Chapter 19

Some time later all six of them were standing in the living room. The sisters had released Harry, Ron, and Hermione and now they were deciding what to do with Voldemort.

"He's going to come back in about two days, we have plenty of time to prepare." Piper reassured the three.

"But he'll have Death Eaters, how do we get him alone?" Hermione asked.

"Piper could freeze them and Paige could orb all of us to someplace far away and leave the Death Eaters behind." Phoebe suggested.

They spent more time working out the finer parts of the plan. Paige orbed to the school to tell Dumbledore that Harry, Ron, and Hermione would be staying with them for a few days.

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Finally they all went to bed, Paige felt relieved, she hadn't felt well since they had vanquished the Source. When she fell asleep, instead of getting the relief she had hoped for, her dreams were full of pain and suffering. She dreamt about killing people, watching them as they pleaded for their lives. The worst thing was that she enjoyed every minute of it.

When she woke up in the morning she remembered nothing, but she felt refreshed, in fact she felt more powerful then she had ever felt before. Thinking nothing of it she headed downstairs as Piper called her for breakfast.

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"Ok, Ron and Hermione, you start working with Harry and getting him ready to face Voldemort. Paige, Phoebe, we're going to make some potions to help Harry." Piper said. "I'll make a freezing potion, Phoebe you make a speed potion, and Paige you make something that will go bang."

Harry, Ron, and Hermione headed down to the basement, Piper and Phoebe stayed in the kitchen and Paige started to go to the attic.

"Paige where are you going?" Phoebe asked as Paige walked over to the door.

"To the attic, if I'm making an explosion potion I don't want to disturb you." Paige answered before leaving the room.

Once she finished the potion Paige found a strong need to test it. She walked over to the book talking to herself.

"Right, I need to summon a fairly strong demon, that way the potion might not be strong enough and I can kill him myself." Paige smiled as images of a screaming demon flashed into her mind. "Yes scream, feel the pain."

Paige stopped short realizing what she had been thinking. "No, oh no, what's wrong with me?" she whispered as dizziness took her and she fell to the floor unconscious.

She was standing in the underworld facing three witches, 'I hate witches, just wait till I kill them, just wait till I can hear them scream.' She felt confident, if not a little confused on how the youngest one was still alive but she pushed that thought away, right now she needed to concentrate on killing them, she could puzzle over the youngest witch later. The events of the Sources vanquish played out in her mind until the witches said a spell and she felt pain grab her and tear her apart.

Paige sat up gasping, "No." She whispered, "No."

Piper was calling her, she couldn't tell them, she had to pretend like everything was fine, and right now they had to help Harry. Paige shuddered as she thought that, the word "Help" seemed to be poison, she wasn't supposed to help, she was supposed to destroy.

Piper called her again. "Coming." Paige yelled before getting up and walking to the door, but then she turned and walked back toward the Book of Shadows. When she reached out to touch it, it shuddered but did not move away, "I'm not evil." She whispered before turning and going downstairs.

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"Are you ok?" Piper asked her little sister, she couldn't help but notice something was wrong with her.

"I'm fine." Paige answered her.

Piper knew she was lying but she didn't push it. Instead she turned her attention toward Harry's problem.

"Ok all the potions are finished." She said to Harry, Ron, and Hermione. Piper began to explain how each potion worked to the three of them.

Paige walked somewhat shakily over to a chair and sat down, 'This isn't supposed to happen, I'm a good witch, I'm not evil.' She thought, just then another dizzy spell took her.

She was standing looking into a cage where the three witches were trapped. "Let's see, who should I kill first? Oh I know! Paige will you please take the platform." Turning to the other two witches she 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." Looking at the youngest witch she said "Hello, it will be so nice to kill Prue's replacement sister, that's all you are you know, a replacement, a fraud." She laughed as the witch tried to fight, "Goodbye Paige." She said as she threw an energy-ball at the girl. She smiled as the girl screamed and disappeared in flames.

"Paige, wake up." Phoebe's voice broke threw into her mind.

"Paige, are you ok?" Piper was beside her now helping her to sit up. Paige mumbled that she was fine but Piper put her hand to her forehead.

"Paige you're burning up, I want you to go get some rest right now." Paige tried to protest but Piper insisted. "Paige we need to be in top condition to help Harry, you're sick so you're going to bed right now."

There was that word again, "Help" it jarred her mind and she realized she had to get away.

"Fine I'm going." Paige said getting up.

As she walked into her room she had no intention of going to sleep, she didn't want to dream. But she found herself unable to stay awake and soon she was back in the underworld, torturing, killing, and enjoying it.