Okay, back as soon as possible. School is a big time consumer. It takes longer to write with distractions like little sisters too. Ya know what I mean? Anyways...

Paige Halliwell- Thanks so much. See I thought she needed that too. So that's one for sequal... okay, noted.

The-Cheese-Fairy- Thanks and your welcome, lol! Yes, I see you've got a nice hatred against Phoebe. I never liked her either. Paige definately needed some kind of attacking power. Mark is good for her too, I like the relationship you've created for them. Okay, so that's two for sequal. Sounds good to me!

Okay, next chapter...


"Ugh, I did not want to have to come back and face this!" Phoebe complained as they settled back into the mansion.

"I know dear, but this is a pressing issue. If we don't fix it, no one will." Grams said.

"Yeah Pheebs, just remember the rewards." Paige said as she finished orbing the beach supplies back to the manor.

"Paige, you don't even know if we're going to get a reward." Piper protested.

"Shut up, Piper. You're such a downer." Paige said.

"She's right. We don't know if we're even going to be able to pull this off, much less get rewards from the Elders." Prue said.

"Oh come on-" Phoebe started, but Prue silenced her.

"No. We had our fun, now it's time to get back on top of things. Where are the creatures?" Prue asked.

"In the living room, with as many recruits as they could find." Patty answered. At that Prue turned and walked to the living room, her sisters and the O'Reillys following. She stopped dead when she saw what was in there, causing Piper, Phoebe, and Paige to slam into her.

"Prue, what the hell-" Paige started, but when she saw what was happening, she too stopped. Awaiting them in the living room was about a hundred creatures. They streached up the steps, as well as out the door and the sisters knew that there had to be about three hundred more out there.

"How many are there?" Prue asked no one in general.

"Five hundred thirty-two to be exact!" Shemus said cheerfully. The girls looked all around the room, seeing a wide range of creatures including the Leprechauns, Muses, a few more witches, and many creatures they had only ever seen in the Book of Shadows, as well as some they had not.

"Where are we gonna put them all?" Tristan asked, looking at all of the people filling her house.

"That's where we come in." someone said, stepping up to them. He was wearing golden robes and the girls knew instantly that he was an Elder.

"And what exactly are you gonna do?" Autum asked, a little coldly.

"We have created a magical hotel in your backyard. It looks like it always has to the human and evil eye, but anyone good can see it. It has enough rooms to accomodate anyone who won't fit in here. We feel that it's the least we can do since you have all stepped up to the plate in organizing this battle and housing the people in it." he replied. Tristan looked at him skeptically.

"Tanner, Payton, go see." she ordered. The twins instantly ran out to the backyard. The house was completely quiet, wating for their return. They all heard the unanimous "Cool!" from the backyard and the pounding feet quickly carrying them back to the crowd. They cam to a halt right in front of their sister.

"Tristan! You gotta see!" Payton exclaimed.

"Yeah, it's huge! There's no way it can fit in our backyard." Tanner finished.

"It's magically expanded as well. It really is bigger than your backyard, but like I said, it's covered up." the Elder explained.

"Well it's settled then. All magical creatures report to the hotel and stay there until further notice. The leaders of the clans will be summoned when needed. Until then, enjoy your stay." Piper said. The creatures all disappeared in their own unique ways. When they were all gone, Paige flopped on the couch, Frisco following.

"Thank you." Tristan said, shaking the Elder's hand. He nodded and smiled before orbing out.

"So Prue, what's the plan?" Phoebe asked. Prue thought for a moment. She was about to voice her opinion, but was interrupted by about ten demons shimmering in. The witches instantly went into action.

Payton and Tanner teamed up on one, using their powers to fight it. Bailey attacked his own demon, shooting lightning out of his hands. Lyra went invisible and Frisco went solid, attacking another. Tara and Tristan teamed up on one in hand to hand, since neither of their powers were useful in this situation.

Prue was sending her demon flying across the room with her power, before astral projecting behind it. Phoebe was using her incredible martial arts skills on one, while Piper blew up two others. Paige finally got to test out her new orbing powers as she threw an orb ball at her demon. As Leo said, it looked like a big ball of orbs. As it hit the demon, he burst into flames. By now, there was only one demon left: Autum's. The sisters finally got to see what her power was. They had expected it to be something that went with Frisco and Lyra's, but they were shocked to see her fighting in hand to hand combat.

"Piper, freeze him for me!" she yelled. Piper was a little startled at the request, but she put her hands up and the demon froze in his tracks. "Unfreeze his head." she instructed. Piper did so and the demon looked around, confused.

"Don't try to fight it." Piper said smugly. The demon glared.

"Who sent you?" Autum asked.

"You can kill me, but more will follow. You cannot escape the wrath of the great Astaroth." he said visciously.

"Ah, spoken like a true warrior. Did he tell you that you would get a reward for this?" Autum interrogated.

"I need no reward. I live only to serve my master, the new Source." he answered.

