A/N: Very sorry about the wait, problems and all. I'll be wrapping this up next chap but I did have a nice idea for another piece, don't hold me to my word though.

'Where's Marie?' Paige questioned the moment she orbed into the kitchen.

'Downstairs,' Piper assured her. 'Phoebe's there.'

Paige pulled the little bottle out of her pocket. 'I got a potion.'

'That's great! Now I don't have to worry about getting it wrong.'

'Maybe you do.'

'Why?' Piper frowned. 'What do you mean?'

'We've got a problem.'

'What kinda problem?'

'If Marie isn't possessed this potion will vanquish her.'

'Oh...' Piper looked defeated. 'Well, we can't use it.'

'No, listen, Piper, we have to.'

'It's way too dangerous.'

'You know what'll happen if we don't and it is the demon. You read it.'

'There has to be another way.'

'I wish there was,' Paige answered trying to hold back the tears forming behind her eyelids. 'I just...'

As she found herself crying she fell into her sister's arms, feeling glad she was finally letting it all out but thinking how stupid she must look. 'Paige, shh.'

'Things are just going wrong!'

Suddenly she felt an orb behind her. Andy, it had to be. 'Paige...'

Sniffing she turned around. 'What are you doing here?'

'I felt your tears.'

'Did Chris tell you what's going on?'

'Yeah, he did. I'm sorry.'

'Doesn't mean anything though does it?' Paige asked with a hint of her old sarcasm. 'Whatever I do there's a chance I'll lose her.'

'You think we'll let that happen?'

'We won't have a choice.'

'Come here,' he pulled her forward into his arms, she barely registered the movement because of the renewed tears slipping down her cheeks.

'Do you think she can hear me?' Paige whispered as she watched her daughter add the finishing touches to her fourth consecutive drawing of the Mackenbear demon.

'I'm sure of it,' Phoebe smiled briefly. 'See those eyes? That's the exact look she was giving me the other day when I needed to borrow a pencil. She's in there, Paige, I know it.'

'And we'll get all of her back, right?'

'Right.'

Piper arrived stealthily behind them. 'Are we ready for this?'

'Ready as we'll ever be,' Paige replied gripping both her sisters tightly. 'Where's Wyatt?'

'Andy's watching him.'

'Why, where's Leo?'

'No idea, he said something about covering our backs then he orbed out somewhere.'

Something flickered in the back of Paige's head to do with the Elders but she quickly dismissed it as something to worry about later. 'Right, let's do it.'

'You sure, sweetie?' Phoebe asked.

'No. Yes.'

Piper nodded, passing her the bottle. She took it with shaking hands, looking at her daughter who still looked through her.

'Wait,' Andy's footsteps pounded on the stairs.

'Where's Wyatt?!'

'Piper, relax! Leo orbed in.'

Paige wasn't in the mood for all this Andy activity. How was she supposed to deal with his little declaration of love when her daughter was in the state she was? She knew which was the more important. 'Andy, what do you want?'

'To be here.'

She felt the raised eyebrows of both her sisters but didn't catch their eyes, definitelynot what she needed. 'Fine.'

'Throw the potion,' Piper instructed.

As she complied her heart sank, Marie was her daughter. Her daughter. And she was throwing a lethal liquid at her, one that could kill her. Huh, some mother! But it would work... wouldn't it?

Marie slipped to the floor as the bottle broke at her feet.