Phiona – Yeah, him being back has brought back a lot of old emotions. Thanks!

Unique deflection – I'm not saying anything about Aidan and Paige's relationship, but it's not over yet! ;)

Ravenix – I'm glad you liked it all! And I will be bringing the astral simulations back eventually. And I'm not saying anything that would give away Paige and Aidan's relationship.

Prince Halliwell – I'm going to be dragging out the Paige/Aidan thing as long as I can, regarding which way it will go, you'll have to read and find out! Its good to know you like the Phoebe/Brennan thing. And Gabriel won't be making a comeback, well; I don't plan on giving him one at least.

Pangea – Lol! I've been updating quickly these days! But that's all over since the trial's a little complicated to write.

Kendallpaigecharity – Lol, I'm glad you liked all of it!

Phoebe turner – Thanks!

Piperfairy – Oh, you'll have to wait and see!

Anianka – LMAO at the heart failure thing! I didn't think that Aidan dropping Emma would have made the scene more intense lol! I think Paige is got a bit of each of her big sisters in her. Lol, yes! Arc is in this chapter, he gives them some useful info!

Princess Pinky – I'm sorry to hear about your computer. Is there any way you could put your work onto a disk? That way you won't have to lose it. Yeah, Paige sorta lost it with him; it was a mixture of anger, pain and love. I tried to get her emotions just right. Cole isn't really in this chapter, but he's in the next one!

Coling For Help

Brennan woke up groggy eyed to the sound of Connor crying. He groaned and pulled back the covers, swinging his legs over the side of the bed and grabbing a t-shirt and jeans from the floor to put over his boxers. He walked calmly into Connor's room, rubbing his eyes. He smiled sympathetically at his crying son as he lifted him out of the crib and balanced him on his hip, jiggling him slightly. Brennan ruffled the child's messy black hair and sighed,

"I know buddy, I miss her too…"

Pamela stood in the foyer with the Book of Shadows in her arms. She laid it down on the table and stared at the stairwell. It had been completely destroyed during last night's fight and Piper had went to P3 early that morning so she decided it was up to her to fix it. She started flipping the pages, smiling at the fact that is all there now, and that it had been returned before the Cleaners had taken Phoebe. A pang of sadness washed over the teen, they hadn't found a way of getting her aunt back yet. A smile spread across her face when she found the spell she needed.

"Let the object of objection,

Become but a dream,

As I cause the scene,

To be unseen,"

The wood shafts that were lying around the floor began to float into the air; soon, every single piece of debris was levitating. Slowly, parts began to float back into their original places; they whizzed through the air and slowly began to reconstruct the steps. After the stairs were rebuilt, every singed fiber of carpet began to reform and cover the wooden steps in the red pattern that had covered them before the accident. Pamela sneered in confusion at what seemed to be a large stick of charcoal, until white lights spread over it and it became the Trident of Poseidon, "Cool…" She murmured as she went grab the weapon, but it shocked her on contact, only Aidan could touch it.

The front door creaked open and Emma walked, in carrying bags of groceries. She smiled when she saw what Pamela had did, "Yay! We actually have stairs!"

"Yeah, I thought a spell would a lot less risky than a repair guy. I'm trying to keep that chance of exposure down to a minimum right now,"

The psionic nodded in agreement, "Yeah, I know how you feel. I was afraid to use my powers this morning when some jackass cut in front of me in the queue at the store,"

"Didn't you get the groceries last week? I thought it was Piper's turn," Pamela inquired, knowing that her aunt had a strict schedule for chores.

"It is. But I don't really think she's up to it, with everything that happened last night…"

The teen shook her head in disgust, "I can't believe those bastards took her…"

"I know, but we'll find a way to get her back. I promise," Emma reassured her. Just as they finished their conversation, Leo appeared next to them in a shower of orbs, "Any joy?" Emma asked him.

"No… none of the other Elders know of any way to contact the Cleaners,"

"Ugh…" Pamela rolled her eyes, "I'm away to drown my drowsiness and sorrows in a cup of coffee," She began to walk towards the kitchen.

"Put one on for me! I'll be there in a sec!" Emma called out, the teen gave a wave in response, signaling that she would, "Okay, tell me everything you found out," The psionic asked her roommate; they had agreed to keep Pam out of this.

"There is only one set of Cleaners through time and space, so we don't even know if they are on this plane or time,"

"Well that just isn't good enough,"

"Emma…"

"What gives them the right to just yank someone away from their family? Their child?"

