A.N Chapter 2 of 3 is up :) Hope you enjoy it, thank you for the reviews! As I said this is something that just wouldn't leave my mind; the first two chapters are really introductions to the third and final part. I have never written Prue before though, so, I hope she comes out OK! Also as a note this chapter is rated T for language.

Disclaimer I do not own Charmed.

Chapter two takes place after season 3 episode 22 'All Hell Breaks Loose'

Chapter Two

She didn't feel any different. There was no calmness, no inner peace. She didn't feel lighter or unburdened by the woes of the living. In actual fact, she felt angry. Really angry.

Prue Halliwell was one pissed off dead person.

"You can't keep me here!"

"Prue, honey…"

"Don't 'Prue honey' me mom! This is bull I'm leaving right now!"

Prue whirled away from the crowd of people, her 'welcoming party' she supposed they were, and her eyes darted around for a door or something, some way to leave the space she had woken up in. The space that definitely wasn't the Manor, wasn't home, and wasn't with her sisters.

A thought suddenly hit her like a tonne of bricks and she gasped. "Piper!"

"Piper is fine," Patty said quickly and she moved to rest her hand on Prue's arm gently, her daughter clearly relieved at those simple three words, "Leo healed her, she's…she's alive."

"You said fine before," Prue frowned, looking at her mother and then her grandmother as she moved to her other side, "You said Piper was fine."

"She's lost you, dear," Penny said gently, "She's not fine."

Prue suddenly felt cold, but not like when a chill hits you or you realise you aren't wearing enough layers in the winter, the kind of cold that starts in the pit of your stomach and moves, creeps, spreads up inside you.

She was dead.

"Phoebe…" Prue said quickly, "Phoebe didn't come when we called her! Where…did Shax-!"

"Prudence, sweetheart, I think we should explain some things," Penny sighed, "You actually lived this day before. But, you and Piper exposed magic-"

"We wouldn't-!"

"You did dear. You exposed magic, unintentionally of course. Things got out of hand, and Piper…Piper was killed." Prue looked at her in confusion but Penny pressed on. "Phoebe was down in the Underworld at the time, trying to save that demon-"

"Mother," Patty sighed.

"Well he is," she rolled her eyes, "Anyway, Leo went to get her and it seems he didn't orb back until it was too late. We're not entirely sure what happened next, but, it seems the demon Tempus reset time."

"I don't understand," Prue shook her head, "If he reset time, then why-"

"He reset it to the time you were first attacked by Shax, in the Manor," Patty said, "But it wasn't enough time for Leo to be told, for him and Phoebe to come home so that the three of you could say the spell. That's why…" She smiled sadly at her eldest daughter. "That's why you're here. Your injuries…Leo was too late."

The words buzzed around in Prue's head. Even for the most level-headed of the Halliwell sisters it was a lot to take in, a lot to process. "But…but he saved Piper."

"Yes," Patty nodded quickly.

"That's all that matters," Prue murmured and she pushed her hands back through her hair, gripping tightly at the back of her neck. "Okay, well, I need to see them."

"I'm afraid not."

The person that had spoken moved forward. "I'm afraid we can't let you do that Prue."

Prue looked up at the man before her without recognition. He wasn't family, maybe he was an Elder? It didn't much matter to her. "Why the hell not?" There was that anger back again, "I need to see them, they need to see me to know I-I'm alright."

"No Prue."

"If I can just talk to them and explain-"

"You can't be allowed-"

"You're not listening to me!" With a yell of frustration Prue flung her hand out at the man, a gesture that had become so natural she had done it without thinking. But nothing happened. With a small frown she squinted her eyes. Still nothing. "What have you done to my powers?"

"You don't have them anymore."

"Why not?! Grams still has hers! I know she does she makes the pages in the Book turn, and she's been dead longer than me!"

"Your powers have…been passed on."

Prue didn't see the look exchanged behind her back between Penny and Patty, a small sigh from the former and a look of panic from the latter. No, no this couldn't be how she found out.

"Please, she's tired and-"

"Wait no mom I don't understand," Prue frowned, stopping Patty mid-sentence and taking a step closer to the man, "What do you mean 'been passed on'? To who? And who the heck are you anyway?"

"I'm the Angel of Destiny," he replied with a sigh, "I'm here to make the passage easier-" He narrowed his eyes slightly at scoff from the young witch in front of him. "-and to explain why this had to happen to you. Why it was your destiny to die today, and the destiny of the Charmed Ones."

"There are no Charmed Ones anymore," Prue said, glaring at him, "Not without three sisters. So if it was our destiny to die before we vanquished the Source, I'd say that's a pretty shitty destiny!"

