This is it, the final chapter! I'll try and make it as long as possible but don't kill me if it's really short. Another Oops! I totally forgot about the warning that I introduced around chapter 6 so expect a little diversion from it by me in this chapter. Also expect a few non-surprising surprises. I won't go on anymore, enjoy chapter 14 for it will be your last.
Charmed, The Legend of the 4
Chapter 14:The Last Goodbye
By P3Lover
It had now been over a week since the 4 had been defeated and the sisters were all on edge. They had been expecting the Elders to appear and tell them off for bringing Prue to P3 even though nobody noticed her, except a few guys who kept trying it on but they didn't know she was dead. They were also expecting the call that would initiate one of the saddest moments of their natural lives, Prue's departure. Prue herself seemed very calm about the whole thing but Phoebe accounted that to the fact that Prue could watch them and see them whenever she wanted, they couldn't see her though. Prue did however promise she'd come visit them if they ever summoned her again, she just hadn't been ready to see them before. Things were beginning to go back to normal except for a few surprises. Phoebe returned to work to find that the place had been taken over by someone else (You know who I'm talking about). Piper was being run ragged looking after Riley who still thought it funny to use her shield when Piper was about to use the talcum powder. There had been no demon activity since the 4 which was rather unnerving for the girls, but more than anything they were thankful for the break. Little did they know today was the day they had been dreading.
"Phoebe Halliwell I order you to get to work right now, and stop playing with Riley." Piper said to her reluctant sister.
"I could just work from home, I want to spend more time with my niece." Phoebe said.
"You know Jason won't agree to that. We can't have you losing your job, you're the only source of income in this house until I can find a way to run P3 and look after Riley." Piper said.
"All right, all right I'm going already. Isn't your mommy a big meanie?" Phoebe said kissing Riley.
"I'm just concerned about you losing your job, we really need you to bring in the money. Paige is still on her whole finding her magical roots kick and I'm busy with Riley. Anyway don't you have a big meeting today?" Piper asked.
Phoebe and Piper walked down the stairs as Phoebe grabbed her purse and told Piper about work.
"Don't remind me. Jason wants me to use my advice in the real world and see how it works out for me so I can give my readers better advice. He's been trying got persuade me to do a story about online dating, or rather my experience of online dating." Phoebe said.
"Maybe it isn't such a bad idea. I mean you need to get over Cole and move on with your life, I'm sure that's what he'd want you to do." Piper said.
"I'm still not sure, that's what he wants to discuss with me today so I'll tell you how I get on." Phoebe said.
Phoebe went to grab her jacket and as she did Leo orbed in looking distressed.
"Hi honey. What's wrong?" Piper asked.
"It's the elders, they're coming here." Leo said.
"When?" Phoebe asked.
A mass of shining blue swirls materialised in the living room.
"Oh about now. They wouldn't tell me what it's about but I think it's Prue's time to leave again." Leo explained.
"Looks like my meeting will have to wait." Phoebe said.
"What will you tell Jason?" Leo asked.
"I'll just say my cousins turned up unexpectedly and I had to stay with them for a while." Phoebe said.
The three of them walked into the living room where they were soon joined by Prue and Paige.
"It appears that congratulations are in order. You defeated the 4 and prevented the death and destruction that they were to bring." One of the elders said.
"Well thank you I suppose. Although for almighty demons that had to be sealed away they weren't as powerful as I would have thought. And we defeated them without that warning." Paige said.
"Perhaps, but of course when they were sealed away there were no Charmed Ones to dispose of them. But now that they are gone there are a few loose ends to tie up. Firstly, Piper and Leo, congratulations on the birth of your daughter, the first born of the new Charmed line. You coped well with her birth even with the threat of the 4 lurking in the background. You protected her from evil, thought you had some help from Riley herself. For this we have agreed to reassign all of Leo's charges, except for yourselves, so that he will have more time to care for and spend with your daughter." Another said.
"That's great news! Now you'll be able to run P3 as well as take care of Riley." Phoebe said referring to their earlier conversation.
"I…I don't know what to say, except thank you." Piper said.
"You are welcome child. Next is the issue of Prue. We are afraid that she won't be able to stay here seeing as so many people know of her death. But we have discussed and decided that because of her great contribution to good she will be able to return to earth as a whitelighter. But not now, in the future all will become clearer." Another said.
"Another whitelighter, it must run in the family or something." Paige said laughing.
"There is one final thing we must say before we depart. The warning was translated, although it doesn't seem to have had any bearing on the fate of the 4. It reads 'When the 4 of good and the 4 of evil collide, good shall perish without magic. Yet if good finds a way to triumph they shall become the hosts of that which evil yearns for.' We have read this over and over and that is it's exact English meaning." The elders said in unison.
"But what is the thing that evil yearns for, it couldn't be the end of good magic because good magic still exists." Prue said.
"We are also unsure of what it means, though it would appear to mean that whatever evil wants has become the 'property' of the Charmed Ones. We will continue to analyse the Grimoire and see if we can find anything that mentions what evil is yearning for, other than the destruction of all that is good. Now we must depart and Prue will have to leave with us."
As this last sentence was spoken tears began to well in the sisters' eyes. They couldn't contain them and they all erupted in a fit of tears. The sorrow filled the house and upstairs Riley could be heard crying.
"We'll have to stop crying, we're upsetting the baby." Prue said between sobs.
"Leo can you go check on her?" Piper asked.
As Leo orbed up to Riley the sisters joined together in one final group hug still crying and shedding more water than Niagra Falls. They finally stepped away from each other and Piper, Phoebe and Paige stood and watched as Prue became a mass of swirling blue orbs and disappeared 'up there' with the elders.
The End.
I said there would be some not so surprising surprises, I think the Prue si a whitelighter thing has been done so many times but at least it isn't instantaneous. She'll appear as a whitelighter in one of my future stories. I'll get started on Paige's Wedding soon so don't go forgetting me, I expect to see reviews from all of you. Sorry about the title but I was listening to Atomic Kitten when I wrote this chapter and I always put my titles in at the end, and that song just happened to be playing so I thought I'd use it, even though this isn't the 'last' goodbye.
