AN: I know long chapter! I hope you enjoy it and please read and review xoxox
The End?
Leo lead them underground where there were more people.
"Leo listen to me. The three of us, the Prue, Piper and Phoebe you see before you are from the past. From ten years ago"Prue explained but Leo just rolled his eyes.
"So we have no idea whats going on,"Phoebe piped in from the back of the group.
"Don't even lie to me. Right, Bella is set to die today and I only hope that this madness dies with her. Right, these people are in danger because of the witch trials she started"Leo said.
"How? How did she start them?"Piper asked urgently.
"You know, I don't know what you hope to accomplish by pretending not to know..."Leo started but was cut of when Piper kissed him passionatly when she stopped he looked at her in shock and said "You haven't kissed me like that since ..."
"Since this morning. 2003 remember? We were supposed to meet, you had to leave, Phoebe went upto the attic and this is where we came, the future. If you don't believe me, at least believe what you feel, trrust that"Piper said.
"Why is it I get the blame for everything?"Phoebe whispered to Prue.
"Well it was your fault we became witches,"Prue said smirking.
"I remember that was the day they sent me up to the attic to open the Book of Shadows, the future spell"Leo said.
"Wait, that was you? I just assumed it was Grams"Phoebe said.
"No, it was me. They didn't tell me why. What, you don't know what's happened the last ten years? Any of it?"he asked and when the sisters shook their head he carried on "These people, they're here underground because they've been accused of practicing witchcraft."
"They're witches?"Phoebe asked looking around at the many people.
"Some of them. Most of them have been falsely accused. They're safe here for now"Leo said looking around the room sadly.
"What did Bella do?"Prue asked and Leo's eyes darkened.
"Six months ago she killed a man. Cal Greene."he told them and they looked at him in disbelieve.
"The baseball player?"Piper asked confused.
"This is crazy! Bella can't even squash a spider in the bath, let alone kill a man!"Phoebe said.
"She murdered him because he caused a car crash that she and her family were involved in. He was drink driving and slammed into the side of their car, it killed Bella's husband, Joey, and her unborn daughter. He got away with it and Bella was outraged. She used her magic to kill him and was caught by Nathaniel Pratt."Leo explained his eyes softening slightly at the mention of Bella's husband and baby but hardened again when he mentioned the exposing part. Phoebe, who was the one to notice this, guessed he was very angry at future Bella.
"And this is the result, modern day witch trials with Pratt at the helm?"Piper asked sighing sadly.
"We have to get to Bella and explain."Phoebe said and Leo's heart dropped.
"You can't. All right, as it stands, you three are safe. Pratt checked you out and he doesn't suspect you're witches. To get to Bella you'd have to use your powers and they'll catch you then kill you"Leo warned them but they weren't interested, what mattered to them the most was saving their sister's life.
"Leo, she's our sister. We're not gonna let her die."Piper said.
"Wait, I'll go"Leo said suddenly forming a plan.
"Leo, this is our sister. We have to"Prue said but Leo shook his head.
"No. I'm still your guide. I can orb in and keep you out of danger"he explained and the girls sighed in defeat.
"Fine. Then we'll go back to Buckland's and get the book and get the spell to get us home"Phoebe said.
"We'll meet you at the manor"Prue said nodding and Piper looked at Leo nervously.
"Leo, um, we got married?"she asked and Leo smiled widely.
"Piper, later. We'll have plenty of time later"Prue said pulling Piper and Phoebe towards the enterance.
When Prue, Piper and Phoebe walked out of the elevator they were bombarded with people, all asking Prue to sign something.
"Give the woman some air. She will meet with all of you after lunch. Thankyou"a perky women said standing by Prue's side and leading her into her office leaving Piper and Phoebe to struggle through the crowd after them.
"Okay, good news first. The acquisition paperwork was approved and... "the women started to say but trailed of when she noticed Piper and Phoebe "yes?"she asked looking like she didn't have a clue who they were.
"We're with her."Phoebe said pointing at Prue who the women turned her confused gaze to.
"It's Piper and Phoebe, my sisters"Prue said.
"Oh, right, sorry. Almost forgot you had another two, I mean other than..."the women said trailing off.
