Different
Paths Part 41:
1983
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Once
more the fogs disappeared and Prue again found herself. This
time she was again older and was playing in the backyard with
Rasputin, their husky. She threw a ball away and he got it.
Rasputin ran back to her and jumped onto little Prue, knocking her
over. Prue smiled. She had loved that dog deeply.
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Prue
giggled as Rasputin licked her face. "Rasputin... Rasputin...
stop... please!" she begged. Suddenly Rasputin jumped away and
barked at the entrance. Prue sat up and heard steps. There weren't
that much people who would use that entrance. Maybe it was a thief or
murderer.
"Heeey, good boy"
Andy said entering the back
yard, patting Rasputin's head. Prue fell back on the grass again.
Laughing. How could she have been so ridiculous to think it could be
someone else. Andy looked confused at Prue
"what's so funny?
I wanna laugh too"
He
asked smiling and sat down next to her
"nothing... you wouldn't
understand"
she said, still laughing and then looked up at him,
while Rasputin laid onto her legs and looked at her. Prue stopped
laughing and sat up, crawling the dog's head.
"Sooo what
brings you here? I thought you had to help your dad today..."
"I
did... but we got ready sooner than we thought... sooo... what ya say
if I invite you for some ice cream at Amadeus (a local café)
and we afterwards go, you know where..." he said. They never talked
about 'their' place at the manor or at school. No one was
supposed to know about their secret place.
"I don't know...
I'd have to ask Grams first anyway... and then see what Piper and
Phoebe say to it..."
Andy rolled his eyes
"Piper and
Phoebe here... Grams there... you got something else on your mind
beside them?"
"Andy... you know it's not that simple
since..."
Prue looked down and sighted
"you can't
replace her, Prue..."
"I know that... no one can replace
anyone... but... it's hard for me already... how can it be easy on
them?"
Prue asked looking at Andy. Rasputin had laid his head
in her lap, looking somewhat sad as well.
"I... I'm gonna ask
Grams if I can go... just give me a minute..."
she said and got
up, Rasputin followed her very step till they both arrived in the
kitchen
"Grams?"
"Uh hum..."
"I... I was
wondering if I could go with Andy downtown for a while..."
Penny
put her newspaper down and looked at Prue.
"Did you do your
homework?"
Prue nodded
"and Piper said she'd help me,
after she finished hers, with the washing up..." "Alright... then
tell Piper she has some more spare time... you are back to dinner...
and afterwards you and piper clean the kitchen."
Prue smiled
and hugged her grandmother
"thanks Grams"
she told her
and placed a small peck on her cheek.
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Prue continued to look down. She didn't remember this, or didn't quite understand why she saw this. The scene changed and it now seemed to be later the same day.
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"I'm
home!"
Prue yelled closing the door after her. A crying Phoebe
came running to her and hugged her sister tightly, crying into her
stomach (12 years to 8 years... should be right to be stomach).
"Hey... what's wrong?"
Prue asked confused and worried
"what happened?"
she asked gently, crawling her head
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Prue
gasped. She remembered.
"No..."
she whispered and
swallowed hard as she had to watch how her grandmother stepped into
the hall as well
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"Rasputin disappeared..."
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Prue closed her eyes. The scene changed, she watched herself and Andy sitting at one of the tables in the solar. She was making a flyer.
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'Who has seen this dog? His name is Rasputin and he's missed dearly by his family since the 6th August 1983. If you have seen him or have any information about his actual location, please call (telephone number)'
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"1983... wasn't the other... '79... and... The first was '71... Then... the thing where I got stabbed... yeah... mom was pregnant with Phoebe... it must have been 1975...'71... '75... '79 and now '83... Four years... the same date every four years...
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"'71...
'75... '79... '83..."
Prue mumbled, tossing more. Andy
looked at her confused
"what... Prue what's with that
numbers?"
he asked
"4..."
she mumbled and Andy
looked even more confused. He thought for a second more about it...
it could be years.
"Prue... are those years? Shall I look
something up?"
Andy asked... naturally he got no response...
"Piper! Phoebe! Victor!"
Andy yelled. All three
appeared immediately at the door with Paige in row
"what? Is
something wrong?"
"I think she said something about years...
1971... 1975... 1979... 1983... and then she said four... ringing any
bells?"
he asked
"well... beside... the difference
between the years is FOUR... No..."
"Well... 1971 Prue was
born..."
Phoebe said, thinking logical...
"1975..."
Victor
said after reconstructing what was going on this year. He tried to
remember everything he could from the year
"I... Prue was
four... she... Prue was attacked by a demon for the first time, when
she was four..."
Victor finally threw into the round
"1979...
dad... that's the year you left... right? I... I mean... 1979 I was
6 and you left when I was 6..."
Victor nodded and looked at
Prue...
"But... 1983... What was 1983?"
Phoebe asked. It
had been silent for a few seconds. Andy was the first to move. He
looked up at the rest
"Rasputin..."
"Rasputin?"
Paige asked, looking completely confused...
"We had a
dog... Rasputin... he went missing... when... after my 10th
birthday..."
"Yes... I remember the big party in spring..."
Phoebe nodded
"okay... if we stay with the four years
thing... what'd be the next year?"
Paige asked
"'87"
Victor gave the last information he could, since he had been gone
8 years abck then already.
"'87... Anyone?"
Phoebe
asked
"Prue was 16... Then I was 14 and Phoebe was 12... C'mon
people... there gotta be something..."
"I... I had my first
girlfriend with 16..."
Andy said after several moments
"yeah... and with 16 Prue had been permanently bad mooded,
remember, Piper?"
Piper nodded and looked at Andy
"she was
jealous... yeah she told me once about this... when we were
together... I... I mean... Amanda and I split because Prue and me got
into a relationship... and... when we were finally together... we
talked... and... she said she had been jealous..."
"well..."
Piper
said and looked back at her sister.
"if this is really about
Amanda and you... we'll find out soon..."