Hello everyone, sorry for such a long delay, but I am here with the next chapter!

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Anyways, on with the story.

CHAPTER FIVE

PLANS, SERVANTS AND PRESUMPTIONS

"Excuse me, but what do you mean, the Oracle?" Prue questioned the young woman who stood in front of them.

The walls of the room gave her voice an echoic quality, giving them all a sense of power and leadership. She's the big sister, of course she acts leader, Paige mused, a small smile playing across her lips.

"I am the Source's most trusted advisor, and I must say that he is rather displeased to hear of the Seer's death." The dark haired woman said, sauntering over to them slowly.

"But you're not sorry?" Phoebe asked, noticing the dreamy smile on the demon's face.

The Oracle chuckled, but making the sound dark and evil instead of a sound of happiness.

"One less person to compete with." She said to them, standing in the middle of the clearing, a more sinister smile entering her face.

Paige noticed the strange woman staring directly at her with a penetrating gaze that made her feel uncomfortable, as if she was being read down to her soul.

She realised too late that this was probably the case and quickly broke the eye contact.

"Well, well, Paige, another Charmed one, the Source will be delighted to meet you." The Oracle said, walking away from them, presumably to report her findings to her master.

Okay, I need to work on my mind defences, Paige thought, annoyed that she was read so easily.

"Piper freeze her." Prue murmured out of the corner of her mouth, to avoid the demon from hearing them.

Piper waved her hands in front of her, in the slightly amusing gesture that caused time to stop temporarily. Only this time she blew out some of the rock behind the Oracle, causing the raven haired demon to be knocked to the ground by a boulder, rendered unconscious.

"Piper, you need to get a grip on that new power." Phoebe yelled, running over to the Oracle, the other three in tow.

"Let's orb her out of here so we can talk to her again later." Paige suggested, placing a hand on the demon, looking expectantly at her sisters.

A few minutes past with them just staring at her.

"Well come on then, grab hold of me, we need to get out of here before demons swarm the place." Paige said eventually, creasing her forehead slightly.

Hesitantly her sisters complied, trying to disguise uncomfortable looks.

"Are you sure you are good at this?" Prue asked nervously, glancing at Paige.

Without answering, Paige orbed them all back to the manor, landing in the attic where the sisters immediately set to work.

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A couple of hours later, with the Oracle bound and blindfolded into a chair, and the sisters refreshed, they four women sat in the attic discussing their options.

"Well, we need to find me in the present time and protect her, as we don't want the Source to get to me first." Paige stated, fiddling with the end of her long plait, a nervous habit she had picked up from Prue in her short time here.

Prue was laying out shield stones around the bounded Oracle, who was still passed out, nodding in agreement.

"Okay, Piper, that can be our job, Paige obviously can't see herself and Phoebe needs to work on the vanquishing spell for the Source." Prue proclaimed.

Phoebe nodded, her silky dyed blonde hair bouncing across her shoulders as she did so.

Paige still found it hard to believe that her past self was still living a life without her powers and sisters, she had come so much further in these past few years that she didn't realise how much better off she was.

"Watch out for Shane, my boyfriend at this time, he was possessed by the Source, who was trying to turn my evil in the window of opportunity thingy." Paige commented, remembering how naive she had been.

Prue nodded, looking slightly daunted at the task ahead of her. Grabbing Piper's arm, Paige's two eldest sisters left the attic, leaving Phoebe and Paige alone.

"You finish work on the spell, I've never been good at those, I will talk to our friend over there when she comes to." Paige said, pointing to the tied Oracle.

Phoebe nodded in reply and ran down to her bedroom with a notepad and pen, claiming she needed to work in absolute silence.

What is bothering her? Paige wondered as she watched Phoebe hop down the stairs. She eerily noticed that her sister was wearing the exact same clothes she did on the day she met.

"It's the fact you claim her boyfriend is going to become the ultimate evil on the planet, most people would have a problem with that." A voice said from behind her, causing her to turn and see the Oracle's piercing ice blue eyes staring at her.

"Will you stop with the mind reading thing?" Paige asked calmly, deciding to ignore the truth behind the demon's words.

The Oracle gave her a glare before testing her bonds, an pushing a two towards the edge of the magical barrier, only to wince back in pain as the stones did their job.

"So talk, tell me all you know about the source." Paige said, dragging a chair into the centre of the room and waiting for the demon to talk.

"Forget it, I would be killed for such a betrayal, and as I am going to be killed by you anyway I would rather be dead and maintain my legacy as a help to evil, not a hindrance."

Paige was unmoved by the speech, but she felt as if she should show a reaction anyway, to try and probe information of that demon unknowingly, but with her ability to read minds it would be a daunting task.

"Well then, I will just have to make a vanquishing potion to speed the process along." Paige said, curling a strand of hair around her finger.

"You won't win!" The Oracle suddenly yelled, causing Paige to snap her head up in surprise. "The Source will get to yourself first, and your sisters. He will…"

The Oracle's words were cut off as she burst into flames, a cry of agony piercing the air.

"Phoebe, we may have a problem." She yelled down the stairs, her brown eyes focused on the pile of dust on the floor.

Looks like someone wanted to keep her quiet, she thought, and she didn't need her own mind reader to guess who did it.

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Sorry for the shortness and the time it took for me to get this chapter up.

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Dan.