"What's taking him so long?" Prue complained.
"Leo! Leo! We need you now!" Piper yelled ignoring her bossing sister.
As Leo orbed in Piper and Prue sighed in relief. "What's so important? It doesn't look like anything is wrong, and where's Phoebe. Should she be helping her? Don't tell me she ran off with Cole again and is ignoring her duties. I hope you have a good--"
"Shut up!" Prue screamed. "Are you blind. And who are you to be complaining about someone not doing his or her duties! Phoebe is on the floor, in front of your feet. That is the emergency!"
"Calm down, Prue," Piper said trying to defend her husband. "She's breathing."
Prue looked down at Phoebe's chest and saw that it was moving as she breathed in and out.
Leo bent down and placed her hand on his sister-in-law. "She's okay. It just seems like she is sleeping. What happened anyway?"
"She said that she had a vision, and she started to tell us what had happened, and then she just collapsed . . . almost like she was having a seizure."
They all looked at Phoebe. Her face was pale, and no matter what they tried to do to wake her, the effort failed.
"We'll just have to wait until she wakes up." Leo finally advised the two sisters. "There is nothing else we can do."
"I think that we should take her down to her bedroom and let her rest." Piper suggested.
"I don't know if us picking her up is a good idea." Prue responded.
"We won't have to. I'll orb her to her bed." Leo looked at the sister. Maybe they are right. What if something more serious had happened to Phoebe? Moving her wouldn't be such a wise thing to do. "Well, let's wait a little longer. Anyway, I think you should look in the Book of Shadows for something related to this."
"I hope that you aren't making us waste our time again!" Prue looked at Leo with anger in his eyes. The guilt on Leo's face was evident, but he still didn't admit to anything.
* * *
"So let me see if I have got this right. I have the power to freeze people, and I can do it to anybody, when ever I please."
"Well, there are a few rules. Your freezing power won't work on other witches.
"Oh, why not?"
Penny went on ignoring her daughters question.
In using your magic you can harm only evil. If you use your magic to take another witch's power then you will become a warlock and be cursed to a life of evil. And the other rule is that you can't use your power for personal gain."
"What happens if I do?"
"Patty! There will be consequences if you do, but I expect more out of my little girl than that."
"So what exactly counts as personal gain?"
"Oh, freezing the guards at the bank so you could get the money."
"That's a little extreme don't you think."
"Well, it was the only thing that I could think of in a moments notice. But Patty there are some things I want you to read before you start using your power."
"What's that?"
Penny reached out and grabbed the large book. "This." She handed it to her daughter whose mouth was now wide open.
"You expect me to read this, all of this?"
"I expect you to start. Open the front cover and learn about who you are. I am going to go downstairs and let you have some time alone to think."
"How much should I read?"
"You'll know when it's time to get me."
"How?"
"She'll explain it."
"The book's a 'she'?'
"You'll understand when your done."
Penny pointed to the book that Patty held in her hands, then turned and started down the stairs.
* * *
"How's she doing," Prue asked Piper as she ran down the stairs after checking up on Phoebe, who had suddenly awoken an hour after she fainted as if she had simple taken an afternoon nap. "Does she remember anything yet?"
"No, she doesn't seem to even remember having a vision yesterday. It seems really weird. It's like it didn't even happen." Piper fell onto a couch in the living room. "I can barely keep my eyes open." The night had been hard on the sisters. They had taken turns staying up with Phoebe in case anything else happened, but nothing did.
"So what did you do all night? I thought that you would have gotten a nap in there somewhere."
"Actually, I knew that if I went to sleep I would have a horrible time getting up, so I just watched a lot of TV."
"Anything interesting on?" Prue was just joking, but Piper was so tired she answered the question anyway.
"Just something on women who have miscarriages and have a very hard time getting over it."
"Sure is a serious show for so late at night." Prue continued joking.
