Disclaimer: I do not own Charmed, but I wish I could be in it.

The Elder's Decision

Paige, Phoebe and Piper suddenly appeared in the bright and cloudy place where the Elders and Whitelighters lived. They began running forward, wondering where to find Peter and Leo. Paige stopped and closed her eyes.

"He's over this way," she said, taking off running with her eyes still closed. Piper and Phoebe didn't hesitate to run after her. In a few more moments they came upon a tall door, sealed shut with engravings upon it. Piper took one look at the door and promptly disintegrated it.

After enough of the dust had settled, the three of them walked inside to see a council of seven Elders looked aghast at the door, and Leo and Piper standing together, both looking at the door in complete and total shock.

The Elder that sat in the middle seat stood up. "Leo, please inform the Charmed Ones that this is a private council"

He was cut off by Phoebe yelling, "Shut up! You have a member of the line of Melinda Warren, and we want to know why."

The Elder sat back down, apparently looking for some support from his fellow Elders. "We are deciding what Peter's fate is to be; whether to be banished to the demonic plane, or to become a Whitelighter, as clearly he cannot pass on into the realm of spirits as his demonic side prevents that."

"And that's such a hard decision is it?" Paige asked him.

"Paige, please," Peter said, the look of pure pleading in his eyes. "Don't make this worse than it is.

"Yes," he replied, visibly disregarding Peter's remark. "Either choice has consequences and we must weigh them both."

"How about these consequences?" Piper said, moving in front of Peter and Leo to stand almost directly in front of the Elders. "If you do anything to harm this family, including Peter, Leo and any other future desendants or relatives of this line and no power in the universe will save you from my wrath."

"And what about us just letting the rest of the world fend for itself, and we actually become the normal family we deserve?" Phoebe said walking to Piper's left and taking her hand.

"Or how about the Charmed Ones becoming demons?"Paige said, walking up and taking Piper's other hand. "We can do it you know. And you know how powerful our magic is. And I know beyond the shadow of a doubt that our ancestors would rather us choose family over you."

The Elders seemed only shocked and scared by the girls' comments. Leo had taken one look at Piper and realized what they were all doing. They were giving them an ultimatem of choosing to banish Peter and lose the Charmed Ones' help forever. Or they could make him a Whitelighter and use his talents to help save mankind. They suddenly disappeared for a brief moment. When the tense moment seemed at it's peak, one Elder reappeared. "We have made our decision . . . he is to become the Charmed Ones' personal Whitelighter. And, Leo is to be released from his duties as Elder, and he is to become the personal guardian of the Charmed Ones. So let it be." As he said the last words he stretched his hand and released a ball of purple orbs which flew at Leo. He was quickly engulfed in them. The usual radiance that surrounded him faded slightly, but he didn't change beyond that.

Then, the Elder pointed his finger at Peter and tiny orbing spheres began to circle Peter until his entire body was hidden behind them. Then, they suddenly entered his body, and the Elder disappeared behind them. Peter opened his eyes again and found that he was standing in the same clothes, this time without the blood stains. When he looked up the sisters he had never fully had ran to him and embraced him. Leo stood back and watched with tearfilled eyes until they all brought him into the first family hug in a long while.

"Welcome to the family Peter Halliwell," Piper said, kissing him on the cheek. "Now, if anyone else is hungry, let's go home." Everybody laughed as Peter and Leo orbed them back to the house.

A/N: This is not the end, but only the beginning. I'm going to continue with this, I just needed to end the chapter of getting Peter into their lives. I am in no way done with Peter's character yet. Send me some ideas for what you think should happen.