Prince Halliwell: rest assured you will not see Chris or Wyatt enter this universe. Princess Pinky: Thanks for the awesome feedback! I totally know what you mean about Prue being controlling, she is my all time favorite but I have to admit in the early episodes of Charmed she treated Andy like &#$! It's not really until DejaVu that we see that she loves him. And have you ever noticed that in season one there are TON of innocents who find out there secret? It's like everyone can know but Andy. As far as Glenn goes you'll have to wait and see but I can tell there won't be any more orbers added to this universe. Cheese-Fairy: I'm glad you liked Colleen crying, I thought it seemed appropriate. Proofall: I don't necessarily mind the inclusion of Paige into the show; it's the absence of Prue. CC: LOL I hadn't thought about Cole still having hairy legs! As for Andy's funeral, that is one of my most favorite scenes of all time! Next to he and Prue telling one another that they loved each other. Sorry for making you cry! PrUe AnD AnDy Here you go!
This chapter takes place 3 weeks later. Prue is now about 6 months along with Alyeia. Ayleia's fate will be revealed in the next couple of chapters.
Eternally Charmed: Shot Through the Heart
Bay View Elementary School
First grade teacher, Leslie Bradshaw had just opened the door to her classroom when Paige breezed in from behind a bush. "Good Afternoon Miss Matthews, it's been a while since we've seen you"
"I've been on a self-imposed sabbatical" Paige gave the women her best sunny grin before craning her neck to see an anxious line of first grade students forming up behind there teacher.
"I'm sure that Amanda must have missed you terribly" the teacher smiled turning to Amanda. "Amanda, your Aunt Paige is here to take you home".
Scowling Amanda shuffled her way to the front of the line with her backpack pack in tow. "I'd rather ride the bus".
"Amanda that was very rude!" Miss Bradshaw scolded, "we do not take such a tone with adults, especially those who are dear to us"
Paige plastered on a fake smile, as she knelt and pick up Amanda's backpack from the floor. "It's all right, Amanda has a lot going in her life right now"
"My Mom is having a demon baby" Amanda called out of her shoulder as Paige hurried her from the room and into a vacant custodial area.
"What are trying to do?" Paige sank to Amanda's level, "trying to get us exposed? Sweetie you can't talk like that, it's not safe"
"SO!" Amanda protested purposely sidestepping her now least favorite Aunt. Amanda crossed her arms over her chest and stalked towards Paige's lime green Beetle.
Paige kept her face stone as she trailed after the now 7 year old. Amanda was about to open the passenger side of the Beetle when Paige slammed it shut"Amanda Patrice what exactly is your problem?"
"You is my problum!" Amanda howled getting all teary eyed and flustered. "You weft me and yous promised you wouldn't do that! You s'pose to be my guardian so nothing bad happen to us and you weft me to take care of Ally, Melinda and Aussie!"
"Oh Honey" Paige whispered wrapping her arms around the sobbing girl. "I never meant to leave you" It wasn't until that moment that Paige realized how much Amanda sounded like Prue.
"Mommy and Daddy have to help the elders but you's s'pose to stay!" Amanda blasted "Not turn into wobot!"
Paige held the little girl for several moments before kissing her wet cheeks "I wasn't a robot, I was a rock"
Still angry, Amanda shoved her fists into Paige's chest and orbed away, leaving the witch/guardian bewildered and hurt.
Amanda? Amanda!
Manor
"What are you doing here?" A unknown hooded creature had orbed into the attic where Mandela/Andy was trying to get a peek at the book. "The book will never let you touch it!"
"Really?" Mandela/Andy placed her hand on the podium and instantly the book slammed shut.
"See! It knows you are not the real Tracer" The hooded intruder pushed Mandela/Andy aside and carefully opened the book flipping to Mandela's page. "If you wanted to steal spells than you should have done it before you joined yourself with the mortal tracer".
"We are one being now" Mandela/Andy stated proudly, "together with his powers, I am practically invincible. Now if I could just do something about that horrid Prue"
The hooded creature let you a doubtful sigh "The tracer is no longer fighting you?"
"His voice is merely a whisper in my head, soon our two souls will unite as one"
"Just be careful that you do not burn his completely out"
"It will never happen" Mandela/Andy smirked, "his love for the witch and his children is too strong. He will keep fighting me for them"
"You like having his emotions" the figure said knowing that Mandela was a demon incapable of love and hope.
"They heighten my powers"
"Hmm…can you sense his feelings towards Ayleia?"
"He is conflicted and feels an obligatory need to protect the child from becoming completely evil. He can no sooner, leave his child than he could Prue"
"Perfect" the figure, whispered at the sound of Prue's voice in combination with infantile cries echoing into the room.
"Andy can you get Austin, Please?"
"I must be off" The hooded figured burst into a flurry of blue and white orbs exiting the room as Prue entered.
"Here take her please, she's fussy and I need to check the book for a spell"
Mandela/Andy hesitated for a moment. What harm could it do? She had already used Andy's masking power to cover up her own demonic DNA. The real Andy swallowed in relief when Mandela reached for the whimpering infant, making Austin scream. The purple flash of Austin auric vision made Andy smile, judging by the pitch of his daughters scream, he knew that she had just uncovered Mandela "that's it baby" he said proudly.
