That had been four days ago. Since then they had checked the Book of Shadows, googled it and scryed for Wyatt and the kidnapper, and nothing had turned up. Leo could not sense his son, and neither could Chris. As far as they knew, he was dead. Leo reckoned that he was under a shield of some kind, and they would not be able to locate them with any magical means. If the demon who called herself Celebrian was an upper class demon, or as powerful as she said she was, they would need all the help they could get. "I'm going to go check with the elders again, see if they've come up with anything." Leo orbed out in a swirl of bright lights. "Chris", Piper started, turning to face him. "Do you know if this is the evil from the future that threatens Wyatt?" "I don't know what turns him; all I know is that he is turned. Though, if you ask me, I would say that this probably is. Have you ever come up against a demon that wasn't affected by any of your powers?" Piper looked down, she didn't know what to say. "But I don't understand. Why didn't Wyatt use his powers? Doesn't he protect himself from evil?" Asked Phoebe questioningly. "So does the book", said Paige, unaware that she had spoken out loud. "What did you say?" questioned Piper looking up, with a glint in her eyes. "What did you just say Paige?" "I didn't say anything." Answered Paige, mystified. "You said something about the book." "Did I say that out loud? Oh, I said so does the book. Protect itself from evil, I mean." "Your right, it does. But not from mortals, only from magical evil, demons and such." "So what are you saying?" Asked Chris. He too was bewildered, and he could make no sense of what Piper was talking about." "Well, either this creature isn't a demon, or her powers so far exceeds ours and the books, that that the book can't protect itself." "That still doesn't explain why Wyatt didn't use his shield." Phoebe prodded. Before they could come up with a logical explanation (not that any of their explanations were ever logical) Leo orbed in. Piper could immediately tell by his face, that he found nothing. "Well? Did they know anything? Can they help me get my son back?" "No, they don't know anything..." Leo started. "There's a change. The all-knowing have run out of ideas." Paige said frustrated. "...They've never heard of the demon Celebrian." "If she is a demon." Piper interrupted rudely. Her patience was running thin. "Anyway, the Elders are worried." Leo said, turning to his wife, "The Elders are worried. That's definitely not a good sign." Phoebe said, getting up from the couch she had been sitting on. "What do you mean if she is a demon?" Asked Leo starting to look worried himself. "I mean, she can get to the Book of Shadows..." "You don't know that" Leo interrupted "Wyatt doesn't use her powers against her. She's not in the Book of Shadows. I mean why not?" "She has powers though. Leo", Phoebe started to say, "Can a mortal have powers, without being a witch or demon?" "It's rare, and very improbable, but I suppose that it is possible." Leo said. Just then their came a cry from down stairs. Piper's head jerked toward the door. "Wyatt?" Piper took off running down the stairs, without a backward glance, and she was quickly followed by Phoebe, Paige, Leo and Chris. Halfway down the stairs Piper stopped abruptly, and she was knocked into by the four people behind her. She fumbled a step, and looked down into the hallway that had been the scene of many battles with demons in the past. Standing next to the grandfather clock that had been broken countless times, stood the girl who called herself Celebrian. In her arms was Piper's and Leo's son. Celebrian looked up, and meeting the eyes of the hurt mother, she smiled. "I must admit Piper, you surprised me. I underestimated you. The other members of your family however..." She grinned maliciously at Phoebe. "Piper, freeze her." Said Phoebe, still looking Celebrian in the eyes. "I can't, I've already tried, my powers don't work against her." "Then blow her up." Said Chris. "Chris, you weren't there. She is the most powerful being I, we, have ever encountered. Plus, I might blow up Wyatt." "It would prevent him from becoming evil. Solves my problem." "Chris!" "Piper." Celebrian looked at her, breaking her gaze away from Phoebe. "As I said before, I misjudged you. You have much potential, and I realize you will give up your life for your son, but I must warn you. If you continue to attempt solve my puzzles, you might