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Charmed in the Afterlife: Give me Utopia or Give me Death
In a combination of orbs and Ally's infantile astral flash, the fours sisters appeared in the season section of a local drugstore. Prue looked around cautiously, as she took her child into her arms, "Okay, what are we doing at a drugstore?"
"You'll see" Phoebe grinned peeking around the corner, only to have Piper pull her back.
"Phoebe, you 're transparent! All we need is for someone to see you here with your dead sister and we're screwed! I thought we were suppose to go back to the manor!"
"I wanted to stop off here first. This is the moment where Prue discovers what triggers her power". Unafraid of being discovered Phoebe crept down the aisle, in search of her past self. "There we are!" she beamed pointing as she and past Prue came strolling down the aisle in search of aspirin.
Paige blinked at the sight of her past sisters, "Prue your hair was so short!"
"Hmm, don't remind me," Prue said softly, with a slight grin as Phoebe nodded.
"That was when Prue was trying to pass herself off as a professional business women"
Keeping a careful, watch, Piper pulled her sisters from sight, "Ssh...they'll see you!"
"Oh so what if they do? They're witches too you know!"
Piper rolled her eyes, "just barely"
A younger version of Phoebe scanned the aisles, haphazardly speaking to the professional looking Prue, "You know I'm not afraid of our powers. I mean, everyone inherits something from their family, right?"
The past Prue gave her sister a doubtful grin Yeah, money, antiques, a strong disposition. That's what normal people inherit".
"Who wants to be normal when we can be special?
"I want to be normal, I want my life to be... you know, isn't this aisle 3?"
"Well, we can't change what happened. We can't undo our destiny". Past Phoebe said.
Past Prue looked around, "do you see any aspirin?"
"I see chamomile tea". Past Phoebe grinned making her transparent self groan.
"I could sure use a cup right now" transparent Phoebe quipped.
Piper gave a transparent Phoebe a swift jag, demanding silence. "Would you be quite!"
Hearing voices, the past Prue looked about and then continued her conversation "Look, I have just found out that I'm a witch, that my sisters are witches, and that we have powers that will apparently unleash all forms of evil. Evil that is apparently going to come looking for us. So excuse me Phoebe, but I'm not exactly in a homeopathic mood right now".
"Then move your headache out of your mind". Past Prue then stares angrily at Phoebe and a bottle of aspirin flies off the shelf and past Prue catches it.
"You move things when you're upset," past Phoebe said knowingly.
Past Prue placed the bottle in her basket, glaring heatedly, "This is ridiculous! I thought that you landed on your arm, not your head!"
"I had a minor accident with my bike" Transparent, Phoebe told Paige when she opened her mouth to speak.
"You actually owned a bike?" Paige quipped.
"That was before I had a job," transparent Phoebe said turning her attention back to her past self.
"You don't believe me?"
"Of course I don't believe you!" Past Prue ranted, still unable to believe that they could actually be witches with magical powers.
A smirk came to Past Phoebe's face as she thought of another trigger, Prue's ex-boyfriend "Roger". A few more bottles of aspirin fly off the shelf and past Prue looked around panicked "Now let's talk about Dad and see what happens". Past Phoebe challenged.
"He's dead, Phoebe" Past Prue laminated.
"So was your love life at the time," Transparent Phoebe quipped to present Prue.
"And I don't suppose thathad anything to do with you?"
Transparent Phoebe took offense, "when are you going to believe that I never touched Roger? He came on to me!"
"Hey, hey, don't go there...that's dead history," Piper injected earning a heated glance from Prue. "Sorry, Prue...I didn't mean to say dead" The group once again turned their attention back to the scene formulating between past Phoebe and Past Prue.
"No Prue, Dad moved from New York, but he's very much alive".
He isn't to me". Past Prue said stubbornly "He died the day he left mom".
What are you talking about?" Past Phoebe challenged, "He's always been a major button pusher for you. You're mad he's alive, you're mad I tried to find him, and you're mad I came back. Dad, dad, dad, dad, dad, dad, dad!" All the medicines and bottles fly off the shelves causing both girls to duck "Feel better?" Past Phoebe quipped.