"I know, but it kept me awake. You know, I remember Grams telling me that Mom had a miscarriage once."
"When did she have--?"
"I don't remember when she told me about it."
Prue looked at Piper. Boy, she really must be tired. I can't get her to understand a word I say. "I don't mean when did Grams tell you about it. I meant when did she have the miscarriage."
"I don't know. I think Grams didn't either. Almost seems like she wasn't told about it until long after we three were born. I don't know though. She said that she had just found out that she was pregnant, and then she lost the child. Grams said that it felt like a precious gift was stolen from her."
"I think that if Grams would have know about it when it happened, she would have been very concerned about the Charmed Ones never existing."
"I bet that had to do with why Mom kept it so secretive. I know that she waited until after all three of us were born before she said anything about it."
"I wonder if there had been another child what powers would she have?" Prue asked her sister.
"What makes you think that it would be a girl?"
"When was the last time that there was a baby boy Halliwell? It's destined. You know that."
"Well, do you mean, would the powers we have be distributed because of birth order?"
"I don't know. I never really thought about why we have the powers we do."
"It also could be that we were given powers that enhanced our personal strength." Piper was intrigued. "I sort of like that option more than the idea that if there had been another child between you and me then I might be lying in a bed upstairs trying to remember the vision I had that must have been too horrible to remember."
"Do you think that is why she can't tell us?" Prue looked extremely concerned at the thought of what might be in their future.
"I don't know. With some the visions that she has been able to remember that seemed to be at the max of horrific, I have a hard time believing that is the reason. I do think that it was bad, though. I mean usually when she wants to get us together to tell us her visions, it is because she doesn't want to have to remember it more than once."
"Well Piper, your right about that. Phoebe does her best not to have to do anything twice."
"Except making out with Cole."
"Piper! I thought that we were done with that subject." Prue couldn't believe that her proper manner-minding sister was making a crude and rude joke.
A loud noise came from the way of the stairs, and suddenly a body came flying down it and landed on the landing next to the bottom riser.
"Phoebe! What are you doing out of bed!" Piper yelled concerned. "Are you trying to kill yourself?"
"I don't understand why I have to be confined to my bed. I'm not a child anymore."
"Phoebe . . . how many more times am I going to have to tell you what happened last night before you believe me? You need your rest."
"I need my coffee! And I need to be let out of prison!"
"Fine! If you want to collapse again, that's your business!"
"Fine!" With that last word Phoebe walked past the sitting sisters and into the kitchen to have a cup of coffee.
"I hope that she remembers what was so important that she needed to tell us. It really bothers me that she doesn't even remember a thing."
The sound of breaking glass came from the kitchen. Without a moment of hesitation Prue and Piper jumped up and ran in the direction of the kitchen.
Phoebe was standing steering at the coffee cup that laid in pieces on the hard floor. Her eyes were filled with water, and she not able to talk.
"What happened in here? Phoebe! That was my new coffee cup!"
"I'm glad to see that you have your priorities strait. I guess the new China is more important than your life." Phoebe began to sway. Her eyes closed, and she collapsed to the floor.
"Not again!" Prue complained.
"Leo!" Piper called.
"I think she's faking it to get attention!" Prue claimed. "This is just plain stupid."
Leo ran in the kitchen door. The girls looked at him confused. "Why didn't you orb?" Piper asked.
"Because I was in the front room. I spent all night looking through the book --since you guys gave up so quickly. What is the matter with you? This is your sister we are talking about. And what do you mean that she is faking it?"
"Don't mind her, Leo. She's just overworked. We all are." Piper was quite good when it came to make excuses for her sisters.
"Phoebe?" The concern in Prue's eyes was evident. "Please wake up."
Phoebe batted her eyes. The look of confusion overwhelmed her tired face. "What happened?"
"You fainted again. Do you remember anything?"
"Remember what?"
"Whatever you thought was so important."
"No. Nothing. Why?"
