Chapter 6

She looked on with eyes full of hope and desperation as her brother in law, the angel allowed the golden light of his healing powers to illuminate from his hands as he held them over the gapping wound in right side of her eldest sister's back. The empathy silently prayed with everything she had that her sister would regain consciousness soon so Leo could focus on Piper who he stared at as he mumbled curses under his breath hoping that he would be able to get to the mother of his children before it was too late.

A thousand questions were running through her mind as she ponder what or who the hell was to blame for the conditions of her siblings. She didn't yet know the answers to her questions but once the women were healed and able to speak she would get the necessary details she needed to kill the bastard or bastards responsible in the most painful way she could.

"Come on Prue wake up" urged Phoebe as she wiped away yet another stray tear that had made it's way down her reddened cheeks.

At her words the elder witch opened her eyes and inhaled sharply as life returned to her body and her breaths became fuller and more controlled.

"Piper" the woman spoke as she looked to her right to see the woman's husband leaning over her while whispering words of pleading, love and fear.

Prue held the same words in her heart and mind but found them hard to vocalize just as her younger sister had. She could remember vividly a scene in which she'd rather forget as images of her sister's body flying through the air and colliding with the wall with brutal force haunted her and caused the woman to tear up. Her second thoughts were about her baby sister whose body was invaded by an evil force that was to blame for her actions against her own flesh and blood but this wasn't like the monsters that she had fought away from the girl on so many other occasions when she was a young child, this was different.

This being was much stronger more evil then any of them had ever faced before and most of all, this monster was real and more dangerous then anything the girl could have ever dreamed of, but that wouldn't stop her. No. Once Piper was safe the three women would learn the truth and do what was necessary to bring the girl back home. No matter what had to be done.

"Don't worry Prue, we're not going to lose her" she heard the voice of her younger sister whisper in her ear as she wrapped her arms tightly around the woman's shoulders.

Both women held their breaths till the point where they were about to black out as they waited for the man in front of them to work his magic. There were scared, petrified even that they may lose their sister, that their nephews may no longer have a mother nor Leo a wife. Neither woman was good at playing the waiting game and adding that factor to the situation at hand only served to further complicate things.

What was taking so long? Why was it taking so much effort to heal the witch and restore her life when Prue had been worse off, or so it seemed.

They could feel their lungs burning from the lack of oxygen as they looked on with panic in their eyes as the body of their sister remained still. The tensions was in the room at that point was thick and suffocating as the group made wishes and pleas silently in there heads as they awaited the answer to their questions. After a few more seconds the shaken voice of their brother in law filled the air.

"She's going to be ok. She's just been out for a long time so the healing is going to take a while longer" he said instantly giving the women the news that they needed to breathe again.

Within a few minutes Piper awoke with a start as she searched the hallway of the manor before crawling on all fours over to the door way of her youngest sister's bedroom. She didn't have the strength to run other wise she would have but finding an empty space caused to instantly sink heavily against the frame as her sisters and her husband rushed to her side.

"Where is she? Did he kill her? What happened Prue?" she questioned with teary eyes unsure of what her family was going to tell her.

"She's gone" answered Prue in a solemn voice while still trying to process everything that had occurred.

"Oh no, we have to find her before…" the woman trailed off not wanting to continue her train of thought as the words became lodged in her throat. Her little sister was on a rampage and had it not been for her over protectiveness and constant need to mother the girl this never would have happened. Her baby sister would be home safe in her bedroom or out having fun with her friends instead of being God knows where doing God knows what with a demon. A good looking demon but a demon none the less and if they wanted to get Paige back they would have to find out who they were up against and why he chose her.

"Before what Piper?" questioned Phoebe in a panicked voice, breaking into her sisters thoughts. She didn't like the tone in her sister's words and wasn't sure if she wanted to know the rest. Had her sister been kidnapped? Did the same demon that was responsible for the near death of her older sister have his hands, claws or paws on her baby sister?

"Before she kills someone" Prue said finishing her sister's sentence for her as she gave the woman a slight squeeze on the arm knowing exactly how she was feeling. Prue was dealing with even more guilt then Pier was seeing as how she was the big sister the woman felt that it was her job to protect and take care of her family and with the current events surrounding her at the moment to say that she felt like shit would be an understatement.

Her little sister was out there somewhere possibly hurt or killing innocence's taking part in a magical world that she barely knew anything about. Suddenly her sister's words entered her head serving as a painful reminder of her mistakes that had almost proved to be fatal.

"I am so sick and tired of you guys telling me what I can and can not do! I'm 21 years old. I should be able to do what I want when I want. Besides it's my destiny to and it's not fair for you guys to go out and gain all of the experience while I sit at home in a crystal cage like some two year old who can't defend herself!"

