They landed with a thud in the foyer of the manor. Penny fell on the rug immediately with blood pouring from her leg and Leo rushed over to heal her.
Phoebe stood there looking at her sisters, this was the moment they had waited so long for but yet she was frozen as if she was waiting to wake up from a dream. They all were.
Piper was the first to move; she reached out her hand towards Phoebe and took her into an embrace. Piper pulled Paige into the hug with her while Prue stood over Leo making sure Penny was healed.
Finally the blue lights subsided and Penny looked up at Prue who had tears stinging in her eyes.
The youngest stood up and came face to face with the oldest.
Prue looked at her little sister, her mini me; she looked so much older and stronger than before.
Penny didn't waste another second before jumping into Prue's arms. Prue lifted her up and Penny wrapped her arms tight around her neck. She immediately felt safe, she immediately felt at home.
Within seconds they felt other arms joining the embrace.
Leo smiled before orbing out to inform the elders that they were home.
Phoebe stood over the stove making tea. Paige and Penny were sitting behind her at the counter while Piper and Prue were upstairs showering.
"Penny could you go check on Prue and Piper for me," Phoebe asked. Penny nodded and walked out of the kitchen. She climbed the stairs slowly and at the top of the stairs it was quiet. She turned to go to Piper's room.
When she opened the door Piper was sitting at her vanity brushing her hair. Her face had exhaustion written all over it.
Penny walked up behind her and hugged her from behind, she knew they would have to talk about what happened and it would take a long time to get back to normal but tonight they were clinging to each other.
The eye contact the two made in the mirror said it all, I love you.
Prue was a room over in the shower allowing the water to wash away the dirt, she had been in there for a long time just processing.
She kept having flash backs to the moments where she felt most lost in the underworld. She couldn't help feeling guilt remembering seeing Phoebe and Penny on that screen suffering or watching Paige and Piper get smacked around right in front of her face.
She was home but at the same time she had lost so much of herself there.
Her baby sisters had to come and save her, she couldn't shake the feeling of failure.
The water hit her in the face; she closed her eyes tight and just stood there allowing it to beat down on her.
So many emotions rushed to the surface, she was angry.
She was angry that she was left alone by grams and mom, she was angry that this happened, she was angry that she wasn't there to protect her sisters, and she was in pain.
Prue had always held it in, while they were down there she was barely able to release all that she was feeling because of fear of letting her sisters down but this she could hold back.
Punching the side of the tub she slipped down into a ball and sobbed. Why did this have to happen? Why did she feel so powerless?
Everything started to come out; she flashed back to every punch, every kick, and every cackle by the demons. She didn't even realize she was screaming.
"Prue?" Penny was standing there watching everything.
She had this look of horror but when Prue looked up she didn't stop.
Phoebe and Paige could hear the commotion and came running upstairs. Piper was already in the bathroom and had pushed Penny back to the doorway.
She grabbed a towel and pulled Prue from under the water. She helped her step over the side of the tub and she fell to the bathroom floor.
Piper just held her, "it's ok Prue, we're safe," she held on tighter than ever. She never saw Prue cry like this but she could tell before their sisters came that it was only a matter of time before Prue broke.
Prue felt bad, she could see the fear on Penny's face but she couldn't stop the tears or the aching, she was so tired.
Piper attempted to take Penny from the room a few times but she refused. Things were different now, she did not need shielded.
Piper started to get the bed ready; Paige was cleaning up the bathroom while Phoebe grabbed clothes to help Prue change into.
Prue could see them moving around her but she didn't budge. She just sat there and let them move. She had surrendered, despite all her feelings of failure; she needed them in this moment.
Penny sat staring at her big sister. Prue looked dazed and otherworldly. She was sitting on the bathroom floor directly in front of her holding her hand but Prue didn't seem to notice. Tears were still streaming down her face; it was as if years of emotion were being released.
"We're not going to leave you Prue," Penny whispered.
She moved back so Phoebe could help Prue into her pajamas. She could see so many bruises and scars on Prue's body from being harmed. It made both Penny and Phoebe want to cry but now wasn't the time.
Penny choked back the tears and grabbed Prue's hand again.
Night time came quickly, the sisters were all in Prue's bed smashed together but they didn't care. None of them were asleep but the room was silent apart from the occasional breathing.
Penny and Leo had placed plenty of crystals around the house to make sure they were safe.
Prue was in the middle of the bed with Penny and Piper at her sides. She hadn't said a word but her crying subsided. Penny was holding her hand and she hadn't let go. That was her way of saying she loved her without saying anything at all.
All Prue could think was that despite the fact that she completely abandoned them, Phoebe and Penny still loved her, they hadn't left her side, none of them had.
Suddenly Paige sat up; she was on the other side of Penny who turned over to look at her. "Are you okay?" Phoebe said from the other side of the bed.
"It's just crazy, the whole time we were in the underworld I wanted this moment but I had convinced myself it wouldn't happen and now were here and it doesn't feel real," Paige spoke up.
"I know what you mean, we were gone for so long and now we have what we wanted but it feels hard to embrace," Piper said quietly.
"It's going to take time," Phoebe responded.
The moon was shining in the room and Paige could see Prue looking at her, "and thank God we have the time," Paige reached over and ran her hand down the side of Prue's face and then did the same to Penny.
Penny reached up with her free hand and squeezed Paige's,"thank God."