"You said something about my life," Piper spoke up with a little hesitation in her voice.
"I don't remember a thing."
"She needs to go to bed." Leo looked up at his family from where he sat on the floor next to Phoebe. "There isn't anything else I can do."
* * *
Leo stood in the mausoleum. He remembered that Phoebe often came here to find Cole. He wasn't at the house since Prue had yelled at him so she could be alone with her sister. This was the only place, besides the Halliwell Manor, that he felt safe.
"Cole?"
"Yes."
Leo spun around to see Cole standing in the shadows. "I need your advice."
"You need my advice. Boy, that's a switch."
"It has to do with the timeline. As far as I know you are immune to it so what ever I tell you can't change it further. Am I right."
"Yes."
"There is a part of the Halliwell family history that has been altered by a Warlock. He went back in time and is going to fall in love with the Charmed Ones' mother. I am afraid that it is going to cause the end of the Charmed Ones."
"Leo, there are a lot of changes in the timeline. They were set in stone and are destined to repeat over and over. It is a part of the timeline, not something that is wrong. Trust me. What is happening is happening for a reason of the greater good, don't hinder it."
"I think that you are trying to help the greater good of the wrong side, Cole. Just because Phoebe believes in you, it doesn't mean that I do."
"Believe what you wish, but I hope one day I will be able to convince you that I have changed."
"Oh, one more thing. If the timeline changes and what I am asking about changes, do not tell me or the Charmed Ones." Leo orbed out and Cole sat in silence.
Cole knew the true history of Patty Halliwell better than anyone, including Patty. If Leo changed that history, there would be two horrible consequences. One of which was the future of the woman he loved.
August 14, 2000
Dear Diary,
It's been six months exactly since Valentines, and finally he's mine. Six months ago I wouldn't have believed that I am living with the love of my life as my husband.
The Elders put us through so much, but I think that it made us grow closer. I realized that some things are really worth waiting for, and Leo definitely is one of those think.
Now that I have him, I will never let him go. Never!
Piper
"Leo! Leo! We need you now!" Piper yelled ignoring her bossing sister.
As Leo orbed in Piper and Prue sighed in relief. "What's so important? It doesn't look like anything is wrong, and where's Phoebe. Should she be helping her? Don't tell me she ran off with Cole again and is ignoring her duties. I hope you have a good--"
"Shut up!" Prue screamed. "Are you blind. And who are you to be complaining about someone not doing his or her duties! Phoebe is on the floor, in front of your feet. That is the emergency!"
"Calm down, Prue," Piper said trying to defend her husband. "She's breathing."
Prue looked down at Phoebe's chest and saw that it was moving as she breathed in and out.
Leo bent down and placed her hand on his sister-in-law. "She's okay. It just seems like she is sleeping. What happened anyway?"
"She said that she had a vision, and she started to tell us what had happened, and then she just collapsed . . . almost like she was having a seizure."
They all looked at Phoebe. Her face was pale, and no matter what they tried to do to wake her, the effort failed.
"We'll just have to wait until she wakes up." Leo finally advised the two sisters. "There is nothing else we can do."
"I think that we should take her down to her bedroom and let her rest." Piper suggested.
"I don't know if us picking her up is a good idea." Prue responded.
"We won't have to. I'll orb her to her bed." Leo looked at the sister. Maybe they are right. What if something more serious had happened to Phoebe? Moving her wouldn't be such a wise thing to do. "Well, let's wait a little longer. Anyway, I think you should look in the Book of Shadows for something related to this."
"I hope that you aren't making us waste our time again!" Prue looked at Leo with anger in his eyes. The guilt on Leo's face was evident, but he still didn't admit to anything.
* * *
"So let me see if I have got this right. I have the power to freeze people, and I can do it to anybody, when ever I please."
"Well, there are a few rules. Your freezing power won't work on other witches.
"Oh, why not?"
Penny went on ignoring her daughters question.
