Piper sat down, shocked by what she saw. Memories flashed before her in her mind as she looked at Paige.

Paige: I, the door was open. I'm sorry. I shouldn't be here.

Paige turned to leave but Phoebe stopped her.

Phoebe: No, no, no. No, no. We were just coming to look for you.

Paige: You were?

Phoebe: Yep. Come on in. Welcome. I'm Phoebe. And this is...

Phoebe hooked her arm into Paige's and walked over to Piper and Leo.

Paige: Piper. I know. I've been to your club. Pretty great.

Piper: Thank you. And you are?

Paige: Paige. My name is Paige.

Phoebe: Hmm. Another P. Imagine that.

Piper: It's nice to meet you.

Piper shook Paige's hand. A bright blue shined over the girls.

Paige: Okay. What was that?

Leo: I think that means you're supposed to be here.

Piper remembered that day like it was yesterday. It was the day of Prue's funeral. Piper had been so…so upset and angry at everyone. The last thing she needed was another sister coming in and taking Prue's place. But, Paige wasn't like that. Piper remembered when Phoebe and herself had tried to convince Paige that she was a witch, and that she had powers.

Piper: Hi.

She froze Sister Agnes.

Piper: Hey, what's up? We need to get you out of here.

Paige: What did you do to her?

Phoebe: Oh, she just froze her. She'll be fine.

Piper: Yeah. Lucky I didn't blow her up. My powers have been a little off lately.

Phoebe: Piper.

Phoebe pointed at the blanket Paige is holding.

Piper: Is that our blanket?

Piper tried to touch it, but Paige pulls it away.

Paige: No! That's mine! Leave me alone!

She turned to leave.

Piper: All right! Gee.

Piper and Phoebe followed Paige.

Phoebe: Paige. Paige. Paige.

Piper: Stop or I'll freeze!

Paige stopped and turned. Phoebe and Piper stopped as well.)

Phoebe: (To Piper) She's a witch. You can't freeze her.

Piper: (To Phoebe) She doesn't know that.

Paige: Will you please just leave me alone?

Paige continued to walk towards the main exit.

Phoebe: Look, we know what you're going through. We went through the same thing when we first found out we were witches, too.

Piper: Look. You just got to trust us. Somebody very, very bad is after you. (Paige stops and turns around.)

Paige: Trust you? You just froze a nun? How do I know you're not the bad ones?

Piper: Well if we are, then you are, sister.

Phoebe: Piper.

Paige turned to leave.

Piper: What? Fine. Then you try.

Phoebe: (To Paige) you have a magical power, you know.

Paige stopped and turned. Phoebe and Piper came closer to Paige to talk.

Phoebe: Mmm. At least, if you're really a Charmed One, you do. And the sooner you learn it, the sooner you'll be able to protect yourself.

Paige: I have a power?

Piper: According to the prophecy, the third sister has the power to move things with her mind. Like Prue could.

Paige: How does it work?

Phoebe: You concentrate on an object like that candle right there.

She pointed at the candle a few feet away.

Phoebe: And then you just wave your arm at it.

Phoebe demonstrated and waves her arm. Paige tried it, but nothing happened. She looked to Piper and Phoebe.

Piper: Or, uh, you could squint your eyes. She used to squint her eyes.

Paige waved her hand at the candle and squinted but nothing happened to the candle. She turned back to the others.

Paige: Well, maybe I'm not one of you after all if I can't even make that candle…

Paige raised out her hand in the candle's direction. The candle was surrounded by blue and white bright lights and disappeared and reappeared in Paige's outstretched hand. Paige handed the candle slowly to Phoebe.

Paige: Oh.

Phoebe: So perhaps the whitelighter in her makes it work differently?

Phoebe blew out the candle and set it aside.

Piper: Half-breed.

Piper remembered how she hadn't been so receptive towards Paige. She hated her at first, partly because she wasn't Prue. But in the end, Piper had grown to love Paige. She remembered when the Angel of Destiny had come to the girls, telling them that they could give up their powers. Paige had been against it, but Piper and Phoebe had been all for it. In the end, Paige had convinced Piper and Phoebe to continue the Charmed Destiny.

Angel of Destiny: Actually, it's because of a demon that I've come to see you. Which in and of itself is very rare. We Angels of Destiny normally don't intervene except in extraordinary situations. Mozart at age seven, Michelangelo, Albert Einstein... Britney Spears.

