What do I seek? It is the daring.
I cast these words; thy villains came. Once they have failed me but no more.
I shall take revenge. I shall bring them to their knees, with begs and horrors, they come to me. Praying for rescue, longing for hope, today you will be mine. Thy blood to my blood will refine.
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Prue walked into Phoebe's bedroom, wearing a pair of sweatpants and a long gray-sleeved top. She shut the door behind her, facing her two sisters who lay on Phoebe's bed, looking at her.
"Hmm, by the way, what happened to my room?" Prue asked as she sat down on the bed, next to Phoebe.
"A little Demon mishap" Phoebe answered and smiled as she caught Piper's eye.
"Ho," Prue exhaled and put her arm gently around Phoebe's shoulder. "I have missed you two so much." She smiled and reached her hand to Piper.
Piper crawled to them and touched Prue's hand, "I want you to promise us something" she said and looked at Prue.
"What?" Prue asked, glancing at Phoebe, and turning her look back to Piper.
"I want you to stop sacrificing yourself and just going head-on with our whole destiny thing," Piper said and looked at Prue, who was about to react but Piper continued, "I can't live without you Prue, We both can't, just promise us, please. If anything happens to you again �"
"Honey, That accident had nothing to do with magic. To be honest, I can't even remember how everything happened. It was a matter of seconds, and that car just came out of nowhere�" Prue closed her eyes as pieces of the accident passed blurrily in her mind.
"Just promise that you'd be more careful, okay? For all you know, magic could have done all that. Speaking of which, we just killed The Devil�" Piper said.
"I promise," Prue smiled, "I wanted to thank you guys, for not giving up on me".
"We would never do that Prue, ever." Phoebe said and laid her head on Prue's shoulder, "what was it like up there?" she asked and raised her look to Prue.
Prue laughed, looking at her sisters, "It was so beautiful and peaceful at first, and I was with mom and grams".
"How are they?" Piper asked with interest.
"Well, they were helping me adjust for being� well, you know� they're f� fine�" Prue said and looked at her sisters. Her heart ached a bit as she recalled her mother and grandmother. It still hurt; the pain was always there, and will always be there.
"It has been such a long time since the three of us were like this, together" Piper said and caressed Prue's hand gently.
Prue lay backwards, next to Phoebe, and Piper lay down onto Prue's knees.
The night past on quickly, and the morning that was to come, came in a rush.
Outside, heavy fog prevailed. The sun was yet to come and the clouds were slowly dissipating.
The fresh smell of dawn hovered in the air and into the open windows of the Manor.
Crusty leafs were falling off the trees and down on the roads, and the weather clearly signaled autumn. The withered leafs collected at Piper's feet as she walked up the stairs that led to the manor, holding a set of keys in her hand.
"Prue?" she asked as she shut the door of the Manor behind her. She placed her purse on a table and headed into the living room, "Prue? Phoebe?"
Prue peeked out of the kitchen, in her bath rope, holding a muffin in her right hand.
"Good morning" Piper smiled, and walked towards Prue.
"Hey" Prue replied, with her mouth full, while chewing onto the muffin.
"Enjoying the little things?" Piper asked and eyed Prue with a smile.
"Oh, you have no idea how much I've missed a good shower and a delicious muffin! Thank you" Prue smiled.
"Come on, I have something I want to show you" Piper said enthusiastically and took Prue's hand, pulling her out of the kitchen.
"Where's Phoebe?" she asked as they approached the front door.
"I'm here, what's going on?" Phoebe asked, while stepping down the stairs and heading towards them.
Piper smiled and opened the door, allowing a strong draft of wind blow leafs into the house.
"It's so cold!" Prue said, wrapping her arms tightly around herself. "Come on," Piper said and took Prue's hand.
"Piper, what�? What's this?" Prue asked in shock as they stood in front of a light silvery convertible Audi TT.
Phoebe approached the car with caution and glanced back at Piper and Prue, "Wow�" she mumbled.
"Piper�?" Prue asked and turned to her. "It's yours!" Piper said, shaking the keys in her hands.
Prue smiled and hugged her closely to her, "Oh my god! You're kidding right?" she asked.
"Nope." Piper smiled at the joy on Prue's face.
"Thank you, thank you, thank you!" Prue said and hugged her again, "but wait, when did you�?"
"While you two were sleeping� I mean, your old jeep is wrecked, so I thought you deserve a little present" Piper said and smiled.
"Oh indeed" Phoebe agreed, sliding her hand across the car door, slightly hypnotized.
