"Oh, how long must we keep this up? I don't like the thought of me having to lie to Kyle again," Paige protested.

"And why are you lying to Kyle, again?" Phoebe was too caught up in her column to remember.

"Oh never mind!" Paige replied.

"Okay, I'm going to the new neighbor's house; Paige, you watch Chris and Wyatt! Phoebe, you --- you keep working! Good-bye," Piper shouted while walking out the door.

"Love ya!" Paige and Phoebe chorused.

"I love you guys too," she replied.

Piper walked gracefully across the street. She knocked. "I'm coming! I'm coming!" came a lady's voice from inside. She sounded sweet. The door opened. A lady with brown, yet, blonde roots appeared at the door. "Yes? May I help you?" she asked.

"Uh, hi, I'm Piper Halliwell; I live across the street, in the pink house." She held out her hand.

"Hi," She shook Piper's hand. "I'm Tara Allona, I live right here! Like, oh my

gosh!"

"Eh, funny!" Piper sarcastically commented.

"Come inside!" Tara suggested. Piper walked in to find a dark-haired woman sitting at the kitchen table. As she came closer, she realized who it was.

"Prue?" Piper asked. The woman looked at her.

"Oh, you two know each other? Yeah, well, I found her outside and she told me that she lived somewhere around here and she forgot where," Tara told her.

"Yeah she's my sister, we haven't seen each other in a while," Piper replied. She walked up to Prue. And knelt before her. "Prue, do you remember me? I'm Piper, your sister, come on, let's go see Phoebe, sorry, Tara, but I have to take her to see our sister, Phoebe. Bye." She took Prue's hand and walked toward the door.

"Thank you for coming!" Tara called after them.

Piper walked in the door. "Phoebe, Paige, come quick!"

"Who's Paige?" Prue asked.

"Prue!" Phoebe hugged her. "I missed you so much!"

"Hi, nice to finally meet you, I'm your half sister, Paige." They shook hands. "Piper how long is she here for?"

"I don't know, she was at the new neighbor's house across the street. Her name is Tara by the way. Prue, why are you here?"

"To tell the truth, I have no idea. I had just appeared. Did you cast any spells today that may have bin intercepted?" Prue looked curiously.

"No, none today," Piper replied.

"Eh, actually we did, eh, he, he." Paige had on a cheesy smile.

"You did! Phoebe! You know better than that! You both do!" Piper yelled. "What spell was it?"

"A conjuring spell," Paige was still wearing her cheesy smile, "to conjure Prue. I really wanted to meet her, and Phoebe missed her a lot."

"So why didn't you tell me?"

"We didn't think you'd mind," Phoebe told her.

"Wait, if you summoned me, then why didn't I end up here?" Prue asked.

"No clue….wait a second, right after we summoned you, you didn't come……that was 8:00 this morning, Piper left at 11. That's odd, very odd." Phoebe was thinking hard.

Meanwhile, at Tara's, "Uh oh, what if they find me out?" She had a pair of binoculars and was looking across the street through her kitchen window. "Any moment now…." She went to go change. When she came back into the kitchen, she was wearing black high-heels, a black leather mini-skirt, a black leather jacket, a black choker, and a white T-shirt that read, "Back Off I'm Dangerous!" in red and black letters. She saw a shadowy figure poof into the conservatory of the charmed house. "….Oh my gosh! That's my queue!"

She cart wheeled in the door. "Have you figured out your powers don't work yet? Explain later!" She ran up to the demon, did a back flip, and when she landed, she kicked him in the chest. He was flung backward and onto the floor. She walked up and placed her heel into his belly button. Her gold bracelet fell off her wrist, she placed the ends in each hand, it wasn't a bracelet at all, it was more like a necklace. "Who sent you?"

"Wouldn't you like to know? You'll never find out till after I'm dead, maybe not even then." He wore a sheepish smile.

