A/N: Thanks to all of my great reviewers who gave me encouragement to keep going. I have taken some creative liberty as to what happened in the medical ward, what was said, and who did what. But its all for creative purposes. As always I do not own Charmed or Harry Potter, and I never will so that's that. If I did Charmed would be on forever as a TV series. Now on with the story.
Hogwarts
Paige stayed at Harry's bedside sitting on the same chair for what seemed like hours. The nurse never even tried to disturb her after Dumbledore came in, she just worked her own magic with potions to try and heal the damage that had been done by the dementors and the fall. One by one slowly most of the Gryffindor Quidditch team entered the ward along with Harry's friends and a girl Paige did not recognize with red hair she supposed was Ron's little sister.
Finally after what seemed like an eternity Harry woke up, still groggy and unsure of what exactly happened. Paige let his classmates and teammates tell him what had happened because he remembered very little, until Hermione got to the part where Paige came in.
"And then Paige just orbed you out of the sky to her and then you both orbed back here to the medical ward. You should have seen it Harry, everyone was so stunned by what happened, even the players on the Hufflepuff team. And Dumbledore was furious you should have seen him go after the Dementors like he did, he was furious, I don't think I've ever seen him like that…ever." Hermione just trailed off in a memory as the rest of them nodded with her. Harry just turned to Paige.
"You saved me?"
"Well, it is part of the job description." She says nodding with a little smile happy that he was ok. In that moment she felt as if their bond as Whitelighter and wizard had been sealed forever. Harry smiled a bit just as the nurse came by scurrying all but a few out of the room, Hermione, Ron and Paige. It was then that Harry asked about the game. He was of course disappointed, but even more depressed when he heard about his broom stick which had been destroyed by the whomping willow. The four of them stayed like that for an hour until the nurse rushed the three of them out so Harry could sleep. But before she could Paige whispered to him to call her if at any time he needed her. Harry grinned and nodded as he watched the Paige walk out the door behind Hermione and Ron. He fell asleep thinking of the day's events, funnily at ease knowing that he had people there for him to help with the dementors. First Professor Lupin and now Paige, his whitelighter….he had to admit one thing though to himself, who ever had sent her to him he owed a big thank you, not for saving him. But now that she was here in the school every guy would be jealous that a hot girl was his whitelighter. (Keep that part or not?)
With Madam Pomfrey keeping Harry in the hospital wing the whole weekend, Paige spent most of that weekend with Harry, talking and reading newspapers to him. She also tried to no avail to fix his nimbus 2000; apparently in this case the two types of magic did not mix well. That Sunday night Paige orbed Harry and his gathering of treats from the medical ward to Gryffindor Tower. Everyone gasped at her entrance and clapped afterwards; Paige smiled and helped Harry carry everything up to his dorm.
The next day she went with them again to their classes, this time however Professor Lupin was there. She found his class fun loving and eventful, everyone seemed to enjoy themselves and learn at the same time. That seemed to be what made a teacher a good one. After the class however Lupin pulled Harry aside and talked to him, Paige decided not to go into what they were talking about, if Harry trusted her, he would tell her in good time.
Later that night when they were all in the dormitory, Harry, Ron and Hermione doing homework with Paige writing a letter to her sisters about the events of that weekend, and asking about what was going on in California. With the colder weather she was beginning to wish for the wonderful weather again of California. One weekend later she would orb home just to get away from the weather, with the promise from Harry that he would stay safe. She left to get to the warm weather and more clothes, most of which she had to buy since she needed to dress for the colder weather.
As the room cleared out and it got quieter Harry finally spoke up about what had happened earlier in Defense against the Dark Arts."
"Professor Lupin is going to teach me how to ward off Dementors, so that there won't be any more accidents." Harry seemed very excited about this, as was Ron, Hermione seemed happy that he was finally getting the help that he needed. Paige was just surprised, if he was getting help from Professor Lupin, how much help would he need from her really.
"That's great Harry, do you know how?" She asked him.
