It's was pouring rain. David and Parker both stood by a street lamp, holding umbrellas and wearing warm coats . Parker was taping a sign up for the sister's missing cat, while David held the rest of the signs.
"Parker, can we please go home? I'm going to catch something from standing out here.", David said impatiently.
Parker headed for the next street lamp, seeming to ignore him. David lets out a small huff and followed her. She takes a sign from him and tapes it up.
"There is no evidence that says that's true.", She said.
He rolled his eyes, "The rain can't make you sick, but it can lower your body temperature enough to affect the immune system and make it easier for you to catch a cold. Trust me, I'm studying to be a doctor."
Parker looks at him and shoots him a glare.,"Key word, studying, meaning not yet, meaning I don't have to listen to you because you are not a doctor."
Parker heads off to the next street lamp with a determined look on her face and still gripping her umbrella. David quickens his paces to catch up with her, he had never seen the girl move this fast.
"Technically, even if I was a doctor you wouldn't have to listen to me. You could just pick AMA, and totally ignore what I have to say. Kind of like right now." He said.
Parker turns to him, looking unamused, "Stop using medical jargon on me, you know I don't know what it means."
"AMA means against medical advice."
"That's not the point!", Parker snapped, "The point is I don't want to find my cat splattered on the side of the road, so please help put up these signs."
She turns to storm off to the next lamp post. David hears her huff. He gently grabs her arm. She turns back to him, still unamused.
"Hey, I'm sorry. I want to help you find Kit, I really do. But, we're not making progress in the rain."
Parker sighed defeatedly. She knew he was right, David often was. He was always a good pick to balance her out. While she was good at big ideas he could help put all the tiny details together. Reminding her that the forest is made out of many trees.
"But we put up a lot of posters." She argued.
"Posters that are now soaked and falling off the street lamps.", He said, pointing the lamps they had passed.
Parker looked behind her at the lamp post that she had already put posters on. She could see the sheets of paper soaking up the rain water. One was already falling off.
Parker dropped her shoulders and groaned miserably, "I guess you're right. Let's go home."
David sighed as the girl started to head home, he couldn't help but feel a bit guilty.
" If you want we could go back to my place, make hot chocolate and watch Clueless.", He said, catching up with her strides once more.
Parker gave him a weak smile." You hate Clueless."
"I don't hate it, I just don't see the point. But since you're sad we can watch it and I'll allow you to gush about Paul Rudd all you want."
Parker laughed and rolled her eyes, "Oh, how sweet of you."
He gave a jokingly smug smile "I know, what would you do without me?"
Int.Halliwell Manor. Kitchen-The next day.
Parker sits at the island in the middle of the kitchen. She looks tired. It was early in the morning and it seemed the youngest sister had just woken up. Her shoulders were slumped and her hair was unbrushed. A cup of coffee sat in front of her. Piper held a class of milk and a plate with a cinnamon roll. She watched as Piper carried it out to the foyer. It was probably because she liked Leo. It was obvious that her older sister was crushing hard on him. It didn't help that Phoebe also had eyes for him. Parker guessed that it was only because Piper liked him.
Prue and Phoebe walked in.
"I think Piper likes Leo.", Prue said.
" I agree.", Parker said, holding her hand up.
Prue goes to the coffee maker and pours herself a mug.
"What's not to like? He's a great guy.", Phoebe asked
"No. I mean... really likes him.", Prue said pointedly.
"You're point being?", Phoebe asked.
Prue waved her hand and shook her head. "Classic Phoebe."
Parker looked in between her sisters as she took a sip of her coffee. Glancing over the brim of her mug she was trying to plot her exit strategy.
Phoebe's jaw dropped, "What? Define that."
"I think you know."
Parker cleared her throat and put her cup to the side, "This is what I call a big oof conversation."
"Parker's right. You're picking on me again."
Parker squinted her eyes and furrowed her eyebrows. "Was that what I said? I don't think that's what I said."
Phoebe rolled her eyes and shook her head, "Okay. Look Prue, I think we need to put some major closer on this or we're gonna be in rocking chairs slurping oatmeal out of rubber spoons and I'm still gonna hear about Roger."
Phoebe's eyesight went to Piper as she entered, "Piper, am I a boyfriend thief?"
