A/N: Whew. I'm so tired. I wish Winter Break was longer, don't you? money makes me smile: So you want more of the Belland Bunch, 'eh? Well, I'll work on that. Hmm, maybe I should work out a plot where for a few chapters each family is spot lighted. rjf2004: lol Thanks for the compliment about the chapter titles. Unfortunately this one isn't that creative. ::blushes:: I know, right after you give me that nice compliment, too! Hey, the telepathic spin out sounds like a good idea. It wasn't really what I had in mind for this sub plot, but maybe I'll use that. ;)

The Children Of Light
Chapter 9: A Last Chance At Forever

Prue let out a breath that she didn't realize she'd been holding in. "What?" She asked.

"Andy can stay." Leo clarified.

"How?" Andy asked, with wide eyes.

"Under any other circumstances, Andy couldn't return. He's dead and that's that. But when Pandora made her wish, there were no rules against it, and it had never happened before. So after a long and complicated discussion, they decided that Prue and Andy have been through so much, they'd let him stay. But that's it. If he dies again, he's never coming back. They've also made a new rule for the wishing boxes; they can't bring people back from the dead." Leo explained.

"Oh my God!" Prue gasped. She wrapped her arms tightly around the love of her life. "Andy, I love you so much! I can't believe it!" Tears of joy began to flow down her cheeks, like water down Nigara Falls and she kissed him several times.

"Told you!" Pandora said, smugly. She folded her arms, much like her Aunt Paige.

Paige smiled broadly. She was so happy for her big sister. Prue had always made her feel so welcome in the family. She had been jealous of Prue when she first found her sisters, but when she met Prue, everything changed, and she wanted nothing more than for Prue to be happy.

Pandora jumped onto the couch and suggled between her parents. "Now we get to be a family!"

Persia, Pearl, Phiona, and Pam came bounding into the room from the kitchen.

"We heard!" Pearl cried out, with happiness.

Phoebe raised an eyebrow. "You're supposed to be at school!"

Pandora wrinkled her nose. "But I wanted them to know what was going on." This clearly meant that she'd sent them telepathic messages and asked Phiona or Pam to get everyone home.

I wonder if the guys know that they're gone? Phoebe thought.

Persia bit her lip.

'Heater duct?' Phoebe mouthed to Persia.

'How did you know?' Persia mouthed back to her mother.

Phoebe motioned to Persia.

Persia walked over to her mother.

"I was the baby in the family, growing up in this house." Phoebe whispered into her eldest daughter's ear.

"Ohhh." Persia said, with a smile. "I think Pam caught that gene."

Phoebe gave Persia a little pat on the back. "One of many." Phoebe rolled her eyes. "You've caught quite a few of my better traits." Phoebe replied.

"How so?" Persia asked.

"You look a lot like me, between fourteen and fifteen. But your hair is thicker and slightly more wavy, like my mom's hair. It's also golden brown, like mom's hair." Phoebe replied.

Persia smiled. "Thanks."

Persia nudged her mother. "Look.."

Phoebe glanced over at Prue and Andy. She felt her stomach flip flop and knew that it was just reacting to what Prue and Andy were feeling at the moment.

Glenn and Cole shimmered in; Cole quickly removed his hand from Glenn's shoulder. "We just got Pandora's telepathic message."

"I thought that trip to the bathroom was a little long, even for a girl." Glenn commented, as he walked over to Andy and held out his hand. "Congratulations, man. Not too many people get a chance at life, again."

Andy shook Glenn's hand. "Thanks and I'm looking forward to getting to know everyone a lot better."

"Likewise." Glenn replied. He took his seat next to Paige.

"How do we explain you being around again?" Cole asked.

"Will they just make new memories for everyone, like with Prue?" Paige asked.

"No. They planned that, that's why they could change memories. Andy's death was real." Leo said. He pulled out a paper from his pocket. "The Charmed Ones need to read this spell, to alter the minds of the world. It's a one time thing, though. After you read it, the paper burns away. Minus Darryl and Sheila and of course all of us, nobody will know that Andy ever died."

Piper took the paper from her husband and silently read it. Then she passed the paper to Prue.

Prue read over the paper and nodded. I still can't believe this is really happening. She thought, with excitement. She passed the paper to Paige.

Paige grinned as she memorized the spell and then passed the paper to Phoebe.

Phoebe held up the paper for Cole and herself to see. She silently read it and then looked at her sisters. "All ready?"

"All ready." Prue, Piper, and Paige confirmed.

Prue, Piper, Phoebe, and Paige joined in the center of the room. They took hands. "Time and again, we summon thee, change all minds, and destroy what was to be, for our destiny is free!" A ripple of power burst through the Halliwell Manor and sifted through the minds of the rest of the world. The records and memories of Andy's death were erased from people who wouldn't understand the Halliwells' secret.

"Did it work?" Andy asked.

"I think so." Glenn said. "I don't know about you, but I sure felt something powerful."

"Ditto." Cole said, as he raised his hand.

Phoebe grabbed the paper from the coffee table and then it burned into nothingness in her hands. Not even ashes or smoke remained. It was as if the paper had never even been there. "Yeah, I'm sure it worked."

"Then that means there is only one more thing left for me to do." Andy said. He picked Pandora from his lap and placed her on the cushion next to him. "If you would?"

Pandora grinned and pulled out something from her pocket. She handed it to her father.

Andy walked over to Prue and kneeled down. He gently took Prue's hand in his own. "Prudence Halliwell, I love you with everything I am. You're my earth, my sun, my moon....my everything. I'd loved you since I first saw you, when we were both four-years-old. I died, just so you could live. And now I've been given a second chance, to be with you, and our little miracle. So I stand here today and ask you, will you marry me?" He slipped a beautiful golden ring with a large diamond in the center and incrested rubies and sapphires in the band, onto Prue's finger.

Tears spilled out of Prue's eyes. "Yes, yes! Of course I'll marry you, Andy!"

Andy stood up and pressed his lips against Prue's lips, locking her into a passionate kiss.

Pandora grinned at the scene, before her. She knew that one day, the ring that her daddy gave her in secret, would come in handy.

TO BE CONTINUED....