PiperWhy would a report about baseball player trigger a premonition like that?
I don't know. All I know is that I could feel it. I could feel the fire.
Piper
And we were just standing there? That can't be right.
There's no way that we would let that happen. Not in the past, present or future.
What did I do? Or, what is it that I'm going to do?
Piper
That's Leo, I'll get that. [she opens the door] Hey, stranger.
Piper
Mhm. Playing hooky?
Well, they're making me work tonight, so I got the afternoon off.
Piper
Mmm, the old "gotta save the world" excuse again?
Oh, like you've never had to use it. [Piper hesitates] You're about to use it.
Piper
Well, there is just something I have to do. Maybe you could...
[jingling, Leo looks up] Now?
Piper
Leo?
That's okay, I...You go, there's actually something I have take care, so...
Piper
Well, we really need to talk about things, you know about... where we stand.
Piper
That's what we do best. [they kiss, but Leo orbs mid-kiss] I hate when he does that.
[going up to the attic] So, what did he want?
Piper
To cancel our date. He's working late, again.
You didn't ask him what we should do?
Piper
He had to fly, literally. The pages are doing that flipping thing on their own again.
It's a spell to take us to the future.
Piper
Two, actually. One to send us and one to bring us home. But, apparently we only get one shot. Once we use it, they disappear.
Wait a minute you guys. We almost died going back to the past, this is not something that you just do.
We're talking about your life, Phoebe.
And I'm talking about yours, Prue. I'm just saying, I think that we should think this over a little bit.
Look, you had that premonition today for a reason. It must mean we're supposed to do something about it. And, going in the future may be the only way to find out what you did to put you on that pyre.
How do you know it's something that I did? I mean, it might be a demon or a warlock that puts me there.
Do you really wanna wait to find out? Okay, pack your bags. We go, try and figure out what happened, and hopefully come back with enough information to stop it. We're gonna need a date, Phoebe.
Uh, February 12th, 2009. [she writes 2-12-2009 on a piece of paper] That's two weeks before the date I saw in my premonition.
All right, that should give to us more than enough time to figure out what put you there.
Piper
I wonder how I look.
Piper, you look great. This is hardly the time to...
Piper
Not now, in the future. When we were back to the seventies we saw ourselves as kids, and now we'll be seeing ourselves walking around ten years older? All the vanquishing? Think about the wear and tear.
[reciting the spell to take them to the future along with Piper and Phoebe] Hear these words, hear the rhyme,
Piper
We send to you this burning sign,
Then our future selves we'll find,
In another place and time.
Piper
Uh, you... I think you have the wrong house. Certainly the wrong mommy.
[Piper sees the newscast about Phoebe]
Piper
Phoebe? Where's the volume?
Mommy, I'm gonna be late!
Piper
Uh, okay! Um...TV, shut up! Mute! Somethin'. [she walks to the door]
CNCarpool Neighbor
Morning, Piper. You alright?
Piper
I guess.
CNCarpool Neighbor
Yeah, it's a... with your sister, it's rough, I know. So, don't worry about your little one. I'll get her to school like you asked but uh, you sure you want me to take her to your ex's?
Piper
Ex? As in husband? As in mine? Yes, if that is what I told you, then yes.
CNCarpool Neighbor
So, you and he are getting along better now?
Piper
Maybe. Prue? Prue?!
CNCarpool Neighbor
Okay, let's hit the road.
[She goes, but turns back, and whispers] Don't worry, mommy. I promise I'll do what you asked. I won't use my magic again, ever.
[Piper goes outside and watches them drive off. A limo pulls up. Prue (now with blonde hair) and her assistants get out of the limo. They fuss over her by brushing and touching her.]
Hey, hey, people. Okay, enough! People stop touching me! Stay, stay.
Piper
Prue, what's going on?
I don't know, but I could really get used to it. I mean, check me out. I don't just work at Bucklands, I own it. And three more. Paris, Tokyo and London.
Piper
And you're blonde.
Piper
Wait, you had time to get to work already?
Well, actually, I woke up there but it was amazing. I had all these assistants and this huge office. And I have a chauffeur and he's so totally hot. Uh... How'd you do?
[Piper laughs ironically]
Is that a good thing or...?
[Piper and Prue get in the house]
Piper
Well, if you ignore my apparently failed marriage and the fact that I'm still living in the manor...
Piper
Was. My daughter is on her way...
Wait. Stop right there. You have a daughter?
Piper
Yeah. And, and, and... she's... she's beautiful.
Oh, of course she is. What's her name?
Piper
Oh God! I don't know. But Prue, she... she has powers. But for some reason I told her not to use them. Why would I do that?
Uh, speaking of why... Why are we in our future bodies? I mean, I thought we were just supposed to come here and see them.
Piper
Well, apparently going to the past isn't the same as going to the future. I just wish that, since we are in our future bodies, we could have some memory of what's happened in the last ten years, like how I got a daughter!
Okay, wait a second. If I'm in my future body, and you are in your future body, then that means that Phoebe...
Piper
Oh, TV! Louder, louder!
[in the middle of TV report about Phoebe]
Piper
Eight hours? We were supposed to be here two weeks before!
Oh, surprise! Here we go, up the stairs, into the attic, grabbing the Book of Shadows. Please tell me we're still not gonna be doing this in ten years!
Piper
Apparently not.
Piper
The Book is gone.
It's gotta be here. We need it to find a return spell.
Piper
Prue...
Piper, just help me look for it.