"It's their job, Emma! They don't give special treatment to anyone!"

Emma rolled her eyes and closed the Book of Shadows lying on the table and put it under her arm, "If you're not going to help, then I'll help myself!" She said defiantly as she began to climb the newly constructed stairs…

Paige's eyes opened slowly to the sun pouring into the window of her room. She smiled at the familiar feeling of his strong arms wrapped around her as they slept. The witchlighter let out a moan of pleasure when he began to kiss the back of her neck. Paige turned around and smiled when she saw Aidan's face. He raised his hand and stroked the side of her face, kissing her passionately and moving closer to her.

"Morning…" She said blissfully.

"Hey…" He replied huskily, suddenly grabbing her by the waist and pulling Paige on top of him. She giggled with delight as he did, "Have a good sleep?"

She smirked at him, "Sleep? I don't seem to remember getting any sleep last night!"

"Mmm… well," He rolled them over so he was on top, "Maybe we should just let last night run into this morning," He leaned in and kissed her again…

Paige squeezed her eyes shut as she woke up, groaning as the bright sunlight hit her eyes. The witchlighter cursed her alarm clock and threw it across the room with her powers; it let out one last defiant beep before it was silenced by flying into the wall. She ran a hand through her tousled hair and looked to the other side of the bed. It had all been a dream.

The crying of one of her children reached her through the walls, "Mommy's coming!" She yelled, jumping out of bed and rushing out of door. Before she could reach the twins room, the crying stopped; Paige immediately thought the worst and burst in, immediately sighing in relief and anger when she saw the sight.

Aidan stood, clad in his boxers, gently rocking Emma, who was now smiling in her father's arms. He beamed back at his daughter's face and looked up at Paige, his grin faded as soon as he saw Paige. She looked as if she was ready to murder. The witchlighter looked towards the couch and saw the covers on it were all moved about,

"What do you think you're doing?" She scowled at him as she picked up Melinda with a big smile before giving an angry look at Aidan.

"I'm comforting my daughter; do you have a problem with that?" His brow furrowed. He wasn't going to let Paige's anger keep him from his daughters.

"Yeah, I do. They're my responsibility, I look after them, I am their sole provider," She spat back.

The two of them shared a heated glance which was broken by a knock on the door. Paige set Melinda down and Aidan did the same with Emma, except he stayed in the room looking after his girls while their mother went to answer the door. When Paige opened the door, the beaming face of Mrs. Phelps, her landlady, was in front of her. Paige liked Mrs. Phelps, in the first month of Aidan's departure; she had offered to lower the rent so Paige could manage on one salary.

"Hey, Mrs. Phelps. You want the rent for this month?"

Mrs. Phelps smiled and waved a fistful of money and paper, "You're my last stop!"

"Okay, just hold on a sec and I'll write you a check," Paige smiled and walked into the kitchen where her purse was. Aidan, forgetting there was someone at the door, walked out into the living room in just his underwear to get his clothes. Mrs. Phelps' eyes widened at the sight of her former tenant scantily clad.

Aidan's face reddened when he noticed her and held his jeans and t-shirt in front of his middle section, "Uh… hi, Mrs. Phelps," He grinned nervously.

"Aidan…" She looked him up and down with a smirk, "I didn't know you were back in the building,"

Paige, who had watch the scene unfold from kitchen, stifled a laugh as she came back to the door, "Oh, he's not, he's just here to see the girls. Now, are you sure this is okay? Because I can give you cash if you want," She asked the woman sweetly. Paige wanted to prolong Aidan's suffering and she knew Mrs. Phelps wanted another look at the muscular man in just his boxers.

"Um… actually, could I have cash? I don't mean to a bother, but…" She looked over her tenants shoulder.

"No, no, no, it's okay, really!" Paige grinned; she moved back to purse and made sure she counted the money at least twice. When she came back to the door, she had to clear her throat to get her landlady's attention back, "There you go!"

"Um… thank you," She said, taking the money from Paige with a smile before walking down the hall. The witchlighter managed to hold in her laugh until she closed the door and she burst.

"That was not funny!" Aidan said bashfully with a red face.

"Aw… come on. It was hilarious!" She burst out laughing again as Aidan hurriedly put his clothes.

"Yeah, yeah, just wait until a pervy landlord catches you in your bra!" He retorted. Paige stopped laughing and smirked.

