A/N: The reviews for my first chap were great, I'll try and update every couple of days unless I get writers block which is a possibility!

Paige materialised in the heavens to see a fair state of panic all around her. Suddenly she felt out of place as she looked at her black skirt and sleeveless top, all the whitelighters around her were kitted out in full whitelighter gear and giving her strange looks.

'Never thought I'd wanna wear one of those.' she muttered under her breath.

'Paige!' Leo appeared from behind a clump of whitelighters, Paige realised how different he looked as proper Elder instead of the happy-go-lucky whitelighter she'd first known.

'Hi, Leo,' Paige said as he reached her. 'How is everything?'

'Not good,' he sighed. 'But you'll hear all about it in a few minutes.'

He turned and walked back the way he came. Paige sighed, she knew that a few minutes up in Elder-land loosely translated as a few hours down below which meant any info could prove too late for her sisters.

Suddenly another swirl of white lights appeared beside her. When they disappeared, Paige found herself face-to-face with a tall, handsome man, a fews years older than her, she predicted, but still very gorgeous. She had to force her thoughts back to Richard as the mystery man smiled at her, Paige noted he was wearing normal clothes.

'Hi.' he said with a small glance at her clothes. 'You're not wearing a robe.'

'Neither are you.' Paige smirked.

'I'm not a real whitelighter,' he explained. 'I clipped my wings a few years back but it looks like they need me on this one.'

This guy seemed alright so Paige extended her hand. 'I'm Paige Matthews.'

The chemistry as he took her hand was astonishing. 'Andy Trudeau.'

Trudeau... the name sounded familiar. Anyhow, Paige realised she was still holding his hand and let it go quickly. 'Er... why'd you clip your wings?'

'Fell in love,' he shrugged. 'At least I thought I did.'

'Oh, right,' Paige said. 'Was she a mortal?'

'Turned out to an Evil Enchantress,' he smiled ruefully. 'Of all the luck.'

'I'm sorry.' Paige said, remembering her past life as an Evil Enchantress.

'Don't worry about it,' Andy told her. 'Looks like I might get another shot at being a whitelighter, though.'

A hush fell over the chattering whitelighters, Paige turned to see the Elders converging up on a ridge, Leo among them.

The shortest and oldest Elder stepped forward. 'There is no need to tell any of you why you are here.' he said gravely. 'The entire Underworld has banded together under a sect of eight warlocks, they have stolen the Star of Gorean.'

A collective gasp went from all the whitelighters... except Paige who didn't know what the hell he was talking about.

'As most of you know,' he shot Paige a smile. 'The star is the life-force of Elders and the warlocks will use this to destroy us if they can. However, they will not attack us first, they need something from the Charmed Ones.'

All eyes turned to Paige.

'Not only do they need the ability to orb, which they will steal from them, they need the protective bubble of the baby to stop further attempts on their lives. They will come, sooner rather than later.'

Paige made herself remember all the demons/warlocks/creatures she had faced just to reassure herself that she could handle whatever this was.

'The only advice I can give to any of you is vigilance,' he continued. 'Every single whitelighter and their charges are vital to the survival of the world. Protect each other as best you can.'

He turned to the other Elders and followed them into a room. The whitelighters stood in silence for a few moments until the majority of them orbed out, the few that remained started whispering franticly to each other.

An Elder returned and beckoned to Andy. 'That's my cue, maybe we can meet up sometime?'

Think Richard, Richard, Richard. 'I'd love to.'

With that, the tall honey followed the Elder out of sight. Paige saw Chris emerging from the behind the remaining whitelighters, snapping her back into reality.

'We better get back.' he said quickly.

'Yep.' Paige nodded.

A/N: Another thing about this that you might wanna know, the big bad isn't as important as you'd think, it's more to do with Andy and Paige but there are some shocks in store.