Part 7
The 3 sisters sat side by side on the sofa while Patty and Penny sat across from them. They were trying to take in what their moher and grandmother had told them.
They now knew about witchcraft, their heritage and destiny, the elders, demons, warlocks and other types of good and evil.
On voice broke the silence of the room, "Why am I different from my sisters?" Paige asked with the worry evident in her voice.
Patty sighed and let her gaze fall to her mother. Penny gave her the, 'want me to explain?' look but PAtty just turned to her youngest daughter.
"You are not diferent. You just have some extra abilities. Your father was a very special man, unlike Victor. He was a whitelighter." Patty saw their confused faces and continued, "Whitelighters are the gaurdian Angels of witches. He was my whitelighter and we fell in love. Which means you got half of his powers too. The orbing and the way your premonitions come."
"Orbing?" Prue asked.
"Yes. Moving from one place to another in little blue orbs. Quite exciting power really." Penny ansered.
Paige wasn't really listenning but stored the fact she could orb from one place to another. She was feeling awkward about the conversation of her father.
It was something never really dealt with in their family. Both fathers had nothing to do with their daughters and it wasn't a big deal. May have sounded strange but to them it was natural. They had each other and their grandmother.
And yet Paige was having a 'my sister's will hate me because my dad makes me different' attack.
Feeling Prue squeze her hand seemed to give her more reassurance than she could have imagined.
Paige kicked herself for letting a silly doubt even cross her mind. Her Sisters didn't even think about something as stupid as that. Bottom line: they were all Halliwell's.
Prue nudged her baby sister, "you ok?"
Paige snapped out of her thoughts. "Yeah, just thinking. So am I our whitelighter?" She asked, quickly changing the subject.
"No." Patty started. "You don't have all whitelighter abilities. Only orbing and you'll probably develop the skill to sense your sisters and evil."
Paige laughed, "Spidey sense!" She exclaimed without thinking, quickly regretting it when her family stared at her blankly. "Ok, so I'm a geek. Who's our whitelighter then?"
"All in due time, dear." Penny said with a small smile.
The sisters just sighed, they knew there Grams, that was always a 'I'm not telling you, just wait and see.'
Prue looked to Piper who had been petty quiet to see her looking overly upset. She frowned an took her sister's hand. "Honey?"
Piper didn't acknowledge her sister, instead she got up and through her arms around Penny. "I missed you so much, Grams." She whispered.
Penny was caught slightly off guard but then kicked herself for being so naive. Holding Piper tight she wondered how she could think her granddaughters could just deal with her being there in the flesh again.
Rubing Piper's back as she always had Penny pulled away, "I missed you too, Darling. You look so grown up now." She added with a proud smile.
Piper snifled back her tears then sat in between her grandmother and mother. Both silently comforting her.
"Girls, we're here for a reason." Patty started seriously. "When Paige was hurt you used magic to save her. We call that personal gain and its something of a punishable offense."
"What?!" Prue shouted in shock. "Punished for saving our sister?!"
"Pruedence, calm down. i know this is a shock but hear your mother out." Penny scoulded.
Prue felt like a kid again as she bit her tongue.
Patty continued, "When you used magic to help yourself it brought back the demon that hurt Paige and gave him invicable powers. When Paige had the preminition it was him she saw, and his victims."
Paige felt sick, "It's my fault. I felt their deaths and I caused it."
"No! It is not your fault. We weren't about to let you die!" Prue tuned to her mother, "Isn't magic there to help people?!"
"Innocents. Not ourself." Patty anwered calmly.
Prue was starting to turn red in anger, "She was innocent! She was saving Piper! She didn't ask to be hurt!"
Penny joined in, "It's not fair but you have to understand the diferences between good and evil-"
Prue butted in, "no, you have to understand I would never let my baby sister die!"
"STOP IT!" Paige shouted.
Silence fell as everyone looked to Paige.
"We were wrong, Ok? You didn't see... feel those people die. I did and I won't sit back and let it continue. Can Prue and Piper reverse what they done to me and cancel out what he did?"
Patty nodded gravely, "yes."
"We won't." Piper added. "It could kill you."
"You have to let fate run it's course." Patty told them.
"No! You can't just walk in here after all this time and tell me to let my sister die! You can shove it and you can tell everyone else to!" Prue screamed at her mother.
Patty finally clicked to what everyone else already knew: Prue was angry at her for dying.
"I'm sorry I wasn't there for your first boyfriend, your first prom or your graduation but I was watching Prue and every time you made me proud. I've always been there for you but you never accepted that. Always the strong one. Now's your time to shout at me, Prue."
Prue began breathing quicker as she tried to stop her eyes from watering. "Why did you leave me?!" She said emotionally. Covering her face with her hands she felt ashamed.
As Patty approached her eldest, Prue tore her hands away. "Why didn't you just let me see you?! You can do it now. Fix it. I can't lose anyone else." She said, her voice breaking with unshed tears throughout.
Patty reached out and enveloped her distraught daughter in a hug. "Shhh. Everything happens for a reason, sweetheart. You have to trust that it'll be ok."
Prue burried her head into her mum's shoulder. She was right. Deep down none of them could let innocent people die for there own selfish reasons.
