Disclaimer: Characters from the show 'Charmed' do most certainly not belong to me. Original characters are my own.

Authors Note: Well, here we go with another chapter! It had to be done twice because I'm an idiot and only saved it to a floppy that got corrupted the first time, but it's DONE! Note to self: Save on harddrive, copy to floppy. Which should be obvious...but I'm odd at times!

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Chapter 10

Kyra grinned in a mixture and jubilation as she saw a familiar and very confused looking form materialise not far from where she was standing.

"Jordi!" she cried, rushing to her twin and throwing her arms around her. Her twin looked fine, so presumably Paige in her body hadn't inadvertently done anything too terrible to her. Not that she would have expected her to, but she must have been at least as confused as Ky had been; more so probably since there would have been a whole heap of people that she didn't know.

Her sister enthusiastically hugged her back, "Okay, so maybe you're not going crazy and mom really is in your body since we're wherever we are talking and not just doing it where you're standing next to me explaining that you're not you!"

Kyra laughed. Jordyn always got rather rambly when she was highly confused, or excited about something. It occurred to Ky then that she hadn't seen this side of her sister for several weeks. The twins had been drifting away from each other, since their mother's death. Both had grief so deep that they needed more than each other to help them cope. For Ky, that meant retreating more and more into herself, finding consolation within her imagination and memory. For Jordyn, it had meant she had been spending more and more time with Clayre, letting her rage out to her. They just hadn't been able to do with just each other, for the first time in their lives. Kyra had needed to be alone, and Jordi had needed outside help. Ky hadn't even noticed that a gap was beginning to form between them; until now. But now she was aware of it, she was going to do her best to fix it- that was for sure.

"No, as far as I'm aware, I'm not crazy. And I definitely am in mom's body, so it's fairly reasonable that she'd be in mine! I got a spell here that should fix it all up, but I needed to talk to you so your end can do it too. Dunno if it'll work, but fingers crossed."

Jordyn nodded when her twin had finished speaking. "Okay, gotcha," She said. "Spell to get you back to your own weird self as opposed to mom's weird self." She paused, uncertain as whether to continue with what she had been going to say. Then she decided that Kyra would want to know it, and here was as good a place as any other to tell her. "You know, she really is a lot like us. I couldn't even tell the difference." Here she grinned, "She's just as nutty as you!"

Jordi was actually feeling rather guilty about that. She hadn't been able to tell that the person who looked like her twin really wasn't her. Despite the fact that Kyra's eyes mirrored her own, she hadn't known that it was someone else behind them. Surely the 'twin link' that they had always shared should have told her something. But it hadn't. She had just thought that Kyra was in a little odder than usual mood. Had they really drifted that far apart that they couldn't tell when something as major as this was wrong?

She hugged her sister again, "Well, I'm sure we would have noticed if everyone else hadn't gone and got themselves kidnapped! You know what I'm like when stuff happens. Go completely into that and ignore everything else."

Kyra raised her eyebrows. What had been happening while she was gone? Kidnapped? Everyone? Well, that sounded like an even less boring than usual day in the Halliwell Manor! Obviously the past version of their mom had got a nice taste of what life for her kids would be like. What had she thought of it? The Aunts had told her that at one stage their mom had wanted to bind the powers of any children she had. They had never said what had made her change her mind. Was this it? Who could tell with time travel. But if their mom had seen how much those powers would be needed, well that could certainly cause a change of heart.

Jordyn figured that it was about time they get this meeting back on track. She was pretty sure their physical bodies wouldn't have been transported with a spell like this, meaning they were probably on some astral plane where it was safe to talk. Which meant that their bodies were presumably back where they'd left them, probably unconscious. Which was no doubt a little worrying for those on her end, since they didn't know what was happening at all.

"Okay Ky, much as it's nice up here, we should probably be getting back to our bodies," she prompted her twin.

Ky shook her head, coming back on track. "Oh yeah," she muttered with a slightly sheepish grin, then handed Jordi a piece of paper. "Instructions are written on here, make sure you start at exactly the right time, or it could not work. Not sure it will anyway. Well, if I'm still in mom's body once we've done it, I'll look for something else and beam us up here again!" She really hoped that the spell would work though. Seeing her sister, she was starting to miss her own time, and worry about her family a little too. Well, at least now Jordi could explain that she was alright and everything. And hopefully everything would be back to 'normal' in a few hours.

