Chapter 8

Lexi slowly closed her dry, tear drained eyes. She sunk further into the comforter and started to shiver. Finally, she drifted off. A smile appeared on her face.

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Lexi sat on a beach; a big boulder that calmly took the crash of the waves. Suddenly, Prue appeared. Her long, dark brown hair hung neatly over her shoulder, and her icy blue eyes held sympathy in them for the small girl.

"Prue, it's over. I felt him go. I'm all alone. He was right." Lexi said quietly. Prue smiled and shook her head.

"Lexi, we already talked about they're destinies, do you remember what a destiny is?" Prue asked. Lexi nodded, and looked further into the ocean as the cloudless sky carried on with only the sun in view.

"But you said you can change them." Lexi said. "You said dat dat was my job!" Lexi said, starting to cry. Prue calmly shook her head, and put an arm around Lexi.

"No, sweetie I said that was going to be your job. This was supposed to happen. Remember what I said wasn't supposed to happen?" Prue asked. Lexi wiped her tears away, and tilted her head.

"Two things. I wasn't supposeted to get my gift. And I wasn't supposeted to meet Phoebe, or Piper, or Cole, or Paige." Lexi replied. Prue smiled and nodded.

"But you know what? You got your gifts, and you met them. Their destiny changed, and so did yours. They can help you with your gifts, and they can help you with.." Prue trailed off. Lexi smiled, and then frowned again.

"But he said they would leave. And he's always right." Lexi said. Prue shook her head.

"Remember one of your gifts? The one where you can dream what happens?" Prue asked. Lexi nodded.

"That's always right. Until you do something about it. But your not supposed to do anything except help yourself for now, okay?" Prue asked. Lexi shrugged.

"But If I dream about Phoebe, or Cole-" Prue put a finger to her mouth and smiled warmly.

"Phoebe and Cole, and everyone else have gifts too. Very powerful ones, they can protect themselves. Those are the people you want to protect you. Their job is to change peoples destinies, and sometimes, it's because those people destinies have changed, and they try and-" Prue replied. Lexi raised an eyebrow, and cut her off.

"Unchanged them?" Lexi asked. Prue nodded.

"But in your case, it's to make it even better!" Prue said, slightly tickling the little girl. Lexi laughed, and grey clouds started taking over the sky.

"Remember, sweetheart, what he says isn't always what you dream. Remember also, angels can always hear you." Prue said. Lexi thought she understood her through the combination of the wind and the water. With a golden blaze of light, Prue slowly disappeared, leaving Lexi on a rock all by herself. The clouds became darker, as she whispered,

"Tank you Prue." Into the growing wind. The water began to rush, and crash high up on the rock. The sun disappeared. Lexi stood, still close to the rock trying to see what was going on. The sky now was an endless darkness that pored hash rain. Lightning warned the presence of thunder, as the strong waves got higher and higher. She heard the song, the deep voice repeating the lyrics over and over. She covered her face, and protected it from the ice cold rain.

"The fate of myself lies in your dreams! I need the power brat where is it?" The deep voice asked. Lexi buried her face in her arms and shook her head.

"I don't know! I haven't dreameted it yet!" Lexi called. The rock cracked, and Lexi moved to one half.

"Don't lie to me! I know you know, that witch told you." The voice scolded. The rock's other half broke, and crumbled. Lexi shook her head.

"Prue's not a witch she's an angel." Lexi corrected. Thunder crashed, and lightning lit the sky, bringing to the little girl's attention that the water was red, and a dark, rich red. She saw that the waves were now only ripples, and she felt the edge of the rock with her left hand. It was slimy, and thick. She heard a low cackle as the rock itself crumbled, smashing her into the ocean of blood.

Lexi knew what it was, she felt it creep across her skin, as she couldn't help but open her eyes. To her surprise, little black clumps were swarming around her. She floated to the surface, struggling to keep her head above it all. She suddenly inhaled the little black and grey particles that smelled of burning flesh. Her head was once again smashed underwater by an unknown force.

She heard several coughs, and in her mind saw visions one by one of all her family members dying. She shook her head and closed her eyes. She opened them again, wanting to swim upwards. She felt a bony hand grab her foot, and start to yank. She looked down to see her family members standing looking up at her and trying to grab her. She screamed, and woke up in her bed.

Her hair was soaked, still with the slimy liquid and so was the rest of her body. She screamed again, hoping someone would help her. Blood was around her bed, and she knew it wasn't hers. She heard two people burst in the door, one a man and one a woman.

The man had a bald head, and was carrying a small body. It was Josh. She felt it. The woman turned on the light and gasped.

"This is too much. I don't care how that, that thing threats." The woman began. Lexi started crying, she just wanted to be hugged, and comforted, like Phoebe used to do. She fell into her pillow and covered her face, as she heard the woman ramble on.

"She isn't even human! WE ARE LEAVING! I don't want your money!" The woman yelled. She was going crazy but as mire five years old Lexi didn't know. She cried even harder, and listened as the couple left. Lexi opened her window, and noticed a lightning storm was going on outside, not rain, lightning. She gulped, and stood on the edge. She stared at the tree that seemed just out of reach.

Taking a deep breath, she leaped to the tree safely, but scrapped her bare feet on the bark. Lightning lit the sky. She climbed down the tree, not caring about the scrapes on her feet that burned drastically. She walked through the grass, which made the scrapes seem like nothing.

Tears streamed down her face as she cut through yards. Somehow, she had a sense of where to go. She got to the edge of her subdivision, and looked at the racing cars that seemed to zip by her. She took a step out, knowing she had to get across, but then stopped.

"Prue? Prue I know you only come to me when I'm Dreaming, but I need you now. You said angels could always hear me." Lexi called, looking up at the sky. Blood still surrounded the strands of wavy hair on her head, and was soaked through her pajamas. She felt several drips dripping off of her, and took another step. A small piece of gravel was pierced into her foot. She gasped and twitched her foot off the ground, and fell on her right wrist, feeling a small pop.

A stream of pain flowed through her arm, and then smoothly died down. She held her arm, and sat on the side of the road.

"Prue? Prue please! I want to go to Phoebe." Lexi called. She started crying, and suddenly she found herself in a gold flash of light. She opened her eyes, and found she was right in front of the Halliwell doorstep. She knocked the door, harder and harder with her good wrist. Thunder crashed and lightning lit the sky. She tried again to knock on the door, but nothing happened. She felt the essence of the door somehow change, and opened the unlocked door.

A/N: What do you think?