Author's note: Sorry I've took so long to update 'cos I'm having trouble putting the chapters onto fan fiction. If you've read the first chapter, some of the words are missing, so I'm going to try and edit that before I put this on. Thanks 4 reviewing Barbas. You are my inspiration. I've never had a #1 fan. It's cool. And I'm your #1 fan Barbas. Ps-I'm just building up to when The Switch starts. Please read and review whether you like it or not.
Disclaimer: I don't own the Charmed or Harry Potter characters (even though I wish I did).
The creature shimmers into the living room and waves a hand over Paige. Colours blur and swirl around the room. White smoke puffs up. Paige is gone.................
Phoebe woke with a start, gasping for breath. She sat up and looked at the surroundings around her. She was in her bed. She sighed thankfully. She was safe-but Paige might not be! Paige could be in the living room with the creature right this minute!
She hurriedly shoved back her duvet covers and searched for her slippers and dressing gown. Only one problem-her bedroom was a tip, and it would take forever to look for them.
She would have to go down with only her see through short nightie on. She couldn't waste time messing around with slippers and dressing gowns when Paige's life could be at risk. She sighed. What if the creature liked her see through nightie though? He could make a move on her! She sighed again. 'The things I do for my two sisters' she grumbled to herself.
Doing her best to cover herself, Phoebe tiptoed quietly down the stairs, praying that the creature wouldn't see or hear her. The plan was-go downstairs, find Paige and... well, that was it really. Phoebe would have to do something spontaneously.
That's when Phoebe tripped over something, stumbled, bumped down and collapsed at the bottom of the staircase. She looked up and scowled at what had tripped her up-her slippers. She then waited for the worst-for the creature to come out of the living room.
Instead, she got two roaring dragons-not a pretty sight at three in the morning. Of course, they weren't really dragons-they were just Paige and Piper shouting at her for waking them up. 'Wait a minute' thought Phoebe, 'If Paige is at the top of the staircase, then how can she be in the living room with the creature?'
"Phoebe, can you please explain why you're at the bottom of the staircase, making a huge commotion at three in the morning?!" questioned Piper.
Paige was rubbing her eyes sleepily. "Yeah, some of us need our beauty sleep" she murmured snoozily, then staggered back into her bedroom.
"We'll talk about this later on, since it's already the morning" snapped Piper, then stormed back into her bedroom.
Phoebe sighed. Just great. A lecture from Paige and Piper about how important sleep is. That was all she needed then. Besides, she was trying to save Paige's life. And that's the thanks she got. And with that, Phoebe went back to get some sleep in her bedroom.
Later on, when all three sisters had a reasonable amount of sleep, they all met in the kitchen for some breakfast and 'the lecture'.
"So, let me get this straight, you went downstairs at three in the morning because you had a dream?" Piper enquired.
"Yes" replied Phoebe.
"And you went downstairs at three in the morning because you had a dream and went to rescue me?" asked Paige.
"Yes" answered Phoebe, beginning to loose her temper a bit.
"And you went to save Paige, from, the creature?" questioned Piper.
"YES!" shouted Phoebe, "YES, I had a dream about Paige, then YES I went downstairs at three in the morning and YES to save her from the creature that we saw yesterday! YES!!!"
Paige glanced at Piper, nervously, then turned back to Phoebe.
"Why did you think that I was in danger? And at three in the morning?" commented Paige.
"I had a dream that the creature and Paige were in the, er , living room" Phoebe struggled to remember, "And then the picture blurred and sort of swirled and there was ..., some, er, oh yeah-white smoke, and then... well, Paige was gone" she finished.
"Okkay" said Piper, "But how did you know it was three in the morning?"
Phoebe frowned and wrinkles appeared on her forehead and eyebrows bushed together while she was trying to think how she knew the time.
"I remember now. The clock in the living room! It showed the time of three, and outside it was quite light."
"How did you know it was in the morning and not in the afternoon? Besides Pheebs, no offence, but, um, the living room clock stopped a few days ago, at three in the afternoon. Look, if you go into the living room, look what time it says on the clock" Piper mentioned.
Phoebe, Paige and Piper all went through into the living room, and, sure enough, the clock face handles pointed at three and twelve, even though it was nine am. Phoebe slapped her palm to her forehead.
"Oops" she laughed through gritted teeth. "My mistake"
Piper smiled. "Don't worry about it Pheebs. Anyone could have made the same mistake. I'll ask Leo about the dream. See what he thinks about all this" she comforted.
"And I'll try again to find this creature. He must be some sort of demon because he shimmered in and out of rooms, didn't he? No one without a demonic side can do that, can they? " said Paige.
Phoebe smiled. "I'm not really sure Paige. Anyway, thanks you guys. I'd better go to the office. I still haven't done my column yet and the deadline's in two days"
"Okay, let's all meet back here in a couple of hours and discuss what we've got" ordered Piper.
Then Phoebe went off to work whilst Paige went up in the attic to look in the Book of Shadows and Piper called her faithful husband.
Paige came down with the Book of Shadows in her hands and sat down besides Piper and they both waited for Phoebe. After ten minutes, Phoebe finally came bursting through the door, lots of paperwork and files in her arms.
"So sorry I'm late. I've only got a few more forms to fill in now because I got a bit carried away with them in the office. So, who's telling their news first?" she asked.
"Nothing from me, I haven't found, and won't be able to find, anything until we know just a little piece of information about that creature" chirped Paige.
"I've got something" Piper spoke up. "Pheebs, Leo says that your premonition powers might be advancing, so you could have premonitions in your dreams"
"Wow. How cool is that?!" said Paige.
"Anyway" continued Piper, "That dream could be a warning. We all have to be prepared for that creature paying another little visit to us, especially you Paige. Leo's gone to check with the Elders to see what they know about all this strange carrying on. Until he gets back, we'll have to get ready. I'll look up this in the Book of Shadows and wait for information from Leo. When Leo comes, I'll call you both to hear what he has to say. Paige, if you could make a potion because I'm not feeling up to it. And Pheebs, could you write a spell, just for backup" All right? Everyone know what they're doing? Let's get to work"
"Okay!" they all cried in unison...
