Disclaimer: The Charmed Characters are the property of Aaron Spelling and Constance Burge. I just borrow them for your enjoyment and my writing addiction.

This takes place a few weeks after P3 H20

Her sisters were not home to hear her startled awakening and for that she was grateful. She looked back on that day not so long ago:

"I didn't see what happened!" Sam said with frustration

"I know someone who can see anything." Prue said quietly as she discreetly looked at her youngest sister.

"Woo. Wait a minute." Phoebe says as she walks towards Prue. "You tip toe around the subject of Mom. You deny looking like her. You can't even go to the end of that dock, because you're afraid to walk in her footsteps? And…Now..You want me to relive her last moment? How is that fair?" Phoebe asks her older sister with a bit of anger and more confusion.

"It's not. None of this is. Mom's death, Sam's guilt, but I'm asking you to help me end it."

She recalled it like it was yesterday. How could they? How could they ask her to go through that? Especially Prue. She was there; she saw what happened to thier Mother. How could she ask me to go through that? The sister that has no memories. Now the only one that I will ever have will be her final moments.

Phoebe sat on the couch trying to put together what had happened that day. She still could not understand how Prue could ask her to go through that, knowing how horrible it was. It had only been a few weeks since they had vanquished the water demon. Sam was free from his guilt and Prue had dealt with her biggest fear face to face. Piper hadn't said much that day I think she was still in shock to the fact that Mom had also fallen in love with her Whitelighter. All I have now is a repeating imagine that will haunt my dreams forever. This is the one time since we became witches that I wished I hadn't found that stupid book.

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"Prue you were so checking him out."

"Piper I told you I saw a dress in the window." Prue answered but the slight smile would soon give her away.

"Prue you never could lie to me very well."

"Whatever Pipe." Prue turned to the living room and noticed her baby sister sitting on the couch staring out to the window. She looked over at Piper who had also noticed the somewhat lost look on their sisters' face.

"Hey Pheebs." Prue tried to break her out of her trance.

"Phoebe!" Piper hollered.

"Uh sorry. I didn't hear you come in." It wasn't a complete lie. She had heard the door open and figured it was her sisters so she tuned everything else out.

Prue sat beside her and pushed a stray lock of hair behind her ear. "Hey Pheebs. What's up? You look kinda lost."

"I'm ok Prue, I was just thinking."

Piper then also joined her sisters on the couch sitting beside Prue. "Care to share." Piper had noticed that her youngest sister had been kind of distant lately.

"No. I'll work it out."

"Pheebs." Prue said.

Standing up Phoebe just looked at her sister. "I said I'd work it out." She told them a bit harsher then she intended to.

"Ok Pheebs. Don't get all angry at us we were just worried."

"Look I'm sorry. I know it's just something that I want to look after myself." She turned and headed to her room.

Prue and Piper sat on the couch without saying anything further. Piper eventually got up and went to the kitchen to see what she could make or dinner. What is wrong with her she thought.

Prue sat in the living room on the couch thinking the same thing. She knew that something had been bothering Phoebe for a week or two now. She never realized that it was this bad. Or maybe it's something else. She got up and headed to the kitchen after about a half-hour.

"Piper. Can we talk a minute." She asked as she entered the kitchen only to have Piper not move or say anything. "Piper?"

"Sorry Prue."

Prue could hear something in Pipers voice. "Are you ok?" she asked as she pulled her into a hug from behind.

"Yeah."

"Then why are you crying?"

"Onions."

Laughing at her sister. "Oh yeah that would make sense. So can I talk to you for a second while you cook?"

"Sure what's up?" Piper knew where this conversation was going, but she wanted Prue to start it.

"It's Phoebe."

"I figured as much."

"Piper for the past week she has been mopping around her. And now today."

"I know I was wondering myself what was going on."

"I heard her crying last night." Prue said quietly.

"I know. So did I. She's been doing that a lot lately. So what do you think we should do?" Piper asked. She always turned to Prue for things like this. She after all was the oldest. And she always seemed to realize when her sisters need to be left alone or other wise.

"Well I think we should let her be right now. Maybe we should declare tonight a sister night? We all sit down and maybe then we can get to the bottom of this."

