Mist's Jumps Part 13 (Patreon)

 Mist

Charmed:

Alignment: Neutral

Darklighter: [200] (dark angel)

Warlock: [200] 

Black Sheep [Neutral Free] 

Particularly Powerful Progeny: [200] (Your children will have more magic potential than you.)

Twice Blessed: [300] (Can buy two races in this jump)

No Such Thing As Magic: [Neutral Free] Unless targeted or actively seeking them out or being sought out by such, you will find it easier to avoid Magic, Magical Beings, locations and doings.

Seductive [Darklighter Free] (Get more seductive the more dangerous you are.)

Divine Your Targets [100] (See whether a person will make the world a better or worse place if allowed to live and be left to their own devices)

Conversion [200] (turn a mortal into a supernatural and give them 3 or 4 powers)

Trapmaster: [Free]  Really good at setting and surviving traps.

Darklighter Crossbow [Darklighter killing arrows] [Free dark lighter]

Bloodstained Athame: [Free]

Badge of Jumper: [Free] 

Darklighter Powers: Teleportation (Black Orbing), Immortality, Reconstitution (Unlimited use, exclusive on explosive force or disintegration), Regeneration, Sensing (through a variation of the Hide and Seek perk), Voice Manipulation and Touch of Death. Biokinesis, Healing, Telepathy, Suggestion and Technopathy.

Projection: [1000pp]

High Resistance [Free]

Companions: 

Covern: [300] (Import 8 with 700 points each)

Kid From the Future: [300]

Drawbacks: 

Bounty: [0] Power stealers have to kill you to get your powers.

Do As Ye Wilt: [0] You’re immune to the Cleaners but they also can’t help you clean up if you expose magic.

Jumper of the Bottle: [0] Stuck as a genie in a bottle until freed.

One Ring [+200] Your Powers from this jump are inside a Ring on your person. If stolen those Powers can be used by others. Your Powers are lost until the End of the Jump if the Ring is broken; if you still don’t have the Ring at the End of the Jump, your Powers are restored to you for your next jump.

Tuatha Be Damned [+400] All of your powers are sealed in the ring and someone else can use it and your enemies will help them try to steal it.

Psycho cop [+200]

Abby/Selena 

Alignment: Neutral

Darklighter: [Free]

Warlock: [Free] 

Black Sheep [Neutral Free]

Twice Blessed: [Free]

No Such Thing As Magic: [Neutral Free]

Seductive [Darklighter Free] 

Trapmaster: [Free]

Darklighter Crossbow [Darklighter killing arrows] [Free dark lighter]

Badge of Jumper: [Free]

Darklighter Powers: Teleportation – Black Orbing, Immortality, Reconstitution (Unlimited use, exclusive on explosive force or disintegration), Regeneration, Sensing (through a variation of the Hide and Seek perk), Voice Manipulation and Touch of Death. Biokinesis, Healing, Telepathy, Suggestion and Technopathy.

Projection: [1000pp]

High Resistance [Free]

Harry

Neutral

Twiceblessed [300]

Witch/Warlock [400]

Charmed Success [Free] You gain a degree of regard, respect and status from your success from the public in general.

No Such Thing As Magic: [Neutral Free]

Trapmaster:[Free]

Bloodstained Athame [Free] Power stealing dagger.

Power Containing Lantern [100]

Projection: [1000pp]

Conjuring the Elements: [1000 pp]

Aerokinesis – The elemental ability to create, control and manipulate the air and wind.

Cryokinesis – The ability to create and/or manipulate ice and cold.

Electrokinesis – The ability to control and generate electricity and throw lightning. (gW)

Geokinesis – The ability to control earth and earth–based materials.

Hydrokinesis – The ability to create and manipulate water.

Pyrokinesis – The ability to generate and control fire.

Conjuring the elements forms: Ball, Optic Blast, Utility, Construct Creation, Particle Swarm, Bolt

Sin

Neutral:

Witch [200]

Particularly Powerful Progeny: [200]

Imitation Waffediyok [300] Freezing eye blasts double strength spells.

Charmed Success [Free]

No Such Thing As Magic: [Neutral Free]

Protection Ring: [100]

Projection: [1,000pp]

Tara

Witch [200]

Particularly Powerful Progeny: [200]

Charmed Success [Free]

No Such Thing As Magic: [Neutral Free]

Transplanted Power [300] 600 points of powers that can be given to a mortal.

Cupid's Ring [100] Allows you to use willpower in place of any emotional requirement in spellcasting.

Projection: [1,000pp]

Dawn

Witch [200]

Particularly Powerful Progeny: [200]

No Such Thing As Magic: [Neutral Free]

Transplanted Power [300] 600 points of powers that can be given to a mortal.

Wicked Ways [100] Map to dark supernatural hangouts.

Projection: [1000pp]

Willow

Witch [200]

Particularly Powerful Progeny: [200]

No Such Thing As Magic: [Neutral Free]

Transplanted Power [300]

Mansion: [100] Magical mansion that she can place once a jump that boosts magic.

Power Swapping: [400pp]You may select two persons of roughly equivalent raw power and switch their Powers and even racial power sets, temporarily.

Portals: [400pp]

Literary Manipulation [200pp]

Hermione

Witch [200]

No Such Thing As Magic: [Neutral Free]

Particularly Powerful Progeny: [200]

Transplanted Power [300]

Crystal traps; [100]

Power Negation [600pp]

Astral Projection: [200pp]

Literary Manipulation: [200pp]

Laura

Witch [200]

No Such Thing As Magic: [Neutral Free]

Book of Shadows: [200]

Transplanted Power [300]

Seductive: [100]

Conjuring the Elements: [1,000pp]

-Photokinesis: The ability to produce and manipulate light.

-Silicakinesis: The ability to create and control sand.

-Acid Manipulation: The ability to create and control acid

-Umbrakinesis: The ability to generate and manipulate shadows.

-Ferrokinesis:The ability to manipulate Metal

-Energy Manipulation: The ability to use a form of generic energy akin to solidified lightning or fire.

Conjuring the elements forms: Constrain Conjuration, Particle Swarm, Spray, Utility, Wall, Wave

Xander

Witch [200]

Particularly Powerful Progeny: [200]

Transplanted Power [300]

Seductive: [100]

Power Absorption [600pp] (absorb powers from things you kill)

Deflection [400pp] (Ability to deflect attacks)

Transplanted powers:

1 Enchantment [400] Enhanced Senses, sight, hearing [200]

2 Telekinesis [600]

3 Illusion Casting [600]

4 Power Mimicry [600]

5 Biokinesis [600], Healing [Free]

6 High Resistance: [100], Teleportation: [100] Dark Whispering fade like dark fog, Power Containment and Gifting [100], Optic Blast [100] Similar to Beam, but somewhat easier to aim, and with the added benefit of extra stopping power. Force Field [100], Enhanced Senses [100] (sense of smell) You have an amazingly keen sense of smell like a dog. 

Genie looked over the list of powers, perks and items for the group. “Let me guess, you’re going to duplicate the power containers and hand them out the rest of the people aren’t you?”

“That and use the conversion perk,” Mist agreed happily.

“Mist mentioned PS238 and Worm powers, can we pick some up?” Arya asked hopefully.

“I’m surprised Mist didn’t ask before the last jump actually.” Genie looked at Mist. “Any objection?”

“No objection, I’d just forgotten about it,” Mist admitted.

“In that case, standard package for learning and such things, any particular powers you want?” Genie asked as she brought up a list of Worm powers.

