ANOTHER TIME

CHAPTER ONE

Phoebe Halliwell carefully pulled into the driveway of the manor, hitting a garbage can in the process. She leaned on the car wheel and began breathing deeply.

"Oh I have to get my own car".

Piper hearing the clatter of metal walked towards the door she reached for the doorknob when Paige burst in, she marched into the living room and sat down on the sofa.

"Paige? What's wrong?"

Paige glanced at Piper then continued to out stare the table.

"Okay we'll talk in a minute" Piper continued her earlier task of investigating the noise outside, she made her way to where Phoebe was kneeling down in front of the bumper. "What happened!"

Phoebe stood up and looked at her older sister an innocent look on her face, "Piper, the important thing is…I didn't get hurt in the process --"

Piper turned towards her "In the process of what Phoebe? Attacking the garbage can!"

She walked back inside the house with Phoebe following closely behind they stopped in the hallway

"I will pay you back".

Piper flared up "With what monopoly money"

"Hey, I will", she shouted defensively.

Paige rolled her eyes at their arguing and hurried over to them, she stood in the middle silencing them "Okay can we concentrate on my problem now?"

Phoebe smiled "Yes we can if it'll take the heat off me".

Piper looked back at her "We are not finished missy…But I'm glad you didn't get hurt".

"Well it's only a little dent"

Piper started to relent a little "I know but I needed the car later but now I'll have to get it fixed and --"

Paige coughed stopping their train of thought "Yeah and I got fired".

Both sisters turned to her "What!"

"I know, there was this minor incident at work and my boss told me to leave" Phoebe looked at her sadly "I'm sorry sweetie, I know how much you loved that job".

Paige shrugged and nodded as she sat down on the sofa again.

Piper looked at her curiously "What was this incident?"

"Well this couple came in that I used to know; we weren't close or anything but I had proof that they were taking inheritance money off this kid they adopted. I told my boss but he wouldn't hear it I caused a huge fuss and when Josh the kids dad confronted me in the office…I hit him"

"Ooh so I guess they took it bad huh?" Phoebe said.

"What was you're proof?" Piper asked understandingly.

"Just what I…Heard…The kid told me…I know he's telling the truth and it's not fair! We could ask Darrell to look into it, couldn't we?" Paige suddenly suggested.

Phoebe nodded "It wouldn't hurt to try"

"Okay that is not a good group of words to use in this family" Piper added.

Cole suddenly walked down the stairs surprising them he leaned on the banister "What's with all the racket?"

Paige looked up at him mournfully "I lost my job"

"Phoebe dented my car"

He looked towards Phoebe concerned "But you're alright aren't you? You're not hurt anywhere?"

Phoebe nodded reassuringly and turned to Piper "See someone cares" She began walking towards Cole when a pain caused her to lurch forward she stumbled towards the stairs using the banister for support the two sisters and Cole rushed forward to help her.

"What the hells wrong with her!" Cole looked at each of them in turn a panicked look on his face.

"Can't…B…Breathe!"

Cole and Piper look at each other then at the same time shout out "Leo!" When he didn't appear straight away Cole shouted again

"Orb your ass down here now!

Seconds later he orbed into the living room then looked around to find them, he spotted them by the stairs and ran over to them.

Cole gently laid Phoebe on the carpet "It's okay, you'll be fine now"

Leo placed his hands over Phoebe's stomach and they all waited anxiously Paige was the one to ask what was on all their minds

"Why isn't anything happening?"

Leo shook his head "I don't know"

Cole jumped up and grabbed hold of him by his jumper "What do you mean you don't know! Heal her Leo"

Piper pushed Cole back angrily

"I can't heal her because she isn't hurt"

Cole kneeled back down beside her, he touched her forehead gently "She's burning up"

Piper looked from Phoebe to Leo "Please try again"

He nodded relenting and once again laid his hands over her.

"Help…M…Me" Phoebe gasped between breathes

Leo started to stand up again when Phoebe gasped then started coughing, seconds later she stopped and started to stand she looked at them all

"I…" before she could finish her sentence she fell to the floor and disappeared from their sights.

Paige looked at the spot where Phoebe was only seconds earlier "Where did she go?"

Piper took hold of Leo's hand "Is she --"

Leo stepped back. "I'll consult the elders".

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Phoebe began to regain consciousness to the sound of voices, her sister's voices, she opened one eye and looked around…The attic; Cole must've carried her to the attic when Leo had healed her.

She tried to sit up still half dazed she put a hand to her aching head "Must've hit my head on the way down…Just so you know Leo did a terrible job of healing me this time" She opened her other eye and looked around more clearly this time.

She saw her two sisters looking at her concerned Piper and Prue stood just outside a circle of lit candles

"I must still be unconscious…Or I'm dead!"

Prue helped her to her feet "You're not dead, not now at least".

Phoebe stepped back away from Prue and Piper "You're alive! How? What's going on here? Where's Cole and Leo?"

Prue and Piper looked at each other in confusion.

"You vanquished Cole or should I say Balthezar and Leo? Who is that?"

Phoebe turned from Prue to Piper "You're husband, Leo, Piper remember --".

Piper took her by the arm and led her out of the attic and toward her room. "It's been a rough day you should rest…Prue go to work Claire's called at least six times".

Prue shook her head still concerned for Phoebe "No Bucklands can wait my sister can't".

Phoebe pulled away from Piper and began walking down the stairs looking around, a white dog suddenly ran past her almost knocking her to the floor "Rasputin…Where's Kit?"

Piper put a comforting hand on her shoulder "You must have gone through a lot, you were only dead for a few minutes but obviously that was too long".

Phoebe shook her head "I'm not dead and you are not my sisters!"

Prue looked toward her "Phoebe!"

She suddenly took off at a run back up the stairs towards the attic and to where the book of shadows lay on it's stand, she began flicking through the pages not sure what she was really looking for. Prue and Piper watched her worriedly from the door

"What are you looking for?"

Phoebe shook her head still looking at each page "I don't know demonic possession, Loss of memory something to explain what the hells going on!" She suddenly stopped and gasped as a vision flooded her thoughts, seconds later she stopped and looked at them both.

Prue took a step towards her "What did you see?"

Her younger sister looked at Piper "You and Paige looking through the book…" She started looking through the book again then stopped at a page close to the end "…Parallel dimensions, the page you where looking for"

Prue looked to Piper questioningly "Don't look at me I don't know what she's talking about and Whose Paige and Leo?"

"Leo our whitelighter, even if this is another dimension he should still be here…Paige is our other sister she's a Charmed one".

Prue folded her arms across her chest and shook her head "That's impossible we are the Charmed Ones --".

"Yes we were until a demon attacked, Shacks and he killed you" At the last comment she looked to Prue "We couldn't bring you back and then Paige showed up, our younger sister".

Piper held a hand up and Phoebe went quiet

"No Shacks killed you we brought you back".

"No that would be impossible, we looked in the book when you died and we couldn't do it…Wait a second a binding spell…A money spell, this is personal gain" She looked at another page and stepped back, her face white "Bring back the dead!"

"That's the spell we used to bring you back" Prue told her blankly.