"Argh!" Phoebe groaned. Another potion had blown up in her face.
"What?!?" Piper asked, running into the kitchen.
"I don't know why, but this stupid potion keeps blowing up."
"Oh…" Piper thought as she picked of the vial of salt. She tapped some of the salt into her hand, and tasted it.
"Ew… why would you do that?"
"I thought so… I had replaced the salt with sugar to mess with…" Piper sighed, "with Paige, who isn't here. I guess I forgot to switch them back."
"It's ok… You'll get her when she gets back." Phoebe said, the room falling into silence.
"There's some in the Attic; I'll go get it." Piper volunteered, and left the kitchen. She entered the attic and found the container of salt. As she lifted it up, a piece of paper floated out from under it. It was a potion list for one of Paige's lasted concoctions. Piper smiled, remembering how her sister was always trying to come out with new spells and potions. "Please let her be ok." She thought to herself. Her eyes began to water, but she quickly blinked it away. She took a deep breath in, and walked back out of the attic. As she jogged down the stairs to the second floor, she spotted a tall, slender figure leaning against the wall.
"Paige?" It was Paige, just starring off into the distance. She quickly turned around at the sound of Piper's voice.
"How did you get here? Where have you been?" Piper questioned, hugging Paige.
"I-I-I don't know… I was going into labor when, umm…"
"Labor? As in, having a baby kind of labor?"
"I'm not sure, I don't even understand what's happening."
"You didn't orb here?"
"No…"
"And just got here…"
"I'm not sure… I just woke here."
"Piper, who are you talking to?" Phoebe asked, standing beneath the balcony.
"Phoebe, come here… fast." She came jogging up the stairs, with a pot in her hands. She tripped on the top stair, the pot going flying. "Paige!" Piper yelled, as Paige shielded her face, but to much surprise, it went straight through her and splattered on the wall behind her. The two older sisters starred in shock at Paige.
"How did that happen? Because ghosts are the only ones who tend to have the ability of things going through their bodies." Phoebe asked, surprised that her sister was there in the first place.
"I'm a ghost? Oh my god, am I dead?" Paige asked.
"No, you would be transparent." Piper commented. Fear began to appear on Paige's face. She felt a tugging feeling in her stomach. She knew something was wrong, when Piper and Phoebe's face began to blur along with her surrounding. Piper's voice yelling was the last thing she heard before the darkness consumed her sight. Paige simply disappeared from their sight, as if she had blinked out.
"Did she just astral project?" Phoebe asked.
"I think… but it was a little different."
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Paige abruptly awoke in the same bed she was in before; she was still in her royal room. Someone was massaging her back as she could hear many others bustling around her. A woman came behind her, and placed a pillow underneath her head. She searched the room with her eyes for Natalie. A pain hit her in her stomach, and her wings fully expanded, accidentally hitting one of the attendants.
"Breathe…" Natalie voice was then heard, behind Paige. "In, out, in, out…" Paige obeyed, becoming less and less tense. "The contractions are getting closer and closer together incredibly fast." Natalie sighed, taking Paige's pulse through her wrist.
"What happened? Who are these people?" Paige asked, gesturing to all the individuals walking about the room.
"Well, welcome back. You started to hyperventilate and then just fell unconscious. Don't mind the people you see around you; they're here to help." Paige took in a deep breath, cautious not to overreact this time. The sounds around her were becoming agitating to her. She began to rub her temples as the noise in the room increased. Natalie noticed Paige's face expression.
"Paige, is there something wrong?"
"There's just… too much… noise!" Paige screamed; a vase went flying across the room into the wall.
"Ok, ok, everyone out the room. I'll call you back in when it's safer." Natalie ordered. Everyone filed out just as she ordered.
An hour past by, and the contractions were becoming ever so close to the point that Paige would soon have to start pushing. Her powers were going out of control; objects would now go flying across the room. She just wished to be back in her room, in her bed, surrounded by her two sisters. They had a way to comfort when she needed it, something that told her that everything was fine, no matter what had happened. She wanted her family. She missed that feeling and very much wanted to have it back.