Piper takes a place next to Prue, now all four sisters are around the island.
"Totally."
Phoebe's jaw dropped once more and she looked to Parker, who was still trying to mind her own business.
"Parker?"
Parker took a sip of her coffee and looked between her sisters. She winced and put her fingers together. "Just a little bit."
Phoebe scoffed and looked at the four, "Unbelievable, other than Roger, whom again Prue, I never touched."
"My boyfriend, Billy Wilson.", Piper spoke.
Phoebe rolled her eyes as she let out a few fake laughs. "Billy Wilson? Eight grade Billy Wilson?"
Piper nodded, "You kissed him at homecoming."
"No I did not kiss him at homecoming. I was helping him find a contact lens.", Phoebe argued.
Piper rolled her eyes, "Oh please. You were all over him with your breasts all whatever."
"I didn't even have breasts back then."
"Phoebe, you've always had breasts. "
Phoebe looked to Parker., "What about you? Do have any horror stories about me?"
She shrugged, "Other than when you said David had a nice ass, no."
Prue picked up her coffee and started head out of the kitchen, " So, I think I'll just let you two work this out on your own. But, um, just remember, I get the house tonight. Just Andy and me. No warlocks, no innocents to protect and especially, no sisters."
Parker jumped off from her seat and grabbed her own mug. She shot her two older sisters a grin, "I'm going to. Your 'who gets Leo' thing is a breeding ground for conflict, and I'd rather not be in the middle."
Both older girls scoffed as they watched the younger sister leave the room.
Int. Hallway-Later.
Parker walked down the hallway with David. She couldn't help but snicker at his worn out expression and the sunglasses he was wearing.
"Had some drinking buddies over after I left, did we?", She asked, smirking.
He rubs his forehead and gave her a sarcastic laugh, "You're funny, you know. I real chuckle box."
"Didn't say anything funny, but thanks."
She chucked at him as he stumbled into a wall, most likely having trouble seeing from wearing sunglasses inside.
"Do you want some Ibuprofen? I put a new bottle in my bag for emergencies just like this.", She asked.
"Yes please."
She grinned as the pair walked over to the nearest water fountain. She dug through her bag and pulled out a white pill bottle and handed him the little red pills. David gratefully downed them. He wiped his mouth to get rid of residue water.
"Do you want to hang out tonight if you're feeling better? Prue and Andy want so alone time and I really don't be stuck hearing Piper and Phoebe bicker over Leo.", She said.
"That's still going? Jesus, how hot is this handy man?", He asked.
"Apparently, to my sisters he's god's gift to women."
"What do you think about him?"
She shrugged. She hadn't honestly given that much thought much about Leo. He was nice guy, but she wasn't sure he was really her type.
"Ehh, he's alright. He's nice, but I think he might be a little old for me. You know?"
David smiled and nodded. He also seemed to let out a sigh of relief when she said that.
"Do you want to look for kit?", He asked.
She laughed and rolled her eyes, "So I can hear you whine?"
David scoffed and held his chest in fake injury, "I only whine when it's cold and rainy."
She smiled up at him. She really appreciated him wanting to help her find kit. She had more worried since the feline had gone missing, and oddly it seemed she was having more trouble with her power since it had happened.
She smiled up at him, "You're the best, you know that?"
David gave her a side hug, "Yeah, but it's nice to be reminded. "
She laughed and rolled her eyes at the boy as they headed to class.
Int. Halliwell Manor. -Night.
Parker and David made their way down the stairs to the foyer. Both had a light jackets on, and David was holding a stack of missing posters in his hand. As they reached the end of the stairs Phoebe passed them, along with another girl. Parker's eyes widened as she saw their cat in her hands.
"Oh my god. Kit!"
The pair followed the older sister into the living area. The unknown girl sat on the couch, along with Phoebe who sat on the arm. Piper was sitting across from them holding the cat.
"You must be starving.", Piper said to the cat.
"I fed her.", The girl said.
"I though you said you just found her?", Phoebe asked.
The unknown girl nodded, "I did. Oh, um, a couple of hours ago. I mean."
"And she didn't try to scratch you?", Parker asked.
Aviva shook her head. Leo smiled at the girls in front of him.
"You know, I'll take the flyers down tomorrow. Let me uh, clean up before the movie."
