Piper Halliwell

## Name

Full Name: Piper HalliwellCalled: Mommy by Wyatt and Chris
Called: Honey by Leo

## Life

Current age: 34Date of birth: August 17th, 1972

## Description

Species: WitchSex: Female
Hair colour: Brown
Eye colour: Brown

## Powers and abilities

**Active witch powers**. Molecular Immobilization
. Molecular Combustion
**Basic magical abilities**
. Spell Casting
. Potion Making
. Scrying
**Special abilities**
The Power of 3

## Family

Melinda Warrenv**†** (Ancestor) Allen Halliwell **†** (Grandfather)
Penny Halliwell **†** (Grandmother)
Victor Bennet (Father)
Patty Halliwell **†** (Mother)
Prue Halliwell (Older sister)
Coop Halliwell (Brother in Law)
Phoebe Halliwell (Younger sister)
Henry Mitchell (Brother in law)
Paige Matthews (Younger half sister)
Leo Wyatt (Husband)
Wyatt Halliwell (Son)
Chris Halliwell (Son)

## Portrayed by

Show and Fanfiction: Holly Marie Combs

***“Piper, listen to me. You are the most sweetest, most caring person I've ever met. No, I mean that, you are. You're always there to help anybody, even strangers. You've been doing it your whole life.” - Phoebe***

Piper Halliwell, an exceptionally powerful witch, was born into the Warren line of witches and is one of the original Charmed Ones. Piper is the second-oldest daughter of a Mortal father (Victor Bennett) and a Witch mother (the late Patty Halliwell). She is the younger sister of the late Prudence Halliwell and the older sister of Phoebe Halliwell and Paige Matthews, Paige being her half sister as they have different fathers. Piper is married to her Whitelighter (Leo Wyatt) and is the mother of their sons (Wyatt and Christopher Halliwell). She is currently pregnant with her and Leo’s third child. Piper has dark hair and deep brown eyes, and she owns and runs a nightclub called P3. She was played by Holly Marie Combs.

Piper is described as the kindest, most caring, and most maternal of the four sisters. She can also be very sarcastic and quick-witted. Over the years, Piper evolved from the meek, shy, and very much middle sister to a confident, assertive, quite comedic, and cynical woman. Piper was often described as the glue that holds the family together. Over the years, Piper has been known to have a temper, and this has been quite evident on many occasions. It has also been mentioned that her temper is worse when she is pregnant.

## **Magic**

### Childhood

***“I’m gonna freeze him.” - Little Piper***

Piper was born with the Wiccan power of molecular immobilization. On March 24th, 1975, when she was about two and a half, she was visited by her future self, who, along with the future selves of her sisters, tried to unbind the bond that her mother had made with the warlock Nicholas. Against her will, she had promised him the powers of her daughters and had granted him immunity from those powers by blessing his ring. In November 1975, after her sister Phoebe’s birth, their grandmother, Penny, bound their powers in order to keep them safe from Nicholas. To ensure their safety and a normal childhood, Penny erased all magic-related memories, causing them to forget about magic and their abilities. She was three years old at this time.

### Discovering her powers

***“I hate being a witch.”***

On October 7, 1998, Piper's youngest sister, Phoebe Halliwell, returned from New York after spending six months there. On that night, Phoebe had cast a spell that reawakened the powers of the three sisters that were bound by their Grams when they were young. Both Prue and Piper did not believe Phoebe when she told them that they were witches. However, soon after, Piper discovered that she had the power to freeze time, as she initially thought, freezing Chef Moore during her job interview and believed her youngest sister.

At first, Piper was confused and hated being a witch. Not sure from where her powers came or if she was truly a good being, she tried to keep the magic down. However, she couldn't fully control her power and often froze the scene when she began to panic. Phoebe convinced her that Piper was good since she was the most caring person Phoebe knew. Piper, still not sure if she was truly good, went to a local church. As she stepped inside, she was convinced that she was good, as she was not struck by lightning.

### The Ultimate Battle

***“But if you lend me your ring, I think I can go back in time and save her. It can do that, right? I mean, you can go back in time.”***

When Christy Jenkins had turned her sister, Billie, as well as the whole magical community against the sisters, making them believe they didn't care for anything else but themselves anymore, Piper and her sisters were banished to the Underworld. They were able to go to Phoebe's condo and prepare themselves to battle the Jenkins.

