A/N: Hey! Sorry about the cliffhanger but at least you get to find out what happens now :). As I said in my other story (if you read it), I have internals in Maths, English, Media Studies, Music and History. This means updating will be a bit slow for a while. But I promise I WILL finish any story I start because I hate reading a story just to find out it doesn't have an end. Anyway, Enjoy!

Manor, Living Room, 10pm

Piper watched Paige pull her hands away from her face with a big grin. But then it all went to hell. Piper watched Paige's face suddenly contort in horror at something standing behind where Piper was sitting, Before Piper had time to turn around to see what Paige was looking at, she heard a soft click…

Piper watched as her baby sister crumpled to the ground with a darklighter arrow protruding from her abdomen. She quickly stood up and turned around, ready to blow this demon back to hell. She turned to see a darklighter standing behind the couch with a sick smile on his face. Piper went to blow him up but the darklighter saw this and immediately black orbed out. Piper cursed under her breath, staring at the spot the darklighter had been as if it would bring him back.

Piper's glaring was immediately cut short by an ear piercing scream from Paige. She quickly turned around to see that Phoebe had taken the initiative to pull the arrow out.

"Leo!" Piper yelled as she knelt down beside the shaking Paige.

Leo orbed in as fast as he could. He had heard the panic in his wife's voice and he knew it had to be something bad. When he orbed in he saw Piper and Phoebe kneeling over Paige, a darklighter arrow that was covered in blood on the floor beside them. Putting two and two together, he immediately ran to Paige's side while Phoebe took a step back so Leo had room.

Piper refused to move, she wouldn't until she knew that Paige was okay. She released a breath she didn't know she had been holding as the all too familiar yellow light glowed softly, signifying that Paige was healing. Her wound slowly closed and she took in a deep breath.

"You know, you guys really have to try this sometime." Paige joked as her sisters helped her to her feet. Leo cracked a smile while her sisters just glared at her. "I guess that's a 'Whitelighters only' kind of joke." Paige said when she saw their reactions. Piper and Phoebe glared even harder while Leo burst out laughing.

"That's not funny, Paige." Piper chastised her youngest sister. "You had us really worried."

"It's okay, Pipe" Paige said as she swung her arm around her oldest sister's shoulder. "I'm fine. See? Perfectly healthy. So stop worrying."

Piper continued to glare at Paige until she couldn't hold it any more and broke into a smile. "Fine, be that way. And I thought I told you to stop calling me Pipe!"

"Now why would I do that, Pipe?" Paige said with a smirk causing all four of them to laugh this time.

Manor, Kitchen, Morning

Piper took the eggs off the stove and put them on a plate on the table. She had breakfast ready for everyone when they finally came down from their rooms. This happened every Saturday, it was pretty much the only thing that was put aside all week for family time and everyone knew it.

Piper cooked breakfast and set the table like she did every Saturday. She didn't mind doing it. In fact, it was something she had always been quite proud of. To be able to do something for the family that made her feel like she was doing a good job at being the oldest.

She glanced at the clock, 9:59, Perfect. That means they will all be down shortly.

As if on cue, she heard footsteps plodding their way down the stairs. Piper turned around to see Phoebe and Leo enter the kitchen which caused Piper to smile. Paige was always the last one to get out of bed.

"Where's Paige?" Piper asked with a hint of amusement.

"I believe 'Miss Lazy Ass' is still in bed." Phoebe said as she sat down at the table and reached for some toast.

Piper playfully slapped her hand away. "No, Phoebe. Not until everyone's here."

"Fine then." Phoebe said with a pout. "I will just have to go wake Paige up then."

"No." Piper said sternly as she stood in front of Phoebe. Knowing full well that Phoebe was about to wake Paige up in the worst way she could think of. "I will get Paige. Don't you dare start without us."

Phoebe watched Piper leave the kitchen and head towards the stairs. As soon as Piper was out of the room Phoebe immediately lunged for the toast, much to Leo's amusement. Phoebe is gonna be in so much trouble when Piper comes back.

Upstairs

Piper rounded the corner of the stairs and started walking down the hallway to Paige's room. She gently knocked on Paige's door.

"Paige? It's time to get up now. Missy Paige?"

Piper opened the door but she was not prepared for the sight inside. Paige was curled up on the floor holding her stomach. Her breathing was coming in the form of short, shallow gasps. Piper was momentarily stunned but she quickly snapped out of it when she heard a small whimper of pain escape Paige's lips.

"LEO!" She screamed as she fell down on her knees beside Paige. "Paige? Sweetie, what's wrong."

"Hurts." Was all Paige managed to whimper out before her face scrunched up in pure agony.

Piper put her hand on Paige's back to try and help comfort her but Paige immediately cried out in pain and flinched away. Piper had never felt so helpless. Knowing that Paige was in so much pain and that there was nothing she could do to help.

Piper looked up to see Leo and Phoebe come rushing into the room. Leo saw what was happening and was instantly at Paige's side.

Piper was hit with a serious sense of déjà vu as she watched Leo try to heal Paige. This couldn't have anything to do with that Darklighter, could it?

"Why isn't she healing?"

Phoebe's desperate voice snapped Piper out of her train of thought. She looked down at Leo and Paige to see that Phoebe was right, Paige wasn't healing.

