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.
Paige, Richard, and Chris broke into the attic just in time to see Piper take Leo's hand and disappear.
"NOOOOOOOOO!" Chris ran to the spot from which Piper had disappeared from only seconds ago. "Why?" Chris cried.
Paige stood stock still where she was, holding her stomach and keeping back her sobs.
Richard stared around the room as Patty, Grams, Prue, Andy, Phoebe, and Cole appeared.
"Where's Piper?" Was the first thing that came out of Cole's mouth.
Chris looked away from his father.
"What happened, son?" Cole ran towards Chris.
"After you guys were gone, Leo struck up a deal with Piper," Paige's voice cracked.
"What deal?" Prue asked stepping up.
"Her for you guys," Richard said quietly.
"What? And she accepted?" Cole asked hitting a table, causing it to break.
"She probably felt like she had no choice," Paige said, tears escaping her eyes.
"This is all my fault," Phoebe covered her mouth.
Nobody said anything.
Finally Patty piped up. "Honey, don't feel that way. It's not your fault. Leo had you under some sort of spell."
"Well, let's see if we can get this mess cleared up," Grams said disappearing.
Patty and Andy disappeared after her.
Everyone stared at each other's faces when Cole suddenly shimmered out with an exasperated sigh.
Phoebe slowly walked up to Chris. She put her hand on his shaking shoulder. "I'm so sorry."
Chris just shook harder in sobs.
As soon as Piper took Leo's hand she found herself spinning. She felt Leo let go of her hand and someone screaming painfully. Piper suddenly fell down. She felt pangs of pain in her head and all she could do was close her eyes from the pain.
Piper opened her eyes to Leo's face. A different Leo.
"Are you alright?" Leo asked gently.
"Huh?" Piper looked beside her.
What she saw made her choke back a sob. She saw Prue's body. Piper couldn't believe it. The realization hit her. She was back at the time when Shax killed Prue.
"Piper, I'm so sorry," Leo said. His eyes were red.
Piper shook her head. "NO!" Why was she here? To go through the pain of her sister's death, again.
Leo gently held Piper's hand.
Piper pulled her hand away from him. "You bastard. What the hell were you doing?"
"Piper, I know you're mad at me. I couldn't heal the both—
Piper shook her head. Tears poured down her face. This wasn't the same Leo. She was in the past. With a different Leo. With a dead sister. With a different Cole. With a different sister and an undiscovered sister.
The next few months went along fine. Prue was certainly dead. They found Paige and The Power of Three was back together again. The different Cole acted differently towards Piper. Why would act like the man she loved? He loved Phoebe in this world. Piper couldn't find ways to contact her Cole, her kids, her family. She didn't know what happened to Leo. She didn't know how to get back to her family.
It was one of those days when Piper was all alone and she remembered all these things. She thought the world she was in was her past so she acted like she did before. The only thing different was that she couldn't love Leo like she did before.
Piper lay on her bed sobbing when she heard a man cough.
Piper got up to see a man in Elder robes. Her first thought was that it was Leo and that she should blow him up.
The man pulled his hood back to show he wasn't.
"Who are you?" Piper asked wiping away her tears.
"Doesn't it look obvious?" he asked smiling gently.
"I lost all the respect I had for you a long time ago," Piper spat out angrily.
"I know. I understand, but one man's actions doesn't make us all bad," he said.
"What do you want?" Piper asked.
"To help you," he said.
"Help me what?"
"I know you're stuck in the past."
"Then help me get back to my time. My kids. My husband. My family. Take me away," Piper cried.
"I can't do that. I'm only here temporarily."
"What are you here for?" Piper cried.
"I can't send you back to your home because it's not my magic. Leo was taking you to another world he created just for you, but fortunately some of the Elders and I intervened. We were unaware of Leo's actions until it was too late. He is being punished, but by intercepting him, we forgot about you and you were thrown here," he said.
"Thanks for forgetting me, but you've got to help me get back to my time," Piper said.
"I told you I couldn't do that. It was because of Leo that you're here. It's up to him for you to go home."
"Can't you do anything?"
"Leo has been banished and stripped of his powers and he doesn't want you to go back to your world."
"So I'm stuck here?" Piper asked.
The Elder looked away from him.
Piper shook her head. More sobs came. "Get out of here!" Piper threw herself on the bed crying.
He nodded. "But the least I could do..." He waved his hands.
Piper found that she was no longer on her bed sobbing. She was on another bed. A softer bed. Piper looked up. She wasn't in her room anymore. Piper wiped away her tears and looked around the room. There were no doors.
'Oh great! They lock me up!' Piper thought.
Piper heard a thud behind her. She turned around.
Cole was on the bed looking amazed. He saw Piper and he looked surprised.
"Cole?" Piper whispered.
"Piper!" Cole ran and hugged her.
"Is that really you?" Piper whispered against his chest.
She could feel Cole nod.
"Piper, why?" Cole asked.
