Paige casts a spell, and the demon disappears. "That never gets old," she smirks to herself.
She turns to leave, and does a double take. "That woman over there, talking to that man...she looks like...no.... I've never even.... Is that Prue?!?"
At the sound of her name, Prue whips around, and sees Paige. They stare at each other for a few seconds, and as Paige takes a step forward, Prue jumps as if startled, and orbs out.
"What the heck is going on here? LEO?!?!??!"
Leo appears in a flash of white lights, slightly panicked at the tone of Paige's voice.
"What is it, Paige? Have you been hurt?"
"Leo.... Did I just see Prue, or was it her twin?"
"I, uh... Paige, Prue is.. I have to go, the elders are calling," and he orbs quickly away. Paige considers following him, but decides something fishy is going on here.
"I thought this was just some cosmic coincidence," Paige thinks to herself, "I never thought that could really be HER! But after the way Leo took off, I'm beginning to wonder...." Paige orbs back to the attic of the manor.
She senses that she's alone. "Good. Don't want to upset my sisters if this trully is nothing..." She sets up the candles, measures out some ingredients, and casts the spell to summon a ghost.
"I'm sorry, girls, but this just isn't a good time, I've really got to-" Grams realizes it was Paige that summoned her, and gets a little uncomfortable. "Paige, I-"
"Spill it Mrs. Halliwell, was that Prue I just saw?"
"Mrs. Halliwell? I thought I was 'Grams' to you now?"
"You can be 'Grams' again if you tell me the truth!"
"There's really no time, Paige! It's all turmoil up there! We've got so much to sort out, before they discover what's happened, we need to talk to Pr-"
"Mother!!" Patty has just appeared of her own will. "She can't know, we have to-"
"Patty, we can't keep this from her anymore. Now matter how dire the consequences." Grams turns to Paige. "That woman you saw today, that iwas/i you sister Prue. After her...death... Well, the elders knew that not even they could change Prue's fate, but they could offer her a new destiny... as a whitelighter. But with all the commotion down here, with Piper and Phoebe finding you, and Cole, and the babies.... It was decided that Prue would not be allowed to contact any of you for a while. An undetermined while. None of you were really ready. When the Angel of Destiny offered you girls mortality and you declined, the elders decided that Prue would never be allowed to see her sisters again, or to meet you at all, Paige. Prue was of course very upset by this ruling, and even threatened to clip her wings. All that had been keeping her holding on, aside from helping witches and innocents, of course, was knowing that some day, she would be reunited with her sisters...with you, Paige. But the elders warned her against it, said that if she did in fact clip her wings, she would NOT be mortal, as Leo was for a while, but would in fact go into 'death.' Despite her anger, hurt and frustration, she couldn't stop being a whitelighter.
She's done so much good in life, and now in afterlife, she couldn't let it end. She has been assigned to charges that lived in different parts of the world, and knew she was taking a huge risk coming here to San Francisco to follow one of her charges, but she couldn't ignore the call of one needing healing. That was just before you saw her Paige. The demon you had just vanquished had shortly before injured a young witch... Prue's charge. Everything up there is in such a turmoil, the elders are meeting with Prue now, and of course she's so upset, even though she's so excited to have seen you finally, but they are deciding what to do with her even as we speak. Paige, I-"
Paige sits down on the sofa, almost in a daze. Patty steps through the barrier of life and death and sits next to her, wrapping her arm around the upset Paige.
"Honey, I know it's a lot to take in. We really need to get back to Prue's hearing, we need to be there for her right now. You must keep this from your sisters, for just a little while. Please, it would upset them so much. I promise, we'll come talk to you just as soon as everything is decided. We-"
"No need Mom. It's decided." Prue is standing under the window, in non-ghost form. "They're on their way."
In a massive flash of white lights, ten elders and Leo appear.
"Prudence Halliwell, you have been given orders in the strictest confidence not to contact your living relatives."
Prue starts to protest, wanting to say that there was no way she could leave behind a fallen charge.