Phoebe whipped her head over to Piper, "Movie? What movie?"
"A war movie.", Piper replied, simply.
"I love war movies. Mind if I tag along?"
Parker rolled her eyes as Leo looked to Piper.
"Uh sure. Why not? I'll be right back."
As Leo left the room Parker looked up at David. She noticed the smug smile Phoebe gave Piper and the glare Piper shot in return.
"See what I mean?", She asked David, who nodded.
Aviva looked at the sisters confused, "You guys are going out? You just got your cat back.
"Oh she'll be fine. Let me get my purse." She said, putting Kit down and leaning towards the table, "Uh, what's your name?"
"Oh. No. No. I don't want your money."
Andy and Prue entered the living room. Prue saw her sister and the five other people in the room and glared at them. Parker winced, this was going to bad wasn't it?
"Hey. I thought we all had plans tonight?"
"This girl just found our cat for us.", Phoebe said, pointing to Aviva
"Aviva."
"Well that's great. Um, is fifty bucks enough?", Prue asked, starting to dig through her purse.
Aviva shook her head and standing up, "Uh, I don't want a reward. We need to talk."
"About what?", Prue asked, slightly on edge.
"About wicca."
The sisters exchange wide eye glances at each other. Andy and David give the girls a confused look as Leo enters.
"Uh, Andy Trudeau, this is Leo Wyatt and David Thompson. Why don't you guys chat.", She said, pushing Andy to Leo.
Parker, who was now looking nervous, looked up at David.
"Great idea.", She pushed the tall boy over to the group of men. They all exchanged awkward nods.
"Thanks again."
"Sorry you can't stay.", Parker says as they try to push Aviva out of the room, but she stays put.
"I'm not leaving. Don't you understand I'm one of you."
"Parker, what does she mean 'one of you.'", David asked.
Parker starts to tug at her hair and lets out a loud fake laugh, "Women! We are all women. That's what she means."
Aviva rolls her eyes and smiles as she points to the popcorn container Andy is holding. It begins to pop on it's own. All three of the men's attention move quickly to it. Piper gasps, throwing her hands up she freezes them.
"Oh geez.", Parker mutters.
Aviva grins widely as she walks around the three men, "Very cool."
"Um, wait. You didn't.. She didn't freeze.", Piper said, pointing to the girl.
"That's because I'm a witch too."
"A what?", Prue asked, trying to play dumb.
"Look, I just want to be friends."
Piper looked to her sisters, "Uh, guys, we have about 20 seconds until they unfreeze."
"How did you find out about us?", Phoebe asked.
Aviva smirked, "I'm gonna need more than 20 seconds for that."
"We really need to move things along here Prue.", Piper said.
Prue nodded, "Okay. You need to leave here now."
"What? why?"
"Because we don't know who the hell you really are, so just leave. Okay? Go. Go. Go.", The eldest said, trying to shoo the girl away.
Parker nods as Prue tries to heard Aviva to the door. She still won't budge. The younger girl gives the oldest sister an offended look.
"No, I'm not leaving. I just saved your cat."
"Leave or else."
"Or what?"
She moves her hand in the direction of the VHS Prue is holding. She flinched as it smokes in her hand and quickly drops it.
The younger girl shot her a glare before she leaves. The sisters look at each other as the three men unfreeze. The popcorn bursts and hit them.
"What the Hell?", Andy asked as he dropped the popcorn bag.
"Where did that girl go?", Leo asked.
Int. Math Classroom-The Next day.
Parker sat in between David and Cindy. She had been dodging the boy's questions all day, or at least trying to. But, he just kept asking things she couldn't answer.
It was starting to irritate her.
"Well, have you met her before? She seemed pretty interested in you guys.", He asked.
"No, never seen her before. That was the first night I had met her.", Parker answered, resting her hand on her cheek.
"It does seem a bit odd, though. Her just showing up with your cat.", Cindy chimed in.
"She was missing.", Parker said. God she wanted this to be over.
"Yeah, but what was all the wicca stuff. You never told me you were into that.", David said.
"I'm not. Can we stop talking about this. Let's just focus on Math.", Parker plead.
"Aren't you worried? She could come back.", Cindy said.
