Hello again!!! Thanks to all of you who reviewed, you're awesome!!! The last chapter I know was kinda a turn around point (plot wise) in the story, so now it might me a little less 'dramatic' and a bit more fun. So, enjoy!
Little Paige still hadn't stopped crying out for her mom, and it was starting to drive everybody nuts. They had figured out that the "man" was actually an elder, and he had left the manor as quickly as he had come. Leo was 'up there' checking to see how long the spell would last, and everybody else was trying to calm Little Paige down. "What if we made her take a potion that would make her think that we aren't going to hurt her, and we are some long lost family?" questioned Phoebe. "Phoebe, we are her family!" cried Piper.
"No Piper, I think I get what Phoebe means, Little Paige thinks we are strangers, but if we make a potion that would put it in her mind that we aren't going to hurt her, and that she is just visiting us, then maybe she will stop the crying," Prue said with so much conviction that it seemed that it was a no fault plan. That feeling didn't last long. "Um, not that that isn't a super plan, but what about the personal gain aspect to it?" Piper said a bit condescendingly. "I thought about that Pipe, but an elder did this to us in the first place, so we're just finding ways to make it a little less...painful," Prue retorted. Everybody seemed to be okay with that explanation, so the girls got right to working on the potion, while Patty, Penny and Sam tried to calm a hysterical Little Paige.
A couple hours later, the potion was ready, and it was just the challenge of getting Paige to drink it. "How the hell are we gonna get this into Rosmary's Baby over there?" hissed Piper. "Uh, well she's been crying non-stop for the past two hours, and she must be thirsty, so just put it in something to drink for her and we'll wait till she drinks it," Phoebe tried, "And if that doesn't work, you freeze her, and I'll shove it down her throat."
Little Paige, while reluctant at first, drank down the whole bottle within minutes when she finally gave in. It didn't take long for the potion to kick in, and they could all tell when it did, because she stopped screaming and smiled up at Patty. They all let out a huge sigh of relief, but that quickly turned into a gasp of surprise when two-year-old Paige turned into a five-year-old Paige.
"Who wants ta play dolly's?" asked Little Paige. Everybody just stared at her. "Uh, Piper you go," Phoebe said quickly. "Um, why don't you go Phoebe, you're probably better at it then I am," Piper said sweetly, not wanting to hurt Paige's feelings. "Yes, but Piper, you have kids," replied Phoebe equally a sweet. Paige looked a little confused and sad. "Is okay, I can play by myself," said a hurt Paige. "No, No, No, I'll play with you Paige, I just thought that Phoebe here might be better at it, that's all," Piper said quickly as she glared at Phoebe. "Alright, well why don't all three of you girls go play with Paige? That way you can LEARN something about her, that's why she's here right?" Patty intercepted with a bit of force in her voice. "Right", "Ya" were the reply's she received. So, while the girls were playing dolls, the other adults went to make breakfast.
"So, Paige, tell us about yourself," started Phoebe. "Why do ya want ta know?" replied a suspicious Paige. "Cause you look like an interesting person?" Phoebe said a bit nervously. "So Paige," Prue started to say while glaring at Pheobe, "What's you favorite colour, What do you like to do, favorite animal, favorite food, um...boyfriend?" Prue ended kind of weakly because Paige was staring at her looking like she was a freak. "Uh...green, singing, horsey, ice-cream," Paige listed really fast, and then she went bright red and said quietly, "No, but I like Glenn." All three girls looked at each other and then laughed. "Aw, that is so sweet, Paige has her first crush," Phoebe giggled. "Shut-up!" Paige replied rather angrily. Everybody stared at her with wide eyes. Prue was the first to speak. "What did you say? Where did you learn that?" "Glenn," Paige simply said. "You are not to use that language young lady, I don't want to here it again, okay?" Prue yelled.
