"Paige! Get down!" Piper screamed at me just as the Harpy lunged at me. I dropped down behind the couch and barely missed the Harpy's nails.

"Uh…Bookshelf!" I said mostly to myself as I motioned at it with my hand. The bookshelf came crashing down on top of the Harpy and knocked her to the ground. Piper and Phoebe came running around the couch to me and thrust a piece of paper in front of me with the spell written on it.

"Claws of pain we have to sever, Demon you are gone forever!" we recited together. The demon gave a blood-curdling scream and blew up in front of us.

We stood up and looked around the living room. The bookcase that I moved was still on the ground and books were everywhere. The furniture was scattered around the room and the rug was crumbled on the floor. Nail marks from the Harpy were on anything that was in her path including Phoebe's arm. There was a small hole in the wall from where Piper's heel went into it. That demon had quite an arm on her.

"Well, I have to go back to work. My boss is ready to kill me if I don't get my column in on time," Phoebe announced as she made it for the door.

Piper looked at me. "I guess that puts us with clean up duty." She left to find a broom while I went to the bookcase.

I flicked my hand and the case was standing upright again. I bent over and picked up stacks of books and replaced them on their rightful self as Piper moved the furniture back in order. When everything else was cleaned up, we both stared at the nail marks in the wall.

"What are we going to do about those?" Piper asked.

"Maybe there is a spell in the Book of Shadows?" I suggested. I looked at my sister who seemed to like the idea. "I'll be right back."

I ran up the stairs to the attic and went to the book. I flipped through it until I found a spell that would do the trick. I wrote it on my hand with the pen that Phoebe keeps by the book and I met Leo and Piper in the living room.

"Okay, I got it," I announced waving my hand in front of me. "Let the object of objection become but a dream as I cause the scene to be unseen."

Around us, the Harpy marks vanished into thin air. I smiled at me handy work. Piper smiled and she went to check on Wyatt with Leo. I looked up from the wall where most of the Harpy marks were and sighed.

Since Prue died, everyone threw himself or herself into what they did. Phoebe was constantly working and her popularity had skyrocketed. She was the biggest thing in San Francisco. Piper was working on updating the club and being a mum to Wyatt. She's also been on the Elders' ass about Leo being around more often. Leo was following behind Piper and helping us whenever he could. He was trying to be there for Wyatt, but it was difficult with the Elders calling him all the time.

Me, I'm a different story. I don't have a job to work or a son to take care of. Me, I'm working on becoming the super witch that Grams always says I will be. Her ghostly self told us that I was to take Prue's place as a Charmed one. Piper and Phoebe were hesitant seeing that I hadn't had any magical experience except brewing potions and helping Madam Teresa at her Gypsy Shop in China Town. The powers came in a week later and I had to hit the ground running. My sisters left me to my own devises and powers to learn how to be a witch. It wasn't easy, but it happened.

I moved out of the living room and went up to the attic. That place was my new sanctuary since I had started my Wicca studies. It had everything up there that I needed: my mythology books, my old magic books, and Gypsy texts cluttered the bookshelves. My potions kits were scattered all over the place. I had a box full of talismans and symbols that had magical means that was right next to my crystal box. The Book of Shadows was still on its stand in the middle of the floor on the raised area near the windows along with my sofa. It was my home inside my home.

I went to the shelf and pulled my Greek Mythology book into my hands and sat down on the couch. I let the book fall open and I started to read. I was fascinated with other sources of magic and the Greeks had a way of making little things have magical powers.

I was started to read a chapter on the Gorgons when the blue orbs of a Whitelighter floated into the room with me. I closed the book in my lap and sat up so that my legs were crossed under me. The orbs left, and two Elders that I was well acquainted with stood before me.

"Aw! The sister we wanted to talk to," Nancy said drily. Honestly, I hated the woman and she didn't like me so much either. I had told her off one too many times for her liking and now she talked to me like I was just another witch.

"What do you two want?" I asked annoyed.

"We," Odin started, "are here to send you on an assignment."

"Okay, hold on." I cleared my throat. "LEO!" I shouted. A moment later, Leo orbed into the room.

"Paige? What is it?"

"Hyde and Jekyll want me to go on some assignment," I said pointing to the Elders in the room.

"What assignment?" Leo asked.

"Paige will be sent to a school in Montana to help with a Strigoi issue there. She will be undercover as one of the guardian novices and act as a student," Odin explained.

"What are Strigoi?" I asked confused.

I got up off the couch and went to the Book of Shadows. I started flipping until I found the page with a man and a woman that were deathly pale. They looked like normal people minus the fangs and the red ring around their normal coloured eyes.