"That's okay, I forgot your name too."Piper said in a snotty voice that almost made Prue and Phoebe laugh.
"Anne. Miss Halliwell's personal assistant"Anne said now glaring at Piper.
"Anne, right, my personal assistant. By the way, Anne, um, do you know if my husband called by any chance?"Prue said trying to be subtle.
Anne looked confused for a moment before she laughed, guess Prue was joking "husband, good one. Very funny. Like you have the time. Okay, I just need to get your final okay on the acquisition. Your sister was amazing. I mean, at first the board was a little resistant, what with the layoffs it would entail, but Prue pushed it through"she said once she stopped laughing.
"I did?"Prue asked shocked but Anne didn't seem to notice.
"I thought the "to hell with the little people" part was particularly persuasive"she said smiling widely.
"Okay, Anne, sweetie, I really need some private time with my sisters, so if you can just..."Prue trailed off nervously hopeing she wouldn't offend her.
"Oh, no problem, just buzz me."Anne said before walking out of the room.
"Look at me. All right, I am booked with work, I'm about to lay off countless people with a flick of my pen, no man to speak of"Prue said sadly.
"Maybe you're just picky"Phoebe suggested weakly.
"What's happened to me? Okay, well, I could dwell on the nightmare that my life will become, but we have work to do. At least some things around here haven't changed"Prue said walking over to the wall safe, opens it and takes out the book of shadows.
"Okay, it should be after the demon with the tusk and before the spell to discourage a lover"Piper said but as they looked they noticed it wasn't there, all that was there was blank pages.
"Yeah, and now it's gone. So, if the spell can only been used once, that must mean that our future selves have already used it. Which means..."Prue said trailing off.
"No way home."Piper said sighing.
Bella was sat on the chair when Leo arrived and nearlly jumped of the seat when he orbed in.
"Leo, oh, thank God. Look, I know what they think I did and if you just..."Bella said loudly walking till she was right in front of him.
"Shh... they'll hear you"Leo said quietly leading her over to the bed and sat her down before sitting next to her.
"Where's the rest of the cavalry?"Bella asked.
"They're not coming"Leo told her and she nodded slowly.
"So, what, you'll grab me and we'll just orb or whatever, and we'll meet them back at the-"Bella started but again was cut of by Leo.
"Bella... I'm so sorry"he said looking at her sadly.
"For what? Did something happen to my sisters?"Bella asked urgently but relaxed when Leo shook his head slightly.
"Nobody's gonna rescue you"Leo said.
Bella looked at him blankly before laughing and saying "If that is some kind of whitelighter humour, let me be the first to tell you, you are not a very funny race of people."
"I wish you remembered what you've done. It'd make this so much easier. Your future self used witchcraft for vengeance, Bella. Pratt is using that as a platform"Leo told her.
"So nobody's going to save me? I have to die?"Bella asked tears forming in her eyes and Leo sighed.
"I'm so sorry Bells, I wish I could help you"Leo said kissing her forehead before orbing out.
"Leo? Help me!"Bella screamed.
"Do you want to tell me how screwed we are?"Piper asked.
"Pretty screwed,"Phoebe answered simply.
"Thanks. I wonder whats taking Leo so long,"Piper said as Prue looked through the Book Of Shadows.
"Some of these pages are marked. The top corners are turned down and all of them are new spells"Prue told them.
"Such as?"Phoebe asked looking over Prue shoulder.
"Like, here's a spell to create a door, one to induce slumber, a glamour to change ones appearance. Some of them have these little baggies attached."
"This must be potions of some kind,"Piper said from her place at the door.
"But what about these? Okay, one to create money, to bend someone's will, to erase a memory, a binding spell,"Prue listed.
"Binding? What are all these marked for?"Piper asked.
"This must have been our future selves' plan. Here's a prison map,"Prue said pulling the map out of the book and laid it on the table "We were gonna use all of this to break Bella out. But something is bothering me. Clearly some of these spells are for personal gain."
"Which would break the most basic of wiccan rules. We wouldn't do that."Piper said.
"We wouldn't. But maybe in ten years our future selves would for Bella"Phoebe said and the girls jumped when Leo walked into the room.
