He held his glowing hands over her head, and started to dull the pain. He watched as her tense muscles began to relax and revert back to their normal place. Leo ended his healing and looked at Phoebe, making sure her distress had ended.

"How does that feel?" He asked.

She looked at him. "I still have this thumping headache, but its better. Thanks."

"Good." He smiled.

Pausing to take a breath, Phoebe added. "I think you should orb me to Piper and Paige. They might need help."

Leo nodded in agreement, and waved his hand over Phoebe. The witch vanished in a spiral of blue and white orbs.

Before Phoebe could take a breath, she was rematerializing in a brand new room. It was very large, with not much to look at. She looked around, the sounds of fighting was distant, but growing louder. To her left she saw Paige, lying face down on the ground, motionless.

"Paige!" Phoebe ran to her sister and flipped her on her back. "Wake up, are you ok?" She shook her sister.

After several moments, Paige shifted. "Ouch." She moaned, sitting up painfully.

Phoebe sighed in relief. "Oh thank God. Where's Piper, is she ok?"

Grunting, Paige rubbed her head. "I don't know. I was body slammed first."

Joking with her younger sibling, Phoebe said. "Lucky you."

Phoebe helped Paige to stand. As they looked around for signs of Piper, the sound of a battle grew louder, as something, or someone flew through the wall farthest from them. It was Daniel. He flew through the air before hitting the ground and sliding half-way across the room.

"Idiot!" Piper screamed, as she stepped through the hole in the wall and marched toward her enemy.

Phoebe and Paige looked at one another, and then Paige grinned awkwardly. "I think she's ok."

"Piper!" Phoebe called.

Piper looked up to find her sisters both standing at the other end of the room. She smiled with relief that Paige was ok, and that Phoebe seemed to be alright now too. She was momentarily distracted when Daniel rose to his feet and used immense power waves to send Piper sliding along the floor.

"You will die!" He cried with rage. "And then I will kill your children!"

Piper rolled her eyes. "You keep telling yourself that..." She laughed.

Phoebe grabbed Paige in shock. "Oh my God, do you see Piper?"

"Yea, she's kicking butt!" Paige smiled happily.

Phoebe nodded. "Yea I know. But without us."

When Phoebe said that simple sentence, it all became clear to Paige. Piper was now beyond their reach magically. She was holding more power at her finger tips than all three of them had together. It was impossible to think that sweet little Piper was now utterly destroying a demonic Wolf God, like he was nothing at all. It was thrilling and exciting, but mostly it was just scary. If Piper could demolish this thing, what else could she be capable of? What if something found a way to turn her against them? The possibilities were endless – for both sides; good and evil.

"This is crazy." Paige said at last.

They watched as Piper used Chris' ability to move objects with his mind, and slammed Daniel into the corner of the room. He cried out in pain as blood sprouted from his mouth, covering his fangs in red. She used one hand to freeze him, and then unfreeze his head. He was so beaten, and so broken that he no longer had the strength to fight off her most basic of powers. He struggled in vain. She raised her other hand, threateningly.

"Any more jokes?" Piper asked in a cocky voice.

The Wolf God was terrified. "You can't do this! I'm a Go-"

Before he could praise his own worth one more time, Piper blew him up. Pieces of mush and insides flew everywhere, landing all over the ground. Piper carefully walked through the slippery mess to her sisters.

"Is everyone ok?" She asked, dusting herself off.

Paige nodded. "Uh-huh." She said, dumbstruck.

Phoebe's mouth hung open in shock. "Everyone is good."

Smiling brightly, Piper sighed heavily. "Good, I'm tired, and hungry. Let's go home." She said plainly.

The middle sister looked to Piper. "What are you going to do?" She asked.

Piper smiled. "I'll do what I have to do, to have a life free of evil – for us, and for my kids."

"Don't you want a normal life – without demons?" Paige wondered.

Piper thought about it for a second. "Who's to say what normal is? My kids were born with powers to fight evil, they were born with a destiny, and I'm going to let them fulfill it."

Phoebe smiled. "Sounds like you have a plan."

The eldest sister nodded. "Sounds like I do."

