Mara made sure everyone was out of the house, Eva included, before going up to the Attic. After learning the Demon Belthazor was responsible for her parents' deaths, she wanted to learn all she could about them. She went to the Tome and found an entry within it about the Demon. On the opposite page of the scripture was a drawing of a red-faced Demon with black markings upon his face and a full set of sharp teeth. He looked like something ripped out of a nightmare – which of course would make sense since he was a Demon and all.

All that was written there was a description of the Demon's powers, a brief history of how he kept tracking down Eva like a bounty, and that was about it. There was nothing there on how to kill him. Mara figured that if her mother knew how to successfully kill the Demon then she would have done it before he killed them. This led her to the Book.

Mara set the Tome aside and went to the Book of Shadows, not noticing Feline Felix was sitting in the corner watching her every move. Just when she was about to open it, she heard a male's voice say, "Don't do it," making her jump and scream.

"I love it when that happens," Felix grinned as he walked over to her. "But seriously, don't go down this road."

Mara placed her hand on her chest as she looked at this guy. "Who the hell are you?"

"You don't recognize me?" Felix placed his hands on his chest, mocking, "I'm hurt. I'm also your uncle."

"You're also a perv," Mara shot back. "How many times have I changed with you in the room?!"

"As many times as I've hidden under the bed until you were done so I wouldn't see anything," Felix answered. "Believe me, there's nothing I would have wanted to see." Felix shuddered a bit because Mara was his niece so spying on her like that never crossed his mind. "And for the record I've never spied on the Sisters either. I got respect, thank you very much."

When Mara rolled her eyes at him, he smirked. "You're taking this rather well. I would have thought you'd be more angry that I didn't tell you about me sooner."

"If you'd been my cat since I was a kid and never said a word then I'd probably go all Highlander on your ass for that, but right now I have other things to be angry at." Mara was just about to open the Book when Felix shot out his hand to keep it shut.

"Do not go after this Demon, Mara." Felix couldn't make himself any clearer than he already had. "Belthazor will come after you if he learns you exist. What he wanted from your mother he couldn't get because she died before he had the chance. That Demon believed killing your father would just null your mother's Immortality, but it doesn't work like that. The instant Lincoln died, so did Eva. If Belthazor learns you exist and Eva is alive he will stop at nothing to find a way to get what he wanted." At least that was what Felix believed of the situation.

Mara didn't get a chance to say or do anything in response to that because Eva came into the Attic after getting back from shopping. Seeing the pair of them at the Book like that made her cross her arms suspiciously. "Everything alright up here?"

"Peachy," Mara scoffed and walked out of the Attic without another word.

When Mara was out of earshot, Felix said, "I told who to tell her how you two died, not who did it. She's got her father's determination, Eva. One day she will go after that Demon. Might not be today or tomorrow, but it's going to happen."

Eva sighed deeply because she knew her brother was right but didn't say anything about that. Instead she asked, "How did she take meeting you in person?"

Felix scoffed a chuckle at the change of subject but answered the question anyway. "Better than I thought she would. Which only means she has something more important on her mind, like finding a way to kill a super-Demon perhaps?" When Eva didn't answer him, he walked around the Book's stand and over to him. "Why did Belthazor keep going after you? What was it that he wanted exactly? Couldn't just be your Immortality because he could have gone after anyone in the Infinity Coven to get it. So why did he just focus on you?"

There were some things that Eva wouldn't share – not even with her brother. In response to him, she threw her hand out and said, "You better go cat before the Sisters get home. I'm not in the mood explaining who you are to them yet."

Felix simply shook his head at her and morphed back into a feline then took off out of the Attic.

Eva walked over to the Book and opened it to the page for Belthazor. She looked at his drawn picture and drummed her fingers upon it for a moment before slamming the Book shut. Some things were just better left unsaid.

Later that evening, Mara sat on the sofa downstairs with the cordless phone in hand. Once again she was trying to call Jasper and once again she got nothing but his voicemail. A few days prior he said he had to head back home with Leo for a little while but there was nothing beyond that except for the fact he ended the call with 'I love you'. She couldn't put her finger on it but she felt like he was saying goodbye in a more permanent way than just a little while.

With a heavy sigh she hung up without leaving a message and went to return the phone to its cradle just as Piper and Phoebe came down the stairs talking about a guy named Clay. She jumped right into the conversation there. "New York Clary? The guy you never wanted to see again?"

"It's ancient history," Phoebe answered with a dismissive wave to her hand.

"After six months?" Piper asked incredulously.

