Prue Halliwell quotes from Charmed

Piper

Prue, have you seen my purse?

Prue

In the kitchen. Have you seen my keys?

Piper

They're by the T.V. I can't find my plane ticket. Did I give it to you?

Prue

Maybe you packed it.

Piper

I didn't just pack it, I just saw it.

Phoebe

I can't believe it.

Prue

(snatches Piper's plane ticket off Phoebe.) Found it.

Phoebe

Okay, it's not that easy to break me.

Prue

What was it in high school that the guys started calling you after they caught you making out with someone under the bleachers?

Phoebe

It's not gonna work.

Prue

What was that? Oh yeah, Freebie! (the magazines on a rack spin around and fall off) Well, class over.

Phoebe

You know that was just a rumor, right?

Has Phoebe ever been wrong about her premonitions before?

Prue

No. But the good news is every other time we've been able to affect the outcome. Stop the demon or warlock before...

Before I get killed. Can I get that in writing?

Piper

Are you out of your mind?

Phoebe

What was I supposed to do? Say no? Look at that poor girl.

Dan

Jenny? Jenny, come on. Talk to me.

Whoa!

Phoebe

Wow, what did you buy?

Piper

Doody.

Prue

We weren't out of that.

Piper

No. I stepped in it, again. That man has turned our frontwalk into a puppy minefield.

Phoebe

I can not believe that guy still lets his dog do his business right in front of our house.

Prue

Well, we've left notes.

Piper

Yes, and that left no where.

Phoebe

Yes, well, I've had it. Next time I catch him in the act I'm gonna get him a piece of my mind.

Piper

That couldn't be.

Phoebe

Oh, I hope it is.

Piper

That's them. That's the guy and his dog. I can't believe it.

Prue

That is so rude. He's just gonna walk away.

Phoebe

Then don't let him. Use your magic.

Piper

Uh?

Phoebe

Well, if you can't teach the dog new tricks, how about the owner? Just think on the money we'll save on carpet cleaning alone.

Prue

Phoebe, we can't use our magic just to teach him or anybody else a lesson.

Phoebe

Why not? It's for the greater good. I mean that's our job, right? Think of it as a community service. We will do a whole block a favor. Come on! Ok, Piper.

Piper

Hope he's not out of my range.

Phoebe

Prue?

Piper

Nice shot.

Phoebe

An eye for an eye, a shoe for shoe. Oh, oh.

Prue

Did he see you?

Phoebe

So what if he did? What's he gonna do? Cry a witch? [the girls turn away from the window] Well, we've done our good deed for the day. I think I deserve 15 minutes of channel surfing. [A report about baseball player Cal Greene appears on the TV as Phoebe flips through channels]

Piper

Who wants coffee?

Prue

I'll grind.

Phoebe

[gasps, as she gets a premonition about the future]

Prue

[she and Piper run back into the room] Phoebe, are you okay?

Piper

Take a deep breath, honey. It's all right.

Phoebe

No, it's not. I saw my future. I was being executed. Burned alive.

Piper

Why would a report about baseball player trigger a premonition like that?

Phoebe

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.

Phoebe

That's what I saw.

Prue

There's no way that we would let that happen. Not in the past, present or future.

Phoebe

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.

Leo

Is that what I am now?

Piper

Mhm. Playing hooky?

Leo

Well, they're making me work tonight, so I got the afternoon off.

Piper

Mmm, the old "gotta save the world" excuse again?

Leo

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...

Leo

[jingling, Leo looks up] Now?

Piper

Leo?

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.

Leo

Yeah, we do. Rain check?

Piper

That's what we do best. [they kiss, but Leo orbs mid-kiss] I hate when he does that.

Prue

[going up to the attic] So, what did he want?

Piper

To cancel our date. He's working late, again.

Phoebe

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.

Prue

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.

Phoebe

Wait a minute you guys. We almost died going back to the past, this is not something that you just do.

Prue

We're talking about your life, Phoebe.

Phoebe

And I'm talking about yours, Prue. I'm just saying, I think that we should think this over a little bit.

Prue

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.

Phoebe

How do you know it's something that I did? I mean, it might be a demon or a warlock that puts me there.

Prue

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.

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.

