Part One: 2 August 1977: Baby Girl
Characters: Penny, Patti, Sam, Prue (6), Piper (4), Phoebe (1), Paige (newborn)
Patti looked down at her little girl; the newborn infant was only a matter of minutes old. She offered a tear stained smile as she glanced up at Sam and then back to the tiny Halliwell.
Patti moved her index finger along her baby daughter's face, "She's got your eyes."
Sam smiled as he sat on the edge of the bed and rubbed Patti's back, "No, she's beautiful, she all you."
"She's the perfect mixture of both of us."
Patti smiled at her lover; she had the family that she had always wanted around her. There was Sam, who was truly the most wonderful man she had ever meet. She had her four amazing and beautiful little girls, who were changing and developing everyday. And then there was her mother, interfering and protective, but at the same time a breathtaking woman.
Her smile wandered as she realised this family that she had would never have a change to succeed. Her and Sam's relationship was forbidden, she could imagine a witch-Whitelighter relationship ever been given the chance to realise its potential. It could over something so great, yet the elders kept to their simple-minded principals, especially when it could create something so striking, innocent and potentially powerful.
Patti looked directly into Sam's eyes, "I can't give her up."
"Patti, honey," he started as he held their baby in his own hands, "We have too. God knows what will happen to her, the girls, and us if we don't. We'll be made an example of, the girls may never obtain their destiny, grow to become the charmed ones. And this incredible little girl here, well it will be as good as putting her in a zoo, being monitored all the time and marked on what happens. She deserves a life, one we can't give her."
"I just, I just," Patti said through her tears, "Want to see all my girls together just once, safe, unaffected by all this mess."
Sam looked down at the infant wrapped in a white blanket with a letter P on it and handed her back to her mother. "Well why don't we just bring them in I'll go and get them."
"We can't, they'll remember her, Prue's 6 and Piper's 4, they're going to remember a baby."
"I'll wipe their memories with some dust," Sam smiled, "or get you're mother to do a spell."
Patti held tightly onto her tiny daughter as she watched Sam disappear out of the room. She was so perfect and despite everything that she was being forced to do she would not change a thing.
The door flung open and a little girl came running in and climbed up onto the bed, "Mommy."
Patti smiled, "Piper, honey, do you want to meet your sister?"
The younger Piper nodded as she made her way over to her mother. "She tiny."
"Yeah, she is, just like Phoebe was. Can you remember that?" Patti asked as she watched the toddler nod. "Do you know where Prue is?"
"She with Sam, they getting Phoebe."
"And bringing them to their mommy." Sam's voice came from the door as he stood holding the sleeping one-year old Phoebe.
Prue looked at the bed as her eyes widened, as she made her way over and walked over to stand at the edge of the bed. "Who's the baby, mommy?"
"She's your baby sister, do you want to come and meet her?"
"How?" Prue asked as she made her way over to the bed.
Just as Prue was looking at her baby sister, the door opened again and Penny walked in with a harsh expression on her face. She could not let this family get attached to each other, and needed to break it apart as soon as possible.
"Patti this is not a good idea," she explained looking at both Patti and Sam while taking Phoebe out of Sam's arms. "Prudence, dear, why don't you take Piper and Phoebe into your room."
"But I wanna see the baby, Grams," Prue tried to protest. Penny raised her eyebrows and looked at the six-year old. "Come on Piper."
Penny gave the infant Phoebe to the six-year and turned to wait, Piper followed her older sister out the room. "We really need to get the baby to that church."
"Mother we just want some time."
"But that's what you can't have." Penny told her, "We need to all stay strong and stick to what we agreed too."
"Ms. Halliwell, with all due respect a couple minutes won't hurt."
Penny looked at Sam, "I'm just trying to protect my family, Sam. Now I'll just go and wiped the girls memories."
Characters: Penny, Patti, Sam, Prue (6), Piper (4), Phoebe (1), Paige (newborn)
Patti looked down at her little girl; the newborn infant was only a matter of minutes old. She offered a tear stained smile as she glanced up at Sam and then back to the tiny Halliwell.
Patti moved her index finger along her baby daughter's face, "She's got your eyes."
Sam smiled as he sat on the edge of the bed and rubbed Patti's back, "No, she's beautiful, she all you."
"She's the perfect mixture of both of us."
Patti smiled at her lover; she had the family that she had always wanted around her. There was Sam, who was truly the most wonderful man she had ever meet. She had her four amazing and beautiful little girls, who were changing and developing everyday. And then there was her mother, interfering and protective, but at the same time a breathtaking woman.
Her smile wandered as she realised this family that she had would never have a change to succeed. Her and Sam's relationship was forbidden, she could imagine a witch-Whitelighter relationship ever been given the chance to realise its potential. It could over something so great, yet the elders kept to their simple-minded principals, especially when it could create something so striking, innocent and potentially powerful.
Patti looked directly into Sam's eyes, "I can't give her up."
"Patti, honey," he started as he held their baby in his own hands, "We have too. God knows what will happen to her, the girls, and us if we don't. We'll be made an example of, the girls may never obtain their destiny, grow to become the charmed ones. And this incredible little girl here, well it will be as good as putting her in a zoo, being monitored all the time and marked on what happens. She deserves a life, one we can't give her."
"I just, I just," Patti said through her tears, "Want to see all my girls together just once, safe, unaffected by all this mess."
Sam looked down at the infant wrapped in a white blanket with a letter P on it and handed her back to her mother. "Well why don't we just bring them in I'll go and get them."
"We can't, they'll remember her, Prue's 6 and Piper's 4, they're going to remember a baby."
"I'll wipe their memories with some dust," Sam smiled, "or get you're mother to do a spell."
Patti held tightly onto her tiny daughter as she watched Sam disappear out of the room. She was so perfect and despite everything that she was being forced to do she would not change a thing.
The door flung open and a little girl came running in and climbed up onto the bed, "Mommy."
Patti smiled, "Piper, honey, do you want to meet your sister?"
The younger Piper nodded as she made her way over to her mother. "She tiny."
"Yeah, she is, just like Phoebe was. Can you remember that?" Patti asked as she watched the toddler nod. "Do you know where Prue is?"
"She with Sam, they getting Phoebe."
"And bringing them to their mommy." Sam's voice came from the door as he stood holding the sleeping one-year old Phoebe.
Prue looked at the bed as her eyes widened, as she made her way over and walked over to stand at the edge of the bed. "Who's the baby, mommy?"
"She's your baby sister, do you want to come and meet her?"
"How?" Prue asked as she made her way over to the bed.
Just as Prue was looking at her baby sister, the door opened again and Penny walked in with a harsh expression on her face. She could not let this family get attached to each other, and needed to break it apart as soon as possible.
"Patti this is not a good idea," she explained looking at both Patti and Sam while taking Phoebe out of Sam's arms. "Prudence, dear, why don't you take Piper and Phoebe into your room."
"But I wanna see the baby, Grams," Prue tried to protest. Penny raised her eyebrows and looked at the six-year old. "Come on Piper."
Penny gave the infant Phoebe to the six-year and turned to wait, Piper followed her older sister out the room. "We really need to get the baby to that church."
"Mother we just want some time."
"But that's what you can't have." Penny told her, "We need to all stay strong and stick to what we agreed too."
"Ms. Halliwell, with all due respect a couple minutes won't hurt."
Penny looked at Sam, "I'm just trying to protect my family, Sam. Now I'll just go and wiped the girls memories."