Prue – 18
Piper – 16
Phoebe – 12

The sisters ran through the rain as fast as they could. They weren’t going anywhere specific just somewhere safe. They had to get away. They had no idea where they would go. They just knew that they had to get away.

When they were about four blocks away, Piper started to complain that she was tired. Prue looked at her then to Phoebe, who never got tired of running. Phoebe’s head shoot up. She had grabbed her duffle when the escaped out the window. It held everything the three needed. They had packed it just in case. Then it hit her. Prue knew where they could go so they could be safe. She grabbed Piper’s hand.

"One more block. We’re going to Andy’s." They ran to Andy’s faster than they ever had. It was 11 o’clock. Most of the light’s were out. Prue ran up to the door and knocked. She saw that her sisters were cautiously looking for him, afraid that he had followed them. Andy’s father opened the door. He was expecting some prank but there was Prue, with beyond frightened sisters.

"Prue. Girls, what’s wrong? What are you doing here?" Gary asked in a gentle voice. Phoebe moved to the front. So she was closer to him. She needed to be sure that she was protected. Gary picked her up. He could fell her shaking. He knew now that something was up. He motioned them to come inside. They obeyed and hurried inside, very fast. He quietly shut the door. Something was wrong.


One Month Ago

"Girls? Can you come down please?" Grams called as the bottom of the stairwell. Soon her beautiful, teenage granddaughters came down. My Charmed Ones, she thought to herself.

"Yeah Grams?" Phoebe asked as the three sat on the couch.

"Um, yes. my new boyfriend, Calvin is coming to live here. I know you girls have met him. What do you girls think of him?"

"We don’t really know him Grams, but he seems okay," Prue replied, get faint nods from her sisters. Prue was a little skeptical about him. She didn’t really trust him, or at least not let.

Later that night he came over. He had all of his belongings packed into three boxes. Phoebe watched as he came in from the stairs. Grams kissed him. Their attention soon went to Phoebe. Prue had come down and was now standing, watching. Her hands were rested on her baby sister’s shoulders as a sign on support and protection. Grams motioned for the two to help him with the boxes upstairs. The two sisters walk sluggishly to the door, and help carry them upstairs. Prue gets to the room first, for her box was much lighter. She goes back to the stairs to see Phoebe still struggling. Before helping her, Prue see’s Calvin coming up. He just watches Phoebe struggle.

"Don’t drop it! I have very expensive stuff in there!" he said in a stern, harsh voice. Prue glared at him for talking to Phoebe that way. "Don’t give me that look little lady."

She watched as he went to Grams’s room. She knew now that she hated him. Grams was dating a hypocrite. Prue ran down the stairs and helped Phoebe carry it to the room. He was sitting on the bed. Prue purposely dropped it roughly. but Calvin thought phoebe did it for she was helping Prue, even though Prue was taking most of the weight. He got up angrily. He quickly checked if anything was broken then he turned to Phoebe. Oh, God. I was the one who did that. He grabbed Phoebe’s shoulders roughly, and looked her in the eye.

" What did I tell you?" he asked shaking her. When Phoebe didn’t respond he slapped her on the side of the head. To Prue’s surprise she didn’t cry, she stood firm. That was it.

"Didn’t I tell you to be careful?"

"Stop it! Let go of her!" Prue said loudly, hoping Grams would hear. She pried his hands off of her sister’s shoulders. " If it makes you happy, I dropped it!"

Before Calvin could respond, Grams and Piper came running in.

"What’s going on?" Gram’s asked. Piper ran over to her sisters. Grams quickly noticed Phoebe crying in Piper’s arms.
"Phoebe just dropped a box on accident. It scared her mostly, It didn’t hurt her. She’s fine."

"But what were you yelling about?" Prue asked trying to get him in trouble.

"Well, I have priceless things in there I was mad that Phoebe dropped it. But not at her. I just yelled in frustration." He paused. He was saying this so gently, so nice. But now Prue knew better. He knelt next to Phoebe. She jumped. Grams figured she was still startled. "I’m sorry Phoebe."


But Prue didn’t buy it. No way. Not at all. However, Phoebe seemed to, or at least she was pretending to. Phoebe saw the anger in his eyes still, that was supposed to be covered up with his invisible mask that covered up his real self. Phoebe knew she had to accept his apology especially since she was in front of everyone.

"It’s okay," Phoebe sniffled out.


