Just in case you'll get confused;
Piper's past life - Priscilla Baxter
Prue's past life - Phoebe Bowen
Phoebe's past life - Pearl Russell
Bella's past life - Patricia Baxter
Priscilla and Patricia are sisters and Priscilla is the sister's great grandmother. Anyway, hope you like this chapter. Please read and review xoxox
Past Live's and Daydreams
"Great party." Someone said.
"Good night." Someone else said and Prue smiled.
"Drive carefully." She said as the couple walked out of the door. Prue shut the door and turned to Piper, who had just put a tray on the table. "Great party. Maybe we should do this more often."
Piper glanced over at Dan and Leo and sighed. "Yeah. Maybe next time we can trim the guest list by one."
"Piper, I had to invite Leo. He was at the club when I went to go pick up some of the supplies. He knew that we were throwing a party."
"So did Joey but you didn't invite him."
"Joey's meant to be dead."
"So is Leo." Piper pointed out and Prue rolled her eyes. "Didn't you think maybe he'd feel a little awkward being here because of Dan?"
Prue glanced over at the two men to see them laughing and joking. "It doesn't look like he feels too awkward to me. Look, Piper, he's been mortal for what? A couple of weeks now? I mean, I felt bad for him. He doesn't know anybody and it's not like there's a fallen-white-lighters-support group to join or anything."
"Prue, I'm not upset with you. I'm just…I'm…I'm, upset with the whole situation." Piper sighed.
"Well, Leo's just going to have to accept the fact that you're with Dan now. You are still with Dan, right?"
"Yes. Ofcourse." Piper looked back over to Leo and Dan to see them still laughing. "What do you think they're talking about?"
"You." Prue said simply.
"Great." Piper said dryly and Prue smiled.
Phoebe creeped down the stairs. "Hey you guys." She said. Prue and Piper turned to face her. "Give me a break. It's after midnight. I have midterms tomorrow."
Piper looked at her apologetic. "Sorry. Pheebes. We didn't realize we were being so loud."
"Why don't you take a study break?" Prue suggested. "Clear your head. Come on down."
"I can't. I have too many phobias." Piper and Prue stared at her and she rolled her eyes. "To lean about. I had no idea there were so many. 'Claustrophobia'. 'Arachnophobia.' Um. 'Kleptophobia', 'Phallusphobia.'"
"Relax-a-phobia." Prue smirked.
"Cute."
"Just trying to help."
"You can help by keeping it down. Between you lot and Bella and Joey's giggling in the attic I have no peace. Did I mention it's after midnight?"
Piper nodded. "Twice."
"Party's breaking up anyway and then I'll go and yell at Bella about the being up at this hour." Prue promised.
"Thank you." Phoebe blew kisses at them before walking about upstairs. Prue and Piper's eyes went back to Leo and Dan to see them still laughing.
"What the hell are they talking about?"
"My favourite ball player? Joe DiMaggio. Hands down." Leo said and Dan frowned.
"DiMaggio. No. I meant when you were growing up."
"DiMaggio was…my grandfather's favorite. That's why he's mine too." Leo invented quickly.
"You know Leo, this is just an observation, but uh, you don't like to talk about your past that much. Do you?" Dan said, slightly suspicious. Leo shrugged.
"It's just not all that interesting, really."
"Not that interesting? I mean, being in the army sounds pretty interesting. How, I mean, how long have you been out?"
Leo smiled in relief as Piper walked over to them. "Piper."
"Hi guys. Having fun? Not talking about me too much I hope." She asked, biting her lip.
"No. No. Not at all."
Piper looked a little disappointed. "No?"
"Actually. Leo was about to fill me in on his army experience." Dan told her and her eyes widened.
"The army." She said, glancing at Leo who smiled back. "Huh. Whoops. Look at the time. Gotta call it a night. Party's over."
"I did not!" Bella protested as Joey almost fell out of his seat because he was laughing so hard. "You're horrible!"
"You still love me." Joey smirked and Bella blushed. They watched each other, starting to lean closer to each other before jumping apart when they heard Piper's voice from downstairs. "Good night everybody."
Bella sighed. "I better be going to bed or Prue will kill me." Joey nodded. Bella hesitated for a second before kissing Joey's cheek. He looked up at her in surprise. "Good night."
"'Night." He murmured, not taking his eyes off Bella as she walked out of the attic.
Phoebe was thankfull the party had stopped and she had some quiet. She froze as she heard music from downstairs. She sighed before getting up and walking out into the hall.
"OK. I asked you guys once to keep it down." She said as she walked down the stairs before frowning when she saw that there was no one there. She walked further down the stairs and into the dining room, gasping when she was pinned to the wall by...nothing. It was like she was being held by an invisible person.
