It was Saturday evening, and the Halliwell family was gathered in the pallor around the Christmas tree.  Paige and Leo were stringing lights as Piper came in with hot cocoa for everyone.  Phoebe was lying on the couch holding the little paper angel ornament that apparently had been a gift to Prue from a little girl that she had once helped, and that needed their help again.

Piper set down the cocoa for everyone and lifted Phoebe's feet to sit under them on the couch.  "Get anything else from the ornament sweetie?" she asked as she handed Phoebe her favorite Christmas mug.

Phoebe set the ornament down and took the mug Grams had given her several years before.  "No," she sad, "But at least we have a little time.  When do schools let out for Christmas break?"

Paige stepped down off the step-ladder she had been using to help Leo with the lights and sat down on the floor beside her sisters. "I think the week before Christmas is pretty normal. Hopefully, that means we have a couple of weeks to figure this all out."

Her sisters nodded in agreement as Leo plugged in the lights on the tree. "Oh, pretty," Phoebe said.  Piper put her mug down and gave her husband and sister a little applause for their hard work.

Paige giggled and leaned her head against Phoebe, "It is nice," she said.

"Well done," Piper said as Leo sat on the back of the couch to observe the tree with them. "Thank you," he whispered as he kissed his wife lightly on the lips.

After the moment of appreciation passed for the lights, Leo unplugged them so they could add the ornaments.  "The thing I don't understand," he said, "is why neither of you knew about Prue helping Amy before."

Piper smiled as she handed Leo the box of silver bells to put on the tree, "Prue did always have a tendency to do things on her own. I don't know why she wouldn't tell us though."  Then after a small pause Piper turned to her sister, "Phoebe was there anything about the premonition that would help you place when it happened originally?"

Phoebe thought for a moment.  "I couldn't tell what school Amy was at when the second attack happened, but something about the park she and Prue were at during the first attack looked really familiar, but I can't think of why."

*****

Paige was sitting on the floor looking through the ornaments her sisters had brought down from upstairs.  Piper saw her pick up the candy-cane ornaments they had each made when they were little.  "Phoebe and I were thinking you might make one too. That way we can have one on the tree from all of us."

Paige looked up at Piper as she held one of the ornaments. "I do have one," she said. Piper and Phoebe exchanged curious looks.  Paige giggled, "Yeah, I made one in elementary school, second grade, I think. I don't know why my parents hung onto it all those years, or why I did after they died, but…." Paige suddenly stopped rambling very aware that her sisters' looks of curiosity had changed to something more like perplexity.

Phoebe sat up and managed to stutter out, "You don't think she went to…" "The same school we did?" Piper finished for her. "Candy-cane ornaments are rather common, aren't they?" Phoebe suggested. "Still, it would be one heck of a coincidence," Piper said.

Paige managed to interrupt the exchange just long enough to ask, "What are you two going on about?"

Piper smiled, "Well, you see, we all made our ornaments in the second grade as well."

Paige just kind of nodded, "Oh, I see. I didn't grow up that close to this area though. We couldn't have gone to the same school."

Phoebe suddenly jumped up, "But maybe she didn't have to. What was your second grade teacher's name?"

Piper gave her sister an odd look, but when Paige answered Mrs. Stevenson, Piper understood where Phoebe was going with her question.

Phoebe gave out a little hoot, "That's it! That was our second grade teacher's name too. I think she left our school the year after I had her. She just moved out of the neighborhood before you go and suggest I was the reason she left Piper," Phoebe said as she shot her sister a little look. "That's also what seemed so familiar about the second part of the premonition. I didn't recognize the school, but I did recognize the teacher that was helping the kids get on the busses."

Piper shook her head, "Phoebe, that's impossible. Mrs. Stevenson would be 20 years older."

