Deeply We Love and Feel

Wow, Chapter 10! Considering most of my stories never make it past page five, that's a pretty big accomplishment for me! Keep those reviews coming!

Slowly we learn to live

Quickly we blame and bleed

Deeply we love and feel

Slowly we begin to be

-Kat

Alex's tears flowed down his cheeks, bouncing off of his hands. "Oh Alison it was never supposed to be this way."

He tucked a stray lock of hair behind her ear. "Alison, I-" he took a deep breath, "I love you." As he sobbed, his hands began to glow with a magical healing light. He barely dared smile for fear it would disappear.

He put his hands over the wound in her belly, and it began to heal. The gaping hole filled in, and she opened her eyes.

"Alex?"

"Yes, it's me."

She sat up with some difficulty. "I love you too." She kissed him, hard, pulling him down on top of her. She ran her fingers through his hair, losing herself in the ecstasy of the moment. Finally they broke the kiss, and Alison smiled at him.

"Let's go home." He said. She nodded numbly, and they disappeared.

San Francisco, 2004.

Phoebe was sitting in front of her computer, typing up her column. She knew it was getting late, but she only had one more letter left. She tried to think of what to say, when she heard a voice inside her head.

"Aunt Phoebe? It's Wyatt. I really need to talk with you." As usual, she could sense nothing from him, but he sounded worried.

"Okay, I'll be right there," she told him.

"No, I need to talk to you now." She could hear panic in his voice. She sighed and rolled her eyes, then got up from her desk and walked outside. She shivered- the air was far colder than it should have been.

Wyatt stood in front of her, flanked by two demons. Suddenly Phoebe felt herself immobilized. She tried to call for Leo, but he didn't answer.

She realized that she could not breathe. Her throat was constricting, not letting air pass. He was strangling her with telekinesis. Phoebe knew that she couldn't get out of this.

She saw the world swim in front of her face. And then there was nothing but blackness.

Paige was walking home from P3, a little bit drunk. She was trying to call Phoebe on her cell phone, but she wasn't answering.

She felt a spell descend over her. She tried to orb, but found that she couldn't. A ring of about ten demons surrounded her. "Leo!" she screamed, "Leo, help me!"

Her desperate cries were met with cruel laughter. As she watched in horror, Wyatt stepped out from behind his demon bodyguards. He looked at her with cruel, hard, eyes.

"Why?" she asked, knowing she was going to die.

"Because you're in the way," he told her, and threw a fireball at her.

She screamed as she was engulfed in flames, and then the fire disappeared, as easily as it had appeared. There was nothing left on the ground but a scorch mark and a bit of ash.

Piper screamed as she was enveloped in a shimmering blue force shield. She tried to call for Leo, but knew her cries could not make it through the barrier. She saw Wyatt standing in front of her, his face expressionless.

"Why?" she asked, crying. She knew that he was going to kill her. "Why are you evil?"

He only laughed. "There is no good or evil. There is only power. And whoever has the most power wins..."

She was horrified. What had happened to her son, to make him so cruel? How could he say such things?

Piper panicked as she realized there was no air left. She slowly sank to the ground, begging him to let her live. He only looked on, stony-faced.

She was left with the realization that she had failed as a mother, as the world slowly faded to black.

Lilith shimmered down as soon as she heard the screams. She was just in time to see Piper die. Alison started to cry, as if she knew what was going on.

To her surprise, Lilith felt a pang of sadness at Piper's death. The woman had been kind to her, had helped her.

She's just a witch, Lilith thought to herself, why do I care what happens to her? The answer was easy. Because she's my friend. This realization rocked her to the very core. She was supposed to be evil. What was wrong with her?

She shook those traitorous feelings off her and smiled at Wyatt. "About time," she gave a little laugh. "You should have done that months ago." But what she really felt was different.

Alison, at a scant three months old, seemed to understand exactly what was happening. Her eyes were solemn, and a little bit angry. Wyatt smiled at her, but he could see the promise in her infant's eyes.

I will kill you those eyes said.

"Go!" Wyatt said angrily. "I don't want to see you again." Then he grabbed a potion from the shelf that was labeled, "Binding Potion" and poured it over the baby's head. She instantly started to cry.

"Why did you do that?" Lilith was confused.

"I said go, and never come back!"

Lilith's eyes widened, and she shimmered out, clutching the child tight.