"That would never happen."

"Why's that?" He asked as he pulled his shirt over his head

"Because I'd kill him before he could see anything. Come on, get out of here, I want to take a shower before I go and talk to Piper and Brennan,"

Aidan rolled his eyes, "Paige, we were pretty serious for a year and a half, I've seen everything under those pajamas. Even the rose tattoo you have on the very small of your back, besides, if you're helping to get Phoebe back, then I'll help,"

"Why? You've met her like, twice! One of those times she was psychotic and super powerful, not to mention trying to kill you,"

"Well, I'm going to be staying here a while, so I might as well make myself useful,"

Paige's heart stopped. He couldn't really be serious, he couldn't stay here as a constant reminder of what she really wanted. Unfortunately, she didn't have time to argue with him and decided to just accept it for now.

"Okay, I'll get clean and then we'll go,"

The bustling street of San Francisco was filled with people talking on cell phones and carrying suitcase while the odd car whizzed by now and again. The road was buzzing with talk and the sound of car engines, but it soon turned into screams and screeching of brakes when Paige orbed in with Brennan and Aidan splashed in with Piper, in the middle of the road,

"This is your plan? Paige, you've gone crazy!" Piper exclaimed when she saw where they had landed. The people who seen their magical were running in terror, while the others who hadn't seen it assumed the worst and joined everyone else.

"I haven't gone crazy! Now, hit all those windows…" She gestured to all the store windows along the street, "With a gravity blast!" Piper gave her a look, "Just do it!"

The eldest witch sighed and rolled her eyes before raising her hands and using her geokinetic abilities to send a ripple of distortion through gravity, smashing every single glass surface in the block. The thunderous sound of the glass smashing sent even more people into hysterics, "Okay Brennan, hit those parked cars with tesla coils!" She urged.

"What? I'll end up hurting someone!" He protested.

"Do you want your wife back?"

Unfair, Brennan thought as he swirled his hands around each other and ignited electricity in his hands. He threw them out towards the two cars on the edge of the sidewalk. The lightning hit the engines and both cars blew up with a loud bang and a fiery explosion. They listened to the crackle of flames for a while, still no Cleaners.

Three police cars came spiraling around the corner, their sirens screeching along with their tires as they prepared to slow down, "I'll handle this…" Aidan offered, waving his hand lazily and making all three police vehicles dissolve into water, leaving their owners to sit on air until they fell and rolled along the ground.

"Okay, missy," Piper said shortly to Paige, "What are you going to do?"

She smirked response and pointed to the large building in front of them, it stood at the junction at the end of the road and seemed to be a factory, "If this doesn't get their attention, then they are really bad are their job!"

"Double, double, toil and trouble,

Turn that building into rubble!"

A crashing boom went off, as if someone had just set off an explosive. Paige watched her makeshift spell take effect as the bottom of the building suddenly shattered. Bricks flew in every direction, as did dust as the colossal structure fell. But before it could crash and wipe out most of the block, the entire scene froze. The building stopped just before it hit the ground and people were frozen in their states of terror.

"Just what do you think you're doing?" A voice said.

Paige turned around and smiled at the Cleaners, "Hi, take us to your leader, or leaders,"

"How dare you demand an audience with The Tribunal!"

"Perhaps she didn't make our request clear enough." Piper began, "Take us there, or we'll get there ourselves,"

The two white suited being exchanged a hollow look before the bald one replied, "Very well," He said, with a wave of his hand and they disappeared in a shower of lights…

The four people appeared on the large white tile in the center of darkness. Paige knew this location all too well, as this had been the place where Darryl's fate had been decided, along with Phoebe losing her powers. She knew to be careful when dealing with the council of all magic. The Cleaners appeared in a flash of light and smirked as they waved their hands.

There was an ominous humming noise as the four transparent heads of the Tribunal appeared floating in the shadows. The two Elders, Aramis and Adair looked down at the group with a look of curiosity and somewhat compassion, while the two demon of the Tribunal, Crill and Thrask, looked at them with boredom and slight anger.

"What reason have you called the Tribunal?" Thrask boomed, his voice echoing through the void.

"To get our sister back!" Piper shouted up fearlessly, "It's not as if you can just confiscate her from our lives!" She continued until Paige put a hand on her arm and shook her head.

The Cleaner spoke, "The remaining Charmed Ones and their companions have requested your counsel in order to challenge our actions," He gestured to himself and to his partner.

