Chapter 66: Just Harried

At the Manor Prue and Phoebe are putting a floral arch in place for the wedding. Grams' spirit and Buffy are standing near by.

"Okay, that should do it." Prue says.

Grams shakes her head, "I'm thinking more to the left. Uh, is this the biggest arch you could get?"

"Ugh." Phoebe says.

Buffy shakes her head, "Without opening a fast food franchise, yeah."

Grams nods, "Well, just remember, if love is the quest then marriage is the conquest. This place must be like victory."

"And here I thought weddings were supposed to be romantic." Phoebe says.

"Oh my dear sweet child." Grams says.

Prue nods, "Better listen to Grams, Phoebe. I mean, you could always calculate her age by the number of rings on her fingers."

Phoebe laughs.

"Really?" Buffy asks, getting the implications. "You were married that many times, Grams?"

Grams nods.

"Alright, wedding arch is done." Prue says as she ticks something on her list. "The next thing to do," she yawns, "on the To Do list is..."

"Sleep." Phoebe says.

Buffy nods, "You've been yawning all day."

"Try all week. It's this reoccurring dream I keep having. It's keeping me awake." Prue says.

"Really? What's in the dream?" Phoebe asks.

"Well, uh, there was this biker guy and he's kinda cute and kinda dangerous." Prue says.

Phoebe smiles, "Sounds kinda yummy."

Piper walks in and looks around.

"Piper, sweetie, well, what do you think?" Grams says.

Piper smiles, "It's-it's beautiful."

"Yeah, and the best part about it is, it's finally happening." Buffy says.

Piper sighs. "Flowers and bows and Grams. The only thing missing is..."

Prue nods, "Mom."

Buffy nods, "Both our mothers."

"Grams, are you sure that you can't do..." Piper says.

Grams shakes her head, "No, nothing. I'm only here because you need a high priestess. They want me back by the witching hour tomorrow."

"I thought maybe this could help." Phoebe says and holds up a photo of Patty and Joyce.

"You okay?" Prue asks.

Piper nods, "Yeah, I just, I can't believe how close I came to sabotaging my own wedding."

"What do you mean?" Buffy asks.

"Well, with the demons and the false start and 'them' I, you know, I told myself if one more thing went wrong then it just maybe wasn't meant to be." Piper says.

Grams shakes her head, "Oh, darling, there's no need to think that way. I mean, you made it."

Prue nods, "Yeah, and I will personally butt kick any demon who tries to ruin it for you." She yawns.

"Not if you're asleep you won't. Come on, I'm tucking you in." Phoebe says.

Buffy nods, "Sweet dreams. Bye."

Prue and Phoebe go upstairs.

"I'll see you tomorrow at 4:00, Mrs. Halliwell. The women keep their names in this family." Grams says.

"How come mom didn't?" Buffy asks.

Gram shakes her head, "Your mother and I had a falling out, Buffy. Other then the girls birthday's and Christmas she never came around. When she married your father she rebelled against me and took his name."

Buffy sighs, "What caused such a riff?"

Grams shakes her head and disappears.

Piper looks around the room.

That night in Piper's bedroom. Piper is asleep. There are rose petals covering her bed. A chime wakes her up. "Leo?"

Piper sits up and sees the petals. She giggles and picks up a handful of petals. Buffy walks in carrying a tray. "Was that just giggling I heard?"

"Yes, I am guilty of giggling and I am guilty of being happier than any previous romance in my life." Piper says.

"Piper, it's your wedding day!" Buffy says, excited.

"I know." Piper says, shyly.

"Here comes the Maid of Honor!" Buffy says and jumps on the bed. Phoebe and Prue walks in. "Phoebe, Prue, come play!"

"Oh, hey." Prue says.

"Uh-oh. Another bad dream?" Buffy asks.

Prue nods, "Yeah. I was still in that biker bar but this time I was attacked by a big galloot."

"A galloot? What is that?" Piper asks as Phoebe shrugs. "You fought a demon in your sleep? If I'm gonna have to vanquish a demon in my wedding dress, just tell me because if so, then—"

"Ay! Alright, he was not a demon. He was just a big rude guy." Prue says.

"And it was just in her dream." Phoebe says.

