CH 4.

"Paige!" Paige was huddled in the corner of the attic mumbling to herself as tears streamed down her face. She had maps of every kind spread out before her and a scrying crystal in her hand.

"Oh, Paige," Piper said as she walked over to her and knelt down in front of her. Paige didn't even look up as she continued to mumble to herself. Piper put her hand on her shoulder.

"Come on Paige," was all she said as she pulled Paige up, trying to lead her downstairs.

"No," Paige mumbled quietly.

"Paige?"

"N-No," she said a bit louder this time.

"Honey-"

"No, I have to scry for her," Paige said as she started to pull out of Piper's grasp.

"Paige," Piper started, "You'll have better luck if you let me and Phoebes help you. Why don't you come downstairs and we can talk about it."

"No!" Piper was about to respond, but Paige held up her hand.

"I have to find her. Now," Paige said in a stern voice. "Zeke is still after her and she doesn't know how to control her powers yet."

"You see, about that."

"About what?"

"Uhhh…Phoebe and I kinda got a call."

"From who?" Paige said, eyes narrowing.

"Well,"

"The Hospital." They turned their heads to the voice that came from the doorway.

"What! The Hospital!? It'd better be a wrong number, Phoebes, or I swear-"

"Dani's in the hospital, or she was," Phoebe said as she walked over to Paige.

"Oh my gd! Is she alright?! We have to go now! Wait…what do you mean WAS?" Piper sighed.

"You'd better sit down."

"I'll sit when I want," Paige said as she crossed her arms.

'Paige," Piper said in a firm big sis voice.

"Fine," Paige sighed as she wiped her tears away and sat on the couch in between Phoebe and Piper as they told her what had happened and how I orbed.

"You jumped on her?" Paige said.

"We needed to talk to her, but she orbed out again," Phoebe said.

"How did she orb? I haven't taught her yet."

"Well, she hangs around you a lot. She probably picked it up," Piper said.

"She…never told me she could. We have to find her! She's all alone and hurt."

"Paige, the nurse said there was a young man who carried Dani in. She said they looked like they obviously knew each other. I'm sure Dani's with him. It's getting dark. We can look for her tomorrow-"

"No!"

"Paige, listen to me. Dani is a strong girl. She can hold her own for a few hours. She learned from the best after all, besides, some time away will do her some good. I promise you we'll find her," Phoebe said, "Now, let's get some rest. We have an early day tomorrow. Do you want us to stay with you sweetie?" Paige nodded her head yes as she leaned her head on Phoebe's shoulder as Phoebe put her arm around her and lead her to her room.

"Pipe, you coming?"

"In a minute," Piper said. She waited till they were gone before she turned around and gazed out the window. She didn't say anything, but the look on her face said it all. She turned back around and walked to the hallway, glancing back at the attic one last time, and closed the door.

"Paige, come on. You need to rest," Phoebe said as she gently pushed Paige by her shoulders to her bed.

"No, please, we have to find her," Paige murmured as she let Phoebe lay her down.

"Shh." Was all Phoebe said.

"N-no," Paige said as she let her eyes close. Piper walked in just as Phoebe laid the covers over Paige and gave her a kiss on the forehead.

"Pheebs," Piper said softly, "we need to talk." Phoebe nodded as they left Paige's room, shutting the light as they went. They walked into Piper's room and sat on the bed.

"I hate seeing Paige like that. We have to get Dani back…soon," Phoebe said.

"I can't help but feel that it's Dani's fault that Paige is like this," Piper said.

"It may seem like that, but that's exactly what Zeke wants us to thing. He's waiting for us to stop caring about Dani so he can take advantage of the situation," Phoebe said.

"Do you think Dani thinks that we don't love her?" Piper said.

"I have no idea," Phoebe said.

I yet again have no idea where I'm going. I'm so stupid! Why did I orb away from them?

"Because you're afraid that they won't want you anymore," a voice said.

"Zeke, what are you doing here?" I said narrowing my eyes.

"Are you seriously that stupid? I want you, but now is not the time. There are too many witnesses. Watch yourself bitch. You'll never know when I'll show up," he whispered in my ear. Then I felt a searing hot pain in my head as I blacked out, rain falling down on me.

It was morning and Paige, Phoebe, and Piper were in the attic. Paige was trying all sorts of spells and Phoebe was scrying as Piper went downstairs to get some coffee.

"Hear my pleas

Hear my cries

Soul that belongs at our side

Come to us and be near

Come to us and settle here," Paige said. Blue and white lights swirled around, but the figure that remained left Paige and Phoebe speechless and she dropped the scrying crystal.

"Hey guys."

"Prue!?" Phoebe exclaimed. Paige just sat there stunned.

"Hey Pheebs," Prue said as she pulled a teary-eyed Phoebe into a hug.

"You have no idea how much we've all missed you," Phoebe murmured.

"H-how?" was all Paige could manage to say.

"Hi Paige. It's nice to finally meet you," Prue said as she gathered Paige in the hug.

"Not that I'm not glad you're here, but why are you?" Phoebe said pulling away.

