A/N: Princess Pinky thank you for the detailed review, I love it when people notice the little things. I will confirm, that the baby will be another girl. About her powers, Amanda will still be the strongest powers wise as she will have more of them but the new baby will partially immortal like Prue and Andy with less strength. Wyatt: thanks for reviewing buddy, love your new DejaVu sequel! As I told Pinky, the baby is a girl. I'm sticking with what Prue told Andy in "The Truth Hurts" Eppy, they'll be witches, only if they're girls. Jade-Eyed Halliwell: More kids? Hmm, I really haven't thought about children for Phoebe and Paige yet so at this point, I'm not sure. At the moment, I'm happy with the other four I've created. aej1085 PrueTrudeau, PrUe AnD AnDy: Thanks for the reviews! Hey Cutelittlebritt, don't worry you're not the only one! CCMcKenna: Dude, where is your update of Earthquake?
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Eternally Charmed: Imposter Of Charm
Underworld
"How perfect" The Dark Priestess, Dantalian, stood looking pleased as the warlocks, dropped Andy on the stone cold floor. "With the Tracer gone, and one sister injured this will be a good time to try and destroy Prue".
"Are you sure this a good idea my Queen? The High Priestess is well guarded even without the protection of the Charmed Ones. Not to mention she is with an angelic child" A shape shifter tasked with the job of assisting the dark priestess stepped forward gazing into the pool.
"I do not fear the Charmed Ones, or the threat of an angelic child. The child will not become immortal until she takes her first breath. I intend to see that she never does." Prue's unborn daughter would be no threat to the underworld, with the exception that she was destine to be born with partial immortality, a trait if left alone by the underworld would eventually spread to a new race of near immortal witches.
"But the Charmed Ones vanquished you" the shape shifter argued, "Does the Source not fear of losing you again?"
"The Source fears nothing!" Dantalian roared pulling back the sleeve of her black cloak. "Besides I have a score to settle with Prue and her sisters"
The Shape shifters eyes widened at the sight of Datalian's missing left hand. Several years back, Piper had frozen the hand and smashed it, in hopes the dark priestess would tell them the whereabouts of a kidnapped Prue.
"Yes, my Queen" the shape shifter answered obediently.
"Very Good" Dantalian smiled, at the shape shifter's subservient manner. "Now tell me, can you make yourself look like the mortal Tracer?
"But of course," the shape shifter nodded and then glamoured into an exact image of Andy.
"Now" Dantalian continued to smile evilly, "I want you to go to the manor and spend every waking moment with Prue until she goes into labor, then I shall give instructions from there"
The shape shifter looked at his mistress baffled, "but how am I to be certain, the Priestess will have the child before she discovers that the real Tracer is gone?
Dantalian then reached into the pocket of her cloak and pulled out a little doll known as a poppet. The doll had long shiny black hair and facial features that vaguely resembled Prue's "I will take care of that, with a little magic, the High Priestess will separate herself from the angelic child by the end of the night."
She then slipped the shape shifter a tiny little white satchel filled with tea. "just make sure, she drinks at least one cup of the tea before midnight"
"I will my queen of darkness" The shape shifter then shimmered out leaving Dantalian with the poppet.
Evilly, she waved her hand, changing the vision of the dark seeing pool. A vision of manor appeared, where Prue was standing in the parlor. Snickering the dark Priestess took a stickpin, tainted with poison from her pocket and drove it directly into the stomach of the doll causing the Prue in her vision to shriek with unexpected pain.
"Oh Ow!" The Prue in the vision clutched her stomach.
Dantalian watched, Prue's sisters gather at her side in obvious concern. "You cannot save her this time," she whispered sticking the poppet with yet another pin.
ManorPiper and Phoebe watched their oldest sister double over in pain.
"Prue you okay?" Piper stood at Prue's side, rubbing her back gently.
"Yeah, I just had this weird pain" Prue stood for a moment for more, taking in a deep breathes of cleansing air.