Parker had no doubt in her mind that the girl would come back. She had seemed pretty determined to talk them. Maybe it would be nice though, to have someone to share this secret with. She couldn't exactly share it with Cindy or David, and that could be very isolating.
"And what happened with the popcorn, it just blew up by itself."
"I don't know okay!", She snapped.
Her friends flinched at the tone. Noticing this, Parker sighed and rubbed her forehead, "Sorry, I did mean to snap. Last night was just a bit stressful and I just want to forget about it."
Her friends nodded, seeming to understand. Parker could feel the buzzing of her phone in her bag, she dug through it and looked at it. Phoebe. Parker let out a huff, What did she want?
"Yeah, Pheebs."
"I'm outside the lecture hall. We're going to pick up Aviva."
Parker furrowed her eyebrows, "What? No, I have class.
"Skip.", Her sister said simply.
"I can't I already used my three absences."
"Tell your professor you have a family emergency."
Parker could see her friends giving her a strange look, she shot them a nervous smile, she lowered her voice, "I said that the last three times, he gonna think I'm dying or something.
"This is the greater good we're talking about. The power of four. The Charmed ones."
Parker sighed and rubbed her forehead before muttering a simple Okay. She closed her phone shut and started to gather her stuff. Her friends looked at her.
"Family emergency.", They both said in unison.
Parker simply nodded, "Take notes for me?"
"What do we tell Dr. Hopkins?", Cindy asked.
She sighed and shook her head, "Tell I'm having.."
The friends nod their heads, " A family emergency."
Parker nodded and forced a smile. It was clear that she was stressed, "Yeah."
Ext. Aviva's school.-Day.
The younger sister stood against her sisters car with her arms crossed. Dr. Hopkins was going to say something about her absences to her, she just knew it. He had been very clear at the beginning of the semester that they got three and that was it. Being a witch sucked, she couldn't tell her friends anything, evil beings were constantly trying to kill her, and she was probably going to flunk math even worst than she thought she was before.
When Aviva approached the fence, she wasn't nearly as interested as her sister. Although, a small part of her was curious about the girl, she had almost exposed them, and she was missing Math for this.
"I'm so glad that you came.", Aviva said through the school fence.
"We're glad you called.", Phoebe said.
"We are?", Parker asked, causing Phoebe elbow her. Parker winced and rubbed her elbow as she shot her older sister a glare.
The three started to trail along the fence towards the door.
"Bet you got a few questions huh?", Aviva asked.
Parker let out a nervous chuckle, "You could say that."
"What time does school let out?", Phoebe asked.
"Uh, now." The girl said climbing under the chain that was holding the fence closed.
Both sister's eyes widened, not that Parker could really say much about skipping class as she was doing it right now.
"Whoa, hey, what are you doing?", Phoebe asked.
"Oh, the same thing I'm sure you did a thousand times. Am I right?", She said.
Phoebe let out a slight chuckle and looked to Parker, "Well.."
"You legit just told me to skip my Math class.", Parker said bitterly.
Aviva grinned widely at the two, "I am right. Um, you didn't tell your bitch sister about this, did you?"
Parker's jaw dropped, "Hey, Prue had every right to kick you out."
Parker and Prue had their differences of course and she didn't always appreciate that Prue acted more as a mother to her rather than a sister, but she knew it was out of love, and she wasn't exactly happy to hear someone call her sister that had given up everything to take care of her a bitch.
Aviva giggled, " It's funny how you knew that I was talking about Prue and not Piper." Her eyes landed on the car and she waved at the two, " Hey, come on. Let's go for a ride. I'll tell you everything that you want to know."
Int. Bucklands.
Prue sat at her desk working on some paper work. She couldn't help but count down the minutes till her work day ended. After the disaster that was last night tonight with Andy will be a relief.
A knock on her door gained her attention, "Come in."
Her door opened and Dr. Hopkins walked in. She furrowed her eyebrow at the older blonde man in front of her. She could have sworn she had seen him somewhere, but she couldn't quite place her finger on it.
"How can I help you?", Prue asked.
"I'm Dr. Hopkins, I teach Parker's math class.", He said, putting his hand out to her.
Prue eyed it for a moment, before shaking it. "Um, it's nice to meet you. What can I do for you, Dr. Hopkins?"
He gestured to the chair in front of her desk, "May I?"
She nodded and he took his seat, "It's about Parker."
