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Charmed characters don't belong to me ;D

This is a year or so after the end of killing the big bad demon, not the ultimate big bad (exposure). Oh and Wyatt CAN talk

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"POO! POO!" Phoebe's daughter said her first words, smiling Phoebe picked her up.

"What a good girl, you did a poo? or do you want this pooh?"

Phoebe handed her, her favourite Winnie the pooh toy throwing it down she reached her arms out to the corner of the room.

"POO! POO!" thinking she'd pooed in the corner Phoebe went over to have a look.

"Hey what you doing?" Paige walked in smiling, looking at her sister.

"Melanie keeps saying Poo, but it's not her toy or that she's done a poo. I have no idea what she's going on about."

Paige giggled, "OK, it's not what you were expecting but at least she's talking now. Hang on Leo said something about Chris saying Poo as well, he didn't know why he was saying it either. Oh before I forget, Henry and I would like to invite you and Drake over for a house warming."

"You found a house, great news! How's Piper feeling about it?"

Picking up Pooh, Phoebe gave Melanie the toy while she tidied up the lounge, brushing her worries about Melanie's word to one side.

"Better, still organising everything as usual. Pleased we have lives and at last can be ourselves, think she loves having the manor to herself and Leo. Been hearing a lot of strange sounds coming from their bedroom of late."

Smiling at each other, Phoebe picked up her keys and Melanie leaving a note for Drake on the table.

Orbing to the manor, they heard laughing coming from the kitchen. Calling before walking in, Phoebe and Paige peeked around the door.

Wyatt, Chris and Leo were making pancakes, "Hi there, come in. We're just making pancakes want some?" Chris sat in his chair smiling at Leo.

Smiling and hugging their nephews, they sat at the table "Want to put Melanie in the door bouncer, give you the ability to talk uninterrupted."

"Sure, oh Leo, Melanie has been saying Poo quite a bit, I have no idea what she is talking about."

"Dirty nappy? Her favourite toy? Chris has been saying that too, we can't figure out why either."

Phoebe shook her head at both, Piper walked in and hugged her sisters then walked over to her boys and tried helping.

"It's OK mum, we can do it." Wyatt smiled at his mum, who laughed at the way he talked.

"How's the move going?" Piper sat opposite Paige, Leo placed some pancakes before them.

"Great, Henry has some fellow officers helping out and we should be moved in by tonight. Leaving this weekend free for a house warming, if your up to it."

"Poo! POO! POO!" Melanie was giggling as she was saying the word.

"Has she got a bad stomach, seems to have a lot of dirty nappies. Or has she been listening to Chris talking?"

"No, it's not that. I've no idea what it could be, I'm hoping its not demon related like Wyatt's little friend."

"Bit young to have a friend, sure it's not her favourite toy?"

"Not that either." all of them watched as she giggled and laughed.

Prue was cloaked and making her laugh, she'd visited them so many times. Even the boys knew she was there but kept quiet, they knew she was their aunt as they'd seen pictures and heard the adults talking about her.

They wanted something for themselves, so keeping Prue as their friend was even more fun.

"We'll work on that one later, first things first lets eat."

Putting the boys on seats every one began eating and talking, Melanie kept giggling at Prue.

"This is weird, all of us being able to sit down and eat a meal without a demon attack. But wish we could find out why Chris and Melanie keep saying poo."

Everyone smiled in agreement, "Ever since we dealt with the big bad, we haven't had alot to do. But don't talk too soon or we might be in for a surprise. As for the poo word, I wondered if its a repeat of Wyatt's little playmate. But the demons we've interrogated have denied all knowledge, and they aren't that stupid as to lie to us."

They didn't know the truth behind what Paige had just said, getting up Piper started packing the plates away.

"It's OK mum, I'll do that." Wyatt got up and put the dishes on the side, little Chris took the cutlery and placed it on the plates.

"Wow, they are right little helpers. So pleased they help now, it gives us one less job to do."

Next moment a glow surrounded the plates, they were clean and put away neatly. Looking at Wyatt, he looked at Chris who grinned, he was just coming into his powers and was having fun learning how to do things.

"Clever boy Wyatt, are you allowed to use magic some times then."

Phoebe smiled at her nephew, just then Drake walked in the back door.

"There you are, been looking every where. Rang the office and they said you'd taken the day off."

"Whats wrong?" Phoebe got up and kissed Drake, pleased they found each other again. How she never had worked out, but she was pleased that she had.

"Leo how useful are the elders?"

"Not very useful Drake, you should know that." Piper smiled at him and pulled a face at Leo who just smiled in agreement.

