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Paige Matthews-Halliwell coughed as she sorted through the pile of junk before her. Most people didn't like spring cleaning much, but for witches like the Halliwell sisters it was welcome break from their normal agenda of vanquishing demons and saving innocents.
Paige became instantly alert at a loud bang behind her. She spun around, expecting to see some kind of demon or warlock attacking. Instead she saw her sisters, Piper and Phoebe standing with a shattered vase their feet.
"Woops" Phoebe said, giggling,
A smile crept across Paige's face. Something always seemed to be breaking in the house, an Old Victorian in the quiet suburbs of San Francisco. But she did love the house, which had been her home for almost a year now.
Piper didn't seem to find the broken vase as amusing as her sisters.
"Phoebe!" she exclaimed, "That was an antique!"
"I know" Phoebe replied "But I didn't like it much anyway"
An annoyed look crossed Piper's face.
Paige looked at her two sisters.  They were so different, yet so alike.  Piper, the older of the sisters, was shy yet determined and had the power to freeze time and blow things up. Phoebe, the middle sister, was energetic and free spirited. She could levitate and had premonitions. Then there was Paige.  She was an individual yet sassy and she could orb and teleport any object at will. They were alike in that they were the 3 most powerful witches ever, foretold as the Charmed Ones.
"I'll go get a broom" Paige volunteered. As she made her way though the pile of junk, she tripped and fell forwards.
She squeezed her eyes shut and prepared to hit the hard wooden floor of the attic. But instead she felt her face land on something smooth, hard and cold. She opened her eyes and saw her reflection. She sat up and realized it was a mirror.
"Piper, PhoebeÖ" Paige trailed off. She found herself staring intently at the mirror. The frame was golden and covered in elaborate symbols and letters.
"What is it?" asked Piper as she and Phoebe hurried over to help Paige up.
"Look at this," said Paige, her fingers lightly touching the patterns on the frame.
Piper and Phoebe studied the mirror intently.
"Itís.. itís beautiful" Piper said, transfixed
"Where did you find it?" Phoebe asked, looking up at Paige.
"It was just here, in the attic" Paige replied
"It'd look great in the living room, don't you think, Phoebe?" Piper asked
"Yeah" Phoebe agreed. "Above the fireplace"
"I'll carry it down with Phoebe if you like" Paige offered to Piper
"Thanks Paige" Piper replied
So she and Phoebe carried it down the stairs, careful not to drop it or bump into anything
* * *
But the beautiful mirror was not all it seemed. It was a mirror of evil.
100 years ago, an ancestor of the Halliwell sisters had trapped three she demons in the mirror. Their names were Akisha, Alixa and Ambora. They had vowed to take revenge on the Halliwell witches
They only had one chance to escape. On the 100th anniversary of the day they had been trapped, they could escape by trapping another soul in the mirror, therefore releasing theirs. And today was the 100th anniversary.
* * *
As Phoebe and Paige, still holding the mirror, entered the kitchen and set the mirror down against the table, Paige let out a sigh of relief.
"Finally!" she cried, "That thing weighs a ton! My arms are aching!"
"Look at it" Phoebe said, pointing to the mirror. "It's filthy!"
"I'll clean it up" Paige offered, smiling at Phoebe.
"Oh no you don't!" Phoebe told her "You don't get away from spring cleaning that easy in this house!"
Paige laughed.
"Okay" she said, pretending to sulk. She looked up at Phoebe and they both burst out laughing.
"What's this?" said Piper, entering the kitchen in mock anger
"I'm up there working my butt off and you are down here having a party!" she said, smiling.
She burst out laughing, then so did Phoebe and Paige.
"Címon" she said, serious now. "That attic won't clean itself" she added, sighing.
"You guys to go ahead," said Paige "I'm just gonna get a drink and I'll be up in a minute."
"Okay" Piper replied as she and Phoebe made their way back up the stairs.
Paige went to the cupboard, got a glass and filled it with water from the fridge. She took a sip and went over to the table to inspect the mirror. She set her glass down on the table and bent down to look at the symbols on the frame.
She held her hand out and touched the glass. It rippled like water. Paige drew her hand back quickly.
She was shocked. She was about to call for Piper and Phoebe, but she decided to touch the mirror again, just to make sure she hadn't imagined the whole thing.