The 3 sisters sat side by side on the sofa while Patty and Penny sat across from them. They were trying to take in what their moher and grandmother had told them.
They now knew about witchcraft, their heritage and destiny, the elders, demons, warlocks and other types of good and evil.
On voice broke the silence of the room, "Why am I different from my sisters?" Paige asked with the worry evident in her voice.
Patty sighed and let her gaze fall to her mother. Penny gave her the, 'want me to explain?' look but PAtty just turned to her youngest daughter.
"You are not diferent. You just have some extra abilities. Your father was a very special man, unlike Victor. He was a whitelighter." Patty saw their confused faces and continued, "Whitelighters are the gaurdian Angels of witches. He was my whitelighter and we fell in love. Which means you got half of his powers too. The orbing and the way your premonitions come."
"Orbing?" Prue asked.
"Yes. Moving from one place to another in little blue orbs. Quite exciting power really." Penny ansered.
Paige wasn't really listenning but stored the fact she could orb from one place to another. She was feeling awkward about the conversation of her father.
It was something never really dealt with in their family. Both fathers had nothing to do with their daughters and it wasn't a big deal. May have sounded strange but to them it was natural. They had each other and their grandmother.
And yet Paige was having a 'my sister's will hate me because my dad makes me different' attack.
Feeling Prue squeze her hand seemed to give her more reassurance than she could have imagined.
Paige kicked herself for letting a silly doubt even cross her mind. Her Sisters didn't even think about something as stupid as that. Bottom line: they were all Halliwell's.
Prue nudged her baby sister, "you ok?"
Paige snapped out of her thoughts. "Yeah, just thinking. So am I our whitelighter?" She asked, quickly changing the subject.
"No." Patty started. "You don't have all whitelighter abilities. Only orbing and you'll probably develop the skill to sense your sisters and evil."
Paige laughed, "Spidey sense!" She exclaimed without thinking, quickly regretting it when her family stared at her blankly. "Ok, so I'm a geek. Who's our whitelighter then?"
"All in due time, dear." Penny said with a small smile.
The sisters just sighed, they knew there Grams, that was always a 'I'm not telling you, just wait and see.'
Prue looked to Piper who had been petty quiet to see her looking overly upset. She frowned an took her sister's hand. "Honey?"
Piper didn't acknowledge her sister, instead she got up and through her arms around Penny. "I missed you so much, Grams." She whispered.
Penny was caught slightly off guard but then kicked herself for being so naive. Holding Piper tight she wondered how she could think her granddaughters could just deal with her being there in the flesh again.
Rubing Piper's back as she always had Penny pulled away, "I missed you too, Darling. You look so grown up now." She added with a proud smile.
Piper snifled back her tears then sat in between her grandmother and mother. Both silently comforting her.
"Girls, we're here for a reason." Patty started seriously. "When Paige was hurt you used magic to save her. We call that personal gain and its something of a punishable offense."
"What?!" Prue shouted in shock. "Punished for saving our sister?!"
"Pruedence, calm down. i know this is a shock but hear your mother out." Penny scoulded.
Prue felt like a kid again as she bit her tongue.
Patty continued, "When you used magic to help yourself it brought back the demon that hurt Paige and gave him invicable powers. When Paige had the preminition it was him she saw, and his victims."
Paige felt sick, "It's my fault. I felt their deaths and I caused it."
"No! It is not your fault. We weren't about to let you die!" Prue tuned to her mother, "Isn't magic there to help people?!"
"Innocents. Not ourself." Patty anwered calmly.
Prue was starting to turn red in anger, "She was innocent! She was saving Piper! She didn't ask to be hurt!"
Penny joined in, "It's not fair but you have to understand the diferences between good and evil-"
Prue butted in, "no, you have to understand I would never let my baby sister die!"
"STOP IT!" Paige shouted.
Silence fell as everyone looked to Paige.
"We were wrong, Ok? You didn't see... feel those people die. I did and I won't sit back and let it continue. Can Prue and Piper reverse what they done to me and cancel out what he did?"
Patty nodded gravely, "yes."
"We won't." Piper added. "It could kill you."
"You have to let fate run it's course." Patty told them.
"No! You can't just walk in here after all this time and tell me to let my sister die! You can shove it and you can tell everyone else to!" Prue screamed at her mother.
Patty finally clicked to what everyone else already knew: Prue was angry at her for dying.
"I'm sorry I wasn't there for your first boyfriend, your first prom or your graduation but I was watching Prue and every time you made me proud. I've always been there for you but you never accepted that. Always the strong one. Now's your time to shout at me, Prue."
Prue began breathing quicker as she tried to stop her eyes from watering. "Why did you leave me?!" She said emotionally. Covering her face with her hands she felt ashamed.
As Patty approached her eldest, Prue tore her hands away. "Why didn't you just let me see you?! You can do it now. Fix it. I can't lose anyone else." She said, her voice breaking with unshed tears throughout.
Patty reached out and enveloped her distraught daughter in a hug. "Shhh. Everything happens for a reason, sweetheart. You have to trust that it'll be ok."
Prue burried her head into her mum's shoulder. She was right. Deep down none of them could let innocent people die for there own selfish reasons.