"Five," Phoebe corrected as Prue joined them in the foyer. "He's just stopping by on his way home. It's not a big deal. He was travelling or something."

"Who's Clay?" Prue wanted to know since Piper and Mara both clearly knew who he was.

"Nobody," Phoebe instantly answered, not wanting to hear Prue's point of view on this.

Piper, however, decided to fill her in. "Her ex-boyfriend, the musician."

Mara picked up from there. "Yeah, remember, she met him while she was working at the Rainbow Room." Based off Prue's expression, she really had no idea who Clay was.

Phoebe was about to ream into them for telling Prue then something clicked and she turned to face Mara. "How did you know I worked at the Rainbow Room?"

"I know a lot of things," Mara answered with a laugh. "Like the fact my stray cat Felix isn't really a cat at all but he's my Immortal Witch uncle that can turn into one."

Prue thought she was kidding and chuckled a bit at that then saw the look on Mara's face. "Wait, you're being serious?"

Just at the moment the doorbell rang. "I think I'll go answer that," Mara stated and turned to get it but was cut off when Phoebe called out, "I've got it!" and ran right past her.

Before Phoebe answered the door, Prue pointed her finger at Mara, saying, "We're not done discussing your latest family reunion."

Piper, trying to ease the air a bit, said to Prue, "If it makes you feel any better, she didn't resurrect that one."

Mara pointed at Piper with a face that said, 'What she said', before going into the kitchen to avoid this topic of conversation for as long as possible. Yeah, the cat was out of the bag – literally – but that didn't mean she wanted to discuss it.

When she walked into the kitchen, Eva was sitting at the table with a cup of tea in her hands. She was looking at the leaves at the bottom, trying to figure out what they said. "I will never get over the fact I can't read these damn leaves." Eva set the cup on the table with a bit of a clatter when it landed on the saucer.

Mara went over to the table and picked up the cup to look at it. At Eva's inquiring expression, she said, "What? Divination is apparently one of my Witchy gifts."

"Lucky!" Eva said excitedly. "I can't even read Tarot correctly. But then again I've got some skills of my own that you don't have." She stuck her tongue out at her and grinned. "So, what does it say?"

Mara turned the cup around and narrowed her eyes a bit. "This is your cup?" When Eva nodded, she said, "So you've had more than one love in your life?"

"What are you talking about?" Eva asked, trying to snatch the cup away but Mara stepped back with it.

"It says you've been a part of love triangle and even though it's been broken and love has been lost, something has happened or will happen that will reconstitute the love that was lost, but it may be different…" Mara wasn't able to read more than that because Eva took the cup right from her hand and washed the contents out in the sink. "So any idea what that was about?" Mara asked since it clearly stuck a nerve with her mother.

"The leaves are wrong," Eva answered. "I must have poured the tea wrong. Like I said, it's not one of my gifts." Before Mara could ask her anything else, she quickly left through the back door.

Mara crossed her arms at that wondering what the hell was she not being told again.

Eva had a meeting with a landlord about the loft she told Mara about. Everything was all set, she just needed to fill out the final paperwork and then she'd be moving in. Yeah she was considered dead on paper and all but thanks to a little spell, Eva didn't have to worry about that now so it was all good.

One might wonder why Eva chose this particular building in all of San Francisco in which to live, but she had her reasons. This place was home to a very special person – they just didn't know it yet, but Eva knew. The least she could do was keep a bit of a look out.

Eva was actually thinking about them when they turned into the hall and stopped upon seeing her standing at the vacant loft across the hall from hers.

"You the new tenant?" the young brunette woman asked with a friendly smile.

"If the landlord ever shows up then I will be," Eva answered, gesturing behind her to the door.

"Yeah, they can be a bit flaky." She smiled and extended her hand in greeting. "I'm Paige Matthews. I literally live right there." Paige pointed to her door right across.

"Nice to meet you, Paige," Eva answered with a smile, not getting over how much she looked like her mother. "I'm Eva. Eva Sibley."

Paige took her hand back and said, "Nice to meet you, neighbor. I better get ready for work before I'm late…again."

Eva laughed and waved goodbye then turned her attention to the landlord who finally decided to make an appearance.

That evening, Eva went to Buckland's auction house to see Prue. She thought maybe they could mend the fences, so to speak, and clear the air a bit. She thought perhaps news that she finalized the paperwork for the loft and be moving out soon would help some things.

She looked around the open door of Prue's office and knocked. "You busy?"