The elder holds up a hand. "You've said your piece, Prudence. The decision is as follows: We, the elders, have decided that you were right in not letting your charge die, but we cannot ignore the conditions of your whitelightership. Your wings are hereby clipped, You are no longer nor will you ever again be, a white lighter. You will lead a mortal existance, here with your family. But your wiccan powers will not be returned." The elder turns to Mom and Grams. "Patricia, Penelope, you will be expected back in 3 hour's time. For that duration, you will be allowed human form, but you are not to leave this house." All elders orb out, leaving only Mom, Grams, Prue, Leo, and a very stunned Paige.
Completely baffled, Paige turns to Prue. "I...I can't beleive I'm finally meeting you! I've heard so much, and-"
Paige is cut off by Prue throwing herself at her and wrapping her in the biggest hug ever. Prue's facing away from the attic door, which opens, with Phoebe and Piper behind it.
"Paige, are you up here? We wanted to know if you-"
Piper stops, stunned. Phoebe, who hasn't seen the guests yet, accidentally walks into Piper, knocking into her, and they both stumble into the attic. "Piper, why'd you stop?"
And the Phoebe sees what Piper saw. "What is this, some kind of sick joke? What the HELL is going on here?!? Who are you? What do you want? Why are you doing this to us?" Obviously, Phoebe thinks this is a clone. She stalks over to Prue, ready to attack, but when she looks into her eyes, she knows it really is Prue. "Prue? Prue, it's really you!" Phoebe and Prue both start crying, and embrace. As soon as it sinks in with Piper, that this stranger standing in her attic really is her big sister, she runs over and jumps into the hug, too. They all start talking at once, and crying and laughing, until,
"WHaaaah!"
"Oh!" Piper jumps at the sound, "It's Chris! I have to-"
"I'll go take care of him," Leo says, finally breaking his silence. He hoped not to draw attention to himself, hopes that Paige will forget that he seemed to know something, "stay here Piper, with your three sisters." He smiles and starts to walk to the door.
"Who's Chris?" Prue says.
"He's our son, mine and Leo's," says Piper. "Our second son."
"You have two babies?!?" Prue exclaims. "Nu-uh, it's my turn!" She runs out of the attic to see her nephews, runs into Piper's room, can't find the kids, and turns around. "Where are they?"
"In my old room," says Phoebe. "We refinished the basement, and I moved down there."
Prue raises on eyebrow and grins, then quickly takes off for the boys' room.
A while later, after all the explanations have been made to Piper and Phoebe, everyone is gathered around the table, Piper cooked up EVERYONE's favorite dishes. Wyatt is sitting next to Prue, and she is holding a sleeping baby Chris.
"Not that I'm not thrilled you're here, Prue," Piper says, "but how are you holding up? There are just so many surprises today, but what about your charges? Will you miss helping them?"
"Of course I will miss it, but I'm sure they will get reassigned to another whitelighter. I could never be happier than to be here with my family." She sends a smile to Paige. "ALL of my family."
"Girls, we really must be going now," says Patty as she looks at the many-times-repaired
grandfather clock. Everyone rushes up for a group hug.
"Grams, Mom, we don't want to say goodbye to you yet!" Phoebe says, hugging tighter.
"I know, sweetie," says Patty, "but only so many exceptions to rules can be made in one day."
They all get up and start to the attic again, which is where they think the ghosts must depart from. They enter the foyer, Grams takes one step up, stops, and turns around. Everyone behind her stops, and Grams looks up at the chandelier. The sisters just so happened to stop right
underneath it, together. Lights flash out of the ceiling, infiltrate the four sisters, and sparks fly. Grams and Patty fade away, but the sisters Halliwell stay united in the light beams.
"This.."
"No..."
"Couldn't be...."
"But they said....."
The lights subsided, and all the girls stood there, holding on to each others' hands. They look baffled at each other, Wide-eyed, Prue glances around at her sisters. Realization sets over her face, she grins slyly, and squints at a vase of flowers on the foyer table. The vase moves to the center of the table.
"I guess the elders couldn't control my destiny, afterall."
"Uh, not to be a killjoy," says Paige, "but how are we gonna explain Prue's return?"
