Piper watched in stunned silence as Chris pulled the plates out and started gathering the cutlery. Eventually she was taken out of her silent musings when her baby walked past her, brushing her side a bit.

By the time Chris came back in for cups Piper had the food out of the oven and was moving towards the dining room with it.

Chris set the table and then walked to the living room where he could sense Mr. Leo. As soon as he walked into the room Mr. Leo turned to face him, smiling. Why was Mr. Leo smiling? Didn't matter.

Assuming his typical position Chris spoke clearly, "Supper's ready"

Leo had been happy to see his son enter but it hurt when he was forced to look at Chris' bowed head rather than the boy's face. Still, Chris had said something and it was only polite to reply. "Thanks buddy, I'll be right in."

Chris nodded his head in acceptance and went back to the safety of the kitchen as fast as he could.

Piper put the last piece of food on the table and sat down next to Leo, waiting for her son. Chris had only grabbed two place settings so Piper assumed that the boy was merely in the kitchen grabbing a third.

"You have to turn him back" Leo stated breaking Piper out of her silent musings.

Piper shook her head, "No, he's doing well like this."

"Do you really believe that?"

"He's not fighting being in the house"

"He's not happy"

"He wasn't happy before either" Piper snapped.

Leo sighed, "Piper. This can't continue. Chris is nervous, scared, and acting as though he's a servant rather than a member of the family."

"I wouldn't say…" Piper tried. It didn't work, no matter how she tried to swing it in her mind. Eventually she sighed and slumped back in her seat, "He's not leaving. He's here and safe and I can't take him being out of my sight right now."

Leo nodded; he'd figured that was part of it. "He does leave though. He goes to the underworld and vanquishes demons. I'd prefer he be twenty not five if that's what he's going to be doing"

"I'd prefer that he not go to the underworld at all" Piper hissed.

"I can take away his orbing" Leo offered. It wasn't ideal but he could do it.

"If you can do that then why didn't you before?" Piper demanded.

"Because if he were to be attacked he could be vulnerable."

Piper scoffed, "He has five other powers already, I doubt that he'd be vulnerable"

"Five other powers?" Leo asked in shock. "You mean at twenty?"

"No, I mean at five"

"Wow, that's powerful"

"Yeah. And he apologized for it" Piper shook her head, recalling that conversation, "He said it was too many"

"How is that too many? Can he not control them?"

"No, it's too many because he has more than his sister or cousins"

Leo's head snapped up, "Sister?"

"Yeah. Sister." Piper nodded.

"Wow" Leo sat back in his chair taking in the fact that he'd have a daughter.

"Apparently he and Wyatt are the only boys" Piper said.

"And they're the most powerful" Leo stated.

"Yeah," Piper narrowed her eyes, "Apparently it's the 'age of boys'"

"I wondered about that" Leo admitted.

"Care to explain?"

It was stated as a question but it was a demand. Leo was smart enough to know that. "I'll explain once Chris is twenty again."

Piper sighed but admitted defeat. "He's so much more open at five though" she tried one last time.

"He's a slave at five"

Leo hated himself for saying it but it was the truth and there was no getting around that.

"Fine. I'll change him back." Piper agreed, "But I have a few stipulations."

"Which are?"

"You take away his ability to orb. I won't have my son down in the underworld at all hours."

Leo nodded his acceptance. "What else?"

"Chris moves into the manor."

"I already collected his things from P3 while you two were cooking and placed them in the spare room."

"No, the nursery"

"He's twenty Piper."

"There's a monitor in the nursery Leo" Piper argued.

"Again he's twenty. We don't need to keep a monitor in his room."

"That boy is a master at sneaking around I want some way to even the playing field."

Leo opened his mouth to argue but Piper cut him off, "This is not up for debate Leo. Either he moves into the nursery or he stays five."

"Fine" Leo sighed, "He can sleep on the day bed in the nursery but you're the one whose going to tell him."

"Agreed."

"Any other conditions?"

"Not at the moment" Piper said, "But I retain the right to add to my list at a later date"

Leo gave in knowing that Piper would add conditions later regardless of what he said. "Turn him back now"

Piper sat there thinking over a spell that would accomplish turning Chris back to a twenty year old while Leo went to the kitchen to collect the boy.

Chris was nervous as he walked into the dining room behind Mr. Leo. Had he done something wrong? Was Mr. Leo going to punish him in front of his mother? Was it a punishment for something he'd done or something his mother had done? Chris desperately wished he knew the answer.

Not being able to help himself Chris stole a glance up at his mother. She didn't look happy; she looked nervous. Maybe this was a punishment for something she did. Mr. Leo did that sometimes. Punished him in front of his mother to get her to agree to something. It usually worked. His mother always caved after one or two hits if it even got to that point. The woman was too soft sometimes.

Leo hated himself for what he was about to do but knew it was the only way. He nodded his head to Piper before lifting his hand.

Piper swallowed and smiled at Chris before starting the spell. "From a mother's fear a mistake was made. Return a twenty year son with eyes of jade."

Lights surrounded the five year old before quickly fading. The instant the lights faded Leo pulled the ability to orb from his youngest.

"What the hell is going on!"