Daenerys smiled at Genie. “Complete Arsenal, I want to be able to destroy entire armies by myself if I have to.”

Arya shrugged. “Contractor, that way I can hand out powers to my minions. I’ll take the version that only lets me boost five people but gives better powers.”

“That should work. Anything else before I drop you into the Charmed world?” Genie asked with amusement.

“Where and when are you dropping us?” Albus asked.

“San Francisco just after the first episode.”

“Can we have a week or two in Brockton Bay with family first?” Piper asked hopefully.

Vista frowned slightly but kept her mouth shut.

“I wouldn’t mind checking in,” Dennis admitted.

Taylor grinned at Piper. “I could spend some time with Mom.”

“I wouldn’t mind catching up with a couple of people,” Noelle agreed. 

Ranma spoke up, “I wouldn’t object, it would give me a chance to spar against some brutes.”

Mist glanced around at the various companions, he didn’t see anyone looking opposed to spending a couple of weeks in Brockton Bay. “That would give me a chance to work on rebuilding now that I have Builder abilities.”

Arya nodded. “It would be a good chance to set up some themed locations.”

“Not to mention set up a couple of factories and bring in some jobs,” Hermione pointed out.

Mist turned to look at Genie. “Two weeks should give everyone a nice break without causing anyone a mental breakdown.” He glanced at Vista.

“Hopefully,” Vista muttered. She had a feeling it was going to depend on how people treated her and how much bullshit she was going to have to put up with.

“Worst case, we spend two weeks patrolling,” Denis pointed out.

“Call me when you want to head to the Charmed World.” Genie snapped her fingers and sent the group to Earth Bet before they could ask where their genie bottles would end up..

0o0o0

Prue frowned as Phoebe walked into the house carrying three colorful bottles that reminded her of I Dream of Jeannie. “Where did you find those?”

Phoebe gestured toward the porch. “They were just sitting on the porch when I went to grab the paper. Do you think they’re genie bottles?”

Piper snorted from the kitchen. “Don’t be ridiculous.”

Prue shook her head. “Do they say made in China on the bottom of the bottles?”

Phoebe set two of the bottles on the end table then opened the third. “Come on, mamma needs a new dress.”

“That not going to…” Prue trailed off as purple smoke billowed out of the bottle and formed into a gorgeous red haired girl with almost sheer blue silk pants and a strip of blue silk wrapped around her breasts which almost passed for decent.

Selena smiled at Phoebe. “Hello nurse.”

“Piper!” Prue called out as she stared at the girl that had just come out of the lamp.

Piper rushed in and froze as she saw the scantily clad girl. “What is going on?”

Selena bowed toward Piper. “Your sister summoned me.”

Phoebe tried and mostly failed to contain her excitement as she asked, “Are you a genie?”

Selena glanced down at her clothes then over at the bottle that Phoebe was holding. “It looks that way, three wishes, no wishing for more wishes or world peace. I mean you could wish for world peace but it never turns out right.”

Prue glared at Phoebe as she opened her mouth. “Don’t. In various myths genies twist wishes.”

“I’m sure that your sister is crafty enough to dot the I's and cross the T's with any wishes she makes.”

Phoebe said, “See, she has faith in me.”

“She might be a demon,” Piper pointed out.

“I’ll check the book,” Prue replied as she headed for the stairs. She was hoping the Book of Shadows had something about genies in it.

Phoebe asked, “What type of wishes can you grant?”

Selena glanced between the two witches as hurried up the stairs. “Money, power, fantastically powerful children or a wardrobe that never runs out of clothes.” She looked at Piper, “Your own restaurant, someone to love.”

Piper frowned as she looked at Selena. “I thought genies couldn’t make people fall in love.”

“Eh, technically no but lust isn’t love and sometimes, all you really need is Mr. Right Now rather than Mr. Right.”

Phoebe laughed. “She’s got a point.”

“Hey!” Piper replied as she glared at Phoebe. 

Phoebe asked, “Any suggestions on what to wish for?”

“You’re good witches, I’d probably avoid blatant personal gain if I were you,” Selena replied with a wink.

“I thought you said I could wish for money?” Phoebe complained.

“You can, that doesn’t mean you should get carried away. Wishing for your debts to be paid and to find a decent job so that you can help others shouldn’t cause too many issues. Of course, you’re free to spend your wishes as you want but try to remember that karma is a thing.”

“Really?”

Selena shrugged. “The less harmful a wish is, the less I’m going to twist it.”

“Are you saying that you’re a good genie?” Piper asked warily.

“Technically I’m magically neutral, I grant wishes for the person that summoned me but I’d appreciate it if you didn’t let a demon get my bottle.”

“Because you’d have to grant their wishes?” Piper asked warily.

“Exactly,” Selena agreed.

Piper glanced at the other two bottles that Phoebe was holding. “Do the other two bottles have genies inside of them?”

“Yep,” Selena replied as she watched Prue come down the stairs. “What does the book say about genies?”

Prue glanced at her sisters then back at Selena. “It says that a genie’s wishes always come with a cost and to be very specifics.”

“Does that mean we can make a wish as long as we’re careful?” Phoebe asked.

Prue thought about several things that she’d change about her life if she had the chance and this seemed like the perfect opportunity as long as they were careful. “I don’t know.”

“You can always wish for your previous wishes to be undone,” Selena pointed out.

Phoebe spoke up before her sisters could stop her, “In that case, I wish all of my debts were paid without any innocent people getting hurt or losing their money and I want a safe well paying legal job with flexible hours and a decent boss.”

“Wish granted.” Selena used her new projection power to steal money out of several demonic accounts around the country and discreetly pay off her various debts. She conjured a card and handed it to Phoebe. “Stop by whenever for some basic training.”

Phoebe stared at the card. “Mist’s strip club?”

“Flexible hours, excellent pay, safe and a decent boss, exactly what you asked for.” Selena smiled at Phoebe.

“Where did the money come from?” Prue asked.

“Various demon accounts, don’t worry, it’s not traceable.”

“You couldn’t find anything better than a stripper?” Phoebe asked warily.

“You wanted a safe and legal job with excellent pay, flexible hours and a great boss. I mean sure I could have set you up with a job as something else but without the skills, you’d have lost it rather quickly.”

Piper shook her head. “If your debts really are gone, it was worth it.”

Prue asked, “What happens if she uses all of her wishes?”

Selena shrugged. “Then she doesn’t get anymore wishes and I have to grant wishes to the next person that picks up my bottle and so on.”

Phoebe asked, “Can I wish for an active power?”

“Of course. Just remember that can and should aren’t always the same.”

Phoebe dashed over to the coffee table and grabbed the pad of paper and started composing her next wish.

Selena pouted, “I see how it is. The more you try to rules lawyer a wish the more creative I’m going to get.”

“I’m just getting my thoughts down,” Phoebe replied defensively.

Prue asked, “What about true love?”

Selena shrugged. “I’d avoid any wishes that try to make people fall in love, it never ends well. On the other hand, if all you’re looking for is Mr. Right Now, I can certainly arrange something.”

Piper said, “We should probably summon the other two genies so we know what we’re working with.”

Prue had a feeling this wasn’t going to end well but some protection for the house would be really nice. She held out her hand toward Phoebe. “Bottles?”

Phoebe handed Prue and Piper the extra bottles. “Here.”

Piper opened her bottle and was a touch surprised when smoke poured out of the top of the bottle and formed into an identical genie. “Do you all look…” she trailed off as she saw the rather handsome dark haired man in a stylish dark blue suit that Prue’s bottle had conjured. “That’s not fair.”

