Disclaimer: I don't own Charmed, sadly. All the credit goes to the writers,
producers, and anyone else that I missed.
Authors Note: This picks up pretty much right where "All Hell Breaks Loose"
ended.
Also, my fic "Through Space and Time" is still being worked on. I won't
forget about it just because I started a new fic. I hope you enjoy this fic
just as much.
Phoebe paced the underworld, biting her lip, arms crossed.
"Did time reset itself? Cole, do my sisters know what's going to happen?" She asked nervously.
Cole frowned and shook his head. "I don't know."
"Leo, go check on them . . . please, go . . . Now!" Phoebe cried, fear gripping at her heart.
Leo wanted to ask how Phoebe would get home, but heard the urgency in the youngest Halliwell's voice and orbed back to the manor. The place was a mess. He spotted Prue and Piper and ran over, kneeling next to them. He placed one hand over each sister, praying he wasn't too late.
Just as the first time, Piper and Prue blinked and sat up, groaning in pain.
"Ahh, what happened?" Piper asked, looking around, a bit confused.
"You guys almost died . . .again." Leo replied grimly.
Prue frowned. "Again? Okay . . .confused. What do you mean 'again'?"
Leo quickly explained what had happened, everything up to time resetting itself.
"So . . .if you hadn't gotten up here when you had . . .we'd both be dead," Piper said stiffly.
"Yeah, well, what else is new?" Prue said, frowning. "Hey . . . where's Phoebe?" She asked, taking Piper's hand and standing up, wincing in pain.
As if to answer their question, Cole shimmered in with Phoebe, who immediately ran over to Prue and Piper and hugged them tightly.
"Thank god. I thought I'd lost you, for sure!" She breathed, holding tightly still.
"You almost did. If Leo hadn't come . . ." Prue began, then let the sentence drift off as she hugged her sisters.
Piper stepped back after hugging both her sisters tightly. "Okay . . .so now what? Did we change the future events or something? I mean . . .isn't turning back time and changing something the same as going back in time and changing something?"
"Even if we did, it was probably something small. If something is really meant to happen it will," Prue replied gently.
Leo looked skyward and frowned. He glanced at the sisters. "That can't be good . . ." He gave Piper a quick kiss and orbed out.
Paige Matthews huffed in annoyance. She was late for work again and traffic was unbearable. She saw the light change to green, and honked her horn until the cars began to move. After a few minutes, traffic thinned. She stomped down on the gas and sped up. If she didn't hurry, then she'd have fought the traffic for nothing; she'd get to work and find she had no job left. She'd be fired.
She reached over and plunged a hand into her bag, shifting things around and trying to find her lip-gloss tube. She hadn't finished putting on her make-up in her rush to get out of the house. She found it and opened it, holding the wand in her free hand and the tube in the hand she still had on the steering wheel. She carefully spread the gloss onto her lips. The tub slipped from her hand and fell to the floor with a clatter. She huffed in annoyance as she leaned down to try and retrieve it, while at the same time trying to keep her eyes on the road.
With no traffic in sight, she took her eyes off the road and looked down. She spotted the gloss. "There you are!" She muttered, picking it up. She heard a horn honking and looked up, but not in time to stop.
A car rammed her on the drivers' side and killed her instantly.
She stood on clouds, feeling helpless and confused. People in golden robes, their faces covered with hoods, walked around her. None looked at her. She gulped, brushing away a loose strand of raven hair. Suddenly, the fallen lip-gloss seemed unimportant. Suddenly, work didn't matter.
Paige wondered around the misty, cloud-covered place, admiring huge marble columns. She tried not to stare at the people walking around her, but it was hard. Two of the people, one dressed in a robe, and one not, were talking quietly, and blocked Paige's path.
"Why'd you call me up here, if not to tell me that what happened was a mistake and that one of the sisters was meant to die? Or that we changed something?" The man without the robe asked.
The man wearing the robe frowned. "Leo, I called you up here to tell you that I was proud you were able to save both sisters. Only you weren't meant to. You were meant to come too late, and Prue was meant to die."
Leo frowned deeply. "But why? That would just destroy Piper and Phoebe, not to mention the Power of Three."
"Because another would have come to take Prue's place. Now the future of that young woman, half sister to the others, has been changed," the robed man replied.
"What happened to her?" Leo asked, looking grim.
"She has been killed. And instead of being a Charmed One, she will become a full Whitelighter, isn't that right Paige?" The robed man asked, turning to look at the raven-haired girl who had been listening in on their conversation.
Paige gulped and stammered. "I-I . . . what? What's going on? Where am I?" She demanded to know, trying hard to keep her tears at bay.
Leo blinked a few times, watching the girl closely. "She was supposed to replace Prue as a Charmed One?" he asked the man, who nodded. "And now she's a Whitelighter, instead of a Whitelighter-Witch?" The man nodded again.
"What?!? A witch? And . . . what's a Whitelighter?" Paige asked, suddenly frightened. She took a step back.
"Do not be afraid, child. All will be explained. Until then, Leo, go back to the Charmed Ones. Do not mention that Prue was meant to die. And do not mention their half sister. All of this will be revealed later on," the man explained gently. He held his hand out to Paige, who gave in and walked to him, taking his hand.
