I get restless and wild
I fall but I try
I need someone
To understand
Kelly Clarkson, "Hear Me"

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"Who the hell are you?" Piper asked, staring at the girl. She knew that breaking the silence might have been a bad idea, but she didn't care at the moment. She just wondered what this very… interesting girl was doing in the middle of her attic.

Sierra turned around to face Piper as if seeing her for the first time. She stared at Piper, her mother, the woman she had not seen in years. God, she missed her so much…

As if noticing Piper's suspicious stare, Sierra immediately numbed herself. She could deal with all of this later – introductions were essential.

"Sierra, Chris's sister from the future." Sierra answered, holding out her hand for Piper to shake. The older woman did so, but reluctantly. Piper still didn't really trust Chris, so how could she put her faith in the new arrival?

"Why are you here?" She asked after the two let go. She was still raising her eyebrows unbelievingly, and Sierra knew that she'd have to prove herself. After probing her brother's willing mind for what exactly to say, Sierra answered.

"I come from the future to escape my death there. Wyatt – yes, your son – just tried to kill me. I just got away… and why not help my dear brother while I'm here?" Sierra asked, and put her arm around her brother. He rolled his eyes as she squeezed him tight to imitate their bond. Piper had to hold in a smile as she watched the two siblings interact. Piper felt thoughts of suspicion rise in her, but she squashed them down. She needed the company, so she'd give them a shot.

"Uh… okay. I'll accept that… for now." Piper said, giving a small glare at the pair to show them her unease clearly before they grew too excited. Chris and Sierra exchanged a look, knowing the stubborn side of their mother well. Chris, of course, knew it better than Sierra did, but the latter could remember it a little bit.

"So, where can I sleep?" Sierra asked, swaying back and forth on her feet, her hands lazily resting in her pockets. Piper thought for a moment.

"Well, you can't sleep at the club because you're underage, so how about here? I have some extra rooms. In fact, I think it'd be a good idea if you were both here, since you're related and all." Piper offered, secretly hoping for the girl to accept the offer. To tell the truth, she was sick of trying to hold intelligent conversations with her almost-twelve-month-old.

"Sure, why not?" Sierra said, but she was not as confident as she appeared. She knew that sleeping in her old house would definitely bring back some memories. Sure, some would be good, but she knew that some would be terrible. Piper clapped her hands and smiled cheerily.

"Great! I'll go set up the beds." She said, and walked swiftly out of the attic. Most likely, she was heading to the bathroom closet, where she always kept her spare bedding.

After they heard her clomp down the stairs to the second floor, Sierra spoke up.

"Always the homebody, isn't she?" She asked her older brother, who quickly nodded.

"Yup. Mom just can't help being a mom, and how could she not with all the kids she has?" He asked, and turned to look down at his little sister. She was smiling up at him, but then suddenly dropped it.

"Why did she say she had spare rooms?" Sierra asked with a questioning look on her face. Chris's smile dropped as well, and he started explaining the events of the past few weeks.

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The hustle and bustle of the overcrowded Chinese city almost overwhelmed the small, Caucasian woman weaving her way through the crowds. Although she had encountered quite a bit of sidewalk traffic when she had lived in San Francisco, it was nothing compared to what she was experiencing currently. She was forced to run through the maze of people with her shopping bags closed tightly to her chest so that her newly-bought items wouldn't get crushed or stolen.

Finally, the woman reached her destination – the hotel where she and her boyfriend were staying. She rushed into the elevator and pressed the "P" button on the elevator so she would go directly to the penthouse suite. Lucky for her, most of the people in her hotel spoke English, so she didn't have to worry about using her phrase book during conversations with the people around her.

When she entered the top level, the first thing she saw was a large, magnificent foyer. To her, the Chinese never under-did anything. She turned into the third door on the right and walked directly into the master bedroom. She whisked off her purple high-heels and plopped her bags down on the black easy chair in the corner, completely exhausted from her shopping trip.

She was about to just lie down on the king-sized bed and take a nap when the door opened, revealing her smiling boyfriend.

"Hey, you," the woman said, returning her boyfriend with a large grin, showing off her pearly-whites.

"Hi, Phoebe," the man said, and sauntered over to the bed. He gently seated himself next to her, and wrapped his arm around her shoulders. She immediately rested her head on his shoulder, finally beginning to relax.

