Payton Halliwell

Payton Halliwell

Biographical information
Born	2013
Alias	Payton Cooper
Physical description
Species	Cupid-Witch
Gender	Female
Hair color	Dark brown
Eye color	Hazel-Brown
Skin color	White
Family information
Siblings	Prue Halliwell Penny Halliwell Julian Turner (half-brother)
Parents	Phoebe Halliwell Coop
Magical characteristics
Basic powers	Spell Casting Potion Making Scrying
Active powers	Premonition Invisibility
Passive powers	High Resistance
Affiliation
Home	San Francisco
Occupation	High school student
Relationship	Dated Sean Keller (formerly)
Loyalty	Good
Character information
First appearance	The Once and Future Evil
Portrayed by	Emma Roberts
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"In this school, I never felt special. I never felt like I fitted in until we started dating. But magic makes me feel special. I can’t give that up in order to fit it. Not even for you."

—Payton as she breaks up with Sean.

Payton Halliwell is the youngest daughter of Phoebe Halliwell and her husband Coop, born in 2013. She is the younger sister of Prue and Penny Halliwell. She is also the younger half-sister of Julian Turner. Like her sisters, Payton is a Cupid-Witch. She is the only child of the Charmed Ones, excluding Julian, to not be named after a relative or ancestor and is the youngest of the family.

History[]

Early Life[]

At the age of five, Payton had dark brown hair and brown eyes much like her oldest sister. She is described as having inherited her mother's beauty and out of her sisters, she looks most like Phoebe.

Legacy[]

In high school, Payton considered herself average and socially invisible. She was close friends with her cousin Henry Jr. despite being completely different. While getting a ride home, she discovered about her mother's book tour over the radio. Payton later confronted her mother, which led into a huge fight between the family when their rage was enhanced by Darius, a Spirit of Rage. She also fought with her sisters after they called her invisible and immature.

Payton later reconciled with her family and she and her sisters told their mother to go on the tour. She also used her power of Premonition along with her mother to locate the cloaked demon. Meanwhile, Prue would be moving back home so Payton would not be alone.

Payton was later kidnapped by a Spirit Killer who wanted revenge on her sister. However, with help from their new Whitelighter Noah, her sisters were able to rescue her and banish the Spirit Killer to the astral plane.

Source of All Fear[]

After watching a horror film with Henry, Payton fell asleep in the manor. While she was having a nightmare, Barbas appeared and brought her nightmare to life in the form of the serial killer Cinderhella. She was haunted by Cinderhella several times while the rest of her family were also confronted with their fears. Eventually, Payton was able to stand up to her fear, which destroyed Cinderhella.

Halliwell Family Values[]

When Payton learned that Prue had feelings for Matt, a spirit that could not move on into the afterlife, she cast a spell to give Matt a solid body. However, since she used magic for personal gain, the spell temporarily transformed her into a spirit. Prue wanted to reverse it, but Payton convinced her to enjoy the day with Matt. She later met Penny and Henry at a fair and when Chris asked them to meet at the manor, she preceded them by wisping there.

When Chris revealed his plan to eliminate the Source, Payton proposed to ask her mother or aunt for help. When she and her sisters learned that their mother had returned to San Francisco without telling anyone, they became worried. Payton then had a premonition and discovered that her mother was in the Underworld with the Source. However, she was convinced that her premonition had not revealed everything to her.

When the cousins recalled the Nexus, Payton took care of the element of water. Her sisters used a spell to summon Phoebe and the Source, and also tried to use another spell to eliminate the Source, but were stopped by Phoebe, who revealed that the Source was possessing the son she believed to have lost.

Payton was the only one to see Julian as a victim, and unlike her sisters did not get angry with her mother, and wondered what it would have been like growing up with an older brother.

With Mortals Like These[]

Payton spent the evening with her sisters and admitted that she kept in touch with Phoebe, trying in vain to persuade Prue and Penny to try and talk to her. She also admitted that she wondered what it would be like to grow up with Julian.

