Our Screwed-Up Destiny

[pipercharmedphreak]

I am in agreement with everyone else, I am so gald Victor called Prue 'Prue' and Prue called Victor 'Dad'!! Yay! I am anxious to see who the look-a- like will be. Hmm... Also, I am loving Piper's life celebration.

[Esmeralda]

Now you guys know why we let Prue hold onto her grudge, so we could have a scene like this! It makes me smile just re-reading it...wish we could've seen something like that on the show!

Again thanks so much to our fantastically wonderful loyal reader/reviewers; we're so glad that you like our fic, and especially because you like the content of our fic and our characterizations, not just Primrose's original format, writing from the different points of view and using different colors for each character! HUGE hugs to all of you, since that, the characterizations and the differences between Prue and Phoebe (and how much they needed Piper to balance them out) and between our angels and our half-demon are what's important and special to us, too. You most certainly know how to make a couple of fanfic writers feel warm and fuzzy! And make us hope that we can continue to live up to your high expectations for the rest of the fic!

[Primrose_Empath]

*reads reviews and Es's post and is struck speechless*

And all I can say to that is simply "Ditto!"

My apologies as this is kind of a short update, but we hope you enjoy it anyway!

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--PHOEBE--

It was getting close to 7:00, the time when Cole, Joe and I were going to lock the doors, so that we could go and be part of the party, too. The back of the program had announced this fact and besides, there hadn't been any new participants in a good half-hour. I was just beginning to sigh over the fact that the Halliwell look-alike had never showed when I spotted the young woman slowly but surely making her way towards the door, a frightened look on her face.

"Joe," I whispered. "Any idea who that is?"

"Not sure what her name is; don't know if I ever heard it. But she's been coming to P3 the last month or so, usually with a good-looking guy. Why? Is she not on the list?"

"No, she's not, but she's allowed in anyway," and Joe shrugged as the girl made her way to the three of us.

--COLE--

She handed me the program. "I saw the note about the celebration tonight. Piper was really nice to me one night, so I wrote it there. I hope it's okay that I'm here even if I wasn't at the funeral."

--PHOEBE--

I smiled at her. "Of course it is. I'm sorry I scared you this afternoon and I wish you had stayed for the funeral."

The girl smiled and reached out her hand. "Me, too. I'm truly sorry for your loss."

I smiled back and took the girl's hand. Immediately I was thrown into a premonition: The young girl is standing on top of a tall building, her eyes closed, dancing to music only she can hear. In the background is the sound of a clock chiming nine times. Suddenly Kernus appears. Smirking, he throws an energy ball at the girl.

"NO!" I gasped, terrified, as I came out of the premonition. Seeing Kernus killing a girl who looked so much like Piper scared the tar out of me. Unfortunately, I'd also scared the tar out of the girl, who once more had spun on her heels and darted off.

"Phoebe!" cried Joe. "Are you all right?"

"Um, I'm fine, just got a little dizzy for some reason. Uh, Cole, can we go get something to drink?"

Cole nodded and after smiling at Joe, who shut and locked the doors, he led me down the steps, partially to find something to drink and partially to tell Prue what had happened. As we walked down, I took the program from Cole and flipped it over. I smiled at the memory, but groaned when I saw that the Halliwell look-alike had forgotten to fill in her name and address. How would we be able to find her and prevent Kernus from killing her?

END OF PART SIX

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Part Seven Starts Tomorrow!

[*Sammi!*]

ooooooo excitement. Will they be able to find her we wonder? I hope so!

And Es, youre more than welcome. This fanfic is awesome, and I like to keep reviewing it. There could honestly be no other fanfic like it.
The way it is written is completely original, and if anyone was to try and rip it off then we know that it could no way be as good!

Keep it coming for us! x

[woogyinthehouse]

great update!! Im glad she turned up, that mystery girl! Still loving this fic so update!

[~.:Alysha:.~]

Yeah love it completely! Like sammi said your way of writing is definitly unique so noone better try and rip it off!! We will know! And thats no worries Es no need to thank us, we shoud be thanking you two for writing such a brilliant fanfic!

[~:*Destiny*:~]

luv it you guys keep up the good work! ;D

[pipercharmedphreak]

Yay! Update! Absolutely loved it!!!

[Primrose_Empath]

*reads reviews* Aww! You guys are simply the best -- what a great b-day present! ;D *hugs Sammi, woogyinthehouse, Phoebe_Halliwell, and pipercharmedphreak*

And here's my present to all of you...

Happy Reading!

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PART SEVEN

--PHOEBE--

Even as we were hurrying down the steps, I frantically looked around, trying to find my big sister in the crowd. Spotting her near the bar, I ran over there. "Prue! Prue! That girl was back and we shook hands and I had a premo--"

--PRUE--

"Phoebe!" I cried, astounded that my younger sister had almost given away our secret in the midst of this crowd.

