A/N: REVIEW ME! I only had TWO reviews last time. That makes me so sad.

*Portal*

'Hi mom.' Wyatt walked into the kitchen.

Piper looked up to see Wyatt, Melinda and Grace troop inside. 'Hi honey! Hi Grace. Hey Mellie.' Piper hugged her daughter and son, while Grace headed to the fridge for a drink. 'How was sports day?'

'Fun, fun, FUN!' Melinda enthused, though she wasn't very energetic about it.

Piper studied her two children. 'Wyatt, Melinda I think you need naps.'

'Naps are for kids.' Wyatt said scornfully.

'You're only ten Wyatt, you're not a teenager yet.' Piper reminded him. 'So stop acting like it. Don't give me attitude young man. You both need naps; you're exhausted. Just look at you.'

'But I was going to play Barbie dolls!' Melinda protested.

'Maybe after your nap.' Piper relented. 'Come on you two. Grace, I think you should take a nap as well.'

'Can't I take a bath first?' Grace argued, flipping her dark brown curly hair over her shoulder. She was most certainly Phoebe and Cole's child, not just from her colouring and her curls. 'I mean, I just did sport for a day Aunt Piper. You really want me to take a nap? No way! I'll totally get my sheets all filthy.'

Piper sighed. Grace wasn't difficult on purpose; it was just like a habit. 'Okay fine, you can all rinse off but I'm only giving you ten minutes. Then you get to bed or the den or the family room or wherever you want to nap where you won't be disturbed.' Piper eyed Melinda, who had tried napping in the middle of the foyer carpet so she would be woken up so she could go play.

Grace, Wyatt and Melinda all disappeared as Andy came into the kitchen with Serena and Charlotte in his arms. He shifted Serena a little bit so he could open the fridge. 'Okay munchkins, a drink of water then naptime. Are we clear?'

'What about a toilet break?' Serena asked, dismayed.

Andy rolled his eyes. 'No toilet break.'

'What? Why?'

Piper chuckled at her two nieces, who drank a cup of water each. Andy then orbed them upstairs to the den, which was often used as nap HQ. Usually they slept in their own beds, and if it was too hot they turned the air- conditioning on but today Serena and Charlotte insisted on the den.

Jamie was already sound asleep on one of the couches, Prue sitting at his feet flipping through a magazine. She was on nap-duty.

'Hi mommy.' Charlotte crawled into Prue's lap then fell asleep almost instantly while Serena lay down on the couch opposite them. Andy winked at Prue, who blew him a kiss with a smile, before he orbed out.

An hour and a half later Charlotte, James and Serena sat with their heads bowed, focusing on a jigsaw puzzle in the middle of the sunroom. Paige was home and was sitting in a wicker chair; drinking coffee with Piper and watching her daughter play fondly.

'Mommy the pieces don't fit together.' Serena said, close to sobs.

'Keep trying.' Paige assured her, as Prue and Phoebe walked into the room.

'Hey.' Piper greeted her sisters.

'Piper can I ask you a question?' Phoebe asked Piper.

'Uh huh, go ahead.'

'Hey, hey, why can't we be asked?' Paige demanded jokingly, motioning to herself and Prue. 'We're your sisters too!'

'Your kids aren't even in school yet!' Phoebe reminded the two. 'Piper, Cole and I were talking about schooling.'

Piper nodded. 'The strike is worrying you huh? Today was sports day at least. Substitute teachers don't need to be good at their jobs for that.'

'Uh huh.' Phoebe answered. 'Cole is really concerned Grace won't get a good education. He wants to...' Phoebe paused, and then murmured the words of a spell under her breath.

'Mind blocking spells? I thought our ritual to block our thoughts from Grace worked?'

'Monthly ritual Piper. Monthly. We're kind of overdue. Besides the spell will wear out in a while.' Phoebe said with a shrug.

Piper rolled her eyes. 'Anyway. Continue.'

'Cole wants to send Grace to a different school.'

'A different school?' Piper asked, horrified.

'Am I missing something here? I mean what's so bad about that? The teacher are on strike after all.' Paige said, confused.

'Not just any school. Boarding school.' Phoebe said with a sigh.

'He can't do that!' Prue protested. All of them hushed her as Grace walked into the room.

'Hi Aunt Piper. Hi Aunt Prue. Hi Aunt Paige. Hey mom. So... what don't you want me to know?' Grace asked pleasantly.

'What makes you think we don't want you to know something?' Paige asked.

