MY POWERS, for sure they don't stop shocking me.

After The Sea Hag took Mylie, Paige hadn't stopped scolding us until Phoebe and Leo arrived. Now we were on the conservatory, me sitting on a chair examining the place where I felt briefly the magic from the Hag hit me before that magical barrier had appeared.

"She took our innocent? How could you let that happen?" Phoebe asked once Paige briefed her and Leo on what happened. I looked away not answering

"I don't know" Piper shook her head "I think I had a panic attack. I couldn't breathe or move"

Phoebe frowned with a nod, turning to face me

"I'm new into this whole thing" I said looking up starting to chew on my lip "I was shocked about not being trusted into tunnel of water like Paige. I froze and she took that moment to take Mylie, it's not like I have 100% control of my powers" I pointed out.

They seemed slightly pleased with my answer, still frowning

"Your gem protected you" Leo informed me. "It's part of the Guardians powers. You can not be hurt or killed wit magic"

I nodded slowly, keeping that in mind. My face dropped once we got reminded of the issue on hand

"Okay, I get it. But she still took our innocent" Phoebe said with a sigh.

"Let's give them a break, okay" Leo said, glancing at me and Piper in concern. I shook my head

"No, she's right, I froze up, Mylie's gone and it's my fault" Piper said standing up

"It's my fault too" I spoke making them turn to face me in confusion "If I would have found a way already to make my powers work, maybe I could've stopped the Hag"

Leo shook his head "No. Don't blame yourselves, it's not your fault. Kassandra, you're discovering new powers its normal to feel surprised. Piper, it's your hormones. Your maternal instincts are kicking in" he told us, I shook my head looking away

"More like taking over" Paige said crossing her arms

"It's natural for a mother to feel protective of her baby and a surprised reaction to a new power" Leo looked between us

"Okay, for Kass I have no argument because she's new at this but Piper's been handling demons ever since she got pregnant. Why the sudden change today?" Phoebe said frowning

"I don't know, I just, I don't" Piper said in frustration, sighing and turning around passing a hand through her hair

"Let's just focus on finding Mylie" Paige said changing the subject "What did you get on the sea hag?"

"There's a vanquishing spell, power of three, I, I have it somewhere" Piper said

"Okay, what about a location? Did the book say where we can find her?" Paige asked her, Piper shrugged

"The Elders say she keeps a cavern on a remote island. She keeps it hidden with charms and spells. The only way to track her is with a mermaid" Leo informed us

"Well, unfortunately we're fresh out of those" Phoebe said sighing

"Okay, yeah, well, where were you when this all went down?" Piper asked her

"I had my own demon to deal with" Phoebe told her

I shifted uncomfortably. Was she still with the whole Cole thing?

"The good news is, is that the sea hag can't steal Mylie's immortality unless she's willing to give it up" Paige told us

"Which could be any minute" Leo said making me glare at him. I knew she wasn't going to give up. She couldn't

"True, if she gives up hope, she might wanna die" Paige said

"She won't. I'm sure she'll hold onto hope" I told them, determined

"Alright, I'll find Craig, we may need him" Leo sighed. I nodded in agreement 

"Try the airport, he was headed to New York" Paige told him before he orbed away. Leo nodded disappearing in a swirl of blue lights

"I'll try to locate the sea hag" Paige told us starting to walk way

"Oh, honey, I'm sorry, I might've been pushing too hard" Phoebe told her older sister walking to her "Why don't you let me and Paige worry about the sea hag?"

"And Kass" I coughed indiscreetly. Phoebe shot me a look making me raise my eyebrows defiantly, she sighed shaking her head

"No, 'cause I've got to..." Piper started, but Phoebe interrupted her

"Rest. If not for your sake then for my niece. All this stress can't be good"

"Yep, take it easy" I smiled at the oldest Halliwell sister

"They're right" Paige said on the door before walking up the stairs

Piper laid down on the couch after her sisters' insistence

~8~

Piper did listened to us, maybe for a little bit and stayed downstairs while me and Phoebe went to the Attic to keep Paige company.

Phoebe reading through a spell she had been given by Paige before we got here and I reading about the Sea Hag in the Book of Shadows, starting to get annoyed by Paige's pacing

"This is really good. Adding Eastern thinking to Western wicca" Phoebe told her. I looked up at Paige annoyed as her phone rang. Again "It should definitely break through the sea hag's protective charms"

"Are you gonna answer your phone?" I asked placing my cheek on my hand leaning against the stool the book was placed.

