I threw the keys on the small table and walked into the kitchen.

"Hey! Im home!"

"Oh hey!" Piper said holding a hot pan of food in her oven mitted hand.

"What are you doing?" I asked her.

"Oh, just getting ready for dinner." She said, stirring something in a pot.

"Uh huh." I said. I sat down on a kitchen stool and watched as she moved around the kitchen.

"You know dinner isn't until later right?" I asked her. She was starting pretty early and seemed to be making a lot of food for just the 5 of us.

She flashed me a smile and nodded.

"Are Jason and Henry coming?" I asked randomly, feeling puzzled.

(A/N: I decided to pair up Jason and Phoebe instead of Coop.)

"What? No. Why would they?" she responded while cutting up vegetables.

"Because you seem to be making a lot of food for just us."

Piper was acting weird. The way she responded and everything she was doing.

"Oh, well I thought I would just make a variety of everything."

I could hear the quiver in her voice.

"Phoebs and Paige are probably waiting for you. They are upstairs in the attic. I will be there in a second." She said.

I stared at her one more time before pushing out the chair and leaving the room.

As I walked up the stairs I couldn't figure what was going on with Piper. It was bothering me.

She wanted this, didn't she? What was going on? I kept thinking.

Maybe she is just upset that im leaving. Normal reaction I guess. I nodded to myself. Cooking was her way of emotionally healing. Or at least that's what she told me over the years.

I reached the attic and cleared my thoughts. Phoebe and Paige had set up a round table with potions and charms and a whole bunch of other things.

A shiny blade caught my eye and I looked at it curiously.

"Hey! You're back." Paige said happily. She came over to give me a hug and then guided me over to the table to sit down.

Phoebs looked up from the Book of Shadows and smiled.

"Hey, is Piper coming up?" she asked.

"Yea, she said she would be right up."

She nodded and walked over to the table to sit down with us.

"So Paige and I were thinking that after this whole power exchange happens, we should go down to the basement and practice a little; help you get used to all the powers and stuff."

I thought about it and nodded. "Yea, I guess I will need all the help I can get. I wouldn't want to blow up anyone or something." I joked.

"Who are you blowing up?" Piper asked in a motherly and concerned tone.

"No one Piper. Phoebs and Paige were just thinking of teaching me some control after this." I looked at her and she was about to speak up, but I beat her to it.

"Don't worry, we will be safe and will done and showered by dinner."

She smiled at me and sat down at the table.

"Alright, let's get started." Phoebe said cheerfully.

She explained everything that was going to happen and what they had to do. I watched and listened carefully.

I winced as they sliced their finger open with the dagger. Watching pain etch across their face was something that always bothered me, even if it was just for a second.

They did some chant and then before I knew it, I felt different.

"How do you feel?" Piper asked cautiously.

I took in a breath and flexed my hands.

"Good…great." I said, beginning to smile.

"Could you clarify that?" Paige asked, her eyes following my body as I got up and flexed my muscles.

"I…feel energized and light….but not too powerful." I added to ease their concern.

Their faces relaxed and they let out a breath.

"Alright then, let's get you down to the basement for training." Phoebe said, guiding me downstairs with her hands on my shoulders.

The creepy basement was no longer dark and cold. There were blue gymnastic mats covering the cement floor and there were wood boards covering the small windows.

"Just in case you blow something up." Phoebe said catching my stare at the windows.

We started, and let me say, it was hard.

Paige tried teaching me orbing and it wasn't as easy as it seemed. I was supposed to orb into the kitchen, but ended up going into the laundry room, and then the foyer, and then Phoebe's room, and then back into the basement.

Paige kept telling me to stay calm and be patient, but my patients was running out.

Since I was getting overly frustrated, Phoebe decided to try and teach me how to handle the powers of being an empath.

That seemed a little easier, but not by much. Since all the sisters and Leo and Chris took the potion so that Phoebs couldn't read their emotions unless she touched them, it got a little more difficult.

I quickly learned how to control the emotions when I touched the person, but as for the outside world…that was another story.

They lead me on a little field trip to the front of the house to get the mail and I fell over in pain.

Everyone's thoughts and feelings were all too much.

Phoebe kept telling me to focus and listen to one thing at a time. I took many deep breaths and listened to her voice. After about 10 minutes of sitting on my knees on the pathway to the house, I was able to control the power.

We walked back into the basement and Paige had me try orbing again.

I landed at P3, then on the golden gate bridge, and then in a pond somewhere.

Luckily I was able to get back to the manor, but not without being soaking wet.

