"I have several potions prepare just in case we'll need them." Phoebe explained, as she placed some vials on the table.
"Good… I just have to finish the rest of this spell and… done." Piper said, scribbling the last words onto the paper.
"This'll work right…"
"Yeah… it should. Of course, we're short one person of the Power of Three, but I wrote it so that we didn't need her yet."
"That's good…" Phoebe started to stare off into the distance. Piper could tell that something was on her mind.
"Penny for your thoughts…"
"I was just thinking about Paige… how she's going to be after this is all over, you know. She's giving birth to a child; a child that she never wanted in the first place and…" Phoebe sighed. "I mean, are we expecting to keep the baby?"
"I don't know… it's more Paige's decision…" Piper shrugged.
"Yeah…" Silence began to envelop the room.
"Wait, we could bring Leo with us… just in case." Phoebe suggested.
"But the spell is only enough to carry us two."
"He can track us after we leave."
"Okay… Leo!" Piper yelled. "Leo!!" Leo orbed in a few moments later.
"What? What's wrong?" He asked.
"Here's the plan: We're going to read this spell that'll take us to Paige. Then we'll call for you. You'll sense us and come there. Then we'll rescue Paige with our powers and potions, and you'll bring us back." Piper explained.
"What happens if he's immune to your powers, or even the potions for that matter."
"They have to work… and that also why we have you."
"Ready?"
"Yep… let's go get our sis." Phoebe hopped off the table she was sitting on. She held Piper's hand as they recited the spell.
The two sisters looked at each other and waved good-bye to Leo as various colored orbs surrounded them as they disappeared from the manor to wherever Paige was being held.
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"Oh god." Paige muttered under her breath as another contraction hit her.
"Just breathe through them… there you go…" Natalie coached Paige. "It's getting pretty close for you to start pushing."
"I was thinking…" Paige began to massage her temples, "if I have this baby, Link will raise it."
"Well, a nanny probably will."
"Either way, she'll be raised here, but if I don't have her at all then none of this could happen."
"That's not possible… the baby will have to come out eventually."
"Not if I don't push…" Paige thought wishfully.
"Paige, you're not think very rationally right now; you're in labor, your hormones are all over the place."
"No, it'll work…" Paige sat that defiantly, and braced for another contraction.
"You can't not push. It could hurt the baby and it could hurt you if you wait long enough."
"I don't care…"
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Phoebe and Piper reappeared in a castle-like hallway; made of stone and lit by multiple torches throughout the hall. It was bare, no doors in sight and not a sound.
"Do you think it worked?" Phoebe asked, looking around the place.
"Damp, cold, and creepy castle scenery… this looks like a place to bring someone who has been kidnap." Piper commented looking about.
"What do we do now?"
"Well, you can start calling for Leo while I go search down that hall."
"Why not wait for Leo?"
"Don't worry, I'll be back." Piper said, quietly walking down the lonely hall. Phoebe sighed and started semi-whisper for Leo. Piper continued to walked down the hall till she came two the end, where she could either turn left or right. She stood there, looking between her two choices; both halls looked identical. Suddenly, she her voices heading down the hall from the right, and she jumped behind a gaudy statue.
"I swear, if that witch could just stop flying objects around the room, maybe we could help… but nooo." Two maids came into view as the continued on the path. Piper slid out from the corner, glanced down towards the two women, and tiptoed off in the direction in which they came.
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"Geez, where are we? It took me awhile to locate you guys." Leo said as he finally orbed in.
"I don't know." Phoebe shrugged.
"Where's Piper?"
"Umm…" Phoebe glanced down the hall. "She went that way looking for Paige. She's only been gone for…" Phoebe looked down at her watch. "Ten minutes… wow, let's go." Phoebe grabbed Leo's arm and headed down the hall. They got to the same intersection that Piper was once at.
"Which way did she go?" Leo asked.
"I… don't know… she was suppose to go look and come right back."
"Great…" Leo sighed.
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Piper had been walking down the hall for quite some time now, cautious not to be seen. She had passed by a few doors by now but not found Paige. She was coming to her fourth door and was debating whether or not to head back, until a strange feeling came over her. She slowly peered into the room, to see Paige and Natalie within. Throwing the door open, she confidently marched in and stopped ten feet from the bed and Natalie.
"Okay, tell me who you are and what you're doing to my sister and it might prolong your death." Piper said, glaring at Natalie.
"Piper, it's ok. She's a friend." Paige claimed, breathing heavily between her words.
"Paige, what's wrong with you?" Piper asked, concern filling her voice.
"She's in labor but refuses to push." Natalie explained. "She going through a lot of pain right now, I imagine.
"What?! Why?"
"She's not thinking to clearly and would rather die than help evil have another child to raise." Piper smiled at her baby sister's courage but then frowned upon the pained expression on her face. Piper knew this baby had to come out, whether Paige wanted it to or not. She signaled Natalie to go down to Paige's legs and prompt them back up.
"Paige, we need to deliver this baby."
"I don't want to."
"I know honey, but you have to. We can talk later what we can do." Piper said, helping Paige to sit up more. "For now, I just breathe with me." Piper began to inhale and exhale slowly with Paige. Two minutes later, Natalie told Paige to push. Paige's grip on Piper's hand increased as she pushed, resisting to the urge to scream. Another contraction hit, and Paige couldn't hold it anymore. She yelled out in pain, a tear rolling down her cheek. "Shhh, it's ok. You'll be ok." Piper comforted her, laying her down again. Leo and Phoebe came in fifteen minutes later; Paige was still in labor.
"It looks like one more push."
"Sorry, couldn't find the room." Phoebe explained. "Oh, she's in labor?!?"
"Yes, now come over here." Piper said.
"Just a moment… and… push." With Piper and Phoebe by her side, Paige gathered the little strength she had left, and pushed with all her might. The tiny child finally made it's way into the world. Paige dropped back in exhaustion and passed out. Natalie proceeded to clean the baby off just as Link burst into the room.
"How is she doing?" He asked, and then stopped when he realized all the regular people were replaced with Piper, Phoebe, and Leo. "What is going on here?" He demanded slowly approaching Paige.
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A/N: Let's keep in mind that I don't know anything about babies or pregnancies or birth, so if any of this seemed farfetched, that's why.