"Are we to understand that they would like to plead their case?" Adair, the Elder asked with narrowed eyes.

"Yes," Paige answered loudly but respectively.

The four members of the council looked around at each other before nodding in unison, "It is done," As they spoke, two tables appeared on each side of the large glowing platform they stood on. One had just one chair while the other could seat five.

"Here we go again…" Paige mumbled.

"Why is there five seats at our table?" Piper asked with a frown.

"Three of them are for you and your sisters, one is for the young Halliwell, and the final seat is for your attorney," Crill explained.

"Attorney? You mean a lawyer?" Brennan asked the floated demon head.

He didn't answer, instead there was a low hum and Emma and Pamela appeared instantly. Emma looked as if she had been pulled from flipping through a book, while Pamela immediately fell, as she had been leaning down to sit on something before she had been transported.

Emma pulled her student to her feet, "Are you okay?"

Pamela winced and rubbed her behind, "I don't know, ask me when my ass wakes up!" She blinked a few times, "What the hell is going on?"

"The justice system…" Paige growled.

"You said attorney," Brennan repeated, "Why do we need an attorney? Can't we just fight for Phoebe by ourselves?"

"This is a very special case, Mr. Mulwray," Aramis began, "You will need someone who is well versed in your history, not to mention being a skillful doctor of the law,"

"Wait a minute…" Piper whispered.

"But where are we going to find someone like that?" Emma shouted up at the floating faces, Pamela was nodding in agreement at what she had just said. Aidan walked forward and faced the elders of the Tribunal.

"Our honours," He said confidently, "I ask that you be lenient with this strict rule, as you must understand that, to find someone you asking for, is impossible,"

"These are the rules!" Thrask bellowed, "If you cannot abide by them, you shall be ejected from our domain and you shall never see your sister again!"

"We can abide!" Piper shouted. Paige widened her eyes and smiled to the council before pulling her big sister to the side,

"Are you crazy? We don't know anyone like that, we don't even know a lawyer these days, let alone one who has knowledge of our extensive history!"

"Oh yes we do. They never said anything about him having to be alive though. C'mon, think about it! We know a lawyer that is sly, a good liar, and a kick ass attorney,"

Paige narrowed her eyes, "Fill in the blanks for me,"

She rolled her eyes, "He is a kick ass demonic attorney,"

The witchligher pulled her back in surprise, "Oh no, you are not suggesting who I think you're suggesting! We can't bring back Cole! We don't even know where the hell he went when he was vanquished,"

"I think you just answered your own question with that curse," Piper hissed back, before turning back to everyone, "We have someone,"

Adair nodded, "Very good. Your sister shall be temporarily returned for the purpose of this trial," The elder nodded and Phoebe appeared in a sparkle of lights. She noticed her family and immediately ran to her husband,

"Oh… thank God…" She whispered into Brennan's chest as she hugged him more tightly than ever before.

"It's okay, baby… we're not going to lose you…" He whispered back, having one arm around her while stroking her hair with the other and kissing the top of her head.

Piper and Paige were stroking her back and putting hands on her shoulders. She pulled away and faced the Tribunal proudly. She wasn't going to break down right now.

"Um… your honours," Piper cringed, forcing herself to say it, "Could you please summon Cole Turner?"

The middle Charmed One's eyes widened and she moved slightly away from Brennan, "Cole? He's the one who's defending us? You have got to be kidding me!"

A thin smile spread across Thrask's face, "It shall be done, but first, meet your opposing council,"

Everyone looked across the platform to see a figure fade into view. His back was turned and he stayed like that for a while, until he turned around with a smirk. Emma, Phoebe and Brennan immediately felt sick when they saw Gabriel Ashlocke leaning casually on the table.

"It's good to be back," He smirked, "Oh, tough crowd,"

Emma's eyes widened, "Is this a joke? Your honours…" Emma began, stepping into the middle of the platform, not aware of the small circle on the floor, "This… psycho, has tried to kill Mutant X, which Phoebe has been apart of, countless times in the past!" She shouted, stepping into the circle and quickly stepping out when a hologram shot from the centre. It was of Mutant X's first encounter with Gabriel, in a safe house for new mutants.

The door was blasted off its hinges by an unknown force. Brennan and Shalimar whipped their heads around to see Gabriel Ashlocke and one of Strand members, Kelly, entered the safe house.

