Part Five

The hooded figure was sitting stroking its chin, watching the events develop through a black crystal mirror, like you would do with a television. The figure smiled as the mirror shot bright green and then clearly focused on the youngest Halliwell's room.

Paige had fled upstairs to her bedroom, leaving Piper to show Wyatt how to use what he'd called a 'medieval' Internet. She was sitting on her bed resting her back against her pillows and hugging her knees. The noises that were flowing through the house, the screams, the banter, the cries were drifting over her. She closed her eyes shut tight, finding it the best way to counteract tears that had been building up inside her.

How had she screwed up so badly? What had she done to get her daughter to hate her so much? Paige thought biting her lip as a sudden patch of guilt shot through her. Was this how her parent had felt every time in a rush of anger she had told them they were not her real parents?

She heard a gentle tapping on her door. Not moving or answering she hugged her knees closer to her. If she ignored it, it might go away.

As the door opened she sighed. She should have known better than to think ignoring something would make it go away in this household.

"I was wondering whether you wanted some tea," She heard her oldest sister say.

Paige opened her eyes to see Piper standing her doorway holding two mugs of tea. "Yeah, okay."

"How you feeling now?" Piper asked as she made her way over to Paige's bed.

"I'm okay," She replied in an unconvincing voice, but as soon as she had uttered the words and seen Piper's concerned look, she shock her head. "No I'm not I feel like my world has just collapsed in front of me and someone has pulled my heart out and is now kicking it around."

"You know you paint quite a picture, have to ever thought of becoming a children's writer?" Piper smiled, "But seriously Paige you've not got to worry too much about it. She's a teenage, who's just seen her world destroyed and no doubt argued with you this morning over something stupid such as why she got a detention last night. I mean didn't you ever say anything to your parents that you regret now."

Paige nodded.

"Well, there what you do then. You talk it over and you like her know that it is all going to be okay." Piper explained as she offered over the box of tissues.

"I guess your right."

"Oh little sister, you should know that I'm always right." Paige laughed, as Piper smile grew. "Besides you've got to get downstairs, because my son is hopeless looking after well himself."

"Or we could just go upstairs." Paige suggested.

Piper smiled, "You see there's my girl."

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Wyatt was sitting downstairs on the Internet as he ate a cake he had picked up in the kitchen. In a way she was glad he didn't live at home anymore and had his dorm room otherwise he would be huge by now. His mom's cooking was just so good, and since he had travelled back she had been offering them all, all the food he had in the kitchen.

The girls had all declined the offers. They were on diets. Wyatt laughed to himself, they were always on diets and its not like they needed too. Especially when home cooked food was so good.

There had to be a home to go back to first though.

Wyatt looked again at the Internet; he could not believe the snail pass in which it operated. If he had been back home in his time in his dorm, it would have taken milliseconds for a page to load. Unable to find anything with hope that the girls would be successful and find something. He decided to look up his family.

Bright orbs appeared in the Living Room as Leo appeared behind his son. He stood their looking at his son for a couple of minutes. It was good to know that he would have two healthy children and everything would be relatively okay.

"Have you found anything?" Leo asked.

Surprised at hearing his dad's voice, Wyatt span around leaving the computer screen showing a blank page and a failed result. "No, nothing, how long you been standing there?"

"Not long."

"Yeah, right! You used to always orb behind me when I was taking my exams at school to check I was revising."

Leo smiled at son, "Did I? I'm sure I was just checking that you got the results you deserved. Where's everyone?"

"Mom and aunt Phoebe and Paige are upstairs with Neve, I think they are checking the book and the girl are outside. They thought they had a better chance of get a premonition off the rubble." Wyatt explained as he turned the computer off without looking at it. "Did you find anything out, dad?"

"Only that they think it is a coven of demons that are creating what they view as the complete leader. Go get the girls from outside and I'll get everyone from upstairs so I can explain it all and we can check it out with the book."

Wyatt got to his feet and headed to the door, "Sure, we'll see you in the attic."

Leo picked up his baby son out of the bassinet and orbed up to the attic.

Despite a relative improvement you could still cut the air with a knife. Piper was standing over the book of shadows flicking through it to try and find anything that would help. Phoebe was writing a general spell she could use, just in case they could not defeat the demon behind it all in this day and age. So that they could send the four of the children back protected, so at least they would be okay. Paige and Neve were sat in a corner at the start of a difficult conversation.

Leo smiled at them, "I've got news."

A series of faces turn to look at him. Paige glanced at Neve offering her a smile before turning back to look at Leo. "You mean the elders actually know something."

"Well they have idea why they came back this far, so yes." Leo told them.

"We should crack open some Champers," Phoebe said with a slight laugh and glancing at her niece. "I mean that's almost helpful for the elders."

"I told you we sort out this." Paige started but stopped as she heard a thundering noise coming up the stairs, which seconds later relieved a very red faced Wyatt.

"There gone." He panted, holding his side.