The Angel looked quietly past Prue at Patty and Penny. "She should be told by family."

"Told what?!" Prue turned to look at her mother and grandmother, acknowledging the look of panic on Patty's face, "Mom what is he talking about? Where are my powers who has them now?"

"Your baby sister," Penny said softly.

"But Phoebe just got her active-"

"Not Phoebe." Patty moved to rest her hands on Prue's shoulders. "I have to tell you something sweetie."

"So, let me get this right." Both Penny and Patty cringed at her tone. "I have another sister. A half sister, but on mom's side so half witch but also half whitelighter. From Sam. Mom's whitelighter, Sam. And no one knows about it…her, about her. Not even the Elders."

"It was too dangerous-" Penny started but she was cut off by Prue raising a hand sharply.

"And by me dying, this girl..this, Paige, has my power."

"Your Charmed power," the Angel nodded, "Moving things with your mind. With her mind."

Prue waved her hands. "How would I not remember you being pregnant?!" she said turning to Patty, "I remember you being pregnant with Phoebs, how…" At the guilty look on their faces Prue choked out a laugh. "A memory spell!"

"A potion, actually," Penny said, "We made it taste like candy so that-"

"So not caring about flavours, Grams!" Prue sucked in a breath. "Does she…does Paige, know that she's a witch?"

"No," Patty said quietly, "She doesn't know. She doesn't know a thing. She's lived a normal life, with two loving parents."

"But not her family," Prue cried, "Not her sisters!"

"You don't understand how dangerous it was," Patty shook her head, "If the Elders had known…I don't know what they would've done to her."

For the first time Prue really looked at her mother. The pain on Patricia Halliwell's face was real, the act from 20 years ago still raw and fresh in her heart. Their eyes met and Prue sighed a little.

"You guys should've told us," she said, "When we got our powers, when we were older and could understand." She shook her head. "So Piper and Phoebe are going to find out soon. I should be the one to-"

"You're not going down there, Prue," the Angel sighed, shaking his head at the scathing look she shot him, "You can't, it's too soon. And they must find Paige on their own."

"I should-"

"It's not what's best for them."

"I think I know what's best for my sisters better than you!" Prue snapped before shaking her head a little, "And what's that buzzing sound?!"

"That would be Piper," Penny sighed a little, "She's trying to summon you."

"Then why aren't I going?"

"It's being blocked," the Angel replied, "You are not the lost witch she needs to find."

"But she needs me!" Prue yelled at him, "Piper needs me I've always been there!"

"If you go to her now she'll never grieve, never move on," he said sternly, "And she will stop her summoning and she won't find Paige. Prudence, your destiny was to lead your sisters through these early years, through getting their powers back, to fight the evil that would try and kill three naïve witches. You have fulfilled that. It is now Paige's destiny, along with Piper and Phoebe, to continue your work. The new Charmed Ones. If Piper thinks she can summon you whenever she wants to she will never accept Paige and they will never survive what is to come next." His voice softened. "You must understand this. I do know what's best for your sisters."

Prue hadn't realised she was crying, in fact her body was starting to feel more and more unlike her own. That's because it isn't. My body's down there somewhere. "I miss them already," she said, moving back into the embrace of Patty and Penny, "And I just…Piper, she won't-"

"She'll survive," Penny said gently, "She'll be alright, she's stronger than you think, Prue."

"But Ph-Phoebs, she won't like being the middle sister."

"Yeah but she'll like having a baby sister," Patty smiled, stroking Prue's hair lightly, "You know she will." Prue sniffed with a little nod, turning to rest her head against her mother's.

"I wish I'd known about her," she whispered, "About Paige. I wish I'd met her. I wish…I wish I'd known her." She shook her head. "I know it was dangerous but when we were older, we could've…we would've protected her. I would've. A-and four Charmed Ones has got to be better than just three, right?"

"The prophecy-"

"I know it says three sisters," Prue grit out, narrowing her eyes at the Angel of Destiny, "I'm just saying, another one couldn't hurt. All the demons we faced, all the Innocents we saved and the ones we didn't…it couldn't hurt." Her head suddenly snapped up. "Paige. Can I see Paige? Maybe-"

"No Prudence."

"-I can be the one to tell her she's a witch? I could-"

"Prue dear-" Penny tried.

"-kinda ease her into it?"

"Prue, baby…" Patty kissed the side of her daughter's head gently, her stubborn daughter, always trying to fix things, to lead. "You just can't."

And it was at that moment that Prue Halliwell vowed that she would know her baby sister. No one would keep her from that. No one.