Charmed: The Faith Chronicles

by Brenna's Urbangirl Projects

Faith Lehane was born in Boston to a drunken mother and absentee father, or so she had believed for 17 years. Then she was called as the Slayer and things took a turn for the worse when she accidentally killed the Deputy Mayor. The Watcher's Council learns of the death and tries to return her to England. She manages to escape and in so doing finds out that she had been adopted

18. Chapter 17: A Knight to Remember

Chapter 17: A Knight to Remember

September 6, 2001 – Thursday

Willow's Dreamscape

Willow lay on her back as a demon hovered over her. He was chanting in a guttural, creepy voice as he forced some kind of red liquid into her mouth. He then began to place leeches on Willow's naked body. When he was finished with the leeches, he held the redheaded witch's mouth open and a sickly green ectoplasmic light entered her. After a moment the demon started to suck the light out of her mouth and into himself.

U.C. Sunnydale

Willow woke, sweaty and breathless. She sat up and found her roommate Kathy also sitting up in bed looking at her.

"Do you always make that noise when you sleep?" Kathy asked, clearly annoyed.

Willow looked at her roommate shaken by her nightmare and irked by Kathy's callousness.

Paige's Apartment

"Once upon a time, there lived a handsome Prince, who was about to marry a beautiful Maiden," Paige said in a dream like voice as she lay in bed with a very attractive man, sheets tangled around their bodies. "But an evil Enchantress with dark powers wanted the Prince for herself, so she could become Queen and rule the entire Kingdom."

"I hate her," the largely built, tanned skinned man muttered as he leaned close to Paige's ear.

"Really? I always kind of related to her," Paige countered with a sly grin.

"Like I said." He grinned. "I love her." He chuckled and Paige giggled. "Then what happened?"

Paige flipped onto her stomach as she continued her story. "Well, in order to pull off that kind of magic, the evil Enchantress had to wait for a sign that her powers were at their darkest," she explained glancing at him conspicuously.

"A sign?" he questioned, beckoning her to elaborate.

"Mm-hm," Paige replied with a nod as she gazed up at the night sky. "See in the stars?" she asked pointing up at the sky. "See the Prince? His sword? And the three stars that form his crown?" she asked pinpointing at certain star in the sky. "Well, once the evil Enchantress saw the sign, she locked away the beautiful Maiden and cast a spell on the unsuspecting Prince: Bring together my Prince and me. Let him fall on bended knee. I summon…" She frowned as she attempted to recall the next line. "I summon…" She shook her head and sighed. "I can never remember the end of it."

"Let me guess." The man smirked. "The Prince defeats the evil Enchantress. He married the beautiful Maiden and they lived happily ever after, right?" he asked in a slightly mocking tone.

Paige bit her lip and shook her head. "Nuh-uh." She smirked. "Actually, the evil Enchantress bore an heir, killed the Prince and ruled the Kingdom forever." She smiled smugly at him.

"Well, what kind of fairytale is that?" he asked with a grin.

Paige shrugged. "It's just one that's kind of stayed with me for as long as I can remember," she informed him still gazing at the stars. "I told you I was a weird kid," she reminded him pointedly.

"I need to get you out more Paige," he mused gazing up at the stars with her.

Paige shot him a small scowl. "It'd be easier if you were around more Glen."

"I'm around now." He pointed out with a smile, his eyes flicking down to her lips.

Paige made a "come hither" gesture with her finger, a mischievous smirk firmly in place as Glen came down on top of her.

September 7, 1350 – Monday

Royal Castle

"What's the meaning of this?" a beautiful young woman with long wavy hair and a long blue billowing gown demanded as she was roughly pulled into a large chamber, "How dare you summon me."

"Forgive me for inconveniencing you at this late hour, Lady Julia," the velvety voice of a tall figure, draped in darkness by the window apologized. "Alas, I had no other choice. The stars have aligned, " she explained cryptically.

Lady Julia shook her head. "You don't frighten me, Enchantress," she informed the other woman with a pointed stare. "The stars are on the side of good, not evil," she reminded her and the Enchantress turned, although she remained in the shadows. "Tomorrow, my Prince and I will marry and there is nothing that you can do to stop that," Lady Julia continued, her voice strong and confident. "He loves me not you," she told the Enchantress with slight frustration.

"Dark magic can change that," the Enchantress replied evasively then threw out her hands, creating a cold, misty wind which threw Lady Julia backwards across the room and into a wall, where a large cage door fell from the ceiling trapping her within.

Lady Julia pushed herself to her feet and walked forwards. "Why are you doing this?" she asked gripping the bars tightly.

The Enchantress strode forwards revealing herself in the light of the torches. "Because this is my destiny, not yours," the woman who looked almost the exact double of Paige replied tersely, with a triumphant smirk.

September 7, 2001 - Friday

Halliwell Manor

"Good morning, dear niece of mine!" Phoebe shouted as she threw open niece's bedroom door with one hand firmly pressed over her eyes.

Faith jumped at the sound, whipping around to face the now open door, "Aunt Phoebe!" she gasped placing one hand on her chest, "You scared the hell out of me. What are you doing?" she cried with a frown.

"Is it safe?" Phoebe asked instead, one arm outstretched in front of her, "Can I look without being scarred for life?"

Faith screwed her face up in confusion, "What are you….?" she trailed off, an amused smile forming, "Buffy's in the shower, Aunt Phoebe."

"Good!" Phoebe chirped removing her hand from her eyes and beaming across the room at her niece.

Faith narrowed her eyes, "What?" she asked suspiciously, eyeing her aunt with caution.

Phoebe continued to grin at her in silence until she couldn't take it anymore, "It's your wedding day!" she squealed at the top of her lungs jumping up and down on the spot and clapping her hands before she bounded over to Faith, threw her arms around her and attacked her niece with hugs and kisses.

Faith laughed with genuine amusement at her aunt's actions, "Aunt Phoebe," she muttered as Phoebe kissed her cheek over and over again. "Are you trying to smother me?" she asked quite seriously.

Phoebe giggled and pulled Faith onto her bed, "Aren't you like…super excited?" she asked watching Faith intently.

Faith smiled, "Of course I am," she assured her. "I'm just not scary overexcited like you are," she replied with a smirk.

Phoebe gasped and smacked her niece's arm playfully.

"Hey! Hey! Hey now!" Piper called sharply as she entered the room, a tray in hand, "Don't bruise the bride."

Phoebe dropped her head and sighed. "Sowwy," she replied in her 'baby Phoebe' voice.

Faith and Piper laughed at her. "Oh, Aunt Phoebe." Faith smiled and kissed Phoebe's head. She turned her attention to Piper and pointed at the tray of delicious looking goodies. "What is that I ask?"

Piper grinned. "Breakfast fit for a bride," she replied proudly. Faith glared and went to tell her off but Piper held up her hand. "I know you said no pampering but your mom and Phoebe pampered me on my wedding day so we're going to do the same for you," she informed her niece firmly as Phoebe nodded her head vigorously. "No room for discussion."

Faith glanced between her elder aunts and the tray of food before grinning widely, "Okay!" she relented happily, bouncing on the bed slightly as she crawled over to the food. She picked up a freshly made and still slightly warm croissant layered with butter and strawberry jam off of the plate and took a bite. "Mmmm…yummy," she praised and Phoebe instantly went for one freezing mid-movement and turning to Faith with a pleading look. Faith giggled and nodded her head.

"Yay!" Phoebe celebrated and grabbed a chocolate one for herself.

Piper smiled as she lifted a raspberry covered one and bit into it, "Wow! I am good," she answered smugly.

Faith and Phoebe chuckled, "You're modest too," Faith muttered and Piper scowled.

"Are any of us modest?" Piper asked them pointedly and both Faith and Phoebe shook their heads 'no'. "Exactly!" she concluded with a nod.

Faith rolled her eyes then turned to her aunts with the biggest smile they had ever seen. "I'm getting married today," she told them in a hushed whisper, her eyes oozing happiness.

Piper and Phoebe nodded. "We know," they whispered back quietly.

"Morning Piper, Phoebe," Buffy greeted as she re-entered the room freshly showered and fully dressed. "Ooh croissants." She eagerly picked up a strawberry jam one and took a bite. She nodded at Piper. "Delicious," she informed the eldest Halliwell, who grinned.

"Why thank you," Piper replied and bowed her head slightly.

Phoebe beamed at Buffy, "Hi there, niece!" she greeted excitedly.

Buffy chuckled. "Not quite yet, Phoebe," she corrected and Phoebe pouted. "But soon."

Phoebe nodded then frowned and gasped, "Why are you all dressed up?" she asked incredulously.

Faith rolled her eyes as she popped the last of her croissant into her mouth, wiped her hands on her napkin and slid off the bed. "Because Buffy has a class this morning," she answered.

"On your wedding day?" Piper answered slightly flabbergasted.

"Yeah, the professor doesn't believe in exceptions," Buffy answered. "If I even thought about telling him I was getting married today. He would be like why didn't you wait till tomorrow? Don't worry I will be back in plenty of time for the ceremony and besides, you guys need to take care of that Shocker demon," she told them determinedly. "While I'm okay going to my mom's house to take a shower. I would rather not have to do that every day, especially the day of my wedding," she told them tightly.

Phoebe nodded her head vigorously. "Uh-huh," she agreed with a scowl. "We can't keep living with no electricity. It's medieval."

Piper nodded with a grimace as she took a sip of her instant coffee. "Urgh! Gross! I hate instant coffee!"

"At least we're conserving energy," Faith pointed out with a fake smile.

"Okay, I better go," Buffy announced as she finished off her croissant. "Thank you for breakfast Piper," she smiled at Piper then turned to her bride. "I will see you when you walk down the aisle." She kissed Faith. "So, to speak." And kissed Faith again then turned to Phoebe and Piper. "I promise I won't be late," she assured the Halliwell sisters. She turned back to Faith. "I love you."

Faith smiled. "I love you, too, now go."

Buffy smiled. "Oh, by the way. You should check the top drawer of your bedside table. But not until you're in your dress," she told Faith with a certain gleam in her eyes before she disappeared in a swirl of fiery flames.

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Phoebe shook her head. "This is ridiculous," she fumed walking into the kitchen where Piper was clearing away the breakfast dishes. "We have to figure out when the shocker demon's going to attack next and fast!" she decided with a slight huff.

Piper nodded. "But we still need the power of three to vanquish him and unfortunately number three lives across town," she reminded her tersely.

Phoebe narrowed her eyes. "I am going to call her," she announced walking towards the phone on the counter beside the door.

"No! Not the cordless!" Faith cried out as she walked into the kitchen behind Phoebe, but it was too late.

Phoebe picked up the phone and pressed the call button releasing the Shocker demon. "Uh-oh!" she murmured as she dropped the phone and stared at the electrical silhouette that was the Shocker demon.

"Oh no!" Piper cried running to her sister and niece and pulled them down as the Shocker demon shot a bolt of electricity their way.

As soon as they all stood up the Shocker demon sent another bolt that separated at the front creating three and sent Phoebe crashing into the shelves behind her and Faith and Piper through the kitchen door and into the other room: Piper landing on the floor while Faith went through the dining table.

"Oh ow!" Piper cursed under her breath as she pushed herself up and ran back into the kitchen blasting the demon with a flick of wrists, sending him retreating back into a power socket. She sighed loudly falling back against the doorframe for support.

"Ouch!" Phoebe cried from the floor to her right.

Piper pushed away from the doorframe and turned around to Faith who was picking herself up out of what used to be their dining table.

"Ow!" Faith gasped as Piper hauled her to her feet. She and Piper turned to the table then one another. "We're using magic to fix that right?" she asked and Piper nodded quickly.

"Oh yeah," Piper replied and they both stalked into the kitchen, where Phoebe sat cringing on the floor.

Phoebe turned to look up at her sister and niece, "I'm sowwy," she said playing the 'baby Phoebe' card to save her.

Piper and Faith glared as they pulled her sharply to her feet.

"Ew gross," Phoebe muttered as she felt something wet on her arm. She looked down as saw blood. "Oh…dear," she said slowly then looked at her sister who had pulled her left arm. "Piper your hand!" she gasped.

"What?" Piper frowned then looked down at her left hand. "Oh…ow," she muttered inspecting the deep gash right across the whole of her palm. "That stings, ow!" she jumped as Faith fingered it. "Stop that!" she snapped then turned to Phoebe and her eyebrows rose. "Uh…" she pointed at Phoebe's right leg. "Phoebe your…." She pointed again and Phoebe looked down.

"Ah!" she gasped touching the side of her thigh, "Ooh ouchy!" she jumped as her fingertips grazed the deep wound. "Oh ow."

"Um…." Faith called and they turned their attentions to her. She grimaced as she held up her right hand, fingertips covered in blood. She touched the side of her neck again, "I don't know where it's coming from," she muttered with a frown. Piper made a circular motion with her finger and Faith turned around.

