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(Bring In The Haruspex)
She stared at her hands long and hard. Blinking, trying to remember if they had always looked this way. She couldn't remember. Thinking of the old woman and her hands she suddenly stopped. It had begun to softly rain. As the sensation of the rain fell against her skin; she thought how long it had been since she enjoyed the simple moments in her life. She could feel how cool the rain was on the back of her neck but inside she was a bundle of nerves.
Deciding that it would be easier to face her fears than her sisters, she turned and headed back to the Sage. The rain clouds above cast a shadow over the light of day and people around her ran for cover. She pushed the door to the shop open and called out "Hello, anybody here? Sage, is that you?" Phoebe thought it strange that just seconds earlier the old woman was here. Something wasn't right and she could feel her body tense up. The room turned frigid and the rain drops so soothing just seconds earlier began to burn. Phoebe walked around looking for a second door; an exit or entrance to another room but nothing.
Her ears began to ring. A piercing sharp tone, the sound resonated so loudly it deafened her to the rest of the world. Collapsing to the floor in a puddle of pain she cried out "Help me, someone help me!" Without self control she watched as her arms shriveled into wrinkled skin. A tear ran down her check as her hair turned coarse and brittle. Phoebe was changing physically and she could not stop it. Her life started flashing before her eyes. She had memories of Prue, Piper, and her Grams; flashbacks to moments in her life that she had long forgotten. She panicked wondering if these were the final moments of her life. No! Not like this, alone and resembling nothing of my former self. This has to be demonic.
Phoebe? Phoebe, Phoebe… what's happening? She could hear someone speaking in her head. She searched the room but there was no one. What is happening to me? Confused she searched the room for mirrors, gremlins, fairies anything. I must be cracking up. She found an ornate, gilded hand mirror on the floor in the corner of the room. She held it to her face. Her worst nightmare had come to life. Touching her cheek in disbelief she opened her mouth but could not speak.
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Paige slid the lace curtain from the window in the living room to give herself a clear view of the front yard. "Phoebe's home" she sang. The three of them had been sitting in the living room talking and enjoying the day. Leo let out a laugh and Piper turned to him and smiled before she leapt off the sofa to greet Phoebe at the door.
They all heard the door open and close. As Piper rounded the corner she heard Phoebe.
"Piper."
Completely taken aback, Piper gulped a mouthful of air and shrieked "Phoebe?! Is that you? What happened?"