Phoebe and Piper were enthralled at the stories Virginia and her husband Warren, who was known as Wolf, told over dinner. The fairy tales that they had all heard since they were children, were real, and had taken place in the parallel realm, which Wolf was from.
Virginia didn't know what to make of all she had just found out, there was still a lot that she had to learn about being a witch. Fortunately she had friends she could count on to learn the basics. It also helped having a husband from a magical world, who knew all about how to make potions, and how to avoid personal gain. She then looked at Leo and asked, "any idea how I got these powers?"

"Your mother was the protégé of Veronica, the evil witch from fairy tales. When Snow White finally came to power after a rebellion, she decided to punish Veronica, by making her wear a heated pair of shoes. After this Veronica was severely weakened. She spent the next few centuries in a swamp, looking for a successor by using her mirrors. Eventually she found one, your mother," he looked at Virginia.

Piper interrupted, "but how did Veronica do it? How did she make Virginia's mother an evil witch?"

"Veronica was somehow able to get her hands on one of those," Leo answered, his eyes turned to the rose on the mantle. "That rose is no ordinary flower. It's an extremely powerful magical tool known as a transfer orb. Transfer orbs only work in rare circumstances. One of them is when the last of a line of witches reaches menopause before producing a child. Veronica never had any children of her own. She was able to use a rose like that, to pass her power onto your mother. The transfer took place slowly, as Veronica became weaker, her powers were gradually passed on to your mother. However along the line things were interrupted. Your mother was killed. Therefore, after Veronica was finally vanquished, the powers went to the next one in the new line, Virginia."

Piper then chimed in, "but if the powers of both Veronica and Virginia's mother were evil, how could they be passed onto Virginia without making her evil?"

Leo looked at Virginia, and asked "have you ever been given another dead rose, one that suddenly came to life?"

"Yes," she responded, "Prince Wendell gave me one as a gift after I helped save his kingdom. When I went to see my mother before her burial, it suddenly came to life."

"One of your roses was probably for transferring the other for filtration," explained Leo unsure of exactly what which flower did what. "Also powers in the other realm must have been different. From what you and Wolf describe, it seems that witches who choose evil don't exhibit the same types of powers the do here. They don't blink. The evil there might be different."

Virginia curiously asked, "exactly what kind of evil exists here?" She had never even known that magic existed in her own world.

An uncomfortable look came upon the faces of Phoebe, Piper and Leo.

"Plenty," explained Piper, not wanting to go into details about warlocks, demons and the underworld. Chances are nothing would be going after Virginia. She didn't have anything that they would want.

Uncomfortable with Piper's accusations of his wife being evil, Virginia's husband Wolf, decided to change the subject, "any idea what she could do with her powers?"

Leo responded "well right now, her powers seem to only work with mirrors. Over time, they'll probably develop into something similar to what her mother and Veronica had."

Wolf wondered, was there any way that Virginia's newfound powers were tied to the five great mirrors. One, Veronica's most powerful, was long missing. The other four sat in a room in Wendell's castle. Old folklore said that one was to remember, one was to forget, one was to spy, and one was to travel. At the present time, only the mirror to travel, was working. Because they had been used for great evil, the remaining three were feared. Very few had the courage to attempt to use them and the rare few who had, could never get them to work. Perhaps Virginia could now do the task?

"How about we try testing them out, see what she can do?" Wolf asked, as he handed Virginia a small hand held mirror. This gave Phoebe an idea. "Close your eyes. I'm going to hide somewhere, and you have to find me." She went into the bathroom, and turned on the light. She then yelled to Virginia, "where am I?"

"Your are in our bathroom." responded Virginia as she looked into the small mirror. It seemed she could see Phoebe, through the mirror on the medicine cabinet.

Wolf then asked, "Phoebe, can you see Virginia?"

"No," responded Phoebe. This made Wolf curious.

"Are you sure?" He responded. He then ran to join Phoebe in the bathroom to see for himself. It looked like as of now, Virginia's power was one way.

Phoebe asked, "any reason you think that this could be two way? That I could see her?"

"Because that's what her mother could do. She once used it on me," he responded. He then opened the medicine cabinet, so that the mirror on it was facing the wall.

He heard Virginia from dining room, "the view just changed. Now I see you two from the mirror on the door."

He then stood against the full length mirror on the door. "Now I can't see you at all," responded Virginia.

Phoebe then asked Wolf, "When had you seen her mother's powers?"

Wolf wasn't sure how to answer. When they had told their story over dinner, they had left out a few details about how he had been freed from jail by the evil queen in exchange for finding Prince Wendell, who had been turned into a dog. A knock at the door was heard, and Wolf darted to greet whoever was there.