Okay, wow a lot of reviews. Thanks to all who did.
Susan- Wow, it took me like an hour to read your review. Are these Hunter Darklighters real or did you make them up. It's a good suggestion, I don't know if I quite understand the concept though. Thanks for your review and I'll consider it.
The-Cheese-Fairy- Thanks as always. I'm glad you like the chapter. I wish everyone would think this highly of me, lol.
Paige Halliwell- Are you serious? How can you even consider that? I flip out everytime Paige dies in an episode or something happens to her, I couldn't kill her myself! Well, maybe I could, but that's to be determined as I keep writing this chapter... I wouldn't know how to bring her back because everything else has already been done by people who try to bring Prue back. If I do kill her, I'm gonna need a good way to bring her back. (hint hint)
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Okay, next chapter is here...
Prue sat straight up in her bed, sweat dripping down her face. Images of the nightmare she just had flashed through her head. She had led them all into battle and they had all died. Every last soldier who had come to fight with them had died, and she was left all alone, standing in a sea of dead bodies. She had watched her sister die, seen the vacant look in their eyes as they lay on the ground. And she had just stood there, unable to move, unable to help.
She silently got out of bed, her legs shakey. She went downstairs to find Piper already awake and sitting at the kitchen table drinking coffee. Instantly the image of her dead sister popped into her head once more. She shook it away as best as she could without Piper noticing.
"Hey honey, I made you some coffee. And before you ask, yes it's leaded." Piper said with a smile.
"Thanks." Prue said hoarsely, grabbing a cup and sitting down in a seat.
"Are you okay sweetie?" Piper asked, a little worried. Prue was never like this in the morning.
"Yeah." Prue said. Piper kept staring at her with a skeptical look. "No." Prue finally said.
"What's wrong?" Piper asked.
"I had a dream. A very bad dream. We were going into battle and I just stood there, doing nothing while everyone around me was fighting. In the end, everyone I loved was dead. All the soldiers, everyone. I was still alive though and I had to see you all lying there." Prue said.
"Aww, Prue. You know that would never happen." Piper reassured her. Prue nodded, but she still had a bad feeling about today. It wasn't much longer before everone else was in the kitchen too. They were all chatting happily, still uneffected by the worry that consumed Prue. Paige, of course, was the last one in the kitchen. She walked up to Prue and sat down next to her.
"Hey." she said quietly.
"Hey." Prue replied.
"Listen, I heard what you said last night." Paige told her big sister.
"You did?" Prue asked. Paige nodded.
"I did, and I want to thank you. I thought it was sweet that you came in to check on us. It made me feel a lot better about today, even if you still don't." Paige said. Prue looked at her quizically. "I may not be an empath or a psychic witch, but I am a sister. I'll always know what you're feeling Prue. It's my job." Paige explained. Prue smiled.
"If there was anyone I would want to be my long lost half sister Paige, it would be you. You're a Halliwell at heart and I love ya." Prue said. Paige smiled, small tears forming in her eyes.
"Me too!" Phoebe said in her trademark baby voice, giving Paige a big wet kiss on the cheek.
"Ugh!" Paige exclaimed, wiping it off. Piper came over.
"I love ya too, Missy Paige. You're the best baby sister a girl could have." Piper said, giving Paige a hug. Phoebe moved in to hug Paige as well. Prue smiled, feeling all of her worries wash away at the sight of her younger sisters together like that. Suddenly Phoebe grabbed her and pulled her in the hug as well. The moment was soon interrupted by Leo orbing in.
"The Elders want to know what time you plan on going into battle." Leo informed them. Piper glared.
"Can't you see we're having a sister moment? You can't interrupt that with bad reminders of waiting war." she scolded. Leo shrugged.
"We sent Cole down with a message for two. Does that sound good?" Phoebe asked. Leo nodded and orbed back up.
"Someone should notify the magical house guests. And we should also get the Valkaries over here soon. Pheebs, do you think you can come up with a spell to take the evil out of any humans Astaroth might have? Maybe put them all to sleep or something before we go the the Ghostly Plane. We also need potions and lots of them. There's all of the past Halliwell witches we need to arm still. We need to get a move on people!" Prue shouted.