"This isn't working." I whined to the sisters; I landed in the foyer dripping wet from head to toe. Piper handed me a towel and gave me a sympathetic look.

"Come on, we have more to master." Phoebe said walking me back down to the basement.

Phoebe taught me a little bit of martial arts that she learned from Cole, her ex/demonic boyfriend/husband, and then showed me her levitation.

It wasn't that hard to master. It was actually probably one of the easiest.

Piper ended up coming down a little later after I refused to practice orbing again.

Unfortunately she brought a cute little grey and black bunny down with her.

She told me that she wanted me to try and freeze it. I closed my eyes and moved my hands, hoping I froze the bunny instead of blowing it up.

Luck must have been on my side because it was frozen and all in one piece.

We worked on it a little more and I let out a happy breath. The bunny stayed in one piece the whole time.

Piper then had me blow up some fruit and Frisbees. The fruit of course were stationary, but the Frisbees were moving. She wanted to make sure I would know how to defend myself and other without causing a lot of damage and chaos.

I was exhausted by the time we were done.

Paige and Phoebe didn't let me give up though.

Phoebe couldn't figure out why the power of premonition wasn't coming to me. I was sort of grumpy and told her off.

She backed away and I apologized. She thankfully understood and let it go.

Paige had me try orbing again, which I finally got the hang of.

She made me orb into the kitchen, and then the living room and lastly back to the basement.

Sadly, a few times I ended up somewhere else, but she thought that since I had the majority of it down, it was probably just because I was tired.

Piper called down to us that dinner would be in a few and I walked up the stairs to shower. I was glad to get in the shower. I was tired and needed a break.

I stood there in the steaming hot water with my eyes closed. Water dripped down from my hair and ran down my face.

Paige knocked on the bathroom door and told me to hurry up and I sighed.

I washed my hair and body, shaved, and just stood there for a few minutes before I got another knock on the door from Phoebe telling me to get my ass downstairs soon.

I stepped out of the shower and hurrily dried off. I put on some clothes and ran a towel through my wet hair.

When I was satisfied on how I looked, I bounced downstairs.

"So what are we having for-…"

"Surprise!" Everyone yelled.

I backed up in shock. There stood Piper, Phoebe, Jason, Paige, Henry, Leo, Wyatt, and Chris all in the kitchen.

"Wha-…" I asked flustered.

"We wanted to surprise you with a small party with the family before you left." Leo and Piper smirked.

"Yea, I mean who would miss out on Piper's cooking?" Jason asked jokingly. I laughed as Phoebe rolled her eyes and flashed him a smile. I thought he was in Hong Kong…or was supposed to be I guess.

Everyone hugged me and then we sat down at the kitchen table to eat. They had me sit at one end of the table while Chris was on the other.

"So you knew about this the whole time?" I asked him.

He shook his head no and swallowed his food. "Leo just told me a few hours ago. After I dropped you off and 'did something useful'" He said playfully, using my own words.

"I ran into him and he told me what Piper was planning. And of course I was coming, even though I already said goodbye, I wasn't going to miss it for the world." He smiled.

I let the smile grow on my face and looked down at my food.

"And I thought you were in Hong Kong?" I asked Jason.

He smiled and wiped his mouth. "I was; I just got back today. Phoebs filled me in on what was happening and invited me to come. And I couldn't miss the opportunity to have Pipers food…and to see you." He joked, trying to act like it was all for the food.

I laughed. I had to admit, Pipers food was something that I was going to miss.

We talked for a little more and then it was time to clean up and start to get ready to head out. I walked upstairs with Chris in tow.

"So, how are the new powers?" he asked, lying on my bed, watching me walk around my room, making sure I had everything.

"They are good. Getting used to them was tiring, but im getting used to it." I told him, standing at the end of my bed thinking.

He sat up and pushed me to lie beside him on the bed. He kissed my cheek and pulled me closer to him. His chest was pressed against my side while his arm was above my head, playing with my hair. I felt his heart beat against my arm and I listened to his breathing.

We laid there for a while and I felt my eyes start to drift closed.

Just as I was about to fall asleep I heard someone call my name.

"Bella, come on!"

I groaned and turned over to bury my head in Chris's chest.

I heard him let out a chuckle and he rubbed my arm.

"Come on sleepy head. Im driving you. You can sleep in the car." He whispered and laid a kiss on my cheek.

He pulled away and got off my bed.

I rolled back on my bed and groaned. I ran a hand over my face and forced myself to get up.

Chris must have taken my bags because they were no longer there. I only had about 2 full duffle bags. I didn't plan on staying there too long. I needed to get back here and get ready for Yale, and I could always just orb if I needed to.

