Pyrena – Yeah, I thought the miscarriage would be quite an original thing to do, but this chapter's a bit lighter! I just can't help myself when it comes to Sanctuary Sappiness lol!

Triquetraperson – Thanks! You should see Mutant X! It's great! And I'm sorry that I haven't sent you the pictures! The second part of your e-mail didn't show up in the review, so could you please tell what it is? E.g. hotmail, AOL, yahoo… etc.

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Prince Halliwell – Lovin the new name! And that's a lot of powers! I might use molecular acceleration for Chris and psychokinesis for Emma, the others I need to think about. Well, it will end with a big fight, but I won't say anything else, and I've planned an amazing subplot for Phoebe in 'United As Three' she may not be a Goddess after all ;) and the next P P chapter is the next chapter!

Piperfairy – Hmm… the shaman's role isn't finished yet, and I'm glad you liked it!

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Patty, Anyone?

'Are you sure this is a good idea?'

'Why wouldn't it be?'

'Well, my mother, your father, and the fact that the Warren and Stewart lines have hated each other since the beginning of time!'

'Yeah, but my Dad's a mortal, he won't care,' Brennan reassured her, 'Look, we know a lot about kids, but we know nothing about parents, so I think we need to do this,'

Phoebe and Brennan had been lightly arguing for the ten minutes about their parenting skills. They had decided to summon their dead parents to help them through this, but Brennan had mentioned a little factor about how the Warren's and Fraser's had been enemies. He said that he had been raised on that story, and it was the main reason he knew about the Charmed Ones.

'I know… but…,' she looked at him, 'Forget it… I'm just dreading Connor's double Wiccaning,' she warned, knowing how Grams was a strong believer in tradition, and from what she heard about Brennan's grandfather, he was exactly the same.

'Look, you said that your Mom's pretty easy going, and my Dad knows nothing about magic, so we'll be fine!'

Phoebe sighed them held out the spell, they began to read,

'Hear these words,

Hear our cry,

Spirits from the other side,

Come to us, we summon thee,

Cross now the great divide,'

Swirling white lights began to spin quickly in two spots, the lights grew more rapid then there was a bright flash. Phoebe lent over to Brennan, 'Have you ever summoned your Dad before?'

His eyes had a hopeful glint, 'Nope,'

The flash disappeared and two ghostly figures stood in the centre of the candle circle, one was Patty Halliwell, and the other was a man, he looked a lot like Brennan but was a bit older and he looked truly shocked to be there.

'Hey Mom,' Phoebe said, as if she did this every day.

'… Dad?' Brennan wheezed out

The transparent man looked at his body, still with a stunned expression on his face. He looked over to Brennan, trying to figure out who it was, then he realised, 'Brennan?'

Phoebe and Patty were already hugging now that she had left the circle of candles; Patty smiled at Phoebe's stomach before turning to Brennan's Dad.

'Um… Mr Mulwray, is it? All you need to do is step out of the circle to become corporeal,' she instructed. He eyed her suspiciously, not knowing what was going on, but when he saw the look on his son's face, he she 't lying and he carefully tread across the border, making his skin glow and his body matter.

Brennan just stood and stared at his Dad, before finally coming to his senses and walking towards him. At first, Phoebe thought that he was just going to shake his hand, but Brennan suddenly lunged at his father, hugging him and patting him on the back, this was soon returned by his father, how had come to his senses as well.

As Brennan and his father talked more, Phoebe and Patty began to talk,

'So, what brings me down here, honey?' Patty said with a smile

'A desperate call for help!' Phoebe answered, 'I don't have any idea how to a Mom!'

'That's ridiculous! You've looked after Wyatt and Chris plenty of times! You know how to look after a child!'

'Yeah, I know… It's just not the same,' she bowed her head.

'Why?'

'Are you kidding me? You know that Brennan's family's powers come from the elements! Not every mother needs to worry about their kid making a lightning storm every time he's pissed off!' Phoebe exclaimed.

