Chapter 16

Note: I just found out that I been spelling a few names wrong. It's not my fault my sister gave me the spellings. Please tell me if you notice any other misspellings so I can change them in the future.

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The sisters looked down at Harry, he had been out for about an hour and he was just starting to come around.

"Where am I?" Harry asked. Before they could answer his memories came flooding back to him. The sisters were ready for another outburst, but instead a determined look came across Harry's face.

"I'm sorry." He told them, "It's just that I've been so used to the evil of my world coming after me, that it was hard to accept that there are other people who are fighting greater evil. For the past few years, everything's been about me and Voldemort, and now I find out about you, the Charmed Ones," Harry smiled weakly, "I just assumed that because you fight evil, I had to be one."

"It's ok Harry." Piper said.

"No, it's not ok." Harry cut her off, "You tried to tell me, but I didn't listen, and as a result, Hermione and Ron almost got killed by demons and now the Source has them."

"Harry, listen to me." Piper said, "We all make mistakes, you've been trained to fight evil, and that's what you were doing."

Harry looked at her, "I'm still sorry."

"That's good, that way you can reflect on your past mistakes and make better ones in the future." Phoebe said.

This time Paige spoke up, "Harry, while you were out we decided to ask you if you wanted to come and help us get Ron and Hermione back. Normally we don't involve other people, but there're you're friends, this involves you as much as us."

Before Harry could answer Leo orbed in, "The Elders think Voldemort and the Source have joined forces."

"I'm in." Harry said before Leo finished speaking. The sisters nodded, this was his fight too, now more that ever.

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Harry looked around him, "Where is this?"

"The Underworld." Piper said. Just then a demon saw them, before he could call out however Piper blew him up.

"Cool." Harry said. He knew they were the Charmed Ones, but actually seeing them at work was still amazing.

"Ok this way I think." Paige said closing her eyes and searching for Ron and Hermione with her mind.

About fifteen minutes and nine demons later they found what they were looking for, a huge cave in the center of the underworld. They saw Ron and Hermione before they saw the Source and Voldemort.

Ron and Hermione were unconscious and lying in a cage in the center of the cave.

"Ron, Hermione!" Harry said starting toward the two before he remembered where he was, but it was too late, four Death Eaters stepped out behind the group and in a second they too were unconscious due to stunning spells.

The Source looked down at the Charmed Ones, "Put them in that cage," He said pointing to a larger cage next to the one with Ron and Hermione, "And put Voldemort's little play toy in with his friends." Smiling, the Source watched as the Death Eaters did his bidding. He no longer needed them now, they had given the Charmed Ones a reason to come to him, but now they were just mortals, his fellow demons would enjoy playing with them.

"Good, now wake the Charmed Ones up, I want to have a little chat with them." He wasn't worried about them getting away, the cage restricted their powers.

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Piper, Phoebe, and Paige looked around them, they were in a cage looking strait into the Source's icy gaze.

"Hello, how nice to see you again, how very, very nice." The Source said as the three of them stood up and faced him.

"Oh no, the pleasures all ours." Piper answered before blowing up the cage, or rather attempting to blow up the cage. "Uh oh."

"Let's see, who should I kill first? Oh I know! Paige will you please take the platform." Turning to Piper and Phoebe he said, "Now sit back and relax, time for you to witness the death of your youngest sister, but don't worry, you'll join her soon."

Piper and Phoebe tried to get in-between Paige and the Source, but they found they couldn't move. Looking down they saw that the metal in the cage had a tight hold of their feet.

Paige tried to back away, but the metal grabbed her and pulled her to the front of the cage.

"Hello, it will be so nice to kill Prue's replacement sister, that's all you are you know, a replacement, a fraud."

The metal bit deep into Paige's arms and legs as she tried to fight, tried to show him she wasn't a replacement, but it came to no avail. The Source just laughed at her and her useless efforts to break free, then he raised his hand and a huge energy-ball formed there.

"Goodbye Paige." He said before he threw it at her, Piper and Phoebe screamed as flames enveloped Paige and she disappeared.

The Source looked at them, "Phoebe, it's your turn tomorrow, have a good night."

Voldemort came up to the Source, "Um, your lordship, about Harry…"

"He and his friends stay here until I'm threw with the Charmed Ones, now go. Come back in three days time."

Voldemort bowed and he and his Death Eaters left the room, the Source looked once again at the burned spot where Paige had been before leaving the room also.

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Paige watched all of this unfold, none of this made sense, shethought she wasdead, but she was still here, watching her sisters grieve. She could feel the cold, dampness of the cave, and she could smell her own burned flesh. If she was dead, she would be with her parents by now, or she would return as a full wightlighter, but she was still here.