"Well it's your lucky day then, cause you just got one." Autum said. She put her hand up and twisted it around. The demon instantly fell dead, before bursting into flames like the rest.

"Whoa! What the hell?" Paige asked. Autum turned around and looked at her.

"I can kill anyone or anything I wish with that power. All I have to do is move my hand. It was one of the most complicated though, and I never got time to build on it and learn how to use it better. The person has to be still and I have to concentrate." she informed them.

"As you can see, we never argued with her. She always won." Frisco joked.

"Okay, so that was Astaroth's first official attempt to kill us. That means that he knows we're on to him." Prue said.

"Hmm, not good." Tristan said absent mindedly. Autum just shook her head.

"So what do we do?" Bailey asked.

"Well, it's pretty late..." Phoebe said, checking her watch and seeing that it was about ten.

"Yeah. I think we should probably turn in for the night, start fresh tomorrow." Prue suggested.

"You guys should stay here." Tristan offered, sensing that they were going to go back to the manor. Frisco nodded his head vigorously. Lyra smacked him. Paige smiled, blushing a little.

"Okay!" Phoebe said, eager to stay in the mansion.

"We'll show you to your rooms." Tara said, leading them up the stairs. They each took a bedroom, amazed at the size. Paige orbed all of the necessary items including pillows, pajamas, tooth brushes, and boyfriends. Andy was a little surprised at being suddenly brought to the mansion after being orbed home from the beach. Cole was a little peeved and Leo was kind of happy. The girls finally settled in, ready to go to sleep. Piper, Leo, Prue, and Andy all snuggled up in their two rooms. Phoebe and Cole kissed passionately in theirs, which led to you know what. Paige had just settled into her bed when there was a knock on the door.

"Come in." she called. Frisco slowly opened the door and peeked in.

"Hey. I was just coming to see if you were settled in okay." he said, a little timidly. Paige smiled.

"I am, thanks. A little cold though..." she said mischeviously.

"Do you want me to get you a blanket?" Frisco asked, playing along.

"Not exactly what I was thinking." she said. Frisco grinned and walked over to the bed, closing the door behind him. He sat down next to Paige, wrapping his arms around her. She snuggled in close, resting her head on his shoulder. After a minute, she lifted her head up.

"Do you always sleep with your clothes on?" she asked, looking at Frisco.

"No, but I was trying to be a gentleman." he said honestly.

"Well, I don't mind. You can make yourself comfortable." Paige said. Frisco kicked his shoes off and stripped his clothes down to the boxers, crawling under the covers with Paige. Once again they snuggled.

"You know, I had a really great time today." Frisco said. Paige smiled.

"Me too. Especially the part where you burried my face in the sand." she said. Frisco laughed.

"Oh, well my favorite part was when you tried to drown me." he retaliated playfully. Paige giggled. They looked into each other's eyes again.

"I almost lost you today." Paige said quietly.

"But you healed me. You saved me." Frisco said.

"And what if I didn't?" she asked.

"Then I would have died happy, because I was there with you." he replied. Paige kissed him softly, wrapping her arms around him tight.

"You know, if I have my way, I'll never let you go." she whispered.

"Then let's make sure you have your way. Because a happy woman is a beautiful thing." Frisco said with a smile. Paige laughed and kissed him again, before snuggling down into the covers and falling asleep in his arms.


Frisco slowly opened his eyes, only to shut them again as the bright sunlight filtered in through the windows. He let them ajust before looking over to the sleeping form next to him. He smiled at Paige, who was breathing slowly with a peaceful look about her. He looked at the clock and decided to wake her up, kissing her forehead to so. She smiled, but stayed asleep.

"Paige. Paige, come on. Wake up." he whispered. Paige groaned.

"Don't wanna." she complained.

"Someone's making breakfast down there and it smells pretty good. You might wanna get some. Breakfast goes pretty fast in this house." he said, trying to persuade her. She sighed and opened her eyes. Frisco looked into them, noticing for about the hundredth time the beautiful brown that they were. They were a little glazed over since she had just woken up.

"No." she suddenly said, and closed her eyes again. Frisco frowned.

"Why not?" he asked.

"You might as well give up. It's impossible to make her wake up before she's ready." Piper said from the doorway. Frisco looked up and she smiled.

"Was that your breakfast I smelled?" he asked. Piper nodded. "Smells good. I tried to use that to get her up, but it wasn't working."

"She's been eating my breakfast for a while now, it's nothing exciting enough to get up for." Piper said.

"It is in this house. We all have to make our own stuff." Frisco replied. Piper nodded. Frisco sat down on the bed and they stayed like that for a moment.

"Look," Piper finally said. "I know you're probably used to the lectures and such, but I can tell Paige really likes you. She's been through a lot. I know you're a lot like her and that's why you're attracted to each other, but..." she said, trailing off. Frisco stayed quiet waiting for her to finish. Piper only looked at Paige, watching her sleep.

"But what?" Frisco asked.

