Chapter one
The ultimate party disaster
Forty eight year old witch and charmed one Prudence (Prue) Halliwell lived in the family manor with her husband, children, sisters, nieces, nephews and brother in laws. It was the New Year's Eve party and she was walking the family dog Belle, a seven year old English springer spaniel, with her three year old daughter Passion. Her white-lighter husband Andy was decorating the house with their eight year old daughter Payton, six year old son Preston and four year old daughter Paris.
Forty five year old witch and charmed one Piper Halliwell, Prue's younger sister, was in the kitchen cooking the meal with her almost twelve year old daughter Melinda. Her white- lighter husband Leo was in the living with their three year old daughter Aria who was playing with the family cat Trixie, a fluffy black kitten. Their sons Wyatt age almost sixteen and Chris age fourteen were at the park with their friends and Chris's girlfriend Susan who no one but him liked.
Forty three year old witch and charmed one Phoebe Halliwell, Prue and Piper's younger sister, was bathing her three year old daughter Penny. Her cupid husband Coop was placing crystals around the manor to keep out the demons. Helping him was their daughters P.J. (Prue Johnna) age eleven, Parker age nine, and Patty age five.
Forty one year old white-lighter witch and charmed one Paige Matthews, Prue Piper and Phoebe's younger half-sister, was chasing her three year old daughter Mackenzie down the street. Her mortal husband Henry Mitchell was arguing with their eleven year old identical twin daughters Tamora and Kat (Katalina) Mitchell about cleaning their room. Their ten year old adopted son Henry Mitchell Junior was getting himself ready for the party.
Half an hour before the party was about to start Tamora headed up to the attic. She placed three white candles in a circle and said the summoning spell. Grams (Penny Halliwell), the grandmother of Prue, Piper, Phoebe, and Paige, came in spirit form with her daughter Patty. A moment later they transformed into human form. They gave Tamora a hug and followed her down to the living room.
Not long after Sam Wilder, Paige's white-lighter father, orbed in. Victor, the mortal father of Prue, Piper and Phoebe, arrived only minutes later. The children ran to their grandfathers for hugs not allowing their mothers to greet them. Sam only came around on New Year's Eve, and occasionally Christmas. Victor on the other hand came for every birthday party and sometimes just to visit.
By noon the guests started to arrive. First it was Phoebe's mortal boss and friend Elise Rothman along with her eleven year old niece Alyssa who was best friends with Melinda. Next it was Sheila and Darryl, the families close mortal friends, along with their two sons Mikey age twenty and Darryl Junior age almost seventeen, he was friends with Wyatt. Then it was the families close witch friends: Billie, her older sister Christy, her husband Austin and their children Ginny age six and Jamie age three. Ginny was best friends with Preston, and Jamie was friends with Passion, Aria, Penny, and Mackenzie.
The adults were talking amongst themselves. Wyatt, Chris and the Morris boys were up in Wyatt's room playing video games. Melinda, P.J., Tamora, Kat and Alyssa were talking about magic. Henry Jr. was in his room reading one of the new books he had gotten for Christmas. Parker and Payton were playing a card game quietly. Preston and Ginny were coluoring together. The rest of the children were chasing each other around the living room, knocking things over in the process.
The first fight to break out was between Tamora and Alyssa, they were not friends. Tamora was mad because Alyssa had accidently said something offensive and even though she apologized Tamora made a scene. Kat then got involved by reminding Tamora about their time at the white-lighter boot camp, this put a stop to the argument. Parker got annoyed with Payton telling her what to do on her turn. She got up and threw the deck of cards onto the floor and stormed away. Preston and Ginny were either best friends or enemies, at the moment they were in a fight. It wasn't normal for sweet little Ginny to fight but when it came to Preston there was an exception. Preston got violent and pushed her down making her cry, he was put on a six minute time out in the magic proof room, a room in the manor in which magic didn't work. Patty and Paris got into a quick argument about who was it, they rarely ever fought. Passion, Aria and Mackenzie ganged up on Penny when she cheated by beaming away from them.
When supper time came everyone gathered around the kitchen table. Before they could eat one of them needed to say a toast to the New Year. This year it was Phoebe's turn to make the toast. She lifted her glass and said,
"Another year has passed us too fast, and we are now different people than we were last January, even if the change was little. I hope this New Year will bring us love, opportunity, growth, kindness, family and friendship. TO 2019!"
"TO 2019" the others repeated raising their glasses."
By the time it was 11:59 p.m. most of the children were passed out. Preston and Ginny were snuggled up together in Preston's bed. Patty and Paris were fast asleep in their room. The three year old girls were asleep in their bedroom, Jamie was sleeping in Phoebe and Coop's bed for the time being. Everyone else was sitting around the living room on the edge of their seats. Another minute passed and they all jumped up shouting "HAPPY NEW YEARS!"
It was over as quickly as it came. The children who lived in the manor tiredly headed up to their rooms. Billie and Austin scooped up their children and headed out the door with the other guests. Grams and Patty hugged the sisters and disappeared back to the spirit realm. Now the adults quickly headed up to bed before any of the children could wake and bother them. Both Belle and Trixie were passed out on the living room floor, too tired to head up to P.J. and Parker's rooms where they usually slept.
Two days later, the third of January, it was the third birthday of Passion, Aria, Penny, Mackenzie and Jamie. It was also the first day back to school from Christmas break. This meant the party was going to be at the pre-school. The parents had planned the party for two months making sure everything was perfect and it was going the ultimate party.