But it wasn’t okay. It wasn’t okay at all.

tbc!!!!

author's note. Okay I do have 2 admit that i mainly got the idea from Hay's site but I wanted to do my own version but it is different! Kinda I want to make it different I don't want 2 b a copy cat. I hope u like it!:)


part2
Prue – 18
Piper – 16
Phoebe – 12

Grams and Calvin went down stairs, leaving the sisters upstairs. As soon as Phoebe heard him walk down those old manor stairs, she ran as fast as she could out of the room. Prue, and partly Piper weren’t surprised that Phoebe left. This is what Prue would have done, to get as far away from him as possible. The two eldest followed her. She sat on her bed. She had wiped all of her tears away, it looked like she never even cried. Piper sat next to her, and Prue came in and closed the door. Piper curiously watched her as she locked the door.

"What did you do that for?" Piper asked. Prue sat next to her.


"Pip, that man hit her!" Prue said in a voice that she knew couldn’t be heard downstairs, but loud enough to show her anger.

"What?" Piper said trying ti let in sink in. He had seemed like a nice guy. She knew her sisters though. Prue may have blamed him for something little, but not at Phoebe’ expense. Plus Phoebe was going through a stage where she never cried. Piper hadn’t seen her cry in forever. But someone physically hurting her would make her cry.

Piper partly believed her sisters. She needed more evidence. Phoebe never lied. Or at least not to things like this. Piper brushed a stray piece of her sister’s hair behind her ear.

" Honey, what happened?" Piper asked soothingly. Phoebe filled her in on what had just happened, every detail. Everything. She had even listed what had he hit her with, where and exactly what time. Piper sat back in shock. Finally after a couple minutes her she looked up. The two other sisters immediately noticed determination in her brown eyes.

They were all interrupted when they heard their Grams.

"I’ll be back late tonight girls."

Phoebe’s heart stopped and Prue jumped. Piper still had determination in her eyes. Then Prue saw her do something that Prue would never have the courage to do, Piper got up and went downstairs. Not exactly on her tail, but behind her, the other two followed. Prue slowly gained her courage back as she went down the stairs. Soon she was back to the old -afraid-of-nothing-Prue.

Calvin was sitting in the kitchen, and was already on his third beer. Piper walked up to him Prue now right on her tail. While Phoebe was way behind, but she knew one thing, never show your fear. She learned that a long time ago, she’d always known it. Maybe it was in her blood, for she had Halliwell blood.

Piper tapped him on the shoulder. He turned around with a sullenness written all over his face. He stood up and looked at Piper in the eye, beer still in hand.

"You have no right!" Piper screamed. Calvin looked at her, eye brow arched as if this was entertaining to him. "You have no right to hit my sister. Don’t touch her again ever!"

Calvin bent down so he was face to face with her.

"You can’t stop me. If you think smackin’ that little brat on the side of the head was bad. I’ll do worse to all three of you just to piss you off. You can’t stop me Piper face it."

He eyes turned to Prue. He starred at her, no one able to read what he was thinking.

"So you dropped it?" he asked. Prue looked at him.

"Yep, and damn proud of it!" Prue said cheekily. But something came unexpected. His fist came flying into her stomach, the other came and hit her jaw. Prue fell to the floor in pain and in shock. Piper knelt down to Prue. As soon as she sat down next to Prue. Calvin kicked her. She was soon lying on the floor calling out in pain. He knelt to her ear.

"Don’t tell me what to do Piper!" he whispered. "Get out of my site. I don’t want to see you two for the rest of the night!"

Prue ran out as fast as she could. Before running out Prue grabbed two ice packs from the refrigerator before Calvin could stop her she’s upstairs. Calvin goes running after her. She’s too fast, but Phoebe however was not as quick to run, she could have out run him but didn’t have the time.

Calvin grabbed Phoebe.

"You stay here." Prue and Piper ran up the stairs and to their room. They leaned against the door, breathing heavily. It was then Piper noticed something. She walked away from the door and began to pace. Prue immediately noticed also.

"Oh, God where’s Phoebe? I thought she was right behind us! I thought—’’ Piper continued to ramble.

"She’s down there with him! WE have to go get her! He’ll hurt her!"

Prue opened the door, Piper on her tail. They were only halfway down the hall when they saw their baby sister coming quietly up the stairs. Tears were running down her face. Prue saw her and wasn’t sure if she should approach her. Yet, Piper ran to her as fast as she could. She hugged Phoebe. She felt Phoebe wince the minute she touched her. Prue came over and gently picked her up, and brought her into her room, Piper following. Prue set Phoebe on the bed. Piper came and pulled her into her lap.

