Author's Note: Heh...sorry about not updating ANYTHING in the last couple months. Life is crap and taking up literally all my time. As it is I'm supposed to be going to get my friend from the airport in less than half an hour. Good thing I type fast when I actually have time to get on the computer for longer than 2 minutes to check my email and print something.
Anyways, shutting up now, hope you like this.

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Rules, some say, are meant to be broken.
They are something to be disregarded;
Be ignored.
They keep us from doing things,
Things that could be crucial,
Crucial in saving a life.
It is times like these we should break the rule,
We can face the consequences later.
If we don't, lives could be lost.

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Noël orbed herself to the conference room, her anger threatening to overcome her completely. She clenched her long slender fingers into a fist as she stormed out of the room, completely ignoring that fact that she was still in her work clothes, tear stains still consuming the left shoulder of her blouse. Some of the Elders that were in the conference area gasped, seeing anyone in street clothes was extremely abnormal and against the rules, but for a Trinity Elder to be doing so was unheard of.

"Aaron! Darren! I need to speak to you. Now!: Noël boomed, making some of the younger Whitelighters scurry away, fearful of Noël's sour temper. She had been known to pass harsh judgments on those who she disagreed with, especially when she had seen the horrors of the world seeping into the Heavens.

"What is it Elle?" Darren asked, coming up behind her, his hand resting gently on her shoulder in a calming gesture.

"Where's Aaron?" Noël demanded.

"In a meeting with Miranda and Abraham...whets so impor-Noël!" Darren chased after the woman as she burst through the doors of the Elder's meeting room.

"Aaron, we need to talk. Now." she growled. The Elders that occupied the room all dropped to one knee, showing their respect for the Trinity member's entrance. "GET UP!" she screamed. " I don't want you bowing every time I'm in the room! Its a stupid rule and I do not wish for you to follow it when you're around me!"

"Noël, calm down. Please, leave us," Aaron said, motioning for Miranda and Abraham to leave the room. Once they left Darren closed the door, eyes questioning. "Now, what on earth are you going on about?"

"What am I going on about?! A Charmed One tried to commit suicide today," Noël deadpanned, realizing that her long nails were cutting into the palms of her hands and leaving deep red marks.

"WHAT?!" Aaron and Darren exclaimed together.

"Yes. Piper Halliwell slit her wrists. And, do you know why? because of out stupid rules!!" Noël yelled, gripping the edge of the table.

'She did WHAT?!" Aaron exclaimed.

"She tried to kill herself because she's in love with Leo Wyatt and you've been keeping them apart. To her, life is meaningless without him," she sighed, taking the clip out of her hair and nervously running a hand through the dark wavy locks.

"What do you propose that we do, Elle?" Darren asked.

"I can handle everything. I can fix this. Do I have your blessing to do what is right, even if I break some of these stupid rules?" she queried.

"You know you have my blessing and support," Darren assured her.

"And what about you Aaron?" Noël demanded.

"Fine. Go. Fix this," the eldest Trinity Elder said. Noël gave a quick nod, her hands releasing the permanently dented table as she went to the door. Glancing back she found Darren smiling at her, his green eyes soft and full of admiration. Aaron on the other hand was shaking his head, inspecting the marks on the wooden table.

Noël blinked her thoughts away as quickly as she could manage. She couldn't be thinking about her own life. She could not handle remember the day she took her own life so many years before, nor could she deal with her feeling for Darren at the same time. She needed to help Piper and Leo; she could worry about everything else later on. For that moment, she needed to find Zelda and get to Leo. And she needed to do it fast.

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"Zelda!" Noël bellowed. Finding the Elder sitting in one of the research rooms.

"Noël," Zelda said, about to drop to her knees.

"Don't you dare!" Noël growled, halting the red-haired woman half way to the ground.

"I'm sorry," Zelda apologized.

"Forgiven. I have come to take Leo from your care. I ask that you please surrender him as your charge immediately." Noël explained.

"What?! Noël, Aaron assigned Leo to my care. That young one has broken two of our most important and respected rules! He slept with and fell in love with a witch!" Zelda protested.

"Are you questioning my authority?!" Noël fumed.

"No, I-" Zelda tried.

"Do you forget who I am?! I am Trinity Elder! You have no right to protest what I say or what I ask of you! I could clip your wings without a second thought! Now, surrender your charge!" Noël screamed. Zelda panicked, giving up Leo as a charge and bolting from the room.

"Having fun on your power trip?" Darren queried, leaning on a table. Noël shot him a shy smile.

"I'm just all for love and whatnot. You know me Darren. I'm all for the greater good of humanity, but I'm a hopeless romantic," she giggled. "I have to go check on Piper and then try to fix all this."

"Okay. Be careful," Darren whispered, taking Noël's hand in his affectionately.

"I will be. Bye," Noël said, orbing out.

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Noël stumbled into the empty exam room. She flipped her wavy hair back, striding out the door.

"Well?" Susan asked, making Noël jump.

"I got them to let me take charge," Noël smirked.

"Good!" Susan grinned. "So, what are you going to do exactly?"

"Don't worry Sue, I've got my plans," Noël beamed, walking off down the hall, a sense of determination in her step.

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A/N: And there you have chapter 4. Chapter 5 is half hand written so hopefully I'll get it posted before September. :P

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