At Westcott high school Wyatt and Chris meant up with their friends. There was Claire, an eleventh grade witch who used to live in the magic realm but moved to the mortal realm, she had met Wyatt and Chris at magic camp at age seven. There was Kennedy and Dakota, two mortal girls in the tenth who met Wyatt in Pre-school or kindergarten. Then there was Austin and Carter, two mortal boys in the tenth grade who met Wyatt in grade one than met Chris the following year. There was also Susan Black, Chris' girlfriend who no one but him liked, she was a ninth grade bully and mortal. Only Kennedy, Dakota, Austin, Carter and of course Claire knew about magic.
At Westcott elementary school Melinda met up with Alyssa as usual. Tamora and Kat met up with their sixth grade mortal twin friends Rosie and Lily. P.J. met up with her witch friend Onia who was in the sixth grade. The other children didn't have any specific friends, they changed every day. Except for Preston who's only friend was Ginny.
At the pre-school Prue, Andy, Piper, Leo, Phoebe, Coop, Paige, Henry, Billie and Austin were outside setting everything up. Prue and Andy brought the two elephants, the children were going to ride them. Piper and Leo blew up the bounce house. Phoebe and Coop checked a clip board when each of the three clowns arrived. Paige and Henry set up the exploding cake. Billie and Austin set up the face paint stand. Once they were done the children all came running out amazed, the teachers looked like they were going to faint. It didn't take long for everything to go wrong.
First both of the elephants pooped on the school lawn making the toddlers refuse to go near them. Second the bounce house deflated on a group of toddlers including Penny and Jamie. Next the clowns attempted to kidnap four of the children, and luckily Paige and Henry caught them. Then it started to rain which ruined all the face paint. Long story short the party had to be canceled.
Two weeks later it wasn't going good for the couples. It started off with Prue and Andy arguing about taking away Passion's powers. Then Leo and Piper were in a fight because Leo was easier on Chris than the other children. Phoebe and Coop were going at each other over their children's futures. Paige and Henry weren't getting along because Paige wanted to send Mackenzie to white-lighter boot camp. And Chris had enough of Susan criticizing his family and friends.
Prue and Andi were in their room.
"We are not taking away Passion's powers" Prue stated.
"You do it to the others all the time" Andy replied.
"For punishment and only for a week at the most, not for years"
"Her control power has gotten out of hand ask the kids"
"She will learn how to control it"
"She knows how, she does it on perpouse Prue!"
"She doesn't know any better Andy!"
"I don't see the big deal, we'll give them back when she's older"
"How would you feel watching your siblings and cousins use their powers and not being able to use yours?"
"Henry Jr. doesn't even have powers and he's fine"
"He never had powers so he's use to it, Passion is used to having powers, that's the difference!"
Meanwhile in the living room...
"I treat Chris the same as I treat Wyatt, Melinda and Aria" Leo stated.
"No Leo you don't, you let him get away with everything and undermine me when I punish him" Piper stated.
"No I don't, you just punish him for no reason!"
"Chris is out most rebellious Leo, he doesn't get punished for nothing!"
"I just think he's more on his way than the others"
"No that would be Wyatt and that's not the point!" Piper yelled then continued, "We have to treat them all the same, if Chris does something wrong he is punished just like if Wyatt, Melinda or Aria does something. All rules should apply for him as well, it's unfair to the rest of our kids!"
"Oh yea well Chris never came back from the future to tell you how crappy of a parent you were to him then died before you could make it up to him!"
"I know that hurt but you're not going to fix things buy letting him get off when he needs to learn his lesson, instead you'll have three other kids who will think you loved him more! Besides he wasn't mad because you always punished him, he was mad because you were never there for him, that's how you can make sure your relationship in the future changes!"
Meanwhile in the kitchen...
"Phoebe you have to face the facts, when the children grow up they have to follow one of the family businesses and not just our children, your nieces and nephews as well. They will each have to be a white-lighter, demon vanquishing witch, or cupid, or two out of the three" Coop stated.
"No they don't, they can grow up and be doctors or lawyers or salesman and leave their magic life behind like a normal witch" Phoebe replied.
"They are not normal witches, they have charmed one blood and are part cupid, they at least will have to vanquish demons or demons will vanquish them!"
"We are not going to be the parents who plan their futures, they can always give up their powers and become normal people if they choose"
"You know that's not true."
"P.J.'s a cupid that's fine, but it doesn't look like Parker wants to be a cupid"
"Then she can vanquish demons alongside you and your sisters."
"Or she can give that up and follow her dreams, my sisters and I didn't have a choice but our children do!"
Meanwhile in the back yard...
"Paige we are not sending our three year old daughter to white-lighter boot camp" Henry stated.
"It helped the twins a lot and I know it can turn Kenzie around too" Paige stated.
"In a few years if she needs to then fine, but right now she's only three she'll grow out of it."
"That's what we thought about Tamora and Kat!"
Meanwhile at the park...
"Susan you need to stop treating my friends badly, they're important to me" Chris stated.
"More important than me" Susan asked.
"No but they're my friends and you need to respect them"
"Fine, I'll play nice."
At the end of the week everyone calmed down enough to talk out their problems.
"Through this year let's see if we can change Passion, if not we'll take away just the one power" Prue sated and Andy agreed.
"I'm sorry Piper you were right, I need to discipline Chris when he's in the wrong like I would with the others" Leo stated.
"Leo don't worry about Chris hating you you're a great father. Keep spending time with and help him through his problems and your relationship with him is safe" Piper replied.
"Coop you're right, the children will most likely go into one of the family businesses, and it would be almost impossible to escape from demons" Phoebe stated.
"You're also right, we should force or expect it from them" Coop replied and kissed her.
"Henry you're right it's to early for Kenzie, and maybe she'll turn herself around as she grows up" Paige stated.
"If she doesn't we'll deal with it then" Henry agreed and they shared a kiss.