"Well, I was walking down the stairs since I missed the lifts. When a dark lighter shimmered in and shot an arrow at me, when I turned around Emily from accounts was behind me. She ORBED, she was terrified at what she'd seen and did."

"Oh no, don't tell me we are back into things already. I thought they'd keep the peace a bit longer, oh well looks like house warming will have to be well organised."

Paige stuck her tongue out at Piper, they all laughed. Drake picked up Melanie and they all went into the lounge, putting Melanie in the play pen. Chris orbed in next to her, "Oh look how cute is that?"

"Wow, he's coming into his powers fast, we'll have to start teaching him when he can use them. Wyatt it was Chris who tidied the dishes?"

"Yes mum." Wyatt smiled at his brother, being eldest was as much fun as it was a pain.

"OL, OL" Everyone looked at Melanie and Chris in the pen.

"OL??" Drake walked over to where the children were looking and didn't see anything.

"Don't know, but we should get the book down here and dust it off. See if we can't find anything to help find out what's going on, Paige can you orb up to the Elders see what is going on?"

"It would be much easier just finding Emily and the dark lighter."

Emily orbed in just as Paige spoke the words, landing on the couch she screamed with the others.

"Whats going on?" her eyes filled with terror at what was happening to her.

"It's OK, your safe. We need to deal with the dark lighter first."

As he shimmered in Piper froze him, "Who are you, and whose he?"

Edging away Emily backed into Drake, "Whats going on Drake, who are these people? What are you doing here with them?"

Very calmly but firmly Drake took Emily into the kitchen, Wyatt had a forcefield around Chris and Melanie. While the dark lighter was frozen he orbed them into a bedroom.

"Where are the kids?" Piper had just noticed they were gone, looking at Leo who was smiling.

"It's OK, looks like Wyatt is smart he's orbed them all upstairs while we take care of the demon."

Unfreezing his head, Phoebe was the first to question him "Who sent you?"

"Don't have to tell you nothing witch."

"These demons are either new or just stupid. He's the umpteenth one to say we're just witches."

"Thats what you are witch, and we don't talk to witches. We answer to the one and only."

Looking at each other they couldn't believe their ears, Prue stood watching smiling as the dark lighter smiled smugly. He was wanting Piper to kill him so he wouldn't have to be killed later, or have to talk to them.

"I thought we'd dealt with the big bad a couple of years ago, or did you lot not receive that message?"

Paige stood in front of him, then she turned around. "He's not a real dark lighter, come and have a look at these clothes. They aren't as tight as the others, so is this a test for us or what?"

"You lot are fools, you'll never figure it out. Big bad, there was never a big bad, just a whole lot of dumb brained demons who thought they could rule the world. Do I have to spell it all out for you?"

All of them looked at him, "What are you going on about? We are the Charmed Ones, our destiny was to kill the source, then Gideon for changing Wyatt, then every other brainless demon. All culminating in the last big battle, that gave good the upper hand."

Smiling smugly Phoebe sighed with satisfaction, it was soon wiped off her face.

"Oh man, you lot have no idea. This is going to be fun, in the mean time see you all in hell."

With those words he shimmered out, "What the? He wasn't meant to do THAT!!!"

Piper looked at everyone, then at Paige "SANDRA!!! SANDRA GET DOWN HERE NOW!!!!!"

Sandra orbed in smiling, "I see you've had the new dark lighter, they are a new breed we've never met before."

"I don't care, we fulfilled our destiny. Been to hell and back, in Phoebe's case literally. Lost Prue."

"We know, and Prue's the other matter we need to talk to you about."

Phoebe looked at Sandra she'd hoped they would forget about Prue, or think less of her as the years went by. She'd come to think of herself as the new head of the house, even if it was a new apartment her and Drake owned.

"What's Prue got to do with this? She's been dead 8/9 years now?"

"Phoebe how can you say that, she is our sister no matter if she's dead or not."

"Then how come she's not been to see us in all this time, all her I'll look out for you was a load of crap! We've taken care of each other, why do we need to bring her up anyway?"

Paige and Piper looked at each other, not believing what they were hearing. Sandra was angry beyond words, she looked at Leo and asked to speak to him in private.

Leaving the girls to talk about why Phoebe thought the need to forget about Prue, let alone the need to attack her for not visiting in all these years.

"Leo, with Phoebe's attitude as it is we need to remind her about what a sacrifice Prue made, what she was all about. The main point being, Phoebe seeing how much she needed Prue as much as Prue needed her."

"It wont be easy, how do you propose doing that when there is the threat of dark lighters?"

"Thats easy, send them back in time. Leave the dark lighters to Cole, Andy and the rest they can take care of them. It will happen in a few minutes, Emily will be fine don't worry."