When the whole city was possessed by the essence of the Source, Payton had a premonition in which she saw the neighbor attack her, so she barricaded herself in her room. Noah later brought her and Prue to the manor. When Chris suggested that what was happening could be Julian's work, Payton was the only one to believe he was innocent and managed to persuade her sisters to talk to Phoebe once the emergency ended.

Shortly after, the cousins discovered that they could not teleport and when the mortals burst into the manor they split into two groups and fled. Payton took refuge in a warehouse with Melinda, Henry and Wyatt. The mortals soon found them, but before they could attack, Julian reversed his grandmother's spell and released them. Once back home, Payton called her mother to join her and her sisters so they could finally try and tackle what they had discovered.

Smells Like Teen Spirit[]

Payton did not go to see her parents in Miami with her sisters because she had a major test on Monday. Henry dragged her to a school football game, and there, a friend of his named Isaac invited them both to a party. Payton initially had no intention of going, but she soon ran into Sean Keller, a boy she had a crush on. When Sean revealed that he knew her name and hoped to see her at the party, Payton changed her mind.

At the party, Isaac convinced her to try on some clothes to impress Sean, and the two bonded thanks to their shared insecurities and later became friends. When looking at herself in the mirror, Patyon suddenly became invisible for a moment. To avoid exposing herself, she wanted to go home and went to look for Henry. However, they then learned that Melissa had been attacked by a magical creature like Tommy, another schoolmate, was.

After learning that Tommy was still at school, Henry and Payton went looking for him, but they could not stop Sean and Tess from accompanying them. At the school, Payton informed Henry about her new power and that she was having trouble controlling it, after which Henry realized she had a crush on Sean.

When the group split up, Payton went with Sean and they were soon attacked by someone with an ax, forcing them to hide in a closet. They started talking and started to bond, though they were soon found and learned that it was Tommy attacking them under influence of the Goblins.

Payton managed to knock out Tommy while he was attacking Sean and she and Sean later shared a kiss. When the Goblins came after them, Payton and Henry locked Sean in a bathroom with Tommy to keep him safe and prevent exposing their magic. Payton then discovered that Tess was a fairy and the three of them were able free Neal from the Golbins' possession and banish them. After the whole ordeal, Sean asked Payton out and Payton happily accepted.

Penny Dreadful[]

Payton wanted to meet Julian, but was nervous about not knowing what to expect. She went to the dinner organized by Wyatt to reveal his relationship with Dylan, and while talking to Melinda and Penny about the reopening of P3, Payton said it would be nice if the club were still owned by the family and that Melinda and Ryan could handle it, although Melinda replied that the restaurant needed all their time. When Penny suggested that she could handle it, both Melinda and Payton were hesitant, and Melinda was not sure she really wanted to, which Penny took offense to.

Shortly after Wyatt announced that he was dating Dylan, but before the others could express an opinion, Julian arrived, and when Chris attacked him, Payton was frightened. Julian said the invitations were a trap, and tried to leave but Payton persuaded him to stay. Payton went with the others in the attic to try to identify the demon that threatened them in the book of shadows leaving only Wyatt and Chris. Before he left, he told Wyatt that it was all right for her if he had a boyfriend.

In the end the demon was identified as Dahlia, a demon who had made the Faustian arrangements for centuries, and Julian said that the only way to defeat her was to force her to make a deal that would eliminate her.

Shortly thereafter the cousins were attacked by the servants of Dahila, but they freed themselves without too much trouble, and discovered that Penny and Julian had gone to face Dahila alone. They joined them at the club, where Wyatt and Chris eliminated Ryuu, the second in command of Dahlia who was defeated by Penny thanks to Julian's instructions and her new power. Penny admitted she had abused it initially, but her relatives told her she had redeemed her. The next morning Henry and Payton brought breakfast to their cousins and learned of Penny's decision to leave college and reopen the P3.