Paige's bottom lip began to quiver, her eyes started to tear, and before they knew it Paige was full out sobbing. "Oh Paige, Prue didn't mean to yell at you, we just don't like to here that sort of talk in this house, so we would like it if you didn't use it okay?" Piper soothed in a motherly tone of voice. "O..kay...sorry," Paige sniffled. With that behind them they started playing dolls again, that is until they were called down for breakfast. Prue and Piper each took one of Paige's hands, and lead her down the stairs. They started swinging her between their arms, which made Paige scream with laughter.
Breakfast was filled with chatter, most of it Paige's. "And, and Mrs. Jefferies, wants ta put me in the talent show, and I gets ta sing!" Paige said excitedly. Leo had just orbed in and he told them that Paige would change back into her regular self when she had spent some time in her 18 year old self, and before Leo could say anything else their sweet little five-year-old Paige turned into a rather sour looking ten-year-old. "I hate eggs!" Paige said as she pushed her plate away, "I won't eat them." Nobody really knew what to say, so they just nodded and smiled.
Piper decided that not speaking wasn't getting them anywhere, so she decided to drill Paige with more questions. "So Paige, are you still singing in front of people?" "No, I don't sing with an audience," Paige quipped. "Oh, how come?" Prue asked. "I just don't, okay?" Paige snapped again. "Come on Paige, just tell us," Phoebe pressed. "I can't," Paige finally said, "I freeze up, so please, just drop it." Everybody fell silent again. Patty decided to get to a probable sore spot in Paige's life. "Paige, you're adopted, correct?" Patty asked nervously. "Mhm, but their great parents, so I don't really care about the other ones," Paige replied. Patty frowned a bit sadly, but she was glad that Paige didn't seem to hold any resentment towards her and Sam.
"Paige? Do you like soccer?" Sam asked randomly. "Uh, yeah, why?" Paige questioned. "Did you maybe want to play a game? We could get everybody out in the backyard," Sam said with a bit of excitement. "Yeah, I guess that would be okay," Paige smiled. Everybody piled out of the back door, and onto the green grass. Paige and Leo were forced to be the captains, even though they tried to protest. Leo picked Piper, of course, then Prue, and then Penny, even though Penny tried to get out of it. Paige's team consisted of Phoebe, Sam, and Patty. The game was only in five-minutes before Paige scored he first goal, Sam gave her a huge hug and smiled proudly. Paige was a little weirded out by that, but she smiled politely.
As Prue and Piper were headed up the field, Paige stepped in front of them and stole the ball, but unfortunately for Paige, Prue grabbed her by the waist and pulled her down, while Piper carried the ball up the field. "Hey! That's cheating," Paige yelled, but she couldn't keep a straight face, and she burst out laughing. "Yeah well, we all know you're good, and this was the only way to stop you," Prue laughed. They played for a little while longer, all of them trying to tackle Paige before she could get the ball. As Phoebe had Paige pinned on the ground tickling her, she suddenly changed into a much older looking Paige.
"Get off of me!" yelled Paige. Phoebe quickly jumped off, and looked at the others. Paige was dressed in really dark clothing, baggy pants, a tight black top with a skull on the front, and her make-up was also all black. Paige glared at everybody and yelled "Grow up!" as she walked into the house. "Okay, well cute little Paige is gone, time to let her tell us how much she hates us and the world," joked Piper. "Mom, Sam, I nominate you two to go talk to her," Prue said.
"There is no reason to be afraid of her, she's a teenager, there all rebellious at her age," Penny intercepted. "Speaking of her age, how old do you think she is?" Sam questioned. "I'd say around 15," Leo guessed. "I'm 16!" yelled Paige from inside the house, "And I can hear you!" They all braced themselves, and walked inside to face the wrath of teenage Paige. "So, Paige, how do you feel about your birthparents now?" Patty threw into the air. "I hate them! How could they give me up? They were probably just wimps, who figured that I was better off without them, ugh...what losers!" Paige half-yelled. Patty and Sam winced. "Maybe they were trying to protect you, they probably just wanted their little girl to have a better life than what they could provide," Sam attempted. "Who do you think you are defending people who you or I have even met?" retorted an angry Paige.
