Ok, so I'm really nervous about posting this chapter up!! I kept re-writing loads of it, and I'm still not 100 happy. It is also an important chapter, as it explains about Prue's secret. I hope this chapter doesn't disappoint.

Oh, and no more disclaimers, because I think by now you guys have realised I don't own Charmed…

Chapter 7

Prue and Piper stood outside Leo's house. Piper pushed the door open.

'Come on, Prue,' Piper urged her sister as she hurried inside. Prue stood on the doorstep for a few moments; the memories were already pushing their way into her mind. She shook her head angrily. She had managed to keep them locked away up until now. She stepped inside and followed Piper.

'Melinda?' Piper called. 'Melinda sweetie, where are you?'

There was no reply. Piper looked at Prue in panic.

'You don't think…?' But before she could finish her sentence, Melinda appeared.

'And where were you?' Piper glared at her daughter. Melinda pointed upstairs. 'So why didn't we hear you come down? You didn't…you didn't orb did you?'

Melinda hung her head.

'Sorry, mommy.'

'Sorry? I thought you promised me that you wouldn't use your powers again!'

Piper and Melinda began to argue, too busy to notice that Prue had left.

Prue stood on the doorstep again, breathing in the fresh air. The memories were dragging her back, and she couldn't stop them.

Flashback. Prue was pacing nervously outside Roger's apartment, picking her cuticles. She didn't have a clue how to tell her fiancé about her secret.

'Hey Roger, guess what? I'm pregnant!' she tried out. It didn't sound right. She sighed. There was no reason for her to be this nervous. Roger was her fiancé, after all. But he had just seemed really distant of late. She tried again.

'Roger, I have some news for you. I'm pregnant!' She stopped her pacing. It was now or never. She moved towards the door, preparing herself. But then she stopped, hearing Roger's voice…and a female's voice. Prue couldn't hear what they were saying, but she was instantly suspicious. She twisted the door handle, but it was locked.

'You shouldn't have given me a spare key,' she whispered as she pulled it out. She unlocked the door, stepping inside to see-

'Phoebe?' Prue stood there in shock. Phoebe pulled herself out of Roger's arms.

'It wasn't me, Prue! It was Roger!'

Prue turned and fled. Tears were falling fast. Never had she thought that Phoebe would try and steal her fiancé. She ran quickly out of the building and headed towards where she felt comforted- the swing at the park. She never saw the car coming until it was too late.

'I'm sorry, miss, but your family really needs to know about this.' The nurse gave Prue a sympathetic look. Prue struggled to sit up in the hospital bed.

'How am I?' she asked. The nurse pursed her lips.

'You'll be quite alright. A few bruises, and you'll certainly be aching, but you're lucky it wasn't more serious. Now, can you give me a number to call?'

'What about…what about my baby?'

The nurse hesitated.

'I think you should speak to the doctor…' she trailed off, turning to leave the room.

'Just tell me!' Prue snapped. The nurse sighed, and then turned to face Prue again.

'I'm terribly sorry, miss. There was nothing we could do.'

Prue took a shuddering breath as she tried not to cry.

'I was going to call her Patty,' she whispered. She had been ready to be a mother, ready to marry and settle down, and start a family. In one night her life had been broken apart. But that time wasn't the worst…

Flashback. It was the first time in months that Prue felt truly happy. Ever since Andy had died, she had felt lost and alone, even though Piper and Phoebe had tried to help her. But thanks to the tiny life growing inside her, she had been able to move on.

'You're the last reminder of your dad I have left,' she told her stomach with a smile. Andy may have been gone, but he had still left something very precious behind. Prue inspected herself in the mirror. It had almost been eight months, and she was hardly showing. The nurses had assured her that the baby was perfectly healthy, just rather small. Prue was glad in a way. She hadn't been able to tell Piper or Phoebe yet. She felt as though the baby would just disappear if she spoke about it aloud.

'But you are not going anywhere!' she said firmly to her stomach. She ambled downstairs at a leisurely pace. Phoebe and Piper had gone out shopping for the day, and so Prue had the house to herself. She settled herself down on the couch, and tried to relax. She had just shut her eyes, and was drifting off to sleep when:

'Hello witch!'

Prue's eyes flew open. A demon stood facing her, his arms crossed and a nasty smile on his face. He held an athame in his hand, and as Prue struggled to stand up, he raised it.

'Don't even think about it!' Prue snapped. She flung her hand out and the athame was wrenched out of the demon's hand to be embedded in the wall. The demon hissed, then cloned himself five times. The six demons advanced towards Prue as she stumbled backwards.

'Where are Phoebe and Piper when you need them?' she muttered. She channelled her power through her hands again, smashing two clones into the wall. As another two lunged towards her, she sprang over the couch and reached towards the knife in the wall, pulling it towards her with her power. But the original demon had got it first.

'Say goodbye!' he snarled, and Prue felt an exploding pain in her stomach. She gasped as she sunk to the floor. The demon laughed and dropped the athame. Weakly, Prue held up her hand, sending the knife straight into the demon's heart. He screamed and burst into flames. Instantly, the five clones disappeared as well.

'Leo,' Prue whispered. She heard the sound of him orbing in, but her eyelids seemed too heavy to open.

'Prue? What…?' Leo knelt beside her, and she could feel his healing touch.

'Prue, there's something I can't heal,' Leo said suddenly. Prue pushed herself up into a sitting position.

'What do you mean?' she asked in panic. Leo frowned.

'Something inside of you won't heal,' he told her, running his hand through his hair. 'This doesn't normally happen. Usually I can heal anything except the dead.'

'Leo, take me to hospital,' Prue ordered, a sickening feeling in her stomach. He wrapped his arms around her without asking any questions, and orbed her to the hospital.

Prue realised she was crying. She couldn't escape from any of the memories now: the look on the nurse's face as she told Prue the bad news, the time of depression that followed, and the feeling of guilt that haunted her even today.

Prue sat on the cold stone step, hugging her knees to her chest. Tears spilt unbidden out of her eyes, trickling down her face.

'It was my fault,' she whispered. 'I could have stopped the demon…I was so stupid! If I had told Phoebe and Piper about the baby, they wouldn't have left me alone that day…'

Everyone she loved seemed to leave her: her mother, her father, her grandmother, Andy…and even her children.

'You just can't let me be happy, can you?' she shouted at the sky. The bright blue seemed hazy through her tears, and she looked back down again. It had only been three months after she had lost her baby that Piper had become pregnant with Melinda. Now, every time Prue looked at Melinda, she was reminded of her losses. She felt jealous of Piper, as if Melinda should have been hers, not her sister's, as well as guilt for feeling that way. Most of all, Prue felt sorrow whenever she was around Melinda.

'I'm a terrible aunt,' she muttered, wiping her face. She heard the door open behind her as Piper came out.

'Prue, what's wrong?' Piper asked quietly. Prue smiled quickly, avoiding looking at Piper.

'I'm fine,' she lied. She had never told Piper or Phoebe about her pregnancies. 'Just worried about Pheebs.'

Piper nodded, convinced.

'Melinda's going to stay with Leo's neighbour. We had better get going.'

Prue stood up and followed her sister to the car.

Everyone I love seems to die. When Phoebe's free, I'll move to London, keep my sisters safe. I don't want to bury my sisters too.

So I'm chewing my fingernails nervously. What did you all think? Please please review, cos I really want to know how this chapter came across.

And thanks to: LustfulPear, Bonegee, Awf, Charmedfan90 and Hotcutii for the reviews!