"So this is where the Children of Genomex run and hide," He announced as he entered.

"These two are members of Mutant X…" Kelly explained.

"Something tells me you're Gabriel Ashlocke," Shalimar growled, her eyes never leaving her target.

"Something tells me my reputation precedes me," He replied cockily as walked down the stairs.

They had now reached the bottom of the stairs and stood in front of the two mutants, "I'm sorry to put you to so much trouble, but like I told Gabriel, if I had known we has really coming, I never would have tried to leave the Strand,"

"Yeah, well, I'm guessing that you two didn't come here to be slipped into the underground," Brennan snarled.

"Oh… you got that right. The way I see it, the worse thing we can do is hide our gifts in the dark," Gabriel explained, trying to pull a godly pose.

"Actually, we were hoping you'd join us," Kelly said warmly with an innocent smile.

The two Mutant X members shared a chuckle at the idea, "I don't think so…" Shalimar said with a grin.

"No? That's too bad, because that means we're going to have to take Adam's database, instead of you just bring it along with you,"

Shalimar and Brennan shared another look, before leaping at their attackers. Before they could hardly move a foot, Kelly spread out her arms swiftly and a wall of fire sprouted up, blocking them from her as she went to the computer on the far side of the room. The feral instantly recoiled from the fire, it being her biggest fear. Kelly began to download the mutant database into the drive she had inserted. Brennan swirled his arm around and threw out a tesla coil at the girl, but it was caught in a force field by Ashlocke. The two of them shared an intense stare before Gabriel released a high power energy blast, hitting Brennan in the chest and throwing him into the wall…

The hologram ended and Emma scratched the back of her head in embarrassment from what she had activated. Aidan came up to her and took hold of her arm, pulling her away, "The Circle of Truth. It reads your mind and shows what needs to be seen, you should probably avoid walking around here,"

"Right…" Emma whispered back as she walked to the table. She stood next to it while the four Halliwells took their seats, "Actually, I'll take Brennan and Aidan and see what I can find out about him being opposing council. Something doesn't feel right,"

"Okay, tell Leo where we are, maybe he can help," Piper suggested.

Emma nodded to her friend and orbed out, while Aidan took Brennan by the shoulder and splashed out, hopefully to find some answers. Everyone stared at the final empty chair and took a deep breath as Cole Turner faded into view; he was wearing the clothes that he had been vanquished in, in the alternate reality.

"Ladies…" He smiled and nodded while the Charmed Ones sat aghast.

"Don't act all coy!" Phoebe scoffed, "Don't think winning this case is going to get you back into our lives again!" She warned, even her sisters thought she was being slightly paranoid.

"I assure you…" He smiled again, "I don't have any ulterior motive, although…"

"Aha! Although what? Huh? What's your plan this time?"

"Phoebe… this is the man basically in charge of your fate, keep your mouth shut," Piper warned with a roll of her eyes.

"Look, whether you want to believe me is up to you, but I am here to help. I mean, why else would you guys have summoned me, right?"

"You don't seem very surprised to be here," Paige pointed out.

"Aw… c'mon Paige, you know that anyone with a strong enough will can stop themselves from moving on,"

"You've been holding on for four, almost five years. That's not having a strong will, Cole, that's just plain sad!" Phoebe snapped at her ex-husband.

The ex-demon sighed and shook his head. He knew that this trial wasn't going to pass quickly…

"Here are the books you requested, miss," Arc bowed respectively and put the pile of books on the table before flying off back to the library, his mismatched wings beating silently as he flew.

"That little gargoyle is certainly something," Emma marveled as she picked up one of the books that the stone creature had brought her. She made a face at one of the books, "Wow, did you guys know that we had a book that documents every case that's come before the Tribunal? This might prove useful…"

Leo looked up from the book he was reading, "I think Phoebe's case a little too recent,"

"Oh, I wouldn't be too sure about that," Emma said as she looked along the back page of the book, "It seems to be writing itself. That Cole guy's doing pretty well," She mused.

"What?" Leo frowned and moved over to her, seeing the words on the page appear in golden sparkles.

Water began to rise from the floor and the psionic smiled, it had been a while since she had seen this sight. The liquid burst and it formed Brennan and Aidan, who were carrying a ton of books, "Wow… where did you get all that?" Leo asked

"Atantian archives. You'd be amazed how much crap they keep," Aidan dropped it all on the table and looked triumphant while Emma cringed slightly.

