A/N I don't own Charmed

In my Next Generation series I have an AU version of Pru…these chapters help explain what happened to her before she fled from her reality and into ours.

Déjà vu All Over Again

Inside Halliwell manor a demon is tied to a chair, the grandfather clock reads 6:15. Piper and Phoebe Halliwell are questioning the demon while their sister Pru lies unconscious and Inspector Andy Trudeau, Pru's first love, lies dead.

"The only reason you're still alive is because I haven't figured out how to kill you yet." Phoebe growled threateningly to the demon.

"Go ahead, kill me, witch, I don't care," he taunted her.

Piper interjected, "Phoebe, what are you doing?"

Phoebe turned to Piper, sadness marred her lovely face, "I'm trying to save Andy."

"Andy?" Piper questioned, "Andy's dead, you can't save him Phoebe." She said the last gently, with tears in her soft brown eyes. The sisters had lost innocents before, and it never became less devastating; but this was Andy, Andy, for God's sake! How would Pru take it when she finally came to?

"No?" Phoebe shot back, "We're in a time loop aren't we? I'm willing to bet that his death somehow triggers the loop."

"I'm impressed," Rodriguez sneered, "I was told you wouldn't know about that."

"Really? By who, Tempus?" At his surprised look, she continued, "Yeah, we know about him, too. We also know that you're not him, otherwise you would have restarted the day by now. Where do we find him?"

"In your nightmares. Kill me, I dare you."

Piper pulled Phoebe aside, "Why is he so willing to let us kill him?"

"Who cares? If he dies, Andy lives. End of story."

"What if that's exactly his plan. To restart the day so that he can kill us next?"

"It doesn't matter," Rodriguez shouted, "The day's going to restart anyway. There's not a damn thing you can do about it!"

"Shut up." Piper demanded. Grabbing Phoebe's hand she said, "Come on, we need to wake Pru."

They head to their sister and bend down.

"Pru, Pru…come on, we need your help." Phoebe said worriedly.

"Pru. Pru. Come to me, Pru." Andy called as if in a dream.

Pru looks at Andy, they're sitting on a swing together and fog rolled hazily around them.

"Andy? What's going on? Where are we?"

"I'm not quite sure really. I'd hoped that I'd end up here, just not this soon. One thing I do know is that I'm staying. You're not."

"I don't understand," Pru said, fear thickening her voice.

"I broke my promise Pru. I came to your house tonight. Turns out Phoebe's premonition was one

that you couldn't stop after all. Weren't meant to stop." He explained.

Panic edged her voice, "Wait a minute. Andy, no!" She shook her head, tears spilling out of her

blue eyes.

"It's ok Pru. Everything happens for a reason. You taught me that."

"This isn't fair." She cried, beseeching.

"You need to go back. You need to stop the time loop from restarting, or you and your sisters

could be killed and I would have died in vein."

"I'll kill Rodriguez for this," she vowed.

"No you won't. You're not a murderer. You're a good person, Pru, who does good things."

"I don't wanna lose you."

"Don't worry, you won't," Andy kisses her tenderly, "I always be there for you." Pru watches as

Andy vanishes.

"Pru, come on honey. Pru." Phoebe was still trying to awaken her sister.

"Pru, come on. Wake up, sweetie," Piper pleaded. Pru opens her eyes. She sees her own grief mirrored in Piper and Phoebe's. With determination, she starts to stand; her sisters help her rise.

"Easy, easy." Phoebe cautioned.

"Where is Andy?" Pru looks around.

"Pru," Phoebe started, tears clouding her eyes, "Something terrible has happened."

Just then Pru notices Andy lying on the floor, covered by a blanket. "Oh my God," she breathed.

"It all happened so fast," Piper explained, "He ran in the door when Rodriguez attacked. He was trying to save us."

"Where's the Book of Shadows?" Phoebe asked, having an idea.

"It's right here, why?" Piper asked.

"Because I have a plan." Phoebe smiled.

"We're not letting Andy die." Pru stated.