"I don't know. I didn't want to lose you," Piper sobbed into his shoulder. How good it felt to be in his arms!
"I don't want to lose you, either, but there are other ways we could be together," Cole said.
"I don't know what I was thinking. I wanted you. I love you," Piper said.
"I love you, too."
Cole kissed Piper. It was slow at first, but the kiss got deeper expressing to each other how they missed the other. Piper felt herself melt into his arms. Cole led her to the bed and gently layed her there. They both removed each other's clothes and persisted to make love.
As they did, they both didn't realize the room changing. A door appeared and it changed back into Piper's room. Cole and Piper pulled away from each other just in time to realize the change and for Leo to walk in.
"PIPER?"
"LEO?"
"COLE?"
"WHAT?"
"SHIT!"
"PHOEBE?"
"COLE?"
"FUCK!"
"WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON HERE?"
"PAIGE?"
"PIPER? COLE?"
"EVERYONE SHUT UP! JUST SHUT UP!"
"I can explain," Cole got of the bed.
"Explain what?" the other Cole gagged.
"What is going on here?" other Phoebe asked.
"Just give us five minutes," Piper said.
"Five minutes for what? Getting your stories straight?"
"NO! To get our clothes on!"
Everyone walked downstairs not believing what was going on. Piper and her Cole got their clothes on and headed downstairs.
"Can you guys please explain what was going on cause I sure don't get it?" other Cole asked.
"Piper, what were you thinking?" other Phoebe asked.
"It's not what you think," Piper said.
"Then tell us what to think!" other Leo said.
"I'm not from your world," Piper said.
"And neither am I," Cole said.
"Nice way to start off," other Paige said.
"No! You don't understand!" Piper said. "I'm from a different world and I'm stuck here!"
"How long?"
"... Ever since Prue died," Piper said.
"And you tell us now?" other Leo asked.
"Leo, that's why I wasn't real interested in you. I was mad at you because in my world I was with Cole and you were the reason why I got stuck here!" Piper said.
"WHAT?"
"I just got a visit from an Elder from my world telling me that your magic was the one that put me here and your magic is the only way out of here," Piper said.
"That how is Cole here?" other Leo asked.
"I guess the Elder felt sorry and gave me something to ease my pain. He gave me my husband," Piper said.
"Cole's your husband?" other Phoebe asked.
"Yes—
"I don't get it. How did you two end up together? How did you pick a demon over an angel?" other Leo asked.
"Leo, I guess you were never happy with me for loving Cole. You always wanted me back. You gave me a deal and I accepted to be with you and you were taking me to some other place and—
"And some of the Elders came and stopped you, which resulted in Piper landing here," other Cole said.
"It's best if I don't tell you all this," Piper said.
"Then how do we send you back to your time and get our Piper back?" other Paige asked.
"I was told that I would be stuck—
"It's up to Leo," the same Elder that visited Piper before appeared.
Other Leo bowed respectfully.
"Leo, if you want your wife of this time to come back you've got to send this Piper away," the Elder said.
"How do I do that?" other Leo asked.
"Come with me," the Elder stuck out his hand. He waved his other free hand, which caused Cole to disappear.
"What?"
"Don't worry. I sent him back to his time. You will be with him shortly," the Elder said.
Other Leo left with the Elder and Piper was left with everyone else.
"So I guess this is bye," Piper said.
"I'm with you?" other Cole asked.
"No, your other self is," other Phoebe answered.
Piper smiled and gave her sisters a hug.
"Paige, you be good. Phoebe, try to resist temptations," Piper told them.
Other Phoebe looked at her puzzled, but didn't say anything. Other Cole just retreated to a handshake.
Piper found herself disappearing and appearing in the same spot, but his time with all of her sisters and family.
Cole hugged and kissed Piper.
"Why did you do that?" Paige cried out and hugged her.
Everyone hugged her. Her sisters. Her kids. Her mother and Grams.
"Where's Chris?" Piper asked.
"Here he is," Ben called. He was holding baby Chris's hand.
Piper took him, but turned to Cole.
"Don't worry. Chris is safe in his own time," Cole said.
"And Leo?"
"We don't know what happened to him. All they told us was that he would never bother us again," Prue said.
Piper smiled. "They?"
"Piper, I'm so sorry," Phoebe said.
"Phoebe, you don't have to," Piper said.
"I know, but I feel like this is all my fault," Phoebe said.
"Don't worry. I think in a way it's all of our faults," Piper said.
"Well, on the bright side, you and I can be together forever," Cole kissed Piper.
"Yup," Piper kissed him back.
"Get a room!" Prue said.
"Ewwwwwwww," Ben and Melinda said.
Everyone laughed.
And so Leo no longer bothered them, but they did have occasional demonic attacks. They had a great future. They lived long happy lives. And most of all Piper and Cole were together forever. Their love was strong. It was the kind of love that people dreamed of and they were lucky enough to have it.