A/N: I'm really happy to see such a promising response to the first chapter! I can't thank you all enough! wyatt333: Prissandra - 1½, Pandora - 4, Pam - 6, Phiona - 8, Pearl 9, Brandon 9, Persia - 15, Paige - 33, Phoebe - 34, Piper - 37, Prue - 39. Phyre: Actually, yeah. ;) You're the only person who caught onto that. lol Go you! PrUe AnD AnDy: Nope, they're still enemies. Prue and Paige have sided against Cole (I love that tension that the situation creates). peanut2lb: Well, everyone's gotta have their moments, right? lol Maybe Prue's just been hanging around Phoebe too long? kaz: It's really cool of you to review; thanks so much! I hope you'll continue to be satisfied with my fic. :)
The Children Of Light
Chapter 2: Walk Like A Man, Think Like A Woman
Paige raised her hand. "Over here. I'm Cole." She got up.
Prue also stood up and her eyes were wide, as she stared at Paige. "Oh, no freakin' way! I'm Paige!"
Piper's mouth hung open. "What's going on here?!"
"They've obviously switched bodies." Leo observed.
"Obviously!" Piper echoed. "But how?"
Leo thought back for a moment. "Well..When the demon went to attack Paige, Prue grabbed her to shove her out of the way. Then Cole grabbed Prue, to shove her out of the way. The soul ball hit Cole, but they were still connected. Maybe, since they were connected, it switched their souls instead of taking them out of their bodied..."
"So...." Piper began, as she pointed to Cole. "You're Prue...You're.." She pointed to Prue. "Paige..And that means.." She looked at Paige. "You're Cole.."
Cole/Paige nodded.
Prue/Cole and Paige/Prue looked angry. "No way!"
"How do we fix this?" Piper asked.
"It's never happened before. I'll go talk to The Elders." Leo orbed out.
Paige/Prue glared angrily at Cole/Paige. "Get out of my body!" She raved. The windows began to rattle and everything in the kitchen began to tremble.
"I can't!" Cole/Paige yelled back. "Do you actually think I want to be you?!"
"Paige..." Piper warned.
"You disgust me!" Paige/Prue fumed. Suddenly the cabinet doors came flying open and plates went flying around the kitchen.
"Whoa!" Piper yelled. She held up her hand and froze the room. "Paige! Calm down or you'll reck havoc with Prue's power!"
"Well then why doesn't Prue tell me how to use her power?" Paige/Prue asked. She waited for an answer, but didn't get one. "Prue?" She looked over at Prue/Cole and found Prue/Cole frozen in place. "How did you freeze Prue?" She saw Cole/Paige, who was still moving.
"I..I.." Piper stuttered.
"Because your powers don't work on your sisters....But since I'm in your sisters body and she's in mine, and your powers do work on me, she froze." Cole/Paige replied.
"What?! This is so screwed up!" Paige/Prue yelled.
Piper waved her hand, unfreezing Prue/Cole.
"Paige sto...." Prue/Cole stopped in mid sentence, as she saw the frozen plates. "What happened?"
"Piper froze the plates....And you." Cole/Paige said, a little too smugly.
"How? Her powers don't work on her sisters!" Prue/Cole snapped.
"But they do work on me and you're in my body...." Cole/Paige said, with a smirk.
Prue/Cole narrowed her eyes, forgetting she didn't have her powers, but nothing happened.
"You have my powers, remember?" Cole/Paige said. "So I guess I can do...." Suddenly Prue/Cole orbed out and then orbed in, flying at the wall.
"Prue!" Piper yelled. She waved her hand, freezing Prue/Cole, before Prue/Cole could hit the wall. She glared at Cole/Paige. "Don't you ever do that again..." She warned. angrily.
"I swear, I only thought it! I didn't mean to..I just wanted to threaten her.." Cole/Paige defended.
"Paige's power has grown, remember? She can orb things just by thinking." Piper snapped. She walked over to Prue/Cole and grabbed Prue/Cole's hand, pulling Prue/Cole into the standing position, and breaking the freeze.
"Oh! I outta...." Prue/Cole fumed, then an energy ball appeared in her hand.
"No!" Piper yelped. She waved her hand, exploding the energy ball in Prue/Cole's hand. "Time out!"
Cole/Paige raised an eyebrow.
"Not literally." Piper added. She waved her hand. "Prue, Paige, to the attic. Cole, with me."
"But Piper!" Prue/Cole complained. "I can't be a man! Least of all...." She pointed to Cole/Paige. "Him!"
"Look, you've been a man before, remember? You have experience! Just walk like a man and think like a woman! You'll do fine!" Piper replied. She grabbed Cole/Paige's hand and walked them into the other room.
Paige/Prue looked at Prue/Cole. "You've been a man before?"
TO BE CONTINUED....