'I can feel a mind blocking spell more than a ritual you know.' Grace answered with a shrug. 'I mean I figured it must be something important.'

'Important. But not something you need to know.' Phoebe told her. 'Grace go to the kitchen or somewhere away from here.' She added firmly.

'But mom!'

'Grace.' Phoebe said in a warning, don't-argue-with-me voice.

Grace sighed and shimmered up to the playroom, where Wyatt and Melinda were sprawled out in front of the TV, sorting through a pile of Lego and building something.

'Hey you guys what are you making?' Grace asked, taking a seat beside Mellie.

'A house for Orbette.' Mellie said with a smile, referring to her Barbie doll, which she refused to call Barbie.

'Correction. A mini mansion.' Wyatt answered. Grace raised an eyebrow at him. She didn't expect him to play Barbie – correction, play with Orbette. 'I like to build. And Lego isn't the same thing.' He said defensively.

'Sure.' Grace answered. 'Listen you guys, I need your help on something.'

Wyatt and Mellie both listened as Grace told them quickly she needed to listen to the conversation downstairs, and if it was over, hear what had been said.

'I'll check.' Melinda announced. She orbed out, then orbed back in. 'It's still going. They looked suspicious when I orbed down and asked what would be for dinner.'

'Okay. I'll make up a spell.' Grace declared.

'I'll get candles.' Wyatt volunteered. He orbed out then orbed back in with three white candles and a lighter. He lighted the three candles quickly and put them on the floor.

Grace grabbed Mellie and Wyatt's hands, so that they formed a circle- triangle thing inside of the candles.

The two stared, waiting.

'Got one!' Mellie shrieked gleefully.

Grace frowned. 'I was making the spell up Mellie.'

Mellie shrugged. 'You took too long. Want to hear it or not?'

Grace relented and Melinda began to recite the spell.

'Gracie has something she needs to hear

So give us a portal that's crystal clear

Let her hear what she wants to know

Let her see them, let the portal show!'

It wasn't the best of spells, but for a six year old, it was perfect. Wyatt and Grace repeated after her, as a portal formed in between them. It was like a pool of water, floating in mid air, and it showed a bird's eye view of the four sisters talking.

'Well boarding school just isn't an option.' Piper protested, unaware of prying eyes. 'It was bad enough when Grace lived with Cole for those few weeks.'

'They're a set of three.' Prue reminded Phoebe. 'Power of Three, remember?'

Prue wasn't really in the Power of Three anymore, being a whitelighter, but since she still had her witch powers she helped anyway.

'You guys? Which part of COLE wants her to go didn't you get?'

'Did someone say my name?' Cole appeared by the table in the portal, which wavered and rippled a bit.

'We're discussing your daughter's education.' Paige told him as he pulled up a chair.

'Phoebe, you told them?' Cole asked, a little annoyed.

'Yes Cole, I needed their opinions. They're involved in this too. Grace is part of the Power of Three, don't you remember?'

'She can always shimmer back here when there's an emergency.'

'Cole, that's ridiculous. You're being ridiculous.'

'Well it's not like we have that many attacks these days anyway. And there hasn't been an innocent in danger in months.' Cole argued.

'Cole, stop this! This is madness! If you send Grace to boarding school-' Prue was saying, before she got interrupted.

'She'd be safer there than she would be here.' Cole said, annoyed.

'No I think what Prue was going to say was that boarding school would put her at more risk.' Piper told him.

Leo and Andy orbed in, just as Glen picked up Serena, kissed her on her forehead, then said hello to everyone.

Piper quickly briefed the rest of the adults, who all broke out in a babble of talking.

'Well I'm her father and I say she goes! End of story!'

'I'm her mother!' Phoebe reminded him as everyone continued to argue.

The portal rippled again then closed. Grace stared at the space where it had been, as Wyatt released her hand and blew out the candles.

Mellie clutched her hand tighter. 'Gracie?' She asked quietly.

'Boarding school.' Grace said faintly. 'They're sending me to boarding school.'

'They can't.' Mellie said fiercely, flinging herself at her cousin and hugging her. 'They just can't.'

'What am I supposed to do?' Grace asked, looking terrified. 'I can't leave the manor! I can't leave again! I won't! I have so many friends at school! I'm POPULAR at school. Everyone will have their friends by now, it's October!'

'Don't worry Grace.' Wyatt patted her on the back reassuringly. 'We won't let them take you.'