Everyone went into high gear, doing the things that Prue had suggested. The Halliwell line came in, helping with potions and spells, whatever needed to be done. Leo had ended up coming down to tell them that there would be several Whitelighters there to heal anyone who had been hurt. Freyja had promised that she would be there along with the rest of the Valkaries and their warriors on time. Cole had returned from his mission and informed them that he had left a creative message for the Source to know where and when the battle was. It seemed like everything was going as planned. All they had to do now was finish making potions and then they would be ready.
The sisters sat on the couch all squished together, much as they had been that first day when Largos had attacked, before they had gotten into this whole mess. It amazed them that in the process of only a couple of days they had managed to go from the Charmed Ones, unnoticed witches who got attached by demons everyday and wished for a normal life, to the commanders of an entire army ready to fight for the future of all good. They sat there in silence for a while until Patty and Grams came in to notify them that it was about a quarter to two. They slowly got up from the couch.
"The army has just left. Everyone is in the valley." Frisco said, coming in from the backyard. Prue sighed and looked at her sisters.
"Are we ready for this guys?" she asked them.
"As ready as I'll ever be." Piper said.
"I think so." Phoebe said.
"Definately." Paige confirmed. Prue nodded.
"Okay, let's go." Prue said, grabbing onto her sister. The other two did the same and the O'Reillys all gave the Halliwell ancestors a ride. Everyone orbed out, or in Cole's case shimmered. They landed in a beautiful valley with big sloping hills on the sides. Prue was right, it was empty and thankfully too because seeing someone appear out of no where would probably come as a shock to most people. They found all of their soldiers waiting for them, including the Valkaries. Instantly Prue's brain went into full battle mode and started giving instructions.
"I need everyone to listen up. My sisters and I will be in the front along with the O'Reillys. Behind us will be all of the witches who should be equipped with their potions. Behind them will be you guys." Prue said, pointing to the Valkaries and their warriors. Everyone lined up as Prue instructed them too. Soon they were completely organized. A few clouds of orbs appeared next to her and Leo and a few other Whitelighters formed out of them.
"Where do you want us?" Leo asked. Prue pointed to the front line with the O'Reillys. Her and her sisters stood at the front, facing the army they had brought together. It was the biggest congregation of good creatures Prue or any of the others had ever seen, including Piper, who had even been 'Up There' before.
"Okay, now when the Source and his army gets here, they will be ready to fight. The Elders will then transport everyone to the Ghostly Plane where we will be able to fight openly without risking exposure. This is it guys. This is our one and only chance of defending the earth and the future of all good. If we fail, so does the rest of the world. Let's do this!" Prue yelled. The creatures cheered, just like an army would. Suddenly lightning appeared, first from the north, then the east, then west, and finally south. A large group of people appeared from each direction, approaching the army. At first Prue thought it was Astaroth's army, but they didn't attack, they took post in the lines. Four people approached Prue and her sisters. There were two girls and two guys.
"Who are you?" Paige asked, ready to throw one of her newly aquired orb balls.
"We are the Archers of the North." one stated. She was almost a splitting image of Prue.
"We are the Archers of the East." another said. He looked much like a cross between Piper and Leo.
"We are the Archers of the West." the third said. He looked just like a younger version of Cole, with a good bit of Phoebe's features as well.
"And we are the Archers of the South." the last one said. She looked just like Paige, if Paige could ever be that serious.
"We've come to help you in this fight. We know first hand that you can't do it alone. We're from the future. My name is Patience. Patience Marie Halliwell." the first one said. Prue's eyes widened at the last name.
"I'm Page Atli Halliwell." the first boy said. Paige raised her eyebrow and the boy lowered his eyes, not wanting them to know why he got that name.
"I'm Preston Coleridge Halliwell." the second boy said.
"And I'm Persephone Autum Halliwell." the last one said. She looked at Paige who knew instantly.
"You're our kids, aren't you?" she asked. Persephone nodded with a smile.
"In the future, you fought this war on your own and lost. You fled somewhere far away and had kids, but were all killed when we were young. We grew up without you and formed these bands of archers to stop the evil that had spread across the earth. We decided that we couldn't live like that anymore and so we came back to help." Patience said.
"Well, thank you I guess." Prue said, completely baffled that she was standing there talking to her daughter from the future. They all smiled and nodded, joining the ranks where they could control their own troops. The sisters lined up as well, waiting for the demons to arrive.
