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Chapter 7: Consequences

"Take us up there Leo!" Piper exclaimed. "I don't care what they say that's my sister!"

"I can't" Leo said.

"Leo if you don't orb us up there right this minute I will not be responsible for my actions" Piper said.

Leo hesitated for a second.

"Fine" Leo said.

He orbed Piper and Phoebe up there.

"They can't be up here" an Elder said.

"Well we are so deal with it" Phoebe said.

The Elders discussed it for a second.

"You can stand outside the room" the Elder said.

"She's our sister!" Piper exclaimed. "We have the right to be in here!"

"Either you stand outside the room or you will be sent back down to Earth" the Elder said.

Piper and Phoebe looked at Prue. She nodded her head.

"You know what, fine" Piper said.

Piper, Phoebe, and Leo started walking out of the room.

"Wait" the head Elder said. "Leo, you stay"

Leo looked at Piper. Piper and Phoebe walked out of the room. The door shut.

"You may sit next to Prudence" the Elder said.

Leo sat in the chair next to where Prue was standing. The Elders turned their attention back to Prue.

"Again we are going to ask you where is the child?" the head Elder asked.

Prue stared directly into the Elder's eyes but didn't say anything.

"Tell us where the child is!" an Elder exclaimed.

Prue shook her head and laughed.

"You've taken away everything that ever met anything to me and now you think I'm going to tell you where my child is" Prue said in disbelief.

"Are you aware of the charges that have been brought against you" the head Elder said. "Hiding a forbidden relationship, running from custody, putting innocents lives in danger for your own personal gain"

"What are you talking about?" Prue asked. "So I left San Francisco, so I had a relationship with Andy, but I would never put an innocent life in danger including my child's!"

"By leaving you abandoned the power of three" the head Elder said. "Which, in return, put innocents' lives at stake"

"Just punish me, dispose of me, do whatever you do but leave my family out of it" Prue said. "They had no choice in any of this matter"

"Not until we know where your child is" the Elder said.

"Its powers are bound, it'll never know about them" Prue said. "It will never know about us, or about being a Halliwell, or magic. Why do you need to know where it is?"

"Because a child like that cannot live" the Elders said. "It is for the interest of the greater good that the child be disposed of"

"My child is not an object!" Prue shouted with tears in her eyes. "They are not something that you can just toss aside because you make this stupid rule that forbids my baby from living!"

Prue brushed the tears away from her face.

"Leave my baby alone" Prue said. "Don't make it pay for my actions"

The Elder looked at Prue.

"Bring in Andrew Trudeau" the Elder said.

A door opened and Andy walked into the room.

"Do you both understand that for having this forbidden relationship there will be grave consequences?" the head Elder asked.

"We do" Prue and Andy said.

Prue and Andy looked at each other with sadness.

"It is for the greater good that we enforce these rules" the Elders said. "If we allow exceptions for one, we must do it for the others. Andrew Trudeau's spirit shall be recycled and Prudence Halliwell shall be stripped of her powers unless protecting innocents"

A tear streamed down Prue's face as she closed her eyes.

"With all due respect" Leo said. "I believe you should reconsider this"

"Be quiet" an Elder said. "You're lucky we're not charging you and her sisters for helping her with this"

"Then why did you want me to stay in here?" Leo asked. "They were in a relationship before he died, long before he died. She was in great pain and she needed him"

"Many people lose their husbands, or fiancés, or boyfriends" the head Elder said. "But they get over it"

"No" Leo said. "Some do, but others don't. It causes an enormous amount of pain and some of them never will be able to cope with that. She was not getting any better and a month had gone by. Her sisters were worried because the only thing she did was work or sleep. She needed to see him again"

"We cannot make an exception" the head Elder said. "No matter what the situation was and still is our consequences for their actions will stay the same. Now you have five minutes"

The Elder council orbed out of the room. Prue immediately fell into Andy's arms.

"I'm sorry" Prue said sobbing. "This is my fault"

"No, Prue" Andy said. "This isn't either of our faults. We just wanted to be together"

"We did it for nothing" Prue said. "I'm still losing you and I've lost my baby"

"But you keep the memories" Andy said. "The months I spent with you were something I'd never trade for the world"

Prue buried her face in his shoulder.

"I need you to promise me that you won't stop living because of me" Andy said.

"I can't" Prue said.

"Yes you can" Andy said. "No matter what anyone says I will always be in you heart and in your memories. Nobody can take that away from us"

"I love you" Prue said.

"I love you too" Andy said.

"And he's safe" Prue said. "He'll have a normal, safe, life"

Andy held Prue close.

"I just pray to god we did the right thing" Prue said.

"We did" Andy said.

He kissed Prue softly.

"I love you" Andy said.

A guard came into the room.

"It's time to go" he said.

Tears that Prue had been fighting back now spilled onto her face.

"Let Piper and Phoebe back in here" Andy said. "I won't leave until you do"

The guard sighed and opened the door letting Piper and Phoebe into the room. Piper and Phoebe saw what was happening and rushed to their sister's side. Prue sobbed as Andy walked out of the room.

"I'm done" Prue said still crying softly. "I'm not going to be a Charmed One anymore"

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SOMEWHERE

"You called?" A demon asked shimmering in.

"Jareb, I need a favor" a man said.

"That's interesting, good asking evil for help" Jareb said smiling. "Tell me, why should I help you?"

"Because there's something in it for you" the man said.

"Really…what do you want me to do?" he asked.

"I need information from a witch but she won't give it to me" the Elder said. "She's hiding her baby"

"And why do you want this baby so much?"

"It was never supposed to be born" the man said. "It's a threat to both sides and it can't live"

"So what exactly do I get out of this?" Jareb asked.

"Besides the fact that you can kill the baby that would destroy you" the Elder said. "She's a Charmed One"

"A Charmed One" Jareb said laughing. "I can't do that, do you know how many of us have died at the hands of them"

"She's powerless" the Elder said. "She's been stripped of them"

"But her sisters haven't" Jareb said.

"I'll take care of her sisters" the Elder said. "You just get me the information"

Jareb thought for a second.

"Use any means necessary" the Elder said. "Any means"

Jareb nodded.

"I didn't think good could be so evil" he said smiling.

"It's for the greater good" the man said.