Disclaimer – The characters from Charmed, Buffy the Vampire Slayer & Angel the Series belong to Constance M. Burge/Brad Kern, Joss Whedon, and whoever owns Angel. However any characters you don't recognize belong to me. I am merely borrowing the characters and hoping they'll stay for a long, long, time….lol.
Part
4
She stood underneath the shower head, letting the water bead over her body. She
slumped against the wall, and let the tears that she had been holding in
finally come out. She cried for a lot of things, and she cried for nothing. Her
sobs were drowned out by the sound of the water running, and she was glad. Her
head was filled with thoughts of Andy and Bane. She couldn't believe it.
Downstairs she had been ready to burst in tears, and hating it. She had been
relieved when Piper had walked in with everyone else.
She turned the water temperature up, reveling in the heat. She was so cold,
more inside than out. She didn't understand why everything had to happen to
her. Lost loves, lost time. She was pissed off with the world, and now that she
had let out some of her grief, her anger began to show. The medicine cabinet
door swung open and shut. The bottles and small boxes of liquid and pills fell
out. The window slammed shut. Things began to fly around. The mirror cracked.
And Prue Halliwell stood in the shower stall with her eyes closed, tears on her
cheeks, her head bowed, and she didn't care.
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They were all perched somewhere in the living room, looking at each other
warily. Darryl was about to ask Piper something when a whole lot of sounds were
heard. Everyone except the Halliwells, Leo and Cole, shot up, startled. A few
more crashes and bangs happened, and then the sound of breaking glass appeared
over the top of the other noises.
"Are you going to just sit there?" Buffy glared at Piper and Paige, while Faith
shot nervous looks up the stairs.
"Sit down." Paige said off-handedly. Everyone gave them weird looks and stayed
standing.
"You're sisters up there with who knows what, and you're telling us to sit
down?" Cordelia asked her, and then followed the others, who were starting to
head up the stairs. Piper shot her hands out and froze their bodies.
"PIPER!" Paige was amazed.
"Whaat?"
"You didn't know that they would freeze! You could have blown them up!"
"You froze us?" Angel's voice was incredulous. More noises were heard and they
all stared back at Piper.
"She's gonna get hurt." Anya said matter-of-factly.
"My sister is just fine. She's probably just really pissed off. And if you go
up there right now and barge in on her, you're probably likely to find
yourselves somewhere that's not here." Piper said calmly, and ignored the
strange looks that she was given.
"Prue's telekinetic. Her power are tied in with her emotions, and occasionally
she let's them loose." Leo hurriedly explained.
"So all those noises - they're just because she's pissed off?" Faith asked
hesitantly. When they nodded, Spike gave a small half-laugh.
"Remind me not to piss her off. Now can you bloody well unfreeze us?" Piper
smiled and then waved her hand. They all were all coming back down when Piper
said,
"Keep going into the attic. It's probably the safest place. Darryl, are you
going to stay?" He shook his head and waved goodbye. After walking Darryl out,
Leo joined them all in the attic. Piper and Paige were by the book, and Willow
and Tara were next to them. Piper motioned him over, and was about to speak
when suddenly Penny & Patty Halliwell appeared.
"Mom? Grams?" Piper said hesitantly, shooting a look towards Paige.
"Hello darling." Patty spoke, and then turned to face Paige. "You're beautiful,
and you've made me so proud. I really hope that you understand why your
grandmother and I decided to give you up." Paige latched onto Patty and nodded
slowly.
"Aunt Patty?" Faith was stunned to say the least. "But…you're dead. And so are
you!" She motioned towards Penny.
"Faith. You're the Slayer. You should know that anything's possible." She said
warmly to her niece.
"They're dead?" Xander asked Anya. Ignoring him, Piper spoke again.
"Mom, Grams, what's going on? Who are they? And what are they doing here?"
"That's why we're here." Penny answered. "They said that something big has come
up. You'll know more once he gets here. But first you have to get to know each
other. And They said that it had to be completely honest as well - so They want
you to cast the truth spell."
"When who gets here? And we can't cast the truth spell. After Prue cast it last
time, it disappeared from the book." Piper was confused, and it showed.
