The Story of the Charmed Ones
Locked away in the dusty attic of a grand victorian mansion lies an old, weathered book. This ancient tome will severely alter the destiny of three sisters who were meant to discover it. There's Prue Halliwell (Shannen Doherty), the beautiful and driven oldest, Piper (Holly Marie Combs), the earthy, creative middle sister and Phoebe (Alyssa Milano), the free spirited youngest. All of which have lived their entire lives without a clue as to who they really are. All it takes is one dark night for them to discover their true identity as the ''Charmed Ones,'' the most powerful of a long line of good witches. The ancient legend proclaims them as protectors of the innocent and warns of dark forces that will take the form of everyday people. These new enemies will stop at nothing to possess their new powers, including murder. The sisters daily struggles will never be the same when they start to grapple with their new-found identity amidst the darker world of the occult. The enchanting Halliwell sisters must learn to come together and use their powers wisely. For when they don't, it's not just their own lives that are at stake. With a year of witchery and hocus pocus behind them, the Halliwell sisters prepare for some of their toughest challenges yet. Prue tries to come to tearms with Andy's tragic death as well as cope with her new found power of astral projection. Piper makes a huge career move when she decides to quit her job at Quake and set up her own night-club. Meanwhile, free-spirited Phoebe decides to go back to school and finish her education. As time goes on the sister become aware of a demonic council who are trying very hard to break the power of three. Phoebe falls in love with a man named Cole, who is soon revealed as a half human, half demon called Balthazor who was sent by "the council" to kill the charmed ones. Phoebe battles to encourage her new man's human side to shine through. Piper finally wins her battle with "the powers that be" and is given their blessing to marry her White-Lighter boyfriend, Leo. Both Phoebe and Piper struggle to control their new powers, Phoebe can now fly and Piper has the ability to blow things up. Tragedy strikes when Prue looses her life while in battle with a demon. For three spellbinding years, the Charmed Ones - Prue, Piper and Phoebe have used their witchcraft and their "Book Of Shadows" to keep themselves alive as they save inncoent souls and fight the darkest evil. Now the unthinkable has happened, the power of three has been broken forever following the death of eldest sister Prue. So begins a new chapter in Charmed saga as the surving sisters search for a way to stay alive and strenghten their fragile bond while they continue to vanquish the diabolical. The sisters find renewed faith in the form of an unexpected revelation: there may yet be another Halliwell offspring they never knew about - one who could reunite the power of three and return these witches to their former glory. Newest to the Halliwell fold, Paige was raised by adoptive parents and always felt that there was something different about her. In the search for her birth parents, she learned that she was abandoned at birth at a local church, the result of a clandestine love between Phoebe and Piper's mother and a "Whitelighter" guardian angel. This ancestry resulted in her power to move things with her mind as Prue could and the added ability to "orb" in and out between planes. Paige's more experienced sisters help her harness the power in their battle against evil. The free-spirited and eccentric Phoebe has always enjoyed the privileges that come with being the youngest. Now, she has to relinquish that role to Paige. Having graduated from college last year, she is working on gaining maturity as well as honing her martial arts skills and her ability to levitate. Phoebe's relationship with half-human, half-demon Cole continues to intensify, yet the reality that he is on the run puts their romance and their lives in constant peril. Former middle child and usually the peacekeeper of the three, Piper is now thrust into the role of oldest sibling. Still juggling their successful nightclub with her recent marriage to the girls' Whitelighter, Leo, Piper seeks the inner strength to lead and look out for her two sisters. Her power to freeze time has evolved also to the ability to explode an object or demon at will. Paige had quit her job to become a full time witch, Phoebe has got rid of Cole for good and Piper has had a baby boy! Leo took his call to become one of the elders, which makes Piper a single mom.