Prue smirked at Piper. “Looks good to me.”

Harry glanced down at his clothes then smiled at Prue. “Could be worse, three wishes, no wishing for more wishes.” He turned his head slightly to look at Selena and Abby then looked back at Prue. ‘Okay, at least they aren’t the Dursleys.’

Abby glanced around then looked back at Piper. “Same, three wishes.”

“Would wishing for protection from warlocks and demons help?“ Prue asked.

Harry sighed. “You’d get some projection but you’d still have to deal with them. You’d have better luck wishing that they couldn’t attack you at the manor while you called it home. That would give you peace of mind and a safe place to sleep.”

Piper said, “In that case, I wish the manor and everyone inside to be safe from supernatural threats that want to do us harm while we call it home.”

Abby focused on her new projection power and cast a ward against evil that should keep demons and warlocks out of the manor. She figured she could talk to Mist about additional wards on the place once they got things sorted out. “Wish granted.”

Harry looked at Prue. “First wish?”

Prue considered what she wanted out of a wish, money wasn’t something she was all that worried about considering she had a degree and marketable skills, Piper had spent a wish on letting them sleep at night without worrying about getting attacked and Phoebe had wished for a job which meant money was less of a concern. “Can I get a power that lets me tell if someone is supernatural at a glance?”

“That is an excellent idea. If only Aladdin had been that smart with his first two wishes.”

Prue made a mental note to save her last wish to free the genie. “I wish to be able to tell at a glance if someone is a supernatural being.”.

Harry focused on his projection power and crafted the effect that she wanted, it wasn’t a full power, more like a long lasting spell but it fit the wish. He was hoping they could find a more permanent way to duplicate that feat later but for now, it got the job done. “Wish granted.” 

Phoebe said, “For my second wish, I wish for an additional useful power.”

“Wish…” Selena reached into her pocket and pushed the button on her stopwatch. 

Harry turned his head to look at Selena after seeing the Halliwell sisters freeze in place. “What’s up?”

“I’m trying to figure out which power to give her. Offense or defense?”

“I’d give her a copy of your orbing ability. Being able to get out of a situation is a decent boost.”

“In that case, places.” Selena waited for everyone to reposition themselves then unfroze time. She focused on Abby and used her projection power to emulate power copying then copied her ability to orb. She kept half of her attention to holding the copied power in her mind as she activated her projection power a second time to turn the copied power into a small glasslike ball. “Granted.”

Phoebe looked at the small glasslike ball in Selena’s hand. “What is that?”

“Your new power.” She handed the ball to Phoebe. She was just glad that some of the group had bought the ability to mimic powers because she doubted she could pull off what she’d just done without the magic of the bottle helping her, at least not without a lot more practice. “Just focus on it and absorb it.”

Phoebe blinked as she got a vision of teleporting around in a shower of black lights. “Teleportation, awesome.” She focused on the small ball and smiled as it collapsed and flowed into her hand. “How what?”

“Now it just takes practice...” Abby trailed off as Phoebe turned into a collection of dark orbs and reappeared a couple of feet behind where she’d been standing. “Like that.”

“That was awesome!” Phoebe exclaimed.

Prue asked, “Are you going to attack us if we wish you free?”

“Of course not,” Abby replied firmly.

Phoebe opened her mouth to object to giving away her last wish then closed it as she realized that she wouldn’t want to be stuck as a genie. “I wish you free.”

Selena sighed in relief as the bands around her wrist opened, fell to the ground then disintegrated leaving nothing behind. “Thank you. Part of the curse was not being able to ask you to free us.”

Prue asked, “Do you want me to free you or can I have one last wish before that?”

Harry gave Prue a smile. “You might as well make your second wish first.”

“Any objections to getting teleportation?” Prue asked hoping that he wouldn’t have any objections.

“None, it’s a good solid power.” Harry focused on Abby and copied her orbing power by emulating power copying and then creating a ball of power. He knew it would have been easier to just stick the copied power in his power storing lantern but he didn’t really want to advertise that he had equipment for that type of thing. Being able to pull off bullshit magic when you were a genie was acceptable, having equipment related to transferring powers, was a bit more suspicious and he didn’t want the girls freaking out and vanquishing him. He handed the ball to Prue. “Here.”

Prue took the crystallized power and absorbed it. Having the ability to flee or teleport to her sisters should help keep them alive. “Thank you. I wish you free.”

Harry smiled as the bands around his wrists fell off, hit the floor and vanished. “Thank you.”

Abby turned to look at Piper. “Second wish.”

“What are my options for powers?” Piper asked.

Abby smiled at Piper then listed off a couple of powers she could copy.

0o0o0

Tara slowly spun as she looked at rather nice pink glass circular room she found herself in. She glanced at the comfortable looking padded bench that went around the edge of the room then glanced down at her purple genie outfit. “Could be worse I guess.” She walked over and sat down on the surprisingly comfortable bench then picked up the rather large leather bound book labeled “Genie 101” on the front of it. She opened the book and started reading to see what she could learn about her new power and about the rules for being a genie.

0o0o0

Paige groaned as she rolled over to hit the alarm that she’d forgotten to turn off yesterday and felt something hard dig into her side. She sat up and looked down at the unfamiliar fancy dark purple glass bottle in her bed. “A bottle?” She glanced over at her crappy apartment window that was basically painted shut then over at her door. “Still locked.” She blinked a couple of times as she tried to remember if she’d seen the bottle before. ‘Weird, maybe my creepy landlord left it and I just didn’t notice?’ She made a mental note to find a better apartment on the off chance that she’d been sleeping when he’d dropped the bottle off.

She absently opened the bottle as she tried to figure out if she should go back to sleep or figure out what she was going to make for breakfast. She was just about to get up and check the fridge when purple smoke billowed out of the top of the bottle. She stared in shock as the smoke formed up into a handsome well muscled man with dark brown hair dressed in black slacks, a black silk shirt and leather boots. “What the hell?”

Mist smiled at the gorgeous half naked woman in a rather short blue nightie that was in her late teens or early twenties. “Your wish is my command and pleasure.” He was just glad that he’d gotten assigned to Paige rather than some demon or someone that would lock his bottle away for the ‘safety’ of the world.

Paige barely heard what the man said as she tried to figure out what the hell had just happened with the smoke turning into a person. “How… bottle, genie?”

“Mist O’Shadows at your service my lady.” Mist bowed with a flourish then smiled at Paige.

“Am I dreaming?” Paige let her gaze run over Mist’s delightfully muscled form. He had just the right amount of muscles without hitting crazy bodybuilder territory as well as a certain look that made her glad she was sitting down. 

“So, three wishes, Aladdin style. No wishing for more wishes, asking for world peace or true love though lust I can do.” Mist winked at her.

Paige blushed as she realized that she was showing way more skin than she probably should. “What are you?” She pulled her blanket up over her legs.

Mist smiled as he pointed at the lamp. “I’m a genie, you have three wishes.”

“This is a joke, right?” Paige asked hoping to hell it wasn’t.

Mist grinned as he conjured a single blue rose. “It’s not a joke, it’s your lucky day.”  

“Aladdin, does that mean you can’t bring people back from the dead?”

“Bringing your parents back from the dead would cause a lot of issues and they’re at peace.” 

Paige sighed as she realized that he had a point as much as she didn’t like it. “What type of wishes can you grant?”

“The usual, money, power, a house fit for a queen, fantastically powerful children or magic.”