"If you're here to tell me about Felix we already know." Prue set the papers in her hand on the desk with a bit of force. "Anything else you'd like to tell us?"

Eva knew what she meant but said something else instead. "I'll be moving out of the Manor soon."

"Good," Prue instantly answered. "But that's not what I meant."

"I know what you meant," Eva sighed. "And yeah, there is a lot you and Mara don't know but there's nothing I can do about it right now. It won't help anything and in fact it could change a lot." At Prue's eye roll and crossed arms, Eva added in, "Look, I know you don't trust me but just try to trust in the fact that I wouldn't do anything to intentionally bring Mara harm."

Prue didn't want to give Eva any credit on anything but she did believe that she wouldn't do anything to Mara. "Fine. But I don't appreciate the fact that there's been a man living in our house without us knowing."

"Felix isn't a peeping-tom if that's what you're worried about." Eva was about to say more but she noticed a blue and gold urn on the shelf behind Prue and pointed at it. "Where did that come from?"

"You're trying to change the subject." Prue was not amused by this.

"No, I'm trying to…" Eva pressed her lips together in a forced smile. "You know what, nevermind. I just came by to tell you I'll be moving out soon and as much as I want Mara to come with me I won't force her. But just so I make myself clear, if Mara doesn't want to move out of the Manor not only will Felix be some sort of a fixture there but so will I. Okay?"

Prue sighed heavily before moving some hair out of her face, saying, "Look, Eva, it's never been my intention to keep Mara away from you, but let's face it – So far you don't have the best track record. I mean, how many secrets are you keeping from us? —From Mara? How can we possibly trust you?"

"If you live as long as I have, which is a pretty long time I'll tell you, then you learn sometimes ignorance really is bliss. The truth is out there, Prue, and let me tell you it can hurt. I'm trying to keep that from happening, not only to Mara but to you and your sisters. I'm not the bad guy here. Yeah, okay, I've been down that road before, I admit, but that doesn't make me a bad person. No one is perfect, Prue, so don't try and expect me to be." Eva felt that she had said all she needed to say and left the office before Prue could react. So much for mending fences, or whatever the saying was.

The next morning, not so feline Felix was talking with Eva outside in the backyard. Upon hearing everything Eva told her about moving into Paige's building seeing the Urn at the auction house, he was really starting to lose it. "Eva, what the hell are thinking? Seriously did something not come back with you or did all the wrong parts just return?"

"I'm thinking I'm doing what is best," Eva replied and threw her hand towards the house. "What happens if one of the Charmed Ones die, hm? Someone needs to make sure it can be reconstituted if that needs to happen. You know how much Mara loves those girls – what happens if one of them is the cost of bringing me back?"

"You don't know that's going to be the case. And even if it is, it's not happening now. In the meantime you're drawing attention to a girl that isn't supposed to even exist!" Felix literally hissed back. "You think there aren't eyes on you, Eva? Because the Elders probably have someone on your tail."

Eva wasn't worried about the Elders and answered with, "You're the one with the tail."

"I seem to remember you having a tail at one point, too, sister," Felix shot back without missing a beat. And at Eva's face he backed off because that was bringing up something she really didn't want to be reminded of. "All that aside, you need to tell Prue about the Urn."

"If I tell her about the Urn then it'll lead questions about the Infinity Coven. You were just talking about drawing unwanted attention!" Eva scoffed and went over to one of the patio chairs to take a seat.

"You can leave that part out of it and you know it," Felix countered as he pulled a chair closer and sat down as well. "This could end badly for them."

"They need to learn to stand on their own feet or how else are they going to learn and overcome?" Eva scoffed and looked away. "I'm not here to make it easy for them."

This was not the sister he remembered and shook his head at her behavior. "Is this because Lincoln isn't here? Is that what you're blaming your behavior on? Because he was here before and you went all dark and…"

Eva stood right up and pointed down at him. "Don't you dare speak of things you don't understand, little brother. Don't. You. Dare." She was done with this conversation and stormed off, leaving Felix knowing that he clearly had struck a nerve with her.

"So…is Felix moving in with you or what?" Mara asked with a laugh as she helped her mother stage the loft later that afternoon.

"Felix is more than welcome to come here but I doubt he will. We've had more than enough lifetimes with each other. It's your turn now." Eva adjusted her end of the couch to make it even then nodded in satisfaction. "Not bad for a day's work."

"Wouldn't magic have made this a lot easier?" Mara asked as she plopped down on the couch. "Or am I misunderstanding the whole no consequences thing again?"

