"Do it, Free yourself" Ranor urged.

"No" Cole growled, and with that he threw an energy ball at Ranor to distract him, and he grabbed the now cool power stripping potion and downed it in one gulp. And immediately he erupted in flames, Phoebe screamed looking in from the crack in the door. And Prue threw open the door with her powers and they ran into the room. Quickly reading the situation in the attic, Prue again used her powers, this time to direct an athame towards Ranor, and it hit, he fell to his knees bleeding from the throat where he was hit. And with that he went up in flames, and the only thing left was the first amulet in the spot where he had been.

"Cole" Phoebe screamed watching in horror as Cole continued to burn and then there was a flash, which forced everyone to look away, and when they looked back Cole was still there, although on his knees and looking worse for the wear.

"Leo" Piper yelled and ran to his side.

"Oh god Cole, thank god, I thought we'd done it wrong and that you were gone" Phoebe said.

"For a minute, so did I" Cole said.

"Oh god, what happened to Leo and Jenna?" Prue asked.

"They should both be okay. They both were hit with energy balls from Ranor, but Jenna's amulet protected her and Leo can't die, so they should both wake up soon" Cole said sounding exhausted.

"Look" Prue said "The first amulet, Ranor must have been carrying it with him and it survived the vanquish." Prue picked it up to admire it. "It's quite pretty actually, not bad looking at all" she said.

"Wow, pretty strong amulet to survive all that" Piper said.

"Yeah, I guess they will have to find a new keeper now" Prue said and then paused and said "Actually, I have an idea. Now that Cole is human and good, and without powers, maybe he should keep it. It would help protect him while he is here, which would be good since as a mortal he will be in more danger. And since he is now human and good it will protect him."

"Oh Prue that's a great idea" Phoebe said sounding happy.

"Well, I like the idea in theory, but I don't think the elders will be too happy with the idea" Piper said.

"Well, who says we have to tell them, they know that it was stolen and for all they know it now is in the underworld, we don't have to tell them we recovered it" Prue said smugly.

"Well I certainly like the idea of finally pulling one over the Elders, but Leo may not like it" Piper said.

"Well for once he's going to have to side with his family instead of his bosses, or he will if he knows what's good for him" Prue said.

"I don't know" Cole said.

"What's not to know, it will keep you safe from magical attacks, so it will be safe for you here, that's a good thing" Phoebe said.

"Well yes, but it's so girly" Cole said making a face.

All three girls cracked up at hear that and finally Prue said "Poor Cole, you'll just have to get over it."

"Oh thanks so much" Cole muttered.

"Oh stop, you have to take it Cole, I don't want anything to happen to you, and in this household with no magical protection something would defiantly happen. For a minute tonight I thought it was over; I saw Jenna and Leo out and you faltering and I felt my heart breaking. Feeling that, just the beginnings of it, I know I couldn't survive the full thing, so I can't loose you. So please put aside your pride and wear it" Phoebe begged.

"Alright, but that's no fair, you know I'd do almost anything for you, and this is just a horrible thing to force me to do" Cole muttered unhappily.

They heard a moan from Leo and they all turned and Piper exclaimed "Leo, thank goodness you're alright."

"Yeah, are Jenna and Cole alright?" Leo asked.

"I'm okay" Cole said surprised that Leo was worried about him.

"And Jenna could use some healing" Prue told him.

"Cole, your okay? I thought for sure you were a goner, you were so close to being unable to hold on already" Leo exclaimed.

"Thanks for the vote of confidence" Cole said.

Leo looked ashamed and said "I did not mean it like that, I just mean turning back and forth from Balthazar so much has put you too close, I did not mean that…"

"It's alright, I know. And yeah, I wouldn't have if that potion hadn't been right within reach. Right as I was at the point I felt I was breaking I grabbed it and downed it" Cole told him.

"Oh, wow, that's so great, but you are human now?" Leo asked.

"Looks that way" Cole said.

"Well thank goodness thats all over" Piper said, sounding tired.

"I better heal Jenna up and take her home" Leo replied.

"Sounds like a plan, although you may want to talk to the elders about relocating her, or putting the amulet with someone else. Since who knows how many demons know about her having it now," Prue told him.

"That's a good point, I'll do that later" Leo replied.

"Yeah, for now I think we should just take a week off and rest or something" Phoebe announced.

"Here here" Piper agreed.

"I wouldn't mind resting for awhile, that really took it out of me" Cole said quietly.

"Well then lets call it a day, we can deal with everything else later" Prue said.

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"Its strange to finally be human, even after several days it doesn't feel real" Cole announced to the family at dinner several days later.

"But it is real, and finally there are no more obstacles in our relationship" Phoebe said happily.

"So I take it this means you'll be moving in full time?" Prue asked.

"Well, if Phoebe wants me too and if you guys are okay with it" Cole replied sounding unsure.

"Of course I want you too, not only do I want you to, but I'm gonna force you to" Phoebe told him.

"Well I don't mind if you stay here" Piper told him.

"It will be nice to have another guy around the house" was Leo's response.

Everyone waited for what Prue would say and finally she said "Yeah yeah, its fine by me."

"Oh thank you thank you thank you!" Phoebe cheered.

"Yeah, thanks" Cole said.

"This should be fun!" Phoebe said enthusiastically "Although if you are going to be living as a human there are a lot of things we are going to have to do."