"Leo?" Piper said, her voicing breaking in the middle of her husband's name.

Leo looked up at his distraught wife and desperate sister-in-law. He hated this part. "I don't know. Something is blocking me."

Paige let out another small whimper which caused everyone to turn in her direction.

"Leo," Piper said, taking charge of the situation. "Can you please orb Paige onto her bed?"

Leo nodded silently before doing what his wife asked. He gently touched Paige's shoulder before orbing them both out and reappearing on the bed.

"Leo, go get some water from the kitchen. Phoebe, go get the Book of Shadows. I have a feeling this somehow connected to that damn darklighter that attacked last night." Piper said before turning her attention back to Paige.

Phoebe and Leo silently made their way out of the room to do their jobs. Both knowing that now was not a good time to go against Piper. Piper might have looked strong to everyone else, but they both knew how fragile she could be when someone she loves life is at stake.

Piper looked Paige over and noticed she had relaxed slightly. "Paige? Are you feeling any better?"

"A little," Paige said barely above a whisper. "The pain is slowly fading but it's really hot in here."

Piper's forehead creased in confusion, the room wasn't hot at all. If anything, it was a little bit colder than most rooms in the house. Piper reached her hand out and gingerly touched Paige's cheek. She was despaired to find that Paige was hot, really hot. "Paige, you're burning up." Piper said nervously, her voice laced with concern.

Paige just nodded, not sure what else she could do. The pain in stomach was now just a dull ache and Paige felt all her muscles relax. She let out a sigh of relief and rolled over so she was on her back. Paige looked up at Piper with heavy eyes, not realizing how tired she was until now.

Piper saw that Paige was tired but didn't want her to fall asleep yet. "Paige, sweetie? I need you to stay awake a little longer okay?" Piper asked in a calm tone. She didn't want Paige to know just how scared she was.
Paige nodded slowly in response. Piper reached over and gently lifted up Paige's shirt. Piper gasped when she saw that a huge black patch had formed on Paige's stomach where the arrow had hit her. Little tiny vein like squiggles growing out from it as it spread across Paige's abdomen. Piper reached out and ran her fingers along it but quickly pulled away when Paige flinched. Paige looked down to see what Piper was staring at and was completely shocked to see the unnaturally dark patch that was growing inside her.

"What the hell is that?" Paige asked with wide eyes.

"I don't know, sweetie." Piper said sadly. She had never seen anything like this before. Piper desperately wanted to offer Paige some words of comfort. She wanted to tell Paige that she would be okay, that everything was going to work out. But she wasn't so sure this time. This was new and dangerous and it was scaring Piper to know that Paige was caught in the middle of it.

Leo came back in the room with a glass of water and stopped dead in his tracks, eyes glued to Paige's stomach. In all his years as a whitelighter he had never seen anything like this before. "Where did that come from?"

"We don't know," Piper started hesitantly. "I just lifted her shirt and there it was. Do you know what it is?"

Leo didn't say anything for a second. He really didn't want his wife to worry any more than she already was. "Sorry honey, I have never seen something like this before. But I'm sure the Elders will know something about it." He walked over to the side table and gently placed the cup down on it. "I'll go check with them now. I'll be back as soon as I can." He bent down and placed a kiss in Piper's hair before orbing away.

Piper shook her head sadly. The Elders won't know anything, they never do. It's up to us to find a way to help Paige. We can't just sit back and watch her suffer. I'm her big sister, I should have protected her better. I should have stopped the darklighter before he even had the chance to….

Piper snapped out of her thoughts when she felt a small, frail hand rest lightly on top of her own. Piper looked down to see Paige looking back at her with hopeful eyes. "Don't worry, Pipe. I'm gonna be just fine." Paige said with absolute confidence, leaving Piper no room to argue.

Piper smiled as tears came to her eyes. This is why she loved Paige so much. Her ability to be so smooth and confident in such dire times, the exact same trait that Prue had. It instantly made Piper feel like everything was going to be okay, that there really was no need to worry about it any more.

Piper let out a tiny laugh, I'm supposed to be comforting her and trying to make her feel better, not the other way around. "Of course you are! Soon you're going to be as healthy as a horse, I promise."

"And you wouldn't break a promise, would you Pipe?" Paige said with a smirk.

"Never." Piper said, only half joking. Even though they were both acting a bit silly, the serious of the situation was not lost on them. They both knew just how bad this could be.

Just then Phoebe walked into the room with a dark expression on her face. "There's a problem."

"What's wrong?" Piper asked hesitantly, knowing that whatever Phoebe said next would not be good news.

"The darklighter that shot Paige," Phoebe paused as she looked at Paige. Her baby sister's face was flushed and her breathing seemed a little ragged. If anyone saw her they would think she had the flu, but Phoebe knew better. Her little sister was dying and there was next to nothing she could do about it. Phoebe averted her eyes from Paige to look at Piper. "He's not in the Book of Shadows. I couldn't find him in it anywhere."

A/N: Thank you for reading! I will try and update again soon, it will most likely be sometime this week. Please don't forget to review and tell me what you think, feedback really helps. It's hard to fix something if you don't even know it's wrong in the first place! See you next time! :)