-"So come on, let's talk." Prue addressed her baby sister as soon as they were back at the manor.

-"Talk?" Phoebe pretended she didn't know what her sister was talking about, but before Prue could say anything else they heard another voice in the room.

-"You know, with words. She says something, you then say something back. I, for myself, would love to."

-The girls swung back to face the intruder and Prue froze.

-"Prue! Didn't think I'd see you again but I say you are right we do need to talk." He smirked enjoying the terror that grazed Prue's features.

-The girls didn't have to be told who he was, Prue's expression told them all that they needed to know. It was Darius, the demon that had kidnapped and tortured their sister.

-Phoebe and Piper had exactly the same idea. At once they both moved to stand between their big sister and the demon.

-"Oh! Isn't it cute. Now move out of the way, me and big sis need to talk."

-Piper and Phoebe didn't move an inch. "Not going to happen, now get out." Piper retorted before trying to blow him up. It barely made him flinch.

-"We all know that's not going to work." He said before stopping Paige from orbing out to get the spell. "Leaving so soon. Why try to vanquish me already, we haven't even played yet?" He smirked.

-"What do you want?" Prue, who had finally stormed off of her torpor, finally asked.

-"To make a deal."

-"No thanks." She answered quickly.

-"You didn't even hear my offer and it's a good one." He started again, not fazed a bit by Prue's rebuttal.

-"I'm going to tell you anyway, here it is. Prue, you reverse the spell which by the way is making this whole thing unfair and in return I don't kill you. As a matter of fact, there's no reason for you to be involve at all once the spell is reversed. So, what do you say?" He asked the eldest Halliwell who still stood behind her two sisters.

-"No deal." Prue said determinedly. Her answer was met with surprise from the entire room.

-"I'd consider taking that deal if I were you Prue. You could wash yourself away from all this and at the same time save your life as well as avoid having to relive memories of old times." He threatened.

-Prue who had fought her fears went back to doing what she had done for so long, what she knew best, protecting her sisters. It was uncanny how fast she had went back to her old habits.

-"Sorry, that's still a no." She reaffirmed.

-"I'm going to kill you, you know that. And for what, for them? What did they do for you to sacrifice yourself? Nothing. You're going to die for nothing."

-"No. She's going to take the deal." Piper spoke up and received a glare form her older sister.

-"Stay out of this Piper. It's no." Prue said walking to stand in front of her sisters.

-"Prue please, don't do this. We can handle him." It was Paige who had spoken.

-"No." She stubbornly stayed on her position.

-"It's your decision. I hope though that you remember what you're in for because believe me, you're not going to get away this time." Darius threatened once again.

-"We'll do the spell." Piper decided. The image of Prue getting tortured floating menacingly in her mind. There was no way she was letting her go through this again, no way.

-"You can't. It's my spell." Prue argued while Darius sat back and enjoyed the argument. He had known that playing on the witches' guilt was going to work.

-"Power of three here. We can undo the spell." Piper argued back.

-"Don't Piper." Prue begged.

-"I'm not letting you do this again. We just got you back, we're not going to loose you again." Piper cried.

-"Piper, you and Phoebe could get killed." Prue tried to resonate with her.

-"We won't. Can't you just trust us? We can do this Prue. We can vanquish him even without the protection spell."

-"I'm not risking it, sorry."

-"Prue!!!!!"

-"Can't you see it. It's what he wants. For you guys to be defenceless. He's been waiting for that ever since that day. You might be strong, but he's been planning this for years. He wouldn't be here if he didn't have a plan. You're going to do exactly what he wants, make yourself easy targets. Sorry but I'm not going to let you do that, I just can't."

-She saw that they were still hesitating. "Can't you guys just trust me. I know him, it's exactly what he wants." The girls finally folded and nodded sadly.

-"Oh Prue that hurts, and here I thought we were friends. Well, we'll have plenty of time to get reacquainted." He went to grab her while she was looking at her sisters but Phoebe who hadn't taken her eyes off him, saw him coming and before he could take a hold of her sister, yanked Prue's arms toward her and took a step forward, placing herself in front of Prue.

-As he was about to touch her, he was suddenly shoved back by an invisible force that surrounded Phoebe the moment he got close to her.

-"Damn spell." He pestered standing up quickly before vanishing.

-Prue and Phoebe stared at each other silently for a few seconds before Phoebe collapsed into tears.

-Prue went to her quickly and pulled her into her arms, hugging the younger woman as she cried.

-The other girls stood silently watching the two as Prue was once again comforting her baby sister.

-"I thought I was going to loose you again. I was so scared Prue." Phoebe cried through her tears.

-"Hey, it's alright okay. I'm right here."

-"But he could have took you again."

-They turned to look at Piper who had her head into her hands.

-"I can't believe he got this close." Tears were starting to roll down her cheeks too as she realised that if Phoebe hadn't moved that fast, Darius would have taken Prue again.

-"Piper, I'm fine." Prue argued even though they all could see that she was pretty shaken up by what had just happened.

-"It could have all happened again. Thank God Phoebe saw him coming."

-"Yeah, thanks Phoebs." Prue said kissing her sister's forehead.

-"You should have just done the spell Prue." Piper complained.

-"Piper. Don't okay. Didn't you see? It was exactly what he expected, to guilt you guys into reversing the spell so that he could kill us all. We can't let him win." She saw their eyes on her.

-"Don't worry you guys, I'm going to be fine."

-"I want you to go to magic school, you'll be safe there." Piper asked walking to stand beside Prue and Phoebe.

-"Piper!"

-"Please Prue." Phoebe begged brushing tears off her eyes.

-"Guys, I…"