"Oh! Jeez!" Piper cried at the large gash that started at the base of Faith's skull and stopped past her shoulder blades. "Leo!" she yelled to the ceiling as Phoebe inspected Faith further grimacing the whole time.

Leo orbed in seconds later with a smile, "Hi!" he greeted happily, his smile fading when he saw the state of the place. "What happened?" he asked with wide eyes.

"Shocker demon," Phoebe replied with a scowl.

At the same time Piper said, "Phoebe," as Faith said, "Aunt Phoebe."

Phoebe gasped and rounded on them as best she could with a bum leg. "Hey!" she cried pointing a finger. "I resent that!"

Leo frowned as he inspected the appearances of the three of them. "Here. Give me your hand, Pipe,." he instructed and she did. He took it gently in his own and laid his other above it.

Piper sighed in relief as the pain faded and her hand became all warm and tingly. "Thank you." She smiled at him and planted a soft kiss to his lips.

"Me now!" Phoebe demanded pointing to her leg. Leo knelt down in front of her and repeated the same process he had with Piper.

"Thanks Leo!" Phoebe smiled brightly at him then took a seat at the breakfast table.

"Thank you, Uncle Leo," Faith said quietly and he went straight for her back. She sighed happily. "While I'm a Slayer, with an increased healing rate, it's still nice not to need it. So again, thank you, Uncle Leo." She smiled and he smiled back.

Leo leaned down next to Piper. "Piper I got to…." She nodded and he kissed her head quickly before orbing out.

"This is crazy," Piper stated once he was gone. "That shouldn't have happened and it wouldn't have happened if Paige was here," she sighed and ran a hand through her hair.

"We need to call Paige and set up a time where she can come over and—" Phoebe started but Piper cut her off.

"Phoebe we can't schedule vanquishes okay?" Piper countered frustratedly. "Demon attacks don't usually fit into the day planners."

"Then what do you suggest that we do, Aunt Piper?" Faith asked with a raised eyebrow.

Piper hesitated chewing her lip nervously. "I suggest that maybe…" she paused and released a heavy sigh, closing her eyes, "…Paige move in with us," she finished quickly rising to her feet and moving off to clear up the mess.

Faith and Phoebe sat stock still, frozen in shock at the words that just came from their Piper's mouth.

Phoebe turned to Faith who remained staring into space with raised eyebrows. "Wait," Phoebe muttered turning in her seat. "What did you just say to me?" she asked watching Piper carefully.

Piper shrugged. "Well, she's going to have to sooner or later isn't she?" she replied as she picked up various pieces of broken, splintered wood.

Phoebe contemplated that before she answered. "I uh…never really thought about it," she admitted quietly. "And I can't believe you of all people are actually suggesting it!" she added astounded.

"I am just trying to be practical," Piper defended herself frowning at the idea but still persisting with it. "Besides, I am sick and tired of Leo watching over her day and night, protecting her from various demons. You know I would actually like to see my husband again."

Faith turned to her aunt at that. "Aunt Piper, we understand that but…" she spoke up for the first time since Piper's revelation. "Buffy and I are going to need mom's room for the nursery when we finally have our daughter."

"I understand that, Faith," Piper admitted. "And we will find a solution when that time comes. But without Paige here to help vanquish we are under constant attack."

"This is a huge decision," Phoebe pointed out as she rose out of her seat and came to stand in between her niece and her sister. "Do you honestly think we're ready for that?" she asked looking between the both of them.

"I don't know," Faith admitted. "But shouldn't this be a conversation that includes Buffy. After all she too lives here now."

"Maybe," Phoebe shrugged.

"All I know is that every demon who is out to impress the Source is attacking us." Piper reminded them. Phoebe shook her head looking down at her feet. Faith glanced between Phoebe and back to Piper as the eldest Halliwell, "Which is why we all need to be under one roof. Otherwise we're too vulnerable, which the three of us clearly demonstrated just there."

Phoebe looked at Piper. "I didn't mean, "are we ready as witches…" she said slowly, looking both her sister and niece in the eye, "I meant, are you and I, Piper, ready as sisters?" She looked at Faith. "And are you ready as Paige's niece." She looked back at Piper. "And is Buffy ready, after all Faith is right or have you forgotten that Faith and Buffy are getting married today?" she finished and Piper sighed, closing her eyes. She shrugged. "I mean what if we don't get along?"

"Well we got along with Faith," Piper reminded her sister.

"That's different, Aunt Piper," Faith admitted. "After all I am your niece. It was only a matter of time before we got along, especially when Grams reversed her spell and gave us our memories back."

Phoebe inhaled deeply and exhaled slowly. "Maybe it's just too soon…"

Piper looked over at her sister. "But there's only one way to find out," she finished.

Paige's Apartment

The shrill screeching of her alarm clock introduced Paige and Glen to a very rude and very loud awakening.

Paige moaned as she threw out her arm and violently silenced her screeching alarm clock. "Oh my god! It's nine o'clock, I'm so screwed!" she gasped dropping her arm and closing her eyes again with a tired sigh.

"Can't you just be a little late?" the muffled voice of a very tired sounding Glen asked from beside her.

"I'm already a little late," Paige replied tiredly.

Glen squirmed beside her as she stretched her tired muscles. "Can't you be a lot late, especially seeing…" he paused as Paige pulled herself up, bringing the sheet that was wrapped around her body up too, "…as how I'm leaving tomorrow?" he finished.

Paige resisted the urge to roll her eyes, partially because she was too tired to do so and replied, "You're always leaving tomorrow Glen. That's what you do." She rose from the bed heading for the bathroom. She then froze and turned back half way there when she felt his eyes boring into the back of her. "What?" she asked, smiling at the smirk on his face.

"Nine-to-five isn't you Paige," he told her matter-of-factly. "You've always had too adventurous a spirit to be pinned down."

"Oh yeah?" Paige said highly amused. "Just drop by between K2 and the Great Barrier Reef, and you know this about me, do you?"

"Your life could be a fairytale," Glen called after her as Paige disappeared into the bathroom. "And it doesn't half to end badly."

Paige stuck her head out from behind the partially closed door, "Who says it's going too?" she smirked and then disappeared again.

"Come to Australia with me Paige," Glen practically begged. "Just for the hell of it. Why not?"

Paige stuck her head back out again. "Because I've got too many responsibilities, that's why not," she replied.

"You're 25 years old!" Glen reminded her incredulously. "You've got the rest of your life ahead of you for that kind of crap," he told her enthusiastically. "Just go for it! Dump your job. Come have fun with me."

"As tempting as that sounds," Paige said coming out of the bathroom, clad in a skirt and bra. "I actually have things called responsibilities," she repeated so he'd get the point. She grabbed her pink frilly top and came back to sit on the bed. "It's not just my job. I've got sisters and a niece now and we just got…stuff that we've got to do," she explained and pulled her top over her head.

"What stuff?" Glen questioned with a roll of his eyes.

"Stuff…that keeps me pinned down," she replied freeing her hair from inside her top.

Glen crawled nearer to her. "Is that a good thing or a bad thing?"

Paige looked away. "I'm not sure yet," she replied then bit her lip as she fell back into him and they started all over again.

Summers Home

Buffy sat with Joyce, Tara and Willow in the living room. Willow was telling them about a dream she had been having the last few nights. "So then, after the leeches, the demon opens my mouth and sucks some kind of weird light out of me."

"It definitely sounds like a ritual," Tara said. She reached into her book bag and pulled out a large tome.

"Book of Shadows?" Buffy asked as Tara nodded.

"Mom hid it when I was little to keep it away from my dad. Only she and I knew where it was," Tara admitted.

"So, Willow, you're saying that Rupert dismissed it," Joyce asked the redheaded witch.

"Yeah," Willow admitted. "He seemed to think I was possessed by a demon I came across on my way to my dorm last night. But I'm not. I'm fairly certain its my roommate who's doing it." She pulled out a bag of toenails and handed them to Joyce. "I measured those before I went to bed last night."

"And they grew?" Tara asked as Willow nodded. "That is definitely the sign of a demon."

Paige's Apartment

Faith, Piper and Phoebe came marching around the corner heading straight for Paige's apartment door. Phoebe turned to her sister and niece as she lifted her hand to knock, not seeing Leo orb in, in front of it until she started knocking on his chest.

"Oh! Sorry," Phoebe apologized with a smile.

"Hi!" Leo said with a slightly nervous looking smile. "Hey, what's up?"

"What's up?" Piper echoed, "How about a kiss for your long-lost wife, huh?" she asked with a fake smile.

"Oh right!" he said leaning down and kissing her cheek.

"Hi!" Piper greeted with a wide grin.

Leo chuckled nervously, "Well…" he began, leaning against the door, "…bye."

Piper, Phoebe and Faith frowned. "Excuse me?" Piper asked with narrowed eyes.

Phoebe looked him up and down. "What do you mean 'bye', we just got here."

Leo nodded. "Right. Well, you know, I don't want to leave Paige unprotected so…" he gestured to the closed door.

"Uh-huh," Piper said. "Is she home?" She made to move toward the door but Leo blocked it from her.

"Yeah she's home," he answered. "She's just a little uh…indisposed at the moment."

"Indisposed?" Faith repeated slowly narrowing her eyes until she got the point and hers and her aunts' jaws dropped.

"Wait," Piper said frowning. "Wait, wait. You watch?" she asked screwing up her face. "What are you like a peeping angel?"

"Wha—I didn't see anything!" Leo defended himself, sounding like a small whiney child. Piper gave him a look and he caved. "Well, alright just a little. But how else am I supposed to protect her?" he asked pointedly.

"Please tell me you aren't watching me and Buffy when we're in Sunnydale," Faith groaned.

"Uh," Leo started. Of course, he had watched anytime Faith was in Sunnydale. But one thing he didn't want was a Slayer angry with him.

"I will take that as a yes," Faith groaned. She, Piper and Phoebe stared at him relentlessly without blinking before they all charged past him and walked right into Paige's apartment.

"Sorry to interrupt! " Phoebe yelled as she walked in with a hand over her eyes, much like she had earlier that morning when entering Faith's room, "Can't see a thing!" she added as Piper and Faith ran in after her.

Paige gasped and jumped off of Glen, grabbing her now discarded top to cover herself with. "Phoebe!" she cried.

Piper grabbed Phoebe who had walked too far in and yanked her back to stand beside her, Faith on the other side.

Paige gawked, "Faith, Piper…Leo!" she cried even more surprised than before, pulling her top tighter around her. "What the hell is going on?" she demanded angrily.

"I know this looks bad but it's very important," Phoebe assured her. "Whoa!" she stated when Glen came into view. Piper turned and whacked her arm while Faith turned to her with a frown.

"Who are they?" Glen asked Paige while he gazed at the three strange women with curious eyes and an amused smile.

Paige scowled at them, "The soon to be ex-sisters and niece I was telling you about," she replied with a glare.

"Okay! We're sorry." Piper apologized sarcastically. "But, you know, we didn't know 'witch' way to turn, if you know what I mean?"

Paige rolled her eyes at the not so subtle reference. Faith smiled at her, Phoebe grinned and Piper smirked.

"Maybe…I should go," Glen said slowly as he pushed back the covers and sat up in bed.

Leo grabbed a pair of jeans and threw them to Glen. "Oh uh…here." he said seeming uncomfortable.

"Thanks," Glen replied as he pulled them on.

Paige turned to him. "I'm sorry about this Glen," she apologized. "This is horribly embarrassing."

"No worries," Glen assured her, "You've obviously got some…responsibilities," he observed then leaned over and kissed her cheek. "My plane leaves tomorrow," he told her before disappearing into the bathroom.

"Plane?" Faith questioned. One thing she had been afraid of was losing her family and her friends. That fear had been temporarily ramped up when she had lost Prue.

"What plane?" Piper asked as he disappeared.

Paige glared. "Never mind. This better be important."

Faith turned to her sharply. "I, like my beautiful bride, would like to take a shower at home! Especially on the day of my wedding!" she cried with large eyes.

"So, have you been attacked by the Shocker demon yet?" Piper asked bluntly and Paige shook her head.

"No, she hasn't." Leo verbally replied for her.

Paige frowned. "How would you know?"

"Oh…because he's been watching you these past two weeks," Phoebe informed her lightly. "For your own protection."

Paige looked affronted. "You've been watching me?"

"Tell me about it, Aunt Paige," Faith said as she shot Leo a glare. "He was doing the same to me and Buffy anytime we are in Sunnydale."

"I didn't see anything." Leo repeated and defended at the same time.

"At least nothing very interesting," Phoebe added with a smirk and a not so subtle glance at the bathroom door.

"Aunt Phoebe!" Faith groaned.

"That's it!" Paige exclaimed. "Out!" she yelled throwing off the covers and pushing them toward the door.

