Piper awoke the next morning holding Phoebe in her arms. She looked back at the night before as she remembered what her baby sister looked like when she entered her room. Beaten, bloodied and near death herself. She knew just how close that she had come to losing her as well. She looked down at her baby sisters' face and could still see the swelling around her eyes from crying so hard the night before. She knew that it was probably the same look in her own eyes as well. "Oh Phoebe. What are we going to do?" she said as she brushed the hair from off her sisters' face.

"I don't know Piper." Came the weak voice beside her.

"Hey sleepy."

Phoebe just lay there. Had everything been a dream? Had she really been held by the Source himself, beaten and tortured? Was her sister really dead? Everything swam in her head as her tears threatened to fall once again.

Piper noticed a look of lostness on Phoebes face and knew what she must have been thinking. Pulling her close she hugged her tight not wanting to ever let her go.

Neither sister knew just how long they sat there comforting each other. It could have been a few minutes and it could have been a few hours. Piper knew that Leo and Cole would leave them alone. But she wasn't sure about their father. He had lost her too and she felt bad that he was left to deal with this on his own. But right then she needed to be with Phoebe and she knew Phoebe needed to be with her. Some how together they would get through this. She didn't know how, but she knew they would.

They leaned against the headboard on Phoebes bed snuggling into each other relishing in the warmth and love they had always shared. It was as they sat there that they both felt a soft breeze brush by them. It was a different type of breeze then you usually felt at that time of year. Not the usually chill that the air had now. It was warm.

Piper looked over at Phoebe who had in turn looked up at her. She took a quick glance to her bedroom window only to find it shut tight. The breeze had not come from outside or the hall, as the door was also closed tight.

They both seemed to get a small smile to their face that was almost hidden behind the tears welling in their eyes.

"She came to say good bye." Phoebe managed to choke out as her tears once again escaped.

"Looks like it." Piper agreed as she pulled Phoebe around her shoulder to a small hug. As Phoebe rested her head on Pipers shoulder.

"I love you Prue." Phoebe said before her emotions once again took hold and she cried. Cried tears she thought she no longer carried inside her.

Later that day they had eventually made their way down the stairs to the main floor of the Manor. Everywhere they turned that were reminded of their big sister. A picture here, an article of clothing there.

Leo and Cole were the first to spot them as they made their way to the kitchen. Pipers arm around Phoebes waist and the later with her head on her shoulder. They knew who they were looking for and respected that decision. After all, they were all hurting but the three Halliwells were hurting the most.

Embracing their father they tried to give him any comfort that they had left.

They had all eventually found themselves in the living room in the arms of the men they loved. Men that had risked their own lives to save them on more then one occasion.

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Like most people in the world around them each sister had their own way of dealings with Prues death. For Piper she had tried to keep busy, in the kitchen or in the attic. She knew that somewhere in their BOS there had to be a spell or something that would bring her sister back. Their magic had never let them down before. Why was it now?

For Phoebe she hadn't truly accepted it yet. She had been fighting her own demons on what had happened to her in the underworld. She hadn't even spoken to Piper yet. They were both to busy trying to come to terms as to what had happened to their family.

They had left the arrangements of the service to Leo, Cole and their father, for neither of them wanted to deal with it. It meant that she was truly gone.

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Phoebe sat at the beach running her feet through the sand, letting it gently flow over her them. She recalled the day that her and Prue and spent the day at the beach alone. Just the two of them. Prue hadn't really wanted to go to the beach and when she told Phoebe why, it had made her feel bad. It reminded her too much of her mother. For that was were Grams had taken them after the service. But she had gone because that was what Phoebe had wanted to do and she had promised her baby sister a sister day where it would be just the two of them and she could do anything she wanted. It was also to give Piper and Leo some time alone.

Phoebe, unlike her oldest sister, loved the beach. To her it let her see the world as it truly was. Its vastness and its beauty all in one. The sound of the crashing surf always put her at ease. Now as she starred out into the horizon she wondered if it was all worth it. Everything they had done. Everything they were supposed to do. Was it worth the risks they had taken? Was it worth the love that they had lost? She didn't know anymore, as she once again felt the warmth of a tear drifting down her cheeks.

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Piper wandered through the Manor looking for Phoebe. She had a bad feeling about something and just wanted to know she was safe. Or maybe it was just her own 'I'm the big sister now' instincts reacting. "Dad. Have you seen Phoebe?"

"Not since this morning. Why?"

"Nothing I'm just…"

"Worried." He finished.

Piper looked at her father with a new understanding. In the past few days they had become closer some how. Funny how a tragedy can bring a family closer together. "Yeah. But I'm fine." She gave her father a hug, "I'll be up in the attic if she comes home." She said as she turned and headed up the stairs.

She paced the attic floor as her worry for her baby sister increased. She thought of how close she had come to losing her as well. As her thoughts of Phoebe intensified she felt a strange pull. The next thing she knew she was standing on the beach looking out over the ocean as the waves crashed against the beach. Then she saw her baby sister sitting on the sand in front of her running it through her fingers aimlessly. "Phoebe." Piper said quietly almost afraid of her own voice.

Phoebe spun around at the sound of her sister. "Piper? Wha..How?"

"I don't know. One minute I was in the attic and the next…" she started before she realized what happened, "Oh god."

"You.." Phoebe stood up and ran her hand through Piper. Realizing what had happened.

"Astral projected." Piper said softly. Realizing that she had some how gained one of Prues powers.