Her hands were forced above her head and her top was undone. Her bra strap was slid down her shoulder and then the thing started to pull her skirt up. She was starting to panic before she fell to the floor, knocking the table and shattering the lamp.
Bella was about to turn off her light and go to sleep when she heard a crash from downstairs. Before she'd became a witch she would've waited and listened to hear something else - to make sure there was something wrong before she went to see if she could do anything. Now, being a witch, she was too used to demons and warlocks to just ignore it.
She walked out of her bedroom to see Joey walking out of the attic. They walked down the stairs together.
"Phoebe?" they heard Prue say nervously and Bella sped up. Her heart dropped when she saw Phoebe lying on the floor with Piper and Prue kneeling next to her.
Joey looked like he wanted to go over and make sure she was okay but saw Dan and knew that he couldn't see him. Joey scowled as he walked back up stairs.
Bella rushed over to her sisters. "Hey, are you okay?" she asked as Phoebe sat up, pulling her bra strap back into place and holding her shirt around her.
"Uh…yeah. I think so." Phoebe nodded.
"What happened?" Piper asked.
"I don't know, but I'd sure like to find out."
"Thanks." Phoebe whispered as Piper placed a glass of water in front of her.
"You sure you're all right?" Dan asked warily and Phoebe nodded.
"I'm fine, really."
"You're lucky. Falling down like that, you really could have hurt yourself."
"Maybe we should call it a night, huh?" Prue suggested quickly. "Let her get some rest."
"Oh. Okay." Piper looked over at Dan. "I'll walk you out."
Dan nodded. "Okay." He said, walking towards the door but stopped half way, turning back to Leo. "Hey, uh, Leo. You coming?"
"Uh no. He has to stay here and…" Bella trailed off, not sure what to say. She looked at her sisters for help.
"Um, take glasses back to P3." Prue said and Dan frowned.
"Now? At this hour?" he asked.
Piper shrugged. "I'm a tough boss. Ready?"
"Nice chatting with you." Leo said.
"Yeah. You too." Dan said before he and Piper walked to the door. Leo watched them before sighing when they kissed.
"Is it safe to come down now?" Joey asked from the top of the stairs, as soon as he heard the door shut, sounding annoyed.
"Yeah, it's safe." Bella called back and Joey walked down the stairs again, a sour look on his face. Bella tried to ignore it but couldn't help but feel that it was her fault he was so miserable. If she hadn't have gotten ill, he would never have had to heal her and wouldn't be suspended.
"Well, I thought he'd never leave." Leo said as Piper walked back over to them.
"What the hell were you two chatting about all night?" Piper asked, making her sisters look at her in disbelief.
"Piper do you mind?" Prue asked before turning to Phoebe. "Phoebe, so what really happened?"
"Uh…OK. I heard what I thought were party noises, so I came downstairs to check and to yell at you guys and…I was attacked by something invisible." Phoebe explained.
"What? Like a ghost?" Bella asked but Phoebe shook her head.
"I didn't sense another being. It was more uh… I don't know, like a, like a daydream, I guess."
Piper frowned. "A daydream? Since when do daydreams attack people?"
"It wasn't really an attack, it was more of... a seduction." Phoebe admitted, blushing.
Leo raised an eyebrow. "Interesting daydream."
"Yeah."
"So I guess the question is what was it?" Prue muttered.
Phoebe looked over to Joey and Leo. "Have you two ever run across anything like this? I mean, as white lighters?"
"Not really." Joey said while Leo shook his head.
"Which means we have no idea if it's going to strike again or not."
"This is so embarrassing." Phoebe sighed. "I haven't needed my big sister to walk me to school since the first grade."
Prue rolled her eyes. Of course she would be embarrassed when they were trying to keep her alive. "Yeah, well, get used to it. Until we figure out what happened, we're your bodyguards."
"How do you know that you don't need the bodyguard? How do you know that he won't come after you next?"
"Because from your description. It sounded very, uh, intimate." Prue smirked, making Phoebe blush even more. "It makes me think that yours is the only body it's interested in. Hey, you know, are you sure you're up for taking this exam?"
"I can't let stuff like this keep me from living my life otherwise I'd never leave the house, you know?"
Prue nodded in agreement. "True."
Phoebe came to a stop at her classroom door, glancing at Prue who was watching her questionally. Phoebe's eyes widened in alarm as she realised what Prue was waiting for. "You're not going to sit beside me while I take this test." She said firmly.
Prue frowned. "I'm not?"
"No! You are not! You're going to wait patiently out here until I'm done, please?"