"Perfect timing. We found the book but we can't... Where's Bella?"Piper asked looking behind him to see no Bella.
"Where is she?"Phoebe asked suspiciously.
"She's in prison where she belongs"Leo said and Phoebe glared at him.
"Leo, you were supposed to bring her back here"Piper snapped.
"No, I said I'd go to her. And I did. To explain to her why she has to pay for her crime"Leo said glaring back at them.
"You're our guide, you're supposed to protect us and you're just gonna let her die!"Prue said in disbelieve.
"You're signing her death warrant"Phoebe agreed.
"I'm to protect the greater good. If Bella lives, if you use your magic to save her, then the persecutions will continue. And our daughter will grow into a world where her power is punishable by death. Do you want that?"Leo asked and Piper cringed.
"Bella has a child too, a child who's going to become an orphan if we don't stop this!"Piper snapped back at him.
"It has to end with Bella. She has to die"Leo insisted.
"Like hell!"Piper said angrily freezing him.
"Relax. We've seen what your new powers can do when you're angry,"Piper said when she saw Prue shaking with anger.
"He's gonna stay frozen right?"Phoebe asked glaring at Leo's frozen form.
"If he knows what's good for him, he'll stay frozen"Piper said and Phoebe let out a sigh of relieve. The last thing she needed was to have a row with one of the people she trusted most in the world.
"Alright, let's get these spells"Prue said and they all sat down next to the book.
Bella paced the cell, thinking of how she could get out of this. She sighed sitting down on the floor. She froze however when she heard the television from the other room.
"Now, some people say this is a victory for me. But I say here's a victory for us all. For today a blight on everything that is good in our world, will be extinguished. Tonight, the witch will burn!"Nathaniel said in delight and Bella shivered. She was going to die.
"Piper, if you're gonna do this, you'd better hurry. Leo can unfreeze and be home any second. Besides, Bella has less than an hour"Prue said before Piper quickly got out of the car and headed for the door.
She walked upto the door and was about to knock when she saw Melinda and EJ through the window. She couldn't take her eyes of the children in front of her, she sighed as she looked at EJ, he looked so much like his mother. She walked around to the bigger window so she could get a better look and smiled when she saw EJ sigh and let himself be part of the tea party so he didn't hurt Melinda's feelings. Even though it was clearly bothering him.
"You can't do it, can you?"Leo said from behind her but Piper kept her eyes on Melinda and EJ.
"No. Our grandmother did it to us for protection"Piper said.
"You don't have to bind their powers, Piper. We agreed that I'd take care of them, both of them and I will, I promise"Leo told her.
"I know you will. So we were together. Does that mean you clipped your wings for me?"
"No. You wouldn't let me. We tried to make it work with our powers, but it didn't, and then this happened"Leo explained.
"Were we happy? Just for a little while were we happy?"Piper asked tears in her eyes.
"Very"Leo told her smiling sadly.
"Are you gonna try and stop us?"
"I can't do that."
"I hope you understand why I have to do what I'm doing."
"Yeah."
"What are we gonna do?"
"What we always do."
"Talk about it later,"Piper said before turning away and heading back towards the car.
When she got into the car however she was shocked when she saw Prue looking very upset and Phoebe looking at her in concern.
"What is it? What's wrong?"Piper asked and Prue smiled bitterly.
"I have no one to say goodbye to. No life. They didn't even know who you two were at the office, my own sisters. If we die tonight, my tombstone will read "Here lies Prue, she worked hard""she said.
"We're not gonna die. We're gonna find a way back to the present and we'll create a new future"Phoebe assured her.
"What if we can't. What if we can never get home. According to Bella's premonition we fail"Prue said a tear rolling down her cheek.
"Our future selves fail. We still got a shot"Piper said putting her seat belt on.
"You're right, you're right. Let's go get Bella"Prue said wiping away her tears and starting the car.
"So far so good"Prue said as they walked around the side of the prison.
"Don't people normally break out of prison?"Piper asked.
"Nothing about this is normal,"Phoebe reminded her as they came to a stop.
""To create a door." Okay, but where?"Piper asked looking down at the spell in her hands.
