A/N: In this, Paige grew up with Prue, Piper and Phoebe but Sam is still her dad. Piper is 24, Phoebe is 22 and Paige is 21. They also have the same powers they would have at the beginning of season 4 as this is where it starts from. Enjoy!

Chapter 1

Phoebe Halliwell was having a nightmare again. She hadn't slept properly in months. Ever since her eldest sister, Prue had died. And every night, without fail, the nightmare had crept up on her when she least expected it.

Piper and Prue are lying on the floor, in a pool of red liquid. The wall is completely destroyed. Blood flows out of both her sisters and the air smells metallic. Leo orbs in.

"Phoebe? Paige? Have you got the spell? Say the spell! Damn it! Piper! Piper."

"Evil wind that blows,

That which forms below.

No longer may you dwell,

Death takes you with this spell!" sob Phoebe and Paige and run over to both their sisters. "Prue? Piper? Leo heal them!" they weep together.

Leo raises his hands above Piper's body and a warm glow spreads under his fingers and on Piper's body. Her wounds disappear and she wakes up suddenly.

"What happened?" she asks as Phoebe hugs her tightly. Leo is already trying to heal Prue and Paige is trying to assist.

"Leo, Paige! Do something!"

"Prue!" Piper cries, as her and Phoebe rush over to their sister's body.

"Why isn't it working?" yells Paige through her sobs. Leo looks up, with tear stains down his face.

"I can't heal the dead,"

Piper and Phoebe throw themselves at their two sisters and Paige keeps her hands in the healing position, determined and crying hard. The 3 sisters hug their eldest sister's body as they weep and hold onto each other for comfort.

As Phoebe woke up suddenly, she stifled a scream so she didn't wake her boyfriend. Her face was wet with tears and she was still crying silent ones. Phoebe wondered if she would ever be able to move on. This nightmare had haunted her every night since Prue's death and she wondered if her premonitions would ever give her the peace she needed and thought she deserved in able to get on with her life.

~~PO4~~

Paige Halliwell sat silently on the edge of her bed and let the sad music engulf her. She looked up and saw that her alarm clock said it was 03:12.

Paige's way of escaping the cruel world after her eldest sister's death was drawing. It helped her too forget all her sorrow and the hardship that her, Piper and Phoebe were going through at the moment.

As Paige drew to the music, she let silent tears drip down her face, until she couldn't stop.

"I love you Prue and I miss you so much. I wish I could see you again, even for a couple of seconds. Please come back Prue," whispered Paige, finishing her drawing.

It showed three pictures of Prue. One where she was saying a spell and wind was blowing in her face, one where there were two Prues, herself and her astral projected self and the last was of Prue in the clouds, looking down on her three little sisters.

"Prue, I'm sorry. I tried to save you but I couldn't. It's all my fault you're dead but don't punish Piper and Phoebe for it. Please come back," she cried.

~~PO4~~

Piper Halliwell couldn't sleep. She sat in the attic, mourning her dead sister but too scared to let her go. There had to be a way to bring her back. Why did Leo have to heal her? Why hadn't he healed Prue? Prue was the oldest, the strongest witch and she deserved to live.

"It's just because I'm his damn wife!" she screamed through her tears.

Piper hated everyone close to her now. She feared that if she loved someone dearly, they would just be taken away from her. Like their mom had. Like Grams had. Like Prue had. She didn't think she could take it anymore. All the loss in her life was too much. What had she done to deserve this treatment? What was this punishment for? All Piper had wanted to do was live her life. Get married. Have a couple of children. Maybe even grandchildren. But no. Piper was charmed. Or doomed, depending on how you looked at it.

All the talk of this stupid destiny thing was doing her head in. They were no longer the Charmed Ones. That had all stopped when Prue had died. When she had been murdered. By a demon. Piper was going to vanquish this demon if it was the last thing she did. It wouldn't be hard. They already knew the human form of Shax and the name. Joanne Lacey. She was going to avenge her sister's death, no matter what.

"You can make it the Power of Three. It was originally meant to be the Power of Three and now it is," Leo had said.

Piper had sworn at him for saying this because she didn't care about the damn Charmed Ones anymore. She didn't care about saving innocents. She didn't give a toss what those bloody Elders said about their destiny. They could take away her powers if that's what they wanted to do.

Piper was never going to be a witch, let alone a charmed one. The only vanquishing she was going to do would be vanquishing Shax, the demon that had done this to Phoebe, Paige, her and Prue.

Piper wiped her eyes as she heaved The Book of Shadows onto her lap and skimmed through the pages to find the demon, Shax. Instead, her hands stopped flipping the pages at the 'To Call a Lost Witch' spell.

Piper, Phoebe and Paige had tried this spell many times to bring Prue back but it had never worked. However, a thought suddenly crossed Piper's mind. Maybe, if she combined this spell with the 'Blood To Blood' spell and substituted the word sister into it instead of witch, then maybe there would be enough love and power to bring Prue back. Would it work? Piper put The Book on the table and started writing the spell.

Once it was finished, Piper got the necessary ingredients for the ritual and placed them down along with a few of Prue's belongings. Then she sliced her finger open with a knife for the 'Blood To Blood' part of the spell and let a few drops of blood go into the rest of the ingredients.

"In this night and in this hour,

I call upon the Ancient Power.

Blood to blood, I summon thee,

Blood to blood return to me.

Bring back my sister.

Bring back the Power of Four."

All of a sudden, there was draught.

"Piper?"

A/N: A cliffhanger after the first chapter? I wasn't planning for that to happen... Please review :)