Prue hesitated before reluctantly nodding. "All right, but if anything weird happens, yell."
"Yeah." Phoebe said before walking into the class. Prue looked behind her to see a photograph display. She walked over to see it.
"How's Phoebe?" Leo asked as he opened a new box of glasses and began put them away.
"Fine so far." Piper said, looking up from some papers. "She should be taking her midterms as we speak."
"So no more attacks after I left?" he asked warily and she shook her head.
"Prue and I took turns watching her all night. Nothing happened."
"Really? That's uh…that's good." Leo said, now not able to look at her and she frowned at him.
"Wait a minute. I know that tone. What's up? What do you know?"
"Nothing, just…"
"Just what? Come on Leo." Piper pleaded. "If this has anything to do with what happened - "
"It may not. I don't know. It's just…look, I was up all night trying to recall a similar situation another white lighter had with one of his charges. It had something to do with uh…a past life coming back to haunt her present one."
"What?"
"Look, it's obviously very rare. It doesn't happen to most people. But if I remember right, in this particular case, her past life was trying to warn her present one."
"Warn her? About what?" Piper asked nervously.
"I don't know. And that's what's so frustrating. Cause I don't have any way of finding out either."
Piper looked at him sadly. "You miss being a white-lighter, don't you?"
"Yeah. Times like this I do, when I know I can help. And also when…I think that I'm never going to be with you." He said before he and Piper stared at each other silently.
Dan walked into the club to see them and paused. "Hope I'm not interrupting anything." He said and they looked over at him.
"Dan. Hi. No. Don't be silly. We were just…" Piper trailed off, not sure what to say.
"Finished." Leo said for her and she smiled in thanks.
Dan walked over to Piper and kissed her before looking at Leo smugly. Leo looked down quickly and walked off, trying to ignore his jealousy and anger.
"What are you doing here? I thought you...uh...had a job to bid?" Piper asked as Dan sat down on the stool next to her.
"Well, I was on my way back to the office. You know, crunch some numbers." He said as Piper looked over at Leo. He followed her gaze to see the whitelighter walking into the storage room. Dan sighed. "If I ask you a question, promise me you won't get mad at me?"
Piper bit her lip. "Depends on the question."
"How well do you really know Leo? About where he's from I mean?"
"Why do you ask?"
"Believe me. This is not a jealousy thing. I just want to make sure you know who's working for you. That's all. Just call me overprotective." He smiled at her and she couldn't help but smile back.
"That's very sweet Dan, but um, trust me. You don't have to worry about Leo at all. He's an angel."
Phoebe was taking her exam when she felt something choking her again. She drops her papers just as she was thrown out of her chair. A girl screamed, alerting Prue that something was wrong, and she ran into the class room to see people crowding around Phoebe who was lying on the floor.
She pushed through them and dropped down on her knees once she was right next to her sister. "Phoebe!" She said nervously and let out of breath of relief when Phoebe stopped struggling and breathed deeply as she sat up. "Are you okay?" she asked before realising how stupid that question was when Phoebe sent her a glare.
"What am I looking for exactly?" Bella asked.
"Anything to do with past lives." Joey told her. "Potions, spells, incantations. If I'm right, there should be something in the Book of Shadows about it."
"You really think this has something to do with Phoebe's past life?" Prue asked, sounding a little skeptical.
Leo nodded. "Well that's how our souls involve, how we grow as invidious. From one lifetime to the next."
"OK. Then why is my past life trying to kill me?" Phoebe sighed heavily.
"I don't think it is. I…I think it's trying to warn you. Give you a chance to do something about it. Maybe it's because you get premonitions."
"Wait. Do something about what?" Piper frowned and Leo seemed to pale.
"About w…w…whatever happened before that's endangering her now." He stuttered but no one other than Joey noticed.
"Where's Shirley McLaine when you need her?" Phoebe whispered as Bella found the spell.
"We don't need her. They were right. There's a spell that will take you to that past life."
"Wait, we're not doing this." Prue said as Phoebe sat in between her and Bella, pulling the book closer to her.
"Looks like you don't have to. It's written in first person. I can do it alone."
"Phoebe." Prue sighed, flipping through the book. "There's absolutely no spell to bring you back."
"Which means she can probably come back whenever she wants to." Joey said.
"Is 'probably' good enough?" Bella asked nervously as Phoebe read through the spell. "What if she gets trapped there and we have no way of getting her back?"
Phoebe looked up at her. "But if I don't go back, the same awful thing could happen to me in this life."
"Fine. Then we're going with you." Prue said firmly but Piper shook her head.
"We can't. Not according to the way the spell is written. Only Phoebe can."
