AN: Okay, hey guys hope you're all doing well. I had a pile of homework and coursework the size of Everest…... I'm not even kidding so I couldn't update as soon as I'd had liked. I'm glad you guys enjoyed it, and the reviews are amazing and thank you to all you guys who followed and favourite … you know who you are: D. I love hearing what you guys think even if its just a quickie telling me you loved it(I hope you did). Right so on with the next chapter as I'm sure you guys don't want to hear me blabbing on and on.
The New Addition To The Halliwells
Chapter 2
Broken Promise and miss placed trust.
Two hours later Phoebe came home from hockey practise. Breathing and sweating heavily she threw her old PE bag down on the floor next to the stairs. she walked in to the front room and saw Prue asleep on the couch that's odd she thought, Prue never slept downstairs.
After hearing the door slam shut Piper ran into the living room to see a tired looking phoebe. She hugged Phoebe tight and buried her head into Phoebes hair. After several minutes Phoebe decided that she couldn't take anymore, piper had NEVER hugged her like this. 'Piper I need to breath' Phoebe mocked and Piper released her staring at her little sister. Phoebe saw tears in Pipers eyes and instantly regretted mocking her 'It was only a joke Pipe' Phoebe said worrying that she had hurt her sister's feelings. 'I know' Piper smiled at Phoebes concern and stroked her hair dark brown hair lovingly .'Okay what's up' Phoebe asked worry etched across her face. Piper began to explain to a worried looking Phoebe, Paige's situation. Prue woke up after hearing her sisters voices she sprung up of the couch and swung her arms around her little sisters. 'I love you guys' Prue said sleepily as she yawned . 'Oh so that's why your on the couch' Phoebe exclaimed as she saw the puzzle pieces falling in place. 'yeah I didn't want her to freak out if she woke up and saw me next to her' Prue said 'she doesn't exactly take to contact she tenses up … allot' Prue sighed remembering the when she hugged Paige. Phoebe broke there rather long hug and headed for the stairs hoping her sisters wouldn't ask her where she was going. 'And your going where?' Prue asked suspiciously. 'Took get a premonition….. duhhh' Phoebe replied rolling her eyes as she sprinted up the stairs to Prue's room.
Phoebe crept into the room and saw a small figure in the bed, she lightly placed her hand on the figure instantly being hit by a premonition.
Patty Halliwell was cradling a baby in her arms, a two year old Phoebe toddled into her room with her big sisters Piper and Prue holding her little hands. Prue's long dark hair was placed in two pigtails, Pipers brown hairs was in a ponytail and Phoebes short brown hair was hanging loosely by her shoulders. 'Mummy I want to see the baby' a six year old Prue said leading her little sisters to the bed. They all climbed up and stared at the baby in wonder. 'This is your little sister, Paige' Patty said as tears streamed down her face as Paige begun to cling her little hand around her little finger. 'Mummy why are you sad?' a four year old Piper asked hugging Phoebe a little to tight to stop her from squirming around .Prue wiped her mums tears with her thumb and smiled down to her new baby sister 'can I hold her mummy? Ill be careful' Prue asked giving her mother the big puppy dog eye. 'Of course sweetie' Patty said smiling at her beautiful girls all together….. For now. Patty gently placed the tiny baby into her eldest daughter's arms making sure she had hold of her head. They all just sat there for a few minutes watching Paige gurgled and cooed in Prue's little arms. Patty couldn't help but let a few tears roll down her cheek when Sam entered the room. Sam's eyes where puffy and red but he smiled at the sight of he's baby girl in Prue's arms the way Piper looked at the tiny baby in wonder and the way Phoebe smiled a toothy smile at Paige. Prue planted kisses on Paige's forehead as Sam spoke 'patty we need to do it now' he sad his voice breaking slightly. Patty took the baby of Prue and stood up much to Prue dislike she wasn't finished playing with her new sister, Grams came in and hugged Patty tight 'we will find her when she's old enough' she said to her crying daughter. Grams Picked up a fussing Phoebe took Pipers hand and lead the three eldest children out of the room. Much to patty's dislike Sam and herself orbed away to the church they had planed to leave Paige at. They walked up the steps of the church and knocked on the door, when Sister Agnes answered Patty broke down she couldn't keep it in any longer she was going to give up her baby girl because of 'them' as she wiped away the escaping tears Sam explained that it wasn't safe for them to keep the baby and they gave her to the Sister in hope she would find Paige a nice home.