Their first encounter with the two Jenkins occurred in the manor. Both the Halliwells and the Jenkins had prepared potions of the same strength. When the potion bottles collided, it created an epic explosion that blasted the Jenkins through the banister of the stairs, hurting Christy and the Halliwells through the windows of the sunroom, knocking Piper unconscious.

Paige orbed her sisters back to the condo where two demons, Nomed and Zohar, awaited them. The two demons had a proposition: the sisters should summon the Hollow and let it infect them after which they would collect the powers of the Triad and then kill Billie and Christy. Everything went according to plan but it killed Phoebe and Paige as well as Christy. Angered, Piper began punching Billie who was still alive.

With the help of Coop's ring, Piper traveled back in time with Leo to 1975. Although Piper wanted to go back to Phoebe right before the Ultimate Battle, she traveled back to the moment of her conception. She and Leo appeared right into the bedroom of her mother and father, Patty and Victor.

Patty joined Piper and Leo and traveled to 2050. Again, Piper arrived in another time then she intended. She wanted to travel to her Grams in 1975 but instead traveled to the time where she herself was a grandmother. Piper and Leo's future selves advised the three on how they could save Phoebe and Paige. By returning the Hollow back to where it was contained before the whole manor exploded, they would save them.

Figuring that the Power of Three would be needed to return the Hollow. Piper, Patty, and Leo got Grams. The four traveled back to 2006. Right on the moment that they arrived, The Charmed Ones and the Jenkins had started the battle. Piper, Patty, and Penny successfully pull the Hollow out of the five women. Time adjusts itself to its new future and Piper flashes into her past self becoming her present self again. Phoebe and Paige are saved, alive again. Not long after, the Charmed Ones and Billie are able to kill The Triad and Christy and return Patty and Penny safely to their own time again.

### The return of Demons

***“It's time to face reality.”***

In August of 2006, an unspecified demon broke into the manor to attack Wyatt, who was playing in the living room with his younger brother. A loud crash caught Leo and Piper’s attention, and Piper sent Leo to investigate, thinking it was Wyatt having a mishap with his powers. Wyatt activated his shield, protecting himself and Chris, and Leo was hurled across the room by the demo in front of the boys. This caught Piper’s attention, and she intentionally threw a frying pan and spatula at the demon, confusing him, but then used her powers to blow him up. Shaken up, Piper gathered her family for an emergency meeting, stating they had become too comfortable with their demon-free lives. Piper remained on edge, becoming more protective of the boys, but the magical community remained quiet for a while.

## **Family**

***“You’re the heart of this family, Piper.” - Patty***

### **Loved and lost**

**“How could she think I can live without her?” - Piper about Prue**

Piper lost her mother when she was only five years old, and she doesn’t have many memories of her. However, Piper often feels her mother’s presence within her and hears her voice in her head when she interacts with her own children. Less than two years later, her father walked out on the family, but he re-entered her life when she was an adult, and they rebuilt their relationship. After Victor left, Piper was raised by her maternal grandmother, Penny, alongside Prue and Phoebe. In her early twenties, Piper’s grandmother died after suffering a heart attack. Then, in 2001, Piper lost Prue when they were both attacked by the demon Shax because Leo couldn’t save them both and chose his wife. Prue’s death was especially hard on Piper, and her grief caused her to turn into a Fury. She finally unleashed her pain at her sister’s grave and reversed the Fury curse.

**“I’m pregnant, and she’s not here to see it.”**

The final battle, followed by learning she was pregnant with her third child, caused the pain of losing Prue to resurface. Piper began to realize just how much Prue had missed out on, and she couldn’t bear the thought of going through another pregnancy without her sister by her side. After having a meltdown in her kitchen, Piper tried to pretend nothing was wrong, but Leo, who had witnessed the meltdown, didn’t believe her. Piper’s behaviour and decisions became erratic. Then, after an incident where Wyatt mistook Piper for a demon in the middle of the night while Darryl Junior was sleeping over, Piper decided to check the manor in case there was a demon. Leo then found her outside, barefoot in her nightgown, chasing after something she had thought she saw but didn’t know what it was. This concerned Leo, and after Wyatt started being affected by Piper’s depressive episodes, he intervened. He asked Paige to summon Grams without Piper or Phoebe knowing, and he arranged for Prue to visit for an hour. Piper was emotional, and at the end of the visit, Prue told her she was at peace and told her to stop feeling guilty.

