Quick Note: Thanks for the reviews, sorry I hadn't had a chance to see them
yet but will do soon. Keep them coming. Sorry for the delay for this next
part but having to write it on paper is a very slow way of writing. Ah
well. I hope you like this.
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Prue woke up some time later, in the early hours of the morning. The room was dark because the sun had yet to rise and light the world with it's brilliance.
Prue silently got out of the bed, noticing the fact that her sisters must have woken up awhile ago because they weren't there anymore. She decided to get a drink.
Prue had to be careful coming down the stairs, not knowing which steps might creak. Stepping down the last few, Prue stopped in her tracks at the bottom.
The downstairs air felt cool to her skin. She had the feeling that there was someone close by, watching her. It was probably nothing so Prue forced the thought out of her mind. She went as quietly as she could to the kitchen, she was almost tip-toeing,
Entering the kitchen Prue could hear the humming of the refrigerator. She found the cupboard where the glasses were kept and took one out. She put it under the faucet (tap for British or other readers who have no idea what a 'faucet' is () the water running into the glass smoothly. It sounded odd and bizarre against what had been near total silence. Only for it to return back to remote quietness as Prue turned the faucet off.
She looked out the window, taking a sip of the cold water.
But something caught her eye. She turned towards the exit that led to the living room. Cautiously walking into the other room, she had no chance to notice the two figures standing against the wall to either side of her.
She passed out as she felt the mighty blow to her head. The crash of the glass shattering against the floor echoed.
The two warlocks moved from their hiding places, pleased that they had accomplished their first task.
"That was easier than I expected it to be," the first one said picking Prue up some the ground.
"We're not done yet. We need to get her to the underworld."
"But how do we know if she's the right one?"
"I'm sure she is."
"But you know what will happen if we bring the wrong one back with us."
"Let's just get out of here."
Grams had heard the glass breaking and came down to check that everything was ok. Then she saw the two warlocks, and one of them had Prue. "Not again.please," Grams pleaded knowing what they were going to do.
"Don't expect to have her on your side anymore. She's ours."
The two warlocks blinked out of the room, with Prue.
"No.this can't be happening again!" Grams looked where the glass had fallen. "I can't loose her again!"
"What's happened?" Paige asked standing at the top of the staircase.
Just when everything had seemed so perfect it all had to collapse. What had happened sixteen years ago had just happened again. Prue had been taken by warlocks. How could she let this happen? She was Prue's grandmother, but so far she hadn't done a very good job. This time it had better not take another 16 years before Prue was found, she didn't think she could go through it all again.
"Grams?"
"Get your sisters and bring them down here," Grams replied, without emotion in her voice. She heard Paige go back towards the bedrooms so she went up to the attic. This time she would not fail.
About fifteen minutes later Grams came into the living room, holding the Book of Shadows, a map and a crystal. She was met by three confused faces.
"Where's Prue?" Phoebe asked.
Grams out down what she was carrying on the table and avoided looking into her granddaughter's eyes.
"Why was there broken glass on the floor?" Piper had already cleared it up but they still wanted to know what had happened for it to be there in the first place.
"Prue dropped it," was Grams simple reply as she held the crystal above the map, attempting to scry for Prue.
"Where's Prue?" Phoebe asked again.
The crystal didn't point to any direction which meant that the warlocks had most likely taken Prue into the underworld. Grams dropped the crystal in frustration.
"What were you doing?"
"Scrying for Prue," Grams opened the Book of Shadows, flicking through the pages.
"Ooooh, what's scrying?" Paige asked.
"I could do this a lot quicker without you pestering me with questions," Grams harshly implied finally looking at Piper, Phoebe and Paige. There was an awkward silence. "Two warlocks have just taken Prue and my guess is into the underworld. I have no idea how we are going to get her back."
"But I do," Patty's voice filled the room as she once again came from 'up there' to help.
"Mom you're here again?"
"I can't believe Prue was taken again, we have to try as hard as we can to get her back asap this time," Patty remarked then she deeply sighed before saying the next thing. "I've got another thing to tell all of you and I hope this doesn't result in dire consequences because of it."
"Patty what do you mean?"
"I don't know how I'm going to tell you this, I can't believe I've managed to keep this a secret for so long, but it's important that you know."
"OK so hurry up with the big secret thing," Paige insisted.
"To be honest it's mainly about you Paige." Taking one last deep breath Patty fully faced her mother. "Remember Sam? My whitelighter?"
"Yes of course he was the one who let you die-"
"Not now. Well Sam and I had a relationship as you know."
"Which is completely against the rules-"
"Mother," Patty gave Grams an icy glare.
"What's a whitelighter?"
"A witches guardian angel. Anyway back to what I'm trying to tell you all, Sam and I became rather close and the result of that is Paige."
"WHAT?" Grams shouted.
"So that means.that I'm er what half-whitelighter thingy?"
"How did you keep this a secret from me? From the Elders? How could you do this? Whitelighters are not supposed to be together and especially not supposed to have children! As expected Grams was furious.
"Remember when you went away for a couple of months (ok so maybe she didn't but you'll have to pretend that she did because I don't want Grams to know that Paige is Sam's daughter and you'll just have to pretend that Victor and Patty were still together then but split up after the birth, yes I know it's a crazy idea but what can I say?) well that's when it happened. Obviously I didn't tell Victor that Paige wasn't his and how could I tell you? I knew how you would react."
"You're damn right you knew how I would react! What's going to happen now then? What's this 'master plan' of yours then?"