"But, but, but we need to talk to you about the Shocker demon because—" Piper tried to tell her but Paige was too mad.

"Out!" Paige yelled again.

"We can't vanquish him without the power of three—" Phoebe cried out quickly picking up where Piper left off.

"And you're not at the Manor so…ever!" Piper finished but Paige pushed her out the door.

"Sorry, Aunt Paige," Faith said as she followed Phoebe and Piper. "I know exactly how you feel. I love them you know I do. But…"

"I know," Paige said with a sigh as she hugged her niece. "I'll see you at the wedding."

"Thanks," Faith said as she exited the apartment closing the door behind her.

Silence fell for several seconds until… "I think that went fairly well," Phoebe voiced and the others groaned then walked back down the hall again and around the corner.

September 7, 1350 – Monday

Royal Castle

"Where is she?" a very handsome young man, clad in chain-mail armor demanded. "What have you done with my beloved?"

"You mean I'm not your beloved?" the Enchantress asked. "Ooh I'm crushed," she sneered sarcastically.

The man pulled his sword and aimed it at her neck. "Your dark magic, doesn't scare me, Enchantress," he told her with a stern glare. "Tell me where she is and I just might spare your life," he warned her.

"Very well," the Enchantress relented, placing her finger on the tip of his sword and pushing it down. "Your beloved is right here, my Prince," she informed him. "Right before your very eyes." then threw a small bag at his feet which exploded into a cloud of smoke. "Bring together my Prince and me. Let him fall on bended knee. I summon him to my side. That he may take me to be his destined bride," she chanted smoothly and when the smoke cleared the Prince put away his sword and fell on one knee. She smirked triumphantly.

"My love." He took her hand in his and kissed it. "I am forever yours." Then rose to his feet, walked behind her and kissed her neck.

The Enchantress smiled. "As will your Kingdom, once I conceive an heir," she said aloud to herself then led him to her bed.

September 7, 2001 – Friday

Halliwell Manor

"Alright! Calm down." Piper yelled as she approached the door where persistent loud knocking could be heard from the other side. She yanked open the door to reveal a scowling Paige standing on the other side of it.

"At least I knocked," Paige said tersely as a way of greeting and dumped her bag by the door.

"Oh," Piper gasped with wide eyes as she watched Paige storm into the Manor.

"Hey Paige!" Phoebe grinned brightly at her and waved. Paige merely glared.

"No-no, no. Careful please!" They heard Faith's voice order loudly from the conservatory.

"Faith!" Piper yelled not taking her eyes off of Paige.

"Yes?" Faith replied as she walked into the foyer, "Hi, Aunt Paige."

"Hi, Faith," Paige said as she smiled at her niece, the only member of the family that wanted to talk to. She then headed for the stairs, "I'm not here to talk to either of you." She motioned toward Piper and Phoebe. "I'm just here to look at the Book of Shadows," She informed them over her shoulder.

"Hey! Hey! We said we were sorry," Phoebe reminded her slightly annoyed.

"Yeah, right!" Paige rolled her eyes.

"What do you think about moving in with us?" Piper asked her bluntly and Faith and Phoebe turned to her with wide eyes while Paige froze mid-step.

"Aunt Piper?" Faith hissed throwing in a glare too.

"Excuse me?" Paige asked turning slowly.

"Well, that's what we came to talk to you about," Piper explained. "You know, we're tired of getting attacked by demons here and, and not being able to do anything about it."

"Yeah but we could do something about it if we were all together," Phoebe added with a kind smile. "You know, if we lived together, because that's when we're the strongest." She smiled. "What do you say?" she asked hopefully.

Paige stared at Piper and Phoebe with a fake smile plastered on her face which quickly turned into a frown, "Are you two out of you freaking minds?" she exclaimed in slight disgust before storming off up the stairs.

"Don't people usually storm out of the house when they're angry?" Piper questioned slightly amused and Phoebe chuckled but Faith glared at her disapprovingly.

"What the hell, Aunt Piper?" Faith demanded sternly. "That is not how you ask someone to move in. As far as Aunt Paige is concerned you two and Buffy are basically strangers."

Phoebe shook her head, "But we're not strangers, Faith, Piper and I are her sisters and you are her niece."

Faith shook her own head. "Right now, I'm her friend. It's why she is still on talking terms with me compared to the two of you," she countered. "Did you see the look on her face?" she asked and both their faces fell.

"Yeah…." Piper spoke up as she scratched her chin, "That went about as well as earlier huh?"

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"So, you're not even going to consider this?" Phoebe asked as she stormed into the attic after Paige.

"Nope," Paige replied quickly, not taking her eyes off of the book.

Piper frowned. "Why not?" she questioned as Faith entered and came to a stop beside her.

Paige's head shot up at that question. "Because if it was that easy for you guys to barge into my room all the way across town then imagine how easy it would be if I lived here!" she snapped then went back to flipping through the book.

Piper walked forward. "Okay, could you just stop looking at the book for one second?" she asked tiredly.

"No!" Paige shook her head. "It's my book too."

Piper scowled. "If you lived here, you could look at it all the time."

"That is enough!" Faith exclaimed loudly hands on her hips. She turned to Piper. "Aunt Piper, stop it," she ordered sharply then she turned to Paige. "P," she said using Paige's old nickname to get Paige's attention. "I was your friend long before you found out I was your niece. So, what I am about to say is in that regards, okay?" Paige nodded. "What they did this morning was rude and intrusive I agree with that. But they are your sisters, their supposed to get on your nerves. Shoot they get on mine sometimes."

"Hey!" Piper and Phoebe yelled together looking insulted and Paige couldn't contain the giggle that escaped her lips.

Faith smiled. "See? It's fun having sisters and nieces. And believe me when it comes to the supernatural things can suck a lot. It did with me, remember? Or have you forgotten I am the Source's heir?"

Paige stopped sifting through the book, "I understand why you guys are asking me." she assured Piper and Phoebe, her voice returning to a normal level and she seemed like her normal self again. "I really, really do. It's just…I don't want being a witch to take over my life," she admitted honestly. "It's just…too much responsibility."

"Believe me, Paige, we know," Phoebe said. "I freaked out in the beginning too, we all did…especially Piper." She nudged her sister with a smirk and Piper rolled her eyes. "But we didn't have a choice and…neither do you," she told her gently but honestly.

"Why not?" Paige demanded in a slight huff, "Aren't you the one who told me I should fight like hell to keep a life separate from magic?"

"Unfortunately, it doesn't always work out that way," Piper replied as Phoebe sat playing with Piper's long hair.

"Well, maybe it would if I didn't live here," Paige muttered then went back to the book, signaling the end of the conversation.

"If you're looking for the Shocker demon spell then we already found it," Phoebe informed her while Faith and Piper watched Paige closely.

"I'm not," Paige replied hand on her hip. "I'm looking for something else," she informed them and Phoebe was about to question what exactly when the pages started turning by themselves. "Oh my god!" she cried and jumped back from the book. She looked at her sisters and her niece who were all as calm as could be while they waited for the pages to stop.

Piper smiled at her. "Yeah…they do that on their own sometimes. It's usually Grams' doing," she explained and Paige nodded slowly. "You might as well read the spell." she told Paige when the pages stopped. "Grams can be very persistent."

Paige frowned looking slightly unsure but Phoebe nodded at the book with a smile. "Oh-kay uh…Here these words. Hear my cry. Spirit from the other side. Come to me I summon thee. Cross now the great divide," she chanted slowly.

"The summoning spell?" Phoebe question, her face screwed up in confusion.

Faith looked at Paige wondering who her aunt had just summoned. Just then two ghostly figures appeared next to Piper slowly becoming corporeal.

"Hello, my darlings!" one figure greeted with a smile.

Piper yelped and spun around with wide eyes. "Grams!" she cried hand on her chest. "Mom?" she turned to the second figure with raised eyebrows. "What, what, what are you guys doing here?"

"Not that we're not really happy to see you!" Phoebe added quickly, a huge smile on her face.

Grams turned to Faith and smiled. "Well, we're here for Faith of course."

"Huh?" Faith muttered looking utterly lost. "I'm sorry but I didn't call for you."

"We know that sweetheart," Patty answered with a smile as she walked towards her granddaughter. "But you're getting married," she almost squealed a large smile on her face.

Faith frowned. "If their letting you both down for my wedding. Then where is mom?"

"She's watching," Grams said. "But since you still aren't allowed to see her yet. Don't worry, she's here."

"We have a problem," Piper interjected. "We have a number of mortals attending, all friends of Buffy's. While yes know about magic, they are still going to question why two ghosts are in attendance. Also, this isn't a handfasting like you did with me and Leo. It's a normal ceremony with a lesbian friendly minister," she explained at the saddened looks on her mother and grandmother's faces.

"Oh…." Grams said slowly, turning away from her eldest granddaughter. She narrowed her eyes. "Will Victor be present?" she asked tightly.

Faith, Piper and Phoebe rolled their eyes, "Of course he'll be here, Grams," Faith said. "He's my grandfather after all. And he's going to walk me down the aisle."

Grams raised her eyebrows and Patty sighed. "Mother, stop," Patty ordered sternly then turned to her great granddaughter. "We understand, honey," she told her with a sad smile.

Faith smiled sadly back. "You're welcome to stay until then though?" she offered hopefully.

"Hey, wait," Phoebe spoke up as she walked toward her grandmother. "When you're in ghostly form, you know all transparent and stuff?" she asked as Grams and Patty nodded. "Who can see you?" she asked with a knowing smile.

Grams rolled her eyes at her granddaughter's silly question, "Well only those who are of magical descent of course," she replied with one hand on her hip.

Faith smiled in realization at what Phoebe was getting at. "Aunt Phoebe, you're a genius." She grinned. "

Phoebe smiled back at her proudly, "Yay! You can come, now that's settled can I have a hug please?" she begged and Grams happily obliged as Piper went to her mother and Faith waited patiently until her aunts were done before she hugged them both too.

"Paige." Patty turned to her youngest daughter with a slightly watery smile.

"Mom," Paige replied in a soft whisper smiling widely as Patty pulled her into a hug. "I missed you," she whispered quietly in her ear.

Patty smiled. "I missed you too, baby," she whispered back.

When they pulled apart Phoebe threw her arm around her grandmother's shoulders and grinned at Paige, "Paige. This is our Grams, well, that makes her your Grams too," she said excitedly and Paige stared at Grams uncertainly.

Faith saw what was happening and quickly cried. "Penelope." All eyes turned to her as she slid up beside Paige. "This is your grandmother Penelope Halliwell but you can call her Penny," she said calmly then shook her head firmly at Grams who was about to correct her. "Grams, just like it took me time to come to find a place for you in my heart. Aunt Paige needs that time to do the same. Okay?"

"Okay," Grams agreed a little reluctantly.

Paige smiled at Grams and stuck out her hand. "It's nice to meet you, Penny," she said politely.

Grams stared at the hand until Faith glared at her and she shook her youngest granddaughter's hand. "You too."

Faith laughed a little and ran her left hand threw her hair. She turned to Paige inconspicuously. "Hug her," she said through her teeth. Paige turned to her with a 'why should I do that?' look in her eyes and Faith rolled hers. "Just do it," she insisted speaking through her teeth once more.

Paige took a step forward, her eyes drifting back to Faith who nodded before she smiled at Grams. "It's really nice to meet you," she said as she pulled Grams into a slightly awkward but satisfying hug.

U.C. Sunnydale

Kathy read in peace and quiet until she heard a knock on the door, a second later Buffy opened it. "Hi, you might not remember me," Buffy started.

Surprised, Kathy stood. "Your Willow's friend, Buffy."

Buffy nodded as she advanced on Kathy. "I'm here to talk on Willow's behalf."

"Okay," Kathy agreed.

Buffy approached Kathy, accidentally kicking the rug.

"Do you mind?" Kathy asked looking down at the rug.

"Oops, sorry," Buffy said. She, Joyce, Tara and Willow had a long conversation to see if she could goad Kathy into revealing she was the demon in question.

It worked; Kathy was properly goaded as she slapped Buffy. In the midst of the ensuing fight Buffy tore Kathy's face off to reveal a demonic visage underneath. "Will was definitely right."

Halliwell Manor

"Aunt Paige what were you looking for?" Faith asked Paige, who how returned to looking through the Book of Shadows.

"Look, Paige. You may not want to share a bathroom but when it comes to that book: it concerns all of us." Piper snapped harshly.

Phoebe nodded. "And besides that…" she said her tone a lot softer as she rose from her seat and walked over to Paige's side. "Maybe we can help," she added with a smile and wrapped an arm around Paige supportively.

Paige pursed her lips and then caved, "Okay…" She looked at Faith. "Faith, do you remember that horrible little fairytale that I told you about, that always seemed really real to me?"