"Are you okay?" Prue asked gently. Phoebe nodded, she may have been twelve but at that moment she looked four.

"We. . . . . .(sniff) . . . . can’t . . . (sniff) . . . . talk. . back . . anymore. He. . . (sniff) . . . said so," Phoebe’s voice was small and scared, as if Prue and Piper were going to argue and say she was wrong. Piper gently rubbed her sister’s back. Phoebe winced.

The two elder sisters had now forgotten that they too ached and would wince if someone touched them. Piper turned Phoebe around so that Phoebe’s Back was facing her. Slowly she lifted her shirt. They gasped when they saw red marks all up her back. They knew that Calvin did it. Prue beat Piper to the door. Phoebe hopped off of her lap and ran to Prue.

"Don’t please. He’ll hurt me. . . . . or worse you guys."

Prue looked at Phoebe and turned and went back to the bed. Phoebe’s hand in hers. She sat down and took both of Phoebe’s hands.

"Listen to me. Me or Piper will be with you all the time. Okay. We’re not going to let anything happen to you. Okay, you got me. I care for you a lot. And so does Piper. We want us all to be safe."

"I love you, Prue!" Phoebe said as she hugged her sister. Piper came over and joined the hug.

"Yeah, me too Pheebs."

TBC?????????

part4
Prue –– 18
Piper –– 16
Phoebe –– 12

The two eldest Halliwells felt terrible for letting this happen to Phoebe. They vowed they would do anything to make sure it never happened again. They all slept in Phoebe’s room that night. For her room was furthest away for his room. Prue waited until she was sure that both Piper and Phoebe were sleeping, until she got up. She crept down the hall to her and Piper’s room. She quietly got the duffle out of the closet. She packed four day worth of clothes for both Piper and herself. She then knelt on the floor and opened a lose board under it was a box. In the box was at least eighty dollars. She got Piper’s book bag and anything she thought they would need and brought it back to Phoebe’s room. She packed Phoebe’s clothes also and then put everything under the bed. She crept back into the bed next to Phoebe. She kissed her on the forehead and she went to sleep.

The next morning, Piper was the first to wake up. There was a note at the end of the bed. She sat up and read it.

My darlings,

I know that Calvin didn’t make a good first start, but he is a great man. He’s wonderful. I am sorry that I won’t be around for a little while to witness you girls getting to know him. I NEED to go to Aunt Gail’s, she desperately needs me. I’ll see you in a week. I expect that you girls will be good for him. Don’t give him any trouble. If you need to contact me for an emergency call my beeper. Even though it’s new, everyone’s using them. They’re really useful, you know? Prudence, don’t over react. Piper be goo, give Calvin a chance. And Phoebe honey, be good at school. I told Calvin you’ve been having a little trouble in Science. Personally baby, I hated science. But I want you to do your best. Piper, show this new man of mine your fabulous cooking. Prudence, tell him about what you know! Your so smart! Maybe help Phoebe.

I love you girls,
Blessed Be,
Grams

Piper smiled. Grams, you’re so thoughtful. But what does blessed be mean. Piper got up and crept down to her room to get some clothes for that day. It was Tuesday. She got dressed as quickly as possible. She wanted to take a shower but was afraid to get undressed for a long time with Calvin in the house. She quickly and quietly ran back to Phoebe’s room. Prue’s clothes in her hand. Prue was now awake but Phoebe was still asleep. She was staring out the window.

"Where’s Grams?" she asked. Piper threw her her clothes with the note from Grams on top. Piper walked over to Phoebe.

"Honey, you have to get up," Piper said gently. Phoebe stirred and sat up. Her hair was wild. Her back didn’t hurt as much anymore. She sat up and looked at her sisters. Piper had her ‘if-I-look-like-nothings-wrong-she-won’t-think-there’s-anything-wrong’ face on, and Prue had a worried face on. Phoebe knew that face, she knew it indeed.

"What’s wrong, Prue?" Phoebe asked. Her eyebrows woven.

"She’s gone. For a week! This is outrageous! She can’t leave us here with this pervert. Pheebs, get dressed we’re getting out of here!"

"What?!" Piper asked, almost yelled.

"Where moving and calling the police and . . ."