"Strigoi," I started reading, "are a type of vampire that hunts at night. They were originally humans or other species of vampires that were forcibly changed to be this evil creature. There is no known spell or potion to kill them. The only methods found to kill them are a charmed silver stake, fire, or decapitation." I looked up at the Elders incredulous. "You can't be serious? You're sending off on a suicide mission!"

"Now, Paige," Nancy said impatiently, "we understand that this is a dangerous mission, but there is a Romanian princess that is in need of your protection. You will have human guardians there that are specially trained to petrol the campus because of the princess, but they don't know about the demons. You can't tell anyone there what you do and why you are there. Do you understand?"

"Yeah I got it," I said with a wave of my hand as I looked back at the book. I needed to think this one through if I was going to kick some demon ass.

"Wait a minute," Leo said. "What about the Charmed Ones? What if her sisters need her?"

"You are a Whitelighter aren't you?" Nancy asked sarcastically. "Orb her when you need her. That or just get her to astral project like Prue did."

My head snapped up and I glared at the woman. "I can't project. I haven't gained that power."

"Oh well, that's too bad. This assignment is also to help her control her powers so maybe they will advance while she's gone," Nancy stated flatly.

I looked down at the book again. "Bitch," I mumbled. Leo shot me a disapproving glance before he turned back to the Elders.

"If Paige agrees to the assignment, than she'll let you know," Leo said.

"Fine. She has an hour," Nancy allowed begrudgingly.

I watched them as the orbed out and left Leo and I alone in the attic. I stared at the spot where the Whitelighters were and I felt my blood boiling. I was so not looking forward to having to go under cover and do their dirty work. That's what my sisters and I did on a daily basis anyway.

"You need to tell your sisters about this," Leo said.

"I guess. I'm not happy about doing this, but I will." I sighed and made my way to the door, "Ill go tell Piper after I call Phoebe."

I pulled out my cell as I walked down the stairs to the living room. I called Phoebe and waited until she picked up her office phone.

"Hello, Phoebe Halliwell."

"Hey Phoebes, we have a problem," I started.

"What? Another demon?" I heard the groan in her voice.

"Yeah, but this one I'm working on by myself. The Elders want me to go on an assignment to help an innocent," I explained.

"What? That's great! You have an assignment on your own. This is a chance to prove to the Elders that you are a kickass Charmed One. This is what you have been working for isn't it?"

"Yeah I guess," I allowed sighing. "I've wanted to do this and be a super witch like Prue and this is my shot, but I never thought that I'd be undercover in the human world protecting a Romanian princess."

"Royalty? The Elders must really need you if they are allowing you to go in by yourself. What does Piper say?"

"I dunno. I haven't told her yet."

"Haven't told who what?" Piper's voice came from behind me and I jumped about ten feet in the air.

"Phoebe, I gotta go," I shut my phone and turned to Piper. "Hey Piper, what's up?" I smiled innocently.

"What were you and Phoebe talking about?" Piper asked smiling. She knew that she was onto something.

"Just a little thing that the Elders asked me to do," I answered vaguely.

"Well what was it, Paige?"

"An assignment in Montana by myself."

"Wow. No Power of Three thing huh. Good for you," Piper said as she started to walk away. That was unusual for her.

"Okay, Piper, what's wrong? You never are this cool when the Elders tell us to do something," I pointed out as I followed her to Wyatt's room.

"You're right, but this time, it's just you. I've seen how much you've improved and I'm okay with you doing this. If anything happens, Phoebe and I will come to the rescue," Piper said as she picked up her son.

"Okay? Thanks I guess?" I said hesitantly as we left the room and went down the stairs.

"This is a good thing and you should be excited about," Piper said.

"I know, but I didn't think that you would be okay with this because the Elders were the ones that are putting me up to it," I pointed out.

"I may not like them, but they are giving you a chance to be the super witch that you have been working to be."

"Okay, fine. I'll call them and tell them that I'm in." I looked at my sister one last time before she left me in the living room when she went to get Wyatt something to eat.

I sat down on the couch and put my head in my hands. I took a deep breath before I called Leo. He came down the stairs and looked at me with worry. Then again, every time anyone called him these days it was because of a magical mishap.

"What's up?"

"Can you take me to the Golden Gate Bridge? I need to tell some Elders that I'm their girl," I sighed.

Okay new story so that means new disclaimers. I call upon the ancient magic so my readers may get/ that i don't own any of it/ let them also understand my cue/ and hit that button to review! Nice huh? Yeah it sucked but hey, a girl's got to try doesn't she? The only thing i own is the idea to mesh these two plots together. Enjoy! -SagWarrior