Patty gave her daughter a sympathetic look. 'Honey, I'm going to help you through this, you're not alone! Especially with him by your side,' she glanced at Brennan, Phoebe looked over her shoulder and smiled at her fiancé,

'He really is great…' she whispered, watching him talk to his father, 'C'mon,' she grabbed her mother's hands, 'Come and meet my other friends,'


Brennan and Connor had now sat down in the rec room, and were discussing the past,

'How much do you remember of the day I died?' Connor asked

Brennan sighed and shook his head, 'Everything…'


'Brennan! Help Sandy!' a thirteen year old Nelle shouted over the din of the destruction surrounding her. Eleven year old Brennan quickly got up off the ground, where he had been after dodging an energy ball, he ran to his seven year old baby sister, who was trying to fend off attacking demons with feeble gusts of wind flying from her hands. The demons grinned, knowing that her powers were weak because of her age, but their smiles vanished when Brennan jumped forward and blasted them with a series of lightning bolts, vanquishing them. He knelt down in front of Sandy,

'C'mon Sandy! Piggyback ride!' he said enthusiastically, knowing he had to keep up appearances in front of Sandy.

'Bren! Where did all the monsters come from?' she asked as she clambered onto his back.

'The head monster…' he growled, seeing his fifteen-year-old brother grinning from across the river.

Lightning fell from the sky, vanquishing many of the demons; Brennan smiled, knowing that his mother had put her power into full swing to save her home.

'Dad!' he shouted, noticing his father across the field, trying to help the injured children. He was about to run towards him, when he heard a shriek and turned around to see a nine-year-old Ally being cornered by more demons. Brennan looked between his father and his sister; he let Sandy off his back and looked at her,

'Okay Sandy, I want you to stay right here and hide until I come back, okay?' Sandy nodded frightfully and watched her big brother run off to save her sister.

Brennan gritted his teeth, him and Nelle were the only two that were strong enough to vanquish a demon, Ally and Sandy could only repel them for short amounts of time while his mother kept back and made sure her storm didn't hurt anyone other than demons.

Ally released a trickle of water from her hands, when she saw it wasn't enough, she burst into tears as the demons advanced on her, but stopped when Brennan fired powerful electrical arcs from his hands, well, the most powerful an eleven year old could muster.

After the demons were gone, he took Ally's hand but was interrupted by a piercing scream,

'DADDY!' Sandy screamed, noticing that her father was just across the field, she ran out from her hiding place from behind the boulder and sprinted towards her father. The demons had also heard this, and after seeing Sandy, they released energy ball after energy ball at Sandy, all of them missed, except from one, that was going straight at her!

'Sandy! NO!' Connor Mulwray screamed as he ran across to his daughter, just in time to grab her and hold her close to his chest, as the energy ball hit his back. Connor sank to his knees, placing Sandy on the ground, before collapsing from his wound. Nelle had seen everything along with Brennan and together; the two enraged teens took out all the demons with a series of fissures and tesla coils.

The two ran towards their downed father, was now bleeding badly and dying; Nelle skidded to the ground as she reached him, taking his hand as she began to cry. Brennan knelt down on his other side, keeping Sandy behind him; she shouldn't see her father like this.

'Nelle… Sweetie…' he stroked her cheek, 'I love you,' Nelle scrunched up her eyes in grief,

He turned his head painfully to his son, 'Brennan… I'm so… proud of you…' he whispered, Brennan's eyes began to fill up

Ally walked over slowly to her dying father, who noticed her and ushered her to come closer with Sandy, 'Sandra… Allison… my two… little… girls… I love you…' he breathed, before letting his head fall limp.

Brennan and Nelle ushered their siblings away from their father's body, Brennan looked towards and teenager across the river, who was laughing manically and smiling. He looked at his brother with a hateful glare.

'I'm gonna kill him… I'M GONNA KILL HIM!' he screamed as he picked up Sandy and ran, along with an equally angry Nelle who had Ally in her arms. The four siblings ran off to meet their mother, and to put an end to Ryan.

'Well, if it isn't the Mulwray children,' Ryan smirked

'You're one of us, you idiot!' Sandy squealed from Brennan's hand

Ryan glared at her, shooting a stream of fire right at his youngest sister, electricity sparked in Brennan's hand, ready to attack and stop the fire, but at was hit by a torrent of water and fizzled out. Ally stood, hands outstretched and eyes and eyes full of hate.

'How could you kill Dad!' she shouted at him, her eyes red from crying

'Dad's dead?' for a second he looked devastated, but returned to his grin, 'Good, that's what he gets for being mortal!' he played with fire in his hand.

'Ryan!' Nelle stepped forward, being the oldest of the remaining siblings, thought that she should take charge, 'It's not too late! You can still come back!' she pleaded, all this time, playing with a potion behind her back.

