"Phoebe. Don't you give up damn it. You hang on." Piper cried as she placed her head on Phoebes forehead.

"Phoebs. Please don't do this." Prue repeated her own thoughts. She couldn't lose her, not now.

Piper held Phoebe and watched helplessly as her sister closed her eyes. Tilting her head skyward, "LEO! Get down here now!!" she yelled out as she held the lifeless form of her baby girl.

"Piper."

"She's not Prue. And as long as she is still alive he can save her." She cried out as she held on to her sister.

"Piper I was going to say. Let's get her back to the Manor. This place has enough death around it."

Piper looked up at Prue and silently agreed. As she stood up and let Prue work her powers to lift Phoebe off the ground and towards the Jeep.

Prue tried to drive through the blur of the tears that were in her eyes. She couldn't lose Phoebe now; they had just started a true sisterly relationship. She had so much time to make up for, all the times that she wasn't there for her, all the times that she pushed her away.

Piper sat in the back holding Phoebes head on her lap and applying pressure to her wound. She looked down at her seemingly sleeping baby sister. She was her world, if she lost her she could not survive. She looked skyward calling Leo again but again received no reply.

"Prue why isn't he coming?" she asked innocently but Prue could hear the anger in her sisters' voice. She knew the elders had something to do with Leo not coming when they needed him.

"I don't know Piper." She replied back reaching her hand over the seat and taking Piper in hers. Giving each other the love and support that they needed.

Prue doubted her decision to take Phoebe to the hospital instead of the Manor. How would they explain the huge gash to her stomach and her leg? She thought that maybe Leo would come there before the hospital. And at the hospital he could only partially heal their sister. Too many questions. She pulled into the driveway and was out of the Jeep before it even stopped it seemed. She quickly ran around the side and once again with her powers carefully lifted Phoebe from the Jeep. Carrying her inside she placed her on the couch.

Piper ran up the steps behind Prue and headed straight for the bathroom for anything that could help her sister. Running back down she handed Prue the package of gauze to help stop the bleeding.

They worked quickly in silence hoping and praying that their efforts would work. Finally getting most of the blood cleaned up and presumably stopped the bleeding. They covered her up with the blanket on the back of the couch and waited. Waited for any sign that she was ok or better: waited for Leo.

"Prue let me see your arm." Piper said solemnly

"It's ok Piper." Prue responded not wanting to leave Phoebes side.

"Prue it's not ok. The blood has soaked right through your jacket."

Prue didn't move as Piper carefully removed her jacket and tended to her arm. She was to numb inside to feel the pain that was caused by the cleaning solution that Piper was using.

It had been fifteen minutes since they returned to the Manor and there was still no change. When out of the corner of Prues eyes she saw the every familiar blue light that signaled their Whitelighter.

"Leo! Where the hell have you been? Phoebes hurt." Prue yelled at him

"I'm sorry. I was with another charge."

"Oh ok so they what? They figured that one of the Charmed Ones could just die?" Piper lashed

"No Piper. If it was serious enough they would have sent another whitelighter."

"Serious enough." Piper started

"Leo just heal her." Prue interjected before they truly did lose their sister.

Standing over Phoebe, Leo emitted a soft glow from his hands slowly healing one of the three most important people in his life.

Phoebe followed the light that was in front of her. It was getting closer but she never seemed to reach it. As she walked along the tunnel towards it she heard sounds and voices but nothing truly made sense to her. Without warning she found herself in a field of grass and flowers. It was surrounded by tall trees and in the distance she could make out a stream. She looked around wondering where she was. It was like nothing she had ever seen before. She wandered towards the stream and sat on the shore tossing rocks aimlessly into the gentle flow of the water.

"It's beautiful isn't it."

Phoebe turned to the sound of the voice behind her. "Melinda? What?"

"It's along story Phoebe. But I wanted to tell you how proud I was of you. You did something that I could not. You vanquished the beast on your own."

"It was your spell."

"No it was our spell. You adjusted it to what was required."

"So now what? Where am I?"

"You are in what they call a holding place."

"A what?" Phoebe looked confused.

"Well Leo was a bit tied up when you were injured and so they brought you here. Until he could get away. This is a place where they can hold the soul of a good witch, one that is not supposed to die yet. They can hold you here for a short period of time until your whitelighter is free to heal you. "?

"I don't understand." Phoebe looked confused

"Oh honey. You see Leo's powers won't work in the cemetery. So they brought you here until your sisters could get you somewhere safe where Leo can heal you."

"Oh. But why won't his powers work there."

"It is the gateway to good and evil. That was why the hound was safe there. It was his gateway to your world."

"Oh. Are my sisters ok?"

"Yes darling. Though I think they are very worried about you. You three are every thing I had hoped for. Your love for each other is stronger then any magical bound. And it is that love that will save you every time. Hang on to that Phoebe."

"I will."