Patty turned to Paige who looked shocked and overwhelmed. "If Paige can learn to orb then she will be able to find Prue."
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Prue woke up some time later, in the early hours of the morning. The room was dark because the sun had yet to rise and light the world with it's brilliance.
Prue silently got out of the bed, noticing the fact that her sisters must have woken up awhile ago because they weren't there anymore. She decided to get a drink.
Prue had to be careful coming down the stairs, not knowing which steps might creak. Stepping down the last few, Prue stopped in her tracks at the bottom.
The downstairs air felt cool to her skin. She had the feeling that there was someone close by, watching her. It was probably nothing so Prue forced the thought out of her mind. She went as quietly as she could to the kitchen, she was almost tip-toeing,
Entering the kitchen Prue could hear the humming of the refrigerator. She found the cupboard where the glasses were kept and took one out. She put it under the faucet (tap for British or other readers who have no idea what a 'faucet' is () the water running into the glass smoothly. It sounded odd and bizarre against what had been near total silence. Only for it to return back to remote quietness as Prue turned the faucet off.
She looked out the window, taking a sip of the cold water.
But something caught her eye. She turned towards the exit that led to the living room. Cautiously walking into the other room, she had no chance to notice the two figures standing against the wall to either side of her.
She passed out as she felt the mighty blow to her head. The crash of the glass shattering against the floor echoed.
The two warlocks moved from their hiding places, pleased that they had accomplished their first task.
"That was easier than I expected it to be," the first one said picking Prue up some the ground.
"We're not done yet. We need to get her to the underworld."
"But how do we know if she's the right one?"
"I'm sure she is."
"But you know what will happen if we bring the wrong one back with us."
"Let's just get out of here."
Grams had heard the glass breaking and came down to check that everything was ok. Then she saw the two warlocks, and one of them had Prue. "Not again.please," Grams pleaded knowing what they were going to do.
"Don't expect to have her on your side anymore. She's ours."
The two warlocks blinked out of the room, with Prue.
"No.this can't be happening again!" Grams looked where the glass had fallen. "I can't loose her again!"
"What's happened?" Paige asked standing at the top of the staircase.
Just when everything had seemed so perfect it all had to collapse. What had happened sixteen years ago had just happened again. Prue had been taken by warlocks. How could she let this happen? She was Prue's grandmother, but so far she hadn't done a very good job. This time it had better not take another 16 years before Prue was found, she didn't think she could go through it all again.
"Grams?"
"Get your sisters and bring them down here," Grams replied, without emotion in her voice. She heard Paige go back towards the bedrooms so she went up to the attic. This time she would not fail.
About fifteen minutes later Grams came into the living room, holding the Book of Shadows, a map and a crystal. She was met by three confused faces.
"Where's Prue?" Phoebe asked.
Grams out down what she was carrying on the table and avoided looking into her granddaughter's eyes.
"Why was there broken glass on the floor?" Piper had already cleared it up but they still wanted to know what had happened for it to be there in the first place.
"Prue dropped it," was Grams simple reply as she held the crystal above the map, attempting to scry for Prue.
"Where's Prue?" Phoebe asked again.
The crystal didn't point to any direction which meant that the warlocks had most likely taken Prue into the underworld. Grams dropped the crystal in frustration.
"What were you doing?"
"Scrying for Prue," Grams opened the Book of Shadows, flicking through the pages.
"Ooooh, what's scrying?" Paige asked.
"I could do this a lot quicker without you pestering me with questions," Grams harshly implied finally looking at Piper, Phoebe and Paige. There was an awkward silence. "Two warlocks have just taken Prue and my guess is into the underworld. I have no idea how we are going to get her back."
"But I do," Patty's voice filled the room as she once again came from 'up there' to help.
"Mom you're here again?"
"I can't believe Prue was taken again, we have to try as hard as we can to get her back asap this time," Patty remarked then she deeply sighed before saying the next thing. "I've got another thing to tell all of you and I hope this doesn't result in dire consequences because of it."
"Patty what do you mean?"
"I don't know how I'm going to tell you this, I can't believe I've managed to keep this a secret for so long, but it's important that you know."
"OK so hurry up with the big secret thing," Paige insisted.
"To be honest it's mainly about you Paige." Taking one last deep breath Patty fully faced her mother. "Remember Sam? My whitelighter?"
"Yes of course he was the one who let you die-"
"Not now. Well Sam and I had a relationship as you know."
"Which is completely against the rules-"
"Mother," Patty gave Grams an icy glare.
"What's a whitelighter?"
"A witches guardian angel. Anyway back to what I'm trying to tell you all, Sam and I became rather close and the result of that is Paige."
"WHAT?" Grams shouted.
"So that means.that I'm er what half-whitelighter thingy?"
"How did you keep this a secret from me? From the Elders? How could you do this? Whitelighters are not supposed to be together and especially not supposed to have children! As expected Grams was furious.
"Remember when you went away for a couple of months (ok so maybe she didn't but you'll have to pretend that she did because I don't want Grams to know that Paige is Sam's daughter and you'll just have to pretend that Victor and Patty were still together then but split up after the birth, yes I know it's a crazy idea but what can I say?) well that's when it happened. Obviously I didn't tell Victor that Paige wasn't his and how could I tell you? I knew how you would react."
"You're damn right you knew how I would react! What's going to happen now then? What's this 'master plan' of yours then?"
Patty turned to Paige who looked shocked and overwhelmed. "If Paige can learn to orb then she will be able to find Prue."