The premonition ended as quickly as it started, Phoebe who was now breathing heavily ran out of the room and downstairs to the kitchen where her sisters where. She had tears streaming down her tanned face when she finally reached her sisters. 'Phoebe what's wrong?' Piper asked suddenly becoming very concerned at the state her little sister was in .
'I had a premonition…. Paige she's-she's our sister' Phoebe said between sobs, how could her mum give her only little sister, why?
'She's what?' Prue questioned Hugging a crying Phoebe and stroking her hair she knew that was the one way she could always calm her sister down
. 'Our sister, Mum gave her up!' Phoebe said pulling away from her eldest sisters arms. 'but why would she-' Prue started but she couldn't finish, she couldn't understand why anyone would give up there fourth born daughter? After a few minuets in silence Piper spoke up. 'So she must have powers then?' Piper asked no one in particular 'I guess so' Prue sighed she could feel a migraine coming on. 'I wonder if she knows she has powers?' Phoebe asked as she dried her eyes
'WHAT?!' screamed Paige from the door way. Paiges heart begun to beat extremely fast her hands felt clammy and her whole body begun to shake.
Prue, Piper and Phoebe spun around to face a distraught Paige standing at the doorway, Paige had been standing there the whole time she didn't understand, Premonitions? , Powers? , Sisters? It was all too much to soon for her. 'Paige i-I' Prue begun to start as she walked towards her.
'NO!' Paige screamed clenching her fists 'You're just like them, your lying I know you are!' Paige turned around and ran for the door. She ran out of the manor and slammed the door shut leaving her 'Sisters' behind.
Phoebe ran out the door hoping to catch her new found baby sister, she got outside to see Paige halfway down the street no matter how fast Phoebe ran she would never catch up with Paige. It almost looked like Paige had practise running from people. When returned she saw Piper and Prue getting on there jackets.
'There you go' Piper said passing a jacket to Phoebe. 'Where are we going?' Phoebe asked confused as she hastily put on her blue super-dry jacket. 'To find Paige' said Prue with a certain sound of determination in her voice. Piper brought the scrying crystals in the car but remembered that Paige's powers probably wasn't activated yet.
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The san Francisco sky was inky black only to be lit up by a few stars dotted around. Rain begun to poor down, leaving puddles the size of swimming baths everywhere. Paige didn't care she just wanted to get away from everyone; she couldn't help but feel slightly guilty when she remembered Prue's face. All Paige could think about was the hurt she was feeling. She felt like Prue had broken her promise and destroyed the trust she had for her.
She started to run again she didn't know where she was going but some how she didn't truly care. All she wanted to do was get somewhere were no one could hurt her. She picked up the pas before fatigue began to set in, she was in a park somewhere.
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After driving around in the rain for about 2 hours the sisters begun to worry. Phoebe tried to get a premonition of seat where Prue had said Page had been siting but with no avail. They had finally found Paige, sat under a tree in a park looking cold, tired and hurt. All three sisters jumped out of the car and ran out towards Paige. 'Paige' Prue said softly kneeling beside the crying girl. 'What?' Paige snapped hugging her knees 'Don't you trust me anymore?' Prue asked hurt, all she wanted was for Paige to trust her like she did earlier.
'y-yes…. N-no…. I don't know, your lying I don't have powers, I'm not evil' Paige sobbed hugging her knees tighter all of her Foster mothers words rang in her ears telling her she was evil, unloved and worthless. Images of her foster mother and father beating her raced through her head making it hard to concentrate on Prue. Paige's breathe begun speeding up, until she found herself close to having a panic attack.