Paige: Huh?

Phoebe: I don't understand.

Angel of Destiny: You three have accomplished something that few others ever dream of. By vanquishing the Source of all evil, you have fulfilled your shared destiny, much earlier than anticipated. Truth be told, some of us did think you'd never achieve it at all, but that's really beside the point. What's important is you have and because of that we're offering you a reward, a chance to chart a new destiny, one of your own design.

Paige: A reward?

Angel of Destiny: You can continue to remain as you are, charmed, vested with all your witchly powers, and of course demonic burdens. Or...

Piper: Or?

Angel of Destiny: You can choose to relinquish your magic and lead normal lives again, unaccounted, free, we'd wipe the entire slate clean, nobody would come after you again. Well, what do you say?

Piper: What do we say? Are you kidding? You can't just freeze the whole world and come in here and drop a bombshell like that and expect a quick decision. I don't care who you are.

Angel of Destiny: I don't think you quite grasp the uniqueness of this opportunity.

Piper: No, I'm grasping it but that is beside the point. The least you could do is give us a little time to think about it.

Paige: Think about what? No time needed. Thanks but no thanks. Right?

Phoebe: Yeah, right, of course right. But, you know, as long as he's offering, maybe we should talk about this. Just talk about it. Over there. Right, right over here please, now, excuse us.

(She pulled them across the room.)

Paige: You can't be serious, Phoebe, you of all people, you love being a witch.

Phoebe: I know I do, but I...

Paige: But what? What has changed?

Phoebe: Oh, I don't know, I became queen of the Underworld and nearly died carrying baby Lucifer. That's what changed, Paige.

Piper: Paige, it's just that we've been doing this a lot longer than you have, and I'm not trying to discount all the good that we've done or that we could do. But at the same time I'm not gonna minimize the costs. Paige, I can't get pregnant because of what we do.

Phoebe: Punching out demons just isn't as much fun as it used to be.

Paige: So what are you gonna say?

Angel of Destiny: She's saying you need some time, which I'll grant, but not too much time. After all, other people's destinies are tied to yours. And since it's your charmed destiny that's at stake here, majority will rule. Two sisters will decide the fate of all three. So consider your choice wisely. Perhaps what happens next will help you to decide.

Piper: I knew he'd never give up those files. In case anybody is wondering we are officially screwed.

Phoebe: Not necessarily.

Paige: No, we are not giving up our powers.

(She stormed over to the couch and sat down.)

Phoebe: Paige, I don't want to give up our powers either. But I don't want to give up our lives even more. He's just gonna keep using us.

Piper: Unless we let the angel wipe the slate clean. Look, Paige, we said we would wait to decide until this thing played out and it has. And frankly if the angel hadn't made this offer I'd probably think differently and I'd think let's just keep fighting. But I'm tired of fighting and Jackman's right, it is never ending.

Phoebe: Unless we end it ourselves. So do we need to talk to Leo about this first?

Piper: No, it doesn't have anything to do with him, it's just us. And he will understand.

Paige: You guys are only seeing the bad. What about all the wonder of being witches, the stuff you introduced me to in the first place. You're gonna let all that go?

Phoebe: Paige, it doesn't balance out anymore. And after everything that we've lost, it doesn't seem worth it.

Paige: What about all the good we've done. Doesn't that count for anything?

Piper: Of course it does but that's exactly why we have this choice to make. He said we fulfilled our destiny, we've done it. This is supposed to be our reward for that.

Paige: Yeah, well, pardon me if it didn't seem like much of a reward, because without being witches I wouldn't have sisters.

Angel of Destiny: Are you sure about this?

Phoebe: Yeah. As sure as we're ever gonna be.

Angel of Destiny: You understand this decision is final. There'll be no changing your minds.

Piper: We understand.

Angel of Destiny: Very well.

(He closed his eyes and raised his arms.)

Piper: Hold it. Just so we're clear this wipes the entire slate clean. No read the find print technicalities, no more demons, no more vengeful warlocks.

Phoebe: And we won't have to worry about Agent Jackman anymore, or anyone else who might have found out we were witches?

Piper: Exactly. Just free to lead normal lives with no demonic aftertaste.

