I am finally updating because I had a snow day yesterday! That's right people; I am one of the lucky people to live in Michigan. Where our trees are covered in ice and we have snow on the ground.
1 ½ MONTHS LATER
Prue didn't do much anymore. She slept as much as possible to escape the nightmare she now called life. When she was awake she stared into space. She rarely spoke words anymore. She no longer was the strong, witty, confident Prue Halliwell. She didn't have speak anymore, nothing was going to change and the rare times she did speak it only seemed to cause trouble for herself. In the beginning everything done to her she undid, her hair, the bowing, hardly eating any food provided. Now she just gave up, the only reasons meals remained untouched wasn't the fact that she was rebelling, it was the fact that she just didn't care anymore. She heard Madelia walk into the room but as usual ignored her.
"There's someone here to see you" Madelia said. "She's here to check on Caleb"
Madelia left the room and waited outside, expecting to hear refusal from the witch to be examined. Instead there remained silence and half an hour later Madelia came back in.
"Caleb is fine" the female demon said. "A little underweight but that is to be expected of a twin. She should give birth soon"
"How soon?" Madelia asked.
"Two weeks at the most" the demon said. "Until then, have her eat more and I want to put her on bed rest"
Madelia nodded and the demon left the room.
"You heard her, until the baby is born your portions are doubled and I expect to see all of it gone. No more getting up either" Madelia said. "Do you understand?"
Prue nodded and Madelia left the room. It's not like she would stand up anyway. Her stomach was much too large and her feet were killing her. She tried not to focus on the birth. Once that happened she most likely would never see her precious Anna again. She watched as her door opened and a minion walked in. It was the usual minion sent in to clean up the room. Not that her room was ever dirty. It still amazed her how someone who ruled the underworld, the dirtiest, dustiest place there was, could actually care about a room being cleaned.
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MANOR
Piper sat looking at the boxes Prue had bought three months ago. They still remained in Prue's closet, everyone was too afraid to take them out and set it up; in fact they doubted they'd be setting one of them up at all. Prue had insisted on buying two cribs, even though everyone knew there was almost no chance of ever using both of them. Now Piper was positive she would only be using one of them. The thing that hurt the most though, was the fact that Prue herself would never see them being used. She would miss her daughter's life and her daughter would grow up just like Piper and her sisters did, without a mother or a father. A tear rolled down Piper's cheek. The guilt and pain consumed her these days. She was up here, living in the manor with her husband and sister, while Prue lived down there alone.
"Piper" Leo said softly.
"Huh?" Piper asked.
"I was going to start setting that up" Leo said. "If you don't want me to, that's fine"
"No, you should" Piper said.
Leo picked up one of the boxes. Piper looked at the box that remained in the closet and shut the door. She followed Leo into the room Prue had designated as the nursery. Leo started to open the box. Piper stood there watching.
"Leo," Piper said, "Do you think it ever stops hurting so much?"
Leo looked at his wife. The pain was so evident on her face.
"I don't know" Leo said softly.
Piper nodded and turned to leave.
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PHOEBE'S OFFICE
Phoebe sat at her desk going through the piles of letters that had been sent to her. How was she supposed to answer these when all she could think about was Prue? Everyone's problems seemed so petty compared to the problem she was faced with everyday. She threw down the papers and sighed in frustration.
"Phoebe, go home" Elise said from Phoebe's doorway. "You're no good to me just sitting there. You shouldn't even be working after what happened"
Piper and Phoebe had reported Prue missing so no one would suspect anything. After a few weeks of searching the police came to the conclusion that she was either dead or didn't want to be found.
"If only they knew" Phoebe thought to herself.
"It's been over a month" Phoebe said. "I have to start getting back to normal"
Elise sighed and left. Phoebe turned her attention back to the piles of letters on her desk.
"Phoebe" Cole said.
Phoebe opened her eyes and saw she was in the manor.
"Phoebe, you fell asleep" Cole said.
Phoebe looked at the TV.
"It's okay, we won't be late" Cole said.
"Late to what?" Phoebe asked.
Cole smiled.
