By the way for any of my readers reading Always Together, if you haven't figured out, that story is on hiatus. Just to let you guys know. Basically the only story I'm really writing for is this one and occasionally one of my Gilmore Girls ones.

THE NEXT MORNING

Prue sat at her mirror while her hair was being pulled up by some minions. Madelia smirked as the hair was drawn away from Prue's cheek causing her to flinch. Prue avoided eye contact with anyone.

"That's going to leave a nasty scar" Madelia said. "I can get you something for it"

Prue didn't respond.

"Alright, if you don't want it, fine" Madelia said.

A woman came into the room holding Caleb.

"It's time for him to be fed" the woman said.

Madelia shooed the minions from the room and Caleb was handed to Prue. Prue got a blanket and started feeding Caleb. Her face remained emotionless. Madelia watched and sighed.

"If you'd just learn not to upset him" Madelia said. "Then you wouldn't have to deal with this"

"You have no idea what its like," Prue said emotionless, "to live down here after so many years of being up there. My son is the only thing I have left"

"You're wrong, Prue" Madelia said. "I do know what it's like. I was a witch, a good witch"

Prue looked at Madelia.

"But…"

"But what? I'm so evil now? Well I've learned my lesson, it's time you learned yours" Madelia said. "You've moped around here for three months. But this is the beginning of your new life. You are in one of the most respected and most powerful positions down here. You're the queen of the underworld and the mother to the heir of the throne"

"So what, you think that I'll just turn evil, just because I'm down here?" Prue asked. "It won't happen"

"You know, I don't like you, and I don't even know why I'm telling you this but you have any chance of living to see your son grow up, you're going to have to cave eventually" Madelia said.

"The Source…"

"Won't kill you" Madelia said. "But he can make your life hell…Besides, I highly doubt there isn't a single demon that in some way or form doesn't want you dead"

"Including you?" Prue asked.

"I went after you before, didn't I?" Madelia asked, smiling. "But don't worry; I won't do anything unless the Source is overthrown"

"Overthrown?" Prue asked.

"Trust me, after him and Caleb, you'll be the first to die, unless someone finds a use for you which I highly doubt" Madelia said. "But for now you're safe…or at least as safe as you can be in the underworld"

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MANOR

Phoebe and Piper sat working on their plan in the attic. It was completely silent.

"What if Prue still won't vanquish the Source?" Phoebe asked.

"She has too" Piper said.

Silence overcame the room again.

"Piper, I've been a jerk, I'm sorry" Phoebe said. "It's just…"

"You don't have to explain" Piper said. "I lost her too Pheebs"

"I know" Phoebe said. "But she's just…it's just so hard to live with myself…I can't let Anna grow up like I did. I mean she wouldn't even have sisters, she'd only have us, and I know what it's like to cry yourself to sleep because all you wanted was your mom to hold you and tell you everything was going to be alright. I mean…if we can't save Prue for us…we have to save her for Anna"

"Phoebe, no matter what happens, I won't let Anna grow up like we did" Piper said.

Piper hugged Phoebe.

"Now, we should get back to work" Piper said. "We have a meeting with the leprechauns at noon"

Phoebe chuckled.

"Four years ago I never thought I'd get to say I have a business meeting, much less with leprechauns" Phoebe said.

"Four years ago our lives were a lot less stressful" Piper said.

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NOON AT THE MANOR

Piper and Phoebe sat on the couch in the conservatory as two leprechauns spoke.

"We'd be happy to help" one of the leprechauns said.

"But the Source's magic is unlimited" the other one said. "Even with us…you'd be no match"

"All we need is the bracelet off of her" Piper said. "The ring will come off when the Source is dead"

"Then you'll have to find the person who cursed it" the leprechaun said.

"There are thousands of demons working for the Source" Phoebe said. "How I we going to find the very one that cursed the bracelet in the first place?"

"With a little luck" one of the leprechauns said.

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UNDERWORLD

Prue got up to get something when she suddenly got dizzy. She grabbed the wall to steady herself but she fell onto her knees anyway. She heard someone come into her room and tried to look to see who it was.

"Are you alright, my Queen?" Madelia asked.

