"You wake her up!"

"Me? But look, she looks so cute and peaceful."

"Well, if I have to break the bad news, then you have to wake up the sleeping dragon! I am so not taking that job."

"Okay, geez Paige, ever since you got married, you've been way grouchier."

Paige pushed her sister slightly towards the bed while rolling her eyes. "Just do it, Phoebe."

"There's no need," Piper finally spoke as she opened her eyes and adjusted them to the light. She looked around at her now empty bed and gave her sisters questioning looks.

"They're downstairs having breakfast. Everyone. Emily and Bailey included. Leo made something delicious," Phoebe said, smiling way too widely and making a brush-off movement with her hands. "You know, I got to say you picked a winner with that one, Piper. He's just so handy in so many ways."

Piper let out a small laugh and smiled widely with big eyes, looking towards Paige for any indication as to why Phoebe was acting weirdly. She only got raised eyebrows and an eager nod from Paige in return. "Were you guys screwing around with spells or throwing back some special juice before stopping by here, or are you hiding something from me?" She looked between the two with raised eyebrows and widened eyes suspiciously.

"Hiding Something? Psh, that's ridiculous, Piper. Right Paige?" Phoebe elbowed her sister as she continued showing her wisdom teeth with her wide smile. "Tell her Paige."

Paige began fiddling with her hands and scrunching her face while her feet moved around. "I wouldn't say we're hiding it exactly. We did technically tell you yesterday."

Paige threw down her hands frustratingly into the bed. "Okay, you two better start talking. Phoebe is showing her wisdom teeth and rambling, and you look like you're a first grader getting into trouble for something, which means you're either lying to me about something or hiding something. Somebody better start talking."

"Well," Paige started before he was interrupted by Leo and the rest of the kiddos.

"You're awake," he said, sounding happy but a bit disappointed. He had wanted to surprise her.

Piper nodded her head and watched as all the children climbed onto her bed. "Morning little one," she said with a smile. Then Leo reached over and set the tray down in front of her before leaning over to kiss her. "Morning," she mumbled. He smiled back at her before she glanced down at her tray. "Eggs, bacon, and toast. Thank, honey." She gave him a small smile before looking at the kiddos. Chris was staring up and giggling. Wyatt was covering his eyes but was peeking through one finger. Bailey was looking down at Emily and scrunching her nose, but she looked happy to be with her sister again. "How is everyone today," Piper asked finally breaking the silence.

"Momma," Chris said before mumbling off about something. Wyatt just smiled and chose to stay quiet. He tended to always do that since he was a baby. He just like observing everything.

"Thanks for protecting my sister," Bailey replied, hugging her sister and ignoring Piper's question."I really don't know how I'm going to repay you."

Piper shook her head as she started in on her breakfast. "No need to repay me, Bailey. I'm just glad you're both okay." She gave her a reassuring look before continuing her breakfast.

Leo clapped his hands together getting everyone's attention. "Okay, let's give Mommy some privacy. She's had a long few weeks." Bailey and Emily got off the bed and went on their merry way to go play. Wyatt climbed down and ran after the two girls in excitement. He usually only had Chris to play with. Chris grunted when his father picked him up gave his father a very angered look, which made Piper laugh.

"It's okay, baby. Go with Daddy. I'll play with you later." Leo lowered the child down to allow Piper to give him a kiss on the cheek before making his way out of the room. She took a bite of her eggs before narrowing her eyes at her retreating sisters. "Hold it! You two still need to tell me what you're keeping from me."

"Damn, I thought Leo got us out of this temporarily," Paige mumbled as she looked disgruntled at Phoebe. "Do I have to tell her? Why can't you tell her?"

Phoebe rolled her eyes and crossed her arms. "Because you're terrible at Rock, Paper, Scissors, Paige, and you drew the short stick. That means I win and you lose, and you get to tell Piper."

"It's a stupid game," she grumbles.

Piper waved her arms about, looking at her sisters. "Okay, I don't care who tells me as long as someone does before I blow one of you two up!"

Paige sighed and sat on the bed. "Fine, but I always have to break the bad news. Look, Piper. When we talked to the Angel of Souls, she said that Emily was the key to defeating Chernobog. She's some kind of special soul that contains every power known."

Piper set her food to the side and sat up a bit. "Wait a minute, what?"

