Chapter 1

"Hey, Marie, who's the demon?" Paige whispered orbing in behind her charge.

"I don't know. He's deflecting my powers," she said as they hid behind trash cans in an alleyway. Paige looked up to see the demon facing away from them.

"Come out Marie, I'm not going to hurt you," the demon said and Paige froze. She recognized the voice all to well. She shook her head remembering that she could fight this demon, just like she did last time.

"I'm sure she'd believe you Jonas," Paige said sarcastically stepping out of the shadows. He turned around.

"Paige, dear, what a nice surprise," she said his lips turning up into a sinister smile.

"Not so much," she replied and she called for a pole throwing it at the demon. He shimmered out of the way just in time. Paige fought Jonas in hand to hand combat as she told her charge to run.

"You really think I could die?" he asked pinning Paige up against a wall.

"Every demon can die, especially at the hands of a Charmed One," Paige said using more force and ramming him against the back wall. She grabbed the athame from her belt ready to plunge it into his heart but he shimmered out before she could.

"Damn it," she cursed brushing herself off. Paige left the alleyway in search of Marie. She found her in a park crowded with people.

"Who was that?"

"Demon from the past," she said, "Keep in public places for a while. He won't attack if you're with a lot of other people." Her charge merely nodded and Paige orbed home.


Piper and Phoebe anxiously awaited for Paige to arrive. The Elders had announced that they'd be getting a new whitelighter that evening. They weren't thrilled of the news remembering the last time they had a whitelighter besides Leo, it had ended with Leo returning. That couldn't happen now though since he was mortal. The two older sisters questioned the Elder why they needed a new one considering Paige could heal now. Plus they didn't fight demons as often.

The Elder was clear with his answer, Paige has multiple charges, demons will always be around, and Piper's sons couldn't take the responsibility being so young. The dinner became cold as time passed and Paige didn't arrive. They tried calling and Leo said she was probably helping other charges. Piper put the leftover food up and she joined her sister, husband, and sons in the conservatory.

They heard the front door open and were surprised to see Billie and not Paige. Even though several months had passed since the Ultimate Battle Piper and Phoebe weren't so trusting of Billie. She had regained Paige's trust fairly quickly. Phoebe was slowly beginning to trust the girl again and she made friendly conversation with her. She received nothing but cold looks and bitter remarks from Piper.

"Hey Billie, if you're looking for Paige she isn't here," Phoebe said.

"She sent me to tell you she can't come till tomorrow morning. Her charge was attacked by a demon and Paige is staying with them to make sure she's safe."

"Did she say who the demon was?" Phoebe asked.

"No, she just said he was dangerous. She looked really worried though, you don't think it could be the Source could you?"

"No, if it was, she'd be here right now. I'm sure she's safe," Phoebe said, "You should tell Henry though, I'm sure he'd like to know." Billie nodded and left the Manor. Leo was forgiving of Billie not truly understanding what had happened while he'd been gone. He let Piper rant but he also told her everyone deserved a second chance.


"I don't understand why you told me to lie to your sisters," Billie said to Paige when she arrived at the Charmed One's apartment.

"My sisters can't know that he's back yet. I'll tell you more about this demon later, I promise. I just need tonight to think."

"I can go stay with a friend for a while until..." but Paige stopped her.

"No, the guest room is yours. Piper will come around, don't worry. She's just been through a lot all these years. You'll be back at the Manor soon," Paige said, "I'm going to go think. When Henry gets back tell him I'm at the bridge and I'll be back late." Paige grabbed her coat and orbed out of the apartment.


The Elder arrived around eight that evening alone. Piper was in a bad mood partially because Billie had stopped by and partially because of the new whitelighter. When she had heard the news she knew that they'd be back to demon fighting, even though she thought they were done.

"We don't need a new whitelighter, we don't fight demons anymore," she had told the Elder. Of course he had been cryptic and said it was always good to have one in an emergency.

"I'll leave you to get acquainted," he said orbing out as the new whitelighter orbed in. Piper's scowl changed to a smile. Phoebe gasped when their whitelighter materialized.

"Prue!" they cried throwing their arms around their eldest sister. Prue smiled along with them.

"Are you really back? For good this time?" Phoebe asked. Prue nodded and told her sisters what had happened to her after Paige left limbo.

The Elders offered her the opportunity to become a whitelighter. Prue's only condition was that the Charmed Ones would be her charges. She had trained the past several years not knowing what had happened with Leo, Coop, or Billie. She told her sisters that her training stopped when she heard Paige and Phoebe had died.

She revealed that Paige had died first, her body destroyed in the blast. Phoebe and Leo looked at Piper. Piper hadn't told Phoebe everything that had happened that night. Leo knew Piper tried to look for Paige but he pulled her away before she had the chance. Phoebe felt a surge of anger against Piper but realized that even if her sister had searched, she wouldn't have been able to find Paige.

When time was set back Prue returned to training. After her story she finally asked where Paige was.

"She's with one of her charges," Piper said, "Demon attacked them and Paige wants to make sure they're safe." Prue nodded somewhat understanding the situation. She then asked her sisters to tell her what had happened when she was 'up there'. When they got to Billie, each sister had a different view. Prue ended up siding with Piper.

"She betrayed you and chose the side of evil."

"She was influenced by her sister. She ended up killing her in the end Prue. She's been through a lot. She realized that her sister was evil and chose correctly," Phoebe said defending Billie. Prue didn't reply and there was silence for several minutes. Leo was the one to change to topic. He told Prue that he was now headmaster of Magic School but he didn't mention that Billie had been helping him out with several of his classes.

Piper told her sister of her plans of turning P3 into a restaurant. She showed her sisters the binder she had organized of cost, plans, and what she'd be serving. Phoebe told her of her job as an advice columnist at the Bay Mirror and her relationship with Coop. Prue was most surprised to hear that Piper was the only sister living in the Manor. Piper then talked to Leo about making the basement into a small apartment for Prue when he wasn't working.


Paige arrived back at her apartment very early in the morning. Henry didn't stay up even though he was worried, Billie convinced him that Paige would be alright. She greeted the Charmed One by handing her a cup of tea.

"What are you going to do about this demon?"

"I don't know yet. I thought he was dead, but apparently he isn't. You should get to bed. Don't you have to be at Magic School tomorrow morning?" Billie nodded and started to leave the kitchen.

"We'll head to the Manor together tomorrow morning and you can leave with Leo while I meet our new whitelighter," Paige said stopping her.

"Okay," she said glad to have Paige back in her life, "Thank you, again, for letting me stay here." Paige merely smiled at the girl and she flipped the lights off as she too left the kitchen.

A/N: So what did you all think? Did you enjoy the first chapter? I'll update next week. Please review!