"Yeah, we should call Daryl and see about getting Cole's file cleared up or something, and then maybe you can find a job or something to take up some time, otherwise you'll probably die of boredom" Prue said.

"True, what few cases I actually handled while with the DA I really liked, and well I'll be able to help people" Cole said.

"Cole, Daryl may be able to change a few files, but there is no way you can go back to the DA, we can't erase their memories" Prue said.

"Oh right, I was not thinking. But still there is always work for a lawyer" Cole said.

"So I hear" Prue said.

"Besides, with five people living here, only having two bringing in any money won't work terribly well" Cole said.

"Well that's certainly true, and it would be nice to have a few extra bucks in the family account" Piper said.

"You guys just put all the money in a family account?" Cole asked.

"Yep, ever since we became moved back here we just got one big bank account, it works best that way since everyone, including Leo and Phoebe need to get money and it would be pointless to have two accounts and try to work out paying bills out of both" Piper said.

"Somehow I have a feeling that you take care of all the bills" Cole stated.

Piper grinned and said "Yep."

"Alright, well lawyers usually get good pay, and I can definitely find a higher paying job I'm sure. So soon the family account will have more in it" Cole said "Don't worry, I won't be a burden, I'll earn my own keep. Even if I can't fight demons with you I'll still be able to help out."

"Thanks, that will help, but it's not about earning your keep, it more about helping out and surviving" Piper said.

"Yeah, and don't think you won't help with demons still. I mean you are still our personal demonologist. And you are great at hand to hand combat, I should have you train me" Phoebe said.

"Yes, of course I'll train with you" Cole said "But that's hardly helping with the demons, I just meant I won't be going out with you to find them or anything."

"Cole, maybe you won't be going out on missions with us, but you will be able to help. And we are attacked here all the time, so you won't be able to avoid all the attacks, don't worry you'll still see plenty of action" Prue told him.

"Yeah, and believe me, bringing money is no small help either, is a huge one" Piper said.

"Well either way I'll be glad to contribute" Cole said.

"Boy, now you're making me look bad" Leo said.

"Sorry" Cole said, not sounding sorry.

"Don't worry honey, I just tell people you do pro bono work" Piper said jokingly.

"Ha ha, I can't help it if my job comes with crappy benefits" Leo joked.

"How true, and lousy bosses as well" Piper said.

"Here, here" Prue said.

"You should tell them to give you a raise" Piper joked.

"I really am sorry I don't contribute" Leo said apologetically.

"Don't worry about, I mean we need money, but you are doing more good where you are than you could at any paying job" Piper said.

"Yeah, I say Leo we be a team, see I'll get some high paying lawyer job that won't do any good in the world and you get a no paying job that does like ten times as much good and mixed together its basically the equivalent of two decently paying jobs that do plenty of good, so see, just view it as a team effort" Cole joked.

Piper gave him a smile of thanks and said "Well there we go."

"Still it would be nice not to have to worry so much about ends meeting" Prue said.

"I did not realize it was that bad" Phoebe said.

"Me either" Leo added.

Piper and Prue shared a sheepish look and said, "Well we did not want to worry you, but it would defiantly be nice to have more money coming in than going out" Prue said.

"You should have told me, I would have gotten a job" Phoebe said.

"No, that would mean you dropping out of college" Prue said.

"Well obviously, that is probably one of the main reason we are behind is paying for my college" Phoebe said.

"Phoebe, that kind of thing eventually pays for itself" Piper told her.

"You still should have told me" Phoebe said.

"Next time" Prue told her.

"Well with any luck, my being here will keep there from being a next time" Cole said.

"Yes, lets hope so" Prue said.

"Alrighty, enough depressing money talk, how about I go make us a fabulous celebration dinner to celebrate Cole's becoming human, there has been too much to deal with in the past few days, and we were all tired, but now we should celebrate" Piper offered.

"That's great; thanks" Phoebe said "I'll help."

"Yeah, me too" Prue said.

Leo and Cole looked at each other and nodded and Leo said speaking for them both "We'll help too, let's make it out first official family affair."

Phoebe grinned happily and said "Yep, I finally got my perfect family."

"Just wait, now that you've said that something is bound to come shake things up" Cole said.

"Don't be so negative Cole" Prue said.

"I'm not, I'm being realistic" Cole replied.

"Well tonight lets not be negative or realistic, lets just put all that stuff aside and be happy and positive tonight" Phoebe said.

"Alright" Cole said he gave her a kiss.

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Meanwhile elsewhere in San Francisco….

"Oh god what am I going to do?" Paige asked the sky desperately hoping for a miracle.

She started to cry, and sat on a park bench crying softly to herself. She sat there silently for a long time, staring at the sky as though asking for answers, but she did not seem to find any.

Finally she sighed and said "I need to pull it together; I have to find some way to get by. I certainly don't have any extra funds lying around and I need to find some way to live." She got up feeling the need to walk. "And I don't have anyone left to turn to, I'm all alone now. And I certainly won't be able to work too much longer… so where will I go?" Paige asked herself.

"Maybe its time I finally find my birth parents and beg for help, as humiliating as that might be, but I can't be selfish now, its not just my life on the line." She whispered to herself. "I'll do it for her, for her I'll forget my pride."