Title: Dreams
Summary: Two people fall in love with each other through their dreams, can they overcome their problems in real life & be together?
Warnings: All mistakes are my own. I don't own anything.
Note: During Season 5 when Cole hasn't been vanquished and Piper is pregnant.
Piper looked up and saw Cole through her tears. She had forgotten about Cole. She had completely ignored him while she was talking to Leo and her sisters. Cole gave her a comforting smile. He bent down and helped Piper up. He led her over the couch and gave her a gentle hug. Piper continued to cry and after a while, she stopped.
"You know your more than welcome to stay here for awhile," Cole said.
"Thanks," Piper said. There was something wrong here. Piper felt like sitting here with Cole had already happened. "I'm worried about Paige."
"It's understandable. She finally found her real family and was happy. She's just devastated about the lies that were going around," Cole said.
Piper looked at him sharply.
"I'm so sorry. I shouldn't have said that," Cole said.
"No, it's all right. It's the truth," Piper said trying to muster a smile.
Cole leaned over and kissed Piper. Piper started to enjoy the kiss when she realized what was wrong. This was her premonition; the one where Phoebe attacked Cole.
Piper pushed Cole away, but it was too late.
"What the—" Cole started to say, but was cut off by an energy ball hitting his back.
Piper saw Phoebe already throwing another energy ball in Cole's direction with another one forming in her hand.
Paige walked towards the bench at the far end of the park. This was always her favorite place. She came here a lot after her adoptive parents died. She liked watching how protective mothers were of their children. People would think that this would be a sad site for Paige, but it helped her get over her parents' death. After Paige found out about her true heritage and family, she was happy and didn't see the need to come back to this park, yet here she was.
Paige took a deep breath. She started shaking and then tears streamed from her eyes.
Suddenly, Paige felt a hand on her shoulder and a woman's face saying, "It's all right, sweetie. Sometimes we all need a good cry."
Paige turned around and gasped upon seeing the woman.
Piper jumped in front of the next energy ball without thinking. Her baby's forcefield came up. Phoebe used both hands to throw energy balls at both Piper and Cole. Piper was trying hard to blow up or freeze energy balls. The forcefield deflected all of Phoebe's energy balls. Piper took her chance and blew up the next energy ball in Phoebe's hand. Phoebe cried out in pain. Piper was surprised to see Phoebe heal herself. Piper then blew up things behind Phoebe, hoping to knock her out. Piper stole a quick look at Cole. He was hurt badly and was trying to heal himself when more energy balls came his way.
Piper continued to blow things up near Phoebe. Phoebe was trying to dodge debris flying around her. She stopped throwing energy balls, which gave Cole some time to heal himself. Meanwhile, Phoebe reached into her pocket and pulled out a knife—the same knife from Piper's premonition.
"Bitch! I said I was sorry!" Phoebe yelled throwing the knife at Piper.
Piper didn't have enough time to react, but her baby did. The forcefield came up. The knife wasn't deflected by the forcefield, but seemed to absorb it. Piper felt pain from her abdomen. She sunk to her knees in agony with Phoebe watching over her with a smile.
Paige was shocked to see this woman. She had seen her so many times in pictures. She had seen her sisters try to summon this woman, but fail in despair. And here was the woman standing right in front of her.
"Prue?"
"The one and only," Prue answered with a smile.
"But...your... Piper and Phoebe... tried... to summon... you... I've... seen so many...pictures of you...I never...thought... why didn't you come before?" Paige stuttered.
"One thing at time, now. Yes, I am dead, but I'm just visiting like Mom and Grams do. I knew Piper and Phoebe were summoning me, but I couldn't come. They were still grieving for me. They had to accept my death and so did I before I could come visit them. I know they're are plenty pictures of me, but which one do you think is the best?" Prue asked jokingly.
"Why are you here?" Paige blurted out again.
"Do you want me to leave?" Prue asked pretending to look hurt.
"No!"
"I thought so," Prue said smiling.
"It's just that I never thought that...you would come see me...I always thought that you'd see...Piper first," Paige said.
"You deserve a chance to meet me. After all, I am your sister, too. Now back to your question. I am here because you, Piper, and Phoebe have hit a bump in your relationships as sisters. Before, you guys just had demonic problems. This time, it's sisterly. I'm here to help you guys patch up your bond. Or else, the Power of Three will be broken, and demons can take this opportunity to vanquish the Charmed Ones." Prue said seriously. "Why don't you orb us home to the Book of Shadows?"
"Sure."
The pain was unbearable. Piper was scared that something was going to happen to her baby. Suddenly, the pain stopped. Piper looked up. Cole had pulled the knife away. He turned and threw it at Phoebe. She caught the knife and said, "This won't be the last you'll see of me." Laughing, she shimmered away.
Piper slowly sat down. She put her hand on her stomach. Her baby was all right for now.
"Are you okay?" Cole asked
"Ye...Yeah. I th... think so. Just a little shook up. What was that?"
"It's a certain type of knife that's found in demonic markets. It's very rare and very hard to buy. You stab any magical being with it, you receive their powers and the magical being dies. The only way to remove the powers from yourself is to be stabbed." Cole said quickly. Upon receiving a look from Piper. "I have seen the knife's use once or twice. It was starting to absorb your baby's power, but I stopped it. You and the baby should be fine."
"This is all my fault," Piper said shaking her head.
"No, it isn't. It's Phoebe's."
"I could've stopped it. I had a premonition about it."
"Phoebe attacking me?" Cole asked.
"And getting the knife. I had that premonition a while ago. I didn't do anything to stop it," Piper said.
