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Brief PWMTH (a.k.a. Season One) Summary: If you have not read Paige Wyatt meets The Halliwells, it may be helpful to read that first. If not, don't worry, because it is pretty simple to follow along with the season two plot as long as you know the following: Paige is Leo's adopted daughter. Prue, Piper, and Phoebe do not know this. Paige knows that she is a witch-white lighter and she knows who her parents are, as do Prue, Piper, Phoebe, and Leo. Piper and Leo are dating. Andy did not die at the end of season one! Yay! Andy proposed to Prue in the season one finale. Prue, Piper, and Phoebe have their normal powers from the canon season one – and any canon season two power developments will take place within season two. Paige is being trained by Leo to use her white lighter abilities. The Elders did grant her telepathy in season one, but they took it away when they found out she had not told them she was a witch. I think that is about all you need to know. Oh and I guess having watched season two of Charmed is also useful for you.

A/N: So here we are about to start Witch Trial. It has never been a particular favourite of mine. The canon episode was quite bland and I always felt like Morality Bites should have been the season two opener instead of Witch Trial. However I realise that the Prue getting over Andy's death stuff was important. Oh, and as to the beginning scene with Piper snogging the banker friend: I have had to change that slightly because in my version Piper and Leo are dating properly by now. Enjoy!

Chapter One: Witch Trial (And Talking Things Through)

A whole month had gone by since Prue, Piper, Phoebe, and Paige had vanquished Tempus. Prue and Andy had decided to keep their engagement short, and were due to have their wedding any day now.

Paige had spent the past month away from the manor. She had spent it being trained by Leo, because she wanted to get her white lighter abilities mastered. Within a month of a strict training regime, Paige was now able to orb properly and she was only starting on the basics of how to glamour. However, she was still unable to levitate, and Leo had not even started to teach her how to heal people.

The Elders had offered to give Paige back the telepathy powers that they had previously granted her. However, Paige had refused to take it back. Now that she knew she was part white lighter, why did she want to have second hand witch powers? She wanted to discover what her own witch powers were… Discovering that she had a hidden white lighter side had increased her determination to find out what her natural witch powers were. They could be lying dormant inside her like her white lighter abilities had been.

Since both Paige and Leo were invited to the wedding, Leo had decided that they should put Paige's training on hold. During that month, Leo had been split between training Paige, helping charges, and going back and forth from the manor to see Piper.

It was the evening and Leo had just concluded Paige's training for the day – they did not know when they would start up training again. Leo had left to answer a charge's call. Paige packed her things up in her suitcase and orbed straight into the foyer of Halliwell manor.

Paige was in a good mood. Therefore as she orbed into the foyer, she shouted, 'Good evening, sister witches!'

'What is wrong with this family?' Piper shouted from the living room.

Paige noticed Phoebe standing by the living room door, giggling at Paige.

Paige walked around the corner into the living room. Piper was sitting on the sofa, glaring at Paige. Next to Piper on the sofa was some guy. He was frozen. Piper got off the sofa and approached Paige.

'What is up with you and Phoebe?' said Piper.

'Phoebe? What did she do?' asked Paige puzzled.

Prue walked in, finishing up a conversation on her phone. Prue stood by Phoebe as Piper continued talking to Paige.

'She just pulled the exact same 'sister witches' line, even though I have company!' moaned Piper.

'Oops,' said Paige. 'I guess he is not supernatural.'

Piper rolled her eyes. 'You think?'

'Who is he?' asked Paige.

'A banker friend that I am hoping to get a loan off,' said Piper. 'We were having a meeting, discussing the finances.'

'Did he see me orb in?' asked Paige.

'No,' said Piper. 'He was looking down at the papers. He would have heard you though.'

'Oops, but he would not believe I actually meant witches,' said Paige.

'He will probably think it is some sort of joke, considering Phoebe did it too,' said Piper.

'How was I supposed to know Phoebe would say it first?' said Paige.

Piper sighed. 'Look, Prue, you are going to have to go outside again.'

'Piper, you already made me go back outside,' said Prue. 'It is cold.'

'Yeah, well, thank Phoebe and Paige for deciding to make me freeze him twice, between forcing you out of the house,' said Piper.

Prue sighed and went back outside. Phoebe and Paige returned to their previous positions. Piper went back to the sofa and unfroze the banker friend. Paige walked over to Phoebe. Prue came in from the front door and stood by Phoebe and Paige.

'Rob, can we take a rain check on sorting out the details for the club?' asked Piper. 'It is getting kind of crowded in here.'

'Sure,' said the banker friend, standing up.

The banker friend grabbed his coat and left. After he had shut the door, Piper turned back to her sisters.

'Er, Piper, what's the club?' asked Paige. 'I thought you meant the loan was for the manor, considering the number of times you have to pay to get windows – and the grandfather clock – fixed.'

'The club is my new business venture,' said Piper.

'I thought you worked at Quake,' said Paige.

'She quit a few days after we vanquished Tempus,' said Phoebe.

'You left the day before she decided to hand in her resignation,' said Prue.

