Paige sat in her front room, tapping her pen on the paper and staring off into space, feeling lost. She'd left Leo "up there" and had a feeling that Piper would loose it with her when she regained her memory, part of her even hoped that she would.

It was so strange to have to stay at her home when she was tying to think through magical problems, stranger still to not be throwing ideas around with her sisters, not to watch Piper fiddling, needing to do something as they planned, or Phoebe with that calm thoughtful look on her face. Harder still Henry was out of town at his families house for his sisters wedding in a few days, something she was still expected to go to. She missed Henry and just wanted someone to reassure her that this would all work out in the end.

In truth she had no idea what she was looking for, to suggest a way to send Prue and Piper back into the past would give the impression that she wanted the reminder of the "original" charmed ones gone as quickly as possible. She could make a list of demons that might be brought back to have the last attempt at the charmed ones but that kind of list was more suited to Phoebe, who had not only been doing this longer than Paige but her experience in the Underworld as the Queen might have given her access to some knowledge as to who would pose the greatest threat.

It was the pretence of a task that Paige most needed, not one that would actually take up her mind. Truthfully she was scared. for all her day dreams about meeting Prue this was not how she'd planned it. meeting Prue's ghost or going to the past and watching her older sisters interact was more along the lines she'd thought that day would happen. This...Prue would see her as her replacement, no matter what Phoebe had said. And she could easily remember Piper's reaction to her when they'd first met. There had been times when she'd been so tempted to walk away from it all, but there had been those little glimpses of how the future would be, this future and this closeness. This Power that they shared and had evolved into, and the ability to teach that power to others, she wouldn't give it up for anything.

But this awkwardness was so uncomfortable, this not knowing what to do. Paige had always been gifted in helping others, especially at hard times, but this seemed somehow beyond what she was capable of handling. She shook herself, she'd thought that about the situation when she'd first met her sisters, with the lose of Cole and the back and forth loses of Leo, she'd wondered how to say the right thing. Yet following her instincts had always worked.

So what was she supposed to do when every instinct screamed that she should be with her sisters?

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Prue blinked as the kitchen reappeared in front of her eyes. Billie's potion had taken her to wherever it was that she was staying and the girl hadn't given specifics. The sound of voices came from the sitting room and she wandered in, at the last moment praying that this wasn't the wrong set of sisters.

Piper looked up immediately "Are you ok?" she asked terror in her voice.

Prue nodded "Yeah I'm fine" she looked at Phoebe who watched her quietly. "There are demons at the school just as Billie said, and they are definitely gathering for something"

Phoebe closed her eyes and shook her head, Pipers reaction however was a bit fiercer.

"You sent her to find demons? Phoebe what's wrong with you" Piper yelled, "She's our sister for God's sake not some expendable scout"

"Piper i asked to go" Prue said, watching Phoebe closely, part of her wondering of this was true.

Piper stared at her and shook her head "Why, are you that desperate to throw your life away Prue?" she yelled

"I had to do something" Prue nearly shouted back, she caught a glance of Phoebe with her head in her hands "Pheebs?"

Phoebe shook her head and looked up "Piper, Billie is a very strong witch, she would not have let any harm come to her, plus Paige was listening for a call"

Piper looked away angrily

Prue frowned "i don't-"

Phoebe smiled gently "Paige is half whitelighter, she had some whitelighter powers, like orbing and sensing those she knows and cares for"

Piper shook her head and stood up, walking slightly away from the topic but stil close enough to hear, watching her sons play in the other room. Prue watched her go and took a deep breath "How...how do we have another sister?" she asked.

Phoebe looked at her carefully then sighed. " Mum's affair with Sam, there was a baby born but Mum and Grams"

"They were afraid" Prue said remembering the premonition.

Phoebe nodded "They took Paige to a church just after she was born, and gave her to a nun working there. She was adopted, she had no idea about magic"

"Like us" Prue said thoughtfully

Phoebe nodded "Her parents died when she was a teenager in a car crash, she found us while you were alive but never came to us when she found out Mum was dead."

Prue looked down "How did...how did you meet her?" she asked

Phoebe hesitated "She came to your funeral" she said softly. "She gave us her condolences and when we touched.., i had a premonition of the demon that..the demon attacking her"

Prue looked at Phoebe closely "The demon that killed me you mean"

Phoebe nodded

Prue sighed "So what can she do, i mean if we're going to be fighting with her"

Phoebe gave her a strange look which Prue ignored "She has a mix of orbing things and telekinesis, she can orb herself and others and recently learned to heal those she loves" she blinked "Speaking of, Piper?"

Piper leant her head against the door frame "What" she asked quietly, not taking her eyes from the boys.

