A/N -

Here we are again! Welcome to chapter 12. (: I'm so sorry I haven't updated, school keeps me busy. If you get confused in the endish when it's just a bunch of sentences not seeming to be in any order, it's supposed to be a time lapse.

One last demon. I just had to. One more. Enjoy!

"Look who got out of bed," Phoebe teased, smiling.

Paige crossed her arms, "I was in bed for like an hour."

Leo looked between the three of them, "Why do you want to do this tonight? I think Paige is just tired. Let her sleep."

Paige smiled inwardly, liking when Leo took her side rather than her sisters. "Yeah, let me sleep," she said, slowly inching her way back up the staircase. She honestly wanted to crawl in bed for a week but a few hours would have to do.

Piper crossed her arms and shot a look at Leo. "Alright, alright. Go sleep but we're talking in the morning."

Paige nodded and turned around, walking up the stairs. She took a deep breath in and walked into the bathroom first. She shut the door and leaned over the sink a bit, staring at herself in the mirror. Her eyes looked exactly like they did days ago when she wasn't sleeping. That felt like a year ago though, so much had happened since then. Her fever was gone and she wasn't experiencing the nightmares anymore. At least, she hoped so. She hadn't really slept a full night since then.

She turned and walked out of the bathroom, shutting the light off. Her head spun and she walked into her room, dizzily. Shutting the door, Paige didn't notice the dark shadow move across her bedroom floor and disappear.

Piper and Phoebe sat on the couch downstairs.

"Leo's right, she's probably is just tired and acted on her old instinct of running." Phoebe suggested, looking at her older sister.

"Yeah, you're probably right, Pheebs. Anyways, I'm going to bed, night." Piper said, standing up and squeezing Phoebe's hand before letting it fall back at her side.

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The next morning Paige woke up dazed but feeling better than she had in a few days. She stretched and got up out of bed, making her way to the bathroom. She groaned as she realized the door was closed. She shook her head and made her way back to her room, figuring she'd get dressed first. She slid out of her shorts and tank top, slipping a pair of jeans and a crop top on. She looked at herself in the mirror and sighed, snagging her bottom lip in her teeth. She'd just tell Piper she was scared of dying, wasn't that better than telling her the truth? Yeah, Piper would get it. Demons threatened their lives daily, it would be an explainable answer. She nodded and walked downstairs, intoxicated by the aroma of hot coffee.

Leo was already seated at the kitchen table with Phoebe. Piper must've been in the bathroom.

"Morning," Phoebe spoke cheerfully while nursing a cup of coffee.

"Hi," Paige mumbled out, pouring coffee for herself.

Leo smiled and watched as Paige seated herself next to him. "Have a nice sleep?" He asked.

Paige shrugged, "As good as it can get, I suppose."

Phoebe shook her head and laughed, "Oh sweetie, drink your coffee faster. You aren't great company in the morning."

Paige smirked and nodded, "Yeah thanks."

Piper walked downstairs, drying her long hair. She smiled as she grabbed her already half gone cup of coffee.

Paige got up and walked towards the stair case, "The bathroom's mine." She walked through the hallway and into the bathroom, sighing. "It's like I'm in a war against myself," she mumbled. She leaned against the sink and buried her face in her hands, not noticing a shadowy demon form behind her.

The shadow of a demon suddenly turned solid. It took one quiet moment for a shrill scream to rip through the air as the demon smiled in it's success. A thump and a few running steps were heard. A few words of disbelief and cries loomed in the air.

"Piper, I-I was s-scared of losing y-you b-both. You two w-were the best things t-that ever happened to m-me." Paige choked out as she faded. Her heart faded into one last beat before it stopped.

A failed healing brought the sadness back into the Manor as it was when they first lost a sister. Except this time, there was no other sister to remind them that they had to keep strong, there wasn't a strong willed girl to keep them together. That strong girl kept them alive in their weakest moments. In that moment of true despair as other's life was lost, the heart of that beautiful, strong, and independent girl that had somehow been their savior, stopped. The girl they came to love as if they knew her all their lives. In that moment, that life that kept her sister's alive, was cut short. She had somehow been okay with being a witch and having two sisters. She had somehow lived through a full year of being a Charmed One.

"This wasn't her destiny! She wasn't supposed to die like this! Not at all.." Phoebe shrieked through her tears.

"Piper, it's time to go.." Leo said softly, "They need us to pick out the music for tomorrow."

"Don't give up, Phoebe. She wouldn't want to see you like this," Leo said as he pulled his sister-in-law into a much needed hug.

"Why did it even have to be like this?! Why do they put us through so much for it to end up this way?" Piper demanded, tears flowing down her face.

It had to be goodbye. I'm going to be posting a sequel to Don't Leave Me in the Dark called Don't Give it Up Just Yet. I think at least. I need help on the title, so if you could be nice enough to suggest some titles. Sorry this was short but it's just her death mainly. I planned it differently but it just didn't work out. Our time has come to an end for awhile.

Until next time,

Sarah.