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Piper looked down at little Anna who was starting to cry.
"It's okay, baby" Piper said, trying not to cry herself. "You're with us now"
Piper looked up and saw everyone watching her.
"It's time" Phoebe said. "This is what I've been waiting for"
"We're bringing her back?" Piper asked.
Phoebe nodded.
"What's your plan?" Piper asked.
"Cole, you were able to find a way in there, right?" Phoebe asked. "Well it's been almost two months, and with the new baby on each side everyone's going to be busy. If we can create a spell and a potion, then we can get to Prue and vanquish the Source. Once the Source is vanquished we use a spell or something to get the bracelet off of Prue. Now since Anna's been given to us, the Elders don't have an excuse not to help us"
"What about Caleb?" Piper asked.
"If possible we'll take him with us, but if it comes down to it…"
"He's Prue's son"
"He's the heir to the throne" Phoebe said. "If the Source dies then who do you think steps up?"
"He's a baby" Piper said.
"They'll find ways around it" Phoebe said.
It was quiet for a second.
"But what if the Source catches on?" Piper asked.
"Well we'll just have to make our plan flawless" Phoebe said.
"Are you sure you guys want to do this?" Cole asked. "If you guys died, it would be all over for Anna and Caleb"
"I won't let you" Victor said. "I won't lose my other two daughters"
"Dad, we have to bring Prue back" Piper said. "We know what it's like growing up without parents; we won't put Anna through that"
"And we won't leave our sister behind while we live our own happy lives" Phoebe said. "Prue's given up everything for us, it's time we took some risks for her"
Piper looked down at the squirming infant in her arms. She had fallen asleep but just like her aunts, it was an uneasy one.
"Not even a day old and she already feels the burden being put on her" Piper said.
Piper was about to hand the baby to Phoebe but Phoebe wouldn't let her.
"I'm sorry, but I don't want to hold her until Prue has" Phoebe said.
Piper nodded.
"I understand" Piper said. "But if…"
"Don't say it" Phoebe said. "Please, just don't say it"
Victor stood up and walked over to Piper. He peered into the blanket to look at Anna.
"She looks just like Prue" Victor said. "The eyes, the nose, the hair"
"Well you better have her strength, sweetie" Piper said. "Cause we're going to need it"
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UNDERWORLD
Prue sat on her bed exhausted from labor. She didn't want to fall asleep for fear that she would wake up and not remember Anna's face. She's wished with all her heart she would be able to live with both her children. How unfair was it going to get for Anna? No mother, no father, no she would grow up hearing that they were both living with her brother. Prue knew Piper and Phoebe would tell her it was against her mother's will that she was living with the Source and Caleb. But Prue remembered all too well the emptiness of growing up without parents. The horrible days were you just wanted them to hold you and say everything was alright. Sure Anna would never get both parents, but she should at least have one. Then there was Caleb. If Prue left him, she would be forcing him into a life of evil, forcing him to be with the parent that was incapable of love. Prue's thoughts were interrupted by Caleb's hungry cries filling the room. She looked up and saw Madelia holding him. Prue motioned for her to give him to her. Prue took him and covered herself with a blanket. Remembering what her pregnancy books said, she was able to start breastfeeding him.
"You don't have to stand here while I'm doing this, he'll be fine" Prue said.
"Source's orders" Madelia said.
"Figures" Prue said.
"How are you feeling?" Madelia asked.
"Tired" Prue said. "Where is Caleb going to sleep?"
"Nursery" Madelia said. "He'll have a nanny until he's four. Then he'll be taken care of by a mentor"
"So why am I here?" Prue asked. "I don't even have to take care of him"
"Would you like to take care of him?" Madelia asked.
"It would give me something to do" Prue said. "And if I'm going to be down here I want to be a mother to Caleb"
"I'll talk to the Source" Madelia said.
Prue nodded. She laid there until Caleb was done eating. He started to doze off.
"I should take him back" Madelia said. "You should sleep"
When Madelia left the room, Prue laid her head on her pillows and shut her eyes. She knew she wouldn't be able to sleep; all she could think about was Anna. One day, she was going to see that girl again.
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MANOR
Phoebe sat at the table with the Book of Shadows and various potions. Piper sat at a chair by her holding on to Anna. She had cleaned Anna off and wrapped her in Prue's old baby blanket. Anna started to cry and Phoebe looked up.