'Paige look at me' Prue said with a sense of authority. Prue begun to worry when she heard Paige's breathing speed up she needed to calm her down. Paige obliged and she looked at Prue icy Blue eyes, she noticed tears in them. Paige didn't want to hurt Prue's feelings or Prue's sisters she looked around and saw Piper hugging a crying girl whispering word… Paige finally heard the girls name… Phoebe.
'Now listen, powers don't make you bad. In fact they make you good' Prue smiled 'now all I need you to do is calm down.. can you do that for me?' Paige hesitantly nodded her head and started taking deep breaths when Paige's breathing had finally calmed down Prue smiled.
'But my foster parents said that Powers make you the devils child' Paige sniffed bending her head down she was so confused not to mention tired and cold. She had been brought up to believe on thing and now she was being told everything she once believed was a lie?
'I have them, and so do Piper and Phoebe are we evil?' Prue asked signalling for her sisters to join her. 'No' Paige said weakly looking at all three sisters in turn. She took the time to notice Piper, She had long brown hair and big… almost caring brown eyes. She was actually quiet pretty even though Paige could see she wasn't nearly as confident as Prue.
'Listen Paige your foster parents are the evil ones, what ever they have done is evil but your not' Piper said sitting next to Paige. She wanted…. No needed Paige to see that she had a family even if she didn't believe in magic.
'How about this, you stay at ours for tonight and if you still don't believe us in the morning you can go?' Phoebe asked receiving confused looks from her older sisters. Phoebe didn't want to push Paige to make a decision, she could see Paige was tired and shacking from the cold she just wanted her to get warm.
'Okay' Paige replied weakly all of a sudden she felt extremely tired. Her eyes felt heavy and her limbs felt weak and jelly like.
They head for the car, Phoebe and Paige were in the back with Prue and Piper in the front. Paige's eyes started to droop but before she had a chance to let sleep consume her she took the time to look at her 'big sister' Phoebe. She was actually very pretty and quiet the opposite to Paige she had tanned skin with dark brown hair that just travelled over her shoulder she had almond shaped brown eyes and had a pretty good figure.
'Phoebe?' Paige asked weakly as she yawned she wanted to be told the truth. 'Yeah Paige?' Phoebe asked smiling that Paige knew her name. 'Are we really sisters?' Paige asked as tears formed in her eyes she wanted it to be true she really did but she couldn't take any more lies.
'Of course we are' Phoebe smiled when Paige leaned her head on Phoebes shoulder. Paige's eyes begun to close slowly and Phoebe noticed she was still shacking from the cold. Phoebe gently moved Paige's head so it was on her lap and she found the blanket Prue always kept in the car she places it over a sleeping Paige as she begun stroking her baby sisters curly raven hair.
Piper and Prue noticed this and couldn't help but smile. Phoebe had never had to act like a big sister but she was taking to the role and they found it extremely cute.
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Light flloeded into the room making the dust in the air dance about, Paige could hear the birds tweeting and flapping and she found it calming. Paige rubbed her eyes before realising she was lying in a bed, Paige stretched and yawned before the events of last night dawned on her she had sisters and powers! Even though she would never admit it, it was kind of cool having big sisters and the thought of magical powers was really cool. Paige felt hot and her arms ached so she decided just to lay down…. Just for a bit. Prue opened the door to find Paige staring at the celling, the fact that Paige's foster parents had hurt her made Prue's blood boil she decided that she would have to get to the bottom of it with out pushing Paige.
'Hey sweetie' Prue said sitting at the edge of the bed. 'Hi…sis' Paige said smiling she had always wanted to have a big sister and now she had three. Paige saw Prue smile had expanded as Paige budge closer to her.
Prue placed her hand on Paige's head and frowned. 'What's up?' Paige asked confused. 'I think you have a fever' Prue said concerned, Prue went into the bathroom and came back into her room with a thermometer in her hand.
Paige rolled her eyes upon seeing the thermometer; she hated being ill it made her feel weak and venerable much like crying. Come to think of it all Paige had done the passed day was in fact cry.
