A rush of wind surrounded Piper in the attic as the warlock found away around her spell. She focused on the warlock trying to anticipate his path and blew up on of the trunks containing Christmas decorations.

"Maybe you should try freezing him," Leo suggested timidly.

Piper turned to face her husband with an annoyed glare, "Don't you think I've tried that?"

"Yes sweetie, but trying to freeze him and failing doesn't make holes in the attic wall," Leo with a cute semi-smile on his face.

*****

As Phoebe and Paige awoke from their trance, they felt wind gushing all around them. They both ducked as things exploded behind them. Stumbling to their feet and rushing over beside Piper they heard, "Fast as fast can be, you'll never catch me," followed by hysterical laughing.

"Nice of you to join me," Piper said as her sisters looked at her questioningly, "We have a speed demon, I mean warlock, on our hands and I can't seem to target him."

"Alright," Phoebe said, "Let me give it a try."

Phoebe watched the direction of the wind and made a guess to what direction the warlock was running. She levitated and kicked. She barely grazed him, but it was enough for her to receive a premonition.

Phoebe saw the warlock stop in front of the Book of Shadows and toss a bag over it. He smiled for a second and then ran out of the attic and out of the house taking the Book with him.

Phoebe came out of her premonition as she was landing from the kick.

"Close but no cigar witch. Does the other want to give it a try?" the warlock taunted.

Phoebe felt the cut in her hand where she and Paige had been joined during the dream walk start to throb. She looked down at it and up at Paige. She noticed Paige was looking at her hand as well. Acting on an impulse, Phoebe held up her hand in Paige's direction and closed her eyes.

Piper watched as Paige caught her breath and closed her eyes. It look like she was getting a premonition, but that didn't make any sense. Then Piper saw Phoebe on the other side of the room with her eyes closed holding out her hand. What was going on here?

Paige saw the warlock stop in front of the Book of Shadows and throw a bag over it. She opened her eyes, nodded toward Phoebe, then orbed over behind the Book. "Bag!" she screamed as she grabbed the Book in one hand and the warlock's bag appeared in her other one. "Piper!" she called as she threw the bag in the air for target practice.

As Piper exploded the bag, Paige smiled at the warlock and whispered, "Behind you."

The warlock turned just in time to see Phoebe's foot coming at his face. When Phoebe had him pinned, Piper ordered her away and finally got her chance to vanquish the little thorn in her side.

"Nice work," Piper said as she planted her hands by her side. "Missed you guys," she added as they both hugged her.

*****

Later that evening Piper was in the kitchen watching over Phoebe and Paige as they prepared dinner. "That must have been some experience the two of you had. Pretty cool power advancement too Phoebe."

"I hope I get to keep it," Phoebe said as she checked on the chicken in the oven. "It could be really useful in the future."

"As we saw today," Paige said as she mashed some potatoes. "But next time a little warning would be nice. That left me really woozy."

Phoebe put her arm around Paige, "Sorry about that. Does that mean I owe you two pairs of shoes now?"

"With matching handbags," Paige said with a huge smile on her face.

"Did I miss something?" Piper asked with a quizzical look on her face.

As she asked her question, the doorbell rang and Paige went to answer it.

*****

Alone in the kitchen for a minute, Phoebe sat down beside Piper. "She's really great, you know that?" Phoebe said to Piper.

"I know. She's, well she's something really special," Piper said. "But why didn't you ask me to go on this dream walk?" she added with a little sadness in her voice.

Phoebe put her arm in Piper's. "I think it was meant to be. Paige and I had some things we really needed to work through, and without that experience I don't know if it would have happened. You and I need to talk about some things too, but it was just as important for her to be there as it was for me."

"You still love me then? You aren't trading me in for a newer, younger model of sister just because I'm old and pregnant?" Piper said with a little grin.

"Please! Piper! There is no model better than you," Phoebe said as she hugged Piper around the neck.

*****

"Phoebe? Phoebe!" came the cry of a little girl the Halliwell sisters had come to care very deeply for as Amy ran into the kitchen with Paige and Timothy following behind her.

"You're ok?" she asked as she climbed up into Phoebe's lap and hugged her close.

"Yes sweetie, I'm fine," Phoebe said as she looked up at Timothy for an explanation.

"She's been worried about you all day. She said something about you having a difficult dream," Tim responded.

The sisters looked at each other wondering if and how Amy could have known about the dream walk. "I'm perfectly find sweetie," Phoebe said as she pulled Amy back to look at her beautiful eyes. "You helped me get through the dream and now I'm all awake and fine. Ok sweetie?"

Amy smiled and hugged Phoebe again. "I knew you could do it."

This invoked another strange look from the sisters, but they knew Amy was a witch and that in at least one possible future she has a special bond with Phoebe, so they decided not to question it too much.

"Would you like to stay for dinner?" Paige asked Tim.

Amy looked up with the face that was going to lead to much pleading if he didn't say yes, so he just smiled and nodded.

*****

As Leo, Piper, Tim and Amy passed food around the table, Paige joined Phoebe in serving drinks. "How's it feel knowing your future husband could be sitting at that table and he doesn't even have a clue," Paige whispered to Phoebe.

"Very intimidating if you must know," Phoebe answered lightly. "I'm still scared I might do something to screw it all up," she added more seriously as she and Paige turned back to look at the table.

"You won't Phoebe," Paige said as she put her hand on her sisters. "And if you start to falter, just lean on Piper and me. It's what we are here for."

"You know you kick ass in the sister department, don't you?" Phoebe said as she help Paige's hand.

"You think so?" Paige replied with a smile.

"Oh yeah," Phoebe nodded as she hugged Paige.

"Let's get these drinks in there before they miss us," Paige said trying not to tear up.

Phoebe smiled and followed her back to join the others. She looked at her sisters and Leo, then over at Tim and Amy. This would be a great future she thought to herself.