Title: Dreams
Summary: Two people fall in love with each other through their dreams, can they overcome their problems in real life & be together?
Warnings: All mistakes are my own. I don't own anything.
Note: During Season 5 when Cole hasn't been vanquished and Piper is pregnant.
"So you're sure that's what he said?" Piper asked as she added the next ingredient to the simmering potion.
"Yes! I can't believe it, but Leo told me how to vanquish himself without knowing," Prue smiled.
"This seems a little too easy," Paige said.
"I know it was like last time," Piper said.
"But this time we're taking action," Chris said.
Piper walked towards Chris. She took his hand and Cole's hand next to him. "We're going to make sure everything's going to be okay." Piper kissed Chris on the forehead and smiled at Cole and Chris.
"Mommy?"
Piper turned to see Ben standing at the kitchen door.
"What's going on?" Ben asked.
Chris stared at Ben.
Piper walked towards Ben. "What's the matter?"
"I'm thirsty. I couldn't sleep. Melly's snoring," Ben whined. "Who's that man?"
Piper handed Ben a glass of water, as Ben stared at Chris.
"He's a distant relative," Richard answered.
"Alright, Ben. It's late already. You better go back to bed," Piper said.
"But Melly makes too much noise. How come you guys get to stay up late?" Ben whined.
"I'll take him," Cole said as he picked up Ben.
"No! Let me," Chris said taking Ben.
"Are you sure?" Prue asked.
"Yeah. I should bond with him when I have the chance," Chris said as he walked away with Ben.
"You know Phoebe's taking too long," Piper said as she turned back to the potion.
Paige had just turned off the burner. The potion was turning a reddish color.
"Yeah, maybe she and Jason got a little busy," Paige joked.
"She should know better than to do that...especially at a time like this," Richard said as he was tossing an energy ball in his hand.
"Would you put that thing out?" Prue said to Richard. "How are we going to find a darklighter's arrow?"
"Leave that to me," Cole said as he shimmered away.
"Be careful!" Piper called out, but Cole was already gone. "Damn! Where's Phoebe?"
"I'm going to call her," Paige said grabbing the phone. Paige dialed Phoebe's cell phone, but the phone kept ringing. "Nobody's answering."
"She should know better, especially at this time," Piper said.
"Try her what's-his-name—her boss," Richard laughed.
Paige nodded and dialed that number. "Hello? Jason? Is Phoebe there? She's not? Are you sure? Didn't you call her earlier? Something about her column. Well, thanks. Sorry about calling this late. Bye!" Paige turned worriedly to her sisters. "Where the hell could she be?"
"I don't—
Piper was interrupted when Cole appeared with a darklighter's crossbow.
"One less darklighter to worry about," he joked, but he saw the worried look on Piper's face. "I'm alright."
"No, it's not that. We can't find Phoebe," Piper said.
"Isn't she with Jason?" Cole asked.
"Nope. She's not answering her cell phone, either," Paige said.
"It's probably nothing, but I have the feeling she's hiding something," Cole said.
"Well, she better hurry up, because this potion is done," Prue said as she filled up several vials.
Chris came in. "Gosh, it took forever for Ben to go back to sleep. I never knew we were so cute when we were little." Chris saw everyone staring at him. "What?"
"Noth—
"You guys can't find Aunt Phoebe?" Chris asked.
Prue nodded.
"Then have you tried sensing her?" Chris asked.
"No."
"Well try sensing her. You are a whitelighter, aren't you?" Chris asked as if this was obvious.
"Well, yeah. I'll try sensing her," Prue closed her eyes.
"This is enough!" Phoebe pushed Leo off of her.
"What? You've had enough already?" Leo asked laughing.
"No. We'll celebrate once our plan is successful. Right now, everyone's getting ready to vanquish you. We can't just enjoy ourselves, when we should be trying to ensure our plan is carried out and you and I are safe," Phoebe said.
"Well, we've still got time! Why can't we enjoy ourselves for a little while?" Leo asked.
Phoebe got up and grabbed her clothes. "I should get home. Everyone's wondering where I am."
"Didn't you tell them anything?"
"I told them I would be at Jason's," Phoebe said. Her cell phone was ringing. Someone from home was calling. She better hurry or they'd figure out where she really was.
Leo sighed. "Can't you shut that thing off?"
"What am I going to do?" Phoebe asked.
"What did you do?" Leo asked.
"You're the bastard who told them to use a power-stripping potion! They're probably making it right now," Phoebe screeched.
"Shut up! Someone could hear you!" Leo waved his hands and several bottles of reddish potion appeared. "Switch the potion out with this."
Phoebe grabbed it and stuffed into her purse. "What is it?"
"Not a vanquishing potion," Leo said.
Phoebe looked at him questioningly.
"Or a power-stripping potion. It's just a little replacement. It's harmless," Leo smiled. He laid back on the bed. He wasn't worried about anything. Everything was going according to plan. Chris was the only one in the way. How to get rid of him?
"Well, I better go," Phoebe said again.
"What are you waiting for?" Leo asked.
