Piper and Phoebe stand in shock looking back and forth between Jared and Leo.

"Well that explains a lot."

"Like what?" Jared mutters.

"Why you reminded Piper of Leo."

Jared laughs then winces in pain.

"How... how are you still...alive? You died during-"

"The invasion of Normandy, I know you don't have to tell me."

"But... how?"

"I could probably ask you the same question, right little bro?"

Piper slowly comes out of her shock, "Leo... Leo you have to heal him."

Leo quickly places his hand over Jared's wound, he leaves it there, but nothing seems to be happening.

"What, Why isn't it working?" Piper stutters panicing.

"I can't heal him."

"What! Why not!"

"I can't heal evil." Leo back away in terror.

"Well try again."

"Piper, he's evil." Phoebe tries to reason with Piper.

"He's Leo brother!"

Leo turns to Jared, "He's not my brother, my brother isn't a darklighter."

Jared laughs, "Face it Leo, I'm still your brother. Darklighter or not."

"No."

Jared coughs, struggling for air, "I always knew you'd be a whitelighter."

Leo looks at Jared, "How'd you know whitelighters existed?"

Jared laughs, "I've known that magic has existed for a while."

"How?"

"Do you remember Maria?"

"Your fiance?"

"And how she just went missing?"

"Yeah."

"Well, a demon actually killed her, and I couldn't exactly tell Mom and Dad that so I told them she left." Jared's voice is much softer, and raspy. "I vowed I would kill that demon to get revenge for Maria."

"Revenge spawns evil..." Leo mutters.

"Beep... Perfect score,"

"Gold star." Leo says as he leans forward towards Jared, and Jared uses his thumb to act like he's putting a star in the middle of Leo's forehead. Leo smiles remembering his old brother and their youth together.

Little Jared, about eight, and Leo, seven, are running around playing in a big field. Leo stops and pulls back a rock in a sling shot he aims at a can that Jared has placed on a rock. He closes one eye and sticks his tongue out, and lets go of the rock. It hits the can, knocking it over, also bringing a huge smile across his face.

Jared comes over and puts his arm around him, "Nice job, little bro." He gives Leo a high five, "Who thought you how to shot a sling shot like a pro?"

Leo slightly blushes, "You..."

"Who's the most awesome little bro ever?"

"Me..."

"How much longer we a team?"

Leo smiles, "Forever."

"Beep... Perfect score, gold star." They both smile. Jared puts the imaginary star on Leo's forehead.

"Ahhh!" Jared screams in pain.

Piper runs in from the kicthen, "Are you alright?"

"No Piper, I'm dying."

"No, we're gonna find a way to heal you."

He smiles, "You can't," he struggles to catch his breath. "I want you to know something."

"Don't say that-"

"No Piper listen. Darklighter's don't really die, unless we're killed by a witch."

"But you're dying-"

"We kind of regenerate, kind of like being brought back from the dead..."

"Why do I have to know this?"

"We... revert to however we were when we first became a darklighter."

"What does that mean?"

He sighs getting fustrated, "I'll never know that I fell in love with you. I'll try to kill you when I come back."

"No... I know what you're going to say and I can't do that."

"You have too. There's a spell in your Book of Shadows, you have to say it between the time I die and the time I come back.

"No-"

"Piper! Where are you?"

"In here!"

Prue comes around the corner and sees Jared, "Oh my god. What happened?"

"Dan shot him. I know, it's a long story."

"Well, why doesn't Leo heal him?"

"He can't... That's an even longer story."

"Where's Phoebe?"

"Upstairs with Leo." Prue runs upstairs.

Piper looks back at Jared who has fallen asleep.

"Leo, why can't you heal him?" Prue joins Phoebe and Leo in the attic.

"It's a long story," Leo sighs.

"Piper said that too. What's the story?"

"Short version or long version?" Phoebe asks.

"Any would be good."

"Well, Jared is a darklighter."

"What! Then why is he in our house?"

"Well, Piper's in love with him, and... he's Leo's brother." Prue looks at Leo, who smiles and nods.

"What?"

"Yeah, me and Jared both fought in WWII, and we both died during the invasion of Normandy."

"But he's still evil. We have to vanquish him."

"No we don't. Not yet anyways."

Prue turns, "But Piper he's evil."

"I know Prue thank you for the information, but I can't do it. I care about him too much to hurt him."

"Piper he is going to kill us if we don't kill him."

"No Prue, I'm not hurting him-" Piper looks around. "Where'd Leo go?" The three of them walk out to the stairs, to find Leo kneeling next to Jared.

Leo is teary eyed, but not crying, sadness fills his heart, and his eyes show it. Jared wakes up, and smiles at him, "Hey little bro."

"Hey." Leo smiles back, "How you feelin'?"

"I could be better. But I have died before ya know." He smiles, "What's it like up there?"

"Up where?"

Jared points up, "There."

"Well, it's bright." They both laugh, "You could be up there ya know."

"No way. I'm evil remember."

"You just need find something you love to hold on to." Leo places his hand on Jared's forehead. Leo smiles, "Why haven't you told Piper how to save you?"

He smiles, "You know as well as I do that she has to figure it out on her own. It has to come from her heart not mine."

"I'm not going to let you die again."

"You didn't let me die that day Leo. There's no way you could have found me when I was still alive. Besides, you were saving a bunch of other people that day remember?"

"Yeah but I can't lose you twice."

"You know that she's the only one who can save me."

"I know, I just wish I could guide her."

"No! Leo you can't, it's all up to her."

Leo sighs and closes his eyes, knowing that his brother is right. "Why are collecting all those powers?"

"I already told you, to kill Belthazor."

Leo looks up, "I have to go, but let me tell you something. If you survive this, don't ever hurt Piper."

"What?"

"She cares about you ya know?"

"If only she'd tell me." He tries to laugh, "Leo?"

"Yeah."

"How much time do I have left?"

"Not much."

"Number of options I have?"

"One."

"How much longer we a team?"

Leo smiles and starts to cry, "Forever."

Jared smiles, "Beep...perfect score, gold star." Leo leans forward, and Jared puts the imaginary gold star on his forehead. "Later, little bro."

"Bye Jared," he orbs out.

Jared gradually falls back asleep. Piper, Phoebe and Prue still sit on the stairs, "Well that doesn't any pressure on me!" Piper rests her head in her hands.

Author Note:

If any of you have seen the movie Highway you'd know that I got the gold star thing from it. Thanks for reading my first Charmed story guys.