She drew the reversal spell out of her pocket and held it where both of them could see it. "Okay, well seeya in a couple hours, fingers crossed," she said, trying to sound cheerful. Jordyn nodded a little grimly and together they recited what was written;

"All that must be said is heard

Return us now to where we were."

Paige sighed in relief when Jordyn sat up and looked blearily around herself, taking in the concerned faces around her. The teenager pushed herself up out of Piper's lap and blinked at them all.

"It's okay guys. Ky just wanted a little chat about what was going on," she explained. She handed the piece of paper with the spell and directions written on it to Phoebe, "Here's what we have to do, to try get Ky and Paige back in their own bodies. And apparently it's gotta be done exactly right."

Her aunt glanced at the paper, "Okay, we've got about an hour," she said, all business. "Jordyn, Ky…um, Paige, you two stay here. The rest of you go get the stuff on this list. Piper and I will get ready in the attic and we'll call when we need you." She directed each kid to fetch an item or two off the list, then she and Piper departed for the attic as the children left for various parts of the house or shops. Paige and Jordyn were left sitting there, staring at each other.

"Are…you doing okay?" Paige asked awkwardly. It had to be incredibly difficult to discover that your twin wasn't currently who you thought they were. It had to be even harder to discover that your dead mother was the one in their body. Hell, it wasn't a situation that anyone would think of, unless they had oddly twisted minds. And it certainly wasn't one that would happen. But then, they were Halliwells; the odd was commonplace for them.

Jordyn nodded slowly. "Yeah. It's just so…odd. I mean, you look just like Ky, obviously. But you even sound like her. It's hard to believe that you're not her. Everyone's always said how much we're like you. But this, it makes it seem real, you know."

Paige nodded thoughtfully. "Well for me, it's good to know that my life will turn out so good, if this path to the future continues. Everything's kinda uncertain in my time, as far as I go, anyway."

Jordyn sighed, "Yeah, our family's lucky. It's a great one to be a part of, and I love everyone so much. Plus, can't ever be bored around here, that's for sure." She paused, and gave Paige a small, sad smile. "You haven't even met dad yet, in your time, have you? Before mom died…he's always been a great dad. But since we lost mom he's been so sad and quiet."

Paige shook her head. "No. I've not met him yet, but from what I've seen of him, I'm going to be so lucky when I do."

They sat there in silence, Jordyn reminiscing about times past and her mother, Paige thinking about what the future would hold. Though of course it was never possible to fully tell. Anything you did could change it off the path it was headed down. This future could be entirely different to the one that she would someday live in.

Piper stuck her head through the doorway, "Okay guys. We're ready. Jordyn, you can watch if you want to; having you there when she comes back will probably be good for Ky, help stop the confusion. I've sent everyone else away though."

The three of them trailed up to the attic, and Paige sat in the circle of candles, as directed. They waited, Jordyn pacing, Paige trying not to fiddle, Piper and Phoebe with anxious looks on their faces. Until finally they heard the clock downstairs chime the hour, and they began the incantation, Paige anointing herself with the potions also needed to make the spall work as the instructions before her directed.

"Souls have swapped and spirits changed

Return them now from whence they came.

Rightful bodies, rightful souls

Let these two once more be whole."

There was the gust of magical wind that usually accompanied powerful spells, and the onlookers all watched the circle anxiously, as Kyra's body slumped forward.

Jordyn paced just outside the circle of candles, anxious for her sister to awaken. Had it worked? Was Kyra herself again?

"Come on Ky, wake up," she muttered.

But it seemed that Kyra would wake when Kyra felt like it, and they would just have to wait until she did.

Authors Note: Well, that's that finished (for the second time. Idiot me!), and there's only one chapter of this to go now. Please review. If you've taken the time to read this entire things, it shouldn't be too much to ask for you to spend another minute or so telling me what you think of it! You all know where the little review button is. Go on…click it and write something :p