Phoebe then told them about her premonition that she got almost as soon as she had arrived at the lighthouse. How he warlock had basically switched the two babies.
"So what you are saying is that you want to save a warlock just because he's our brother?" Prue asked
"Prue look in his eyes. There is good there. He may have been raised a warlock but he was born of the Warren Line. Let me talk to him."
"Phoebe you can hardly stand and now you want to walk over there and talk to a warlock." Piper pt in.
"I'm getting to him Piper. I know I am."
"I don't like it Phoebe." Prue said. "But I trust you."
"Witches what did you do to me?" James yelled suddenly. It had taken him awhile to get over the spell that they were casting on him.
"Patrick don't do this."
"Oh god are you still on that Phoebe. Face it, I will never change."
"Yes Patrick you will. I saw before and after you got that premonition. A spark that you thought that you had lost." She said as she slowly walked towards him.
He watched her walking and saw her sisters behind her starring at him. "You told them didn't you?"
"Yes I did. They deserved to know."
"Maybe. What does this solve Phoebe? I am still a warlock and you are still a witch."
"North and South. Ever read it?'
"Can't say I have."
"Two friends from different side of a war. One from the North and the other from the South. Sworn enemies. But they risked their lives for each other during a war that tore a country apart. In the end they remained the best of friends."
"What does that have to do with us?"
"Sworn enemies that in the end."
Patrick held his gaze to her, "Can still be family. I think I see now."
"I'm not giving up on you Patrick. You are the lost half of my Soul."
"And you are mine." He said as he looked into her eyes. He could see so much there. "Phoebe I am still who I am."
"I know. Just steer clear of us and everything will be fine. You leave us alone and we leave you alone. All I ask is that you let us kill you father."
"Whoa."
"Patrick he is using you. I saw it tonight when he was up there trying to slowly crush every bone in my body and breking my ribs in the process."
"No Phoebe I can't let you do that." He said stepping back
"Patrick think about it. Every kill he has done. I bet he insisted on making the kill himself, didn't he?"
"Phoebe."
"Answer me Patrick! Didn't he?"
"Yes."
"Patrick. He has been using you to get to us. Once you help him kill us then he was going to turn and kill you. All the powers of the Warren Line. All of them Patrick. Yours included. That would make him one very powerful warlock. Nobody could stand in his way."
"Ok now your are making stuff up. My father loves me."
"Patrick I saw it. His plan all along was to get to this very point. Whether it was you or me. In the end he would betray us."
Pushing Phoebe away from him and knocking her to the ground, "No it's a lie. Why should I believe you?"
"Why shouldn't you?" She said, "Patrick. I've known you for 24hrs. I've never lied to you. Your father has known you for 24yrs. How many times has he lied to you? How many times has he lied and you not even known it?"
"Patrick it's a lie." His father told him
"Is it?" Patrick asked. "She has a point. She has never lied to me from the time that I met her. You on the other hand. I know of one huge lie. How many others were there?"
"Patrick she is doing this to divide us. Have I not loved you as my own son?'
"You wouldn't have had to if you had not taken him from us in the first place." Phoebe yelled at him
"You shut up witch."
"No. This has to stop. She is right. She is my sister Father and I will not help you kill her. But Phoebe I can not let you kill my father."
"So what a stale mate?" she said
"Prue, Piper. He got away with Phoebe." Kris yelled as he exited the tower.
"Kris we know." Prue yelled back
Kris saw Phoebe on the ground and James and his father standing in front of her. He ran over to where Prue and Piper stood.
"What's going on?"
"James' real name is Patrick James." Piper said.
"He's our brother." Prue finished.
"He's what?" Kris yelled back at them.
"Our brother. Phoebes twin actually." Piper said
"Ok where the hell did that come from?"
"Long story." Piper said as she watched her baby sister.
"No Patrick that will not do. You will help me kill them."
"No I won't. Anymore then I will let them kill you."
He reached forward and grabbed Phoebe, forcing her to her feet. "I will get what I am destined to receive." He yelled
"Phoebe!" Prue yelled as she ran over to her baby sister followed right behind by Piper.
Producing an astheme he held it at Phoebes throat. "No closer I will kill her."
Phoebe didn't wait for her own death. Reacting quickly she pulled the knife from her and flipped him over her shoulder. Wincing as the pain in her ribs shot through her. She however found herself on the ground as he kicked her legs from under her. He quickly jumped to his feet as Phoebe rolled painfully away from him.
"Patrick!" Phoebe called out
"Phoebe get out of the way." Patrick yelled out to her as he could see his father holding a fireball in his hand.
Phoebe tried to roll but the pain in her ribs was to much. Then her whole world seemed to go into slow motion. She could see him aim at her with the fireball and she knew that she would not be able to get out of the way in time, even if she levitated. Then he threw it at her. She braced for the force that was about to hit her.
Piper and Prue ran towards Phoebe. "Piper freeze him." Prue panicked
"I tried it's not working. Throw him." Piper yelled back
"I tried. I can't get him to move."
"He's getting to powerful."
"Phoebe get out of the way." They both called out to her.
Phoebe laid there on the ground as she slowly watched the fireball come towards her. But the impact never came.
Patrick watched as Phoebe was frozen in her tracks from the pain that he had caused her. Now because of that she couldn't move out of the way. "Phoebe!" He yelled as he dove towards her to get her out of the way of the ball of fire that was soon heading towards her. It hit him in the back but not enough to kill him instantly."
