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A bright light blinded Piper as she stepped through the doorway with Cole. As the light began to fade Piper looked around and saw the Manor, back when she was little. She looked around and saw Grams with little Prue and Phoebe.
"Do you remember this day Piper? The day your mother died, then day all your unhappiness started."
Piper looked at the three small girls. Phoebe was too little to understand what was going on. Piper remembered.
"We were so upset. It was like our lives had been destroyed. Being a witch killed mom"
Cole gripped Pipers' shoulder.
"But it also made all three of you stronger."
Piper looked at him, confusion passed over her face.
"How do you know all this?"
Cole smirked.
"I've been watching over you Piper, since I was vanquished. I know all about you"
Piper stared at confusion at the scene in front of her; she wanted to leave. She couldn't bare to relive this again.
"I want to go"
Cole kept his eyes on this scene in front of him.
"Only you can do that Piper. You have to learn to move on, then we can leave this place."
Tears fell down Pipers' face; she sobbed quietly.
"I never got to say goodbye, not properly"
Cole nodded sympathetically.
"Then do it now"
Tears continued to fall down Pipers' cheeks.
"I love you Mom,"
The scene in front of them slowly faded as the bright light engulfed them again. This time Prue, Piper and Phoebe were all together in the attic.
"Your first vanquish, Jeremy do you remember him."
Piper nodded. The time that she discovered she was a witch.
"Being a witch was the last thing you wanted, do you remember."
Piper nodded. That kind of power. Of responsibly was something she never expected in her life.
"You have always thought that instead of setting you free 'The power of three' as trapped you."
Piper nodded, she knew he was right. There was no way out of it.
"Our only destiny is to die"
Cole nodded.
"But Piper, hasn't it also given you power you never thought you could have. Its' given you a husband, two sons, and sisters."
Piper gazed as she watched her first vanquish.
"It made us closer. We've seen things other people haven't even dreamt of. It was what made us sisters again"
The scene in front of Piper and Cole faded.
Attic
Phoebe rushed into the attic and saw Leo still desperately trying to heal Piper with no success.
"What happened?"
Paige shrugged.
"I don't know. I heard a loud bang and rushed to see what had happened. I saw Piper laying on the floor."
Phoebe walked over to where the remains of the smashed potion were laying on the floor. She bent down and carefully picked up the remains of the bottle.
"Was Piper working on a potion?"
Paige walked over to her.
"Yeah, a vanquishing potion for the creeper demon"
Phoebe looked at the table in front of her and her eyes gazed over the items that were on there.
"Did you say she was walking on a creeper demon vanquishing potion?"
Paige nodded and Phoebe sighed.
"These items are common in a sleeping in potion, or a potion for a vision quest. She must have dropped this and it exploded."
Phoebe turned to Leo.
"Leo stop, it's no use. She has to end the quest on her own. She's not injured. She'll be safe."
Unknown Plane
Piper looked at Cole. There was a question leaning on her mind.
"Why are you here Cole?"
Cole looked at her; he smiled.
"I'm here to help you through your quest. Once you've finished the quest you'll never have to see me again; and I'm sure that'll suit you just fine."
Cole turned away from her and before she could speak again another scene appeared in front of them. Piper smiled when she saw the scene. Her wedding day, after all the commotion with Prue.
"The happiness day of your life Piper"
Piper smiled.
"The first of three" She corrected him.
Cole nodded. He remembered that day himself.
"I remember how happy you were. Believe it or not I was happy for you."
Piper shook her head; she didn't rightly understand why she was here.
"Why am I here Cole?"
Cole looked at the scene in front of him.
"It's here to show you the good things that have happened to you since becoming a witch. This being one of them."
The scene slowly faded and was replaced by one that devastated Piper; Prues' death. Piper thought she'd accepted her death and moved on. Obviously, she hadn't.
"I work through her death Cole. You were there."
Cole shook his head.
"No you haven't not really."
Piper watched the scene unfold as Phoebe and Leo orbed in and he tried desperately to save them both. Piper had never seen that before, she didn't understand why she was being allowed to see it. She watched as Leo failed to heal Prue.
"Do you still blame Leo for not being to save her?"
Piper shook her head, she never blamed him, she was just upset and angry at losing her sister. The Source was to blame, not Leo.
Piper turned to Cole.
"Why are you showing me all these visions without giving me an explanation as to why I'm seeing them?"
Cole sighed; he really thought she would have figured it out by now.
"Piper, these are things with your mind wants you to see, not me. I could happily let you self-destruct but they want me to do this for you"
Piper shook her head.
"Who?"
Cole smirked.
"The powers-that-be"
TBC…