Noah's Arc[]

After attending for a few weeks, Payton and Sean went to her house after an appointment. When Payton thought Sean wanted to have sex, she worried because she did not feel ready. Shortly thereafter they were interrupted by Penny, and Sean left. Payton admitted with her sister that she did not feel ready to have sex.The two were joined by Noah and Prue who had been attacked by an Empusa that had wounded Prue and killed an innocent without them being able to react in any way. Payton then tried to comfort her sister, who felt guilty for not having saved the victim of the Empusa.

Despite this, Payton could not stop thinking about Sean, and what would have happened if Penny had not interrupted them. The next morning, Payton saw himself with his friend Isaac with whom he confided. Isaac advised her to discuss it with Sean, telling her that he did not deserve her if he did not want to wait.

Noah and Penny found a potion and a spell at the Magic School to use against the Empusa, and Payton managed to locate the demon through a premonition, but they could not defeat her. When the Empusa tried to kill Noah, Prue found the strength to oppose her. Using her empathy, she channeled the emotions of the whole city into the Empusa, overwhelming her until her destruction. Payton then decided to be honest with Sean and tell him the truth. Sean understood and agreed to wait until she was ready.

P3 Times a Lady[]

Payton accidentally discovered that Tess was selling drugs, but she simply told her to mind her own business and that she would have to learn to let go. Payton decided to tell Henry what she had discovered, and invited Sean to the opening night of P3. Payton and Prue went to the club before the party to give Penny a necklace and a note sent by their parents, who could not come to the opening. During the party Melinda announced that she and Ryan were engaged and Sean joined them to celebrate the event.

Shortly thereafter, Morrigan showed up at the club asking to get back her Grimoire that had just been stolen by Julian and the Seer, threatening to unleash her demons on mortals in the club. When Julian also arrived, Morrigan revealed his relationship with the Seer, and that she had explained to him how to defeat Dahlia in exchange for the souls she had collected, to the great shock of Payton and the rest of the family. The Seer returned the Grimoire to Morrigan, and the latter left, noting that the Seer was beginning to develop feelings for Julian.

Penny declared that if Julian had turned to them the plan would have worked, but the Seer noticed that it had worked because she had used the magic to copy the spell to free Wyatt's soul from the bond with the essence of Morrigan, though it was written in an ancient demonic language, and she offered to translate it on the condition that she retrieved the souls left from Dahlia's deals, but Wyatt did not accept the sacrifice of other souls to save his own.

Truth Spell[]

One night after a date, Payton and Sean admitted they loved each other and Payton decided she was ready to lose her virginity. The following day, Payton realized she wanted to tell Sean she was a witch and casted a Truth Spell to find out how he would react. However, when she told him the truth and showed her invisibility power, Sean freaked out and ran away. Payton soon learned her spell had affected the entire school, causing mayhem. She created a calming potion to sooth the situation, during which she ended up bonding with Melissa Harrison after a sincere conversation and learned that Isaac was supportive of her magic. Talking with them made Payton realized she needed to break up with Sean.

The following day, Sean wanted to talk to Payton had admitted that while he loved her, he couldn't deal with magic and asked her if she could stop using magic, though Payton replied it was part of who she was and she she wouldn't give that up. The two reluctantly agreed to break up and shared one last kiss. When the spell ended, Sean forgot everything that happened, so Payton broke up with him again while lying about the reason.

Bachelorette Party[]

A week before Melinda's wedding, Prue threw her a bachelorette party that all of Melinda's cousins and colleagues joined. Unfortunately Laura was heartbroken after her sister became a warlock and so to enjoy the party she drank a potion, which would put her in a good mood, but accidentally dropped into into the punch. Since no one else was as emotionally devastated as Laura, the potion caused everyone to lose their inhibitions and start acting irresponsibly. Prue had organized a fancy party for Melinda, but Penny wanted a stripper and under the influence of the potion she went looking for him, followed by Payton. The latter became hungry, so the two sisters stopped first at the mall, where Payton grabbed some snacks and there they ran into a security guard who Penny hypnotized and with whom they returned to P3.