"Lots" Prue sneered, just as Paige bumped into a display of decongestant. "C'mon, let's get out here, I think that girl with the bad red highlights just saw us"
"Hey!" Paige bristled, placing her hands on her hips, "I thought you said you liked my hair!"
"I..do" Present Prue stammered, "I can't be responsible for what I say in the past, my tastes were different then!"
"Ugh!" Frustrated, Piper clenched her jaw, "Phoebe exactly what did you expect to gain from us coming here! I wanted Prue to see the part where we first fought Jeremy and when we saved our first innocent!"
"I know" Phoebe swallowed, letting her voice turn serious, "but I wanted Prue to see a time where she was uncertain." Phoebe then glanced to Prue. "Prue, when we first received our powers we all of uncertain of them just like you're uncertain about the future now. We couldn't run from our powers then, and we can't run now"
"Nobody's running Phoebe" Prue said quietly just as an elderly women with a shopping cart started towards them. Paige touched Piper's shoulder.
"Uh..I think it's time we got out of here"
Phoebe then looked at Prue, "where do we need to go?"
"To the future," Prue said with certainty causing Paige's brow to furrow.
"Can Ally go to the future?"
"No but I know where a place we can get a vision of it," Prue answered creating her own astral flash. A moment later the group materialized in the afterlife standing before the fountain.
"I don't know why I didn't think of this before" Prue muttered, handing Ally to Piper. She then walked over to the pool of visions and placed her hand into the water. "Show me Utopia!" she commanded. The water rippled slightly and then formed a mirror like film. Gazing into the water, Prue saw a vision of each of her sisters, the first being of Paige.
Paige was wearing a long white Victorian style-wedding gown. She was standing at the front of a church, where the wedding march was playing. Her long time beau Glenn Belland was standing at the altar, anxiously waiting to receive his bride. An eight-year-old Amanda was standing next to Piper and Phoebe serving as junior bridesmaid, while six-year-old Ally, and five-year-old Melinda were walking side by side as flower girls.
"I'm going to marry Glenn?" Paige squealed excitedly when the vision ended. Prue just smiled directing her attention back to the water as a vision of Phoebe appeared. She was in her office at the Bay Mirror typing away when Cole entered holding a 3-year-old girl in his arms. "Are Cole and I going to-" Phoebe stopped in mid sentence gazing down hard at the fluid vision. "Cole and I have a daughter?"
"A non-demonic, daughter" Prue corrected flicking her fingers back into the pool. Finally a vision of Piper appeared. She, Leo, and an adult looking Amanda were seated in the auditorium of Baker high school watching a commencement ceremony. Amanda was wearing a press pass and holding a camera, busily snapping away. The superintendent of schools was standing at the podium, "Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you the class salutatorian, Alaine Halliwell and the class valedictorian Melinda Wyatt".
"Well it looks like we have a couple of really smart girls and a hell of professional photographer in the family," Piper remarked looking over Prue's shoulder at the sight.
"But of course," Prue quipped not expecting the water to change again.
"What's that?" Phoebe asked, watching the water grow cloudy.
"I don't know" Prue shook her head as the water began to clear. A vision of Prue holding a newborn infant wrapped in a glowing white clothe appeared. A large scrapbook was sitting her in lap filled with pictures of her sisters, and Amanda and Ally. "These are Mommies sisters and your sisters, they were once the most powerful witches alive, until Mommy made all of the demons go away".
"The angelic child" Prue dared to whisper. The angel had been right. If she chose Utopia for Amanda and Ally she and Andy would be blessed with an angelic child. A child that would come with the price of bring able to raise her other two daughters.
"Prue, the cost to you is too great" Piper said trying to envision the heartache, Prue would suffer if she had to give up her mortal children.
"Can we see what the other side has to hold?" Paige asked. Prue nodded and once again, placed her hand in the water. "Show me, mortal life on earth without Utopia".
The water in the pool instantly began to bubble and turned black. "Whoa" Phoebe sighed, as they all took a step back. A vision of a deserted alleyway appeared along with a sixteen year old Amanda standing over a thirteen year old Ally and twelve year old Melinda protectively.