In using your magic you can harm only evil. If you use your magic to take another witch's power then you will become a warlock and be cursed to a life of evil. And the other rule is that you can't use your power for personal gain."
"What happens if I do?"
"Patty! There will be consequences if you do, but I expect more out of my little girl than that."
"So what exactly counts as personal gain?"
"Oh, freezing the guards at the bank so you could get the money."
"That's a little extreme don't you think."
"Well, it was the only thing that I could think of in a moments notice. But Patty there are some things I want you to read before you start using your power."
"What's that?"
Penny reached out and grabbed the large book. "This." She handed it to her daughter whose mouth was now wide open.
"You expect me to read this, all of this?"
"I expect you to start. Open the front cover and learn about who you are. I am going to go downstairs and let you have some time alone to think."
"How much should I read?"
"You'll know when it's time to get me."
"How?"
"She'll explain it."
"The book's a 'she'?'
"You'll understand when your done."
Penny pointed to the book that Patty held in her hands, then turned and started down the stairs.
* * *
"How's she doing," Prue asked Piper as she ran down the stairs after checking up on Phoebe, who had suddenly awoken an hour after she fainted as if she had simple taken an afternoon nap. "Does she remember anything yet?"
"No, she doesn't seem to even remember having a vision yesterday. It seems really weird. It's like it didn't even happen." Piper fell onto a couch in the living room. "I can barely keep my eyes open." The night had been hard on the sisters. They had taken turns staying up with Phoebe in case anything else happened, but nothing did.
"So what did you do all night? I thought that you would have gotten a nap in there somewhere."
"Actually, I knew that if I went to sleep I would have a horrible time getting up, so I just watched a lot of TV."
"Anything interesting on?" Prue was just joking, but Piper was so tired she answered the question anyway.
"Just something on women who have miscarriages and have a very hard time getting over it."
"Sure is a serious show for so late at night." Prue continued joking.
"I know, but it kept me awake. You know, I remember Grams telling me that Mom had a miscarriage once."
"When did she have--?"
"I don't remember when she told me about it."
Prue looked at Piper. Boy, she really must be tired. I can't get her to understand a word I say. "I don't mean when did Grams tell you about it. I meant when did she have the miscarriage."
"I don't know. I think Grams didn't either. Almost seems like she wasn't told about it until long after we three were born. I don't know though. She said that she had just found out that she was pregnant, and then she lost the child. Grams said that it felt like a precious gift was stolen from her."
"I think that if Grams would have know about it when it happened, she would have been very concerned about the Charmed Ones never existing."
"I bet that had to do with why Mom kept it so secretive. I know that she waited until after all three of us were born before she said anything about it."
"I wonder if there had been another child what powers would she have?" Prue asked her sister.
"What makes you think that it would be a girl?"
"When was the last time that there was a baby boy Halliwell? It's destined. You know that."
"Well, do you mean, would the powers we have be distributed because of birth order?"
"I don't know. I never really thought about why we have the powers we do."
"It also could be that we were given powers that enhanced our personal strength." Piper was intrigued. "I sort of like that option more than the idea that if there had been another child between you and me then I might be lying in a bed upstairs trying to remember the vision I had that must have been too horrible to remember."
"Do you think that is why she can't tell us?" Prue looked extremely concerned at the thought of what might be in their future.
"I don't know. With some the visions that she has been able to remember that seemed to be at the max of horrific, I have a hard time believing that is the reason. I do think that it was bad, though. I mean usually when she wants to get us together to tell us her visions, it is because she doesn't want to have to remember it more than once."
"Well Piper, your right about that. Phoebe does her best not to have to do anything twice."
"Except making out with Cole."
"Piper! I thought that we were done with that subject." Prue couldn't believe that her proper manner-minding sister was making a crude and rude joke.
A loud noise came from the way of the stairs, and suddenly a body came flying down it and landed on the landing next to the bottom riser.