Prue nods, "Yeah, and the only thing I need to vanquish him is a potion called coffee." The doorbell rings. "Ah, that must be the flowers. Um, okay, you just relax, no worrying."

Buffy nods, "And eat your breakfast and then I will have a hot bubble bath waiting for you."

"Are you sure there's nothing witchy going on?" Piper asks.

Prue throws petals over Piper. "I'm positive."

They leave the room.

Moments later Buffy, Prue and Phoebe are in the kitchen. Buffy and Prue are sitting at the table.

"Check out what I found in the attic." Phoebe says.

"I hope it's something old 'cause we already have new, borrowed and blue covered." Prue says.

Phoebe nods, "Is Melinda Warren's blessing cup old enough?"

Buffy picks up the cup, "That is very cool."

Phoebe smiles, "Yeah, what could be better than to give Piper the actual cup that our favourite ancestor drank from at her wedding."

Prue smiles, "Hmm, alright, I can check that off. Now all I need is help moving the buffet table."

"Um, maybe we should wait until Cole gets here. He should be here any minute." Phoebe says.

Prue shakes her head, "You're kidding, right?"

"No, you knew he was coming to the wedding." Phoebe says.

Prue nods, "Yeah, to the wedding, Phoebe, but the moments leading up to it belong to the family."

Buffy nods, "I'm in agreement with Prue, pre-wedding is family time."

Prue nods, "And I'm sorry, but Cole is not family, okay, he is still a demon. And I don't think Piper needs a demon—"

They hear Piper scream.

On the landing, Piper is hiding behind the railing. "It is bad luck to see the bride's dress before the wedding."

"But you're not even wearing the dress." Leo says.

Piper shakes her head, "The same rule applies to the bride's... curlers. Go away." She goes upstairs.

Buffy, Prue and Phoebe walk out of the kitchen.

"Oh, good, you're here." Prue says.

Leo nods, "Yeah, I'm just looking for a place to change."

Buffy sees Leo holding his Whitelighter robe. "Uh, what's with the robe?"

"Oh, it's my formal Whitelighter wear." Leo says.

Phoebe shakes her ehad, "Um, yeah, I-I hope you don't mind but we sort of decided that you should be a little bit more traditional, so we rented you a tux."

Victor enters the manor. "Anybody home?"

Phoebe smiles, "Daddy!" She goes over to Victor. "Hi." She hugs Victor.

Victor smiles, "Hi, baby. Leo."

"Victor." Leo says.

Buffy shakes her head, "You can just cut the tension with a knife." She then smiles, "Hey Uncle Victor." She goes over and hugs him.

Victor smiles and hugs Buffy, "How's my favorite, niece."

Buffy laughs, "I'm your only niece. But I'm good."

Victor goes over to Prue.

"Hey dad." Prue says and Buffy smiles.

Victor smiles, "Hey." He kisses the top of Prue's head.

"Well, I know that you have a lot of joy and laughter to share so I'll just take you down... whoa." Prue says.

"What's the matter?" Victor asks.

Prue sits down on the stairs. "Uh, just a, uh, dizzy spell. I've been getting them ever since those dreams began."

"What dreams?" Leo asks.

Prue shakes her head, "Uh, you know, those dreams... uh, you know, it's nothing."

Phoebe nods, "Yeah, certainly nothing to worry about. Okay, you two, follow me." She looks to Prue, "You just sit there and relax. I'll be right back. Buffy…" Buffy simply nods in understanding of the unspoken request." Leo and Victor follow Phoebe down to the basement. "Get dressed and no fighting."

Leo and Victor walk down the stairs.

Buffy sits next to Prue and pulls Prue close to her resting Prue's head on her shoulder.

Phoebe comes back a moment later and sits on the other side of Prue, "Prue, okay, we've got everyone convinced that we have things under control. Now you have to convince me and Buffy."

Prue shakes her head, "I can't do that."

"Oh, no. What are you feeling?" Buffy says.

Prue sighs, "Tired all the time. I mean, when I fall asleep my dreams are so real, they don't allow me any rest. It's like I'm awake twenty-four hours a day."

"Is the dream sorcerer back?" Phoebe asks.

Prue shakes her head, "I don't think so, but I'm not ruling anything out."

"Well, remember what Piper said. If one more thing goes wrong she was gonna call of this wedding." Buffy says.