“How about information?” Paige asked hopefully.

“What are you looking to find out?”

“How I survived the accident that killed my parents.”

“I’ll give you that answer for free, you teleported out of the car during the crash, it’s a talent.”

“I have magic?” Paige asked in disbelief.

“Your current active powers are teleportation or more specifically orbing.” Mist used his orbing power to teleport backwards three feet in a shower of glowing black lights. “Sort of like that only white sparkles rather than black.”

Paige pinched her arm. “Damn, that hurt.”

Mist laughed. “Generally.”

“Can you tell me if I have any biological family left?”

“You have three rather attractive half sisters, anything more than that will require a wish.”

Paige opened her mouth to wish to know the truth then closed it as she noticed the bands of silver surrounding his wrists and something he’d said earlier sank in. “You’re like the genie from Aladdin, right?”

Mist shrugged. “I’m a genie.”

“You’re bound to the bottle, aren’t you?”

“I’m bound to grant people’s wishes, correct,” Mist admitted.

“If I freed you, would you answer my questions?”

“It would take one of your wishes to free me but I’d be willing to answer your questions in exchange,” Mist agreed.

“What type of powers can you grant me?”

“Flight, the ability to toss fireballs, training in your various abilities, immortality, magic from far off places or the ability to change your voice.”

Paige smirked as she figured she’d call his bluff. “I wish I had a fantastic magical home, I wish I had a large family and I wish you free.”

“Right, let’s grant the wishes in order.” Mist snapped his fingers, tapped into his projection power and conjured a tray and a plate filled with waffles and various toppings. He handed her the tray. “Work on breakfast while I acquire your new house.” He focused and orbed to the house across the street from the Charmed Ones to talk to some demons about acquiring their house.

0o0o0

Chris Halliwell winced as the demon he’d been fighting blasted him into the cart of a rather pissed looking demon that was selling magical trinkets and odds and ends. He blinked as a glass bottle fell of the table and bounced on the paving stone path rather than shatter like he’d half expected. He winced as the bottle’s stopper fell out and green mist boiled out and formed into a rather gorgeous girl with brown hair wearing translucent green silk genie clothes. “Shit.”

Dawn glanced around the marketplace at the large group of demons moving their way. “I don’t suppose you want to wish us out of his mess?”

Chris reached out his hand and used his telekinesis to grab the genie’s bottle as the demon merchant dove at the genie’s bottle. He grabbed the bottle then sent the demon flying with his telekinesis. “A little help over here!”

Wyatt slashed through two of the demons in his way with his sword then conjured a glowing blue shield over himself, his brother and the young lady in green silks. “I don’t suppose you have a way out of here that isn’t blocked?”

Chris looked at Dawn. “You’re not a Halliwell are you?”

Dawn smirked at Chris. “Not yet…” She trailed off as an arrow cut through Wyatt’s shield and hit him in the shoulder.”Shit, any safe places I can take us?”

Chris snorted. “Back in time before everyone and their mother got protection from my family’s magic?”

“I can work with that.” Dawn reached out with her new projection power tried to teleport the three of them back to San Francisco found something was blocking her magic.”Working on it.” She pulled her phone out of her inventory. “Grab my legs.” She pushed the recall button as soon as the brothers grabbed her legs and smiled as they found themselves in her room. “I’m so glad that worked. Let’s fix your shoulder.”

Wyatt dropped his shield as he doubted he needed it anymore and he felt like crap from the poisoned arrow sticking out of his shoulder. “I hate these things.”

Dawn reached over and yanked the arrow out then used a stream of green magicka life magic to heal the damage. She tossed her phone on her bed then pulled a potion of cure poison out of her inventory and handed it to Wyatt. “Here, drink it, it should take care of the rest of the poison.”

Wyatt glanced at the potion warily then drank it as he didn’t have a better way to deal with the poison. He frowned slightly as the potion bottle vanished as soon as he finished drinking it. “Did you spell the bottles to vanish?”

“Something like that,” Dawn replied as she walked over and set the arrow on her desk. 

Chris glanced around the rather nice looking bedroom. “Where are we?”

“My room. It should be safe enough, what happened?”

Wyatt sighed. “Several clans of demons managed to duplicate a warlock’s ring that protected them from our family’s magic…” he trailed off as he flashed back to coming home and finding his parents and aunts dead.

“They managed to kill our family and the Elder’s blocked our attempt to go back in time to fix it,” Chris complained.

“Why?” Dawn asked in surprise.

“Because they were tired of us screwing with time or because of some grand plan or whatever bullshit the elders came up with that week, take your pick,” Chris finished bitterly.

“Ah, I’m sure we can figure out something. My name is Dawn for the record.”

“Chris.” He gestured at his brother. “Wyatt Halliwell.”

Wyatt asked, “How long until they find us?”

“Eh, they’re not going to find us, at least not here. We’re in a pocket realm.”

Chris closed his eyes for a second as he realized that he might be able to get more than a couple of hours of sleep before he figured out what they were going to do. “How badly are you going to twist the wishes?”

Dawn smirked. “I’m fairly sure twisting wishes is part of my new job description but I’ll try to contain myself. Joking aside, getting here is easier than leaving or rather leaving is a little more problematic.”

Wyatt asked, “Why?”

“Because the only way to leave is to teleport to my friend and I’m not sure where he is right now which means I need to call him and figure out what’s going on.”

Chris gestured toward the phone, “Go for it, I don’t suppose you have a cot where I can catch a nap?”

Dawn gestured toward her bed. “Have at it.”

Chris looked down at his rather dirty clothes. “I don’t want to wreck anything.”

Dawn used her magic and cleaned and repaired their clothes. “There, now get some sleep, I’ll call my friend and chat with Wyatt while you get some shuteye.” She walked over and picked up her phone and called Mist.

0o0o0

Sin frowned slightly as she found herself in an office looking at two warlocks she recognized from the show. She glanced around the office then looked at the warlocks. “Interesting, what fiendish wishes do you desire?”

The warlock pretending to be Hannah Webster asked, “You’re a genie?”

Sin smiled broadly. “Phenomenal cosmic power, itty bitty living space. Either way, the gentleman here gets three wishes.”

The warlock pretending to be Rex Buckland grinned. “I wish you to grant me the powers of the Charmed Ones.” 

Sin briefly wondered if all warlocks were quite this stupid then decided that most of them probably were. She reached out with her projection power and lent the man telekinesis then locked him in a vision of the future then tossed in Piper’s ability to freeze things for good measure. “Wish granted.”

Hannah screamed as she was tossed through the air by Rex when she turned to look at the bottle.

Sin smiled as Hannah froze in mid air thanks to the temporary version of Piper’s power. She cast mana shield on herself as several other objects in the office exploded as the warlock tried to kill things in his ‘future’ visions. She pulled her stopwatch out of her inventory with her left hand and pushed the button which caused everything other than her to freeze in place. “Idiot. Your first wish really should have been that I wouldn’t arrange for someone to kill you.” She pulled her cell phone out of her inventory and called Xander. 

Xander picked up after the second ring, “Is everything okay Sin?”

“Eh, I got dropped off at the auction house and a couple of warlocks found my bottle, thankfully they asked for a stupid wish and I was able distract them and push the button on my stopwatch, can you come pick up my bottle?” 

“Sure, I’ll be there in a couple of minutes.” Xander ended the call then teleported to Mist’s location. He shouted, “Don’t shoot!” as Mist turned to see who or what had just appeared out of the corner of his vision.