"I've just started to turn my life around. I really don't want my past life to ruin it for me now." Phoebe said, pausing for a minute before sighing. "'Remove the chains of time and space and make my spirit sore. Let these mortal arms embrace the life that haunts before.'" She said and everything went black.
Pearl Russell (past Phoebe) smiled at the man in a tux as he opened the door, she got a charming smile back.
"Thanks for the love potion. Worked wonders." A woman smirked as she passed, walking over to a good looking man who looked down at her in amazement.
"Welcome back." The door man said as she walked into the house and into the party.
Most eyes fell on her as she walked in - some smiled at her while others glared.
"You think she's alright?" Piper asked as all looked down at her sleeping form nervously.
"She looks all right so far." Leo sighed.
Pearl walked into the livingroom before freezing when she saw Gordon (past Dan) playing the piano. He looked over his shoulder, as if sensing her gaze, and his smile faded. He looked away quickly.
She glared at the back of his head for a second more before turning and making her way to the bar only to be stopped by a woman "Well, I was wondering where you went off to." The woman said, smiling widely at her.
Pearl held up her bag. "I had to get some herbs. I can't very well make my potions without them. Would you like me to curse anyone for you?"
The woman looked over at the man by the stairs. "Maybe later." She said, and they both shared a smirk.
Pearl's expression hardened as she saw Priscilla Baxter (past Piper) walk over to the bar. "Hurry up with that giggle water Jake. We have thirsty people waiting." She heard her say and Pearl rolled her eyes in disgust before walking over to her.
She leaned against the bar and Priscilla stared at her blankly, her good mood gone from her expression. "What's a matter dear cousin? You're not afraid of me are you?"
"Should I be?"
Pearl turned to Jake. "My usual and bring it to my booth." She then turned back to Priscilla. "Would you tell your husband to play something different? I'm board with this old song." Pearl said in a snotty voice and Priscilla clenched her fists but didn't say anything. She walked over to Gordon and stood at his side.
"Don't worry about her, baby. Just keep playing." She said softly.
Gordon nodded. "Anything for you."
Priscilla looked back at Pearl to see her glaring at her. She glared back untill her cousin turned. Priscilla reached to the back of the piano and grabbed a make-up case.
Pearl walked into the conservatory to see Phoebe Bowen (past Prue) taking a photo of an old couple, smiling at them sweetly once she had done. Pearl walked over to her and felt very smug that she had the same reaction as she'd had with Priscilla.
"Hello cousin." Pearl said.
"We have to talk...soon." Phoebe said firmly and Pearl's smirk slipped off her face.
"We're done talking." She hissed before walking off.
"Did you get the spell?" Phoebe asked Priscilla once Pearl had her back turned. Priscilla held up the make-up case, opening it swiftly while not taking her eyes off Pearl. Phoebe took it quickly as Pearl glanced back at them. They watched her silently.
She walked into the kitchen and tensed when she saw a little girl sitting by a crystal ball with a woman sitting opposite to her.
"'See these words. Heed the - " the little girl started to say as Pearl stormed over to them.
"Christina Larson. What in the devil are you doing?" she asked sharply, glaring at the woman. "And you get out of here." She turned back to Christina once the woman was gone. "I told you to watch my things. That's all." She grabbed Christina's doll from the table and threw it to the floor, smashing it.
Christina gasped. "My dolly!" She cried, throwing herself to the floor beside it.
"Spells and charms are not toys Christina. Do you understand me?" Pearl yelled at the wailing girl.
"Pearl!" She heard a familiar voice say from behind her and she smirked before turning.
"Hello Patricia." She said. Patricia Baxter (past Bella) glared back, looking concerned as the little girl began to get hysterical. "You look shocked to see me."
"I would've thought you'd have the sense to stay away." Patricia snapped. Pearl rolled her eyes, ignoring the warning in her voice.
"I'm not the one who needs my big sister to fight my battles." She snorted as she walked off.
Patricia watched her leave before making her way over to Christina, pulling her into her arms. "Hey, sweetheart, are you okay?"
"I don't like her very much." Christina sobbed, clinging onto Patricia tightly.
"Don't worry. You won't have to worry about her for much longer." Patricia whispered sadly.
Pearl walked to the door, smirking as a man came up behind her. He grabbed her roughly, pushing her outside and pinning her against the wall.
"I've been looking for you." He said, dipping his head to kiss her. As they kissed he slipped the strap of her dress off her shoulder before pulling the bottom of her dress up her thigh. He stopped and she frowned.
"Why must you tease me Anton?" she asked breathlessly.
"Come with me." He said, taking her round the back of the house where the back garden was full of boxes. Anton held up a vial. "Drink this."