Prue shakes her head, "No, we can't let that happen."

Phoebe nods, "Okay, why don't you let me and Buffy handle this almighty To Do list, and you go upstairs and get some rest. Don't sleep, just rest."

Prue nods, "Okay."

They stand up.

"Huh, wow, so you're relinquishing control to your little sisters." Phoebe says. "You must really be tired."

Prue goes upstairs.

Phoebe picks up the photo of Patty and Joyce. "Please help us through this day, mom."

Some time later Buffy walks into Prue's room, she notices Prue is asleep. She starts shaking Prue trying to wake her, "Prue? Prue, wake up."

Prue wakes up. She looks at her wrists. "Oh, no." A little bit later Prue is finishing up telling Buffy about the dream, "I was wanted for murder but this, this guy in my dream, he risked himself to save me. Sexy guy."

"Prue, forget the guy. What about the arrest?" Buffy says.

Prue sighs, "Right, uh, okay, a cop handcuffed me and that's all I remember, except that I didn't really wanna wake up, it's like my dreams were overpowering me."

"Mm, that's what my premonitions feel like. They pull me against my will." Buffy says.

Prue nods, "You know, maybe somebody's trying to pull me in a parallel world or a dream dimension."

Buffy sighs, "Well, hopefully that someone will be in the Book of Shadows, okay? Come on." They head for the attic. "Wait, should we tell Piper?"

Prue shakes her head, "No, I won't let this be the one thing that goes wrong today. In fact let's not tell Phoebe either. She can get the to do list done while we do this. I'll be okay as long as I stay awake, right? For Piper?"

Buffy nods, "For Piper."

Piper comes out of her room. "Hold it right there. What's wrong?"

Buffy smiles, "Boy bands. There's just too many of them, don't you think?"

"No. What's wrong with you two?" Piper says.

Prue shakes her head, "Uh, nothing's wrong."

Piper frowns, "I can see it in your faces. We've been demon hunting for three years now. You're going to the attic, aren't you?"

Buffy nods, "Yes."

Prue elbows Buffy. "Buffy!"

Piper frowns, "I knew it."

Buffy nods, "What, Prue, she's onto us, she knows. Yes, Piper, we were heading to the attic. To find something old, something new..."

"Uh, something, something borrowed, something blue." Piper says.

Buffy smiles, "Yes."

Prue nods, "Right. We were gonna surprise you but now you caught us."

"Oh." Piper says.

Prue nods, "Yeah, I mean, look, I told you, you have nothing to worry about today, alright? It's going to be a demon-free day." Cole shimmers in and scares Piper. "Hey!"

"Sorry I'm late." Cole says.

Piper looks to Prue, "You were saying?"

"Near miss with a Zotar." Cole says. "Almost spotted me. Oh, don't worry, I lost him. I think."

Piper frowns, "See? No matter what, a demon will attack today. It's just the natural order of our universe."

Buffy shakes her head, "Piper, you have to stay positive. You know what? I think Pheebs has an old Celine Dion 'Behind The Music' on video cassette. Would you like to watch that?"

"Would you like to get slapped?" Piper asks.

"Hey, she's just trying to relax you." Prue says.

Cole nods, "Don't worry, leave the demons to me. I can handle anything that comes through..."

Buffy shakes her head, "Oh, no you don't. You promised Phoebe you were not gonna use your demonic powers anymore."

"Oh, sorry. Old habits." Cole says. "Um, I brought a gift." He throws the gift at Piper.

"Why don't you join Uncle Victor and Leo and get ready, Cole." Buffy says as she turns and follows Prue up the stairs to the attic.

Moment later Buffy and Prue walks downstairs from the attic.

Buffy shakes her head, "I can't believe we didn't find anything in the Book about your dreams?"

"I know." Prue says.

Buffy sighs, "What are we gonna do? The wedding's in a half an hour."

"Get ready, get set, get through it for Piper." Prue says.

Buffy nods, "For Piper."

They head in different directions.

In Piper's bedroom, Piper is in her wedding dress. She puts on her earrings and looks in the mirror. Patty and Patience appears behind her.

"Oh, you're so beautiful." Patty says.

Joyce smiles, "Your mom's right you are beautiful."