Angel of Destiny: Absolutely.

Paige: Will we remember? Being witches that is.

Angel of Destiny: Oh, you'll remember everything. It doesn't change your history, only your future.

Paige: And what about the book?

Angel of Destiny: It'll pass as some future descendent.

Piper: Well, maybe Paige is right. We did do a lot of good. What happens when a demon attacks someone else? Who's going to take care of it?

Angel of Destiny: Majority rules, remember. If this is the way you want it, speak now.

Paige: Phoebe?

Phoebe: Fine. I guess I've grown pretty attached to it anyway.

Angel of Destiny: Good choice.

Everything had been great between the three girls, even when Paige had tried to kill Cole. And then there was Piper's ever constant arguing with Paige, but the sisters had always worked around it. Until Paige died.

Paige looked outside to see Piper getting in her car. Paige grabbed her jacket and ran outside.

Paige: Piper where are you going!

Piper: Cole took Phoebe. I know where he's going.'

Paige got in the car just as Piper pealed out of the driveway.

Paige: Where is he taking her?

Piper: To the mausoleum. We have to get her.

Paige: He won't hurt her Piper. He loves her.

Piper: I know. But…

Paige: But we have to save her. I know. And we will.

Paige wrapped her arm around Piper as they got out of the car. Piper always wondered why they didn't orb. But to her, it never really mattered. They entered the mausoleum slowly, looking around for Phoebe. The saw her, lying on the floor, her head resting on a tomb in the center of the room. Cole was nowhere to be seen.

Piper: Phoebe!

Piper rushed towards Phoebe and grabbed her off the floor. Phoebe moaned in pain.

Paige: O my God. Did her hurt you.

Phoebe: No I'm fine.

Out of nowhere, a darklighter shimmered in, along with Cole. The girls didn't see them, and continued a family hug type thing.

Cole: Well, well, well. The whole family decided to show up. Rollin, if you were in my position, what would you do about this?

Rollin: Well boss. I'd probably get rid of them.

Rollin looked at Cole and a sly smile stretched across Cole's unshaven face.

Cole: Well. There's just a couple of things wrong with that plan. See, I wouldn't kill Phoebe, cause I love her. And Piper, Piper's okay. She can stick around. So really, I only have to get rid of one person. Paige.

Piper pulled Paige closer to her and pushed her behind her.

Piper: Don't you dare Cole.

Cole: Paige ruined everything. If Paige had never been introduced to this stupid family, everything would have been perfect! I wouldn't have to ruin this family. God! She screwed up the whole stupid plan!

Piper: But you don't want to kill her. Think of the pain that you would put Phoebe through if you killed Paige. You don't want to hurt Phoebe, do you?

Cole: No I don't. But, I'm going to have to.

Rollin lifted his bow and arrow and aimed. He shot it. It moved in slow motion, and the girls watched it. It hit Paige slowly. She crumpled to the ground, bleeding from the arrow. The color drained from her face as the poison spread throughout her body. Cole smiled slightly and shimmered out. Rollin did too, but then reappeared in the shadows.

Piper: Paige! O God, no!

Phoebe: Cole! Get back here!

Cole shimmered in, unaware of the vial of potion in Phoebe's hand. Phoebe threw it at him and he disappeared in a ball of flames. Phoebe dropped to the ground exhausted.

Piper: Leo! Leo!

Leo appeared in a flash of blue orbs. He saw Paige lying on the ground and he rushed over to her. Rollin took steady aim from the shadows, and squeezed the trigger. The long circular arrow ejected out of the bow. It hit Leo and he cried out in pain.

Piper: Leo! No Leo!

Paige: Piper. Piper. I need to tell you…I need to tell you that I love you. You were the best thing that ever happened to me. This family is.

Piper: No Paige. Don't you dare die on me. Don't you dare.

Paige: I'm so sorry. Sorry, sorry, sor…

Then Paige's head dropped. Piper leaned over her body and cried. Phoebe reached for Piper's hand and squeezed it. The Piper remembered Leo, but he was already gone.

Piper remembered the fear of losing a sister. She crossed the hall and helped Shea off the ground. She pulled Shea into a hug as her eyes shown with love. Shea looked up at Piper and saw this love. Shea snuggled deeper into he hug and she felt safe. But when she saw Paige, the safeness disappeared.