Chapter Four: Third times a Charmed
Piper turned her back to Paige and mouthed to Prue 'Help'.
"Umm… All right then, come on in," said Prue, 'helping' Piper.
Paige walked in and noticed the photo of Prue, Piper and Phoebe on the counter.
"Who's that?" she asked, pointing to Phoebe.
Piper raised her eyebrows and said, "This is going to be harder than I thought".
Paige got confused. "Harder than you thought?" she asked. "Who are you?"
Prue got an idea. "Let's go found out, shall we!" she said, and lead the way back up to the attic.
When they reached the attic, Piper took charge and speed-walked to the Book of Shadows.
"Hear my plea; hear my cry, spirit from the other side. Come to me, I summon thee, cross now the great divide!" she said, in an annoyed voice.
Just like before, the girls' mother appeared in a swirl of bright lights. "What is it?" she asked, and then she noticed Paige and her eyes opened wide.
"What? Do you know her? Oh you might, seeing that she is your DAUGHTER!" exclaimed Piper.
"Oh, a little harsh on that, Piper," said Prue.
Patty looked aghast. "How did you find her?" she asked.
"Well, pretty simple actually. She found us," replied Prue.
Patty still had the look on her face.
"Mom, why don't you tell us the WHOLE story, this time?" asked Piper.
"Fine then! It happened after your father and I got divorced, when Sam and I were together. We sort of had a child. But we realized that we couldn't keep her, as that would deny your birthright, your powers," explained Patty.
"Oh. Well, I guess that sorta clears it up," said Prue.
"No, it doesn't. I don't see why you abandoned me without telling anybody," Paige said, furiously.
"I did tell somebody," replied Patty.
"Who?" asked Piper.
Then, more white lights came, and Penny, the girls' grams, appeared.
"She told me," replied Penny.
Piper and Prue stood there, shocked. Paige didn't know what to do, so she sat on the floor.
"Mother! Why are you here?" asked Patty.
"To save you from being tortured by your own daughters," replied Penny. "Now, have you joined hands under the chandelier yet?"
"No?" replied Piper.
Penny looked at her. "Fine, c'mon then, I don't think this Shax is gonna wait," she said.
"Actually, he is," said Cole, who had shimmered in. "The Source is waiting for her to become a witch so that he can get her to use her magic for evil within the first 24 hours, therefore turning her evil,".
"Oh come on!" said Paige. "I doubt this is true,"
"Piper. We have to protect her. We need our powers to defeat Shax and The Source, so I guess re-connecting is our only option," Prue explained.
So the girls, followed by Patty, Penny and Cole, went downstairs and stood under the chandelier, and connected as one by holding hands. The chandelier lit up just as The Source arrived and threw a fireball at Piper. But because of the shield, it re-bounded and threw him out the window.