Phoebe plopped back down on the couch beside Piper and pulled Paige up beside her, "I know, but the child that mentioned them being out for Christmas break, that child was handed a candy-cane ornament by a teacher who could easily have been a 20 year older version of Mrs. Stevenson. This is all making sense now. It can't be a coincidence. Amy must be at Paige's old school."

Phoebe was almost gleeful that she was starting to figure out how they could help Amy.  Piper and Leo exchanged glances, and he seemed to support Phoebe's idea. Piper should know by now there are no coincidences in their lives so she felt pretty good about it too. "I still wish you could remember something about the first part of the premonition," Piper said.

Phoebe sighed a little, "Me too, but at least we have somewhere to start now."

*****

The sisters continued decorating the tree as they discussed what to do about contacting Amy.  Paige had gone to her room and gotten her candy-cane ornament to add to the others on the tree. Leo found the camera and took a picture of the girls around the tree with their ornaments showing. They had put Prue's in the middle.

Paige sat down on the couch to drink from the second batch of hot cocoa Piper had made.  "These mugs are so cute," she said as she looked at the similar designs.

Phoebe sat down beside her and looked at Paige's mug. "Is that Prue's?" she asked as she turned to Piper.

Piper, who had been helping Leo hang what glass ornaments they had still in one piece, turned around to look at her sisters, "No. The funny thing is that when Grams got us our mugs, she bought a fourth one. I always thought it was for her, but she never used it."  Piper went over to put an arm around Paige, "It's almost like Grams knew Paige would be with us celebrating the holidays someday."

Paige smiled and leaned into Piper's hug, "It's a shame all four mugs were never used at once," she said wistfully.

"Yes it is," Piper said as a little tear ran down her cheek, "But we take what happiness we are given, and I am so happy you are here with us now."

Phoebe gently grabbed hold of Paige's free hand, "We both are sweetie, very, very happy."

Paige let out a little laugh as she whipped a tear away from her cheek, "You guys are going to make me start balling soon. Stop it."

Leo stood over by the tree with tinsel all over him, "Um guys? Could I get a little help here maybe?"  The sisters looked up and started laughing as they each got up to go help Leo with his mess.

*****

It was Sunday evening and the tree was up along with lights on the house.  Paige was defiantly feeling the holiday spirit in the manor this year as she hung stockings for her sisters, Leo and herself along the staircase banister.  She bought them on Black Friday and personalized them for each person late last night.  She hoped her sisters didn't mind or already had their own special ones.

Phoebe was the first to see Paige's handy work as she came racing downstairs calling for her sisters.  "Oh Paige!" she said as she saw the custom stockings, "Those are so great!"

"What is it Phoebe?" Piper asked as she came in from the kitchen. "Piper, look at what Paige made," Phoebe said as her big sister came in the room.

"Paige, those are lovely," Piper said as she looked at each stocking.

Paige smiled at her sisters' approval. "But Phoebe, what were you calling our names for?"

Phoebe took a second to remember and then squealed a little, "Oh yeah! I remember something about Prue's powers in the premonition. She didn't use her hands Piper."

Piper looked at Phoebe and for a second didn't understand, but then she shouted, "Oh! So it had to be early on when we first got our powers!"

Phoebe nodded with enthusiasm, "Yes! And who would Prue have gone to about a little lost girl in a park back then?"

Piper was getting excited too, "Andy! Do you think he would have told Darryl anything?"

Phoebe smiled, "I certainly hope so. I'm going to talk with him tomorrow morning, and then the three of us can swing by Paige's old elementary school and hope we're right about that hunch."

Paige was excited now too, "Sounds like a plan. Let me know if Darryl mentions anything about social services and I'll swing by my old office to see what I can find out."

Phoebe let out a sigh of relief, "Great. I think we're going to pull this off."

"Of course we will. Amy will have a great Christmas. We'll make sure of it," Piper said as she hugged both of her sisters and allowed herself to feel the Christmas joy that seemed to resonate from the manner.  Despite all their loss, they could still find joy, and hopefully give it to others as well.