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.
"What the hell?" Cole said jumping backward.
"Glad I didn't go there," Prue said a smile forming on her lips.
"Geez Prue! You scared me appearing like that," Paige said smiling.
"Hey Paige," Prue greeted.
Prue looked at Piper, the only one who hadn't said anything. Piper's eyes were watering and she was trembling.
"Prue? Is that really you?" Piper wiped away her tears. She slowly reached out a trembling hand to touch Prue's face.
"Of course it is, sweetie," Prue said, going straight towards Piper and giving her a sisterly hug.
Piper seemed surprised at first, but then she broke down in her sister's arms.
"How come you didn't come when I summoned you? What took you so long? You come now, when everything is so chaotic?" Piper cried.
"Honey, I'm so sorry. I know it was hard for you to accept me dying, but how do you think I felt. One minute I was alive, and the next minute I was dead. I had to accept my death, too. Then when I had, I couldn't come down and face you guys. You were still alive, living your life, and I was dead, having no life," Prue's eyes watered, but she didn't cry.
"How could you think that?" Piper cried.
Prue didn't say another word. Piper's tears soon turned to tears of joy that her sister was back.
"Glad to see you, Prue," Cole said still standing a bit away from her.
"I don't bite, you know. And I won't throw you against the wall. I know what you've been through and I know that you're not evil," Prue said.
"I knew you knew that," Cole said nodding his head.
"Prue, have you met Paige? She's just like you; headstrong and free-willed. She's been a great sister and friend, after you...died," Piper said slowly.
"Actually Piper, I already met Paige. Actually a few hours ago," Prue said.
"Yeah...she's the one who gave me the push in the right direction, which led me here when Leo was here," Paige said guiltily.
"Oh," Piper said.
Piper held onto Prue's hand, afraid that if she let go, Prue would disappear.
"Alright, back to business," Prue said. "We have no choice now, but to vanquish Phoebe."
"What!" Piper jumped up.
"I'm sorry Piper, it's already been decided," Prue said sadly.
"Who's decided that?" asked Cole.
"The Higher Powers," Prue said. "I know how you feel, Piper. I couldn't vanquish my own sister. But the Higher Powers believe that Phoebe could use a vanquish. She's used too much magic in the past for personal gain. And now, she's highly unstable. She can't carry too many powers for which she was destined not to carry. She'll probably be looking forward for us to vanquish her; she needs to be at peace."
"Vanquishing her would put the Power of Three at stake. With her vanquished, Piper and Paige will be vulnerable," Cole said.
"There's more than the Power of Three at stake here," Prue said.
"Like what? These Higher Powers can't just expect to give the order and let us follow it. There's got to be another way," Piper said defiantly.
"No, Piper, there isn't. It's already too late. While we're here talking, Phoebe's out there gaining more powers. She's killing innocents. She's turning evil and with that she's turning the Nexus. You know about that, Piper. She's connected to it. With the Nexus turning evil, evil will gain the upper hand and all the good you've done will be put down," Prue said sadly.
'No! That can't be happening! Tell me that's not true! There's got to be another way! Prue, we can't vanquish Phoebe. She's our sister. Our baby sister! Don't you remember Prue?" Piper cried.
"Piper, I know. There is no other way. With Phoebe and the Nexus evil, it won't be long before you and Paige turn evil. Think about it Piper. You're pregnant. Do you want your child growing up in that kind of environment?" Prue asked.
"No."
Prue continued, "Then you know what must be done."
Piper kept shaking her head.
"So that's it then. They just give us the order and we're suppose to follow it," Paige asked not noticing the tears running down her face.
"I'm afraid we don't have a choice, Paige. Time's already running out, we must hurry," it was Cole, this time who said this.
Piper stood still. She couldn't believe this was happening. Her family. What was happening? Then the realization of Prue's words hit her. She wanted her baby to grow up safely. Good. Not evil. Phoebe needed peace and she needed it now.
"Paige, call for the Book of Shadows," Piper said.
"What?"
"You heard me."
"Aren't you sure, Piper? I mean don't you just want to go to the manor. It'll be a whole lot better than this dump," said Cole surveying his wrecked penthouse.
"You heard Prue, Cole. Phoebe turning evil will affect the Nexus. I don't know if we can get into the house, with the Nexus turning. So it's safer working here," Piper said.
"Glad to see you understand, Piper. But I want you to know. This is hurting me, too. I don't want to vanquish Phoebe, but what I think is not in the picture," Prue said, her eyes watering again, but she was not going to cry.
"I guess I don't really have a choice here, either," said Paige.
"Oh, Paige," both Piper and Prue walked over to Paige and gave her a hug. They both held her. Piper and Paige started crying. Prue refused to cry.
"You know, Prue, just because you cry, it doesn't make you any weaker," Cole said.
Prue nodded, but in the next second, she was crying too. Cole turned away from them. He knew this was hard on all of them and he couldn't stand to see Piper in pain, so all he could do was turn away.
Minutes later, Piper, Prue, and Paige all got up. They wiped their tears away, though they couldn't help the next few that fell. Cole turned to them, and everyone noticed that each other's eyes were puffy and red.
"Book of Shadows!" Paige called. Seconds later the book appeared. "Look at the book!"
Piper and Prue looked, but Cole kept his distance.
"Oh my," Piper said.
The triquetra that was split into three was now only two. Two sides of the triquetra were back together, but one side was still separated.
"It means we've made progress," Prue said smiling a little.
"How are we going to vanquish her?" Paige asked.
"We'll need a summoning spell to get her here and then a vanquishing spell," Piper said.
"We're going to need one heck of a vanquishing spell. It's got to be something powerful, like a—
"A Power of Three spell," Cole interrupted Paige.
"How are we going to vanquish her with a Power of Three spell, if there's only two of us?" Paige asked.
"You mean three," Prue said taking Paige's hand. Piper put her hand on theirs.
Everything started glowing.
"Look at the Book of Shadows," Cole exclaimed.
Piper, Prue, and Paige looked. The last side of the triquetra that remained separate from the rest, now joined to form the triquetra again.