Prue smiled and turned to Piper, "Piper, how did you get the money for this? We're living on one salary," she said.
"We're living Prue" Piper said and looked at her sister.
Prue turned back to the car and a wide smile appeared on her face, "you are amazing, Piper!" she said and took the keys as Piper handed them to her, heading to the drivers' seat.
"Prue, wait� maybe you should actually put some clothes on?" Piper said and smiled as Prue nodded and ran up into the Manor.
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In the frosty air of morning that is yet to come, I watch thy smile, thy cry, thy life.
Of observation, I shall thirst upon and live through you.
When nighttime falls, I express my rage, for I will have done in this day and age.
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"Piper, come on, get in" Prue said as got into the car.
Piper sat down in the seat next to her, and Phoebe settled in the back.
Prue started the engine and backed up down into the street. "Now this is what I'm talking about!" Phoebe glared.
Prue smiled with joy, as the sun in front of them rose to its full shine and the fog began waning.
"So, we haven't quite decided on what exactly we're going to tell people" Piper said and looked at Prue, as they sat by the terrace in the light of the setting sun. The night was in the horizon, and the day was almost over.
"I might have an idea," Phoebe said and got up from her armchair, "Leo!" she called loudly.
Piper turned her eyes wide open to Phoebe and began straightening her light blue sweater that she borrowed from Prue, as Leo appeared before them. Prue laughed at the sight of her nervous sister. He gazed at Piper with a smile, "you called?" he asked, pleased.
"Aaa, that was me� hello? Leo," Phoebe asked, pulling onto his sleeve. Leo turned to her in a look of question, "I was actually on my way, the elders sent me here to help you reverse the whole funeral effect on the attendants" he said and looked at Prue.
"Well, Leo, I think it's gonna be a little hard to shake, don't you think?" Piper asked, and smiled, confused by herself. She blushed and turned away, acting like a complete fool.
"That's just what I was thinking," Phoebe said, interrupting Leo's prepared speech. "There should be some kind of a spell to� well, not to reverse time cause that would not be very good for us, but more of the short term memory loss, you know just like Men In Black." The excitement in her voice rose and rose as she began imagining, getting caught up in her own little fantasy.
"A� who are The Men In Black?" Leo asked; Phoebe exchanged looks of wonder with her sisters and turned back to Leo, "There is a solution; however, it is not one that will appeal to you, I think" Leo said, ignoring his little question.
"Let's hear it. It can't be any worst than what we have been through yesterday" Piper said and looked at him.
"Well�"
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"Phoebes, come on already!" Prue called as she was putting on her leather jacket. Piper smiled and said, "I love you".
Prue turned to her, "I love you too, honey" she said, caressing Piper's face. She smiled and hugged Piper.
"Hey, don't I get a hug?" Phoebe asked, as she walked towards them. Putting her right shoe on, hopping on one leg and trying to remain firm on the floor.
"You would� if we wouldn't have had to wait for you by the door for ten minutes!" Piper said, as later has face softened into a smile; "well excuse me for not being eager to go and dig up my sister's grave!" Phoebe said as she followed Piper and Prue through the front door.
They entered the car and drove towards the cemetery. On their way, dark clouds formed above their heads and drops of rain fell down from the sky.
Prue hurried to raise the roof of the car close, as she stopped at a traffic light. She turned to her Piper and asked, "Are you okay?"
Piper nodded and smiled, as her hands fidgeted on her knees, and her eyes looked around in a scattered way.
Prue glanced at Phoebe through the rear mirror and asked, "What's wrong?"
"Nothing, nothing" Piper said and stopped, "it's just� umm� I've had this strange feeling today, I didn't want to bring it by you today, I mean�" she looked at Prue and a feeling of warmth surpassed her. "Like I'm being watched, that's all�," she continued and turned to back to Phoebe, "did you get the shovel?"
"Aha," Phoebe nodded, "I've actually had the same feeling just now" she said and looked right into Prue's eyes as they met on the rear mirror as Prue turned right at a crossroad.
"Really? Strange" Prue said.
"I didn't think much of it but now, I don't know and plus there's this feeling in my stomach; continent swirling and almost as a sense of wariness" Piper said and looked at Prue. She was always the one to make her feel better, to calm her but right now, Piper was scared that if she would confide in Prue about it, then she would risk losing her once more; and she knew that she couldn't cope with it, not again.