But when she touched the mirror this time she couldn't pull her hand away. It seemed to be pulling her, sucking her in. She pulled again but it was useless. It did nothing, if anything the pull was getting stronger. Soon, almost her whole body had been sucked into the mirror in the struggle.
"Piper, Phoebe!" she called "Help m-" was all she had time to call before her whole body was completely submerged in the mirror.
But Piper and Phoebe, up in the attic, couldn't hear their sister cry.
*  *  *
When Paige was fully submerged in the mirror, it looked like she was underwater, yet she could breathe. She saw a young, beautiful woman dressed in rags, standing where she had been standing, in the living room of the manor.
The woman looked down at her herself, and pulled a pinch of power from a pouch that hung by her side. She sprinkled some of the power on herself and chanted some words in a language Paige had never heard before.
Instantly, the woman shape shifted to look like Paige.
Paige gasped.
Suddenly Paige heard footsteps. She saw Piper and Phoebe approach the woman pretending to be her.
"What are you doing down here?" Phoebe asked, "I thought you were coming up in a minute"
"Oh.. um, well" the woman said "I um, was looking at the mirror." She said, pointing at the mirror, but careful not to touch it.
"Well come on" Piper said "We need you're help to move the couch"
"Okay" the woman said, as the three girls began to move up the stairs
"No!" Paige cried "Piper! Phoebe! She's a fraud! I'm here!" she called
"It's useless" a voice behind Paige said, "They can't hear you. And they never will."
Paige spun around to see who had spoken.
She was confronted by another two beautiful women, dressed in rags, who looked a lot like the woman that was posing as her.
"Who- Who are you?" Paige asked, trying not to show her fear.
"I am Alixa," said the woman on the left
"I am Ambora," said the woman on the right
"W-w- what do you want?" asked Paige, with a slight tremble in her voice.
"We want our freedom back" Alixa replied
"And we will get it" Ambora added
"I don't understand" Paige said, confused
"100 years ago today" Alixa explained "an ancestor of yours trapped us in this mirror. Ambora, Akisha and myself. "
"Akisha?" asked Paige
"Our other demon. You Charmed Ones aren't the only ones that rely on the Power of 3." Ambora said
Paige gasped
"Akisha? That dirty woman posing as me in the real world?"
Ambora smirked. "If that's how you want to put it," she said
Paige frowned
"Our only chance to escape was exactly 100 years from when we were imprisoned. If we are all released for over 24 hours, we become freed forever." Alixa explained
"You just wait!" Paige cried "My sisters will find out what going on and vanquish all your sorry arses!"
"I don't think so," Alixa said.
She pointed finger at Paige, narrowed her eyes and Paige went flying, landing unconscious on the ground
Alixa turned to Ambora.
"Now we wait." Alixa said, "The other Charmed Ones are as gullible as that one" she said, gesturing at Paige. "It won't be long now." She promised Ambora. "Not long at all."
* * *
"Where do I put this?" Akisha asked Piper.
"With all the rest of the photos" Piper replied, eyeing Akisha suspiciously
"What's wrong with you today, Paige?" Piper asked Akisha
"Me? Uh, nothing. Why?" Akisha asked
"Well you keep asking me where stuff goes. But you've lived here for a year, and you know" Piper pointed out.
"I'm just a bit forgetful, that's all" Akisha said
There was moment of silence
Phoebe cleared her throat, like she was about to say something, but decided not to.
Akisha was sick of this. She had to get down to business. She narrowed her eyes at the ornament in Piper's hands. It flew out of Piper's hands and smashed on the floor
"Oh no!" Piper cried. "That's the second time today!" she sighed. "I'll go get a broom"
Akisha smiled as she watched Piper leave the attic
"One down, one to go" she said under her breath
Akisha narrowed her eyes at Phoebe legs. Phoebe swayed, and fell to the floor. She held her hands out to steady herself, and cut her hand on a piece of glass
"Ouch!" she cried
"Oh no!" Akisha cried, her eyes full of mock concern "You better get a Band-Aid." She said.
She smiled at Phoebe's back as she walked out of the attic.
"Finally!" she said aloud
She had a chance to do what she had been waiting for.
