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The Children Of Light
Chapter 29: Phasing Of The Moon

"Daddy! Daddy!" Pandora yelled, as she shook her father's arm. "Daddy, wake up!" She giggled.

Andy's eyes fluttered open, his nostrils flaring at the thick scent of fresh eggs and bacon. "Pandora?" He yawned. "What are you doing up so early, sweetie?" He asked, as he rubbed the sleep from his eyes and pulled his daughter next to his side.

"Great Nana Sasha says, 'It's time to get up!'" Pandora said, trying to immitate her great grandmother.

"Oh really?" Andy asked, coyly. He tickled his daughter. "Where've you been?"

"Playing with Mittens."

"Mittens?" Andy asked, puzzled.

"The kitten." Pandora replied. "She's cute."

"Where's your mom?"

"In the shower." Pandora replied.

"Actually, I just got out." Prue said, walking into the room. She was wearing a long sleeved turquoise shirt with a low neckline and a knee length dark blue dress with various turquoise and gold designs. Her sopping hair was pulled up in a large white cotton towel.

"Oh." Andy said, getting off the bed.

"Great Nana Sasha wants you two out in ten minutes." The child warned, before skipping out the door, passed her mother.

"Prue, I..."

"I'm sorry." Prue said, walking over to Andy. "I feel terrible about my behavior last night."

"Well, maybe you had a right to be angry. I shouldn't have forced this on you." Andy admitted.

"But I should be more supportive of your side of the family." Prue replied, staring intently into Andy's eyes. "After all, we live with mine."

"Not to mention them always dropping in." Andy added.

"Don't push it." Prue warned, with a wag of her index finger.

"Right." Andy smiled, leaning down and kissing Prue passionately. "So we're good?"

"Yeah."

"I love you."

"I love you too." Prue said, as she slipped on a pair of golden sandles. "Why don't you go get freshened up and I'll get out some clothes for you?"

"Okay." Andy said, walking towards the door. "You know, this really means a lot to me."

"I know." Prue said, pulling the towel from her hair and then grabbing the brush from the nightstand.

"Thanks."

"No problem." Prue replied, as she began to run the brush through her cold, wet hair.

Andy sniffed the air, turning to Prue. "Do you smell that?"

"Smell what?"

Andy shrugged. "It smells like wet dog."

Prue shook her head. "I don't smell anything."

Andy rubbed his head. "Weird." He said, before heading towards the bathroom.

12:05 P.M.

"So how's San Francisco?" Elektra, some distant realive from some branch of Andy's family, casually asked. She was a tall, slender woman, with firery red hair that was highlighted with blonde streaks. She looked to be 25-30.

"Oh, it's great." Prue said, with a fake smile. She wasn't exactly enjoying the conversation, but at least she hadn't had the misfortune of running into Andy's mother, yet.

"What's it like there?" Elektra asked.

"It varies." Prue said, vaguely. "I guess it depends on what people, demons really, are around."

Elektra laughed. It was one of those annoying, snorty laughs. "I like you." She giggled. "'Demons'! Ha! that's a great one!"

Prue just grinned. If you only knew. She thought, with an inward cackle.

"Having fun, ladies?" Andy asked, as he approached the women.

"Oh! This one, Andrew, she's a real keeper!" Elektra said, pointing a long, stop sign red nail at Prue.

"Thanks." Andy laughed, nervously. He knew Prue was not enjoying Elektra's company, so he gently looped arms with her. "Sorry to steal her away, but I want to share the joy, you know?" Andy said.

Elektra waved her arm. "Oh, sure! Of course, of course. Go, go!" She said, aving the couple away.

As Prue and Andy left, Prue leaned into Andy. "Geeze, 'Daredevil' meets that old pizza commercial where everyone says everything twice, much?" Prue asked, with a roll of her blue eyes.

"Yeah.." Andy laughed.

"Who is she?"

"I don't know." Andy shrugged. "I don't know or remember half these people. When I was young and mom would throw these things, I'd usually go off with Nana and play with the horses."

"Ah." Prue replied, then stopped dead in her tracks.

"Prudence." Vivienne said, from about 5 feet away. She pursed her lips, as she walked over to the couple. "I was wondering when we'd run into you." She glanced over her shoulder. "Andrew, hurry up!" She yelled, calling to her husband.

"Mother." Andy said, exchanging hugs and giving her a peck on each cheek.

"It's a shame that you couldn't have come to visit me more often, after we moved to Carson." Vivienne said, eyeing Prue from the corner of her eye.

"Yes, well, everyone's been quite busy." Andy said, as his father approached. "Dad."

Andrew smiled. "Hey son, how've you been?" He said, trying to lighten the tension that he could see building between Prue and Vivienne. He hugged Andy and stepped between Prue and his wife. "Prue Halliwell, right?"

"Right." Prue said, shaking the elder Andrew's hand. "It's good to see you again, Mr. Trudeau."

"Likewise." Andrew said. "Isn't it, Viv?"

Vivienne nodded. "Oh, of course." She said, with a hint of malice in her tone. "So, where's the granddaughter that I haven't been able to meet?" She asked, rather abruptly.

"Right here, Vivienne." Sasha said, as she and Pandora approached.

"Mother." Vivienne smiled. "Where've you been?"