"No! Prue we can’t! If they find out he’s hurting us, they might separate us because they think Grams isn’t a suitable guardian. We can’t do that to her. We’ll just avoid him. Stay out of his way, until she get’s back." Piper looked her older sister in the eye, as Phoebe got dressed. "Listen, we’ll stay out as late as possible and we’ll climb through the window to come back in. Wait until he’s asleep. We’ll put pillows in our bed, so that he thinks we’re still there. It’ll be okay Prue. WE can’t run away, not yet at least. Anyway, he can say he was only teaching us a lesson. Spanking, is unfortunately not illegal."

"He didn’t spank us Piper," Prue said quietly. But she had to admit that her sister was right. "Your right. WE can’t do that to Grams."

"Alright. Go get our beds ready. I’ll help Phoebe." Prue left to get the beds ready.

Piper walked over to Phoebe who was just pulled her shirt over her head. Piper sat on the bed, and motioned for her to sit next to her.



"Are you okay? Do you want to talk about it?" Piper asked. She wanted to make it clear to her sister that she was here for her. TO her surprise Phoebe nodded.

**********warning******* (This tells what happened to Phoebe after the other two left. It might be nothing but just in case. So it might be offending to people.

"He told me to stay. Or actually he held me. I don’t know why but I would fight anyone else. He just makes me feel so . . . vulnerable. He threw me on the ground and started to yell things like ‘You and your sisters think your so much better than me. You think you can beat me. But I can’t teach them a lesson! You know why, Phoebe? Because they’re older. They fight back.’ He bend down and said nicely. ‘ Your Grams told me you fight, but it looks like your not a very good one.’ I got mad and tried to hit him. He was too strong. ‘Well, I’m going to teach them a lesson, . . . through you. He . . . . . . he held me down with his right left arm. He held me upper arm so tight I thought it was going to fall off. I was so scared Piper, because I heard him taking off his belt. And. . . .he . . . hit me with it. On the back . . . . like a . . . whip. . . . .It hurt so much. But . . your going to be proud of me. I didn’t scream. Finally after thirty he stopped. I was counting. It hurt so much Piper."

Piper now had tears running down her face. That was a terrible thing to do to her baby. She would have never been able to not scream. She wouldn’t be able to be able to hold so much pain. She hugged Phoebe gently.

"I am proud of you, Phoebe. Very proud."

Then Prue came in. She saw her sisters crying. She thought he had come in while she was gone.

"I’ll kill that bastard! Where is he? I’ll–’’

"Prue, Phoebe was just telling me what happened. That’s all." She turned to Phoebe. "I’ll do anything to make sure that never happens to you again. I love you so much Phoebe."

They all snuck out her window. Prue told them that she packed a secret duffle that they will only keep in Prue’s car. She’ll keep the keys to it always. So Calvin doesn’t get them. They all headed to school, thinking that they had the perfect plan. But little did they know that this might only make things worse.

TBC!???????????????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!



Part5
Prue –– 18
Piper –– 16
Phoebe –– 12

The three went to school. All of their friends noticed something was different, but they couldn’t put their finger on it. Everyone knew Phoebe could keep a secret, at all. She had managed to keep it from everyone all morning and now through the afternoon. There was one more class left, study hall. One of the three classes with her best friend Dani. She had known Dani every since she was little. Dani sat down next to her and smiled like always. She was overall the best woman Phoebe would ever know.

"Hi, Pheebs."

"Hey, Dani," Phoebe replied, in a voice not like her own. Her voice was not upbeat at all, it was down low. Dani’s eyebrows knitted.

"What’s wrong Phoebe?" Dani asked.

"Nothing." Dani frowned.

"Yeah, right! Tell, me Phoebe you have to! I won’t tell. I swear."

"I can’t."

"Phoebe, I won’t tell." Phoebe’s big brown eyes looked at Dani. Dani read them loud and clear, they were scared. Something was definitely wrong. But they gave in. Phoebe grabbed her hand.

"C’mon."

She walked up to the teacher, Mr. Kale, was as usually spacing out.

"Can we go to the bathroom?"

"Fine, whatever. Take a pass."

"Thanks."


The two went down to, not to the bathroom but to the janitors’ closet. Phoebe made sure no one was watching and closed the door. She looked into Dani’s eyes.

"You can’t tell anyone!" Phoebe said a little bit over a whisper. Dani nodded. "Grams’ new boyfriend Calvin, gets mad a lot. He um, . . . . . . . . . . hits us sometimes. Not all the time. But you can’t tell anyone! Swear!!!!!!!"

Dani was very shocked, but heard Phoebe. She nodded. Then her voice went back to the normal one after they quietly got out of the closet.

