A/N: Well….8th chapter finally comes. Feedback is always nice…thanks to the people who have kept reviewing since the beginning. Well, his doesn't mean that I've stopped writing "A Given Chance" but sadly people…..its just so hard to continue that one….and its so easy to continue this one. But, it will finish someday….I'll try to work on it and try to finish it before January….but I'm not promising anything. So…..8th chapter…..here we go…

Summary: This is an A/U fic. What if the Elders never let Piper and Leo get married? What if they forbid them from having any kind of relationship? And they followed the rules, except that Piper still got pregnant. So what if their daughter had the exact same story Paige had? Piper and Leo had to give their powerful daughter away to another family...and they were never the same.……time passes by, and a chain of events….leads Piper's daughter and the Halliwells to
another exciting, and emotional adventure.

Disclaimer: I do not own the show or any of the characters, except for some that you don't recognize


Separation- Chapter 8

Paige drove up to the front sidewalk of their manor, that she and her sisters have shared over the years. She parked up in front with the old Volkswagen that she had had since college, and stopped the car. She got out of the car, and walked up the stairs to her home. In her hand, she held a big, gargantuan file, which was labeled "Samantha M. Fielding". She was going to research this tonight, and she was going to find out who this girl exactly was. As she turned the knob of the front door, all was quiet inside. She crept inside the house, closing the door behind her and hanging her thin coat up on the hooks to her left.

She walked to the kitchen, her footsteps echoing through the empty rooms. As she got to her destination, the kitchen was dark, but she could see a shadow sitting at the kitchen table with a mug and a bunch of papers in front of her. Her eyes were closed, and her glasses were hanging down her chest, attached to the string that held them around her neck. From what Paige could hear, she was slumbering. Paige walked over to the light switch, and turned the lights on.

The slumbering sister jerked awake, surprised that she had fallen asleep, but then wishing she had stayed asleep for she longed for the wonderful dream she had. She rubbed her eyes, and tried to get used to the sudden brightness in the room. She glanced at the junk in front of her, and then to her sister who was staring at her in a peculiar way.

"Phoebe? What the heck? Were you here all day?" Paige asked in a surprised tone. She put down her files on the kitchen table, and pulled out a chair so she would be sitting diagonally from Phoebe. Phoebe thought for a moment in silence. It seemed that she was thinking about a response to the non-rhetorical question. She finally got the memory of her day in her mind, and
shook her head.

"Nah……No. This morning, Piper stayed up in her room, while I stayed here, and……just worked. Then, a little after………" she glanced at her watch, and then calculated the time in her head. "3, it got a little dark and gloomy, and I just fell asleep here at the table." She said with a sigh following after her reply. Paige leaned on her elbow on the table, and sighed along with her older sister. "Piper………god. I hate it that we can't help her at all from what she had been feeling for the last decade or so."

Phoebe nodded in agreement. "Well, I don't think she can ever recover from the pain she had to experience the day we were at that church. I've never seen that look in Piper's eyes before…….it was so, different."

"Too bad there's no potion I can batch up for her…….to make her feel better for all this. Or to kill those damn elders that caused her all that pain. I hate them Phoebe…….they hurt my sister, and they don't even know it. They're freaking selfish up there. That's what they are." Paige said in a very angry tone. Phoebe nodded once more.

"We all feel the same way…….." she said, drifting off to another world in her head. She stared at all the letters in front of her, and thought about her dream that she had just experienced less than 60 seconds ago. "Phoebe? What's wrong?" Paige asked, noticing her sister was totally out of it.

"I love you Phoebe. And I was never evil. We can live happily ever after, after all. Nothing will stop me from loving you, and I will always be there for you…… I love you, I love you, I love you forever."

The dark and deep voice rang in her head over and over as she imaged the young, handsome man standing in front of her, grasping her by her shoulders as she was face to face, eye to eye with the man she had truly loved once upon a time. "Cole……" she whispered as she remembered his sweet kiss he had given her during that dream. She wished it was true, and she wished it was
real.

"Huh?" Paige asked in confusion. Phoebe suddenly looked up and realized what she had said out loud accidentally. She covered her mouth, and regretted ever saying his name. "What about Cole?" Paige asked again, confusion still lingering in her tone. "Were you thinking about him just now?"

Phoebe nodded and felt the guilt rising in her. For the past years, she had been rejecting him, telling him the negativity of their relationship, and telling her sisters about how idiotic he had been to actually think we wanted to be together and how he thought that she still loved him and wanted to be with him. She had denied it most of her life, and here she was thinking about
him. Phoebe shrugged. "Yeah……..I guess. I really don't know why…….he just sort of came to me in my dream."