"Stay away from us!" Amanda barked, inching her younger sister and cousin into a chain link fence. A demon thought to have the ability to shape shift was standing over them ready to strike.
"Stupid little witch you think you can defeat me?"
Clenching her fists for a moment, Amanda held out her palm. "Crossbow!" she shouted, telekinetically conjuring the trademark weapon of her tracer father. The crossbow fired, just as Paige, Phoebe and Piper orbed in behind the demon.
"Leave them alone damn it!" Piper flicked her wrists blowing up the demon just as the crossbow struck, causing a massive explosive vanquish. All three women then ran to the girls embracing them tightly neither seeing the band of agents that had come up behind them.
"This is inspector Sheridan, and Special Agent Brody put your hands up!" Inspector Sheridan shouted by means of a bullhorn. Homeland security agent, Kyle Brody aimed his weapon carefully as he spoke to his men. "It looks like they bought the set up, did you get it on tape?"
"Yes sir" A man holding a camera answered. Brody lowered his weapon slightly; "You're all under arrest for the murder of an FBI agent with the use of witchcraft".
"He was going to kill our children!" Piper retorted as several agents, tore Melinda from her arms.
"We get tricked into exposing ourselves," Phoebe breathed as the vision faded.
"And it will get worse," the angel of destiny appeared behind them, taking control of the water. "A mortal man named Kyle Brody will stop at nothing to defeat you". The water changed to vision in which, Piper, Phoebe and Paige were being lead to their execution. All three women were to be electrocuted.
"Wait, this how my destiny ended before when I killed Kal Green" Phoebe added.
"And this is how it will end again" The Angel sighed making Paige cock her head.
"Wait a minute, "where's Prue? Won't the she be able to help us some how?"
"Not this time. The Source will corrupt all of the mortal officials, leading them to believe white magic will destroy them. The Elder's will prevent your oldest sister from coming to your aide."
"I would never abandon, my sisters or my children!" Prue relented heatedly.
The angel turned sympathetically to Prue. "You see my dear if you choose this destiny you shall learn that the circle of family is insignificant in the lives of saving many. You are the leader of the realm."
The water once again changed, to vision of Piper, Phoebe, and Prue all sitting in the alcove of P3 with one of Piper's bartenders. "Okay, I have a question, if a building was on fire and you ran in to help which lives would you choose to save, the life of one sibling, or five strangers"
Prue, Piper, and Phoebe all looked at each other speaking along with their counterparts in the vision "Five Strangers."
Paige frowned as the vision disappeared. "So Prue will be forced to choose between saving us or the future of white magic?"
"I am afraid so" the angel nodded, disappearing as well, leaving Prue to continue staring dismally into the water.
"I think I know which destiny I have to chose"
Phoebe pulled on her sister's arm, whirling her around, "Prue, we can stop this from happening you know we can!"
"And what if we can't?" Piper replied out of the blue making her sisters look at her in shock.
"Piper what are you saying?" Paige snapped, looking betrayed.
Prue calmly tucked a strand of hair behind both ears and started speaking for Piper. "She's saying that this is the reason, that Mom knew she and Sam had to give you up." Prue paused for a moment, "She and Sam gave you up so that our powers wouldn't be sacrificed and that our destiny as the Charmed Ones would still come true"
"You were glitch, that would have made the Elder's deny us our powers" Piper added, "just like Amanda and Ally are the glitches, that will get us all killed in the future"
"So then Natalie was right all along. You and Andy weren't suppose to be reunited until the afterlife" Phoebe put in somber.
"And because we were, the price I have to pay is my sisters and our children," Prue swallowed finally seeing how her Mother's magic had interfered with the plans of the greater good.
All remained quietly, until Piper stuck out her hand, begging all to follow in a united front, "Utopia"
"Utopia" Paige said reluctantly with a hint of malice, shoving her hand foreword.
Piper looked at Phoebe expectantly, "Pheebs?"
"I just have one request" Phoebe said shyly, "Before you change our future. I want a magical wedding"
Prue nodded, close to tears as Phoebe put her hand into the circle.
"Utopia"
"Utopia" Prue added softly, placing her hand on top.