Cloaking

**Cloaking** is the power to hide the presence of oneself, other beings or locations by making them imperceptible to the eye. It is effective at preventing others from discovering one's location.

Cloaking can also be achieved through the use of certain spells and potions. Additionally, beings with the power of invisibility are able to naturally cloak themselves by becoming unseeable.

## History

After the Book of Shadows was destroyed by Harry Greenwood's Darklighter, Jimmy, in "*Safe Space*", the Vera-Vaughn Charmed Ones fled through a portal that was opened in its destruction and ended up in the Command Center, a base created by the Elders, in Seattle. The manor itself also went through the portal and ended up in a vacant lot near SafeSpace, Seattle, cloaked so that no one could see it.

In "*Things to Do in Seattle When You're Dead*", Mel Vera created a cloaking serum. It was first used as a test on an apple, which delighted Mel as she watched it disappear. She later used the serum to save Maggie Vera from Harry Greenwood's Darklighter in Minnesota. The two of them used it to infiltrate the Seventh Circle Night Club undetected in order to save Macy Vaughn and Layla Chapman.

In "*When Sparks Fly*", after arriving at Schmitty's Ale House in search of Macy whom had been taken by Harry's Darklighter, the demons assumed that Harry was Jimmy with their boss challenging Harry to a game of poker in order to pay his (Jimmy's) debts. Mel was apprehended by the demons and locked up, but was able to escape using the cloaking serum. She returned to Schmitty's in order to help Harry cheat in the poker game. However, the serum eventually wore off, but the two of them were able to escape.

In "*Guess Who's Coming to SafeSpace Seattle*", when Ray Vera was brought to the Vera Manor by his daughters, they found that an artifact that he had stolen contained a magical stone that bound itself to its thief. By picking up the stone, Ray unintentionally removed the cloak around the house, leaving the house visible to anyone. The cloak was eventually restored when Ray gave the stone back to its guardian, a Fury, in order to save Maggie before she was swallowed by the guardian.

In "*The Enemy of My Frenemy*", Macy and Maggie used the last of the cloaking serum to sneak into the Sanctuary of Zagan the Great to rescue Mel and Abigael Jameson-Caine, while Parker Caine distracted Godric and the demonic attendants.

As of "*You Can't Touch This*", after the defeat of the Faction, the cloak placed upon Vera Manor has been removed. Presumably, the sisters used some form of magic to groom the lot that the manor had been placed on or the manor had been moved to a more suitable property.

In "*Perfecti Is the Enemy of Good*", Mel enchanted twelve candles for protection against the Perfecti. The candles were effective in cloaking the sisters, as long as the candle remained lit. While looking for ingredients in the Command Center, Mel's candle extinguished due to the wind, allowing Mo and Aladria to locate her and emit a frequency of sound in her brain so high that it would cause her head to explode in a matter of hours. While Maggie went to Fenric the Vile disguised as Abigael, she brought with her a candle in order to keep the Perfecti away. After following the frantic Harry to the Tulipe Institute, Maggie, Macy and Celeste brought with them the candles. Realizing the golem's creation to be a trap, Celeste blew out all the candles to lower their protective charms and lure the Perfecti into their own trap.

## Known Users

Original Power
* The Command Center
* Stone of Atreus
* Cloaking Serum
* Protective Candles (provides cloaking protection against the Perfecti)

Through spell, power stealing, etc.
* The Vera-Vaughn Charmed Ones (via emergency relocation to the Command Center, the Cloaking Serum, and the Protective Candles)

## Trivia

* In the original series, Cloaking was used by Whitelighters to protect their charges by masking their presence from others. Other beings could also cloak both people and locations, making it nearly impossible for others to find them.

## See Also

* Invisibility
* Cloaking Spell