That was true. Paige had made the decision to leave for a while to train with Leo because she had wanted to avoid Prue. Prue had wanted to discuss the power produced when the four of them said a spell at the same time. However Paige did not want to be part of the discussion. Although Piper and Phoebe were also interested in finding the answer, they were not as determined as Prue. Therefore in order to avoid Prue, Paige had quickly made the decision to go and train with Leo. However, she could not avoid Prue's wedding – Prue was her sister after all – and Paige did miss hanging out with all three of her sisters.

Paige frowned. 'So if you have decided to open your own place, why did you not decide to open a restaurant?'

'Restaurants are a lot more expensive to run than clubs,' explained Piper.

'You are getting a loan from the bank though,' said Paige. 'Why not get a bigger loan?'

'It is hard enough as it is to try and convince the bank to give me this loan,' said Piper. 'The bigger the loan, the harder it is to get.'

With the conversation over, Paige picked up her cases and began to drag them up the staircase. Prue and Piper decided to give her a hand with some of the cases.

'Wait, you guys,' said Phoebe.

Prue, Piper, and Paige stopped halfway up the staircase. This was difficult considering how heavy the cases were. They turned to see Phoebe standing in the foyer with her hands on her hips.

'Where are you going?' asked Phoebe when she saw she had their attention.

'Isn't it obvious..?' said Paige. 'Up the stairs…'

Piper laughed. 'I see you are not used to Phoebe's questions after a whole month away from here.'

Paige smiled. 'I guess you are right.'

'Pheebs, we are going upstairs to help move Paige's cases back into the attic,' said Prue.

'She can orb up there with them later,' said Phoebe.

Paige laughed. 'Do you think I orb all the time now?'

Phoebe nodded. 'Come on. With a power like that, why would you ever want to walk again?'

Paige shrugged. 'I thought I would keep the orbing to a minimum now that I am back home.'

Piper rolled her eyes. 'Your earlier entrance begs to differ.'

Paige blushed. She picked up one of her cases again and started to go up the stairs. Prue and Piper followed suit.

'Wait,' said Phoebe again.

Paige put her case back down. So did Prue and Piper.

'Yes?' said Prue.

'Don't you know what tomorrow is?' asked Phoebe.

Paige looked at Piper and said, 'Now do you believe me that she asks stupid questions whether you are used to it or not?'

Phoebe rolled her eyes. 'I am not that stupid. I know tomorrow is Prue's wedding day.'

Prue laughed. 'You are the one who asked the question, not us.'

'I was not on about your wedding,' said Phoebe. 'It is also our one year anniversary of becoming witches!'

'Not mine,' said Paige.

'Sorry, Paige,' said Phoebe apologetically. 'It is still a big thing that Prue, Piper, and I became witches on this day last year.'

'Yes, but that better not overshadow the fact that tomorrow is my wedding,' said Prue adamantly.

'Er, right,' said Phoebe. 'It is still a day to celebrate though.'

'Yes, but it is only a day to celebrate because it is my wedding day,' said Prue, trying not to get annoyed with her little sister.

'Prue, you cannot ignore that tomorrow is the most powerful wiccan day of the year, the autumnal equinox,' said Phoebe.

'Pheebs, I will say this nicely. Please stop trying to take the spotlight off my wedding day,' said Prue through gritted teeth.

'Take the hint and run, Pheebs,' giggled Paige.

Piper nodded in agreement to Paige's words.

Ten minutes later, Paige's belongings were back in the attic. She had set them out and she had noticed that a bed had been added to the attic.

'Surprise,' said Piper. 'We thought you would find that easier to sleep on than the old sofa.'

'I did not need a bed,' said Paige, sitting down on the attic sofa which had been positioned on the other side of the attic.

'Yes you did,' said Piper.

A ding sound was heard from downstairs.

'That means Prue's cake is done!' said Piper happily, leaving the attic.

Prue laughed. 'I made Piper the official cake baker for the wedding. It is not difficult to tell that she enjoys the role.'

'So I can tell,' said Paige.

Prue sat down on the attic sofa next to Paige.

'Paige, we need to talk,' said Prue seriously.

'I think I hear Piper calling my name,' said Paige hurriedly.

Paige orbed downstairs into the kitchen.

'Paige! What happened to keeping orbing to a minimum now that you are back home?' moaned Piper. Paige's appearance had made her jump in fright while holding the wedding cake.

'You were the one that pointed out that I was making that up,' laughed Paige.

Piper smiled. She began to apply frosting to the cake.

'That cake looks gorgeous,' said Paige.

'It should do,' said Piper. 'I would have started again by now if it did not.'

'So what are the timings for tomorrow?' asked Paige.

'Wake up at six. Make last minute phone calls to ensure everything else is sorted for the day. Wake Prue up at seven. Hair and make up and anything that comes under that category needs to be sorted by eleven. Andy and Darryl will show up at eleven. The ceremony will start at midday,' said Piper, not taking her eyes off the cake as she decorated it intricately.

'I cannot believe how much effort you are putting into the cake when there are so few guests,' said Paige.