Prue stood up a bit straighter when he mentioned her sister, "Is she alright?"
"That's what I'm here to find out. As you know it's not customary for Professors to meet with parents or former legal guardians, however Parker as been alarmingly absent from many of my classes, and although she hasn't always been my, " He paused for a moment trying find the right words.
He let out a small laugh, "Well, let's say math isn't her best subject. But, she has, up until recently, had perfect attendance. "
Prue shifted a bit and leaned forward with her hands clasped together, "That is a bit odd, have you asked her about?"
He nodded his head, "Many time, each time she says that's she having some sort of "family emergency." As her professor, I care very much about her well being, and I want to make sure she's in a safe environment at school and at home."
Prue cleared her throat, "Of course. You may have known that our Grandmother has died recently, so maybe her absences from class is due that. Thank you for bringing this to my attention, I'll will have a word with her about it."
Dr. Hopkins nodded, though it didn't seem like he was too convinced. He pushed his chair out and stood up. Holding his hand out, the older sister shook it once more, "Thank you for you time Ms. Halliwell."
She gave a civil nod back. As she watched him leave her office she made a mental note to keep an eye on him. No university professor finds it necessary to schedule a parent teacher conference for their students.
Int. Halliwell Manor. Night
Phoebe and Parker had led Aviva through the manor giving her the grand tour. Although, she was still was bit on edge about Aviva almost exposing them last night, she didn't think the girl was that bad. She was bit like her, scared, unsure, and completely unaware of who she was.
"You are liking this Leo?", Aviva asked as the entered the parlor.
"Uh, maybe.", Phoebe said, grinning.
"Does he like you? I mean, how can he not? You are so gorgeous. Both of you.", Aviva said as she started to walk to the couch.
"Well, you see, Piper and I have sort of have this little competition going over him.", Phoebe said as her and Parker took a seat across from her. Parker on the table and Phoebe in a chair.
Aviva picked up kit and started to pet her, "So just use your powers. Cast a spell on him or something. You do have powers, don't you?"
The two Halliwell sisters smirked at each other.
"Well, that kind breaks the whole personal gain rule we have to follow.", Parker said.
Phoebe nodded, "And, what makes you think we do."
"Please, you're a witch."
"Yeah, which brings us back to how do you know that?"
Aviva sat there quietly not making eye contact and still petting kit. Parker raised her eyebrows at her, "You promised."
She let out a nervous chuckle and set kit aside, "I have this teacher. She's great. She's like my mom. She told me."
Parker and Phoebe exchanged a glance before Phoebe asked, "Who is she?"
"Another witch. Like a high priestess or something. She said you two were the coolest and I would like you two the best. She was right."
Parker smiled, "Well, we'd like to meet her sometime."
Aviva stood up, "Is your room up there?"
Phoebe nodded and muttered a simple Mm-hmmm.
"Come on. I want to share something with you guys. You're gonna love it. I promise."
Int. Phoebe's bedroom.
Aviva stood in front of a full body mirror putting on black lip stick. " I like mirrors. They never lie to you. They always tell you the truth whether you like it or not. It's basic black. The color of my soul."
She turned around to the two sisters, "Do you want to try it."
Parker smiled a bit, "Your soul isn't black."
Aviva turned back to the mirror and fixed the edges of her lips, " You know the feeling that I mean. You're different, you know, you'll never want what they want. You belong on the edge. We aren't pink people Phoebe, Parker."
Parker shrugged, "I like pink."
She turned back to them, "You want to see something incredible? Better yet, you want to try it?"
"Try what?", Phoebe asked, raising an eyebrow.
"I'll show you my power if you show me yours."
Int. Kitchen.
Prue walks in and glances around, "Anybody home?"
She set her purse on the table, "Better not be."
Int. Phoebe's bedroom.
All three are sitting with their legs crossed in a semi circle. Out in front of them is a handkerchief and lit candles.
"Don't be afraid.", Aviva said holding out her hands.
Phoebe and Parker glanced at each other before grabbing her hands. Aviva looks at the mirror and giggles when she see's Kali flash inside it.
"She's giving it to you too."
Parker furrowed her eyebrows, "Who is? Giving up what?"
"The power. Here.", She grabs one of Phoebe's potted plant puts in front of the two. "Touch this."