"Thanks, Dani. I really needed to get that off my chest," she said. She giggles a little. "Well, if he kills us, then you can tell the police."

She meant for it to be a joke, but she soon realized that it might be true.


Prue and Piper got into Prue’s jeep. Prue was just about to start the engine, but Andy ran up to the jeep. He looked at Prue.

"What’s up with you Prue?"

"Nothing."

"You can tell me Prue!" Prue didn’t answer. He looked at Piper. "Pip, you can tell me."

"Andy, we can’t," Piper said gently. Prue started up the car.

"Back away from the car, Andy. I’ll see ya."

As they pulled out, something in Andy’s head clicked. He looked up.

"It’s Calvin isn’t it." When Prue heard him say that she pushed her foot hard on the gas.

Prue and Piper drove over to the junior high. Phoebe looked up and smiled in relief. She has been wanting to see her sisters all day. They pulled up and Phoebe got in.

"Hey, kid!" Prue said with a smiled. That was the only thing Phoebe loved about Calvin, they made Prue nicer to her. But it was really over protectiveness.

They drove around to the parks of San Francisco, to the mini golf course, and to fast food restaurants.

Finally at eleven o’clock, they went back home. They quietly went up to Phoebe’s window and climbed up into her room. Phoebe was the first to go in. Prue and Piper soon started up. All of a sudden they saw Phoebe trying to climb down. Something was wrong. So they did also, they climbed back down. When they were all on the ground. Prue knelt down to her height.

"What is it? What’s wrong, Phoebe?"

"He was up there, Prue waiting for us, for me." Prue hugged her.

"What do you mean was?"

Before Phoebe could answer he came rushing out. Prue hustled them toward the car. Phoebe made sure Phoebe went in first. She locked and shut the door, and ran to the other side. Calvin ran and grabbed Prue and pulled her toward the house. Phoebe ran out of the car and after Prue.

"Phoebe . . . . stay here!!!!!!" Prue screamed as she struggled. Of course being head strong and stubborn Phoebe didn’t listen. She ran up to Calvin and kicked him in the groin.

Calvin loosened his grip on Prue and they ran toward the car. Calvin recovered quickly. He had an idea.

"Don’t leave girls. You can’t do that to your Grams." All three of the future Charmed Ones looked at him. What’s he talking about? "She’ll be devastated when she finds out you girls left her. She’ll think she didn’t do a good job."

"It’s a trick, Piper. Don’t listen."

"Remember Prue, we can’t leave Grams. When we finally come back we’ll probably be separated."

Prue looked at Piper. She knew she was right. Staying together had a cost. Then it clicked. She was eighteen. When she turned nineteen she could at least share custody with Grams. So how bad could it be only about six months until she graduated. How bad could it be?

"Calvin, listen to me and listen good. We’re coming back in but if you touch me or my sisters, I promise you your career and your life will be over." Prue stood in front of him, firm. A sly smile spread over his face.

"Sure, Prue. You control everything."

"Damn straight. C’mon."

He watched as the sisters went inside. He looked around to se if anyone was watching. He couldn’t see anyone, but little did he know that this neighborhood had a neighborhood watch. He went inside.

He saw the sisters go in to the kitchen. He followed.

"Leave us alone, Calvin." Phoebe elbowed Prue for back talking. Prue shoot her a don’t-worry look. Phoebe looked down at her feet. Piper reached in to the cabinet and grabbed the box of Chex. Prue grabbed bowls and spoons and Phoebe had the milk. They three were almost to the top of the stairs when there was a knock on the door. They stopped and peeked around the corner to see who it was. To their surprise it was a police officer.

"There have been numerous calls about you being very ‘forceful’ toward the girls. It this true?" the officer asked as he tried to look around him for the girls. He finally spotted them at the top of the stairs.

"No, officer. I don’t know why people would say that," Calvin replied politely.

"Girls? Are you okay?" officer asked as he pushed his way into the manor. They nodded, in a way that was obvious that they were lying. He couldn’t do anything if they don’t admit it. As he turned he saw beer bottles all over the kitchen floor. He made a silent note, then he turned to Calvin. "I’m Officer Morris and I’m keeping my eye on you."

And officer Morris left. Little did he know his son would be visiting this house a lot in the future. Calvin watched as he left. He got in his car and drove off.

"This is Officer Morris. I’m going to stay near Prescott Street I have a hunch."

"Request, granted, officer. but if we need you we’ll call you."