"Mom?" Piper says. "Aunt Joyce?"

Outside Buffy is passing by the door to Piper's room when she hears her mom's name called out by Piper. She turns and enter's Piper's room and her eyes go wide. "Mom?"

Patty smiles, "Don't be afraid."

Joyce turns to face Buffy and smiles, "Hello, my darling."

Piper turns around. "Oh my god. But... it can't be 'cause, um, ghosts, ghosts glow. You two are not glowing."

Patty nods, "I'm not a ghost. Well, not today. Today I am simply your mother."

"But, uh, how?" Buffy asks.

Patty smiles, "After all the Elders put Piper and Leo through, they wanted to give her something back, so, so they sent me down, just for her wedding day. You know, I think I wore my hair like this for my wedding day."

Joyce smiles, "You did Patty."

"Mom, I kind of have the same question as Piper." Buffy says.

Piper nods, "You did. Uh, I kept your wedding album after you died and..." Patty licks her finger and pushes a piece of Piper's hair in place. "And I looked at the pictures every night like a bedtime story."

Joyce looks to Buffy, "My darling, Payson. I convinced the elders that if they were going to send Patty they should send me also. I wanted to see you in your maid of honor dress."

Patty smiles, "Piper, I always thought you'd be the first to get married. You're the heart of this family."

Piper touches Patty's hand. "I'm not dreaming am I?"

"If you are, so am I." Buffy says. "And it's a dream I don't want to wake up from."

Patty shakes her head, "No, sweeties, neither of you are.

Piper smiles, "Mom." She hugs Patty. "Aunt Joyce." She hugs Joyce.

Buffy hugs Patty and then Joyce.

Prue and Phoebe walk in.

"Mom. Aunt Joyce." Phoebe says.

Piper smiles, "It's true. They're real. They sent them to us for today."

Patty goes to Prue. "Oh, Prue. It's been so hard on you, unfair."

"Yeah... no, it doesn't matter. I just wanted to make you proud." Prue says.

Patty nods, "You protected this family better than I could. I'm so proud of you."

Joyce walks over to Prue, "I'm proud of you also, Prue. You've been doing a good job raising my daughter."

Prue smiles, "Thank you." She hugs Patty and then Joyce.

Patty turns to Phoebe, "And you, my baby, you feel it all, don't you? I was never there to comfort you. I died before you even knew me."

Phoebe nods, "Some nights I just wanted you to hold me."

"Your road's been the longest, Phoebe. But I was never worried about you. You know why? Because I had a premonition the day you were born." Patty said.

Buffy frowns, "You did? How? I thought mom had the power of premonition."

Patty nods, "She does. But I got the premonition from Phoebe while she was still in my womb."

"What did you see?" Piper asks.

Joyce smiles, "She saw this. I had the same premonition actually when Payson was born. We saw this moment right now, you three and Payson standing before us as beautiful young women and I believe I speak for Patty in saying we knew that everything would be okay."

"What did you see next?" Phoebe asks.

Patty smiles, "I held you." She hugs Phoebe. She then turns to Buffy, "Ah sweet Buffy. You are not giving your cousins a hard time are you?"

Buffy shakes her head, "No, Aunt Patty. And I no longer consider them my cousins."

Joyce nods in understanding, "You consider them as sisters. Despite the fact that I kept you away I had always hoped you would come to love them as such."

Buffy smiles and nods, "Yeah, mom." She is hugged by Patty and Joyce together.

Moments later downstairs everyone but Buffy, Joyce, Piper and Patty are standing around the room.

"Places, places everyone." Grams says.

The doorbell rings.

"Don't answer that." Prue says.

"Can somebody answer that?" Piper calls down.

"Ooh, I'll get it." Prue says and answers the door. Darryl is there. "Hey, you're late. Where were you?"

"Out saving your ass." Darryl says.

"Huh?" Prue asks.

Darryl nods, "Police have your picture. You're wanted for murder. They said you fled custody this morning. They don't have your name yet but it's only a matter of time."

"Girls!" Grams says.

Prue nods, "Alright, let's just stay cool and we'll get downtown and straighten this out later. But we have to get through the wedding first, okay? For Piper?"

Phoebe nods, "For Piper." They look at Darryl. "You're supposed to say 'For Piper'."