At P3 Penny forced the guard to do the striptease for them, however they were soon joined by Laura and Noah and the former made them think as the potion's effect wore off. In an emergency, Chris exposed all the cousins to his plan to beat Morrigan. The plan was for Payton to use her precognitive powers to block Morrigan's, but she doubted she could, even though Noah pointed out that he and Phoebe could help her.

Losing Prue[]

With Noah's help, Payton was able to block Morrigan's premonitions. When Prue and Penny failed to convince the Seer to help them and Prue feared that Julian would choose the Seer over his sisters, Payton and Penny convinced her to trust him and the three sisters used magic to send him a message of support. Shortly before the wedding, their parents informed the three sisters that Phoebe had received an offer to host a talk show in New York and that if she accepted she and Coop would move there and proposed that Payton come with them, but she she wasn't sure she wanted to.

Morrigan launched her attack on the wedding, but Julian arrived in time to free Wyatt's soul as well as Chris to bring him back Excalibur. Payton was knocked out during the fight and therefore did not see Morrigan kill Prue, and then be vanquished by Julian and Wyatt. Payton was devastated by Prue's death, but eventually managed to convince her mother that she shouldn't give up on her dream and persuaded her to take the job and move to New York.

Facing Rhea[]

When the summer holidays arrived, Payton joined her parents in New York and spent some time with them. Towards the end of the holidays, she decided to return to San Francisco. There she found the apartment reduced to a mess and she realized that Penny couldn't accept the death of Prue, even though she was trying but was isolating herself from the family in the process. Concerned, Payton called for a family meeting to discuss Penny's behaviour. They were soon joined by Noah, who informed them that the Titaness Rhea, had broken free from her prison and that in order to defeat her, the cousins had to be transformed into Gods. With the divine essence, Payton became the Goddess of Spring, much to Payton's dislike over still not having an active power.

Payton overwhelmed by her new power, created a real forest in the manor that would prevent Rhea from locating them and proposed a diplomatic solution, but Noah made her understand that it was not possible. When Penny and Noah went to retrieve their cousins who had also been overwhelmed by their new power, Payton remained at the manor. Payton continued to create a sanctuary to the point it reached over the entire street. She was later confronted and talked down by her cousins, which brought Payton to tears.

Payton joined her cousins in confronting Penny and the Furies at the Golden Elysium Hotel. During the fight, Henry and the others were subdued by Rhea. Believing Penny would kill them, Penny double-crossed Rhea and vanquished her in order to gain real power, and left her cousins. After reconvening at the manor and telling Noah what happened, Payton was tasked with scrying for Penny. Through Henry's powers, Wyatt and the others were able to surround Penny and cast the Empathy Spell on her. The spell allowed Penny to express her grief, with Payton expressing in tears that she'd never exchange one sister's life for another's, after which the cousins including Payton forgave Penny for her actions. Noah later extracted the divine essence from the cousins.

Julian's return[]

Payton and Penny began spending a lot of time together. Julian, on the other hand, did not speak for months, but Payton kept hoping that he would return. While accompanying her sister to shop for her, she had a premonition and then the two saw a building on fire. The two sisters reached the building and saw a girl fighting a Dragon-Warlock. The Dragon-Warlock was in the company of her father who, not wanting to face two witches whose powers they did not know, convinced her to retire. The two sisters thus discovered that the girl was named Mei Ling; Payton left with her who revealed she was the guardian of the Dragon Blade, a magical weapon capable of absorbing souls and essences and upon Penny's return, the Asian also revealed that she was a Zen Disciple. Payton later had another premonition in which she saw Julian stabbed by the blade. Soon after, the demon-witch joined them, along with another Zen disciple, Sheng Li.