A bright light ended their conversation. Phoebe found herself in the court-like setting that she'd been thrown into before, when they had taken her powers for a second time. She looked at the council with a glare on her face.

"What do you want?" She asked, nervous. "Come to take everything from me?"

A councilman answered. "Phoebe Halliwell. You were given a second sight by a demonic God, so strong it almost killed you. Yet you never turned. For this, we will grant you your powers back."

Phoebe was cautious. "Am I on parole again?"

"No, you are a free witch, with the ability to use your powers however you see fit. Be warned however – things in this life will tempt you to the side of evil, you must work extra hard to remain on our end of the universe."

Almost immediately, Phoebe got a vision. It wasn't about demons though. This was different. It was as if she was looking through her own eyes, into the future years from now.

Flash Forward - 2009

The old manor looks like it has been run through the mill. Inside the old home, Piper, Phoebe and Paige sit at the kitchen table with tea and cookies. They're discussing a demon, while writing about it in the Book of Shadows. The book is about five times larger then it is in the present and it too looks like it has seen better days.

Piper stands and greets Leo, who strangely enough, looks a bit older too. They walk off from the kitchen to greet their two oldest boys from school, as Piper picks up their youngest from his play-pen.

Getting up from the table, Paige, gives her husband a kiss, before heading up stairs for some alone time with him.

Phoebe is left at the table, alone. Then, as she begins to clean up, a little girl toddles into the kitchen and hands her a drawing. It's of her Mommy, Phoebe, standing over a demon – looking very strong. Phoebe smiles and pats the girl on head, giving her a quick kiss before telling her to go play with the other kids. The slightly aged Phoebe smiles as she looks at the little wonder she has created. Piper may be the mother of the new 'Charmed line', and the mother of all magic. However Phoebe is content and pleased with her own creation, her daughter is a wonder all her own.

End of Flash Forward - back to 2004

With that Phoebe found herself back where she had been. Neither of her sisters noticed that she's been sucked away momentarily. So she just let it go.

Piper saw Phoebe's new face. "You look awfully happy, what's up?"

"Oh, it's nothing. I just suddenly feel like I might get a happy ending too." She said with a grin.

Paige nodded. "Great, let's make that happy ending at home. Shall we?"

Paige motioned to orb them, when Piper stopped her. She closed her eyes and concentrated on the time and place she wished to be. In the blink of an eye, Piper landed back in the attic with both sisters. It was still the present. Piper smiled at herself. She'd refined her power enough to teleport through time itself. Things were looking good. Maybe she could handle this after all. As she adjusted herself and checked out a hole in her top from the fight, footsteps slowly crept up the stairs. She looked up to find Leo standing in the doorway. He truly did look godly. He was so handsome and kind. She felt his heart pumping as if it were in her chest. She smiled warmly at him, looking on as he leaned himself confidently against the molding of the doorway.

"I knew you could do it." He said proudly.

Phoebe and Paige took the cue to leave and headed down the stairs, leaving the two alone.

Piper swayed her arms back and forth, and then put them innocently behind her back. "How did you know?" She said mischievously.

Smiling ear to ear, Leo waltzed up to his wife... his wife, and took her waist into his arms. "Because I know that no matter what happens, we'll be together. Always."

As the words left his mouth, he bent down and planted a long, soft kiss on her lips. He let his hands run through her hair until they reached the small of her back. While her hands cupped his cheeks and held him closer still. When their lips parted, she took him in and hugged him tight. They breathed in each other's scent. They had missed one another.

Piper knew she had changed. She had gained so much in the past few days she was struggling to take it all in. She figured that was where her real wisdom came from. It was the wisdom of war. Not just the wars between witches and demons, or good and evil – it was the fight, the wars waged to remain true to your feelings, even when everything is fighting against you.

Leo took hold of her, as they began to levitate off the ground like he did during meditation. Piper looked down for a moment, at the ground beneath them. Soon it was the house beneath them, and then the street, and then the city. No matter how far she got from the world, she felt right at home in his arms. As if she knew somehow that everything would be ok. Maybe it was a side-effect of her new powers, or maybe it was something much more powerful. Maybe it was love.

The End