Back in the lounge Piper, Paige and Phoebe were arguing about Prue and what she'd done for them.

"How can you stand there and say those things about Prue? She saved our arses more times than I can remember, always the first up and last one in bed."

"Always being bossy, always telling us what we can and can't do with out powers. Always telling me what I should and shouldn't be doing with guys, she was jealous I had a life and men."

Phoebe was getting smugger by the minute thinking of her and Cole, and how she'd won out over her precious sister.

Paige looked at her sisters sadly, "At least you grew up with Prue, you knew what she was like. I have had to get over her being this all powerful witch, had such a complex over her. If it wasn't for the fact I had to learn fast and finding pictures of her in her room, I think I'd have gone round the twist."

As they talked everything changed, they were standing in the lounge but didn't hear Sandra or Leo. A thump came from upstairs and screaming.

"The kids!" the girls ran upstairs and stopped a demon blew up in front of them.

"What was that?" Paige looked at her sisters, "Don't know but someone's up in our attic."

"PRUE YOU OK???" Pipers voice could be heard in the attic.

"What the?" they rushed upto the attic, peeking through the door, Piper, Prue and Phoebe were picking up the things that had been knocked over, blown up in the fight.

"How did we get back here?" Phoebe whispered so as not to bring attention to themselves.

They didn't know that their earlier selves couldn't see them. Paige smiled, she was pleased at last she could see what Prue was capable and if she was as tough as she was made out to be.

"OK, we have a problem. We have a new demon called Balthazar, he's apparently the sources henchman."

Prue was fed up with cleaning up after the demons, but it was all par for the course. She was used to it and looked at her sisters, at least they were all alright.

"Its OK Prue, everything will be fine. We can clean up tomorrow if you like."

"Wow, Miss Tidy saying we should leave the mess." Phoebe teased Piper.

The other Charmed Ones smiled as well, Piper nudged them.

"You two better get your heads down, see you in the morning." Prue smiled at her sisters and shooed them towards the door.

"What about you?" Piper looked at Prue, worried she was over doing her big sister routine.

"I'm not tired, gonna look in the book and see what we know about this Balthazar."

Phoebe smiled, she didn't like seeing Prue so tired and yet so wired at the same time. It was just over two years since they became witches, and Prue had done alot for her but she wanted to spread her wings.

She wanted to get to know Cole, she wished Prue would let up on him and give him the benefit of the doubt.

Walking up to Prue, she noticed the note pad and what she'd written. "Do you really think that Cole is Balthazar? Why can't you give him the benefit of the doubt and be happy for me?"

Prue sighed she didn't want an arguement right now, so she made peace by saying she'd apologise in the morning.

She wasn't going to give up finding out if Cole was really a demon or not, shivering she thought someone was in the room.

Future Charmed Ones smiled, wishing they could tell them that Cole was the demon. Instead they watched Prue sit reading, as she fell asleep the girls walked down to the lounge.

As they walked down the stairs, they found themselves in the day time.

Phoebe got thrown through the lounge and landed hard on her bum. "Piper!"

Piper came running in from the lounge and heard gun shots, freezing the bullets she ran to where Prue and Phoebe were hiding behind the couch.

"What is going on?"

"Don't know but she's pretty peeved at us, didn't think that demons used guns."

Prue put up her hands and the bullets stopped then went back towards the woman, hitting her in the chest.

"You OK?" Prue looked at her sisters, Phoebe got up and helped Piper up.

Prue was already over the body, picking out her wallet and note book. She flicked through it, their names were on a list, "Prue what are you doing?"

Prue had taken the coat and put it on, "Might as well find out who Ms. Hellfire is; and who sent her."

"You can't Prue, how do you know it's not the source that sent her? He'd know right away who you are."

Phoebe didn't want her sister to come to harm, but she also wanted to find out who wanted them dead apart from the usual demons.

"Look, I'll go with Prue, you get Leo to find out what the Elders know. We'll meet up at P3 later, don't worry Phoebe we'll be fine."

Piper smiled at Phoebe, as the others leant against the couch watching. "Wow was she brave or plain nuts?"

Paige didn't realise she'd wondered out aloud, Piper and Phoebe smiled. "I think a bit of both, but why are we hear so you can see what Prue was really like?"

Phoebe was getting an uneasy feeling, it was more to do with her rather than Paige.

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Phoebe ran up to Piper, "We have a problem!" before Piper had time to ask Prue walked on to the roof of the club. Barbas was whispering in her ear, that the women in front of her were imposters, Piper and Phoebe ran behind a pillar.

"What are we going to do? She's under a spell and if we don't stop her then she'll be burying her sisters."

"Whats our greatest fear?"

"What do you mean our greatest fear?"