"There are always consequences with spells regarding life and death," Eva explained as she joined her daughter. "Like I told you before, there must be a balance. When Gwen gave you that spell she knew this and wanted to punish you to get to me."

"If that's the case then why did she do it?" Mara really wanted to know the answer to this. "Seriously, what happened between you two?"

Eva decided not to dodge this question. "She wanted to marry Felix and I wouldn't allow it."

Mara could understand why Gwen would have a grudge about that but had more questions. "Uh…why?"

"If an Immortal Witch marries another Immortal Witch they both become mortals – human. No more powers, no more Immortality, nothing. I didn't believe Felix, despite his years, was mature enough to understand what that really meant – what he was going to be giving up. So I stopped the wedding. I…" Eva cleared her throat. "I temporarily killed Gwen and chained her up before throwing her into the lake." She winced after telling her daughter all this.

Mara's eyes went wide. "Holy crap! No wonder that Witch bitch has a grudge against you!" She shook her head in awed disbelief. "Damn, mom."

"It wasn't one of my finer moments, I admit that." Eva wanted to change the subject, so she did. "How are things with you and the Sisters?"

"I feel like I haven't been seeing much of them lately," Mara admitted as she shifted a bit in her seat. "I mean I see them in passing around the house but it feels different. I especially miss hanging out with Phoebe."

"Your life isn't revolving solely around them anymore," Eva pointed out as she gently moved some hair behind Mara's ear. "You have your own life now, your own story. They'll be in it, of course, but it's gotta be more about you now." She hoped the distance with continue in order to keep the Charmed Ones from being harmed by the consequences of the resurrection spell.

Mara shrugged a bit in an 'I guess' manner. "Whatever it is, I don't like it."

"I think me moving out will help," Eva commented as she got to her feet with a sigh. "I won't be undermining anyone now." Eva only said this as an attempt to make her daughter feel better.

"It wasn't like that…" Mara tried to say but gave up. "Never mind. I better get back to the house. Hopefully Jasper has left me a message or something."

"Still no word from him?" Eva asked and when Mara shook her head, she said, "Maybe it's for the best, sweetie. At least now you know what kind of guy he is. I mean, he left town without even saying goodbye face to face? He sounds like a creep to me." Eva made sure not to point out that if Mara fell out of love with Jasper then he would no longer be at risk of dying as a consequence of the resurrection spell as well. She knew how Mara was already worrying about that, so the last thing she wanted to do was add more to it.

"He's not a creep," Mara defended. "Something must have happened. I don't know, okay? I don't even want to talk about it so I'm not even sure why I brought it up." She gathered her bag and coat and headed for the door. "I'll call you later. Love you."

"Love you, Dove." Eva watched as Mara left and leaned on the back of the couch with a sigh. She was still debating whether or not to tell the girls about the Urn and its Guardian. Once again deciding against it, she went around the loft trying to make it feel like home.

When Mara got back to the Manor that evening it was clear she walked right in on something as soon as she entered the foyer. "Oh boy. Demon related or guy related?"

Since neither Phoebe or Prue were about to answer, Piper did. "Clay stole the Urn he wanted Prue to sell and apparently there's something worse going on with it."

"What could be worse than Clay turning out to be a thief?" Mara asked then winced in Phoebe's direction. "Sorry."

Phoebe waved it off and listened when Prue said, "If the background information is correct, there is a Curse attached to the Urn. Anyone who steals it ends up dead, a victim of the Guardian who protects it, and she feeds off their greed."

Phoebe licked her lips in thought then got defensive. "Okay, well, even if that's true, Clay could have never known about it. Otherwise he wouldn't have brought it here.

"Are you sure, Pheebs?" Piper asked, not to be mean or anything but serious. "I mean, you wouldn't be the first Halliwell to misjudge a guy."

"No, it's not about judging," Phoebe countered, "it's about knowing. And I know Clary."

"And I know what Clay has done," Prue interjected. "Okay, he put my job in jeopardy. He lied to me. Phoebe, he lied to you."

Phoebe looked at Prue with a slightly hardened expression on her face. "You don't know that."

Prue scoffed at her younger sister's response and ran a hand through her hair.

Phoebe went on saying, "Look, I'm not saying that he's perfect. Okay? And even if he is foolish enough to risk his own life he…he would never risk mine." With nothing else to say, Phoebe walked past Prue and went upstairs to her room.

Mara looked between the remaining Sisters and said, "Well, that was an awkward time to reconnect with you guys wasn't it?"