"Yeah," Faith answered as Piper and Phoebe looked at her. "It was before we learned she was your guys sister and my aunt, back when Aunt Paige was simply my friend who I had nicknamed P."

Paige nodded as she turned another page, "Well, I don't know, I just—oh my god!" she gasped gazing down at that specific page.

Phoebe frowned. "The Evil Enchantress?" she questioned slightly amused.

"That's it!" Paige cried happily. "That's the evil witch, the one who kills the Prince, after he gets her pregnant of course," she exclaimed.

Piper nodded with widened eyes. "Of course," she agreed, then began walking over to join the her sisters by the book. She tugged on Faith's hand who followed after. She went to Paige's other side and Faith stopped next to Piper.

Paige smiled widely. "The spell…wow, I can't believe it. 'Bring together my Prince and me. let him fall on bended knee," she began to recite the spell she could never remember the end to.

"No, Paige wait," Phoebe tried as she waved her arms in front of her sister.

"Yeah, no don't, don't do that," Piper tried, biting her lip and shaking Paige.

"I summon him to my side."

"Aunt Paige, you need to stop," Faith said her eyes darting from her youngest aunt to the book as she remembered her own personal gain spell a few months earlier.

Grams and Patty watched on warily, knowing that it was already too late.

"That he may take me to be his destined bride," Paige finished the spell with a large grin and looked up as Piper slammed her hands down on top of the page. "I finally got to finish it," she beamed.

September 7, 1350 – Monday

The Royal Castle

The Evil Enchantress was lying on her back on her large, four poster bed.

The Prince was smiling down at her from above, when he was suddenly engulfed by a swirling, tornado like wind and disappeared.

The Evil Enchantress watches on in shock before sitting up sharply when he disappeared. "NO!" she cried looking around the room desperately but the Prince was nowhere to be found.

September 7, 2001 - Friday

Halliwell Manor

Faith, Paige, Piper and Phoebe looked up from the book at the sound of a howling wind and everyone present looked on in utter shock as a figure began to form within the wind and it finally disappeared leaving behind a very handsome looking man with sandy blonde/brown hair clad in chainmail.

All four jaws dropped as they stared at their new arrival completely speechless.

The handsome man looked around, surveying his new surrounding in awe. His eyes fell to Paige and he instantly dropped to his knees, "My love," he greeted and bowed his head.

Paige's eyes bulged as she stared at the stranger before her. Her sisters and niece traded looks then turned on her accusingly, hands on their hips.

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"Why do you run from me?" the handsome Prince asked as he followed a running Paige into the kitchen.

"Why are you chasing me?" Paige shot back as she scurried away from him.

"Because we are meant to be together." He informed her confidently.

"That is not true." Paige insisted as Faith, Piper and Phoebe came running into the kitchen behind them, giggling and smirking to themselves. "Does this look like King Arthur's court in front of you," she continued as she ran around the island in the middle.

Grams and Patty entered the kitchen behind them looking highly amused at the scene playing out in front of them.

"It doesn't matter," the Prince insisted shaking his head. "We are meant to conceive an heir, my love."

At this statement Faith, Piper and Phoebe burst out laughing as Paige squealed and covered her ears. "Stop saying that!"

"You guys want some privacy?" Phoebe asked gesturing between Paige and her Prince.

Paige glared at Phoebe. "This is not funny!" she exclaimed exasperatedly.

The Prince had successfully backed Paige into a corner so she turned to the kitchen table and held out her hands. "Plate!" she called loud and clear then proceeded to smash it over the Prince's head.

"OH!" Faith, Piper and Phoebe cried as he fell to his knees in front of Paige.

"Paige!" Grams and Patty reprimanded together.

Paige grimaced. "I'm sorry," she apologized quickly. "Did I hurt you?" she asked him gently.

"You could never hurt me, my love," the Prince assured her with a smile and kissed her hand.

Paige turned to her big sister with a pleading look. "Piper, do that thing you do," she instructed, referring to her power to freeze.

Piper smirked. "I don't want to blow him up," she cautioned smugly.

Paige glared. "Well, risk it!" she insisted sharply. "He's using his tongue."

"Ew!" Phoebe screwed up her face in disgust while Faith buried her head in Phoebe's shoulder, her shoulders shaking from laughter.

Piper smirked and threw her hand out lazily, freezing him mid-movement, then turned to her Phoebe and Faith and started laughing with Faith.

Phoebe looked at her younger sister, attempting to keep a straight face.

Paige shook herself and wiped her hand on her sleeve. "Thank god chivalry is dead," she muttered walking towards her sisters and niece. "He is getting on my last nerve." She looked at them and glared as Piper and Faith were in stitches while Phoebe's whole body shook from the force of her silent giggles. "I hate you all!" she spat and stuck out her tongue.

Grams rolled her eyes at her giggling granddaughters and great granddaughter. "He must be under some sort of spell," she announced walking towards Paige. "It's the only explanation for his strange..." she regarded the frozen man before her carefully, "...devotion." Her eyes flicked back to Paige.

"Gee, you think?" Piper commented sarcastically from behind her.

"It's the Evil Enchantress," Paige said matter-of-factly. "She cast a love spell on him."

"So... why is Sir Lust-A-Lot, lusting after you?" Piper asked narrowing her eyes at the man in question.

Paige shrugged. "How should I know?" she snapped impatiently.

"Well because it's your damn fairytale," Piper snapped back. "And it's alive and frozen in our kitchen," she finished with a smirk.

Paige inhaled deeply, rolling her eyes, then stormed past her sisters and Faith and out of the kitchen. Piper narrowed her eyes dangerously, Faith raised her eyebrows while Phoebe frowned following Paige with her eyes asking, "Where are you going?" Phoebe asked as she rushed after Paige.

"I can't handle this," Paige replied throwing her hands in the air.

Faith and Piper stayed put for several seconds before they turned slowly and went after Phoebe and Paige.

"Wait, Paige! You can't just leave!" Piper scolded as they followed her as she made her way to the front door.

"Yes, I can," Paige replied. "I don't live here."

Phoebe sighed. "Paige."

"What?" Paige asked sharply.

"Look, you can't keep running away from these things," Phoebe pointed out trying to stay calm. "That's what we were trying to tell you. Being a witch is not a part-time job."

Paige turned back as she opened the front door. "Well, if I don't leave now, I'm not going to have a full-time job." And with that she walked right out.

Piper glared at Paige's back and walked forward. "Paige!" she yelled. "The Charmed Ones come first!"

"The Charmed Ones come first?" Faith asked her eldest aunt.

"Your mom used to say it all the time," Piper admitted as they watched Paige drive off.

U.C Sunnydale

Kathy had overpowered Buffy and now sat on Buffy's chest and trying to get her to stop struggling. "Quit it!"

"Willow was sure you were one of those demons she saw walking back to the dorm," Buffy spat at the demon.

I'm not," Kathy objected. "They're after me—"

Buffy chuckled. "Funny. I'm seeing the skin, the eyes..."

"So, I'm from the same dimension. But I'm not like them. They're disgusting," Kathy told her. "And since you're here and I can't complete my ritual with Willow. I will take your soul instead."

"We figured from what Willow said you were doing some kind of ritual," Buffy said.

"I left my dimension to go to college and they sent these guys after me," Kathy explained. "They don't know what shape I took as a human, but they can always sense a creature without a soul, which I don't have. So, the plan was to borrow Willow's."

"Without even asking?" Buffy asked.

"But since I can't complete my ritual with Willow, I will complete it now with you," Kathy said as she smiled at Buffy. "Tonight, when they come looking for me - they'll take you." She tried to pry open Buffy's mouth as the Slayer disappeared in a swirl of fiery flames.

Buffy's absence caused Kathy to fall to the floor. Buffy reappeared as Kathy waved her hand and sent Buffy telekinetically flying into a closet door and it collapsed around the Slayer.

Kathy grabbed Buffy by the legs and started pulling Buffy out of the closet as the Slayer disappeared again in a swirl of fiery flames. "Stop that!" she yelled as Buffy reappeared.

"You know that's not my only power," Buffy smirked as she thrust out her hand and sent a telekinetic blast at Kathy sending her into the already demolished closet.

Halliwell Manor

"Well..." Grams chimed in from the foyer, "...that was very successful. Well done girls," she praised sarcastically.

Phoebe rolled her eyes and Piper balled her hands into fists. "Ooh!" Piper seethed slamming the door closed. "I am going to kill that girl!"

Phoebe shook her head. "No. Don't do that," she disagreed.

"I have to agree with Aunt Phoebe," Faith said.

"The home also features a spacious kitchen, complete with granite countertops and state of the art convention oven."

Faith, Piper and Phoebe froze, looked at one another, then ran into the living room. "The VCR?" Faith questioned confused.

"Who set it too record?" Piper asked walking towards it just as the tape shot out closely followed by the Shocker demon.

Phoebe froze, squeezing her eyes closed and tensing up her body waiting for the shock to hit. Piper threw up her hands but missed the demon and got the TV instead.

"Oh!" Faith cried in surprise grabbing Piper's hands and yanking them down.

"Look out!" Phoebe cried as the Shocker demon raced by their feet and out into the hall rising to its full height. "Uh-oh," she muttered before it sent a bolt of electricity at Faith sending her soaring backwards into the set of thin shelves in front of the back window, landing behind the overstuffed chair.

"Oh no," Piper cried and ran to Faith and Phoebe levitated into the air and kicked the demon's head, unfortunately all that did was electrocute her.

Piper's eyes widened as she watched her younger sister convulse in the air. "Oh, crap!" she cursed and ran through the dining room, grabbing an empty coat hanger and pushing it through the middle of the Shocker demon, releasing Phoebe from its hold then blasted it back into the wall socket.

"Ah!" Phoebe yelped as she hit the ground hard.

Piper sighed and dropped the coat rack, blowing a stray hair from her face.

"Ow," Faith gasped as she pushed herself to her feet and stumbled over to Phoebe, hauling her up too.

"Ow!" Phoebe moaned loudly as she regained her balance.

Faith rolled her neck and heard numerous cracking sounds. "Oh, not good."

Piper smiled wryly at them both. "Well, that was fun!" she exclaimed with a false chipper.

Faith stared at her aunts. "I can't get married with a Shocker demon in the house," she pointed out and Phoebe's eyes widened in panic.

"We've got to convince Paige to move in with us soon, before there's nobody left to move in with," Piper also pointed out with a frown.

"You can't force her to do something that she isn't ready to do, Piper," Patty reminded her daughter gently.

"Oh really?" Piper countered; eyebrows raised. "Watch me."

"Guess we need a new TV." Faith added, ending the impending argument before it could really begin.

Phoebe gasped. "Oh no!" she winced her eyes darting towards the kitchen.

Piper and Faith followed her gaze and gasped too. "The Prince!" they exclaimed at the same time then made a run for the kitchen.

"He's gone?" Phoebe asked uncertainly as she glanced around the kitchen, "What? Did he go back to fairytale land?"

Faith's eyes widened as she walked into the utility room. "No, the back door is wide open," she announced coming back in. "So…he probably went after Aunt Paige," she concluded with a nod.

"He left?" Piper's eyes widened as she sagged back against the counter.

"So..."Phoebe piped up from the fridge, "He's just wandering around in chain mail?"

"It's San Francisco. Nobody will notice," Piper said with a shrug.

"Well, sooner or later, someone's going to notice." Phoebe insisted as she unscrewed a bottle of water.

"Possibly, but possibly not," Faith admitted. "In Sunnyhell there is this thing called the Sunnydale Syndrome. People tend to forget what's not in their worldview. Its why people seem to remain oblivious to vampires roaming Sunnyhell. People will probably just assume he's part of a renaissance fair."

"Well if they don't dismiss it," Phoebe interjected. "Then the medieval trail is going to lead them right back to us."

"Alright." Piper nodded, "You try scrying for him and if that doesn't work, I'll have Leo orb Paige back here and hopefully the Prince will follow," she suggested with a hopeful shrug.

Faith scoffed. "And…maybe you should try a different approach with Aunt Paige," she suggested.

Piper shook her head. "She is not going to come back here voluntarily."

"Not about that," Faith said shooting her a 'well duh' look, "About getting her to move in. Maybe...it's too soon for her too."

September 7, 1350 – Monday

Royal Castle

"I have one question." Lady Julia spoke up from her place behind her prison bars. "If good magic rescued my Prince from you, what makes you think he'll return?" she asked with a knowing glint in her eye.

The Evil Enchantress stood up slowly. "I don't," she answered simply. "That's why I plan on following his footsteps and bringing him back, after I destroy the good magic that intervened of course," she added with an evil smirk.

Lady Julia bit back a scoff. "And what makes you think you can?"

"Oh...I don't know," the Evil Enchantress replied walking towards her and with the wave of her hand raised the bars. "Because I'm petty and evil and vindictive." She toyed with an athame, the blade sharp and twisted/ "But most of all...I'm determined," she concluded resting the tip of the blade against the Maiden's throat.