--COLE--
I also spotted the look one of the other guests was giving Phoebe and gave Phoebe a pitying smile. "She got dizzy while we were checking in the guests. Too much going on for her. Doesn't know what she's saying."

The guest nodded, smiling sympathetically before turning away.

--PHOEBE--

"Prue," I started anxiously, but Prue grabbed me by the arm and rapidly marched me into the office, closing the door tightly behind Cole and us before turning to glare at me.

--PRUE--

"What is wrong with you?! Are you trying to let all of our guests know that we're witches? Even if these are Piper's friends, we don't want to be outed!"

--PHOEBE--

"But, Prue! That girl! The one who looks like Piper! Kernus is going to kill her around 9:00 tonight if we don't do something about it!"

--PRUE--

I couldn't believe what I just heard Phoebe say and shot her another glare that could melt ice. "And what exactly do you expect us to do, Phoebe? Have you forgotten? We're not the Charmed Ones anymore."

--PHOEBE--

"Prue! This is different! That was Cole!" and Cole rolled his eyes. "This is an innocent! An innocent who looks like Piper! We can't have him kill her on the day we told Piper good-bye!" I protested, trying desperately to plead my case.

--PRUE--

"Excuse me? Phoebe, are you crazy?" I tried to stay as calm as I could, but that didn't last long, and 'big sister mode' kicked in. "This..this..this..thing killed Piper and almost killed me and came very close to killing you last night, and now you want us to go up there where we might possibly get attacked again ourselves when we no longer have the Power of Three?!"

--PHOEBE--

"I know we don't. But you still have your TK and I still have that spell I found and used the first time and we have Cole. We might not be able to vanquish him, but we can sure scare him away enough to prevent that girl from dying!"

--PRUE--

I rolled my eyes. "Scare Kernus away??" I scoffed. "Now for sure I know you're crazy."

--COLE--

I had remained in the background and quiet during most of this but now I spoke up. "Look, why don't Phoebe and I see if we can find this girl? Then we can try and move her somewhere else. I can always knock her out and shimmer her somewhere safe. We won't try to attack Kernus and then he won't try to attack us. Prue, you know I won't let anything happen to Phoebe."

"Please, Prue!"

--PRUE--

I tapped my foot impatiently and looked at Phoebe with eyes that were a mixture of both anger and concern. There was just something about Phoebe's whole idea that gave me a bad feeling. But I've gotta hand it to them, they're putting up one heck of a convincing argument.

"I know you won't let anything happen to her, Cole, but there's something about this whole plan that just doesn't set right with me. I mean...is there a back-up for this scheme, or is what you guys have told me all we've got?"

--COLE--

I shrugged. "Without the Power of Three, I'm afraid that's all we've got. But it's a lot more than what that innocent has."

--PRUE--

I sighed and pinched the bridge of my nose as if to ward off an oncoming migraine. Innocent. There's that word again. I guess he's got a point--we can't just let her die, that wouldn't be right. "Fine. I see your point. Power of Three or no, we can't just leave that innocent to die. It goes against everything we stand for, everything Piper died for." I let out a breath I wasn't even aware that I'd been holding. "So as much as I don't like this idea, go ahead and count me in."

--PHOEBE--

I started describing the scene I'd seen, all set to go off searching, but Prue shook her head. "No, we can't all leave in the middle of Piper's memorial! The Cranberries will be on soon, and I thought you wanted to read some of the memories."

"I did, but..."

"How do you know that she'll die around 9?"

"Because I could hear a clock tolling in the background."

"Fine, so that means we have until 9, which works because the actual concert starts then. We stay until 8 when the memorial is over and get Joe and the others to take care of the actual concert....they've done it before for Piper."

"But, Prue..."

"Phoebe, we have guests! And they're Piper's guests! We can't just run off!"

--COLE--

"No," I agreed. "You can't. But I can shimmer off. I'll go see how many rooftops I can see that look like the one you described, Phoebe, and close enough to a clock that you could hear it bonging. Then as soon as it's all right for us to go, I can shimmer you two there until you find the one you recognize."

--PRUE--

I nodded, but added, "But not here. The staff will wonder why we don't come out. We'll have to actually leave, and we'll have to move our car."

--COLE--

I thought for a second, then my eyes lit up. "I think I've got a compromise. How about I meet you back at the Manor around 8:30? That should give you enough time to get home and us enough time to save that girl."

--PHOEBE--

Prue and I exchanged a quick look and a nod. Then I leaned over and hugged my guy. "See, I told you he was worth saving."

--PRUE--

I rolled my eyes, but reached out and hugged my little sister. "Yeah, I guess maybe he is."