"Alright, it better be a quick wedding." Darryl says.

Prue, Phoebe and Darryl go into the room and stand in place.

"Everything looks perfect except Victor, could you move a little to your left." Grams says.

"Sure, why?" Victor says.

"Well, to make room for..." Grams says.

Joyce and Patty walks in.

"Patty. Patience." Victor says.

"Hello, Victor, how are you?" Patty says.

"Hi, Victor." Joyce says.

"Good. I mean, I was good. Alright, who brought my ex-wife back from the dead?" Victor says.

Grams shakes her head, "Not now, Victor. I know you two have issues but that's what the reception is for."

Grams starts the music and Buffy and Piper walks down the stairs arm in arm. Victor walks over to them and he holds out his arm for Piper's free arm to loop through. Piper holds onto his arm. Buffy and Victor takes her up to Leo.

"We did it. It's really happening." Phoebe says.

Suddenly, TJ rides through the front door on his motorbike. He knocks over the flowers and then knocks over the table and all the glassware smashes on the floor. He stops in front of the table the cake is sitting on. "Prue!"

"Who the hell is that?" Buffy asks.

"Oh, oh, oh no." Prue says as she faints.

Phoebe frowns, "Prue?"

Astral Prue appears. "TJ." She runs over to him. Grams gasps. "You came." She gets on the back of the bike.

"Had to beat the cops. I won't let them take you." TJ says.

"Prue, what the hell is going on?" Buffy says.

"Prue, you get your astral ass back here!" Phoebe says as TJ rides off, knocking the cake table. Piper gasps. The three tiered cake falls on the floor. "Honey..."

"Alright, that's it! The wedding is off!" Piper says as she throws her veil on the floor. She tries to walk but Phoebe is standing on her dress. "Phoebe!"

"Sorry! Sorry!" Phoebe says as Piper walks away. "Piper, Piper, wait, think about this."

Piper puts on a sweater.

"Piper, Piper, you can not just leave." Phoebe says.

"Yes, I can. A demon I could have handled, but my big sister ruining my wedding, I can not handle that." Piper says.

Buffy sighs, "Okay, just listen to us for one second. All we have to do is find a way."

Piper shakes her head, "No, no, I don't wanna find a way to get married on my wedding day. It's-it's too hard. There must be a reason."

Leo walks over to them. "Piper..."

Piper sighs, "Leo, I'm sorry, but this is just the final straw. It's just not meant to be." She leaves the manor.

In the living room, Victor lays Prue on the couch. Leo, Buffy and Phoebe walk in.

"I've never seen Piper so defeated." Phoebe says as Leo sits on the other couch. "Prue, come on, wake up. Prue, come on."

Patty shakes her head, "Honey, you won't get her back that way."

Joyce nods, "A part of Prue wanted to escape and it used her astral self to do it."

Grams frowns, "If the wedding's off, I have to go. I'm only here to conduct the ceremony. I'm sorry." She disappears.

"Maybe Piper's right. Maybe the wedding just wasn't meant to be." Victor says.

"Victor." Patty and Joyce says.

Victor sighs, "All I'm saying is maybe the gods are just trying to spare them the pain that you and I went through, Patty."

Leo shakes his head, "No. All I need is what's inside of me to know that Piper and I are meant to be together." He stands up. "What happened here today..."

Buffy nods, "Piper and Leo's love have touched us all. We have to fix this."

Darryl's pager beeps. "I gotta go fend of the posse."

"What posse?" Victor asks.

Darryl sighs, "Prue's wanted for murder. I'll stay in touch by cell phone." He leaves.

Joyce frowns, "Murder?"

Leo frowns, "You knew about this?"

"I just found out when Darryl told Prue. But it's obviously a mistake. I mean, Prue wouldn't murder anybody." Phoebe says.

Cole nods, "You sure? I mean, Prue's astral form seems to have taken a life of its own. How do you know she didn't do it?"

Buffy shakes her head, "Because we know her."

"Oh, yeah." Cole says.

"At least I think we do." Phoebe says.

Leo nods, "Alright, alright, you guys find Piper, bring her back here somehow. Buffy, Phoebe, Book of Shadows, see if there's a spell to bring astral Prue back. Cole, you and me are gonna do a little investigating of our own. Alright, come on you guys. We've got a wedding to save."