Phoebe smiled she walked back to the bed. She kissed Leo. Leo deepened the kiss, but Phoebe pulled away quickly.
"Everything's going to be alright," Phoebe said as she closed her eyes and then disappeared.
Leo sighed as he was lying on the bed. "Everything's going to be alright for everyone, except you!"
"GUYS! YOU ARE NEVER GOING TO BELIEVE THIS!" Prue shrieked.
"Keep your voice down!" Piper shushed Prue.
"What?" Paige asked.
"Phoebe was sleeping with a man," Prue said.
"So like Phoebe," Richard said.
"Not just any man. She was sleeping with a man 'up there'," Prue said.
"Up there?" Piper asked.
"With Leo!" Prue shrieked.
"WHAT?" Piper exclaimed.
"She's seeing Leo and Jason?" Richard asked.
"That's not the point we'd really care for now," Paige said.
"What do you mean?" Cole asked.
"She means that if Phoebe's seeing Leo, she could have told him about Chris coming back and our plan to vanquish him," Prue said.
"No! What are we going to do?" Chris asked.
"I knew she was hiding something," Cole said.
"That was why she was asking me if it was harsh to vanquish Leo," Piper realized. "But why would she go back to him after all he's done to her?"
"No idea," Paige said.
"So much for being 100% good," Prue said.
"What are we going to do?" Chris asked.
"We are vanquishing Leo, first. Then we'll take care of Phoebe," Piper said grabbing several bottles of the power-stripping potion. "Hopefully, it's something we can counter."
Cole grabbed the crossbow.
"Wait!" Piper said.
"What?"
"Who's going to watch the kids?" Piper asked.
Everyone looked at each other.
"Chris?"
"NO! I want to see this!" Chris said.
"Richard? Cole?"
"Hey! I want to see some action," Richard said.
"I will," Cole said holding out the crossbow.
Paige and Prue took a step backwards.
"Sorry, I forgot," Cole said.
Prue took another step backwards and ran into someone behind her. Prue immediately turned around.
"Andy?"
As soon as Prue said that, Grams and Patty appeared around the room.
"Hush! Nobody can know that we're here," Grams said.
"What's going on?" Piper asked.
"We're here to—
A door slamming interrupted Patty.
"Hey guys? I'm home," Phoebe walked into the kitchen.
Everyone noticed her clothes had been hastily put back on.
"Where've you been, Phoebe?" Richard asked.
Phoebe looked around the room. Grams and her Mom looked at her with a foreboding glance. Andy didn't show any feeling. Everyone else glared at her. Could they have known?
"Where do you think I've been? What's going on?' Phoebe asked.
"Funny. We were just about to ask you the same thing," Prue said, her lips pursed in a thin line.
"What do you mean? Mom? Grams? What are you guys doing here?" Phoebe asked.
"Phoebe? What were you doing with Leo?" Piper asked.
Phoebe looked surprised. "What are you talking about, Piper? Why would I be with Leo?"
"I don't know, Phoebe, but why don't you just tell us the truth? Did you not just come back from up there where you were sleeping with Leo?" Piper asked.
"Piper, will you listen to yourselves! I hate Leo just as much as you guys! Why would I sleep with him?" Phoebe asked.
"Phoebe, you don't have to lie. Prue just sensed you up there," Paige said.
"So you're spying on me?"
"So it's true that you were with Leo?" Chris asked.
"No that's not true. I just wanted to know if you're spying on me," Phoebe said.
"For your information, we were done here and we were going to call you. You didn't answer you cell phone, so we called Jason. He said you weren't there, so we had Prue sense you," Richard said.
"Phoebe, I can't believe that you were with Leo after all he's done to you," Piper said.
"All he's done to me? Piper, look at what you've done to him!" Phoebe exclaimed.
"Andy?" Patty glanced at Andy.
Andy seemed to understand and he nodded. He walked towards Phoebe and waved his hands in front of her face. Phoebe immediately fainted. Prue caught her.
"What are you doing?" Prue asked. "Where did you get that kind of power?"
"It's only temporary. I'm trying to see if Phoebe's under a spell," Andy said.
He waved his hand over Phoebe's face. Phoebe's face twitched several times and then Andy pulled back with a grin of triumph.
"Well, is she?" Chris asked.
"Yes. She's in a place where it's going to be hard to help her. Leo's used his Elderly influence on her. It can only be undone if you vanquish Leo," Andy said.
"Then what are we waiting for?" Piper asked. She gathered the crossbow as Paige and Prue gathered several vials of the potion. Piper looked over at Patty and Grams. "Can you guys watch the kids?" Piper walked over beside Cole, ready for him to shimmer them out.
"WAIT!" Grams cried out.
"You don't understand," Patty said.
"What don't we understand?" Prue asked. She was tired of these interruptions. She wanted to hurry up and get this vanquish over with.
"You don't understand why we're here," Andy said.
"Why are you here?" Piper asked.
Paige nodded her head waiting for them to go on.
"We're here to prevent you from vanquishing Leo," Patty said.