I know, I know, the last chapter was a bit confusing, but if you thought that way, please read the overview for the confused!!! Alrighty then, let's move on with the story!
"Piper," said Prue, "Am I alive?"
"No!" she said quickly, "You're a spirit, remember? I never thought you wee actually alive!"
Prue spoke again. "Okay, one down, one to go – how about you, Phoebe?"
"Well, whatever I subconsciously thought before, I obviously think that you're dead now, right?"
"Okay," said Leo, "So if you two have really accepted the facts, then why is my wife still a ghost?"
No one knew what to say - where did they go from here? They didn't want to hurt Piper accidentally, and they'd never heard of anything like this ever happening before!"
After a long pause, Paige spoke up.
"Um, I think this might be my fault."
Now, it was Piper's turn to speak up. "What do you mean? You never even met Prue before now – and what a way to do so – but since you never even knew her to begin with, how could you possibly think she was alive?"
"I didn't!" she said hurriedly, "At least, not before we resurrected her. But, you know, now that she's actually here, how could I not think of her as alive? I don't know how to change my thoughts – how can we get you back if I can't change my thoughts?" She sniffled a bit – this whole fiasco was her fault!
"Well, why didn't you speak up sooner?" asked Phoebe, "We could've worked out a spell for you like that!" she said, snapping her fingers.
"Oh, well, I –"
"Never mind that," said Piper excitedly, "Let's get working on that spell! I have to use the bathroom!"
After a few minutes, Phoebe stood up from the table and held up a slip of paper.
"Sorry, it's not the greatest thing in the world, but I did it in the last twenty minutes!"
"Whatever, Phoebe," said Paige, "Just fix me, quick!"
"All right already, all right!
Spirit from the other side
Come back to the real world before time flies.
Fix the thoughts of a Charmed Sister's mind
So that this spirit will come back in good time."
"Oh, no..." said Leo, but before he could tell everyone else what was wrong, Prue seemed to have been shoved out of the circle and into real life.
"Oh my God," said Phoebe.
"Oh my God," said Paige.
"Oh my God," said Leo and Prue together.
"What's the matter? You guys all look like a bunch of old worried people," said Piper happily, a smile on her face.
Wyatt and Chris both started to cry.
"Okay, enough with the crying!" said Phoebe, frustrated. "Where did I go wrong?!"
"I'll get the boys out of the way," said Leo, a worry line across his forehead. "I'll be back in a little while."
"You can't just leave us here," said Paige, "What kind of a white-lighter are you?"
"Yeah," said Leo, trying to escape the fury of Paige before she erupted, "I'm going now!" And with this last word, he grabbed the two boys and orbed out.
"Bloody white-lighters," mumbled Paige.
"Hey," said Phoebe, "You shouldn't be talking!"
But before Paige had the chance to give a witty response, Prue interjected. "Yeah, okay people, can we please figure out what just happened?"
"Oh, I know what happened, it gets me every time," said Phoebe. "Whenever I have to make a quick spell, I always forget to specify – I should have said Piper Halliwell instead of spirit."
"What are you guys talking about? You girls need to stop fretting all of the time!" Piper said, pearly whites sporting a radiant smile – which didn't seem to fit the circumstance.
"Guys, something is definitely wrong with Piper," said Phoebe.
"Nonsense!" replied Piper, "I'll see you three in a bit!" Piper orbed out of the room.
"Um, where did she just go?" asked Paige. "And does anyone know how long a bit is?"
"She went up to the afterlife," said Prue, "And she probably won't be coming down any time soon."
Phoebe was aghast. "Why is my dead sister alive? Why is my living sister dead? Why did she go to the afterlife? How do we get her back? Why is she so happy? Why –"
Prue slapped her.
"Thanks. I needed that."
"No problem," said Prue. "Okay, first thing's first – let's figure out what's up with Piper's sudden mood swing."