PROGENY 101
Set 18 years after Charmed Season 8, based around Wyatt and Chris. Wyatt is now 21 and Chris is 18. There is also 16-year-old Prudence Melinda.
Demons haven’t caused many problems over the past few years, but it hasn’t stopped the boys from preparing, just in case.
Suspicions rise when a top business man is found murdered, and an athame is found at the crime scene.
Meanwhile, in the underworld, a new Source has been created, after marrying a witch. And to top it all off, the Source’s bride is Paige’s charge and Wyatt has fallen for the Source’s powerful daughter, who’s not all she seems.
EPISODE 1: MARTIN KINGBY is murdered by a demon, but the athame is left at the crime scene. Meanwhile, WYATT is helping to teach at Magic School. He is working with Leo in the advanced magic class and meets EBONY.
1. INT UNDERWORLD. CAVERN SOMWHERE
There are demons all over the cavern. Fire surrounds the edges. All the demons are kneeling. Facing them are two large thrones. To the side of the thrones is a demon, stood with a staff.
DEMON
Demons, priestesses, and warlocks, here is your new Source and his Bride.
THE SOURCE and a FEMALE WITCH enter from behind a curtain. The SOURCE is dressed in a dark robe, and the FEMALE WITCH is dressed in a red dress. THE SOURCE leads the witch out. She sits on one of the chairs. The SOURCE remains stood.
An UPPER-LEVEL DEMON, known as KARTOS steps forward.
KARTOS
Sire, we are at your service.
SOURCE
Thank you.
KARTOS
If there is anything…
SOURCE
I already have something you can do. My daughter has infiltrated Magic School, I want you to make sure she stays safe and the Halliwell children don’t find out who she is.
KARTOS
Yes sire.
SOURCE
She is befriending Wyatt Halliwell as we speak. At the first opportunity I want you to bring Wyatt Halliwell to me.
KATROS
But sire, he is such a powerful…
SOURCE
I know how powerful he is, but with Ebony’s help you will make it happen.
KARTOS
Yes Sire.
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INT HALLIWELL MANOR. KITCHEN. DAY.
WYATT is stood at the counter, pouring a cup of coffee. CHRIS enters holding the paper.
CHRIS
Have you read this?
WYATT
Have I read what, Chris?
CHRIS
The front page.
WYATT
You’ve got the paper, how could I have seen he front page?
CHRIS puts the paper down in front of WYATT. The headline reads “Top Business Man Found Murdered”. WYATT stares at the paper and then picks it up.
WYATT
Oh my God!
PIPER and PRUDENCE MELINDA (who will be known as PRUEDENCE from now on) enter
PIPER
What is it darling?
WYATT
The paper.
WYATT hands PIPER the paper. PIPER reads the paper and looks shocked.
CHRIS
That has to be a demon attack.
PIPER
Maybe, Chris.
PRUDENCE
What has to be a demon attack?
PIPER
Never mind darling.
PRUEDENCE
Mom, what is it?
CHRIS
You’re too young to know.
PRUDENCE
I’m 16, Chris. I’m not a baby anymore.
PIPER
It’s nothing darling, really.
LEO enters
LEO
Are you ready for your first day at work.
WYATT
I was…
LEO
What’s wrong?
PIPER shows LEO the paper.
CHRIS
I think it’s a demon attack.
LEO
Chris, we’ve been through this already.
CHRIS
I know but…
LEO
Chris, there’s nothing into it, ok? (to WYATT) Are you ready to go to work? You know we have to be there earlier than the students.
WYATT
Yes dad.
WYATT and LEO exit.
CHRIS
Mom, you can’t tell me that there’s nothing to it.
PIPER
Chris, just leave it please. Go and get ready for school.
CHRIS shakes his head and exits. PRUDENCE looks at PIPER
PIPER
Not now, Prudence.
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OPENING CREDITS
2. INT MAGIC SCHOOL. CLASSROOM. DAY.
There are seven 17-18 year old students sat in the classroom. CHRIS and EBONY are two of the students. LEO is stood at the front of the class. WYATT is stood behind him.
LEO
Right, controlling these advanced powers are more difficult than controlling your usual powers, am I right, Wyatt?
WYATT
Yeah dad.
LEO
It takes a lot of control to make sure they happen exactly right. It’s like controlling a new power that you’ve just come into.
A male student raises his hand, he is known as RALPH. He has the power of conjuring items.
LEO
Yes Ralph.
RALPH
When are we gonna get a chance to experiment with the advanced magic?
LEO
As soon as I think you’re ready for it. You can’t rush into these things, it takes time to prepare your mind for it.
RALPH
But how would you know, you’re just a mortal.
LEO
I am now, I wasn’t though. I used to be an Elder, and before that a whitelighter. Which is how Wyatt and Chris have whitelighter powers.
RALPH
But like you’d know how to use all this magic now.
LEO
You’d be surprised. Anyway, I knew you’d be like that, which is why Wyatt is here to help out.
RALPH
And he knows all this?