Paige looked to Phoebe who simply gestured for her to tell, which received Paige's tongue in return. "Years ago when magic was first created, there was a brother and sister who possessed powers. The brother, indulging in self-gain, began casting spells upon mortals turning them into evil creatures. He continued to gain power through every creature he turned or something and became so powerful they had to create The Elders. The Elders, seeing the destruction, casted a powerful spell upon the sister blessing her with every power known in the magical world. She was to take down her evil brother and send him to another plane where his powers don't exist to be killed." Paige paused to let Piper absorb the information.

Piper nodded slowly still trying to find out how this connected to Emily. "Okay, so we have to find his really old sister? What does this have to do with Emily?"

Paige looked to Phoebe for further explanation. She was done. Phoebe reached forward and put her hand on her sister's knee. Piper began getting flashes of an Angel and some images of explanation. She looked back up at her sister and shook her head. "You don't have to explain." Phoebe looked at Paige questioningly. She wasn't quite sure what happened, but she felt something. "I think the baby has telepathy or something. When I was in the Underworld, I touched Emily's head and got flashes of what she'd been through. The same thing just happened. She's the sister, isn't she?"

Phoebe gave her sister a curious look. It seems Leo's theory was just confirmed right there, unless Piper got some weird power out of nowhere. " Yeah. She is, and we can't do this without her. I-we also think that we have to help her too. We might be the difference from what happened last time."

Piper looked between her two sister before speaking, "What happened last time?"

Phoebe looked to Paige who looked down at the bed. "The sister died, and Chernobog disappeared to get more power, honey."

Piper began shaking her head and sat up further. "No, I'm not putting that little girl in danger. She doesn't deserve that. I'm not doing it." She crossed her arms in front of her and shook her head. Her final decision was made. She wasn't putting an innocent girl who had suffered so much in harms way.

"Piper, we understand. We feel the same way, but I want him gone. What if he surfaces? Think of all the innocents who will be in danger," Phoebe said trying to reason with her sister. She didn't want to hurt the girl either, but she knew what was at cost. If they didn't do this soon, the world might be in ruins, and the girl's life would be good as dead anyway.

Paige put a hand on her sister's knee and nodded her head. "Phoebe and I have gone over every scenario. If we go in there by ourselves, what happened before will happen again except he might not be as merciful on us. We need her, and she needs us."

Piper continually shook her head. She didn't like the idea at all, and she didn't like the fact that her sisters were planning this all behind her back. Were they ever truly planning on telling her? She wondered if they would've left the last part out if they had thought it mattered that much.

"Together, we could all come out of this alive."

"I want to do it, Piper," a small voice said from the now open door.

Piper looked at the girl with wide eyes then back at her sisters. "How long have you been standing there, sweetie?"

Emily folded her arms and stood there as determined as she could look. "Since Leo said to go and leave you privacy," she answered timidly. "But I want to do it."

Piper patted the empty bed next to her as she moved the tray to the bedside table. Emily came running over and plopped down next to Piper. "Look, sweetie, I don't want to put you in that kind of danger. You've already been through so much." Emily stood there unrelenting. She looked about as stubborn as the woman she was fighting with. "Are you sure?"

"Look, my only family all my life has been Bailey before you guys came. We protected each other, and you guys protected us. Down there, they did things to me that I couldn't even tell you. They wanted these powers out of me, and I've learned to control most of them. If that guy is hurting other little girls like Bailey or me, then I want to do what I can. He wanted these powers so badly out of me. Well, let's give him his wish." She stopped talking and looked down at her hands fiddling with them. Silence had never been a good sign in her life.

Phoebe looked at Paige and Piper shocked by the little girl's speech. Paige was just staring at Emily surprised, and Piper was contemplating what she should do. She finally let out a long breath she hadn't realized she'd been holding. "Okay, I'll let you do this, Emily, but you have to promise to go by our plan." Emily nodded her head eagerly, happy that she was going to make a difference. "Okay, then I guess we should draw up a plan. We don't have much time do we?"

Both the sisters nodded their heads in agreement. None of the people who left that room were happy about what they were going to have to do and what it might entail. There was no victory march going into this battle. No, for each person was apprehensive of what might happen if something goes wrong. Each had so much at stake as they began drawing up plans.

TBC…

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A/N: Okay, I'm going to skip the planning phase and go straight into battle unless you guys want it. Of course, the only way I'll know that is if you review, isn't it? ;) Anyway, I hope you enjoy where I'm going with the story, and, if anyone has any guesses for what might come, please put it in your review. I love to see what you guys come up with!