We've Survived Together

"So, yes, I'd better explain," He said aloud, "Well, now that Prue is alive again, the whole of the future has changed. It's past stopping Wyatt turning evil and the Elders have realised that, and they also realise there'll be consequences. So, they sent me and Bianca here to summon you—No, not from the dead—But from the real world, that's what stopped you from dying, as the Elders realise that it's not part of your destiny, neither is it part of your sisters, or mine or Wyatt's to grow up without you. By realising this they had to work out a way of warning you of upcoming events, without unsettling your judgement."

"Unsettling my judgment? My destiny? The Elders!" Piper gasped angrily, "Chris, my destiny is my own and I don't give a f— Whoa!" Piper stopped, grabbing for her son as she fell forward.

Even though Piper was unconscious, she could still hear her son's dim cries.

"It's okay Chris, I'll—" BANG! Piper gave a scream as she went flying into a man's arms.

"Whoa, lil' lady," The teenager grinned sexily.

She gave this cute teenager a nervous smile, wondering why he looked dimly familiar and why he was in a solider uniform. 'Where am I?' She thought, jumping out of the man's arms and surveying her surroundings.

"Oh, come off it Tim," A man called to the stranger. Piper spun around and caught sight of a blonde solider with a piece of martial sewed with a cross in the middle, wrapped round his arm, he was a doctor. "Leave the m—" This was the first time pre white lighter Leo Wyatt actually looked into the face of his future wife. But it wasn't happiness and love he looked at her with, it was shock and horror, "Woman!" He cried in shock, running to her. "What's she doing in the trenches?" He questioned his companion angrily.

"Oh, come on Wyatt, give a guy a break," Cute Tim stated as Leo grabbed Piper angrily; "Anyway, shouldn't you be nursing the dead?"

Leo cast Tim an annoyed looked, while pulling Piper towards a make shift tent that served as a hospital, "You'll be dead in a minute if you don't tell me how you snuck her here, putting her in danger! And anyway," Leo continued, his voice calming down a bit, "There weren't any casualties in that last hit—" Suddenly Piper and Leo were thrown off the ground, and were sent flying through the air. Piper grunted as she landed, fifty feet away from Leo, who quickly jumped to his feet and ran to her side. She groaned and tried shift from her paining position, only succeeding in hurting herself more. Gently, Leo eased her numb arm that was twisted weirdly beneath her body. She winced as he lifted her into his arms, but all her pain melted away as she looked into his caring eyes.

"Wyatt, we need you over here!" Another doctor shouted at Piper's saviour as Leo laid her onto a stiff bed, she winced as her bruised back hit the hard material but then managed to survey her surroundings. Quickly she realised she was in the 'hospital' and she summarised that it must be the Second World War, the War which…

"LEO!" She screamed, beginning to panic as the whole tent shook as another bomb fell. She caught sight of Leo stumble as he rushed to her aid. "Leo!" She repeated, until, finally, Leo managed to make it to her side.

"Where does it hurt?" He questioned, assuming her urgency was due to her pain.

"We've got to get out of here!" She explained quickly.

"No, ma'am, your not leaving here until your fit for the journey home, then it's back to America for you." He laughingly explained.

'How can he be laughing when he's about to die?' Piper thought urgently as another bomb shook the tent.

"Leo, you're gonna die!"

"This is a War, if I'm going to die then it'll be for the good of my country," Leo explained patently.

"No, Leo—"

"Doctor Wyatt, you're needed urgently," Another male doctor ran to Leo's side. Leo nodded and rushed to the tent door, where a very badly injured solider was being carried through.

'Why am I here? How can those Elders force me to watch my husband's death? How come I'm not even here in spirit? Why are they forcing me to die with him?' The questions rammed into her brain and, before she could stop them, tears began to stream done her cheeks. There was a burning pain, and a blinding flash and then she was some where else.

"Oh, isn't she gorgeous, Victor?" A voice came from behind the curtain Piper was heading for.