"Is it the baby?" Phoebe asked, taking the opposite side from Piper.
Prue shook her head, biting back another stabbing pain. "No…it's too early"
Phoebe looked at her sister skeptically, "just to be safe, I'm going to call Leo. Piper's going to call Ava"
"You don't have to ask me that one twice" Piper replied just as Leo appeared with an injured Paige in his arms. Forgetting about Prue's pain, Piper set the phone back down. "What happened to Paige?"
"Warlock attack" Leo grunted delicately setting Paige on the couch.
Phoebe sank next to her little sister, "Oh Leo it looks bad". Frowning with concern all three older Halliwell sisters watched as Leo held his hands over Paige's injured chest and forehead.
"Mmm" Paige's face crinkled with concerned pain as the wounds began to heal prompting Phoebe to take her hand.
"Paige, sweetie what happened?"
"Argh" Slowly Paige sat up and buried her head into her hands, "Warlocks, attacked us at the cemetery. They have Andy"
"Did somebody mention me?"
"What how did you- ?" Paige did a double take as the shape shifter cloned as Andy stepped into the living room." Acting as Andy would, the imposter went over to Prue and kissed her on the cheek.
"How are you feeling? You look a little flushed" Feigning concern, he touched Prue's forehead. "Can I make you some tea?" As soon as he got her to drink the tea his job would be over.
"Aside from a few false contractions. I'm fine" Prue answered, not knowing that her pain was caused by the dark priestess and the poppet "and no I don't want tea". Prue looked at the imposter for several for seconds normally the real Andy wouldn't be so calm and forgiving especially since she'd thrown a ladle at him.
Sheepishly, Prue began to say something, "Andy about earlier, I-"
"Don't worry about it, just let me know if you change your mind about the tea" Loving the imposter kissed Prue's forehead, prompting her to wrap arm around his waist.
Sitting up taller, Paige blinked. This couldn't be right. She'd seen two warlocks attack Andy in the cemetery and deflect an arrow from his crossbow directly into his chest. "How can you be okay, I just saw you take one of your own arrows and the warlocks blinked out with you"
The shape shifter's brow furrowed, obviously the warlocks had not been able to injure the witch as the dark priestess had intended. He needed to think of something quick.
"You must have hit your head pretty hard when they threw you into that tree. After that they blinked out and I traced them to a vanquish"
Paige's cocked her head in only the way she could, " I could have sworn-"
"Paige, I'm fine" the imposter stated, "if you don't believe me, Leo here can check me out"
The imposter held his breath hoping Leo wouldn't. If the whitelighter tried to probe for injury's with his sensing power, he would discover the imposter was not the real Andy.
"I did sense some pain earlier, but he seems to be fine now " Leo shifted his gaze from Andy and back to Paige "Maybe you were just confused"
"Hmm…maybe" Pulling to her feet Paige tried to stand wobbling. Phoebe and Leo both took a hold of her arms, trying to steady her.
"Maybe you're the one who could use some tea. Andy do you mind?" Phoebe nodded hinting to Andy. The tracer imposter smiled tightly and then proceeded to the kitchen.
"Sure. Now where would they keep the tea?" He was shifting through the cabinet of magical spices when Natalie suddenly orbed in, with Amanda.
"Hi Daddy!" Amanda quickly slipped her pink backpack from her shoulders and went running to hug the imposter's leg. "Did Aunty Paige help you make your heart feel better?"
"My heart?" The imposter looked at the child unsure, "Uh what was wrong with my heart?"
"Aunt Paige said it was hurting you"
Obscure thoughts ran though the imposter mind. Was the real tracer having a fling with the High Priestess younger sister? Attentively he gazed back into the parlor. The youngest witch was attractive, but he himself preferred the one with the short brown hair and the nose ring, the one they called, Phoebe.
