"Prue-" Piper began gently.
"No." Prue cut her off. Shaking, she backed into a corner of the attic, and sank down against the wall, sobbing. "Where's Caden? I want Caden."
"Honey, it's okay, really-" Phoebe started.
"No!" Prue shouted. "Look, I don't know who or what you people are. I just want to go back to Cael. Please, just let me go back"
"I don't blame you." Paige said, kneeling on the floor in front of Prue. "When I first found out that Piper and Phoebe were witches, and that I was one too, I was scared as hell. All I wanted was to go back to my adoptive family. But Prue, that wouldn't have changed who I am. I couldn't just forget about being a witch, and neither can you. It's part of who we are, a big part, and, once you learn how to deal with it, it's actually pretty cool."
Prue looked at her. She was still afraid, but Paige's speech had done a lot to calm her. "That... that thing, that just happened. Whatever it was. Did I used to do that? Like, on a regular basis?"
"Only for three years, before you disappeared, but during that time, it was a constant." Phoebe said.
"You were good at it, too." Piper added. "Better than I'll ever be."
"It's true." Paige said. "I spent eight years trying to be just like you."
"Why can't I remember?" Prue asked, frustrated.
"Well, what do you remember?" Paige asked.
Prue thought for a minute. "The first thing I remember is waking up in the snow, and seeing Caden standing over me. He took me back to his house, and then we walked around the grounds for a while, stopping at the stable. He gave me a mare, Coeur. That was eight years ago."
"And you don't remember anything before that?" Paige pressed. Prue shook her head. "Okay, then what was the last thing you remember, before coming here?"
Prue told her sisters about the bad feeling she'd woken up with, and how the brush had floated to her in the stable, and finally how she'd blacked out while riding Coeur and woken up in the attic. Piper and Phoebe glanced at each other, then called for Leo. He orbed in holding Keladry amidst bright white lights.
Prue shook her head and blinked hard, thinking her eyes must be deceiving her.
"It's okay, honey." Piper reassured. "He's a whitelighter. A guardian angel, of sorts."
"A guardian angel. Right." Prue said wearily. "Why not, it makes about as much sense as anything else today."
Paige put her arm around Prue comfortingly while Piper repeated to Leo everything Prue had said.
"I'll go see if the Elders know anything." Leo said when his wife had finished. He put Kel down and orbed out.
Prue, still sitting on the floor against the wall, put her head in her arms, trying to convince herself it was all just a bad dream. Keladry, who had heard what her mother had said, ran over to hug her aunt.
"It's okay, Aunt Prue. My daddy and the Elders can help you remember." she said.
Prue looked up and smiled, pulling her little neice close. Kel gave her aunt a kiss, then settled herself on Prue's lap.
"So what do we do now?" Prue asked, sighing with resignation. Seeing Keladry had really alleiviated a lot of Prue's fear and the distrust she'd felt toward her sisters, but she was still wary.
"Now," Piper said, "we wait for Leo to get back."
"No." Prue cut her off. Shaking, she backed into a corner of the attic, and sank down against the wall, sobbing. "Where's Caden? I want Caden."
"Honey, it's okay, really-" Phoebe started.
"No!" Prue shouted. "Look, I don't know who or what you people are. I just want to go back to Cael. Please, just let me go back"
"I don't blame you." Paige said, kneeling on the floor in front of Prue. "When I first found out that Piper and Phoebe were witches, and that I was one too, I was scared as hell. All I wanted was to go back to my adoptive family. But Prue, that wouldn't have changed who I am. I couldn't just forget about being a witch, and neither can you. It's part of who we are, a big part, and, once you learn how to deal with it, it's actually pretty cool."
Prue looked at her. She was still afraid, but Paige's speech had done a lot to calm her. "That... that thing, that just happened. Whatever it was. Did I used to do that? Like, on a regular basis?"
"Only for three years, before you disappeared, but during that time, it was a constant." Phoebe said.
"You were good at it, too." Piper added. "Better than I'll ever be."
"It's true." Paige said. "I spent eight years trying to be just like you."
"Why can't I remember?" Prue asked, frustrated.
"Well, what do you remember?" Paige asked.
Prue thought for a minute. "The first thing I remember is waking up in the snow, and seeing Caden standing over me. He took me back to his house, and then we walked around the grounds for a while, stopping at the stable. He gave me a mare, Coeur. That was eight years ago."
"And you don't remember anything before that?" Paige pressed. Prue shook her head. "Okay, then what was the last thing you remember, before coming here?"
Prue told her sisters about the bad feeling she'd woken up with, and how the brush had floated to her in the stable, and finally how she'd blacked out while riding Coeur and woken up in the attic. Piper and Phoebe glanced at each other, then called for Leo. He orbed in holding Keladry amidst bright white lights.
Prue shook her head and blinked hard, thinking her eyes must be deceiving her.
"It's okay, honey." Piper reassured. "He's a whitelighter. A guardian angel, of sorts."
"A guardian angel. Right." Prue said wearily. "Why not, it makes about as much sense as anything else today."
Paige put her arm around Prue comfortingly while Piper repeated to Leo everything Prue had said.
"I'll go see if the Elders know anything." Leo said when his wife had finished. He put Kel down and orbed out.
Prue, still sitting on the floor against the wall, put her head in her arms, trying to convince herself it was all just a bad dream. Keladry, who had heard what her mother had said, ran over to hug her aunt.
"It's okay, Aunt Prue. My daddy and the Elders can help you remember." she said.
Prue looked up and smiled, pulling her little neice close. Kel gave her aunt a kiss, then settled herself on Prue's lap.
"So what do we do now?" Prue asked, sighing with resignation. Seeing Keladry had really alleiviated a lot of Prue's fear and the distrust she'd felt toward her sisters, but she was still wary.
"Now," Piper said, "we wait for Leo to get back."