A/N: This is a play on, "in sickness and in health". RJF: Yep, I did. I was watching "The Power Of Two" when I got the S1 DVDs and when I saw that she'd left and realized that the writers had never brought her back, I was hit with an awesome brainstorm! Prince Halliwell: I know, I needed more of the guys. In fact, this chapter has more of the Halliwell men. lol The-Cheese-Fairy: Yeah, they did. But their loss is my gain, right? I'm glad you liked the part with the guys and yeah, that totally makes sense. I want to incorporate more of them, so I'll be working on that a lot more. About Paige and Glenn, yeah, you are persistent. But that's good, because I love my Paige/Glenn! (I wish that Jesse Woodrow would have been able to stay longer, like they'd asked him too. But unfortunately it conflicted with his prior engagements, so that sucks for us Paige/Glenn shippers.) fiona: I don't think I'm gonna have Paige have another child. Pearl is a very strong character (my favorite, actually, because she was my first "real" creation). So the way I'm envisioning the series finale, it's very Pearl/Paige/Glenn/The Belland Family centric.So I think it all evens out and I like that. (It's why I made Phoebe's granddaughter The Twice Blessed Child, because I've always treated Phoebe as the least powerful sister and I wanted things to even out.) peanut2lb: Well, you'll see how this plays out. ;) I really think you'll like it, especially the ending. (P.S. FFN says that chapter 24 isn't there.) C. C. McKenna: Ah! You're back! Yes! lol I'm sorry to hear about your car crash, but I'm glad that you're okay. (And maybe you'll be so "OK" soon that you'll even update your awesome story?) ;) Thanks for reviewing! And in honor of your safe return, CC, I'm updating now instead of tomorrow like I'd planned! Yay!
The Children Of Light
Chapter 39: In Sickness And In Elf
"Piper?" Phoebe asked, as she held her cell phone to her ear. "Yeah, we need to know where Prue is." She waited a few moments. "Okay, thanks. Yeah, you probably should. Love you too. Bye." She flicked the 'end' button and looked at her baby sister. "She should be on her way here."
"Thank Goddess." Paige breathed. "Now, when did this happen?"
"I think it happens tomorrow. Prue was wearing her wedding dress." Phoebe replied, as they walked into the attic.
"But I'm confused." Paige said. "She sounded like she's been here before."
"She has." Phoebe said, as she walked over to the Book of Shadows.
"And you never vanquished her?"
"We didn't need to. She, well, I guess she just left."
Paige cocked her head to the side. "What do you mean, 'she just left'? When did this happen?"
Phoebe sighed. "It was all waaaaay back when we first became witches. Well, got our powers back, or whatever. Anyway, Piper went off to Hawaii for her job, leaving Prue and I. Again, long story..."
"Just get to the point."
"Well, I went to Alcatraz with my friend Mary Anne and we..I ran into this ghost, Jackson Ward. He was with that woman that you saw, who obviously wasn't a woman. She killed the guard that was giving tours, allowing Jackson to take his body, and get a free ride across the water to San Francisco. He began a killing spree, seeking revenge on anyone who helped to get him executed, including descendants of the families. But after Prue vanquished Ward with that killer cocktail, I guess that other being just left. At least, that's what I got from my premonition. That, and the fact that she can take souls, and obviously she's been after Prue's soul for some time." Phoebe explained.
"Wonderful!" Paige hissed, throwing her arms into the air.
Prue walked into the Manor, shutting the doors. "Hello? Anyone home?"
"Prue!" Paige and Phoebe exclaimed, running out of the attic.
30 Minutes Later
"Oh, come on! Not on the eve of my wedding!" Prue fumed, as she paced around the attic.
"I can't find her in here." Paige frowned. "I've already tried orbing the Book of Shadows."
"How can she not be in there?" Phoebe asked.
"But then we don't know how to vanquish her." Prue said. "This is just perfect! Leave it up to demons from a billion years ago to come back looking for my soul, on the eve before I'm supposed to get the wedding that I've already been waiting too long for!"
"Prue.." Paige said, rather calmly. "Don't worry. We'll find this bitch and vanquish her."
"Don't worry?" Prue exclaimed. "I don't think so!"
"Why don't we try a protection spell?"
"Protection spells don't exist, Paige. If they did, we'd use them all the time."