"No place like here"Prue said pointing towards the wall and Piper shrugged.
"Okay,"she said walking upto the wall and drawing an imaginary door with her finger.
"Kinda small for us dontcha think? "When you find your path is blocked, all you have to do is knock.""Phoebe recited and Piper knocked on the wall where the imaginary door was and the wall opens.
Bella jumps as two guards walk into the cell but stands up without a fuss and holds out her hands for the handcuffs.
"Freeze!"the guard yells as he see's the sisters.
"Good idea!"Piper said holding her hands up in his diresction and he froze.
"Allright, um, her cell should be up those stairs, come on. She'll be guarded, are we ready for this?"Prue asked looking at the map.
They nodded and Piper asked "do we really have a choice?"
They walk towards the cell nervously only to be disapointed when they saw that it was empty.
"We're too late!"Phoebe cried in fustration.
The guards handcuffed Bella to the pole that had been in Bella's premonistion and she looked down nervously at the holes in the floor, she guessed that was where the fire came from.
She looked up as Nathaniel stood in front of her smirking "I love the smell of burnt witch in the morning"he said and Bella glared at him.
"At least I'm paying for my crime. There'll come a day where you have to pay for yours too"she said shakily.
"Remorseless to the end, huh"he said to her before walking towards the group of people who had come to watch "Let today be a lesson to all those who would seek to defy human nature with their way of life. Let today serve notice that black magic will not be tolerated in our society and let today be remembered as the day we burned the witch!"he said loudly pointing towards a guard who then began pressing buttons.
Bella closed her eyes expecting the pain to start but was shocked when she heard Phoebe's voice saying "Piper, freeze them!"
When Bella opened her eyes she saw Piper, Prue and Phoebe stood by the door and everyone else in the room had been frozen.
"Guys?"she asked in disbelief as Prue walks upto her.
"We're getting you outta here"Prue said as she untied her and lead her over to Piper and Phoebe.
"No, wait. You can't. Prue, I'm serious!"Bella said yanking her arm out of Prue's grasp and her sisters looked at her in shock.
"What are you talking about?"Phoebe asked confused.
"You guys have to leave, I deserve to be here. Or my future self does"Bella tried to explain but her sister's where having none of it.
"You killed a killer. Don't be ridiculous!"Piper said almost pleadingly.
"Look, this is Pratt's personal crusade. This isn't about us, this is about him! Where ever we go, he will follow us. He will hunt us! He will hunt our families! If anybody should be punished, it should be him!"Prue said looking over at Pratt with a gleam in her eyes that told Bella that Prue was going to do something.
"Prue, what are you doing?"Bella asked as Prue slowly moves her arm up.
"Saving the future good witches and our future."she said getting ready to use her powers.
"Prue, wait!"Bella yelled grabbing Prue's arm and Prue turned her gaze beck to her little sister "Don't become a murderer too. It has to end with me!"Bella insisted with tears in her eyes.
"Bella, he was evil, he deserved what you..."Phoebe said but was cut of by Bella who started to sob.
"The wrong thing done for the right reason is still the wrong thing. Our job is to protect the innocent, not punish the guilty. And I crossed that line, I know that. And now you guys have to know that too"Bella explained tears running down her face and her sisters broke down looking at Bella, almost pleading with her to change her mind and go with them.
"We are not leaving here without you!"Prue insisted.
"Prue, we were sent here for a reason. Maybe not to stop this like we thought. But maybe to understand why this has to happen. Why you have to let this happen. I don't want to die. But I don't want you to die because of me,"she told them pulling them into a hug kissing each of them on the side of the head. "I love you"she whispered before moving away from them and walking back towards the pole, putting her hands behind her back asif she hadn't even moved and closed her eyes tightly.
When nothing happened she opened them again"Piper,"she said in a pleading tone and Piper cringed before reluctantly unfreezing everything.
Fire burst around Bella and she could hear Piper and Phoebe screaming as Prue held onto the tightly also biting back her own screams.
Bella breathing was coming out in gasps as she closed her eyes tightly, determined not to scream. The last thing she wanted to do was hurt her sisters. When the pain came however a scream left her lips before she could shop it and her sisters held onto each other tightly closing there eyes through their tears.
