A/N: Since I know I have several reviewers who are divided on the issue of Paige and her presence in the story. I just want to re-state that Paige is not going to become major focus however her character is essential to the over all plot so those of you who have been waiting to find out about Paige's connection with Amanda and her purpose in the Dream Wedding story. Here you go! FYI: This chapter makes a reference to Dream Wedding chapter 33, so if you haven't read it you might want too. Zythe: Paige's power are going to be relatively passive as she is the youngest sister.
Charmed in the Afterlife: A New Paige in History"Hey how's Andy?" Phoebe was standing in the living room with Piper when Prue came in slamming the door. It was nearly dawn and the young mother to be looked exhausted.
"Still a Wendigo" Prue removed the black cloak and tossed it aside, still reeling in the fact that Andy had orbed her to their swing at the park and then disappeared from her sight.
"But he didn't try to hurt you?"
"No Phoebe of course not. Didn't you see his eyes?"
"They were blue" Piper added making their younger sister shrug.
Phoebe looked to Leo for an answer "So what's with the blue eyed wendigo thing? Aren't Wendigo's supposed to have yellow eyes?"
"They are but obviously something went wrong with Andy's transformation, that's why he couldn't attack Prue"
Prue smiled at the white lighter forlornly "Leo not that I'm complaining, but what stopped Andy from completely crossing over?
"The alignment of the moon. There was a lunar eclipse tonight which blocked the moon for several hours weakening it's effect"
"So what does that mean?" Piper asked.
"It means that we still have to slay that blond haired bitch, that slashed him" Prue retorted, making a beeline for the stairs.
Piper stepped in front of her, "Wait a minute, hold it. Paige is up there"
"Who?"
"The sister you were going to tell us about it, remember? The one Mom told you we had to save?"
"Oh" Prue said flatly, "What is she doing up stairs? She shouldn't be up there alone!"
"She needed to use the bathroom" Phoebe interjected, "It's not like, she can steal the book or anything."
Prue placed one hand upon her hip, "how do you know?"
"Because she's our sister" Both Phoebe and Piper answered in unison.
Upstairs, Paige smiled as she came out of the bathroom. "Hello? Who are you?" Amanda was standing in front of the door, sucking her thumb and holding a fuzzy pink blanket. The little girl didn't say anything in reply. She kept looking up at Paige with her big blue crystal eyes prompting the young women to notice the glittering charm bracelet on toddler's wrists.
Paige knelt to Amanda's level, to inspect bracelet. "What's this?" She glanced at it closely and came to revelation. Her Angel girl had been wearing a bracelet like that when Paige found her on the steps to the social services building.
"Angel" she breathed using the nickname she'd created for the time that Amanda had been in her care. She then the blanket from Amanda's hand and noticed a shocking familiarity. It was an exact duplicate of the one that Sister Agnes, had given to her.
"I have one just like this" Paige whispered pulling nervously back to her feet. Sensing Paige's awkwardness with her, Amanda became frightened, making herself invisible startling Paige all the more.
"I have to get out here!" Paige raced down the hall and thundered down the stairs coming to face to face with Prue.
Seeing her face clearly for the first time Prue locked eyes with Paige instantly recognizing as the women that Natalie had given Amanda too when the white lighter had taken her at birth.
"You" she hissed, remembering how Paige had nearly run her down in her green bug.
"You" Paige repeated scared remembering how Andy and Prue had orbed from the hospital with Amanda in their arms. "I didn't mean to take your baby!"
"Wait!" Prue shouted as Paige sidestepped her attempting to make a beeline for the door.
"Don't leave!" Phoebe shouted blocking her path. "We just want to talk to you!"
Slowly Paige backed away, until she found herself surrounded by all three sisters.
As the three sisters stood in the area beneath the book of shadows a bright blue light fell from the ceiling bathing them in it's rays. A triquetra symbol formed, with Prue, Piper and Phoebe, each standing on of the three tips while Paige was engulfed in the center circled.
"What's happening?" Paige swallowed in disbelief.
