Couldnt sleep after a busy day at work, sooo thought i'd give you another part faster then usualy so I can uplaod more fics to edit and read whiel i cant sleep hehe
Piper turned to see the sight that Prue was shouting at. She looked in horror as her baby sister swung from the noose around her neck. Her first reaction was instant as she brought her hands up as far as she could and froze the entire crowd, including the rope around her sister neck.
Prue looked on as all of sudden everything around them just stopped.
"Piper?"
"Just get her down Prue. We'll deal with the consequences later." Piper ordered as she looked on as Phoebe tried to get the pressure off her own neck by thrash around violently. Even from there Piper could see her sister trying desperately to hang on to what little air she had left.
Prue looked over at her youngest sister and sent her power through her eyes causing the gallows to collapse around her.
Quickly releasing her and Pipers binds, they ran up to Phoebe to pulled her from the wreckage of the hangman's gallows.
Piper pulled Phoebe into her arms as she took the noose from around her neck. "Oh God Phoebe." Her youngest sister just cried in her arms as she tried to regain her breath as everything that happened came back to her.
"Ok come on you guys we haven't much time. We have to get out of here and re-think what we need to do." Prue suggested as she looked over the crowd who still stood frozen in time.
Piper wrapped her arm around Phoebe and helped her to her feet as they then made their way through the clearing and into the woods, as quick as they could with Phoebe still trying to get air into her lungs.
Phoebe grabbed on to Pipers arm as she tripped again. Between almost drowning and then getting hung she couldn't go any further.
"Prue we have to stop."
"Piper we can't."
"Ok then you go I'm staying here with Phoebe. She can't go any further."
Prue looked down at her sister who was still desperately trying to breathe properly. "Ok look, you two stay here but stay hidden. I'll go up ahead and see if I can find a place for us to hide in."
"Prue."
"Piper it's the only way. As you said, Phoebe can't go on much further." Prue explained as she ran her hand along the top of Phoebe head. "I'll be right back honey I promise."
Phoebe just nodded as she felt her breath finally starting to become normal as she rested her head on Pipers shoulder.
"Be quick Prue we have to figure out how to get to Martha and then get back to our time." Piper said frantically not wanting to stay in 1692 Salem much longer.
Prue started back down the trail they had taken, as Piper helped Phoebe up as the moved off the main path.
Piper held on to Phoebe, as she finally got control of her breathing. "You ok Phoebs?"
"I think so." Phoebe leaned against her sister though absently running her hand along her neck, where the rope had burned into it. "Where's Martha?"
"I don't know. The last time I saw her was next to Prue when I froze the crowd to get you down." Piper told her as she kept her eye on the path they had taken.
"We have to vanquish her Piper or we'll be stuck here forever." Phoebe stated though knowing her sister already know that.
"I know." Was all she said as she held her sister tighter.
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Prue followed the path a little further down before seeing a place where they could possibly hide for a little while. Though she wasn't sure if it may be to open, she decided that it would be worth the risk, she turned and started back for her sisters.
Piper listened as she held Phoebe who was almost asleep in her arms. Though the sound of a cracking twig soon brought her senses on full alert as she gently woke Phoebe and motioned for her to be quiet. She kept a keen eye on the place she heard the sound, ready to freeze the first thing that moved in her sight.
"Piper?!" the quiet voice of her eldest sister called out so not to be heard by anyone else in the forest.
"Over here Prue." Piper answered though also letting out the breath she didn't know she had been holding.
"Come on found a little cabin just off the path up a little ways. We can hide in there."
"Won't that be the first place they look for us?" Piper asked not sure what her sister was thinking, as they both helped Phoebe to her feet.
"I'm hoping they will think we think it's to obvious and not look there."
"I hope you're right Prue. For all our sacs." She said under her breath as she helped Phoebe down the path.
Panic rose above the crowd as they unfroze and saw three of the accused gone from their midst and the others free to go. Those that were still there were quickly recaptured and placed back in the witch's cells as search parties were sent out to find those that had escaped.
No one truly knew now what to think. These were witches with powers. They had managed to set everyone free as well as the one that was hanging in the noose.