Piper groaned with laughter as she linked arms with Mara. "Oh how I have missed your comic relief."

Mara rolled her eyes saying, "Nice to know I'm good for something."

The three of them got a much needed chuckle from that.

Mara went up to Phoebe's room and knocked on the door with her foot since she held a tray of soda and sandwiches in her hand. When she heard Phoebe say "Whoever it is can come in" Mara looked at the doorknob. She focused on it and said, "Door, open." The doorknob turned and door pushed open in result.

Mara walked proudly into her room, saying, "I'm getting so much better at that."

"No more black eyes?" Phoebe asked as she got off the bed to help her with the tray.

"Nope," Mara chuckled and gestured to the little array of food she prepped. "I thought you might be hungry."

"More like you thought I might want to talk and tend to do that more openly if there's food involved," Phoebe countered as she set the tray on the bed and sat beside it.

Mara nodded as she sat on the other side of it. "Busted."

"Well…it's working," Phoebe smiled and plucked a sandwich off the plate. After taking a bite, she asked, "Did Prue happen to mention in all that stuff that she walked in on me and Clay."

"On these sheets?" Mara gasped and jumped to her feet.

Phoebe laughed at Mara's reaction. "These are clean, you goof."

Mara laughed as well and returned to her seat. "In Prue's defense, she probably didn't know you two were up here…like that." She picked up the can of cola and took a sip. "I gotta admit that I was surprised to hear you defend Clay like that. I seem to remember a phone call or two about him where some not so nice things were said."

Phoebe sighed and looked down at her sandwich while picking at the crust "He's different now. At least I thought he was different."

Mara turned to face her better and placed her hands in her lap. "Hypothetical situation – Let say Clay didn't steal the Urn, he didn't know about the Curse, and he really is different from the guy you had to get away from. Would you go back to New York with him?"

"Leaving San Francisco really isn't an option with the whole Power of Three and all," Phoebe answered, not really taking the hypothetical situation seriously since none of it was even plausible.

Mara should have accounted for that. "Okay then, you're not a Witch. Then would you?"

Phoebe wasn't sure how to answer that then she smiled. "Only if you came with me."

Mara wasn't expecting that. "Seriously?"

"Hell, yeah," Phoebe was completely serious about that. "If I could have, I would have taken you with me the first time. But Prue was your legal guardian, not me."

"No offense but I don't think it would have worked out very well if you did take me when you left. You weren't really mom material." Mara was teasing Phoebe about that for sure.

"Prue certainly has that market down, doesn't she?" Phoebe chuckled a bit then asked, "How are things going with your mom?"

"Not like I expected," Mara admitted. "I thought…I thought having her back would fill a void in me but it still feels like it's there and I'm filled with even more questions than before." Before Phoebe could respond to that, she pointed at her, saying, "How did this get turned around to me? We're supposed to be talking about you."

Phoebe looked at her wrist at a watch that wasn't there. "Well, look at that. It's way past your bedtime."

"I don't have bedtime," Mara countered and stuck out her tongue. "But I can take a hint. Goodnight, Phoebe."

Phoebe smiled a little as Mara headed out the door and said, "Goodnight, Mara."

Mara was about to head downstairs but suddenly an idea came to mind, so she went up to the Attic instead. After setting her can of cola aside, she pulled the Infinity Box off the shelf, took out the crystal ball and set it on the table. With a deep breath Mara knelt on the pillow and held her hand over it. She closed her eyes to keep focus and said, "Show me my father."

She felt what felt like a zap of static electricity and looked at the ball was the images came forward. Inside she could see Lincoln standing there and what came into view was the Demon Belthazor. Before Mara could even figure out what this meant, she saw the Demon conjure up a ball of energy that he threw right at Lincoln killing him instantly.

Mara gasped at this and when Belthazor turned around and she saw his face, she put the ball away. Mara hoped to see something of her father's life…not his death. As she returned the Box to the shelf she made a silent vow that one day she would kill Belthazor no matter what it took.

Not so feline Felix was pacing around in the Attic the following evening waiting for Mara to get back. When she finally arrived after her shift at Quake, she said, "What's the emergency?"

"Normally when someone is being told it's an emergency they get right over," Felix countered with a bit of a hand gesture as he spoke.

"If it was that bad you wouldn't have left a message you would have requested me personally," Mara shot back. "Look, I don't want to deal with you right now so will you just tell me what's going on?"

"I know about the Urn and the Guardian and the Curse." Felix cut right to the chase and didn't appreciate it when Mara threw out her hand with an "Of course you do."

