Confessions
Her body twisted and wrenched as the vision filled her mind.
The demon that had just attacked stood talking to a man.
"She's ready."
"Are you sure?" Alex questioned.
"I am, she hasn't spoken to anyone, she hasn't said anything. The emotions have consumed her heart and with a slight nudge from us we can turn her."
She opened her eyes, looking directly at Prue who was wrapped up in the book.
Piper noticed the same look Phoebe had earlier. "Can I talk to you?"
Phoebe nodded and followed Piper into the hallway. "I had another premowhatever."
"What did you see?" Piper watched as her sister started to explain. She could see the concern in her eyes.
"It was the demon that attacked. He was talking to some guy about turning Prue, I think he meant turning her evil. He said something about her not talking to anyone. He said that her emotions had consumed her heart."
"That's not good." Piper looked back around at Prue who was still standing over the book.
"Piper, we gotta get her to talk." Phoebe watched as her sister nodded in agreement.
The two walked into the room, Piper placed a hand on Prue's shoulder startling her. "Sorry."
"It's ok. I think this is the demon. His name is Dradon. It says here he feeds off of anger and sorrow."
"Prue." Piper stopped her. "We really need to talk."
"Not now." Prue started to continue with the description of the demon. Her description was cut short when Phoebe reached up, slamming the book closed.
"Now Prue." Phoebe had to struggle a little to catch her breath. She didn't want to admit that she felt a little less than fine.
Prue noticed though, she saw how Phoebe was almost gasping. She knew that the doctor had said no stress, and for the most part they had kept it that way. Looking in her eyes she was almost like looking in a mirror a few months back. She saw the same worry, concern, and hurt that she had felt when Phoebe was attacked. Something tugged at her heart. She felt it so strong it nearly took her breath. "Ok" Her voice was almost a whisper.
The four sat down on the sofa. Prue took in a breath, as if trying to think exactly of what she would say.
"Start by where you went, when you left here." Piper reached out, putting her arm around Prue's shoulders, as if to gesture that she was safe.
"I...I just wanted to go for a walk, to clear my head. I was thinking about the book, and about what mom had said about demons attacking...before I realized it, I had turned down into an alley." She took in another deep breath, tears threatening to spill from her eyes. "I...don't remember exactly what happened, I think someone...hit...me, I remember feeling a sharp pain in my head...everything went black." She felt Piper squeeze her shoulder, holding her tighter. "When I opened my eyes, my hands were taped together, and I..my..." She couldn't stop the tears now, and her breaths were shaky and shallow. Just thinking about all of it made her ache.
"It's ok." Phoebe sat down in the floor in front of Prue, taking hold of her hand. Paige stood a few feet away, her arms across her chest almost as if hugging herself.
"My jeans were gone. I...I tried to tear the tape with my teeth, but it wouldn't break. Then this guy came in...he got mad when he saw where I had tried to bite into the tape and he...hit...me. He climbed on top...I tried to fight him, I swear I did...I tried to move. He put a blindfold..." She was now crying though every sentence.
Piper felt her own tears fall as Prue spoke. She couldn't nor did she try to stop them.
"He...he...he raped me. I felt him inside me...I felt the pain go through my body. I tried to make him stop...I couldn't...I couldn't...fight...him." She felt as though a barrier had been let down. She felt then and there for the first time that she didn't have to protect anyone, for the first time she felt protected.
The sisters sat there now, each one crying. Each one except Paige. She didn't cry, although it broke her heart watching Prue fall apart. She felt almost as if a part of her slipped away right then. This was Prue. This was the one person that Paige had always thought was unbreakable. Sure they had a tough time the past year, but Prue had never been vulnerable.
If she can't protect herself, how can she protect us? Paige immediately regretted thinking it. But it was true.
"Damn it." Dradon threw down a ball of fire as he watched the sisters.
"You do realize they'll come after us, don't you?" Alex paced nervously. He had heard about the prophecy of their powers. He knew these were to be the most powerful witches. Dradon had followed their heritage from the beginning. He had followed all the way back from the first witch in their line. That's how he knew about the powers. That's how he knew when to attack and exactly why they wanted to sway Prue. Turning her would turn the other sisters. It would make them the most powerful source of evil. "Dradon?" Alex watched as the demon who had raised him after he killed his parents looked steadily at the witches. "Dradon!"
"I know." Placing a hand on Alex's shoulder he shimmered the two of them away from the manor.
Prue had finally fallen asleep on Piper's bed. Paige had fallen asleep in a Piper quietly closed the door behind her, walking back down stairs. She jumped a little when she heard a knock on the door.
"I got it." Phoebe called out as she ran to the door. "Andy, hi."
"Hey, is Prue home?" Andy watched as Phoebe looked back to Piper.
"She...um...Andy now's not a good time." Piper watched as Andy's face fell.
"What's going on?" He looked at Piper, almost as if trying to read her mind.
"I'll get her to call you tomorrow. I promise."
Andy nodded and reluctatley turned back out the door.
Phoebe could tell this was weighing on Piper. "You ok?"
"I'm fine. You should get some sleep."
Phoebe nodded admitting to herself that she really was tired. "Can we all camp out in your room?"
Piper nodded and watched as Phoebe headed up the stairs. She felt like she could break at any moment. How could all of this be happening, how could they be dealing with this now. Leo, she wanted Leo. She wanted to be in his arms, she wanted to hear his heart beating. The sound of the phone ringing made her jump. She quickly picked it up, hoping by some small chance it was Leo. "Hello."
"Hey, Piper. It's Dan."
She felt a flutter in her heart. Just talking to Dan would be ok, wouldn't it. I mean, talking isn't cheating. This would help too, it would take her mind off of everything for a while.
"You there?" Dan asked.
"Yea, I'm hear." She pulled out a chair, twirling the cord in her hand.
"I...um...I just wanted to talk to you. I knew you were upset about Leo leaving, I just wanted to see how you were."
She smiled, this actually felt ok. It wasn't Leo, but it was the next best thing.
Alex sat in the empty room, the same room where he had been with Prue. The pillow still had her sent on it. He could remember watching her in high school. He could remember watching her walk down hallways and eating in the cafeteria. He hadn't talked to her, Dradon had forbid him from doing so. He's was a little older than Prue anyway, so it wasn't like he actually got the chance.
He had started out hating her, Dradon had explained to him early on that Prue was the reason his parents were killed. Dradon had taken care of him after that, he was the closest thing to family that he had.
Something was different about her now. In most ways he still hated her. He wanted her to pay for his parents death. He wanted her to feel the hurt. He wanted her to be his, for him to control. That was his their plan, at least until today. He knew now that she had opened up to her sisters she wouldn't turn. The rage was gone.
That didn't mean he couldn't still make her his. "You will be mine." He said to himself as he hugged the pillow close to his body. "You'll always be mine."
