Different
Paths Part 38:
1971
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Okay, just a tiny explanation to this quest, as I will call it. This quest is a mixture of the vision quest Phoebe had in s6 and this memory thing of piper and Leo in cat house... Prue be three times there, once in her quest (psychical Prue), once in another state of her life Prue who she'll be watching (version Prue), and once in reality (physical Prue). The psychical Prue will be written in bold, the other version of Prue in impact and the physical Prue in normal letters. It seriously sounds more complicated than this all is.
It's
like Prue is sitting on a cloud and Prue watches what's happening,
so she's not invisible walking around in the scene going on (like
Leo did on his quest in s7)... she won't have a guide (like Phoebe
with the wolf or Leo with his special buddy)... she's not,
herself... (like in season two, where they visited their future)
buuut, the things we and she will see will affect the real Prue and
help her solve her issues, if it's really only issues ;) and with
this last statement, it's also clear, that the Prue floating on
the bed, will react in every way, we watchers might as well.
last
but not least: this story and also this chapter is based on the
birthday of Prue of 28th October 1971
considering, that
I have 9 stations Prue will have to visit, I reconsidered the idea of
ending at chapter 40 and now will have 50 chapters, so in total, all
5 parts together will be, yes you shouldn't believe it, 250... This
matches better into the concept, than my original idea on packing all
9 stations into one chapter, which would be, in my opinion a bit too
much.
Now don't go jumping from your chairs... till this quest
thing will be through... it'll still need a while. I have planned
since my last update every little detail of this big showdown I'm
about to prepare, buuuut, it's not written and when I write... I do
it in school... when I'm completely bored, which is very dangerous.
Okay, after all this babbling (wow already ¼ of a
page!)I'm not longer gonna tantalize you... and finally give you
what you waited for so long already...
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Prue's
surrounded by fogs and clouds. She sat on the swing Andy and her
shared as their secret for ages already. Slowly the clouds cleared
and finally she found Patty standing in the kitchen. She's eating
some tuna sandwich, mixed with marmalade which she's fishing with a
spoon out of a glass. Prue screwed her face
"ewww"
she
commented, not understanding how her mother could or better would eat
such a thing
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Prue
messed her face, moving her lips slightly. Victor looked concerned at
her, not sure if she tried to tell him something
"honey, you
have to speak louder"
he told her, again attempting to take her
hand, but again, an electric shield blocked his hand away.
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Prue looked closer and only then noticed, that her mother was fat. Really fat! Looking closer Prue noticed Patty is pregnant. Prue smiled slightly. She now remembered what disgusting things she used to eat, when she was pregnant with Anna. She then froze for a second. Was this what kept her awake the past weeks... kept hunting her? Was she pregnant again? She looked down at her belly... and unconsciously moved her hand to her belly, then tried to remember her last period... they didn't do it after her last period, so Prue shook that thought fast off again and continued to look at the scene. She now tried to make out, which pregnancy it could have been, after all her mother had been four times pregnant. Then her grandmother entered the kitchen and pecked Patty on her temple...
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"Goddess...
I used to eat that permanently when I was pregnant with you."
She
commented...
"Well then maybe she'll be coming after her
mommy..."
"Hopefully"
Penny mumbled
"excuse me?"
Patty asked
"nothing..."
"I heard you very well,
mother... why can't you stop picking on Victor?"
"Cause
he's not good for you."
"He's giving me everything I want
and need. I don't necessarily need a magical man at my side. Not if
I'm very happy with the man I have. I'm glad, he's not magical.
There's enough magic in our life already. And last but not least…
we're a family now."
Patty said and crawled her stomach
"yeah, as much as I hate to admit it, but once, just this once
he succeeded in doing something good"
Patty's smile grew as
she heard her mother and then felt the soft kick of her daughter.
"we should just hope, he'll continue to do the right thing...
and will end the family planning after this one... you know what the
prophecy says..."
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"prophecy?
Prophecy about what?"
Prue asked.
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"Prophecy..."
Prue mumbled
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Patty
looked away
"why do we have to be so cursed?"
"We're
not cursed, Patty... the first child to be a sibling in this blood
line will be cursed... and you're still my only child"
she
said smiling and pushed some hair out of Patty's face
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Prue
sat up a bit more. It was getting interesting.
"Are they
seriously talking about me?"
she asked confused
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"Can't
we... come around that somehow... with like... binding her powers...
I mean... Victor and I want a family... a big family..."
"I
don't know, darling... better don't risk it..."
Penny said in a
gentle voice
"well anyway, I gotta go... Gail's waiting for
me already. Victor should be home soon... you gonna be okay for a
while? All alone?"
"Yes, mom..."
"Patricia... don't
give me this voice"
"I'm sorry mom... but... you seriously
pack me into cotton. Nothing is gonna happen to me and our little..."
"Pruedence..."
Penny said
"mooom... don't start
again. If Victor doesn't like Pruedence, we won't name his daughter
Pruedence, end of story."
"This name has a tradition in this
family. He can't refuse such things..." Penny told Patty
"another reason, why he's just not the right man for you..."
"I thought you wanted to leave, mom"
Patty just told her
and smiled slightly.
"Ooh right..."
Penny mumbled as she
starred at the clock
"damn, I'm late"
she commented and
then collected her things just to leave.
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Prue smirked... it was hilarious how Patty maneuvered right through her grandmother's arguments. Piper definitely had that from her. She let out a small laugh and shook her head
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Victor
watched as Prue started to smile
"dad doesn't like my
name..."
she mumbled. Victor looked shocked at Prue. How could
she know, he always used to be against Pruedence?
"I'm not!"
he protested, pouting slightly. Even thought he guessed Prue
anyway didn't see or hear him, he just felt, like he should defend
himself.
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Prue started to become slightly confused, what was there more to see? The scene didn't change. Her mother was alone. She anyway continued to watch and then saw how her mother fished a small calendar, with a billion of crosses and one pink painted day, on it out of her bag.
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"Only
two more months, baby girl, and you still don't have a name..."
she said sighting.
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Prue heard her mom and then looked at the small calendar as her mother made a cross at the day, she supposed was 'today'. It was 6th October 1971. Prue automatically froze in her tracks and her smile disappeared as she swallowed hard. 6th October... the date Andy had died back in 1999. Just as Prue had realized this date the clouds started to block her view, like in the theater when the scene changed.