"Its time Phoebe."

"Thank you Melinda."

"I didn't do anything Phoebe, you did. Be well my darling. Blessed be."

"Blessed be." Phoebe called after her as she walked away.

Phoebe felt a pull from an unknown source. At first she was scared. She didn't know where this pull would take her. Would it take her to her sisters or to another holding place? She watched, as the light grew dim and then nothing.

"Leo what's taking so long?" Prue asked getting scared that Leo was to late.

"I don't know. It should be working."

"Leo fix this."

"Piper I'm trying."

Unexpectedly Phoebe gasped as she shot up from the couch.

"Phoebe!" both her sisters cried out as they pulled her into an embrace.

Phoebe sat there and just returned the hug with her own. After a few minutes they release each other the two older ones looking with concern to the youngest.

"Phoebe you ok honey?"

"Yeah I think .aaa.aa..acho. so."

"Oh. Looks like Leo couldn't fix your cold honey."

"I can't, it wasn't demon related."

"What do you mean it's not demon related. Grams put a spell on her to protect her from that thing. It's gone the spell should be broken." Piper stated

"The spell is broken. But what she has has nothing to do with the spell. I'm sorry Piper."

"Ok this is so not fair. The one year I can actually go out and enjoy Halloween and your telling me I've got an actual cold or something."

"Looks like it."

"Great." Phoebe gave in as she flopped back on the couch, pulling the blanket over her head. "Just shot me now, please."

Two days later:

"Morning Piper."

"Morning Prue. How's Phoebs?"

"Not bad actually. I think she's even good enough to go to P3 tonight."

"Wow she must really be better if your letting her go out tonight."

"Yeah well I think I may have to strike a deal with her. I just feel bad that she has missed so many Halloween because of magic."

"I know I was thinking the same thing. It's not fair."

"No it's not."

"What's not fair?"

"Phoebs your up. How you felling honey?" Piper inquired

"I'll live."

"Oh not funny." Prue said pointing her finger at Phoebe

"So Phoebs, Prue and I were just discussing you going to P3 tonight."

"Oh I'm going. I feel a lot better then yesterday. Not to mention the day before." She added.

"Well we weren't going to stop you. But we need to make a deal first." Prue said looking sternly at her sister.

"Oh-oh."

"You can stay in bed or on the couch for the day and you take Grams medicine before you leave and as soon as you come back. I don't want this thing to get back in your system."

"Naah. No way. Not going to happen."

"Ok then you stay can stay home and hand out candy to the kids that come late."

"Prue I'm 26yrs old, you can not stop me from going."

"Wanna bet." Prue said standing her ground with her sister.

Piper laughed to herself at the exchange between her two sisters. They were both stubborn enough that this could get either interesting or nasty.

Phoebe looked from Prue to Piper and back to Prue again. Turning from the kitchen, "Why do I feel like I'm six years old again?" she commented as she went out of the kitchen and straight to the couch. Pulling the blanket over her she cuddled down for a long day.

Later that night:

"Phoebs are you coming or not?"

"I'm coming Prue just hang on will ya. Geesh." Phoebe called back as she descended the staircase. "Ok lets go."

"Um did you forget something?"

"No I don't think so." Phoebe said knowing full well what her sister meant but had hoped that she had forgotten.

"Kitchen now. And then we go. I bet you thought I forgot didn't you?" Prue smiled at her little sister

"Well I was kinda hoping." Phoebe said as she followed her sister to the kitchen. "You know Grams could have at least got medicine that tasted good."

"Here." Prue handed Phoebe the bottle.

Piper stood behind the bar at P3 waiting for her sisters. They were almost an hour late. She hoped that nothing had happened and now they weren't coming. Prue is probably having to force feed Phoebe Grams medicine. Looking up once again she saw the two most important people in her world coming down the stairs. She laughed to herself when she saw them.

"Hey Sis."

'Trust you Phoebe."

"What?" she looked innocently up at Piper

"Being a witch for Halloween."

"Hey its like tradition. Besides if the costumes fits, wear it." She answered with her cheeky smile as she turned to the dance floor for the first dance of the night.

The three of them sat in their alcove as another Halloween ended.

"Phoebe you're awfully quiet. You ok?" Piper asked as she looked at her sister with concern

"Yeah Piper I'm fine, I was just thinking."

"Oh that could be dangerous." Prue smirked at her sister.

"Haha. No I was thinking of all those Halloweens I missed out on."

Prue and Piper shared a look with each other and both moved over closer to their sister each taking her hands in theirs.

"Can we go home now?" Phoebe asked quietly

"Sure sweetie." Piper said though none of them moved.

"Thanx guys. This as been the best Halloween ever."

There were no further words that needed to be said. Three witches, the Charmed Ones, enjoying their one night of the year where they could celebrate their own way: just being together.

Wishing you all safe and Happy Halloween...