Shades of Grey

by sndbrg23

Henry Mitchell, Jr. is turning thirteen and requests to meet his biological mother. After exhausting all of their resources, the elders have decided to intervene and tell the Charmed Ones that the mother is in purgatory, a dangerous and unknown region. Not knowing the dangers purgatory may bring, Paige and her sisters will have to decide if the risk is worth the reward.

7. The Blessing

The Blessing

Paige and Kim climbed the stairs and found Prue with her head down on the stairs. Paige sat next to her and put her hand on her shoulder.

"I'm sorry I got angry, but I thought the Power of Three spell would have worked, but it proves what I already knew: Magic doesn't work here."

Paige disagreed, "Magic brought me here, so it must work somehow."

"You can't orb. I can't move things with my mind. The Power of Three spell doesn't work. It..."

"Wait!" Paige stood up to see Mom's spirit board on the table. "When did the spirit board show up?"

Prue, confused, stood next to her. "It's always been here."

"Not in our world, it isn't. We put it in the attic years ago to prevent one of the kids from contacting someone—good or evil. There's a reason why it's here."

"Well, try it."

Paige moved the pointer to H then E then L then P then YES and waited. "Got Nothing here."

"It's only been a few seconds. We don't know how time works in this world, let alone how it transfers to the real world. Let's wait and see."

Kim was impressed. "I can tell the two of you are sisters. You seem to work seamlessly."

"Actually, we hadn't known each other until after I died," Prue explained.

"I'm the constant reminder to Piper that you're not here," complained Paige.

"Are you still feeling like the fourth wheel?"

"You don't understand. Piper adores the floor you walk on. She doesn't say it, but I know that if she knew you were down here, she would be here in a second." Paige always felt Piper's feelings about Prue. Piper and Paige's relationship had been rough to start with, but it had gotten better over time.

"Paige, I know this is my fault. Piper was very angry when I died…"

"No, kidding. She became a fury over your death."

"And I know she hasn't completely forgiven me for it. Unfortunately, you received the backlash. Piper loves you just like Phoe—That's it!"

"What?"

"The Board. It's the reason why it's not working. We must think about who we want to contact. Who has that power?"

"Phoebe, of course. The Seer was able to send Phoebe a premonition from the Underworld to her. We need…"

"Her blood. Where's the spell?"

"So, we can bless the Board…"

"And we can contact Phoebe."

Using her nail, she scraped Phoebe's blessing on the pointer of the Board. The pointer miraculously changed color—the same brown it is in the real world. "Now, we're ready to send the message."