Part 11
[This world
This world is cold
But you don't
You don't have to go
You're feeling sad
You're feeling lonely
And no one seems to care]
Piper sat with Paige's head on her lap. Her other 2 sisters were searching for
something, anything to help Paige.
As she sat there silently praying, Paige started to come round. The lost look on her face
made Piper's heart tighten.
"Hey Squit." She whispered hoping Paige wouldn't freak out like before.
Paige didn't know if she could believe. They'd done this before. Played tricks in her
head. Made her feel safe, like she was free only to ruin somehow. But there was
something different. She could almost remember. She'd struggled for so long to
remember.
"P-Pipe."
Hearing the frightened voice made Prue and Phoebe look up from their books. Neither
dared move in fear of startling the youngest.
Piper couldn't stop a stray tear from streaming down her face. "Yeah, honey. You're
home now." She said reassuringly.
Paige almost didn't recognise the emotional pain in someone else. "Home? Too long,
has to be gone. Piper. How long?" She rambled.
Every word sounded alien when Paige said it. The magnitude of what Paige must have
went through hit them. She must have been there longer than any of them could
imagine. So long that she barely remembered them, this world, its language.
"Shh, It's real. You're safe, we won't let anything bad happen to you." Piper said trying
to keep her voice from breaking with emotion.
Paige shook her head as unshed tears began to stream down her face. "I don't want to
go back, don't want to be alone again."
Piper laid a gently kiss on Paige's forehead then took to stroking her hair in a calming
motion. "We're all here, you aren't going anywhere. I promise."
Paige rolled onto her side and curled herself in a ball, all the while repeating 'don't want
to go back' through her tears.
Piper barely held back her sobs as she saw the distant look in Paige's eyes.
"She's gone again." She said to Prue and Phoebe.
All three wore a look of utter despair.
Phoebe spoke up through the awkward silence. "We have to write a spell to... erase her
memory."
"You're right. We could cross it with the spell I used to help Maggie. You know the
unlucky woman?" She suggested.
Phoebe nodded, "That sounds like it'd work. Anything to add, Piper?"
Piper was to lost in thought as she watched Paige. Each second her heart broke into
another piece. She began searching through her memories. Finding out about Paige,
saving her from the source, freaking out when she 'borrowed' the book, reversing her
boob trouble... That was it. Paige had used that spell to erase so much damage, why
wouldn't it work for her?
"Piper??" Phoebe asked again.
"The spell Paige used all the time when we first found her. That'll work, it has too." She
said putting the pain that filled her to the side.
Prue and Phoebe shared a look each agreeing it was worth a try.
"Ok. Here it is." Phoebe said as she put the book open infront of her and took Prue's
hand. Piper gently got up trying not to disturb Paige, then joined hands with Phoebe.
"Let the object of objection
Become but a dream
As I cause the seen to be unseen" They said in unison.
Each of them waited from some sign from Paige, their panic level increasing as she
didn't move. Only her unsteady breathing let them see she was alive.
[This world
This world is cold
But you don't
You don't have to go
You're feeling sad
You're feeling lonely
And no one seems to care]
Piper sat with Paige's head on her lap. Her other 2 sisters were searching for
something, anything to help Paige.
As she sat there silently praying, Paige started to come round. The lost look on her face
made Piper's heart tighten.
"Hey Squit." She whispered hoping Paige wouldn't freak out like before.
Paige didn't know if she could believe. They'd done this before. Played tricks in her
head. Made her feel safe, like she was free only to ruin somehow. But there was
something different. She could almost remember. She'd struggled for so long to
remember.
"P-Pipe."
Hearing the frightened voice made Prue and Phoebe look up from their books. Neither
dared move in fear of startling the youngest.
Piper couldn't stop a stray tear from streaming down her face. "Yeah, honey. You're
home now." She said reassuringly.
Paige almost didn't recognise the emotional pain in someone else. "Home? Too long,
has to be gone. Piper. How long?" She rambled.
Every word sounded alien when Paige said it. The magnitude of what Paige must have
went through hit them. She must have been there longer than any of them could
imagine. So long that she barely remembered them, this world, its language.
"Shh, It's real. You're safe, we won't let anything bad happen to you." Piper said trying
to keep her voice from breaking with emotion.
Paige shook her head as unshed tears began to stream down her face. "I don't want to
go back, don't want to be alone again."
Piper laid a gently kiss on Paige's forehead then took to stroking her hair in a calming
motion. "We're all here, you aren't going anywhere. I promise."
Paige rolled onto her side and curled herself in a ball, all the while repeating 'don't want
to go back' through her tears.
Piper barely held back her sobs as she saw the distant look in Paige's eyes.
"She's gone again." She said to Prue and Phoebe.
All three wore a look of utter despair.
Phoebe spoke up through the awkward silence. "We have to write a spell to... erase her
memory."
"You're right. We could cross it with the spell I used to help Maggie. You know the
unlucky woman?" She suggested.
Phoebe nodded, "That sounds like it'd work. Anything to add, Piper?"
Piper was to lost in thought as she watched Paige. Each second her heart broke into
another piece. She began searching through her memories. Finding out about Paige,
saving her from the source, freaking out when she 'borrowed' the book, reversing her
boob trouble... That was it. Paige had used that spell to erase so much damage, why
wouldn't it work for her?
"Piper??" Phoebe asked again.
"The spell Paige used all the time when we first found her. That'll work, it has too." She
said putting the pain that filled her to the side.
Prue and Phoebe shared a look each agreeing it was worth a try.
"Ok. Here it is." Phoebe said as she put the book open infront of her and took Prue's
hand. Piper gently got up trying not to disturb Paige, then joined hands with Phoebe.
"Let the object of objection
Become but a dream
As I cause the seen to be unseen" They said in unison.
Each of them waited from some sign from Paige, their panic level increasing as she
didn't move. Only her unsteady breathing let them see she was alive.