A/N: I am sooooooo sorry for taking so long to update I have so much school work to do I'm practically drowning in paper!

Manor, Attic

"Hey, Piper." Phoebe's excited voice chirped from behind her.

Piper's head snapped around to see that Phoebe was gleefully eyeing the book. "What?"

"I found him." Phoebe announced as she continued to read over Praeter's entry in the book.

Piper allowed a small smile to play across her lips. She let the thought in that maybe once, just this one time, things would go their way and getting the antidote would be easy. Piper knew that she shouldn't get her hopes up. Ever since she became a witch, things started to be far from simple and easy. Even non-magical things like having a job, getting married and even having children had suddenly become a Sisyphean task. Piper continued to hold her head high, not for her own sake but for the sake of her family. But there were times like these when she just didn't think she had the strength to keep fighting any more. Times where it looked like magic was going to claim yet another person close to the Halliwell family, close to her heart. Don't think that way! Piper mentally berated herself. Paige is going to be just fine, we're all going to be just fine…

Piper shook her head to clear the bad thoughts away. She gently pressed a kiss to her unconscious baby sister's sweaty forehead before going to Phoebe's side to read what she had found in the book.

Praeter

A demon with the ability of energy balls, shimmering and invisibility. Although he is a low level demon, Praeter has been around for hundreds of years and has many demonic contacts throughout the underworld. Not much is known about him as he has always stayed off of good's radar, preferring to stay hidden. He can be vanquished using the potion below.

"Well, it's not much but it's enough." Phoebe said enthusiastically as Piper quickly read over the potion ingredients.

"And the potion is quite simple as well." Piper said as she made a quick mental list of what they needed. "I'm pretty sure we have everything we need downstairs in the kitchen. I'll go get the stuff so that we can make the potion up here and keep an eye on Paige at the same time." And with that, Piper left the attic and headed downstairs.

Phoebe's eyes trailed Piper out the door as she let out a sigh. She knew Piper was beating herself up after what Reichs had said. Phoebe plopped down on the seat next to Paige's side that Piper had occupied only a minute ago. Although she was trying to be strong for not only Paige's sake but for Piper's as well, this was hurting Phoebe a lot more than she let on. She hated seeing what these demons were doing to her family. She loved being a witch but it was times like these when she would have almost no hesitation giving up her powers. She would choose no powers over no sister any day of the week. Although she hadn't known Paige all of her life, she knew the instant that she met Paige that she loved her, forever and unconditionally. Phoebe had been the baby in the family all her life, always looking up to her older sisters while they were always looking down on her. When she found out she had a younger sister she was ecstatic. Finally she had someone to look after. Finally she had someone that could ask her for help if she was in trouble. Finally she had someone that she could be overly protective of. And Paige was that someone, just the thought of losing her was unthinkable to Phoebe. But looking down at Paige now and seeing her like this, knowing that it's only going to get unbearably worse for baby sister, immediately brought tears to Phoebe's eyes. She slowly reached out a hand and encased Paige's frail one in her own.

Phoebe was snapped out of her reverie in surprise when Paige groaned and squeezed Phoebe's hand in response. She quickly wiped her tears away as she saw Paige's eyes slowly flutter open.

"Why does everything hurt?" Paige half groaned, half mumbled as she tried to sit up.

Phoebe softly placed her hands on Paige's shoulders and gently pushed her back down onto the couch, trying not to cause her any more unnecessary pain. She was more than a little concerned about how out of it Paige sounded and the way her unfocused eyes seemed to take forever to focus. "Shhhh… Paige just lay back down, okay? Everything's going to be alright."

"Why the hell does it feel like I've been hit by a freight train?" Paige asked, opening her eyes and taking a good look around her before her eyes finally drifted onto Phoebe's hazy figure. She tried rubbing her eyes to try to clear her vision but as soon as she lifted her arms a wave of pain ripped through her from her stomach and settled in her already pounding head. She couldn't stop the cry of agony that escaped her as she gripped her head, hoping that it would somehow make the pain go away. However, all it seemed to do was make the pounding in her head intensify. She couldn't think, she couldn't move, the pain in her head increasing as she started to shake while slowly rocking backwards and forwards.

"Phoebe…" Paige finally managed to whimper out. "What's happening?... Please… Make it stop… Oh God… It hurts…Phoebe…Why is this happening?... Please, Phoebe… Help me…"

Phoebe could only watch on in horror as Paige begged her to help. Phoebe couldn't remember a time in her life when she had ever felt so useless. Here she sat helplessly on the side lines as her little sister was literally right in front of her writhing in agony. Piper had told her that earlier Paige had lost part of her memory and didn't remember anything about the attack. Somewhere in her brain Phoebe wondered if that's what was happening now, if Paige had forgotten about the poison and what was happening to her. In a way, that made it so much worse. To wake up and be in the worst possible pain you've ever experienced in your life and not even know why it's happening.

