Melinda slammed the door to her room behind her. She picked up the closest thing and hurled it against the wall. It was a silly trophy Melinda and Chris had won in a 3 legged race at a picnic. It split in to pieces as it hit the wall. Melinda took a deep breath to calm her nerves, getting mad wasn't going to help the situation. Sadly she picked up the broken trophy; it was a cheap, crappy little thing, but it meant a lot to her. After they had won it Chris had given it to her, and she meant to keep it forever. With a sigh she muttered her and Paige's favourite spell:

"Let the object of objection,

Become but a dream,

As I cause the scene,

To be unseen."

Lights twirled around the trophy and it magically fixed itself. Melinda gave a small smile and placed the trophy safely up on her dressing table. She would go and make up with Chris later; right now she had to get ready. She was meeting her Dad at his apartment to go out for dinner.

A while later there was a knock on the front door of the Manor. Paige waltzed over and pulled it open. "Hel…oh, its you," she said flatly, stepping back to hold the door open. "Hello to you too Paige," Cole said with a grin. He entered the house and took a quick glance at the living room, it was empty. Turning back to Paige he said, "I was just wondering if Melinda was here?"

Paige frowned, "I thought you guys were going out for dinner?"

"We were. We are. It's just, I though she was going to meet me at my apartment but she didn't show up so I thought maybe I'd gotten it wrong and she was waiting here for me."

"How did you even get here?" Paige asked.

"Taxi." Cole replied. "Tell me something Paige, have taxi's always been that expensive?" "Are you telling me you've never used one before?" Paige asked incredulously.

Cole shrugged, "Hey, I used to shimmer all over town and for a while I even had a company car which was really cool!" Paige rolled her eyes at him and headed over to the stairs. "Melinda! Cole's here!" she shouted up them. Piper came in from the kitchen, twisting her pinkie finger around in her ear. "Jeez Paige, are you trying to make us all deaf?"

"Sorry Piper, just trying to get Mel down here. That's strange." She told Cole, puzzled as to why Melinda wasn't coming down. "She should be here; she was so excited about dinner. Don't know why." She couldn't resist adding.

"Paige!" Piper warned her.

"Ok, ok, I'm sorry."

"She had a fight with Chris earlier." Piper told Cole, starting up the stairs to check her niece's room. "Maybe she just got really upset and forgot all about dinner?"

Once they had reached Melinda's room, they realised that there was more to it than that. Her room was completely trashed. It looked like quite a fight had taken place in there. "Oh my god!" Piper breathed, staring around the room.

"What is it Mom?" Chris asked, coming to stand with her in the doorway. "Oh no." Chris turned and ran up the stairs toward the attic. "This is all my fault!" he muttered.

"Chris wait!" Piper called. He didn't even respond, he continued to flee up the stairs. "Paige!" Piper said quickly.

Paige grinned and held out her hand, "Chris!"

Chris appeared before them in blue orbs. "Aunt Paige!" he complained.

"Sorry, mother's orders!" she said guiltily.

Chris turned impatiently to face his mother. "I haven't got time for this. I have to save her! And besides, I can just do this!" He orbed out, presumably up to the attic.

"But we don't even know what to look for yet!" Piper called after him. Sighing exasperatedly, she turned to face Cole. "Don't pan…" she trailed off as she realised Cole was gone. Paige pointed towards the attic, "I believe he's up there somewhere." Piper rolled her eyes and stomped angrily to the attic. Didn't anyone listen anymore?