And finally we had a plan we could all agree with.

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To Be Continued...

[*Sammi!*]

wowo!

You can definately tell that Prue is hurting, its not like her to dismiss an innocent and think of herself... I feel for her! I can understand why she doesnt want Phoebs to go.

Thanks for the update! x

[~:*Destiny*:~]

I love the new update! Keep up the GREAT work! ;D

[~.:Alysha:.~]

Yeah the poor girls..i feel so sorry for them I wish Piper was back!! You so totally have the girls down pat!! They sound just like them in the show! Its amazing! Fantastic work girls, thankyou for a brilliant update yet again!

[woogyinthehouse]

Great Update!! I cant wait to see some demon kicking !!! (or read some demon kicking ) lol yay!!!

Keep going keep going keep going!

[pipercharmedphreak]

*thumbs up* Great Update. I am glad Phoebe mentioned the clock bonging--I was wondering how she knew the girl would get attacked at 9. It is hard to see Prue that hurt, first when Andy died, now Piper. Poor Prue. I knew that Prue would not sit back and let an innocent die without even trying to save her. Can't wait for more!

[Primrose_Empath]

Thank you Sammi, *:Miss_New_Orleans:*, Phoebe_Halliwell, woogyinthehouse and pipercharmedphreak for your fantastic reviews!

And you don't know how much it means to Es and me that you guys think that we have the two girls down pat! *huge hug*

Without further delay, here's today's update for you.

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--PHOEBE--

Cole handed me the rest of the memories before he shimmered off, leaving Prue and me alone. As we walked out of the office, The Goo Goo Dolls were just wrapping up their final song of the set. I tried to give the stack of memories to my big sis, but she declined, handing them right back.

--PRUE--

"I've got an idea. If you want to, Phoebs, why don't we split the duties for the rest of the evening? I'll take care of the band introductions so that you can read some of the memories--and we can even let Dad do some too if he wants. How's that sound?"

--PHOEBE--

I paused as I considered the offer and then smiled softly. "Works for me. And I know just which one I'm going to start with too." I sorted through the memories until I found the one from the Halliwell look-alike and placed it on the top of the pile. Then we, the oldest and youngest who were now the older and the younger, linked arms and made our way up to the stage.

And that's how it continued for the next forty-five minutes. Daddy and I alternated reading the memories between the band sets until before the final performance of the memorial celebration, where all three of us each took a turn reading the last three memories.

--PRUE--

Both of us did our best not to think about the Halliwell look-alike and what we might face later on. I continued to worry whether we were doing the right thing, once more facing Kernus. But like Phoebe, I knew we couldn't let an innocent die, especially not one who reminded us so much of Piper.

--PHOEBE--

Faith Hill and Tim McGraw did a fantastic final set which got everyone cheering and helped keep our minds off of the near-future. We even found ourselves dancing to the music, something neither of us planned on doing.

For their last song of the set and the last one of the memorial, Faith and Tim did a duet to the song Faith had sung at the funeral. Just like at the funeral, it brought tears to a lot of eyes and they received a huge ovation from the crowd.

--PRUE--

When they finished, I returned to the stage to once more thank everyone and let them know that they were all more than welcomed to stay for Faith's concert later that night, but that I hoped that everyone understood why Phoebe and I were going to return home. When I left the stage, everyone I passed told me they understood, even Faith, and to my surprise, even our dad. Joe came up and reassured me and Phoebe that he and the others could handle the crowd for the concert--they'd done it before and would gladly do it again. Both Phoebe and I felt a bit bad for this slight deception, but it would allow us to do what we had to do.

--PHOEBE--

No sooner were we back at the Manor than Cole shimmered in. "I found a bunch of rooftops that look like possibilities."

I nodded. "Well, then, let's go. It's quarter to 9."

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More To Come Tomorrow!

[*Sammi!*]

Even Prue thought of him subconciously as her dad then! She could have easily thought of him as "just Victor". Is her heart softening we wonder?

And are they going to save the look-a-like? oooooo! I hope so. It may give Prue that little bit of reassurance that they are doing good, and give her even more strength to carry on.

Great update!

[pipercharmedphreak]

I love this set of lines. So well written! ;D

I sorted through the memories until I found the one from the Halliwell look-alike and placed it on the top of the pile. Then we, the oldest and youngest who were now the older and the younger, linked arms and made our way up to the stage.

[woogyinthehouse]

1. Absolutely amazing update.

2. You are both geniuses

3. I cant wait for the next.

need i say any more!

[~:*Destiny*:~]

;D I love your new update you guys! yawl rock!

[~.:Alysha:.~]

Yeah like pipercharmedphreak said i really like those set of lines..the oldest and youngest who were now the older and the younger..brilliant wording!