"You're only twenty eight, you shouldn't already be senile" Cole joked. "I'm taking you to dinner for your birthday, remember?"
"Oh, yeah" Phoebe said.
"Twenty eight" she thought. "I won't be twenty eight for another three years"
"Where's Piper?" Phoebe asked.
"She went to…the club" Cole said. "Don't you remember?"
"What? Yeah, of course I do" Phoebe said. "I just had a weird dream, that's all"
"Do you want to talk about it?" Cole asked.
"It was nothing, just a dream" Phoebe said.
She saw Prue come rushing down the stairs, chasing after a three year old girl.
"Anna, come back here" Prue said.
She grabbed the necklace that Anna was holding.
"You little thief" Prue said smiling.
She picked Anna up and looked over at Phoebe.
"Have a nice nap?" Prue asked.
"Why didn't you wake me up?" Phoebe asked, adjusting to the time change.
She knew she was having this dream or premonition or whatever it was for a reason.
"Pregnant women need their sleep" Prue said. "Don't you remember how cranky Piper was?"
Phoebe looked up to see that she was back in her office. She placed her hand on her stomach. She wasn't sure if she had fallen asleep or if she had been having a premonition. She decided on the fact that it was just a dream and piled up her stuff to go back to the manor. When she got there Leo was sitting in the living room.
"She's in Prue's room?" Phoebe asked.
Leo nodded. That's where Piper spent most of her time when she was at the manor. She no longer liked cooking. It reminded her of the family she didn't have anymore. Phoebe went into the kitchen and picked up the phone to order a pizza.
Prue came into the kitchen holding a girl of about one.
"You're ordering pizza again?" Prue asked. "Anna's going to think there's no such thing as real food"
"Well, unless you and I are going to cook something" Phoebe said.
"Good point" Prue said. "I hope Piper gets over her nausea soon"
"Well, it took you five months" Phoebe said.
"Ugh, five months of pizza" Prue said. "I'm not going to survive"
Phoebe blinked and found Prue and Anna were gone. This time she had no control over what she was saying. It was like she was on the outside looking in. Phoebe shook her head, trying to tell herself it was just an illusion.
"Prue's gone now" Phoebe thought. "She's not coming back"
She set the phone down, she wasn't hungry anymore.
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UNDERWORLD
Prue sat on her bed looking at the photo of her sisters. She chuckled as she realized how stupid she was. A flamed appeared at the tip of her finger and she lit the picture on fire and stood up. Prue watch the picture shrivel up and turned to ash. Madelia came into the room looking happier than usual.
"What? No lecture on standing up?" Prue asked.
"The Source requests you eat dinner with him" Madelia said.
Prue looked suspiciously at Madelia.
"The Source eats?" Prue asked.
"When he wants to" Madelia said.
"What's the occasion?" Prue asked.
"There is none" Madelia said smiling. "Now are you coming?"
Prue rolled her eyes and started walking.
"Wait" Madelia said, pulling a red velvet cloak out of Prue's closet. "We don't want you catching a cold"
"In hell, I don't think that's possible" Prue said.
"Honey, you haven't seen hell yet" Madelia said, laughing.
There was something about Madelia's laugh that sent shivers down Prue's spine.
"Now come along" Madelia said. "We don't want you standing on your feet for too long"
Madelia led Prue out of the room. Prue had left this room twice in the entire time she had been down here. From what she saw, she was glad she could stay cramped up in her room. Madelia led her into a decorative room that looked almost human. There was a long wooden table with two dozen chairs covered in velvet.
"How many people are going to be here?" Prue asked.
"Just you and the Source" Madelia said.
Madelia pulled out one of the fancier chairs at the end of the table. It reminded Prue of a throne. Prue sat down in it. She waited uncomfortably for a few minutes until the Source arrived. He was seated at the other end of the table.
"And the point of me eating with him was what?" Prue asked herself.
"You're dismissed, all of you" the Source said to the minions.
All of them and Madelia left.
"You're still wondering what I'm doing, aren't you?" the Source asked.
Prue didn't respond.