"You know Piper, we are scared we'll lose a sister. We need to make Prue see that we are her sisters, not what Barbas is telling her."

"Hope you have a plan cos Prue's just found us!" Piper had looked past Phoebe's shoulder and seen Prue coming closer.

"She can't be in two places at once, split up."

"Oh yes she can, she astrals remember."

They split up it took alot of talking but Phoebe managed to remind Prue she was her real sister, no one had died.

As future Charmed Ones watched they were projected to a further past memory, they watched as Grams marched Prue into the house. "PHOEBE, get me the brandy NOW!"

Teen Phoebe ran in with the brandy and a glass, future Phoebe and Piper gasped they couldn't believe they had been brought to this memory. "Whats going on?" Paige looked at them, then back at Grams helping Prue drink the brandy.

"Prue got into some trouble." Phoebe looked at her feet remembering what happened.

"Demonic trouble, Grams was really mad I think this is when she bound our powers." Piper shivered at how mad her Grams had been, she had come down so hard on Prue and Phoebe had decided to rebel a year or so later.

Watching Prue, Paige shivered there was something about the way she was holding herself that made her wish she could hold her and tell her everything was going to be ok.

"What were you doing out there this late? I told you to come straight home, and where was this Andrea?"

"Oh Grams, I'm ... sniff sniff... sorry. We had ... sniff.... gone to the library to study, ...sniff ... her mum called to say her dad was picking her up in 5 minutes. Her brother had been in a car accident, I tried calling you but the phone was engaged, I didn't realise I was in danger."

She could barely get the words out, Phoebe went upstairs she knew better than to interfer when Grams was talking. "What did he do to you?" were the last words she had heard till Prue was allowed upstairs.

"He.... raped me." the words were so silent they could barely hear them, "Oh Prue" Grams didn't touch her again. Instead she grabbed her car keys and drove PRue to the hospital, the police had taken a statement and they had returned home.

Grams helped Prue to bed, Phoebe and Piper came out of the kitchen when Grams had come down stairs again. "How's Prue?" Piper took one look at Grams and fell silent, she handed her a cup of coffee and waited for her to talk.

Phoebe knocked softly on Prue's door, putting her head around the corner she saw her big sister crying softly on her bed. Walking in the room she noticed all the clothes strewn on the floor, and Prue's lovely hair in chunks by her bed.

Future Phoebe tried hard to stop the tears from welling up, as she remember how vunerable Prue had been. How angry she had gotten, about how stupid she had been she'd changed from a loving sister to controlling nearly every aspect of her life.

Prue had clung to Phoebe and Piper in the first few months of the rape, they helped her build her life. Grams had decided that night that their powers would be bound, to take them off the demons radar.

Paige looked at Phoebe and Piper who were teary eyed, "You never said, was there a child?" they looked at her and looked at each other and took a deep breathe.
"We're not sure, but we think so. A month or so later Grams and Prue went to the doctor about an infection, she came back and her period was heavier than normal. We worked it out she might have had an abortion, Grams would never have accepted a half demon in the family."

"Thats why she was so against Phoebe and Cole, how could you forget something like that?" it hadn't meant to come out like, and Paige went red.

"It's ok Paige, over the years we didn't talk about it. One thing led to another Phoebe and Prue became estranged, we blocked out what happened. It scared Prue more than us when we got our powers back."

Phoebe couldn't look at her sisters, how could she have forgotten this? She'd been so bent on proving Prue wrong about Cole, so bent on getting a job and doing everything that Prue was. Piper and Paige pulled her in for a hug, with that hug they returned to the future Leo and Sandra sat with drinks waiting for their return.

Seeing Phoebe crying Sandra smiled, "Glad to see you all, and that you learnt what it was you needed to learn."

"Did you have to give us Prue as a teenager?" Piper was angry

"No Piper, I'm glad it was there. It reminded me of why Prue was the way she was, she was as vunerable as any of us, yet she was always looking for a balance. She loved being a witch, but she wasn't all powerful as we held her to be."

"Nice to meet my sister, even if she didn't get to see me. But why now, after such a long period of peace?"

Sandra and Leo smiled at them, "You aren't going to be fighting anymore, you'll still be the charmed ones. Leo you can tell them, you have earned that much talk to you all soon." smiling she orbed out of the manor.

"What was she talking about Leo?" Piper looked at Leo

"Instead of being the fighting Charmed Ones, Piper you and I will have a normal life raising the children and teaching the toddlers of future whitelighters etc, Phoebe and Drake will have a normal life but also teaching through her articles, and Drake through his work. As for Paige and Henry, you will still have whitelighter duties but have a forever clause that states demons can't touch either of you."

