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Takes place after Pre-Witched, but Phoebe hasn’t graduated yet.
Something you should know – Andy didn’t die, he moved away when Prue was 15.
Prue looked up from her diary, glancing at her reflection in the mirror. At that moment, Christina Aguilera’s Reflections came on the radio. She felt that it described her life so well.
Look at me
You may think you see
Who I really am
But you'll never know me
Every day
It's as if I play a part
Now I see
If I wear a mask
I can fool the world
But I cannot fool my heart
Dear Diary,
This song, Reflections, describes my life so perfectly. No stranger knows what is behind my exterior. They don’t know that my sisters and I are witches, that we battle evil and save the world every other day. Not even my sisters know me, really know me, the person I am on the inside. That’s because I’ve never opened myself to anyone. I practically had to be Phoebe’s mother, and I know that I missed out on most of my childhood because of that, but I’ve never regretted it, not for a minute…until now. Now I really wish I had someone to talk to, someone to help me make my decision.
Who is that girl I see
Staring straight back at me?
When will my reflection show
Who I am inside?
Dear Diary,
How can I make such a huge decision? Tell my sisters my biggest secret, or be killed? I know, I know, it shouldn’t be so hard after all, but you don’t understand diary, I have never told this secret to anyone except the person involved. And Grams, I had to tell her, but no-one else. How can I break my promise to myself?
I am now
In a world where I
Have to hide my heart
And what I believe in
But somehow
I will show the world
What's inside my heart
And be loved for who I am
Dear Diary,
No-one knows everything about me. My sisters know a lot, but not as much as Grams did. Piper was the one who I normally confided in, but the only person who knows my biggest secret is Grams. Even though we didn’t get along that well, this was the one thing that I just couldn’t tell Piper. It was something that I had to tell someone, coz it was eating me up inside and I knew Piper wouldn’t know what to do. Phoebe wouldn’t understand, she was too young, so I had to turn to Grams.
Who is that girl I see
Staring straight back at me?
Why is my reflection
Someone I don't know?
Must I pretend that I'm
Someone else for all time?
When will my reflection show
Who I am inside?
Dear Diary,
How can I tell them? They will be so upset that I didn’t tell them, especially Piper. Phoebe will just be confused, but Piper will be crushed. She knows that both Phoebe and I turn to her for comfort, that we both tell her everything. So she won’t understand why I didn’t tell her. But I couldn’t, it was just too huge for me to comprehend, and I knew that Piper would have no idea what to do.
There's a heart that must be
Free to fly
That burns with a need to know
The reason why
Prue closed her diary and lay her head on her arms, listening to the final bars of the song. She had to make a decision, and soon, otherwise they would be killed. But it was so hard.
Why must we all conceal
What we think, how we feel?
Must there be a secret me
I'm forced to hide?
I won't pretend that I'm
Someone else for all time
When will my reflection show
Who I am inside?
When will my reflection show
Who I am inside?
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