It was around lunchtime, and someone knocked on the door of the manor. Piper got up from the kitchen table and answered it. Piper opened the door to see a woman in her late 40's there, in a white robe.

"Yes? Can I help you?"

"Are you Phoebe, Piper, and/or Paige?"

"I'm Piper."

"Ok, your shift starts now for about the next few days."

"Whoa… What shift?"

"Ask your white lighter, they'll explain."

A girl walked into the house. She looked about 15. She was wearing long, baggy, black pants, and a light blue shirt to match. Her hair was black with navy blue highlights.

"I'll see you in two days." The women said and orbed out of the doorway, out of sight. Piper stood there a while before walking into the living room to see the girl with her feet up, watching the TV.

"Hey, hey, hey, feet off the table and who are you?!?"

"Dee… your shift starts today…"

"Ok… what shift is this?"

"Geez… none of these witches these days read… I'll be upstairs."

Dee shimmered up to the top of the stairs, and walked to the left. Piper rubbed her eyes to make sure she had just seen what she thought she saw. A girl "shimmered" upstairs.

"What the… LEO!!!!" A few moments later, Leo orbed down.

"Yes Piper?"

"Who is this child in my house?"

"What child?"

"The child that just shimmered up my stairs…"

"Shimmered upstairs? Oooh, wait, Dee?"

"So you know this girl."

"Yeah, umm…"

"Is there something you forgot to mention to me?"

"No, no… ok. It's not an everyday conversation piece. The story is her mother was a white lighter, and her father is a demon. Of course the High Counsel, umm… that white lighter no longer serves really."

"Your point Leo."

"Ok, so the Elders knew they couldn't just give the child to her father because he was demon, and possessed a lot of power. And they couldn't just drop her off at the orphanage, the whole witch thing."

"So… they decided to let us take care of her?"

"Not exactly… every witch in the world takes a part in raising her. See, since she's half witch and half demon, she in turn has to choose which side she'll choose. That is by her 16th birthday."

"So I'm stuck with babysitting her for three days because someone else screwed up?!?"

"When you put it that way, it makes it seem like a bad thing…"

Piper and Leo turned around to see Dee standing there. Piper scrambled to find something to say in reply.

"Heeey… Dee is it?"

"Cut the chit-chat. Umm… I wanted to tell you you're out of soda."

"There was a full bottle in there this morning."

"Umm… well, between this morning and now, it's disappeared. Uh… no problem though."

Dee held out her hand and an orange soda can had appeared. She then shimmered back upstairs. Piper turned around with a peeved face and looked at Leo.

"Leo, we need to talk." Piper pulled Leo down to the basement.

"This is not going to work. I'm too busy for this."

"Piper, you have to. You always have Phoebe and Paige."

"And she has powers?!?"

"Ok, so she has a few things…"

"Like…"

"Umm… the shimmering and the appearing of things."

"Anything else? You said it as if there's more."

"She can shoot energy balls."

"Let me get this straight. She has an equal amount of the power of all 3 of us combined and we're suppose to watch her?!?"

"Look, I've had her before. She's nice…"

"Why couldn't someone else take her right now. I mean, there are countless witches."

"No, it has to you guys."

"Because…."