"Do you think we need to tell them? That she and her friends are looking for it?"
"They may not even be looking for it. She only mentioned Flamel."
"But Flamel is part of it."
"It might be the truth. Maybe, it is an assignment."
"Now, you know her as well as I do. She doesn't do homework until the last day of the holiday break. There is more behind what she said at dinner."
"Right and it doesn't help that she is going to the same school."
"Maybe Prue needs to know. She is her whitelighter."
"Prue maybe her whitelighter, but the Elders are the ones who know."
"Since when have you been such a fan of the Elders?"
"Not since, after I have been with the sisters for so long."
"Oh."
"Besides, this is an important matter that the Elders should know about. She must not know what the truth is behind Flamel."
"Let's see how much information she finds or how much she puts together before the end of the holidays."
"Okay, but if she finds too much than we may have to memory wipe her."
"Memory wipe! Our own niece! That is going too far. We should have Prue talk to her, or how about we talk to her?"
"No, it is too risky. We need her to forget everything. We would have to go to her school and memory wipe her friend's as well."
"I don't know if I like that idea. Why can we just talk to the headmaster give him a heads up on the situation? Then, if anything goes wrong, he can let us know. Until then, I think we should lie low."
"No, she is too smart for her own good. She knows when she is being watched. Don't you remember that Halloween night?"
"Oh… yeah… I forgot. She never forgave them for what they did."
"We just need to keep our ears open to what she talks about."
"How about having some teachers or the librarian monitor her when she goes to Magic School?"
"Again, she would find out something is fishy. No."
"How about talking to Sam?"
"Sam?"
"Yeah, we can ask him to keep an eye on her. Maybe we can give an excuse such as 'he heard she came home from the holidays and wanted to see her. So, we sent him to Magic School because that was where she was?'"
"Sam is one of the whitelighters looking out for the Stone, and he wouldn't mind seeing her. He hasn't seen her since she left. But I'm afraid he will help her research about it more than keeping her preoccupied."
"What is wrong with letting her research? After all, for all we know, it could be for a simple assignment. Maybe they are doing something over famous alchemists? Who knows?"
"I highly doubt it is an assignment."
"But what is the problem?"
"She doesn't need to get into anyone's business she has nothing to do with."
"She will figure out about it, eventually."
"That is what I'm afraid of."
"She is a Halliwell! That is what they do! I know you have been around them a lot longer than me, but anyone can see that they all have that Halliwell stubbornness and nosiness. "
"I know! That is what I'm afraid of. I'm just trying to protect her."
"But she is not your daughter. She is our niece. Wouldn't you think Paige would be a little offended if you are trying to protect her from something even she doesn't know about?"
"It surprised me the Elders never told her."
"So, what are we going to do?"
"I'm still not sure."
"Let's see how much she comes up with, like you suggested. We will know what to do."
"We will?"
"I thought you whitelighters always knew everything?"
"Okay, then we will let the headmaster know if we feel she knows too much. I want nothing to happen."
"Sounds like a plan. Then when she finds out, we shall leave it up to Sam whether to erase her memory."
"Right, Prue does not know about the Stone like Sam does."
At the end of the discussion, the two men walked quietly out of the attic, not knowing anyone was listening to them.