"I thought that you couldn't care less about him anymore."

Phoebe sighed and suddenly felt regret in ever doubting Cole, and regretted how much pain she had caused him. "Well…….of course I still care, I mean he was my husband. And…..I DID care about him….once upon a time…..and I don't know what came over me….just a stupid silly mistake…….I-"

"I think you still love him. I could see it in your eyes sis. Don't try to deny it. I've been seeing it for the past years, and you know it's true. Just stop denying and if he really is the man you love, and the man you want to be with, then I just can't see what's stopping you."

"It's not really that easy Paige. And maybe I do still loved him, but it still doesn't change the fact that we tried to kill us all, and he tricked us with his lies and his deceit."

"He was possessed by the source for pete's sake! Come on, you know that wasn't him."

"He is a demon, and will always be a demon."

"Please Phoebe. I really have to take Cole's side on this. Sure, that was his past, but it's really time to forgive. He sacrificed so much for you……and I think that you were kind of selfish dissing him so rudely like that…..I mean you have to give him some credit, his soul stayed alive in the wasteland for you for christ's sake."

Phoebe sighed. Paige stayed silent until they heard footsteps coming toward their direction. The two sisters looked up and saw their oldest sister walking into the kitchen, dressed and ready to go somewhere yet her eyes were still tear stained and the circles under her eyes stayed stamped on her face. Phoebe immediately dropped the subject of her ex-husband and went to Piper. "Where are you going tonight?"

Piper shrugged and grabbed her keys from the key hook by the back door. "The club. It's Friday night….so…..more customers, and I have to watch the band, and I guess I'll take bar duty tonight." She said, her voice still groggy. Phoebe and Paige stared at her like she was a different life form. Piper noticed it and gave them the deathly stare back. "What? What did I do? Why are you guys staring?" she asked. Phoebe shook her head and went back to her cup of steaming coffee. Paige kept staring at her, but then something popped up in her mind and then she glanced at the big file that was right next to her arm. 'There's hope. If Samantha is the Samantha I think she is……then Piper……" she thought of how her sister would change if their long lost niece suddenly popped back into their lives. It would be happier. Much happier.

Piper shook her head in disgust and rolled her eyes. That was another change in her since she gave up her daughter. She became bitter. Totally bitter. Like an old lady. But it's not like Paige or Phoebe could say anything. They really had no right to. They didn't know what Piper was feeling everyday, and they had no idea what she was being put through. "I'll be home……hell, I don't know when I'll be home. See you." She said as she stomped out the back door and slammed it. Phoebe and Paige stayed in silent until they heard their garage door open and the car speed out of the garage.

Paige took a deep breath and stood up from her seat. "That's it. I can't take this anymore." She said sternly. She got up from her chair and quickly put on her light jacket. Then, she grabbed the big file and ran to get her keys from the hooks. Phoebe, startled by her sudden comment and moves stood up. "What? What the heck? Where are you going???" she asked following her in her steps. Paige swung her coat over her shoulders and she stuffed the gigantic file under her arm. "Don't worry Phoebe…..I'm going to fix this. I have a way to put us all back together. Everything's going to get better……I promise." She said bravely, before she stomped out the door to her car. Phoebe's peculiar look followed Paige as she walked out the door. Phoebe then shrugged and went back to the kitchen table and opened her laptop to start typing away. 'Paige is always up to stunts like this. Who knows if this one will be any more special.' She thought.

Phoebe had no idea.

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The GMC Yukon Suburban drove up the road entrance to the mall. Sam sat in the front seat staring out the window, trying to avoid eye contact with her uncle. Uncle Art just kept his eyes on the road and his hands gripped on the steering wheel. They were silent the whole road trip there. He didn't even turn on the radio, so it was pure silence besides the crazy everyday San Francisco drivers who were honking away on the street because some bozo crashed into a pole. He stopped at the entrance. They both could see that the mall was crowded and bunches of people were going in and out the revolving doors of the shopping center. Sam gave a big sigh and turned to Uncle Art. "I guess…..I'll be home around 10:30?" she said, questioning her curfew.

Uncle Art hesitated for a minute but then exhaled. "Yes….sure. Do you want me to pick you up somewhere?" he asked, facing her now and they were eye to eye. Sam shook her head. "No….Karis's mom could drive me home. It should be no problem." She said quietly. There was a long pause between the both of them. Artemis not knowing to say since the argument. He reached into his back pocket and pulled out an old, torn up, black leather wallet. He pulled out a 50 dollar bill. Sam's eyes widened at the sight of the big amount in U.S. currency. "Wow…..Uncle Art…..that's a lot of money." She said as she remembered her thoughts earlier in the day about the jobs that her guardians had.

