God I've been waiting to post this for days, but FFN wouldn't let any of us login, how much did that suck! I changed the title of this chapter cos I like this one better, it kinda rhymes! Some of the flashbacks/memories in this chapter are from my fics and season one of charmed! Okay, so this is the second longest chapter I've written, first and third being Charmocalypse part one and two, so I hope you all enjoy reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it and can't wait to read your reviews!
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Princess Pinky: Glad you liked it! I can clearly see that you clearly understand the problem lol!
Peanut2lb: Glad you liked it! I'm sure Gabby and Natalie would get on well, plotting to ruin the Halliwells lives lol! Since when did the sisters think logically? lol
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Memories And Cemeteries:
Piper lay on her bed, tears streaming down her cheeks as she tightly clutched her red pillow, and she thought of her sister:
A fire is burning around the sisters as Jeremy laughs, Prue suddenly grabs each of her sisters' hands,
"come on! we've got to stay together!"
"the power of three will set us free,
the power of three will set us free,
the power of three will set us free."
The flames around them are replaced by a swirling wind and they chanted the spell another time, Jeremy stepped closer to them but they didn't stop,
"I am not the only one," he told them, as the spell began to take affect,
"the power of three will set us free."
"I'm one of millions…in places you can't even imagine, in forms would never believe, we are hell on earth! you will never be safe, and you will never be…free!" the warlock yelled, he raised his fists and roared before exploding.
Piper knew Jeremy had been right, he was one of millions, and one of them millions had taken Andy, and now another had taken Prue, no matter how hard they would try those millions would be here forever, as would the pain and suffering of loss amongst the family, as one by one those millions would kill them all off until there was no one left to fight the good fight, and those millions would walk the earth and possibly multiply into billions, loss was a mortal emotion, but for the Halliwell family it always came from a demonic problem.
In the conservatory, Paige was staring out of the windows from where she sat, tears also travelling down her face, she was thinking about when she had first become part of the family:
"I can't believe you're a witch," Glenn said,
"half witch, half whitelighter," Paige corrected with a smile,
"you should have seen Karis, she hit that thing with some kind of red electricity," he told her,
"apparently Peeper isn't as good as momma and dada," Piper smiled as she entered. Karis grinned at her parents and said,
"Peeper and Gwace nice,"
"I'm sure they are, hopefully I'll get to learn that for myself soon," Paige said,
"you certainly will, we are family after all," the middle sister told her baby sister.
"Can I have a look at that book Phoebe told me about last night?" Paige asked,
"of course, it's your book too," Piper said, leading her up to the attic and leaving Karis with her father.
Then she thought about how well she and Prue had bonded on the morning of Andy's, Phoebe's and Patrice's funeral:
Prue stood in the kitchen with Grace in her arms,
"your daddy loved you very much, and he still does, but he can't be here right now," the eldest sister said, "but he will be soon," she promised, putting one of Grace's brown curls behind her ear.
"This is probably a stupid question, but are you okay?" Paige asked as she entered, Prue shook her head, "I know how you feel, when my parents, my adoptive ones that is, died, I didn't know how to cope, I missed them so much, but I hated them for leaving me." Prue gave her baby sister a half smile,
"I'm gonna look forward to getting to know you," she said,
"likewise," Paige replied, Karis wriggled in her mothers arms and an electro-pyrokinetic spark appeared in palm, Prue squinted at the spark and it flew into the sink, disappearing.
The next funeral they went to could possible be Andy's again, or maybe Prue's this time, only they could decide.
In the kitchen, Phoebe sat at the table staring into her glass of water, this made her think of when Prue had allowed herself to die in order to defeat the Angel of Death:
The four drove to the lake in Piper's jeep, when they got there Phoebe was first to get out of the car, followed by Andy, then Piper, and finally Prue, who was clutching the ivory box.