The girl had said and now Prue was starting to regret her decision. Although she was sorry about keeping her sister in the dark as far as her magical inheritance was concerned but she wasn't sorry for wanting to keep her safe that was something that she would never apologize for. After all Paige was her baby sister and she would do what she had to, to keep her safe, even if the girl was angry with her at least she would be safe. The only thing the woman would have done differently was to help her sister learn to control her powers better and give her some kind of practice run and include her in certain activities and show her that she had a voice in all of this instead of dismissing her at every turn as far as magic was concerned.

"WHAT THE HELL DO YOU MEAN BEFORE SHE KILLS SOMEONE!" Phoebe's voice screamed into her ear bringing her back to reality.

"Well we think Paige is possessed" Piper said in a low tone.

"WHAT?"

"Phoebe would you please stop screaming in my ear" Prue spoke calmly as she helped herself and her sister to her feet.

"Oh sorry" the woman replied without backing down. She wanted answers and she wanted them now.

"Possessed? By what?" questioned Leo.

"We'll explain in the attic" Prue said rushing past Phoebe and a stunned Leo as the group made their way up the attic stairs.

"Ok, we're in the attic so spill" Phoebe said as she watched Piper grab a pen and paper from the table. "Wait, what are you doing?"

"I'm writing a summoning spell so we can get Paige back here and away from her little demon friend" Piper said as she began to jot something down.

"Paige has a demonic friend?" Leo said with more than a little hint of confusion in his voice.

"Not literally Leo" the woman snapped back in annoyance.

"Ok so…"

"I found him" Prue called out to her sister who immediately joined her at the book of shadows. "He's called the Keeper of Dreams. A demon that preys on young witches who feel the need to prove them selves by offering them the answers they need to make their dreams come true and all they had to do is call him and make a wish"

"But that doesn't make sense. What is it that Paige feels the need to prove and to who?" asked Phoebe.

"What she needs to prove is that she is powerful enough to protect herself" answered Prue in a soft voice that her sister's weren't used to hearing.

"And the who would be us. I mean she feels over protected and she always said that we treat her like a child so he would definitely be appealing to her. Especially after the incident at P4 and fight we had when we got home. Oh God this is all my fault"

"No it's not Piper, we're all to blame here" interrupted Piper.

"Great, so how do we vanquish him?" Phoebe said wanting to get rid of the danger and save her little sister.

"We can't. It says here that the person who made the wish has to be the one to kill him" answered Prue.

"What a waste"

"PHOEBE!" yelled Prue angry at her sister for thinking about the demon in that way.

"What he's hot" protested Phoebe much to the annoyance of her sisters.

"Anyway let's just summon Paige before she does something evil and can't be saved" Piper said before adding a few more lines to her spell. "This should be perfect"

Looking it over the other two sisters agreed that the spell was what they needed to call the lost witch home. They then prepared a crystal cage not wanting a repeat of the earlier events. Once everything was in place the girls stood around the cage and read the spell that would bring their sister home they just hoped that it wasn't already too late to save her.

Paige was having the time of her life toying with the weak, pathetic witches that were sprawled out at her feet writhing in pain from the various injures that she had inflicted upon them. She could hear their screams and pleads for mercy and she loved it. She loved how she could control and dominate them with such ease and no real effort and how they bowed down before her. The young witch felt a rush that she had never experienced before thanks to the watchful eye and strong will of her sisters something that they would pay dearly for one day soon.

If it weren't for them she would have had this sensation a long time ago but she didn't care. She had the power and her many devoted followers behind her and nothing was going to stop her from being coming a force to be reckoned with and one the magical world would learn to cower and fear. But first she had to make her strength, supremacy and intensions known. She would kill them all and send a message to those who were foolish enough to go against her and with her new found tricks she was certain that making such a rash decision would prove fatal for all of her opponents.

"Ready to die witches" she taunted those before her as she hovered several fire balls in the air ready to throw at any moment.

"Please, just spare my son" one of the women pleaded as propped herself up on her uninjured arms as the other dripped heavily with blood.

"Oh, isn't that sweet. Mommy wants to save her little boy. Sorry but I can't allow that to happen. My enemies would consider me weak and I can't have that" she said in a voice stern voice. "But don't worry you'll be together in the after life"

"YOU MONSTER!" the woman shouted as she threw an energy ball in Paige's direction. The woman caught it in her hand and extinguished it as the laughter of her self and her followers filled the air.

"Now that wasn't very nice" she said before stopping her laughter abruptly and sending the woman head first into the wall behind her as the other witches gasped in shock and fear of what was to come next.

Paige smiled wickedly as she watched the little boy cried as he leaned into the still body of his mother. She advanced on the unsuspecting child as his attention remained on his mother and not on the very real danger heading his way. She was about to finish the pair off with a fire ball but something odd happened. She could feel herself floating away and instantly became angry as she took in her new surroundings.

"What the hell?" she questioned angrily as a familiar voice called out to her.

"Welcome home Paige"

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