"You did say you left a message, didn't you?" Paige asked Cole after a few minutes. Cole nodded, hoping that the demons got it.
"Well maybe they chickened out." Phoebe said, hoping that was the case. As if they had heard, the demons suddenly arrived, all shimmering in at once.
"Oh god." Piper said, becoming nervous.
"Witches!" a figure yelled from the front. They knew instantly that it was the Source.
"Phoebe, quick. The spell." Prue whispered.
"How dare you leave that message for me? I hope you are ready to die!" Astaroth yelled. Phoebe quietly whispered her spell.
"Humans that fall under evil's thumb, the demon's spell will be undone, in this battle you will not fight, this war is for magical creatures tonight." she whispered. Instantly all of the humans in Astaroth's army fell over, leaving only demons. Astaroth screamed in rage.
"Now!" Prue yelled to the sky. They were instanly swept up in a thick fog. When it finally cleared, they found themselves in the same valley as they had been standing before, but it was dark and grey.
"What have you done?" Astaroth yelled.
"Saved both sides from exposing magic." Prue said simply.
"Attack!" Astaroth screamed. A hail of fireballs and energy balls flew towards the witch's army.
"Fight!" Prue yelled. Lightning bolts, orb balls, fireballs, and many other things flew from the good side. A bolt of lightning crashed down in the middle of the demonic army, sending many demons flying through the air only to blow up seconds later. Arrows rained down on the demons, striking their marks. Prue threw potions in the air, sending them the rest of the distance using her power. She branched off with the rest of the witches who were using potions and made a line.
"Launch!" she yelled. Patty threw her potion in the air and Prue sent it flying. It struck a demon and he blew up. "Grams, take half and do the same." Prue yelled. Grams nodded and started another line, using her power to send the potions flying.
Paige was on a roll. She was sending orb after orb flying towards the demons. Piper was right beside her, blowing up demon after demon. Payton and Tanner were sending their ice and fire at the demons as well. Frisco had gotten into his armored skin and was now hurling potions at the demons beside Paige. They were all dodging major energy balls and fireballs. Paige felt a drop of wetness on her head. She looked up for a second to see it begin to rain.
"Paige, watch out!" Frisco screamed. Paige looked down in time to see Frisco dive in front of her, his shield off, and take a Darklighter arrow to the stomach.
"Frisco!" she yelled, knealing down. "Darklighters!" Paige screamed. The Whitelighters all looked up.
"Leo, Paige, anyone with Whitelighter blood, get out!" Piper yelled as the rain began to pour down.
"We got this. This is our job." Persephone said, with a glint in her eye. She would kill every last Darklighter here if she had to. She would avenge her father's death if it came. She stepped her amy of about five hundred up. "Take aim! Fire!" she yelled. Arrows rained down and several Darklighters were killed. The other Archers stepped up, killing the Darklighters as well.
"Leo, get out!" Piper yelled at her husband.
"No, I have to heal you if you get hurt." he said.
"Well you won't heal anyone if you're dead. Just wait until the Archers get all the Darklighters killed." Piper said. She suddenly keeled over as an energy ball hit her stomach.
"Piper!" Prue yelled, watching her younger sister take a hit. Leo was instantly by her side, but too was hit by a Darklighter arrow. Paige was kealed beside Frisco, tears streaming down her face and mixing with the rain.
"Just hold on. We're gonna get you healed." she whispered. He grabbed onto her arm.
"You can't. You're gonna get hurt too. You have to keep fighting." he said, wincing with every word.
"No! I'm not going to lose you! You see that girl over there? She came back to make sure we didn't die. You have to hold on for her." Paige said.
"How do you know she's my daughter?" Frisco asked weakly.
"Because I love you. There is no one else on earth that I would rather have a beautiful girl like that with. Besides, we named her after your sister." she answered. Frisco smiled the best he could.
"Fight," he said quietly, "and then worry about me." Paige leaned down and kissed him softly. Frisco closed his eyes and his breathing stilled. Their daughter was in the middle of giving a fire command when she suddenly clutched her stomach in pain.
"Dad." she whispered, before she disappeared into the air.
"Percy!" Patience yelled. She knew what had happened. Her uncle had died in battle and her cousin had ceased to exist because of it. Patience looked up at the one who her cousin had been named after. "Autum! You have to take over the line!" she yelled. Autum looked up from her post in the potion line. She had been picking out stationary demons here and there, using her powers to kill them.
