Chapter 58: Questions Within the Questions.

Piper, Phoebe, and Paige left the twins' room and headed towards the attic.

"Okay, Paige spill." Phoebe said as soon as the door was closed.

"I don't want to step on some toes…."

"Since when? Last time I have checked, you have done it plenty of times."

"Piper!"

"Sorry."

Paige looked at her sisters, then continued. "Leo and Coop are hiding something. And I believe Sam is in on it as well."

"What makes you say that?"

Paige sighed. "Coop and Leo have been acting strange ever since Phoenix asked about her homework assignment. Sam started acting strange, too. They are hiding something. Leo has been on the edge, and the way he responded just now helped my suspicions. Have either of you noticed this?"

"Leo has been distant lately. I just thought it was stress from one of his charges."

"I've noticed Coop keeping a close eye on the girls, as well. It does seem like they are hiding something."

"Should we address them?"

"If it concerns my girls, you bet!"

"Paige, calm down. There may be a reason."

"Do you think Prue knows something?"

Piper and Phoebe looked at one another. "She is their whitelighter, Paige."

"I know that! PRUE!" Paige yelled.

A stream of blue and white light came down being replaced by a dark brunette woman. "Yes, Paige?" Prue asked, a little irritated.

"Do you have any idea what is going on with the girls?"

"The Elders and Leo informed me by about their attack. They were wondering why I didn't help." She looked at Paige with concern. "I didn't hear their call nor felt them in trouble, which is concerning. I was on my way to check on them until you called."

"What did the Elders say?"

"They never heard of them. Your typical Elder knowledge. Is this what you called me about?"

"No Prue, we want to talk about something else." Piper pitched in, hoping she would tell Paige if she were in the room.

Prue looked over at Piper hearing her voice and saw Phoebe was in the room as well. "What is going on? Am I missing something? What else do you want to know?" She asked, looking back at Paige.

"Phoenix's assignment."

"What assignment? You mean she is doing her homework before it is due?"

"You don't know her assignment on Nicolas Flamel?" Piper asked.

Prue looked over at her, shaking her head. "No, but I believe he was an alchemist during the middle ages."

"Paige, maybe she doesn't know."

"Know what?"

"Why Leo and Coop are acting weird towards the girls."

"I don't know. The twins haven't called me for a while."

"Well, let's call Sam then."

"Sam?"

"Oh yeah, well he was here a couple of days ago, and he is also acting strange."

"Right… okay, why not call Leo?"

"Because I can guilt trip Sam, SAM!"

A knock came at the door of the twin's bedroom. "Come in!" the two shouted, knowing who it already was.

"You guys, okay?" Kaleb asked.

The girls shook their heads in response, putting their shoes on.

"Just a little shaken but not too bad." Phoenix answered.

"I wonder why Mom and them looked the way they did when I asked them about the significance of our birthday?"

"Yeah, they looked like they knew something."

"More secrets, I hate it!"

"Did any of you hear your uncle's reaction when your mom mentioned about going to Magic School?"

"Yeah, I did! What was up with that!"

"Hey guys, if they don't want to tell us anything I may have something that might, if not our birthday, then maybe the demons."

"Uncle Leo already checked the book."

"Yeah Nix…. uh, is there something you want to share with us?"

"You know me too well. I was going to show you guys, but I don't want mom and them to know. This stays in this room only."

Kaleb and Katie looked at each other in confusion, shrugged their shoulders, and said "Promise."

Phoenix went over to the closet where her trunk was, opened it up, and pulled out a black leather-bound book. She walked back to the bed and placing the book on top.

"Hermione found this in the library while researching Melinda Warren and the charmed prophecy. Hermione and I have looked through it and it is almost an exact replica of the BOS with lots of differences too. We have had little time to look through it completely."

Katie and Kaleb looked at the book as if it was going to jump at them. The book no longer was dusty but still had its old battered look.

"It has the triquetra symbol on it." Katie said, looking at the book's spine. "Do you think the answers to both questions are in here?"

"Why not? We can't go into the attic right now because mom and the aunts are up there. So, we can't research about our birthdays. Uncle Leo said the demons were not in the book. This may have our answers." Phoenix finished as she pointed at the black book.

"Why was it at Hogwarts?" Kaleb asked.

"I don't know."

"Someone had to have put it there."

"But who?"

"If it has your family's crest on it, then maybe someone from your family put it there?"

"That is a possibility. While being sorted, the hat said I have come from an ancient line."

"Well Nix, you don't need a hat to tell you that."

"I know. But let's worry about where the book came from and look for information on those demons and our birthday."