Grams poured Piper and Paige a cup full of the reddish liquid. Paige took a look at the liquid, and eyed it suspiciously. Piper took it, knowing there was nothing to lose, and swallowed it. She gagged for a second, then jumped as she saw that she was glowing.
"Don't worry Pipe. That happened to me too. It just means that the potion is working. You should stop glowing soon." Phoebe said. Sure enough, Piper stopped glowing. "Blow this up." Phoebe said. She handed Piper and apple.
"Fine, but if this works, you're cleaning the mess." Piper said
"But no matter what you blow up, it will make a mess. Plus, it's your powers." Phoebe argued. Piper opened her mouth to argue back, but decided it was smarter just to give in. She took the apple from Phoebe and put it on the counter. With a wave of her hands, the apple looked like the warlock did minutes before. "Your turn Paige." Phoebe pressed. Paige closed her eyes, held her breath, and took a drink. After glowing, she smiled and orbed out of the room.
"Oh great." Piper said. "I hate it when she does that. Leo, where is she?"
Leo closed his eyes and concentrated hard. "She went home. No, wait, she's on her way home." Just as Leo had said, Paige orbed into the kitchen.
"YOU WENT HOME!?!?!?! Of all the places, you chose home?!?!?!" Piper exploded.
"Relax. My parent's aren't home. They, didn't see me."
"That's no the point."
"To your corners." Phoebe said, stepping in, to split the two. "Piper, you go make some potions to arm us with. Paige you're on book. Find something to help us travel to our bodies. I will go downstairs with Prue, and teach her to fight. Grams and Leo, why don't you just float around helping who ever needs it?" Everyone stared blankly at Phoebe. "Go, come on people. Be prepared for anything." They sprung to life. Grams went with Piper to help her with the potion ingredients, as did Leo. Paige went to the dining room where the book was last put. Phoebe led Prue to the basement.
"I like the way you took charge back there." Prue complimented.
"Well, someone had to. Those two were bickering so badly that someone needed to split them."
"Do you always take charge in the future?"
"You used to be the one always in charge, but now it shifts between the three of us."
"You mean four."
"Uh oh."
"Phoebe what happened to me?"
"Prue, I want you to kick this hand as hard as you can. Don't worry about me, I have a demon for a trainer." Phoebe said, changing the subject. She held out her hand.
"Phoebe! I won't until you tell me what is going on!"
"I can't Prue. I've already told you too much."
"My memory is going to be wiped anyway. What happens?"
"I." Phoebe said. She was crying. Hiding the truth from her sister was hard. She was bursting to tell her the truth, but she knew she couldn't/
"I wasn't at work when this happened was I?" Phoebe hung her had and shook it side to side slowly. "Please Phoebe, what happened?" Phoebe looked into her biggest sister's eyes. They were so caring. So full of love.
"You can't tell Piper that I told you this. She'll kill me."
"I promise."
"It was almost a year ago." Phoebe said. She caved. "We accidentally got exposed when you and Piper vanquished Shax, unknowingly on live TV. Chaos broke out. Apparently the house was just surrounded by people, and people were calling the house, asking for interviews. At the time I was in the underworld saving Cole so I didn't know what was going on. Piper sent Leo to go get me, only there was a catch. Leo can't hear their calls when he's in the underworld. At the manor things got out of hand. Someone shot Piper. You called for Leo, but he couldn't hear you. He wasn't allowed to leave until my decision was made. She died at the hospital. With our exposure on Earth, the underworld was also exposed. And the source didn't like that. So I made a bargain with him. I would stay in the underworld if Tempest would turn back time. I agreed anything to save my sister. So when the day started over, Shax attacked, killing you and Dr. Griffin. The first time we did the day, I got downstairs in time to call Leo. He was able to save you both in time. And this second time I wasn't there to call Leo, and in doing that, save you. Leo was forced to go back up to Earth, when time was turned. You and Piper were both dying. He tried to save both of you, but he was only able to save Piper. We lost you. In attempts to bring you back, she retrieved me from the underworld. We met Paige at your funeral. She became our innocent. The source wanted her dead before we discovered that she was the third. We discovered the truth, and the rest is history." Phoebe was crying hard now. It was all she needed. Prue walked over and gave her a large hug, and placed a caring kiss on top of her head. "Whatever you do Prue, don't tell anyone what I just told you. Piper will have my head if she found out." Prue nodded, knowing and understanding. "Come on. I got a lot to teach you in only a little time. I want you to kick my hand as hard as you can. And don't hold back, I kinda train with a demon." Phoebe said, she held out her hand for Prue to kick again.
"A demon?" Prue said, kicking the hand.
"Good. Again. Yeah, you've kinda met him."
"I have?" She kicked. Phoebe motioned with her hands for Prue to repeatedly kick her hand. "The only two I've met was that one from today, and the one from last night."