'That's the problem with you, Nelle,' he as he looked at the flames in his palm, 'You're only thirteen, yet you've got the wisdom of an adult… I'm gonna miss that!' he smirked, releasing more fire at his sister, who raised her own hand and made a plateau of ground rise up and shield her and her siblings from the fire.

She lowered her hands and the stone fell with them, she looked her brother straight in the eye with a steely gaze,

'You may be able to scare them,' she nodded to Sandy and Ally, 'But you've never had the power to take on Brennan and I at the same time and come out unscathed, let alone victorious!' she taunted him.

Brennan turned to his little sisters as Nelle kept their brother busy with a war of words, 'You guys, I want you to go and find Mom, can you do that for me?' they nodded stiffly, 'Alright, go…' the two ran off towards the house.

'Never had the power?' he laughed, 'Maybe not before…' he took a vial out of his pocket and drank and contents, before throwing it to the ground, 'But definitely now!' his arm shot out, and a massive plume of fire, larger than any he had ever created, flew from his hand and shocked both children into action.

Nelle reacted immediately, she rolled out of the way and placed her hands firmly on the ground, they began to glow as tree roots shot from the ground and constricted Ryan tightly.

'Brennan! Take this!' she threw a potion at him, 'Quickly! I can't hold him for long!'

He did as he was told and threw the potion, but was shocked when Ryan suddenly rocketed from his wooden prison, smoke billowing from his hands as he circled the area from the sky.

Nelle gritted her teeth, 'When did he receive his propulsion power!' she exclaimed, 'Bren! It's all you! My power are useless if he's in the air!'

'Got it!' he spiralled his hands, voltage crackling in the middle of the circle he had made with his hands. He threw the electrical arc in his left hand first, narrowly missing, the second however, hit its mark and Ryan came plummeting to the ground.

'Brennan! Nelle! Stand back!' Julie Mulwray's voice came from behind; she had her two youngest daughters next to her. She threw a potion at her unconscious son and his spirit rose up from his body.

'Alright, now!' she shouted,

The four siblings began to chant the spell that they had memorised ever since this plan had been formed. Nelle, Brennan, Ally and Sandy recited the curse and two portals began to open.

'Outside of time, outside of gain,

Know only sorrow, Know only pain!'

One portal absorbed the body that lying on the ground, while the other devoured Ryan's spirit, which was resisting. Brennan, wanting to see his brother gone, charged up two powerful electrical arcs and fired them at the writhing soul on the brink of imprisonment. Ryan's essence began to scream in pain as the vortex finally took its prey.

The remaining Mulwrays slowly walked over to the corpse of their dead father, Julie finally broke down and dropped to the ground, weeping softly as she clutched her husband's hand.


'Wow, you really do remember everything,' Connor said, after hearing Brennan recite the events of the day.

'Yeah, we lost two family members that day…' Brennan bowed his head.

'But from I see from 'up there',' he looked upwards, 'You've done a good job of looking after the family for me, better than I ever could,'

'What? Just because you didn't have powers? Dad, you looked after us just fine! Who knew exactly what to do when Ally broke her ankle when she was seven? Who saved Nelle from an angry bear in the forest when she was nine? Who was there to read Sandy a bedtime story whenever he was home? And who taught me how to ride a horse? Huh? It may not have been 'magical protection' but you were definitely there for us!'

Connor smiled, 'You don't know how much that means to me, to know that I was such an important part of your life,'

Brennan, 'You're my Dad! You're the reason I have a life!' both laughed at this crude joke, until a crash was heard from the lab.

'Brennan!' Phoebe yelled, father and son were now on their feet, rushing to the place where the noise had been heard. The door hissed open and Adam could be seen lying in the wreckage of a desk while Phoebe and Patty stood together, facing a demon! He had black skin and was baring grey teeth that stuck out from its pale face.

Phoebe turned her head away; charging up a psionic blast, she swiftly turned back to him, releasing the mental attack, but all the demon did was recoil slightly. The creature returned the favour by a throwing a fireball, which fizzled out after being met with the amazing defensive power of Connor's electrical shield, which had appeared from Phoebe's stomach moments before. The demon roared before disappearing into the floor and moving away into the walls.

The electrical field lowered, 'What the hell was that?' Phoebe asked, pointing at the floor.

