Leo sighed as he sat down next to his wife. He had suspected this might happen when Wyatt was born but he'd hoped it had all been a myth. So much for hope. "The age of boys is just what it sounds like"
"That doesn't even make any sense" Piper snapped.
"It was rumored that in every generation of Warren witches that the gender of the first born would dictate the stronger gender."
"I don't remember hearing anything about that"
"Well it was always just a rumor among the earlier generations. The elders and whitelighter's have heard it but there's never been any proof" Leo said.
"How could there never be any proof?" Piper asked confused.
Leo chuckled, "Because there's never been a male born to a warren witch before Wyatt"
"Seriously?" Piper asked in shock, "How could there never have been a boy before Wyatt and what does that have to do with proving the age of boy's theory?"
"Alright, one question at a time" Leo started. "First, it has always been females in the warren line. Never once was a male born thus no one could ever test the theory. Second, It's not that the theory is all about males, it's about strength."
Leo could see the confusion in Piper's eyes so he tried to clarify, "As the oldest of your generation you are the strongest correct?"
"Yes"
"But all of your generation are female correct?"
"Yes"
"All of your sisters are also more powerful than the average witch are they not?"
"Yes" Piper answered starting to get annoyed.
"Great. Now lets say that there had been a younger brother. According to the power theory the brother would be the weakest one among you because he was a male"
"So males are the weaker gender?" Piper asked.
"No"
"Well then I don't get it Leo"
"The first born child of the generation dictates the stronger gender. Up until this point it has always been female. Every child has always been female. The theory was never able to be tested."
"Until now" Piper said starting to understand.
"Correct" Leo nodded, "In this generation the first born child was a male. Thus, in theory, the most powerful gender in this generation would be the males. You said that five year old Chris had five powers."
"Yes, he said he had levitation, combustion, freezing, cloaking, and telekinesis. Also he can orb."
"So six powers"
Piper nodded, "He also said that it was too many powers. None of the others were that powerful"
It was Leo's turn to be confused, "Others?"
"Melinda, Prudence, Patience, Patricia, Penelope and Pearle all have less powers than Chris"
"Is Melinda ours?" Leo smiled.
Piper smiled too, "Yeah, I think so."
Leo nodded before getting back on track. "When Wyatt was born I thought that it might be a test on the theory however then there were all those prophecies about the twice blessed and I thought that the theory was all a hoax."
"Until Chris" Piper concluded.
"Until Chris. It proves the theory. Every other generation has been a generation of girls however this generation is the generation of boys. But there is something I don't understand."
"What is it?" Piper asked.
"If Chris is treated so bad because it's the generation of boys then why does it sound as though Wyatt is treated as a member of the family?"
"Because Wyatt is more powerful than anybody else thus we all know better than to go against him" Piper said in realization.
"I take it Chris told you this?"
"Yes. When he said that boys were bad."
Leo sighed, "We were afraid of how powerful Wyatt was and, if Chris is right about him being evil, how dangerous Wyatt was. When another boy came along I'm willing to bet we all freaked."
"So we treated him as a servant?" Piper asked in disgust.
"We screwed up."
"We have to fix this." Piper stated.
"And we will" Leo agreed, "But right now we need to get Wyatt and get him to bed and then go to bed ourselves because I have a feeling that tomorrow were going to be in for one hell of a fight."