"Paige calm down, they were just asking a simple question, and providing something that sounded like it could be a possibility," Prue tried to reason. Paige looked at them, and stormed up the stairs mumbling something unrecognizable. "Well that did not go well," Penny said as soon as Paige was out on earshot. "So anyways, lets review what we know about Paige so far," Piper started. "Alright, well lets write it down on a piece of paper to make things easier," suggested Phoebe. The list was finished within a matter of minutes, and that was when they realized that before this spell, they knew absolutely nothing about Paige. The list looked something like this:
Paige 2- very cute, loud when crying, separation anxiety from her mom.
Paige 5- loves dolls, not shy, excited to perform, loves the colour green, horses, ice-cream and to sing, has a crush on Glenn, has a temper, and a bit of a potty mouth.
Paige 10- angrier, hates eggs, a bit reluctant to let people in, freezes in front of crowds, won't sing in front of people, likes soccer, and is good at it, has a beautiful laugh, not angry with Patty or Sam.
Paige 16- a lot angrier, now hates Patty and Sam for leaving her, rebelling teen basically....
Paige -
"Okay, well let's try and coax her out of her room," Penny suggested. "Paige, get your teenage butt down here!" Piper yelled up the stairs. "So much for coaxing," mumbled Phoebe. Blaring music was Piper's reply. "Oh, don't make me come up there missy!" Piper yelled back. "Add likes to piss people off to the list," Piper told Leo. "Honey...," Leo started. "Do not fight with me Leo, that's what Paige's for," Piper snapped. It took more than an hour before an 18-year-old Paige came storming down the stairs.
"Oh thank god, last transformation!" Whispered an annoyed Piper. "Paige sweetie, can you sit on the couch for a second? We just want to talk to you," Patty coaxed. "Fine, whatever," was Paige's reply. "Paige, can you tell us exactly how you feel right now?" Sam asked. "What are you, a shrink?" Paige replied. "No, we just want to learn as much as we can about you, please?" Sam pleaded. Paige gave in, "What do you want to know?"
"Anything, and Everything," Prue told her after a minute. "Okay... I'm 18, my parents are dead," Paige started, but was cut off by Phoebe, "What about your parents?" Paige looked at her questioningly "Um, they were great, I was kinda mean to them though, and I really regret it now, but hey, what can you do?" Paige said with litle emotion. "What about your birth-parents?" Piper asked.
"What about them? I didn't know them, and I don't want to either. They abandoned me, they don't deserve to know what I've become," Paige snapped. "You don't think that they'd want to see you?" Patty asked tensely. "I don't give a damn whether they want to or not, they don't get to, and that's that," Paige replied harshly. "Do you have any regrets in your childhood?" Phoebe asked softly. "No, not really, I just wish that my parents were alive instead of me, I mean it's my fault they're dead, I should at least be gone with them," Paige said with incredible emotion that it hurt everybody else in the room.
"Don't say that Paige, you are on this earth for a reason, maybe you can make a difference in somebody's life," Leo told her. "All I cause is pain, so no, I think I'll stick with saving me right now thank you," Paige said. They lightened the subject a bit, and learned that Paige was into the night scene at this age, and wasn't really planning her life anymore then an hour ahead of her. She seemed to be into drinking and making out with random guys too. Before much more could be said Paige started to fade away, but before she was gone completely, she whispered "Thank-you for talking with me," Maybe Paige wasn't a total lost cause, she just needed to talk to people and get all of her feeling's off her chest.
Regular Paige reappeared soon after the other Paige left. Everybody stared at her for a bit, before the three girls ran over to her and enveloped her in gigantic bear hugs. "We love you so much Paige, and please just talk to us, we're really sorry for not discussing things with you, and we love you please forgive us!" Piper rambled on. "Paige, I want to get to know you, and I think Sam wants to also, give us a chance, I'm not here to take your place, hell you're a better witch than me anyways, please forgive them and come back into our lives, please!" Prue pleaded. Paige took a deep breath, "Guys..."
Okay, wow that was a long chapter, next chapter, you will find out the outcome, seeing as it will be the end of this story. I can't wait to get your feed back, and I hope you all enjoyed it.