First off, the delayed update was because my computer died and for the last month I've been attempting to fix it. Second off, I got 2 reviews for my last chapter. Thank you to PruelovesAndylovesPrue and anajet for being the only two to review. For the rest of you, review or I'll cry. I am sorry for the delayed update though.

Chapter 9: Pain

1 MONTH LATER

Prue sat at her desk at Buckland's. She tried to concentrate on her work but she was getting so tired it was almost impossible. She looked at her clock and saw that it read one in the morning. She heard someone knock on her door and when she looked up she saw Piper.

"Come home, Prue" Piper said. "Please"

"I have work to do" Prue said.

"No you don't" Piper said. "I don't understand why you cannot stand to be in that house with us. Is there something wrong with us?"

"No" Prue said.

"Then why do you keep avoiding us" Piper said. "Why do you never speak to anyone anymore?"

Prue pretended to go back to work.

"You cannot keep yourself from feeling pain" Piper said. "If you just stop fighting it and allow yourself to feel it"

"I do feel it, Piper" Prue said with tears in her eyes. "I feel the pain that I'm never going to see Andy again, ever. I feel the pain that someone else is raising my son. I feel the pain that you and Phoebe are going to get to live your lives, and find your husbands, and have your kids but I lost all of that when Andy and Andrew were taken away! And I feel this with every single breath I take!"

"Prue…" Piper began.

"Go away Piper" Prue said. "I'll be home when I finish this"

Piper brushed away the tears in her eyes and walked away.

"I don't mean to hurt you" Prue said softly.

Prue went back to her work but five minutes later she gave up and threw her pen down. She gathered her stuff and got into her car. She started driving and ended up at the beach. Prue got out of the car and walked to the rocks. She laid her head on her legs and started to sob. Two hours later she was still there. It had started to storm but she didn't care. She saw blue orbs appear next to you.

"Your sisters are worried sick about you" Leo said.

"I told them I'd be home when I finished work" Prue said.

"And that was two hours ago" Leo said. "When they called your work you didn't pick up"

He noticed Prue was soaking wet.

"Prue, you're going to get sick" Leo said.

"I don't care" Prue said.

"You should" Leo said. "Your sisters need you. Please let me orb you home"

"My car's here" Prue said.

"You can come get it in the morning" Leo said.

He held out his hand. Prue took it and he orbed them back to the manor.

"Prue you're soaking wet" Phoebe said.

Prue looked at Phoebe without emotion.

"I'm going to change" Prue said.

She went upstairs.

"Leo, did they already recycle Andy's spirit?" Piper asked.

"I don't know" Leo said. "Sometimes it can take a couple days, other times it can take a couple months"

"Then take us up there" Phoebe said.

"Guys…"

"We are not losing our sister!" Piper exclaimed.

Leo orbed Piper and Phoebe to the Elders.

"We've been seeing an awful lot of you these last two months" the head Elder said.

"Well we have a lot to say" Piper said. "Prue is hardly speaking, hardly eating, and hardly sleeping. She works almost twenty four seven and I'm getting sick of seeing her in so much pain"

"I'm not seeing how this is our problem" the Elder said.

"Considering that you've caused all this pain, it is your problem" Piper said. "Currently, you don't have your Charmed Ones but we're willing to come back if you give Prue Andy back"

"I don't believe you're in the position to make a deal with us" the head Elder said.

"Do you really want to be responsible for her death" Phoebe said. "She doesn't want to live anymore!"

"Many people survive the loss of their entire families" an Elder said.

"And many people don't" Piper said. "Prue has lost almost her entire family. She lost Mom, she lost Grams, she lost Dad, and now she's lost Andy and her baby. She can't take anymore"

"She broke the rules" the head Elder said.

"And so did I" Piper said. "How is my relationship with Leo any different then Prue and Andy's?"

"It isn't" an Elder said. "But you Halliwells have it in your heads that you don't have to follow our rules just because you're Charmed"

"When your rules are killing our sister you're damn right we don't have to follow them!" Phoebe exclaimed.

"We can't do anything about it" the head Elder said. "Unless you're willing to tell us where their child is"

"So you want us to give up her son too?" Piper asked in disbelief. "No, you are a bunch of filthy, lying, jerks. I know that one of you if not all of you were responsible for the demon that took her a month ago"

"You have no proof of that" the Elder said.

"Really, then how'd the demon know everything about the baby?" Piper asked. "And why did Prue tell us she saw and Elder orb out of the room after talking to Jareb?"

"She was delusional" the head Elder said. "She was so mad at us she probably thought she saw an Elder"

"Or she actually did" Piper said.

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AN HOUR LATER

Prue tossed and turned as she dreamt.

"Andrew" Prue called. "Andy?"

She was in a huge garden and she was searching.

"Where are you?" Prue asked laughing.

She found Andy holding Andrew and she started to laugh.

"There you two are" she said.

Prue took Andrew from Andy and started twirling with him.

"You don't know what you've done" Andy said.

"What?" Prue asked stopping.

"Now they'll kill us both" Andy said. "How could you have done that?"

"What are you talking about?" Prue asked, her smiled had disappeared.

Andy shook his head.

"To murder your own son and boyfriend" Andy said. "You should be ashamed"

"But you're right here" Prue said upset. "Andy, listen to me"

Prue looked down and saw that Andrew had disappeared from her arms.

"Andrew?" Prue said.

She looked up and saw Andy had now disappeared.

"No!" Prue exclaimed. "I didn't do anything! You were both right here!"

"No! No!" Prue yelled.

Piper shook here.

"Prue it's just a dream" Piper said.

Prue sat up and looked around her room.

"It was just a nightmare" Piper said.

"I killed them" Prue said starting to cry.

"What are you talking about?" Piper asked hugging Prue. "You didn't kill anyone"

Prue didn't answer for a few minutes. Finally when she had stopped crying Piper asked her again.

"Prue, what's wrong?" Piper asked.

"Nothing" Prue said softly.

"You don't wake up sobbing because of nothing" Piper said.

"I don't want to talk about it" Prue said.

Piper shook her head.

"I'm not going to take that answer anymore" Piper said. "You're going to talk about it"

"I'm not a child" Prue said. "I make my own decisions and my decision is not to talk to you"

She got out of bed.

"You are not leaving, Prue" Piper said.

"You know what, come with me, I don't care" Prue said crossly.

She got dressed and Piper and she got in the car. Prue started driving and ignored Piper.

"I don't understand why you can't talk to me" Piper said.

Prue looked at Piper.

"I don't want to hurt you" Prue said.

Piper saw the tears glimmer in Prue's eyes. Then out of the corner of her eyes she saw bright headlights coming at their car.

"Prue watch out!" Piper exclaimed.

Prue hit the brakes and swerved. The last thing she saw was a bright light and then everything went black.

I don't know if this story very good anymore but I'm going to keep going with it. I don't want to leave everything hanging so I'm going to make this story probably about fifteen or sixteen chapters. Sorry if this isn't one of my best stories but please, if you have any comments or suggestions, review and tell me.