"Aunt Piper have you seen my new jean skirt anywhere?" I yelled while rummaging through my suit case, and then through the pile of clothes on the floor.

My aunt stuck her head around the corner, "Did you call Pace?"

"Yeah auntie have you seen my brand new skirt I just bought from Fred Segal?"

My aunt smirked, "You mean the ones with holes in the rear, or the ones you left on the floor of the bathroom instead of the hamper?" She disappeared for a moment and returned with the article of clothing I was looking for, and chunked them at me.

"Thanks, Ben and I have out one year anniversary dinner tonight, and I want to look hot." I quickly grab the two tank tops I was planning to wear to go with the skirt and chunked them on the bed.

"I don't see how your mother lets you go out in them ratty tattered things, Boy if Wyatt or Chris wanted to go out with holes in their clothes I would make sure that they wouldn't see the light of day in a month! By the way it is a school night a curfew of eleven ok?"

I stopped what I was fidgeting with, "Eleven? Aunt Piper!! Come on mom lets me stay out till twelve- thirty! Besides did you miss the part where I said anniversary?"

She merely smiled at me, "I heard and I am sure you will have many more of them that do not fall on a school night, and so like I said before, eleven. Your lucky it is even that young lady my boys have a curfew of ten-thirty."

I frowned, "AUNT PIPER!! This is so unfair I won't do anything stupid geez…."

She looked as if she were getting a little impatient and rather irritated. "Paycee Alayne Halliwell- Turner I don't want to hear another word before I make it nine on the dot. Do you understand me young lady?"

I sighed and rolled my eyes, "Fine whatever I only have to suffer another week before mom comes back anyway."

My aunt smiled, "Pace I know your angry, but watch that tone of yours I am not your mother I won't stand for it. Besides when you don't end up pregnant or dead you will thank me later. Have a good time honey." My aunt piper made her way to the door and winked at me.

My mom is currently out of the country at the moment on her honeymoon with her new husband. My mom married her boyfriend Jason Dean, of six years two weeks ago, and is spending their honeymoon in Italy for three weeks leaving me to be babysat by my aunt and uncle. Normally I would stay with my dad, but he lives in Sacramento and it is an hour an a half from San Francisco and I go to school here. But, I stay will him every other weekend or once a month. I spent the next half hour getting ready for my date, and finally decided to head downstairs. As I made my way downstairs I heard a voice from behind me, "Hello little witch it's about time you came down to play…"

I turned around and there stood a tall man in tattered black clothes; he had several tattoos on his arms and face and his eye were a reddish tint. He smiled his gap tooth smile at me, "What no manners witch? We'll have to fix that wont we?" Before I could scream the man gave me a violent shove knocking me backwards and causing me to roll down the rest of the stairs until I was face down on the hard wood floor. My head was throbbing and my heart was beating fast. Next thing I knew the man grab me by the arm and flipped me over on my back.

"I want to see your pretty face as I kill you." The man raised his hand and all of a sudden a ball like thing of fire appeared in his hand out of no where. As he was said "goodbye love," I attempted to scream when the next thing I knew the man just burst into a million little pieces. I sat there in a state of shock until I heard the sound of heels treading across the floor until I noticed out the corner of my eye a shadow blur of a person. My vision is a little blurry, and my head is throbbing to a point where I feel nauseous. I reach back and feel the part of my head that was hurting, and to my surprise when I looked at my hand there was blood. I finally heard my aunts voice, "Pace look me, are you okay? I need you to answer me sweetie."

My vision began to focus and I finally noticed that the person next to me is my aunt. She looked extremely worried; she smiled quickly at me, "Hold on honey your head is bleeding a bit." My aunt turned her head towards the kitchen and yelled for my uncle Leo. Once again I heard some more footsteps clambering against the hard wood floor making there way over. I am still a little woozy so I didn't really pay attention to there conversation they were having, but the next thing I noticed was my uncle holding his hands over my head, and bright light glowing in my face. After a moment or so the pain and dizziness suddenly went away and I could hear my aunt sigh in relief. I slowly sit up a little confused and overwhelmed.

I slowly slid backwards away from them towards the wall putting a good five feet between us. "What the hell was that and what the hell is going on? Who are or what are you people!" My voice was very shrill because I am extremely scared.

My aunt was the first one to move towards me but that quickly stopped when I vigorously shook my head. "Pacyee, sweetie, come on its just your uncle and I. We will explain everything to you if you would just let us. I promise we will not hurt you, if you don't believe us at listen to your heart because I know it is saying we could never really hurt you."

