We spent the day together, just laughing and getting to know each other. Paige and I are definitely a lot alike. We're both loners and very quick studies. They all told me stories of when they first found out about their powers and how they'd learned to control them and Paige was definitely the fastest learner. Just like me.

Before I knew it, it was already 5 o'clock and Phoebe and Paige were leaving to go get their husbands and kids for all of us to meet and Leo and the kids were orbing back in from Magic School.

"Hi honey. Welcome back," Piper says as she greets her husband with a kiss and takes Chris into her arms and gives him a hug.

"Hey. How'd everything go today?" he asks.

"Really well. I think we dealt with a lot of her inner demons and got that sisterly bond up and running already."

I just smile shyly in the doorway between the hall and the living room.

"Well that's good. I'm happy to hear you guys are all getting along so well already. That's good. That means there will be fewer surprises when the next demon attacks and you'll all be able to work as a team," he responds. "I still can't believe all these years it was all about the power of three and now it's really the power of four."

"The Halliwells are full of surprises, but you already knew that didn't you?" Piper asks her husband with a mischievous smile as she leans in for another kiss.

Leo kisses her back and says, "Of course I did. And I married you because that's one of the things that I have always loved about you. Always so full of surprises."

"Okay," I finally speak up. "Not that I mind standing here watching you two flirt so mercilessly, I'm going to go ahead and head up to my room and get freshened up before dinner."

"And I need to finish cooking it. Leo, we are going to have a family dinner tonight. Would you mind getting the boys ready?" Piper asks.

"Of course. Not a problem," he says as he turns to me. "So you decided you were ready to meet the full brood tonight, huh?"

"Yeah. I spent almost my whole life without a family of any kind, so I don't want to waste any time getting to know my real one now that you're all here and I know you exist."

"Definitely a Halliwell. Family first. But don't worry, that's a really good thing. Especially in this family. I'm sure you've heard some stories already," he smiles.

I smile back with a light chuckle and say, "I have. I now understand what you meant about us needing to bond other than the fact that I've never had a family and needed some support."

"You got it. Well, let's get everyone ready, shall we?" Leo says as he takes the boys upstairs to get them washed up and dressed and I follow to do the same on my own.

About an hour later, all of us are refreshed and dinner is ready and Paige and her family are orbing into the manor as Phoebe and her family appear in a pink haze that started as a heart. I'm going to have to ask her about that one. That one's kind of weird.

Paige is the first to talk as she says, "Pres, I'd like for you to meet my husband Henry," she says as she gently places a hand on his shoulder. "And these are our kids Henry Jr., Jessica, and Elizabeth. Jessica and Elizabeth are fraternal twins, just like we are," she continues. "Guys, this is my twin sister that we just found out about, Preseley. But she prefers to be called Pres."

Henry walks up to me with his hand outstretched to shake my hand. "Nice to finally meet you. Paige has been talking nonstop about her twin for the last week or so. I guess you gave them the slip more than once as she said you were pretty hard to track. Took them about a week to finally find you."

I shake his hand and smile and say, "Sorry. I didn't know I was being tracked by family at the time, otherwise I would have stopped right away and joined in."

"Oh no worries. I'm just giving you grief as your brother-in-law. It's my right," he responds with a wink. "Kids, come say hello to your Aunt Pres."

As he says this, my three beautiful nieces and nephew step up and say hello as they hug me around my legs, not quite tall enough to hug me around my shoulders or waist. I bend down to hug them back with unshed tears in my eyes. "It's so nice to finally meet you guys. Paige, they're beautiful."

"Thank you," she says.

After the moment finally passes, Phoebe speaks up and says, "Pres, this is my husband Coop. He's a Cupid. And these are our daughters Prudence and Penelope." She then places a hand on her stomach and continues, "And we have a third on the way. Just found out this morning and I thought tonight might be a good time to announce the upcoming addition."

Now everybody was excitedly clamoring as everyone turned to congratulate Phoebe and Coop on their pregnancy. I was involved in all of this, too. At least I get to be involved this time with another new niece or nephew. I hug Phoebe and say, "Oh my god, I'm so happy for you! Can I be with you every step of the way?"

"Of course you can, sweetie. And I'm sorry if I stole some of your thunder of your homecoming. I really didn't mean to."

"No, you didn't! You're more than fine. I honestly couldn't be happier that I get to be an aunt to another baby and I get to be involved this time!" I say as I jump around a little bit while still hugging my sister.

"That's good. I'm really happy that you're happy, but all this bouncing around probably isn't the best thing in the world."

"Oh! Sorry!" I apologize as I immediately stop jumping and let go of my hug. I chuckle self-consciously and turn hug my nieces and Coop. "A Cupid, huh? Is that why you guys came in with that pink-hazed heart thing?"

He laughs at this and responds, "Yes. That would be why."

"That is cool. Only thing I can do is tell the ground below me to help me run away from things faster and use a breeze to help with that, too."

"Right. Phoebe was telling me you had powers over the elements. Hey, don't kick a gift horse in the mouth. That's still a handy thing to have if you really need to get yourself out of danger. Transporting isn't always reliable. Other magical beings can track it and follow you," he explains.