WYATT
Yes I know all this, Ralph.
EBONY raises her hand
LEO
Ebony?
EBONY
What if we’re not ready for this?
LEO
If I don’t think you’re ready then it’ll just take you a few more weeks to progress. But if I really didn’t think you were ready I wouldn’t have moved you up into this class.
EBONY
But what if we don’t feel ready.
WYATT looks around LEO to see EBONY. She is a beautiful brunette, with fiery eyes. She seems very unsure of herself, but she’s not everything she seems.
LEO
Ebony, I know you haven’t used your powers for very long, but trust me. If I didn’t think you could handle this I wouldn’t have brought you into this class.
CHRIS
Yeah, Ebony, you’re great with your powers, don’t worry about it.
The bell rings. Everybody starts packing their belongings together.
LEO
Right, I’ll see you all tomorrow, and maybe we can do something a little more practical.
Everybody starts to exit the room. CHRIS and WYATT stand to one side talking as EBONY walks to LEO.
EBONY
Mr Wyatt…
LEO
Ebony, how can I help you?
EBONY
Sir, I just want to say thank you for your faith in me but I honestly don’t think I’m ready for this magic.
LEO
Ebony, you are such a promising witch. You have to see that in yourself.
EBONY
When I came here, I was hurting people because I couldn’t handle the power that I had, now I feel I’m only just keeping control of it.
LEO
You’re doing better than you think, Ebony. You’re not only conjuring fire now, you conjuring all the elements, and it takes someone with great skill to conjure the elements. What do you think, Wyatt?
WYATT
What was that dad? Sorry, I was talking to Chris.
LEO
It takes someone with great skill to conjure all the elements.
WYATT
Is that what you can do?
EBONY
Yeah.
WYATT
Wow! Yeah, definitely takes someone with great skill to do that. You’ll have to teach me. I’ve managed the air, and just getting fire under control, but every time I try water I flood something.
CHRIS
Yeah, he does.
EBONY
So you really think I’m ready for this?
LEO
I think you’re more than ready, Ebony.
EBONY
Thank you, Mr Wyatt.
EBONY exits, smiling at WYATT as she passes him.
LEO
Thanks for that, Wyatt.
WYATT
It’s ok dad. Who is she anyway? I’ve never seen her before.
LEO
That’s Ebony. She’s been with us for three years now, but when she first came here she couldn’t handle her powers.
WYATT
Why not? How old is she?
LEO
18, I think.
CHRIS
She’s nearly 18.
LEO
There you are. Her parents had just died and all of a sudden she found out she was setting things on fire whenever she was angry and your Aunt Paige was sent to help her.
CHRIS
And Aunt Paige brought her here?
LEO
Best place she thought of. Best place Ebony could be at the time.
WYATT
Wow! And she’s already in the advanced magic. It took me ages to get into advanced magic, and I’m the most powerful good force here.
LEO
That’s because of your mother.
PAIGE enters
PAIGE
Hey, Leo. Can I talk to you for a second?
LEO
Sure, Paige.
CHRIS
Hi Aunt Paige.
PAIGE
Hi Chris. This is really important Leo.
LEO
Ok. Boys, go and get your lunch. Wyatt, I’ll see you in an hour.
WYATT
Ok dad.
WYATT and CHRIS exit.
LEO
What is it, Paige?
PAIGE
How’s Ebony doing?
LEO
Is that all you came for?
PAIGE
No, I was trying to start off the conversation. I have this new charge.
LEO
Well, you knew that you were gonna get more whitelighter duties right.
PAIGE
Oh it’s not that. I’m here for advice. She’s married but there’s something about the man that she’s married to.
LEO
What’s that?
PAIGE
I think he’s abusing her.
LEO
Paige, you can’t get mixed up in their lives like this. What is your new charge?
PAIGE
A witch. I’m not getting mixed up in their lives. I see her with bruises and…
LEO
She’s a witch, Paige. There’s gonna be bruises. Think about you and your sisters. You were always covered in cuts, scratches, everything!
PAIGE
I know…
LEO
Is she just a new practising witch or come into powers?
PAIGE
Come into powers.
LEO
Ok, what powers? How much do you know about her? Chances are, if she’s coming into powers then there’s warlocks after her, hence the bruises. Find out more about her first before jumping to conclusions.
PAIGE
Ok, thanks Leo. How is Ebony doing, anyway?
LEO
Great. She’s really got control of her powers.
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INT RESTAURANT. BAR. DAY.
This is PIPER’S restaurant. She is stood on the other side of the bar, PHOEBE is stood on the customer side.
PHOEBE
So, Chris thinks this is something demonic that happened to Martin Kingby.
PIPER
Yeah. He questioned it to Leo and Leo just shot him down.
PHOEBE
Well, demons haven’t really attacked for a few years, why all of a sudden now? And my Kingby?
PIPER
Because Kingby was at the top. He’s made a lot of things happen in this city, and probably things that demons wouldn’t want to happen.
