Chapter 7: Angel

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A/N: I would really love it if you guys asked me questions or maybe gave me suggestions with the story. I know it's obviously my responsibility to write the story and everything, but what's the point of writing if no one enjoys what's going on in the plot? Thanks so much to those of you who did review. You have my heartfelt gratitude.

"Leo I think you need to make time," Prue almost yelled. She started at Leo with an icy glare, wanting desperately to know where Andy was.

"Prue, calm down," Piper tried, "whatever's happening it's not Leo's fault."

Prue let her nerves relax a little as she came to the realization that Piper was right. She still however, needed to know Andy's whereabouts.

"Prue, maybe you should come over here," Leo said evenly.

Prue feared that whatever Leo had to say would conclude in some terrible fate for Andy. Although she was eager to know what was happening, she complied with Leo's request as she went with him to the conservatory. Piper followed, and Prue automatically turned to see what Bane thought about the fact that they were excluding him.

"It's okay, Prue," Bane said with a bit of a wry smile.

Prue smiled as well and she turned as her, Piper, and Leo all went into the room.

"Prue," Leo started, "The Elders knew how Andy's death affected you. They knew that you were hurting badly. So much so that you even considered relinquishing your duties as a Charmed One. This worried them to the extent that they thought they had to go through some great lengths to make sure you wouldn't quit the craft."

"But I got over that a long time ago. I…" Prue started.

"You think you did," Leo interrupted, "The Elders can see more than you might think. They knew that your pain wasn't going away. So they kept Andy in a place where he could reach you. To keep you going."

"I thought you never got messages from him before," Piper stated.

"I haven't," Prue said a bit confused directing her gaze towards Leo.

"You don't realize it, but he fuels your dreams Prue. All your hopes and wants are instituted by him. All your doubts, your sadness, and even your fears are pushed away by him. The Elders knew Andy was the one person that could do this. He's the one person that knows you better than…."

"Than what?" Piper asked a bit offended. "I'm her sister. Didn't the Elders think I," she paused for a second, not wanting to say anything she'd regret, "didn't they think Phoebe and I could help Prue through whatever she was feeling?"

Leo didn't want to jump into an answer for fear of speaking for Prue. He looked at her out of the corner of his eye, and Prue got the notion that he wanted her to answer.

"I would never want to put that on you guys, Piper. Whatever I was feeling, it couldn't come in front of me taking care of you."

"Prue, that's ridiculous. No matter what's happening you know you can come talk to me. Nothing comes over that," Piper said a little agitated that Prue didn't already know this.

"I know," Prue said with a little half smile, "it didn't seem right at the time, but I know now. That's the important thing."

Prue stopped and thought for a second, still reeling form the fact that Andy had still been with her this whole time. For six years she wanted so much for him to come back, but he was always there. He was her angel. He had been her everything almost the whole time they'd known each other. She could hardly start to consider what Leo was saying. He had never left. Tears started to fall lightly from Prue's eyes as she shakily began to ask Leo a new set of questions.

"Leo," Prue said through quiet sobs, "Why is he back? Why's he started to communicate with me just now? Is it something I did?" Prue sounded innocent as she waited for her answer.

"Prue, its okay," Piper coaxed, knowing that Prue would break down sooner or later, "You didn't do anything."

She gave a look to Leo indicating that she wanted him to make things right.

"Prue, he's here because the Elders have noticed a shift in Andy's actions. They've noticed a shift in your actions. They know that you've been better. With the Source dead and this new life ahead of you, you've been less reliant on Andy's guidance. He's not needed anymore. So they were going to let him go. In all respects, he was messing with the grand design of life and death. But the thing is, Andy wasn't ready to go. To let go. Of you."

Prue looked at Leo when he spoke these last words. Piper continued to try to soothe her, though her efforts were going unnoticed by Prue.

"It's no surprise that the Elders didn't like the way Andy challenged them. Because of the way they kept him around, the only way for Andy to move on was for him to do it willingly. The Elders had to try to force Andy to go," Leo explained.

"That's why he sounded so pained," Prue said with realization. Piper looked at her in compliance.

"Andy wanted a way to get away, but he couldn't survive on Earth as a spirit," Leo continued, "at least not until gravity allowed him to take some sort of corporeal form. The Elders think that in his desperation he may have gone into the body of someone here. But he won't be able to go on like that for long. He'll be thrown from the body soon enough, and the he'll just be Andy."

"What do you mean he'll just be Andy?" Prue tried not to cry or get her hopes up as she waited for an answer from Leo.

"He'll be human again. The Elders knew the risk of keeping Andy around that long. They knew it could alter Andy's form; make him too susceptible to human emotions. There's no way he could be on Earth without reverting to his human form. Only the Elders never though Andy would try to do that," Leo answered.

"But how do we find him?" Piper inquired.

Just as Leo was about to answer her question, Pam, Phoebe, Cole and a man concealed by the rest of the group walk into the Manor. The four stepped into the conservatory, and Pam, Phoebe and Cole moved out of the way of the man. He came forward, and spoke as he did so.

"You don't have to," were the first words from Andy Treaudu's mouth. Just as the Charmed One's had seen him last, he stood before them. A fallen angel.

A/N: A little predictable. Maybe not my best. Please review.