"It's alright. As long as we're okay," Cole said giving her a hug.
Just then Leo orbed in. "Come on Piper. Let's go home. Let's talk." He saw Cole and Piper in a hug. "Oh."
Piper pulled herself from Cole. "Leo, what are you doing here?"
"Oh my God! What's happened to the book?" Paige asked Prue.
"The three of you have gone separate ways. You three are strong together not by yourselves. It's important that you guys try to make an attempt to be together."
"I guess your right, but I can't find myself talking to Phoebe not after what she'd done."
"You're right. Besides, Phoebe's not herself right now. She's hurt. She's realized she's hurt people and she's hurt herself. But maybe you should try to talk to Piper first. I'm sure you two could get along. At least two's stronger than one. A couple of things you need to know: Leo's an Elder. Of Course, you know that he and Phoebe had an affair. Damn Leo! Phoebe's evil side is being tempted right now, so be careful."
Paige's eyes widened, but Prue continued, "Piper and Cole have feelings for each other, but they're confused about their own feelings. One more thing Paige, you can not tell Piper that you've seen me."
Before Paige could say anything. Prue gave her a hug and disappeared in little twinkles.
Paige took a deep breath and orbed away.
"Leo, I don't want to talk to you!" Piper shouted.
"Leo, come on man, just leave her alone. Can you not get that through your head?" Cole asked.
"Stay out of this, demon!" Leo said threateningly.
"Leo, just get out of here!" Piper shouted.
"Piper, I love you. Let's go home and talk about this. We can be together, we can be together, now let's get out of here," Leo said.
"Leo—" Piper started to say, but was cut off by someone else.
"Leo, just because you're an Elder, doesn't mean people can't stop saying no to you. Why don't you and your big head leave my sister alone and get out of here!" Paige said boldly.
To emphasize it, Piper blew up Leo. As soon as Leo's orbs reformed, he orbed away angrily again.
"Paige?"
"It was kind of babyish of me to leave like that. Piper, I want you to know that I am truly here for you. I will support you 100% behind any of your decisions. And Cole, forgive me, if I don't trust you, but at this time I don't know who I can trust, but Piper."
"Thank you, Paige" Both Cole and Piper said.
"What's with the change?" Cole asked jokingly.
"I kinda got in touch...with my sisterly self," Paige said smiling.
Before anybody could say another word, Phoebe appeared.
"TRAITOR!" She yelled. This time she threw fire at Paige. Paige orbed away just in time and Piper's forcefield protected her and Cole. Phoebe started throwing fireballs, energy balls, and fire. She was shimmering all over the place.
"She's got too many powers!" Cole yelled to Piper.
He, Piper, and Paige dodged here and there or Piper would stand in front of them with her forcefield. Paige was calling for fireballs and energy balls. Cole was furiously throwing energy balls and moving things in Phoebe's way. Piper was freezing and blowing things up here and there.
One time though, Piper and Paige kept Phoebe busy, while Cole got a good look at Phoebe. She looked unstable. Her face was pale and her veins were visible on her face. Cole threw an energy ball at her. It hit Phoebe. She slowly got up. She looked weak. She tried to laugh, but she shimmered away instead.
Cole's penthouse looked horrible. Things were wrecked. Piper looked unharmed because of her baby's forcefield. Cole had healed himself. Poor Paige had scratches here and there.
"Phoebe's becoming unstable," Cole told them.
"Why?"
"She's carrying too many powers. Too many upper-level ones at that."
"What are we going to do?" asked Paige.
"We're going to have to get that knife away from her," Piper said.
"What knife?" Paige asked. "Oh, that knife. I saw it in the Book of Shadows, before Phoebe dragged me over here. She seemed interested in the knife, but she wanted to find you first."
"Well, we've got three options," said Cole.
"Which are?" Paige asked.
"One—get the knife away from her, stab her, get her powers into the knife, and then heal her. Two—give her a power-stripping potion. Three—
"I don't want to hear it," Piper said.
"We can't give her a power stripping potion. It will take too long to make and I don't think she'll be willing to drink it," said Paige. "Who'll volunteer to stab her then? We'll need Leo to heal her, though."
"I'm not sure if he'll want to cooperate," Cole said.
"We can ask him, though," Paige said. "What do you say Piper?"
"I'm not about to lose another sister!" Piper said gritting her teeth. "LEO!"
Piper was about to call him again, when Leo already orbed in. "I knew you would come to your senses."
"Stuff it Leo. We're going to need you to heal Phoebe," Paige said.
"Where is she?" Leo asked peering around the wrecked room.
"Genius, she's not here. We're going to summon her take a knife away from her, stab her, and then you heal her," Cole said coolly.
"What knife?" Leo asked even though he already knew what was going on.
"Do you need all the details? She's going crazy or evil or something like that and we need to know if you'll heal her or not?" Piper asked angrily.
"You're willing to take her back after all she's done to you?" Leo asked.
"She's still my sister. I am not going to lose another sister. You're the bastard who probably did something to her," Piper said.
Leo ignored her last remark. "I'm still your husband. If something like that happened to me, would you take me back?"
"Never!" Paige growled at him.
"I'll tell you what. Piper, you want me to heal Phoebe, you're going to have to come back to me or we're just gonna let Phoebe destroy herself."
"What?"
"You heard me. Give me call when you've decided you've wanted to come back to me." Leo laughed as he orbed away.
"Bastard!" Piper yelled after him.
"What else do we have left?" Paige asked hopelessly.
"Option number three. I'm sorry to say this, but you guys have to vanquish Phoebe," said Prue appearing.