A/N: Since the server is acting up I thought I'd post two parts and give everyone a real treat. This part is picks up where chapter 21 left off so I hope no one is confused. Paige appears in this part as well. This part is a little transitional so that the storylines will move a head. Thanks so much for reading and speacial thanks to my new reviewer Angel of Neptune!

Eternally Charmed: One Problem is Never Enough


Paradise Island

"Do you think she can orb us home?" Piper asked setting Melinda up on Amanda's back. Phoebe frown and patted the bridge of Amanda's long nose.

"I don't know she's really scared right now. Her emotions are all over the place"

Prue gazed down at Ally who was sleeping soundly on her shoulder and then adverted her eyes back to Amanda. "I know you are scared right now Angel girl but you have to try and orb all home so that Piper, Phoebe and I can make a potion to change you back. Do you think you can do that?"

Amanda gave a shallow whinny and pawed the ground signaling for the others to grab a hold of her mane. Even in the form of a donkey, she still had enough power to orb them to the living room.

Manor

"Take Amanda outside" Prue ordered shifting Ally in her arms, "I'm going to take this one up to bed until we can figure out how to get the demon out of her".

"I'm right behind you" Piper confirmed as Melinda let out a tired yawn. "This one needs a nap too"

After settling Ally in a small glowing crystal cage encircling her bed Prue started back down the stairs in search of Andy.

"Andy? Andy where are you?" Prue walked about the kitchen placing her hands on her hips. "Please tell me he didn't use his powers to orb out of here" shaking her head, she stalked towards the door to the basement and flung it open. They needed to find Paige and find a way to turn Amanda and Ally back to normal.

"Andy are you down here?" Prue took on step and felt herself bump into something hard, nearly causing herself to fall down the stairs.

"Whoa"

Andy quickly materialized from invisible status where he'd been sitting on the step and caught her before she could fall. "What are you doing down here? Was he hiding from something? Prue knew that sometimes Andy would go invisible so that he could get away from things without really leaving the house. Invisibility was the one magical form that Elders and Whitelighters could not seem to sense.

" I just needed to get away for little bit" Andy hugged her for moment giving Prue real cause for concern.

"Get away from what? Until just now you were the only one in the house"

"It's a sound…in my head" He admitted meekly as they both went back into the kitchen where Prue paused at the cook top, and rested her forearms on the island while she waited for Phoebe to bring Amanda in from the yard.

"A tracer sound?"

Andy nodded.

"Well maybe it was just Amanda trying to reach out to you. She's pretty freaked out right now"

Andy shook his head. "It's not any of the girls. This is different"

Prue's face went grim for a moment as she shuddered a thought. The only other creature that could tap into Andy's spiritual thoughts through a connection was the tracer-demon, Mandela, and Prue had vanquished her long ago. "Could Mandela be back?"

"It's not her either but it definitely has an evil tint to it"

"It could be the demon who killed the Motherly Prue" Prue sighed and ran a hand through her raven locks. "We'll take care of it, just as soon as we find a way to change the girls back to normal."

"Back to normal? Do I even want to hear this?"

He watched as Prue's lips pursed. "Probably not. Ally is upstairs sleeping off her new role as the exorcists, Linda Blair and Amanda is in the backyard with Phoebe grazing"

"Grazing?" Andy walked over to the kitchen window and pulled the curtains back. Phoebe was standing in the yard next to a beautiful brown miniature donkey with crystal blue eyes. "Our daughter is a donkey? So the premonition Austin sent me is correct"

"Yes" Prue nodded "and our other daughter is currently processed by an evil something or other." Prue pushed her sleeve so that Andy could see the bite marks on her arm.

"And I'm hearing demonic noises…great…just great…"

"It's just another day beautiful day in the house of Halliwell" Prue tossed him a quirky grin that instantly faded when a set of Natalie's orbs appear.

"Now that your daughters are back we need you back in the heavens now. This witch sterility law has everyone up in arms including the nymphs. They are threatening to start a magical riot."

"Witch sterility law?" Prue's green eyes narrowed sharply. What witch sterility law?"

"The one that your business counterpart passed" Natalie replied using her fingers as quotation marks.

"I still can't leave" Prue pointed to the window causing Phoebe to smile and give Natalie a small wave.

"A donkey?

Andy leaned over speaking in an amused tone. "It's Amanda"

"Why am I not surprised?" Natalie couldn't help but mutter under her breath. "You two have no parenting skills…no earthy clue of how to raise magical children-"

Spotting a large cupcake left over from the gingerbread house spell, Prue squinted and sent it sailing directly into Natalie's mouth gagging her so she couldn't speak.

