AN: 12th chapter.

sirius-black-4eva: Yeah, stupid Cole. But he is rather good-looking, he sort of reminds me of Andy. I hated it when he died. Poor heart-broken Prue.

Anyways, I changed a bit how Prue died for story reasons.

Chp.12

Explanations

They were all up in Dumbledore's office. There was a long silence in the room. Her four friends kept stealing glances at her. Paige sat there trying to process what had just happened, she was confused. He shows up, attacks them and then says he doesn't want a fight? 'This is crazy.' Dumbledore was talking quietly with Leo, while Piper and Phoebe, well they weren't exactly doing anything, they were just listening to the conversation.

Dumbledore turned to the students.

"I understand that you are all very confused at the moment, and it will take a while to explain everything, so if you would refrain from interrupting me, it will go a lot faster. Now, I think we should start with explaining what happened tonight."

"I can do that." Phoebe said. "That guy you met out in the park was my ex-husband, Paige you've heard about him before. Well, you see Cole was or well, he is a demon. His mother was a demon, and his father was, what is that word?"

"Muggel?" Hermione asked.

"Yeah, his dad was a muggel. So Cole had two very different personalities. His demon name was Belthazor, and he was one of the bad guys. So he was set out to kill me, Piper and our other sister Prue. He had to go undercover as a human. Cole's human half is very different from the guy you just met. He was kind and nice and I fell in love with him. Eventually Cole won over his dark side and joined us. We got married. Then Prue died when we defeated the Source and Cole then became the new Source."

"Yeah, but why does he want you dead?" Hermione asked. She seemed to be the only one willing to say anything.

"Because we're witches."

"But, we're witches too, and sure he"

"But you're not the Charmed Ones."

"The what?" Ron asked confused.

"Our bloodline goes back a long way, to the 17th century and the Salem witch trials. Melinda Warren started the legacy of witch-craft in our family. Every woman on our moms side have been witches. We have the Power of Three, that's why we're three sisters. Paige didn't realise she had magical powers before Prue died, that's when she moved in with us. But Paige didn't know how to use her powers properly, that's why she came here."

Everyone was looking at her now.

"Paige's powers were different than Prues. Prue could control things, she could send an object from one end of a room to the other simply by waving her hand. But since Paige's dad was a white-lighter, our moms white-lighter, her powers aren't the same. She can call on things, and they'll appear. Prue could astral-project, whilst Paige can orb, a gift that only white-lighters have."

"What are white-lighters?" Hermione asked. She seemed very fascinated by all of this.

"They're guiders. They're muggels who did something extraordinary in their lifetime, who are then chosen to guide young witches when the get their powers." Leo stated.

"Why didn't you just tell us?" Draco asked silently.

"I believe that I am to blame for that, Mr.Malfoy. We had reason to believe that Voldemort was helping the Source find Paige, therefore it was unbelieveably important that Paige's true identity as one of the Charmed Ones was revealed. I told her not to tell anyone, no matter how close they were to her, it was crucial for her safety." Dumbledore said.

"But, this Cole guy, he was here, he didn't hurt us." Hermione said, not quite understanding.

"Easy for you to say." Ron muttered.

"That's because there is more to this story that none of you know." He said simply. "And I will tell you everything."

AN: Probably the shortest chapter I've written.

The rest will be up soon.

Hugz,

Natasha.