"Well, I'm not quite sure myself. Paige's spell was to bring back Dani, but it brought me instead. I think I'm supposed to help," Prue said.

"Coffee's here-" Piper stopped mid sentence and dropped the coffee only to freeze it mid way.

"Hey Pip," Prue said as Piper ran into her arms.

"I missed you so much," Piper said.

"I missed you too. All of you," Prue said as her eyes landed on Paige. Phoebe and Paige filled Piper in on what happened as Piper passed out the coffee.

"Okay, we have work to do. Paige, maybe you should try orbing her here, but hold something of Dani's. Kind of like scrying," Prue said. Paige orbed a picture frame with all of them in it, except Prue. It was my favorite picture.

"Okay Paige. Close your eyes and concentrate on bringing her back. Can you sense her?" Paige nodded her head.

"She's in pain. So much pain."

"Okay, focus on healing that pain," Prue continued. Paige took a deep breath.

"Danielle." Nothing happened.

"Phoebe, try scrying," Prue said.

"But I tried already-"

"Do it. Trust me. Paige, keep trying."

"Got her!" Phoebe said, "she's a few blocks away from Baker High."

"Okay Paige, picture Dani there."

"Danielle." Still nothing.

"Paige, try using her other name. The one we all use," Piper said. Paige clutched the frame and kept her eyes closed tight.

"Dani."

Blue lights swirled again as Paige held her arms out. The lights faded as my tattered body lay in Paige's arms.

"Dani!" Paige yelled. The cut on my forehead was bleeding as the blood trailed it's way over my eyes and mouth.

"Leo! Leo, get your ass down here!" Paige yelled.

"Leo won't be coming," Prue said.

"Why not! Is he okay?!" Piper yelled.

"I'm not aloud to say, but I assure you he's safe," Prue said. "We'll talk later." Prue turned to Paige.

"You need to heal here Paige."

"I-I can't!"

"What!? Why not?!"

"I don't know! It's not working!"

"Try before it's too late," Prue said. Paige laid my body before her and replaced her hands above my forehead and shut her eyes. Nothing happened.

"I can't."

"Paige!"

"It's not working!"

"She's loosing blood Paige!"

"Come on, damn it!" Paige screamed out, "please, please don't leavc me!" A blinding gold light surrounded Paige's hands as the cut started to fade until there was nothing but a red scar. Paige sat back with a sigh of relief.

"Thank goodness," Phoebe sighed.

"Why couldn't I heal?" Paige said.

"I'll check with the elders," Prue said, "be right back." She disappeared in blue and white lights.

"Come on Paige. Let's put her in bed." Piper said. Paige struggled to get up. Phoebe helped her as Piper picked me up.

"You need to lie down, too," Phoebe said. Piper made her way to my room as Phoebe led Paige to hers.

"No," Paige whispered.

"Paige?" Phoebe said.

"Bring her to my room." Piper and Phoebe exchanged glances before bringing me to Paige's room. Piper laid me down on one side of the bed as Phoebe helped Paige climb in on the other side.

"Call if you need anything," Piper said as they left the room.

Paige rolled over to look at me. She ran her hand across my forehead, checking for a fever, but found none.

"Sweet Dreams Dani."

A couple of hours passed and Piper and Phoebe took turns checking in on us. I suddenly jerked awake, disoriented as I sat up. I looked around and realized that I was in Paige's room, but where was Paige? I got out of bed and my head started to pound as my steps staggered. I walked across the room and looked into Paige's mirrow. I had a huge red scar across my forehead.

"Ow," I sighed. I struggled to keep my balance as I walked out of the room and to the stairs. I lost my footing and tried to grab on to the railing but no such luck.

"Crap!"

Phoebe was in the kitchen with Piper as Piper was making some lunch.

"I wanted to see if I can get Dani to eat something," Piper said.

"That's a good idea. Paige should be home soon so maybe we can all eat together," Phoebe said. A sudden thunder of bangs rang through the Manor. Piper and Phoebe look at each other.

"Demons!" Piper said as she grabbed a frying pan for a weapon and then they ran to the source of the noise.

"Dani!?" They both yelled. I was face down on the landing of the stairs. They ran up the remaining stairs and helped me up.

"What happened?" Phoebe asked.

"I slipped."

"No, we mean, why are you out of bed?" Piper asked. Before I could reply, I felt a warm trail run down over my eye.

"Paige is going to kill us!" Phoebe said.

"W-what?" I asked.

"Your forehead and no, Phoebe, Paige won't kill us. Dani was the one who decided to get out of bed without help," Piper said. I gulped. They helped me down the stairs and put me on the couch.

"I'll get the first aid," Phoebe said.

"I thought Paige healed me,' I said.

"She couldn't completely and what we thought was a scar was actually still somewhat open."

"Ugh, my head."

"Don't worry. We'll explain everything when Paige gets home, which should be very soon." Just then the door opened and I jumped up excitedly, but the person at the door was definitely not Paige. Although, she did have a resemblance to her.

"Uh hi, I'm Prue,' she said as she held out her hand.