Family Secrets

Author: Drewrific22

PG-13 English

Drama

Summary: The charmed ones have fought from demons and witches to goblins and banshees but will they survive the new powerful and mysterious source that arrives.

Disclaimer: I do not own any of these characters. (Only Sammy, Damien and Epherus).

Chapter 20

Sammy decided not to go help Chris. She loved him but just couldn't bring herself to face him.

Back at the manor

The source throws a fireball and it hits Phoebe in the upper arm. She yells out in pain and falls to the ground and passes out.

Paige looks at Phoebe and yells out her name. "Phoebe". Her and Piper begin to run towards their sister but suddenly Paige orbs out.

A few seconds later so did the source.

Chris "Where did she go?"

Piper "I don't know" she says looking around the attic.

Sammy

The pain she felt was getting worse. Not only did she feel Chris' pain but also she felt something else. Something she couldn't quite get.

Elders

Paige had orbed out of the manor to...

The elders. What did they want? Couldn't they see that her family needed her?

Epherus and Damien then appear.

Epherus "Paige we have summoned you because we are concerned."

Paige "Concerned about what?" she asks

Damien "About you and your sisters. You are not the same Charmed ones we knew before. Something's changed. But we don't know what."

Paige replies "What? What are you talking about? We are the same. You mean you think less of us now because we haven't vanquished the source yet. Well we're getting there."

Damien "You are not. I am talking to your sisters too. One of you will betray the other's."

Paige feels her heart catch. "Who?"

Epherus "We can not tell you. We do not know ourselves. You will have to find out on your own."

Paige "But that's not possible. We love each other."

Epherus replies "That maybe true but life works in mysterious ways Paige. Sometimes anger consumes someone and that's all they see."

Meanwhile back at the manor

Piper was in the kitchen making a potion. She had made one before to heal Phoebe since she couldn't call Leo to heal her himself. His cover would be blown. And Paige was only half whitelighter. She didn't have enough powers to heal. Speaking of Paige, Piper thought. Where the hell was she?

Suddenly Leo orbs in. "Piper!"

Piper looks up from her potion and sees Leo. "Hey". She goes up to him and hugs him. "I missed you so much."

Leo "I know. But I couldn't come to you. I heard your calls though."

Piper smiles and nods.

Leo "What are you doing?" he asks looking at the potion.

Piper "A locating spell. This is our last chance to find Paige. Chris has been trying to locate her on the map but it won't work." Nothing else seems to work."

Leo asks "Paige? She's missing."

Piper nods. "Yeah. One minute were fighting the source the next she just orbs out."

Leo has a confused look on his face.

Piper "Leo? What is it?"

Leo is about to say something but then suddenly shimmers out.

Piper gets annoyed. "Dam it!"