Prue was going to say she was fine but instead was overcome with nausea. She leaned forward and the contents of her stomach were quickly emptied. Madelia turned to the guard at the door.

"Get Moira, tell her to hurry" Madelia said. "And someone help me get her on the bed"

Prue felt herself being lifted off the ground and onto the bed. The room was spinning and she felt like someone was jumping on her head. She closed her eyes, trying to get the spinning to stop but it wouldn't. She felt a cold hand on her forehead.

"She's burning up" Madelia said.

"Stand aside" Moira said.

Prue felt herself being poked and prodded but was too dizzy to care.

"What's wrong with her?" Madelia ordered.

"She's been poisoned" Moira said.

Prue noticed everyone's voices becoming farther away until finally the silence consumed her.

Moira saw Prue go unconscious and reached into her bag. She pulled out a potion after giving it to Prue she said a spell. After a few more various potions and spells she stood up.

"She should be fine in a few days" Moira said. "It was a quick acting poison, one of the fastest I've seen. When did she last eat?"

"An hour ago maybe" Madelia said. "I should tell the Source"

"Especially since the reason she was probably poisoned was to kill his son" Moira said. "If she had breastfed him after she ate, he would've died"

Madelia nodded and hurried off to tell the Source. Moira stayed in there and stared at Prue.

"It's a shame" Moira said. "A pretty little thing like you, stuck here for the rest of eternity"

She laughed.

"Well, that is if someone doesn't kill you first" Moira said.

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MANOR

Piper and Phoebe looked through the book with their newly found luck.

"Okay, so is it just going to jump out at us?" Phoebe asked.

"I have no idea" Piper said.

They flipped through for a few more minutes. The book finally started to glow and flipped to a page.

"Finally!" Phoebe exclaimed.

"Are you kidding me?" Piper asked. "It's blank"

"What?" Phoebe asked.

She looked down and noticed a blank page.

"How does this help?" Phoebe asked.

"It doesn't" Piper said, shaking her head. "I don't understand"

"Maybe the person who cursed it isn't in the book" Phoebe suggested.

"Even if that's true it doesn't help" Piper said. "We're just as lost now as we were before our luck happened"

"Piper, look" Phoebe said.

The blank page had turned into something that resembled a screen. It lightened to show a woman with a cloak over an altar. She was mixing various potions. Finally after saying a spell over a piece of metal it glowed and turned into a bracelet.

"Helena, are you done?" a demon asked, coming in. "The Source is growing impatient"

"I am done" the old woman said, pulling off her hood.

"Good, now he requests a ring" the demon said. "More powerful than the bracelet, and it binds her to him. If she leaves, she dies, if he dies…well her fate is to be the same. You have three days"

"Three days to make that powerful of a ring?" Helena asked.

The old woman shifted into a younger woman.

"Do it or you'll die" the demon said. "The Source doesn't like failure"

The Book of Shadows snapped shut and Phoebe and Piper jumped back.

"Talk about luck" Phoebe said.

"I know…that was Kate" Piper said. "She works at P3"

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UNDERWORLD

Prue tried to open her eyes but it felt like she was trying to bench press 500 pounds with them. Finally she cracked them open to see Madelia sitting in a chair in her room.

"You're awake" Madelia said. "Good"

Prue shut her eyes.

"What happened?" Prue asked.

"You were poisoned" Madelia said. "Fast little bugger, set in quicker than anything I've ever seen"

Prue was quiet.

"I wasn't lying when I said people wanted you dead" Madelia said. "If you have any hope to stay alive you have to stop acting like a good witch and start acting like a powerful one"

"Where's Caleb?" Prue asked. "He needs to be fed"

"Not until I can be sure the poison is out of your system" Madelia said. "Bottles will do until then"

Prue's head was throbbing so much she couldn't think.

"Go to sleep" Madelia said. "You'll feel better when you wake up"

Prue allowed herself to drift off. Unfortunately sleep did not stay peaceful and she started to dream.

She was all alone in a forest. The forest was covered in snow but Prue wasn't cold.

"Hello?" Prue asked.

There was no response. She heard voices coming from somewhere. She walked for a few minutes, following the voices. When she reached the voices she saw her sisters.