“Hey Xander, any idea why my demons froze?” Mist gestured toward the frozen demon that he’d been about to knock unconscious.

“Sin ran into some trouble, she’s at the auction house with a couple of warlocks. She distracted them and froze time but she needs someone to go take care of the warlocks and pick up her bottle.”

“I’d wondered, any word from the rest of the group?”

Xander shrugged. “Tara called and said that she was stuck in her bottle, other than that, nope. Who ended up with your bottle?”

Mist smirked. “Paige Matthews.”

“Lucky bastard, it certainly could have ended up worse places. Wait, if she’s your master, why are you in a house with demons without her?”

“She wished for a fantastic home, this particular one is across the street from her sisters. I figured it was cheaper and easier to just kill the demons and then fake the paperwork. Do you need help killing the warlocks?”

Xander snorted. “I shouldn’t, from what I remember in the show, they were scrubs. I have power absorption which means I just need to kill them.” He was just glad that he’d binge watched the show over the last couple of weekends with the girls. 

“Sounds like a plan, do you want me to try copying your transplanted power container now or wait until later?”

“Let’s just wait until we can get everything at once. Besides, I don’t want to keep Sin waiting, she might get creative.”

“Let’s avoid that. Do you want me to teleport you somewhere?”

“That would save time as I have no idea where the auction house is,” Xander admitted.

“If it makes you feel better, I don’t either.” Mist used his sensing power to scry on Sin then teleported Xander close to where Sin was standing.

Sin jumped slightly as Xander appeared in the middle of the room. “Thanks for coming.”

Xander grinned as he looked at the woman frozen in midair then over at the scared looking man frozen in place with a look of horror on his face. “It’s times like this that remind me that you can be a stone cold bitch Sin.”

“I’m a girl,” Sin replied with amusement.

“Not touching that one,” he replied as he took his sword out of his inventory. “Which one do we kill first?”

Sin pointed at Rex. “Him, she’s currently frozen by a power in addition to the watch.”

Xander lifted Sin’s bottle out of the man’s hand then walked around behind the warlock and raised his sword. “When you’re ready.”

“Now.” Sin pushed the button and unpaused time.

Xander swung his sword and cut the warlock’s head off. He ignored the creepy feeling that ran down his spine as he acquired the warlock’s powers. He quickly moved over to the female warlock and cut her head off before she unfroze. He winced slightly as her head fell off her still suspended body and hit the ground and started leaking blood. “Thermokinesis and shape changing off her, some illusion magic and astral projection off the guy.” He wasn’t going to mention the man’s suggestion power to Sin, she really didn’t need more tricks for getting people to do what she wanted.

Sin gestured and vanished the bodies and blood. “Power absorption would have been a nice power to have back in Sunnydale, wouldn’t it?”

He shrugged. “I’m not sure running around and absorbing powers on the hellmouth would have ended all that well but I can think of a couple of times it would have been useful.” He looked down at the bottle. “This means that I get three wishes, right?”

Sin looked down her nose at Xander. “Technically yes but I wouldn’t recommend it, I have one master and you’re not him.”

“Spoilsport.” Xander stuck his tongue out at Sin. “I wish you free.”

Sin grinned as her bracelets opened and fell off her wrists. “Thanks.” She reached down, picked up the bracelets and put them in her inventory. “Bottle?”

Xander handed her the bottle then pulled his phone out of his pocket. “Let’s head back and see if anyone else has called in yet.”

“Sounds good to me.” Sin stuck the bottle in her inventory.

0o0o0

Paige smiled as Mist appeared in a shower of black orbs. “Does this mean the house is ready?”

Mist smiled as he realized that she hadn’t changed clothes yet. He held out his hand, “Ready to take a look at it?”

Paige glanced around her crappy apartment. “More than ready. What about my stuff?”

“I can bring it with us or we can grab it later.”

“We can grab it later.”

Mist grinned as he teleported with Paige to the living room of the house across the street from the Charmed Ones. He was just glad that he’d already killed the demons, stolen their powers, forged the proper paperwork and disposed of their bodies. “What do you think?”

“Just the living room is larger than my apartment,” Paige replied as she glanced around the living room.

“Once I add some expansion charms and tweak things a bit, the house will be even larger.”

“That’s a lot of space for one person.”

Mist grinned. “You implied that your second wish would be for a large family which means you’ll probably appreciate the space once we start recruiting alternate Paiges.”

Paige raised her eyebrows. “Alternate Paiges?”

“Sure, there are a nearly infinite number of alternate worlds out there which means that at least some of them might want to come live here which means that you’d have family around.”

“Is this some trick where you recruit an evil version of me?” Paige shook her finger at him playfully.

“It’s not a trick. As for evil versions, we’d have to see how it turns out, some of them might be cute,” Mist replied with amusement as he conjured a collection of pictures of the inside of the house. “Let’s take a look at the pictures then we’ll walk around so that you can think about what changes to make while we go recruiting, unless you’d rather change your second wish?”

“I can do that?”

“Technically you haven’t really made it yet as I hadn’t finished granting you the first one.”

Paige frowned slightly as she considered the last hour or so, it was more than a little insane but having a sister to share things with sounded nice. “What the hell, let’s do it. I mean with how alone I’ve felt at various points the last couple of years, there is probably at least one alternate version of me that would love to jump ship. Provided you can give them a new identity?”

“A friend of mine specializes in new identities.”

“Can’t hurt to look.” Paige looked over the photographs. “What sort of price range is there for the house?”

“I’m a Builder and a Genie, don’t worry about the price so much as what you want your dream home to look like. The only requirement is that it has to look non magical from the outside.”

“Builder?”

Mist launched into a brief explanation about what a Builder was while they looked over the photographs.

0o0o0

Phoebe smirked as Prue walked into the kitchen with a towel wrapped around her hair. “How was it?”

Prue smirked as she walked over to the fridge. “His hands are certainly magic.”

Piper shook her head. “Enough details.”

“Not even close,” Phoebe complained.

Piper shook her head. “No strings?”

“No strings but we’re going out for dinner later.” Prue didn’t mind that Harry wasn’t looking for a commitment as her life was strange enough. She turned to look at Piper. “Are the girls still here?”

“They left while you were in the shower, they wanted to check in with some friends but they cleared up a few things about magic and being witches.”

Phoebe smirked at Piper. “Apparently we’re not going to hell.”

“At least not just for being a witch,” Piper reminded her sister that they needed to be careful with their powers.

“Details.” Phoebe waved it off.

“Did they offer any other suggestions?” Prue was looking forward to having friends that knew about their secret.

Piper gestured toward the ceiling. “Just to read the Book of Shadows because it has a lot of information about demons and warlocks.” She looked at Phoebe. “Speaking of responsibilities, do you want me to drop you off at the club on my way to Quake so you can get some training like Selena suggested?”

Phoebe glanced at the clock. She’d be a little early but Selena had said to stop by whenever so it shouldn’t be a big deal. “Sure, it might be fun.”

“Best of luck.” Prue resisted the urge to say that stripping would be a good job for Phoebe. She was trying not to be as judgemental as she’d been but it was harder than she’d like. “I’m going to get something to eat then get started reading the book or looking for a job.”

“Unemployment is a thing, I’m pretty good at filling out the forms if you want help?” Phoebe offered.

“We’ll see.”

0o0o0

Faith looked up as Dawn walked into the pool area with two young men with a grin on her face. “Bringing home stray kittens?”