Leo watched the Elder walk away with a still frightened Paige. Then, looking grim faced he orbed back to the manor.
Phoebe paced the underworld, biting her lip, arms crossed.
"Did time reset itself? Cole, do my sisters know what's going to happen?" She asked nervously.
Cole frowned and shook his head. "I don't know."
"Leo, go check on them . . . please, go . . . Now!" Phoebe cried, fear gripping at her heart.
Leo wanted to ask how Phoebe would get home, but heard the urgency in the youngest Halliwell's voice and orbed back to the manor. The place was a mess. He spotted Prue and Piper and ran over, kneeling next to them. He placed one hand over each sister, praying he wasn't too late.
Just as the first time, Piper and Prue blinked and sat up, groaning in pain.
"Ahh, what happened?" Piper asked, looking around, a bit confused.
"You guys almost died . . .again." Leo replied grimly.
Prue frowned. "Again? Okay . . .confused. What do you mean 'again'?"
Leo quickly explained what had happened, everything up to time resetting itself.
"So . . .if you hadn't gotten up here when you had . . .we'd both be dead," Piper said stiffly.
"Yeah, well, what else is new?" Prue said, frowning. "Hey . . . where's Phoebe?" She asked, taking Piper's hand and standing up, wincing in pain.
As if to answer their question, Cole shimmered in with Phoebe, who immediately ran over to Prue and Piper and hugged them tightly.
"Thank god. I thought I'd lost you, for sure!" She breathed, holding tightly still.
"You almost did. If Leo hadn't come . . ." Prue began, then let the sentence drift off as she hugged her sisters.
Piper stepped back after hugging both her sisters tightly. "Okay . . .so now what? Did we change the future events or something? I mean . . .isn't turning back time and changing something the same as going back in time and changing something?"
"Even if we did, it was probably something small. If something is really meant to happen it will," Prue replied gently.
Leo looked skyward and frowned. He glanced at the sisters. "That can't be good . . ." He gave Piper a quick kiss and orbed out.
Paige Matthews huffed in annoyance. She was late for work again and traffic was unbearable. She saw the light change to green, and honked her horn until the cars began to move. After a few minutes, traffic thinned. She stomped down on the gas and sped up. If she didn't hurry, then she'd have fought the traffic for nothing; she'd get to work and find she had no job left. She'd be fired.
She reached over and plunged a hand into her bag, shifting things around and trying to find her lip-gloss tube. She hadn't finished putting on her make-up in her rush to get out of the house. She found it and opened it, holding the wand in her free hand and the tube in the hand she still had on the steering wheel. She carefully spread the gloss onto her lips. The tub slipped from her hand and fell to the floor with a clatter. She huffed in annoyance as she leaned down to try and retrieve it, while at the same time trying to keep her eyes on the road.
With no traffic in sight, she took her eyes off the road and looked down. She spotted the gloss. "There you are!" She muttered, picking it up. She heard a horn honking and looked up, but not in time to stop.
A car rammed her on the drivers' side and killed her instantly.
She stood on clouds, feeling helpless and confused. People in golden robes, their faces covered with hoods, walked around her. None looked at her. She gulped, brushing away a loose strand of raven hair. Suddenly, the fallen lip-gloss seemed unimportant. Suddenly, work didn't matter.
Paige wondered around the misty, cloud-covered place, admiring huge marble columns. She tried not to stare at the people walking around her, but it was hard. Two of the people, one dressed in a robe, and one not, were talking quietly, and blocked Paige's path.
"Why'd you call me up here, if not to tell me that what happened was a mistake and that one of the sisters was meant to die? Or that we changed something?" The man without the robe asked.
The man wearing the robe frowned. "Leo, I called you up here to tell you that I was proud you were able to save both sisters. Only you weren't meant to. You were meant to come too late, and Prue was meant to die."
Leo frowned deeply. "But why? That would just destroy Piper and Phoebe, not to mention the Power of Three."
"Because another would have come to take Prue's place. Now the future of that young woman, half sister to the others, has been changed," the robed man replied.
"What happened to her?" Leo asked, looking grim.
"She has been killed. And instead of being a Charmed One, she will become a full Whitelighter, isn't that right Paige?" The robed man asked, turning to look at the raven-haired girl who had been listening in on their conversation.
Paige gulped and stammered. "I-I . . . what? What's going on? Where am I?" She demanded to know, trying hard to keep her tears at bay.
Leo blinked a few times, watching the girl closely. "She was supposed to replace Prue as a Charmed One?" he asked the man, who nodded. "And now she's a Whitelighter, instead of a Whitelighter-Witch?" The man nodded again.
"What?!? A witch? And . . . what's a Whitelighter?" Paige asked, suddenly frightened. She took a step back.
"Do not be afraid, child. All will be explained. Until then, Leo, go back to the Charmed Ones. Do not mention that Prue was meant to die. And do not mention their half sister. All of this will be revealed later on," the man explained gently. He held his hand out to Paige, who gave in and walked to him, taking his hand.
Leo watched the Elder walk away with a still frightened Paige. Then, looking grim faced he orbed back to the manor.