A/N yes, this is AU, like most of my stories, and I'm aware that this is completely different from all the details on the show. Deal with it!

Disclaimer: I don't own Charmed. I only own the story. Enjoy!

As I lay, dreaming, I once again see the fire that destroyed my house and killed my parents.

I hear the terrible screams of my mother, the sound of my father's deep voice, yelling at me to get out of the house.

I feel the heat, burning, scorching, the hungry tongues of flame licking the house, reaching for everything they can take.

I taste the salt as my tears run down my face as I stand on the road watching the house crumble and knowing that my parents could not have survived that.

The smell of smoke fills my nostrils. I breathe through my mouth, ignoring the taste of smoke, refusing to smell my house burning.

I see the fire fighters jump out of their truck and start trying to control the flames.

I hear the roar of the blaze as it reaches further, burning all in its path and I hear the wail of ambulances as they reach us.

I feel arms around me, steering me away from the fire, while at the same time, comforting.

I taste water as someone holds a glass to my lips and forces me to drink. I swallow a few sips and bring it back up in the gutter. I can't keep anything down, as the neighbours find out when they try to get me to eat, a few hours later.

I'm still in a daze, I can't think properly. I can't register what's going on. Voices are talking; they sound like a blur to me. I can't make out the words, I don't even know if they're forming words. Something tells me whoever it is, is making soft, soothing noises. I'm too upset to notice.

I see nothing through my tears. I am completely blinded, unable to see if they have found my parents' bodies yet or even if they're looking.

Then, the picture in my head changes. My parents are standing before me. Behind them are kilometres of paddocks and behind them I see mountains. I give a cry and run to see them, but as I start moving they seem to fade into the background. For every forward step I take, they seem to be fifty metres away. I'm flat-out running trying to reach them but it's impossible. Finally I stop, exhausted. And I as come to a halt, there they are, standing right in front of me.

My smile falters as I notice the look on their faces. The looks are accusatory, and deadly serious. I swallow nervously and stand up straight, waiting for them to start talking.

"You failed us," my mother says. "You left us to die."

"You saved yourself and didn't help us," my father adds. Tears are welling up in my eyes.

"You told me to leave," I whisper, not trusting my voice to speak.

"If you were a good daughter you would have stayed with us," my mother says. "You would have died with us because you loved us. You would have chosen death over a life without us."

"You, however, chose to stay on Earth, without your parents," my father says. He slips his hand inside his jacket pocket and draws out a gun. My eyes are drawn to it immediately. I know what he's about to do.

"Therefore you must die now and join us in our fate." I stare at him, trying to say something but my throat won't work. He lifts the gun and aims it at me. I look at it helplessly, knowing that here's nothing I can do. His eyes meet mine as he squeezes the trigger.

Paige shot out of bed into the darkness, screaming.

A/N well, yes, there's the first chapter. Thanx for reading!