"Paige, sweetie. I want you to look at me." Phoebe began in the most calming voice she could muster despite the overwhelming sense of panic she could feel building up inside of her. She was rewarded when Paige pried open her eyes and looked straight into Phoebe's. Phoebe almost lost her resolve when she saw the tortured look in her little sister's eyes, but she somehow managed to keep her relaxed and calm façade from crumbling at the last second. "Just breathe, sweetie? Okay? In and out, it's that easy. Just watch me, okay?"

Phoebe started breathing slowly and steadily so that Paige could see her. In. Out. In. Out. To Phoebe's relief Paige started to join in on the rhythm as well. After a few seconds Paige's eyes slammed shut while her breathing started to speed up again.

"Paige. Open your eyes again, sweetie. Paige, you need to look at me. Paige."

Paige reluctantly opened her eyes once again to stare at Phoebe as she tried to block out the slowly receding pain inside her head. Phoebe continued to breathe with Paige as she gingerly reached over and started to rub her back at the same time.

"I'm okay now," Paige finally spoke up after a few minutes. "Thanks, Pheebs." Paige gave Phoebe a weak smile as she shifted slightly on the couch, wincing slightly as her stiff muscles ached.

"Are you sure you're okay?" Phoebe asked nervously after noticing Paige's wince.

"Yeah, I'm fine. I'm just kinda sore, well, everywhere." Paige chuckled lightly before turning serious again. "So, are you going to tell me what that was all about?"

Phoebe sighed and looked around at anything but Paige. This is what doctors must feel like when they have to tell families that their loved ones are dead, Phoebe thought bitterly.

"Oh God, I'm dying aren't I?" Paige spoke up, successfully interrupting Phoebe's thoughts.

Phoebe's eyes widened in response as her jaw dropped to the floor. "What? Why would you even think that?"

"Well, you kinda got that 'how-do-I-tell-her-she's-going-to-die' look plastered on your face. Are you telling me that I'm wrong?" Paige knew she was right on the money, but she felt the need to ask Phoebe anyway in hopes that despite all the signs, she wasn't dying.

"I'm so sorry, Paige." Phoebe replied as she let a tear slip done her face.

That was all the confirmation that Paige needed, she was indeed dying. Although Paige didn't know all the details yet, she was more than sure that this was somehow magic related. But with her mind pulling up blanks in the memory department, Phoebe was the only one out of the two of them that actually knew what was really happening to her. Before Paige had a chance to even ask Phoebe how she ended up unconscious on Aunt Pearl's couch, Phoebe's resolve shattered into a million pieces and she broke down into tears. Paige sat stunned for a couple of seconds before immediately sitting up and wrapping her arms around her big sister despite her muscles screaming in protest at the sudden, jarring movements. She started to whisper soft comforts into her older sister's ear to try and calm her down.

Phoebe let out a small laugh as she pulled out of Paige's embrace and wiped the tears away from her face.

"Sorry," Phoebe said while giving Paige a shaky smile. "I've been holding that in for a while."

"I can tell." Paige replied giving Phoebe a small smile before carefully lying back down. "Look, Pheebs. I get that this must be difficult for you but I have to ask. What the hell is going on?"

At that moment it suddenly dawned on Phoebe that Paige still had no idea what was going on. "Oh yeah, Piper mentioned that your memory was a little wonky. She told me you couldn't remember things that had happened in the last couple of days." Phoebe continued when she saw Paige frown in confusion. "What's the last thing you remember?"

"Uh…" Paige's frown deepened when she tried to remember exactly what had been happening lately. "Well…"

"Paige you're awake!" Piper spoke up enthusiastically as she walked into the attic holding potion supplies. Piper set them down on the table before kneeling next to her baby sister.

"Paige, what's wrong?" Phoebe asked cautiously. She noticed that when Piper walked in Paige's eyes had widened almost comically and her breathing had definitely sped up. At first Phoebe thought that maybe she was in pain again. But looking into Paige's eyes she didn't see any pain, just a mixture of shock and confusion.

"I think my memory problems are a lot worse than you thought they were, Phoebe." Paige managed to choke out after minutes of staring silently at Piper. Everything in Paige's head was telling her that something was terribly wrong, the pain spread throughout her body was proof enough of that. But Paige knew that this had to be more than just some physical injury that was the result of a routine demon attack gone bad. No, this was different. This was a lot worse. Whatever it was that was doing this to her had her sisters scared, and it took a lot to scare the tough skinned people in this family.

"What do you mean, Paige?" Piper spoke this time, worry laced through every word that fell from her lips.

"What I mean is that the last time I remembering seeing you…" Paige paused in the middle of her sentence as her eyes flickered from Piper's face, to her stomach and then back to her face again. "You were about 8 months pregnant."

A/N: Again, I apologize for taking so long to update but with exams and stuff it made that pretty much impossible to do so. For some reason, I don't really like how this chapter turned out, there's just something about it that I just can't put my finger on. Anyway, please review and tell me what you guys thought of it because I would really love to know what you guys are thinking of this story! :D