, forced into invisibility, forced to stand back and watch my girls fight for the freedom of San F, and the world. Even Paige was hard done by, her healing powers stripped so that she couldn’t save Piper or Phoebe should they be hurt.

~~~ Into the sun we climb
Climbing our wings will burn white ~~~

I can remember that day we were banished so clearly. It was like Gideon or another elder had sent me ‘up here,’ but it was painful, as though I had been sent through the sun and burnt badly. It was a week before any of us could do anything, and then we realized that we were stuck, and all half-witch, half-Whitelighters were either here or with their healing powers stripped. We couldn’t do anything, this was one evil greater than all our good put together. Even Wyatt and Chris are up here, safe, but sending Piper damn near crazy.

~~~ Everyone strapped in tight
We¡¯ll ride it out
I¡¯ll be coming home next year ~~~

The Elders couldn’t override this one, and so we had to comply with the bargain, if the Charmed Ones won, we’d be allowed home. Otherwise, we’d be stuck up here for eternity and at evil’s mercy when they’d finished taking over that world. So all I can do now is wait, wait until next year when I can return to my family.

~~~ Come on, get on, get on
Take it till life runs out
No-one can find us now
Living with our heads underground ~~~

I’m only grateful Piper, Phoebe and Paige have managed to get on with it and fight all the demons. They’re still searching for Wyatt, Chris and I, and of course for Paige’s healing powers, but they’re also realizing what is more dangerous is only looking for the answers, and not fighting demons. They’re brave my girls, and they’re going to take everything that comes their way, until they win, or god forbid they die.

~~~ Into the night we shine
Lighting the way we glide by ~~~

Sometimes I think that Piper can see me as she looks around desperately for something to keep her sane. There have been moments where she looks right at where I am standing, and occasionally Phoebe or Paige will see a faint light too. She talks to me when I am right beside her, yet if I am watching from afar, I know she doesn’t because I can’t hear her.

~~~ Catch me if I get too high
When I come down
I¡¯ll be coming home next year ~~~

But whenever any of them seem to be getting closer to seeing me, or contacting me, the power that forced me here, forces me back, causing the girls to give up hope once more. But when my girls win, and I know they will, I’ll be home for good, as there will be no evil left.


~~~ I’m in the sky tonight
There I can keep by your side
Watching the whole world wind
Around and round
I¡¯ll be coming home next year~~~

I will stand next to Piper and her sisters every time they fight, they don’t quite know where the strength comes from, but they know there’s something good with them. Beyond that there is nothing more I can do than watch, as another building burns and another riot breaks loose.

~~~ Come on, get on, get on
Take it till I fall down
No one can find us now
Living with our heads underground ~~~

I think they know that I’ll return to them, as will Paige’s powers if they win. This seems to have made them more determined than ever. Evil doesn’t know what they’ve got into, my girls are powerful. I hope they know that. Piper, Phoebe and Paige I mean.

~~~ I’ll be coming home next year
I¡¯ll be coming home next year
Everything¡¯s all right up here
When I come down
I¡¯ll be coming home next year~~

I¡¯m safe here, so are Wyatt and Chris, keep fighting my girls, you’ll see me soon.