Quickly making her way through the school, the black haired girl finally found the person she'd been searching for. Of course, why hadn't she checked the potions lab to begin with? Out of all the things she'd heard about Piper, she should've guessed that one. She slowly approached the girl and looked down at her.

"You know, those girls are just jerks, right? You shouldn't let those bimbos get to you." Piper looked up at the girl and wiped her eyes a bit but didn't talk. The girl took a seat right down next to her under the table in which she was crouched under. "I hear that Missy's jealous of you because you kind of super powerful."

Piper looked over at her and gave her a strange look as she sniffled. "W-what?"

"Well, I mean, you are," she pointed out. "I'd love that kind of power. All I can do is orb. I'm Paige, by the way," she finished extending her hand.

Piper reached out her hand hesitantly and shook the young girl's hand. "Piper, as you seem to already know." She sniffled again, feeling her mood lighten a bit.

Laughing a bit, Paige nodded her head. "Let's just say, you're kind of a big deal." She nudged the older girl and smiled. "So, is she the only reason that you're under this table crying? Because that brainless blonde really isn't worth your time."

The older of the two wiped her eyes again and shook her head. "No, it's just a lot of things, I guess. Being a Charmed One isn't all it's cracked up to be, you know?"

"Well, actually, not really." She smirked over at the brunette and shrugged.

Piper laughed a little happy that the girl was able to lift her mood. "So, you're a whitelighter?"

Paige furrowed her brows before remembering her previous comment. "Well, kind of," she said as she nervously fiddled with her hands. "It's kind of hard to explain. Let's just say, my dad was a rule breaker."

"Story of my life, well, minus the dad being a rule breaker part. My sister Phoebe is more of the rule breaker," she replied shrugging her shoulders. Paige was pretty easy to talk to. "You're brave, you know," she stated simply.

"Why's that?"

"If you didn't notice, no one really talks to me around here." Piper's head fell as she hugged her knees. "I'm kind of a freak."

Paige lifted her hands making an 'eh' sound. "Aren't we all? I mean, we all have magical abilities. You can't really say that's normal."

Piper laughed again. "I guess you have a point." Silence fell upon the two before Piper looked up at her. "You kind of sound a bit like my Grams. Well, when you said that last thing anyway." Piper blushed feeling foolish that she had said that. No wonder she was a freak.

"Great, you calling me old now? I think you may be a bit older there, Missy may." Paige smiled at her indicating she was joking. When Piper blushed again and stuttered, Paige shook her head. "How about I meet this Grams tonight? I mean, I do need help catching up on all this school work because I sort of just joined the school, and I'm behind." Piper shrugged a bit which caused Paige to sigh a bit. "It would be a really big help." She smiled hopefully at the brunette.

"I guess," Piper replied shyly. "I apologize ahead of time for anything that happens, especially between my sisters."

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Prue was walking through the halls smiling that day. Andy had decided to surprise her and fill her locker with roses. Then, he decided to walk to her classes with her holding her hand. He was so sweet, and she was glad she decided to take their relationship to the next level.

"Do you want to hang out tonight," Prue asked smiling up at her boyfriend.

Andy looked down at her just as happy, "I can't. I have practice, but maybe tomorrow?"

"Sure."

The school day had ended and he'd driven her home. "Thanks for the ride, Andy." She smiled shyly at him before leaning up and kissing him.

He grabbed the back of her head pulling her forward so he could have better access to her mouth. They stayed like that, making out, for a good five minutes before breaking apart. "Bye," she said before exiting the car and going inside.

"What's got you so happy, Prue," Grams asked smiling knowingly.

"Somehow," Prue began giving her Grams a smirk, "I have a feeling I don't even have to tell you."

She laughed a little, "Just tell me if that Andy kid breaks your heart. I'll cast a curse on him," she said jokingly before winking at Prue.

"Love you too, Grams."

Just then the other two girls came home. Phoebe and Piper were clearly in good moods, and Piper had seemed to even bring a friend home.

"How was your day, darlings," Grams asked turning enough to see them. "And who's this," she asked indicating Paige.

"It was great actually," Phoebe responded with a dreamy look in her eyes.

