Chapter 61: Prue's Theory
Paige clenched her jaw at the ascending blue orbs. She was beyond mad. The room was silent. No one was sure what to say or certain it was safe to talk. Their eyes were on Paige, not knowing what she would do next.
"Paige?" waving a hand in front of her, Prue tried to gain her attention. "Paige, honey, you still here?"
Paige blinked, then turned to her oldest sister, jaw still clenched. "Did you see that? He took the easy way out!"
'"Paige,"
"No, Piper! There is more information than he is giving!"
"I got the feeling he was uncomfortable." Phoebe mentioned.
"You didn't need to feel that Pheebs. You could see it in his actions and face." Prue pointed out. She turned to face Paige, finding the right way to approach her theory. "Maybe there is a reason he didn't tell us everything."
"What?"
"Now, I know he didn't tell Piper, Phoebe, and myself everything when we first met him. He even memory wiped us."
"Piper and Phoebe said he did that to protect you."
"Right, he tried. But we also learned that mom and Sam were lovers. He left that information out because…"
"It could have exposed me."
"Possibly, or for us to understand why mom left dad. Also, maybe to show Leo and Piper there was a way for whitelighters and witches to be together."
"Okay, and your point?"
"Where are you getting at, Prue?" Piper questioned.
"Maybe he did not tell us everything, because he wanted to protect us? We are not supposed to know about this other world…."
"But Phoenix…",
"Broke the rule, or maybe she was supposed to unite our two worlds together. Either way, because of this, we are walking a very fine line. We only know what Phoenix will share. Unfortunately, she stumbled onto something she was not supposed to. This alerted the Elders. Somehow, they found out about her stumble. They probably were worried Phoenix would tell us about the stone and ordered her memory wiped. If she would have told us, they were afraid we would interfere."
"What about Phoenix's friends at school?" Phoebe questioned, trying to analyze her sister's theory.
"Let's say they were not in the Elders' jurisdiction. They might have an agreement to not do anything to anyone in the wizarding world. And since Katie and Kaleb were in their jurisdiction, they memory wiped them as well."
"So what is Sam's part in this?" Paige asked, crossing her arms over her chest.
"Phoenix is his granddaughter. He is trying to protect her the best way he knows how. Maybe there is an inner circle the Elders keep in case the wizarding world asks for help. They tell the inner circle everything. Maybe he is part of it. He couldn't protect you when you were growing up, so he is trying with his grandchildren. Remember when Henry was kidnapped? He jumped right in, helping. Maybe his plan is to give us information on the wizarding world little by little so the Elders would not catch on, information Phoenix is not sharing us or does not know about."
"Hmmm, I never really thought of that. That would make sense."
"Geezz Prue, you got all that from a small talk?"
Prue shrugged. "Been thinking about it since Paige mentioned the girls were acting odd. I think you need to give Sam a chance. He gave us some valuable information."
"And to think, Page, you were probably going to orb off to Wartshog arms blazing and orbing the Headmaster to Antarctica if he wouldn't tell you anything useful."
"The arms blazing would be your doing, Piper. Everything else though, would have happened."
"Let's not do that until we have more information, but nicer."
"I agree with Phoebe. Before we head over to the wizarding world, let's do some research. This world is new to us."
'Part of me wishes I would have never said yes to Phoenix. Maybe it is not too late to pull her out? I would need to discuss this with Henry.'
"Paige, you okay? You seem more worried." Phoebe asked.
Paige was broken out of her thoughts. "You mean besides the usual mother worry? No, I'm fine."
"Wait Prue, why would the Elders worry about breaking an agreement? They interfere with everything else?"
"Don't know. I was just throwing a theory out there, maybe to respect the jurisdiction?"
"Maybe we should keep this to ourselves? We don't want this to be wiped from our memories!"
"I think we need to tell the girls and Kaleb. They deserve to know."
"You know what, Paige? Today is the girl's birthday and Christmas is in a couple of days. Phoenix will go back to Hoghearts after the holidays. Let's enjoy the holidays, and then we can start the demon and stone research."
"No demon slaying? Wow."
Prue gave Phoebe a fake smile. "And as their whitelighter, I do not think they should know. At least not right now. They should find out on their own time."