"I am the object of his true love," Lady Julia reminded her smugly. "Your spell only appropriated it. Kill me and you break the spell."

The Evil Enchantress smiled sweetly at her. "I know. I know." She swiftly cut a lock of hair. "That's why I needed this for my potion to work," she explained gesturing to the lock of hair. She then abruptly spun around and with a wave of her hand dropped the bars back down before Lady Julia could even attempt to escape.

"You cannot do this!" Lady Julia cried angrily. walking forward and glaring hatefully at the Enchantress.

The Evil Enchantress turned her head slowly. "One thing you need to know about me, Lady Julia." She stared stoically at her. "Nobody tells me what to do," she spat her features darkening.

Lady Julia sighed and the Enchantress smirked dropping the hair into the potion and relishing in the small explosion it created.

September 7, 2001 - Friday

South Bay Social Services

"Nobody tells me what to do Leo," Paige informed him strongly as she moved around the copy room. "And besides, I'm still mad at you for watching over me. I deserve better than that, especially from you."

"Well, I'm a guardian Paige. It's what I do," he replied with a frown. "Especially during times like this when it's dangerous for you to be alone," he reminded her kindly.

Paige frowned quizzically. "It's a fairytale, not a horror movie."

Leo repressed the urge to roll his eyes, "I was talking about the Shocker demon," he corrected her swiftly.

Paige paused for a second then shrugged, "Yeah, well, he's not half as scary as Prince Charming coming after me."

Leo brightened at that. "All the more reason you should be staying with Piper, Phoebe and Faith," he pointed out.

Paige turned to him abruptly. "What if I don't want too?" she asked finding this reoccurring argument to be quite exhausting, "What if I want to…" she shrugged, "…climb a mountain or…go dive the Great Barrier Reef, huh?"

Leo looked at her quizzically. "What?" he asked completely confused.

Paige rolled her eyes and made a dismissive gesture with her hand. "Never mind. Look, I've had a blast being a witch. I like the spells, like the potions. I'm even getting used to orbing," she listed off the pros then turned negative. "But god! I've just had enough. I don't even know how Faith does it with everything she's been through." She barged past him.

Leo sighed, feeling sorry for her and seeing her point but knowing that it really didn't matter. "Well, there is no enough Paige. This is who you are now, just like that is who Faith is," he explained, "You know that. Why are you running from it?" he asked and Paige faltered.

Paige looked up at him with a 'well duh' look on her face. "Oh gee, I don't know. Being hunted by the Source, ducking the Furies and being shrunk by a psycho demon, not to mention being chased after by my bedtime stories. I don't know why I wouldn't want the rest of my life to be just like that."

Leo smiled sympathetically. "You're not alone anymore. You have sisters, a niece, and after the wedding a new niece, now."

Paige scoffed, "I'm thankful for Faith and Buffy, they aren't pressuring me into moving in like my sisters are for all the wrong reasons."

"What is that supposed to mean?" Leo asked, confused again.

Paige closed her eyes and shook her head. "Nothing," she said sadly. "Forget about it."

Leo refused to let it go that easily and stared her down until she relented and opened up to him.

Paige sighed heavily and looked to the floor. "I don't know. Sometimes I feel like Piper and Phoebe want me to be as strong as Prue was and I just...can't do that," she admitted sadly. "I'm just me and, and asking me to move in just because it's the most convenient way to vanquish a demon..." she trailed off and shrugged, "...don't make me go back there Leo," she begged and he sighed looking her over carefully. "Not just yet okay?" she continued looking him on the eye again. "I just need some time," she concluded with a sigh then turned around and left the room calling over her shoulder. "I'll call you if I need you."

Halliwell Manor

Phoebe and Faith sat on the couch with a map and a crystal, Phoebe dangling it above hoping to locate the Prince. Grams sat in the chair to their right while Patty perched on the arm.

"That is hopeless," Grams cried pointing to the map and crystal. "There's no way you're going to find him in a city this big."

"Yeah, thanks Grams," Phoebe muttered frustration evident in her voice.

"Darryl. Darryl? Darryl!" Piper exclaimed walking back into the living room, phone pressed to her ear and a frown firmly in place. "Slow down okay? Carjackings happen all the time," she pointed out walking to the couch where Phoebe and Faith sat. "Why are you calling us?" she asked confusion evident in both her voice and on her face. She paused before she sat down. "A garbage truck?" she questioned with a disgusted expression. "At sword point!" she repeated loudly as she sank down next to Faith, causing both her niece and sister to turn to her sharply. "We'll get back to you," she sighed as she ended the call.

"Please don't tell me that the police found him?" Phoebe begged turning to her sister.

"Not yet," Piper replied, "How about you two?" she asked nodding at the map.

"Ha!" Grams threw in from her place in the chair.

Phoebe mock glared at Grams while Piper attempted not to laugh. "Nothing. I mean, he's not a witch, and he's not a demon so..."

Piper sighed. "Alright. Le—" she started but stopped as her husband orbed into the room, "—o! Hi." She smiled at him.

"Hi," Leo smiled back rocking back and forth on his feet nervously.

Phoebe looked up and around. "Where's Paige?" she asked him.

"Paige? She didn't want to come." Leo replied simply.

Piper laughed a little. "She what? Did you explain the situation to her?" she asked expectantly.

"Yes," Leo nodded.

Piper squinted. "And she still refused to come?" she asked and Leo, once again nodded. "You have gotta be kidding me."

"Leo! We are up to our pointy little hats in demonic problems here!" Piper cried incredulously, "We need her."

Leo nodded again. "She knows that."

"I don't understand. We're her sisters and Faith is her niece," Phoebe said as Leo nodded once more.

"That's not the reason you need her," Faith interjected.

"Faith's right." Leo agreed calmly.

Piper watched her husband and niece carefully. "Is there more to that or are you two just going to leave us hanging?" she asked.

"Look, Faith and I don't want to get in the middle of this. This is between you guys," Leo insisted. "But I will tell you that just wanting her to battle demons with you isn't enough of a reason to get her to move in."

"Uncle Leo is right," Faith agreed. "That's not why I moved in. And that is not the reason Aunt Paige will move in."

"It's a pressing reason!" Piper snapped this time.

"But it's not a sisterly one," Phoebe countered looking to the floor. Piper turned to her questioningly and she sighed.

"Aunt Phoebe is right," Faith said with a nod at Phoebe who closed her eyes slowly. "It's why she and I are still on speaking terms. Aunt Paige is kind of like me. She's searching for who she is, just as I was. Not as a Charmed One. But as a Halliwell. That is how you need to approach it."

"In the meantime..." Leo said. "You need to find the Prince before he exposes you. So ,I suggest you check with the Book of Shadows and get up to speed on Paige's fairytalem" he suggested forcefully. "And I will check with the Elders and see what they know," he added pointing to the heavens as he began to orb out.

Summers Home

Willow sat between Tara and Joyce as the Spellman witches drew symbols around Willow and burned sage. "Ancients I beseech you! The soul abstracted - let it revert to its true seat. Let the unnatural vessel be emptied. Let the essence be return to its original host!"

Willow blew the candle she held out as Tara closed her Book of Shadows. "Did it work?" Willow wondered and then suddenly her mouth opened and she stiffened as ectoplasmic light entered her.

"Yes, it worked," Tara said as she smiled at the redhead.

South Bay Social Services

The Prince stormed through the building, weaving in and out of the desks in search of his beloved causing quite a stir.

Paige was back in the copy room when she heard the commotion outside and went to the door to investigate. She peered out the window and gasped at the sight of the chain mail clad Prince striding towards her.

"At last, I found you." He smiled when he reached her.

"How?" Paige asked incredulously.

"I followed your heart, my love," the Prince replied lovingly.

Paige sighed in frustration and pulled him into the room, closing the door behind them. "You can't be here. You need to leave before security comes," she insisted slightly panicked.

The Prince shook his head. "I will not leave until you are with child."

Paige took a step back and held up one finger. "Okay, a) I always use protection and b) you're a fairytale."

The Prince reached out to touch her and Paige jerked away. "I won't harm you," he assured her kindly.

Paige held up a hand as she was backed into one of the copy machines. "Just keep that sword of yours sheathed, pal," she ordered. Suddenly she received a sharp shock from the machine and jumped toward the Prince who pulled her away from it too. She watched with wide eyes as the Shocker demon exited the copy machine and lunged at her.

The Prince jumped back in fear as the demon began electrocuting Paige. He pulled out his sword and sliced it through the middle of the demon releasing Paige who slumped to the ground with a 'thud'.

Paige watched as it retreated into a light socket and sighed. She looked up to find the Prince standing above her, hand held out for her to take, which she did hesitantly and he pulled her to her feet.

"Fear not." He smiled. "I have slain the beast, my love."

Paige smiled at him, entranced. "You most certainly have," she agreed.

"Hey Paige," Mr. Cowan called through the locked door. "You all right in there?"

"I will stay forever by your side," the Prince told her sweetly caressing her cheek. "Every moment of every day, you will know you are protected, desired, loved."

Paige looked deep into his eyes and grinned, "That's so sweet."

"Paige! PAIGE!" her boss yelled as the security guards broke open the door. "Paige, what the hell is going on? Who is this guy?"

Paige bit her lip nervously then pointed to the Prince stating, "Renaissance Fair." She nodded happy with her quick-thinking-cover-up. "Yeah, we're trying to score tickets for the orphanage. See you," she concluded pulling the Prince to the door and getting the hell out of there before anything else went wrong.

Halliwell Manor

"I don't see what the big deal is," Piper voiced as she lit some candles in the attic. "You'd think she'd want to move in here considering the dump she lives in."

"Aunt Piper," Faith reprimanded while Patty frowned at her daughter and Grams chuckled.

Piper ignored them and continued with her rant. "Just wait until the Shocker demon attacks her."

"Piper?" Phoebe interrupted this time from the book but for a very different reason.

Faith frowned making her way over to Phoebe.

Piper still didn't hear. "Then she might not be so resistant to the idea," she stated knowingly.

"Defiant, clever and independent," Phoebe said loudly then looked up at her sister and niece. "That kind of describes Paige, don't you think?" she asked seriously.

"Her or me," Faith corrected.

"Along with stubborn, stubborn and more stubborn," Piper interjected in reference to Paige. She then joined her Phoebe and Faith by the book,

"Alright. Listen to this: A powerful witch who came to the craft late, but learned to use it quickly." She turned to her sister and niece. "I'm telling you this is Paige." She stabbed the book for emphasis.

"What are you getting at?" Piper asked impatiently.

"Well, don't you think that's it's a huge coincidence that Paige's fairytale just happens to be in the 'Book of Shadows'?" Phoebe asked looking between the two. "And that this Prince just happens to show up in the 21st Century, head over heels in love with her?"

Piper frowned. "Okay, connect the dots will ya?"

Phoebe sighed. "What if it's not a fairytale? What if it's a memory?" she asked slowly, "Paige's memory from a past life."

Piper suppressed a chuckle. "Now you're reaching."

Faith shook her head with a sly smile. "No. No, I don't think so," she disagreed and both Phoebe and Piper turned to her. "You told me that Aunt Phoebe's past life came back to haunt her," she reminded them with a gesture in Phoebe's direction. "Why not Aunt Paige's?" she asked and Piper relented.

"Think about it," Phoebe continued. "What if Paige was the Evil Enchantress, once upon a time?" she smirked smugly.

Piper narrowed her eyes and glanced down at the book, "But the Enchantress' power was to conjure the elements," she pointed out sounding quite smug herself. "Paige can't so that."

"Yes, but," Faith spoke up, eyes on the page. "What would you do if I turned evil?"

"Bound your powers," Piper and Phoebe answered instantly.

"Exactly," Faith said. "So, who's to say that the Enchantress didn't have hers bound? After all, according to Aunt Paige the Enchantress was supposed to conceive his heir." She looked at Grams. "Correct me if I'm wrong. But since we're here. If the Enchantress didn't conceive an heir."

"That would be a reasonable assumption," Grams agreed as a large portal appeared behind Patty. Patty jumped and walked closer to her mother, daughters and granddaughters.

Piper bit her lip. "This doesn't look good," she stated as they walked around the 'Book of Shadows.'

The Evil Enchantress stepped out and held up her hands shooting wind at the five women and knocking them to the ground. "Where is the Prince?" she demanded coldly.

"Still think I'm reaching?" Phoebe asked as she hauled Piper to her feet.

"I don't believe this!" Piper cried in anger.

The Evil Enchantress held up her left hand and shot a bolt of fire at them as they hid behind furniture.

Faith pulled Grams to her feet and ushered her grandmother and great grandmother behind the same piece of furniture as her aunts.