Phoebe took Pru's hand in her own, brown eyes met blue, understanding passed between them. "We're NOT letting Andy die," she agreed. She flipped through the book, finding the spell she needed.

Facing the demon Rodriguez, Phoebe began her spell, "Thoughts,

Beliefs,

Ideas,

Truths,

Images,

All of these you hold onto tightly

What I now mention

You will not remember."

Piper and Pru exit the room as Phoebe continues speaking the demon, adjusting his memory.

"Why is she doing that?" Pru asked.

"Well, while you were out, we let him now that we know about the time loop and Tempus. Wouldn't be right to leave him, with that knowledge." Piper supplied, guessing her baby sister's motivation. They headed nearer to Phoebe and their captive.

Once she saw that Phoebe had finished, Pru used her powers to loosen the demon's bonds. He instantly surged from the chair he'd been tied to.

"You stupid witches!" He called as he shot an energy ball at Pru.

She quickly deflected it and sent the energy ball back at Rodriguez. With vengeance in her heart, she told his burning body, "Vanquishing a demon isn't murder, it's my job."

(X)

Wednesday morning a paperboy rides along the road. He waves at a honking car and throws a paper onto the Halliwell's front lawn.

Inside the kitchen the tv is on and Phoebe is on the phone. She sees the weathergirl who says, "Good morning San Francisco. Well, it…"

"Looks like it's going to be another beautiful day in the bay area," Phoebe finishes with the perky girl. She turns off the television and continues her conversation with Piper, "I know. You spilt marinara sauce on your dress. You need to get home as soon as you can, we're in a time loop. I'll explain as soon as you get here." As she hangs up with Piper, Pru walks into the kitchen.

"Morning," she says to Phoebe.

"Kit knocks over pepper and meows." Kit does just that and Pru looks at Phoebe in surprise. "Hold that thought," Phoebe tells her sister, "Come with me." They head to the front of the house. "5…4…3…2…1. Car honks," they hear a car honk, "skids," they hear the skidding, "crashes," the unmistakable sounds of a car crash comes through the window. Pru peers out the window. "Mrs. Henderson's car, 'just a fender bender.' Your car is safe in the driveway where I parked it last night."

"How did you know all that?" Pru asked incredulously.

"Because it's happened before, probably more than once. The day keeps repeating itself. Each time, I think, I catch on a little faster. I think it's connected to my power of premonition. That reminds me, I should be having one right now," Phoebe explained.

"Should be? What do you mean?" Pru quizzed.

"Look at the front page Pru." Pru still held the newspaper she'd retrieved from the lawn before entering the kitchen. "Andy's in trouble, but it's worse than you know. He's going to die, tonight, here in the manor, trying to save us."

"I believe you." Pru said, instantly grasping the danger of the situation, "What are we going to do about it?"

"Well, you need to warn Andy, try to keep him from coming here tonight. I'm going to look in The Book of Shadows to find a way to enhance my memory, see if I can't remember even more about the last time we went through today, and find a spell to vanquish this time demon before he gets a chance to kill Andy."

(X)

In the street outside of a clock shop, a cuckoo clock chimes and Rodriguez shoots an energy blast at it.

"How many times do I have to tell you that you shouldn't do anything differently if you want to succeed?" Tempus asked in a bored tone.

"If I do everything the same, I'll just continue to fail. I will succeed tonight! I won't go through death again at their hands." Rodriguez vowed.

(X)

Pru is sitting in the park with Andy. As they sit on the swing, she gets a surreal feeling. She knows Phoebe is right. She's done this before.

"A time loop," Andy was asking, "Can demons do that?"

"We haven't come across it before. This demon is powerful, probably the most powerful we've ever faced."

"If he's that powerful, he's not out to kill me, Pru. He's gotta be after you and your sisters."

"Andy, please, let us handle this. I don't want you anywhere near the manor tonight."

"I can't promise you that, Pru."

"Andy, I would die if anything happened to you!" She argued with him, trying to get him to see reason. Then her tone softened, "I love you."

"I love you, too. Pru. I always have." He leans down and kisses her.