Grams laughed. "One day you'll see men my way, my dear. You'll see. How about you, Piper?"

Piper shrugged. "It was okay, actually. This is Paige," She said indicating her new friend.

"Paige Mathews," Paige said stepping forward to shake their grandma's hand. "It's a pleasure to meet you, Miss Halliwell."

Patty was a bit shocked at the girl's forwardness, and something felt eerily familiar about the young girl. She looked so familiar to the elder Halliwell, but she couldn't put her finger on it. "Well, it's nice to meet you, Paige, but call me Grams or Penny. Miss Halliwell was my mother." She winked at the young child before grabbing the cookies from the oven. "Are you a fellow witch as well, dear?"

Paige shrugged her shoulder and nodded. "Something like that," she replied nonchalantly. She really didn't feel like explaining her origins to anybody. It was all really complicated, and even she didn't know the whole story.

"The last name Mathews sounds a tad familiar. Would I happen to know the magical family from which you come?"

Again, Paige responded with a shrug. "I'm actually adopted, but you might know my adopted dad. He's a witch, but I'm pretty sure he went incognito a few years back."

Phoebe snorted, "If it's a boy, Grams probably knew him and almost killed him."

"Phoebe," Piper chastised giving her a pointed look.

Phoebe shrugged in response. "What? The lady condemns the species completely. I'm surprised she was even able to like one enough to be able to have us."

"Phoebe," Piper said again warningly.

"Piper, dear, it's okay. I don't hate men, Phoebe. I just view them as a lesser species really," Grams answered simply. "I'm just waiting for the day when women really rule. It'll happen, I tell you."

Paige giggled at the Halliwell mayhem. Piper hadn't been kidding about her spitfire family. "Girl power," she added in throwing her fist in the air.

Placing her forehead in her hand, Piper shook her head. "Oh, don't encourage her, Paige." Nonetheless, she was sniggered a bit as well.

"At this rate, I'll never be allowed to date," Phoebe replied throwing her hands back.

"Please, Phoebe, Gram knows you date. You're not fooling anyone when you go to 'tutoring,'" Prue jumped in as she walked into the kitchen.

"Prue, you told didn't you," Phoebe said through gritted teeth as she glared at the older Halliwell sibling.

Penny simply chuckled and shook her head. "Please, Phoebe, you've always been my wild child. Plus, it was even more obvious when you came home smelling like you took a bath in cologne." She winked over at the other girls as they giggled at Phoebe's expense.

"Hey, not fair! No teaming up on the youngest!"

"Technically, Paige is the youngest here, Phoebs," Piper replied with a raised eyebrow.

Phoebe crossed her arms and rolled her eyes. "Whatever, I'll be up in my room." With that, she stopped up the stairs before everyone heard her door slam.

"We should probably apologize to her later," Piper spoke up after a bit of a silence.

Prue rolled her eyes and shook her head. "Nah, she knows we were just kidding. Plus, Phoebe teases us all the time. She's probably just PMSing or something," Prue finished with a smirk on her face.

"Speaking of, how'd your date end with Andy yesterday, Prue," Piper replied which made Gram's ears perk a bit.

"Piper," Prue grumbled, elbowing her sister a bit.

Penny raised her eyebrow and turned to her oldest granddaughter. "What's this about a date, Prudence?" At that moment to everyone but Prue, Penny Halliwell appeared five feet taller than she actually was. Prue was just so used to Gram's punishment, she wasn't as intimidated anymore. Although, on this subject, she was since the rule was 'no boys over when Grams isn't home. '

Piper quickly got the cue and grabbed Paige's hand. "Paige and I will just be upstairs, she said before dragging her friend up the stairs. Grams could hear a faint, 'but I want to see what's going to happen' from whom she could only assume was Paige.

"Prudence," Grams said in an authoritative tone.

Looking anywhere but at Grams, Prue crossed her arms and coughed awkwardly. "It was yesterday, and it was only once. It won't happen again!"

"But you know the rules, Prue, and you are the oldest. You have to set an example for the younger ones."

Prue rolled her eyes. That seemed to be the story of her life. "It was one time! Plus, it's not like Phoebe hasn't snuck boys up to her room before!"