The screaming suddenly stops and they loom up nervously only to see that they were back in the manor.
"Prue..."Piper said trailing of as she looked around.
"What are we doing here?"Prue asked confused.
"Bella? You don't think she was... we saw..."Piper asked.
"I know. Oh, please God, don't let it be true. Bella!"Prue called and they all let out a sigh of relief when Bella walked in, looking a little shaken but still alive.
She hugged them as soon as she was close enough and Phoebe whispered to her "We thought that we lost you."
Bella pulled away and said "You did. I was burned. And I could, I could feel the flames on my skin. And then I was here. I don't know what happened."
"It's okay, you're safe now, you're home"Prue reasured her smiling slightly as Bella nodded.
"Yeah, home, but when?"she asked turning on the TV and on the screen came a report about Cal Greene.
"Wait, that's the baseball player. That's what triggered my premonition. We're right back where we started. The day we cast a spell"Bella said.
"Why?"Phoebe asked.
"Maybe because it worked. We were sent into the future to find out what Bella did. We came back to stop it from happening"Prue suggested.
"But we didn't cast a spell to come back. We didn't even have one"Piper reminded them.
"Maybe they sent us back,"Bella said with a shrug.
"But who? And why today? If we were sent back to keep the future from happening, shouldn't we be sent back to the day Bella killed Cal Greene instead?"Prue asked confused and all gazes went to the window when they heard a dogs bark.
"Not again!"Prue said as they walked towards the window, Bella walking slightly behind them with her arms folded looking at her sisters as if they were missing the obvious.
But her sisters eyes were on their nieghbor as Piper said "this guy still hasn't learnt his lesson!"
"Apparently neither have we,"Bella said as Piper held up her hands and they all turned to look at her so she carried on "I think this is why we were sent back here to this moment in time. This is where it all started. The first time we used our magic for revenge."
"But it's just a little thing, it's harmless,"Phoebe insisted but Bella just shook her head.
"But once you break the small rules, it's just a matter of time before the big ones are next,"she told them.
"A very smart girl once told me that we were supposed to protect the innocent, not punish the guilty"Prue said smiling fondly at Bella.
"I haven't told you yet,"Bella said blushing slightly.
"Maybe you won't have to,"Prue said as they all looked back out of the window only to get a shock when they see the mans face "Pratt!"Prue hissed as the man walked away.
"Do you think we should follow?"Phoebe asked but Bella shook her head.
"No. Our little act of revenge might have been what sent Pratt on his path to seek his own"Bella said still watching Pratts retreating form.
"Which might had led him to start the future witch trials,"Prue said.
"Hopefully now he won't."Phoebe said.
"I still think we should keep an eye on him just in case,"Piper said as Pratt walked into his house and shut the door.
"Absolutely."
"Hold on a second! I had a son?"Bella asked staring at her sisters in shock while they laughed at her.
"You would have had a daughter too but when Pratts crashed into your car you miscarried,"Prue explained sadly while Bella nodded slowly trying to process what she was being told.
"I need some air,"Bella whined and headed for the front yard he sisters following.
Bella walked toward the drive and sat down on the wall while Prue, Piper and Phoebe watched her cautiosly from the front door.
"Hey,"a boys voice said from behind her.
Bella turned around to see a teenage boy a couple of years older than her smiling warmly in her direction. "Hey,"Bella said back and he smiled more.
"I'm Joey, I just moved in"he said pointing to the house next to the manor and Bella nodded. Prue, Piper and Phoebe exchanged looks of shock.
"I'm Bella, its nice to meet you. I must warn you though, he lets his dog go to the toilet anywhere. So be carefull where you step,"Bella said pointing to Pratts house and Joey smiled in thanks.
"Maybe we could hang out some time,"Joey suggested walking backwards slowly, heading back to his house and Bella smiled widely before nodding.
When Joey had gone Bella's sisters walked back into the house their faces still holding their shock.
"Did he just say Joey?"Piper asked after a while of silence.
"Joey as in...?"Prue started to say and Phoebe nodded.
"Bella's future husband!"Phoebe said and they turned towards each other and smiles soon replaced their looks of shock.
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