"I'll get Ally and meet you in the back yard. Maybe together with the Elders help we can figure out a way to change them back to their normal selves while I go yell at myself for passing a witch sterility law.

"Okay" At least up in the heavens Andy wouldn't' be able to hear the sound of Dantalian's flute ringing in his head; at least he hoped he wouldn't.

Prue headed for the stairs shouting along the way. "Piper- I need go back up there now!"

Poking her head out of Melinda's room. Piper scowled. "can you keep it down I just put Mel to sleep!" Piper walked out of the room pulling the door shut. "And what do you mean you have to leave?"

"I have angelic responsibilities" Prue replied over her shoulder as she walked into Ally's room and removed a crystal from the causing the cage around the child to disappear.

Piper stood with her hands on her hips. "Responsibilities? What about Paige? We can't leave at the hands on the rock demon!"

Prue picked up Ally and hefted her over one shoulder. "You and Phoebe will have to take care of it yourselves. My higher calling is bellowing loudly."

"Boy what happen to the days when you all you cared about was taking care of us? We're your family Prue and Paige is in trouble"

Prue stopped just short of the stairs. "Piper you know that's not fair. I love Paige as much as you do but I have a realm of witches to run, plus a family of my own. I have one daughter who is a donkey another who is demonically processed and a husband who is grounded and hears evil voices."

"Evil voices?" Piper said quietly wishing she could take the statement back. "Prue I know that you've always taken care of us since Mom died. I guess what I'm trying to say is that high priestess or not, we're your sisters and we still need you"

"Piper, I have to be more like Mom and Grams now. I thought you understood that"

I do. It's just that I miss you Prue. I want my big sister back. I want things to be the way they used too when we could always count on you"

"Me too" Prue said softly before disappearing down the stairs and out of sight. "Look just see what you can do for Paige and I'll be back as soon as I can"

Just as soon as Prue had left Piper heard a loud rumbling sound coming from the main parlor. "Prue what happened?" Quickly she started down the stairs with Leo orbing in behind her.

"Piper we need to talk"

"Not now, there's something going on in the parlor" Piper replied not bother ing to look over her shoulder at her dishevled husband.

"But it's about-"

"PAIGE?" Piper finished for him as she stepped into the parlor to find Paige lounging on the wicker love seat being fanned by several rock creatures. "Paige what the hell is going on?" Piper didn't bother to wait for an answer.

"PRUE! PHOEBE!"

"Prue left with Andy and Natalie" Phoebe came into the parlor quickly rounding the corner. "Whoa! Check out the outfit! Nice Jewels sis"

"Why thank you" From her position on the love seat Paige smiled proudly as her sisters took a moment to survey her new attire a little more closely. "

"She's chosen a life with the Rock King" Leo informed them causing Piper to do a double take.

"Chosen? Did you just say chosen?"

Leo leaned over whispering softly. "Rock creatures have no feelings, their hearts are made of stone"

"This is so not happening today" Piper pressed a hand to her face and then looked heavenward. PRUE I NEED YOUR HIGH PREISTESS ASS BACK HERE NOW!"

Phoebe's grin spread widely across her lips, "Piper sweetie, I don't think Prue can hear you"

Pulling her hand away from her face, Piper's eyes became the size of angry saucers. "No but Natalie can and if she's listening she needs to her get fat white lighter administrative butt back here so that she can tell the Edlers that we need Prue!"

"I won't do that" Natalie returned orbing in beside Leo. "Her highness has too much business to attend too. The Greater Good needs her"

Piper hands then turned into angry claws, "Business for the greater good? Paige is a ROCK! For God Sakes!"

"God is all knowing" Natalie replied stiffly. "You don't need to inform him"

Paige sat up waving her servants away and pulled her heavy jeweled body from the couch. "I don't see what the problem is Piper. I just came back so that I could tell you that I've chosen a new life."

"A NEW LIFE!" Piper was practically spitting bullets. "Paige, we're Charmed witches you can't just choose to leave all that behind!"

Paige placed her gold studded fingers on her hips, "Oh yes I can and I have. Don't you get it. I'm free. I don't have to deal with being second best anymore" with that one of the rock servants snapped his fingers causing a funnel of tornado like rocks and dust.

Once again, all Piper and Phoebe could do was watch as their youngest sister disappeared with the rock creatures.

"Pheebs you okay?" Piper stared at her second youngest sister watching her complexion notably pale.

"I don- I don't know. I feel kind of strange…" Phoebe's hand fell to her stomach and her eyes started to roll back into her head as body gave way to gravity, collapsing solidly on the floor into a state of unconsciousness.

"PHOEBE!"