“Chris found my bottle,” Dawn replied as she gestured toward Chris. “Don’t worry, he already wished me free, real gentleman.”

Wyatt blushed as his gaze jumped to Faith’s naked behind. “Ah, sorry…”

Faith grinned as she sat up and twisted around so that she was facing Dawn and the two young men. “Don’t worry about it, most of us don’t have all that much modesty here.”

Chris grinned at Faith. “Good to know.”

Wyatt tried to keep his gaze on her face but the fact that he had to look down at her face anyways wasn’t helping. “You mentioned that we’re in the year 1998, where does that leave us?”

Dawn sighed. “No idea, I have two friends with the ability to open doors to alternate worlds but if we somehow traveled back through time, getting you back might be a problem. On the upside, the fact that we’re in an alternate world means you shouldn’t have any issues with paradox or changing your past which means you can help your aunts to your heart’s content.”

Wyatt wasn’t sure how he was supposed to feel about staying to help. On the one hand, he felt like he had a duty to fight against the demons on his world, on the other hand, there shouldn’t have been any way for the demons to create the rings that protected them from their magic without help from the elders or time travel. Between that and the fact that the elders blocked their attempt to go back in time, he was done with his world until he found a way to fix things. “I’m in.”

Chris turned to look at his brother. “Really?”

“Worst case, we get to help our family in this world and can’t go home. Best case, we get to help our family and figure out a way to save everyone. Either way, the elders shouldn’t be able to keep tabs on us here.” He looked at Dawn. “Right?”

Dawn gestured around the pool area. “Not a chance for the companion housing and very unlikely in the alternate world. Either way, we can probably create a magical ring that keeps you hidden from various forms of scrying.”

Willow’s voice came over the intercom, “Group meeting in the pool area in five minutes.”

Faith stretched then stood up. “This should be fun.”

Wyatt pulled his gaze off her body. “Is she always this bad?”

Dawn laughed. “If you think this is bad, wait until you meet our resident flirt Sin.”

Faith snickered as Sin, Xander and Hermione walked into the pool area. “Speak of the girl and she appears.”

Sin giggled as they walked over. “Hey sexy and people I haven’t met yet.”

Hermione said, “Don’t mind her, she means well. I’m Hermione Granger.”

Sin stuck her tongue out at Hermione playfully.

“Alexander Harris but everyone just calls me Xander.” He held out his hand.

Chris shook Xander’s hand. “Nice to meet you....” he trailed off as tall dark haired twins walked out with another set of mousey haired twins and a blonde bombshell. “How many sets of twins do you know?”

“Actual twins, one.”

Dawn snickered. “They’re not actually twins, they’re alternate dimension counterparts but good guess.”

“My counterpart didn’t want to come for the ride,” Victoria complained.

Wyatt pulled his attention off Faith’s rather cute behind and back to the new people that Dawn hadn’t introduced them to. “One brother is probably enough.”

Chris snorted. “At least you’re not evil anymore.”

Wyatt sighed when everyone turned to look at him. “Magic.”

Amelia spoke up, “Don’t worry, my father was a villain. We understand complicated backgrounds.”

“My father was a deadbeat, at least yours cared,” Faith pointed out.

“Still better than Carol,” Amy muttered.

Victoria opened her mouth then closed it. “I guess that’s fair, my mom hates her father, it drove her around the bend when I got to together with her alternate.”

“Bit of an understatement,” Amelia stage whispered somewhat gleefully.

Amy said, “In my world, I was adopted by her mother.”

Chris glanced between the two look alike girls and the blonde. “Sounds like there’s a story there.”

“There is,” Amy admitted.

Taylor glanced at Piper. “It makes our situation seem sane in comparison.”

Piper frowned slightly as she flashed back to the creaking bedsprings from her parent’s room. “It is, more or less.”

Faith smiled as Willow walked in with Buffy and Laura. “Hopefully we’ll get some answers now.”

Willow walked over and sat down on a chair by the pool as she explained, “Mist called, he’s probably going to be working on upgrading the house Paige wished for, at least for a couple of hours.”

Laura snickered as she walked over and sat down on a chair near Willow. “Oh dear, whatever shall we do to entertain ourselves?”

Sin smirked. “I can think of a couple of things.”

Faith spoke up, “That’s because you’re a naughty girl.”

Sin stuck her tongue out at Faith then wiggled it suggestively.

“Exactly.”

“How are you planning on explaining who we are to this world’s version of our mother and aunts?” Chris asked warily.

Dawn shrugged. “I was planning on letting the fact that they’re witches sink in for a couple of days before we told them who you were but I’m open for suggestions.”

“I’m good with that. Since we have some time to kill, do you have a notebook I can have? I want to write down a kill list for some of the demons they ran into that were particularly problematic.”

Hermione pulled a blank notebook and pen from her inventory and handed them to Chris. “Here.”

“Conjured?” Chris asked curious if it was just going to vanish on him.

“No, I have an inventory spell running.”

Wyatt blinked. “Inventory spell? I don’t suppose you’d trade that?”

Hermione said, “I’m sure we can work something out.”

Laura pulled her book of shadows out of her inventory. “Like help looking over my new book of shadows for anything interesting.”

Chris looked at Wyatt then back at Laura after he nodded. “Sounds fair.”

0o0o0

Paige blinked as a gorgeous red haired teenage girl appeared in a burst of white orbs of light at the foot of the bed her and Mist were sprawled in. She pulled the sheet up to over her breasts as she demanded, “What the hell?”

The girl blinked then brought her hand up to block her view of Mist’s crotch. “Gah!”

Mist raised an eyebrow as he looked at the girl’s translucent red ‘silk’ dress that clung to the girl’s curves in a way that he’d appreciate more if he didn’t have a decent idea who the girl was or at least who she was related to. He glanced down at the bottle she was holding that looked a lot like his bottle then down at her black leather boots then back up at her face. He opened his inventory menu and equipped a pair of boxers and a pair of shorts. “Do you always just appear in people’s bedrooms?”

She shook her head. “No, I missed.” She dropped her hand now that her father was wearing shorts.

Paige asked, “Missed?”

“Cut me some slack Mom, you try going back in time with a spell when the other person helping you vanishes in the middle of casting it.”

“Mom?” Paige asked in disbelief.

“Considering Auntie Phoenix wouldn’t care if she was naked, probably. Besides, she has blue eyes from when she had Dad rip her old ones out though that might not have happened yet.”

Paige blinked. “Why would she do that?”

“Her old ones were cursed and Mist can give people magical eyes.”

“I’m Mist and this is Paige Matthews but you already seem to know that, name and why you came back?”

“Pandora Shadows, it was the only P name that you would agree to. I came back because everyone was disappearing around me. It seemed like a good idea to get the hell out of dodge before I vanished.”

“You’re saying witches can travel through time?” Paige turned to look at Mist. “Is that possible?”

“Sure, there are some restrictions depending on how you do it but yeah, it’s possible,” Mist admitted.

Paige pointed at the door of the bedroom. “Out, I need to get dressed.”

“Right, sorry, I’ll be downstairs.” Pandora orbed downstairs.

Paige rubbed her face with her hand. “When I wished for a family, this wasn’t exactly what I had in mind.”

Mist smiled at Paige. “At least she seems nice.”

“If a bit naughty.”

“Can I blame that on your side of the family?” Mist asked cheekily.  

Paige smiled slightly as she pointed toward the door. “Just for that, out. I need to get dressed.”

‘At least she waited until after I’d had sex with Paige to appear.’ Mist blew Paige a kiss then teleported downstairs to chat with the girl he was fairly sure was his daughter. 

