Chapter 1:
Paige Halliwell woke up with a start. Her alarm clock was buzzing, telling her that it was 6:15 in the morning and time to get up.
"Ugh!" She groaned
"It's time to get up little sister! Monday morning and it's time for work!" Phoebe Halliwell, Paige's older sister, skipped into her room
"Ugh, Phebes, since when are you this happy on a Monday morning?" Paige asked, stretching
"Because, little sister, today I'm going to work with you, remember?" Phoebe replied, sitting on the foot Paige's bed "What's the matter? You look like you had a bad dream or something
"I did, now that you say it." Paige said
"What was it about?" Phoebe asked
"Well, I walk into this room, and I see a little girl, no more than 3 or so sitting on the floor playing with her toys. She's holding a pink baby blanket with the letter P on it, like ours. And her parents had had an argument and used a gun and killed each other. Then, the little girl looks up at me as I walk into the room and says "you came!" with this really big smile, like she knew I was coming. For some reason, I have a feeling she's going to be one of my cases and that she has some sort of connection to us." Paige explained
"Jeeze. That's a lot to dream about in one night. Is it something that's reoccurring, or was this the first time you've had it?" Phoebe asked
"I kind of just started dreaming it this week. I have a feeling that some of my questions will be answered today, though." Paige commented
"Hmm…probably all thanks to me!" Phoebe said excitedly
"Wow Phoebes. Full of yourself much?" Paige asked, getting up from her bed
"Oh shoosh." Phoebe replied
"Hey guys, what's up?" There eldest sister Prue asked, leaning against the doorway in Paige's bedroom.
"Oh, not much. Paige is just having dreams. Or nightmares. Or whatever you want to call them." Phoebe replied
"What kind of dreams or nightmares?" Prue asked, slightly concerned, coming into the room
"Nothing to be worried about, I think. I think it's connected to one of my cases at work, or soon-to-be cases at work. My boss was telling me about it yesterday, and I received some paper work from him and started reading it. But I don't really know." Paige explained
"Huh. Well, wait till we get downstairs to tell me about it. That way you only have to tell it once to me and Piper. Phoebe, we should probably get going. See you downstairs, Paige. Try to hurry up" Prue said
"Okay. Sounds good." Paige replied
"Come on, Phoebe!" Prue said impatiently
"What? Oh, sorry Prue. Just sort of spaced out there." Phoebe apologized
"Let's go! I smell pancakes!" Prue commented excitedly
Paige sighed and got dressed. Then, she walked down to breakfast where her three older sisters were already sitting down and beginning to eat.
"Hey sweetie. Prue says you have a dream to tell us?" Piper asked, getting Paige some coffee
"Yeah. I've been having it for about a week or so." Paige replied, grabbing some pancakes and bacon
"Tell, tell." Piper said, waving her hand as if a conductor of a band
"Well, I'm always in the same house. And I've just heard two parents fighting, and eventually I hear gunshots, and somehow I know that the parents have killed each other. But I never see the parents. Then, I walk up stairs and enter a room. There's a little girl no more than 3 sitting on the floor, clutching a pink baby blanket with the letter P stitched into it, like our baby blanket. She's playing with a teddy bear and a doll, and as soon as I walk into the room, she looks up at me with a great big smile and says "you came!" It's always at that point that my alarm clock wakes me up, and the last thing that I see before fully waking up is her face." Paige explained
"Jeeze. That's quite a lot to dream." Piper exclaimed
"That's what I said!" Phoebe commented
"Why do you think you've been having this dream?" Piper wondered curiously
"Well, I'm pretty sure it has to do with one of the cases that I'm supposed to get today. My boss was telling me about it yesterday, and he also gave me the paperwork for it. I'm supposed to visit the little girl today, but I don't know if her parents are dead yet or if that's just a premonition type of thing or just a dream or what. I also have this weird feeling that I'm connected to the girl in some way." Paige replied
"So work should be interesting today, right Paige?" Phoebe cut in
"What do you mean?" Piper asked, as Paige opened her mouth to reply
"Well, I'm going to work with Paige today, remember? Something for my column, I'm not really sure." Phoebe reminded Piper
"Oh, right. Now, what were you going to say, Paige?" Piper asked
"I was going to answer your question, but Phoebe did. Phoebes, we'd better get going if we want to be on time. I want to get there in enough time today so I can go over that paperwork again. Something just doesn't seem right. Well, not right, really, but I feel like I'm missing something. Like a jigsaw puzzle." Paige said
"Okay, let's go. I'm ready." Phoebe replied, getting up.
"Alright. See you guys later." Paige said
"So, you'll be home at the same time baby P? Like 5:30, 6ish?" Prue asked, giving Paige her old nickname, as Phoebe and Paige got ready to leave
"Yeah, should be, unless this case takes longer than usual. Where did the baby P stuff come from Prue? That was sort of random." Paige asked, downing the rest of her coffee
"Oh, I don't know. Just sort of came out of now where." Prue replied
"Bye guys. Thanks for breakfast, Pipe." Paige and Phoebe called, going out the door