"Ah, ha, look what I found." Phoebe announced proudly, coming into the living room, carrying a big green book in one arm and a bunch of candles in the other. She set the candles down on the table and Paige proceeded to light them.

"A big green book?" Piper asked with a smile.

"Yes and it's one of those new age books that Grams loved so much," Phoebe answered, sitting on the loveseat next to Paige. "And I thought since the power was out, we could see what Grams loved so much about them."

"Where did you find that thing?" Piper asked.

"In the attic while I was getting some candles. Though I am a little confused on why the door was wide open. I thought it was sealed off years ago." Phoebe shrugged, passing off the subject as nothing. "So what does everybody have to say about reading this here book?" She held up the book just for show.

"Alight," Paige said, finishing lighting the candles that case a warm glow across the room and leaning in to get a look at the book.

Piper turned to Sydney, who sat on one of the overstuffed chairs by herself with her knees tucked in close to her chest, "Syd?"

Sydney shrugged, "Whatever, anything to get my mind off seeing my mother today and that freaky deaky letter she left me."

"So, it's three against whatever you say, Piper so I'm not even going to ask." Phoebe announced, opening the book, and quickly scanned the first page, "Okay, so The Book of Shadows, page one." Phoebe turned the page, and started reading out loud, "Hear now the words of the witches/ The secrets we hid in the night,/ The oldest of gods are invoked here/ The great work of Magic is sought/ In this time and in this hour/ I call upon the ancient power/ Bring your powers to we sisters three/ We want the power/ Give us the power." A sudden wind swept across the room, flipping the pages in the book rapidly. The four girls, needless to say, where freaked out by the sudden source of wind considering all the windows and doors were closed.

"Phoebe?" Paige asked, fear tinting her voice. "Did you say 'we sisters three'?"

Phoebe nodded, staring at the pages' rapid movements, "Yes I did." The pages in the book suddenly stop flipping as sudden as they began and the wind died just as suddenly as well. "Okay, we'll read this page." She pushed some of her blonde hair out of her eyes and read the first few lines, "Okay, so we had an ancestor, named Melinda Warren, and she was a witch."

"And we have a cousin who's a drunk, an aunt who's a maniac, and a father that might at well be invisible." Piper commented.

Phoebe glared at Piper for a moment, "Anyway, she had powers, three powers. She could move objects with her mind, see the future, and stop time. And before Melinda was burned at the stake, she vowed that each generation of Warren witches would become stronger and stronger, culminating in the arrival of three sisters."

"Continue," Paige said, leaning over the book more.

"Now, these sisters would be the most powerful witches the world has ever known. They are good witches, and I think we're those sisters."

"Pheebs, in case you haven't noticed, there are four of us sisters and our name is Halliwell." Piper pointed out.

"Well, not at the moment. There are three of us in this house and this book says that these three sisters are the Charmed Ones, whatever that is and I believe that we are them. And you know when women marry, sometimes they change their last name."

"Well, where's our 'powers'?" Piper asked.

"Let me see that," Paige commanded, taking the book from Phoebe.

Phoebe didn't seem to notice, "I'm not sure, maybe they don't manifest immediately."

"Does it say what powers we're supposed to have?"

"Only that one of us can stop time, another see the future and the third can move things with her mind."

"Phoebe, we are not witches, and we do not have magical powers. Besides, Grams wasn't a witch and as far as we know, neither was Mom." Piper said, standing up.

"Okay then, let's test it," Phoebe said, standing up as well, "Come on Paige," She jerked Paige to her feet, then picked up a ceramic bowl from the table. Sydney looked on amused.

"Phoebe, what are you doing with that?" Piper asked, afraid that Phoebe would break it.

"You'll see." Phoebe answered, throwing it up in the air. Piper instinctively threw up her hands to catch the bowl but instead the bowl stopped mid air. All four girls' eyes widened, staring at the bowl frozen in mid air in the center of the room. Then Phoebe smiled widely, "Looks like you can stop time, Piper."

Piper turned to Phoebe, "What did you do to me?"

