Paige pulled her cloak more tightly around her. Wow, a world without the Charmed Ones sucks, she thought. People dressed in rags held out their hands, begging for food. Buildings were on fire, with no one there to put them out. Paige heard screams and howls of people she couldn't rescue.

" Uh, hurry," Mirror Cole said in his annoying little voice. " We don't want to be stopped by any-" He gulped. " Demons."

A demon, with green scaly skin at least ten feet tall, stood in front of Paige. Damn, she thought.

" Paige," he thundered. " It's been a long time."

He thinks I'm Mirror Paige, she realized. " Yeah," she struggled to be casual. " A while."

" I miss you," he whispered, which remarkably was still amazingly loud.

Paige's lunch started to work its way up her throat. She quickly swallowed. " I'm sorry, but it's over. Got to go." With her eyes she signaled for her sisters, Leo, and Cole to move ahead. The demon grabbed her wrist.

" I won't take no for answer."

Paige quickly orbed away, next to Piper. Elbowing her, Piper froze the demon. " Orb us, orb us!" Piper told Leo. Everyone held on, and went to Cole's apartment.

" Nasty, nasty, nasty!" Paige yelled when she rematerialized.

" I dunno," Phoebe grinned. " He was kind of cute."

Ignoring her sister, Paige took a look around Cole's apartment. It was filled with Wicca books, potion bottles, a TV/VCR, and VHS versions of The Craft and Practical Magic. Paige smiled at the videos. Cole nervously began to clear off a table.

" I've, um, been following your career for years," he admitted. " The Prophecy is that three Halliwells would be born to destroy the world. A good witch killed one, Prue. Then Paige was discovered, the daughter of an evil witch and Darklighter."

" Charming story," Piper said dryly. " How does this help us?"

Cole looked away. " It doesn't. I just thought you'd be interested."

" Are you a witch?" asked Leo.

" Totally mortal," Cole smiled, flipping through his books. " I've just always been interested in the occult."

" In our world," Piper said slyly, " you're a former demon dating Phoebe."

Cole's jaw dropped. " Take me back with you, please."

Paige giggled. " Can we find a spell, please?" Phoebe sighed.

" Um, here's one," Cole said. " It will send you back through the mirror back at the manor."

" We won't let you," a haughty voice declared. Four witches kicked down the door of Cole's apartment. They wore Wiccan symbols around their necks. " You won't send the Evil Ones and their Darklighter to the other dimension."

" Wait, we're not evil," Piper began.

One witch waved her hand, sending the witches into a wall. Paige got up. " TV," she said, ramming it into the telekinetic witch's head. When she went down, the other three witches ran away.

" I guess we aren't the most popular people," Phoebe said.

" That was my TV," Cole complained.

" The spell?" Piper reminded him.

" We need to go back to the manor," Cole told them. With that they all headed back to the house.