Amazing Jade

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Disclaimer: Same as ever

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Paige struggled to her feet as Leo knelt beside her. She looked around her hazily and then blinked at Prue, who stood a cautious distance away from where she sat. Leo pushed himself to his feet and slowly backed towards Piper, who gently laid her head on his shoulder.

Paige and Prue stared at each other for several seconds before Phoebe cried out from the hallway. Suddenly she came crashing into the front room, but she didn't come through the doorway. Phoebe groaned, before passing out, and then lay still, surrounded in the broken bricks that had been in the way of her fall. Prue suddenly turned, and Paige cried out as a dark-lighter shoot an arrow at her. She put her arms up to protect her head and orb out of the way of the arrow, but instead she froze the arrow in mid flight.

She looked amazed at the arrow, and then frowned at Piper, who shrugged and rushed in to pull the weapon out of her sister's path. Then the dark lighter unfroze and rushed at Piper, who screamed and disappeared in millions of blue and white lights so the dark lighter rushed straight into the wall, where Leo rushed in and stabbed a dagger through his spine.

The room was lit with blue and white lights as Piper reformed out of the orbs, standing now, beside Prue. Paige looked at her sister, shocked.

"You… wa…?" Paige gasped, Piper shrugged at her sister. Paige swayed unsteadily and Leo quickly ran to her side to steady her. "How did you get my power?" She asked, amazed. Piper grinned at Prue, and Paige felt a stab of jealousy at the thought of them two understanding what had happened. Then Piper walked to her sisters' side and picked up the Book of Shadows, showing Paige the power switching spell.

"I needed your power to orb to save Leo," She explained gently, "And in turn, we saved you."

Paige looked up at her elder sister confused, she felt like she'd been left out of some big secret.

"It's okay Paige, I'll change them back now," Piper said. Paige shook her head slowly.

"No, it's just… wow… I nearly died and usely it's, like, I just orb to safety. But being able to actually freeze the arrow and…" Paige explained hesitantly, even though had the power of orbing telekinesis it had always seemed that Piper saved the day with her freezing, or exploding. 'Honestly,' Paige thought to herself, 'Wow, I can actually freeze time…' Her mind began to wonder, but then she snapped out of her daydream when she realised Piper had already begun the reversal spell.

Quickly, she put her arm out and Piper stopped, and looked up confused. Paige quickly tried to think of an excuse, wildly her eyes flashed towards Leo, who knelt by Phoebe, just helping her sit up. Then, Paige gingerly stepped away from Piper and walked over to her sister. Piper shook her head, smiling, and followed Paige.

Phoebe looked around at her sisters and struggled to sit up, until Leo placed an arm around her shoulders to steady her. She smiled at her brother in law before turning seriously to her sisters.

"Piper…" She hesitated before continuing, "Piper, he had a warning."

Paige groaned inwardly, and Piper gestured for Phoebe to continue, her lips frozen in a solid line.

"He… it was, 'The enemy attacks at dawn,'…" Both Piper and Paige frowned at the riddle.

"Sounds more like a riddle than a warning," Paige stated quietly. Piper cast a glaring look at her sister and then turned back to Phoebe.

"So, what is that supposed to mean?" Piper asked, Paige looked at her sister quickly, "No, the warning not your comment." Paige felt hurt at the comment and Prue noticed her face fall and quickly stepped forward.

"Piper, calm down, we're all stressed at the minute," Piper's eyes blazed as she turned to her oldest sister before her face softened and turned away. "Now, if we all just calm down and try and figure out what this warning, riddle, means."

Paige sighed and turned to Prue thankfully.

"Well, it may mean exactly what it says… That Jade, the enemy, attacks at dawn." Phoebe suggested.

"Or, because that seemed too simple, it could be a trick and make us attack at dawn," Prue suggested, causing all her sisters to turn to her questioningly, "Well, it might mean that because we are Jade's enemies. It might make us think that if we get there first we can save Wyatt, and end up killing him and ourselves in the process."

Piper sighed defeated.

"But, then, what should we do? Either suggestion could be Jade's plan," Paige stated.

Phoebe shrugged, and then Leo looked up. Piper sighed again at the look on her husband's face.

"Can't I just have one minute with my husband?" Piper stressed.

"Erm, Piper…" Leo interrupted.

"No, Leo, you can't keep sticking up for them!"

"No, Piper…"

"Leo, no! Don't they realise your son is missing and any minute Jade might come storming in here and you will be gone, Leo, I just…"

"No Piper!" Leo ordered, gripping Piper's arms as she began to babble on madly, "Piper, they've ordered me not to leave the manor."

All four sisters' turned to their white lighter, shocked. Leo just looked away, helpless.

"They said something about a vision, about me… and you girls."

Piper stared at her husband.

"What about us, Leo? What about you're other charges?" Piper asked.

"They've sent them other white lighters. They think me being there could… put them in risk, same if you were there."

"No." Prue stated simply "I've only been here a couple of days and already…" Leo, Phoebe, Piper and Paige all turned to the eldest charmed one.

"Prue…?" Phoebe whispered, and then Piper suddenly jumped forward as Prue collapsed in tears.

"It's my entire fault, I have to fix it." Then Prue's body went limp as her spirit left her body.

Suddenly all the sisters' realised Prue's plan. Phoebe stared at Piper in horror as Piper stood frozen over Prue's body. Paige shook her head slowly as Leo walked unsteadily over to the Book of Shadows, and began to recite the astral summoning spell. Soon Piper and Phoebe joined in, but Paige couldn't bring herself to call for the sister that was only a stranger to her. Her sisters looked at her pained.

"Paige," they pleaded, but Paige still couldn't bring herself to recite it. Instead, she turned away, tears running down her cheeks and she orbed out of the room.

"I'm sorry…" Her voice echoed around the room. Piper threw the book down hopelessly.

"Piper…" Leo and Phoebe cried, running to her side as she threw herself on the sofa.

"No, guys, don't you understand? Paige won't help get Prue back so Prue'll die. In turn, we'll die and as Leo can't save us he'll probably be their next target. Come on, it's simple for demons to get hold of a dark lighter and bounty hunter. And how many times have we managed with a close break?" Piper stressed to her husband and sister, "I just can't handle it, and God knows where Prue and Paige are right now. Paige won't ever like Prue; I've seen them look at each other."

"No, Piper, didn't we manage even though I and Prue hated each other?" Phoebe asked.

Piper laughed, "Pheebs, you and Prue grew up together, and of course you hated each other. Well, you argued but you didn't really hate each other," Phoebe opened her mouth to argue but Piper put her hand up, "No. Phoebe, I am right. I saw the way Grams watched you two, knowing one day you'd have to get along. I thought it was just random hope, but now I know."

"She's right…" An elderly woman's voice echoed around the room. Suddenly the room was filled with bright white orbs and an elderly woman formed.

"Grams!" Phoebe cried happily, running into the eldest Halliwell's arms.

"Hey Grams," Piper said simply. Penny's arms dropped.

"Now, Piper I don't like that attitude of yours. What've I always taught you?"

"What, never give up on Phoebe, she just needs a little push in the right direction?" Piper joked. Phoebe gasped in sarcastic horror at her grams. Penny shrugged defensively.

"No, Piper…"

"Never be home later than 4am?" Phoebe grinned.

Penny sighed and looked to Leo for support.

"Girls, I think what Penny really means is—" Suddenly Piper disappeared, soon followed by Phoebe. They both disappeared in a quick slip second flash, leaving Leo and Grams staring dumb fold at the spot where they disappeared.