### **Accepting Paige**

**“I’m her sister.” - Piper**

Piper was furious to learn she had been kept in the dark about Paige, her sister, who was put up for adoption at birth. Piper learned about Paige shortly after Prue’s death and didn’t want to accept her. A lot of her negative feelings toward Paige came from the grief of losing Prue, and once Piper came to accept Prue’s death, she started to accept Paige too. Letting Paige into her life wasn’t easy for Piper, who kept her at a distance for a while. However, over time, Piper softened, and they slowly started to bond and form a strong sisterly relationship.

### **Forbidden love**

**“Your love raised me up so high, that this was the only outcome.” - Leo**

Sometime in 1998, the Elders gave Leo his biggest assignment yet—he was to be the Charmed Ones' Whitelighter. Since he couldn't tell the sisters just yet, he posed as a handyman, but the truth eventually came out. When Leo became too close to Piper, the Elders sent him away; Whitelighters weren't allowed to be romantically involved with witches. In the beginning of season three, Piper and Leo defiantly try to marry in a handfasting ritual. Since a solar eclipse was occurring, the Elders couldn't look down to Earth to monitor Leo, but Cole, Phoebe's demonic love interest tipped off the Elders, which resulted in Leo being teleported back to the Heavens.

Piper then goes on strike, vowing not to save a single innocent until the Elders bring Leo back to her. Finally, the Elders decided that if no innocents are put in danger because of the relationship, Piper and Leo can be together on a probationary basis. After the sisters defeat Eames, the Elders decide to allow to them to get married.

Piper and Leo have a somewhat normal relationship until they once again attempt to get married. This time, it's Prue who stops the wedding, as her astral self takes over, and rides out of the manor on a motorcycle, destroying the wedding cake in the process. Piper, initially decides to give up on marrying Leo, however her parents are able to convince her that she and Leo belong together. Shortly after, Piper and Leo finally have their dream wedding with their closest relatives and friends.

### **The birth of Wyatt**

**“Who's pregnant? I'm pregnant?”**

At some point after marrying Leo, the two decided to start a family, but it was not an easy road for the couple. After a visit to the doctor, Piper was devastated as she told her sisters it would be almost impossible for her to conceive due to the blunt trauma to her abdomen, caused by the endless injuries to that area of her body while fighting demons. This caused Piper to give up hope of having a child.

However, Piper later learned she was pregnant, and she and her entire family were ecstatic. Piper spent the entire pregnancy believing she was having a girl, as there had never been a boy born in the Halliwell line. Piper gave birth during a hectic time in the magical world and ended up giving birth on her kitchen table, with Phoebe delivering the baby and Leo almost missing the birth. Her father was there, injured, and Paige was also there to support her. To everyone's surprise, Piper gave birth to a son. He was warmly welcomed into the family and named Wyatt.

### **The birth of Chris**

**“No, it's-it's not huge because it's not possible, it's crazy because I'm not pregnant.”**

Due to her separation from Leo, Piper did not expect to have another child with him. At this time in her life, she had a new Whitelighter named Chris Perry while Leo had become an Elder. Chris had come from the future to stop Wyatt from turning evil. Her trust in Chris was very shaky. After an unexpected night with a dying Leo, Piper learned she was pregnant and that Chris from the future was the child she was now carrying. Future Chris was around for Piper's entire pregnancy with him and was murdered by Gideon while Piper was in labor. Piper lost a lot of blood and almost lost her son and her own life, but luckily the bleeding was stopped and baby Chris was born perfectly healthy. By this time, Leo and Piper were back together.

### **Piper’s third pregnancy**

**“I can’t be pregnant! Not now!”**

While Piper was open to discussing having another child, she didn’t have any plans to have more children. However, in the summer of 2006, Piper went to the doctor after displaying symptoms that Leo’s powers wouldn’t heal. When the doctor asked if she could be pregnant, Piper realized there was a possibility and took a pregnancy test, which confirmed the pregnancy. At first, Piper was nervous about the pregnancy and wasn’t even sure she wanted to have another baby. Yet she quickly warmed to the idea. She later told Sheila that aside from morning sickness, she was having an easy pregnancy.