A/N: Guess who's back! Narcolepsy can go jump in a ditch! Yes, I'm getting back to all my stories and doing editing overhauls on all. They will still be mostly the same so you don't have to go and read everything again unless you want to. I'll shut up now and not to mention I own nothing.

Chapter 6

Bella's pov:

I woke up in that moment where everything is right in the world… until you realize you're still in the world, that is. All the events of late come crashing back at once. E-Edw he left me, I'm adopted, I have powers, I'm the daughter of a powerful witch who had just been murdered, Victoria is after me, and Jasper is back playing bodyguard. I don't even know where to begin in this mess.

The decision, however, is taken out of my hands by a knock on my door. Charlie takes a step in and asks, "How you doing, Bells?"

Now I know none of this is Charlie's fault but that was the straw that broke the camel's back. "Why didn't you tell me I was adopted," I snap out. Okay, I definitely could have said that better. Especially, by the way, Charlie's face goes pale with shock.

"What did you just say?"

"Dad, I know I'm adopted. I just want to know why you never told me," I say trying to go for a gentler tone.

Charlie takes a deep breath and starts, "We just didn't know what to tell you, Bells. You just appeared at our door with a note that had your name on it saying your mother couldn't keep you. Then Renee was going on about you being a gift from the angels because she saw these white lights leaving when she found you."

"Well, she got that part right," I mutter sarcastically under my breath.

"I tried every avenue I could think of to find your parents, so they would know you're okay, but I came up empty. We both thought it would never come up, but I want to know how you found out?"

I should have thought this through before talking to him. I can't just say my aunt summoned me to her house magically and dropped the bomb. Wait! Jasper, I hope you're hearing this. "Jasper, E-Ed-Edward's brother called me last night. A family he used to know before joining the Cullens called hoping to get in contact with Carlisle for help finding someone. All they could give him was a name and a birthday. My name and birthday. That's when Jasper put it together because I apparently share similarities with the family. I didn't believe him until you confirmed it."

"Why were they looking after all this time?"

"My birth mother passed away. They felt I should know…" I trailed off and stayed silent. I don't know what I should be feeling about Prue being dead. I don't even know how she died. I am upset that I'll never get the chance to know her in person, but at least I have Piper and Pheobe.

"Oh, I'm so sorry, Bella. You still have Renee and me," Charlie said as he came and gave me a side hug. "Maybe they can tell you about her if you want to know."

"There is going to be a funeral soon. It's in San Francisco. Would you be okay with me going? It was my two aunts who called Jasper. Piper and Pheobe Halliwell. My mom's name was Prue. Jasper said he would come with me if I did go."

Charlie moves from my side and heads toward the door, "Give me a chance to call one of your aunts to get some information, but I'll make sure you get squared away. It's good of Jasper to go with you, so you won't be alone. Take some time today and relax. I'll call the school so you won't have to go in today. I'm heading out for work just call if you need me, okay?"

"Ya, dad, and thanks."

A small smile quirks from his face, "Anytime, Bells. Anytime." Then Charlie shuffles out of the room.

I get up and go about my morning routine; shower, change, and eat. It's as I'm finished eating that there is a knock on the front door. I open the door to find Jasper and Charlotte. "Hey, Bella. I figured you might have some questions. I have Peter running a perimeter. Between Char and me we can probably answer most of them and good cover with Charlie."

"Actually I was wondering can we go back to the manor? That way we can all talk." I state knowing I want everyone on the same page before Charlie gets more involved than he already is.

"It's alright with me, but you need to be the one to call for Leo and I'll text Peter."

Leo came at my call and after a brief explanation orbed us into the attic at the manor. Leo leads us downstairs to a sunroom as we come in Piper a Pheobe rise from a couch. "Bella, what's going on? We weren't expecting you to come back so soon," Piper starts.

"I figured if we're all together we can figure out everything that's going on and what needs to happen," I point to Jasper, Peter, and Charlotte. "Pheobe you haven't met Peter and Charlotte yet and to the both of you this is Jasper. Jasper, Peter, Charlotte this is Piper and Pheobe Halliwell."

We all sat down and I started at the beginning. Meeting Edward, the van, his attitude, and the baseball game leading up to the ballet studio. Piper jumps at the mention of my bite and how it scarred. "Let me see it," She takes my wrist running her fingers over the jagged edges. "It's cold to the touch. Leo, can you do something about this?" Leo comes over and takes my wrist from Piper and holds his hand over the scar. A white light comes from his hand and when he removes it the scar is gone.

"If you would have turned I wouldn't be able to do anything but since it has a small amount of dormant venom it's relatively easy to heal away," Leo says to me with a kind smile.

Piper takes my hand back confirming the scar is gone and says a simple, "Continue." From there it was talk about summer and then my birthday. Piper and Pheobe gave Jasper nasty looks at the mention of the accident.

"It wasn't Jasper's fault. It was everyone else. The only person who could possibly be blameless is Carlisle. Jasper is an empath. Could you imagine being blasted with hunger from 5 different sources and one of them just happens to be craving more than the others on top of your own? I don't think anyone could have resisted that. Not to mention he didn't even fight them trying to pull him out," I say passionately.

Everyone got really quiet and Jasper is looking at me with a sense of awe. "I never would have thought of that. I'm still sorry, but thank you for being the observant and kind-natured woman you are." I just give him a smile and nod then continue on about the next day which got both sisters and Jasper up and going.

"He said what to you darlin'," Jasper growls.

"Piper, blow him up," Phoebe states.

"I could try if not we have plenty of options for potions," Piper replies.

"Major and angry Charmed Ones! Now, I want to show the prissy boy a thing or two about how to treat a lady as well, but this conversation needs to move forward because we have a lot on our plate right now," Peter says with his hands up in surrender and the three angry ones deflate slightly. "Bella, please finish."

After that little display, I round my story off with my little out-of-body experience which Piper informs me is Astral Projection a power that my mom had. I find it funny how I think of Prue as my mom, but Charlie and Renee were always just that. Charlie and Renee. Maybe it was just a subconscious thing. "A little while after I got back home is when I showed up here," I tell them.

Leo then takes over and gives a run down about my birth and why I couldn't stay. Phoebe mentioned my father, another cop go-figure, Andrew Trudeau, and how he died to protect the sister from exposure. "So both of my birth parents are dead?" I whisper.

Pheobe comes and sits next to me with one arm around my shoulders. "I am so sorry, sweety. Prue was our sister and we knew Andy our whole lives. We will be here for you and tell you everything when you feel you're ready."

"Thanks, Phoebe. Or should I say, Aunt Pheobe?" I ask with what I'm sure is a confused look on my face.

"Whichever makes you feel comfortable," Phoebe replies and Piper nods in an understanding it's the same on her side. The conversation soon ends with what happened to my mom. Murdered by the Source of All Evil's personal assassin and there for breaking the Power of Three.

Peter sighs drawing everyone's attention, "My gift in my vampire life is very reliable, but it doesn't always give the needed information. Always just enough to get me there on my own to help where I need to. Jasper found out that Shax is still hunting. He is not hunting for Bella and he's not hunting you two, but he's not done with the main Halliwell line. Shax is hunting another Halliwell, but that's all I got aside from you two," He says pointing at Pheobe and Piper, "need to contact your grandmother."