"Unless someone tries to make one, they'll never exist." Paige said, orbing out before her sisters could protest.
Piper burst through the attic door, looking very displeased. "What is going on here!"
Phoebe laughed nervously. "Oh, uh, Piper..."
"Don't give me that, Phoebe. What's all this talk about an evil being after Prue? I don't remember ever letting one escape."
Prue bit her lower lip. "Phoebe?"
"That's because..."
Piper tapped her foot.
"That's because you weren't here."
"How was I not here?" Piper asked, infuriated.
"Do you remember your trip to Hawaii?" Phoebe asked.
Piper blinked. "For Quake?"
"Right."
"Yes, but what does this have to do with..." Piper's voice trailed off. "Oh my God! Something happened while I was gone, didn't it?"
Prue and Phoebe exchanged looks, before nodding.
"What was it?"
"A ghost." Phoebe replied.
Prue jabbed Phoebe's side.
"The ghost of Alcatraz. Jackson Ward."
"So this ghost, Jackson Ward, is back?"
"Not exactly."
"What exactly, then?" Piper asked.
"An evil being who helped him escape the prison."
"She was after one of our spirits." Prue added. "But Andy saved mine."
"And now she's after Prue's again. But this time, I saw her succeed."
"Oh God!"
"And I saw Andy get killed, in the process."
Prue's eyes flashed with horror. "What?"
1 Hour Later
"Okay, I think I've got it." Paige said, holding up to vials.
"Paige, I really don't think..."
"Piper, please." Paige interrupted. "Here." Paige said, standing before Prue and Andy. "Drink it." She handed each one a vial.
Andy frowned.
"It's good, I promise." Paige said. "It tastes like cotton candy."
"Just down it." Prue said, gulping her vial down. Her nose twitched. "Hey, this was actually pretty good."
"Well..." Paige said, flipping her hair.
Andy, too, drank his potion.
"Well?" Piper asked.
White glows encircled the couple and then vanished.
"Well, obviously something happened." Phoebe said, poking at Prue.
"Ow." Prue grumbled, flicking Phoebe's hand away. "I feel fine. What about you, Andy?"
Andy nodded. "I'm good."
"Then I've done good." Paige beamed. She glanced at the clock. "Oh, almost seven. Andy, you should be going. We've got a bachelorette party to throw."
"And you've got a bachelor party to go to." Glenn said, coming into the room. "Darryl, Leo, Victor, and Cole are already there."
"Glenn, I want you guys to be careful, okay? Something is after Prue and possibly Andy as well. I want all of you to be on the lookout."
"I'll make sure to tell them."
"And make sure Cole and Leo is with Andy at all times!" Piper warned.
"Leo." Prue corrected.
"Or Cole." Piper said, glaring at her older sister.
"Okay." Glenn said, motioning for Andy to follow. "Come on."
Prue grabbed Andy by the arm, pulling him to face her. "You be careful, you hear?"
"I promise." Andy replied. He leaned in, kissing Prue's lips gently. "You be careful too."
"I will." Prue sighed, breathing in Andy's scent. "I love you."
"I love you too." Andy whispered, before breaking away to follow Glenn.
Prue watched Andy leave, then she ran to the window, making sure the car pulled away safely.
"He'll be fine."
"How do you know?" Prue asked.
"I just know." Phoebe answered.
Prue looked out the window again, seeing Sheila's car pull up. "Sheila and the kids are back."
"Just in time." Paige said, running to the door. "You guys take Prue." She said, tossing Phoebe a blindfold. "I'll help Sheila put the kids to bed and we'll meet you when we're ready."
"Okay." Phoebe said, smiling mischievously. She walked over to her big sister and put the blindfold around Prue's eyes. "No astral projecting, now." She smirked, as Piper took Prue's other arm. "Let's go." She said, pulling Prue into the other room.
Paige made her way outside.
Next Morning
"Prue? Prue, wake up sweetie, it's your big day."
Prue rolled over in her bed, pulling the covers around herself. "Mmm...I don't wanna go to school, Grams." She moaned in a child-like voice, still more than half asleep.
"Come on, Prue. It's time to get up."
Prue felt soft hands rubbing her shoulders and her eyes slowly opened. "M-mom?" She asked, staring into her mother's warming smile.
"Morning, Prudence." Patty said, taking a seat on the edge of Prue's bed.
