Chapter 9 – Visitor from the other side

"Well I'm one too…" She simply replied, ignoring both Cole and Cindy's stunned looks.

"Prove it!" said Piper, coming out of her daze slightly.

"Purse" she said holding out her hand, Pipers purse that Paige had just returned, dissolved in a swirl of blue coloured orbs and floated towards her and landing in her open palm.

"Okay…so maybe you are." Said Piper embarrassed, "But how did you know we were?"

"Err…well, someone I know told me about you…I have something that you might find slightly more shocking to tell you so maybe you should sit down." She said sincerely.

I watched her curiously, she looked very nervous, not something that was normal for her, she seemed very confident at the club earlier today. I sat down never the less, and Piper sat next to me. Cole also sat down taking my hand and squeezing it gently, I did not miss the jealous look that Cindy gave me, but turned my attention back to Paige who was now shuffling nervously.

"Who told you? If you don't mind me asking?" Piper asked curiously.

"Umm…your mum told me…." She trailed off.

"What? But our mums…dead…" I shivered slightly, "Hows that possible…?"

"Well, lets just say an angel introduced me to her, she told me about you two, about Prue…may she rest in peace…about your gifts." Cindy coughed when Paige said 'gifts' and looked at Piper, who looked at the table.

"You talked to her?" I asked quietly

"Yes, in ghost form obviously." Paige said, causing Piper to look up rather wide eyed.

"Is that what you wanted to tell them?" asked Cindy interrupting the deadly silence.

"No…"

"Well…?" said Piper, looking Paige in the eye.

"I'm…well…I'm your half sister!" Paige paled nervously, obviously waiting for me or Piper to say something, I coughed clearing my throat, and managed a 'WHAT!?' which made Paige pale even more, which I thought wasn't possible before.

"How do we even know if we can trust you?" I said calming down slightly, "We have no proof you just walked into a life today, you can't go 'Oh hey, I'm a witch too, by the way…I'm your half sister, how does my hair look!" I said shaking, I must have been squeezing Cole's hand really hard, because he yelped and tried to pull his hand away. "Sorry Cole" I said loosening my grip.

"I can prove it to you." said Paige.

"How?" I asked.

"With a spell."

"Great!" Muttered Piper, clearly annoyed and possibly thinking that Paige was a nutcase, I thought to myself, as I saw the look on Piper's face.

"Okay…what do you need?" I asked.

"Just you two." Said Paige, "Five candles and a bit more room."

"I will get the candles." Said Cole getting up, and I think you can go in the hall way to do it." He then left to collect the stuff. Cindy looked slightly miffed by everything going on around her, I seriously hoped she was not going to tell everyone about this, perhaps there was some sort of spell or something I could do rid a few of her memories I pondered the idea as I followed the others into the hallway.

As Cole returned with the candles, I watched as Paige set them out on the floor in the shape of a pentagon, or well…where the corners would have been. She then asked for mine and Pipers hands, I took her hand in mine, but Piper was a little more reluctant, but finally held Paige's hand, I was curious to see if anything would happen.

"Okay say the words after me, you two." Said Paige as she began to chant,

Hear these words, hear my cry,

I looked at Piper and she looked at me, but we did it anyway.

Hear these words, hear my cry

We repeated as Paige continued.

Spirit from the other side,

Spirit from the other side,

We echoed.

come to me, I summon thee,

Paige said, as me and Piper proceeded to once more copy her

Come to me, I summon thee,

Cross now the great divide

Paige finished and we copied for the last time.

Cross now the great divide

At first I truly believed nothing was going to happen, until white orbs began to swirl and a slight breeze blew my hair across my face, as I removed it and looked back up, I gasped as my mum stood in the middle of the candle, I almost fell over in shock, but Cole stopped me from falling. I looked at Piper, who looked just as shocked as me with tears streaming down her eyes, she weakly said 'mum' as she ran forward to hug her, she stopped in front of the candles, realising you couldn't hug a ghost.

"Hello, my beautiful daughters." He soft voice echoed in the silent hallway, she smiled warmly. "I assume Paige has passed on my message." She said turning towards Paige and smiling as Paige nodding.

"Its true?" Piper squeaked, still in shock.

"Yes Piper…its true, you, Phoebe and Prue were all natural born witches just like Paige. Except for we never had time to teach you of your powers, it was supposed to happen when either the heavens decided you were ready to receive this gift or your grandma died…obviously it was supposed to be you, Prue and Phoebe…but destiny changed, and we couldn't stop it. I assume since your grandma died also, your powers were awakened, even with out the power of three being altogether."

I looked at my mum, the mum that I had last seen when I was three…the person, I never really got to know, the person I longed for to hold me in her arms when I was little, and tell me everything was going to be okay. I had a hard time excepting the fact that I would never really know my mother, but it time I learnt to understand why and live with it, but I never believed in a million years that all this would happen, that she would be standing in front of me telling me about powers…You possess great power, you are one of them, one of the powerful three, your destiny awaits you. the old lady I bumped into weeks ago voice came back to haunt me. "What power of three?" I asked.

"You are the power of three, three witches destined to be the most powerful witches of our time, to rid the world of evil and save innocents from evil depths."

"So your telling me, we are witches, and we are supposed to fight demons?" said Piper nervously.

"Yes Piper, don't be scared of it, your strong Piper…I had complete Faith that you would recover from your comma, you are a very strong person Piper…you were not destined to join Prue, Grams and I in the heavens, your place is here, with your sisters." Piper smiled, at the words of confidence from her mum.

"How is Paige our sister…half sister?" I asked.

"She is Sam's daughter…my whitelighter…"

"Whitelighter?" asked Piper.

"Its like a guardian angel for witches…" said Paige speaking up.

"Why was Paige kept a secret?" asked Piper curiously.

"Because whitelighters and witches aren't supposed to fall in love its forbidden, so Paige had to be kept a secret from the elders…" I looked puzzled along with Piper, "The elders are the higher beings of the heavens, they make all the big decisions like who should be a white-lighter, and deciding when you should receive your powers etc:"

"Oh, so why did you contact Paige first…why not us?" I asked.

"Because it was easier for your whitelighter to approach one of you and trust that you wouldn't tell the other until it was the right time, and since Paige didn't know either of you, it seemed the perfect way."

"We have a whitelighter?" Asked Piper.

"Yes, his name is Leo, Leo Wyatt, I believe you have both met him before actually…"

"The doctor, Doctor Wyatt…Leo…" said Piper shocked, and obviously disappointed that they could never have a relationship, I noted.

"Yes." She replied.

A/n: Yup I'm gonna leave you there for now I think about two more chapters and an epilogue or a chapter and an epilogue, depending on how I sort out the next chapters…so what did you think? I do apologise if there are some spelling a grammar mistakes I read through it once but I usually miss something :-p