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Chapter 4
Piper and Phoebe's hug was cut short by Paige who leaped over their heads and ran out the door.
Phoebe quickly hops to her feet and is about to follow Paige.
"I've got this," Piper says, "You practice orbing into soft things."
As much as Phoebe wanted to help Paige, she knew she needed to get control of Paige's powers in order to help innocents.
Phoebe took a deep breath and orbed onto her bed. She landed with a thud on her stomach. Phoebe curled into the fetal position and resisted the urge to throw up. She didn't want to keep trying after that, but she knew that lives were at stake. Phoebe took a deep breath and disappeared in a blue swirl, landing on her side on Piper's bed.
"Third time's the charm," Phoebe mutters as she once again vanishes in a blue swirl and landing in a sitting position on her bed.
"Yes!" Phoebe screams in excitement after she lands, standing up next to Piper's bed.
Phoebe decides to share the good news with her sisters. She appears silently behind Piper and puts her hands on Piper's shoulders. Piper jumps and shrieks; Phoebe bursts out laughing.
"That wasn't funny," Piper says angrily as she glares at her sister.
Phoebe continues laughing. She puts her hand up and before Piper could say anything Phoebe shouted, "Living room!"
Paige, who had watched the whole spectacle, shook her head at Phoebe. "Not a good idea," Paige says, still shaking her head.
Phoebe knew her sister was right and decided she should apologize to Piper.
"Sorry, Piper," Phoebe says as she lands next to Piper on the sofa.
Piper gets up and starts walking away.
Phoebe orbed in front of Piper. "Come on Piper, I'm sorry," Phoebe whines.
Piper crosses her arms and makes an angry face at her sister. Phoebe put her hand on Piper's shoulder and orbed them back to Paige's room.
"Hey Paige, how ya doin?" Phoebe says, trying to ignore her angry sister.
"Same," Paige says, "Thank you for doing this." Paige narrows her eyes at her sister.
"No problem," Phoebe replies blushing, "Do you think I'm ready?"
Paige nods. "You're a fast learner," she says and then winks.
"Ouch!" Phoebe shouts as she grabs her head.
Piper stomps out of the room.
"Sorry about Piper," Phoebe says genuinely.
Paige rolls her eyes, "Are you sure you can do this?"
"Yeah," Phoebe says, still trying to convince herself. "I'm worried about Piper," she adds.
"Don't worry about her," Paige says.
"What were you going to tell me about Piper?" Phoebe asks.
"I'll tell you later," Paige says, "Now go and don't worry!"
Phoebe vanished in a blue swirl.
"Is she gone?" Piper asks.
Paige nods.
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Phoebe landed in the middle of a grimy alley. She looked around looking for a charge that could be in danger. Phoebe slowly circled the alley.
Peeking around the side of a box, Phoebe saw a sight she wasn't prepared to see; a girl, well maybe young woman, perhaps seventeen was lying lifeless, a gash across her neck. Phoebe scooped up the lifeless girl up and placed her in her lap. Tears ran down her cheeks as she focused on trying to revive the young woman.
Phoebe just had to save her; she was just too young to die. It wasn't fair that such a young person should have to die. Phoebe continued to focus on revitalizing the girl. She watched as the gap slowly closed.
The girl's eyes opened and she coughed. Phoebe was so happy she wanted to get up and dance, but instead focused her energy on the young woman.
"Are you alright?" Phoebe asks.
"Who are you?" The girl asks as she stands up.
"Paige's sister," Phoebe explains.
"You're Phoebe, right?" the young woman says, still trying to figure out why Paige wasn't there.
"Yeah," Phoebe confirms.
"What are you doing here?"
"Paige is sick, so I'm filling in," Phoebe tells the girl.
The young woman stood about four feet from Phoebe with her arms crossed. She wore jeans with a little bit of dirt on them and a green t-shirt. Her short black hair was tied back in a messy ponytail; her blue-green eyes accusatory.
"But you're not a white lighter," the girl says, getting more confused.
Phoebe didn't think it would be so hard to convince people; after all she was a Charmed One.
"Paige and I switched powers," Phoebe clarifys.
"Oh," the girl says still skeptical.
"Do you want to get something to eat?" Phoebe asks. She was interested in the girl, but mostly just wanted to stay away from Piper.
The young woman shrugs.
