Okay, I'm back. I'm back. I'm back. I'm ba- oh, sorry, were you waiting for me to start? Lol! I'm having a Woogytastic day, how about you? Anyways, let me get on with the reviews before y'all call the mental institution on me…

PrUe AnD AnDy!- I'm glad you like it! Thanks!

Fire Gazer- Thanks!

Prince Halliwell- Yeah, Atli was Parker's middle name in the first story. That's why Piper freaked when she first met him. Lol, yeah it was very Paige like. Thanks!

The-Cheese-Fairy- I don't remember the 'Miss Bitch' from Mean Girls. Oh well. Yeah, nicknames are cool. It's not that she doesn't like him. If you remember way back to the first AoW, that's what Parker's middle name was when he was going to be named Page. It's okay, I ramble a lot...

s.halliwell- I didn't picture Patience as very rebellious in this chapter... Maybe she was. I don't know. I just picture her as very Prue like because I could see Prue flipping out on someone like that. She doesn't have that I'm better than you attitude, but she's a little superficial which is how I pictured Prue to be at that age.

There are two sides to saying something so powerful, so moving that it leaves someone speechless when you walk away. The good side is that you finally got something off of your chest. The bad side is that you feel like shit. I was being hit with the bad side more so than the good after my explosion at my mom. So I went to the one person who could make it better: Aunt Paige. See, I told you I'd get to her eventually!

"Hey, Aunt Paige," I said, walking into the Halliwell/O'Reilly manor which just so happened to be right next to the original Halliwell manor (now the Halliwell/Wyatt manor), right across the street from the Halliwell/Trudeau manor, and right down the street from the Halliwell/Turner manor.

"Hey, Squirt! What's up?" Paige asked, becoming concerned.

"Um, I was just kind of wondering if you would train with me," I said.

"Right now? I guess. How come?" she asked, her brow furrowing. I sighed.

"I don't know, I just need something to do," I said as we began walking out back.

"Are you okay?" Paige asked.

"Just tired," I replied.

"Still bummed about Prue not letting you quit Magic School?"

"No, it's not even that anymore. I'm just tired. I just got done yelling at my mom so badly that she couldn't even say anything when I was done and I just walked out. But I guess I am still kind of pissed," I said. Paige grinned.

"She's not doing it to be a bitch you know. She's just doing what she thinks is in your best interest," she said.

"But how can she know what's in my best interest? She's not me," I said.

"But she is your mom and moms understand these things. Sometimes we're wrong about them, but for the most part we're right," Paige explained.

"I should have known that she wouldn't let me quit. She's Prue Halliwell," I said, like it was supposed to be self explanatory.

"I know it's frustrating. You've got a million things to do and you want to lay off of some but you're not allowed. It sucks. But you just have to try to understand from her point of view," Paige said.

"It's proving pretty impossible," I said. Paige smiled.

"Try looking into a mirror sometime. You may find it a whole hell of a lot easier," she said. I smiled. "So, still up for a training session?"

"Actually, no. Your talk helped out a lot," I said. I looked at my watch to check the time. "Shit! I have a class at Magic School, and I also told Kyle that I'd meet him."

"Go see Kyle. I'll cover for you. Boyfriends are ten times more important than Magic School," Paige said.

"No way! Mom will kill me," I said.

"I'll cover for you. Go," Paige said. I grinned.

"Thanks, Aunt Paige. You're the best. I don't know what I'd do without you," I said.

"Hey, as long as I'm still your favorite, you'll never have to worry about that," she said. I grinned and ran out front to go meet Kyle.

And therein lies the reason why I love Aunt Paige so much. She's the best. She made two days worth of crap and bad feelings go straight down the drain with just a talk. Of course, I will still have to face my mom… eventually.

The next day, I woke up bright and early as I usually do. Not having to go to Magic School the night before gave me a chance to actually get some sleep. And today was the annual birthday bash. In a way, I was looking forward to it. Yet, in another way, I wasn't.

I walked downstairs cautiously to make sure that my mom wasn't there. The living room was empty. Now to the kitchen. It wasn't empty, but there was also no Prue. Instead, there was Andy!

"Hey Daddy," I said, giving him a hug.

"Hey Squirt! How are ya?" he asked.

"Good," I said, grabbing some coffee. It was a bad habit that I had inherited from my mom. "Is this leaded?"

"Does Prudence Halliwell still live here?" he asked. I grinned.