"No but I suppose there must be some advanced spell to do it." He replied going back to his homework. Paige sighed and announced she was going to bed; she then went through the entry way between the common room and her own room. She sent her letter home and curled up on her comfy chair looking through her own version of the book of shadows. She was trying to find any entry on Dementors that she could find, but they just didn't seem to exist in her side of magic. For good sense she started to write in an entry going back and forth between the magic books that she had at her use in her room to reference. That night when she went to sleep she dreamt of the Dementors and what had happened to Harry that weekend, it kept replying in her mind over and over again, except each time she didn't save Harry. The next morning she woke up and took a very cold shower to wake up.
The days and weeks passed with Paige learning more about the wand side of magic, and her and Harry becoming closer as charge and Whitelighter. It was during one night before Christmas break when they were all gathered in the common room again that they become even closer.
"Are you planning on going home for Christmas Paige?" Harry asked.
"I suppose so, you should be safe here, and you can call me when you need me." A few weeks ago they had tested their connection and found that Paige could hear him calling while she was on a shopping trip in London…she needed more clothes and had gone Christmas shopping for Harry and some of the other students she had become close too while staying there. They were now fairly confident that the connection was fully formed. Harry nodded in response.
"What is Christmas like for you?" He asks curious. Paige pauses, she was a little surprised at this.
"Well my sister Piper makes a great big Christmas Eve Dinner; we have a Tree in the Living room and presents under the tree for my little nephews. My sister Phoebe will insist that we sing carols and watch all of the Christmas movies there are on TV. Christmas morning we will get up whenever Wyatt wakes us up probably, share presents, Piper will make breakfast again, and then after wards I will probably go and visit my adoptive parent's graves." She says quietly, at this Harry looks very surprised, Ron and Hermione stood staring at her.
"I'm sorry, when did they die?" He asks.
"I was seventeen, eleven years ago," she said quietly, "It gives me a chance to remember, and my sisters understand that I had that part of my life as well." Harry nods understandingly; he out of everyone there knew what it was like to be an orphan. The rest of the night was spent in quiet reflection. Hermione and Ron recalled their past Christmases and the differences. Harry didn't really have much to say since he never had really had a real Christmas with the Dursleys.
The last day of the semester before Paige left she left her gifts for Harry, Ron and Hermione by their beds. She then packed her bags and said good bye to them all, wishing them happy holidays. Then she prepared herself for the Orb home. As before it took longer then a normal orb, but she wasn't as exhausted as the last time she had done this.
Halliwell Manor-San Francisco
"Hello I'm home!" She yells out. She then sees Phoebe and Piper at the table looking over the book of shadows. They smile as they see her.
"Good Cause we need to talk, ever heard of the Avatars?" They ask her. Paige looks at them questingly. She could tell from the looks on their faces that this was going to be a vacation that took longer then just the Christmas break.
Hogwarts
Despite the fact that this year Ron and Hermione were both staying for Christmas, Harry still felt the loss of Paige. She had become a good friend to him, more then a whitelighter, something like an older sister then anything else. He hadn't told her about the maurders map yet, or about what he had found out about Sirius Black being his godfather. Paige had been called away that day by her sisters for some unknown reason, they were going to hang out at the castle and play wizard games, but he had been left alone to his own devices and the map. When she had returned she could tell that something had changed with him, but didn't push the matter much further. He had told Ron and Hermione, but he was afraid that Paige might tell one of the Professors that he knew the truth now.
Harry stared out the window the night before Christmas and wondered if he had made the right decision in not telling her. He didn't have much time to think, because before he knew it Ron pulled him downstairs to the great hall for Dinner, which was extravagant as usual. For a few hours at least, he was happy again.
A/N:
Ok one note first I am basing these ages off of the season four episode a Paige from the past, where she went back eight years, basing on the fact that she would be about 28. Let me know if I'm wrong, or if any of you know what age Paige is. Next it is time for you to review, reply and let me know what you think should happen next. I take criticism too…..or you could just tell me if I should never write a single word again. As always big thanks goes to my Beta reader, Leonora.