"That's different."

"How?!" Prue glared at her grandmother feeling anger boil up inside her. "Just because she's younger doesn't mean she should get a special treatment!"

Penny shook her head disappointingly. "That's not the point, Prudence. You're grounded for a week."

"A week?! That's bogus! You're not my mother! You can't do this!"

Sighing, Penny crossed her arms and shook her head. "You know as well as I do that I am here to look after you. You're mother isn't around, but I'm sure she'd agree with me."

"Well then let's-" her sentence was cut off by Phoebe's scream from upstairs.

Both Penny and Grams looked at each other before sprinting up the stairs. "Phoebe!" Prue yelled as she reached the room and flew open the door. Phoebe was inside with a demon holding her invisibly in the air. Telekinesis. "Two can play at that game." Prue held up her hand and slowly brought Phoebe down as Piper rushed into the room with Paige slowly behind.

"What the Hell is going on," the usually mild mannered Piper asked in amazement. She saw the demon and was quickly frightened when he screamed. She threw up her hands and watched as the demon froze in place. "Oh, that could've been so messy," she mumbled looking at the demon.

"Prue," Phoebe said pointing to the demon.

"Oh uh," she pointed her hand and waved it, sending a lamp towards the demons head. The lamp hit the demon square in the head which knocked him out of his freeze. He grabbed his head and turned towards the elder Halliwell. He held up his hand before she could and threw her into the wall knocking her out. "Grams! Piper, you're up."

Piper held up her hands causing the wall behind the demon to blow up. "Damn it," she said throwing up her hands again. This time the demon froze again. "'Bout time."

Being the oldest, Prue always took initiative and command. "Phoebe go get The Book!"

"On it, sis," Phoebe replied running up the stairs.

Piper went over to Grams trying to wake her up. "Grams, wake up. Please, we need your help. " She checked the pulse, and it was very low. How had the demon knocked their Grams out? How had he hurt her so badly? She was a exceptionally powerful witch.

Phoebe came bounding down the stairs, book in hand. "He's an upper level demon." She looked around frantically at her two sisters. "I think we might need to do a Power of Three thing here, guys."

"Good thinking, Phoebs," Prue said smiling at her younger sister. Sure, she could be irresponsible and a bit rebellious at time, but, when it mattered; Phoebe was always there and had pretty good ideas. "Okay sis, can you make up a Power of Three spell off the top of your head?"

"Yeah, it better be fast. We only have about," the demon started breaking the freeze as Piper's eyes widened, "now. We only have about now until he unfreezes."

"Okay, repeat after me.

We call upon the ancient power

In this desperate hour

Vanquish this demon of pain

So we'll never have to see him again."

The sisters repeated the chant with their younger sister until the demon began screaming out in pain. Flames engulfed him as he spun around. "I will be back," he screamed as he exploded into thousands of pieces sending the girls flying back.

The girls screamed as they flew through the air. Phoebe and Prue, luckily, landed on the bed while Piper went flying into the wall. She rubbed her back and head as she stood up. "Why am I always the one that doesn't land on something soft," she huffed. "It's like the whole universe wants me to get injured."

Prue and Phoebe laughed as they went to help their sister up. "It might've been Phoebe's spell. I mean really sis? Pain and again?"

Phoebe held up her hands in defense. "Hey! You try coming up with a spell in thirty seconds! Plus, it did the job didn't it!" Phoebe went over to the crystals reaching down to pick them up. Suddenly, she was thrown into a premonition. A woman was running from the same demon they'd vanquished. Not only one demon, but a whole heard of demons that looked like the guy they'd just vanquished. The woman screamed out in pain as the demon stabbed and walked away. Phoebe gasped as she was drawn back to the present. She clutched her stomach and shook her head. Sometimes she hated this power. It could be so taxing on her eleven-year-old body. "Guys! We have bigger problem!"

"That was awesome!" The three sisters heard from behind. All three turned to see Paige standing in the doorway with a huge smile on her face. "Next time, I am so joining in!"

Each sister looked at each other and rolled their eyes before motioning the fourth girl into their circle.

TBC…