A/N: Don't have a lot to say except that this chapter is mostly dialogue. I hope you all enjoyed the previous chapter. Last chapter there were three reviews.

Wiccawhitewtchsmalltownguy: Thank you, possibly. I do plan on writing my own variations of episodes from season one.

Eight: I'm glad to hear your opinion! Unfortunately there isn't any action in this chapter, but there will be soon. At the time the darklighter had to decide which one to hit.

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Chapter 46

The weekend after the darklighter attack Phoebe and Piper were eating breakfast while listening to Prue and Paige argue once more about demons.

"Stop it! Paige we wanted you home for the weekend because we missed you! Piper and I are sick of you fighting! We get it Paige you're ticked at Prue for shoving you through the portal. Prue we know you want to protect Paige but she needs to learn to defend herself when we aren't there. And even if we aren't we have to let her fight too, it's our destiny," Phoebe said, "But Paige that doesn't mean you can go fighting demons by yourself, you're going to get yourself killed." Phoebe hated being the mediator; she'd rather just side with Prue. That way Paige would be safe but she knew it wasn't right.

Paige looked down at her eggs and Prue said she had just wanted to protect her. Paige said she didn't need protection and that all she wanted was freedom. Prue countered that at sixteen she didn't need that kind of freedom. Phoebe sighed leaving the kitchen with Piper.

"Why? Why must they fight?"

"You fought with Prue all the time, its Paige's turn now. When Paige was eleven Prue was getting ready to leave for college. Fighting with Prue wasn't needed because she never saw her and Prue didn't try to control her life at the time either."

"Should we just let them fight it out?"

"If they don't stop arguing in a half hour we'll find a way to stop it," Piper said, "Chances are in ten minutes one of them will leave the kitchen and go to their room."

"Yeah but Paige can orb, what if she orbs to London or something?"

"You're right, come on," Piper said.

"Alright that's it!" Piper said entering the kitchen, "I'm tired of you two okay? Can't Paige be home for one weekend without the constant arguing? Can't we talk about it like a normal family?" Paige orbed out.

"Now we have to scry for her," Phoebe said, "Great."

"I'll get the map," Piper said.

"I'll get her," Prue said, "And I'll sit down and talk with her, no arguing, no yelling."

"Okay, good luck with that. Piper, go get the map," Phoebe said.

"Paige! Paige, come back! I just want to talk! Come on Paige! Please come home!" Prue called out. They saw Paige's familiar white orbs and Phoebe and Piper left the living room.

"What? Are you going to yell some more? Tell me that I'm too young to do anything?" she asked.

"No, I want to talk," she said and patted the seat next to her on the sofa. Paige sat down cautiously.

"I shouldn't have shoved you back to Magic School. I was scared there would have been a chance that you couldn't have killed the darklighter. I'm still new to this witch stuff, you've been used to it for several months. If it was just powers and spells it'd be different but there are demons. Demons who can have poisonous arrows, balls of fire, and insane strength all of which I want to protect you from. I've been reading the Book of Shadows, look Paige I don't want you going after any demon by yourself."

"You might though. I can already tell you're taking role of the head witch. If Piper's busy at Quake and Phoebe's in class and I'm here, you wouldn't take me with you. I have an active power Prue. Phoebe can protect herself through self-defense, Piper can freeze the demon, you can throw it across the room, and I have this jet of orbs that can kill the demon. Would you rather I not know how to use or aim it? So if I ever come up against a demon I can't fight? So I can orb out but it's still out there."

"I don't want to get a call from Andy or anyone else saying your body was found in some alley Paige! Yes I want to protect yourself but when you have sisters who can help you, come home. Tell us and we'll kill the demon."

"You'll vanquish the demon or the Power of Four will Prue?"

"The Power of Four," she said, "The Power of Four will vanquish the demon. We won't leave you behind unless it's absolutely necessary."

"What do you mean by that?"

"If you're sick in bed; or if there's a darklighter"she held her hand up before Paige could interject, "I know that you might have been able to kill him the other day but when it comes to them I don't want to take the, risk."

"They come into the Manor! What am I supposed to do, run and hide? No, their arrows can hurt you too. Leo can heal me; it's what whitelighters are for Prue."

"Fine, if they get into the Manor. But that's it. Just please, respect my opinion on this one. If you see a darklighter attacking an innocent try to save them, but your life is more important, do you understand me?"

"Put myself before the innocent? Prue the whole point of being a witch is to protect them!"

"To protect them, not to die protecting them," Prue pointed out.

"Fine but I want you to call me when a demon needs to be vanquished. I don't want to hear through a teacher or another student that a Charmed One is dead. I can help you, I should be helping you. The Charmed Ones are the greatest force of good the world has seen. It hasn't seen a lot because I haven't received a lot of calls. Demons are supposed to fear us, when only three are available and the fourth never shows up, you become more of a target."

Prue was impressed with her little sister's choice of words. She knew more than her older sisters, which Prue wasn't pleased about. Her lack of knowledge wasn't a strong point when it came to fighting demons. As much as she hated to admit it Paige was right about her last bit.

"How about this? We call you when necessary, but not all the time."

"By the time it's necessary it might be too late," Paige countered.

"And if we call you when it's a lower level demon, you'll be missing class. When we look the demon up in the book if it says it needs to be vanquished by the Power of Four we'll call you immediately."

"And if the demon's not in the book?" Prue told her they'd call her, though Paige was happier now that Prue and her weren't fighting anymore, wasn't so sure about all of it.

A/N: Why do you think Paige isn't so sure about it? What about the terms that were set, what did you think of them? Thanks for reading and please review!