Prue Halliwell's mistaken Destiny

Author's note, Im really sorry about the long wait and all. I know I haven't updated in such a long time. I want to thank PrueTrudeau because if she hadn't been so "selfish" (she is not!) I would not be writing at all. I'm sorry if I disappoint you guys with this chapter but I'm doing my best, really.

-Smells like life, but tastes like death-

Prue had been alone for such a long time, she didn't even remember…she was trapped in the brevity of the days, and the violence of her situation. In the beginning, she had hated it, she always wondered, whether violence was good or bad, but now, it wasn't either of them, it was violence, and she learned how to use it.

Since the very fist day she decided to be with Ethan until the end, she had lost so many things. She had lost her family, but she had started to be pleased by that, she had started to like being alone. She knew they had Paige, she knew that there were charmed ones, and that only led her to believe that that had been her destiny all along. She wasn't supposed to be a charmed one, "Maybe God wills this". She had lost her life, but she didn't care, you walk a path or, you make one. She knew she was making a new life for her. She had lost Andy, she sighed and remembered, she remembered his touch, his smile which almost warmed her. She even remembered his smell, his voice, although, she was starting to forget his face.

She lay back on her bed and stared at the room. In the beginning it had been full of pictures, now, it was empty, well empty of life. It was a circular room, it had huge bed full of pillows, and old furniture all over. Instead of pictures of her old life, there was papers, pictures of cities, the places she had been all those years. Three years. She was starting to feel..like she was fading…nothing seemed to be the same. The blue of the sky seemed to be gray, the wind…it wasn't the same. Even the connexion she felt with Ethan seemed to be fading away. She thought about Ethan, both of them. Old Ethan was becoming a mystery, he loved her, he worshiped her. They would talk for hours, he would take her to the movies, shopping…he was doing his best to give Prue the life he knew he had taken away from her. The Adult Ethan, was more like a lost kid who was trying to grow up, always insecure, but strong at the same time. She already knew how to handle him, the problem was, the young one. He was rebellious, therebelliousness of the strong ones.

It pissed her off, it always did. Ethan was growing stronger and out of control. He knew who he was, he knew of his power and it seemed like he wasn't able to handle the fact that his older self wasn't perfect. If Ethan ( the adult one) had one loyal follower, that his younger self, who would follow him up to the end. That wasn't something she especially liked. She knew of the war, but didn't care. The war, it had gotten so bad. The underworld and the Elders, the Ciudadelle, they were fighting. And Ethan, ethan was the poison of the war. Not many people knew about Ethan, nor cared. If there was an attack towards the Elders, they immediately thought that it had been done by the Underworld, so they would attack the underworld, and the Underworld, would respond to the attack. Sometimes, she wondered if Ethan had always been there, and if, during Charmed one years, it had been Ethan, and not the demons, the ones behind her attack. Ethan seemed to like to play with destinies, sometimes, she thought, that Ethan was the one responsible for her death, so he could use her, but she always reproached herself, that Ethan was her only light in the dark, she should be grateful, even if Ethan had caused the darkness…

She was losing it, she could feel it. She walked to the huge window and stared at the huge city that Rome was. They had been living there for over two years. They moved after they were attacked by some witches that discovered them. In fact, they were not just some witches; they were…the Charmed ones. She saw everything, she saw how Piper tried to kill little Ethan, and almost made it. Although, she had broken into the fight and faced Piper. Piper didn't recognize her, because she wore a mask, although, when their eyes locked, something strange happened, and Piper ordered the charmed ones to back off. That was the last time she saw her sisters.

She sat by the window and watched how the rain drops crashed against it and made strange shapes, she was fascinated by it. She couldn't take her eyes away from it. She could hear the storm and the thunder. She was getting scared and immediately, she rubbed one of the scars she got when…well, when she got raped. But that had been a long time ago…

She heard someone walking towards her, it was Ethan, the adult one. She knew it because of his breathing. If she didn't know it was him, she would have thought it was an animal. He sat next to her and watched the rain drops, until she faced him and asked,

"So how did it go?"