Prue stopped the car on the road leading to the graves. As the sound of the running engine was off, total silence prevailed around them. Only the sound singing birds was heard and that too was now lessening to nothing. "Hey," Prue said quietly and touched Piper's hand, "everything's fine Piper, don't worry" she said and smiled. Her voice was so confident and Piper felt calmer.
Prue grabbed the keys and got out of the car, followed by Phoebe with the shovel and Piper. She closed the car, very pleased, as it shut automatically. The old jeep was manual.
"It's freezing" Phoebe said, holding onto the shovel tightly, "you know, I do hope that no one will spot us here� we could be arrested when they see the supposable dead girl digging up her own grave". Prue smiled to her fortune and spoke confidently, "no one is here Phoebes, it's just the three of us".
The mist lowered until it was just above their heads, showering occasional moisture drops.
Still leafs were falling from the trees and rustling underneath their feet as they walked. Looking at the cemetery surrounding them, they could sense something, but didn't know exactly what.
The few trees around them stood still, but as it seemed as if shatters kept running through their roots.
"Okay, here we are" Phoebe said and looked down on Prue's grave.
"Uh, this gives me the creeps" Prue halt, holding her hands together as she bent down and looked at her name platted in big black letters.
Here lies our beloved sister
Prudence Halliwell 1970-2003
We will always love you
"Let's just get this over with" Prue said and stood up as shivers ran through her entire body, "Shovel" she said and held her hand openly in the air.
Phoebe handed her the shovel and looked at Prue and Piper. "I like the dedication you made though" Prue said and smiled as she began digging.
Piper and Phoebe both smiled, "yeah�" Piper whispered.
"Hey, did you hear that?" Phoebe suddenly asked, looking around. She could hear something in the bushes behind them.
"Hear what?" Piper asked and looked at Phoebe, trying to see what was occupying her eyes.
"Shh�" Prue said and slowly turned around, she could hear it as well, it was creeping up behind them. "Piper," she whispered, watching the bushes very closely and getting ready.
"Phoebe, look out!" Prue yelled, as he jumped behind the bush and onto Phoebe, catching them off guard. Phoebe bent down quickly, rolling to the front of the grave and tossing him away from her. Piper aimed her hands at him quickly and hurried to Prue's side as the man froze in midair.
"Another Demon? Oh, they could never pick out a good timing, can they?" Phoebe said and approached him from behind, scanning him.
"At least he stays frozen" Piper remarked and turned around, "Shall we vanquish?" she asked.
Prue walked towards him and looked at his face, "he does look kind of different, doesn't he?" she asked quietly, while looking at his teeth. She turned around and looked at Piper, getting ready to come up with a vanquish, "we shouldn't hurry, he might not be after us," she said, being interrupted; "Prue, look out!" Piper yelled and tried blowing him up as he jumped onto Prue, and began struggling with her, but he was too evasive and kept getting away from her range.
Prue punched him and stood up but he pulled her down and spun on the ground, tossing her onto another grave tomb. Phoebe hurried after him, kicking him. He sure knew his way around martial arts.
Piper ran towards Prue and helped her stand up. "Come on," Prue said, holding Piper's hand, "we can't use our powers on him, he might be an innocent," she added as they hurried to Phoebe.
"An innocent trying to kill us maybe," Piper said quietly and attempted blowing him up again.
"Ho," Phoebe exhaled and wiped blood off her jeans jacket.
"Ouch, at least he went easily�" Piper said and turned to look around, making sure that they weren't seen by anyone.
"Speaking of which, what did he want?" Prue wondered, "he looked human to me, are you sure we didn't make a mistake?" she asked and looked at Piper, walking towards her grave and picking up the shovel off the ground.
"A.., Prue�?" Phoebe muttered in a frantic voice as the blood cleansed off her jacket and hands and flew into the air, landing on the ground and quickly forming into the man that they had just supposedly vanquished.
"A mistake, you said? A mistake!" Piper said and backed away, "He's immune to our powers!" Prue said and raised her hand on him, keeping her left grip tightly around the shovel.
"Miss me witches?" he asked and smiled. Before they could say anything, he grabbed onto Phoebe, who didn't have enough time to react and began fighting with her, in purpose to try and reach her bare neck.
Prue threw him away from Phoebe, who stood up quickly, and ran towards him, following Prue, who lifted the shovel up in the air and tried hitting him with it but he grabbed it out of her hands, as she kicked him in the face and down till he was on the ground.
He rolled over on Prue and hit her head against the cold steel grave that was behind them, he then turned in worry to the look of Phoebe and Piper running to him and quickly turned to Prue and lowered his head down to her neck. She tried resisting but the headache was too strong.