Prue

All right, that should give to us more than enough time to figure out what put you there.

Piper

I wonder how I look.

Phoebe

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.

Prue

Okay, well...

Prue

[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,

Phoebe

Then our future selves we'll find,

Prue

In another place and time.

Mommy, mommy, mommy!

Piper

Uh, you... I think you have the wrong house. Certainly the wrong mommy.

Stop fooling! Carpool!

Piper

Phoebe? Where's the volume?

Command recognized.

Mommy, I'm gonna be late!

Piper

Uh, okay! Um...TV, shut up! Mute! Somethin'. [she walks to the door]

Morning, Piper. You alright?

Piper

I guess.

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.

So, you and he are getting along better now?

Piper

Maybe. Prue? Prue?!

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.

Prue

Hey, hey, people. Okay, enough! People stop touching me! Stay, stay.

Piper

Prue, what's going on?

Prue

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.

Prue

Yeah, strange.

Piper

Wait, you had time to get to work already?

Prue

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?

Prue

Is that a good thing or...?

Piper

Well, if you ignore my apparently failed marriage and the fact that I'm still living in the manor...

Prue

Wait, you are married?

Piper

Was. My daughter is on her way...

Prue

Wait. Stop right there. You have a daughter?

Piper

Yeah. And, and, and... she's... she's beautiful.

Prue

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?

Prue

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!

Prue

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!

Command recognized.

Piper

Eight hours? We were supposed to be here two weeks before!

Prue

Shhhh!

Prue

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.

Prue

What?

Piper

The Book is gone.

Prue

It's gotta be here. We need it to find a return spell.

Piper

Prue...

Prue

Piper, just help me look for it.

Piper

Okay, relax, we'll find it.

Prue

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!

Piper

Uh... Been working out?

Prue

Well, I guess that's a little example of what ten years does to our powers.

Piper

And to our attic!

Prue

Hm. [Looks under a coat rack to find a key]

Piper

The key.

Prue

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.

Prue

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.

Piper

Mhm...

Piper

I can't believe you get a limo and a driver, and I still got my same old car.

Prue

You have a husband.

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.

Prue

Exes?

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...

Prue

Okay, apparently my power isn't the only one that's grown. You just froze...

Piper

Everything! What a difference a decade makes.

Leo

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?

Leo

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...

Prue

Remember, he thinks we know what's going on.

Leo

You wanna end up like your sister? Huh? We had an agreement. No using magic for Melinda's sake.

Piper

Melinda?

Leo

Our daughter. What's wrong with you?

Piper

Our daughter?

Prue

Wait a second, you're Piper's ex?

Piper

What is it? What's wrong?

Prue

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.

Prue

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.

Prue

You're right, you're right. Let's go get Phoebe.

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!

Prue

Piper, freeze him!

Phoebe

Prue! Piper!

Piper

Come on, we're getting you out of here.

Phoebe

No, wait. You can't. Prue, I'm serious.

Prue

What are you talking about?

Phoebe

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.

Prue

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)

Phoebe

Prue, what are you doing?!

Prue

[she stares at her hand, and back at Pratt] Saving the future for good witches, and our future.

Phoebe

[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—

Phoebe

[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.

Prue

We are not leaving here without you.

Phoebe

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?

Prue

We were talking?

Piper

I know. About a man in a painting. Listen to this one. "Hallway near club entrance too narrow"?

Prue

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.

Prue

Stop. You’re obsessing.

Piper

Well, it runs in the family.

Prue

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.

I always hoped someone would get my SOS, but I never thought it would be a woman.

Prue

What, a woman can't rescue a man?

I'm still waiting.

Prue

Yeah well keep waiting pal.

Piper

Wait. What does this mean? "Absolvo Amitto Amplus Brevis Semper Mea". Phoebe! Help!

Phoebe

Piper, no!

Piper

Phoebeee!

Phoebe

Piper?

Piper

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!

Prue

Piper?

Piper

What the hell is happening? Where are we?

Prue

All right, hurry. Just get to the bookcase fast.

Piper

Whahhh!

Prue

Watch out.

Piper

Uhh!!! Whoa!!! Whoa!!! Wow!!!

Don't tell me she's the sister witch who was gonna save us.