Prue placed the thermometer in Paige's ear. '101.5 hum I think you have a fever' Prue explained 'well looks like your bound to the bed' Prue laughed but then she noticed Paige's expiration change. Paige grimaced at the word 'bound' she hated the word, flashbacks of her foster dad bounding her to the bed entered her head.
'Paige' Prue asked seeing tears in her baby sister's eyes. Paige wiped the fallen tears and turned around to face the wall, she really didn't feel like explaining anything.
'Paige' Prue said louder and with more authority then she meant to, which caused Paige to burst out crying. Prue's heart ached seeing her baby sister cry especially when it was her fault for shouting she wrapped her arms around Paige and rocked her. 'I'm sorry I didn't mean to scare you' Prue whispered her apology she felt so guilty it was obvious Paige had gone through an ordeal and she was just making everything worst.
After Paige's sobs had quietened and turned to whimpers Prue got of the bed and decided to tell Piper about Paige's fever. 'Where are you going?' Paige asked standing up to fast, she was immediately hit with a wave of dizziness. Prue grabbed Paige's arms before she fell and placed her back on the bed. 'Please don't leave me' Paige said sniffing. Phoebe who had been standing in the doorway decided to make her presence know. 'ill stay with you Paige' Phoebe said smiling as she made her was into Prue's bed. Prue left to inform Piper on Paige's fever.
Paige buried her head into Phoebes chest, Phoebe started to wrap little pieces of Paige's hair around her fingers making Paige feel sleepy. 'Paige?' Phoebe said 'Yeah Pheebs?' Paige yawned trying to keep her eyes open. 'Did they hurt you a lot?' Phoebe asked not knowing how else to put it. She knew the answer but she needed to hear it. Paige just nodded she couldn't bear talking about it, she didn't fancy crying anymore. Phoebe felt tears fall down her checks she may have only just met Paige but it was her sister, she couldn't understand why anyone would want to hurt her.
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'Piper?' Prue said knocking on her sisters door. A sleepy looking Piper opened the door 'Yeah Prue?' She yawned. 'Paige's ill. I think she spent to much time in the rain' Prue sighed remembering the hurt in Paige's eyes last night. 'Is she okay?' Piper asked suddenly worried for her baby sister's health. 'Yeah but she's got a fever. I was wondering if we should take her to the hospital.' Prue wondered rubbing her temples. 'I don't know Prue, what if she doesn't want to?' Piper finally understood what Phoebe was doing last night, giving Paige options so she didn't feel trapped.
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Paige finally feel asleep cuddling close to Phoebe but her dream wasn't at all peaceful!
Paige's dream/ memory
'Mum please can I go?' Paige begged she knew her mother strict policy on parties but she was desperate to show her friends she could have a good time and occasionally let go. 'For the last time NO Paige! Party's are sinful and sinful children belong to the devil' her mother responded as she gripped Paige's arm tight and dragged her down the stairs, she flung the door off the ''Pray room'' open. The ''Pray room'' was a small room filled with pictures of Jesus on the cross it was basically a room Paige often got locked in to pray fro forgiveness.
'Now beg for forgiveness for your disobedience and sinful thinking!' her mother growled as she threw her in to the small room knowing that Paige was claustrophobic.
'No…. mum… please im sorry' Paige begged banding her fist on the door. Hear breathing increased and she stated shaking as she cowered into the corner on the room. The walls where moving in on her coming closer and closer until…!
Phoebe woke up to Paige thrashing about screaming, Paige's head had beads of sweat dribbling down. Phoebe tried to hug Paige to calm her down but nothing seemed to help. 'Prue.. Piper?' Phoebe screamed whilst she was stroking Paige's hair. Paige woke up hearing Phoebes soothing words as her breathing quickened until they where short wheezing shallow ones.
Prue and Piper ran in to Prue's bedroom and saw Phoebe desperately trying to calm Paige down and get her breathing back to normal. Paige couldn't concentrate on anything her head felt hot and sweaty, her head was banging and her sister's voices sounded distant. She could feel Prue rubbing her back and she could hear Phoebes calm soothing words once again. 'Paige?' Prue questioned once her breathing returned to its normal pace. 'Did you have a bad dream honey?' Prue asked softly 'Yeah' Paige replied ashamed at her outburst. Paige wanted the bed to swallow her up she didn't want to talk about it. Prue placed her hand on Paige's head, 'Piper will you get the thermometer for Paige?' Prue asked as she rubbed circles on Paige's back.
