Author's note: As always, thanks for the continued support. I really appreciate those of you who read and review.

AJ: Glad you like Corin's background. As for Tommy's former students they may make a brief appearance.

Nissa: I don't know about a new romance but definitely a new friendship.

CoolDiva: I thought it would be good if Halli had at least one friend who could understand what it's like to keep a secret.

GinaStar: Well if the kids end up being rangers then I guess it's only right that Corin would be blue.

Traci26: I'm glad you think this story is great because it's the one I stress out about the most so it's nice to know that people are enjoying it.

moonlite-n-roses: Yeah, Halli definitely needed a friend who understood what it's like to be different.


"Are you sure your parents aren't going to be back anytime soon?" Corin questioned a few weeks later as he stood in the Oliver kitchen watching while Halli mixed a potion.

"Relax, they took my sisters to a movie," Halli said as she finished the potion and began to pour it into a small bottle.

"What exactly are you making?" he asked.

"It's called a killer cocktail," Halli said as she put a cork into the top of the bottle.

"A killer cocktail?" he inquired.

"Yeah, it's to stop the heart from beating," she answered.

"And why exactly would you want to do that?" he questioned.

"Well normally, I'd be making it to vanquish an evil spirit but this is just for practice I mean it's not like I'm going to be running into any evil spirits around here, anyway, to vanquish an evil spirit you have to be a spirit yourself," she informed him.

"In other words, you would have to die," he replied.

"Yeah but don't worry you can be revived with C.P.R. as long as it's done within four minutes to avoid brain damage that is," Halli told him.

"Note to self, ask before drinking anything in this house," Corin commented.

"Ha ha, if it creeps you out that much, I'll just pour it out," Halli told him as she walked over to the sink.

"You don't have to do that, just make sure you label it, wouldn't want anyone accidentally drinking that stuff," said Corin.

"Trust me, no one in my family would ever drink a potion without knowing what it is," Halli responded.

"OK, so are we done with this, we're supposed to meet the others over at Nathan's," he said.

"Almost, I just want to make one more potion before we go, let's see, I need cockles, some crickets, Pig's feet, mandrake, toadflux, a dash of cardamom, a pinch of carrot seeds and elm bark," Halli said as she began throwing the ingredients into a pot of boiling water on the stove.

"Don't tell me you're going to drink that," Corin said slightly disgusted.

"Of course not, this is a vanquishing potion for an upper level demon," Halli replied.

"I thought the whole point of moving here was so you didn't have to worry about demons anymore," Corin remarked.

"I don't, this is just for practice, you see my cousins Matthew and Max are in magic school so they've been emailing me the stuff they've been working on, now for the last ingredient," Halli said as she opened a small container and took out what was inside.

"Oh gross, what is that," said Corin.

"A slice of demon's flesh, now stand back," Halli said as she threw the piece of flesh into the pot and smoke came out of it.

"And that will really kill a demon?" he asked.

"Yeah, if it's the right one that is, the potion can only be used on whatever demon that piece of flesh came from, I'm not exactly sure who this potion was meant for but I'm going to send it back to my cousins, they'll get a lot more use out of it than I will," Halli said as she orbed the potion away.

"You really miss being with them don't you, your family I mean," said Corin.

"Yeah, I mean it's hard thinking of my cousins in Magic School and knowing that I should be with them, but I promised my parents that I would give living here in Angel Grove a try and as long as they continue to let me use my magic, I think I'll survive," Halli said.


"Hey guys, what's up," Corin called out awhile later as he and Halli walked towards Nathan's house and found the others sitting outside.

"We're scoping out the new neighbors," Aliyah told him pointing to the moving van that was parked across the street.

"A.J.'s hoping it'll be a family with a cute teenage daughter," said Charity causing the others to laugh.

"That would be cool, I mean at least I wouldn't be the new girl anymore but A.J. don't you have a thing for Kate Riley," remarked Halli who had heard about A.J.'s crush when she cast the spell to hear secret thoughts.

"How do you know about that?" A.J. asked looking over at Nathan.

"I didn't tell her man, I swear," Nathan replied.

"I, uh, I saw you staring at her during lunch so I just guessed that you must like her or something," Halli lied.

"Oh," said A.J.

"I hate to break it to you bro but it's not that hard to see that you like Kate, I mean every time she enters a room you start drooling," said Aliyah.

"Why don't you just ask her out already?" Charity questioned.

"Kate Riley is one of the most popular girls in school, you don't just go up to a girl like that and ask her out," A.J. responded.

"Yeah and besides she's way out of his league," joked Nathan.

"We're not seriously going to sit here and stare at the neighbors all day are we?" Corin asked.

"Well we've been waiting for you and Halli for half an hour, what took you guys so long," said Nathan.

"Science," said Halli.

"History," Corin said at the same time.

"Well it was science and history, Corin was just helping me with a few of my assignments," Halli told them.

"Ah man, you guys were doing homework, it's Saturday for crying out loud," said A.J.

"Sorry, Halli just had a few questions and I didn't think it would take us that long," Corin told him.

"Well they're here now, let's head to the youth center, I could really go for a smoothie," said Charity.


"I still don't see why we have to go through this charade, why couldn't I just follow them and wait until the witch is left alone," a girl said as she watched the group get into a car from a window across the street.

"Naomi that's not the plan, the plan is for you to befriend her and gain her trust, besides if we tried attacking her now it would alert her family to our presence and everything would be ruined," a woman replied.

"Cassandra, I still don't see why we had to come all this way for this one witch when there are others who would be a lot easier to kill," a man said as he entered the room.

"Because Hugh, if not for her family, our family's prophecy would have been fulfilled so what better way to take back what's rightfully ours than by taking the powers of a Charmed descendant," the woman told him.

"Don't worry Mother, your brothers will be avenged," Naomi told her.

"That's more like, now let's unpack we want this house to seem as normal as possible, no one can discover who we are until the time is right," said Cassandra.