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The girls looked at each other, something didn't sit right with what was said or how Leo was saying it. "Where are the children?"

"In the play pen where we left them." Leo responded smiling

"Somethings wrong, seriously wrong."

"Yeah, but what kind of wrong?" Paige looked in the lounge and didn't see the children, Piper froze 'Leo' and ran upstairs the children weren't there either.

"What's going on? First we had a dark lighter attack, then we went to the past to see why I needed Prue as much as she needed me. Now we're some where that's not in the past or our present."

"Could we be in the future?" Paige looked around for a newspaper or magazine, finding nothing she walked into her old bedroom.

There sitting on her bed was a little girl crying, they looked at each other as she turned around, they gasped. She was the spitting image of Paige "Where are you mummy?" putting the picture back on the table, picking up her favourite toy walked into Pipers room.

Standing at her dressing table Piper picked up another picture of Paige and cried, "Aunty Piper?" turning around Piper opened her arms and the girl threw herself forward.

"Why did mummy have to go? Why couldn't she stay with me, Peter and daddy?"

"Oh darling, your mummy was a very brave woman, a loving mother and didn't like anyone getting hurt. Has daddy told you anything?"

Tucking the girls hair behind her ears, Piper sat her on her chair as she brushed her hair, Wyatt and Chris came in. "MUM! Wyatt called me a baby!"

"Well you are..." Stopping mid sentence as they noticed their cousin sitting at the table, "How you doing pips?"

Throwing her little arms around Chris, he was her favourite cousin then she threw her arms around Wyatt, he was her second favourite no one knew why but the three children.

"Am I dead?" Paige couldn't believe she was seeing her future daugther.

"You have a son and daugther, congratulations." Phoebe grinned at Paige

"Dunno if your dead, but something has the family upset." Piper was puzzled at why they were there, as nothing in their present would warrant a visit to the future.

Wyatt and Chris smiled above her head, "We'll take Prue and read her the story book." Chris held Prue's hand and all three walked into the boys room.

"Wow Prue, wonder why you called her that?" Phoebe grinned.

"Don't know, but somethings wrong. I wonder if they've tried scrying or calling for me yet."

Future Phoebe walked into Pipers room, "Leo said you were up here, I came into see how you were holding up."

"I'm not Phoebe, we lost Prue nigh on 15yrs ago I'm not going to accept that Paige is dead too. There is no way that happened, I'm going to the book of shadows coming or going to find Drake?"

Phoebe took one look at Piper and followed her up the stairs, "I'm with you, Drake is looking after Henry, so I'm not going to be anywhere else but helping find Paige and bringing her back. How's Prue doing?"

"Wyatt and Chris are reading her favourite book in their room. She's not good though, the sooner we find Paige the better for Prue."

Phoebe picked up Paige's wedding ring and tied it to the scrying crystal, maps of the under world and physical realms on the table. Piper went over to the book and placed it by the cauldron, she began to place ingredients in to it when she'd finished she called for her sister.

Nothing happened, she called for a lost witch, Grams and Patty came, "Hello girls, how are you both?"

"Oh come on! Not a repeat of Prue's death!" Piper shouted and threw an ingredient on the table, instead it went into the cauldron with a loud bang and plenty of smoke.

"WOW, Piper what was that?"

"Don't know." Piper was getting up off the floor.

"Better take a look in the smoke." Grams and Patty walked out of the circle and formed in to their solid forms. Inside the smoke they could see Paige walking back and forth in a cage, every now and then shaking it.

"Where is she?"

"Hush, we might miss something." Everyone peered in to the smoke and watched as Leo and Sandra walked into the room.

"What the? What are they doing there?" Piper was getting mad at Leo and the elders, then she saw them change into demons.

"We need sound with these things." Phoebe was annoyed she couldn't hear what they were saying.

"Hang on then." Grams swirled her arms and they started hearing Paige and the demons talk.

"My sisters will find me, they wont give up till they have and when they do they will fry you sorry arses."

The demons laughed at her, "You really think they would assume you were alive, they are already organising your funeral. As for your dear sweet husband HENRY, well he's going to be moving on soon with Belinda."

The female demon swirled and a gorgeous red head stood in her place, "How dare you! Henry will see you for what you really are, an old has been that can't get a real demon to stay with her for more than two minutes."

Paige was trying so hard to be brave, but she knew Henry better than the demon he wouldn't move on until her sisters told him they had given up all hope.

Mean while in the boys bedroom, Chris, Wyatt and little Prue sat reading their spell books looking for some way to get to Paige or bring her home. "Nothing in these, anything in yours Prue?"