He had a bit of a hiss to his voice as he asked, "Do you want to know what I know or not?"

Mara nodded in a 'get one with it' way. "Tell me what you know."

"About what?" Piper asked then realized there was a guy in the Attic. Prue walked right in behind her and upon seeing him as well, demanded to know, "Who the hell is this?"

"Felix Sibley," he answered with an elaborate bow. "Lovely to make your human acquaintances."

Prue and Piper were a bit speechless over this then Prue said, "We don't have time for this. There's something we need to deal with so if you'll just leave…"

"You're not going to find the Guardian of the Urn in your Book," Felix pointed out, figuring that was their next move. "My lineage has encountered her before, not yours. I do know some things about her though."

Felix was cut off when Phoebe rushed into the Attic. "Did you guys find anything?" she kinda froze a bit when she saw Felix because between the dark hair, blue eyes, and square-ish jaw she thought he was gorgeous. Turning to Mara, she asked, "Uncle Felix?" when Mara nodded, she got back to business. "Anything about the Urn?"

Prue didn't trust Felix's word that there was nothing in the Book of Shadows but he was right. Both she and Piper looked and didn't find anything. "There's nothing here," Prue answered, "but it seems Cat-Man here knows something."

Felix got right to it, Eva's opinion on this be damned. "I know your powers don't work on her – not many types of magic do. I also know that she was once an Immortal Witch that went to the dark side because of her greed and was punished for it. She became bound to the Urn and in turn punished others for their greed."

Mara crossed her arms in thought. "Greed is one of the seven deadly sins."

"The Guardian punishes the greedy, right? Well, maybe if Clay does something selfless it will even the score?" That was Prue's idea anyway and then she turned to Felix. "Exactly how long have you known about the Urn and the Guardian?"

Felix answered that by morphing into his black cat form and darting out of the Attic.

Phoebe thought that was just so surreal but made herself focus. "Okay, so the theory is Clay needs to do something selfless? Then let's get him to do that." Without another word she took off downstairs to find him.

"Am I the only one who thinks that's gonna be a long shot?" Mara asked, looking between the remaining Sisters. Based off their expressions, she certainly was not. "Oh boy," she thought aloud and went down with them to catch up with Phoebe.

Once they were down in the foyer, Phoebe said, "Clay's gone. I can't believe it – he wouldn't just leave like that."

"Do you have a better explanation?" Prue asked, figuring Clay just got the hell out of dodge.

Phoebe was talking quickly as she thought. "He was worried about me. He was worried about us. I am telling you, he…" And then it hit her. "Wait. My vision – I think I know where he's going. We gotta stop him."

As they left the Manor, Prue said to Mara, "We really need to have a talk about communication where the Sibleys are concerned." She looked back as she closed the door and saw Feline Felix there so she added in, "That's right, I'm talking about you."

Mara shook her head at all this. First she didn't think she had any blood family left and now it's like they were coming out of the woodwork. Mara hoped Felix would be the last familial surprise and had no idea that he wouldn't be.

Phoebe's earlier vision was of Clay at Buckland's so that's where they went. As they ran into Prue's office, the Guardian was there with Clay as well as a really big cobra. "That's a snake!" Mara screeched and freaked out a bit because her and snakes never really mixed well.

Everyone pretty much ignored that and Phoebe tried to get Clay to leave. She held onto him trying to get him to go with her but he wouldn't and when the cobra lunged at Phoebe instead of Clay, he shot out his arm to protect her – A selfless act.

The Guardian smiled a bit in amusement as her cobra vanished then she too vanished as well, turning into gold dust that returned to the Urn as her image. Once she returned, the Urn shimmered into gold dust and disappeared.

"Where'd it go?" Piper and Mara unintentionally asked in unison.

"I don't care as long as it's not here," Prue answered then rubbed Mara's arm in a comforting manner. "Still afraid of snakes, huh?"

"I blame it on the zoo." Mara knew Prue would know exactly what she was talking about.

During that side conversation, Clay asked Phoebe, "Are you okay?"

"Am I okay?" she asked, still catching her breath. Phoebe looked back to Mara, Prue, and Piper, before giving Clay a hug while saying, "Who says people never change?"

People can change, this was something Mara always knew, at least this time it happened for the better. That wasn't the case for everyone, though. Something she would soon be reminded of – something they all would be.

End Season 1 Episode 11

A/N: Random blurb; I was this close to making The Guardian a member of Mara's bloodline but decided against it the last minute.