"Powers of the witches rise,
Course unseen across the skies,
Come to us who call you near,
Come to us and settle here.
Blood to Blood, I summon thee,
Blood to Blood, return to me."
What is this chanting?
I don't even know what I'm reading!
I don't even know what trick I ought to try
Piper stopped saying the "To Call a Lost Witch" spell. She had tried every spell she could think of or find in the Book of Shadows and she still could not bring Prue back to life. Prue was dead. Really dead. Shax had killed her.
Prue where are you?
Already dead, or bleeding?
One more disaster I can add to my
Generous supply?
Piper still could not face that fact, though. Prue couldn't be dead. Prue was always there for her. Prue could not be dead she repeated to herself. She was simply lost. This spell had to work!
This always happened. Every time Piper or any of her sisters tried to help someone, something had to happen. Her family was always suffering loss, all because of this horrible "gift" they have.
Unlimited
The damage is unlimited
To everyone I've tried to help
Or tried to love
And, oh, Prue, you're the latest
Victim of my greatest achievement
In a long career of distress
Every time I could, I tried making good
And what I made was a mess!
It seemed that no matter what she did, Piper's life never wanted her to be happy. She even tried to make everyone else happy. She was always helping innocents and everyone she could and didn't ever receive anything in return but unhappiness and loss.
No good deed goes unpunished
No act of charity goes unresented
No good deed goes unpunished
That's my new creed!
Piper got up and began to clear off of the alter. She started to put away the candles and all of the ingredients used for the incantation: rosemary, cypress, yarrow root, even her own blood had to be washed out of the mortar.
My road of good intentions
Led where such roads always lead
No good deed
Goes unpunished!
Piper began to think of all the people their magic had hurt or hilled over the years…
Mom
Andy Trudeau
Prue
Pruuuuue!
Piper proceeded to walk out of the attic and down the stairs where her sister Phoebe and her loving husband, Leo were waiting. They were both so understanding because they both were going through the same emotions as she; especially Phoebe. She walked over and gave her sister a warm embrace.
One question haunts and hurts
Too much, too much to mention:
Was I seeking good
Or just seeking attention?
Piper and Phoebe stayed in that hug fir at least ten minutes. If Prue was really gone for good, they had learned their lesson; they were going to spend as much time together as possible.
Is that all deeds are
When looked at through an ice-cold eye?
If that's all good deeds are
Maybe that's the reason why
Finally the hug was broken and the sisters mutually and silently agreed to move on with the day. Prue would have like it that way. Prue was always a wake up, drink coffee and go to work kind of gal, and she would never stand around hugging like this.
No good deed goes unpunished
All helpful urges should be circumvented
No good deed goes unpunished
Sure, I meant well—
Well, look at what well-meant did
The whole day was spent arranging the funeral. It was a grueling job that had to be done. Piper didn't want to have to decide which casket would be best or what to say at the funeral. She just wanted to grieve by herself with Phoebe.
The next day, Phoebe had a premonition of a girl being attacked by Shax. Logically, Piper thought they would just ignore it. Magic had already taken one of their sisters. Piper expected to be normal for the rest of her life, a life that unfortunately wouldn't include Prue.
Prue died trying to save innocents, trying to save the world. Piper was not going to risk losing Phoebe or herself for that again. For all she cared, the world could save itself.
All, right, enough- so be it
So be it, then:
Let all the world be agreed
I'm wicked through and through
Since I can not succeed
Prue, saving you
I promise no good deed
Will I attempt to do again
Ever Again
Piper was through with Magic. Forever.
No good deed
Will I do
Again!
