A/N: Don't forget to review at the end!
Wyarose: Speaking of great writers, I am a fan of When You Wish Upon a Star. Are you ever planning on continuing it? I would love to know what happens to Paige! And I hope Piper apologizes soon, I think she might explode soon if she doesn't.
UltimateSka8erXD: Well, if you say so, I will try and make it the best ending I can think of! But while we're on the subject, I would love to read the ending to your fic Long Night and Miserable Rainy Days! It's got a great and original story line and I would love to see were Paige goes after getting kicked out.
I hope you both update soon! But until you do… Here's an update for this story :D
"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."
"What do you mean, Phoebe?" Piper asked as panic seeped into her voice. "He has to be in the book somewhere."
"Well I couldn't find him Piper!" Phoebe snapped in reply.
"Fine then!" Piper said as she headed out of the room. "I'll look for him myself. Look after Paige." She shouted over her shoulder as she headed towards the attic.
Phoebe watched sadly as Piper stomped angrily up the stairs. You shouldn't have done that! You know she can be sensitive at times like these and you should have been nicer to her.
"Go see if she's okay." Paige's voice cut through Phoebe's thoughts.
Phoebe turned around and looked at Paige sitting up on the bed, looking almost ten times healthier than she did just a few seconds ago. "I can't just leave you here by yourself, what if something happens?"
Paige smiled gently at Phoebe. "I'm fine, it's Piper that I'm worried about. Look, I know you want to go talk to her so just go! I'll be fine by myself for a couple minutes but Piper needs you now."
Phoebe hesitated for a minute before sighing in defeat. "Fine. But if you need anything, Promise me you'll yell?"
Paige nodded enthusiastically and put her hand over her heart. "Scouts honor."
Phoebe laughed and shook her head before leaving the room. She walked up in to the attic and saw Piper flipping furiously through the Book of Shadows.
"Piper?" Phoebe asked tentatively to get her attention.
Piper's head immediately snapped up to see Phoebe standing opposite her. "Phoebe? Why are you here? Who's watching Paige?"
"Calm down, Piper!" Phoebe said slightly louder than necessary to get her sister to slow down. "Paige is fine. I just wanted to come up here and see if you were okay?"
"I'm fine." Piper snapped a little too quickly. Phoebe immediately gave her that 'I-Don't-Believe-You-Tell-Me-What's-Really-Going-On look' and Piper caved. "Well, not really. I'm just really worried about Paige. We have never come across something like this and I can't…. I can't lose anyone else."
Phoebe saw that Piper's eyes were shining with unshed tears. She quickly walked around the Book's pedestal and wrapped her arms around her older sister. "Piper, Paige is strong, stronger than you give her credit for. She will be better in no time."
"How do you know?" Piper asked desperately.
Phoebe sighed. "I don't. But we will do everything humanly and magically possible to help Paige, okay?"
Piper nodded her head weakly. "Do you think…." Piper looked down and trailed off.
This worried Phoebe. The insecurity and vulnerability in Piper's voice was something Phoebe hadn't heard since Prue had died. "What were you going to say Piper?"
"Do you think I'm… That I'm a…. Am I a bad big sister?" Piper finished weakly.
Phoebe gasped, completely shocked by Piper's question. "No! Of course I don't! Why would you even have to ask?"
"I screwed everything up with Paige!" Piper screamed as she ripped herself out of Phoebe's arms. "There seems to be this huge barrier between us and it's my fault it's there. I have never even tried to get to know her, Phoebe! She's supposed to be my baby sister and I hardly know the first thing about her! I treated her like an outsider, like she didn't belong and now she must think I'm a horrible person. I can't let her die thinking that. I have to help her." Piper had tears blurring her vision but she approached the Book, still determined to find anything to help Paige.
Phoebe rewrapped her arms around Piper, her own eyes now flooded with tears at her sister's confession. "Piper, Paige loves you more than you will ever know. She looks up to you and listens to you. You're her big sister Piper and nothing trumps that."
Piper sighed sadly. "Phoebe, just go look after Paige. I'll be down when I've found something."
Phoebe shook her head in defeat and started heading back down stairs. She paused in the attic doorway, "Tell her how you feel, Piper. I guarantee she will say exactly what I said." And with that, Phoebe left the attic.