The group decided to use the blade against their enemies, but Payton didn't want to because of her premonition and ran away, but eventually her stepbrother managed to calm her down. Using Penny as bait, the Dragon-Warlocks were drawn into a fight in which Shula lost her life, however Rhys overpowered them and when he tried to stab Payton with the blade, Julian appeared in their midst, being stabbed, so his soul came absorbed.

The blade hadn't had time to absorb Julian's demonic side as well, so he didn't die. While he was unconscious, Julian's demonic side transformed him into a demon and in this form he defeated Rhys. Then he began attacking the sisters before Mei Ling and Payton stabbed him with the blade, restoring Julian's soul and reversing his transformation, knocking unconscious again. When Julian recovered as Penny saw it in his mind that one night in Bangkok he went to a party, where he passed out and woke up covered in blood, surrounded by the corpses of the other guests with no memory of what happened but convinced that he was it was he who carried out the massacre. Eventually the demon-witch agreed to return to live in San Francisco.

Going Undercover[]

When school started, Payton felt uneasy about seeing Sean again and that she still hadn't recovered from her sister's death. After a brief chat with her friend Isaac, she was met by Noah who told her that Leo needed her at the Magic School. When she joined her uncle, he informed her that a professor had been murdered. He hoped that she could get a premonition or to investigate by posing as a new student. Since she couldn't see anything, she went ahead with this plan and was placed in a class with the name Payton Cooper.

Payton quickly blended into the group of suspected students and befriended Lexie Jenkins, while also getting the attention of Liam Cobbs. As she investigated, she had a premonition of Liam being attacked and saved him. After the two bonded for a moment, they were attacked by a student named Kinsley and learned that she was being manipulated by a sorceress named Kali. After her secret was exposed, Payton had a fight with Lexie about her lies and also confronted Maddison Montana, whose teasing had played a part in Kinsley being targeted by Kali. Payton formed a plan to defeat the sorceress, which succeeded by working together with the other students. After Kali was vanquished, Payton made amends with Lexie and was offered a place at Magic School by Leo, which she turned down. With newfound confidence, Payton returned to Baker High and was later asked out on a date by Liam.

Powers and Abilities[]

Basic Powers

Spell Casting: The ability to cast spells and perform rituals.
Potion Making: The ability to brew magical potions.
Scrying: The ability to locate beings or objects with a crystal and a map.

Active Powers

Premonition: The ability to perceive visions of the past, present and future. These premonitions are often triggered through touching an object or being in a certain location. With practice, she also became able to block the premonitions of other beings.
Invisibility: The ability to become unseen by the naked eye. Payton first turned invisible when she was feeling insecure and nervous, though she became visible again by calming down.

Passive Powers

High Resistance: The ability to be highly resistant to physical and magical harm.

Temporary Powers

Main article: Temporary Powers

Notes and Trivia[]

Payton's powers are all based on and connected through sight.
Payton is socially invisible in high school, which foreshadows her eventual power of invisibility.
Payton is Phoebe's daughter who most physically resembles her; ironically, the two have completely different personalities.
- Both Payton and Phoebe have shown insecurity about not having an active power.
So far, out of the cousins, Payton has transformed into something else the most. She temporarily became a spirit after a spell backfired and was granted the powers of the Goddess of Spring by the divine essence.
Payton has similarities to Duncan Philips: both are the youngest of their respective groups and both are the members of those groups who have undergone the most magical mutations.
After the death of her sister Prue, Payton seems to have a constant fear of losing Penny and Julian as well.
When she went undercover at Magic School, Payton used the last name Cooper, a reference to her father and sister who once used that last name for a job interview.
Payton is mentioned several times in "The Hunter Games" due to her connections to Liam and Lexie. She was originally supposed to make a cameo appearance, but those plans were scrapped.