Penny and Patty both appeared in a set of swirling lights.
"A new page in history"
"A new power"
"A new sister?" Piper added sarcastically, "Why didn't you ever tell us?"
We didn't tell anybody because we were afraid that there would be reprisals, afraid that, you girls would be dined your powers; your birthright. It happened after your father and I were divorced, when Sam and I were together.
You were both toddlers and Prue had just started kindergarten so you all just thought Mommy got a little fat. You never knew I was pregnant.
"I was the only one who knew". Grams added.
We wanted to keep the baby, of course. But mother – Patty's voice trailed away leaving for Penny's more detailed explanation.
"Well, I - I knew it would be disastrous. You know, before you and Leo, Piper, it wasn't just forbidden. It was unthinkable for witches to be with white-lighters. I mean, let alone have children with them."
"So, that's why we had to - why we decided... to give the baby up" Patty continued "Sam and I took her to a local church as soon as she was born. And we asked the nun there to find a home for her, and she found one; A very good home.
"Explains why the Elders didn't know about her until now" Leo added looking at the sisters.
"But Why now?" Prue asked with her voice hinting on irritation.
"It's complicated and a little selfish" Patty said "when you were pregnant with Amanda.I didn't want you to give her up and then when she was kidnapped by Natalie and you were in so much pain, I felt a need to find my baby daughter so I went to the Elders and told them about Paige. They've been watching her and testing her ever since waiting for the right moment. And that moment is now.
Once again, Prue met eyes with Paige, "so then's she's really our-
"Your baby sister" Patty finished.
"Their baby half-sister" Grams corrected. Since Victor was chosen to sire the Charmed line, Paige isn't...well she isn't' quite as Charmed" she added gently hinting at her dislike over Sam.
Patty gave her mother a stern look, concerned for Paige's feelings, "But by my half, makes her a sister witch and Sam's well she's partial white lighter too.
"A what?" Paige asked in disbelief.
"A white lighter" Phoebe explained, "It's a like a guardian angel for witches"
Paiges eyes shifted to Phoebe as she crinkled her nose, "Oh well that makes a lot of sense!"
"Everything will make sense in time," Phoebe replied, "we promise". Both girls the quieted giving way to Penny.
"Originally, the prophecy entailed a charmed life with only three sisters, but Amanda's birth changed the course of your destiny it alternated the foreseen Halliwell line creating a need for the power of the fourth sister"
"How? Prue challenged.
Because Amanda and her new baby sister to be have a special destiny of there own. - Patty paused for a moment as Prue looked down touching her stomach.
"Yes dear, you and Andy are having another girl" Grams added sweetly before Leo took over the conversation.
"It appears that has been population explosion among witches lately and we just don't have enough white lighters to cover all of the kids so magical children are now assigned special guardians to look over them, a variation of a white lighter and a mentor so to speak. "
"There is a reason you are so drawn to children Paige" Patty explained looking at her youngest daughter, "It's because you were meant to protect them and ensure that their destiny is fulfilled."
"So then Paige is Amanda's white lighter?" Piper interrupted.
"Her guardian" Leo corrected, "her duty will be to guide Amanda and her other charges on their magical way.
"But I don't know anything about magic" Paige said slowly, "I don't have any powers"
"Yes you do and they became quite evident as soon as there is a need for you to use them" Leo replied.
As Phoebe, Piper and Leo tried to ease Paige's shock, Prue quietly, slipped from the room, leading Patty to follow.
"So what about my destiny?" Prue asked when they were alone in the dining area. Patty bit her lip, not knowing how to explain the destiny that she had foreseen.
"Prue, darling I know you don't want to hear this but the truth is-"
"You were meant to die" Penny interjected softly, "but not until your baby is old enough to survive, as your mother said earlier your daughters are going to be a source of great power."
Prue felt her face go white her knees weaken, forcing herself to sit in one of the dining room chairs, "No"
I know this hard for you to accept, but as your mother has told you before, a greater destiny awaits you" Penny said "Make the most of the time that you have left with your sisters, and your children"