ACT I

Phoebe and Paige stood outside Piper's door, talking, as Piper got dressed.

"Now I know what you mean by not getting through to her," Paige told Phoebe.

"Yeah. Every time I tell her about Leo, she just forgets about him a few moments later." Phoebe leaned against the wall. "I should've known something was wrong with her when she wasn't upset at Leo leaving, acting like it was a celebration. I should've done something then," she berated herself.

Paige looked at her sympathetically. "Don't blame herself, Phoebe. At least, you suspected. I thought that she was genuinely happy for him. I should have listened to you. After all, you know her a lot better than I ever will." Paige regretted saying that last part; she didn't want to sound like she was feeling sorry for herself.

Phoebe looked at her curiously, as if she wanted to ask something, but she didn't say anything.

"Have you tried looking in the Book of Shadows yet?" Paige questioned, changing the subject.

"Yeah, and I couldn't find anything at all. You know, I think we should-"

Just then, Piper came out of her room. She had chosen neither the black dress nor the baby blue one. Instead, she had chosen a long, off-the-shoulder, dark blue dress that was slit at the knee. Her hair was done up in an elegant bun. A few curls had escaped, now framing her face. Piper posed playfully for Paige and Phoebe.

"Wow, Piper. You look amazing," Phoebe had to admit. Piper looked absolutely fantastic.

Piper smiled happily. "Thank you." She spun around once for her sisters, then stopped and looked at her watch. "Robert should be here any minute now."

"Uh, Piper?" Phoebe started. "Um, I'm not sure how to say this, but, um, Paige and I don't think you should go on this date."

Piper stared at Phoebe. "Why not?"

Paige answered, "Because of Le-" The ringing of the doorbell interrupted Paige.

Piper gasped eagerly. "He's here!" she squealed. She rushed down the stairs.

"Piper!" Phoebe called. She and Paige took off after Piper.

"Piper wait!" Paige yelled after Piper.

Piper was deaf to their calls as she rushed down the stairs. When she got to the door, she turned around for them. "Do I still look good?" Piper asked. "Yeah, Piper, you look great," Phoebe hurriedly replied, "but-"

"Great! Thanks." Piper turned around and answered the door.

Robert was waiting outside with a bouquet of flowers. He had dark brown, almost black hair, and hazel eyes. An adorable grin was on his face. He was so attractive that Phoebe almost wished she were going in Piper's place.

"Hey," Robert greeted. "Piper, you look gorgeous!"

Piper blushed under the compliment, but she was obviously pleased. "So do you," she returned. She turned to her sisters. "Guys, this is Robert Blake. Robert, these are my sisters, Phoebe and Paige."

Robert shook hands with Phoebe and Paige. "Nice to meet you guys."

"Same to you," Paige responded. "Piper, we-"

"Are you ready to go, milady?" Robert asked. He held out his arm.

Piper took his arm and beamed. "Certainly." They started to head out to his car.

Phoebe decided that she needed to stop Piper, no matter what, from going on this date, until they could figure out what was wrong with her. "Piper, you cannot go on this date!" she called out.

Piper looked, astonished, from her sisters to Robert who seemed confused. "Ignore them," she told Robert, embarrassed. "They haven't taken their medicine today."

"Piper!" Phoebe glared at her.

Piper ignored her. "Um, can you wait for me in the car?" Piper asked Robert.

"Uh, sure," he said hesitantly. He proceeded to his car. Piper turned back to glare angrily at her sisters.

"What the hell is the matter with you?" she asked angrily. "Are you trying to embarrass me in front of Robert?"

"We're sorry," Paige apologized. "But we cannot let you go on that date."

"And why the hell not?"

"Because-" Phoebe started.

"Because we need to figure out why you seemed to have forgotten Leo," finished Paige.

Piper stared at both of them for a minute. Then, she headed down the steps to join Robert. Paige and Phoebe ran outside.

"Piper! Piper! Don't you walk away from us!" Phoebe couldn't believe that Piper was just going to ignore what they had to say.

Piper reached Robert. "Sorry about that."

"No problem," he replied. "You ready?"

"Let's go." They both quickly entered the car.

"Piper, you're not single!" Paige called out. "You have a husband!"

Robert's car sped off leaving Phoebe and Paige standing alone outside on the steps staring at the retreating car.

"I've decided that I want to slap her," Phoebe said.

"Right behind you," Paige replied.

Phoebe slammed the Book of Shadows shut. "Dammit! There's nothing in here."

For the past half hour, Phoebe and Paige had been in the attic, combing the Book of Shadows, and trying to see if they could find anything to help Piper. Or at least know what was wrong with her. But the search had turned up fruitless.

Paige sat down in one of the chairs. "So what do we do now?"