Parker looked at Phoebe and shook her head nervously. Phoebe rolled her eyes and put in her fingers into the dirt. Both sister's eyes went wide when the plant began to grow.
"It's the power of heat. You're hand is like the sun."
Phoebe jerked her hand away, "Whoa."
Aviva was grinning at them, "Pretty cool, huh?"
The three looked up when they heard the door open and saw Prue standing in front of them.
"Phoebe are you..", She stopped when she saw the three,
"Prue.", Phoebe said as she, and the two other girls, stood up.
"What are you doing?", Prue asked.
"Get out. This is her room.", Aviva snapped at the eldest.
Parker held a hand up to her, "Aviva, it's okay."
"No. She treats you worse than my aunt treats me. It's not right."
"Relax it's alright."
Prue looked at them as if she was ready to give a lecture, however the door bell rang. Prue sighed and went to go answer the door. Phoebe ran her hand over her face and looked to the younger girls.
Parker nodded and crossed her arms. "Go, I'll help clean up here."
Phoebe shot her a small smile and left. Parker turned to Aviva and kneeled down blowing out some candles.
"I can't believe you put up with that.", Aviva said to her.
Parker shrugged as she started to fold up the handkerchief, "She my sister and I live here. Sometimes you have to put up with things you don't always like."
"Yeah, but you're an adult. Don't you go to college, you could live in the dorms."
Parker let out a small laugh, "Do you have thousands of dollars because I sure don't."
She shrugged, "Well, what about friends or a boyfriend?"
The youngest sister laughed again as she grabbed the candles and stood up. "You're just full of jokes aren't you. I can't exactly live with my friends when there's the risk of going inviso girl on them." She turned and moved towards Phoebe's dresser. She opened one of the drawers and put the candles away.
"As for the boyfriend department, I've been riding the single train for a while now.", She said, turning to face her and leaning on the dresser.
Aviva smirked as she pulled her legs up to her chest, "Come on, there has to be someone guy in your life."
"The only men in my life are Leo, David, and Dr. Hopkins. None of them are viable options for dating."
"I can't believe there isn't a guy out there that wants to date you. Like, I said you're beautiful."
Parker smiled and glanced down, "Yeah, well beauty isn't everything. I just don't have the confidence. I'm not exactly miss cool."
"But you're a badass witch. You have powers and you fight evil."
"Yeah, but," She pushed herself off the dresser and crossed her arms, "I can't tell anyone. You would think it's this gift, but it's kind of lonely."
Aviva sat there quietly, unsure of what to say. Parker sighed, "Come on, I'll drive you home."
Int. Kitchen. Later
She didn't expect to see Aviva so soon after dropping her off at home. Yet, there she was standing in her kitchen with Phoebe pouring her a cup of tea and Piper on the phone. Apparently, her aunt Jackie had fallen down the stairs and was now in the hospital.
Prue stood at the counter a bit skeptical of the girl being there. She watched as Phoebe poured the tea for her.
" I know that you don't like me and I know that the last thing you want to do is help me. But I don't know where else to turn. I don't have anybody else.", Aviva said to Prue.
Piper hung up the phone and walked over to them, "She's telling the truth. Her aunt was admitted to the hospital."
"How is she? Is she okay?", Aviva asked.
"She has a broken arm and a concussion.", Piper said.
"How did she fall again?", Prue asked.
Aviva shook her head, " I don't know. I...I heard her scream and, and then I found her on the floor and I called 911. I promise, if you just let me spend the night and get some sleep, I'll tell you everything you want to know about me tomorrow."
Piper looked at Prue, bouncing her phone on her palm. "She can't stay alone."
"She can stay in my room.", Parker said.
Prue looked at the girl for a second, sighing she nodded, "No magic."
Aviva nodded, "I swear."
Int. Parker's room.-Night.
Parker was sound asleep on her bed. Aviva laid on giant bean bag near the wall. She eyed the youngest Halliwell sister, as if she was making sure the girl was asleep. In the girl's mirror Kali appeared.
"Now... is the time.", She said.
Aviva nodded. She threw off the blanket that was covering her and carefully put her feet to the floor. She quietly opened the door and made her way into the hallway. In the hallway she trailed along the wall until she stopped at a door. Shaking, her hand gripped the knob. She pushed the door open to see Prue asleep in her bed. She lifted her other hand and created fire.
