A/N: Final chapter...yay! It's out of my haaaaaiiiir! Ever seen Monsters
Inc.? Yeah, that's where that came from.Anyway, now that you think I'm
totally weird...;) Enjoy.
An Excuse 5/5
Jail was a living hell for Piper only bettered by the visits from her family and Leo, with whom she hesitantly admitted she was falling in love. Her trial was nearing and Piper almost wished she could be hanged. She was frail and weak and she hadn't seen sunlight in more than a month. Her trial came and she sat in a chair at the front where she could be mocked and jeered. They went through the usual procedure, which was long and boring and served no real purpose. Finally they got to the verdict and sentence, which was obvious to everyone in the courthouse.
"In this trial, Piper Halliwell vs. the Salem County Government, the court rules her guilty of performing witchcraft and owning the articles used in those performances. She will be." Leo stood up with a look of anger flickering in his eyes. His father wasn't too happy about being interrupted.
"What do you want, son?"
"I want you to stop this."
"Jesus Christ, I can't just stop this and you know it."
"Why do you think she's a witch?"
"Why don't you?"
"Because, because," Leo looked at his feet as he said this. "Because I think I love her."
"Love isn't an excuse! How do you know you didn't fall in love with a witch?"
"Because I know her better than you do. How do you know she's not innocent?"
John stopped. He had no answer in this. He glared at his son with his green eyes flaring.
"Hang them both!" His voice boomed and echoed through the court, followed by a gasp from the citizens seated there. Piper's eyes met Leo's and they shared a look; one, which made both of them, realized how much they truly did love each other.
They were to be hanged that day, on the big oak tree where so many hangings had occurred before, but this was one to be remembered. Piper and Leo side by side were walked out on horses with hands tied together. They adjusted the nooses around their heads and pulled the rope from their hands.
"Now!" The horses were pulled from under them with a jerk and Piper felt as though her neck had snapped. She heard the muttered talking from the crowd surrounding them and she wanted to yell and make all of them stop. She felt her legs go cold as the blood stopped reaching them and she screamed. Her cry resonated in the crowd as she turned her neck as best she could.
"Leo," she whispered, "I never got a chance to say thank you and...and I love you, too."
Leo didn't answer he just cautiously reached his hand for Piper to hold. She returned the gift and there they swung gently in the wind hand in hand. She heard the sobs of Prue and could almost feel the silent sobs of her mother, even though she knew her mother would be strong and wouldn't cry. Her arms fell cold as she lost her hearing and sight. The only feelings left was the faint beating of her heart against coarse rope and the feeling of Leo's cold hand engulfing her own, equally cold.
"I'll see you in heaven."
She couldn't hear herself but she had said it and knew in her heart Leo had heard it. She felt her body grow limp and the muscles in her neck gave out, leaving her head hanging on her chest. Her heart stopped with his and two souls were invited to the heaven gates. Piper realized she was still holding Leo's hand although it was now warm with love and a newly found strength. Leo turned to look at her and once again his green eyes met her brown ones, but there was more love shining in them then ever before. They entered the gates to the utopia before them and they walked in basking in the warm sunlight, knowing nothing could ever stop them from being together.
Back on earth the citizens of Salem walked away from the dangling bodies more sad and touched then ever before. They built one big grave for Leo and Piper so they could be together eternally and didn't damn their souls to hell like the previous witches. Leo and Piper had taught all of them a lesson, even old John Wyatt that they would never forget. There wasn't another hanging in Salem after them and John resigned from his position in the government. Prue and her mother overcame their grief knowing that Leo and Piper were happy now and they could finally have peace in a perfect world.
The End.
A/N: Why did I kill them, you ask? Honestly, I don't know. My mind is a scary place. ;)
An Excuse 5/5
Jail was a living hell for Piper only bettered by the visits from her family and Leo, with whom she hesitantly admitted she was falling in love. Her trial was nearing and Piper almost wished she could be hanged. She was frail and weak and she hadn't seen sunlight in more than a month. Her trial came and she sat in a chair at the front where she could be mocked and jeered. They went through the usual procedure, which was long and boring and served no real purpose. Finally they got to the verdict and sentence, which was obvious to everyone in the courthouse.
"In this trial, Piper Halliwell vs. the Salem County Government, the court rules her guilty of performing witchcraft and owning the articles used in those performances. She will be." Leo stood up with a look of anger flickering in his eyes. His father wasn't too happy about being interrupted.
"What do you want, son?"
"I want you to stop this."
"Jesus Christ, I can't just stop this and you know it."
"Why do you think she's a witch?"
"Why don't you?"
"Because, because," Leo looked at his feet as he said this. "Because I think I love her."
"Love isn't an excuse! How do you know you didn't fall in love with a witch?"
"Because I know her better than you do. How do you know she's not innocent?"
John stopped. He had no answer in this. He glared at his son with his green eyes flaring.
"Hang them both!" His voice boomed and echoed through the court, followed by a gasp from the citizens seated there. Piper's eyes met Leo's and they shared a look; one, which made both of them, realized how much they truly did love each other.
They were to be hanged that day, on the big oak tree where so many hangings had occurred before, but this was one to be remembered. Piper and Leo side by side were walked out on horses with hands tied together. They adjusted the nooses around their heads and pulled the rope from their hands.
"Now!" The horses were pulled from under them with a jerk and Piper felt as though her neck had snapped. She heard the muttered talking from the crowd surrounding them and she wanted to yell and make all of them stop. She felt her legs go cold as the blood stopped reaching them and she screamed. Her cry resonated in the crowd as she turned her neck as best she could.
"Leo," she whispered, "I never got a chance to say thank you and...and I love you, too."
Leo didn't answer he just cautiously reached his hand for Piper to hold. She returned the gift and there they swung gently in the wind hand in hand. She heard the sobs of Prue and could almost feel the silent sobs of her mother, even though she knew her mother would be strong and wouldn't cry. Her arms fell cold as she lost her hearing and sight. The only feelings left was the faint beating of her heart against coarse rope and the feeling of Leo's cold hand engulfing her own, equally cold.
"I'll see you in heaven."
She couldn't hear herself but she had said it and knew in her heart Leo had heard it. She felt her body grow limp and the muscles in her neck gave out, leaving her head hanging on her chest. Her heart stopped with his and two souls were invited to the heaven gates. Piper realized she was still holding Leo's hand although it was now warm with love and a newly found strength. Leo turned to look at her and once again his green eyes met her brown ones, but there was more love shining in them then ever before. They entered the gates to the utopia before them and they walked in basking in the warm sunlight, knowing nothing could ever stop them from being together.
Back on earth the citizens of Salem walked away from the dangling bodies more sad and touched then ever before. They built one big grave for Leo and Piper so they could be together eternally and didn't damn their souls to hell like the previous witches. Leo and Piper had taught all of them a lesson, even old John Wyatt that they would never forget. There wasn't another hanging in Salem after them and John resigned from his position in the government. Prue and her mother overcame their grief knowing that Leo and Piper were happy now and they could finally have peace in a perfect world.
The End.
A/N: Why did I kill them, you ask? Honestly, I don't know. My mind is a scary place. ;)