Pandora turned to look at Mist. “How far back am I?”

“It’s the 8th of October 1998. When were you aiming for?”

“Today just not the bedroom,” Pandora complained.

Mist gestured at the dress. “Speaking of things that we’ll never mention again, is that a nightgown or?”

“It’s a present from auntie Sin. Besides, after growing up with Sin and Faith for aunts, I don’t have a lot of modesty though auntie Piper certainly tried.”

“Any idea what went wrong?” Mist asked.

“No clue, I was studying for my driver’s test with my cousin Chris when we felt a surge of magic, I looked over and saw a strange bottle on my desk then he vanished without a trace. I grabbed the bottle and ran downstairs to tell someone and the house started flickering and changing into a mundane and normal house. I orbed to Wyatt across the street and we cast a spell to send us back so that we wouldn’t be erased. He vanished before we finished the spell.”

“Do you want a hug? We hug, right?” Mist asked unsure how exactly they were supposed to interact.

Pandora stepped forward and pulled him into a hug. “We hug.” She rested her chin on his shoulder.

“Good.” Mist wrapped his arms around her. “I think you’re taller than I am with your boots on.”

“I had Amy tweak things to make sure I’ll be taller than you before I stop growing.”

Mist let go of his daughter. “That’s cheating.”

Pandora snickered as she took a step back. “As you’re fond of saying, if you’re not cheating, you’re not trying hard enough.”

Mist smiled slightly. “You’d think I’d try to set a better example.”

“Eh, I grew up with the gang, I’m pretty sure you considered it a lost cause as soon as I could talk.”

“How old are you?” Mist had a feeling she was in her mid to late teens but wasn’t quite sure.

“Almost sixteen.”

Paige sighed as she walked down the stairs. “Which means that I’m only six years older than my daughter, great. Not to doubt your word but how do we know that you’re our daughter?”

Pandora turned to look at Paige. “There are spells, DNA tests and magical family trees that should be able to confirm that I’m your daughter.”

“Assuming that’s true, now what?”

“No idea, I remember stories about how you met and some of the demons you fought with your half sisters but I don’t have more than a basic timeline.”

“Sisters?” Paige asked curious as Mist hadn’t given her more details.

“You have three slightly older half siblings. Grandma hooked up with her whitelighter after splitting up with her husband which is why they didn’t know about you.”

Paige turned to look at Mist. “When can we say hello?”

Mist said, “After we rescue a couple versions of you from crappy timelines.”

“Why?”

Mist shifted uncomfortably. “Because in order to get proof that you’re their sister, we’re going to have to summon your mother’s spirit and I’d rather ask forgiveness for collecting cute witches that need a break than ask permission.”

Pandora looked around. “Where are the rest of the gang anyways?”

“In the companion housing or in your bottle.” Mist pointed at the bottle she was still holding.

Pandora opened the stopper and watched as smoke billowed out of the bottle and formed into a woman that looked like Auntie Willow’s photographs of Tara. “Tara?”

Tara glanced at Mist then back at her master. “Do I know you?”

“No, I just recognize your picture from Auntie Willow’s photo album.”

Mist winced as he put the pieces together. “Let me guess, we never found her?”

“No, Auntie Willow looked everywhere… drove herself around the bend looking. Crap, I might have caused the problem in the timeline by bringing her back.”

Paige asked, “How many things would that have changed?”

“Auntie Willow went a bit overboard killing demons looking for answers when she couldn’t find you after a couple of months looking.” Pandora didn’t really want to mention just how crazy Willow had gotten, according to Riley she’d ripped the underworld apart in a cold rage of fire, blood and lightning then set her sights on heaven before Xander had talked her out of it. She didn’t have the whole story but from what she’d overheard over the years, it had been messy.

Mist winced as he realized that Willow would have went ballistic if they’d lost Tara. He’d probably have assumed that she was in the underworld if they couldn’t find her which meant that he would have torn it apart piece by piece until he found her. “Enough that her timeline is gone.”

Pandora winced as she realized that her whole world was basically gone, she’d sort of been hoping that she could go back, fix the problem then head home. “That bites.”

“I could go back…” Tara trailed off as she really didn’t want to cause everyone stress but she didn’t want to be responsible for destroying Pandora’s family either.

Mist shook his head. “We’d remember and I’m not putting Willow through that nor am I obliviating myself.”

Pandora sighed. “I wouldn’t ask you to. I just wish…” she trailed off as she realized that she was holding a genie bottle. “Ah, never mind. I should probably wish you free.”

Mist spoke up, “Actually hold that thought.”

Tara turned and looked at Mist. “What?”

“None of the people she knows, know her. It wouldn’t be fair to pull a bunch of memories from her timeline and overwrite people with a wish but what wishing for a series of DVDs as if she was a character in a show? That would give everyone the chance to get to know her and bridge the gap.”

“That could be potentially embarrassing,” Paige pointed out with amusement.

Pandora considered the idea for a couple of seconds then decided that she wouldn’t mind having a record of her family’s adventures. She turned her head slightly so that she could look directly at Tara. “What do you say?”

Tara had a feeling they’d learn a couple of things from Pandora’s life. “That should be a valid wish.”

“In that case, I wish for a series of DVDs about myself and my family from when I was conceived to when I left in show format.”

Tara reached out with her projection power and created sixteen seasons worth of Pandora and her family’s lives in DVD format. “Wish granted.”

Pandora stared at the collection of DVDs on the table then turned and smiled at Tara. “Thanks.”

Paige looked down at the DVDs. “Hopefully they don’t actually show anything they shouldn’t.”

Mist was more interested in comparing the various demons to the DVDs of Charmed he had than worrying about the rating on the DVDs that Tara had made. He could always use a spell to make edited copies later if it was that big a deal. “Any ideas for your second wish?”

Pandora shook her head. “Not yet, do you mind if I think on it for a bit?”

Tara said, “I’m not in a huge hurry to be ‘free’ as long as you don’t stick me back in the bottle.”

“I wasn’t planning on it.”

Paige looked at Mist. “I’m guessing you don’t want to be free yet?”

Mist turned slightly to look directly at Paige. “I’d like to copy the transplanted power containers that everyone bought before you free me.”

“Why?”

“Part of the deal to come here involved a drawback or curse. Basically as soon as I’m done being a genie, all of my powers will be locked in a magic ring for a year. I’ll be able to use my powers as long as I’m wearing my ring but someone else could steal my powers if they steal my ring, at least for the rest of the year.”

“That sounds dangerous,” Paige agreed.

“I have a number of magical items that should help keep me safe. On the upside I should be able to copy the ring and hand it out to friends.”

“Can I get a copy?” Paige asked hopefully.

“That’s the plan.” Mist wasn’t sure if the girls would be able to use all of his powers or just the powers from the jump doc but figured it was worth playing with. Either way, he was looking forward to scanning the ring to see what type of pattern he got. He turned his attention toward Tara’s genie bottle and scanned it. He smiled as he got a pattern for a minor genie bottle. He scanned Tara and smiled when he unlocked a minion option for a minor genie. He focused on Paige and smiled as he unlocked witch and half whitelighter minion options. He turned his attention toward Pandora and smiled when he unlocked warlock and darklighter minion options. He gestured and opened a portal to his warehouse. “Let’s go meet the rest of the group, then we can figure out where to steal another Paige from.”

Paige stared at the portal into what looked like a warehouse. “I’m not sure this is ever going to get less insane.”

