"What was that about?" asked Leo while looking at Piper who was furiously chopping vegetables
"She's being reckless, she could end dead if she doesn't stop looking for trouble it's not as if we don't attract enough trouble as it is with out having to worry if Melinda is going to run in with a demon she cannot defeat" it seemed that Leo's question opened a vent of frustration that Piper had been suppressing for quite a while
"Piper I know that you are worried but Mel is going have to learn how to handle her self when we are not here, like Chris and Wyatt did you know that" continued Leo
"Yes… but what was the first rule we made the boys follow when we let them go fight demons?" it seemed more like a point then a question that Piper was making
"First vanquish the demon then bicker?" answered Leo with a smirk Piper simply glared at him before continuing
"If you can't beat him orb out either to us or to your aunts"
"So this is all because Mel can't orb?" asked a slightly confused Leo
"Yes…No I mean it was easier with them then with Mel because the always had an escape route which Mel unfortunately doesn't have"
"Piper only because they can orb doesn't mean that they can always escape you know that there are a number of possibilities they orbing powers could be blocked…"
"Don't remind me" she cut him of as the sound of orbs could be heard from the dining room
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Wyatt had just entered the bathroom as two hands wrapped themselves around him from behind hugging him
"Ann that you?" he asked jokingly
"Of course it's me or do you have another wife hidden of somewhere?" retorted Ann sounding equally playful as Wyatt turned around looked in his wives blue eyes and kissed her passionately
"So how been my parents treating you?" he asked as they parted
"They known me since we were 14" she answered as Wyatt washed his hands " And your mom helped me with our stuff while we moved in"
"Mom did that? Were was dad?"
"He was "up there" in some meting thingy"
"Oh… so did you reach your parents?" he asked a bit tensely knowing that his wife knowing that she had a bad relationship with her parents
"Got my dads secretary said that they are in Paris, somewhere in some meeting and that she doesn't know were to reach my mom"
"You okay" he asked a bit concerned
"Yeah nothing new you know that…"
"Wy, dad, mom anyone here?" Ann was cut off by Chris voice coming down stairs
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As Piper entered the dining room she saw Mel hugging Bianca while an overprotective Leo was hugging Chris. Piper smiled remembering how a devoted father Leo had become and especially to Chris.
"Hey little bro" Wyatt's voice saved Chris from his fathers embrace as Wyatt relived his father and pulled his younger brother into a hug while messing with his hair
"Wy stop that!" protested Chris to no avail while Ann hugged Bianca
"Dinner is served" spoke Piper finally from the doorway
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1 hour later
"So how are aunt Phoebe and uncle Jason?" asked Chris as he went with his hand over his full stomach
"Oh you know Jason is complaining about the fact that Kate and Lily are using to much of their magic while Phoebe is way to busy with the Bay mirror" answered Piper
"Oh yeah she became the editor in chief after Elise retired some…" spoke Chris while trying to remember when Elise had actually retired
"Two weeks ago" added Mel with a grim while sitting opposite of Chris
"Anyway have you guys had any trouble moving back in?" asked Leo interrupting the coming argument before it actually began and earning himself a glare from Mel
"Moved back in?" asked a puzzled Bianca " What happened to your apartment uptown?"
"It blew up," explained Ann
"It blew up? How that happen?" now it was Chris who sounded both concerned and irritated
"Gas leak" answered Ann while rolling her eyes
"So there was no magic involved?" Chris continued sounding genuinely surprised as Piper stood up and started to pick up the dishes with Leo by her side
"Well you can't say that since the explosion was ignited by fireball that was frown by a what was it again?" Ann asked her husband
"A warlock, probably thought that I was some second rate witch, boy was he wrong", he answered with a smirk an continued "Luckily no one was hurt I vanquished him easily and then orbed the people out" he explained
"You orbed them out?"
"Don't worry used memory dust on them later, they have no clue how they got out"
"You sure?"
"Positive"
"You okay" asked Bianca while looking at Ann knowing that things like that could be traumatic for non magical people
"Yeah things like this might have shocked me when I was 15 or 16 but after 8 years with our twice blessed here nothing can throw me out of the loop that easily"
"8 years we've been together for that long? How did I survive them?" said Wyatt in mock shock
"The same way you are going to survive this night…on the couch," replied Ann with a smirk as Mel started to laugh and Leo and Piper returned to the table carrying the dessert
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The underworld
"Buckland you useless sack of meat your powers aren't affecting them at all, the master is going to be furious" spoke a hooded figure
"It takes time to affect witches and especially these witches," replied Rex Buckland with disgust as he stood up and brushed the dust of his pants
"You had a month to manipulate them and you can't even affect the youngest of the matriarchs children", the hooded figure snapped, "You know that the master won't be pleased and I'm not going to be here to suffer his wrath…"
"It will be done tonight they will be unsuspecting as your master wishes it" he responded
"It better be Buckland or he will put you back were he found you" snarled the figure and shimmered out leaving Rex Buckland alone in the cave
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Chris and Bianca wanted to go back to their apartment but Piper had insisted that they stay overnight in the manor and eventually both Bianca and Chris gave in and now they were lying in the guest room asleep Wyatt and Ann lay in their room (formerly Paige's). While the others were firmly asleep Chris jerked up suddenly awake Bianca sat up next to him, one second after Chris woke up, an energy ball in her hand ready to vanquish anything demonic in the room when she saw nothing she looked at Chris who was also sitting looking quite pale and disturbed
"What's wrong? Another nightmare?" she asked softly as she extinguished the energy ball in her hand
"Yeah" he sighed, "I saw dad"
"What happened was he hurt?" she asked concerned
"No he was fine, kinda, we were on some island and he was angry with me because of something" he answered as Bianca turned the lamp to her left on "He attacked me with a sword" he confessed while Bianca looked confused at him
"Your father? Leo?"