"Um… yeah, if you want to keep Paige's anger down to a minimum, then I suggest you don't refresh her memory about you being royalty. Splash them into my classroom, no one can get in without my approval,"

Aidan looked down at his feet. He and Paige had been getting on pretty well before the trial, if you didn't count her attacking him for looking after his daughters. Emma was right though, he was better to try and keep on Paige's good side.

"Okay…" He said halfheartedly, putting his hand on the pile of books and disappearing in a surge of water.

"Found anything?" Brennan asked as he put the books down.

Emma shook her head, "Nothing, I think we're breaking a record for how many times we're pioneers in these situations," The psionic grumbled as she picked up another book.

"Okay, well we need to find something fast. This Cole guy may be good at what he does…" Brennan snarled, he didn't really like the thought of his wife being with something else so deeply, "But I don't think even he can beat Gabriel Ashlocke unless we think of something…"

"Pardon me sir, but did you say Gabriel Ashlocke?" Arc asked as he flew in carrying more books. He landed on the table and his angel wing shivered while his devil wing seemed to span proudly at the mention of such an evil being.

"Yeah, what do you know?" Leo sat down.

The gargoyle shook his head, "Not much I'm afraid, sir. Only that some of my comrades went to ward off a powerful evil which was crossing into this world from the realm of the dead. They were ordered to stop immediately, however,"

"What? Who would have enough power to tell gargoyles not to fend off evil? It's the very reason of their existence. No offence," Brennan said kindly to the stone creature on the table.

"Not at all sir. I'm just honoured to have been summoned by Miss Walker to serve you all. Anyway, word is that it was the demonic members of the Tribunal who ordered them to stop; they said that there would be serious retributions for both sides if my friends were to stop this evil. They naturally retreated, of course,"

Brennan clenched his fists, "Those bias bastards…" he growled, "They've rigged the damn thing!"

Emma stood up quickly, "We have to get back there. Aidan!"

The elemental immediately appeared in a torrent of water, "Yeah, what do you need?"

"We're going back to the trial. Now." She stated firmly.

"Why? Did you find something?"

"Yeah," Leo began, "A conspiracy,"

"Your honours!" Cole shouted upwards as he paced the scene, "I would like to remind the court that this is not the first time one of these three witches have came close to exposing magic, each time the Tribunal was non existent. Observe," He waved his hand over the Circle of Truth and a hologram floated out.

Piper stood on the hill just before the Golden Gate Bridge, she was soaked from the rain and her face was streaming with tears. She was wearing a white toga that was now sticking to her shaking form from the wet. The witch took a deep breath and raised her hand towards the city, bright flashes of lightning erupted from the sky, blasting San Francisco with all the energy she had. She tightened her hand into a fist and the lightning became even more intense.

Orbs began to form on the hillside and Phoebe Paige appeared holding an umbrella, they were obviously dressed better for the storm than their sister was.

"Piper!" Paige shouted over the crashing thunder.

"Stay away from me!" The grieving witch shouted back.

"We're here to take you home!"

"Back to your family!" Phoebe yelled to her sister.

Piper turned her head slowly, a look of pure rage on her face, "What… family?"

"To your son. Wyatt. Remember him?" Phoebe shot back cheekily.

"He's needs his mother!" Paige added.

"He's already lost his father; don't take his mother away from him too!" The middle sister shouted as her final attempt to sway the eldest witch's decision.

Piper sighed and turned her head away. She began to glow and a tornado of spiritual leaves swarmed around her, consuming her and transporting her to the heavens…

The hologram disappeared and Cole sat down, looking quite triumphant with himself. Phoebe rolled her eyes and whipped her head around, "Is that the best you've got for us? And how do you about that anyway? You were dead!"

"I have my ways…" Cole winked and smirked at her.

Before Gabriel could rise with a comeback for Cole's argument, pink and blue orbs, along with water, began to form and became Emma, Leo, Aidan and Brennan.

"Stop the proceedings!"

NEXT TIME: Emma manages to sever the link between the Ashlocke and the demonic members of the Tribunal, not allowing them to feed him anymore information. The true trial begins and Phoebe's fate is determined, but it proves to be a double edged sword…

Chapter 22 "Coling For Help Part 2" should be up soon!

PS: I'm working on the preview for the sequel to this fic; I'm also working on the 2nd chapter of "Starting Over"