The Pair of Three?

Prue and Phoebe are two sisters from the same mother and father, but that doesn't mean that they share in any qualities. They're like fire and ice, completely different but entirely dominating all on their own. One can clearly see this in season one, in such eppies as Something Wicca This Way Comes and The Power of Two. This relationship is one of the many thriving plots for Charmed's first season. Yes, the other two seasons have episodes that retouch on the subject, but the first year is entangled with this plot so that tension and all forms of drama between the two girls could raise interest in the show. And it's been one of the key pulls of Charmed because it allowed for a struggle between The Power of Three. Not any of the other seasons (or sisters) have faced this extreme storyline, for the struggles between the other sisters have been on account of outside factors like Cole. It's completely possible that we could blame Roger for the "touchy" relationship that Prue and Phoebe have, but as we've seen it runs much deeper than that (opposing personalities and life choices...I could go on). So I suppose that this complement between the characters initiates the pair for demond duty most of the time.

You may ask, "what are you talking about?" Well, I've seen on other boards and forums that people assume that Prue and Phoebe are getting paired together in season one to face demons and other baddies, while Piper is at home or somewhere else. While I don't necessarily think of the season in compartments as the like, I do see how some might figure that conclusion. For the first year, Prue and Phoebe have come up against some of the many great evils of the magical community without Piper (seems a little non-Power-of-Three to me, but oh, well). And they have defeated them and returned home to Halliwell Manor only to be faced with another evil being. Let's make a list of all the season one baddies that Prue and Phoebe have faced...

(1) The werewolf baddie in the episode known as The Wendigo.

(2) Barbas, the demon of fear, from the From Fear to Eternity episode.

(3) The evil spirit of a serial killer who escaped from Alcatraz island seeking revenge on the people who gave him the death penalty in the The Power of Two episode.

(4) Alec, who's a darklighter and demonic suitor of Daisy from the Love Hurts episode.

After all of these, it doesn't seem like so many too me. I mean...yes...looking back at the first season, I can say that it seems correct to assume that Prue and Phoebe were paired together the most often. However, Piper wasn't always the fish on dry land. In the series premiere, Piper had to face Jeremy Burns on her own in the warehaouse overlooking the bridge, she had to defend a ghost from Yama by herself in Dead Man Dating, her and Phoebe had to handle the spell that went wrong together in Dream Sorcerer, and her and Prue had to tackle the Woogy when Phoebe was possessed in Is There A Woogy In The House? I guess the reason Piper seems nonchalant is because she is sweet and innoncent, making our memories focus on her and not her demon battles, which is opposite of Prue and Phoebe because they are fireworks and our memories focus on them together with their demon duties. So I don't think Prue and Phoebe are The Pair of Three.

What do you think? Is Prue and Phoebe the pair of three? Have I missed some of Prue and Phoebe's demon battles? Come on, tell me what you think!