Paige stopped, shaking her head "Uh, no, it's my boss. I've been gone all afternoon"

"Okay...." I said, exchanging a look with Phoebe "Then can we turn it off?" I drawled in annoyance. Paige shot me a look and then sighed

"Do you think it's possible to get promoted and fired on the same day?" Paige asked, I shrugged

"Paige, please, just turn off the phone" Phoebe now insisted. Seems like I wasn't the only one getting annoyed by it

"You know, maybe in our new destiny this job just isn't meant to be" Paige said, seeming to ignore us.

"Seriously Paige turn it off...." I began before Phoebe grabbed the phone slamming it on the table. I flinched looking at her wide eyed.

"Damn. There was no need to over react" I commented, shocked by her reaction

"Okay, interesting, though Kass was right" Paige said looking at her sister "Phoebe?"

"Mm" phoebe hummed in acknowledge, turning back to the spell

"What is going on?" Paige asked

"He's back" Phoebe sighed heavily, looking up. I raised my eyebrows, slowly closing the book getting a feeling on where this was going to

"Who?" Paige asked, I sighed quietly, leaning against the stool holding The Book Of Shadows on my hands waiting for Phoebe's answer

"Cole"

"What?" Paige asked shocked, I tilted my head not surprised as it had been all she could talk about lately. Phoebe nodded pulling out of her purse a letter opener showing it to us. I cringed at sight of the opener. The tip of it was destroyed as if it were acid

"This is his blood" Phoebe told us, pointing at the destroyed tip of the letter opener "Blood is not supposed to do that"

"You stabbed him?" Paige asked as the same time as I asked "That's blood?" Shocked.

"Yeah" Phoebe nodded putting the letter opener down.

"Good" Paige told her nodding.

I blinked shaking my head "Bad-ass"

"He wants me back" Phoebe said, passing a hand through her hair "He wants me back and I just wanna run. As fast and far as I can. I swear, if I had your power, Paige, Kass, I would orb myself to a rock in the middle of the city. He has put me through so much and I just, I don't want to go through it again" She said while shoving the letter opener back to her purse.

I made a face to her "I don't even know how to orb" I pointed out

"Doesn't matter" Phoebe told me. "You still can do it"

I nodded slowly. She had a point.

Paige shot me a look which I just shrugged innocently in response.

"Okay, running is not the answer" Paige told her "Don't give him that power over you. You have built a great life for yourself"

"That doesn't matter. I'm too tired to fight him. And I don't even know if I could. He's got all these new demonic powers now" Phoebe said shaking her head

"You know what? Turn your anger towards the sea hag. After we deal with her, I'll test Cole's blood and come up with a magic way to keep him from you, okay?" Paige told her changing the subject, I smiled

"Okay. Thank you" Phoebe said grateful. "Let's see if this spell that you wrote works. I will go find Piper"

"Oh, Piper. I'm kinda worried about her" Paige said with a sigh, obviously worried about her sister "She picked maybe the worst time to come up with a massive demon phobia. You think she's gonna be okay to take on the sea hag?"

I looked up, sensing Piper's powers coming closer and I raised my hands gesturing at them to stop talking about her

"Well, I think pregnancy is an emotional time and anything can happen" Phoebe said

I sighed dropping my hands in frustration as Piper walked in

"I'll be fine" she told her sisters. Phoebe and Paige turned to face her startled "Okay, let's go, we've got a job to do" she said

"You sure you're up to it?" I asked in concern

"Well, I don't have a choice" Piper told me. I looked at her unconvinced. "It's a power of three spell, right?" She asked. I nodded slowly. She pointed at herself, then Phoebe and then Paige "One, two, three"

"Should we wait for Leo to find Craig before we go?" Phoebe asked, I shook my head

"No, Mylie needs us now" I told her making Piper nod in agreement as Phoebe handed each one of them a piece of paper where she wrote the spell

"Okay, if the spell works, it should take us straight to the sea hag" Paige informed before they started chanting

"Powers of the witches rise, find the hag who speaks in lies, balance chakra focus chi, lead us through the cruel cruel sea"

I looked around confused as nothing happened "Shouldn't the spell work about right..." I stopped talking, looking directly at Phoebe making her confused before she fell to the floor

"Whoo"

We looked down only to find Phoebe looking up at us in shock, turned into a mermaid

"Well, it worked" I grinned chuckling