I walked downstairs and found everyone in the foyer.

I said my goodbyes and gave them all hugs.

The sisters were all teary eyes but happy.

Jason and Henry had me laughing and promised to take care of them.

Leo had Wyatt and I kissed them both goodbyes.

I promised them all to check in once in a while and be sure to visit.

When I finally made it outside, the sun was beginning to set and Chris was putting my bags in the car.

"Let's get this show on the road." I grumbled, putting on my sunglasses as he shut the door and started the car.

I watched the sun slowly begin to set as cars flew by us.

My heart started to flutter as I came into familiar territory.

This was La Push, my home…or what it once was.

I figured Sam was living in our…I mean my parent's house, and that's where Chris drove me.

It was all too soon that we pulled up into the gravel driveway and sat there with the engine off.

I took a deep breath and got out of the car. It was now or never.

Chris helped me get my bags out of the back of the jeep and gave me a hug.

"Remember, im here" he said touching his necklace I was wearing.

"And here." He then pointed to the sky.

"If you need anything I will be there in a sec." he told me, giving me one last kiss on the head before pulling himself away from me.

I began to walk away and then let out a breath, dropping my bags.

I walked over to the car, where Chris sat in the drivers seat, waiting for me to go in.

He gave me a concerned look, but I quickly made it disappear. I leaned in the car and gave him a hard passionate kiss.

I pulled away and showed him a small smile.

"Go, I will be fine. I will call you if I need anything, and drive home safe."

He looked at me and nodded, understanding I wanted him to leave.

The engine started and he backed away, giving me one last smile and wave goodbye.

When the car was no where in sight, I walked back towards my bags and headed for the front door.

Right as I was about to knock, I heard laughing.

My eyebrows crunched together in curiosity.

I peered through the window and found a tall, tan male standing up laughing. Another girl, shorter than him, with the same dark black hair was playfully whining. I raised an eyebrow as I noticed long, deep scars running down her face.

As I peered around the room, trying to see as much as possible through the curtain covered window, I found many guys that looked like the one I saw standing up, sitting all around the room.

They were all tan, with short dark hair, buff as could be and didn't have anything on except blue jean cut off shorts.

I studied them one more time before resuming my spot at the front door.

I raised my fist to knock, and once I did, all I heard was silence.

The pit in my stomach seemed to eat me up inside and my heart beat heavily against my chest.

I closed my eyes for the briefest second and thought about seeing Sam.

The feeling of hurt ran through me heavily and before I had a chance to think anything else, the door swung open.

There stood the woman I saw in the window. I looked at her scars more carefully and found them to look a lot like claw marks.

"Can I help you?" she asked politely.

I watched her carefully some more before answering.

"Is Sam here?" I asked, my voice coming out cold.

I felt bad as she looked slightly taken back.

I heard footsteps and then all the sudden, there was my brother, standing in the doorway topless and shocked.

"B-Bella?" he asked.

The girl looked up to him and gave him a puzzled look. She put a hand on his chest and he looked down at her for the briefest second before turning his gaze back on me.

I swallowed hard and pushed my fears away.

"Miss me?" I asked harsh.

"I-I…" he stuttered. I stared at him for a second, and decided enough was enough. I took a hold of my bags and let my anger get the best of me.

"Right. Well…Good to see you too brother." I put emphasis on the word 'brother' and walked into the house.

I took a quick glance around and found it to be the same. Nothing changed since I left. Well…maybe a little, but nothing huge.

"Brother?" I heard the woman ask Sam.

"He didn't tell you he had a sister?" I asked, turning around on heel with my head cocked to the side, not quite making it to the stairs.

"I-…well….no." she said flatly.

Hurt flashed my eyes and I looked over to him.

He changed a lot. He was tall, very muscular, dark choppy hair, and he gave off this weird vibe of being in 'charge'.

Hurt cursed through my veins and I knew he was no longer the image in my head. He was long gone.

I didn't dwell on the thought too long. My eyes became hard and guilt was written all over his face.

"I knew you wanted me out of your life but this is pretty extreme."

"Bella, it's not like that…" he started.

I rolled my eyes and turned back to the stairs.

"Uh huh."

I began walking up the stairs but looked back at the two. The girl seemed to be mad and Sam just looked plain guilty.

"Im guessing my room isn't touched or changed, cause by the looks of the place, you haven't done much." I said, feeling low. I made sure that there was a double meaning to the words and turned around.

"And sucks for you because I am going to be here for a while."

With that, I carried my bags and headed to my room.

I was right. When I made it there, everything looked the same, just as I left it. I shut the door with a small bang and let the tears fall freely.