First a thank you to my reviewer:
lizardmomma – When I saw you on the review page for "Our Screwed Up Destiny" I hoped that you would notice this, since I knew you read my stories and this is a sequel to that. I'm glad you decided to check it out. I hope you enjoy it.
Chapter 1.2 – See to Believe
"She looked a lot like Piper, didn't she?" Darryl asked cautiously. "I noticed that when I saw her this afternoon."
Prue nodded again. "He was tormenting us, by going after witches who looked like us."
"He told you that?" Darryl asked skeptically.
Prue shook her head. "No, Grams did."
"Isn't she dead?"
"Her ghost," Prue admitted with a smile. "She had something to tell us, so the Elders let her come down."
Darryl eyed her smile. "Is there something else you aren't telling me?"
Prue frowned for a moment before she nodded. "I think this is something I'm just going to have to show you." She headed out of the room and toward the stairs. She stopped at the bottom of the stairs to make sure he was following her. Seeing that he wasn't she asked, "Are you coming?"
Darryl nodded. "I would appreciate it if you just told me what was going on, Prue."
"I know," Prue admitted as she started up the stairs, "but this is one of those things that is just too amazing to believe without seeing."
Darryl stopped. "So this is good news?"
Prue stopped and turned around, a smile on her face. "Very. To start with, because we defeated Kernus..."
"You defeated Kernus?" Darryl asked, stunned. "I thought you said it required the Power of Three."
Prue nodded. "Yes, that is what Grams was here for. There was a way to get back the power of three with our...half-sister." Prue still wasn't sure what to think of that. Oh, she believed it now, but she wasn't sure she could ever consider Paige as her sister. That was not the kind of news you sprang on a fully-grown woman.
"You have a half-sister?"
Prue nodded as she started climbing the stairs again. "Apparently. It's a long story, and I don't really know much about it."
"So you defeated Kernus with her?" Darryl exhaled slowly, as he too started climbing the stairs again. "Well, every demon gone is one fewer who will have victims whose family I have no explanation as to why their parent, child, sibling is dead and one less who is dead." He looked over at her. "Remind me to repeat this to Phoebe, but thank you for getting these demons. I know it's impossible to get them all, but every one helps."
"Turns out it's possible," Prue informed him as she reached the second-floor landing. At Darryl's stunned expression she went on, "By defeating Kernus all demons are bound to the underworld, at least for a long time."
"No more demons?" Darryl repeated, not sure he heard right.
Prue nodded, grinning. "No more demons."
"That's amazing."
Prue nodded. "And that's not all."
"Not all?" Darryl looked at her. "What could be better than that?"
Prue nodded. "I don't suppose anything could be better than all those potential innocents being safe from demons, but this certainly is high up on my list." She started toward the attic stairs.
"What are you talking about?" Darryl asked following her. When Prue ignored him and headed up the steps he shrugged and followed. "Can you please explain?"
Prue stopped at the top of the stairs and waited for Darryl. "Miracles can happen," she told him before opening the door. She pushed the door open all the way and stepped out of the way, letting Darryl see into the room.
Darryl saw Phoebe and Cole first. The two were talking to a middle-aged couple and a young woman who looked a lot like the three Halliwell sisters. He froze as he saw the sixth person in the small group.
I am posting this the way PrimroseEmpath posted it in her special format, because she does a great job with the cliffhangers. Wouldn't you say?