Meanwhile, inside.

"Who called?" he screamed in rage as he slammed the front door. They jumped. "WHO CALLED!!??!!"

"We didn’t we swear!" Phoebe yelled from the top of the stairs.

"Phoebe, get you ass down here! Now!" Phoebe didn’t move. Calvin stomped up the stairs and grabbed her and brought her downstairs. Prue and Piper followed. "Did I ask YOU two to come?"

"No, Calvin, your not going to touch her. Stop, let her go." Piper was calm, like always. Calvin threw Phoebe over the couch, forcing her to barely miss the coffee table. Prue ran over to her.

"What are you going to do? Huh, Piper. Are you going to stop me?" Calvin taunted.

Piper didn’t reply. Calvin grabbed her and threw her into the closet. Prue got up when she saw him grab Piper.

"Hey!" She went to get Piper, who was lying on the floor in panic and pain, but was only closed in there, too. The door was locked. Prue frantically tried to open it. "PHOEBE!"



They could hear everything.

"Phoebe where are you?!" Calvin bellowed. Prue and Piper looked at each other. Prue then remember seeing Phoebe ran out of the room when she saw Piper being thrown into the closet. "Where are you? I know y our here somewhere." There was a long pause. "There you are! You thought you could hide couldn’t you?" He was in the kitchen.

"Oh, God," Prue muttered under her breathe. She took a bobby pin out of her hair and tried tp unlock the door. Piper tried pushing the door open. Then could now hear him in the parlor, (I think that’s the room in front of the stairs.) with Phoebe.

"I’m going to teach you, that you can never get away Phoebe. Ever."

They heard Calvin take off his belt. Phoebe tried to get out of his grasp. But she wasn’t strong enough. He raised his arm and it came down and the belt struck Phoebe’s back and her back side. But this time Piper heard Phoebe scream. This went on for 5 minutes. Phoebe was still screaming, she was now in desperate, ongoing tears. He had never did it for this long. Prue and Piper were still trying to get out of the closet.

Finally they heard a sound that they were never so relieved to hear.

"Calvin, what the hell are you doing? Let her go!" It was Grams. Calvin didn’t stop. He continued.

"Shut up witch!"

"Did he just call Grams a bitch?" Piper asked Prue. Grams figured it out. Using her powers she through him across the room. Phoebe clasped to the ground crying hysterically, yet barely able to move. She was in too much pain to notice the supernatural battle going on behind her. Grams had knocked him out. She looked at him.

"Destroy this evil
that entered my house
Vanquish it to hell
To where it truly belongs"

AS he started to burn he threw her against the wall, knocking her out. The thing was, the evil was now in hell that was before in Calvin, but he was still there. He was originally human. That’s weird Grams thought. Before she lost consciousness, she used her powers and opened the door. Prue and Piper rushed out. The looked around for Calvin, he had lost consciousness. Piper ran over to Phoebe and gathered her in her arms. Prue made sure Grams was still alive. She was she was just knocked out.


"I’m so sorry Phoebe," Piper said as she cupped her sister’s face in her hands. "I’m so sorry."

"Piper, you’re crying more than I am," Phoebe said with a smile, her last tear wiped away by Prue. The sisters smiled. Phoebe was back.

They managed to help her up and they ran outside to get help. And that’s how they ended up at Andy’s.

When Mr. Trudeau, drove them back to the house police men were there taking Calvin in. But he told them that some evil thing entered him and he didn’t know what everyone was talking about. He didn’t even know why he was at the Manor. He didn’t know any of the Halliwells.

Penny later stood in the attic that night, talking to Patty.

"I can’t believe I put them through that, Patty. I feel horrible."

"Mom, they stayed here, because they were afraid that they would take them away from you. They love you. Make it up to them, spend extra time with them."

"But Phoebe — ’’

"Mom, she loved you. Actually if Phoebe got the chance she could give the card she made for Calvin. She forgives him. If she forgives him she forgives you. She has the biggest heart. For Piper give her a little time. And Prue . . . . . well give her a lot of time. But they’ll come around. Let them protect each other. That will always be their job, don’t fire them from it. The Charmed Ones protect each other. It’s how this world works."

"How did you become so smart?"

"I learned it from you, and they’ll learn it from us, you just have to teach them."

The next day, Phoebe acted as if nothing happened. but Patty was right it did take Prue and Piper a little while, but at least they were together. The Charmed Ones.\

Things aren’t what they seem, but they mold us into the strong individuals we are today.


THE END