Hey guys! I'm back again with another chapter of Tis the Season. Now, some information will be revealed and a lost loved one returns. Three guesses who and the first two don't count. Anyway, enjoy the story and keep the reviews coming. They make me so happy.

Chapter 3:

Explaining the Charming Circumstances

"The world would be a whole lot better if we didn't have to hide our magic all the time," Paige groaned as she snuck into an alleyway to orb home. Her new charge had no idea that magic existed yet. She had to break it gradually to him and that was what really sucked about this whole situation. She looked around to see if anybody was watching. Seeing nothing out of the ordinary, she instantly became a stream of photons.

"Paige, nice of you to orb in," Piper greeted, as she set Chris down in the play pen next to Wyatt. "Here Chris, play with the pretty doggie."

"What did I miss?"

"Nothing yet. Leo called from Magic School. He said that the Elders have assigned us a temporary Whitelighter until a new one is found. He wouldn't say much about this person. He just said that we would really like her."

"Female Whitelighter this time?" Paige repeated.

"Yeah."

"New Whitelighter?" Phoebe asked as she walked in from the kitchen.

"Yeah. That's what Leo called about. A female this time. Leo should be here with her soon."

A door appeared at the second floor landing and Leo stepped out alone.

"Where is she?" Paige asked.

"She kinda wants to meet Paige first. She didn't say why."

"Okay, must be a Whitelighter thing," Phoebe said looking at Piper.

"We'll be in the kitchen then," Piper said, dragging her sister with her.

"You can orb down now," Leo announced.

A stream of orbs appeared next to Leo.

Paige gasped in surprise. "Oh my God!"

"Hey Paige. Great to see you in person finally," Prudence Halliwell grinned at Paige's face.

"You- you're our Whitelighter?" Paige breathed out.

"Yes!" Prue said

"I don't believe it! My big sister!" Paige cried rushing to her as Leo quietly walked away to Piper and Phoebe.

"Hey Missy Paige," Prue said hugging her. Then the two heard another set of cries followed by two more sets of arms around them.

"I don't believe it!" Piper cried.

"We missed you so much!"

"I know you guys. I was watching you. Even you Paige. Mom was right. You look just like me."

"Duh, she's our baby sister!" Piper quipped.

That earned her a punch in the arm from Prue and Paige. "Ah! Double trouble!"

Paige and Prue broke the hug. "Are you thinking what I'm thinking?" Prue asked mischeviuosly.

"They are the middle sisters...," Paige said catching on.

"Get them!" they cried in unison. Paige grabbed Phoebe. Prue did the same to Piper. They wrestled on the floor in a tickle war.

Then Piper and Prue decided to help Phoebe tackle Paige.

"Hey!" Paige shouted when they started picking at her. "No fair Prue!"

"All's fair in love and war!" Prue shouted.

"Fine then. Pillows! Sisters!"

Her three older sisters were each hit in the head with a pillow.

Using the distraction, Paige orbed out of the war zone and behind Prue. "Gotcha!"

She caught Prue's hands behind her back.

"Okay! I give up! You win Paige!" Prue said as the others laughed. "You are one stubborn sister."

"I don't stop until I get what I want!"

"Sounds like someone else I know," Piper said.

"I wonder who it could be though," Phoebe egged on as she sat on the couch with Piper.

"You know you love us," Prue said as she and Paige joined them on the couch.

"Hey! This couch isn't big enough for four people!" Piper exclaimed.

"Get used to it!" Paige ribbed back.

"I can't believe the Elders assigned you as our Whitelighter if only temporary," Phoebe said a few minutes later.

"Well, the Elders have a message for you. My three other charges are also sisters. They are somehow related to us, but they don't know that they are witches yet. They want you to help me show them their heritage. They are very vulnerable right now especially since they are teenagers."

"Teenagers?" Piper repeated.

"Well March, the oldest, is twenty. The Elders really wanted me to watch her. She is part of a prophecy that the Elders made a thousand years ago. They haven't given me any details yet. They live in a small town in Alabama. April and May are in high school. March is a sophomore in college."

"How are they related to us?" Paige asked.

"Their ancestry is the same as ours, beginning with Melinda Warren and all. It is the same until about one hundred years ago. One of our great aunts married a Cherokee man. They moved to Alabama to be closer to his tribe. He was a medicine man for his village. That makes their magic stronger than normal. It's their lineage, our lineage, that makes them Charmed too. We need to help them with the Craft."

"Well, looks like we get to go to good ole' Alabama," Paige said. "Yee-haw!"

"You'd stick out like a sore thumb, Missy Paige," Piper said shaking her head in dismay.

"So would the rest of us," Prue added. "We can set up in hotel room and pretend that we are visiting family."

"Which we are of course. Sounds like a plan to me. Can't wait to experience that famous Southern Hospitality," Phoebe exclaimed.

"You guys are hopeless," Prue replied looking at her baby sisters.

"I'll call and book a hotel in..." Piper said looking to Prue for a location.

"Huntsville. The Rocket City."

"Oh, nice," Piper said. "How long?"

"Just a couple of days."

"Okay."

There you go! Chapter 3 is in the record books. What do you guys out there think? By the way, Huntsville is a real town in Alabama and it it is really called the Rocket City. Anyone who can tell me why it is called this might just get a mention in this story. Good luck!