Buffy shakes her head, "Mom would you help Phoebe?"

Joyce nods, "Of course dear."

Buffy turns to Patty and Victor. "Ready for a flame express?"

Patty and Victor look at each other and then nod as Buffy takes their hands and flames out.

They flame into Payson's a moment later.

"Just let me do the talking. You always had a way of saying the wrong thing when they were young." Patty says.

Victor shakes his head, "Wrong, according to you, you never were opened to what I had to say because you wanted to raise them as witches..." They see Piper sitting across the room. "Instead of little girls."

Buffy shakes her head, "Maybe it should be a group effort."

Patty and Victor nod and they walk over to Piper.

"We were worried." Patty says.

Piper sighs, "I'm sorry, I let everyone down."

Victor shakes his head, "Honey, you have nothing to apologise for."

Buffy nods, "It is a tribute to you and Leo that you made it as far as you did.

"Yeah, but we didn't make it all the way." Piper says.

Patty shakes her head, "Not yet maybe, but..."

"Not ever. I mean, I think it's obvious, don't you? Leo and I are just clearly not..." Piper says.

Buffy shakes her head, "Destined to be? Oh, I don't believe that."

Patty nods, "Neither do I, and I don't think that you really believe that either."

Piper sighs, "Don't I? All I have to do is look at you and dad to see where I might end up if I marry Leo. I mean, look at the track record. The Halliwells, we are blessed as witches and we are cursed as women. Sometimes I think we're all destined to end up alone."

Patty shakes her head, "You don't really... I mean, just because... Victor."

"You think your mother and I were cursed?" Victor asks.

"Don't you?" Piper asks.

Victor looks to Patty, "Honestly, I look back at those days as the best of my life. I loved your mother, she was the best thing that ever happened to me until the three of you came along."

Piper shakes her head, "But your marriage still didn't last."

Victor nods, "Yeah, that hurt. A lot. But it was our love that gave birth to you and your sisters. Maybe that was my destiny."

"I'm sorry, I just need to be alone." Piper says and she walks away.

"Not bad for a guy who always says the wrong things." Patty says.

Buffy nods, "I agree, Uncle Victor."

"Thanks. I just wish I knew that it helped." Victor says.

At the Manor Phoebe is there flipping through the Book of Shadows. She finds a spell. "Gotcha." She recites the spell.

Astral Prue astral projects in. "No, I will not let you take me!" She looks around.

Phoebe slams the Book of Shadows shut. "Nice spell, huh?"

Astral Prue frowns, "How dare you."

Phoebe shakes her head, "How dare you. You destroyed Piper's wedding along with Piper. Now, Prue, I don't know what's going on with you but you have got to pull yourself together."

"I'm outta here." Astral Prue says as she starts to walk away. Phoebe gets up and grabs Astral Prue's shoulder. Astral Prue flips Phoebe onto the ground. "You know what?" She grabs Phoebe by the throat. "You can not stop me, alright. I am never going back. I'm not going..." Phoebe swings her around onto the couch. "Alright, you know what? I am sick of this. She is all about duty and obligation, well not me. Alright, I want to be free, I wanna find love, I wanna have a life."

"Well, Prue, you have responsibilities whether you like it or not." Phoebe says.

Astral Prue shakes her head, "Don't talk to me about being responsible, Phoebe. Alright, you were not very responsible when you went and fell in love with a demon."

Phoebe frowns, "Oh, please, you have got to let this whole Cole thing go, okay? You can't stay mad at me forever."

"I'm not mad at you, Phoebe, I never was. Alright, she was. I was rooting for you." Astral Prue says.

"Okay, now you're scaring me." Phoebe says.

Astral Prue nods, "You risked everything for love, just like Piper and Leo. I dream of having that kind of freedom but instead I get stuck watching my sisters and cousin live my dream."

"Wait a minute, you astraled out in a dream when your subconscious takes over." Phoebe says.

"So what?" Astral Prue says.

"So I just studied this in psych 101. Freud. You're the ID. Prue's inner desires. Which means that she is the ego. The control factor." Phoebe says.

Prue nods, "Yeah, well, she is one big remote control and she's always got me on pause."