Prue glanced at the clock, her blue eyes in shock. "Oh my gosh! No! I-I-I'm late! I'll never have my dress altered in time, the chairs won't be in place, the potions aren't done..."
"Relax." Patty said, pushing Prue back onto the mattress. "Everything's all taken care of. Paige did the potions, Grams organized the chairs.."
"But my dress!"
"Is done." Patty interjected. "I finished it early this morning."
"But how? You don't even know what needed to be done to it. "I may be dead, Prue, but I'm still your mother."
"Everything's complete, I promise. All you have to do is get dressed and be there."
"Really?" Prue asked.
"Really." Patty confirmed, pulling her eldest daughter into a hug.
"Thanks."
"No problem." Patty whispered, while rubbing Prue's back.
Phoebe trotted into the Manor. "I'm done making the protection circle around the Manor!" She called, as she strode into the kitchen.
"Oh, good." Paige said, filling the pockets of her baby blue satin bridesmaids dress with potions. "Now stock up on potions."
Phoebe rolled her eyes and grabbed a handful of colorful potions, stuffing them in her matching dress. "Where are the guys?"
Paige rolled her eyes. "Probably still sleeping."
"Should we call?"
"Nah. Glenn should be up..." Paige glanced down at her watch. "Now."
Glenn's eyes flashed open and he rolled over, bumping into Leo. Forgetting he was at the hotel for Andy's bachelor party, he gently placed his hand on the form next to him. His eyes still filled with sleep. "Hey, baby.."
Leo rolled over, sleepy eyed as well. "Hey." He smiled, before realizing he was sleeping next to Glenn. "Oh, Glenn!" He screamed.
"Leo!" Glenn yelled, jumping to his feet.
"Man!" Leo said, holding up his hands. "I don't know what kind of secrets you're keeping, but I'm not like that!" Leo bit his lip. "N-not that there's anything wrong with it, but...Paige may want to know.."
Glenn glared, grabbing a pillow and hurling it at his brother-in-law. "You ass."
Leo smiled. "Hey, you were the one calling me, 'baby.'"
Glenn frowned. "I forgot where I was."
"Sure. But I'd watch it if I were you, Grace might get jealous." Leo quipped. He wasreferring to the popular television series, 'Will & Grace', when Will hadn't realized his real sexuality, until after he and Grace had tried dating.
"Man, I'm betting that Piper has never seen this un-angelic side of you, has she?"
Leo rolled his eyes. "Why ruin a good thing?"
"A huh. I'm gonna hit the sh..." His eyes hit the alarm clock. "Shit!" He said, realizing the time. He looked back at Leo, realizing that orbs now stood in his place. He spun around just in time to see the door to the only bathroom in the room close and lock. Glenn rubbed his head, annoyed. I feel like I'm temporarily living with my older cousins again. He thought, as he heard the shower turn on. "But this time I'm not going to be last to the shower." He mumbled, as he walked over to mini freezer and pulled out the leftover bottle of whine, still in a bowl of ice. "Time to get up, guys!" He called, as he walked over to the floor and dumped the ice over Cole and Darryl.
"Agh!" Cole and Darryl roared, as they felt the freezing cubes slid down their necks. they both jumped to their feet, glaring heatedly at Glenn.
"Oh man, you're in for it!" Darryl raved, grabbing at Glenn's throat.
"What in the world is going on here?" Andy asked, as he sat up in the only bed.
The very pissed off attorney and inspector pointed to Glenn. "Him!"
Andy rubbed his head. "Okay, okay..We don't have time for this. Glenn, go get us some breakfast. Darryl, call the Manor and see how things are going. Cole, why don't you go get our tuxes from the car?"
Darryl, Cole, and Glenn exchanged a few more heated looks before they finally went their separate ways.
"Is Prue almost ready?" Piper asked, meeting her mother in the hallway.
"Almost." Patty replied. "How are you guys?"
"Good."
"And where are the kids?"
"With Grams. Actually, I was just going to go get them. Care to come with me?"
Patty smiled. "I'd love to." She said, walking back down the hallway with her second born.
"I got it." Persia said, hearing the doorbell. She stood up and headed to the front doors and opening them. "Hey Mrs. Morris."
"Hello, Persia." Sheila greeted, lightly pinching D.J.'s arm.