'Andy!' Brennan looked to the ceiling to see orbs fly through the stone and form Andy.

'Really, I'm fine,' Adam said, wincing as he touched the gash on his head.

'Yeah right,' Phoebe said, 'You go flying into a glass desk and you're okay, do your stuff,' she said to Andy, who walked over to the genius and began to heal his wound as a burst of light sprung from his hands.

'What happened?' he asked, after the healing had finished

'Demon, what else?' Phoebe said sarcastically, rolling her eyes

'Really? A demon found you guys?'

'Yeah, and he was pretty strong, he hardly flinched when I hit him with a psi-blast,'

'Want me to go check with the Elders?'

'No,' Patty stepped in, 'He was powerful, which means he'll probably come back, so it's better if you stay here to heal the living,'

'The living?' Phoebe asked with raised eyebrows

'Well, Mr Mulwray and I are dead,' she pointed out, 'Just because we're corporeal it doesn't change that,'

'Good point,'

'Okay, I don't understand, since when was it up to Phoebe to fight the demons? Especially in her condition, where are Jesse and Lexa?' Andy asked, his whitelighter instincts kicking in.

'Um… They're… Uh… Sorting out some stuff,' Brennan patted Andy on the back, 'You don't wanna know, trust me,'


Lexa sat on a bench in front of the small pond in the park. She had just been staring at the water, trying to sort out all the buzzing thoughts that were sending her mind into overdrive.

'Mind if I join you?' a voice came from behind her. She turned around and smiled weakly,

'Sure,' she answered, letting Jesse sit down next to her. Both sat in silence, until Lexa finally found he courage to say something, 'I come here sometimes… to think…' she smiled, remembering something, 'Leo and I would come down here when we were little… I remember he fell in one time after trying to pet a duck,' she grinned, 'I was laughing… then he thought it would be funny to pull me in with him!' Jesse laughed along with her, imagining little Lexa taking a hissy fit when she came out of the pond, 'I didn't talk to him for a week!' she bowed her head, 'I guess that was just precious time wasted,'

Jesse tread carefully, this was a sensitive subject for Lexa, 'Do you ever regret your decision?'

'What? You mean killing Leo to save Brennan?'


Lexa had to think quickly, Brennan was lying on the floor, hardly in a position to defend himself as her twin brother's alter ego, Troy advanced on him.

'Oh, I'm gonna enjoy this…' he said as he was ready to finish Brennan off.

'NO!' Lexa released two powerful beams of light at the man advancing on her teammate.

Troy recoiled from the blast, and began to change back into Leo as he died.

'I don't know. I guess I've never really thought about it,'

Jesse put a protective arm around her shoulders, 'Lex, I'm not going anywhere, anytime soon. I think the main reason that you're like this is because you live for the future, not for today, and although that can be a good thing, you're missing out on all the good things around you,'

'Yeah, well… maybe you could help me with that…' she played with her hands, 'You know, the whole… living for the moment thing,'

He smiled and kissed her head, 'Well, saving the world would be a lot easier!' she hit him playfully, 'But I'll try…'

She looked up to him, her eyes full of uncertainty and hope as he leaned in and kissed her tenderly.


'Okay, next, add the troll hair,' Patty instructed her daughter as they made a potion.

'Isn't it the pixie dust that goes in next?' Phoebe asked, positive that her mother was wrong. Patty looked dazed for a minute, then answered,

'Oh, you're right!' she smiled at her innocent mistake and looked at her daughter, who noticed this gaze.

'What?'

'You really have changed from the young woman who desperately wanted an active power, haven't you?'

Phoebe let out a small laugh, 'Well, actually having an active power can change your outlook on the whole thing, not to mention battling demons for seven years, that can change you a bit!' she said with a smirk.

Patty smiled, 'It's more than that… you've got a glow,'

'Might have something to do with the fact that I'm pregnant?' she said cheekily.

Patty shook her head, 'No, it's something that only a mother can see…' she suddenly hugged her daughter, 'You've grown up so much,' she whispered.

Phoebe gulped and tears began to well up in her eyes, 'After Prue died… I had had to… I had to be there for Paige, not to mention Piper… And take on the role as the middle sister,'

'And even after all that… You managed to stay strong, and keep the family together,'

Phoebe smirked and narrowed her eyes, 'Was that your 'subtle' way of saying that I don't need any help being a mother?'

