This is a shorter chapter and I definitely think it could use some major improvement but give me a break. My day sucked and I'm uber stressed right now. Hopefully the next chapter will be better. I just wanted to update as soon as I could so all of you wouldn't be stuck with the major cliffy for two weeks.
Prue's eyes slowly opened as the sound of a baby's cries reached her ears. She quickly sat up. Instantly she regretted the situation as a sharp pain shot through her abdomen. She looked down and saw she was bleeding. Looking over she saw Caleb was crying and she pulled herself near him.
"Hold on baby" Prue said. "It'll be okay, shh"
Caleb's cries quieted down as he heard his mother's voice. Prue started to pull herself to each of her family member's bodies. The first person she came to was Phoebe's, her baby. Prue reached and felt for a pulse. All she felt in return was the harshness of the reality that her sister was dead. She wiped away a tear and forced herself to move on. The body closest to Phoebe's was Cole's, the man who she had never trusted…but she had never doubted his love for her sister. Prue felt a flicker of hope as she realized there was a pulse.
"Cole" Prue said. "Cole, wake up!"
Prue patted Cole's cheek and he started to stir. His eyes opened and Prue saw the confused look on his face.
"Phoebe" Cole said, sitting up.
His face fell as he saw Phoebe's body.
"She…she didn't make it" Prue said.
"What…"
"Go check and see if Leo has a pulse" Prue said, trying not to concentrate on the pain, both physical and emotional.
Prue continued to pull herself to Piper's body. Prue felt for a pulse, praying by some miracle there'd be one. To her surprise she felt a weak pulse. She looked up and saw Cole by Leo's body. Cole felt for a pulse before looking towards Prue.
"He's dead" Cole said.
"She's not" Prue said. "But she will be if we don't get help soon"
She looked down at her sister. Instantly Prue remembered back to the last month she had spent at the manor.
"Caleb" Prue said, softly.
Prue hurried over to Caleb.
"What are you doing?" Cole asked.
"Caleb, bring him back, come on please" Prue pleaded.
Prue waited, for a few seconds there was no response. Prue looked down at her son.
"Please Caleb" Prue said. "They're your family, just like I am"
Prue wasn't sure if her son could even understand what she was telling him, but she kept talking anyway. Suddenly she heard Phoebe and Leo gasp for breaths.
"Cole, help Phoebe" Prue said. "Leo, go heal Piper"
Leo quickly did as he was told and kneeled down by Piper. The familiar glow appeared and he started to heal Piper. Prue watched Leo.
"Prue, Phoebe's dying" Cole said.
Prue looked over to see her youngest sister, struggling to breathe.
"Hold on Phoebe" Prue said. "Please, just hold on"
Leo finished healing Piper and she sat up.
"Leo, Phoebe" Prue said.
Leo hurried from his wife's side to his sister in law's. Piper looked over at Prue, who was still holding Caleb. She then looked over to Leo and Phoebe.
"What the hell happened?" Phoebe asked, sitting up.
Phoebe looked at Prue and Caleb.
"Prue" Phoebe said.
Prue smiled and took a step forward but winced in pain.
"What's wrong?" Piper asked.
Prue shifted Caleb into a different position and revealed her bleeding wound.
"Leo" Piper said.
Leo instantly went to his other sister in law and healed the wound. As soon as he was done, Phoebe and Piper ran over to their sister. The three of them hugged each other, careful not to squash Caleb.
"We missed you so much" Phoebe sobbed.
"I missed you too" Prue said, tears streaming down her face.
The guys watched the sisters hug for a few more moments before interrupting.
"We should get out of here" Leo said. "It's dangerous"
Prue nodded and took one last look at the Source's body.
"Let's go home" Prue said.
Leo grabbed onto Prue and Piper and Cole took Phoebe's hand. They all soon found themselves at the manor. The familiar feeling of security soon filled Prue as she looked around the place she had been missing for so long. She looked at Piper and Phoebe. There was so much to say and catch up on…where did they start? Unfortunately Prue knew they had to start with one thing.
"Madelia is still alive" Prue said.
Piper and Phoebe exchanged glances.
"She caused the rebellion" Prue said. "She was going to kill Caleb, the Source, and me"
"We should try to get a new vanquishing potion or spell" Phoebe said.
Prue nodded.
"We should also try to get protection…for Caleb and Anna" Piper said.
