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"Phoebe! Phone!" Prue's voice called. Everyone froze.
"She's home! Grams…" Piper said. Grams got the hint. She and Phoebe went to set up an act. Silently Grams shut the door and she and Phoebe walked down the stairs with Grams, 'scolding' Phoebe for trying to get into the attic.
"Do you know anything?" Piper whispered.
"You disappeared, and there was a white powder where you were lying. You've been missing for three days."
"We've only been here a day." Paige said. Leo shrugged his shoulders.
"We know who attacked us that morning, and he isn't pretty." Piper said, she handed the book to him.
"Him? That explains a lot."
"I take it you've heard of him?"
"Oh yeah, bad rep." Leo informed them. Upstairs they were so quiet they could hear Prue's foot steps getting closer. Piper looked around for a place to hide, but she realized that was not what she needed. What she needed was to get out of there.
"Quick! Orb us to my room!" Piper said. She and Paige, grabbed Leo's arm and her orbed them to Prue's room.
"I meant my old room!" Piper said. Prue's looming footsteps grew closer. Leo got the point. Quickly he orbed to Piper's room.
"Paige, hide the book under my wardrobe. Leo, you need to hide too!" Piper ordered. Leo quickly ran next to the wardrobe, so that if anyone came into the room, he would not be seen.
"Piper, is Phoebe's friend in there?" Prue asked, knocking at the door.
"Yeah."
"Her mom's here"
"Already?" Sure enough flashing on Piper's clock was a 6:57.
"I'll be right there." Paige called. "If anything comes up call me here, and/or orb to me." Paige said, writing her number on a piece of paper from Piper's desk.
"Bye Paige." Piper called.
"Later."
At the front door Grams was talking to Paige's mom.
"Got everything?" Paige's mom asked.
"Think so."
"Hey, Paige, since we didn't finish the project could you come over and work tomorrow? Piper could pick you up after school." Phoebe asked. Paige looked up at her mother for the answer.
"How much work left do you have?" Her mother asked.
"Lots." Phoebe and Paige said at the same time. The two giggled at the coincidence.
"When's it due?" She then asked.
"Monday." Paige answered.
"Ok, now, who are you and what have you done with my Paige?" Paige's mother joked. She laughed at he own little joke. No one else did. Under the circumstances, they didn't find it very funny. "It's a joke? Paige is a procrastinator, and she's working on it this early."
"Well, we have a lot. So could Piper pick me up tomorrow?" Paige asked.
Paige's mother looked deep in thought. "Ok, I don't see why not. I'll pick her up later tomorrow, if that is alright with you." Paige's mother asked, looking at Grams.
"That is fine with me."
"Thanks Mom!" Paige said.
"Come on, lets get you home so you can eat dinner and finish your other homework." Paige's mother said, ushering Paige out the door.
"By Phoebe. Thanks Mrs. Halliwell." Paige called.
"By Paige!" Phoebe said back, she closed the door.
"Come on, homework for you too." Grams told Phoebe.
"I'm actually going to grab some food, and find a way home."
"Oh no, homework first."
"I'm actually responsible, let me do it later." Phoebe pleaded.
"Find, but if it's not started by nine, you'll be in trouble."
"Thanks," Phoebe said. "I'm going to take food to Piper and Leo."
"ok."
"Anything?" Phoebe asked her arms full of food.
"Nothing." Piper said.
"Food." Leo said, making a grab at some rice.
"Slow down Leo, you'll choke." Piper warned.
Unbeknownst to Phoebe, Piper, or Leo, Prue was waking down the hall, and Piper was talking rather loudly. She heard Piper talking to Leo. Being a good big sister, she wanted to warn Piper against the wrath of Grams for having a boy in her room. Without knocking she opened the door to see the three crouched over the Book of Shadows. "Uh Piper? I recommend you getting your boyfriend out of here. Grams will kill you." Prue warned. Only Piper turned around facing Prue. Leo and Phoebe's back was turned to Prue.
"Leo is just helping me with a project. Grams knows he's in here." Piper said.
"Phoebe too?" Prue questioned.
"Oh, we just found this picture in this book we thought she'd be interested to see." Piper covered up.
"May I see?" Prue asked. She didn't wait for an answer. She pushed her way to the book where she saw a picture of a banshee. She looked at it strangely. "What kind of project is this?"
"Folklore, for a group speech." Piper lied.
"This is an awesome book. Where did you get it?" Prue asked, picking it up. Piper froze. Prue was no dummy. If she said the library, Prue would know that she's lying. The library didn't carry books like that. If she said she found it in the attic, Prue would need to find out the truth. Thankfully, Leo had a cover up.
"Its mine. An old family book, full of these things."
"That's pretty cool. I wish our family had something like that." Phoebe let out a small laugh, but quickly covered up her mouth with her hand, as not to let another giggle escape. Leo stood up and faced Prue. She looked at him strangely. "Has anyone told you that you don't look 16?" Phoebe and Piper tried very hard not to burst into spontaneous laughter.
"Yeah, I get that a lot." He said.
"Well then, I've got to go do homework." She left the room, shutting the door behind her as she went. Piper and Phoebe burst into uncontrollable laughter, that they had been holding back, as the door clicked shut.
"You guys don't know how bad that was." Leo scolded. "She saw the book before she was supposed to."
"Then dust her." Piper suggested.
"I hate doing that. You really want me to do that with your sister?"
"Do you have a better idea?" Phoebe asked, flipping through the book.
"No." Leo mumbled.
"Come on sweetie. It's not that bad. Besides, she thinks that the book is yours, not ours. What harm could come about?" Piper asked.
"Here's the spell to get us home." Phoebe said.
"That's good. Let's do it now." Piper said.
"It's a power of three spell." Phoebe clarified.
"Oh. That poses a problem. But we have both powers of three at our disposal."
"Yes, but the spell won't work without your powers." Leo said.
Suddenly an idea stuck Phoebe. "Leo, did you say that you were looking for us back home?"
"Yeah, we could see where you were knocked out because there was a white powder surrounding it. Like a chalk outline."
"Well, this isn't making sense, our future bodies are gone." Piper said.
"Ok new list." Phoebe said.
"Ok, what do you mean?" Piper asked.
"Well, if we travel home, our bodies that we're in now will come with. We need to make a new list. Piper are you writing this down? Good. In no particular order, we need to get home, get our powers…" What Phoebe was going to say next would never be determined.
"OH WITCHES!" Someone called from downstairs.