Piper nodded and went to fetch it whilst Phoebe decided to make herself useful and get Paige a drink, after that dream she must be thirsty.
'Paige do you want to talk about it?' Prue asked.
'Not really' Paige replied glumly
'please tell me' Prue said. Paige sighed she knew she didn't really have a choice and she couldn't keep dogging questions not if they where sisters. 'it was just a dream about my foster mum' Paige suddenly found that her finger nails were interesting and she begun to pick at them. 'What happened?' Prue asked softly. 'She locked me in the Pray room.' Paige begun 'see I wanted to go to this party but she said it was sinful and that I should pray for forgiveness.. she knew I didn't like small spaces but she still wouldn't let me out' Paige wiped the escaping tears out of her eyes just as Piper returned with the thermometer and paced it Prue. Prue was shocked.. she didn't understand how someone could do such a thing. 'Paige its not sinful to want to go to a party she should have never done that' Prue sighed as she rubbed her temples and ignoring the confused looks she was receiving from Piper making a mental note to tell her about Paige's dream later. Prue took Paige's temperature only to find out it had increased to 102.5 which worried Prue enormously. 'Paigey I'm going to run you a cold bath, okay?' Prue didn't really want an answer she just wanted Paige to feel like she had a choice.
Paige just nodded her head, truth was she didn't really have any energy to argue she had slept for a long time but her body felt drained of all energy. As Prue left to run the bath Phoebe came back with a cold glass of water in her hand she passed it to Paige who took a long drink 'thanks' Paige smiled.
Phoebe sat at the foot of the bed and Piper took Prue's place and she ran her fingers through Paige's dark curly hairs. 'How you feeling?' Piper asked 'okay I guess.. my head hurts though' Paige pouted slightly making Phoebe laugh. Phoebe moved up the bed gaining confidence from Paige's playfulness. Piper stopped playing with Paige's hair and Paige leaned her head on Phoebe's shoulder. 'Phoebe?' Paige asked in a childish voice 'yeah Paige?' Phoebe replied desperately trying not to laugh at the voice Paige was using. 'can I borrow some of you pjs?' Paige asked fluttering her eyes. 'humm' Phoebe pretended to think 'I guess your going to have to.. I'm sure Piper's and Prue's wont fit' Phoebe laughed as Piper pouted 'are you saying I'm fat madam?' Piper asked pretending to be shocked and hurt making both Phoebe and Paige to burst out laughing Piper pouted before joining in the laughter. Prue could hear them giggling from the bathroom, she was glad that her sisters took to Paige and that they where all getting along that would make Paige want to stay with them more. Once the bath was ready Piper and Prue went to help Paige get up. 'I can walk you no.. im not an invalid' Paige snapped when she saw Prue trying to pick her up. 'fine if you can walk to the door with out falling or getting dizzy then well leave you to it.. if not where helping you' Piper said calmly.
Paige nodded and got up she walked the almighty length of two whole steps before she got hit with a rather nasty dizzy spell and wave of nausea. The whole room begun to spin uncontrollably and tried the resist the urge to throw up right there and then. Piper noticed this and gripped Paige's arms in an attempt to steady her. Piper walked her over to the bed and made her place her head in between her legs. After a few minuets Piper spoke up 'better?'
'Yeah' Paige replied glumly 'come on.. Bath time' Piper smiled and helped Paige from the bedroom to the bathroom.
AN: right that's all guys I forgot to mention this if you haven't already guessed this is Paige centric but as the story develops it will show you and insight in to all of the sisters lives. I hope you liked it please please please review i really want to know what you think good or bad( constructed criticism is fine but nothing to harsh). Also id love it if you could check out my other fanfiction The Charmed Children ill be updating that soon. Bye guys.