"If being human is so dangerous," began Pru, "then why are you here as a girl?"
"I wouldn't be able to communicate in my animal form. And the warlocks would have picked up on my scent- Can we please stop with these questions? We have to find a way to beat them."
"Excuse us." Catching her aunt's wistful gaze, Pru led her aunt by the hand into the kitchen, with her brothers and sister trailing behind them.
"We just let a complete stranger into our house," said Pru, looking her aunt straight in the eye.
"Pru, if the pace picks up, complete strangers will be popping into the house every two days. Besides, you let me into your house when I was a complete stranger."
"Okay, that is so not the point here. You're just going to go ahead and trust her?"
Paige gave her niece a mock look of confusion before answering, "Going back to my being a complete stranger once-"
"I trust her," declared Drew, absentmindedly scratching a non-existent wound on his right arm.
At his brother's words, Pru let out a "What?" of exasperation.
"I can't explain it. I… know she's being honest. Somehow."
"Must be that new power kick of his," offered Xan, after studying the utter surprise on Pru's face.
"This is crazy. We just can't let some… person waltz into the house and tell us what to do."
"Pru, she already did," piped in Julia.
Paige let that fact sink in before saying, "Like it or not, you're a Charmed One. It's your duty to give help to anyone who needs it."
"Majority wins, huh?" said Pru, giving in. She bit her lip, searching for the right words to save her pride. Finding none, she instead told them, "Go on. I'm done ranting."
"To the book then," said Julia to her aunt and brothers, slowly exiting the kitchen with Xan behind her. Paige offered a smile to her niece before heading out to accompany their visitor. In the kitchen, Drew remained to cheer up his sister.
"I know your worried about me- about us. We can do this. You know that."
"We don't know that. Because these aren't normal problems. We can't be normal people anymore."