Prue laid in bed late at night, her mind was still buzzing from the events of the day. She had tried to avoid Andy since she knew keeping such a big secret was sure to put a dent in any relationship and her secret was huge, she was a witch, it was a secret she hadn't shared with anyone but her two sisters, Piper and Phoebe, who were also witches. 'The Charmed Ones' was what they were called, according to The Book Of Shadows. Since the moment they discovered their powers they'd already had to battle a few Warlocks and a couple of Demons. They all had different powers, Piper could freeze time, Phoebe got premonitions and Prue had the power to move things with her mind. But anyway back to Andy, they had had make-up sex a couple of times but only to break up once again. Prue knew she loved Andy and that he was the one for her but she didn't know how to handle a relationship and being a witch. Today confused her even more, Andy had told her he wanted to be with her and he would wait until she was ready but then Prue had seen him out with his ex-wife. Having dinner with his ex-wife. If Andy really was waiting for her then why would he be having dinner with his ex? Prue still felt like crying but she couldn't, she was the tough one, the strong one and the oldest, which meant she had to not wallow around in sadness but help save more lives from Warlocks, Demons and whatever other monsters that were out there. She wouldn't, she couldn't, think about this right now she had to sleep. Prue closed her eyes and dozed off into a restless slumber.
"Where is my dress?" Piper's voice was filled with annoyance. It was early morning and Piper was going on a lunch date in 2 hours and the dress she wanted to wear, Phoebe had borrowed last week and hadn't returned.
"umm I think I put it in the wash" Phoebe said, busily looking through The Book Of Shadows.
"When did you put it in the wash? You borrowed it last week, it should be clean by now" Piper ran to the laundry room to look through the basket, Phoebe followed still with her nose in the book. "And anyway, why are you looking through the book?"
"huh?" Phoebe looked up as if she had forgotten Piper was there. "I'm trying to study the book so I will be ready for when the next Demon-slash-Warlock attack"
"Well if I don't find this dress, you will have to prepare for a Piper attack" What annoyed Piper the most was that Phoebe always borrowed clothes and never returned them.
"Listen Phoebe, I told you I don't mind if you borrow my clothes, I just want them back please" Piper gave up looking through the laundry basket and walked up stairs, she would have to find another dress to wear. Piper looked up at the clock, it was 9:30, so only had 1 and a half hours left, she groaned in frustration, she still needed to decide what to wear, she had to have a shower and then get dressed, decide what jewellery to wear and put on make-up and that was all before she even left the house.
Piper sighed, even though having Phoebe back here was back, living with her again was going to take some getting used to.
Phoebe sat on the lounge room couch, she had been looking through The Book Of Shadows all morning and all it had done was freak her out even more. There were so many different scary looking monsters out there and the thought that one day they may have to vanquish one of them scared her, even though she would never admit it. She turned the page to see a hideous creature called a spider demon, apparently Spider Demons would remain in their lairs for a hundred years, then it would emerge from the lair to feed on the magic of the most powerful living being they could detect, they would preserve their victims in a cocoon of webs until they were hungry enough to drain their powers. The thought of that happening to her and her sisters, made Phoebe's blood run cold. A loud bang made Phoebe jump, causing the book to fly of her lap.
"What was that?" Phoebe heard Prue yell, sleepily. Phoebe got up and ran upstairs to the source of the noise. Phoebe and Prue, still dressed in her pyjamas, ran through the doors to the bathroom to find Piper dressed in a towel and a frozen...what was it? Phoebe remembered seeing it in the book, it was a Banshee.
"Piper, what is that and how did it get in here?" Prue asked, keeping calm as usual.
"It burst through the door just as I wrapped a towel around me, thank god, and it's a…" Piper was studying the creature, trying to come up with what it was.
"it's a Banshee" Phoebe interrupted. "And shouldn't we leave before it unfreezes?"
"Good idea" Prue said as she pulled her sisters out of the bathroom and they ran down the stairs. Phoebe grabbed the book from the floor and flipped to the page on Banshees.
"Banshees are a rare breed of demon with distinctive white hair and a high pitched scream, only audible to dogs and their intended victim, which can burst glass and blood vessels. It kills mortals and turns witches with emotional pain into a Banshee" Phoebe read out from the book.
As Phoebe finished reading she looked up at Piper and Prue.
"At least none of us are in emotional pain" Piper said, but the fear still showed in her voice. Prue hadn't told either of her sisters about what happened with Andy the other day, neither of them had realised that Prue was in emotional pain, she just didn't show it. Suddenly the Banshee was running down the stairs and towards Prue and before she knew what was happened Piper froze the Banshee again.
"Prue, are you ok? You didn't even try to use your powers on her" Piper and Phoebe looked at her with concern, Prue realised if they were really going to vanquish this thing, she would have to put Andy out of her mind and help them fight.
"I'm fine" Prue replied with determination, she wouldn't let Andy break her. "how do you vanquish it?" She looked to Phoebe, who still looked concerned, and she quickly looked down at the book.
"It says…" Phoebe was interrupted by the scream coming from Prue, she looked up to see the Banshee on Prue with its mouth wide open, most likely screaming the high pitch scream that can break blood vessels. The windows smashed and Piper tried to freeze the Banshee but she was too scared and her powers would work. All Prue could hear was a loud and horrible screech, she tried to block her ears but she was pinned down by the weight of the Banshee. She could feel herself changing but she couldn't stop it happening, she was going to turn into a Banshee.