"What is it?"
"A potion to triple your power. In case your cousins' are ready for us. It's the only way for us to succeed. You do want that, don't you?" she hesitates fr a second before smiling, taking the potion off him. "That's my girl. Go ahead. Test it."
She looked around to make sure no one was watching before shooting a fireball from her fingers, setting a box of wine on fire.
Phoebe woke with a jolt to see her sisters, Joey and Leo looking at her in concern.
"Where am I?" she gasped.
"You're home, honey. You're home. You're okay." Prue said softly.
"What happened?" Joey asked.
Phoebe took a deep breath. "I was bad...very, very...bad."
"Family tree. I know I saw one somewhere." Phoebe said as she walked into the attic, everyone else following.
"Uh, I still don't understand." Piper admitted.
"We were all related. Cousins. And we lived here at the manor back in the twenties." Phoebe explained as she began to seach through the boxes.
"Together? Here?" Piper asked, glancing at Prue and Bella. "So much for evaluation."
"Wait. So you saw us in our past lives? I mean, did we look the same?" Prue asked and Phoebe glanced up from the box.
"Um...yeah. You did, actually. Kind of."
"Well, they probably looked the same to you because your soul recognized their souls. I mean, we all tend to travel in the same circle of family, friends, even enemies throughout our various lives. And that's why our souls recognize each other. So we can keep finding each other. That's what soul mates mean." Leo explained.
"It was really weird being back like that because it wasn't like I had any control over my actions. It was more like I was a visitor. Watching. Feeling."
"Feeling bad?" Bella asked quietly.
"Feeling very, very bad." Phoebe nodded before noticing Prue, Piper and Bella staring at her. "Okay. I admit it. I liked it. It felt good to be respected and powerfull. Hey! Speaking of powers!" She said, standing up. "How come I didn't get to keep that kick ass power I had back then?"
"Well, if you screw up your regrets. Your past self must have abused the power. That's why it was taken away from you." Joey explained.
"That's too bad because it was hot. Literally."
"Yeah. Apparently that wasn't the only thing that was really hot." Prue said dryly.
Phoebe smiled wistfully. "Ooh. Yeah. Anton was hot too. Ooh. And he was such a good kisser. And so good with his hands."
"Hands that might've killed you." Bella pointed out. Phoebe shrugged.
"Maybe. But, you know, it could have also been Past Dan."
Piper's eyes widened. "Dan? As in my Dan?" she asked and Phoebe nodded. "You saw him too?"
"He was your husband. Sorry Leo." Phoebe said as she carried on her search.
"That's okay. I'm hoping Piper learns from her past mistakes." Leo said and Piper looked at him stunned.
"Prue, this is the camera that you used in your past life." Phoebe said as she found the camera.
"Wait. I…" Prue walked over to Phoebe so she could see the camera properly. "I was a photographer?"
"Yeah, and apparently a really good one because people were lining up to get their portraits taken."
Prue smiled widely. "Really? So um, any idea what kind of power I had?"
Phoebe stopped for a moment. "Uh, I don't know, but whatever it was, it must've been pretty powerful because Anton had to triple mine." She said as she pulled out a roll of paper from the trunk. "Found it. The family tree."
They all crowded around Phoebe as lay it on the table, Joey held his hand on the top of it so it wouldn't roll back up.
"Well there we are at the bottom." Piper said.
"Right. There's mom and Grams." Prue said, her finger sliding across their names.
"Okay, this must be us again." Phoebe said, pointing to P. Bowen, P. Russell and two P. Baxters. Phoebe stopped at the Baxters. "I'm pretty sure, Bella is one of these two."
"What about all of the others?" Prue asked.
Phoebe froze as she took a closer look at the dates. "Wait a minute. What's the date today?" she asked, not sure she wanted to know.
"Uh, February 17th." Piper said and Phoebe sighed.
"I think that this one is me." She pointed to P. Russell. "She died February 17th, 1924. The same age I am now."
"Would explain why the warnings are happening today." Bella said grimly.
Phoebe looked up at Leo and Joey. "So, it doesn't mean that I'm going to die today too, right?"
Leo and Joey glanced at each other before looking back at her, neither of them having a clue.
"We have to figure out what happened…fast." Prue said, biting her lip.
"Wait. Wh…what was that little girl's name?" Phoebe frowned, trying to remember. "Christina…Christina…Christina Larson. Christina Larson. Maybe she can remember what happened."
"Can you say long shot?"
"Well, it's the only shot I got, Prue. I will call Darryl and maybe the police can track her down. I just hope she's forgotten what I did to her doll."
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