"Andy what on earth?" Prue whirled around, concerned over her daughters agonizing cry.
"She's just hungry" Mandela/Andy replied as Prue checked her watch before crossing to the rocking chair
"That's more than hunger, it sounds like something frightened her"
C'mon Aus, help out your old man here" Austin was telempathic, meaning t hat she could read emotions and thoughts and project them to other people. She also had the gift of auric sight. What if he could use their father/daughter connection to get her to send his thoughts to Prue? It was worth a shot.
"It's okay" Prue smiled when Mandela/Andy started to lay Austin back into her arms. Gauging the moment, Andy waited until both Mandela and Prue had their hands on Austin before trying to call out to Prue.
"Prue, Prue, listen to me"
"Did you say something?" Prue asked patting Austin's back gently.
"No" Mandela/Andy shrugged stroking the infants head for good measure hoping her flow of evil would travel to Alyeia.
"Prue there's a demon in the house" Andy whispered, "I need you to find it" Prue's eyes shifted back and forth at the sound of Andy's voice ringing in her ears. What was going on here?
"Ask Austin Prue, she can show it to you"
"Call out all you like" Mandela chided mentally, "she will never hear you"
Now there were two voices in her head? Prue's lips pursed, "can you hand me that receiving blanket over there?"
"Sure" Mandela/Andy walked over to the playpen and grabbed the fuzzy pink blanket with the triquetra on it"
"Can you get her binky her too?"
Mandela/Andy shuffled slowly back towards the mother and child, placing the blanket over Austin while Prue handed her the binky.
"There you go"
Austin continued to sniffle and rubbed at her eyes tiredly.
"I'm going to lay her down" Several moments later Prue pulled herself from the chair, and crossed back to the playpen gently laying Austin inside. For several seconds she stood with her back towards Andy gently stroking her daughter's cheek before looking over her shoulder.
"Why don't you check the book and see if there is possibly a tracking spell to find Mandela?"
"There isn't" Mandela/Andy hedged, "I- uh- already looked"
"Hmm" Prue sighed straightening, "you know it's funny that you haven't been able to track her orbs?"
"Maybe she isn't orbing"
"Could that be because she's already here?" Prue looked down for a moment rubbing her swollen belly. She knew what she had too do. "I hope you'll forgive me for what I'm about to do to your father" she told Ayleia, "but we have no choice". Holding out her hands, Prue tapped into Alyeia's power to conjure and called upon the Tracer crossbow.
By the time Prue whirled around, Mandala had already formed a heat seeking probing, firing it across the room at the pregnant witch.
"Nice Try!" Prue groaned in time with an angry squint. The probe deflected firing itself back at Mandela and then dissolved at her calling.
"You can't vanquish me with that" Mandela said haughtily. "You'll only succeed in vanquishing your husband. According to the book the only way to vanquish a tracer was to shoot him with the arrow from his own crossbow.
"His body maybe, but never his heart" An excellent marksman Prue wasted no time in pulling the trigger releasing a vanquishing arrow.
"Prue what's going on?" Orbs entered the room revealing Paige gaping in horror at the sight of Prue shooting at her husband. "Force Field!" Paige waved her arm causing a blue glowing light to form around Andy, blocking the arrow.
"Paige NO!" The crossbow disappeared from Prue's hand signaling defeat.
"Thanks Sis" Mandela/Andy laughed wickedly at Paige as the black and blue orbs filled the force field bursting it into bits.
The orbs rematerialized and Mandela felt Andy shutter within side her as they landed in the center of the Source's lair. The Source was waiting in his stone throne, scowling indignantly.
"The Priestess tricked Alyeia to forming the crossbow!" Mandela/Andy cowered falling to her knees.
"The infant was trying to save her father" The source rose to his feet waving a talon like hand and separated the souls of the two tracers with a firey ball of magic
"Aaahhh!" Flames engulfed Andy's body releasing the two joined souls. A black cloud took the shape of a woman and then morphed into Mandela.
"You dare to try and harm the mother of the anointed one!" The Source roared, without Alyeia, he wouldn't have a chance at brining the dark priestess back
"I am sorry Sire" Mandela began to beg profusely again falling to her knees while Andy remained silent in a crab crawl position, "I have failed"
"But this Tracer shall not!" Raising his staff the Source then shot bolts that resembled electricity straight into Andy's eyes, causing his body to convulse until it felt limp on the hard stone floor. Smoke rose ominously as Mandela quietly awaited her fate.
"He shall allow no harm to come to his child!" she screeched raising her hands for protection.
"And neither shall you!" Again, the Source raised his staff and blew the female tracer into oblivion.
"She is right, he will not allow anything to harm his any of his daughters" The hooded figure moved out from the shadows.
"Do you think the Tracer will remember your face"
"He trusts this face" removing the hood Natalie smiled and shape shifted back into her normal angelic white lighter attire.
"If he does not, I will destroy you and everything associated with the greater good"
Natalie knelt at Andy's side preparing to orb him home, "Ayleia's birth and crossover to your side will only benefit us all" she said dissolving into a blast of orbs.