"Nope, pretty pictures though." she hadn't learnt to read long words yet or the harder ones, but the boys thought it was a good idea for her to at least help.
"I got an idea, since mum and Phoebe can't find her she must be in a magic proof place."

"Think they worked that one out already", Wyatt had astral projected into the attic and was watching from a dark corner.

Coming back into the bedroom, Wyatt grinned "I know where they are, Prue you have to stay here while Chris and I try and rescue your mum, ok?"

"I want to come too!" Prue's eyes filled with tears, she so desperately wanted to help rescue her mum.

"Prue, you can be helpful here." Chris smiled at her, "Aunty Paige will need a nice warm bath, some of your scones you make, and her favourite jamas."

Smiling at her cousins Prue hugged them and trotted out of the room, "Nice thinking Chris, we better be quick. Wait till they have finished, then we can go get Aunty Paige and be back here before they realise we've gone."

Chris orbed into the corner of the attic Wyatt had just been in, seeing the women crowded around the book of shadows he orbed out again. "Right they are looking in the BOS, hopefully we'll be back before they realise we've gone."

Downstairs Prue had got out her scones, butter and knife sitting at the table she was buttering them. Drake and Henry walked in the back door, "Hey Pips, what you making there?"

Drake went over and kissed his neice, Henry couldn't bare to look at her, she reminded him too much of Paige and what they'd lost. "Daddy, help me please." Her big brown eyes pleaded with him as his heart broke even more, forcing himself he sat down at the table and picked up the knife.

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"Piper, we have to stop the boys!" past Paige was frantic with worry.

"We can't interfere, they can't see us or hear us. We have to see how this plays out." Piper gripped her hands together, trying hard not to scream out or let them know in some way to look for the boys.

Little Prue walked out of the bedroom as soon as the boys had left, the past charmed ones found themselves where Paige was trapped inside the cave.

"What are we doing here?" they all looked around as Phoebe nudged them, pointing to where Paige was standing. The backs of the demons was all they could see, hoping the boys didn't orb in just yet.

"Where do you think Henry will be in a few hours?"

"With his daughter and his family, finding a way to bring me home!" Paige was crying with frustration.

"My Lady, it's time." the shorter demon turned to the larger one and bowed, still unable to see his face the girls got frustrated.

"Yes, it's time. We must go and see Henry and your little family. So pleased they will remember me as well."

Shimmering out, just as Wyatt and Chris orbed in. As they did guards walked in, aiming fire balls at Chris who had his back to them. Wyatt stepped out and fired electricity at them vanquishing them, "Thanks Wyatt, Aunty you ok?"

"What are you two doing here, where's Piper and PHoebe?"

"They are trying to"

"BEHIND YOU!!!"

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Just as they were about to see the face of the demons, the women found themselves in the attic again. "MUMMY!!" Prue flung herself into Paige's arms, Grams turned around and held her hands up to blast them.

"WOAH Grams!!!! IT's us!" Phoebe screamed

"How the hell can you see us?" Piper looked at herself looking back at her.

Prue walked in and handed Grams Paige's diary, "How did you get my diary?"

"More to the point, how did you know about this?"

"What do you mean?" Paige looked at Grams then at the page she was given, reading silently she looked up ashen faced.

"What's wrong?" everyone said at once.

"We've been here before, I don't know when and don't know how. This shows we save the future me, but we also have a bigger problem."

Passing the book over, Piper and Phoebe go weak at the knees.

"THere has got to be a better way than to vanquish Prue! There is no way that I'm going to kill her, just because some elder thinks its the only way to do things."

"Who is this elder?" Phoebe looked at her Grams and mother who were looking at each other, giving the "We shouldn't tell them look."

"Ok, whats wrong? What aren't you telling us?"

"My dear daughters, killing Prue is the only way that we can save Paige. We've been through all the scenarios, she is just too strong for us to change back. I'm sorry Piper, I know this is upsetting for you but it is the only way."

Holding onto Piper as she sobbed uncontrollably, this was the worst news since she saw Prue's lifeless body next to hers. No one could know what she was feeling right now, and too see her future self agreeing was more than she could bare.

"This can't be right, saving both of us is what we would normally do."

"I know Paige, but this isn't normal times. Leo is an elder now, he has Piper and the boys to look after as well."

"Hang on, you meant Leo is an elder AGAIN? It didn't work last time so why is he an elder?"

"He's been an elder for the last 4yrs now, it was his reward for doing so much good. This time around, he gets to choose most of the time. Piper and Leo have an good marriage now."

"IT's ok Grams, I look at it this way. Leo is away on an oil rig, he comes back for as long as he can. He's always looking in on the boys, we have a much more rounded life now. Wyatt and Chris will soon be off learning the ways of magic, not magic school but a place they and others like them can practice in safety."

