Chapter 1-The Night Before
It had been a whole week since the day that Shax attacked and changed the Halliwell's lives forever. The Charmed Ones had survived so much and now this is where they were. A sister had been lost, a life had been stolen, and two families had been torn apart.
"This can't be happening", a woman with long brown hair stated as she looked in the mirror. "I don't know what to do without her. What did I do wrong? Why do I have to bury my sister today?!" As she punched the mirror, another woman walked into the room.
"Prue?"
"Phoebe. I'm so sorry. I didn't mean to wake you up."
Phoebe walked towards her older sister with a look of concern. She knew that Prue was mad because she hadn't been able to save their sister. She had tried her hardest to make her understand that she was not able to change fate or control the flow of people's lives.
"It's not your fault." Phoebe felt like she had said this a million times, but she had to say it until it sank into her sister's head.
"Of course it is! Phoebe, I was right there with her. Shax attacked both of us and I couldn't even help my sister! How can this not be my fault!"
"Prue, you can't keep doing this to yourself. Piper is gone and we need to take the time to grieve her! You're not the only one that's hurting! She was my sister too!"
Piper had always been the one that kept her sisters in line. That had never been more evident than now. Prue and Phoebe had learned to get along since becoming witches, but lately it seemed like all they did was fight. Cole was the biggest problem that was coming between them. And it didn't help that Phoebe was away from her sisters so that she could save Cole. Phoebe wanted to talk to her sister about that, but she knew this wasn't the time.
"You're right. I'm sorry.", Prue stated as she put her head down. "I just don't know what to do. I can't believe she's actually gone. My little sister is gone and there's nothing I could do to stop it. At least when Grams died, we knew she had been sick and we had each other. Now, it just feels like our family is moving into extinction. We're supposed to be "Charmed" Phoebe, and it feels like the only thing our family is charmed at is dying."
Phoebe embraced her sister while holding back tears of her own. She could see how much Prue was hurting.
"Come on. We have to at least try to get some sleep. You know Piper would kill us if she thought we weren't taking care of ourselves."
Prue laughed to herself. She knew Phoebe was right. She could imagine Piper making her go to bed and coming to check on her every few minutes and make sure she was resting. That was Piper, always making sure that the people she loved were taken care of. Prue couldn't believe that she had to remember her sister and try to keep her in her memories. She realized that she was being selfish. She could see how much Phoebe was hurting, but didn't know what to say to her. She had been so caught up in her grief that she had forgotten about what Phoebe must be feeling. And God only knows about Leo….
The sisters walked to their respective rooms and gave each other a thoughtful look as they closed their doors.