"We'll worry about that tomorrow. Where'm I gonna sleep?"
She turns to leave, and does a double take. "That woman over there, talking to that man...she looks like...no.... I've never even.... Is that Prue?!?"
At the sound of her name, Prue whips around, and sees Paige. They stare at each other for a few seconds, and as Paige takes a step forward, Prue jumps as if startled, and orbs out.
"What the heck is going on here? LEO?!?!??!"
Leo appears in a flash of white lights, slightly panicked at the tone of Paige's voice.
"What is it, Paige? Have you been hurt?"
"Leo.... Did I just see Prue, or was it her twin?"
"I, uh... Paige, Prue is.. I have to go, the elders are calling," and he orbs quickly away. Paige considers following him, but decides something fishy is going on here.
"I thought this was just some cosmic coincidence," Paige thinks to herself, "I never thought that could really be HER! But after the way Leo took off, I'm beginning to wonder...." Paige orbs back to the attic of the manor.
She senses that she's alone. "Good. Don't want to upset my sisters if this trully is nothing..." She sets up the candles, measures out some ingredients, and casts the spell to summon a ghost.
"I'm sorry, girls, but this just isn't a good time, I've really got to-" Grams realizes it was Paige that summoned her, and gets a little uncomfortable. "Paige, I-"
"Spill it Mrs. Halliwell, was that Prue I just saw?"
"Mrs. Halliwell? I thought I was 'Grams' to you now?"
"You can be 'Grams' again if you tell me the truth!"
"There's really no time, Paige! It's all turmoil up there! We've got so much to sort out, before they discover what's happened, we need to talk to Pr-"
"Mother!!" Patty has just appeared of her own will. "She can't know, we have to-"
"Patty, we can't keep this from her anymore. Now matter how dire the consequences." Grams turns to Paige. "That woman you saw today, that iwas/i you sister Prue. After her...death... Well, the elders knew that not even they could change Prue's fate, but they could offer her a new destiny... as a whitelighter. But with all the commotion down here, with Piper and Phoebe finding you, and Cole, and the babies.... It was decided that Prue would not be allowed to contact any of you for a while. An undetermined while. None of you were really ready. When the Angel of Destiny offered you girls mortality and you declined, the elders decided that Prue would never be allowed to see her sisters again, or to meet you at all, Paige. Prue was of course very upset by this ruling, and even threatened to clip her wings. All that had been keeping her holding on, aside from helping witches and innocents, of course, was knowing that some day, she would be reunited with her sisters...with you, Paige. But the elders warned her against it, said that if she did in fact clip her wings, she would NOT be mortal, as Leo was for a while, but would in fact go into 'death.' Despite her anger, hurt and frustration, she couldn't stop being a whitelighter.
She's done so much good in life, and now in afterlife, she couldn't let it end. She has been assigned to charges that lived in different parts of the world, and knew she was taking a huge risk coming here to San Francisco to follow one of her charges, but she couldn't ignore the call of one needing healing. That was just before you saw her Paige. The demon you had just vanquished had shortly before injured a young witch... Prue's charge. Everything up there is in such a turmoil, the elders are meeting with Prue now, and of course she's so upset, even though she's so excited to have seen you finally, but they are deciding what to do with her even as we speak. Paige, I-"
Paige sits down on the sofa, almost in a daze. Patty steps through the barrier of life and death and sits next to her, wrapping her arm around the upset Paige.
"Honey, I know it's a lot to take in. We really need to get back to Prue's hearing, we need to be there for her right now. You must keep this from your sisters, for just a little while. Please, it would upset them so much. I promise, we'll come talk to you just as soon as everything is decided. We-"
"No need Mom. It's decided." Prue is standing under the window, in non-ghost form. "They're on their way."
In a massive flash of white lights, ten elders and Leo appear.
"Prudence Halliwell, you have been given orders in the strictest confidence not to contact your living relatives."
Prue starts to protest, wanting to say that there was no way she could leave behind a fallen charge.