"I can't, they're not mine." she yelled back.
"You have to. We need someone who's strong like Percy to take over. She was named after you for a reason." Patience argued. Autum's eyes moved from her future neice to the line of Archers, and finally to her dead brother on the ground. They hardened instantly. She ran at full sprint over to the line of the South Archers and got them ready.
"Take aim! Fire!" she yelled. The Archers fired their arrows and hit their marks. Paige had been crying over Frisco the entire time. Not only was her boyfriend now dead, but her daughter was too. She looked over to her sister who was caring for a dying Leo while clutching her own stomach in pain. Paige stood up, ready to get revenge for her loss, no matter what. She hurled orb balls using both hands, one after another. All the time, she moved closer to Astaroth. This was all his fault. Her boyfriend was dead, her daughter was dead, her sister was dying, and her brother-in-law was dying. Finally, she was only a few feet away from the Source.
"Stupid witches," he said with a cackle, "you thought you could stop this, but you can't. What will you do now, Missy Paige?" he asked in a mock voice. Paige's eyes hardened.
"You bastard!" she spat.
"Yes, I suppose you could put it that way." he said with a smirk. Paige formed an orb ball in her hand. "That won't kill me." he said smugly.
"No, but it will damn well hurt." she said venomously, hurling it into his face. He screamed in pain. Astaroth grabbed Paige by the throat.
"You will pay for that, witch." he said angrily. Paige gagged as her airway was blocked off. She didn't know how the hell she was going to get out of this one. As she started to feel light headed, she realized that she didn't care. If she died, she could be with Frisco and Persephone and her mom and Grams full time.
'He wouldn't want that. None of them would. You have to fight.' a voice screamed in her head.
'I can't. They're all gone.' another said.
'No, you still have your sisters. You can do this. You have to. You've never let death stop you before.' the first voice argued.
"Any last requests?" Astaroth asked.
"Just one." Paige choked. "The pain you brought, you now shall feel, a hole in your heart that will never heal, take this evil from my sight, vanquish them all in this endless night." she said. Astaroth started to laugh, but suddenly his hand was burning. The pain coursed through his whole body, blowing him up from the inside. The explosion was so strong that it blew everyone off of their feet. All of the demons burst into flame, leaving only the witches and their army of good. Prue stood up, coughing and waving the smoke out of her way. She looked around as it started to clear to see the source of the explosion (A/N I just thought that was kind of funny. The 'source' of the explosion... Nevermind. Back to the story). In the very center of the battlegrounds, she saw Paige's limp lifeless body. Paige had done it. She had ended the war, but in doing so she took her own life. Prue ran to her baby sister's side.
"Come on Paigey girl. You can't do this to me. You have to come back, we need you." Prue sobbed. "Leo!" she yelled. The Whitelighters had healed just finished healing everyone, including Leo and Piper. He ran over and looked at Paige. He knealt down and attempted to heal her, but to no avail. Prue sobbed harder. Phoebe and Piper hugged her, both crying as well. "No! Come on Paige, you have to get up. You beat the Source. You ended the war. Please." Prue whispered weakly. She had failed her sister. Paige was dead and it was Prue's fault.
"Don't think that!" Tristan yelled. Prue looked up, tears streaked down her face. "I know what you're thinking, and it's not true. It's not your fault that Paige is dead, just like it's not my fault that Frisco is dead. You can't blame yourself. They died doing a service to the world. They're heroes and you can't remember them by feeling sorry for yourself." Tristan said. She too had tears in her eyes as she had just come from seeing her younger brother. Patty and Grams came over, both with tears in their eyes as well.
"My baby." Patty whispered. The remaining three Archers came over to where Paige lay.
"We're so sorry." Patience said sadly. "We came here to prevent this from happening, we only made it worse. Now we've lost our cousin as well as our aunt and uncle. We didn't mean this."
"It's not your fault." Prue said to her daughter, looking deep into her blue eyes that matched her own. "Tristan is right, this is no one's fault. If you hadn't of come, things would have been so much worse. Thank you." se finished, getting up. She looked at her daughter and her nefews. Then she took Patience in her arms and hugged her. Patience held on tightly as if she never wanted to let go. To Prue, they had only just met, but Patience had been waiting to hug her mother again for years. Piper and Phoebe followed suit, hugging their children as well. Leo and Cole joined in also. Piper suddenly realized why she had named her son Page.