"Speaking of which, where is dear old Mom?" I asked. Dad sighed.

"She's over at the manor. I'm sure they're planning for the party. Put two of the most prepared people on the earth like Prue and Piper with two of the most unprepared like Phoebe and Paige, and you're bound to have some heads banging. They need to get up bright and early to make sure at least some things go smoothly," he said. I laughed.

The upside to this whole party thing was that it would, of course, be at P4 and half of the school would be there; including my cheerleading friends, a lot of guys from the football team, Percy's soccer friends, a lot of guys from the soccer team, Parker's "smart, yet kind of cute" crowd, Preston's "we're troublemakers, but you can still bring us home to your mom" crowd, Kyle, Atli, Leah (Preston's girlfriend), and Kelsey (Parker's girlfriend, who is not the nerdly type at all like Parker tends to be. They met through me and she fell head over heals with him, go figure. Not that he's ugly or anything. He's actually kind of cute. Eww, I just said that about my cousin…). And, like all other parties in that school, there would be plenty of people that weren't invited but got in anyways because they showed up with a present. Of course, none of this had anything to do with the fact that we always had it at the hottest club in San Fran and we always had a hot band there along with a DJ. Okay, yes it did.

"Well, I'm gonna go see if I can get the sleeping Fireball up. She's going to kill me," I said. Dad nodded and I finished my coffee and walked across the street to Percy's house. I walked up to her bedroom to find the usual mass of covers with a lump in the middle. I shook my head and sat down on the bed, careful not to scare her awake and have all of my hair burned off. It had happened before.

"Hey Fireball, you want to get up?" I asked. I got no response. I remembered Uncle Frisco telling me about trying to wake Aunt Paige up one time, but having a very hard time. "Come on Percy," I chided. She groaned, but didn't move. "Persephone Autum Halliwell-O'Reilly, get your ass up… now!"

Slowly, the covers moved away and a dark mess of hair showed through. Percy lifted her head up and looked at me through her glazed over chocolate brown eyes.

"No," she mumbled, flopping back down. I sighed. I was going to have to use the big guns now. I held my hand over her head and let a few drops of cold water fall onto it before letting a huge ball form in my hands and suddenly drop onto her head. She screamed and jumped up, shooting streams of fire in every direction and hoping that she hit me. Finally she spotted me. My eyes went wide and I turned and ran. "GET OUT!" she screamed. I ran out into the hallway just in time to see a stream of fire hit the wall. I giggled and walked away, knowing that I had done my job.

I went downstairs and grabbed myself another cup of coffee. I also made some chamomile tea for Percy, knowing that she would need calmed down when she got down there. Finally, about ten minutes later, she came stomping down the stairs. She slumped into the chair across from me and drank her tea.

"I could kill you," she growled. I grinned.

"I love you too, Percy," I said. She glared.

"Not only did you wake me up in the most rude way possible, but now my sheets are wet and I have scorch marks all over the walls," she said.

"Sorry. I was just trying to wake you up. Sometimes that means using my powers to do it," I said.

"Why did I have to wake up? The party isn't for another, what, four hours? I have plenty of time to get ready," she said.

"I know that, but I figured we could help set up some of the stuff at P4. It wouldn't kill you to get up early every once in a while anyways," I said.

"Yeah, but it might kill you," Percy mumbled. I rolled my eyes. These people were so violent if they were woken up before ten on the weekends. It was ridiculous.

"So, have you figured out what you're going to wear?" I asked, deciding that a change of subject would be good.

"Well, I was thinking that white skirt outfit I have. You know the one with the matching jacket and a pink cami underneath," Percy said, perking up at the thought of clothes.

"Oh yeah! That one's cute; I think you should wear it. In fact, I was going to wear my black one with the light blue cami," I said.

"Perfect. You know we're going to have to assist the boys with their outfits because god knows that Quake will end up wearing some black sweatshirt with baggy jeans and Tory will wear something dorky," Percy said. My eyes lit up as an idea came to me.

"We should take them shopping. We can buy them both and outfit or two so that they can wear them for the party. Call it an early birthday present!" I said. Percy nodded.

"Right, let's go," she said. We washed our cups out and she orbed us into Parker's room to find him reading. Of all the things…

"Hey Tory, get dressed and lets go," I said. He gave us a puzzled look.

"Go where?" he asked.

"To the mall of course! Squirt and I are going to buy you and Quake something decent to wear to the party," Percy said.