"It went alright, there's a new witch, a male one." Ethan said. Prue perceived fear in his voice. His eyes were shinning, they were extremely bright. So bright that it could only mean one thing.

"Where my sisters there?"

"No"

Then she was wrong. She didn't know what could worry Ethan to that point. He was never scared, not even of the Source, not even of the elders.

"I sent Cole to find out who the witch is, and he just told me…his identity"

"So? Who is he?"

"Well, if you really wanna know…" Ethan started. Then looked away. "It's Andy"

Prue gasped. "My Andy?"

Ethan nodded.

"How?"

"He is dangerous" Ethan went on ignoring Prue. "The whole underworld is scared, they think…Does he know you are alive?"

"Yeah" Prue admitted. She remembered when they met at her funeral, he acted weird, like out of him. Like he understood. Her heart had jumped when his name came up, and she was worried, sick worried about him. She needed to talk to him, to know…She thought she had kept him out of that. She knew Andy was supposed to die because of magic, and she couldn't deal with losing him again, the simple idea killed her…or maybe, she was running out of time.

"I need to see him"

"Prue, you know you can't…you are running…"

"Out of time, I know that" Prue almost yelled, suddenly facing him with great anger rising inside of her. "But If I am to die, it's fine. People die everyday, it is natural, it is destiny…If I am going to die, I need to make sure he is safe."

"You are not dying, and I don't want to take the risk"

"It's too bad you have absolutely nothing to say about it"

Ethan stood up, angrily and said, "We will see"

"As you can understand I don't expect you to accept what I'm doing, but you cant plan every single second of your life, Ethan, nor mine, as a matter of fact. As you have said, if you need something, sometimes, you need to give it a push…and you cant just give it a little slap, you need to use an iron hammer." Prue stood up and grabbed a black cloak. "Now, if you excuse me…"

Ethan left the room and Prue started to change. She put a small brown sweater some jeans, and a big brown coat. Covered her face with a scarf and a hat and, then, she heard a noise. She turned around with her heart beating painfully slow, and saw something behind the window.

She saw how a message was being developed by the raindrops, with her eyes wide open, she waited for what seemed like years, and then, she read.

"Meet me at the Forum"

The Roman Forum, it wasn't far away. She was sure she was supposed to meet Andy, but she wasn't sure about going. She wasn't sure she felt something for him anymore. Although, deep down, she knew she had to go, she had to know. She checked her watch, it was almost…time. She only had three more days. She was supposed to die in three days.

Prue walked out of the room, and went down the stairs trying not to wake anyone. She crossed the house in silence and when she was almost out, she saw someone in the dark. It was Cole.

"Prue, don't go" he said.

"I have to"

"It´s not Andy…he has changed"

"I don't care"

"Prue…"

"What?"

"What if they find you?"

"Who?"

"Your sisters"

"So what if they find me?"

"You wanna take the risk?"

"Of course"

Cole walked towards her and said, "I cant let you go" Prue rose an eyebrow and looked at him funny. "Like you have an option" She grabbed his neck and stared at him. He started turning to a funny colour. Cole looked into her eyes and saw something he had never seen before. Her eyes were turning into an eccentric iron colour, like the core of something. He couldn´t breathe, and felt every heartbeat, every struggle of his lungs to get oxygen. He felt like he was getting sleepy and, gradually, his eyes closed. He fell to the ground, unconscious. Prue shook her head and walked out the house.

The forum was all dark and it was raining even harder than before. Andy was walking all over the place, wondering if Prue had gotten his message. He hadn´t changed much since …well, since their last meeting. Although he was scared, he had loved Prue every second of his existence, and yet he felt her further away than anytime before. He wondered if she was still in love with him and if so, if she was being forced to give up on him. "she took a decision" he thought. "She turned you down". But he knew that Prue was running out of time, he knew that she wouldn't be able to fool death, there was too much going on, and Prue wasn't that good of a witch. Sure she had experience, but she had feelings as well, she would die before someone hurt Ethan, and that was what worried him. He needed to tell her.