"She died before I had you, didn't she?" Piper asked. Page nodded.
"She died while you were in labor. A demon attacked and she gave her life to save us." Page replied. Piper smiled, looking down at Paige again. She would give her life in any case to save her family.
"Come back with us, at least until the funerals." Phoebe suggested. The children nodded. Leo took Paige in his arms and Bailey took Frisco in his. They disappeared in the fog, leaving the many bodies that had died for good behind. They returned to the normal San Francisco Valley to find it covered in a blanket of night.
"Let's go to the mansion." Prue said loud enough for everyone to hear. Everyone disappeared and reappeared in the O'Reilly mansion. Leo and Bailey laid the bodies on the floor. They all looked around. The army was much smaller now and it fit inside the house without going out the doors. The first creature stepped up to Prue.
"You fought greatly. Thank you." he said simply.
"Thank you. Your soldiers did a great job. They didn't die in vain." Prue said. The creature nodded.
"My condolences." he said, looking down at Paige and Frisco before disappearing with the rest of his people. One by one creature gave Prue their thanks and condolences and one by one she returned them. Finally it was only the Valkaries left. Prue took Freyja's hand.
"You and your people were great fighters. Your sister was a hero, as well as her lover. She saved the world and for that, she will never be forgotten amongst our people." Freyja said. Prue smiled down at her baby sister.
"Thank you so much. We couldn't have done this without you." Prue said. She held out the Valkarie's Pendant, but Freyja shook her head.
"There will be an aliance between witches and Valkaries. Whenever you need us, we are at your service." she said.
"The same goes for us." Prue said. Freyja nodded and she and her people disappeared into their portal. Prue sighed and put her head in her hands. She suddenly felt a tingle, much like the one she got whenever Paige or Leo would orb somewhere. She looked up to see that she was no longer in the O'Reilly mansion. Everyone was with her though. The O'Reillys themselves, her sisters, Leo, Cole, Patience, Page, and Preston. Even her mom and Grams were there.
"Where are we?" Phoebe asked.
"I know," Piper said, "We're 'Up There'. I remember it from after Leo and I got married."
"What are we doing here?" Tristan asked.
"Come on." Leo said, leading them through a set of tall archway doors. They entered an all white room and realized that it was the one they had had the meeting in. The table in the center was gone though and replaced by two people in all white robes.
"Paige?" Prue whispered. Paige smiled and nodded. Prue, Phoebe, and Piper ran towards her, knocking her over in a hug.
"Oh god, we thought you were dead." Phoebe said, tears streaming down her face.
"We were." Paige said simply. She looked over to see Frisco bombarded with hugs from his siblings as well.
"What happened?" Autum asked when they had finally let Paige and Frisco up. She and Lyra had been silent since the death of their brother, but were now beaming with happiness.
"Well, I'm not really sure. The Elders didn't explain it to us." Frisco replied.
"Which is why I'm going to explain now." someone said from behind them. It was the Elder they had been dealing with since this whole mess had started.
"Why are they back?" Prue asked immidiately.
"Well first of all, I want to say congratulations on your glorius victory. You fought amazingly. Now, the reason your siblings are alive is because they had a destiny to fulfill, and them being dead wasn't going to do any of us any good." he said.
"What destiny?" Paige asked.
"It has to do with them." the Elder said, looking to Patience, Preston, and Page. "They are your children. The Charmed Ones were destined to have four children. Each one would become an Archer of either the North, South, East, or West. When Paige and Frisco died, it eliminated the fourth Archer. These children have important desinies of their own that require all four of them. We had to bring these two back in order to keep the balance." the Elder explained.
"Then where's my daughter?" Paige asked angrily.
"She has yet to be born, as do the others. They will be sent back to the future as soon as we are finished here." he replied.
"Can Autum come back with us?" Lyra asked, holding onto her sister and brother at the same time.
"Unfortunately, no. She was only brought back to help with the fight and now that it's over, we must send her back, as well as any others who were brought back. You will have a few minutes to say your goodbyes before everything goes back to the way it should." he said, turning to leave. "Oh, and before I forget, you will all recieve a year's worth of demon free vacation for all that you've done. That should be enough time to umm... fulfill your desinies." the Elder said with a smile and then he left.