The Evil Enchantress aimed again and fired as the five women raced out of the attic and down the stairs.

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"Crap!" Phoebe muttered as she extinguished the third small fire left behind in the wake of the Enchantress' attack. She sighed and turned to see Piper running into the kitchen with her own fire extinguisher.

"I got it!" Piper yelled running to a chair and blasting the flames. "Living room is clear," she informed placing the extinguisher on the ground.

Phoebe nodded. "So is the kitchen," she added and turned to the door as Faith entered. "Heard from your bride to be?"

"She's still in Sunnydale," Faith answered. "Apparently after class Willow told Buffy about a demon that was after her. Buffy is helping to vanquish the demon."

Phoebe nodded again. "Why do you think she left so suddenly?" she questioned referring to the Enchantress. "Did trashing our house become too boring for her?"

"She probably realized we don't have the Prince," Piper answered then sighed. "Great!" She threw her hands in the air. "It's not like we're having enough problems with Paige. We have to deal with her past life too?"

Just then Leo orbed into the room. "Okay, I found out about the Prince," he said without any pleasantries. "What...the hell happened here?" he asked looking around.

"Aunt Paige's past life almost killed us," Faith informed him.

Leo frowned. "What?"

"Yeah," Faith continued with a short nod. "Aunt Paige, the Evil Enchantress. Same soul, different lifetimes."

Leo looked at Piper and then Phoebe both of whom nodded their confirmation. "She came through some magical portal looking for Prince Carjack," Piper concluded with a wave of her hand as she looked up at him.

Leo nodded. "Okay, well you have to stop her. You can't let her find him," he stressed looking concerned. "According to the Elders, if she conceives his heir, dark magic will rule his kingdom forever. History will be rewritten. Your future—"

"You mean I was actually right?" Faith asked in surprise as Leo looked at her. "I guessed that since Aunt Paige said that the Enchantress in her fairy tale was supposed to conceive an heir and that we were still here, that she hadn't."

"You were right," Leo said as he smiled at Faith with pride. "But that could have changed simply because Paige cast the spell that drew the Prince into our time."

"So if we vanquish past Paige, don't we risk vanquishing our Paige too?" Phoebe asked Leo.

Leo nodded solemnly, "Possibly."

"Well then fine," Piper replied, "We won't vanquish her. We'll bind her powers and send her back in time, hopefully a virgin," she concluded with a smile and a nod. "Okay, let's get some candles. We have a potion to concoct."

South Bay Social Services

"What lures you to this time my Prince?" the Evil Enchantress questioned out loud as she picked up his pendant from the floor. "Who beckons thee?"

"Paige?" Mr. Cowan questioned as he exited his office, briefcase in hand.

The Enchantress looked up at the sound of his footsteps.

"What are you still doing here so late?" he asked, "I thought you left already?"

The Enchantress rose to her feet slowly. "What name did you call me?" she asked sounding uninterested.

Mr. Cowan frowned. "Don't tell me you're in the fair too?" he gestured to her outfit. "Don't forget to lock up." He added when she didn't reply then turned around and left the building.

The Enchantress then began wandering around the office until she came across a picture board hanging on the wall. She scanned it slowly, her eyes falling on one shot in particular: Paige and Eilish.

The Enchantress cocked her head slightly as she tore it down, "Looking forward to meeting you...Paige."

U.C. Sunnydale

Buffy and Kathy were rolling on the floor. Kathy managed to get on top of Buffy, pinning her to the floor. She gripped Buffy's mouth and starts to open it when she stiffened. Kathy's eyes widen in horror as she sensed what was coming.

The ectoplasmic light exited Kathy's mouth and flew out of the room. Buffy disappeared in a swirl of fiery flames to reappear a few feet away.

"How?" Kathy asked.

"Pretty simple," Buffy said as she smiled at the demon. "Magic."

It was at that moment that another demon materialized through the door with an enormous burst of energy. Kathy looked at him in terror before turning face to the floor so he doesn't see it.

He looked long and hard at Buffy and Kathy before finally addressing Kathy in their language, "There you are. Do you have any idea how much trouble you're in young lady?"

Kathy, defeated, replied in her own whiny version of their language. "I'm not going back!"

"Don't take that tone with me."

"I'm 3000 years old!" Kathy said, exasperated. "When are you going to stop treating me like I'm 900?!"

"When you stop acting that way," he answered. "I can't tell you how much you've upset your mother."

"You never let me do anything!" she cried as Xander and Oz burst into the room.

Buffy looked at her friends, for a second, she wondered when Xander had returned from his cross-country trip. Then she remembered that Willow had said he came back about a week earlier that he had gotten only as far as Oxnard before the engine had fallen out of his car, quite literally.

"Enough. You're coming home," the male demon told Kathy as he waved his hand, opening a Swirling cosmic vortex in the center of the room. Buffy, Oz and Xander scrambled to hold onto something, finding purchase against the gale wind caused by the open portal.

Kathy screamed as she tried to crawl away from the vortex. She was unable to escape its pull as it quickly claimed her. Then the male demon jumped into the vortex after her seconds before it closed behind them.

Paige's Apartment

"I still can't believe that you exist, that you're actually here," Paige gushed as she sat on the couch by her window while the Prince walked forward and crouched in front of her. "I always wanted to save you from the Evil Enchantress." She turned to face him. "So, you could live happily ever after." She smiled, slightly embarrassed.

"Be with me and I shall," he replied sincerely. "Come with me. Live in my castle as my Princess.

Paige gazed at him in disbelief. "What is it with everyone wanting me to move in with them?" she asked only partially sarcastic.

"I can give you all the riches you desire." The Prince rose to his feet. "I can take you away from all this." He gestured around them.

Paige smiled. "As tempting as that is, I know it's just the spell talking," she said regretfully.

"But isn't that what true love is?" the Prince countered. "Falling under someone's spell?" he asked taking the seat next to her. "Just tell me what you want and I'll give it to you, I swear."

Paige looked at him wistfully, "Can you make me as good as Prue was?" The Prince shifted in his seat and Paige held up her hand. "Never mind. You wouldn't understand." She tried to laugh it off but merely sighed.

"Try me," the Prince said sounding determined.

They gazed at one another for several seconds before he lent in to kiss her just as Leo orbed in with Faith, Piper and Phoebe, potions in hand.

"Hey!" Piper cried as she threw out one hand and froze the Prince.

Paige gasped jumping back then sighed. "What is going on with this barging in thing?" she asked pissed off again, or still, standing up and walking towards them. "This is getting ridiculous."

"Sorry," Piper apologized. "Thought he was attacking you."

Faith chuckled. "Aunt Piper, can't you tell that he was kissing Aunt Paige?"

"Faith's right, he was kissing me," Paige told her eldest sister. "It's called kissing," she explained her tone patronizing. "And what are you doing here anyway?" she demanded of Leo. "I told you I'd call if I needed to."

"Well, something's come up," Leo replied. "Something you're not going to like."

"Something worse than this?" Paige asked gesturing about her.

"The Evil Enchantress is here," Phoebe informed her bluntly and Paige gawked. "She nearly killed us trying to get to him." She nodded to the Prince.

"Trashed the house too," Faith added.

"Oh my god!" Paige gasped sitting down slowly.

"Actually, that's not the worst part," Piper informed her. "Remember how we were wondering how she cast a spell on him but he fell for you?" she asked.

"Yeah?" Paige replied with a nod.

"Well...that's because you're her," Faith said gently. "I mean, she's you," she corrected uncertainly.

"Well uh..." Phoebe tried to help then turned to Piper.

"Oh um..." Piper bit her lip then turned to her husband. "Yeah, help."

Leo walked forward. "Look, what she means is that you were the Evil Enchantress in one of your past lives," he explained easily. "So, when you read the spell in the 'Book of Shadows' he came."

"And that's also why you remember the fairytale so well." Piper added as the three of them walked closer to Paige. "It's because you've actually lived it once before."

Paige stared unblinking for a few seconds then smiled. "Okay, I can deal with this. Yeah," she said with false cheer. "No wonder I related to her the most," she muttered then looked at her sisters and niece sharply, "Does this mean I'm evil?" she asked fearfully.

"Yes." Piper and Phoebe sisters said on impulse and Paige's face fell.

"No," Faith corrected.

"No," Phoebe agreed with a reassuring smile.

"No," Piper added after for emphasis.

"No, not you just your past self." Phoebe explained, "You've grown and evolved..."

"We all have," Piper took over. "That's what we do." She smiled. "So, the plan is to bind the Enchantress' power with this little potion." She waved the vial of purple liquid in the air for Paige to see.

Faith, Phoebe and Leo held up their own.

Paige nodded/ "I'll do it," she stated firmly standing up and taking the vial from Faith's hand.

"Are you sure, P?" Faith asked using her aunts nickname.

Paige looked at her niece and smiled at the use of her nickname. "I am, Faith. I put you guys in danger." she said ashamed, "I'll get you out of it. It's my story. I have to end it once and for all. Besides..." she looked at Faith, "...you have a wedding to get ready for."

"But you don't know how to find the Enchantress," Leo pointed out with a frown.

"Well, she's after the Prince right?" Paige asked. "I'll just backtrack and surprise her."

"There's no reason for you to do this alone," Phoebe spoke up softly. "It's not just your story anymore. You've got sisters and a niece now," she reminded her sister.

"But..." Piper spoke up, "...if you want to do this yourself? Then do it." she encouraged with an understanding smile.

"I do," Paige answered slightly surprised but grateful.

"Yeah, if that's what you want, we'll be here uh...with the Prince," Piper assured her.

Paige smiled and turned around, exiting the apartment.

"Why'd you let her go?" Phoebe asked confused.

Piper sighed and folded her arms across her chest, "Because Faith is right. We've been treating her like she is a Charmed One, not as a Halliwell. Not as our sister. And as our sister, she has to want to move in, we can't make her do it if she doesn't want to," she pointed out wisely and Phoebe nodded with a smile.

Streets of San Francisco

Paige unlocked her car and got in quickly, slamming the door closed behind her. She looked up as she fastened her seatbelt and gasped. The Evil Enchantress was striding toward her. She started her car and hit the accelerator but the Enchantress held up her hands sending out a powerful wind that stalled Paige's car, preventing it from coming close to her. She cursed and quickly exited the vehicle walking towards her evil past self.

The Evil Enchantress looked Paige up and down. "Don't tell me I've become good the future." She muttered disgusted at the thought.

"Damn good," Paige assured clutching the potion tighter before throwing it at herself.

The Enchantress held up one hand and sent a bolt of electricity at the oncoming bottle shattering it.

"And here I was so looking forward to meeting myself." The Enchantress smirked triumphantly. She then threw up her hand again and sent the same powerful wind at Paige, which sent her soaring backwards landing on her car windshield cracking it and rendering her unconscious.

Paige's Apartment

"What is it?" Piper asked seeing the panicked look on her husband's face.

"Something's wrong," he answered slowly. "Paige is in trouble."

Piper, Faith and Phoebe jumped to their feet, "Well, go, go, go!" Piper cried slamming her hands onto his chest and Leo instantly disappeared in his usual swirl of bright orbs.

Suddenly the door flew open and the enchantress appeared, "Remember me?" she asked smugly.

Faith, Piper and Phoebe whirled round to face her.

"Uh-oh." Phoebe muttered inching closer to Piper and Faith.

Streets of San Francisco

Leo orbed in next to Paige's car to find her bleeding and unconscious on top of it. He immediately stretched out his hands above her, healing her injuries.

Paige gasped loudly as she shot upright.

"What happened?" Leo asked looking her over.

Paige grimaced. "Ow! The Evil Enchantress," she replied as a loud cracking sound came from her apartment up above them. "Oh no!" she gasped as Leo pulled her to her feet. "No!"

U.C. Sunnydale

Buffy stood on a chair as she hung a poster where Kathy's Celine poster used to be. "How's that?" she asked.

"A little to the left... There," Willow said as Buffy tacked the poster up.

Buffy stepped off the chair and moved beside Willow to check her handy work. "Perfect."

"I have to say thank you, Buffy," Willow told her friend. "I know you won't be living on campus but its nice I can have a roommate sometimes when you or Faith decide to crash here."

"Your welcome, Will," Buffy said. "And thank you for letting me do this. It's nice to have a place I can flame to without worry of being seen."

"You're welcome, Buffy," Willow said as she hugged her friend. "So did you ask Xander?"

Buffy nodded. "He will be standing with you, Tara and Oz as one of my two Best Men. Mom is in the process of renting him a tux since it's such short notice."

Paige's Apartment

Faith, Piper and Phoebe dove behind Paige's bed to escape an oncoming fire bolt.

"Come to me, my Prince," the Enchantress called softly and the Prince walked toward her without question. She gestured at the open portal to which he stepped through willingly. She then turned to the Faith, Piper and Phoebe as Faith and Piper shot up, Phoebe moving slower nursing a bleeding head wound. She held up her hands and blasted them with wind, pushing them back.

