to sort out any confusion some people may have had at the end of the last part.. Prue was hit from behind and in her daze of tryingto save Leo from teh arrow used her power to send the arrow away from him towards a wall in the attic. At the time she did this Piper and Phoebe walked in to the attic. hence Prue using her power caused the arros to hit Piper.. Some people thought it was Prue that was hit.. hope that helps a lil...thanx for reading. And FYI. this was my firstr Piper centeric fic..so totally out of the box for me as I usually center my fics on Phoebe, Ph/Pr and I have done of Prue.

Piper felt the pain of the arrow entering her, as she held her hand to the wound and slipped to the floor. But as she looked up into Prues eyes, she knew that Prue taking it out was going to hurt 10x's as much as the initial injury.

She felt the hand on her chest, as she looked up to the already tear stained face of her baby sister. She saw the guilt in her eyes. Guilt that seemed to match Prues. She fought to stay awake but the pain got to much, as her eyes closed, mouthing out a final 'I love you' to her sisters, before her world went black.

Piper looked around her as the mist swirled throughout the night sky. A sky she could hardly even see through the mist and darkness. She heard the sound of voices that she didn't even recognize, in the far off distance behind her. Yet she felt a pull to continue forward.

The darkness was deepened by the shadows of the tall trees surrounding her. She wasn't even sure of where she was going. Just that she had to keep moving forward. She spun around at the sound of something behind her, but there was nothing in the darkness, nothing she saw anyway. But as she continued forward she felt the light brush of something against her skin. But again, as she spun around to face it, there was nothing there; not even a branch.

"I know you are out here. Show yourself." She ordered though not really sure what would happen if whoever it was or whatever it was showed itself to her.

"You don't really want that witch." the deep voice answered from what seemed like all around her. "Do you?"

She waited a bit more in the silence. Though she was answered with only the howling sound of the wind picking up. Though she knew whoever was out there was not far away. Lurking somewhere in the dark. She was torn to waiting where she was or continuing on.

"RUN WITCH!" the blood-curdling screech echoed throughout the darkened woods causing Piper to jump and instinctively run.

She ran as she heard the voices and what she thought where footfalls behind her and beside her.

"You can't hide from me witch." Another voice said from right in front of her. Only this time with the voice, a ghostly apparition of a head with sunken eyes and blood oozing from the sockets popped before her.

Piper stooped in her tracks as the scream from her own vocal cords rang through the woods. But as soon as she screamed and stopped, the vision was gone. She saw ahead of her a beaten down cabin. Though she was not sure if that would help her or if they were luring her there. But the sudden onslaught of rain made her choose to take the chance as she ran up the crickety old stairs.

The bluish-brown, of the weathered and run down shack did not escape her, but she had no real choice. It was either go there or wait outside. Wait with, she didn't know what. Though she was not really sure of what could be lurking in the shadows inside the old cabin.

Piper leaned against the door as she scanned her eyes around the darkness. She didn't even know where she was or how she got there. The last thing she remembered was Prue trying to get up from the floor of the attic and then the pain of the arrow as it slammed into her. She saw the fear and love of her sisters as they held her. But she also saw their guilt. Why would they feel guilt? Prue she could understand, but it was an accident;. It wasn't like she knew that Phoebe and her would come barging through the attic at that moment. But why Phoebe? Why had her youngest sister had that look like it was 'all my fault' on her face?

Piper looked up as the shudders crashed against the outside wall. But it was more then the rain and the wind. It was as if something was trying to reach her; to get to her.

Leo had orbed out almost as soon as the paramedics had taken Piper to the hospital. He knew that something was going on that was big and he needed to know what he had to prepare for. What he needed to prepare her sisters for.

"Leo. You can not help them."

"What? You can not just let her die. What of the Charmed Ones?"

"There has been magic used that we did not foresee. Magic that she will have to face on her own."

"You can't be serious. The bad guys used black magic all the time and you are able to stop it. Why not know?"