Look at The Book of Shadows.
The Book of Shadows was a book of spells and incantations that had been passed down generations through the Halliwell bloodline. Without it, the girls would be lost. At that was exactly what Akisha wanted.
She looked at the book, chanted words in a strange language and the Book of Shadows disappeared.
Now it was her turn. She pulled some powder out of the pouch on her side and sprinkled in on her hand. Instantly an athame appeared in her hand. She used it to shred her clothes, and gave herself a few cuts. When she was happy how she looked, she began to scream.
Piper and Phoebe were there in seconds
"What is it?" Piper asked, worried.
"A demon" Akisha said, making her voice ragged, like she'd just fought a demon. "He, he stole the Book of.. Shadows" she lied
Piper and Phoebe gasped
"Oh my God!" Phoebe said, panicking
"What did he look like?" Piper asked
"Um, green skin and wild hair!" Akisha replied
"Why didn't you fight him?" asked Phoebe
" I tried, but he was too strong" replied Akisha
Phoebe and Piper exchanged a glance.
"What do we do?" Akisha asked
"Uh, we can cast a spell to bring it back, I guess" Piper said slowly
"You guys can do that?"  Akisha asked, before she realized what she was saying
Piper and Phoebe eyed her suspiciously
"You guys?" Piper quipped "You're one of us too, Paige. We need the Power of 3!"
"Right. Of course." Akisha said, trying to sound casual
"Okay" said Piper, getting down to business. "Let's get our book back." She racked her brain for a spell, then, inspired, turned to her Phoebe and Akisha.
"Repeat after me" she told them
They nodded
The girls began to chant:

Search long and wide,
Search far and near
Bring us our book back,
Bring it back here

Piper and Phoebe smiled, anticipating the Book of Shadowsí appearance.
But nothing happened
Piper and Phoebe frowned
"Why didn't it work?" Piper asked
"I don't know." Phoebe replied "The Power of 3 has never failed before" she pointed out
"Maybe if we say it together three times it'll work" Piper suggested
Phoebe shrugged
"Worth a try" she said
The three girls chanted the spell three times.
Again, nothing happened.
"Well, I'm stumped" Piper said
Phoebe nodded
"What'd you say we discuss our next move over a cup of coffee?" Piper suggested
"Yes please" Phoebe replied
"What about you, Paige" Piper offered
"No thanks" Akisha replied "I'll pass. I'm gonna stay up here, finish the cleaning" she told them
"Okay" Piper said, as she and Phoebe made their way down the stairs to the kitchen
Akisha smiled. Everything was going according to plan.
* * *
When Piper and Phoebe entered the kitchen, Phoebe went to make the coffee and Piper went over to the mirror. She looked at it, then turned to Phoebe.
"Phoebe, you don't think this mirror has anything to do with the Book of Shadows being stolen, do you?" she asked
"No" Phoebe answered, as she brought over two cups of coffee and set them down on the table. "It's an ordinary mirror." She said, touching the glass lightly with her fingers. It rippled like water.
Phoebe gasped
"Piper, did you see that?" Phoebe asked, her voice almost a whisper
"Yeah, I.. I think I did" Piper replied
She put her hand on the glass. Again, it rippled.
Just then, Akisha entered the kitchen.
Piper threw her hands up, and time froze. Including Akisha.
Piper and Phoebe gasped
"That's not Paige!" Phoebe cried
Piper nodded. "You and her are never affected by my time freezes!"
"So who's she?" asked Phoebe
"I don't know" Piper replied "But I know how to find out."
She paused for a few seconds and blurted out a spell:

Let the truth be known to me
Who are you truly, now we will see

Akisha morphed from Paige into her true self
Piper and Phoebe gasped
"Who is she?í asked Phoebe
"I don't know" Piper replied "But I bet I know where she came from," she said, looking at the mirror
"Which means Paige is in there," Phoebe added, pointing to the mirror
"We've gotta go in there and save her." Phoebe told Piper
Piper nodded
"But first" she said, turning to a still frozen Akisha:

Magic ropes bind tight and long,
Quickly wrap now, fast and strong

Magical ropes bound around Akisha, keeping her in place.
Piper and Phoebe went up to the mirror and held their hands to it, and before long they'd been sucked in.