I sat there for a moment before responding, "Aunt Piper I honestly don't know what to think!! That thing almost killed me!!! But, I am will…." Before I could finish I heard a voice from the front door. Ben's head was popped in between the two front doors.

"OH I am sorry I didn't mean to interrupt, so I will just wait outside then…….." A second later the door shut, and my aunt directed her attention back towards me.

"Pace I think you should probably cancel your date for tonight seeing how this just happened. We'll be in the kitchen making the tea, see you in five?"

I nod and begin to make my way towards the front door. I slip out where I notice Ben sitting on the front steps, and I take a seat next to him. "Hey Benny I notice this is very last minute, but something has happened and I can't go out tonight."

He raised an eyebrow, "Are you okay? I mean is everything is okay right, nothing fatal?"

I smile, good old Ben I can always count on him to be sweet and caring. "No everything is alright just family stuff. I am real sorry I know you planned real hard for this anniversary, and I promise I will make it up to you."

He gave a soft gentle smile for effort, and then he must have notice something because he stared at me for a minute. "Pace there is blood on your shirt!"

I glance at my right shoulder and there was a big blood stain. "Oh…. Nose bleed silly me I haven't had time to change yet. It is no big my allergies and all that jazz…."

He eyeballed me for a moment, but just finally nodded and stood up. I did the same and as I was about to say goodbye he simply laid a soft gentle kiss on my lips. We stayed entwined for a minute until we heard my aunt tapping on the window. Ben pulled back and smiled, "Well I guess that is my queue to go, so I love you babe and have a good night."

I blushed a bit, "Yeah..,. My aunt isn't too subtle, sorry. I love you too Benny, and drive safe okay?"

He nodded and laid a quick peck on my cheek then made his way down the steps and to his car. After he starts to pull off I made my way back in and into the kitchen where my Aunt is pouring tea, and my uncle sitting on a bar stool.

I took a seat in the bar stool next to my uncle, and my aunt took the empty barstool across from us. I could tell my aunt wasn't sure how to address this, until finally she spoke.

"Okay Pace this is going to sound insane, but I think it is time for you to know. This family has always been a special one, and I don't mean the way we behave either. We are……. Well we are witches."

As I took a sip of the nice warm honey tea, I almost spit it back out through my nose. "Yeah right, sorry auntie but Harry Potter is a little overrated ….."

She smiled, "Okay do me a favor? See that vase in front of you?" I nodded and she continued, "Okay pick it up and just chunk it in the air would you?"
I raised an eyebrow at her, but simply obliged; I tossed the blue and white porcelain vase into the air and with a quick wave of my aunt's hands the vase froze in mid air. My mouth practically hit the counter top; I quickly jumped out of my seat and backed toward the kitchen door.

"What are you people? Stay away from me, I will do anything you want me to, but don't hex me or turn me into a toad!!"

My aunt slowly started making her way over to me, and she and my uncle just smiled at me.

"Paycee Alyane! We are family I would never lay a hand on you or in this case cast a "hex" on you. We are the charmed ones your mother, Paige, and I are all witches. We protect innocents from….. Demons."

I just let out a short snort, "Psh… whatever I think I am going mental or this is a dream…. Yup a dream."

Finally my uncle Leo said something, "Well you're taking it better than I expected, but if this is a dream then why is there a blood stain on your shirt, and what about that guy that attacked you?"

I just stood there for a moment or two and contemplated this. "Okay say this stuff is real I haven't notice this stuff before it is kind of hard to notice demons…. For the past 15 years don't you think?"

My aunt went to speak, but my uncle cut her off. "Well you were protected because you didn't possess any powers so you had like a magic block, but since you were attack that must mean that you have developed a power. Have you notice anything out of the ordinary lately you have done that you couldn't explain?"

I shook my head, "Uh no… because I am not a freak! Geez… you people are one step away from the Looney bin!"

They both laughed, Uncle Leo noticed my brand new iphone on the table and suddenly just chucked it up in the air without notice.

I screamed, "No!!! Uncle Leo!!!" But as I went to grab it something funny happened. It froze just like the vase did; my aunt just started ranting about her being proud. I was too mesmerized by the thought of this whole thing and continued to stare in space until Leo snapped me back into reality.

"Just so you know that freeze isn't permanent so you might want to get that before it falls." A second later the phone unfroze and started to fall causing me to drive to catch it. As I caught my phone it started to ring, I noticed the caller ID that it was my father.