Shaking the thoughts away, the imposter patted Amanda's head, "my heart is fine"
A big grin spread across Amanda's face. She was pleased that she'd been able to help Aunt make her father feel better. "Do you want to playful invisible hide and see with me?"
"Invisible hide and seek?" The imposter looked worried for a moment knowing he didn't have any of the real Andy's powers. "Uh…don't you have homework?"
"It's Friday" Amanda replied grinning up his knee, until Natalie cleared her throat.
"Amanda what's the rule about the games?" True to her word, Prue had appointed her magical advisor, as nanny to children.
Amanda's face changed forming a partial frown as she released the imposter's leg. "No games until 30 minutes of Halliwell history"
"That's right" Natalie's face remained indifferent, "now you may have a snack, but I want you up in the attic in five minutes". If Natalie had to endure to Prue's nanny duties she was going to see to the little witch/tracers and their witchlighter cousin, Melinda were raised properly heeding to all of the Elder's required rules of study.
"Yes ma'am" Amanda then followed Natalie to the refrigerator and watched her mother's political advisor, pull out the milk along with some carrot sticks and an apple.
The imposter scratched his head, " are we out of tea?"
"In the pantry, third shelf under herbal tea" Surprised and offended Natalie raised an eyebrow to the question. Since taking over as nanny to the manor, she had made sure the cabinets and refrigerator were always stocked with a healthy variety of essentials which were all categorized by her own detailed filing system.
"Right" The tracer imposter smiled tightly making his way to pantry.
"You still like to rub this in, don't you?" Natalie scowled softly prompting the imposter to smile and quip in the way that only Andy would.
"Every chance I get" The imposter then pulled out the tea bags and then went to fill the kettle with water, leaving Natalie to stalk out disgusted.
"I'm going to go check on Prue, I thought I sensed pain earlier." Obediently, Natalie marched into the sunroom where the crowd was still huddled.
"Oh Natalie, I'm glad you're here. Did you bring those files on those demons, I asked for?"
Natalie quickly waved her hand forming a stack and files and placed them on the white wicker coffee table, "I felt your pain earlier"
Prue shrugged taking a seat on the opposite of Paige and Phoebe "It's nothing just some braxton-hicks contractions"
"Honestly, Prue I'll never understand, why you chose to have yet another mortal birth, when you could have had a pain free angelic one"
Not able to resist the urge Prue smiled sarcastically, "that is because you my dear Natalie have never had children. If you had, you would know that there are some experiences that are too precious to give up"
Down in the underworld, the dark priestess smirked watching Prue through her seer's pool. "I'll show you an experience" she then made her way over to Andy who was lying unconscious on a slab of marble. Dantalian had taken great care to heal the injuries that the warlocks had caused and placed the tracer into an eternal sleep, where she would be free of his interference until she was finished with Prue. "It's too bad you won't be around to see the birth of your angelic child". Making her way, to her own caldron, the dark priestess placed the pin stuck poppet inside, and then waved her hands creating a bright glowing fire.
"Days of darkness sun and moon create the high priestess a labor of doom!" Sparks flew from the caldron, signaling the onset of Prue's growing pain.
"Oh…" Prue was still in the parlor with Natalie and the others when she felt an intense pain travel through stomach and back. The imposter had just brought Paige her tea, along with a second cup for Prue.
"Here drink this" the imposter coaxed.
"Andy I told you, I don't want any-"
Seductively, the imposter pressed a finger to her protesting lips, "Ssh…no arguing".
"Okay" Prue smiled giving in to the imposter's adorable grin. Calmly she took a couple of sips, and handed the cup back just as her body was overtaken with such a pain that it nearly dropped her to her knees.
"Prue?" Once again, Piper and Phoebe were at her side.
"It's nothing, it's nothing" Prue told herself biting down on her lip until she felt a whoosh of warm liquid flee down her legs. Her green eyes widened, "Oh…Oh…"
"Oh…your water just broke" Phoebe finished bobbing her head, to Piper.