"Well, here comes the sucky part." Paige said.
"Yeah." Prue said. They all hugged their mom and Grams for a few minutes. Then the three children hugged their grandmother and Grams.
"Your children are so beautiful. And I know that Persephone is no different, seeing as how she has such a beautiful mom and a handsome father." Grams said. Patty nodded in agreement. The O'Reillys also said their goodbyes to their sister. Paige hugged Autum.
"Take good care of my brother, okay. He has no problem getting himself into trouble even without demons." Autum said. Paige smiled.
"Okay. It was such a pleasure meeting you." she said.
"You too. And thank you for naming your daughter after me. I'm honored." Autum said. Paige nodded. Prue, Piper, and Phoebe all took their turns hugging Autum as well. When they were all done, yellow lights swirled around her, Patty, and Grams. They all waved as they were taken away, back to the afterlife. The Charmed Ones finally turned to their children.
"So what am I gonna name you know that my baby sister isn't dead?" Piper asked her son half jokingly.
"You can name me whatever you want. My only request is that it has nothing to do with food." Page replied. Piper smiled. She gave her son one last hug. Prue gave her daughter a hug as well, and Phoebe gave Preston a hug too. Patience stepped up to Paige.
"I'm really sorry about Percy. She was always the best of us. She kept our spirits up in the worst of times." she said.
"Thank you. It was a pleasure to meet you. Now I know what I'll have to look forward to." Paige said. Patience and the others smiled. They waved goodbye and slowly faded away, back to the future where they belonged.
"Well, it looks like it's just us then." Cole said, speaking up for the first time.
"Oh baby! I almost forgot about you over there. I'm sowee." Phoebe said, giving Cole a big kiss.
"Can we go home? I never thought I'd say this, but I'm really missing the manor right now." Prue said. Her sisters nodded in agreement. They all orbed to the manor, bringing the O'Reillys with them.
"I'm going to cook a big celebration meal on behalf of our glorius victiory over the Source and about a thousand demons and our now living siblings." Piper said, before disappearing into the kitchen.
"I'll help." Leo said, going after her. The others went into the living room to sit and talk. Frisco pulled Paige aside.
"Can we talk?" he asked quietly. Paige gave him a questioning look, but never the less nodded her head. Before she could get her coat, he grabbed ahold of her and orbed her out.
"Whoa, what the hell was that?" Paige asked, before she realized where they were. They were on top of the Golden Gate Bridge, the place where Leo could very often be found when he needed to think. Paige looked to Frisco, but he was no longer standing next to her; he was kneeling. He held a velvet box in his hand.
"Paige, I know we haven't known each other long and this may be a little soon, but I had to do it. I died today, without ever getting the chance to ask you and that scared me more than anything. I love you Paige, and I want to spend the rest of my life with you so that we can watch our daughter grow up together. Paige Matthews-Halliwell, will you marry me?" he asked. Paige stood there in shock, tears forming in her eyes. She tried to say yes, but nothing would come out and so she just nodded her head silently. Frisco stood up and slid the beautiful diamond ring on her finger. She grabbed him around the neck and kissed him passionately, knowing that this was only the beginning of a fantastic and adventurous relationship. She also knew that this next year would be very interesting with a bunch of pregnant sisters roaming around the house. Of all the things Paige Matthews thought during that kiss, the one thing that stood out in her mind was that she was so happy and lucky to be here with her friends, family, and now fiance. She couldn't wait to hold that beautiful baby girl in her arms and she had a feeling that it wouldn't be too long until she could.
That's it kiddies! For this chapter anyways. I might squeeze one more in, but that's only if you guys want me to. If not, then I'll see you for the sequel! See I took all of the ideas you guys gave me and kind of mixed them up a little to make them work for the story. That's why you guys are supposed to let me know what you think and what I should do. Otherwise I'd be braindead. Thank you so much for staying with me all of this time and hanging on from chapter to chapter. If this indeed the last chapter, then I will probably take a little break in between stories, but I might write another one that I've had an idea for in the meantime. So I will miss you all and I love you dearly. And for possibly the last time in a while: Till next time...
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