Piper slept fitfully, her dreams were uneasy and filled with familiar
images, mostly involving her and Leo. When they first met, their first
kiss even though that isn't the kiss she knew he would consider the first
since he was under a truth spell. She dreamt of their wedding, of the way
he tried to comfort her when Prue died. She dreamt of everything that ever
made her fall in love with him in the first place. Then things grew
darker, she was lost and running and couldn't find her way until she ran
into someone. Her heart was filled with fear and dread. She looked up to
see Leo, only she knew it wasn't real.
"Piper," Leo said. "It's alright, it's me. At least what is left of
me."
"Leo, how is this possible." Piper asked reaching out to touch his
face.
"I did it once before remember?" Leo said looking lovingly into his
wife's face.
"When you were taken from me before." Piper said recalling when they
tried to get married the first time. "Does this mean you're coming back."
"I wish I could, Piper. But the potion is too great as is Dariel's
hold on me."
"What about my hold on you and the hold on you that your family has!"
Piper was angry, there was no other word for it.
"I'm sorry, Piper, I am. The only reason I am here now is because I
am sleeping and the other part of me, the darker part is subdued for the
time being. But that won't last long soon he will be dominate."
"He?"
"Me. The darklighter that I am becoming. Piper, it makes me sick to
my soul but I am not strong enough to fight this and neither are you."
"Don't count me out yet, Leo. I love you and I will not let you go so
easily. We didn't fight so hard to be together for it to all this way. It
can't, it won't. I will not let it. Do you understand me. Not even you
will keep me away from you. So just hold on, baby, I'm coming to get you.
Even if I have to walk through hell to do it. "
"You just might have to. There is less and less of me left with ever
passing hour, Piper." He tried to smile but there was no joy there, only
sorrow.
"Leo, please. There has to be a way."
"If there is I don't know what it is. The elders are the only one's
who would have that kind of information and without me you can't get to
them. I am so sorry Piper. I love you, never forget that." Leo bent his
head down and kissed his wife for what he supposed to be the last time. "I
love you" he whispered and then was gone.
Piper sat up with a start, sweat was beaded at her forehead. A dream, it was just a dream, she told herself but she knew otherwise. She had been through it all before. She stood up and walked back over to the book. There in a large script that she recognized immediately to be her Grams she saw the words written across the page. 'For The Love Of A Whitelighter' There was a spell written beneath it. It was a power of three spell, she was going to need her sisters for this. She grabbed the book and ran as fast as she could down the stairs. "Paige! Phoebe!" she yelled when she hit the landing. " Paige!" "Piper, you should be sleeping." Phoebe admonished as she came out of the kitchen to find her sister in a near panic. "Not now, I need your help. I found a spell.or rather I was given one." "Given?" Paige asked. "From Grams. This won't get Leo back but it will hopefully give me some answers as how to get him back." Grams?" Phoebe repeated. "Are you sure about this, Piper?" "Phoebe, I am running out of time. " Piper looked at the clock. "In less than twenty four hours he will be lost to me.forever." "Okay, Piper. What do you need?" Paige asked "I need you to say this spell.please." They all gathered by Piper and clasped hands and recited the incantation as it was written in the book. "From our hearts, to the sky, let our pleas be realized. Send us to one who will heal our hearts, and help restore what's been torn apart." They said in unison. Swirls of golden lights encircled them as they disappeared only to reappear up there, up where the elders live. "What?" Paige said as they materialized. "Are we where I think we are?" Phoebe asked. Piper couldn't believe it, she had only been here twice before, only once that she could actually remember. She didn't expect this when she said the spell, she wan't sure what she did expect to happen, but not this. A figure clad in white approached them. She couldn't make out the features because of the brilliant light that encapsulated the place. "Hello my darlings." The voice said and there was no mistaking whose voice that was. "Grams!" Phoebe exclaimed. "What are we doing here?" "Saving your husband. Now come with me quickly, before anyone notices you are here." "Grams?" Piper asked. "What did you do?" "Broke a few rules." She smiled impishly. "Okay, I broke a lot. But that doesn't matter now. All that matters is that we put back what should never had been allowed to happen. I think the Elders will understand. They don't like one of their own taken my evil, especially if that one is Leo. As much as they have gotten on him over the years about you and his preoccupation with you and your sisters. I think they admire his courage of standing up to them. But that is neither here or there now. We have a battle to plan for. And you my darling," Grams said as she looked at Piper. "You need to prepare for an all out war."
END OF PART THREE
Piper sat up with a start, sweat was beaded at her forehead. A dream, it was just a dream, she told herself but she knew otherwise. She had been through it all before. She stood up and walked back over to the book. There in a large script that she recognized immediately to be her Grams she saw the words written across the page. 'For The Love Of A Whitelighter' There was a spell written beneath it. It was a power of three spell, she was going to need her sisters for this. She grabbed the book and ran as fast as she could down the stairs. "Paige! Phoebe!" she yelled when she hit the landing. " Paige!" "Piper, you should be sleeping." Phoebe admonished as she came out of the kitchen to find her sister in a near panic. "Not now, I need your help. I found a spell.or rather I was given one." "Given?" Paige asked. "From Grams. This won't get Leo back but it will hopefully give me some answers as how to get him back." Grams?" Phoebe repeated. "Are you sure about this, Piper?" "Phoebe, I am running out of time. " Piper looked at the clock. "In less than twenty four hours he will be lost to me.forever." "Okay, Piper. What do you need?" Paige asked "I need you to say this spell.please." They all gathered by Piper and clasped hands and recited the incantation as it was written in the book. "From our hearts, to the sky, let our pleas be realized. Send us to one who will heal our hearts, and help restore what's been torn apart." They said in unison. Swirls of golden lights encircled them as they disappeared only to reappear up there, up where the elders live. "What?" Paige said as they materialized. "Are we where I think we are?" Phoebe asked. Piper couldn't believe it, she had only been here twice before, only once that she could actually remember. She didn't expect this when she said the spell, she wan't sure what she did expect to happen, but not this. A figure clad in white approached them. She couldn't make out the features because of the brilliant light that encapsulated the place. "Hello my darlings." The voice said and there was no mistaking whose voice that was. "Grams!" Phoebe exclaimed. "What are we doing here?" "Saving your husband. Now come with me quickly, before anyone notices you are here." "Grams?" Piper asked. "What did you do?" "Broke a few rules." She smiled impishly. "Okay, I broke a lot. But that doesn't matter now. All that matters is that we put back what should never had been allowed to happen. I think the Elders will understand. They don't like one of their own taken my evil, especially if that one is Leo. As much as they have gotten on him over the years about you and his preoccupation with you and your sisters. I think they admire his courage of standing up to them. But that is neither here or there now. We have a battle to plan for. And you my darling," Grams said as she looked at Piper. "You need to prepare for an all out war."
END OF PART THREE