A spare patch of attic floor was cleared and surrounded by candles. Piper was crouched by one, lighting the final white coated candle. She could hear a muffled knock on the door, but she dismissed it. "She will help me- she will," Piper muttered, turning to the book on the pedestal, raising her head like an angry lioness. "She will." Clearing her throat, she followed the spell with her index finger, preparing the potion. Finally, with a throw of her head, she began, her voice clear and unwavering.

"Hear these words, hear my cry

Spirit from the other side

Come to me, I summon the

Cross now the great divide"

A flickering image of Prue appeared in the midst of the candles, and
Piper sniffled. "Prue!" She whispered, her voice hoarse with emotion.

"Piper!" Prue stepped out from the circle of candles and solidified.
Rushing towards her older sister, she grabbed Prue for all her life,
and Prue did the same. After a few moments of just holding on, Prue
held up her head. "Your son, Piper. We always knew you were going to
have a baby first- even if I am oldest." Prue teased gently.

"He-he's gone. And I need your help. Can you-" Pipers voice broke, and
she looked up into Prue's tear-stained face. "I missed you so much!
Why did you leave me?"

The door creaked open to reveal the shocked faces of Phoebe, Paige,
Leo and Chris. Chris's voice cracked as he muttered, "This did not
happened. This changes everything." Then his image flashed, and he
disappeared.



Piper's face was contorted in shock as she saw the void spot where
Chris had been standing. "Wh-what changes? I want to know what
changed! Her molecules flickered, and the window erupted in shards of
glass. Suddenly, her molecule's painfully snapped back together.
"Ouch! Damnit!" Piper turned, rubbing her eyes. "I- I deleted someone
fr-from..." Prue strode before Piper, resting her hands on her sister's
shoulder. "Honey, you didn't do anything. If you accidentally changed
the future, that's not your fault. You didn't know how it went. Right
now we have to focus on the present- finding Wyatt." She turned to
Leo. "Could you go talk to the Elders, and see if they know anything?
I know your supposed to be one now, but you can't get everything from
down here." Leo disappeared in a swirl of blue and white tinted
globes. She then turned to Phoebe. "You get the crystal and the maps-
we're going to try and scry for Wyatt. Me and Piper will go through
the book. We're going to look for the demon she blew up before- maybe
he reformed."

Phoebe nodded, her lips twisting into a slight smile. "Yeah- and it's
good to have you back, sis." She jogged over and wrapped her arms
around her big sister before snatching Paige's wrist and dragging her
down the stairs. No one noticed the forlorn expression on Paige's
face, nor the peculiar one on Pipers.