"What are you doing?"
Aviva jumped closing the door and putting the fire in her hand out. She turned to see Piper standing in front of her.
"Um, I was just looking for the bathroom."
Piper nodded and gave a small, yet fake, smile, "Oh. It's down the hall to the right."
"Great. Thanks. Good night.", Aviva muttered as she turned and walked down the hallway.
Piper eyed the girl and once she was out of sight she opened Prue's door. Glancing in she saw the older girl sleeping peacefully.
Int. College Building lounge. The Next Day
Parker sat copying the notes David had be nice enough to give her. He, of course ,had asked if everything had been okay with her family. She had said yes but she knew her friends didn't fully buy it. It seemed her friends were starting to catch up to her lies. Maybe it was good thing, she certainly didn't enjoy lying to them. Then again, she liked her friends alive and who knew what happened to non magic people who were close to witches. Prue was right, magic made her life dangerous to not just herself, but also the people around her.
"Parker, I'm glad to see you're catching up on the work you missed."
Parker sighed as she looked up at Dr. Hopkins was now standing in front of her. He must have been on his way to his next class as he had his book bag over his shoulder and a cup of coffee in his hand. He only got coffee when he was about to teach a class.
She smiled, "Yeah, sorry I missed, I just had.."
"A family emergency. David and Cindy filled me in."
Parker sighed and started tugging at her hair. Although, it wasn't a stressed out sigh, it was more of an exhausted sigh, a depressed one.
"Yes.", She said.
"Are you alright?", He asked.
She couldn't describe it but he always seemed to know when things were off with her. It was like he had some sort of emotional alarm that went off anytime he was around her. She shrugged. Last night had been a bit strange. Phoebe didn't seem to be to bothered by it, but Parker kept thinking about Aviva and her powers. Since when did witches get their powers from someone else. From what she knew the only way to have powers were to be born with them.
"Yeah, I just have a lot on my mind."
He nodded, "It wouldn't happened to be about that family emergency, would it?"
She glanced down at her paper. He lack of response was answer enough.
"May I?", He asked, pointing to the chair across from her.
She nodded, though she wasn't exactly sure what she would tell him. Her problems weren't about math or her father.
She took a deep breath, "Have you ever had a friend and you were worried that they were doing something dangerous. Like something really bad, like evil bad?"
He chuckled, "Parker, you're making it sound like this friend is practicing black magic or something."
She forced a nervous smile and let out a breathy laugh, "That would be crazy."
Dr. Hopkins leaned forward, resting his elbows on his knees. He looked at her intensely for a moment causing Parker to shift in her seat.
"I know exactly what you're taking about."
Her eyebrows furrowed and she pulled at her hair again, "You do?"
He nodded, "Of course, now, which of your friends is doing drugs?"
She let out a breath she didn't even realize she was holding. She put a hand to her chest, as if she was trying to slow down her heart beat.
"Um, just this girl I go went to high school with. I think she's acting out and I think she just needs someone to understand her, but I'm worried she's going to get herself hurt."
Dr. Hopkins scratched the side of his face as he leaned back in the chair, "That's definitely a scary position be in, my advice would be to just sit down and talk to her. Tell you care about her and what ever she's going through, let her know you'll be there for her. You have a very kind heart Parker, I know you can handle this."
She smiled, a part of her wish she could tell him the real story. He probably could give her advice about that too.
Her phone rang from her bag. She glanced at the man in front of her, "Sorry."
He gave a slight nod as the girl dug through her bag and answered it.
"Hello?"
"Parker, it's Prue. You need to come home right now. It's about Aviva."
Parker shifted in her seat, "Is she alright."
"Yeah, she just tried to kill Phoebe."
"What!"
"Look, I'll fill you in when you get home, just come quickly."
She nodded, "Of course."
She closed her phone. She stood up and started to pack up her stuff, "I'm sorry, Dr. Hopkins but my sister really needs my help, it's.."
"A family emergency?"
She winced and nodded as she threw her bag over her shoulder, "Yeah."
He watched her start to walk off, however, before she could fully be out of his sight he called out to her. Parker turned around and looked at him.
"Be careful.", He said.
She gave him a slight smile and nodded, "I will, thank you."
