It was nearing noontime in San Francisco, but the residents of the Halliwell manor had yet to prepare their meals, much less eat. In the musty attic, Xan, Julia and Paige hovered over the Book of Shadows, with mostly Xan and his aunt flipping through the old tome as Julia stood beside them, scanning the quickly changing text. Pru and Drew were just entering the attic, Paige looking up to greet them.

"Hey."

The two siblings responded with a nod, taking their places on the maroon couch where Tainn was already seated. Their guest sat with back straight, chin up and eyes set upon the three witches searching for information on their demons for the day.

"Sure you don't want to see the book?" asked Paige to their guest.

"No, thank you. I know nothing about your magic. Only you can find what we're looking for."

"Thanks for the tip," Julia mumbled under her breath. After a few more page-turning, she sighed, muttering, "I quit." She hobbled to a rusting iron chair across the sofa, giving herself a rest.

"Sorry if this only came to me now, but what exactly are we looking for again?" asked Xan to his aunt, who was still busy going through the book's pages while he had stopped, the meaning of their search suddenly having escaped him.

"We're looking for anything about the Old Ones."

"Why? We're gonna fight warlocks, so shouldn't we be looking for a vanquishing spell instead?" asked Pru.

"What I'm thinking is, since these warlocks stole the powers of immortal witches, then we have to find a way to take the powers away from them first. Isn't that right, Tainn?"

Tainn shook her head in reply. "Not entirely. We Old Ones aren't immortal. We only live longer than many other-"

"Magical creatures. In any case, we still have to separate them from their powers," breathed Paige. A few more furious page-flipping followed before Paige threw her hands in exasperation. "I can't find anything in this damn book."

Xan continued what seemed to be a fruitless search as Paige joined her extended family, idly waiting for new light to be shed on their situation.

The tension slowly crept in as the Halliwells and the Old One began to see that Xan's intense perusal of the old tome would be in vain, until all of a sudden a grin spread on Xan's face. "Found it."

"What? Let me see," said an excited Drew, as he and a dumbstruck Paige rose from the sofa to read Xan's find.

And all of a sudden hard raps boomed through the manor - the sound of heavy knocking on the front door.