Chapter 9

Paige felt a soft touch lifting her head up. It was Piper.

"Fight this Paige. Do it for this family."

Paige was crying now. Why didn't she know who to trust? "I don't know you," she said to Piper.

Those words hit Piper like a ton of bricks. Why didn't her little sister know her?

"We're your family," Phoebe said, crouching down next to her little sister. "Don't leave us."

"You can't trust them!" Todd yelled. "They're just lying to you! I'm your family, they don't care about you the way I do."

A tear fell from Paige's eye, and Piper quickly wiped it away the way a big sister would do. "Look at me Paige, I love you." She took one of Paige's hands. Phoebe took Paige's other hand in hers.

As the three girls held hands, the room began to spin for Paige. She was taken back.......................................

In Paige's memory, she saw herself meeting her sister's for the first time, the first time Piper called her a sister, she saw laughter, love, joy, all the things a family should have. Paige saw a miracle when Wyatt and Chris were born- she felt the most intense love she'd ever felt. She felt Phoebe pulling her into a hug and how she felt comfort there. There was a bond that she was not going to let break. Paige fought to come back and when she opened her eyes she knew what she had to do.

"Paige?" Leo questioned. "Are you okay?"

"I'm more than okay," Paige replied. "I'm me." She took the potion from Phoebe and stepped over to the crystal cage. "I'm sorry," she said as she threw the potion into the cage. It landed at Todd's feet and exploded.

"AH!!!" Todd screamed.

"Paige, what happened?" Piper asked.

"I felt love and it pulled me back, showed me the truth. You guys are my sisters."

Piper felt her eyes fill with tears as Paige spoke those words. But her thoughts were interrupted by Phoebe's worried voice.

"Uh, guys, something didn't work with the potion."

"What do you mean?" Leo asked as he walked over to the cage.

"He's supposed to be vanquished," Phoebe said. Why is Todd's body still here?"

"I don't know," Piper said. "Leo what's going on?"

"I don't know...." Leo was cut off by Todd stirring.

"What's going on?" he asked as he looked around the attic. "Phoebe? Where am I?" Todd stood up and walked out of the crystal cage.

"He shouldn't be able to do that," Piper said, sounding worried.

"He's not evil," Paige said.

"What?" Leo asked.

"He's not evil," Paige said again. "Don't ask me how I know that, but I just do."

"What's going on?" Todd asked again.

"Okay, we need to talk about this," Piper said, raising her hands to freeze Todd. But to her surprise he didn't freeze. "You're supposed to freeze," she said.

"Not if he's a witch. A witch who was infected just like I was," Paige said. The sister's shared a glance but were once again interrupted by Todd.

"For the last time, will someone please explain to me what is going on?"