"Andy…?" he heard her voice. It sounded hesitating and shy. It melted his heart. He watched her approaching him. He saw weakness in every single step, he saw her doubts, her fears and her fake strength. She was looking for him, her eyes pointed to where he was, but she couldn't see him. It was too dark. "I know you are there…" she said in a much stronger voice.

Andy came out of the dark and she let out a little scream. His face was somewhat painted and his eyes looked, somewhat like Ethan´s eyes. He was wearing a black sweater and broken jeans. She saw the little dagger he had under his jeans. Prue's eyes watered and her hard expression took a break. The person between the Real Prue, the adult and the child showed up and stared at Andy, the soul she had met even before birth. Something similar was going on inside him, he stepped up and smiled warmly.

"Hey," he said. The times when they were just two teenagers in love seemed too far away. The times when nothing mattered seemed to have died the same day Ethan showed up. She was trying to fight back the sorrow, but it was too much to handle.

"Hey" she simply said. "How are you?"

"Been better. How about you?"

"I'm…fine"

"So, are we both screwed?"

"Looks like it" Prue smiled.

"Definitely"

It seemed like there was another date, but both knew it wasn't. Both knew that in no time there would be a war, and somehow, they knew they were on different sides. They got closer to each other and Andy, without hesitation, wrapped her in his arms.

"There is something I need to tell you"

Prue stared at him, expecting. Andy didn't know where to start, he started walking and she followed him. The ruins of the forum where deserted at night, there was light, but they walked in the shadows, Andy seemed to know every inch of the place, he knew how to not be seen as well. Prue didn't quite know what happened to Andy, but it had been a huge change. She didn't doubt he was dangerous, and could perceive that he was powerful, maybe as powerful as Ethan. It wasn't possible, she had thought, it wasn't possible because Andy wasn't a witch. Andy wasn't magic at all.

"What's going on?" she asked.

"Are you alone?"

"Of course I am!"

Andy grabbed Prue's arm and pulled her towards him. He kissed her forehead and suddenly, she felt somewhat electricity through her veins. It was strange, it wasn't good. She pulled away and looked into his eyes, scared. "What happened to you?" she whispered.

"Prue," He almost cried. "you are in trouble" Andy grabbed her arm again and took her to a completely dark spot, made sure that no one heard them and started talking,

"Ethan is lying Prue. He is the Source's son but and Elder's child, as well. He nor good nor evil, he just wants power. He wants to destroy both sides…he was his army, his own…law. He is killing them all, demons and angels, he doesn't care…"

"I know that"

"Then why are you still by his side? Are you insane!"

"He needs me!"

"No, he doesn't. Listen Prue, he has a whole army and, yesterday, the Elders caught one of his agents. They know Prue, they know about you as well, they sent me to offer you a deal, if you turn him in you will be forbidden and we can get back together. Do it Prue, it's…he is a fallen angel, he is a demon…"

"Between angels…he is half demon, half angel" Prue corrected him.

"Please," Andy pleaded her. "Both underworld and the elders are gonna attack him, in three days, you know what that means, don't you?"

Prue´s eyes grew big of surprise. Reality hit her and suddenly, breathing didn't seem as easy. Three days…

"You will get killed," Andy said with tears in his eyes. "Please Prue, I cant lose you. Look what I have become for you! Look at me!" Andy grabbed her coat and made her look at him closer. Prue looked at him, paralyzed.

"What are you?"

"I'm an angel, the elders…they offered me powers."

"Who?"

"All of them"

"What?" Prue asked not understanding him.

"Ethan, The elders and the source"

"Who´s side…?"

"Your side Prue, yours. Never forget that"

"Three days?" Prue sighed.