* * *

When Paige woke up she was aware of movement around her.
She saw Alixa and Ambora slowly being sucked out of the mirror, and being replaced by two familiar figures.
"Phoebe, Piper!" she cried, running over to them and hugging them
"What's going on?í asked Piper, when they finally broke apart.
"Yeah, what's with the three dirty women?" asked Phoebe
"Well, their names are Akisha, Alixa and Ambora. They were trapped in this mirror 100 years ago by one of our ancestors. They only had one chance to escape and that was exactly 100 years from when they were trapped. And that's today. They can only be released if a soul is put in here to replace theirs. When Akisha was released, my soul was trapped. And when you guys came in, it released Alixa and Ambora." She explained
"So in short, we're screwed!" Phoebe said flatly
"Every freakiní week" Piper muttered
"How do we get out of here?" Paige asked Piper and Phoebe.
"No idea" Phoebe replied, and Piper shrugged
"We were hoping you'd know" Phoebe confessed
 Paige stared at them blankly.
"No idea" she told them.
Piper and Phoebe frowned.
"Why didn't you call us for help?" Piper asked
"I did. You couldn't hear me" Paige answered
Piper and Phoebe frowned again.
There was a moment of silence
"Hey!" Piper exclaimed, "We can see outside!" she said, pointing.
Phoebe and Paige turned.
"What are they doing?" asked Phoebe, confused
"Oh no" muttered Paige
The three girls looked on, as Alixa and Ambora chanted a spell, releasing Akisha from the magical ropes. Akisha chanted some more, and The Book of Shadows appeared in her hands. She set it down on the table and she, Alixa and Ambora began to thumb through it.
Piper and Phoebe gasped
"Oh no" Paige muttered again
They girls continued to watch as the Alixa shape shifted into Piper and Ambora into Phoebe.
"Oh.. oh, um.. oh" Phoebe stuttered
"I didn't know you had a stutter" commented Paige
"Neither did I" replied Phoebe
"What are they doing?" Piper asked
"They can shapeshift somehow" replied Paige "That's how Akisha was posing as me."
"Oh no" said Piper, grimacing.
"What? What?" exclaimed Phoebe.
Piper pointed
Phoebe and Paige turned to see Leo and Cole entering the room. Leo was Piper's husband and Cole was Phoebe's boyfriend. Leo was their whitelighter (a guardian angel who heals good people) and Cole was an ex-demon turned good who had been stripped of his demonic powers by the Charmed Ones.
Leo and Cole approached Akisha, Alixa and Ambora.
"Hey honey," said Cole to Ambora. Ambora smiled and cupped Cole's face in her hands and kissed him.
 Phoebe glared at Ambora, with a look that could kill.
"Okay" she said, grabbing her sistersí hand. "We are getting out of here so I can kick that impostors arse!"
Phoebe and Paige nodded. They were about to start chanting, when Paige broke away from her sistersí grasp.
"What are you doing?" asked Piper, as Paige walked away from her sisters.
"Look," said Paige pointing.
 Piper and Phoebe looked over to see Akisha, Alixa and Ambora holding hands and standing in a circle with Leo and Cole in the center.
They muttered some words in a foreign language, and smiled as Leo and Cole collapsed to the floor.
The girls gasped.
"Oh my god!" cried Piper. "We've got to get out of here"
Phoebe and Paige nodded
The girls joined hands and began to chant:

Let us to escape from this evil domain,
To vanquish the evil and stop all the pain.
We call on the spirits in our time of need,
We must leave this mirror, on which evil will feed

Slowly, the light started to fade, and everything went black.
When the light returned, the girls were standing back in the kitchen, next to the mirror.
The looked at each other for a few seconds before embracing each other in a 3-way-hug.
 "How touching" a voice behind them said
The girls spun around to face Akisha, Alixa and Ambora.
"Where are Leo and Cole?" Phoebe demanded, trying hard not to show her fear.
"Oh, those men?" Akisha replied. "There over there" she said, pointing across the room.
The girls gasped to see Leo and Cole, unconscious, in a crumpled heap on the floor.
"They were too cute to kill anyway" remarked Ambora
"You're going to be sorry you kissed my man!" said Phoebe, stepping forward.
