Can't Fight the Moonlight By: Beth Diane

A/N: Please review. It gets better, I promise, and you all like my other stories, so please review to this one!!!!!!!!

Disclaimer: I don't own Charmed, and the title is also the title of a song by Leanne Rimes.

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Chapter Three:

Phoebe stood in the attic, staring straight ahead, not really focusing on anything, but just staring. Cole was dead. She thought that she had gotten over him long ago, and when Paige vanquished him, she could have sworn that it was for good, but like always, he came back.

He came back and now he was dead. She knew that everyone else just thought that he would come back again, so why was she so upset, but Phoebe knew. She had a feeling deep within her, that he was dead for good, and there was no coming back to life.

Then she heard the scream. That bloody murder scream, created by the most innocent being alive, her niece. That woke her up, but not as quick as everyone else. Paige looked at Phoebe, horrified and ran out of the room. Phoebe could feel the terror rising up inside of her as she ran out the door, right behind Paige.

When Phoebe got in the door, Piper, Leo, Scott, and Paige were already there, standing by Melinda's bed. She had bloody scratches down her entire face and tearstains on her cheeks.

"What happened?" Phoebe asked, "Is she alright?"

"We aren't sure. She is too terrified to talk." Piper, who was sitting right next to Melinda on her bed, told Phoebe. "What happened, Sweetie?" Piper asked her, brushing stray hairs out of her face.

Melinda just sat there, wide eyed staring at the ceiling.

"Honey, please tell mommy what is wrong." Piper pleaded, clearly worried about her daughter. Melinda looked up at Piper and started to cry.

"Oh, its okay, sweetie." Piper said, cradling her daughter in her arms. "We're here, it's okay now." Piper rocked Melinda for a while trying to get her to tell them what happened, but she didn't have any luck. After ten minutes, Melinda fell asleep in Piper's arms and Piper tucked her back into bed.

"Okay, you guys go back to whatever you were doing, and I will stay in here with Melinda." Piper said, she felt responsible for anything that happened to Melinda, and she wanted to be there to prevent anything from happening.

Leo and Scott walked back down to the living room. Scott had agreed not to tell anyone about their secret, but he wanted to help.

"Why wont you let me help you?" Scott asked.

"Because, you are an innocent. You don't have any powers to protect yourself with." Leo responded.

"But I want to help you. I can take care of myself." Scott protested.

"You can help us by not telling anyone." Leo replied, "and you cant take care of yourself. Not with this stuff anyway.

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Phoebe and Paige walked back into the attic, and started looking in the book. Phoebe was blinking back tears, for more reasons than anyone knew. Tears threatened to spill over, but Phoebe just blinked them away. A single tear fell down Phoebe's cheek, but she wiped it away, hoping Paige didn't notice.

"Okay, Phoebe. What is wrong?" Paige asked. She stopped turning the pages of the book and looked up at her sister.

"Nothing. I'm fine." Phoebe said, but her voice cracked, giving her away.

"You are lying. I can tell." Paige said, "Stop trying to hide it, cry if you need to cry, but please tell me what is wrong." Phoebe gave in to her tears, but she couldn't tell Paige what was wrong. She just couldn't.

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Piper sat beside Melinda's bed, hoping that nothing would happen again. Melinda was the sweetest, most innocent child in the world. What worried Piper was that, anything could happen to her when she was sleeping. She was so vulnerable, and she was a deep sleeper. Piper watched her baby sleep, watching her breathe. Piper leaned back in the recliner, and fell asleep.

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"Please, Leo!" Scott argued, "I really want to help Phoebe."

"So its about Phoebe. Do you like her? I can set you up with her." Leo said.

"Yeah. But please just let me help-" Scott said, but was interrupted by another scream. Leo and Scott glanced at each other and ran up the stairs into Melinda's room. When they got there, Phoebe and Paige were running into the door right in front of them.

Piper was sitting on Melinda's bed, Melinda in her arms. Melinda was unconscious and shaking. Piper was crying, and trying to wake Melinda up, but it wasn't working.

Phoebe gasped for breath, put her hand over her mouth and ran out of the room. She leaned against the wall for support, but she slid down the wall. She said on the floor, shaking and crying. Paige walked over sat down next to her and put a comforting arm around her shoulder. Phoebe knocked it away, and hugged her knees to her chest.

A/N: I swear to you that it gets better! Please review, even if you hate it, please tell me why and what I could do to make it better.