"Oh, Patty, she really is," A male voice replied caringly. Patty, Victor? Were these her parents? Piper began to wonder where they'd sent her this time when a small dark haired girl rushed past her. The little girl stumbled as she reached for the curtain and Piper rushed to her aid.

The dark haired girl looked at her nervously, before rushing to Victor and Patty.

"Prue, aren't you going to say thank you to the nice lady?" Another woman called from behind Piper. Piper spun around and came face to face with a young version of her Grams. Prue, Grams, Victor and Penny? This must be her birth!

"Gr—" Piper managed to stop herself as Penny Halliwell smiled and handed her a cookie, "Greatly appreciated." Piper improvised as she took the cookie.

Grams smiled at her, "Well, Prue's not going to eat it, she's too young to appreciate good, home made cookies."

"I'm sure she will though," Piper smiled, taking a bite out of the cookie to emphasise her point, "Yum."

There was a laugh from behind the curtain, and Penny indicated for Piper to follow her into the little room. Piper smiled gratefully, and followed her in.

"Piper!" Patty suddenly cried happily. Piper gave her younger mother a quick glance, wondering how she'd recognised her. "Yes, we should call her Piper, because of all the help Nurse Piper Wyatt has been, 'Nurse Piper Wyatt!' Piper thought, looking down at her clothes. She was wearing a blue and white nurse's uniform and on it was a small badge that read 'Hello, my name is Nurse Piper Wyatt'!

"Like Piper in my story," Infant Prue said, "Grams is reading to me!" Penny smiled modestly, 'Oh, Prue looks so cute!' Piper thought as Victor suddenly pushed her baby self into her arms.

"Erm, oh…" Piper argued but Victor insisted.

"You brought her into this world, Piper, you should get to hold her too," a dishevelled Patty smiled. Finally Piper gave in and held her.

There was another flash of light and Piper was looking at the world through her infant self's eyes. She looked around, frantically searching for her sister, who suddenly zoomed past her. Quickly, Piper caught up, as they raced for the chair. Almost there, Piper felt a jolt of energy, and sped up, until she was ahead of Prue.

'Ha ha!' She laughed at her sister mentally, she'd be better than Prue for once! But then the chair moved and Piper turned moodily to her sister, "Hey, you used magic, no fair!" She said accusingly.

Suddenly Piper recognised her older self, sneaking through the door. Prue turned around too, and noticed future Piper and Prue sneak in behind her. They both smiled nervously at the strangers, but too soon there was the familiar flash of light. 'Why wouldn't they let me stay in one place?' Piper stressed to herself as she tried to figure out where she was this time, but this time it was different. It was as if she was watching her life in a surround screen cinema, and someone had pressed fast forward.

Piper as a baby and Prue caring for her, pictures of Piper and Prue caring for Grams, and then as they both learnt to deal with their powers sped past her. Piper caring for a baby Phoebe as Prue was banned from holding her because she dropped her too many times. Grams teaching Piper to cook, and Piper getting her first job in the bank. First meeting George, Prue's boyfriend. Leo, Prue, so many memories. Then a bright blue light crashed through the scenes and another moment over took Piper.

The unfamiliar Paige Matthews, as she was at Prue's funeral. Piper watched as Phoebe shook the stranger's hand and asked how she knew her sister. There hadn't been a straight answer, just here and there. Well, demons knew Prue from 'here and there' but they didn't turn out to be the Halliwells' long lost sister. Piper smiled at the joke as Paige disappeared out the door. Then Piper was watching through her own eyes as she touched Paige's hand and a bright blue light appeared. But this time she didn't feel confused, or strange, she just felt calm.

Next there were different images of all the demons they'd battled, Paige saving them from her past life, Paige returning from that weird universe she had said she'd been to and how she'd defeated Cole, and how she had helped them defeat the Source by herself. 'Paige really did love them,' Piper thought happily, suddenly realising that she had somehow come into a memory that mustn't of even happened yet.

Prue and Paige both sat on the floor in a black abbess, Prue looked shocked at her appearance and Piper realised this wasn't a memory or a vision, this was the real world and Jade was somehow alive!