My aunt quickly snatched it out of my hands and answered it for me. "Hello Cole, It is Piper, Pace is a little busy at the moment what can I do for you?"

I frown at her as I crawl back up and take a seat on the stool I was sitting on a minute ago. I heard my aunt chuckle a bit and the murmur of my father's voice on the other end.

"Well once again Cole you made me so happy because you reminded me of the day my sister left your sorry as…" I could hear my fathers voice cut her off in mid sentence.

"Well as always it is a pleasure talking to you as well. Of course I will tell her when she isn't pre occupied. Yeah whatever, bye Cole."

My aunt hit the end button and tossed the phone towards me. "Your father says call him when you get the chance so ya'll can talk about this weekend."

I eyeball her, "Well I had the chance a second ago, but someone snatched the phone out of my hand. Try to protect a special secret are we, Afraid that if I tell dad he might try to take me away from mom and you guys?"

My aunt and uncle both snorted, "I highly doubt he would, your father has dirty little secrets of his own to tell. The reason I snatched the phone was because I don't want you to get distracted. So what are you thinking about our little family secret."

I sat there a moment before I answered, "Mom is a witch too?"

My aunt nodded as I continued, "Wyatt? Chris? Uncle Leo?"

"Well Wyatt and Chris are warlocks, but they have ability too. They are white lighters like Uncle Leo. This basically means they are some what like Guardian angels and can help people just like Uncle Leo helped you a second ago when your head was hurt, oh and your aunt Paige as well."

I am so overwhelmed I think could probably have a melt down right now. I went to take a drink of tea when my ears began to ring, and a sudden flash appears. It was of my mom, aunt piper, and I think my other deceased aunt, Prue. They were sitting in the kitchen drinking tea and laughing. After a second more I snapped back into reality.

"Whoa…." I glanced at my glass and started turning it in my hand.

"What? What's wrong Pace?" My aunts faced quickly turned from relaxed to panicky.

"I saw something Aunt Piper, I saw you, mom, and I think aunt Prue drinking tea together and laughing. But how can that be? I thought aunt Pure died before I was born?"

My aunt hesitated before she answered, I could tell she was getting kind of choked up because I mentioned Prue. Mom told me that every time you mention her around Piper she begins to get worked up because she still hasn't totally gotten over her death. She finally began to speak, "Apparently freezing isn't the only gift you posses, you have your mothers gift of being able to see the past and future. Your mom will be thrilled to hear that when she comes home." Piper began to pace around the kitchen with her arms folded and her tea in her left hand.

Uncle Leo turns a bit to glance at Piper, "Sweet heart you alright?"

She just nodded and made her way over to the kitchen window and stared out of it. "Sometimes I think I would have given anything to posses that power just to have the chance to see Prue, Mom, or even Gram's in their hay day. But, as to your question yes unfortunately Prue is gone, and you just saw the past. You most likely had the premonition because I haven't use this tea set since that day you just saw. So that is why saw that particular point in time." She continued to stare out the window for a minute until she turned around and focused on Leo.

"Leo do you think that Paycee could posses all of the powers of the Charmed Ones?"

Leo was thinking real hard I could tell because his forehead was wrinkled. "It could be possible honey. I mean there have always been rumors of a charmed one as oppose to charmed ones. But, we would have to activate the other power and I am not sure how to do it."

My aunt cut him off, "Anger….. that's what always triggered Prue's anyway."

Finally she directed her attention to me, and then to my new phone once again. With another quick flick of her wrists my phone shattered into a million little pieces.

"AUNT PIPER!!! WHAT THE HELL IS A MATTER WITH YOU!!! THAT WAS MY NEW PHONE! MOM SAID IF ANYTHING HAPPENED TO IT I WOULDN'T GET ANOTHER ONE!!"

Piper sat there for a moment then said, "That's right and I will tell her you threw a temper tantrum and broke it on purpose!"

I glared at her for a moment unaware of what she was trying to do. Until finally the glass of Ice tea Aunt Piper was holding in her hand flew across the room and hit the wall and shattered.

I quickly began to come down, "Oh my gosh, did I just do that?"

My aunt smiled again suddenly, "Yes and I cant believe it but I have never been so proud to see you break one of my glasses in my life."

As she was going to say something else Uncle Leo cut in and said, "Piper they are calling me, I have to go. I am pretty sure whatever they want has to do with this."

Piper simply nodded and with a bright blue light Uncle Leo just disappeared.