The Power of Four
By Chuckles 1414
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the Charmed Ones or any other 'Charmed' character.
Chapter 1: Sleep Talking
Piper layed in her bed, dreaming of the day that Prue had died. It was almost six years ago. She started tossing and turning all about. Paige walked in to see what was wrong.
"Piper, is something wrong?" Paige asked.
"Prue?" Piper asked, still half asleep.
"Hardly," Paige said in a depressed tone. She leaves Piper's room and goes back to bed.
The next morning, Piper went downstairs to find Paige sitting at the table, drinking coffee.
"I'm sorry about last night," Piper said, "I was having a dream about…"
"It's okay, Piper," Paige said, even though Piper could tell in her voice that it wasn't okay, "I had bad dreams after my parents died too."
"Whose parents died?" Phoebe asked walking into the kitchen.
"Nothing," Paige said. "I gotta go, so I'll catch you guys later."
"Hmm'kay, see you later," Phoebe said. Paige walked out to her car.
"I feel horrible," Piper said. "I think I hurt her feelings last night. I accidentally called her Prue."
"Piper, it was an accident and Paige understands that. She won't be bothered by something like that. Paige is a strong girl. She's been through more than that." Piper glanced down at the table.
"Well, I gotta get to the club to get ready for tonight. We're running out of herbs, will you go pick some up?"
"Sure."
Piper left the house, got into her car, and drove to P3.
A demonshimmered into a small witchcraft shop. The owneryelled and ducked behind the counter.Phoebe's car arrived outside just then. She walked in just in time to see a demon kill the shopkeeper and grab the amulet off her neck.
"Hey!" she yelled. She picked up a wooden staff and smacked him across the head. She kicked him over the counter and retrieved the amulet. The demon shimmered away, disappointed in himself.