Piper
Okay, relax, we'll find it.
You don't know that! I mean, what if it's lost? What if we can't find it? Then we're stuck in our future bodies, with no way of getting out of them, and no way of saving Phoebe!
[Prue blows up things in the attic with her improved telekinesis.]
Piper
Uh... Been working out?
Well, I guess that's a little example of what ten years does to our powers.
Piper
And to our attic!
Hm. [Looks under a coat rack to find a key]
Piper
The key.
It's the key to my wall safe at Bucklands.
Piper
Do you think that means it's there? We've never taken the Book out of the house before.
Yeah, we haven't, but maybe our future selves have. The question is why.
Piper
We don't even know what we're like in this time for let alone what we think. But if the Book is at Bucklands maybe it will give us some answers.
Prue. All right, then we go there first, then to Phoebe, to see if she's alright. Sorry about the mess.
Piper
Mhm...
Piper
I can't believe you get a limo and a driver, and I still got my same old car.
Piper
Had a husband, you mean. I'm getting divorced, remember? And how do you know you don't have a guy in this time? I mean, after all, I have a kid and an ex, you could have several.
Piper
No, kids. I mean, we're in a future, but with no memory of the past ten years. I don't even know who my ex husband...
[A man holding a cup of coffee bumps into someone and Piper freezes him before it spills. They look around and notice everything is frozen.]
Okay, apparently my power isn't the only one that's grown. You just froze...
Piper
Everything! What a difference a decade makes.
What the hell are you doing?!
Piper
Leo, I'm so glad you're here. I have so many... [She goes to hug him but he backs away.] Uh...what's wrong?
You know, I knew you'd do something stupid like this. You used your magic in public. What's the matter with you? Are you insane?
Piper
Uh, Leo...
Remember, he thinks we know what's going on.
You wanna end up like your sister? Huh? We had an agreement. No using magic for Melinda's sake.
Piper
Melinda?
Our daughter. What's wrong with you?
Piper
Our daughter?
Wait a second, you're Piper's ex?
Piper
What is it? What's wrong?
I have no one to say goodbye to. My life...they didn't even know who you were at the office, my own sister. If we die tonight, my tombstone will read "Here lies Prue, she worked hard."
Piper
We're not gonna die. We're gonna find a way back to the present and we'll create a new future.
What if we can't? What if we can never get home? According to Phoebe's premonition we fail.
Piper
Our future selves fail. We still got a shot.
You're right, you're right. Let's go get Phoebe.
PPratt
Let today be a lesson to all those who would seek to defy human nature with their way of life. Let today serve notice that black magic will not be tolerated in our society, and let today be remembered as the day we burned the witch!
Piper
Come on, we're getting you out of here.
No, wait. You can't. Prue, I'm serious.
What are you talking about?
You guys have to leave. I...deserve to be here. Or, my future self does.
Piper
But, you killed a killer. Don't be ridiculous.
Look, this is Pratt's personal crusade. This isn't about us, this is about him. Wherever we go, he will follow us. He will hunt us. He will hunt our families. If anybody should be punished, it should be him. (she stops, and raises her hand to move Pratt onto the pyre)
Prue, what are you doing?!
[she stares at her hand, and back at Pratt] Saving the future for good witches, and our future.
[grabs Prue's arm] Prue, wait! [Prue looks at her] Don't. Don't become a murderer too. It has to end with me. [Prue lowers her hand]
Piper
Phoebe, he was evil. He deserved what you—
[starting to cry] Wrong thing done for the right reason...still the wrong thing. Our job is to protect the innocent...not punish the guilty, and...I crossed that line, and I know that. And now you guys have to know that too.
We are not leaving here without you.
Prue, we were sent here for a reason. Maybe not to stop this, like what we thought, but maybe to understand why this has to happen. Why you have to let this happen. (openly crying now) I don't wanna die, but I don't want you to die because of me. [they hug, and Phoebe begins sobbing] I love you. [she goes back to the pyre, and nods for Piper to unfreeze Pratt, which Piper does. She screams in pain as she burns].
Piper
What?
Piper
I know. About a man in a painting. Listen to this one. "Hallway near club entrance too narrow"?
I thought that we had discussed your code violations.
Piper
Well, I keep finding more. The plumbing, the electrical, the heating, it...none of it is up code.
Piper
Well, it runs in the family.
I don't obsess. I think... intensely... anyway, I can't really help it. I mean, we've seen so many bizarre things, why not a man in a painting.
Ok, then, um, I'll tell you what I can do. I'll check out the code violations. See how serious they really are. If you'll help me with the promise I made Jenny.
Piper
Deal. Wait... Uh, what's the promise?
She needs help with a paper. It's for a bio class, something with the human reproductive system.
Piper
You mean sex?
It's just way too awkward for me to talk with my niece about.
Piper
Yeah, huh...Sure, not to worry! I have plenty of experience.
Piper
No! I mean.. talking about it. Yeah!
It didn't start happening until she sucker-punched Owen.
Well you had a problem, I fixed it.
Oh, you bet your butt you did. You nearly broke his jaw.
I saved his life. Look, you're the one who told me I had to practice being a man, right, so I acted on instinct. And to tell you the truth, the moment I hit him, I felt powerful and strong like somehow that made me a man.
Piper
You want to know how to be a real man, look at Dan. Honest, kind, good heart. The type of guy who would risk being late for work just to make you smile, not some bully who walks around thinking one punch is going to change anything.
She learned all that just from looking out a window.
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