"I know, I know call Ava" Within two seconds Piper was on the phone to the obstetric gypsy doctor, "Okay, we'll have Andy orb her to you now." Piper hung up the phone and looked at the imposter. "Ava wants to see Prue now and she can't leave the hospital"
"What?" The imposter's face paled slightly before he realized he could just blink out with the high priestess.
"Come on, come on, what are you waiting for?"
"Okay" The imposter smiled coolly, not seeing Amanda come into the room and bow her head to sense for orbs. For several seconds, Amanda stood with eyes closed fists, clenched until she came to a realization.
This wasn't her father. "Mommy" Piper was standing closest to the child.
"Not now baby, Your Daddy's just about to orb Mommy to the hospital so she can have your sister"
"No he isn't" Amanda shook her head insistently
"What?"
Pressing to her tiptoes, Amanda motioned for Piper to drop to her level, "that's not Daddy"
Piper's eyes narrowed, "sweetie how do you know that?"
"No trail of orbs!" Amanda shrugged in loud whisper for all of the room to hear.
"Prue get out of the way! He's a demon!" Rising to her feet, Piper quickly flicked her wrists freezing the imposter to the neck up so that only his head was mobile.
"What did you do to my husband? Where is he?" Sweat poured down Prue's forehead as she wriggled from the frozen imposters arms. She was half tempted to telekinetically blast the demon into wall and smash him into bits but the fear that he'd somehow taken over Andy's body stopped her.
"He's safe for now"
Sighing, Phoebe picked up an athame from the self near the hutch, and waved it threateningly at the imposter's inseam. "If you don't tell us where the real Andy is, I'll vanquish you right through your family jewels"
"Go ahead" the imposter, laughed knowing that she was bluffing, "this isn't my body"
Piper, carefully pried the athame from Phoebe's fingers, "Pheebs you might want to rethink that"
"He's right we can't take that chance" Paige commented moving to Prue's side. "C'mon honey let me take you to the hospital. Piper and Phoebe will take care of this"
"No" Prue shrugged Paige's hand away and stubbornly tried to take charge. "I want to know where's my husband-" Her voice faltered strangely, turning mechanical as if she were having a stroke.
"Pi-Ph- P" Black spots danced before Prue's eyes bathing her into sea of blackness. Slowly she could feel gravity pulling her to the ground. Voices, were speaking in slow motion all around her.
"Mommy!" Amanda screamed along with the others as they could only watch Prue's body fall to the floor with a hard thud.
"Prue! Prue!" Piper, Phoebe and Paige were all on their knees instantly. Phoebe was the first to look up at Leo helpless. "Leo, Paige get her to the hospital quick before it's too late!"
"It already is"
"For your sake you'd better hope not" Piper retorted watching Leo heft the pregnant and unconscious Prue into his arms and orbed out along with Paige.
Ava was already waiting for them in secluded room at the hospital. "What happened?"
Leo placed on Prue on the bed, giving Ava to work space while Paige filled the doctor in with all of the details.
"She just started having pains and then she collapsed"
"How is that possible?" Partially immortal, Prue's body though it was still vulnerable to pain and injury was now indifferent to the natural act of childbirth; Ava used a penlight to check Prue's pupils and then began to hook her up to series of fetal and other various monitors. Just by looking at Prue she could tell something was very wrong. "I am afraid Prue and her baby are in great danger"
Leo could only shake his head, "There's only one person who can cause Prue mortal harm"
"The dark priestess. She must have gotten to Prue somehow" Paige moved to her sister's side, stroking her long dark raven hair while Ava buzzed all around her. "Fight this Prue, whatever this is, fight it".
Gazing at the monitor, Ava frowned, at the print out. It was showing the baby was serious distress, her little vital signs were fading quickly from the poisoned tea the imposter had given to Prue "I'm afraid there is only one option. If the child is to live, I shall need to perform a cesarean right away".
"Go! Do whatever you need to do" Paige ordered turning to face Leo. "We can't lose Prue again"
