As the night fell and the terrible thunderstorm raged on in San Francisco, the Halliwells finished preparations for their Thanksgiving dinner. Piper, known to many as the best chef in San Francisco, had cooked the largest turkey she could find and of course as many side dishes as one could imagine, including mashed potatoes, green beans and filling only to mention a few.

"We couldn't have chosen a more beautiful Thanksgiving, huh?" Paige remarked sarcastically, carrying in the gravy boat from the kitchen to the dining room table.

"Honey, just be happy we're all here and healthy…it is thanksgiving after all." And having said that, Henry planted a soft gentle kiss on Paige's cheek, and continued to kiss her, moving his lips to her neck and her collar…

"Henry! Not in front of everyone!" Paige squealed coyly, sitting down.

"Okay everyone…let's all settle down. I want all of you to know how happy Leo and I are that we could all make it to this year's Thanksgiving celebration, thankfully we didn't have a repeat of last year…" Piper announced, glaring at her sister Phoebe.

"Hey, what can I say? Being married the Love himself is an all day job…" Phoebe replied kissing her husband Coop, sitting next to her.

"Regardless, we're all here and before a demon comes knocking I think we should each say what we're grateful for. I'd like to begin with family…you can never have enough--" Piper said beaming from ear to ear.

Suddenly the doorbell rang, followed by the deafening sound of lightning. Everyone remained as still as statues, waiting for something to happen. No one did anything, so finally Piper stood up.

Looking at her sisters she asked, "You guys can deal with demons or warlocks, but you're scared of thunder?" Slowly Piper walked to the door, but before she could, the door flew open, banging against the wall and shattering the plate glass windows. Standing behind the door was a boy, 13 years old with pale white skin and dark black hair and his eyes were almost the same color.

"Leo! Orb Wyatt and Chris out!" Piper screamed across the house.

"Wait!" Bellowed the young boy, quivering with fear and cold. "I'm not here to hurt anyone, I'm sorry about your door. Sometimes I don't know my own power's strength. Don't worry, a simple spell can fix that."

The boy's voice seemed to somehow sooth everyone's uneasiness and they all wanted to trust him; of course it wouldn't be that easy. Everyone was used to demons and other evil creatures showing up suddenly and trying to earn their trust. But for some reason, they decided to let him prove himself, besides, if he tried anything, the Charmed Ones were skilled in surprise combat, coming from years of experience.

The boy stood up and recited: "Let the object of objection become but a dream, as the seen becomes unseen!" Just like that, by the work of magic, the windows returned to normal and the door closed, appearing just like it had minutes earlier.

"Hey! That's our spell! You stole it from us!" yelled Paige

"No, you have to listen to me…I…it…that spell, I came up with it myself. A demon made this huge mess and I had to clean it up, it just came to me. So this spell just popped in my head and it worked. You have to believe me."

"Let's hear him out, guys, I think he's telling the truth. Besides, if he is any kind of demon, we can always vanquish him." Phoebe said jokingly

"What's your name, little guy?" Paige asked him

The boy seemed to completely ignore Paige's question but no one paid notice. They assumed he was frightened or troubled. They invited him to sit down and eat dinner and throughout the feast they all talked and laughed. They finally managed to extract his name out of him, Parker Fairview.

No one wanted to ask him any difficult questions because by the look of his tattered clothing and unruly hair he was coming to them in a time of desperation. Finally, someone decided to ask the question.

"So, Parker, why are you here?" Leo inquired

"I needed to find my family, and I was drawn here." The boy said shyly

"Here? Don't you have a family you live with?" Coop asked

"I do, but they don't understand my power, and they just started talking about sending me away somewhere and I just had to run."

"You talked about demons, earlier. You battle them?" Paige asked

Again the boy simply ignored Paige. He had been avoiding her all night and Paige finally couldn't stand it.

"Why are you ignoring me, you're acting as if I don't exist!" Paige exploded

"Just taking a hint from you, mom" Parker replied curtly.

This is only the first installment of the Peter Fairview series entitled "Long Lost". This one was named "All in the Family". Watch out for the next one, "Charmed, Once Removed".