"It was just a nightmare Bi no need to worry" he answered and lay back on the bed
"I would completely agree with you if this wasn't the who knows what time you woke up in the middle of the night sweating and in shock" she spoke softly as she put her arm across Chris chest "You should tell them maybe they know something"
"Yeah right and what am I supposed to tell them?" he said while wrapping his arm around Bianca
"Well about your nightmares and what's going on in your head"
"Now there is a conversation I'm looking forward too "hey mom do you remember kicking me out of the house with the aunts and dad trying to kill me with a sword oh and pass me the butter please"" he said sarcastically while Bianca giggled
"Oh what am I going to do with you?" she asked as Chris kissed her
"Go back to sleep we are going to figure out something in the morning" he said closing his eyes Bianca looked at him for a couple of moments before she closed her eyes to and fell asleep again. An hour later a hooded female figure appeared before the steps leading towards the bedrooms of the Halliwells she turned around and then quietly began to climb the stairs suddenly she rushed upwards touching the wall briefly startled by the sound of the front door opening and seeing Melinda P. Halliwell entering the house. She wore a black coat beneath it a red skirt that barely reached her knees a white top and her favorite shoes she quietly walked towards the stairs when she noticed something peculiar on the floor
"Mud on moms carpet?" she thought while looking at the brown stains that were obviously made by boots but the person wearing must have been female judging by the size and since when did he mother go of to bed without checking the household? It could mean only one thing she quickly jumped up the stairs while touching the wall were the hooded figure had moments before and was thrown into a premonition
A hooded woman reaching towards the Book of Shadows/ a younger aunt Phoebe running down a deserted corridor only to found by demons and killed by there energy balls/ Phoebe's grave with the date 1975-2008/ The hooded woman touching the Book while the book started to glow in an attempt to protect itself / Her aunt Paige young fighting a pair of darklighters while handing her husband a newborn baby probably her firstborn her son Jamie she turned again only this time there were three darklighters they shot arrows at Paige/ Paige's grave the date 1977-2012/ The woman reading a spell from the book while the book itself gloved furiously trying to protect itself/ her mother sobbing in her bed Piper looked heartbroken / Pipers grave the date 1973-2009/ Her father in some form of a court a man sentencing him/ Leos grave 1924-2004/ A portal opening behind the woman and with that the vision ended
Furiously Mel ran up the stairs only to find the woman standing on front of the attic door Mel quickly flung her hands out sending the woman flying across the corridor, which lead to the bedrooms
"Bitch who are you and what are you doing here" she yelled at the hooded woman, while wondering where everybody was
"They will not help you and I shall rescue him" spoke the woman her voice cold with furry suddenly she flung her arms up sending a wave of flames towards Melinda who just managed to doge them in the nick of time by levitating above them
"I don't give a shit lady who you are trying to rescue nobody attacks my family and lives to tell the tale" retorted Melinda as she sent a vase flying towards her attacker unfortunately the woman sent another flame wave incinerating the vase and almost hitting Mel, when she looked up she saw not one but two identical women approaching her
"What you started breeding while I wasn't looking?" she spoke sarcastically as the two figures launched two fire balls at Melinda that she barely managed to deflect
"Hey a little help here!" she yelled one fire throwing something was enough she didn't need two it was almost as the demon knew that nobody was going to help her.
Luckily for Mel the demon was mistaken as a sleepy Chris, wearing only blue pants in which he slept in followed by an yawning Bianca in her nightgown, exited the his room
"What's all the racket", he asked as he looked from Mel towards the two demons and flicked his wrists trying to freeze them but nothing happened, they sent another flame wave but luckily Chris froze that in mid air
Now jumped Bianca into action and flung her arms towards the two demons trying to vanquish them with two energy balls but unfortunately she didn't summon two energy balls out of her hands but a stream of rose petals which were harmless. The commotion had however awoken Piper and Leo who were looking slightly confused then a third door opened revealing a half naked Wyatt only in his boxer shorts
"What took you so long?" snapped a furious Melinda as her mother flicked her wrists on one of the two demons but instead of blowing her up she only vanished
"Astral projection, shit", concluded Chris
"Hey no cursing in this house mister" scolded a distracted Piper but before either of the Halliwells could do something they all were flung backwards by the demon all except Bianca whose stomach was glowing and Wyat who protected himself and Mel with a force field
"Hey take a hike" and with that Wyatt blinked and blasted the demon only she vanished just as the one before
"Oh crap" realized Mel and quickly ran towards the attic followed by Bianca, Wyatt and Chris whom Leo had just healed and who was just busy with healing Piper who still lay unconscious on the floor
Once they reached the attic the only found a blue glowing portal but before anyone could say anything Mel ran right into it without an explanation yelling, "We got to stop her" and was followed by Chris, Bianca and Wyatt