It had been several hours since the attempted demon attack upon Paige. Phoebe was in the kitchen making Tea, as Prue and Piper sat in the living room discussing the night's events. Leo was in the heavens, checking on information from the Elders.
"I can't believe we just let her go" Prue sighed.
Piper looked over to Prue, sitting down by the fireplace. "Well we had no choice. I vanquished the demon… the third one with my new power by the way!" she smirked at her achievement.
Prue rolled her eyes. "Yeah, but still she noticed Leo orbing, you and me using our powers… what if she exposes us?"
"Okay… you have a point. But do you really think they'll believe her if she goes to the cops?" Piper leaned her head to one side, tucking her loose hair behind her ears.
Prue considered Pipers thought. She nodded her head, eventually agreeing with her. Phoebe eventually came through with the tea.
"There you go," she smiled, placing the tea tray on the coffee table.
Phoebe took a while to get settled on one of the sofas, but soon became comfortable, with her mug of tea. "So," she began. "What are we going to do about Paige?"
Piper sighed. "That's what me and Prue were discussing."
Prue handed Phoebe a lined piece of paper with an address scribbled upon it. "That's her address" Prue paused for a moment, giving Phoebe chance to read the information. "I looked it up,"
"Shall we pay her a visit, talk to her perhaps?" Phoebe suggested, sipping her cup of tea.
Piper rolled her eyes. "And tell her what… Hey! You're an angel! Want to come round for dinner!?"
The sisters let out a slight chuckle.
"We'll go round early tomorrow," Prue suggested. "Let the dust settle."
The next morning was bright and cheerful, like most Saturday Mornings were. Paige Matthews sat alone in her apartment, her attention focused towards the Television. She clinged to a mug of tea as she propped her legs up next to her, making her more comfortable and relaxed. Before she knew it, there was a knock at her door.
Hesitating, she placed her mug down on the coffee table beside her, and began to make way for the door. She slowly opened the door, only finding the Halliwell sisters behind it.
"What the hell do you want?" Paige protested.
Prue rolled her eyes. "Look, we've just come here to talk to you, not to fight. If you recall last night, we saved your life."
Paige began to shut the door. Prue, becoming annoyed, waved her hand at the door. It magically flew open, rushing out of Paige's hands.
"I'll call the police!" Paige yelled heading for the phone.
"Piper try and freeze her," Phoebe whispered.
"I'll try, it didn't work before – remember?" Piper glanced at Phoebe.
Phoebe looked over to her sister. She shot her a look of faith. This look always gave Piper the motivation that she needed. Instantly, Piper threw out her hands in the direction of Paige. Nothing happened.
"Try again Piper" Prue insisted.
Piper attempted it again, forcing all of her energy into her freezing power. "I don't want to blow her up!" she muttered.
One final try. Piper gestured, and instantly Paige froze on the spot, just before grabbing the phone.
"It worked!" Piper looked amazed. Her power had never worked on witches before. "I can't believe that it worked!"
"Must be these power boosts we're getting" Phoebe suggested. "Next, Prue will be blasting down walls"
"I think I'll leave that to Piper for the moment!" Prue joked.
The sisters observed Paige. The expression, her clothes, her appearance. It all seemed very tense.
"What are we gonna do with her?" Phoebe asked Prue.
Prue waved her hand at the cordless telephone that Paige was reaching for mid-freeze. It quickly flew across the room, and landed safely upon the coffee table, next to a mug of tea.
It wasn't long before Paige had unfrozen. She noticed that her cordless had been moved, but within a blink of an eye… or at least to her it was.
"What are you guys?" Paige looked curiously at the Halliwells. "Freaks? Extra Terrestrials? Witches?"
Prue smiled. "Yeah, witches. That's what we are. And the thing that attacked you last night was a demon."
"This is insane." Paige laughed in disbelief. "There's no such thing as witches, and demons."
Piper sighed, "Believe me Paige, there is."
Paige took her curious glance towards Piper. "How the hell do you all know me?"
The Halliwells turned to each other. Phoebe looked back at Paige. "Well, we've been sent by our Whitelighter, our Guardian Angel. He asked us to reach out to you, because you've been born with gifts. Gifts that are so special that he wants you to do good with them."
"What kind of gifts?" Paige looked amazed, slowly beginning to think these ladies weren't crazy. "You mean like powers?"
"Exactly," Phoebe smiled. "We all have powers that we use for good."
"So I could see," Paige began to calm down.
"You've always believed you were different haven't you Paige… that you are special and unique?" Piper asked.
Paige looked to the floor and back. "Sort of…"
Prue stepped in. "That's how all three of us have felt ever since we were born. We've always had our powers inside of us… it's just that they weren't released until three years ago, when our Grandmother died."
"I'm so sorry," said Paige, saddened.
Phoebe walked over to Paige. "It's okay, she was old and had a heart condition… anyway, it's not as if we don't see her anymore."
Paige's eyes widened. "You mean, you can still contact her from the dead? Like as in a séance?"
"Not quite," Piper corrected her. "More like a face to face meeting." Piper paused. "You lost your parents didn't you Paige?"
She nodded, gloomily.
"Do you want to see them?" Phoebe smiled.
"You can do that?" Paige asked, alerted and slightly excited.
Prue smiled. "When you believe in yourself, anything is possible – that's what we've learned."
Phoebe reached into her small brown leather handbag, pulling out a few white candles. "We'll need these to start," she said, before placing them in a circular display on Paige's floor.
Phoebe also brought out a campfire lighter, lighting each of the candles in turn. Paige waited in apprehension.
Prue, Piper and Phoebe all huddled together, joining hands. Phoebe signalled Paige to join them, believing that the more power, the better.
"Just repeat after us,"Piper notified Paige.
"Here these words,""Here these words," Paige recited.
"Here our cry,"
"Here our cry," She continued. There was a small wind that began to enter the room.
"Spirit from the other side,"
"Spirit from the other side,"
"Come to us, we summon thee – Cross now the great divide," The sisters finished off, awaiting Paige to repeat them.
"Come to us, we summon thee – Cross now the great divide,"
The wind began to get stronger and stronger, until a display of golden lights appeared in the centre of the circle. The display disappeared for a moment, but then reappeared, brighter than usual. Once the lights had cleared. There stood a tall, grey haired man with an athletic build, and a middle aged woman with strawberry blonde wavy hair, with a slim figure.
"Mom? Dad?" Paige began to fill up with tears.
Phoebe looked up towards the heavens, initiating a signal. The two ghostly figures stepped out from the circle and became a solid form, embracing their daughter in a hug.
"Hello Paige," George Matthews smiled, with a tear in his eye, as he held his daughter. "We've missed you so much!"
The sisters, moved by the experience watched in comfort and joy, knowing that this was what their powers were for.
Some time had past, and the Halliwells had sent back the Matthews into the afterlife once more, leaving a very convinced Paige behind.
"I want to know more," Paige smiled. "I want to know more about me, and my special gifts."
Piper smiled. "Leo will tell you all you need to know,"
"Leo?" Paige said, with an extremely puzzled expression on her face.
"Our Whitelighter – and your teacher." Piper answered.
Prue had suggested that she came back to the manor with them, and she had agreed. Paige was at the beginning of her newfound destiny. But, little did the sisters know, Paige was closer to them than they thought.