"Here," she said, passing it to Piper,
"how does it feel? Knowing your mother's killer is about to keep it in the family?" the Angel of Death laughed, as he faded into sight,
"it feels good, considering if I die, so do you," Prue replied, she stepped forward and dipped her hand into the lake, hoping the water demon would somehow sense her, and it did. The humungous creature entered her body and she squirmed around inside,
"Prue!" Andy exclaimed, but Phoebe and Piper held him back, they watched as she gasped for air and dropped to the ground,
"it looks like she's finally been crossed off," the Angel of Death said. He was now facing Prue's spirit, she grinned as he became a whirlwind of black and exploded,
"Leo!" Piper called, Leo orbed in at her side and ran to heal Prue, but couldn't,
"I can't heal the dead," he said, Phoebe reached into her pocket and pulled out a spell, but it was too late, Prue had already been taken away.
She appeared out of twinkling lights in a beautiful garden,
"where am I?" she asked,
"Limbo," a voice told her, Prue felt herself fading away again, but then the sensation stopped and a sparkling cloud appeared in the air. It showed her sisters, Andy and Leo, her sisters had just cast a spell to keep her in Limbo until they could get in touch with the Angel of Life, but for now, all she could do was wait.
They had brought Prue back that time, so why should this time be any different? But it was, because things had changed since then, the power of magic in the world had increased and in order for everything to stay at a stupid balance the flow of destiny was different, Andy could be brought back, Prue could be brought back, but not both, they both had a destiny though, so it looks like Trajer wanted to keep the balance by knocking off a powerful being of good, and unfortunately he chose one of them.
The rest of the family were gathered in the attic, also mourning and thinking of memories. Leo was remembering when he had first met Andy:
"Uh…Andy Trudeau, this is Leo Wyatt, you guys chat and we'll be right back," Prue introduces them, before pushing Andy towards Leo. The two men shake hands,
"hey," Andy greets, quite uncomfortably.
Back in Piper's bedroom, the brunette witch had begun thinking of a happier memory:
Prue was trying on her wedding dress, all of the problems had made her Andy even more determined to have the perfect wedding, and Paige's happiness spell had spread joy across the world, especially in the family. The dress was the traditional white, it had spaghetti straps which had pieces of sparkly white material attached to them, flowing down past her arms, it had a quite low-cut neckline and had a slight ruffle around the waist.
"You look beautiful," Piper complimented, from the doorway,
"thanks," Prue said.
Piper wiped her eyes with her sleeve, though this proved worthless after more tears began to fall, and then she got up off her bed and headed up to the attic, to find Phoebe and Paige were also walking up. They all entered together and their husbands ran straight to them, holding them in a tight, yet comforting, hug,
"what do you want to do?" Leo asked them as the men stepped back slightly,
"we don't know, but can we see them?" Piper replied, looking at Asendea,
"of course, I'll take you there," the goddess said, walking over and transporting them and herself to the marble chamber of the Olympian cemetery,
"what are we gonna do now?" Kyle asked,
"wait," Cole simply replied.
The sisters and Asendea reappeared in-between the slabs on which Prue and Andy lay,
"I'd do anything so that Grace could have both her parents back," Piper whispered,
"me too," Paige agreed,
"ditto," Phoebe said.
"I think we all know what Prue would want us to do," Piper stated,
"she'd give her life for an innocent, especially her family," Paige said,
"but that doesn't help us any further with our decision," Phoebe said,
"yes it does," a voice said, they turned to see Prue's spirit, clad in an angelic white dress which trailed down to the ground, standing behind them.
"Prue, is that really you?" Piper asked,
"yes Piper, it is," she replied,
"we don't know what to do," Paige told her sister, as the living Halliwell sisters began to cry openly again, while Prue tried to fight the lone tear that was rolling down her transparent cheek.
"Yes you do, you said it yourself I'd give my life for an innocent and our family, and that's what I'm doing, you need…" Prue paused to fight back the tears, "…you need to revive Andy, let Grace have her daddy and make sure she knows her mommy loves her very much, but I'm in Heaven now, and when she's a big girl she'll understand that better."
