A/N : Sorry for the long wait because this just took way too long ! I hope this long chapter is to your like and if it is let me know and I'll try to update as soon as possible.
Chap 6 : Trap
Prue knew that this was it, today she would strike Wyatt, she had to, too many people were relying on her. She looked around the circle of witches, friends. She knew that some of them wouldn't make it and she also knew that she might not make it. Everyone was waiting for a last speech, a last peptalk but Prue couldn't find the words they needed or wanted so she just said the first thing that came to mind.
"Good luck" and with that Prue, Chris and the Charmed Ones left in a twirl of blue light.
2 HOURS EARLIER
Prue put the last crystal in place and started to chant that all familiar rime that would bring Cole to the living. Just seconds after the last rime, Cole stood before her.
"Hey kid" he said smiling
Prue smiled back. "Uncle Cole, we're attacking Wyatt today. We're stopping the coronation by stealing the Grimoire and the Book Of Shadows and while me and Chris are doing that, Selene will take over the mansion."
"Only you and Chris are going to the underworld ? Chris is a whitelighter, Prue he won't be able to save you if things should go wrong and I haven't prepared you enough to take on Wyatt" Cole said worried
"I won't be alone. Uncle Cole,…", Prue looked away from him, "When Chris came back, he didn't return alone. He brought three women from the past……the Charmed Ones"
She stopped and looked at him for his reaction. His expression was blank. "Do they know ?"
Prue shook her head. "No, and they are not going to. Chris made it very clear that they can not know any specific details about the future. And even if they could, it's too painful."
Cole walked towards her. "It wasn't your fault, none of it was. You did the best you could and everyone up there knows that"
Prue smiled sadly. "Yeah, you should know. When are you getting off probation ?"
"You're making it sound like I'm in high school, but when you defeat Wyatt I'll be allowed to the heavens, with Phoebe."
"I'll make sure it won't be too long" she said
Leo watched everyone get ready for the battle and he couldn't stop wondering why his daughter hated him so much. Suddenly his older self appeared next to him.
"I missed so much in her life, I was never there to watch her grow, to hear her first word, to see her take her first step but she always forgave me." He said
Leo turned around and looked him in the eye. The older Leo smiled slightly at a vague memory. "I'm going to tell you why Prue hates me, I know I'm not allowed to but you need to keep yourself from making the same mistake because she deserves a father and I know you can give her that."
Leo nodded and waited for him to continue. "Prue has always been a strong witch, stronger than her mother and aunts and stronger than every being on earth except Wyatt. I was never around and if I was I kept myself busy with Wyatt or Piper but I always seemed to neglect my daughter. When she was about two, Cole came back in our lives. I'll save you the whole drama because that's not what matters but he and Phoebe got re-married. Cole saw the talent in Prue but he also saw her need for a father so he took it on himself to lecture me about me failing to act like one around her. I, ofcourse, became angry and completely turned from her only visiting Wyatt. Cole took her under his wing and even after Phoebe became pregnant, he acted like the father I should've been."
Leo looked confused. "Pregnant ? Is there another Charmed One ?"
The future Leo closed his eyes. "When she was six, demons attacked the mansion…….
FLASHBACK
Piper walked over to the stairway. "Sweetie, will you come downstairs please ? I've made cake"
"Right there mommy" Little Prue answered
Piper walked back to the kitchen where she caught Phoebe and Cole kissing. "Will you two stop it please ? My daughter is coming down and not to mention Pattie who is sitting right over there"
Pattie Turner, who was now four, was sitting on a chair in the living room watching 'Powerpuff Girls'. Pattie was a true daddy's girl but also knew how to share her father with Prue. Cole and Phoebe couldn't be prouder of their girl.
"So is Leo coming tomorrow ?" Cole asked
Piper sighed. "No, but I'm done begging him for the sake of Prue. I'm beginning to believe she's better off without him, she is such a sweetheart and she doesn't deserve this. I'm just glad she has two aunts that love her and an uncle who spoils her as his own." She said looking at Cole
"And a wonderful mother, don't forget that Piper" Phoebe said
Prue entered the kitchen and was picked up by Cole. She giggled when he placed her on a high chair that was by the counter. "Mommy, can I have some cake ?"