"Sound good to me. So who's the lucky one to go up and tell Pheebs before she makes plans for the night?"

"You finish dinner and I'll go into the possible war zone. After all I'm the oldest right?"

"Yep and it's your duty to go into battle first. Just make sure that you remember that tonight."

"Haha." Prue laughed as she made her way upstairs.

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Phoebe had gone to her room and closed the door behind her. She was sorry that she had snapped at her sisters like that. But they just didn't seem to get it. It was their fault that she felt like this. It was their fault that she kept having these nightmares night after night. And now they seem to be invading her day as well. She pulled the picture of the three of them and Mom off her nightstand. She was just a few weeks old then. Her sisters were looking down on her with so much love. She could tell by the look on her face as well that she loved them. She was starring at Prue. "It's like I knew you were my big sis even then. That you would protect me no matter what. How did we go so wrong?" Looking at her Mothers eyes as she looked down on the newest Halliwell. "I love you Mom."

"Pheebs? Can I come in a second?" Prue asked as she knocked on the door.

"I guess." Phoebe said as she replaced the photo to her nightstand.

"Hey you."

"Hey."

"Look Phoebe I'm sorry about earlier."

"It's ok Prue."

"Piper and I were just talking. What do you think to a sister night? I'll pop down to the store and pick us up a bottle of wine. Pipers cooking something that smells like heaven."

"Piper always cooks up heaven." Phoebe gave a small laugh

"Oh there you are. I knew I'd find my Phoebe sooner or later."

"Prue, I don't know about the sister thing. I'm not really in the mood." she looked down at her hands on her bedspread.

"Come on Pheebs. We haven't really spent much time together lately. I'm working, Piper is trying to get the club ready."

"I know Prue I just don't feel like it tonight."

"Ok well Piper said dinner will be ready in about half an hour. I'll see you then?"

"Yeah I wouldn't want to miss out on heaven." Phoebe laughed

"Ok then." Prue got up and kissed Phoebe on the top of her head. "Love you."

Phoebe never replied, as Prue walked out the door. Phoebe didn't know why she never returned the sentiment. No matter how bad things were with her and Prue she always did. But tonight she couldn't.

Prue walked back into the kitchen to find Piper sitting having a coffee. Looking up at her big sister she could tell that her mission was not 100percent successful.

"Well?"

"No luck. She says she not into it tonight."

"Prue I'm really starting to worry."

"You wait I have a sure fire way to get her down here tonight."

Raising her eyebrow at her older sister, "Oh how?"

"We laugh and have a great time and she'll eventually come down. It always did when she was little."

"Yeah that was because she wanted to come down and we didn't want here too."

"You wait. She'll come. I'm going out to get a bottle of wine. I'll be back in ten."

"See ya."

Phoebe had rolled over on her bad and once again starred at the picture that sat on her table. She had hoped that if she starred at it long enough she would get the answers she wanted. As of yet she was still waiting. As the sleepless nights eventually caught up to her, drifted off to sleep.

Once again to be tormented by the endless nightmare: her mother dying over and over again.

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Prue had come back with the wine and Piper had dinner out ready to go.

"So where's Pheebs?"

"I don't know. I told her half an hour. I'll go get her."

"No Prue I got this one." Piper said as she started for the stairs. As she approached Phoebes room she wasn't sure what she would say. She knocked on the door and got no answer. At first she didn't think any thing of it.

"Pheebs?"

Again no answer. Piper started to get a bit worried. So she slowly opened the door.. "Pheebs? You ok?" She could see her sister lying on her bed. Only she was not still by any means.

Piper could see her sister tossing and turning as if from a bad dream. Then, before Piper had time to react and make her way to Phoebes bed Phoebe sat bolt up right trying desperately to gasp for air.

"Pheebs you ok?" Piper asked with concern.

All Phoebe could do was shake her head as she continued to try and get air in her lungs.

"Ok Phoebe I got you. Just breathe sweetie." Piper told her sister as she gently rubbed her back.

"Piper?"

"Yeah honey I'm right here. What did you see?" Piper knew that her sister had a premonition but she wasn't prepared for the consequences of the question that she just asked.