"I wanna try this one"
"Are you sure,Leo?"inquired Elisa.
They had been discussing over the plan to bring Prue back for half an hour,without having even slept at all. They had grabbed a couple of grams' old books,but so far they had come empty,that was why Leo had suggested a second idea,which actually seemed to be the best one at the moment. The whitelighter had suggested they should remind Prue of how that stregth had always helped her help everybody else,how she had always somehow known how to save them when they needed her. It had to be a shared experience,as Elisa recited the spell,to connect their minds without the necessity of having them inside of Prue's head and invide it,then they would've recited a second one to share their memories. So they had been debating about it for the last half hour,and now they had finally found the agreement. So the two middle sisters sat on the floor,right in front of the catatonic form of Prue and locked eyes with her. From right behind them they heard Elisa recite the spell to connect their minds,and they felt as if a (filo) were between them. Next came their own,and in a sort of trance they recited it. It was like turning off their minds,then turning them on again. They were still in the attic,but Elisa and Leo had disappeared and now it was just the three of them. The two's eyes snapped open,and after having taken a look at their surroundings,they turned around attracted by the voices,as they repositioned themselves to sit by their sister's side.
"Come here girls,all around me"
Phoebe smiled as she saw her younger self trying to get on the bed and closer to her mommie and the bundle she was holding.
"This is Paige. She's your sister,from now on you'll have to take care of her,make sure she's safe and happy,and help her achieve her dreams. Prue,Piper you know what I'm talking about,Phoebe I'm sure you'll make me proud,now it's your turn to protect somebody. Paige counts on you,on you teaching her all the things you know. I know you'll love her,always carry this moment in your heart,and for as long as you leave you shall not doubt in this bond."
They watched as their younger selves smiled,as 10 years old Piper kissed her lightly on her forehead,as Prue was whispering in baby Paige's ear,nobody yet knew what she had told her that day,but it had to be something precious as baby Paige smiled up at her eldest sister and grabbed her pinkie.
As sisters even scrapped knees were important,Phoebe could remember it. She had fallen straight on the concrete,and Paige being 3 couldn't stop,Phoebe was panicking. She remembered the pang in her heart when she realized that there would've been no mother to kiss their knees better. Or better she remembered how few it had lasted,as 16 years old Prue had come running down the steps of the door and straight into the courtyard,and sweeped little Paige in her arms,hugging her tightly. She saw again how Prue had rocked her back and forth,and kissed her knees better. They didn't have their mom anymore,but it didn't mean they shall feel alone.
In between the two memories something had slowly started to change,Prue seemed to be more focused on everything. Her eyes or body were yet to move,but she seemed to be paying attention to what she was seeing and hearing.
Piper and Phoebe had to make no effort,they needed those memories too. Of simple ice cream and movie days,and nights they had layd together in bed,even at the hospital,with Prue spooning them all,as if her arms were big enough to contain the world. A world they knew she would've liked to give them. Prue had always expected herself to do no less for her sisters.
Piper turned to look at Prue,into her blue-sky eyes.
"Listen up Prue cause I ll be giving this speech one,we already have motivators down here,you know my role is pretty much different,but you're never afraid of anything. Ever. Or at last you never showed it,I know you didn't because you wanted to be strong for us. But next time something happens please don't shut us down,we're all sisters. All the four of us."
Phoebe thought it couldn't have hurt to say her own piece of mind.
"Paige is not dead,but by doing this you're letting her be. Right about now we don't know where she might be,but before being witches we're sisters,and sisters always know,and I'm telling you,I can feel it in my heart...Paige is still there. She's waiting for us to come and get her,to come and help her,and we can't fail her,we can't give up on our little one,cause she never did on us"
They saw quite many flashes of memories passing in front of them,one after the other,rewinding like a tape,up till the moment when they had last seen Paige,then Prue's eyes snapped shut and open again,as she shook her head. The young woman looked up at them,and did something which was pretty unusual for Prue ever since their mother had died. She cried. She cried bitterly,and with heart breaking sobs,all the while apologizing,with apologies the other two didn't even want to hear.
"We need to go and get her. I won't give up on her"
"We thought so"
The attic shook,but the three held onto each other,as their eyes connected once more,and snapped fully open when they realized they were fully back,and Leo and Elisa were standing right behind them,where they had left them sometime,they didn't know much,ago.
"We were waiting for you,the Elders have found a way to get to the city".
