A/N: Seeing as I'm scared of you C.C.McKenna, this one's for you. And a little hi to Paige fan, always great to know people are reading. As for the actual thing itself, I'm the first to admit I'm a little biased towards Paige so that means I can't keep up writing for Prue for long periods. Not keen on her. But I'll give it a go.

The sisterly reunion was almost sickly in Maddy's eyes. Piper was ecstatically happy, happier than Maddy had seen her and Phoebe was hugging Prue as if she never wanted to let her go, which she probably didn't. It was interesting that Chris didn't seem as enthused, in fact, he looked downright worried.

'It's so great to see you,' Piper was saying while Chris shifted uncomfortably from foot to foot.

'Tell me about it,' Prue answered. 'But I'm only here to keep guard.'

'Over what?' Phoebe asked.

'Well, these two, of course,' she patted Wyatt's head. 'You need to go vanquish this whatever it is.'

'We have to talk to you, Prue!' Phoebe argued.

'Not yet, okay?'

Chris caught her eye, nodding slightly downwards. Oh, of course, Paige.

Prue. Maddy.

No, she had to be thinking about the wizard and this higher power that was trying to kill them. Then again, it was always something or other, wasn't it? But it might be a pity if she died before she could send Prue back up there well away from Maddy.

'Sweetie?'

She looked up from her lonely place on the sofa. 'How's the family reunion going?'

'They're happy,' Maddy shrugged. 'It's taken their mind off the evil though, probably not a good thing.'

'Yeah, well, that wasn't the spirit I was intending to summon.'

'Didn't think it would be.'

Paige sighed. 'Look, I need to get this sorted, this wizard thing, I can't deal with anything else right now.'

'Sure, I understand.'

It took her close to ten minutes to walk the two flights of stairs, her nervousness and apprehension fighting against her desire to face Prue properly for the first time.

A voice drifted down to her, Piper. 'Why didn't you ever tell us about Madeline?'

'It wasn't serious. I mean, we were just… together for a while.'

'So you don't mind her being with Paige?' Phoebe asked.

'Why would I?' Was it her imagination or didn't the voice sound sincere?

'Guys, we really need to focus on the demon.' Chris. As usual.

'He's fussy, isn't he?' Prue said.

'He doesn't that from me,' Piper put in.

'Yeah, course not,' Prue answered. 'Okay, you go, I'll stay here.'

'Sure you can handle being on the outside for a change?' Phoebe voiced Paige's concerns.

'I'm not involved in the vanquishing part, doesn't mean I can't be involved in baby-sitting duties, right?'

'Okay,' Phoebe answered. 'Come on, we'll be back soon.'

'Go. Now.'

As footsteps headed in her direction, Paige panicked, orbing herself back into the living room where Maddy still was. 'Paige, what are you doing?'

'I was here the whole time, okay?'

'But, why?'

'Okay?!'

'Alright, sure.'

Seconds later the trio appeared, all happy she noted with unease although, on closer inspection, Chris looked slightly peeved.

'Alright, you ready to kick some demon butt?' Phoebe asked.

'We need Leo to tell us exactly which demon butt we're supposed to be kicking,' Paige reasoned.

'Oh, yeah,' Phoebe grinned. 'Leo!'

He appeared almost immediately. 'Right, the other Elders are concerned about an upper-level demon by the name of Micudha is behind all this.'

'How come they don't tell me any of this?' Chris grumbled.

'Have we got any of the 'whys'?' Paige jumped in.

'Just someone wanting power,' Piper shrugged. 'Nothing new.'

'Hey!' Leo admonished. 'What's wrong with you? You know as well as I do that you have to go into every battle with your mind focused.'

'Sorry, Leo,' Phoebe replied. 'It's just that, you know, once we get rid of the demon we get to talk to Prue.'

His eyebrows shot up. 'Prue? As in 'Prue your sister' Prue?'

'Who else?' Piper said. 'She's looking after the boys.'

'I… Wh…' He looked a little lost. 'Um… you'll need the book, I'll be right back.'

Suddenly, as Leo orbed out again, Paige found herself trapped in Phoebe's arms. 'Thanks, Paige.'

'What for?'

'You know what for. Thanks.'