"He's an...well, we can't really explain him yet. And hopefully Prue will
remember the spell." Grams waved and then disappeared.
"Are you going as well?" Paige asked Patty, moving away so she could look at her
properly. Patty nodded sadly and smiled at her daughters.
"Tell Prue that I'm really sorry about what happened." Patty said softly to
Piper and then vanished.
"Now what? And what's a truth spell?" Willow asked interestedly.
"Now we wait for Prue. And I have no idea what the truth spell is. Piper?"
Paige told Willow and then turned to Piper.
"A truth spell is just that. A spell that makes you tell the truth for
twenty-four hours. Prue knows more about it. She's the one who cast it." Piper
slammed the book shut and then stared at the approaching sunset through the
window. "I'm gonna make some coffee. Anyone want some?" She offered, heading
downstairs. They all shrugged, and then followed her downstairs. Paige was the
last one out, and she gave the room one last look and then slowly shut the
door.
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Prue finally opened her eyes, and turned then stopped the water. She stood
there with her head bowed, water dripping off her body. As if waking from a
trance, she gave a little shudder and then looked up. Immediately, everything
stopped flying around and fell to the floor. She opened the stall door, and
surveyed the damage. With a wave of her hand, everything was in its rightful
place. She didn't see the shards of glass on the floor and stepped on them.
She stared in fascination at the blood seeping from the soles of her feet as
she sat on the edge of the tub. The blood began to pool at her feet and it
didn't hurt. She was staring at her blood, and it freaked her out. She shuddered
again, and then swung around so that her feet were in the tub. After washing
the blood off, and covering the wounds with bandages, she waved her hand again,
this time chucking the glass into the bin. She wiped the blood of the floor,
and winced as pain shot through her. After drying herself off, she wrapped
herself in her towel and then walked to her room, flinching as each step
brought a jolting bolt of pain with it.
She sat on the edge of her bed, staring at herself in the mirror. She slowly
waved her hand around, shutting the curtains, pulling out clothes. She was
finally dressed, and decided that she would go barefoot for a while. She didn't
doubt the fact that shoes would bring more pain. She gave a sad smile to
herself and then headed down the stairs, trying not to look as if she was
limping. Prue wandered into the kitchen, and then stared at everybody.
"Prue…guess what! I met mom!" Paige's voice was filled with excitement as she
looked towards her older sister. Prue looked at Piper, who answered the unasked
question.
"Apparently someone else is coming, some guy, but they didn't tell us anything
about him. And the Elders want you to cast the truth spell so we can get to
know each other. Honestly." She gave a wry smile, and then motioned for Prue to
get some coffee. Her eyes narrowed as she noticed that Prue was walking slowly.
Her eyes picked up little traces of red on white patches on the soles of Prue's
feet. "You're hurt."
"Huh? Oh, I just stepped on some glass. It's fine." Prue shrugged dismissively
and turned back to her coffee. In doing so, she missed Piper's face change.
"God damnit Prue!" Everyone stared at her in surprise.
"What?" Prue looked at Piper calmly.
"Uh, Prue, do you remember the truth spell?" Leo cut in anxiously - he knew
what fight's between the sisters were like. Heaven help those who got caught in
between.
Giving Piper a look that said clearly, 'we'll discuss this later', she spoke to
Leo.
"Yep. Do you want me to say it now?"
"Before you cast a spell on us, what is a truth spell?" Tara asked hesitantly.
Prue thought for a couple of seconds and then replied.
"Well, it lasts for 24 hours. It basically means that if you ask anybody a
question, or anybody asks you one, you can only answer honestly, even if you
try to lie. The spell covers anyone who's in the house, and they're the only
ones who remember it. Everyone else forgets. Can I cast it now?" When everyone
nodded, she spoke in a strong, clear voice, casting the spell.
"For those who want the truth revealed
Opened hearts and secrets unsealed
From now until it is now again
After which the memory ends.
Those who now are in this house
Will hear the truth from others mouths"
They all stared at each other, wondering where to go from here next.
TBC.
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