THREE

"I don't understand," said Leo. "Piper is so careful with the baby. How could something like this happen?"

"Calm down Leo" said Phoebe. "I'm sure Ana will get to the bottom of this. Piper is okay for now. Good thing you orbed her here when you did."

"We'll do everything we can to help," said Paige.

"No wonder," said Ana, looking through one of her books.

"What?" Leo asked. "Did you find something?"

"This," said Ana, holding up a prescription bottle.

"That's Piper's morning sickness medicine," said Phoebe. "I just got that for her yesterday."

"Where did you have it filled?" asked Ana.

"Thompson pharmacy on 10th street," said Phoebe. "That's where we get all of our prescriptions filled."

"I send a lot of patients there," said Ana. "They're usually very good."

"What do you mean?" asked Paige.

"I prescribed telemiacin", said Ana, holding up the bottle. "That's what the label says is in here. Telemiacin is used to control morning sickness.

"But the pills are actually metiamphidioxin. It's a used to control high blood pressure. The two look extremely similar. But they work completely different. Metiamphidioxin is known to cause miscarriages. No pharmacist would make such a serious mistake, especially Carl Thompson."

"Are you sure?" asked Phoebe. "If they're similar, isn't it possible a pharmacist might make a mistake."

"No," said Ana, "Pharmacists actually know more about drugs than doctors do. They wouldn't have made this kind of mistake."

"You think it was deliberate?" asked Leo.

"That's hard to believe of Cal Thompson," said Ana. "I've known him for years."

"Maybe it was deliberate," said Paige. "Ana said the baby is going to be a very powerful child. We've known that for a long time. And it's not exactly a state secret."

"Are you suggesting demonic involvement?" asked Ana.

"It wouldn't take much for a demon or warlock to get into the pharmacy," said Paige. "They could easily switch the drugs. Or cause the pharmacist to switch them without realizing it."

"She's right," said Piper, sitting up on the bed.

"How do you feel?" asked Leo, sitting next to her.

"Better," said Piper. "Thanks for everything Ana."

"Your baby did most of it," said Ana.

"Paige is right," said Piper. "If a demon or warlock wanted to get rid of the baby it wouldn't be hard for them to get the pharmacist to switch the prescriptions. An innocent wouldn't be able to resist them."

"Well, from now on," said Ana, "bring the prescriptions to me after they're filled. I'll check and make sure they're the right drugs before you take them. That should prevent a recurrence of this."

"In the meantime," said Phoebe, "we need to see if we can figure out who may want to terminate Pipers' pregnancy."

"Well that narrows it down to any demon or warlock who's ever heard of us," said Paige.

"I'd better get Piper home," said Leo.

"I'll give you another prescription for the telemiacin," said Ana. "Like I said, bring it to me before you take any of it. I want to make sure it's the right stuff before you take it."

"I'll get it filled," said Phoebe. "I'm sure Stanley won't mind taking care of it for me. He's usually very helpful. I'll stop by your clinic on my way home."

"Don't mention anything about the switch," said Ana. "There's no sense in upsetting Carl needlessly. Just tell him you dropped them in a puddle of water or something."

"Okay," said Phoebe. "Stanley is nervous enough as it is with his test coming up. If this is the work of a demon or warlock, I don't want him worrying needlessly."

"Piper, if anything happens, I don't care how minor it might seem," said Ana, "I want you to come see me immediately. Have Leo orb you in again if you have to. We were very lucky this time. I don't want to take any unnecessary chances."

"Yes mother," mocked Piper.

"Get out of here," laughed Ana. "Get some rest."

Leo orbed the sisters back to the manor.