"But I already have clothes," Parker said, still confused as to why we needed to buy him something.

"It's a girl thing. You'll never understand. Just do as we say and you won't have any problems," I said. He sighed and got up. A few minutes later we were over at Preston's, throwing clothes on him and getting him out the door. We had him shimmer us into the dark corner of a store because it was less noticeable than orbing. Then Percy and I started our search. For the most part Preston and Parker were good and we ended up buying them a few outfits each. With that accomplished, we shimmered back into my house. Parker and Percy orbed to their houses to get ready and Preston shimmered out. Then I began the hour long process of getting ready for the party.

When all was said and done and the four of us were finally ready, Percy orbed us into P4 and we got started hanging up decorations and putting out food and drinks. We were about the only kids in the whole city that had gourmet appetizers for our birthday parties because Aunt Piper had insisted. By the time our parents finally arrived at the club, everything was ready.

"Wow, you guys did a great job," Piper commented.

"Well, we had a great workspace," I said. Piper grinned.

"I like her. She knows just the right things to say," she said. I smiled gracefully.

"Now would be a great time for one of those mirrors," Paige whispered as she walked past. I raised my eyebrow at her.

"I think she means that you looked a lot like Prue, well more than usual anyways, when you smiled like that," Phoebe said. I looked at Percy and she nodded. I cleared my throat.

"Anyways, um, everything's ready. All we have to do now is wait for the guests to arrive," I said.

"Hello," Atli called from the doorway. Percy grinned.

"Ask and ye shall receive," she said, pushing off of the bar and running up the steps to meet him. A few minutes later, Kyle arrived, shortly followed by Leah and Kelsey. After that, the guests started pouring in and we were bombarded with presents. Of course, they were long forgotten as everyone got on the dance floor as the DJ started to spin his tracks. Even the parents got caught up in the moment and could be found dancing.

Now, I won't go into too much detail about the party because it wasn't that important, but my cousins and I opened our presents (except for the ones from our parents, which they told us to save for after everyone left) and thanked everyone and they did finally leave, it was pretty late.

"Okay, so this has been killing me all night. Can we open it now, please?" Percy asked. Our moms looked at each other and nodded. The four of us tore off the paper to reveal a book. Not the type of book that you're thinking of, because it wasn't published, but it was a leather bound book tied with strings. We looked at our parents questioningly.

"What is it?" Parker asked. I looked at the title. It said 'The Army of Witches' on the front.

"Open it up. Read what it says," my mom said with a grin. I opened it to the first page.

"To our children, the Archers, the savior of the future of good: May this answer your questions and be your guiding light when the darkness of uncertainty clouds your skies," I read. I turned it to the next page and continued reading. "Phoebe ducked as an energy ball came flying at her head. What the hell is this?" I asked.

"It's exactly what you said you wanted. The answer to your questions. The answer to your destiny. This is where it all started," my mom said.

"This is everything that we know about your destinies," Paige said.

"Everything from before you were born until now," Piper said.

"From the war that we never told you about," Phoebe said.

"To the reason that you're on this earth. You were right. We should have told you about all of this sooner. We just never thought you were ready," my mom said. I smiled at her. Of all of the birthday presents I had gotten that day, this one was the best.

"Your moms stayed up all night putting this together," Dad said.

"Thank you, you guys. You have no idea how much this means to us," I said, giving each of my aunts a hug and then my mom.

"I also decided that you can quit Magic School if it will make you happier," she whispered into my ear.

"Are you serious? Thank you!" I squealed.

"You're welcome. Now you guys go to my house. You can spend the night if you want, but I believe you have a lot of reading to do," she said. I gave her and Dad a quick kiss on the cheek and Percy orbed us out.

And I can officially say that that was the best birthday ever. My cousins and I would finally know about the one thing we never had: ourselves. And even though we learned more than we bargained for about the war we would have to fight, at least we knew, and that was all the comfort I needed for the night.

Aw, see I couldn't let things stay on a bad note with Patience and her mom. So, I hope you liked the chapter, but it's late and I must be getting to bed. Oh, but guess what! I actually know what's going to happen next chapter! Here's a preview…

The Truth Is Out There And It Sucks: When Phoebe has a premonition about Patience going too far with Kyle, things get a little out of hand. It all leads up to the Archers spilling everything to their significant others and causing a mess that gives the Charmed Ones a case of déjà vu. (spin off of 'The Truth Is Out There And It Hurts')

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