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Chapter 01: Whatever Happened to the Halliwells?

Piper, Phoebe, and Paige Halliwell are finally living the normal, demon-free, life Piper has craved from the day Phoebe read the message on the back of the spirit board. That was the day Piper became a Charmed One and she shared a responsibility with her sisters to protect innocents from demons and warlocks and all other kinds of evil. Although she had been reluctant to embrace her destiny, she had accepted it and now, she is living the life she always wanted.

Piper has achieved her life-long dream of opening her own restaurant. The restaurant is named Charmed and it is San Francisco's hottest restaurant. "The San Francisco Private Eye" has awarded Charmed five stars and calls it the best restaurant in town. Piper and her loving husband, Leo, also have three wonderful children. Wyatt, Piper and Leo's eldest son, is Leo's identical twin. They both are tall and have blonde hair and blue eyes. Wyatt is known as the Twice-Blessed, because he is the first-born of a Charmed One and a white-lighter. He has all of the Halliwell powers. Next is Chris (Piper and Leo's 16-year old son) who resembles his mom more than his dad. He has brown hair and hazel eyes and is short and like his mom he is a genius in the kitchen. Chris is half witch and half elder. He has telekinesis and empathy and can orb and shoot lightning bolts out of his hands. Wyatt and Chris are the only Halliwells other than their Aunt Paige who can heal since Leo is a mortal. The youngest is twelve-year old Melinda. She has brown hair and brown eyes and is her mother's favorite child. She can freeze and blow things up like her mother. She can also astral project like her Aunt Prue and is just as suspicious of everyone as her Aunt Prue was. She is also as observant as her Aunt Prue was. Piper, Leo and their children live in the Halliwell Manor. Since Billie helped the Charmed Ones vanquish the Ultimate Evil, Piper allows Billie to live in the manor and help her raise her three magical children and teach them magic. To sweeten the deal, Paige has hired Billie to teach at Magic School. Meanwhile Piper's younger sister, Phoebe, and youngest sister, Paige, are living close to the manor.

Phoebe has married Coop, the cupid who had been assigned to make Phoebe open her heart up to love again. Phoebe is the editor of the "Bay Mirror" newspaper. She also writes her "Ask Phoebe" column and gets input from Coop when he isn't busy with his charges. Phoebe and Coop have two twin girls, Psyche and Pandora. Psyche is tall with straight brown hair and brown eyes. Pandora is an inch shorter than Psyche with curly, shoulder-length, dirty blonde hair and brown eyes. Pandora and Psyche are six years old. Psyche has Coop tied around her little fingers. She just has to make her lost puppy dog eyes and Coop gives her whatever she wants. The puppy dog eyes don't work on Phoebe. Pandora, on the other hand, is very curious like her namesake. In Greek mythology, Pandora opened the box and let out good and evil just because she couldn't contain her curiosity. However, like her mother, Phoebe, Pandora can't keep a secret to save her life. As for their powers, Psyche and Pandora can heart, which is Cupid's form of transportation. Psyche has Phoebe's empathy power

Meanwhile, a red-haired Paige Matthews has married Henry Mitchell, a police officer. Paige is the headmistress at Magic School and a full-time white-lighter. She is the Charmed One's official white-lighter, but with Leo as a mortal the elders thought it best that the Charmed Ones keep another white-lighter for emergencies. So, they assigned fiery red-haired, green-eyed Lily Potter née Evans to the Charmed Ones. Meanwhile, Henry mentors his parolees and tries to get them reduced sentences. Paige and Henry have adopted Henry Junior who had been tossed from foster home to foster home. Henry Junior is 14 years old and likes to hang out with Chris and Wyatt. He is tall and has black hair and blue eyes. Furthermore, like Henry Mitchell he is mortal. Paige and Henry also have two little girls. 10-year old Patience is the opposite of her name and can't sit still for more than 30 seconds. She has long dark brown hair and brown eyes. She is the only Halliwell to suffer through braces and glasses and like her mother is forever dying her hair, because the natural brown color is too boring in her opinion. Meanwhile, eight-year old Persephone has straight brown hair and black eyes. Both girls can orb. They haven't shown signs of any other powers, but Paige is confident they will get other powers.

As nicely as Piper, Phoebe and Paige have moved on with their lives, they always get together every month for the traditional Halliwell family reunion. It's the only night that Phoebe's and Paige's families get to savor Piper's home-cooked meals since Phoebe and Paige rely on take-out food. Besides, Piper's lasagna with its gooey cheese and special blend of herbs and spices is so delicious you'll think you've died and gone to heaven. That's why it's no wonder it's the most popular dish at the Charmed restaurant.