"How was your day?" The boyfriend asked. His name was Jason Dean, and he and Phoebe Halliwell had been dating for the past few months. They had met at the newspaper where they both worked, and he was her boss.

"Hectic," Phoebe answered, and pouted. "Why does Hong Kong have to be so big?" she asked, gazing up into Jason's eyes.

"I don't know." Jason answered, and placed a kiss on her forehead. She smiled again, and moved her lips up to meet his welcome pair. The two fell back onto bed, and one thing led to another before they knew it…

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An auburn-haired woman stood in a lavender, silk robe in the middle of a kitchen. She was stirring a cup of coffee apathetically. She didn't really care about what she was doing, she just needed to keep her hands busy. That was something her oldest sister had always told her – when one is bored or does not know what to do, just do something with one's hands to help one think. The woman had always taken her oldest sister's advice to heart, even though she hadn't always shown it.

Just the thought of her family member made the woman's hazel eyes tear up. She looked around the old-fashioned kitchen in the house that she had only lived in for the past couple of weeks. She had thought that she would get used to it, but it was just… boring. The kitchen she was in, the house she was in, held no interest for her. She missed her Victorian house; it was the one she had come to love over the few years she had lived in it.

She was stirring coffee because she could not sleep. It was six in the morning, and she could not force herself to lie in her bed, close her eyes, and drift off into dreamland Her mind was running crazy, and she felt confined for some reason, but she couldn't figure out why. She had a job and a boyfriend – was there anything missing?

Yes, Paige, there is, the woman thought to herself, you're missing your sisters. Paige thought back to the last time she had been in the Manor, the house she had lived in ever since she had found out that she was a witch. She, Piper, and Phoebe had been vanquishing a demon that needed the Power of Three to defeat it. Right after the demon had exploded, Paige had grabbed Phoebe and taken her to Hong Kong, and then gone back to her boyfriend, Richard's house. Paige couldn't even think of one thing they had talked about that didn't relate to the demon; she hadn't even had a chance to see her little nephew.

While Paige had been lost in thought, she had not noticed that her boyfriend had appeared in the doorway.

"Hey, Missy Paige," Richard said, and came up behind his girlfriend. He wrapped his arms around her, intending it to be a loving embrace. Paige, however, shook him off and moved about ten feet away, beginning to sip her steaming mug of coffee. Only her eldest sister had the right to call her "Missy Paige".

"What's wrong, Paige?" Richard asked. He could always read her like a book, and Paige had always found that so sweet. But now, it was just sort of boring. Everything seemed dull, plain, and uninteresting now. However, Paige shook her head to keep Richard from catching on.

"Nothing," Paige said, "just thinking."

"Thinking about what?" Paige bit her lip, and then decided to answer truthfully.

"My sisters," she responded, looking at Richard timidly. His sympathetic look immediately turned to that of anger.

"Why does everything have to be about your damn sisters!" Richard asked, slamming the mug he was holding to the countertop, immediately shattering it. He had picked it up so he might join his girlfriend in her early morning antics. Paige felt a monster inside of her rear its ugly head and could feel the heat of anger rising in her. She felt as if she was about to explode.

"Because they're my family!" Paige yelled back, and clapped her mug to the counter, far away from the remains of her boyfriends. Richard rolled his eyes.

"Oh, yeah, they're your precious sisters! You can't do anything without them, especially your accursed 'Power of Three'!" Richard screamed, and Paige jumped back a little. She had never seen Richard like this, and she didn't like it. She knew he was having problems with her being a more powerful witch than him, but she didn't know it had extended this far.

"You jealous?" she asked. "Just because I have powers and am close to my sisters shouldn't be a problem for you! My life revolved around the two for the past two years! I can't just give it all up to be with you!" Paige could feel the tension that had been in her ever since she had arrived at the ancient house be released, and she began feeling freer than she had ever since the day when Piper had given her and Phoebe permission to move out.

"Fine! Then maybe we shouldn't be together if your heart isn't fully in it!" Richard yelled. Paige just stared at him, and then anger filled her eyes again.

"Fine, if you won't accept me for who I am and who I love, then we shouldn't be together." Paige said calmly, and swiftly enveloped herself in blue orbs. Oh, how it felt good to be free…

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Sorry if the ending seemed a little bit rushed, but I really want to get into the plot! Please, please review! I would very much appreciate it.