"Ofcourse you can sweetheart" Piper said giving her a piece
"Is auntie Paige home yet ?" Pattie asked coming out of the living room
Phoebe turned to her daughter. "She isn't coming home today honey, but tomorrow for Prue's birthday"
Paige was a teacher in the magic-school and had her own quarters there, she came home for important power of three business or special occasions.
Suddenly three demons appeared in the kitchen. Piper, who saw them first, tried to blow them up but it was no use.
"Get the childeren out of here" Piper yelled to Cole
"No mommy" Prue cried and raised her own hands
The demon looked like he was about to laugh with her behaviour but was stopped when he blew up in a thousand pieces. Piper looked at her daughter shocked but there wasn't anymore time to do something else because more demons appeared. There were too much for two witches and a half-demon to handle. Piper was the first to fall, in a brave act to protect her daughter and niece, she jumped before an energy wave. Prue wanted to cry when she saw her mother hit the floor but instead raised her head so she could look the demon eye-to-eye. He went to flames after Cole threw an energyball. Cole and Phoebe were overwhelmed because even more demons were arriving. Little Pattie tried to help, as did Prue, but their developing powers were no match. Cole was next, a demon shimmered behind him and stabbed him with an athame. Pattie screamed and Phoebe looked behind her.
"Oh no" she sobbed but composed herself. She pushed the childeren behind the counter and felt lost, she didn't have an active power and Paige didn't answer her calls. Then, in one single second, it was all over. Phoebe reacted too late and was thrown to the other side of the room, hitting her head in the proces. The demons grinned satisfied with their work and shimmered out, not caring about the childeren.
Prue came out and ran over to her mother while Pattie ran to hers. Prue couldn't heal her, she was never taught how. "DADDY" she yelled
She was certain that he would come to answer her call, that he would feel something wasn't right but he didn't. She yelled again and again but he didn't show. So she called for Wyatt but even her brother, her best friend next to Pattie, wasn't answering.
"ANYONE? PLEASE, HELP US !"
Suddenly a whitelighter appeared, he had brown hair and piercing green eyes and didn't appear to be much older than twenty. He ran over to Piper immediately but was unable to heal her. Trying not to look into the girls eyes, he tried the man next to her but he also was dead. He hoped, against hope, that at least the woman beside the other girl could be saved but at that moment there wasn't any hope left in the manor.
"Why didn't my daddy come ?" Prue asked
He looked at her. "Leo is at the magic school, or what's left of it. It blew up, no survivors"
Pattie started to cry, both her parents and two aunts died today. Prue tried to look brave and comforted her little niece. Her thoughts went to her brother, about how he would react. She turned to the whitelighter.
"Who are you ?" she asked with tears in her eyes
"Chris Perry, listen do you want me to orb you somwhere ? Family ?" he asked feeling bad because he couldn't help them
"Bring us Upthere. To my dad" Prue said
Chris shook his head. "Can't do that, They'll never allow her to enter because of her parentage"
He pointed to Pattie, she was a quarter-demon and some whitelighters and Elders wanted to stripe her from her Charmed lineage and not be called a Charmed One. Piper had been angered to find out that Leo had been one of them. But Phoebe had gone against them and had made an ultimatum: if they striped her daughter from her birthright, she'd give up hers. The Elders let Pattie alone from that moment, letting her keep her powers.
Prue swallowed in her tears, refusing to let them fall until she was alone. She said something about her grandfather and Chris nodded. Right now, they needed family and she would try calling her dad later or maybe orb up there. She didn't quite control that power yet but if needed she would be able to control it.
END FLASHBACK
"So that's why she hates me ? Because I didn't come to help her when everyone died ?" Leo asked, not believing that he would abandon her.