PHOEBE
Like anything affects them. They live in the underworld. Oh, how’s Wyatt doing? It’s his first day helping Leo out at magic school isn’t it?
PIPER
Yeah, I haven’t heard from him yet, which must mean everything is absolutely fine.
PHOEBE laughs and picks up a glass. She shocks into a premonition.
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PREMONITION
A man walks into the restaurant, with a man covering him face. He holds a gun. A woman goes for the door and then man throws a fireball at her.
CUT TO –
SCENE BEFORE PREMONITION
PIPER
What did you see Phoebe?
PHOEBE
A demon, attacking as a robber, coming here. He kills a woman with an energy ball.
They both look to the front door of the restaurant. A man with a mask covering his face is walking towards the door.
PIPER
I’ll freeze the room once he’s in and then unfreeze him.
PHOEBE
What if really that’s what he wants?
PIPER
It’s better than him killing an innocent. I’ll just unfreeze his head.
The man enters the restaurant. He starts to pull a gun out of this pocket. PIPER freezes the restaurant. She walks around the bar and walks to the man with PHOEBE. She unfreezes the man’s head. She removes the mask covering his face. He has a scar down his left cheek.
MAN
What happened?
PIPER
What do you want?
MAN
What do you mean? What’s going on?
PHEOBE
We know you’re a demon. I had a premonition.
MAN
The Charmed Ones.
PIPER
Well done. Now tell me, what are you doing here?
MAN
He will take over the world.
PHOEBE
Who will?
MAN
The Source. He will take over the world, and you won’t be able to stop him. He’s more powerful than you’ll ever be.
PIPER
We’ll see.
PHOEBE
Is that all you’re here for?
MAN
He will take over the world, and kill you long with it.
PIPER blows the man up.
PIPER
Well, that was informative.
PIPER unfreezes the room.
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COMMERCIAL BREAK
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INT MAGIC SCHOOL. CLASSROOM. DAY.
EBONY is practising her magic. KARTOS enters in a shimmer.
EBONY
Who are you?
KARTOS
My name is Kartos. Your father sent me.
EBONY
Why? To make sure I was doing my job?
KARTOS
No, he trusts you, but to make sure nobody finds out who you really are.
EBONY
No-one will find out who I am. I don’t use my demonic powers here. You know you can get detected by using them here. How did you manage to get in here, anyway?
KARTOS
You’re father gave me a potion that prevents me from being detected by the good magic surrounding the place. I’m here to protect you in case anything goes wrong.
EBONY
Nothing will go wrong, so you can go, and tell my father that I don’t need a bodyguard. He can trust me for once.
KARTOS nods and exits in a shimmer. WYATT enters the room.
WYATT
Ebony…I didn’t realise you were here.
EBONY
Sorry, I’ve been practising my magic.
WYATT
Yeah, that’s what I come in here for.
EBONY
You need to practise your magic? I’d have thought with being…you know…
WYATT
With what? Living in a house that let’s us freely use magic?
EBONY nods
WYATT
Not always the case. My mom doesn’t like it so much, she thinks it will attract demons.
EBONY
I suppose with her being a Charmed One.
WYATT
Yeah, I suppose. Anyway, what’s your history? You must have had some pretty powerful parents to be able to conjure the elements.
EBONY
I don’t know. I didn’t know I had powers until I was 15, just after my parents died.
WYATT
Oh right, I’m sorry.
EBONY
Oh no, you didn’t know. Don’t worry about it. No, I found out about my powers the day after their funerals. I accidentally set fire to the oven, which set fire to my house.
WYATT
Ah, so the elements are a part of you then.
EBONY
Yeah. It used to be depending on what mood I felt, depended on the element I produced. Then it was normally fire. But now I can do it controlled. No more houses will be set on fire.
WYATT
Can you show me?
EBONY
Sure. What do you want?
WYATT
A glass of water?
EBONY
I can’t conjure the glass.
WYATT
Don’t worry.
WYATT holds out his hand.
WYATT
Glass.
A glass appears in WYATT’S hand. He puts the glass down on the table.
EBONY
Wow!
WYATT
That’s one thing I can do.
EBONY smiles at WYATT. They look into each other’s eyes.
EBONY
Anyway, you wanted this water, didn’t you?
EBONY looks at the glass. The glass fills up with water.
WYATT
Wow! I’m impressed.
EBONY
You can drink it too. Well, I do and nothing’s happened yet.
WYATT picks up the glass and takes a drink.
WYATT
Ice cold, too.
EBONY
Yeah, I’ve started to learn how to change the temperature too.
WYATT
And you don’t think you’re ready for the advanced class.
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INT UNDERWORLD. CAVERN.
THE SOURCE is sat on his throne. KARTOS enters in a shimmer.
KARTOS
Sire!
KARTOS kneels on one knee in front of the SOURCE.
SOURCE
What news have you brought me about my daughter?
KARTOS
Ebony is doing very well. She has not been uncovered yet, and is making progress with Wyatt Halliwell.
SOURCE
It’s about time. I only sent her up there three years ago. Go back to her.