"Piper, Phoebe" she said.

She started running towards them but was quickly thrown back. She saw Piper holding a baby girl and laughing. Cole had his arms wrapped around Phoebe and they both wore huge smiles. Leo stared lovingly at Piper and the baby.

"Piper!" Prue shouted.

An Elder orbed in front of her.

"You can't be with them anymore" the Elder said. "You're no longer good"

"But I am good" Prue said. "I haven't done anything wrong"

A gust of cold air swirled around Prue. Snow was flying everywhere making it hard to see.

"Piper! Phoebe!" Prue yelled. "You have to tell them I'm good!"

Prue turned to see Madelia holding Caleb. She started towards them angrily.

"I'm not evil!" Prue exclaimed.

Madelia ignored her and started walking away with Caleb.

"You can't just walk away with my son!" Prue exclaimed.

A black energy force field separated her from Madelia and Caleb. She turned to see a blue one was separating her from her sisters and Anna. Her sisters started to walk away with Anna while on the other side Madelia was walking away with Caleb.

"No, come back!" Prue exclaimed. "You can't take them away from me, come back!"

Prue fell to her knees in the snow and started to sob. She felt like she was being torn in two.

"Come back, all of you come back!" she yelled again.

She got up and started running after Piper and Phoebe. She didn't care about the force field, she needed her sisters. She felt a cold hand pulled her back hard.

Prue shot up in her bed and looked around. Her room was dark and she was alone.

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REPLIES: So I'm taking a break from my cramming for my midterm exams. Yes, I have two tomorrow and three on Friday. Yippee! So I'm incredibly stressed currently. That's why a lot of my replies are short cause I'm somewhere in the middle of about to cry and about to laugh. Most likely if I don't laugh I will cry. I sound pathetic, don't I? Anyway, I'll hurry so I can get back to studying.

Kate: Glad you like my style, wish you could convince my English teacher to like it. Yes, Prue's having a very rough time right now, trying to do the best for everyone but having to sacrifice her happiness to do so. Thanks for reviewing!

Anajet: Glad you liked the chapter. I hope I can update faster once my icky exams are done. Thanks for reviewing!

Charmedchick34: Glad you liked the story. Thanks for reviewing!

PrueTrudeau: I hope you're feeling better now. I know I haven't been feeling good but I have the sinking suspicion that it's my mind's way of trying to get out of going to school.

Mony19: As you'll see in the next few chapters, sometimes plans just tend to backfire in your face. Anyway, thanks for reviewing!

Brittany: Uh oh, probably should've told you to grab a tissue box for this one too. I knew I was building up to a Phoebe break down. She knows what it's like to be raised without a mother and to have to see her niece suffer through the same thing was getting too much. And to add to that, she has to know that her sister is suffering in the underworld all alone. And Piper has the hard part because she has to be the sensible one. So she has to point out the faults in Phoebe's plan. I'm glad this is your favorite story. Ah yes, school sucks. If I only could get paid for writing fanfics, lol. Well, I have to go continue my studying. Thanks for reviewing!

Kristy: What's that? Did I hear a review reply? Nope, that's impossible cause I'm not speaking to this reviewer.

Prucole: Yes, I'm not big on any sport besides baseball (go Tigers!), but when I do watch them, you can bet I'll be watching the Spartans. Glad you liked the chapter! Thanks for reviewing!

Asianchick8373: I'm glad you are liking the story! Thanks for reviewing!

PaigeMatthews06: I realized you hadn't reviewed for the one chapter, I was kind of sad that I didn't get one. But you did make up for it by reviewing my Gilmore girls one ( and yes, here is your virtual cookie). Oh well, I know friends can be distracting, my friend and I were trying to write our GG fics while talking on the phone and we both got so distracted. Glad you liked both of the chapters and sorry this reply isn't as energetic but I'm studying French as I'm typing this (fun fun). Thanks for reviewing!

Charmed4eva1990: Glad you liked the chapter, thanks for the review!

Jorden's Prayla: Well one way or another, the Source will get what he deserves, I just haven't figured out how. Well that's a problem for another time. Thanks for reviewing!