"She's hungry" Piper said.
Piper got up and went to the cabinet.
"We bought formula, right?" Piper asked.
"Yeah, it's in the cabinet to your left" Phoebe said. "So are the bottles"
Piper was heating a bottle up when Leo orbed into the kitchen. The look on his face told everything.
"They still won't help?" Piper asked.
"They can't break a marriage" Leo said.
"But the marriage is one sided" Phoebe said. "She doesn't want to be married to him"
"It's still a marriage" Leo said.
Phoebe slammed her fist on the table.
"After all she's done for them they won't even help her get out of the underworld" Phoebe said. "Don't they get it? Without her Anna will never be prepared to fight Caleb. Caleb's growing up with two parents and Anna doesn't even get the love of one"
At this Anna started to scream in Piper's arms. Piper rocked her back and forth.
"It's okay" Piper said soothingly. "Everything's okay. Phoebe, we've done things without them before. We'll do it again"
"How can you be sure?" Phoebe asked. "Like you said, if the Source catches us…it's all over"
"Then don't let him catch us" Piper said.
Phoebe looked back down at the book and Cole came into the room.
"Need help?" Cole asked Phoebe.
"How did you get into Prue's room?" Phoebe asked.
"The Source has a shield surrounding Prue's room so you can't get directly into it" Cole said. "You have to wait until they're preparing for someone to come in"
"That's risky, if they came in while we were getting Prue…" Piper trailed off.
"Then once we got in we would need to be quick" Phoebe said. "Which means we absolutely need to know how to get the bracelet off"
"And the ring" Cole said. "Her wedding binds her to him"
"So we have to unbind her from him" Phoebe said.
"How can you be so sure we have that power?" Piper asked. "He must've had his most powerful demons working on that ring"
"Well, with all the magical beings we've saved, don't you think they owe us?" Phoebe asked. "We just a little of their magic"
"We can't ask them to do that" Piper said.
"God, it's like you don't want to save her!" Phoebe exclaimed.
The room was silent as Piper just stared at the floor. Phoebe shook her head and picked up the Book. She walked out of the kitchen and to her room.
"She didn't mean it" Leo said.
Piper looked at Leo.
"The Elders may not be able to break a marriage but they sure as hell can break a family" Piper said softly.
She took the bottle and Anna and went to her room. Leo sighed.
"I'll take Phoebe" Cole said.
Leo nodded. Cole got up and went to his and Phoebe's room. He knocked on the door.
"I don't want to talk, Cole" Phoebe said.
He opened the door.
"Phoebe, what's bugging you so much?" Cole asked.
"Besides the fact that my sister is trapped in the underworld, married to someone against her will, and will never get to see her daughter?" Phoebe asked.
"There's something else that's bothering you" Cole said.
Phoebe looked down at the Book, avoiding Cole's gaze.
"I know what it's like to grow up not knowing your mother" Phoebe said. "I know what it's like to cry yourself to sleep because you just wanted to be held by them again. I refuse to let my niece feel that. And I refuse to let Prue miss out on the future she was supposed to have"
A tear rolled down Phoebe's cheek.
"It's not fair to Prue and it's not fair to Anna if we just give up" Phoebe said. "Because that's like saying we don't just give up on getting her back, but we give up on loving her enough to try to get her back"
"Piper isn't trying to give up" Cole said. "She's trying to make sure that your plan gets everyone home safe"
"I know. I didn't mean to yell at her" Phoebe said. "I'm just so frustrated"
"It sounds like the only way you're getting Prue out of the underworld is to vanquish the Source" Cole said.
"But we'll need the power of three" Phoebe said.
"So get it" Cole said. "Get into Prue's room right before the Source comes in. He's bound to visit her soon. But you can't use any magic and you have to be careful because his Seer will pick up on it"
"How can we stop her from picking up on it?" Phoebe asked.
"Get to Prue when the Source is already on his way" Cole said.
"That gives us a minute to get in and get Prue ready for a vanquish" Phoebe said.
"So come in prepared" Piper said from the doorway.