"Prue you can't ask us to let you go," Phoebe sobbed,
"I'm not asking you, I'm telling you," Prue said, quite sternly in in order to try and hide the pain,
"but we don't want to lose you," Piper cried,
"you can't expect us to cope without you," Paige said through a face full of tears. Prue walked towards her sisters and turned corporeal,
"do this one last thing for me, as my dying wish," she pleaded, holding them all together in a big embrace, she turned to Asendea and nodded,
"girls?" Asendea asked the living sisters. None of them said anything,
"please do this for me," Prue said, looking them all in the eye, Piper stared at her sister,
"do it," she told Asendea, not taking her eyes off Prue. The eldest sister held them close again, thinking of how they're family had either nearly or actually lost each other so many times, she thought of one time in particular:
"Phoebe!" Piper yelled, she raised her hands to use her power, but it was too late, the fire ball pounded into Phoebe's chest, blasting her backwards,
"Leo heal her," Prue instructed, Leo held his hands over Phoebe's body but no healing glow was released,
"what's wrong?" Paige asked,
"I can't heal the dead," Leo told them.
"One down, three to go," the Source said, creating another fire ball, Piper blew it up along with his hand,
"attack!" he bellowed, a large group of demons shimmered in and began shooting energy balls, electricity and fire in a number of directions. Piper was blowing up a demon when Shax appeared behind her and released a blast of mystical wind and energy, it pounded into her back and threw her through the air into the wall,
"I thought the Source 'dealt with him'?" Paige asked, Prue shrugged and channelled all her grief for Phoebe into her power, telekinetically moving a fire ball out of the Source's hand into his chest.
"Leo, the baby," Piper whimpered as he began to heal her, "it killed the baby,"
"I know," he replied after he completed the healing, "and he's gonna pay," the whitelighter stood up with a look of fury on his face, he jumped forward and grabbed Shax, pushing him into the Source's hand and forcing him to absorb a fire ball, vanquishing him. Andy jogged down the stairs to find Phoebe dead lying with her head on Paige's thighs, Piper curled up on the floor crying with Leo holding her close, and Prue deflecting a giant energy ball which a demon had fired, vanquishing the remaining demons apart from the Source.
"Look at that, the fiancé," the Source said, he sent a blast of fire spiralling into Andy,
"Leo," Prue said, Leo ran up the stairs to heal Andy, but after failing to he shook his head,
"that's it," Prue screamed. She threw out her hands and sent a barrage of telekinetic energy at the Source, blasting him into the wall with such a force it cracked,
"I'll be back," he growled, flaming out. The eldest sister looked around at the mess around her, flames were everywhere and grief was in the air, her fiancé was dead, her sister was dead, and her future niece was dead, the Source had finally won, or had he?
"Will we ever see you again?" Paige sobbed,
"maybe in a few months, a year or so, when I'm adjusted to the afterlife, which is all happy again because the wall's been closed," Prue replied, trying not to cry anymore and smiling at them, though the salty tears still managed to escape from her eyes, running down and even touching her lips.
"Tell everybody I love them," Prue told them, as Asendea began to revive Andy, she looked at her sisters for a final time before becoming bright lights which, strangely, stayed hovering in the air,
"what's happening?" Paige asked, as Asendea finished healing Andy and he sat up,
"Prue?" he whispered. Suddenly, the bright lights darted through the air and into Prue's body, she shot up with a big gasp for air,
"I'm back," she murmured, "but how?"
"that doesn't matter now, all that matters is that you're back," Andy said, pulling her into a hug which was joined by Piper, Paige and Phoebe. But as Phoebe joined in she was hit with a premonition:
Andy felt helpless, he couldn't do anything to stop Gabrielle, even his powers were off due to the transition from life to death, he could only watch as Prue failed to protect herself and Gabrielle punctured her heart with the mystical blade.