'Prue wanted the wedding to be small and simple,' said Piper. 'However the food I make is never going to be small and simple.'

'So the wedding is literally just going to be Prue, Andy, you, Leo, Phoebe, Darryl, and me? Who is performing the ceremony?' asked Paige.

'Oh. Did I forget to mention that the priest is showing up at half eleven?' said Piper.

'Yes you did,' said Paige.

'Paige!'

Piper and Paige looked at the kitchen door where Prue was entering angrily.

'Paige, I said I need to talk to you!' said Prue. 'Don't run off like that!'

'Piper called me down here,' lied Paige, slightly scared by Prue's anger.

'No I did not…' said a puzzled Piper. Then Piper turned on Prue and said, 'Prue, you promised you would not get into a bad mood before your wedding! All this stress is not good for you!'

'I promised I would not argue with Phoebe,' said Prue. 'I never said anything about not arguing with Paige.'

Piper sighed. 'Prue, whatever you need to talk to Paige about can wait. I am not letting anything ruin your wedding. Nothing family related, nothing money related, and definitely nothing magic related.'

Prue took a deep breath. 'Fine, but Paige… You know what I want to talk to you about.'

Prue left the kitchen. Piper looked at Paige.

'Paige, what is it that she wants you to talk about?' asked Piper, concern in her voice.

Paige sighed. She sat down on a chair and looked away from Piper.

'I have a feeling that Prue thinks that I left so quickly last month because I have been avoiding her… because I don't want to talk about what happened when the four of us said that spell at once…' said Paige.

'Is Prue right? Is that really why you left so quickly?' asked Piper.

Paige did not answer. All she did was gulp.

'I take that as a yes,' said Piper.

All four sisters went off to bed relatively early that night. Prue wanted as much sleep as possible before her big day. Piper wanted an early night as she would be up early the next morning. Phoebe and Paige knew that Piper would be forcing them to get up early the next morning too, so they decided they had better get some sleep while they could.

Paige was tossing and turning on her bed in the attic. It was definitely more comfortable than the attic sofa, but Paige could not sleep. She knew that a conversation with Prue was due after the wedding. Paige also knew that she did not want to take part in that conversation.

Paige stood up and took the Book of Shadows off of its stand. Paige took the Book over to the bed with her and lay down as she flicked through it. She was not looking for anything in particular or for anything at all. She just felt comforted having the Book to look through when unable to sleep.

A breeze woke Paige up early next morning. Paige did not open her eyes. She tried to pull her cover further over her. She could hear something that sounded like flapping. Paige opened her eyes. The Book of Shadows was flipping pages by itself. Paige stared wide eyed at it. Had it ever done that before? Paige was about to shout for her sisters to come upstairs, but then she remembered it was Prue's wedding day. Paige did not want to spoil the start of Prue's wedding day with a commotion, especially if the flipping Book did not turn out to be important.

Paige orbed into Phoebe's room. Phoebe was fast asleep.

'Phoebe, wake up! Quick!' hissed Paige.

'Five more minutes,' mumbled Phoebe, not opening her eyes.

'Phoebe!' hissed Paige.

'Not now!' mumbled Phoebe, refusing to open her eyes or sit up.

Paige grabbed Phoebe's arm and orbed them into Piper's room. As Phoebe had been lying down, she fell straight to the floor of Piper's bedroom. The noise startled Piper. Phoebe slowly stood up, rubbing her aching back.

'Paige,' moaned Phoebe groggily.

'What are you two doing in here?' asked Piper, looking at her alarm clock. 'It is five forty. We are not scheduled to be up for another twenty minutes.'

'The Book has other ideas,' said Paige.

Piper looked angry while Phoebe looked worried.

'The Book? Magic decides to interrupt such an important day?' said Piper angrily.

'Shouldn't we go to the attic now if something is happening?' asked Phoebe.

Paige nodded. Piper and Phoebe took Paige's hands and Paige orbed them to the attic.

The Book of Shadows was still on Paige's bed, flipping from page to page. Suddenly the Book came to a stop on a specific page. Phoebe approached the Book and began to read out loud:

'Rite of Passage. Fight it with the Power of One or else,' read Phoebe.

Before Phoebe could finish reading it, a vortex opened up in the wall. Inside the vortex sat a demon. A gust of wind sent the Book flying into the vortex. The vortex closed.

Piper, Phoebe, and Paige exchanged worried looks.

'The Book is gone?!' said Piper hysterically.

'That demon… He stole the Book? How did he steal the Book? No one can steal the Book! It is our Book!' Phoebe said quickly and quietly.

'What do we do? Do we try and figure out how to go after him?' asked Paige.

'We need Prue,' said Phoebe.

'No,' said Piper resolutely. 'Prue cannot know that the Book is gone. Prue cannot know that a demon stole it. Prue cannot know that we are trying to get the Book back. Nothing is going to ruin Prue's wedding day.'

A/N: Okay, so not much happened in this chapter. This chapter was mainly an introduction to the second season. Hopefully there will be more action in the next chapter. Please review!