"Phoebe! What are you doing out of bed!" Piper yelled concerned. "Are you trying to kill yourself?"
"I don't understand why I have to be confined to my bed. I'm not a child anymore."
"Phoebe . . . how many more times am I going to have to tell you what happened last night before you believe me? You need your rest."
"I need my coffee! And I need to be let out of prison!"
"Fine! If you want to collapse again, that's your business!"
"Fine!" With that last word Phoebe walked past the sitting sisters and into the kitchen to have a cup of coffee.
"I hope that she remembers what was so important that she needed to tell us. It really bothers me that she doesn't even remember a thing."
The sound of breaking glass came from the kitchen. Without a moment of hesitation Prue and Piper jumped up and ran in the direction of the kitchen.
Phoebe was standing steering at the coffee cup that laid in pieces on the hard floor. Her eyes were filled with water, and she not able to talk.
"What happened in here? Phoebe! That was my new coffee cup!"
"I'm glad to see that you have your priorities strait. I guess the new China is more important than your life." Phoebe began to sway. Her eyes closed, and she collapsed to the floor.
"Not again!" Prue complained.
"Leo!" Piper called.
"I think she's faking it to get attention!" Prue claimed. "This is just plain stupid."
Leo ran in the kitchen door. The girls looked at him confused. "Why didn't you orb?" Piper asked.
"Because I was in the front room. I spent all night looking through the book --since you guys gave up so quickly. What is the matter with you? This is your sister we are talking about. And what do you mean that she is faking it?"
"Don't mind her, Leo. She's just overworked. We all are." Piper was quite good when it came to make excuses for her sisters.
"Phoebe?" The concern in Prue's eyes was evident. "Please wake up."
Phoebe batted her eyes. The look of confusion overwhelmed her tired face. "What happened?"
"You fainted again. Do you remember anything?"
"Remember what?"
"Whatever you thought was so important."
"No. Nothing. Why?"
"You said something about my life," Piper spoke up with a little hesitation in her voice.
"I don't remember a thing."
"She needs to go to bed." Leo looked up at his family from where he sat on the floor next to Phoebe. "There isn't anything else I can do."
* * *
Leo stood in the mausoleum. He remembered that Phoebe often came here to find Cole. He wasn't at the house since Prue had yelled at him so she could be alone with her sister. This was the only place, besides the Halliwell Manor, that he felt safe.
"Cole?"
"Yes."
Leo spun around to see Cole standing in the shadows. "I need your advice."
"You need my advice. Boy, that's a switch."
"It has to do with the timeline. As far as I know you are immune to it so what ever I tell you can't change it further. Am I right."
"Yes."
"There is a part of the Halliwell family history that has been altered by a Warlock. He went back in time and is going to fall in love with the Charmed Ones' mother. I am afraid that it is going to cause the end of the Charmed Ones."
"Leo, there are a lot of changes in the timeline. They were set in stone and are destined to repeat over and over. It is a part of the timeline, not something that is wrong. Trust me. What is happening is happening for a reason of the greater good, don't hinder it."
"I think that you are trying to help the greater good of the wrong side, Cole. Just because Phoebe believes in you, it doesn't mean that I do."
"Believe what you wish, but I hope one day I will be able to convince you that I have changed."
"Oh, one more thing. If the timeline changes and what I am asking about changes, do not tell me or the Charmed Ones." Leo orbed out and Cole sat in silence.
Cole knew the true history of Patty Halliwell better than anyone, including Patty. If Leo changed that history, there would be two horrible consequences. One of which was the future of the woman he loved.
August 14, 2000
Dear Diary,
It's been six months exactly since Valentines, and finally he's mine. Six months ago I wouldn't have believed that I am living with the love of my life as my husband.
The Elders put us through so much, but I think that it made us grow closer. I realized that some things are really worth waiting for, and Leo definitely is one of those think.
Now that I have him, I will never let him go. Never!
Piper
