Chapter One
Prue felt the presence behind her. Was that one creature or two? She studied the
two-headed shadow on the floor in front of her. She could tell from the shadow's
outline that the thing behind her was humanlike, but the body looked like a big
blob. Each head was oddly shaped, and in profile she could make out their
strange noses.
"Just what I don't need," she muttered. "I'm late as it is." Standing awkwardly
on one high heel, she whirled around and hurled the strappy sandal in her hand
at the interloper.
"Hey!" Phoebe shouted as Piper shrieked and ducked. "Watch it."
Prue smirked at her sisters. "You thought you could sneak up and scare me? After
all the demon training I've had? You're bigger clowns than I thought."
Prue's eyes traveled up and down her sisters' outlandish costumes. They wore
oversize overalls stuffed with pillows. Piper had tucked her long dark hair
under a bright orange wig made of yarn. Phoebe wore a crushed fedora so big that
it slipped down to her eyebrows. Both had little red balls stuck on their noses.
"The answer is still no," Prue declared. "No matter how easily you would fit
in."
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