Piper ran her hand through her hair as she tried to stem the flow of tears streaming down her cheeks.
Phoebe walked into Paige's room to see her baby sister sitting up on her bed flicking from one tv station to another, looking as healthy as ever.
"Paige?" Phoebe said as she approached the bed. "Are you feeling okay?"
"Oddly enough, I am." Paige said as she turned off tv. "One minute I felt like I was going to explode and then I suddenly felt fine."
"This can't be good, can it?" Phoebe asked sadly.
Paige smiled kindly at her sister. "I'm going to be fine, Pheebs. Look, how about I stay home for a couple of days to make sure that everything's okay and if something happens we'll go from there. Sound good?"
Phoebe gave a genuine smile at Paige's positive attitude. "Sounds great. Now we just gotta tell Piper our plan. Can you stand?"
"No Phoebe, I broke my legs when I sat down." Paige said sarcastically as she got off the bed.
Phoebe playfully smacked Paige's arm. "Okay then Smartass, Piper's in the attic." She said before leaving for another trip to the attic with Paige obediently following behind.
"Piper?" Phoebe announced as she walked into the attic. "We need to…"
"Dammit Phoebe!" Piper quickly interrupted. "I thought I told you to stay with Paige!"
"Then she's right were she should be." Paige retorted as she also walked into the attic.
"What are you doing out of bed, Paige? You're sick, you should be resting." Piper said angrily.
"That's the thing Piper. I don't feel sick anymore." Paige said trying to calm her oldest sister down a bit.
"What do you mean?" Piper demanded as she stared at Paige. Piper noticed that Paige didn't look sick at all, not like the Paige she had left downstairs ten minutes ago.
"I mean that I feel fine now but I'm not sure why." Paige said as she tried to come up with a reasonable explanation for what was happening.
"Do you think it will last?" Piper questioned cautiously. She knew the answer, she was just hoping it wouldn't be true.
Paige's eyes immediately dropped to the floor. "I don't think so, Pipe." Paige mumbled out sympathetically. She really didn't want to upset Piper anymore than she already was but there was no point lying to her.
Piper let out a long slow sigh. "I can't find the Darklighter in the Book anywhere." Piper admitted with an apologetic glance at Phoebe who gave a slight smile in return, showing that she got Piper's silent message.
"What else can we do then?" Phoebe asked just above a whisper.
"His name is Reichs." A familiar voice chimed in from behind Piper. They all turned to see Leo standing proudly behind them. "The Elders said that has been trying to make a new kind of poison that can't be healed by the Elders or any Whitelighter. Looks like he finally succeeded."
"Well goody for him." Piper chimed in sarcastically.
"Anyway," Leo continued, ignoring Piper's comment. "There's talk in the underworld that someone hired Reichs to kill Paige."
"So if we kill Reichs, Paige is healed?" Piper asked hopefully.
"Not quite," Leo cringed as he watched the hopeful smile drop off his wife's face. "Apparently, the only way to get the poison out of Paige is with the antidote."
"What antidote?" Phoebe questioned as she went to stand by Piper's side.
"The Elders said that Reichs is the only one with the antidote that will cure Paige. You need to get to him, get the antidote then kill him so this never happens again." Leo finished with a smile as he watched determination set on all the sisters' faces.
"Wait," Paige said as her face fell. "What about the guy that hired Reichs? Do they know who it is?"
"All they know is that the demon that hired him wanted revenge." Leo said quietly. He hated giving the sisters bad news but he had complete faith in them. He knew that somehow they would fix this and save Paige.
"Well that's okay, we can just 'ask' Reichs to tell us who hired him." Piper said triumphantly, glad that she could finally had something to do. "Pheebs, can you write a summoning spell for Reichs?"
"Of course!" Phoebe replied enthusiastically.
"And Paige… Oh my God, Paige!" Piper yelled as she sprinted across the room to her fallen sister…
A/N: Well, I know how much everyone loves cliffhangers so I'm going to leave it there. I know, you probably hate me write now :). Anyway, please don't forget to review! I would love to know if I'm screwing this up or not! Don't be afraid to tell me what you really think. :D