Third Time Charmed

A Fight to Remember (Part 4)

A/N: While previous TTC episodes have added new content, this one is the first to feature a major divergence from the show's canon. This chapter includes significant plot changes and retcons/fixes, as well as an important decision that will affect the overarching story. As such, it's a nice long chapter, so sit back, relax, enjoy, and let me know what you think!

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Following the appearance of Paige's doppelganger, a chaotic battle ensued. Along with bursts of air, the Enchantress could fire red Lightning Bolts from her hands, which set the attic's many treasures ablaze. Piper tried freezing the room to buy her and Prue time to think, and being an evil witch, the Enchantress froze. However, she didn't stay frozen for long, perhaps due to how powerful she was, and the fighting quickly resumed.

Even if they hadn't been pinned down by the Enchantress's indiscriminate attacks, Prue and Piper were hesitant about going on the offensive and risking injury to Paige's past life. Their options were limited, but Prue eventually took action, sending the woman flying into an old wardrobe. That was when things got really hairy.

The Enchantress blasted them and half their stored possessions with an impressive gale, then held her hands upward, covering the attic ceiling in what turned out to be rain clouds. The good news was that the subsequent downpour put out the many fires started by her lightning. The bad news was that, amid the confusion, which included the need to protect the Book of Shadows from getting soaked, the Enchantress ducked out.

From the dry attic landing, Piper stared into the room in disbelief. Raising her voice to be heard over the noisy cascade that continued to pound the wooden floorboards, she asked, "She's gone, why isn't it stopping? The house is gonna be wrecked!"

"Wait, I think I just saw..." said Prue, flipping the damp pages of the Book of Shadows. "Here! Clear Sky Spell. To temporarily halt inclement weather in a localized area."

"Temporarily?"

"Yeah, but these aren't natural rainclouds, so I doubt they'll come back, especially if we deal with the evil twin. Come on, read it with me."

Together, Prue and Piper recited, "Rain, rain, go away, come back later in the day. Rain on the green grass, rain on the trees, and rain on the house-tops but not upon me."

Within seconds, the deluge ceased, and the clouds dispersed.

"Thank God!" Piper exclaimed. "Not that I'm not glad it worked, but wasn't that a nursery rhyme?"

"It does ring a bell," said Prue wistfully. "Wow, I'm having the clearest flash of Grams teaching it to us as kids. We were playing at the park when it started to rain, then it cleared right up. I think this might have been our very first spell. Mom was mad."

Piper smiled sadly. She envied Prue her memories of their mother. It didn't sound like a great one, but she had so few of her own. "Oh, what are we going to do about this mess?" she despaired, looking at the pooling water, knowing it would already be causing unseen damage to the old house.

Just then, Leo Orbed into the wet attic. "Okay, I found out about the Prin—aargh!"

Piper clapped her hands over her mouth when her husband slipped on a puddle and fell on his behind with a big splash. "Oh, honey!"

"Owww," Leo groaned as he stood up, rubbing his wet back as he eyed the flooded room. "What the heck happened here?"

"Paige tried to kill us," Prue answered distractedly, searching the Book of Shadows again. "See, I can say her name."

"What?!"

"Not Paige, her past life," Piper corrected, giving her sister a glare for the obvious provocation.