Phoebe sighed. "I don't know." She sat down in another chair. "If only we knew just what had caused this, we might be able to find something." Phoebe suddenly had an idea. "You don't think that Kevin could've done this, do you?"

Paige recoiled at the sound of Kevin's name, even though she tried not to. Paige still didn't like to think about him that much. Don't be silly, Paige told herself. Kevin's dead and gone... plus, he really has nothing to do with why I feel this way.

"Paige?" Phoebe asked.

Paige snapped out of it. "I'm sorry. What did you say?"

"I asked you what you thought about it. About Kevin erasing Piper's memories of Leo. Although I can't think of a good reason why Kevin would do that. I mean, he didn't even know Leo."

"Uh, yeah, I guess," Paige replied, not really eager to talk about it.

"But he knew so much stuff about us. Like about Prue and the potion to kill Belthazor. If he could know all that stuff, surely he would know about Leo."

"Maybe." Paige wished that Phoebe would get off the subject.

"But there's still the question of why? Why would he want to get rid of Piper's memories of Leo?" Just then, Phoebe realized that Paige didn't seem too keen on the subject of Kevin. Maybe she's upset with us for wanting to bring Prue back, Phoebe wondered. The sisters had never really talked about it after Kevin had mysteriously been vanquished. Maybe it's about time they did.

"Paige, I-" Phoebe started.

"Maybe we ought to try and contact Leo," Paige interrupted, changing the subject. "It's not like Piper has total amnesia; she just can't remember Leo. So it's probable that Leo would have something to do with it."

This took Phoebe's mind off of the girls' sisterly troubles. "Do you really think that Leo would do that?"

Paige shrugged. "Maybe. He could've erased her memory of him to help her move on with her life."

"Well, you know what he have to do now, right?" Phoebe asked. Paige and Phoebe looked at each other for a moment before standing up.

"Leo!" they called in unison. "Leo!"

They waited for a while, but nothing was happening.

"Can he still hear us?" Paige asked. "Now that he's an Elder and all?"

"I hope so," Phoebe replied. "Leo!"

Just then, the well-known sparkle of blue lights appeared in the attic. But it wasn't Leo's familiar face they saw, but Chris's still strange face.

"What is it?" he asked.

"Chris?" Phoebe asked. "Why are you here? We called for Leo."

Chris looked at them for a moment. "I know, I heard. But Leo is no longer your whitelighter and I am, so why don't you try talking to me?"

Paige and Phoebe glanced at each other. Technically, Chris was right. Leo was an Elder now and no longer their whitelighter. However, Leo had been not only their whitelighter, but also a part of the family for so long, that it was difficult to get used to someone else. Maybe even impossible.

Chris waited for an answer and when none came, he said, "Fine. If you don't want my help, I'll just leave." He started to orb out, but Phoebe stopped him.

"No, Chris," she said. Phoebe glanced at Paige. Her face had a "We might as well tell him" look to it.

Phoebe turned back to Chris. "We think that there's something wrong with Piper."

Chris's face was a blank as Phoebe explained about Piper's memory loss. Paige couldn't tell whether he believed them or not.

"Well?" Phoebe asked, as she finished explaining. "What do you think?"

"I think that this is something that we have to worry about," he replied, matter-of-factly. "But not now."

Paige and Phoebe looked at him in shock. "What?" Phoebe asked. "Why not?"

"Because we have bigger things to deal with. There's a, uh, demon."

"A demon?" Paige asked. "What kind of demon?"

"Well, we think it's a demon. We're not sure yet. The only thing that we know is that witches have been disappearing all over San Francisco. I wanted to talk to the Elders more before I told you, but you might as well know now."

"I guess Piper will have to wait," Paige said to Phoebe.

Chris took out a sheet of paper. "Here's the address of one of the witches that has disappeared." He handed the slip of paper to Phoebe. "I want you two to go there and check it out. See if you can find any clues. I'm going to go to the Elders and see if I can find out any more." Chris orbed out.

Phoebe sighed. "I guess we better get started."

A witch walked out from the kitchen with a bowl of milk. As she walked into the breakfast nook, her black cat came to her to get his food.

"Here you go, Hope." She set down the bowl in front of her cat, Hope, and went to finish her reading.

As she sat down on the couch, Chris silently orbed into the darkness of the hallway. He crept silently towards the witch.

The cat meowed as he saw Chris. The witch quickly turned around, afraid. "Who are you?" she asked, terrified.

"Don't worry," Chris replied. "It won't hurt. Well, not much, anyway."

A fireball formed in Chris's hand. He hurled it at the witch. She screamed as the fireball hit her and she incinerated into dust.

Chris looked at the explosion marks for a little, grim satisfaction on his face. Then, he orbed out.

END OF ACT I