Prue got out her house keys as she walked up to the manor. She was surprised to see that the door was already opened.

"That's weird," She murmured, going inside. She closed the door, pulling off her jacket.

"Pheebs? You awake?" Turning around, she walked towards the conservatory, but stopped dead in her tracks. Her keys slipped out of her suddenly cold hands and clattered to the floor.

"Oh my god! Phoebe! Phoebe!" Prue rushed forward, seeing her sister lying motionless below the stairway.

"Oh no. Oh god. I need to call Piper. Oh, Leo!" She thought. "Oh, uh, Leo!" She called out. Leo orbed in, shimmering with misty blue and white lights.

"What's...?" Leo's voice trailed off, seeing Phoebe. "What happened?"

"I..I don't know. I just found her. Uh-where's Piper?"

"She's still cleaning up P3." Leo responded, brow creased. Then, hesitantly, he went over to Phoebe and pushed her gently onto her side. He saw it.

"Oh no," he moaned.

"What? What? Leo—what?" Prue demanded, her face pale as a white sheet.

"She's been bitten."

"Bitten? By what?"

"By...I think a vampire."

Prue goggled at him.

"Are you kidding me?"

"No." Leo answered gravely.

"Well, heal her!" Prue was close to breaking down. She stared at her sister's glazed eyes.

"She isn't...?" Prue couldn't make herself say it.

Leo put out his hand over Phoebe's bite wound. Nothing happened.

"Leo?" Prue dropped silently to her knees.

"I can't....it...she's dead. It's too late. She's been drained completely."

"Phoebe....no. Why? Oh god." Prue stared at her dead sister, shaking in sorrow.

"I'll get Piper," Leo whispered, orbing out.

Piper fell into Prue's arms, weeping.

"I just don't understand. Why would a vampire just pop over for a visit and kill Phoebe?" Piper mumbled, tears streaking down her chalk white face.

Leo frowned. "It is bizarre. Usually vampires keep to themselves. I mean, I understand that demons are attracted to witches, but..."

"Let's check the Book of Shadows," Prue suggested.

"Good idea." Leo said, going upstairs, carefully avoiding Phoebe's body.

"We check the Book of Shadows when our sister is dead? How will that help?" Piper groaned, pushing away from Prue.

"Hon, the more we find out about vampires and Phoebe's attacker, the better off we'll be." Prue comforted. "Plus, Phoebe wouldn't want us..." She paused, wiping her damp face. "Well, we should let Cole know, too. He might know more about the vampire."

Piper nodded. "I guess so. It all seems so pointless though. We need Phoebe. I don't care about the Power of Three, I want my sister back."

"The Book says that exiled vampires will prey on witches to stay alive. Of course, our vampire that bit Phoebe might have come for another reason. We can't be certain. It might have been sent by some evil council." Leo informed them after coming downstairs.

"We definitely need Cole." Prue said, marching to the phone. "Hopefully he's up now." Prue dialed, and paused, waiting. "Oh, uh, hi Cole. Yeah, it is late. Well, um, you really need to come here, now. It's Phoebe. Actually, yes. Just, please, come over. I'll explain everything when you get here. Okay, bye." She hung up, shaking her head. "I don't know how he's going to handle it. This will be hard for him."

"Are you kidding? It'll suck for him." Piper said.

"I'll orb Phoebe up to the attic. I don't want Cole walking in to see Phoebe's body. That would be harsh." Leo carefully picked up Phoebe, cradling her in his arms, and orbed out.

He orbed back in, minus Phoebe, after a few minutes. Piper was pacing back in forth, running a hand through her dark hair madly. Prue sat on the bottom step, her head in her hands. Leo went over to Piper, and wrapped his strong arms around her.

"It's okay, it's okay." He murmured softly, stroking her silky hair. Piper buried her head in his chest, shaking silently, crying.

--Okay everyone, what do ya'll think of it so far? Please review, but be nice. I'm just a poor newB. Sorry it took so long to get this chapter out, I was having technical difficulties. If you have any ideas on how the rest of the story should go, please IM me at charmed1valkyrie....Blessed be.