Ok, well most of this chapter is dialogue and more dialogue. But, as an answer to your question PrUe AnD AnDy! Of course Prue is in this, what kind of an author would I be if she wasn't? She's here and so is gasp another person who if you want to find out who it is, you'll have to read to find out! To Christine Marquez, I'm glad you find it entertaining. If anything else gets confusing, don't hesitate to tell me.Oh, and thank you pandapurrrfectgrl for reviewing. Please read and review at the end!
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The future Phoebe and Piper, Paige and Phoebe reappeared in what appeared to be the manor. The only thing that made them realize that it wasn't the manor was the fact that there were clouds outside the windows.
"Wh-where are we?" asked Phoebe.
"Yeah, and what's the manor doing up here?" asked Paige walking over to a window and looking down. "Wow, the city looks nice from up here."
"I know," said a voice. The three sisters turned to see the future Phoebe, Piper, and Prue standing in front of the stairs. The future Phoebe turned to future Piper and Prue and said, "I told you it was something big."
"Prue!" Piper and Phoebe yelled. Then they ran over to Prue and jumped on her causing her to fall onto the stairs.
"We missed you so much!"
"I can't believe that we're actually looking at you even though it's an older you!"
"Piper was so sad that she…never mind that!" said Phoebe. "Piper, let's get off Prue, she's probably thinking we're maniacs right about now."
"Err, yeah, sorry about that Prue."
"Um it's ok, though I'm kinda confused. Aren't you our past selves?"
"No," said Phoebe. "We're from another universe." Then glancing at Paige, she said, "One that's drastically different from this one."
"How so?" asked future Piper.
"Paige, come here," beckoned Piper to Paige who was standing by herself looking very uncomfortable. Paige slowly walked over to where the five others were standing and said, "Hi, I'm Paige…"
"Nice to meet you Paige!" said Prue.
"You know," said Piper, "you look remarkably familiar. You wouldn't happen to know a woman in your time named Paige Matthews, would you?"
"Well, that would be me, actually."
Future Phoebe went up to Paige and gave her a big hug. She wiped the tears that had formed in her eyes and said, "I'm sorry, it's just that, you were the social service worker who gave me the custody ofPhilip and Patrick and I never got to thank you…your future self for it."
"So, how do you know us?" asked future Prue.
"Do you know that we're witches?" asked future Piper.
"Oh for god's sake!" yelled Piper. Then she turned to Phoebe and said muttered, "If we get this dense in the future, I never want to grow up." She turned back to her future self and said, "If she didn't know about magic don't you think that she would have fainted by now?"
"I never thought of that," said future Piper.
"Then are you a witch who's a friend of theirs?" asked Prue.
"No, I'm…" but Paige couldn't finish because she was interrupted by a large crash coming from the attic. "What was that?"
The future Charmed Ones raced up the stairs with Piper, Phoebe, and Paige close behind. Prue was the first one up. She flung open the door and rushed to the side of a figure that was sprawling on the ground. "Andy! What happened?"
"I'm here? Good." Andy Trudeau got up from the floor, dusted himself off and said, "Missed me?" He hugged Prue tightly and kissed her.
"You know I did. So where were you again?"
"I was…whoa, would you mind telling me what's going on?" Andy asked spotting Piper, Phoebe, and Paige.
"Andy! It's been a long time since we've seen you as well," said Piper, tears welling up in her eyes.
Phoebe walked over to Andy, gave him a quick hug and said, "We've all missed you, even Darryl."
"Missed me? Where did I go?"
"Uh, that's besides the point."
"Prue, what's going on?"
"Well," she said, "Those two are Piper and Phoebe's past selves from another dimension. She was about to tell us who she was," Prue said pointing to Paige, "but then you came back."
"So who are you again?" asked future Phoebe.
"Piper, Phoebe, can I talk to you guys alone for a second?" asked Paige. "Sorry, I just need to ask them something." Piper and Phoebe walked over to her. "Do I really need to tell them who I am? I mean they all seem so…happy without me. I also don't want to tell Prue and…Andy?"
"Yes, Andy, he was Prue's former boyfriend and high school sweetheart, we told you about that, remember?" asked Phoebe.
"Yeah, well I don't really think that I should tell them that after they, you know…died…you guys found me and all."
"You're not getting out of this one missy," replied Piper. "Go and tell them who you are and if they ask questions then we'll answer them with you."
"Fine, I still don't see why I have to tell them. You guys should tell them," grumbled Paige and the three of them walked back over to future Piper, Phoebe, Prue, and Andy who were looking at them.
"Well?" asked Andy.
"Ok, well, I'm Paige Matthews and I'm…"
"Go on Paige," urged Phoebe.