"I didn't do anything, this is our destiny."

"Oh, you're one to talk about destiny." Piper countered.

"What's that supposed to mean?" Phoebe demanded, putting her hands on her hips.

"You know very well what it means, Phoebe." Piper answered, placing her hand on her hips as well.

"Uh, guys, maybe we should get the bowl," The bowl suddenly dissolved into white and blue sparkling lights and reappeared in Paige's hand. Paige stared at it, "down before it falls." She finished, lamely, staring the bowl in her hand. "What did I just do?"

"It seems to me that you moved something with your mind," Sydney commented, a bemused smile on her face. Either she didn't believe what was going on or she was very receptive to the idea of her friends being witches.

"This is not funny," Piper snapped.

"You're right, it's cool. This means that I can see the future." Phoebe said with a short nod of her head, "very cool."

"Kind of a weird power to give to you, Phoebe." Piper commented, "Seeing into the future isn't really your strong point." Phoebe glared at her but Paige spoke up before she had the chance.

"Hey Sydney, you're in this, too." Paige pointed out, after abandoning the bowl on the table and starting to flip through the pages of the Book.

Sydney's bemused smile suddenly disappeared and she jumped up from her chair. "What?"

"Not so funny now, is it?" Piper asked.

"Yeah, there's this drawing of you and this paragraph." Paige answered, bypassing Piper's side comment.

"Well, read it." Sydney demanded, ignoring Piper's comment as well.

"This woman here depicted will posses unseen marks, signs that she will be the one to bring forth my works. Bind them with fury. A burning anger, unless prevented, at vulgar cost, this woman will render the greatest power unto utter desolation." Paige read down the page a little before adding, "It's written by Rambaldi."

"What's a Rambaldi?" Phoebe asked.

"Not a what, a who. It seems that he was a 15th century prophet." Paige answered, flipping the page.

"Sounds like you're going to end the world, Syd." Piper said, with a hint of sarcasm in her voice.

Sydney didn't catch the sarcasm, "Shut up."

"Hey, my fairy tale is in this," Paige said, excitedly, flipping to another page, finding the previous one boring, "Bring together my prince and me/ let him fall on bended knee/ I summon him..." Both Phoebe and Piper leaped forward and covered the page with their hands, keeping Paige from reading the page. "Hey, what gives?"

"Paige, if we really are witches and I'm not saying that we are, do you really think saying a spell is the best idea?" Piper asked, through half clenched teeth.

"Good point," Paige answered, pushing the book off her lap. "No more reading spells or prophecies." Sydney threw her a look.

"So, what do you think Piper? Think we're witches yet?" Phoebe asked, a little sing-song-ish.

Piper glared at her, "No, maybe. But I think someone owes me some answers." Piper tilted her head towards the ceiling and yelled out, "LEO!"

Phoebe stared at Piper, "Why are you yelling for Leo, honey, he's in L.A.? I get the whole missing your boyfriend thing, but I don't think he can hear you."

"Oh, he can." Piper answered, before yelling "Leo!" again.

"Why?"

"Because, he's been really interested in all the freaky stuff that's been going on and asking all these question about Grams and you guys and witches. That boy knows something, and I intend to figure it out. Leo!"

All of the sudden, Leo appeared in the living room next to the chair Sydney had been occupying in the same little white and blue sparkly lights that had moved the bowl from its place in mid air to Paige's hand. Four mouths dropped in shock. "You called me?" He asked, trying to seem innocent.

"You. Explain. Now." Piper growled.

So much for the innocent thing. Leo looked over her shoulder at the Book on the loveseat, "I see you found the Book of Shadows."

"Don't change the subject," Piper said, angrily.

"I'm not," Leo answered, keeping his voice calm, "What did the Book tell you?"

"That we're witches." Phoebe answered before Piper had the chance, "and that Sydney's going to end the world." She added, earning another glare from Sydney.

Leo frowned at the new information, "Really?" He asked, turning to Sydney.

Sydney turned her glare to him, "Don't go there."

