FUTURE 2023

Pier's mom was worried. She had her scurrying bowl and crystal out, although she knew it wouldn't do much. She knew a time portal when she saw one, and she had no idea where Pier could be. So, she changed her mind. Under her breath, she muttered another name, her husbands. She knew that he had his powers back. You can never trust a demon, she said to herself. Then Parker ran in the room.

"Mommy? When is Pier coming home?" He asked innocently. She couldn't take it anymore. She broke into tears as Parker climbed up into her lap.

"Oh honey." She said, not noticing the scurrying crystal was moving in circles, crashing repeatedly down on an area close to the manor. "I lost Petey, and now Pier's gone. What happens if she doesn't come back?"

"She will." A voice said as the crystal landed on the manor with a thud. "She'll come back. She loves you." She looked up into those blue eyes she had missed for so long. Placing Parker on the ground, she crossed the attic floor and stood in front of him. She threw her hands around her neck, and much to her delight, he returned the hug with the same ferocity she had. She held on to him and rested her head on his chest. He kissed her forehead.

"Oh Cole." She whispered as she hugged him again.

PRESENT 2005

Piper crossed the living room floor and stood in front of Pier. She looked angry.

"What are you saying?" She demanded.

"Piper, just relax a little." Paige said, stepping between Piper and Pier.

"No I won't. She just said that my husband is the reason her brother is dead and her dad is gone. And you know what? I don't believe her." Piper growled.

"You never did." Pier muttered under her breath. Piper snapped her head in her direction.

"What?" She asked.

"I said you never did believe a word I said." Pier repeated. Phoebe, Piper and Paige looked confused.

"What do you mean?" Phoebe asked, again speaking for the whole group.

"You want to know everything. All right I'll tell you. I knew you. All of you. Piper, you never listened to me. You thought it was always my fault that you had to raise Wyatt alone. Phoebe, you used to be really good friends with my mom, but then you guys fought over a guy, and that ended pretty quickly. My mom ended up with the guy, and he's my dad. Leo was a family friend until he did something stupid, and then he was just our whitelighter. My dad hated him for what he did to us, and to your family. And then, the whole demon attacking on my birthday thing happened and you know the rest." Pier closed her eyes and breathed deeply. She hoped she hadn't given too much away.

"What do you mean I have to raise Wyatt on my own?" Piper asked, sounding more worried than angry.

"I wasn't even supposed to say that much, and you won't get anymore out of me." Pier said, being stubborn. She felt overwhelmed, and she had to get out of the house. She walked towards the door and Paige followed her. Before she could open the door, it flew open and Cole Turner walked in. A small man was following him with a baldhead.

"Demon!" Cole yelled. Before Piper could put her hands up to blow the demon to smithereens, Pier stepped in and annihilated the demon. Cole turned around, confused.

"Who are…how did you do that?" Cole asked dumbfounded. He walked towards Phoebe and wrapped his arms around her. Pier glanced quickly around the room and saw the different reactions. Piper looked clearly disgusted with Cole. She never really liked him, Pier thought. Paige had a different look in her eyes though. It was a look of sadness, and a little bit of pain. Leo had a look of pure jealously, however it was quickly erased as he went up to Piper and kissed her passionately in front of everyone. Pier instinctively picked up a small piece of debris from the blown up door and chucked it lightly at the Piper and Leo. It bounced off Piper's head and she turned to look at her.

"Keep it PG, all right?" Pier said, evidently disgusted. Piper laughed and was soon joined by others, except for Leo.

"All right. I made dinner already, so if you want to eat, come get it." Piper said, walking towards the kitchen. Phoebe and Cole followed, and Paige brought up the rear. Pier was about to go too, when Leo stopped her.

"I don't know what you told them, but you better keep your mouth shut, you little good for nothing…" Leo started.

"Wyatt!" Cole said from the doorway. "Leave her alone. She's just a kid." Leo gave up and glared at her before walking into the kitchen. Cole walked over to Pier and placed a hand on her shoulder.

"You all right?" He asked, genuinely concerned.

"Yea. I'm fine." Pier shook of his hand and walked into the kitchen, leaving Cole standing by himself.

FUTURE 2023

"Cole, what are we going to do? What happens if she slips and says something that could change the future?" Pier's mom asked.

Cole chuckled. "Haven't changed much, have you? Still always worried." Cole said.

"I'm just nervous." She responded defensively.

"She'll be fine. She's 17. She can handle it." He said, pulling her into his arms.

"I missed you Cole." She said as he kissed her forehead again. "Why didn't you come back?"

"I was scared." He admitted, his face turning red.

"Scared of what?" She wondered what could scare him. Cole was once the Source of all Evil. Almost nothing scared him.

"I was scared of you not wanting me back." He said. When she tried to interrupt, he continued. "But I was scared even more that Pier would hate me. I yelled at her the night Petey died. I felt like a horrible father. Hell, I was a horrible father. I treated her like dirt and I deserved to be hated. But I couldn't stand my own daughter hating me, so I kind of watched from the sidelines. Speaking of which, where's Parker. I haven't met the kid yet." Cole responded, desperately awaiting to meet his son.

"Parker come out from under there." She said, crouching down underneath the couch. Parker climbed out and stared at Cole, who was also crouched down.

"Parker, meet your father." She said.

Parker, being only 5 had no idea of what his father had done to the family 5 years earlier, jumped onto his father, knocking him over.

"Hi my name is Parker and I love you." Cole just cried in joy as Parker wrapped his hands around his dad's neck and hugged him.