“Eventually or maybe you just get used to it.” Pandora snickered as she walked through the portal to her father’s warehouse.

Paige pulled her gaze off her daughter’s behind as the dress barely hid anything from the back. “We probably shouldn’t leave the DVDs.”

Mist gestured and lifted the stack up with telekinesis and floated them in front of him. “Good point.”

“Don’t worry, it gets better.” Tara smiled at Paige then followed Pandora toward the pool attachment.

0o0o0

Pandora stopped and stared as she noticed Chris and Wyatt as she walked into the pool area with Tara, Mist and Paige. “Chris? Wyatt?”

Wyatt turned and stared at the gorgeous girl with an almost sheer dress. “Ah…”

“I’ll take that for a no, damn, I was sort of hoping you’d remember me,” Pandora admitted as they walked over to where most of the group were sitting.

Willow turned and stared at Tara. “You’re back.”

Tara smiled at Willow. “Pandora found me.”

Chris shook his head. “Sorry, we’re from an alternate timeline.”

Pandora sighed. “In that case, you should probably know that Paige is my Mom which means we’re sort of cousins.”

“Gah.” Chris pulled his gaze off her breasts and up to her face, now that he was looking he could certainly see a resemblance to his aunt. “Sorry.”

Wyatt blushed as he realized he’d been staring. “Sorry.”

“Don’t worry about it.” Pandora had grown up teasing her various cousins and she had very little modesty so she wasn’t overly bothered about them looking.

Fred turned to look at Pandora from her spot in the pool. “I’m guessing that means you come back in time as well?”

Pandora smiled at Fred. “Yeah, I accidently screwed up my timeline by bringing Tara back with me or at least that’s my best guess.”

Chris smiled at Paige. “It’s nice to see you Aunt.”

Cordelia spoke up from the jacuzzi, “Are you going to freak when you see me?”

Pandora turned to look at Cordelia. She playfully shouted, “Oh gods, it’s the Seer, run for the hills!”

“I’ll take that as a no,” Cordelia replied flatly.

“Sorry, I had to,” Pandora replied with amusement.

Xander grinned. “I have a feeling that she’s going to fit in just fine.”

Harry yawned. “Now that everyone is here, what’s on the agenda other than my date with Prue tonight?”

Mist frowned slightly as he didn’t notice Selena and Abby. “Where are Selena and Abby?”

“Showing Phoebe how to strip for the club, she needed a job.”

Chris rubbed his nose. “I still can’t believe you talked Aunt Phoebe into being a stripper.”

Harry shrugged. “She made a wish to have all of her debts cleared and get a safe well paying job with a great boss. I figure the girls can get her trained up then she can wear a mask on stage or use a glamour so that her reputation isn’t ruined if she wants to do something more respectable later.”

Tiffany spoke up, “We can always tweak her hair color and length before she dances just to confuse the issue.”

“Probably for the best.” Mist glanced around at his friends and companions as well as Chris and Wyatt. “Paige’s house is liveable which takes care of Paige’s first wish, introducing her to family and collecting some alternates probably covers her second wish which means that we should probably copy the transplanted powers and hand them out before he start working on separate projects.”

Chris asked, “Where did you pick up extra powers?”

“I got them from the greater genie that sent us here. They’re safe neutral powers if you want a couple extra powers.”

“I’m not sure Wyatt needs any extra powers but I wouldn’t mind catching up,” Chris admitted, only half joking about Wyatt’s collection of powers.

Wyatt shrugged. “As long as they weren’t stolen from witches, I’m fine with more powers.”

“They weren’t stolen.” Mist was reasonably sure the transplanted powers weren’t stolen. Either way, there wasn’t anything he could do about it now.

Buffy spoke up, “I wouldn’t mind doing some demon hunting after we pick up our new powers.”

Pandora asked, “Have you done the conversion ritual yet?”

Wyatt asked, “Conversion ritual?”

“Dad figured out how to turn mortals into magical creatures and give them a few powers and the potential for more. I used it on a friend of mine to turn her into a sort of witch and whitelighter hybrid, mostly orbing and healing with a bit of regeneration.” She sighed as she realized that her friend was gone and that she’d never see her again.

“How?” Chris asked curious how dangerous the ritual was.

“It’s not terribly hard, I can write the ritual down if you want to look at it while Dad works on copying powers.”

Wyatt thought about his grandfather and about Henry. “Thanks. We could have used a safe way to turn a couple of mortals into magical beings over the years.” While he had nothing against Henry or his grandfather there were points when it would have helped if they’d had magic.

“Henry and Grandpa spring to mind,” Chris admitted.

Pandora pulled a notebook out of her inventory and started writing the conversion ritual down as people pulled transplanted power containers out of their inventories and set them on the table for Mist to copy.

Paige asked, “What type of powers?”

Hermione said pulled out her notepad and glanced at it, “An enchantment power that basically lets us create magical items, enhanced senses, telekinesis, illusion casting, power mimicry which basically lets us copy powers, biokinesis with extra skill in healing, high resistance which basically increases your resistance to damage, a teleportation ability that allows you to fade like dark fog, power containment and gifting which means we can create glass like orbs filled with a power, a lightning optic blast and a force field.”

Chris grinned at Wyatt. “Sign me up for the force field if nothing else.”

Wyatt rolled his eyes. “It’s not my fault I ended up with a number of useful powers.”

Pandora looked up from the ritual she was writing in her notebook. “The containers are easy enough to copy.”

“In other words, speak up if you want extra powers.” Mist scanned the first power container and was rather happy to get a mortal safe power container blueprint. He mentally brought the container blueprint up and read the description to himself. ‘This single use container stabilizes magical powers to make them safe for mortals.’ He duplicated the first container then examined the duplicate with his cheat sheet ability which let him know that the duplicate did the exact same thing the original did, gave someone a power or powers, in this case, enchantment and enhanced sight and hearing. “This particular container is enchanting and heightened vision and hearing. Raise your hand if you want a copy.” He smiled as everyone in the pool area raised their hand. “Right, this might take a while.”

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Mist spent the next couple of hours copying power containers and helping Pandora turn everyone he hadn’t imported in the group into something sort of resembling a cross between a witch and a whitelighter. He’d let her do the conversion ritual because she’d actually used it before and she was better at this world’s magic than he was, it was a little unfair but that’s one of the reasons that he’d taken the perk that made sure his offspring would be more powerful than he was.

The ritual was a bit creepy as it required blood to make it work but she had regeneration and a couple of Hermione’s blood replenishing potions so it wasn’t physically a problem. Thankfully Chris and Wyatt hadn’t freaked over the ritual, mostly because they’d heard of worse over the years. 

Pandora had given all of the ‘mortals’ in the group a magical form of biokinesis, projection, reconstitution and photokinesis with the potential for the rest of her powers which was probably the real blessing of the conversion ritual. Thankfully, they hadn’t seen any dramatic personality shifts though he hadn’t really expected any as their magic was neutral. From there it had just been a matter of handing out copies of the transplanted powers, magic boosting talismans and Laura’s book of shadows which left the people that hadn’t gotten imported feeling pretty good about the jump. Sure they hadn’t gotten any perks but they’d received a decent number of powers that would grow as they used them which was almost as good.

After that, he’d relaxed by the pool and worked on creating an anti scrying ring that he could hand out that would keep all of the Halliwells off everyone’s radar while people chatted with Pandora, Chris and Wyatt about their various adventures. He was looking forward to watching the videos of Pandora’s adventures once things calmed down a touch.