just have to do that." She turned around, but before she could shimmer out of the Manor, Paige orbed herself in front of Celebrian. She put an arm on her, and tried to grab Wyatt. She missed, and went sprawling to the floor. Piper, oblivious to this, stared at the girl. "What do you mean attempt to solve your puzzles?" "You'll see" the girl said with a grin. "In good time. You'll all see." She turned around and was gone. "Leo, do you know what she was talking about?" Piper said, turning to her husband." "I have no idea. What puzzles have we solved already? What puzzle have you solved?" He asked, facing her. "Well, I said that I didn't think she was a demon. Could that be it?" "It might be", said Paige. She looked over her shoulder to Phoebe. "What do you think Phoebes?" She asked, but she stopped abruptly when she saw her sisters face. "Piper's right, she isn't a demon. She's afraid of us. Of you", she turned to Piper. "I could sense her fear; she thinks you know who she is. Do you?" "No! All I know is that she claims to be Celebrian." Piper looked shocked. Why did this demon- no this girl- think that she knew who she was. "No, you don't know who she is, I can feel it, but that's beside the point. She thinks that you know who she is. We could use that to our advantage. The next time she shows up, we will need to have a spell, or a potion, to stop her from blinking out on us. If we see her by ourselves, then tell her that we know." "But we don't", Paige said. "That doesn't matter! She thinks that we do." Phoebe pointed at Piper. "You need to get to work on a potion right away. I will try to get a spell written down. Paige, I need you to find out everything and anything you can about her." "Shouldn't Piper do that? I mean, she's the one who figured out that Celebrian's not a demon. If the girl is most afraid of her, then shouldn't we use that to our benefit like you said? Piper is the one who is going to have to fight her, I can feel it my bones. I can make the potion, I have a pretty good idea of what I have to make." "I think that that's a good plan. After all, he is my son!" Throughout all of this Chris had been motionless, saying nothing. The girls turned to him for council. "What do you think Chris? You are our white-lighter. You must have an opinion." "This is it", he whispered, his eyes widening. "What?" Phoebe could not sense what he was feeling, although she focused all thought on him. "That's it Phoebe. Today Piper will win, and find out!" Chris looked up at her. Phoebe stood silent for a moment, contemplating what Chris was trying to say. All of a sudden it came to her. She looked up at Chris and met his eye. "Oh my god, you mean today Piper, you know!" She whispered. "Leo?" "No, just M-Piper." Phoebe and Chris fell silent, staring at each other. "Will somebody please tell me what just happened?" Piper was looking back and forth from Phoebe to Chris. "Well, you mean the girl coming into our house", Phoebe answered, knowing that that was not what Piper had been asking about. Her eyebrows rose to her hair line as they often did when Phoebe was not being serious. "No, I mean the silent conversation that just when on between the two of you just now. I heard my name, and something about this being it. What is 'it'?" Piper's eyes were squinted shut, staring at the two of them. "Um, I'd love to tell you, but I can't. It's a, kind of a personal thing. Listen, you should get to work with that research stuff, and Paige, you know what to do?" "Yup." Paige turned on her heal and passed Piper on her way to the kitchen.

"Okay, I will go upstairs and get working on a spell." Before Piper could stop her she and Chris went running up the stairs. "What was that about?" Piper asked her husband. "I have no idea."

Upstairs Phoebe was going through the Book of Shadows. Chris sat silently on the side, waiting to see what Phoebe was looking for. When she found the page, she brought the book down to the alter, and lit two black candles, one of either side. "Chris, come here. I need you to say this spell with me." She took Chris's hand as he sat down, and together they said the incantation written on the page:
As flame lights shadow, and truth ends fear

Open locked thoughts to my mind's willing ear

May the smoke from this candle into everywhere creep

Bring innermost voices to mind in speech

Phoebe looked up and thought to herself, did it work?
"I don't think so" Chris said aloud. He looked at Phoebe. "What was it supposed to do?"