I nod and say, "Hmm. I never really thought of that. But then again, I'm still really new to the whole transporting and demon stuff, so it never was a thing for me."

"Don't worry. I'm sure you'll be a straight-A student. Your sisters have a lot to teach you and knowledge to transfer on to you."

I smile and say, "Yes. I'm eager to learn everything that everyone can teach me." I turn back to Henry and ask, "So, Henry, what are your powers?"

"Oh, no powers for me. I'm fully human. Our kids have inherited their mother's talents, but I'm human," Henry replies.

"Oh. What about you, Leo?" I ask.

"I am human now as well, but I used to be a Whitelighter like Paige, only I was a full Whiteligher and she's half witch. I even spent some time as an Elder, but I essentially retired from that and became a human. Now I just teach at magic school as a human," he responds.

"Oh." I say as all of us take a seat at the dinner table. "How would that work, then? You call it magic school, but you don't have powers anymore."

"Simple, actually. And it's actually easier to not have powers. You see, everyone has different magical powers. Take you and your sisters as an example. You're the only one who can control the elements. Paige is the only one in the family so far who actively heals us if we're wounded and can move things with her mind. Phoebe can see the past and the future as well as levitate and is an empath, and Piper can either speed up or slow down molecules. It's much the same with the children at magic school. So, since I no longer have powers of my own, it's up to the kids to know their own magic and control it. The staff and I just help guide them through that learning process of control while they also learn other things like literature and math and all of that in a safe place. Just because we're all magical doesn't mean we can slack off on the mortal knowledge as well," Leo explains.

"Oh. Well that makes sense. Thank you for explaining that to me. Would it be alright for me to go with you to magic school sometime? I'd love to see it. And I'd love to learn a few new things while I'm there, as well."

"Of course. That would actually probably be for the best. We have a combat training room that you could use if you wanted. I'm actually looking for a new instructor for that class right now, but the room is vacant. You and your sisters could safely train there."

"I'd love that," I smile. "I really can't wait."

We all continue talking and eating the dinner Piper prepared for us. She made a pot roast with roasted potatoes and roasted green beans. All of which are divine. Everything that I put in my mouth seems to melt on my tongue and my taste buds are in heaven. She also made a couple of apple pies for dessert and I can only imagine how great those will taste at this point. It's just so awesome to finally have a family again. Especially one that's as large and as magical as this one. I really couldn't have asked for more.

Just as we are finished up our dinner and gearing up for dessert, Phoebe gasps and closes her eyes as she falls into another vision. She comes out of it a moment later and says, "Henry, Leo, Coop, get the kids! A large group of demons is going to attack and they're going to hurt them!"

Just as she finishes warning everybody, five men shimmer into the room and begin attacking us with weird blue lightning balls. I immediately raise my hands and summon a giant ball of fire around them and keep it as hot as I can without damaging the house or hurting anybody else. I hear them screaming, but it's still a different scream from a human. This feels so much better than killing a person, even if the human did deserve it.

After just a few seconds of my summoning the fire to kill these demons that were going to harm my family, they completely disappear in five puffs of smoke and I release the flames. I look around to make sure nothing got damaged and nobody got hurt. There's a few black spots on the walls from where the demons shot those funny electric things and missed someone, but it doesn't look like I damaged anything. Everybody is looking at me with shock on their faces.

"What? They were attacking you and I was helping. Was I not supposed to?" I ask Piper with confusion and uncertainty on my face.

"No, honey, you did great. They were definitely out to kill us or the kids. We're all just shocked at how fast it all happened. None of us got a chance to respond before you took them out. How'd you do that without burning down the house?" she asks me.

I shrug and just say, "I've spent a lot of time practicing and honing all of my powers. That's one of the ways I learned how, was to make some fire and hold it in a concentrated area and make it as hot as possible while still keeping it contained and minimizing damage. That, and the speed of it all. I was constantly training my reflexes. I didn't know what I was going to be facing on my path, so I trained everything as much as I could on my own."

Leo asks me, "You learned all of that on your own?"

"Yes."

"Well, I'm sure there's even more that you could learn, depending on exactly what you trained yourself to do, but I think I just found my new combat training instructor. I've never seen anybody as fast as you are, and I'm sure you could teach the next generation of witches so much of what you already know as you learn even more."

"Really?" I ask with shock on my face.

"Really," everyone else in the room responds at the same time.


A/N: For those of you who are wondering where Billie's at, don't worry. I will be bringing her into the story next chapter or two. I wanted to focus more on just the family for this.

Also, if you have a story idea for this, please don't be shy. I'm not in a huge hurry to get to the ultimate destiny and finale for this story and would be happy to hear them. I'll squeeze it in and give you a shout out!

And I wanted to send out huge thank you's to those who have commented/followed/favorited. You guys make my day and keep me going. Thank you!

And before I let you go, I wanted to let you all know that my husband got transferred at work and we're in the middle of picking up and leaving pretty fast. I will try my hardest to not let this affect my updating schedule which has been running at 3 weeks in between, but chances are very high it's still going to happen no matter how hard I try since there's so much to do, so I just wanted to warn you guys.