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UNDERWORLD
Prue woke up and opened her eyes. Her room was dark. She went to use Caleb's power to light a candle but realized quickly that she didn't have the twins' powers anymore. Out of curiosity she tried her own power. It had been months since she used it. She squinted at the candle and it wobbled and fell over. She sighed and tried again. After the candle she tried something heavier. Eventually she fell backwards into her bed, exhausted from using her power for the first time in three months. She thought for a second before getting back up. She looked down and noticed she was back in one of the satin nightgowns she usually wore. She didn't remember changing but after the birth she was too tired to really notice anything.
She got up and walked to her door, picking up a small shard of a mirror she had smashed last month. She had kept the piece incase she needed it.
"What do you want, my queen?" the guard asked.
"Where's Caleb?" Prue asked.
"I have been ordered by the Source not to give out this information" the guard said.
"Is that so?" Prue asked. "Now tell, where is the Source?"
"He is busy" the guard said.
Prue stabbed the guard in the stomach with the shard of the mirror.
"We'll see how busy he is when he hears about this" Prue said.
She turned and went back to sit on her bed. Knowing the Source would be pissed when he received the news of what she had just done. Ten minutes later the Source stormed into her room.
"What a nice surprise" Prue said dryly.
"What the hell were you thinking!" the Source yelled. "He was one of my best guards!"
"Well if he was so good then he should've been able to save himself" Prue said, smiling.
"I don't have to be so gentle now" the Source said. "Caleb is already born"
"That's exactly why I called you here" Prue said. "I want to see my son"
"You don't need to see him" the Source said.
"The whole point of me being down here is so Caleb will have his mother, right?" Prue asked. "What's the point of me being here if I'll never see him?"
"You'll see him when he needs a feeding or at dinner" the Source said.
"I need to see him for more than an hour a day" Prue said.
"You'll make him weak" the Source said.
"I don't care" Prue said harshly.
"If your son is a weakling then he'll never be able to rule the underworld and he'll be killed, is that what you want?" the Source asked.
"If that's what it takes for me to spend more time with him" Prue said.
The Source angrily slapped Prue across the face, cutting her cheek with his fingernail. She grabbed her face in pain.
"Maybe that will teach you to think before opening your mouth" the Source said.
He stormed out of the room and Prue pulled her hand away to find it covered in blood.
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REPLIES: I'm so tired right now, so if there are typos, I apologize. Also, the replies are going to be much shorter today.
P3Phoebe: I know how you feel, I've been so busy. Unfortunately my break from school won't relieve that. I have a major project due when I go back so I've been spending my entire break on that. I'm glad you like the story. Thanks for reviewing!
Jorden's Prayla: Glad you like the chapter, thanks for reviewing.
Prucole: Ah, I'm a MSU fan, darn. Oh well, I guess I can forgive you since you're reading my story, lol. Anyway, thanks for reviewing and glad you liked the chapter!
Anajet: I'm glad you're reading another one of my stories. I'm also glad you like the story, which is a plus, lol.
Charmedchick34: I'm glad you like the story! Thanks for reviewing!
Kristy: You better come Friday!
Alboppy: Yup, there are a lot of cliffhangers in this story. You'll hear more of the plan soon, I promise. Thanks for reviewing!
Brittany: Yeah…spells just suck, I think that sums it all up, lol. I was crying when I wrote the chapter, especially when I was writing the last line.
All of our snow here melted. I was shocked. This was the first Christmas without snow I've had in probably six years. I actually kind of miss having snow. And school sucks. I personally think it should be against the law to assign a major project over holiday break. Anyway, I'm falling asleep so I should probably finish my replies. Thanks for reviewing!
Hally: I know, I was about to cry when I had Piper say the last line. I make myself sad, lol. Thanks for reviewing!
Mony19: I love the bond too. The sisterly bond was what made Charmed, Charmed. Thanks for reviewing!
TheSecondStake: That means a lot to me. I'm glad you like my story so much. Thanks for reviewing!
LukelovesLorelai: Sometimes I just don't know what to say to you.
Charmed4eva1990: Glad you liked the chapter! Thanks for reviewing!
Hinormajean: You'll see, eventually this mess will be over with. Thanks for reviewing!
LucyCelticPrincess: Glad you like the story. Thanks for reviewing!
TVCrazed: A lot of the Source is doing will be explained in later chapters. I admit it does look like he's trying to court her in a couple spots. Glad you like the story! Thanks for reviewing!