"Don't think so," said Ambora with an evil smirk. She narrowed her eyes and sent Phoebe flying across the room.
Paige gasped. She looked around. Suddenly she had an idea.
"Couch!" she cried aloud. The couch, siting in the living room, orbed out and cushioned Phoebe's landing.
"Now you're going down," Piper said, smiling.
She thrust her hands forward, and Akisha blew up.
Piper smiled, and turned to do the same to Alixa and Ambora, when Akisha reassembled.
"Uh Oh" remarked Piper
"You better believe it," said Ambora, stepping forward. She was about to send Piper flying, when suddenly she was knocked down from behind.
Paige and Piper turned to see Phoebe standing above Amboraís injured body.
She smiled
"Told you you'd be sorry," she said.
Alixa and Akisha stepped out
"That was a big mistake," Alixa said.
 She stepped forward and went to pull powder from the pouch on her side, when Paige had another idea.
"Knife!" she cried. A knife from the kitchen orbed into her hand. She used telekinesis to throw it at Alixa. It was a direct hit in the chest.
But Alixa didn't seem fazed. She looked down and pulled the knife from her chest, dropping it to the ground. Blood oozed from her wound through her dirty, ragged dress. She held her hand to her wound, and it was instantly healed.
Piper, Phoebe and Paige gasped.
"You have no way to win," Akisha told them
"No way at all" added Alixa
"We have the power" Alixa continued
"The power of 3" added Ambora, who had recovered.
"The power to defeat us?" Phoebe quipped
"We're the Charmed Ones" Paige told them
"Yes. We know" Akisha informed them.
"But," continued Alixa "We have been planning this for 100 years. We've had a fair amount of time to consider the possibilities."
"It's over. We have won" Ambora informed
"Over my dead body" said Phoebe
"That can be arranged." Akisha replied
"That's it. Enough playing around. We must do it" Alixa told them
"Wait.. do what?" Paige asked Piper and Phoebe
They shrugged
Akisha, Alixa and Ambora grabbed hands and formed a circle. They began to chant and murmur in a language Piper, Phoebe and Paige had never heard before.
A soft glow began to emerge from the middle of the circle. It rose up and floated over to the girls. It began to pull them in.
"Do something!" Phoebe cried to her sisters.
Piper panicked.
She threw her hands up, and time froze.
Akisha, Alixa and Ambora froze. So did the magical glow. The three girls backed away from it.
"Come on," said Phoebe "It's time to put those dirty bitches back where they came from!"
Piper and Phoebe nodded
The three girls grabbed hands and began to chant:
Magic spirits hear our cry,
Vanquish this evil, let it die
Magic spirits hear our plea,
Vanquish this evil, let it be
As time unfroze, the girls stood back and prepared for Alixa, Ambora and Akisha to be blown into oblivion.
But they weren't
"Good try" Akisha said, with an evil smirk
"But not good enough" added Alixa
"Okay" said Piper, "Time to panic"
"Definitely" added Paige
Alixa stepped forward and began to chant, but Phoebe levitated and kicked her down
"You're going to regret that" Ambora promised
She narrowed her eyes at Paige but she orbed out, and in behind Ambora
She looked around, desperate to find something
"Uh.. lamp!" she cried
The lamp was thrown across the room. It hit Akisha in the back.
"Sorry" said Paige
Akisha began to advance towards her
"Very sorry" said Paige, starting to panic.
"This is it. It is over. We have won" Alixa said
"And just to prove our point" Ambora added, nodding to Akisha.
Akisha nodded back
She turned and smashed the mirror.
Piper, Phoebe and Paige gasped
"You can only trap us every 100 years" Alixa informed them, with an evil smirk "Just like we can only be released every 100 years"
Piper and Phoebe gasped again.
But Paige smiled
"Oh" she said, "Thanks for the tip"
Piper and Phoebe looked at her quizzically.
"Just trust me" she whispered to them
She took a deep breath and began
We call on you, the sands of time,
We need your help, and as we rhyme
Move us forward, 100 years
To this evil and stop the fears
The girls exchanged a glance, and everything went black.
* * *
When they could see again, everything was different. They looked around. The whole kitchen was different. It was painted bright pink, and the appliances were totally weird.