"Yeah, the one from last night."
"Really?!?!"
"Married him in fact."
"You always did go for the bad guys."
"Only his demon half is bad. That's Balthazar. His human half is good, and he's proved it, a lot. That's Cole Turner."
"Phoebe you are weird."
"Don't tell Grams, she'll have a heart attack."
"I can see that." Prue said. The two began to laugh uncontrollably, and unable to work for sometime.
"Leo, do you think this spell will work?" Paige asked. She was pointing to the spell that called for a lost witch.
"I don't think so. I think that only works in this universe." He answered.
"Ok. I have a list of other spells here. This one?"
"No."
"This one?"
"That's to summon the dead."
"Aren't we kind of dead?"
"No."
"Oh. This one?" Leo took a closer look at the last spell. He read it several times over.
"I think this one will work."
"Several excellent potions courtesy of Piper Wyatt and Penny Halliwell." Piper joked, coming into the dining room. Her hands full of an assortment of potion bottles.
"What do they do?" Paige asked, from the way that she could see, there appeared to be at least 7 different kinds.
"These four are my exploding power. These do that flashy thing to stop a warlock. Four different acids, and a potion for you, me, and Phoebe to trade places with our bodies. Each with a thing of toadstool for each. Because if Grams is right, our past selves are in our future bodies. This means that we'll need to trade spaces."
"Alright, looks like we're waiting for Phoebe to be ready." Paige said.
"You found a spell?"
"Yup."
"Then I'm going to see how much longer Phoebe is going to be." Piper said. She went down the stairs where Phoebe was telling Prue about the spells.
"Just get two of us, and the key spell is the one we just used." Phoebe instructed.
"The power of three will set us free?"
"That very one."
"Didn't Grams go over this with you earlier?" Piper asked, sitting on the bottom step.
"No, we just concentrated on that potion and my powers."
"Do you have them under control yet?"
"Somewhat. They won't let me drink the potion, so I cant be on your level."
"It took us months to get each one under control. Getting your one in a day is rather impressive."
"I always knew I was the best." Prue said, joking.
"That's why your sin was pride." Phoebe joked right back. Only Prue didn't get it. Piper did, and gave a small chuckle."
"What?"
"Never mind. That'll be later. What's up Piper?"
"I have wonderful potions, and Paige found a spell that will get us wherever our bodies are."
"What did Flower Boy say?"
"Not back yet."
"Piper, do we do we always wait for Flannel Boy to get back before we do anything?"
Piper thought for a minute. "Yes, most of the time." She said, smiling.
"Then I say we wait for Flower Boy"
"You still need more time?"
"Yeah, I want to write a spell to get us out if Paige's spell doesn't work."
"Not confident in the book's spell?"
"No, I am, but you know, just in case. Backup will be needed."
"We've never done this before. You make a good point."
"We've never needed to get Paige home by a certain time."
"What time does she need to be back?"
"8:00."
"It's…"
"6:50."
"That gives us an hour. Can you write a spell in ten minutes?"
"I think so. You deal with getting Leo. I'll write a spell." Piper nodded. With Phoebe following her, they ran up the stairs.
"What about me?" Prue called. Neither heard her. Prue rolled her eyes, and then walked up the stairs. Everyone was yelling trying to get ready to go so fast. Phoebe's pen was writing fast, pausing every few seconds to think. Grams was pouring potions into the little bottles. Piper was screaming for P. Leo, Paige's pen was moving just as fast as Phoebe's as she struggled to get several copies of spells down onto paper. Leo was shouting instructions on how to do everything quickly. Prue just stood on the outside, feeling very out of the loop.
"Done!" Paige shouted.
"Finished!" Phoebe's voice echoed.
"Hey." P. Leo said to Piper.
"You're here, good." Piper said.
"I think that's it. Just come back safe." Leo said.
"There are no more bottles, so these are all you need, I hope." Grams said.
"Is everyone ready?" Phoebe said, sticking the spells, and the potion bottles into a bag, and slung it over her shoulder.
"Yup, let's go." They replied.
"Good luck." P. Leo, Grams, and Leo wished.
"We'll be back in an hour. Triumphant or not. Paige needs to be home." Piper insisted.
Paige handed the spell to her sisters. Taking a deep breath before reciting the spell, the three recited the little rhyme, and disappeared in a swirl of white lights.
"Ok Prue, ready for another potion?" Grams asked.
"Will this one blow up?"
"No."
"Then yeah. What for?"
"Binding potion. We need the book. Can you go get the Book of Shadows off the table?" Prue nodded and left. "You two." Grams said, turning to the two Leos. "Get as much dust as you can. We need to dust the girls, and Paige's parents. This is a big thing we need to make these girls forget." The Leos nodded and orbed away to get some dust. Grams stood in the momentarily empty kitchen and sighed.