Leo shrugged and turned back to a very pissed off Piper, "Okay, then. Did you read about whitelighters?"

Phoebe, Paige, and Piper shook their heads, "No." They answered at the same time.

"I suggest you start there."

The three girls turned back to the book, shocked to see that the pages of the book had turned themselves to a page clearly marked, whitelighters. Phoebe read out loud, again, "Whitelighters. A person that does great good during his life may become a whitelighter after death. Whitelighters are sort of angelic people that watch over good people, both mortals and witches, and try to keep them from coming to harm. Whitelighters have the ability to heal, hover, and travel by orbing. While whitelighters eat, sleep, and otherwise function as normal human beings, they cannot be mortally wounded." Phoebe stopped, looking up from the book, "Wait, are you a whitelighter?"

Leo nodded solemnly.

Piper's jaw dropped in shock before she came to her senses and was suddenly angry, "So you've known about me and them being witches for a long time now and you didn't tell me?" Another nod from Leo. "And you're some magical thing called a whitelighter?" She asked the same question Phoebe had earlier, but he didn't want to point that out, so he just nodded. "Oh my God, I cannot deal with this."

"Maybe you just need some help," A very familiar voice answered. Piper, Phoebe, and Paige turned to where the voice and their mouths dropped, again, seeing who was there.

A/N: Okay, so I'm actually going to explain things before the next chapter. Okay, so the thing about Sydney and the "prophecy", that was in Alias as well. It really does kinda mean that she's going to end the world. And then she and Vaughn broke into the Vatican. hehe. That was actually pretty funny. If you really want to know, ask and you shall receive. If not, be happy with the knowledge that I have provided.

Ooh and poll time! Here's the question: Who do you think the "very familar voice" is?"

A) Grams

B) Prue

C) Victor

D) other: i.e. Vaughn, Weiss, Francie, Patty, Chris, Nadia, Will, and/or Jack(Sydney's dad, in case you forgot)

Put the letter of your guess in your review. Okay? You got that? Good.

neoripley- I have no idea if she is going to be on the next season, i hope so but if not that's okay too. And I've heard rumors that MV and JG have broken up and then I've heard rumors that their getting married. Two completely different things, so I have no idea what's going on with the either. Have fun at camp and I'll try to put up as many chapters as possible.

syad yniar- um yeah, you were kinda close on my name. about a year ago me and my friends went through this "southern" stage were we would talk in southern accents like from Georgia and call each other "sweet southern bells" and then the 07 is the year that I'm graduating. I never put it together that it was my birth month too. sorry I haven't replied with the email, my stupid computer deleted it and i cant remember what we were talking about. Have I mentioned that I have an incredibly bad memory?

Princess Pinky- Yes, Syd's mom did come back on the show and that's probably why I'm doing that. I think that this chapter answered your questions if the girls were getting their powers. And hey look, Syd's in the book too. And yeah, explained all that in the a/n above.

p3charmed4eva- Yeah, it is. Welcome to the world of talking to yourself and being insane. It's great. We have pool parties with lots and lots of shirtless men. :) it's kinda like Denial but not quite.

Klutz101- So both have incredibly bad memory, yay us! Don't you just hate when you can't remember something?

kuramasiki6789- What? More teen fics or more alias/charmed ones? Cause I've heard from other people that they both are creative and I want to know which one you mean.

x3Tinkerbell07- Now you have to wonder who the "very familar voice" is. hehe, don't forget to vote in me poll up above. My mom actually called me insane once. Just out of the blue, she was like "mel, you're crazy" It was kinda sad.

Charmed-angel4- Okay, I want to live anywhere but where I live right now. How's that? Cause I don't live in L.A. or New Zealand or France or Canada and I'm rambling so I shall shut up. lol, love the signs of crazyness. they all describe me.

Lost Darkness- Yeah, there are lots of blackouts where I live because of all the damn thunderstorms we get during the summer. It's very annoying. I was in a tornado warning while at school once and everyone started freaking except me and like one of my friends. we were like "can we go outside and watch the tornado?" hehe, i was very blonde back then.