A/N: I've decided to do a little switching back and forth from the future to the present. Just so you aren't confused. (But it won't start in this chapter, this is just a warning for future chapters.)

Charmed At Last
Chapter 18: A Prudent Deduction

"This place looks like a reck!" Pandora concluded, as the Charmed Ones & the Blessed Ones wondered through the beat up Manor.

"I can fix that, this my favorite spell." Paige said proudly. "Let the object of objection become but a dream, as I cause the seen to be unseen!" Paige chanted. Suddenly blinding white lights filled each room of the Halliwell Manor and swirled around, when the lights had disappeared, the Halliwell Manor looked the way it had before the demons had taken it over.

Pearl blinked. "Yeah, you always did love that spell." Pearl said, as she stared in awe at the Manor.

"We need the Book of Shadows, now." Phiona stated.

"I'll go get it." Pam offered. She shimmered out.

Paige shook her head in confusion. "I don't understand how our spell couldn't have worked though. I mean, he was so wounded when we were saying the spell." Paige explained.

Prue began to tap her foot. "Hmm..." Prue mumbled, she was obviously thinking of something.

Pam shimmered back in, holding the Book of Shadows. "Here we are!" Pam announced.

Prue held open her hand and the book telekinetically floated into her hands. Prue flipped through the pages of the very old book, it looked so much older than when she left it. Then she came to a page and looked it over. It was near the beginning of the ancient book. "Here, I found it! 'With each generation, the Warren line will become stronger!'" Prue read, directly from the book. "So maybe, we, The Charmed Ones, weren't strong enough to vanquish Nemus." Prue stated.

Phoebe looked confused. "What?" Phoebe asked.

Paige, who was now picking up on Prue's line of thought, nodded. "That would make sense! Because our children would be stronger than us, so maybe there was nothing wrong with the spell, just the people who were using it! The Blessed Ones need to read the spell together, not the Charmed Ones!" Paige exclaimed.

"Exactly what I was thinking!" Prue said with a grin.

"A prudent deduction, Prue." Piper commented.

"Well, that's where my name comes from, isn't it?" Prue asked.

"Well, it sure isn't going to hurt us." Pandora agreed. "Now we just need to find him." Pandora added.

Without warning, Phoebe fell to the ground, a puddle of blood immediatly forming under her.

"Phoebe!" Piper shrieked.

"Mom!" Pam screamed. Suddenly she felt herself beginning to fade away. Phoebe was dying and if she died, then Pam would no longer be exist! TO BE CONTINUED....