"Everyone be cautious. You do not know what evils these witches are capable of. They have shown they have great powers."
She looked around, though knowing that they would never stay close to town. She felt herself been drawn towards the woods as she could almost feel their magic. Was this something she should do alone or should she let the men take care of it?
She decided that this was something that she would have to do on her own. The towns folks would never understand and she would risk herself also being captured. So she went home to the only person that she knew could help her.
"Giles it is time."
"They have gone to the woods. As you have foreseen my love."
"Yes and I think I know the exact place they are."
"It would seem history is repeating itself." He said with a gleeful smile.
"Yes. But this time it will be the descendants of Melinda Warren who find themselves with their powers bound." She answered as Martha and Giles left their small house in search of the Charmed Ones.
Piper ran her hand through Phoebes hair as her sister rested on the small bed. She watched as Prue paced back and forth trying to form a plan to get them out of Salem and back to San Francisco.
"Prue."
"We have to figure out how to get to her before they all get to us."
"Prue."
"There has to be a way to flush her out. Maybe once we vanquish her then we should go back home."
"Prue!"
"What?" Prue shot back as she looked at Piper.
"I think Phoebe has a fever."
Prue quickly turned her attention to her youngest sister. "Probably from that little swim they made her take." She said as she placed her hand on Phoebes forehead. She could feel the start of a fever coming on as she brushed the hair from her sister face.
"Ok we need to get out of here and I mean here as the 1600's."
"No argument here but how? We need to get rid of Martha first."
"I know. Maybe I could flush her out and lure her here. Then we can say the spell together."
"If we're strong enough. Prue, Phoebes pretty weak. Between almost drowning, being hung, and that's not even getting into all the visions she had before we even got here."
"I'm fine Piper." Phoebe
"Phoebs." Prue looked down at her sister.
"I just want this over with as much as you two. Once we get home you can baby me." She said as she looked up at her sister.
"Ok so now what? Prue flushes her out?" Piper asked wondering if the plan her sister was thinking was such a great idea
"It's the only thing I can think of. I mean she wants us to suffer and die as she did."
"It sounds dangerous Prue. I mean what if the towns people find you first?" Phoebe tossed in a possibility they had not really thought of.
"We deal with that if and when that happens." Prue answered quietly seeing what her sister was saying. If they caught her first they would hang her on the spot.
She waited until dark before stepping outside the small cabin. Phoebe was asleep with Piper at her side in case she woke up.
"Be careful Prue." Piper said quietly as she watched her sister slip through the doorframe. Though it was only few seconds later that she came crashing back in slamming the door behind her. "Prue?"
"I think I found her Piper. Or more so she found us." Prue stated as she looked with caution out the small window.
Piper ran up to her sister and looked out the window. Seeing Martha and her husband standing in the middle of the front yard, "Now what?"
"I don't know but she is one pissed off witch. She threw fire at me."
"Excuse me. Fire?"
"Fire, big long stream.. Nearly got me too. She knew we were here Piper."
"But how?"
"Maybe this is the same cabin she and Giles hid in when Melinda found her." Prue thought out loud.
"Makes sense I guess. Kill us here where her own end was." Piper agreed as she watched Martha outside. "Prue. Where did Giles go?"
Prue looked outside and only saw Martha, her husband was no where to be seeing.
"Looking for me?"
Prue and Piper spun on their heals as they watched Giles standing over Phoebe. But he had made his first mistake as he soon felt himself sailing through the air and into the far wall as Prue used her power to get him away from Phoebe.
He stood up slowly shaking off the effects of the eldest power. But the plan had worked to some point as he had drawn their attention away from the front door as it was suddenly set on fire.
"What the hell?!" Piper yelled as she stepped back away from the door, though reacting with her own power as Prue had only seconds before.
With everything frozen Prue shock Phoebe awake and helped her up as they started for the frozen flames.
"Guys?" Phoebe looked confused as she witnessed the frozen flames and Giles standing ready to attack them.
"Later Phoebs." Piper insisted as they stepped through the door.
She waited for them to come out, as she knew they would. They were witches and sisters and that made them predictable. Wanting to save each other was always a priority to them. After all they were of Melinda's blood and that was as she was.