"We can't let her get away!" Faith yelled over the noise made by the portal.

"What are we supposed to do?" Piper asked turning to her niece. "Go back to the middle ages, the dark ages or whatever the hell ages those are?" she asked doubtfully.

Faith smirked at her. "Exactly!" she cried pushing herself to her feet and running to the portal.

"No! Faith!" Piper cried jumping in after her niece just before the portal closed.

"Wait!" Phoebe yelled getting there too late. "No!" she cried slamming her hands against the now bare wall. "Damn it!"

Paige and Leo came bursting through the door. "Are you okay?" Leo asked and Phoebe shook her head.

"No!" Phoebe snapped. "No! I am not okay!" she replied holding out her blood covered hand.

Paige looked around her now trashed apartment. "Where are Faith and Piper?" she asked warily.

Phoebe chuckled angrily. "They're gone!" she replied with false chipper gesturing to the wall. "Disappeared through the portal with you—her and the Prince," she revealed worried.

Paige shook her head.

"Oh yes!" Phoebe insisted, cringing when her head stung.

"What have I done?" Paige cried.

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Leo continued to feel the wall that his wife and sister-in-law disappeared through, hoping to find some way to open the portal.

"This is all my fault!" Paige exclaimed as she continued to pace back and forth. "You were crazy to trust me!" she cried looking at Phoebe. "Why didn't I listen!"

Leo sighed in frustration. "Now isn't the time to lose it Paige. We need to get them back."

Phoebe nodded walking over to her little sister. "Leo's right, Paige. Freaking out is only going to make things worse. It's not going to help Faith and Piper," she said soothingly, rubbing comforting circles on Paige's back.

"Get them back?" Paige echoed. "What do we do? Hop on a bus to medieval times?" she asked sarcastically.

"Paige concentrate!" Leo said sharply getting more frustrated, "You're a powerful witch, whether you like it or not."

"Yeah well, I wasn't powerful enough to take out the Enchantress was I?" Paige retorted.

"Not alone," Phoebe spoke up. "But you'll have me this time." She smiled.

"One thing your past life should tell you, is that you've always been powerful," Leo pointed out, leaving the comforting to Phoebe. "You still have that power inside of you, don't be afraid to tap into it now."

Paige turned to Phoebe. "Can't you help?" she begged.

Phoebe nodded. "I can but I'm not going to. This is your story right?"

Paige sighed heavily and sat down. "Right. This is my fairytale. This all started with a spell that brought the Prince here, so maybe if I rearrange it a little?" she asked unsure and Phoebe nodded encouragingly. "What if instead of bringing the Prince to me, I bring myself to him?" she asked and Phoebe grinned.

"Yay!" Phoebe praised clapping her hands.

Paige frowned. "You already thought of that hadn't you," she stated.

Phoebe nodded. "Yup! Almost immediately but I wanted you to think of it yourself!"

Paige rolled her eyes and stood up again. "Okay...'Bring together my Prince and me. Kingdom now I wish to see. Crossing history to his side. From myself I will not hide," she chanted uncertainly.

Phoebe smiled. "Nice job sis. Not bad for your first spell."

Paige smiled and her eyes widened as a portal appeared in place of the other. "Oh my god!" she gasped. "I did it, it worked," she cried grabbing Phoebe's hand. They strode forward, both of them disappearing through it while Leo stayed put.

Suddenly both Phoebe and Paige reappeared grabbing his shirt. "We are so not going without you," Phoebe informed him before the two sisters yanked him through, the portal closing behind them.

September 7, 1350 – Monday

Royal Castle

Faith and Piper were chained to one of the numerous walls of the Castle's dungeon where they're powers did not work and struggling was useless.

"So..." Faith began as she tugged on her shackles. "You still glad you told Aunt Paige to go for it'?"

"Hey!" Piper snapped. "You're the one that decided to jump through the portal!" she exclaimed tugging on her own.

Faith rolled her eyes. "Yeah well forgive me for wanting to save our past!" she snapped back. "How the hell was I supposed to know our witchy powers or my Slayer ones would be useless here?"

Piper nodded and tried to point. "Another reason why we should not have jumped in!"

"You know..." Lady Julia interrupted. "I still don't understand who you are?" Faith and Piper turned to her. "What land did you come from?"

Piper sighed. "Disneyland. Future world." She replied nonchalantly as Faith chuckled.

"We're witches," Faith said. "Well actually I'm only half-witch as I am also half-Slayer. Anyways we have the potion that will stop the Enchantress."

"Yeah!" Piper nodded. "Let's go get her!" she said marching forward. "Oops, we can't!" she laughed turning to Faith. "Because we're chained to a wall!" she cried shaking her arms for added effect.

Faith rolled her eyes and Lady Julia sighed in defeat.

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Paige, Leo and Phoebe rounded the corner to find a very naked looking Prince in bed and a nightgown clad Enchantress walking toward him.

"Okay, find Faith and Piper." Paige instructed Leo and Phoebe, "I'll try to hold her off until you get back."

Leo frowned. "How? Your powers don't work in the past."

"Yeah but if we really are one in the same, I should be able to tap into hers," Paige explained her logic.

Phoebe beamed at Leo. "Oh, she's smart!" She then turned to Paige. "You're so smart." She kissed her sister's cheek.

Paige stifled her laughter. "Go get our sister and our niece, Phoebe," she said firmly.

Phoebe nodded her head. "Be careful," she whispered before she and Leo disappeared.

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"Piper! Faith! " Phoebe cried happily as she entered the dungeon, Leo behind her.

"Shh!" Piper hissed and Phoebe cringed.

"Sorry," Phoebe apologized running toward them.

"Hi!" Faith smiled at Phoebe, who grinned back.

"Hey!" Piper addressed her husband as he and Phoebe attempted to free them.

"Uncle Leo! Aunt Phoebe! Behind you!" Faith screamed as a guard came out of nowhere and threw Leo away from them then knocked Phoebe to the ground.

"Hey!" Piper yelled watching her husband closely.

"Son of a..." Faith cursed as she kicked him hard in the face and he stumbled back.

The guard recovered and drew his sword turning on Leo, who pulled one from the wall and the two engaged in a sword fight.

"Oh!" Piper cried as Leo narrowly missed the blade. "Oh dear!"

"Are you alright?" Faith asked Phoebe as she clambered to her feet.

"Uh-huh!" Phoebe replied as she fiddled with Faith's shackles.

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"Hate to interrupt myself at a time like this," Paige voiced making her presence known.

The Enchantress turned sharply to her. "How did you get here?"

"I'm Charmed," Paige replied with a small smirk.

"Not for long," the Enchantress threatened. She then brought up her hand sending a bolt of red light at Paige who held up her own, sending a bolt of blue light her way.

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"Oh god!" Piper cried as Leo continued to fight and started to lose. "Oh god!" she cried again. "He's going to die!"

"No, he's not!" Faith countered. "Look." She nodded at Leo who had fought back, with a strong head butt, leaving the guard unconscious on the floor.

"Nice!" Piper exclaimed relieved.

"Wow!" Phoebe muttered as Leo jogged over to Piper.

"Leo?" Piper cried looking her husband up and down.

"Uncle Leo, aren't you supposed to be a pacifist?" Faith questioned.

Leo turned back to the guard. "I didn't kill him did I?" he asked as Phoebe chuckled as she continued to work on Faith's shackles.

"I have to say...I find this side of you very sexy." Piper informed him with a flirtatious smile.

"Really?" Leo asked with a grin as he freed her.

"Yeah." Piper replied and Faith rolled her eyes at Phoebe who giggled as she helped her niece down.

"Thank you," Faith smiled and Phoebe replied by throwing her arms around her neck.

"Don't ever leave me alone like that again!" she scolded in her 'baby Phoebe' voice.

Leo helped Piper down and she grinned up at him then pulled him in for a long kiss.

"Oh, get a room!" Phoebe cried still clinging to her older sister and Faith laughed along with Lady Julia.

Suddenly a loud crash could be heard in the distance. "What was that?" Phoebe asked, ending their comic relief.

Faith's eyes widened. "Aunt Paige!" she cried running out the door.

"Potion! Potion! Potion!" Piper cried hitting Leo's chest as she pulled him along.

Phoebe followed behind.

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"Ah!" Paige cried as she ducked another blast form the Enchantress, who looked really pissed off.

"Don't hurt her," the Prince stood in front of her so the Enchantress sent him flying back using the wind.

"Throw the potion!" Paige ordered as her sisters and niece came running in.

The Enchantress raised her arms but Paige hit her sending her soaring backwards into the wall.

"NOW!" Paige yelled and Faith, Piper and Phoebe hurled their vials at the Enchantress.

They smashed in front of the Enchantress causing a smoky explosion and when she raised her hand to use her power nothing happened. "What have you done to me!" she cried.

"We bound your powers Enchantress," Leo replied calmly.

"No more 'kingdom come' for you," Phoebe smirked.

Piper shook her head. "Not for you."

"How could you do this to me?" the Enchantress demanded from Paige. "To us?"

"I didn't do it." Paige shook her head and gestured to her sister and her niece. "We did it," she corrected as Lady Julia came flying into the room and over to her Prince, helping him to his feet before kissing him passionately as the Enchantress pouted on the floor.

"I'm well, my love," the Prince assured her.

"My love?" Phoebe echoed. "Looks like it takes the kiss of true love to break the spell." She mused.

"It's in every fairytale," Paige added folding her arms and smirking.

"Alright super-witch!" Piper exclaimed turning to Paige. "Get us out of here!"

September 7, 2001 – Friday

Paige's Apartment

"Okay," Paige sighed as they all walked out of the portal, that closed behind them. "Looks like I won't be getting my security deposit back," she muttered disappointedly.

"Yeah," Piper agreed. "Too bad you don't have any other place to stay."

Phoebe laughed. "It's no pressure," she assured her. "It's totally up to you. Whenever you're ready."

"Yeah," Piper agreed. "Who needs electricity?" she asked with a shrug. "Especially when you've got like...including us around a dozen people to watch your niece get married," she stressed then shrugged again. "But, yeah. No pressure, totally up to you."

Paige pouted. "I wouldn't have to stay in the basement, would I?" she asked whining like a child.

"No!" Phoebe shook her head. "Of course not! That old Manor of ours has got more rooms than you think," she assured with a smile and a wink.

Paige smiled and nodded. "Okay then," she agreed and Phoebe cheered.

"Oh my god!" Piper gasped, "What time is it?" she asked grabbing Leo's wrist with his watch. "Oh my god!" she cried and her sisters and niece turned to her. "We have like, an hour, before Buffy arrives with her wedding party from Sunnydale!" she informed them and Phoebe looked panicked. "We got to go!"

"What about Paige's apartment?" Faith asked looking around.

Paige rolled her eyes. "It can wait. We still got a Shocker demon to vanquish let's go!"

Halliwell Manor

"WE'RE HERE! WE'RE HERE!" Phoebe yelled as the four of them came storming through the front door.

"Thank god!" Patty cried.

"We were about to send out a search party." Grams scolded. "Where have you girls been?"

"The Dark Ages." Piper replied dryly.

"Excuse me?" Patty asked.

Piper waved it off/ "We'll explained later. Right now, we got a demon to vanquish!" she exclaimed then clamped a hand over her mouth. "Oops. Are the worker guys still here?" she asked nervously.

Patty shook her head. "Left an hour ago. Cake is here, flowers are here, everything!" she said happily.

"Everything but one of the brides." Victor said as he entered from the kitchen, Cole and Darryl behind him.

"Daddy!" Phoebe giggled running into his arms. "Yay!"

"Demon now, hugs later," Faith snapped.

Phoebe scurried back to her sisters pulling a piece of paper from her pants pocket. "Hit it!" she cried with a smile.

Faith nodded and flicked a light switch freeing the Shocker demon.

Piper, Phoebe and Paige joined hands. 'Vanquish we three witches cry. One final shock and then you die!'

The Shocker demon cried out and exploded.

"Take that! You electricity hogging asshole!" Faith gloated with a smile and her aunts laughed.

"Enough chit chat!" Grams ordered sternly, "We have a wedding to get ready for!" she smiled.

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"There," Grams smiled as she secured the lace embroidered veil in her great granddaughter's hair. "Perfect," she whispered and kissed Faith on the cheek.

Faith ginned at her great grandmother then turned slowly to face her aunts and grandmother, who were quickly fixing Paige's hair. "Well?" she asked grabbing their attention, "What do ya think?" she asked spinning slowly in a circle.

The four women gasped and Patty placed one hand over her heart, "Oh sweetheart...you look beautiful." She smiled walking toward her granddaughter and pulling her into a loving embrace. And it was true: Faith did look beautiful.