"Alright then," she smirked. "Phoebe, Book of Shadows!" She flung the chain out of her right hand, made a more intense motion with her left, pressed her heel farther into his stomach, and he vanished into a puff of smoke. "Won't have to worry about him anymore."

Phoebe returned from the book. "Shapeshifter, nothing new."

Tara looked to the door. "How long have you been standing there?" she sounded almost British.

"Oh, maybe two minutes," came Kyle's voice. Paige rushed to greet him. "And why are you here?"

"Did it ever occur to you that my car happens to be parked across the street?" she shot back at him.

"No, I never looked." He thought a moment. "You know, if mom ever saw you like that she'd die; you look like a slut!"

"Only when I'm working," she smirked again.

"Not the little sister I remember. What a shame!"

"Shut up, Kyle!" she replied.

"So what do you do?" asked Paige.

"I kill demons, I was sent to protect you." Tara just remembered something. "Piper, remember when I told you Prue just came to me? Well, that was all a lie. I had just simply took the liberty of summoning her for you; since it didn't seem to work when your sisters tried. And something went wrong so your powers don't work. Sorry about that." She turned to Kyle, "Uh, I feel rejected now; you won't even give your own sister a hug? Whatever, I never have understood you. Stupid brothers."

"Excuse me!" Paige protested.

"Sorry Paige," she lied.

"That's better!" Paige smiled and felt proud of herself.

"Wait; sorry I'm a little slow, if your last name is Brody," she pointed to Kyle, "then why is your last name Allona?" Piper asked, now pointing to Tara.

"We both have the same mother but different fathers; I was born first." Kyle held his head high.

"So? You make it sound like a good thing," Tara joked.

"So, let me guess, Paige's boyfriend? And Paige's boyfriend's sister?" asked Prue. She had been so quiet everyone forgot she was there. "Can I go home now?"

"To the attic!" Phoebe sounded like a superhero.

Prue stood in the circle of crystals. They said the incantation. But nothing. No spirally white lights. Prue wasn't going anywhere.

"Your powers don't work because there are only supposed to be three of you. And we can't send her back because you don't have your powers." Tara sighed. "Mama says your gay! What are we gonna do?"

"Mama says I'm what?" Kyle protested.

"It's my way of saying oh my gosh." She smiled as if reassuring her brother that he is not gay. She thought for a while. Then finally said, "I got it! Paige, orb into my room and on the mantel piece, there's a book, grab it and orb back here."

"I thought you said that we don't have are powers?" Piper said, confused.

"Ooo that's right….call Leo."

"Leo….Leo….." Prue called.

A swirl of blue light came and Leo appeared. "What? Wow! Prue? And who is that?"

"Hi, I'm Tara, I was told to protect them, I live across the street; I'm Kyle's half sister. And we need you to orb into my room and get a book off my mantel piece. I would go but I should stay here with them in case another demon attacks. The boys are at magic school. They don't have their powers and Prue wants to go home."

"Okay." He orbed out. Two minutes later, he came back with the book.

"Thanks." She opened the book, "Prue, stand back in the circle. Leo, get out of the circle….Thank you." She read the reversal incantation of the summoning spell she had used: "I summoned thee,

Return you now,

Unhappiest here,

Somewhere, somehow,

I return you now,

Dearest, Prudence Halliwell."

White lights appeared. Swirled around Prue. And she vanished. "Try orbing," Phoebe told Paige. Paige orbed over to Kyle who had been standing next to his sister. "My turn." Phoebe flew high into the air and hit her head on the ceiling. "Piper," she said as she slowly came down. Leo threw an orange at Piper; he had stolen it from the kitchen counter early that morning. She froze the orange in mid air. Kyle and Tara were frozen as well. Leo took his orange back, kissed Piper and orbed out. Piper and Phoebe left the room. Paige kissed Kyle and he unfroze. With Paige's permission, Kyle unfroze his sister with a hug. And everything was back to normal……for now.