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Back at the manor Phoebe, Piper, and Paige were trying to figure out some way to stop the worlds coming demise. Piper and Phoebe were in the attic milling through the Book of Shadows trying to find anything else related to the page they found earlier. Paige had settled herself in the kitchen with enough supplies to make a closet full of potions, though she was a little unsure of what potions to make. All three of them were eager for Leo to return. He had gone to meet with the Elders after the sisters told him about the page they found in the Book of Shadows. He had been gone for a full day now; all three of the witches were thoroughly worried about what was going on up there.
"Seriously, what could be taking this long?" Asked Piper while pacing around the attic.
"Well there is a lot to talk about. This whole thing is kind of a big deal Piper." Said Phoebe irritably.
"You okay Pheebs?" Asked Piper, sensing her sister's discontentment.
"I'm just upset about Cole that's all." Said Phoebe, not looking up from the book.
"There's nothing you can do about it just yet Pheebs, you've just--"
"That's the problem Piper, there's nothing I can do. He's going to destroy the world and I can't do a thing to stop him." Phoebe shut the book and rubbed her eyes wearily. "I need some food. I'm going down to the kitchen." She headed for the door then turned around to face Piper. "Maybe you should come to, the last time one of us was alone in the attic..." She didn't want to mention Cole again; quiet frankly she was sick of Cole. She was sick of talking about him but more importantly, she was sick of thinking about him. She didn't like having to worry about what he was up to or what he was planning. She just wanted everything to go back to normal. She wanted to go back to missing Cole secretly rather than despising him publicly.
"Good idea, I could use some lunch too." Piper turned out the light in the attic and followed her younger sister down into the kitchen.
"Hey mom, do you want a sandwich?" Asked Parker cheerfully as he dug a knife into a nearly empty jar of peanut butter.
"Sounds great sweetie, thanks." Phoebe walked over to Parker and ruffled his hair. "How's it going Paige?" She added directing her attention to Paige who was standing over the oven looking very perturbed.
"It would be going well except I have no idea what I'm doing." Paige said, throwing a wooden spoon into the large metal pot in front of her. "There are hundreds of different kinds of demons out there, I can't possible make enough vanquishing potions for all of them."
"Just do the best you can honey." Said Piper, rubbing Paige's back sympathetically.
"It's just so frustrating. I feel helpless." Paige said as she walked with Piper into the living room.
"We all feel that way sweetie." Piper said softly. Their brief conversation was interrupted by Leo who had just orbed into the kitchen.
"Finally. What took so long?" Asked Phoebe taking a bite of her sandwich.
"We have to talk now. Where are Piper and Paige?" Leo was obviously a bit frazzled.
"We're right here. Leo what's up?" Said Paige as she and Piper emerged from the living room.
"Parker why don't you go upstairs for a minute." Said Leo placing his hand on Parkers head.
"Why do I always have to leave?" He asked, rising from his seat.
"Because we need you to guard the second floor from demons." Phoebe said kissing the top of Parker's head. Parker reluctantly exited the kitchen and headed to his bedroom.
"So Leo what's up?" Asked Paige once Parker was clearly out of the room.
"Well, basically everything that Phoebe already said. Unless you stop it, the mortal world will end." Leo said taking a seat in one of the kitchens wooden chairs.
"So how do we stop it?" Asked Piper
"You don't, Parker does."
"Parker? So he is the one in the Book of Shadows." Said Phoebe with a hint of disappointment in her voice.
"There's more. Cole, he knows about Parker," Leo looked up at the clock on the wall, "he must know everything about now."
"He knows Parker is his son?" Phoebe said, clearly panicked.
"No, that's the only thing he doesn't know. The Elders think it best if Piper and I pretend he's our son, just to throw Cole off for a while." Said Leo taking a bite of Parker's unfinished sandwich.
"Does he know that Parker is the child in the book?" Asked Paige.
"Yep. We'll have to keep a close eye on Parker from now on. I'm sure Cole and other power hungry demons will try to get their hands on him."
"Parker, come down here please!" Shouted Phoebe as she rubbed her forehead.
"Phoebe, relax a little. We aren't going to let anything happen to him." Leo said, standing up and resting a sympathetic hand on Phoebe's shoulder. Phoebe shrugged Leo's hand off of her and shouted for Parker once again.
"Parker, get down here now!" Phoebe rested her arms on the counted and breathed heavily. "If anything happens to him--"
"Nothing will happen to him. We're all looking after him and the Elders are looking after him. He's perfectly safe." Said Leo.
"Mom are you okay?" Asked Parker rounding a corner and entering the kitchen.
"Yeah baby I'm...I'm fine." Phoebe walked over to her son and drew him up into a hug. "We've got to talk to you baby."
"What is it?" Asked Parker, separating himself from his mom.
"We need you to pretend, just for a while, to be mine and Leo's son." Piper said.
"So I'd be Parker Wyatt?" Parker asked looking at his mom, confused.
"Yeah, just for a while." Leo added.
"Why?" Asked Parker, directing his question to Leo. No one answered for a while until Phoebe decided to let Parker in on what was happening. After she told him everything, excluding the bits about Cole being his father, he seemed surprisingly calm. Once things in the manor had calmed a bit and the initial shock of Leo's news wore off, Paige returned to making potions, and Piper, Phoebe, and Parker headed up to the attic to help Parker obtain better control over his powers.