They pulled out of the kiss, their faces inches apart. They each took a deep breath, collecting their thoughts. Leo was the first to speak.

"Before I clip my wings, there's something I have to do," he told her. She nodded her consent, and he stepped back, then disappeared in a flash of white light.

He orbed into the manor attic. No one was there; the place looked like it hadn't been entered in years. Doing his best to ignore the memories that were mingled with the dust, he went downstairs.

Phoebe and Paige were in the kitchen talking, but they both fell silent when they saw him.

"Leo!" they exclaimed at the same time. They got up and ran to hug him.

"I missed you guys so much," he said, returning their embrace. "How have you been?"

Paige looked down, and Phoebe shrugged. "We've been okay," she said. "It was... hard. We tried to go on without the Power of Three, relying on spells and potions, but then one day a... a demon attacked and... Paige was almost killed..." she let her voice trail off, blinking back tears at the memory.

"After I came out of the coma, we decided magic was too much of a risk," Paige continued. "So we gave it up. That was a little over three years ago. Less than two years after Piper left."

Phoebe looked up at Leo suddenly. "Piper. Have you seen her? Is she okay? Where is she?"

"Can you bring us to her? Or bring her to us? How's Wyatt?" Paige cut in.

Leo put up his hands, deflecting their questions. "One thing at a time. Yes, I've seen Piper. I just came from there. She doesn't know I'm here. She's... somewhere in the vicinity of okay, but I don't think she's quite there yet. She lives in upstate New York now, and I came here to bring you to her. Wyatt is.. amazing. You guys should see him. I can't believe he's six already. He's so smart, and protective of Piper and Lin."

In their excitement over finally finding Piper, Paige and Phoebe didn't hear Lin's name, much less think of asking Leo who she was. Eagerly, they ran upstairs to pack.

Barely half an hour later, they had all their things together, and were ready to go. They put their boxes and suitcases together, each held on to one, and used their free hands to hold on to Leo. He took their hands, squeezing them reassuringly, and orbed back to Piper.

Piper was pacing around the living room, with Wyatt and Lin sitting still on the couch, when they orbed in. Piper's heart skipped a beat at the sight of Leo and her sisters - boxes and all - standing in front of her.

"Oh my God," was the best she could manage. Her first instinct was to hug them, but then after thinking of how she completely abondoned them - no letters, no phone calls, no contact at all for five years - she hesitated. She stood, trembling, as they hurried to embrace her.

"Shhh," Paige whispered, "It's okay now, honey."

"I love you guys so much," Piper said, kissing them both. She started to cry, as did both of her sisters.

"We love you, too," Phoebe responded.

"I love you," Paige echoed.

They seperated, trying in vain to dry their eyes.

Paige's breath caught in her throat when she laid eyes on the two kids, sitting on the couch silently, the boy with his arms protectively around the girl. "Oh my... Is this... Wyatt?"

Piper nodded. Her voice came out trembling and tear-choked. "Yeah. Um, there was something else I never told you guys. I didn't know it at the time, but... When I left, I was pregnant." She went over to the couch, kneeling down in front of her children. "Wyatt, Lin, I'd like you to meet you Aunt Phoebe and your Aunt Paige. Pheobe, Paige, say hello to your nephew, Wyatt... And your neice, Lin."

Phoebe and Paige exchanged awed glances before moving toward the couch. Phoebe wrapped Wyatt up in a hug, while Paige scooped up Lin in her arms. They acquianted themselves with the kids while Leo and Piper looked on.

"I'm glad you're finally here," Wyatt said. "Mommy used to tell us stories about you two, but we never thought we'd get to see you."

"Why not, sweetie?" Phoebe asked.

"Because whenever we asked Mommy about you, she'd tell us, but then we'd hear her crying after, when she thought we weren't listening," Lin said.

Piper glued her eyes to the floor as her sisters got up to put their arms around her again.

"Honey, why didn't you just come to us?" Paige asked.

Piper shrugged helplessly. "A few reasons. At first, after Leo left, I couldn't handle being around anything that reminded me of the life I'd had with him. It just hurt to much, being with you guys. And then, after Lin was born, I just... I was afraid. I was afraid to go back, afraid of what you'd think. I was afraid that you would hate me for leaving you, for being so selfish."

"Sweetie, no," Phoebe said. "We could never hate you."

"God, Piper, we wanted you to come back so badly," Paige added. "You were afraid of what we would have thought? Honey, we would have thought that you'd been through hell, and that leaving was the only way you could think of to keep your children safe, and sweetheart, we never could have hated you for that."

"And now?" Piper asked.

"And now, we still think you've been through hell," Paige replied. "We also think that you've handled it the best you could, and that you did an amazing job raising these two kids all by yourself."

"We also think that it's about time you got your family back," Phoebe added. "Are we wrong?"

Piper shook her head. "No. You're not wrong. I need you. I love you." She kissed both of her sisters, and moved to kiss Leo when she realized he'd stepped away. "What are you doing?" she asked him.

He looked upward. "I'm going to go do what I should have done years ago; What I would have done, had I known it would come to this."

He didn't need to say anymore. They all knew that he was going to clip his wings.

Piper put her arms around him, kissing him softly. "I love you for this."

"I love you, too," he replied, before orbing out one last time.

Piper stepped back toward her sisters, who were watching Lin and Wyatt play with a toy car they'd found tucked away under the end table. She smiled, looking around. She felt like she'd come full circle. She had her children, she had her sisters, and she had her husband. For the first time in years, she didn't feel like crying.

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A/N: Well, that's it. How'd I do? ::puppy eyes:: Reviews would be wonderful, especially since this is the last chapter and all, so yeah. Let me know how this fic turned out.