Phoebe smiles, "I think I understand. The sacrifices that you've made for us over the years and now for Buffy. They made you suppress your inner desires."

Astral Prue sits down beside Prue. "Yeah, well, don't tell me, tell her."

"No, I'm telling you because you are Prue. I mean, you are both two sides of my sister. Prue, you have to stop devoting your entire self to the Charmed Ones. It'll tear you apart. Literally." Phoebe says.

"Is Piper very mad at me?" Astral Prue says.

Phoebe shakes her head, "She'll get over it. And you know why? Because we're okay now, Piper, Buffy and me. We've all got passion and purpose in our lives and you gave us that."

"I did?" Astral Prue asks.

Phoebe nods, "You took care of us. And now it's time to take care of you." Astral Prue astral projects back in her body. Prue sits up. "Welcome back."

"Thanks. For everything. Oh, no." Prue says as she walks into the next room and sees the mess. "Oh. I can not believe I wrecked Piper's wedding."

"Only a part of you did." Phoebe says.

"Is it too late to fix it?" Prue asks.

The lights go out.

"Oh, now what?" Phoebe asks.

Suddenly, the door flies open and cops burst in. "Police! Stay where you are! Don't move!"

"Prue Halliwell? You're under arrest... for murder." Inspector says.

Sometime later Patty is putting the bride and groom back onto the cake. Phoebe is lighting candles.

"I don't get it. Prue should be back by now, the police have the killer." Leo says.

"They might have held her over for escaping custody." Cole says.

"Can we get some light while we're waiting?" Victor asks.

"Yeah." Patty and Joyce says.

Phoebe shakes her head, "No, dad, the police cut the power line."

Grams appears. "I'm sorry, Patty, Patience. They sent me to take you both back."

"No, it's not midnight yet, we still have five more minutes." Buffy says.

"I should have said something more to convince Piper." Victor says.

Patty shakes her head, "But you said everything, you were wonderful."

Buffy smiles, "You were Uncle Victor." She looks to Joyce who nods.

Prue and Darryl walk in. Victor shines the flashlight on them.

"Sorry we're late." Darryl says.

"What, not who you were expecting?" Prue says.

Piper walks in. "So, okay, what are we waiting for?" Piper takes off her sweater. "Don't look so shocked."

"Girls, it's show time." Grams says.

Everyone stands in place. Buffy puts on Piper's veil.

"You look beautiful, you know that?" Buffy asks.

Piper nods and smiles, "So do you, sis."

Victor looks to Leo, "I noticed you don't have a best man. If you like, I could, uh..."

"I'd be honored." Leo says,

Phoebe frowns, "Oh, no, there's no power for music."

Grams makes the wind chimes chime.

Joyce nods, "Alright, is that the best that we can do on the lights?"

Leo makes clouds of bright lights appear above them.

Prue smiles, "That's more like it."

Grams clears her throat. "We are gathered here today to unite two souls as one. Do you, Leo Wyatt, and Piper Halliwell, join us here of your own free will to acknowledge the eternal bond shared by both of you."

Leo nods, "I do."

Piper smiles, "I do."

"You may face each other, join hands." Grams says and Piper and Leo turn and face each other, joining hands. "Uh, Leo, you may recite your vows."

"Piper, through all the tears and struggles, I always knew in my heart that we'd make it here. I promise to love and respect you from this point forward as your husband, as my wife, my lover, my friend, and my soul mate. All I am is yours." Leo says.

Grams nods, "Piper..."

Piper smiles, "Leo, you are the best thing that has ever happened to me. I was afraid that you were too good to be true, that maybe I didn't deserve someone so pure and beautiful and loving as you are. But here we are surrounded by the people that I love the most and I feel so proud, and so blessed to be your wife. Leo, I was born to love you and I always will."

"Here before witnesses, Leo and Piper have sworn their vows towards each other. With this cord, I bind them to those vows." Grams says as a rope is loosely tied around Leo and Piper's hands.

"Heart to thee, body to thee, always and forever, so mote it be." Leo and Piper says.

"So mote it be." Grams says.

"So mote it be." Prue, Phoebe, Buffy, Joyce, Patty and Victor says.

The clock strikes twelve.

"Kiss her fast." Grams says.

Piper and Leo kiss. Everyone applauds and grins.