A/N: Thanks for the reviews guys, although I would like to see more of them so see what you can do with this chapter!
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Prue was woken by a deep throaty cough that she could hear coming from Piper's room. Getting out of bed she slipped on her slippers and made her way in the direction the sound was coming from. Peering through the door Prue saw Piper and Phoebe trying desperately to stop Paige from coughing.
Prue felt sorry for the youngest of them as she looked exhausted, and her coughing didn't appear to be stopping anytime soon. When Piper noticed Prue standing in the doorway she gave her a pleading look to ask her to give them a hand. Complying Prue walked into the room and told Phoebe to go and get Paige a drink of water. She then told Piper rub her hands strongly on Paige's back and Prue herself spoke calming words to Paige to help her get her coughing under control and to allow her to gain her breath back.
"You ok now sweetie?" Prue asked as Paige's coughs subsided and she slid back down on the bed looking weary.
Paige couldn't keep her eyes open as she nodded her head before drifting off to sleep.
"What's going on?" Prue asked Piper as Phoebe walked back in with a glass of water for Paige. Noting the sleeping girl she placed the water on the bedside table before sitting down on the bed next to Prue.
"She's got a crazy high temperature, she was so out of it before she was really worried that her parents wouldn't be able to find her if she was here," Piper said.
"So she didn't remember that they were dead?" Prue asked.
"No, and then she has this really bad cough, it just keeps going," Phoebe chimed in.
"Do you think we should take her to the doctor?" Piper asked covering Paige with her blanket.
"I don't think we should just yet, it might look to Paige that we're abandoning her and we really need her to trust us before we can tell her that we're her sisters, but if it gets any worse then we will ok," Prue said looking at her sisters to see if they agreed with her which both did.
"What can we do for her?" Phoebe asked as she heard Paige finding it hard to breathe.
"There's nothing we can do sweetie, except maybe get some rest because Paige is going to need us to be fighting fit for the next couple of days because we're going to have to wait on her hand and foot," Prue said helping Piper and Phoebe get comfortable next to Paige.
"Are you going to stay here?" Piper asked.
"Of course, I'll just get some blankets and lie on the floor," Prue said.
"You'll be crazy uncomfortable," came Phoebe's muffled voice from where it was buried in Piper's shoulder.
"I've had worse, plus it's not me who will be uncomfortable because Piper will be probably be joining me because you'll kick her out of bed eventually," Prue said.
"It's true," Piper said laughing at her younger sister who pouted at her.
"She will not," Phoebe said indignantly, "I'm not that bad."
"Oh yeah, have you ever slept next to yourself?" Piper asked her.
"No, but, shut up," Phoebe said rolling over and closing her eyes.
"Night Pheebs," her older sisters called out both chuckling to themselves.
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The early hours of the morning, when the moon was still quite high in the sky, the youngest Halliwell sister woke covered in sweat from a fevered dream.
Slightly delirious, she had difficulties getting her bearings and could make out a figure in bed next to her, and two on the floor bathed in moonlight, in her semi-conscious state she had no idea who these people were, but at the time she really didn't care.
She frowned as she noticed a white light that appeared to be growing progressively bigger in the corner of the room. Started she let out a small whimper, and felt a protective arm find it's way across her belly from the person in bed next to her. She shivered in the moonlight as she watched the light take the form of a beautiful woman with curly brown hair and eyes much like her own.
She tried to shrink back as the woman walked closer to her, but found herself pinned down by the arm that had placed itself there. Frozen she looked up at the woman with bright eye's as she brushed her hand gently across Paige's cheek.
"Baby, you found your way home," the woman said.
Paige was confused, she had no clue what this woman was talking about let alone who she was. She shivered as her sweat covered pajamas reacted with the cold air around her.
"I know you're sick and you don't feel well, but don't worry your sisters will look after you," the woman said sitting down on the bed next to where Paige lay.
"S-s-sisters?" Paige asked confused.
"Yes honey, these are your sisters, and they will always love and protect you," the woman said smoothing Paige's hair.
"Wha-I-no-I," Paige said in her fevered state of mind not being able to comprehend what the woman was saying to her.
"It's ok honey, it's going to be alright, I promise you. It was destined for you to find your way to you sisters again, and for the four of you to become the strongest magical beings of all time," the woman soothed.
"Magical, what are you talking about?" Paige asked trying again to escape the clutches of the protective arm.
"Sssh, it's ok baby, the girls will explain everything to you. You just have to understand that they and I will love you forever and we will never ever let you go again," the woman said standing up.
Paige struggled against the arm, and this time she came out on top. Pushing herself up, fighting against the dizziness that greeted her when she did so, stared hard at the woman, taking in the familiarities that she could see in her face.
"Mom?" she said quietly and as the woman nodded Paige could feel hot tears making their way down her face.
"I don't understand, how, what is going on?" Paige said getting a little worked up.
"It's ok, it's ok, just calm down, I promise everything will be ok, it's so wonderful to finally see you, you've grown up to be such a beautiful girl and I know you're going to love living here with Prue, Piper and Phoebe," Patty said as she took Paige into her arms and cradled her there.
"Sisters," Paige said as she cried in Patty's arms. Patty rocked her back and forth until she knew that Paige was asleep. Gently she laid her back down on the bed and pulled the cover over her.
"Sleep tight my baby's, I'll watch over you now and forever," she said fading once again into the white light.
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Prue was the first to wake the next morning, with a considerable backache as well, she stretched as she got up off the floor and laughed out loud when she saw Piper on the ground next to her, once again Phoebe had come through she chuckled to herself.
Walking over to where Paige lay, she leant down and checked her sister's temperature. Her face was still flushed but it didn't appear to be as high as the night before which Prue took to be a good sign. She decided to go down and make breakfast for all four girls and then they could eat it up in Piper's room and maybe have a good chat.
Coming back up the stairs after she had made the breakfast, she could hear voices coming from Piper's room.
"How are you feeling this morning Paige?" she asked as she came in and placed the tray on the bedside table.
"I'm ok, I feel really yucky though and quite sore," Paige said with a croaky voice.
"Your voice doesn't sound to hot either," Phoebe noted.
"Yeah, my throat is quite sore, kind of feels like there's some barbed wire down there," Paige said grimacing.
"Well hopefully a day in bed will take care of that," Prue said handing out plates of toast.
"Yeah, because you and me have to go back to school next week," Phoebe said.
"Yeah," Paige said looking at her toast.
Noticing Paige's downward expression Prue decided to change the subject.
"So Pipe, I noticed you ended up on the floor like I predicted," Prue laughed.
"Well, I eventually had enough because I was being attacked from both sides," Piper said.
"What do you mean?" Phoebe asked.
"Well I had you kicking me from one side and young Paige here kicking me from the other side so I thought instead of getting millions of bruises I'd just get on the floor and get one bruise on my ass," Piper said.
"I'm sorry," Paige said embarrassed.
"No need to be sorry Paigey, I get it from Phoebe all the time. You must have been having one hell of a dream though the way you were moving about," Piper said.
"What were you dreaming about?" Prue asked.
"Mom," Paige said.
A/N: Well thanks for reading again guys, I'd really appreciate any feedback you had on the story, anything you think should happen and stuff like that so review please!