Patty laughed, 'Yes,' she tucked a piece of Phoebe's hair behind her ear in a motherly fashion, 'You're going to be a great mother… And having Brennan around will definitely help!'

'What do you think of him?'

'He's…' Patty hesitated, trying to find a way to describe Brennan, 'He's the guy for you,' she smiled; Phoebe beamed and pulled her into a hug.

'Hey, is that potion ready yet?' Brennan walked in, completely oblivious to the fact that he had ruined a moment.

'Uh… Just about, I'm putting in a little bit of everything, since we don't know what it is,'

'Well, Andy has a theory about what it is, c'mon,' Brennan began to walk, feeling uncomfortable around his future mother in law.


'A hitchhiker?' Phoebe repeated, still not believing what Andy had said,

'Hey, it's completely possible that something could have seen those two,' she gestured at Connor and Patty, 'Cross over and come along for the ride,'

'But how is it even possible to latch on to a passing spirit?'

'Well, the demon probably has a different form on another plain, a form that could latch on to spirits,'

'Okay, let's say your right… How do we get rid of it?' Brennan asked

'Easy,' Andy grinned, 'You just need to returned Patty and Connor to their rightful place, and the demon will go back,'

'We can't do that,' Phoebe began,

'Sweetie, I can't stay here…' Patty said, putting a hand on her daughter's hand.

Phoebe smiled, 'No, that's not what I mean, if we don't vanquish this thing, then it'll just latch on to the next summoned spirit and attack someone not as lucky as us,'

'She's right,' Adam said, 'Not many witches would have the power to fend off such a powerful… being,'

Phoebe nodded, 'And it was only because of Connor's help that I didn't hurt too,'

Brennan's Dad looked confused, 'Me? I didn't do anything,'

Brennan smiled and patted his father on the back, 'We're naming the baby after you,' Connor's eyes bulged, he was clearly surprised, 'What? You didn't think you wouldn't have anything to do with your grandson, did you?'

He was about to answer, when a mound grew from the floor, taking on the form of the demon. Brennan sprang into action, using his jet propulsion to fly at the demon and hit him down with an electrical arc.

'It's time to pick off this leech…' Phoebe growled, releasing a psionic blast from her forehead, and hitting the demon. Unfortunately, it didn't even seem to notice the attack on its mind and threw Brennan into the air.

'Mom! Freeze it!' Phoebe shouted, running over to the downed elemental. Patty made the gesture repeatedly, but nothing happened.

'He's stronger than last time!' Patty shouted as the demon advanced on her daughter. The demon conjured an energy ball, ready to fire, but was suddenly blasted in the back and into a wall by the combined power of a laser and freezing thermal blast.

Lexa and Jesse appeared from the garage entrance, fresh and ready to join the fight.

'Hurry! Maybe the combined force of your powers will be enough to finish him!' Andy yelled. Mutant X did as they were told, the demon began to get up and snarled at the team before Jesse hit it with a sub zero thermal blast, Lexa with two high powered lasers, and Brennan with powerful bolts of lightning. Phoebe came in and finished it off, sending a psionic blast straight at his head. He screamed from their combined effort and blew up, leaving a scorch mark on the wall.

Lexa smiled and pushed her hair out of her eyes, 'Who needs the Power Of Three when we're around?' Jesse, Brennan and Phoebe grinned and laughed, it had been along time since they had felt like a team.


Patty had just returned to the afterlife in a swirl of lights, Phoebe left Brennan and his Dad so they could say goodbye.

'From the way you handled yourself today, I think you're more than ready for fatherhood!' Connor smiled.

Brennan laughed, 'Well, I've heard that saving the world is easier, but I'll give it a shot!'

Both chuckled and looked at each other, Connor put out his hand, 'Remember, I'm just a spell away if you need me,'

Brennan shook his hand and nodded, before watching his father return to his ghostly form and vanish in a flash of light.


I just can't resist Sanctuary Sappiness lol! Hope you liked it!

NEXT TIME: Now living at the Manor, Pamela now has legal guardians in the form of Piper and Leo, but after a bust up at her school, she is expelled and is left with no place to continue her education. But enrolment into Magic School changes that and opens up a new chapter of adventure for the oldest of the next generation of Halliwells…

Chapter 30: 'The Teen, Mean, Demon Fighting Machine' will be up soon!