"You need to know how to control your power" Phoebe said

Piper turned around "I can control it Phoebe" she said evenly

Phoebe sighed "You have another power"

Piper shook her head "I have?"

Phoebe smiled and walked over behind Piper, "Do you know how many demons attack your boys?"

Piper stiffened and tried to turn to look at Phoebe "What are you..." she looked at Prue who walked so that she was standing beside the pair.

Phoebe put her hands either side of Pipers head and closed her eyes "Your boys have had their powers stolen, blamed themselves for Leo being forced to leave. The elders have taken Leo away from you, always prevented any normality for your family"

Prue watched as Pipers face changed, from confusion and hurt to anger. There was a determined look in her eyes and her mouth drew together firmly. She raised her hands partly in anger but mostly in disbelief and desperation to stop hearing.

"Phoebe would you just" she made a furious gesture with her hands...

...and the table in the room they'd just been speaking in blew up and shattered.

Piper's mouth dropped open and she covered it with her hands as Phoebe stepped away. Piper brought her hands together as palm to palm as though in prayer with her forefingers still on her face. "I did that" she asked stunned.

Prue let out a breath in between a gasp and a chuckle "That is a kick ass power" she said looking at the devastation caused.

Phoebe walked to the table "Let the object of objection become but a dream, as i cause this scene to be unseen". A swirl of white magic and the table was back to the way it had been.

"Isn't that personal gain?" Prue asked coming forward.

Phoebe shrugged "If it's used to reverse the effects of magic or demon fighting we generally get away with it. Discretion is the key" she shrugged.

Piper remained where she was "Is all that true?" she asked she asked appalled

Phoebe tilted her head from side to side looking a tad guilty, "Sort of" she said half apologetically "But most of that shouldn't happen again"

A swirl of pink lights erupted next to Phoebe and Prue immediately waved her hands.

"No Prue wait"

The handsome man that had appeared went slamming into the wall and slid down it

"Ow" he reached up to rub his head "Haven't had that reaction for a while" he said looking at the three women before him.

"Prue" Phoebe said in her telling off voice "Oh Coop, i'm so sorry, it's just she didn't know who you are" she said kneeling next to him.

"Still don't" Prue said as Piper joined her keeping an eye on the children.

Wyatt walked in "Uncle Coop" he said happily

Piper stopped in her sudden attempts to wave the boy back "Uncle?" she asked exchanging glances with Prue.

Coop was standing by this point and looked questioningly at Phoebe "Spell?" he asked in an amused voice.

She shook her head "Not exactly" she looked at her two sisters "Coop, meet Prue" she said "Prue this is my husband"

Coop blinked "Does this mean you haven't told them?"

"Coop not now" she hissed and he looked vaguely disappointed. She shook her head at her sisters questioning looks "I'll be back in a bit" she said "Just yell for Coop if you want anything, he'll bring me back ok?"

Before the pair had time to agree she and Coop had disappeared.

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Can you believe that Phoebe's married" Piper asked as she and Prue sat around the book they'd brought downstairs.

Prue shook her head "Do you remember the premonition?"

"Not likely to forget it" Piper said dryly

Prue shifted a little uncomfortable "Right, but we saw Phoebe with another guy...uh...Cole?"

Piper nodded "A demon" she said after a few minutes "Do you think he's one?"

Prue shook her head "Appearing in a pink swirl? Bit of a ruin on the image don't you think? No its just Phoebe said that her life was with the demon and their baby"

Piper froze "But she doesn't have a baby, she can't, who'd be looking after it? Besides surely we'd have seen it?"

Prue shrugged "I don't know, so much has happened..."

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Phoebe and Coop appeared in her Condo with her glaring at him most of the time.

"Coop, that was my sister?" she yelled the minute they stopped.

Coop looked confused for a few moments and then his eyes widened in realisation "Prue as in...oh Phoebe i'm sorry" he walked forward and wrapped his arms around her, "Its just i was"

"I know" Phoebe said and pulled back to look up at him "Me too, but..." she shook her head looking at a spot on the wall, once she'd focussed her thoughts she looked back at him. "I can feel them Coop, Piper's so lost and scared and feels so guilty, and Prue...she's hurt and...part of her is giving up. How can i tell them that...it just doesn't seem right"

Coop nodded "Does Paige know?" he asked

Phoebe shook her head, "No, she's as affected by this as them"

Coop looked uncomfortable "Phoebe one of your sisters needs to know, especially if more attacks are going to be coming"

"I don't need to be as close to vanquish a demon any more, and i'm not as defenceless now, Coop i"

"Please" he said tilting her chin up. "Please just tell someone, i need to know that you're safe" he paused "That our little girl is safe"

Phoebe closed her eyes "Ok" she said "I'll tell Paige and maybe Leo"

Coop nodded then frowned "Where is Leo?"