Chapter 4: The moment of truth.

P3 is not open yet, Piper is inside, doing some chores when she hears footsteps on the stairs.

«We are not open yet!» She yells.

«Yeah, we are pretty aware!» Phoebe yells back.

Piper sees Prue and Phoebe rashing into the club and gets worried.

«What happend?» She asks confused.

Prue and Phoebe look at each other when Prue nods, letting Phoebe know that she is the one who is gonna tell Piper.

«Look, Piper. I was going through the Book of Shadows last night and a new page was created. It is a prophecy, about a fourth sister. Our fourth sister.» She sighs

Piper laughs sarcasticaly and continues cleaning some glasses. «Are you sure it wasn't dream?»

«It wasn't!» Prue insists.

«Piper, it's true. Both sides have confirmed it.» Phoebe adds.

Piper look at their serious faces and it is then that she understands it's true.

«Leo! Leo!» Piper yells angrily.

«I'm here, I'm here! What's going on?»

« I think you already know!» Piper replies.

«Come on, let's go.»

«Go where?»

«Back to the Manor!»

Hearing this, takes Piper's hand in his and put his other arm around Prue and Phoebe. In a mutter of 3 seconds they are back in the Manor.

Piper makes her way to the attic, angrily and everybody follows her.

«Piper what's going on?» Phoebe asks.

« I'm gonna ask grams what's going on actually!»

«Grams?» Prue asks.

«Uh huh! Your destiny still awaits ,she says, there is a reason for everything, she says. So it's time to summon her transparent butt back here and find out exactly what that reason is!»

At the same time Cole shimmers into the attic, while Phoebe was thinking about him.

«What are you doing here?» Prue asks agressively

«Let him be.» Phoebe says and smile at him softly.

Piper hawks and reads the spell: «Hear this words, hear my cry, spirit from the other side, come to me cross now the great divide!»

«Piper? Why are you calling? Prue, Phoebe…? What's going on?»

«Grams, why do both sides believe that there is a fourth Charmed sister?» Piper aks.

«I-I.. don't know what you are talking about.»

«You know what Grams? You wre a lousy liar when you were alive and now as a ghost, you are worse!»

«If you know something Grams, you have to tell us» Phoebe says.

«We deserve to know.» Prue adds.

«I can't. I'm sworn to secrecy.» Grams replies.

«By who?» Phoebe asks angrily.

«By me.» A voice says and everyone stares around to see wo this is.

«By me.» Te voice repeats and this time another ghost appears, their Mother.

«Mom?» Piper asks.

«We didn't tell anybody because we were afraid that there would be reprisals. Afraid that… Afraid, you girls would be deprived your powers. Your birth right. It happend after your father and I were devorced. When Sam and I where together» Patty says.

«Sam?» Cole wishpers at Leo.

«Her whitelighter.» Leo replies.

«Apples don't fall far from the forbidden tree, I see» Cole says sarcastically, referring to Piper and Leo.

«Shh!» Piper looks Cole angrily.

«Go on.» Prue says to Patty,

«You were all toddlers. You just thought: 'Mommy got a little fat'.» She chuckles. «You never knew I was pregnant.»

«I was the only one wo know.» Penny interrupts.

«And Sam!» Patty adds.

«Well, of course» Penny replies.

«We wanted to keep the baby, of course.» Patty continues « But mother…» She looks at Penny.

«Well, I knew it would be disastrous. Before you and Leo Piper it wasn't just forbidden, it was unthinkable for witchies to be with whitelighters, let alone having children with them!»

«So that's why we had to… why we decided, to give the baby up. Same and I took her to a local church as soon as she was born and ask the mon there to find a home for her. And she found one, a very good home.» Patty says.

«Explains why the Elders didn't know about her, until know.» Leo adds.

Phoebe looks at both of her sisters and then to her Mom and Grams. « Okay, hold it! Are you telling me, that this girl is really….our sister?» Phoebe asks with tears in her eyes.

«Your baby sister.» Patty smiles softly.

«The baby half-sister.» Penny explains

«By my half, whch makes her a sister witch. Well, actually not yet anyway. Not until all four of you here, together, by the Book. Just like before.» Patty states.

«Charmed, again.» Penny smiles.

«And I thought that my family was screwed up.» Cole mutters, making everyone in the room look a him.

«Okay, this is way too much for me to handle, way too much!» Piper crosses her arms above her chest.

«Nobody can blame you for being angry.» Patty looks at both Prue and Piper.

«Angry? Yeah, I'm angry, I'm confused…!» Piper says.

«And this is just crazy! You cannot float in here after so many years and go like : 'Oh, Gosh, I forgot, by the way you've got a sister!» Prue says angrily.

«I know it's a lot sweetie..» Patty looks at Prue «More than anybody should deal with but you are going to have to deal with it. Learning about another sister… Tis is your path! It's your destiny! Be angy at it, cry about it but don't fight it! Or… it will consume you.»

«Come on, Patty.» Penny says and takes her daughter's hand. « The rest is up to them.»

And with that the two spirits disappear.