"Hi." D.J. grumbled. He was a boy and a wedding was definitely not his cup of tea.
"Hey, D.J.!" Persia greeted, bending down to the 11-year-old's eye level.
D.J. frowned. "When do we get to have some cake?"
"Darryl Andrew Morris!" Sheila hissed. She gave a sympathetic look to Persia. "I'm so sorry!"
Persia nodded, allowing them to come in. "No problem, Mrs. Morris. I can remember when I was younger, I hated weddings too." She shut the doors. "Right this way.." Persia said, leading them over to the chairs. "Everyone should be ready soon. D.J., I think I girls are in the kitchen, if you'd like to go play with them."
D.J. wrinkled his nose. "Girls.." He rolled his dark brown eyes.
"Darryl Andrew..." Sheila said, squeezing her son's hand. "You had better start behaving, before your father gets here!"
Piper and Patty came down the stairs.
"Sheila!" Piper smiled, walking over and hugging Sheila. "Darryl's not here yet?"
"No, I haven't heard from him or Andy."
"Hmm." Piper said, just as the phone rang. "Phoebe, Paige! Can one of you get that?" Piper yelled.
"I got it!" Phoebe yelled, from the kitchen. She grabbed the phone and placed it to her hear. "Yellow?" She paused, her finger inches from the frosting on the cake. "Oh, hey Darryl." She left the cake alone and headed over to the chair, sitting herself down. "Yeah, we're okay here. No demonic activity as of yet and Prue's almost ready." She raked her fingers through her hair. "Yep." She walked over to the exit to the kitchen. "Yeah, they're both here." Phoebe sat through another lap of silence. "Okay. Okay, bye Darryl." She hung up the phone. "The guys are on their way."
"Cars?"
"Yeah. Leo's afraid of jinxing it, with the magic."
"Oh."
Piper clasped her hands together. "Great!"
1:00 P.M.
Prue's heart was racing, as she held her bouquet. The sound of the wedding march filled her ears and she turned to face her father.
"You ready?" Victor asked, not really sure himself if he was ready to give away his last daughter.
"As ready as I could ever be." Prue said, as her stomach whirled.
Victor looped arms with Prue. "Prue?"
"Yeah?"
"I just wanted you to know, I love you."
Prue smiled. "Yeah, I know." Her lips felt numb. "I love you too, dad."
Victor smiled, having a renewed confidence. "Let's go." He said, as he led Prue down the hallway, down the stairs, and finally through the aisle to Andy and Penny. Victor took a seat next to Patty, as he felt a few tears form in the back of his eyes.
Penny cleared her throat, using her telekinesis to stop the wedding march CD. "We're gather here today..." Her voice was cut off by the harsh sound of crackling electricity. She looked around, seeing nothing.
"Mom, go on.." Patty said.
"...to unite two souls as..." Again, Penny was cut off by another electrical burst. "What's going on?"
A murmur spread across the room, as everyone looked around, not seeing anything.
"Phoebe, Paige, do you sense something?"
Phoebe and Paige shook their heads, indicating that they didn't.
"Then what's going on?" Prue asked, looking worried.
A massive blast echoed through the house, resulting in smoke pouring out of nowhere. It looked as if a wire had short circuited. Then a warlock blinked in; his face resembling the face of a vampire on 'Buffy: The Vampire Slayer', minus the elongated teeth.
Then, in a spiral of flames, the transparent red haired evil being appeared. Her eyes were large, awaiting to take Prue's soul.
"Piper!"
The warlock raised his hand, hurling fireballs at both Andy and Prue. Then he exploded, thanks to Piper's power.
A white glow surrounded the couple, as it had done when they'd taken Paige's potion, and then a blinding light flashed through the room. When it had cleared and everyone could see again, the room filled with gasps. The fireballs had made burn marks on the walls, but thankfully they'd missed Prue and Andy. Unfortunately for the couple, the reason the fireballs had missed them, was because they were now only a few feet tall, with pointed ears.
"What? What you are staring at?" Prue asked, her eyes huge.
"What's going on?" Andy asked, looking from face to face.
"Uhm.." Paige said, orbing a wall mirror into her hands and holding it towards Prue and Andy.
Prue and Andy stared into the mirror, then turned to each other, gasping. "We're elves!"
TO BE CONTINUED...