Future Leo shook his head. "No, she forgave me for that or at least I think because she still sought contact with me. But what happened four years later, I know for certain she never forgave me and I never forgave myself. After Piper died, Wyatt became different. He slowly transformed into the Wyatt that we know now. Prue was 10 and Pattie was 8, they lived with Victor and tried to grow up as normal girls. One day, Wyatt's demons attacked them it wasn't meant to kill them but one of the demons wasn't so loyal to Wyatt so he killed Pattie who wasn't able to defend herself yet. Prue called for me but I didn't answer so she orbed with Pattie Upthere.
FLASHBACK
Prue yelled for her father once she was in the heavens of the whitelighters. The whitelighters, dressed in their traditional clothes, watched her. Leo appeared in front of her.
"What is it, Prudence ?" he asked cold
Prue suppresed her sobs. "Daddy please, she's hurt. One of Wyatt demons threw a fireball to her and I can't heal her. Please daddy, do something"
"I can't do that Prudence, this one is part demon. Whitelighters are meant for witches and not for the demon kind" he stated
"Dad, she's my niece ! Pattie is aunt Phoebe's daughter, she's also a Charmed One ! Heal her !" she yelled
When Leo didn't move, she looked behind him. Chris was behind him, looking at her with regret. "Chris, please you weren't able to save my mom but you can save her" she pleaded
"Don't dare Christopher, you're wings will be cut if you go against our will" an other Elder appeared
Chris closed his eyes and nodded. "I'm sorry, Prue"
Prue understood he wasn't going to risk everything for her. She looked at Pattie and saw that no one could help her niece now. Tears were pouring over her face and she turned to the Elders that were in front of her.
"You're monsters, all of you ! You act like you are light but you're no better than the ones you call dark and evil. Pattie was a Charmed One with charmed powers, I hope you can forgive yourselfs", she raised her eyes to Leo, "Goodbye dad, you don't have to worry about me calling anymore"
With that, she orbed out with Pattie's body
END FLASHBACK
"I killed Phoebe's daughter" Leo whispered to himself
Future Leo lowered his head in shame. "It was the biggest mistake of my life, putting duty before family. Don't ever make that mistake Leo"
Leo nodded wondering if he didn't make that mistake already.
PRESENT TIME
Prue appeared in the Underworld, she looked behind her and saw her family and Chris. She stepped to the middle cave.
"Bianca ?" she whispered
Bianca came out of the shadows. "Follow me"
Prue followed her without question and mentioned for the rest to do the same. They took a road where there weren't many demons so that they could sneak past them. Suddenly they reached the coronation room. Bianca put her finger on her lips so they would be quiet. There was only one demon guarding the place and Bianca shimmered to him. She let an athame appear in her hand but when she was about to stab him, he turned around.
"Bianca, what are you doing here ?" Learo asked
Bianca smiled and stabbed him in the heart. He went in flames. Bianca looked at Prue and mentioned to follow her. Prue nodded and they reached a door.
"This is the farthest I go, Prue. Good luck, the Grimoire and the Book is in there" Bianca said
"Thank you Bianca" Prue answered
Bianca nodded and shimmered out. Piper looked at her daughter. "Should we trust her ?"
"We should mom" Prue said opening the door
Bianca hadn't lied, inside were the two books and no one was guarding it. Prue walked towards it and looked at her mom and aunts.
"There's a protection spell over it, it's going to need the Power Of Three"
Piper, Phoebe and Paige formed a circle around the two standers. "The Power Of Three will set it free, the power of three will set it free, the power of three will set it free"
And with the third chant, a bright light released the two books, ready to take. Prue walked to the Book while Chris took a bag to place the Grimoire in. Piper helped Chris to get the book in while Paige looked at Prue.
Prue stood in front of her heritage and took a deep breath. She placed her two hands on the sides and lifted it up. She sighed relieved but it didn't last long because of Chris' yell.
"PRUE !"
Prue looked behind her and saw a vortex opening. It all happened so fast that they didn't have time to do anything. Prue was sucked in together with the Book leaving her whitelighter, her mother and aunts.
Chris ran to the wall where the vortex had been. He placed his hands on it trying to open it in a way, failing he closed his eyes.
"It was a trap"
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