CHAPTER THREE

(Same day as chapter two)

It was lunch hour and the cantina was noisy as always. Wyatt and Finn, both of them just out of algebra class, walked into the cantina. A group of their elder friends waved them over to their table, but they'd spotted Hayden surrounded by girls and they knew that was where the real fun would be.

Hayden was tall and broad-shouldered enough to be taken as a junior and the freshmen couldn't see the difference.

,,He sure is popular with the chicks,'' Finn whispered to his friend when they neared.

Wyatt smirked.

Hayden had spotted them and told some of the girls to leave.

,,Hi, Wyatt,'' a freshman girl with bleach blonde hair tried to sound seductive. She was seated at the table with her group of giggling girlfriends.

Wyatt ignored her and sat down beside Hayden. ,,Hey, man. This is my friend, Finn Vaughn,'' he introduced his friend.

Hayden nodded to Finn, who nodded back. ,,So the girls tell me you own the place to be.''

,,P3,'' Wyatt nodded in confirmation. ,,The place is ours from six to twelve on weekends, except when there's concerts…''

,,But then you have VIP tickets, so that doesn't matter,'' Finn interrupted.

,,And tomorrow is Friday,'' Hayden said pointedly.

Wyatt got the point. ,,What do you say to free entry?''

--

Cole Turner appeared in his new office. Turner Enterprise had done well without his help in the last ten years since he established the place. The large grey building towered over most of the others in the city, but that was one of its purposes. He had establishments like this all over the world, all managed by his loyal group of merciless upper-level demons. As soon as it was rumoured the Source was returning to San Francisco, the leading demon had thrown everyone out of the highest level and remade it to Cole's likings. He hated it, of course and would have Phoebe decorate it all over again. She had a good sense of these things and part of human Cole, he'd never been able to vanquish and now didn't want to, love the feeling of home it gave him.

He looked out of the window. He let his eyes glide over a place, which hadn't been corrupted by evil the way Los Angeles had. He was much stronger than last time he'd tried to take over the city. This time he would succeed.

He heard a sound behind him and he turned around slowly and found his highly attractive Queen standing before him.

,,They know we're back,'' she said and looked at him with her beautiful eyes.

,,Your sisters?''

,,Yeah. I ran into Leo, so they know.''

With his hands behind his back, he walked slowly towards a wooden chair and took a glass of water. By his silent command, the water flowed out of the glass and created a flat circle in the air. A picture of the Halliwell manor showed and Cole and Phoebe could see the gathered family.

,,The Source is back,'' Piper said. ,,That means extra cautiousness with everyone we now…''

,,They know,'' Cole acknowledged.

--

After school, Wyatt orbed home and flung his bag into Chris' room, which they were sharing because of the increase in demon activity. The manor was always noisy, but today it seemed it had taken a new level of noisy.

He made his way down the stairs.

,,What's going on?'' he asked Paine, who was going up.

She shrugged. ,,Family meeting. Apparently very important.''

Melissa and Paula, who were five and six, were taken care off by Preston, who'd just turned nine and still wasn't allowed to attend the family meetings. Chris, Wyatt and Paine sat down in the living room with the adults.

,,Leo saw Phoebe,'' Piper started.

,,Phoebe as in the Queen of the Underworld?'' Logan asked.

,,Yep,'' Paige said a little too cheerily.

,,Which means, there's a good chance…'' Prue began.

,,The Source is back,'' Piper said. ,,That means extra cautiousness with everyone we know. They know us too well and will be able to spy on us.''

,,This blows,'' Wyatt muttered.

,,For you, kids,'' Leo said and looked at the three children.

,,No P3, no friend visits. The usual,'' Chris said and sighed.

--

Later the same night, the Halliwell sisters sat in the living room, each lost in their own thoughts.

Prue was the one who broke the silence first. ,,I think Phoebe helped resurrect me.''

,,We don't know that,'' Paige said agitated. ,,The spell was in the Book of Shadows…''

,,And you were resurrected after Phoebe turned evil,'' Piper stated. ,,She wouldn't be able to come near it.''

,,But don't you find it odd the spell was even there?'' Prue went on.

The question of Prue's resurrection had always been a weird subject for the sisters. Almost sixteen years ago, the news of the birth of the Prince had reached Paige and Piper's ears. Still reeling from Prue's death, Phoebe's betrayal and her own racing hormones, Piper had gone through a major emotional crisis, which nearly cost her Wyatt. Only because of Leo and the Elders interference, did the baby boy survive. When the boy was born, the fight to protect him from the Source began. But the powers of the Charmed Ones were broken and Phoebe was impossible to talk sense into. Then one day, Piper had looked through the Book of Shadows for the millionth time and had stumbled over a resurrection spell she hadn't seen before and it only needed the power of one witch. Without consulting the others, she did the spell. It was successful and Prue was back.

But doing spells like these do not come without consequences and bringing Prue back was no difference. A powerful wizard was created. He was both clever and strong and he went by the name of Logarnis, which eventually became Logan as he fell in love with Prue and turned good.

How Prue was ever resurrected with such a simple spell, was never discovered. Prue did have a hunch that Phoebe had a finger in it.

,,This is an old subject,'' Piper said tiredly. ,,We have no proof.''

,,I was dead, Piper!''

,,I know! We never would've found Paige, if you hadn't!''

,,Hey!'' Paige yelled. ,,Phoebe is not the sister you grew up with and she hasn't been for the last sixteen years ago. She's evil.''

,,We know!'' Piper said irritated. ,,But that doesn't explain why she's back?''

,,No, it doesn't,'' Prue agreed.

The three sisters looked solemnly at each other.

--

The next day, Wyatt sat down in class quietly. Whenever news of the Source came to the Halliwell household, the sisters were easily enraged and they worked their arses off to ensure the safety of their families. Wyatt had to cross check his whole friend base for potential demons.

He liked the family responsibilities and he loved the thrill of saving an innocent. He knew why he had to check his friends, but it still sucked.

The teacher came in and the class came to order. Wyatt got a nod of acknowledgement from Hayden, who hurried in just as the teacher closed the door.

,,You will make a family tree with your assigned partner,'' the male teacher said sternly. ,,This is homework and it will lie on my desk next week at this hour. Do you understand?''

The class nodded.

Wyatt rolled his eyes. This would be the easiest assignment ever, since the Halliwell family tree was one of their most prized belongings.

,,Halliwell, you will work with…'' the teacher looked under his horn-rimmed glasses. ,,Fierce.''

Wyatt smirked. No, that bad at all.

TBC.