"Get your friends something to eat or whatever you want. Consider this something like a deduction from your birthday present?" he said, trying to smiled a little. Sam gave a small laugh and took the bill. "Thanks Uncle Art." She said. There was another long pause between them. Sam was unsure what she should do. They had just had an argument and she knew she hurt them a little so she wasn't sure if she should give him a hug or what. Something inside of her told her that she needed to give him some recognition. She gave him a small peck on the cheek. "I'll see you tonight." She said as she opened the car door and jumped out.

Artemis smiled at the sudden kiss and watched Sam run through the revolving doors until she was out of sight. He put the car into drive and went looking for a parking space. If she thought that they would actually leave her alone to do something by herself and her friends with no supervision at all in this cold, dark world, then she totally misunderstood her guardian angels.

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Spencer hit Apolla's face with his hand. "WHERE IS SHE???" he screamed again and again. The loud voice rang around Apolla's ears. She had been getting hurt and beaten for the last half hour. "Go to…..hell….." she said slowly, as she took deep breaths. Her face was bruised up, a yellow-black eye and a bloody lip as Spencer took no mercy on the white lighter. "You don't seem to understand me you white lighter!!!" he said again, his Australian accent showing through his speech. He held her by her shirt collar and slammed her against the wall. "I want that girl…..and if you don't tell me where she is….then I'm going to have to force it out of you….." he whispered to her face.

Apolla glared at him with beady eyes and used some strength to spit a slimy ball of saliva in his face. "Looks like we're going to be here forever then, cause I ain't never going to tell you." She whispered back. Then Spencer felt her getting lighter and lighter in his hands and she started to glow brighter and brighter until she dematerialized into swirling blue and white lights. He looked at his empty palms. "Ah!!" he screamed. He felt a tap on his back behind him. He whirled around and saw Apolla behind him.

"That's right. You should scream." She said before she lifted her leg quickly and slammed it in his abdomen. "I didn't take tae kwon do in Hong Kong for 5 years just for fun you know.…" she said sarcastically as he backed into the wall by the hard kick. She lifted her leg higher and swiped her leg across his cheek, making his jaw sour. Spencer bent down and adjusted his jaw. He then looked up at Apolla and had an evil look in his eyes. "I'm going to get you white lighter." He whispered.

Spencer than ran at her with his fists, swinging at her every chance he got. Apolla avoided them by moving her head side to side and ducked whenever she needed to. But when she ran out of room to back away, Spencer had her trapped at a wall again. He swung at her with his strong fists and it hit her right in the cheek. Her vision spun as the blow affected her jaw as well. Spencer was about to take another shot at her again when she regained her strength and ducked right out of the way to give him a swift kick in the shins. That made Spencer back away from her to regain his strength and to get over the pounding pain she caused him.

As he stood there, blood all over the bottom of his nostrils and his hands rubbing the bottom of his knees in a constant manner, Apolla looked as if she were going to tackle him down. Spencer stood up from his knees and he spread his feet out a bit, getting ready for her. He lifted his arms and used his two fingers to gesture her towards him. "Come on. Give me the best you got."

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Sam ran into the mall entrance quickly. She turned around and looked if her uncle had left and when she saw that he indeed did, she walked back outside in the bitter cold to wait for her three friends. It seemed like forever until Karis, Alyssa and Holly and come. They were all dressed fancy, with skirts that went past her knees or leather pants and they each wore makeup. Karis seemed to frown once she set her eyes on Sam's attire. "You're wearing THAT? This could be the biggest and funnest night of our lives, and you're wearing casual pants with nearly sleeve less top. Geez Sam….you should have come over my house if you had nothing to wear!!" she said with a laugh.

Sam rolled her eyes as her friend criticized her outfit. "I just wanted to feel comfortable. That's all. Besides, if we have to run, you guys will be less fortunate since you have to run in those high heels." She said, feeling proud of her comeback. Holly gave a small laugh and Alyssa grinned. Karis rolled her eyes and put her arm around Sam.

"We ready to go?" she asked, turning her head to glance at all of her three friends.

"Ready!!"

"Ready!"

Sam paused for a minute, thinking twice about their upcoming stunt. The guilt and worry rose up in her again, but when she glanced at her friend's faces, she decided to put it all in the back of her mind. She gulped her saliva down, and gave a solemn smile. "Ready." She said at last. All four friends smiled and laughed as they started their 3 block walk to P3. Artemis stayed close behind, following them and watching their every move.

'Sam…..where are you going?'

To be continued…..stay tuned for chapter 9 of "Seperation."

A/N: I hope you liked this chapter and I hope you review!! Thanks!