"This was foreseen. It was either now or somewhere in the future. She must face the spirits of her ancestors vanquish."

"What?"

"Many years ago a decedent of Melinda Warren vanquished a very powerful band of warlocks. They were the ancestors of what we know now as Darklighter's. It is only a Warren witch then can prevent them from resurfacing."

"As long as Piper lives they can not re-enter the mortal world."

"But if she were to die while she was in their realm."

"They could take her soul and those of her sisters. And then ruling earth, turning everything dark." Leo understood.

The elders looked upon him with new respect. He had won her heart and lead with his. But they knew what he must do. "Leo we can send you to her but you will not have your powers. Anything that she faces she most do alone. No magic."

Leo looked from one to the other as what they said came to him. "Wait. Are you saying she must defeat this, this ghost without her powers?"

"She is in the realm between the life and death Leo. That is an edge where everything is natural. There is no magic."

"But we most hurry. She is getting weaker."

Leo watched as they sat in their chairs high above the ground he stood on. 'She was getting weaker' were the only words he could hear. But as he tried to process the words he felt himself thrown forward and then feeling the wet ground beneath him.

As he pushed himself from the ground he looked around at his surroundings. Nothing but darkness and mist. He couldn't even see five feet in front of him as the low lying mist swirled around him.

Pulling himself to his feet he brushed off the dirt and mud as he looked forward through the trees. He could faintly make out the silhouette of a cabin and started to make his way forward, hoping that Piper was there. Though somewhere deep inside he knew she was. He was about to take that first step up to the porch when he felt a force like nothing he has ever felt before grab him and throw him back towards the trees.

"You do not belong her whitelighter." The voice echoed as Leo tried to see what had happened, though there was nothing there. It was as if the air itself was speaking to him.

"Piper!" Leo called out. He knew know that she was inside the cabin and that was why whatever it was didn't want him in there, but he had to reach her before he lost he forever.

Piper heard the steps on the stairs and held her breath unconsciously not sure if what it was. Then a few moments after she thought she heard Leo.

"Leo?" she opened the cabin door only to come face to face with another apparition. Though this one was full size. The blood oozing from the wounds it had sustained in it life.

"You did this witch. You will pay for this." He sneered as he quickly grabbed her by the throat and sucked her life from her. Sucking her soul.

Piper felt her world spin as she got dizzy. She didn't want to fight anymore. But as the sparkles in her sight became more she heard a voice calling to her.

"Piper. I love you. I'll always love you." She focused on that one voice. It was similar to the one she had heard when she first got there.. A voice that she felt drawn to but turned away.

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Prue looked down at her younger sister and didn't even wipe away the tears. She had killed her own sister. She knew that Phoebe would never forgive her, for Piper was her anchor as much as she was Prues.

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Piper drew strength from the voice as she suddenly felt a new strength and pushed the figure away from her. Falling to the floor she held her throat as she gasped for air. Crawling back inside the cabin she closed the door slowly getting her breath back.

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Prue jumped back as the monitor jumped to life. She looked to it shocked as she quickly realized what was happening. Running from the room, she grabbed the first medical person she could.

"She. She's alive." She shouted as she nearly dragged the poor person back to the ER.

Medical personnel rushed back into the ER as Prue stood back praying that what she saw was real.

She cast a look over in the far corner, where Phoebe had curled up, she had shut everything out. Prue had tried to reach her, but there was no response. It was as if her baby sister had shut out the world as she knew it and pulled herself into a world where they were all safe.

"You cant get rid of me that easily witch." the voice pounded on the door. She bolted the door and headed for the window, but as she got one shutter closed, she soon felt the cold grasp to her throat again. Though as one held her she felt the other plunge its hand straight through her wound grasping at her heart. She felt the hand tighten as the pain got to much as she finally gave in to them and closed her eyes.
Prue turned back and watched as the doctors rushed around Piper. But as she felt joy that Piper was alive, she felt the tear in her heart as she saw and heard the line go flat. The steady squeal of life ending.