The elder holds up a hand. "You've said your piece, Prudence. The decision is as follows: We, the elders, have decided that you were right in not letting your charge die, but we cannot ignore the conditions of your whitelightership. Your wings are hereby clipped, You are no longer nor will you ever again be, a white lighter. You will lead a mortal existance, here with your family. But your wiccan powers will not be returned." The elder turns to Mom and Grams. "Patricia, Penelope, you will be expected back in 3 hour's time. For that duration, you will be allowed human form, but you are not to leave this house." All elders orb out, leaving only Mom, Grams, Prue, Leo, and a very stunned Paige.
Completely baffled, Paige turns to Prue. "I...I can't beleive I'm finally meeting you! I've heard so much, and-"
Paige is cut off by Prue throwing herself at her and wrapping her in the biggest hug ever. Prue's facing away from the attic door, which opens, with Phoebe and Piper behind it.
"Paige, are you up here? We wanted to know if you-"
Piper stops, stunned. Phoebe, who hasn't seen the guests yet, accidentally walks into Piper, knocking into her, and they both stumble into the attic. "Piper, why'd you stop?"
And the Phoebe sees what Piper saw. "What is this, some kind of sick joke? What the HELL is going on here?!? Who are you? What do you want? Why are you doing this to us?" Obviously, Phoebe thinks this is a clone. She stalks over to Prue, ready to attack, but when she looks into her eyes, she knows it really is Prue. "Prue? Prue, it's really you!" Phoebe and Prue both start crying, and embrace. As soon as it sinks in with Piper, that this stranger standing in her attic really is her big sister, she runs over and jumps into the hug, too. They all start talking at once, and crying and laughing, until,
"WHaaaah!"
"Oh!" Piper jumps at the sound, "It's Chris! I have to-"
"I'll go take care of him," Leo says, finally breaking his silence. He hoped not to draw attention to himself, hopes that Paige will forget that he seemed to know something, "stay here Piper, with your three sisters." He smiles and starts to walk to the door.
"Who's Chris?" Prue says.
"He's our son, mine and Leo's," says Piper. "Our second son."
"You have two babies?!?" Prue exclaims. "Nu-uh, it's my turn!" She runs out of the attic to see her nephews, runs into Piper's room, can't find the kids, and turns around. "Where are they?"
"In my old room," says Phoebe. "We refinished the basement, and I moved down there."
Prue raises on eyebrow and grins, then quickly takes off for the boys' room.
A while later, after all the explanations have been made to Piper and Phoebe, everyone is gathered around the table, Piper cooked up EVERYONE's favorite dishes. Wyatt is sitting next to Prue, and she is holding a sleeping baby Chris.
"Not that I'm not thrilled you're here, Prue," Piper says, "but how are you holding up? There are just so many surprises today, but what about your charges? Will you miss helping them?"
"Of course I will miss it, but I'm sure they will get reassigned to another whitelighter. I could never be happier than to be here with my family." She sends a smile to Paige. "ALL of my family."
"Girls, we really must be going now," says Patty as she looks at the many-times-repaired
grandfather clock. Everyone rushes up for a group hug.
"Grams, Mom, we don't want to say goodbye to you yet!" Phoebe says, hugging tighter.
"I know, sweetie," says Patty, "but only so many exceptions to rules can be made in one day."
They all get up and start to the attic again, which is where they think the ghosts must depart from. They enter the foyer, Grams takes one step up, stops, and turns around. Everyone behind her stops, and Grams looks up at the chandelier. The sisters just so happened to stop right
underneath it, together. Lights flash out of the ceiling, infiltrate the four sisters, and sparks fly. Grams and Patty fade away, but the sisters Halliwell stay united in the light beams.
"This.."
"No..."
"Couldn't be...."
"But they said....."
The lights subsided, and all the girls stood there, holding on to each others' hands. They look baffled at each other, Wide-eyed, Prue glances around at her sisters. Realization sets over her face, she grins slyly, and squints at a vase of flowers on the foyer table. The vase moves to the center of the table.
"I guess the elders couldn't control my destiny, afterall."
"Uh, not to be a killjoy," says Paige, "but how are we gonna explain Prue's return?"
"We'll worry about that tomorrow. Where'm I gonna sleep?"