(X)

Outside the manor, Andy sits in his car watching the manor. He sees Rodriguez stride up the stairs. Kit hisses at Rodriguez and with his eyes flaming red, he shoots an energy ball at Kit, who runs to safety before she can get hit.

"Oh my God. Pru!" Andy yells and gets out of his car.

Rodriguez blasts the door open and is slightly surprised to see all the sisters ready for him. His surprise lasts an instant, an instant in which Piper freezes him, along with Andy who'd run in after him. Pru uses her power to move Andy away from Rodriguez as Phoebe begins her chant.

"Winds of time, gather round,

Give me wings to speed my way.

Rush me on my journey forward,

Let tomorrow be today."

The hands of the clock start to spin. In Tempus' lair he turns into fire and disappears.

"What happened?" Rodriguez demands angrily as he comes out of the freeze.

"We just vanquished your partner," Phoebe answered pertly.

"Now it's your turn," Pru said with a promise.

Rodriguez, angry as he is, doesn't see the wisdom in retreat. He hurls an energy ball which Pru deflects back at him, incinerating him.

"I never get tired of vanquishing him," Pru said with a smile. She turned to the Andy who wore a shocked expression. "You weren't supposed to be here. I should have used my powers on you." She smiled at him and moved forward to hug him. Her relief at preventing Phoebe's premonition of his death stopped her from feeling awkward as she hugged the man who meant so much to her. The man she loved. The man who loved her. She knew that he might still have some misgivings about being romantically involved with a witch, but, after what they had just survived, she knew in her heart that they would overcome those obstacles.

(X)

"How did you know how to vanquish him?" Andy asked as they sat together in the parlour. Pru sat beside him on the small loveseat, holding his hand.

"Phoebe," Pru answered, proud of her baby sister. "She found a spell that allowed her to remember the other times we fought Rodriguez. She knew that Tempus had to be vanquished before Rodriguez. She found the spell to vanquish Rodriguez, and warned Piper and I of exactly what we needed to do and where we needed to stand. She knew he'd burst in trying to catch us by surprise."

"Surprise," said Piper with a smirk, "We were ready."

(X)

In the manor kitchen, Phoebe is watching the news.

"Good morning San Francisco. Well, it looks like it's going to be a gorgeous Monday morning here in the bay area."

Phoebe clicked off the tv. "She's really boring, she could use some new material."

"Maybe she should hire Joanne Hertz, boost the ratings." Piper supplied.

"Speaking of the she-devil herself, did you ever call to reschedule your segment?" Phoebe inquired.

"No, I'm not going to." Piper answered.

"Why?"

"Because I've decided to quit my job."

"What?"

"Actually I owe it all to Joanne, or to you. I didn't actually run into her, but you telling me about the time I did…it made me remember what my dreams were…are." She corrected herself, "I'm a chef. I want to own my own restaurant not manage someone else's."

"I think that's great. I really do. And don't worry, if you need any help trolling the classifieds, I am an expert." Phoebe said, in whole-hearted support of Piper's decision.

The two sisters head to the front porch where Pru is sitting on the steps.

"Pru are you alright?" Phoebe asked.

"I am. I am very alright." She told her sister, a grin splitting her face. "Andy's been exonerated, they're looking for Rodriguez."

"Good luck," Piper murmured.

"I was thinking about all that we've been through since finding out we're witches." Pru continued.

"Give you a headache?" Piper asked.

"No, actually, it gave me a good feeling. Look, I mean sometimes it's a hassle and can sometimes screw up our personal lives."

"Amen to that," Piper agreed.

"And we do good things together, helps offset the bad things."

"What about you and Andy?" Phoebe asked, ever the romantic.

"He's decided that living with magic and getting used to it is preferable to not being together." Pru answered, her eyes twinkling happily. "We'd better get ready for work."

Piper looked at Phoebe and mumbled, "I'll tell her later."

"Tell me what?" Pru asked.

"Nothing, it's not important," Piper quickly answered, following her sister into the door.

"Nothing. Nothing." Phoebe confirms.

After the sisters are inside, Pru points at the door and it shuts.