Past Paige, Piper and Phoebe looked at each other then at their future selves. They couldn't under stand what was happening, but they needed to save Prue and get Paige back to her future time line.

"So I take it we haven't finished fighting demons, and how did Prue become evil?"

"We don't know how she became evil, but she's the most powerful evil we've come across and we've never stopped fighting demons. Oh hang on apart from that lull we had for a year or so, now why did we have that lull?"

"Because we vanquished two sisters that tried to kill us." Paige was upset that they had forgotten her charge that had turned out to be another big bad they had to worry about.

"Oh yeah right, those two. Took us a while but boy did we fry them." future Piper smiled as she remembered.

"OK, we need to fill in your past selves about why and how Prue became evil, get potions ready to vanquish Prue and her minions. WHere are those boys?"

"Your not going to like this Grams." Piper winced as she knew what was coming.

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"We can't kill Prue, if that is in deed our sister Prue."

"You doubt Grams?" Phoebe smiled, this was her chance to get rid of Prue once and for all.

"Don't you dare say anything Phoebe, she's our sister. You and Piper grew up with her, all I get is the stories. Going back to see what she was like, there is more to this than we've seen besides she wouldn't go running off with a man while we dealt with demons on our own."

The last words stung Phoebe, "How dare you bring that up, I've always fought demons and I'm d**n good at it."

"Not quite as good as sleeping with any guy that catches your eye, maybe Prue shouldn't have died."

"OI!!! ENOUGH! We have one sister to save, one sister to learn her lessons and two others to see their elder sister. WHich is about bloody time, now Grams as much as I love you there is no way I'm going to let you kill off your own flesh and blood."

Grams stood shocked watching past Piper as she gathered the book of shadows and started flicking through the pages, passing the family album to future Phoebe who smiled. She couldn't believe how awful she'd been, it had taken months to find Drake again, then to have a long courtship which they had both enjoyed. She didn't want to go back to what she had been before, picking up a photograph of Prue she settled down to see what she could see.

"Hey, I don't have all my powers back yet. Nice to see future me does."

"Only because you learnt the hard way Phoebe, you wouldn't listen to anyone about how your life was turning out. You have a wonderful daughter, a loving husband and you still want to see your sister dead. Phoebe I never thought I'd see the day when I'd prefer never to see you again."

Turning her head away Patty walked over to Paige who was scrying with a lock of Prue's hair, the crystal dropped on to the map right in their street.

"Hey, what do you mean you'd not see me again. I'm a damned good witch..."

"OH SHUT UP! ME! ME! ME! always ME! I don't know how I stood myself, I can't stand myself. I worked d**n hard to get to where I am, I'm not having you screw it up with your whole attitude. Prue is our sister, she's coming home ALIVE. IF not then I'm saying that spell."

"What spell?" Piper looked at her future sister, as their future selves gasped.

"You can't Phoebe, it's too dangerous. It would muck up the whole time line, as though you never exisited from that point." future Paige walked over and hugged her sister.

"What do you mean?"

"It would mean taking you all back to when Shax killed Prue, well just before he did. Instead of Prue he would kill Phoebe, right before she says the spell that knocks him out of the house."

Grams held on to the chair as her words sunk in, no one moved. "YOu can't be serious, thats not how things work. You can't go around changing the past all because you cant stand how selfish you were, it just isn't done."

Piper was pacing the floor, "Come on Piper, everyone knows if I hadn't been selfish then Prue wouldn't have died that day."

"Yeah, but we wouldn't have had the love of our life either." past Phoebe countered

"Always with the guys, always taking a mans side over your sisters still. This is your future Phoebe, I know alot more than you ever knew. I'm more powerful, just like you have always wanted to be. For once in your life don't be so god d**n selfish, think of others for once, think of Prue."

Future Phoebe fell to the floor in a dead faint, Grams and Patty picked her up and placed her on the couch.

"What happened?"

"Don't know, but something about this photograph." Patty handed the photograph to past Piper and Paige.

"Oh no, this is really bad. Is Phoebe ok?"

"What is it, whats so bad in the photograph?" passing it over Paige rolled her eyes.

"Whats the look for?" then Phoebe looked at the pic and sat hard in the chair.

"Who took this picture?"

"Prue did, she was trying her astral projection/photography routine. It took us a while to figure it out, then Grams and I put it away. Never dreaming it would be this important."

Wyatt, Chris and future Paige watched as the figure uncloaked, "Leo?" Leo smiled back at her putting his finger to his lips.

"Sensed you boys could do with a bit of a helping hand, since your mother and her sisters are having an argument right about now. She's going to be mad anyway, want me to take the heat?"

