Prologue
Much time has passed since Evil had reared its demonic head. Seventeen years to be precise. And what a blessed seventeen years that was for the Halliwell sisters. The sisters, having fought for the Greater Good for the better part of eight years deserved a break. The whole of the magical community knew it. However, life has been busy these past years. The next generation has been growing stronger with each passing year. In 2007, Wyatt and Christopher Halliwell were graced with a baby sister, Melinda. Piper and Leo now had the daughter they had always dreamed of. Their family was complete at five members. But that was not the only bundle of joy that blessed the branches of the Halliwell family tree. That same year saw the birth of Paige and Henry Mitchell's first-born son, Henry Jr. and Phoebe and Coop's long-awaited daughter, Rachel.
Some of the magical community believed that these three cousins, born in the same year would succeed their mothers at the next Charmed Ones. But for the Halliwells, it was just a miracle. Life seemed to be looking up for everyone. Piper opened her own restaurant, The Free Spirit Grill and Bar, six months after Melinda was born. It did not take long to take off. Phoebe also found herself enjoying the high life after the publishing and rave reviews of her book on love. It appeared as though Paige was the only still helping to preserve the magical community, continuing to save her charges from the occasional demon attack.
As 2007 rolled into 2008, Paige and Henry found themselves expectant parents once more, this time with twins. Paige kept up working until a month before she painfully brought two beautiful girls, Hannah and Chelsea into the world. Another happy quintet left the hospital two weeks later. Shortly after the birth of his nieces, Leo returned to Magic School, taking up residency as Head Wiccan once more. He could not be happier, helping to teach magical youth to harness and hone their powers. Even though he no longer possessed powers himself, it was still seeded deep in his heart and soul to guide them on their paths.
The following few years saw the waters start to settle. The families enjoyed holidays together in the Manor and watched with excitement and awe as their young offspring began to grow, not only physically but magically. The seven cousins were close, most times seen following Wyatt and Chris around. Surprisingly, Wyatt was kind to his younger brother and sister and cousins. It was often he who broke up squabbles over toys before the adults had to intervene. By the time 2010 rolled around, Phoebe and Coop were expecting their second child, another little girl they named Melissa. It was more than Phoebe had ever hoped for. She knew that Rachel felt left out in the plethora of cousins and now she had her own baby sister to look after, even if Rachel was only 3. The final addition to the Halliwell line came six years later, again to Phoebe and Coop. It was a warm June day when Paisley came to join her sisters at home. Piper, Phoebe and Paige often found themselves sitting around laughing that they'd all ended up with three children.
The next seven years passed by uneventfully, Wyatt was now 20 and moving in with his girlfriend of 4 years, Penelope. Life could not have been going any better for the Halliwells. So why was it that now, after almost 2 decades of peace did Evil decided to rear its ugly head to the Charmed Ones? No one could be sure but the next generation was ready, ready to defend their family, the magical and mortal communities alike.