"That bitch," she cursed,
"what is it?" Paige asked, "what did you see?"
"Gabrielle's true nature," Phoebe replied, looking at Prue,
"what d'you mean?" Piper asked,
"Gabrielle's the one who killed me," Prue explained,
"I'm gonna blow her ass all the way back to whatever part of hell she came from," Piper said, showing her anger throwing her powers and accidentally blowing a porcelain vase in the corner of the chamber.
"Lets go then," Paige said, taking Piper's and Phoebe's hands,
"we'll meet you at the manor," Prue told them,
"we're not going to the manor," Phoebe growled, anger towards Gabrielle burning inside of her. Prue watched them dissolve into orbs before turning to Andy,
"I don't know how, I don't know why, but we've been given another chance at life together, and I want to live it to the full," she told him,
"what are you saying?" he asked,
"I want to try for another baby, extend our family," she replied,
"I think that's a great idea," he beamed, happily pulling her into a tight squeeze, "and I've got one of my own." The charmed one got a bit of a surprise when he got down on one knee,
"Andy, what are you doing?" she asked, confused as she was sure they'd been here before,
"Prudence Melinda Halliwell-Trudeau, will you show how much you love me and marry me, again?" he asked,
"renew our vows?" she asked, he nodded,
"of course I will," she replied, once again they hugged and he took out her small hoop earring,
"it's not a perfect fit but I will get you another ring at the time," he told her, as it only went half way down her little finger,
"it couldn't be more perfect," she grinned, pulling him into a passionate kiss.
Meanwhile, Gabrielle was sitting on her bed, waiting for the name to appear on the piece of magical 'answers everything' parchment which Divinity had given her, when orbs formed in the room and became Paige, Piper and Phoebe.
"You killed our sister," Piper stated,
"and now we're going to kill you," Phoebe told her,
"I don't have time for this," Gabrielle muttered, creating a blue blast in her hand,
"I could blow you into tiny pieces before that could even get near us," Piper promised, causing Gabrielle to clench her fist and extinguish the blast.
"Go ahead then, kill me," she said, standing up,
"nothing would give us greater please," Phoebe said, firing an electric bolt and throwing Gabrielle into the wall behind her bed, her body collapsing down onto the bed, that was when something which had fallen on the floor caught the angelic seer's eye, she quickly grabbed it up and shoved it in her pocket while Paige and Piper were concentrated on Gabrielle.
"We shouldn't kill her," Paige realised,
"why not?" Phoebe asked, clearly outraged,
"Paige's right, we shouldn't sink to her level," Piper agreed,
"we have to do something," Phoebe stated,
"I think making sure she spends the rest of her life alone will be one way," Piper said,
"you wouldn't dare tell Victor," Gabrielle hissed,
"actually, y'know Gabrielle, I'm a bit of a daredevil, whereas you and your little demon are just devils, so I dare, and I will, first thing tomorrow your husband's gonna be kicking you out on the streets where you belong," Paige told her,
"have a good sleep, as it'll be the last you'll have in a while, I hear cardboard boxes aren't much use against the weather this time of year," Phoebe grinned, before Paige orbed them out.
An hour or so later, the family were all sitting in the living room of the manor while the kids slept in either Patrice's or Charlotte's room,
"the Elders told me how you came back," Leo told Prue, orbing in,
"how?" she asked,
"because you were willing to sacrifice you own life, and anything it could possibly become, in order to save someone you love, there's nothing greater than that," he replied,
"greater than what?" Paige asked,
"love," Prue whispered, snuggling deeper into Andy's hold.
To be continued…
A/N. Okay, I think that was definitely one of my better chapters, probably my saddest and most emotional, don't you think?
Next chapter- Gabrielle finds herself homeless. Phoebe learns who the father of Megra is. Divinity attacks. And Glenn, Jennifer and Amber arrive to take Karis to Glenn's parents for the weekend.
'Who's The Daddy?' should be up soon.