"Nah, but thanks anyway dad." smiling at their father Wyatt and Chris kept an eye out for demons, while Leo got Paige out of the cage.

"Right lets go, Wyatt, Chris you two first see you in the attic."

As they orbed out a demon decloaked smiling to himself, this was just the thing he had been waiting for. He shimmered out to find his minnion, so that he would die when he told Prue that Paige had escaped. Leaving him to take the glory from Prue and rule the under world instead, it wasn't going to be easy but it would work.

Prue was in her chamber getting ready, smiling that Paige had escaped with Leo. There would be time enough to deal with them later, right now she had to deal with that other problem. Orthor blinked in, before he could get a word out he was vanquished.

"Uncloak you weasel, I know about Paige. I wasn't interested in killing her, I wanted to find out who was under mining me and look who it is. My once boy friend Carl, oh sorry Crack. Not much of a name, since all you did after I dumped you was Crack."

"Shut up Prue, I can still rule the under world. Take your petty power base and vanquish you."

"Then do it, we'll convine the WHOLE underworld within minutes. All you have to do then is vanquish me in front of everyone, until then I'll see you later."

As she shimmered out Crack went up in flames, smiling as she shimmered into the high priest chambers. Ready to be crowned Queen of all Evil, the new Source of all evil. Something even Cole hadn't managed to keep a hold of, as long as her sisters weren't planning anything stupid.

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As Wyatt and Chris orbed in everyone turned and watched them, "Where have you been? What have you two done now?"

"We went to try and save Aunty Paige," then they noticed past Paige standing in front of them along with past Phoebe and Piper.

"How did you get here?"

Leo orbed in with Paige, "Thanks boys, hope everyone isn't too upset with you. OH!!"

Looking at everyone future Paige noticed two sets of charmedones, Grams, Patty and the boys all staring. A squeal filled the room as little Prue flung herself into her mothers arms, "MUMMY, MUMMY!!!!"

Bending down she picked up her daughter, then looking at everyone as the questions came flooding in. How did she get out, why was she allowed out so easily, holding up her hands she looked confused.

"How come we have an extra set of Charmed ones? Where's Henry? And why is Phoebe on the lounger?"

"First things first dear, these are the past Charmed ones come for some reason probably to sort out future Phoebe. Maybe even on a parallel plane, Henry is downstairs with your other daughter. Thats our Phoebe on the couch, for some reason past Phoebe is still getting her powers back."

"I'm still working on that, and think we've sussed how to get them back. As for why we're here, I take it. We're meant to save Prue, from the point of no return."

"Did you learn anything while you were down there?" Pipers talked at once, smiling at each other.

"First things first, I want to see Henry. Second I'll come back and talk about what I saw and heard. Thirdly..."

"You can have a bath first." her daughter piped up, smiling at her mother. Though she'd been placed on the ground she had wrapped her arms around her mother.

Everyone laughed, "Right while you go do that with Piper, the past charmed ones can stay here. The boys can explain why they went down into the underworld, especially after all the attacks we've been having. And we have to find out why Phoebe fainted, that pic was taken years ago."

"What photo?" Leo looked at the girls smiled then orbed out.

"I see somethings haven't changed then, so we take it we're in a parrallel time line. Since this future Phoebe hasn't learnt a few lessons, that our Phoebe learnt."

"But why are you here? Other than hearing about Prue, as you have gathered she's becoming the Queen of all Evil."

"Don't worry we know what happened when I was Queen of Evil, yeah I know what you gonna say." Phoebe raised a hand and dropped her head.

Grams grinned and sat on the lounger, lifting future Phoebe's head and laying it on her lap. "Grams, if Prue is going to be Queen of all evil. How are we going to stop her? Is there anything we should know about?"

"What do you mean?" Grams continued to stroke Phoebe's hair. She knew what Piper meant but didn't want to admit there was more to it than she was saying.

"Look Grams we know you, we know you hold things back till the last minute then we scramble to solve things. So this time can we skip the scrambling part and get to how she turned and how we change her back?"

Past Paige stood with her hands on her hips, the BOS in front of her, Piper stood to one side. Patty had taken the boys down stairs to talk about their punishment, and they knew it wouldn't be nice. Last time she'd bound their powers for a week, that had been a learning curve that neither had wanted to repeat but knew it might happen again.

Past Phoebe walked over to the table with the scrying crystal, Grams watchd them wishing she didn't have to tell them it was her fault that Prue was evil. It had taken alot to admit to Patty what had happened, but now for her own grandchildren to find out was another matter altogether.

Sighing heavily Grams looked sadly at everyone, "It was my fault she turned evil, before you start..." holding up a hand before anyone could ask her what had happened.