Faith wore a strapless corset bodice with lace embroidery that stopped just below the bust, the skirt crisp and white with soft folds across the middle and a slightly fishtailed bottom. Her hair was curled in loose and slightly messed ringlets that fell just past her shoulders. Her make-up light and gentle. The beautiful pearl clasp bracelet, that Buffy had left in the drawer, adorned her right wrist, with pearl earrings to match from Piper. Joyce had worn the bracelet on her wedding day and insisted that either Faith or Buffy wear it on their wedding day. Her shoes simple white points with a three-inch heel.

"Oh, Faith." Piper whimpered with a smile, fresh tears pooling her eyes.

"Don't you dare!" Faith cried pointing her finger, "If you start then Aunt Phoebe will and Aunt Paige and then you'll set me off and I'm having a hard time dealing with these two..." she gestured at Patty and Grams, "...to have to deal with the three of you as well and plus...we don't have time to redo any make-up!" she sniffled.

Piper nodded. "Okay! Yeah, you're right," she agreed then turned to her younger sisters and swatted at their arms. "Stop it!"

Paige breathed deeply and shook her head.

Phoebe sniffled. "I'm sorry it's just..."she pointed at Faith extravagantly, "...you, you look so beautiful and, and you're getting married to Buffy and it's...it's just all so perfect," she sobbed.

Faith smiled at her aunt. "Oh, Aunt Phoebe," she spoke gently holding out her arms.

Phoebe sobbed again and walked into them.

"You're so cute," Faith chuckled and Phoebe laughed through her tears.

"I'm sorry, Faith." Phoebe apologized then laughed again. "But I'm a sucker for weddings," she defended herself.

"We all are," Piper added from behind Phoebe.

Faith looked over to see both of her other aunts crying and sighed, "Oh, get over here you two." She laughed and they joined the hug.

Grams rested her head on Patty's shoulder. "Look at them," she whispered. "Look at our girls."

Patty nodded her head but had no words to describe what she felt in that moment.

"Alright enough!" Paige exclaimed pulling away. "No more happy tears until the ceremony," she joked. "Let's fix ourselves and quickly!" she stressed.

Grams and Patty moved to fix Faith while Piper did Phoebe who then did Paige who then did Piper. Penny had just finished redoing her own when there was a knock on the bedroom door.

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"COME IN!" Faith called and the door opened to reveal Victor, Leo, Cole and Xander.

"Hey!" Victor smiled, "Where's my beautiful granddaughter?" he asked looking around the room.

"Here." Faith called quietly and waved when he turned to her, "Hi, Gramps." She smiled.

Victor smiled proudly, "Faith, you look..." he trailed off shaking his head.

"Wow!" Cole supplied for him from beside Phoebe. "She's looks wow!" he smiled.

"Why, thank you, Cole," Faith said sincerely and he nodded.

"It's true," Leo supported from his place next to Piper.

"Faith, you look stunning. Buffy will drop dead when she sees you," Xander said walking toward the brunette Slayer.

Faith laughed nervously. "Oh, don't say that, Xan," she said with a forced smile. "Because you know Buffy, that might actually happen."

"Not as long as I am around it won't," Xander retorted. "I brought her back once, I would do it again. And, Faith, I just want to say that I am sorry for how everything that went between us in Sunnydale."

"You owe me no apologies, Xan," Faith said. "In fact, I should be apologizing to you. You and Red were trying to be my friends and I didn't know how to be a friend. And I pushed you both away. I would be happy if we could start over."

"I would like that, Faith," Xander said as he wrapped an arm around Faith and hugged her.

"We need to go," Victor voiced loudly tapping his watch.

Xander turned to the three sisters. "So, since I'm one of Buffy's Best Men, who am I going to be escorting as Faith's Maid of Honor."

Faith smiled. "Just like my soon to be wife, I have more than one," she said remembering that Buffy had chosen Tara and Willow as her maids of honor and Xander and Oz as her Best Man. "It's all three of them, Xan, but you get the lovely Aunt Paige." She nodded in said direction.

Paige did a little twirl and bowed before taking his arm, "Shall we?" she asked and Xander nodded.

Piper slipped her arm into Leo's and they left also, followed by Cole and Phoebe.

"You look beautiful, Faith," Grams assured Faith with another kiss. "I love you."

Faith smiled. "I love you too, Grams."

Patty walked toward her granddaughter and smiled, pulling her into another hug. "I love you, Faith," she whispered.

"Love you too, Grandma Patty," Faith whispered back.

The two older women smiled before they became transparent once again, disappearing from Victor's sight. "Where'd they go?" he asked looking around.

Faith sighed. "They're ghosts again," she replied. "Only those of magical descent can see them now. Even though Aunt Piper, Aunt Phoebe, Aunt Paige and I can't see her yet. Mom's here too."

"How do you know?" Victor wondered.

Faith touched her chest indicating her heart. "Because I can feel her, in here."

Victor nodded. He was happy that even though Prue couldn't be there for her daughter that at least his eldest daughter would get to see her own daughter get married. "Well, Prue, if you are here. I miss you."

"Tell him she misses him too," Patty said.

"Grandma Patty said mom misses you too," Faith told him.

Victor smiled as he looked at Faith. "My granddaughter's getting married," he stated proudly then offered her his arm. "Are you ready?" he asked gently.

Faith paused, took a deep calming breath and smiled. "Hell yeah." She grinned and they made their way down the stairs.

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Paige and Xander walked down the make-shift aisle first as Cannon in D played softly in the background, followed by Oz and Willow, then Tara. Tara was followed by Phoebe and Cole and finally Piper and Leo.

The five girls looked stunning in their knee length, chiffon crimson dresses. And the four men looked handsome in their tuxes.

Piper, Phoebe, Paige, Leo and Cole stood on one side of the altar, Piper the nearest to the minister. Willow, Oz, Tara and Xander stood on the other side with Tara closest to the minister.

Buffy walked down the aisle first with her arms slipped through Joyce and Giles who walked on either side of her. Buffy wore a white silk gown. The top half was extremely form fitting, showing off Buffy's curves. The skirt billowed out into a train behind her. When they reached the front Joyce hugged Buffy followed by Giles before they took their seats next to Darryl and the Trudeaus.

Then it was Faith's turn. She and Victor walked slowly down the aisle. Faith tore her eyes from Buffy at the end to smile at Joyce. She hugged the Summers matriarch before getting a kiss on her cheek by her grandfather. Victor then took his seat next to Joyce.

Faith then stepped up beside Buffy in front of the Minister. "Hi," Faith whispered when she stood beside the love of her life.

Buffy merely stared at Faith, her mouth slightly agape. "Wow!" she whispered breathlessly.

Faith smirked. "Yeah, I've heard that a couple times already," she replied then winked at Cole who laughed.

Buffy continued to stare at her. "Faith, you look...magnificent."

Faith raised both eyebrows, "Wow, stepping it up a notch are ya?" she chuckled then smiled. "Thank you. You look...magnificent yourself," she complimented raking her eyes over Buffy's dress clad body.

"Shall we begin?" The Minister asked and they both nodded, Faith turning to hand Piper her flowers as Buffy handed hers to Tara.

As Willow stood next to Tara, she couldn't help checking out her friend's cousin. She had to mentally remind herself that she was with Oz though.

"Dearly beloved," the minister began, "We are gathered here today to join these women in holy matrimony." She smiled, "In the presence of family and friends. The union of two lives as one is a sacred bond both solemn and joyful. Embracing all that you are and all that you will be."

Buffy and Faith gazed at one another and Buffy giggled when Faith winked.

Piper glanced at her husband and smiled.

Phoebe locked eyes with her boyfriend and kissed his cheek.

Oz had an arm wrapped around Willow, who's head was on his shoulder.

Xander stood next to Tara, he hadn't gotten to know Buffy's cousin very well yet. But he had wrapped an arm around her, for which she was appreciative.

"On this day of your marriage," the Minister continued. "Know that everything we love deeply becomes part of us. The trick is learning to receive this love with as much understanding as you give it. And knowing this, you can begin a life together with an open mind and heart."

"I Buffy Anne Summers vow, to love, to honor and to cherish you, Patricia Andrea Halliwell." Buffy said softly her eyes filled with love. "For better, for worse. For richer, for poorer. In sickness and in health...till death do us part." She smiled at Faith and Faith smiled back.

Faith cleared her throat quickly. "I Patricia Andrea Halliwell vow, to love, to honor and to cherish you Buffy Anne Summers." She paused to blink away tears, refusing to cry during the ceremony, "For better, for worse. For richer, for poorer. In sickness and in health...till death do us part." She laughed a little instead of crying.

The Minister nodded to Buffy who turned around and took Faith's white gold, diamond encrusted wedding ring from Tara and placed it on Faith's finger saying, "With this ring, I thee wed."

Faith took Buffy's white gold, diamond encrusted wedding ring from Piper and slipped it onto Buffy's finger also saying, "With this ring, I thee...wed."

Buffy looked into Faith's eyes and said firmly, "I do."

Faith stared back and said just as firmly. "I do."

The Minister smiled at the couple. "I now pronounce you...wife and wife. You may kiss." She grinned.

Buffy grinned and Faith laughed as Buffy slipped an arm around Faith's waist and pulled her flush against her kissing her hard, cheers erupting from all present.

Faith moaned quietly as she snaked her arms up and around Buffy's neck pulling her in.

Buffy wrapped her other arm around Faith's waist, Faith giggling against Buffy's lips as their friends and family celebrated.

"May I be the first to introduce to you. Faith and Buffy Halliwell-Summers."

September 8, 2001 – Saturday

Paige raced to her new bedroom door and tore it open before the knuckles behind the insistent knocking went right through it. "Ta-da!" she cried holding out her arms as her older sisters and her nieces entered. "What do you think?" she asked eagerly.

"Wow!" Buffy gasped as she looked around.

"Yeah, wow!" Piper agreed.

"It's definitely different," Faith nodded glancing from object to object.

"It's definitely you!" Phoebe stressed with a smile.

Paige cringed. "Is that a good thing?" she asked unsure.

Phoebe swatted at her arm. "Of course, it is!" she assured her forcefully.

Paige sighed in relief and smiled, "Good, because I was actually thinking the living room could use a little spicing up," she joked.

"Ha, ha!" Piper cried pointing at Paige. "She's funny," she stated unimpressed while Phoebe laughed at the joke.

"Uh-huh." Faith agreed then turned to Paige shaking her head. "Believe me when I say, don't push it, Aunt Paige," she warned and Paige giggled.

They were interrupted by a loud knocking at the front door.

Phoebe groaned, "Uh...I hope that's not another one of your past lives."

Buffy ginned. "I hope it's another gift."

Piper rolled her eyes. "Nu-uh, missy. It's the day after the wedding now. You don't get presents the day after the wedding." She pointed out bursting Buffy's excited bubble, causing her to pout childishly.

Paige laughed. "It's Glen. I asked him to stop by," she told them with a sad smile.

"Oh, the cute guy from the apartment?" Phoebe asked and stated. "He's yummy."

"Yeah, he is." Paige agreed. "But he's going to have to be yummy in Australia. He's leaving," she informed them regretfully. "He asked me to go with but...I decided to pass." She shrugged.

"Are you disappointed, Aunt Paige?" Faith asked sympathetically.

Paige shrugged again. "A little...but it's not like I'll be lacking in adventures here," she pointed out with a smile.

"No, you won't." Phoebe shook her head as she threw an arm around Paige's shoulders.

"For what it's worth?" Faith spoke up softly. "We're really glad you decided to stay."

Paige nodded, "Me too," she whispered then patted Phoebe's arm. "Alright I got to go." She announced grabbing her bag. "And don't forget." She stopped at the door. "If you need me? Please knock," she finished then disappeared down the stairs.

Piper, Buffy and Faith chuckled to themselves as Phoebe came to stand on beside Piper.

"And they lived...happily ever after." Piper said with some disbelief, referring to their new living arrangements.

"Yeah," Buffy agreed. "I think something definitely needs to be done about the bedroom situation. After all, three couples now live in this house. And two of them are married."

"What did you have in mind, Buffy?" Faith wondered.

"Someday you and I are going to want to move out when we're ready," Buffy answered. "But until then. I was thinking." She looked at Piper and Phoebe. "With your guys permission of course, renovating the basement into a livable apartment. That way when we have our daughter, we even have room for a small nursery."

Piper and Phoebe glanced at each other for a moment debating internally the suggestion. "What do you think, Pheebs?" Piper asked her younger sister.

"I think that might be a good idea," Phoebe admitted. "Then there is a fourth room up here in case someone else wants to turn it into a nursery for a baby someday," she added with a wink at Piper.

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Author's Note: The mention of converting the basement into another bedroom is for future plot details. In this story Dawn will be Faith's sister. So, when she's created, she will need a room. By creating a basement apartment that leaves a room upstairs for Dawn later.