"But that's our baby sister. We went through our whole lives without her, and then we suddenly found her. She's important to us, and if you hurt her, we'll hurt you worse." Prue said, coming up behind Piper. Piper turned around and looked at Prue.

"You don't have to worry. I promise I won't ever intentionally hurt her. I like her a lot. There's something about her that I've never found in another girl." Frisco informed them. Prue looked him up and down, noticing that he had nothing on but his boxers. Frisco suddenly realized that too.

"Don't worry, I know you guys didn't do anything. Paige isn't like that, no matter how much she likes a guy." Prue said.

"She asked me to stay in here with her. She said that if she had her way, she would never let me go." Frisco told them. They both smiled knowingly.

"She's definately a Halliwell." Prue said.

"Yep, strong on the outside, but a sucker for love." Piper said.

"Is there anything that I should know, so that I don't mess up too bad. I wanna get this right with her." Frisco asked, while he had her sisters in the room.

"Whatever you do, don't leave her. I mean, if it doesn't work out, then you guys can mutually break up. But don't just pack up and leave. She kind of has abandonment issues because of being given away at birth. Don't make it worse." Prue said. Piper nodded. Frisco looked thoughtful as if he were making sure to store this somewhere in his mind where it wouldn't get lost.

"I think I'll try to get sleeping beauty up one more time." Frisco said. He leaned over Paige again and kissed her, this time on the lips. For a few seconds, there wasn't any response, but then she started to return it. Finally Frisco pulled away and Paige opened her eyes. Frisco smiled. "Morning sunshine." he said.

"I don't wanna get up." Paige complained with a pout.

"Then don't." Frisco said. He leaned down closer and Paige wrapped her arms around his neck, allowing him to pick her up. He carried her through the door and down the steps, Piper and Prue close behind, smiling at the cuteness of them. A sleepy Andy met Prue halfway down the hall. She kissed him and they went downstairs, hand in hand.

After breakfast, everyone got dressed and everyone was in the living room, ready to discuss demons. Paige and Frisco sat on the couch, Frisco's arms wrapped around Paige, her head on his shoulder. Prue and Andy took up the rest of the couch, laid down with Prue's head on Andy's chest. Leo and Piper were on the floor, Leo sitting cross legged with Piper's head in his lap. Cole was sitting in an arm chair with Phoebe sitting lighly on top of him. The rest of the O'Reillys were scattered around the room.

"Okay, well I was thinking last night. We don't have any idea how many people Astaroth or Tony have got on their sides." Prue started.

"This is going to lead to a spy operation that involves Cole, isn't it?" Phoebe asked worriedly.

"Well, he is the only one who can blend in down in the Underworld, Pheebs." Prue insisted.

"But why do we need to do this? He could get hurt or killed!" Phoebe protested.

"Because we need to know what we're dealing with. Prue's right, I need to go down there and see what I can find out." Cole said. Phoebe started to argue. "Phoebe, you found out that I was a demon long ago. When you decided to stay with me, you took on a lot of responsibilities. You have to deal with the worst side of me. That means letting me go down there when I need to. This is dangerous Phoebe, but we can handle it. We can get through this together." Cole said. Phoebe stared at him for a little bit before giving in.

"Please be careful." she whispered. Cole kissed her and shimmered out. Phoebe squealed as she fell onto the chair due to the absence of her resting post. Paige stifled a laugh and Prue glared at her. Suddenly another demon shimmered in. At first they thought it was Cole, but then they realized that it wasn't. The girls jumped up.

"The Source vowes to kill you all in a war! You will parish along with your puny army." he declared.

"How many does he have?" Prue asked.

"Thousands! Humans and demons alike will fight to bring good to its knees." he informed them. Then he shimmered out.

"What the hell was that?" Piper asked.

"Cole!" Phoebe yelled, anxious to get him back now that they had the information they wanted. He shimmered in.

"What?" he asked.

"We found out how many he has. A demon shimmered in right after you left. He said that Astaroth wants war. He has thousands ready to fight, human and not." Paige said. Cole raised an eyebrow.

"We can't have a war on the surface, it'll expose magic and people will die." he said.

"Well we can't very well fight in the Underworld. Our powers don't work well down there." Tristan said.

"Yeah, found that out the hard way." Frisco said.

"And there's no way the Elders will let us 'Up There'" Autum said.

"Unless we can stop them before it comes to that." Bailey suggested.

"There's no way. There's too many and we don't want to risk exposing ourselves on the surface." Lyra said.

"So what can we do?" Tanner and Payton asked in unison.

"We don't have the means to fight thousands. I think we should stock up on potions, really strong ones, and surprise them. Kill off as many as we can first." Prue said.

"And then what?" Piper asked.

"Then, we give them their war." Prue replied.

So there ya go! I know, it was a lot of Paige, but it's hard not to write a lot of them while their relationship is still developing. Well, can you guess what's coming next? I hope that was enough demon action for ya. I've decided I'm gonna make a sequal, but I'm not quite sure how I'm gonna leave it. Oh well, I'll figure it out. Please review. Till next time...

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