The Power Of Three Plus One

Chapter two "Becoming a Whitelighter"

            "Do you agree to these terms?" the first elder asked, looking Andy up and down after telling him that once he'd become a whitelighter he couldn't see Prue. "Why can't I see Prue?" Andy asked, ignoring the elder's question. "Do you agree or not?" the second elder asked. Andy started to answer and then paused; "Okay" he conceded, "Okay, I agree" "Very well" the first elder said and waved a hand over Andy. A white glow surrounded him for a second and Andy felt light, almost like he was floating. Suddenly Andy could understand the clicking sounds the other whitelighetrs were using to talk to each other and when he spoke the same kind of clicking filled his ears. Andy closed his mouth and opened it to speak again, the elders watched him in amusement. "You will learn to differentiate both languages in time" the second elder assured him. Andy just nodded, still surprised. "So am I really a whitelighter now?" Andy asked. Both elders nodded. "Yes, you are one of us"

            "So when do I get my first charge?" Andy asked, eager to get to work. The first elder smiled "Patience, Andy, you have not mastered your powers yet. You will train with another whiteligher, you have much to learn" "Okay" Andy agreed, thinking that if he just agreed with everything soon he could sneak away and see Prue, he wasn't about to wait too long regardless of what the elders said, if he had the power to see Prue , then he was going to make it happen.

            The elders motioned to another whiteligher walking by and he joined their group. "This is Andy Trudeau, he has just become a whiteligher" one of the elders told the other whiteligher. "Hi" the whiteligher said, shaking his hand. "Will you train him?" the elder asked, "Sure" the whitelighter agreed "I'd be happy to. I'm Leo Wyatt, by the way"

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            "She still won't talk about Andy" Piper told Phoebe one night, a week after his death "I'm really starting to worry about her, Pheebs, she's just shutting everyone out" Phoebe nodded sadly, she'd always thought of Prue being the strongest one, she always thought that Prue could handle anything, but now she was seeing the Prue was just a fragile as everyone else. But Prue dealt with it differently, she just…stopped talking, she went to work and came home, but other than work she spent all her time alone in her room and had barely said two words to either of her sisters since the funeral. Piper knew that Andy's death was killing her inside and it broke her heart that Prue wouldn't let anyone help her.

            "Prue will talk about it when she's ready" Phoebe assured Piper, not really believing it herself, but wanting to be able to at least comfort one of her sisters. Piper sighed and nodded, "I'm just worried about her" Piper replied, wiping a few tears out of her eyes. "I know, sweetie" Phoebe answered, hugging her "me too" They both stopped talking when Prue walked in to the room. "Prue!" Piper exclaimed jumping up and hugging her. Prue stiffened a little and smiled thinly.

            "We need to talk" Prue said as she pried herself from Piper's arms and sat down on the couch opposite Phoebe, taking a deep breath and preparing to launch into the speech she'd practiced. "We've been witches for a while now" Prue started off by saying, Piper and Phoebe nodded "And, well, I've given this a lot of thought" Prue said, trying to lessen the blow of what she was about to tell them "What are you talking about?" Phoebe asked, getting a sinking feeling that she knew exactly what Prue was about to say. Prue paused and sighed abandoning the speech and deciding to just tell them, "Phoebe, Piper, I'm giving up my powers, I'm not going to be a witch anymore"

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