"Pandora and I went to see the horses." Sasha replied, letting go of the little girl's hand.

"Hi." Pandora said, cheerfully.

"Well hello there." Vivienne said, kneeling to Pandora's level. "Aren't you precious?"

Pandora smiled widely. "Thank you."

"Pandora." Andy interjected. "This is Grandma Vivienne."

Biologically. Prue thought, annoyed.

"Mom, this is my Prue and my daughter, Pandora."

"What a beautiful name." Vivienne gushed. "For a beautiful girl!" She ran a lock of th girl's dark hair through her fingers. "She clearly takes after her father."

Prue bit her lip, holding back the urge to retaliate.

"Prue, why don't we get a drink?" Sasha asked, motioning for Prue to follow her. "I've made some mint iced tea and I really wanted another woman's opinion." She glanced at Andy. "After all, you know men, they'll just don't have the sense that we do."

Prue laughed. "Sure." She said, taking the opportunity to get away from Vivienne. "If you'll excuse us." Prue said, as she and Sasha walked back to the house.

"I do hope you'll enjoy it. I haven't made this in so long." Sasha said, as she and Prue entered the house, headed for the kitchen.

"Oh, I'm sure it's amazing." Prue said. "Andy was telling me earlier about how he loves anything that you make."

"He's a sweet boy." Sasha said, as she pulled the jug of iced tea from the cooler and a clear glass from the cabinet.

"Yes he is." Prue replied, watching Sasha pour the cold liquid into the cup.

"Here you go." Sasha smiled, handing the cup to Prue.

"Thank you." Prue said, taking a nice long sip. "Mmm. This tastes amazing!"

Sasha blushed. "Thank you." She put the tea back and glanced out the kitchen window, then the two walked back through the house and over to the uncomfortable reunion.

"Look!" Pandora exclaimed, pointing to the clear sky.

Everyone's attention turned to where the 4-year-old was pointing; a whiteish outline of the moon, in the cloudless baby blue sky. The ranch had always had a wonderful view of the sky.

"It's the Earth!" Pandora exclaimed.

The adults let out small giggles, all except for Prue.

"Honey, that's the moon." Andy said.

"The moon?" Pandora asked, perplexed. "But da moon only comes out at night."

"Not always." Andy replied. "When the sky is clear, sometimes it appears during the day, it just doesn't look the same as at night."

"Oh." Pandora said, taking in the new information. "You must be real smart, daddy."

Andy laughed. "Not as smart as you, Miss Pandora." He looked over at Prue, who still had her eyes fixated on the moon. "Prue? Prue? Is something wrong?"

Prue felt a tingle rush through her body, then suddenly the glass cup of ice tea fell right through her hands, breaking on impact with the ground.

"Prue!" Andy said, pulling her back from the shattered glass. "Are you okay?"

Prue shook her head. "Yeah..I...I.."

"Don't worry about it." Sasha interjected. "It happens to the best of us." She said. "Vivienne, why don't you come help me collect the broom and dust pan. They're in the closet and the door always sticks."

"Sure, mother." Vivienne replied, eyeing Prue suspiciously.

"How about we go along too, Pandora?" Andrew asked.

"Okay." Pandora said, taking Andrew's hand.

The foursome walked away.

Andy looked Prue in the eyes. "What the hell was that?"

"I-I don't k-know!" Prue stammered.

"Prue, you didn't drop that cup! Your hands phased!"

"I didn't mean to!" Prue said, frantically. "I swear! Maybe I'm just nervous? My powers are tied to my emotions, remember?"

"Well then maybe you should to lie down for a while? Because you said yourself, we can't be exposed!"

"Yeah, yeah, you're right." Prue sighed. "I'm sorry."

Andy let out a deep sigh, rubbing Prue's back. "It's okay. Just don't let it happen again." He said, leading Prue towards the house.

Yeah. Prue thought. Don't let it happen again. She glanced behind her, before stepping into the house. Her eyes settled on the moon and then she walked inside, scratching the side of her arm where her wound had been.

8:00 P.M.

"Prue?" Andy walked down the hall, searching for his bride to be. "Prue?" He called, hearing noises that sounded strangly enough like a howling dog or wolf. "Prue?" He ended at their bedroom door, hearing the sound of something ripping or rattling. "Prue?" He asked, knocking on the door. A loud crash filled his ears and he slammed his body into the door, sending it flying open. "Prue!" He gasped, at the mangled room, but Prue was nowhere in sight. "Oh God!" He gasped.

Just outside of the room, on the outside of the house, stood a hairy beast, standing at least 6 feet tall. Large, razor sharp claws jutted from her paws, but she still stood upright, however slightly hunched over. Saliva dripped from the sharp, pearly canine teeth that filled the beast's mouth. She was staring intently at the sky, as the massive glowing yellowish-orange moon revealed itself. A reddish glow surrounded the moon, much the way it looked when the smoke from a fire filled the air; but much brighter. The moonlight hit the eyes beast's eyes, which were a glittering blue. But they instantly changed into beady, glowing yellow eyes. A sonorous howl errupted from the beast. She clawed her paw across the edge of the house, the moonlight bouncing off a brilliantly glittering object, that seemed to be stuck within the fur of the beast's paw. It was a diamond ring; Prue's engagement ring! Then the beast dashed off into the night.

TO BE CONTINUED...