"Listen to me, get the kid and run"

"What will they do to Ethan, both them"

"They will kill the adult one, and well, they don't know about the young one"

Prue considered her possibilities. She could run away with little Ethan, but could she really fool the Elders? They would find out, they always did. She could turn in Ethan, but she couldn't do that either, she cared so much about him. She could tell Ethan about them, but then, Ethan would attack them first, and that would mean, that he would attack both sides, destroy them…her sisters included. She couldn't let that happen.

"Do my sisters know?"

"Yes"

"God, no. Are they mad?"

"Very"

"Do they think I'm evil?

"Well, are you?"

Prue thought about it. Was she evil? Was Ethan evil? How did they get there? All she wanted was to protect someone she cared about, and she had ended up losing everything. Andy went on. "At your funeral, you hurt them Prue. They have lost it, there are no charmed ones, no proper ones, at least"

"What do you mean?"

"Phoebe uses her power however she wants, she doesn't care about personal gain. Piper tries to do a good job but she cant do it alone. She had almost gotten killed quite a few times. Paige…paige is halfway gone. She doesn't want to be a charmed one, she uses her powers to find you..."Andy told her. "Everything is falling apart."

"But if I accept the elders´ deal and…well, I am supposed to be dead"

Andy thought about it. Prue was right, and then, he remembered how one Elder told him that Prue was being used by Ethan. Was he been used by the elders? Yes, now he saw it clearly. He was about to turn Prue in. His eyes grew big of understanding and then, met Prue's. Both souls seemed to calm down. Prue understood.

"I'm not the only one who has to take a hard decision, huh?"

"No, look" Andy told her, thinking as fast as he could. "We need to do something, think ahead"

"This is too complicated. We are supposed to be dead…maybe we should…just…quit"

"Prue! Don't you ever say that again. Look, you have saved so many lives, including mine…"

"Have I? It seems like Ethan is killing more people than I'm saving…"

"That is not your fault"

"Everything is so wrong"

"But it's not your fault"

"Yeah, right. I´ve screwed up the charmed ones, my sisters, Im the reason why there is a war…"

"You just saved a kid from a lifetime of pain" Andy argued. "You are not a bad person…"

"But Ethan…"

"He is hurt and confused, he is a lost cause. But the little one, can get saved…you can save him and make him be the man he should have become. I haven't forgotten that he gave us a chance to be together, and he loves you, therefore, it has got to be something good inside of him, understood? There's something good inside of him, and you need to save him"

"How?"

"I don't know. Hide him. We need to hide him. Okay, we will meet in an hour, here. Bring him and we will run away."

Prue nodded and turned around.

"Hey," he called her.

"Yes?"

"Remember what I told you about…well, what I told you at the funeral…?"

"It's not the end"

"That's right"

Prue kissed him gently and then walked off. Andy stared as she went away, and just when she was gone. He turned around and looked into the shadows. "You can come out, it´s done" he said, feeling tired all of the sudden.

"Thanks, Andy" Piper Halliwell walked out of the shadows, followed by Phoebe and Paige.

"What will you do to her?"

"Nothing, she is our sister"

"And Ethan?"

Piper smirked and Paige said with a shadow in her eyes, "He has hurt us too much"

"If you touch him, Prue will die. She cares about him as if he was her child"

"She´ll get over it" Phoebe said.

"just like you are getting over Bane?" Andy snapped.

"I finally vanquished him, didn't I?"

"I did. You couldn't"

"Well, I got the information about Ethan, didn't I?"

"But you couldn't kill him" Andy pointed.

"Don't be so stupid Andy…"

Andy realized he had just turned Prue in.

Prue rushed into little Ethan´s room and found him getting dressed. He had just come out of the shower. Her eyes locked on his, and then, she saw marks.

"What are these?" Prue asked angrily.

"Nothing…"

"Who got this on you?"

"No one"

"ETHAN!" she yelled. Ethan, who respected her more than anything, seemed like he was going to cry, but he didn't. He just looked away and said, "I was training" he lied.