"What's going on?" a voice asked
The three girls spun around. There stood Akisha, Alixa and Ambora.
"We're 100 years in the future" Paige informed them, with a smirk. She nodded to Piper and Phoebe.
"Okay" said Piper "Time to take out the trash"
She smiled at Phoebe and Paige, as they caught onto her plan. Paige had cast a spell that put them 100 years in the future, so now they could put Akisha, Alixa and Ambora back in a mirror. Where they belonged.
Paige took a deep breath.
"Mirror!" she cried
A large mirror orbed into her hands. She stumbled under its weight.
Piper and Phoebe rushed over and helped her steady it.
"C'mon" said Piper "Let's do it."
Phoebe and Piper nodded
They girls grabbed hands and began to chant:
Magic spirits hear our plea,
Vanquish this evil, let it be
Magic spirits, hear our cry
Vanquish this evil, let it die
The girls stood and watched as Akisha, Alixa and Ambora were sucked into the mirror.
"No!" they cried
"We will get you for this! We will have our revenge!" Alixa cried
"You wish" replied Piper
"And just remember" added Paige "Don't mess with the Charmed Ones!"
The girls smiled at each other, as Akisha, Alixa and Ambora were sucked into the mirror.
"But what do we do with this?" asked Phoebe, pointing to the mirror.
"I think I know," said Paige as she dropped the mirror.
It fell to the floor and smashed to pieces.
"Good riddance to bad rubbish" Phoebe said triumphantly.
There was a short pause
"C'mon, let's go home," said Piper, putting her arms around her sisters.
The girls held hands and chanted a spell.
Everything went black.
* * *
When Piper, Phoebe and Paige could see again, they were standing in the living room of the manor.
She looked around. Everything was back to normal, they were back in the present day.
"Well this is a relief," said Phoebe, looking around.
"Totally," added Piper
"Well, well, well if it isn't our three favorite girls" a male voice behind them said.
Piper, Phoebe and Paige spun around, and Piper thrust her hands out.
Time froze
Leo and Cole stayed frozen on the spot, smiling.
Phoebe and Paige looked at Piper
"Woops" she said, giggling.
She flicked her hands out again, and time unfroze.
Leo and Cole stepped forward, and as Leo kissed Piper and Cole kissed Phoebe, the doorbell rang.
Paige looked at Leo and Piper, and then to Cole and Phoebe who seemed rather preoccupied.
"Uh, you know what? I'll get that," she said
No answer
"Don't mention it," she added
She made her way through the hallway and pulled open the door.
There stood her boyfriend, Justin. They had been dating for just over a month, and he was always doing little things to surprise her.
"Hey Justi-" she began before he leant in and kissed her
The kiss was so intense Paige didn't hear Piper, Phoebe, Leo and Cole come up behind her.
"Awww, what a love fest" quipped Piper
Phoebe, Leo and Cole laughed
"C'mon" said Phoebe, pulling Paige back into the house "You've gotta get ready. We're going out for a night on the town"
"Okay" said Cole "Leo and I will just grab our coats."
"Who said you two were invited? This is a girlsí night out!" declared Phoebe
"Okay. We can take a hint," said Leo
 They all laughed
Paige, Phoebe and Piper smiled at each other
"Do you want to come in?" Cole asked Justin "The footy game's on in a few minutes. We've got chips and beer."
"Uh, sure" replied Justin
Paige smiled
"Well, I've got a girls night out to get ready for" she said, pulling Piper and Phoebe up the stairs with her
"You boys have fun!" she added, before running to beat her sister's to the bathroom.
* * *
Half an hour later at P3 (Piper's club) Paige, Phoebe and Piper were sitting at their reserved table, drinking soda's.
"You know," said Phoebe to her sisters "We should do this more often"
"Definitely" replied Piper
There was moment of silence
"Hey guys" Paige said, "Could you tell it wasn't me when Akisha was pretending to be me?"
Phoebe and Piper looked at each other and smiled
"Sure" replied Piper, smiling.
There was another short silence.
Phoebe laughed
"Are we Charmed or what?" she said, smiling
"We sure are" replied Paige
"Charmed and Dangerous" Piper added
Paige smiled. Charmed and Dangerous. That was for sure.

THE END