"Patrick! NOOO!" Phoebe called out to him as he fell to the ground in pain
Reaching for her hand. "Phoebe." He said weakly.
Making her way towards him she grabbed on to his hand. "Oh Patrick. Why?"
"Because you never lied to me."
Phoebe looked up to his father and saw him frozen.
"Phoebe are you ok?" Piper asked
"NO." Phoebe said through sobs and tears.
"Phoebe we have to vanquish his father. Can you help us?" Prue asked her sister
Phoebe looked down at Patrick who just nodded his head. "Do it. You were right about him."
"Are you sure?"
"Yes. No go. Listen to your big brother."
Phoebe let Patrick go and tried to stand. Piper and Prue quickly came to her aid and sat down beside her.
"Who says you need to stand to vanquish a warlock?" Prue said with a slight smile. She knew that Phoebe was worried about Patrick and was trying to lighten her sisters mood somewhat.
Saying the spell just as the freeze wore off he began to spin and burn slowly from the inside out. Ending with a burst of flame he was gone. The three just starred at the spot where he had been standing. When Phoebe turned back to Patrick.
"Phoebe. I'm sorry."
"Ssshhh Patrick. Everything will be ok now."
"No Phoebe let me go."
"I can't I just found you."
"You found me and you help me find you. The lost half of my soul."
"Patrick no please don't go." Phoebe said as she bent down and placed her forehead to his."I love you Patrick."
"And I love you Phoebe." Sucking air in quickly and then he was gone.
"No Patrick please don't go." She cried.
Prue and Piper watched as her sister held Patrick's hand. As she bent over and kissed his forehead as they had done with each other many times over the years. Then they both felt their own tears as he confessed his love for a sister he just met and had died for and then he was gone.
Suddenly he was gone in a bath of golden lights.
"Come on Phoebe lets get you to a hospital." Piper said as she help her sister up.
The three sisters piled into the back of Pipers jeep as Kris drove them to the nearest hospital. As before he looked in the mirror and saw the three of them each bound by thier magic, but more importantly bound by thier love for each other.
Phoebe was silent the whole way there. As her sisters helped her out of the Jeep. "He was good wasn't he?' she asked quietly.
Prue looked over at Piper before turning to her baby sister. "Yeah Pheebs he was."
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Four months later:
"Happy Birthday dear Phoebe. Happy Birthday to you." Prue, Piper, Leo and Cole all sang out
"Come on Pheebs blow out the candles." Cole encouraged her.
"Ok relax already." She said. Taking in a big breath she blew them all out except one. One that she left light on purpose.
"You missed one Pheebs." Prue said
"I guess that means you have one boyfriend. That's what Grams used to say." Piper told her as she nudged at Cole.
"Yeah I do. One person that will always keep a piece of my soul."
"Hey I thought it was heart." Cole said laughing as she wrapped his arms around her kissing the back of her neck.
Prue and Piper looked at Phoebe with understanding.
"It is honey, but some things are your soul." Phoebe said as she reached up and kissed him.
Turning around she quickly blew out the candle that she had left burning. Then she carefully took it out of the cake and tucked it in the pocket of her sweater. Leaving the rest of the afternoon for cake cutting and gift opening.
Later that day Phoebe sat on the couch lost in her own thoughts. After a few hours of thinking about turning 25 she got off the couch, grabbing her jacket and the keys to Pipers jeep, she left the Manor. Leaving a note for her sisters just stating that she had gone out but would be back in time for dinner.
"Come on Piper I know where she went." Prue said as they found the note.
"Prue I know where she is too. I just think that this is some thing that she needs to do herself."
"Piper please."
"Augh. Ok."
Driving for a bit they soon pulled in behind Pipers Jeep. Getting out of Prues car they walked over to where their sister was sitting on the grass. Not saying a word they sat down beside her. They all just starred at the headstone on front of them.
"Happy birthday big brother." Phoebe said as she took the candle from her pocket and stuck it in the ground. Pulling out the matches she lite it. A few seconds later it went out with a small puff of wind.
"I think Patrick just made a wish." Prue said as she placed her arm over Phoebes shoulder.
"Yeah I guess so."
"So Phoebe you said big brother. And you did that night. How do you know which of you was the oldest?" Piper asked her
Phoebe realized then that she had never told her sisters all the details of her first premonition. "I saw it. In my first premonition here, that day. The first baby was born and the Dr. said it's a boy. And it was a few minutes after that that I was born. Patrick was older then me by about 4minutes."
"You miss him?"
"Yeah but I know that he is always here. Tucked away in my special place." Phoebe said touching her heart. "Right beside the places I hold for you two."
"Happy Birthday Phoebe. Love you." Pier said as she hugged her baby sister.
"Yeah Pheebs Happy Birthday and I love you too."
"Love you two, my dear sisters, and you my brother. Happy birthday."
As they got up and started for the cars Phoebe stopped suddenly and turned around.
"Happy Birthday my beautiful sister. I love you." Patrick said as he stood in front of her before disappearing in a soft glow.
the end
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Well I hope you all enjoyed that. Thanx to all those that reviewed. I'll start posting another one when I get home from work. As I said in my first fic here I have over 200 fics. So As long as you guys all like them I'll keep posting them here...
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