Phoebe jumped onto him, trying to pull him away from Prue. Meanwhile, Piper ran towards Prue and helped her stand up. Her head was bleeding.
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Buffy walked out of the house and headed towards the cemetery. Tonight just seemed to be filled with vampires, meaning filled with more vampires than usual, she thought to herself as she walked down the dark street. The fog thickened around her, she groped the sharp wooden stick in the inside pocked of her jacket. The walk didn't take her long. She remembered the annoyance she felt when that vampire today almost bruised Dawn. It�s alright now, she thought to herself while turning right to the entrance of the graveyard. Ah, she thought to herself with a smile. She finally understood where she first heard that song that she had been humming all day long. Spike has too much influence on her. Suddenly, she turned to the right, hearing yells and saw the three sisters fighting the man.
"Hey! Looking for a play mate?" she yelled as she ran towards them.
He turned around, with Phoebe hanging from his back and looked at the woman standing in front of them. "Oh what a night, I get four for one" he said roughly and tried loosening Phoebe's grip but it was quite hard; suddenly, Phoebe fell down on the ground and looked up at the image of the man, running from her and towards Buffy.
"Come on, we have to help her!" Phoebe said and stood up, running towards Piper and Prue.
"I don�t think she needs help� talk about Wicca timing," Piper said as Buffy punched The Vampire to almost unconsciousness; she shoved him to the ground and sharply thrust the wooden stick into his heart.
"Who are you?" Prue asked and looked at the woman, pressing on her wound with her right hand. She looked awfully familiar to her.
"I'm Buffy" she said and walked towards them, stepping on the crummy ashes of The Vampire.
She placed the stake back into her pocked and wiped her hands on the back of her jeans.
"Buffy?" Phoebe asked in shock and approached her.
"Yes" Buffy smiled, "and you are?"
"A� I'm Prue, this is Phoebe and Piper" Prue said and reached her hand to Buffy.
"So, what you just saw� it a�" Buffy looked around the cemetery, trying to find the words to explain them, she didn't know who they were.
"I� It�s okay. We're witches." Prue said and smiled, as Buffy's uncomforted state changed immediately.
"Oh, well," Buffy exhaled and smiled. "Tonight has been full with Vampires. It's like a season to them, I think" she said and glanced over at Prue's tomb.
"So, Buffy The Vampire Slayer, huh?" Piper said and looked at her as she approached the grave, "I didn't think you were real or that Vampires were�"
Buffy smiled and bent down next to Prue's grave.
"Prudence Halliwell" Buffy read aloud and turned to Prue, "why were you digging up a grave?"
"Oh�, that is a very long story�" Prue said and glanced at Piper. "You're still bleeding" Piper said and looked at the blood on Prue's head, "Leo!" she called.
"Who's�?" Buffy stopped as Leo appeared in front of her. "Hey, did you do it?" he asked and looked at Piper. "No, not yet� Prue's bleeding" Piper said.
Leo nodded and walked towards Prue, "hey Leo, this is Buffy; Buffy, Leo" Piper introduced and smiled as Leo looked at Buffy, "what happened here?" he asked.
"Oh. Well, we were attacked by a� Vampire?" Prue assumed and looked over at Buffy for her approval. Buffy nodded as Leo turned to Prue in shock, "I better go see what the elders know" he said and orbed out of there.
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"Here we are" Buffy said and opened the gate to her yard. "I didn't know you live here, in San-Francisco," Phoebe said and followed Buffy into the house. "Oh I don't. I'm from Sunndale. I guess you could say we're on a mission here." Buffy answered.
Prue exchanged looks with Piper as they walked into the living room.
"Everyone, I've got someone for you to meet" Buffy said as five heads turned to her.
A strong light lighted the living room and food, snacks were lying on the coffee table, and the TV was screaming loudly.
"Guys, these are Prue, Phoebe and Piper Halliwell," Buffy said, "This is my little sister Dawn, Spike, Anya, Willow, and Xender" Buffy said while taking off her black jacket.
"Hey" Dawn said, glancing at them and turning away to the TV. The annual hey echoed round the room for three more times.
Spike stood up and walked towards Prue, "It's a pleasure" he said and kissed her hand. "Oh" Phoebe smiled and glanced at Piper.
Buffy walked towards Willow and bent down by the foot of the sofa, whispering in her ear,
"What!?" Willow asked in shock and turned around to the sisters. "Wait, what did you say your name was?" she asked and looked at Prue.
"Prue Halliwell".