"I'm your sister."
"What? Yeah right, we would have known if we had a sister," said future Phoebe, laughing.
"Oh really?" asked Paige her temper beginning to flare up. "Then how else would you explain why Piper and Phoebe said that they missed Prue?"
Prue stepped up to Paige and said, "What are you talking about?"
"What I'm talking about is that in our world, you're dead. You were killed by a demon named Shax or something."
"Paige," said Phoebe.
"I'm not done. After you died, Piper tried everything to get you back so she tried a lost sister spell and they found me."
"Paige, you don't need to tell them any more."
"No, Piper, be quiet," said Prue. "Go on."
"You want me to?"
"Yes, I do," said Prue icily.
"Fine. Piper and Phoebe found out that I was their half sister because Mom had me with her whitelighter Sam."
"Sam? You mean that retired whitelighter who lived at camp?" asked future Piper.
Paige looked at Piper and Phoebe who nodded to her. "I guess so."
"This is insane! You know that I could kill the three of you it a second, right?" asked Piper.
"What?"
"If you're demons, you'd better get out of hear or your asses will be burning in hell even before you have a chance to say another word," she replied.
"Ladies, ladies. Calm down," said Andy. I was an inspector before I became a whitelighter so…"
"You, a whitelighter?" asked Piper.
Andy glared at her and said, "So I think that we should call the person with the most answers down here to help us." He looked up to the roof and said, "Patty! Come down here please."
There was a shimmer of golden lights and the ghostly form of Patty Halliwell appeared in front of the seven of them. "Andy, so nice to see you again. How are your children doing as teachers at Magic School?"
"They're fine, I was just down there actually. Patience is doing really well and all the students there like her a lot. Adam decided to become librarian after Jill retired."
"Good. Hello my dears," she said to future Prue, Piper, and Phoebe. Then she turned around and saw Piper, Phoebe and Paige and said, "Well, this is a surprise. I haven't had one in such a long time. Hello Piper, Phoebe. You both look so lovely." Then her eyes went to Paige who was standing speechless after seeing her mother's ghost for the first time since she became a witch. "Paige…" Patty's eyes grew wide as she saw her daughter whom she had put in the orphanage with Sam over 40 years ago. "Paige!" Patty ran over to her daughter enveloping her in a hug. "Oh, I've missed you so much, my dear." Then she pulled back to look at Paige. "Even if you are twenty years younger, you are still beautiful."
"Uh, Mom, what's going on?" asked the shocked future Phoebe.
"Yeah, I think that we'd all like to know that," said future Prue.
"I knew I'd have to do this someday," said Patty. "Well, I had an affair with my whitelighter, Sam, and I had Paige. You three were too young to remember it. You thought that Mommy was just a little fat, that's all (A/N: That line was in the show just to tell you. I just had to use it for this scene). We left her in a church and told the nun there to give her to a good family."
"But, why didn't you tell us this before?" asked Prue.
"Because, then the Elders would have found out and there would be no Power of Three." Patty looked up for a second and said, "I think I'm done here." She turned and looked at the seven people in front of her. "Blessed be, my darlings, even you Andy," she said and then patty was gone in a swirl of golden lights.
"Your Mom was always so nice," said Andy.
"You always say that," said Prue looking at Andy with a look of sarcasm on her face. Then she walked over to Andy and hugged him. "We've only been married for what? 18 years? She's your Mom too." Prue then turned to Paige and said sourly, "I guess I owe you an apology. I'm sorry."
"Even I owe you an apology," said future Phoebe. "I didn't mean to laugh like that. It's just that I've always wanted another sister so when you said that you were our sister, it just didn't seem that believable."
"Yeah, I guess I should say sorry as well. I get paranoid easily these days," said future Piper.
"We can see that," muttered Piper to an amused Phoebe.
"That's ok," said Paige. "I'm used to it."
"Ok, this is good. Everything has been sorted out," said Phoebe. Then she turned to her future self and said, "By the way, you have a kick-ass power. How much longer till I get it?"
"Only about 5 more years or so."
"Ok, so where did you get you clothes?"
"That's the advantage of being an advice columnist. You can go to all those really nice places that you normally just stop to look at on the streets and…"
"I'm very glad that you two are bonding, but I really want to get back home, to our time and you know spend some time with Leo," said Piper. "If he won't be around afterwards, then I'd like to spend as much time as I can with him. It's not that I don't want to be here."
"We get it," said future Piper. "Or at least, I do. What are we waiting for? Let's help them get back!"
"Phoebe, if I become like that, please take me to a mental hospital," said Piper, who once again was wondering how she could ever in a million years become as energetic or thick headed as her future self.