A/N: I'm very sorry for the long wait! School, as always, keeps me busy. For those who read Collapsed, there is one chapter left. I hope you all enjoy this chapter and like my twist on this episode from season 1. Happy reading!

Quest: Thanks! I hope you enjoy reading this chapter!

Guest: Thank you for the compliment!

Kc1690: Prue goes along with the deal even though she isn't too pleased about it. Her powers will advance later on, I have an idea of what I want her jets to turn into. I have yet to decide if Prue, or any of the sisters pass on yet.

Chapter 47

One month had passed since the deal between Prue and Paige had been made. At Magic School Paige had more control over her power and she was closer to her roommates. At the Halliwell Manor demons attacked every week. Piper and Phoebe had told Prue twice that Paige needed to be called home for the demon to be vanquished.

When Paige was home one weekend it was quiet. Phoebe was taking classes and Prue was at work, while Piper was stressing over her boss at Quake. Paige was playing a card game with her roommate, Hadley, whom had joined her at the Manor for the weekend.

"Don't you worry that a demon will attack while your sisters are out?" she asked.

"Some but I mean, I can handle it, we can handle it. I've dealt with demons alone before besides if Prue thought demons were to attack she would have taken me with her. There have been no demon attacks this week, we're okay."

"For my family we didn't have demon attacks as often as you do, maybe once a month."

"I like fighting demons though, saving people, helping innocents, my sisters don't get that. Phoebe, I thought would be all excited about magic then she left for New York. All Piper and Prue want is a normal life. I can't even define normal anymore, I've been a witch since May. It all seems normal that demons attack. If my sisters heard me they would think I'm crazy."

"That's cause you are. It could be worse though. It could happen every day. If Magic School wasn't protected as it is we'd all be doomed."

"We're a school full of witches, we have two potion labs."

"They'd come all at once though, not one by one. Or a really powerful demon would come and try to kill us all, including Gideon."

"Gideon is an Elder, he can protect himself, if they sent hundreds of darklighters maybe but he can always orb out."

"I guess, Uno," she said.

"Plus two, are you hungry? I can get us a snack, Piper I'm sure has something premade in the fridge."

"Sure," she said and the girls went into the kitchen. Paige pulled out a plate of brownies and a carton of milk.

"What do you have in your basement? You've given me a whole tour of this place except down there," she asked. Paige shrugged.

"I don't know, it's just a place I've never bothered to go into. When we were younger Grams told us the key to the attic was lost so we never went up there," she said.

"Until you saw your mom's ghost."

"Well yeah, but Grams said to never go down there, there's probably some type of magic down there I supposed, extra potion ingredients or more info on demons. I'm not sure really."

"We should check it out after we finish our game," she said.

"I don't know, we don't know what's down there, what if it's something that isn't a good thing?"

"Really? Paige Halliwell, a Charmed One, is scared of the dark? Come on Paige, what's the worst thing that can be down there? Are you really that scared?"

"No," Paige said sharply, "I just, I just get a bad vibe from the basement, that's all. It's a whitelighter thing."

"Right, Uno, skip you, I win! Come on, it'll be fun. If anything bad is down there, we'll run back up the stairs or you can orb us out." Paige shrugged and smiled.

"Okay, come on," she said putting the plates and cups in the sink. She and Hadley walked toward the basement door. Paige entered first shining her flashlight.

"Paige, you were right this was a bad idea. Let's go."

"No, no. Come on. I think I see something." Both the girls held onto the railing of the stairs as the ground started to shake. The shaking soon stopped and they went up stairs knowing that being in the basement during an aftershock wasn't safe. Paige went to close the door but not before she saw smoke rising from the floor. She locked the door and stepped back.

"You okay?"

"Fine, but I saw something down there, let's check the book."

"Shouldn't we call your sisters?"

"They'll probably call us first to make sure we're okay," Paige replied. While they sat in the attic another aftershock came but Paige and her friend were barley phased because they were so engrossed in the Book.

"I'll be right back," Paige said hearing the phone ring.

"Hello?"

"Paige, are you and Hadley alright?" Prue asked worriedly.

"We're fine Prue. Someone's on the other line, Prue. I'll see you when you get home."

"Paige! Paige, are you and your roommate alright?" Phoebe asked frantic.

"Yes! Calm down Pheebs."

"You don't understand, I had a premonition, you- you and Hadley and Grams. The basement, smoke," she rambled.

"Slow down, I don't understand."

"Grams was telling me to go away, she was battling a demon that was coming from the basement floor. Then I saw you and Hadley going down the stairs to the basement, you rushed up the stairs after the earthquake. The Woogyman, that's what the demon is called, please tell me that's a different earthquake." Paige bit her lip unsure of lying or not. If she told the truth she'd be chewed out my Prue about not being careful but if she lied she and Hadley could go after it. Though either way Prue would yell at her but she made a deal.

"Paige, Paige, are you still there?" she said over static.

"Hadley and I saw no demon. We were in the kitchen when the earthquake came," she lied weekly. But Phoebe was so pleased to hear this she didn't notice the lie.

"The Woogyman, didn't Grams have a story about it?" Paige asked. Phoebe told her that she did and it was probably a spell but that she couldn't remember it. Paige hanged up the phone feeling guilty but thought back to a previous conversation her and Prue had had. No one was to go fight a demon alone. And she wasn't alone she had Hadley.

"Hadley, the demon, it's a Woogyman," Paige said and Hadley started flipping through the book.

"Nothing, but there has to be something in the library at Magic School," she said, "What do we do now?"

"We find the spell and we vanquish it before it can do any harm," Paige said.

"But your deal with Prue? She's going to be so pissed if she finds out."

"We talked, we agreed I couldn't fight a demon alone. Well, I'm not fighting it alone, I have you and we can grab Melanie too. We're training how to protect ourselves against demons, how can we get practice when there are no demons to fight?"

"Let's go kill a Woogyman," Hadley said smiling. Paige scribbled a note down that she returned to Magic School early, stating she had a paper to finish and she and her roommate left the Manor.

A/N: How'd you like it? To answer any questions regarding season 1 order, I'm not necessarily going in order. I felt the Woogyman ep worked in here and in a few chapters I may use a demon that was from a previous episode or maybe a new one. Please review w/ what you thought and any questions you might have. Charmed Always- K