"Where…where is Anna?" Prue asked.
Piper looked at Leo, who nodded. He orbed out of the room. Piper and Phoebe looked at Caleb.
"This is Caleb" Prue said. "He saved our lives"
Piper smiled and took Caleb from Prue.
"Hello Caleb, I'm your Auntie Piper" Piper said, smiling.
Everyone watched anxiously, curious to his reaction. Caleb looked into his aunt's eyes for a second before closing his and going to sleep. Prue smiled and looked at Phoebe.
"Do you want to hold him?" Prue asked.
Phoebe looked unsure for a second before taking Caleb from Piper. Instantly she was hit with a premonition.
Prue was sitting in a rocking chair in the nursery. She had tears rolling down her cheeks.
"Nothing will ever be easy for us, will it Caleb?" Prue asked.
Prue stood up and leaned over the crib. Madelia shimmered in behind her.
"Go away, Madelia, he's no threat to anyone" Prue said, without looking away from her son.
"You really think I'm going to leave you two alone and let you lead your happy little Charmed lives?" Madelia asked, smiling. "Although you don't look so happy now, what's wrong?"
Prue turned towards Madelia smirking face.
"Go to hell" Prue said.
"Now I thought we were closer than that" Madelia mocked.
"I hated every moment I had to spend with you, now leave before I kill you" Prue said.
Madelia laughed and formed a fireball.
"Caleb, shimmer to your aunt" Prue said.
"I didn't come unprepared" Madelia said.
She threw the fireball and Prue tried to deflect it. Her powers didn't work and she was thrown backwards. Madelia smiled and stepped over Prue's body. She leaned over Caleb's crib.
"Goodbye Caleb" Madelia said, with a grin of pure evil.
She formed a fireball in her hand and threw it.
"No!" Phoebe exclaimed.
"Phoebe" Piper said, concerned. "Phoebe, what'd you see?"
"Madelia" Phoebe said, looking down at Caleb. "She killed him…and Prue, in the nursery"
Before they could respond, Leo orbed into the room, without Anna.
"They won't give her back" Leo said.
"What!" Piper exclaimed.
Startled out of his sleep, Caleb began to cry. Prue took him from Phoebe and started to rock him.
"Sorry" Piper said to Prue.
She turned her attention back to Leo.
"What do you mean they won't give her back?" Piper asked.
"The Elders won't allow us to bring Anna back down here as long as Caleb is here" Leo said.
"They can't do that" Phoebe said. "Prue is Anna's mother; they can't keep her away from her mother"
"Apparently they can" Prue said, not looking up from Caleb.
"We'll get her back, Prue" Piper said.
"Maybe, but right now we have to save him, Anna's in no danger with the Elders" Prue said.
Phoebe nodded.
"I agree" Phoebe said. "But first, I think you and Caleb should change. All his clothes are in the dresser in the nursery"
Prue looked questioningly at her sisters.
"You weren't the only one who wasn't about to give up hope" Piper said. "I'll come with you"
Piper and Prue went upstairs to the nursery.
"I guess that leaves us to start the plan" Phoebe said, looking at Cole.
Cole took Phoebe's hand and they started towards the attic. Leo followed behind them.
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NURSERY
Prue opened the drawer and pulled out an outfit for Caleb. She removed Caleb's outfit that was stained with her own blood.
"I'm glad you're home" Piper said. "Both of you"
"We're glad to be home" Prue said, with a weak smile.
Prue struggled to get Caleb's arms through the shirt. Piper stepped in and helped. Prue watched and couldn't help but feel a little jealous.
"Thanks, I never really had to change him down there" Prue said, softly.
"You'll get the hang of it" Piper said, comfortingly.
You wouldn't think a week would seem so long, but she had missed her daughter's first week on Earth. The week where she started to figure out her daughter's personality. The week she would learn how to dress her, how to feed her, and what cries meant what. That was a week she'd never be able to experience again and she had missed it.
"What does she look like?" Prue asked. "I know it's only been a week, but all I can really remember is her eyes, they were really blue"
"She's gotten a lot of hair recently, it's dark…" Piper said. "She looks a lot like you"
They finished dressing Caleb and Prue picked him up.
"I'm going to go change now" Prue said. "But I might need some help"
Piper nodded and they went into Prue's room. Prue stopped and looked at her room. Nothing had changed, her bed was still made the same way as she had made it the morning she left, papers were on the desk, shoes on the floor…it was exactly the same.
