Piper looked around at the array of people in her living room. Ryan had draped his arm across her shoulders and Leo had an uncomfortable look on his face. Chris's shoulder was covered by Phoebe's head, her eyes closed. Paige on the other hand, wasn't as relaxed. She sat stiff and straight, not making eye contact with anyone. Stock was whispering in her ear.

Suddenly, Piper realized that Ryan had lied to her.

"Why did you lie?" Piper asked him, shaking her shoulders, which caused his hand to drop.

"What do you mean?" He asked, turning to face her.

Piper stood up and backed away from him. Stock stopped whispering to Paige and looked up. Phoebe opened her eyes. Everyone was staring at her.

"You said that you had raised Shea since she was 4 years old. But you haven't." Piper exclaimed. Ryan stood up, and Piper backed away again.

"Piper…' He started to say, but she cut him off.

"Who are you. No. What are you?" She asked, her voice filled with panic.

Ryan looked at her, and then around at everyone else. He laughed and his voice started to change.

"What am I? My name is Ferihs. I'm a demon, a good one to. I've almost turned that half-wit niece of yours into a demon, and it will be only a matter of time before I turn her fully."

Piper looked at him, her eyes filling with tears.

"Ryan. I love you. I love you Ryan. What happened to you." She asked.

For a moment, Ferihs' expression softened, his eyes changing from a harsh red to the soft brown of his human form. Then he hardened again.

"I'm better like this. I'm invincible. I can do anything and you can't stop me." Ferihs yelled as he raised his arms in triumph.

Piper was crying now. "Yes I can." She said. She raised her own arms.

"It didn't have to be like this Ryan. You can change." She said hopefully.

He shook his horned head. " No you can't. But I can change you into nothing." He said. He shot a ball of fire at her right as she lifted her arms. She covered her face and heard a loud explosion. She smelt burning flesh and knew that she had vanquished him. She sank to the ground and beat the floor with her fists.

"Damn you Ryan. Damn you." She yelled as she hit the ground. She felt arms wrap around her, safe arms. She looked into the concerned face of Leo.

"It's alright. Shh. It's alright." He whispered into her hair. She let herself fold into him and cry.

Finally she looked and saw Phoebe holding hands with Chris looking at her, a worried expression on her face.

Piper turned around, trying to find Paige. She was sitting on the couch, holding a head in her lap. Paige looked at her.

"Stock. He's hurt. When he vanquished Ferihs, he drained his powers. He's weak." She explained. Piper stared at her in disbelief.

"I thought that I…" Piper's voice trailed off when she realized that her powers would never have made that much noise.

"Is he alright." She asked.

Paige nodded. "He'll be fine." She replied.

"Why did his powers drain?" Phoebe asked.

Paige looked at Stock and sighed. "I'll tell you a story." She said. Phoebe clapped her hand enthusiastically.

"Yippee." She said, sitting on the floor. Paige smiled at her and motioned Piper and Leo to come closer. When everyone was settled, she started again.

"Stock was actually born in 1845. His mother was a demon, and so was his father. They raised him a demon. I mean, there was not much else that he could do. Well, he grew up and his father and mother were eventually killed, which meant that Stock could give up being a demon. So when he tried to leave the underworld, a demon stopped him, or at least tried to. Stock got mad and killed him. Turns out the demon was the source at the time and Stock just involuntary assumed the throne. He reigned for a few years until he met her."

"Prue." Piper said. Paige nodded and continued.

"He fell in love with Prue and had two kids – twins, a boy and a girl. He loved her so much that he offered to give up being the Source to be with her and marry her. But she said no, and it broke his heart. He watched her put his babies into foster homes and he watched her walk away. From that moment on, he swore that he wouldn't be the Source any more, or do magic. Then, about 5 years ago, he found out that Prue had died. He located Shea and Shane and told them. But he separated them, sending Shane into a spiraling downhill. Shane became a demon and swore to get revenge on his father. Shea on the other hand, moved from foster home to foster home until 4 years ago, when I found her." Paige said.

"And then…" Stock said in a hoarse voice. " I met the second and last person I have ever loved, besides my kids." He reached up and touched Paige's cheek, then turned towards the rest of the group.

"But she hated me. She hated me because of what I did to my kids, and later, because I was the one who had loved her sister. She hated me for existing. And I hated myself, because she hated me. When I told her I loved her, she went crazy on me. She told me I didn't know what love meant. And then I did the dumbest thing I could ever have done. I proposed to her. I gave her the ring, and she chucked it right back at me. I knew then that she wouldn't love me, so I hid in the underworld and begged to be forgiven by my successor."

Paige had tears running down her face. Stock reached over to wipe them away, but she turned her head.

"I loved you. I did. But I hated you because it wasn't me you were in love with. You thought I was someone else. You were really in love with…"

"Me." A voice finished. Everyone turned around and stared at Shea and Shane, and their visitor.

"Surprise?" She said.