"This is what it'll be like from now on" the Source said. "Caleb is going to be human, as much as I'd like to forget that part. He'll be eating with you and me"
"Caleb's not born yet" Prue said.
"Well, you might as well start getting used to this" the Source said.
Prue watched as the Source snapped his fingers and the table filled with food. Prue looked at the piece of what she was hoping was chicken in front of her. She started cutting it up, she wasn't hungry but the Source would throw a fit if she didn't eat.
"You know, this doesn't have to be hell for you" the Source said. "It's been almost two months, if you'd just accept your fate then you'd realize how good you have it"
Prue chose to remain silent; she knew she'd regret whatever words came out of her mouth.
"I'm not trying to escape, I'm eating, I've agreed to everything you've asked me to do" Prue said. "What does it matter to you if I'm happy?"
The Source laughed.
"I could care less" the Source said. "It's my son that I care about. I don't want him to grow up watching his mother sit in her barely speaking. What is it that you just can't let go of? Your sisters have already moved on, why can't you?"
Prue felt the anger surge in her. She stood up from the table and started back to her room, knowing she wasn't going to make it through dinner without losing her temper. As soon as she got there she looked in the mirror. Her hair had grown long and it curled now. Her skin seemed paler than usual but she guessed that was due to the lack of sun. The loads of make up didn't help either. Her black flowing dress made the red velvet cloak she was wearing stand out. She was the spitting image of what every evil queen was supposed to look like.
"Just accept your fate" her reflection said. "You'll be happier"
Prue sighed and walked away from the mirror.
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REPLIES:
PaigeMatthews06: Ha, when the email alerts unplugged I got like all of your PMs and reviews backwards. It was a little confusing. Anyway, yeah maybe you should start writing my story with all your ideas. Did you see the new Gilmore Girls episode yet? It's definitely one of the first decent ones this season, although it's no where near as good as it was. Well, that was completely random and off topic. I don't, I'm just babbling senselessly right now. So, thanks for the reviews (this one and the one for And Stuff) and I'm going to move on to babbling senselessly to someone else.
PrueTrudeau: I'm looking forward to your babbling for this chapter. I always love your reviews.
Kate: Glad you liked the last chapter hope this one was just as good. Thanks for reviewing!
Mony19: Yup, the sadness for the sisters is far from over. It's funny because right now I'm having trouble creating a plan for the sisters to get Prue out so I think that means I've dug a pretty big hole for the sisters to get out of. Thanks for your review!
Wicked-Lady18: I really glad you like this story and I'm very glad you're choosing to review it. I love reviews, I want to marry them sometimes (If that creeped you out at all I'm sorry). I have a general direction planned for this story and I've got the next two chapters typed. Usually I'll get on these creative streaks during which I write two or three chapters and then it'll be a while before I get another one. That's why I've been trying to pace my updates so I don't run out of chapters and leave everyone hanging for a month. Anyway, thanks again for reviewing.
Prucole: Ha, you reviewed twice. I just realized that when I was reading over my reviews for chapter 13. Glad you agree about Andy and glad you like the chapter. Thanks for reviewing!
Hally: You'll just have to wait and see how everything turns out. I won't reveal to anyone (including my own sister) who Prue will end up raising or if she'll end up with both of them or neither of them. So everyone is going to have to wait. Thanks for reviewing!
Brittany: I saw that you wrote Gilmore Girls stories. I actually think I reviewed one a while ago (I wasn't hallucinating that was I?). Yeah I've never been able to recite episodes because my memory sucks. But Sam, my friend, can recite every episode from GG season 5, all from season 4, all of season 1, and half of season 2. Charmed I think I only have two that I can almost recite. Anyway, I'm wondering myself how I'm getting Prue out of this predicament I've created. Hopefully that solution will come in my next creative streak. Ugh, my creativity is being suppressed by my massive amounts of homework. I blame the government; I mean come on, what teacher tells you no creative writing in their class. Anyway, now that you've heard that rant (it's been building since Wednesday). So thanks for your review and I'll move on before I go into another rant.
ToxicDuck77: 2 words…shut up.
Charmed4eva1990: Glad you liked it, thanks for reviewing.