"I couldn't…I couldn't change it, none of us could" Piper said with tears in her eyes.
Prue turned and hugged her sister. The two of them held each other for a second.
"I…I love you" Prue said.
This caused Piper to cry harder.
"I love you too" Piper sobbed.
After a minute Piper settled down.
"Okay" Piper said, wiping her eyes. "Let's get you into something more comfortable"
Piper looked at her sister's dress. It was the usual silk black halter dress. Piper couldn't believe her eyes. Her sister looked beautiful yet horrifying at the same time. She didn't look like Prue…she looked like…a stranger.
Prue set Caleb on her bed and placed pillows around him. She opened her closet and grabbed an outfit. It was an old maternity top she had bought when she was just beginning to show. Originally she had hated it because it was a bright pink, not her usual color. Now she loved it just because it wasn't black. She then grabbed some old jeans.
After laying out the outfit, Prue kicked off her three inch heels. She turned and Piper helped unzip the back of the dress. She quickly changed into the new outfit.
"I'll be right back" Prue said.
Prue went into her bathroom and Piper watched as she started to unpin her hair. She then started to wash off all the makeup. Rivers of black and red flooded into the sink and soon Prue found herself looking at her old face. Now the only thing left from her time in the Underworld was the narrow scar that ran across her cheek.
"Maybe we can use a spell…" Piper said, as Prue ran her finger across the scar.
Prue shook her head.
"It doesn't matter" Prue said. "Not as long as I'm home"
I know I didn't do much between Phoebe and Prue but I promise it'll come soon.
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REPLIES: Okay, I know I brought everyone back quickly, but I have my reasons, and I'll probably go off explaining them to a few random reviewers because I tend to do that, lol.
ToxicDuck77: Maybe if you weren't so lazy you would've gone back to read your review to refresh your mind, did you think about that?
Mony19: Thank you for giving me the benefit of the doubt. As you can see, not all of them were dead. Only two and that didn't last long. I know I brought them back quickly, as usual, but I figure Prue's already got enough on her plate and she didn't need to add a dead sister and a broken power of three to it. Well, now that I've explained my reasoning when you probably didn't really care, lol, I'll move on. As you can see this chapter was sad and happy, mostly sad, but she is back home! Yea! Well, I should probably respond to some of the other reviews now. Thanks for reviewing!
Charmedchick37: Well I didn't kill anyone…well besides the Source…Thanks for reviewing!
PrueTrudeau: Glad you liked the last chapter. Hope this one wasn't too bad. Thanks for the review!
Hally: I know my chapters have been pretty sad, this one wasn't very happy either, but I promise there will be happy scenes eventually, lol. Well, thanks for reviewing!
Lemonwedges4: I'm glad you like the story. I always love receiving the compliment that my story is realistic. It's one of the best compliments I can get, I think. Thank you so much for the compliment and the review!
LukelovesLorelai: I think you'll find the story is even better if you read it!
Charmedfan90: I know; I love the occasional cliffhanger, lol. Thanks for reviewing!
Scme: I did pull off the miraculous recovery, lol. I have a tendency not to leave characters dead for too long. Hope you liked this chapter and thanks for the review!
LucychanMKR: I'm glad you liked the story and I'm especially glad to get a new reviewer. Thank you for reading and I hoped you liked this chapter just as well!
Brittany: If you're crazy, I'm a psychopath, lol. I've read an entire fanfiction story four times because I loved it so much (Four times!).
Well, thankfully we didn't get as much snow as they predicted here. However I am still upset because it had just started to get warm enough to melt and then we got it all back, no fair! I would pay for it to hit fifty here. Unfortunately it won't get consistently warm here until late April most likely (I've had snow on my birthday about every other year and it's on March 30). Wow, thirty minutes! I would die if I had to go to school any longer than I have to now! I feel for you about the idiots in your class. I have many, many, many people who I question if they're actually a teenager or a five year old. Well, I should probably finish up the rest of the replies. Take care!
PaigeMatthews06: Well, were your thoughts right, lol? I have a suspicion they were. Glad you liked the chapter and thanks for the review!
Prucole: Wow, you got more snow than I did. That sucks...unless you like snow. I personally stop liking it about two weeks of having it, lol. Thanks for reviewing!