Int. Attic.
Parker came home as soon as she could. Now all the sisters stood together around the book of shadows. Aviva wasn't evil. The thing controlling her was. As Parker had suspected the girl was just a lonely teen messing with something she didn't understand.
"Kali. Kali. Kali.", Prue muttered as she flipped through the book.
Piper pointed to a page, " There, there. " An evil sorceress cursed into her own dimension. She appears in reflections and has the power to possess...""
""...innocents and use them as pawns to steal a witch's power.", Prue finished.
Parker looked at her sisters, "That's us isn't it?"
Piper blinked and shook her head, "Wait. I don't understand. So she's using Aviva to try to turn us into bad witches?"
"Does it say anything about getting rid of her?", Phoebe asked.
"Uh, yeah. " To get ride of her: shatter her reflection." However the hell we do that."
The door to the attic flew open to reveal Aviva being possessed by Kali.
"Aviva?", Phoebe said.
The girl starts to stalk towards them.
"Hello Phoebe, hows the arm?", She asked in a demonic voice.
"You're not Aviva.", Parker said.
Kali chuckled, "You're not kidding."
The girl throws a fireball at the four. Prue pushes her sisters to the left and dodges right. The fireball misses and hits an old hat box.
"Parker, Phoebe, help me!", The teen begged in her normal voice.
"Never mind!", Kali says and throws a fireball at the girls.
Piper, Phoebe, and Parker duck and the fire hits a mannequin. Kali looks at Prue.
"My power's greater than yours Prue. It's only a matter of time."
A look of realization crossed Phoebe's face, "Time."
She looks at the two girls kneeling next to her, "Piper, that's it!"
Kali looks at them and Phoebe points frantically at her, "Freeze her!"
"Aviva doesn't freeze!"
"Yeah, but Kali will."
Kali starts to move towards them and Piper threw her hands up freeze her in place. Aviva dropped to the floor and Kali stayed put. Piper looks to the sheet hanging next to her, she pulls it down to reveal a mirror.
"Prue! The mirror! Get her to the mirror!"
Prue squinted her eyes and sent Kali flying into the mirror. Parker grabbed the broom laying next to her and swings at it. Kali screamed at the glass shattered around the attic.
The sisters look at each other as they catch their breath.
Parker, still holding the broom, started to laugh, "Okay, I'm not the only one who thought that was badass, right?"
Int. Phoebe's room.
Phoebe and Parker walked in together. Aviva stood in front of the mirror with no make up and she was wearing a nice red dress.
"Thanks for the dress.", She said turning to the face them.
" No problem. It's Prue's.", Phoebe said.
Aviva smiled at them and grabbed her jacket.
"All set?", Parker asked.
She nods, "Yeah. I'm all set."
Phoebe seemed to notice the girl was a bit off, "You okay?"
"I don't think, uh, looking into a mirror is ever going to be the same."
Parker gave her a slight smile, "The demon's gone."
She sighed as she pushed her hair back, "Yeah, well, unfortunately all the other ones remain. It's so hard."
Phoebe nodded, "Oh, I know. It was hard for me too when I was your age."
"Same here." Parker said, holding her hand up. "Still is."
"Yeah?"
Both sisters nod, " Are you kidding?"
Aviva fold her coat over her arm as Phoebe takes a seat on the bed. "These are the hardest years of your life. The one thing I learned is you just gotta be yourself."
Aviva giggled and Parker smiles, "Yeah, there is nothing wrong with being yourself. Sometimes the real you is pretty cool."
"Easy for you to say. What if yourself sucks?", Aviva asked.
"Well, you don't have to worry about that. No. Aviva, I'm serious. You are a great kid. I could totally see us hanging out together in school. A couple of troublemakers.", Phoebe said.
"I'm going to miss being a witch. Having powers...and having sisters."
"Yeah, well, you've got your mom. And your aunt will be home from the hospital tomorrow.", Parker said kindly.
Phoebe stood up and nodded, "Yeah. Okay, now remember, do not tell anyone about us Halliwell sisters right? It's just our little secret."
Aviva nodded, "I promise."
"Okay.", Phoebe said, putting an arm around Aviva's shoulder.
The three girls walked out together. Parker smiled at the younger girl, maybe being a witch wasn't that crappy.