"For what?" Prue asked.

"Well…Ive been told that there's gonna be a war…"

"Not for you" Prue cut him off. Then, she walked to his closet and handled him a T-shirt. "Take whatever you need, we are leaving in fifteen minutes"

"What? Wait, where?" Ethan asked.

"I don't know" Prue admitted. "Far away…"

"We cant" Ethan simply said. "What about our…duties?"

Prue grabbed him by the shoulders and shook him, very anxious. "Your only duty is to be a kid, and mine, is to keep you safe, healthy…and good, to make sure that you turn up right…"

"Of course.." Ethan said. "But I don't understand why…"

"There is gonna be an attack, here, in three days, we need to get as far away as possible and you are coming with me whether you like it or not."

"but Ethan…"

"You are Ethan, never forget that. If you want to save him, you have to save yourself first."

"Are you saying he will die?"

Prue didn't say anything. She just gave him a coat and, stared at the little kid. He had grown so much, but yet, he was still a kid, and there was hope for him. She stroked his hair and held him into her arms. "We need to go now. Listen, if something happens. I want you to find my sisters and hide with them…no, find Andy. Remember him?"

Ethan nodded. He remembered Andy very well. He also remembered the monster that raped Prue. He smirked and busted out laughing.

"What?"

"I wasn't training" Ethan showed her a bloody knife. "I killed him"

"Who?"

"The monster who raped you that night." Ethan smirked. Prue looked at him, inexpressive and then, laughed too. "Good job" she said.

"One would say you have become evil" adult Ethan said from the door with a smirk. Little Ethan backed off and Prue stood in front of him. Adult Ethan watched both of them, all packed. "Are you going somewhere?"

"We have to go"

Ethan shook his head. "Are you turning me in?" Prue didn't say a word, but little Ethan...He was more obvious. Ethan watched them both and raised an eyebrow. "So…"

"I'm sorry" Prue almost cried. "They are coming, Ethan. I need to keep you safe"

"I understand…" Ethan admitted.

"But I wont turn you in" Prue smiled. "I promise"

"Are you going with Andy?" Ethan asked.

Prue nodded. "You need to get yourself ready. They all found you"

Ethan approached to her, and kissed her cheek soflty, then, hugged her. "Go" He whispered. Then, he got next to little Ethan and put a hand on his head. "You be good, and obey her, alright?"

Little Ethan nodded and took Prue's hand. "Prue," adult Ethan told her. "if someone touches you…I swear I will destroy him, or her"

"I know you will"

"Andy?" Prue called him. She put their bags on the floor and looked around the place. It was deserted. "Where is him?" Ethan asked getting nervous.

"I don't know"

Ethan was getting more and more nervous, he looked around over and over again and grabbed Prue's hand. Something wasn't right, he could feel it. "Prue, lets go…something is not right…"

"No, he will come"

"He won't" a voice said in the shadows. It was Phoebe. Both sisters locked eyes and, smiled. "You are done Prue, and so is Ethan"

Phoebe had changed so much, but Prue already knew how she would look like. "Come on baby…you are not doing this…" Phoebe nodded. Prue grabbed Ethan and pushed him in between her and her sister. "Look at him,"

"Don't use him. He will be evil"

"Ethan is just confused…and this one, he is too young to do anything. He is too innocent"

"He is anything but an innocent" Phoebe pointed. It remembered Prue to the times when she wanted to vanquish Cole and Phoebe kept on saving him.

"What about Cole?"

"How do you know about Cole?"

"I know more than you think…"

"We will see"

Someone grabbed Prue from behind, she turned her head and saw her sisters. Then, she saw Ethan, unprotected, and a whole bunch of white lighters around him.

"What are you doing with him?" Prue yelled out of control. "Don't touch him. Dammit, don't touch him! I'll kill you if you touch him!"

Well this is it. I promise I´ll update way sooner this time. I hope. Lol. See you later, I hope you liked it.