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The Manor
Piper Halliwell was no idiot it was already 19:12 and Chris nor Bianca hadn't shown up yet although they still had time to orb Piper was getting nerves; two hours ago Leo orbed in to "check" on something, he had offered some explanation which included a backfiring spell and some students of his then Paige called to check if Piper was sure about the whole dinner thing then suddenly changed the subject and started to rant about a student and a T-Rex? Yup something was definitely up and Piper didn't like it one bit
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Chicago
"Are you sure? We don't have to do it now…" spoke Chris for the hundredth time
"Chris I am sure I am four months pregnant and if we don't tell them now then when? When they come to visit an a baby runs up to them yelling grandpa and grandma?" snapped Bianca for the hundredth time tonight as Chris sighed
"Hey you already told your dad! I mean he took it alright didn't he?"
"He fainted" countered Chris as Bianca rolled her eyes
"Ok the fainting aside he was good about it wasn't he?" she pointed out
"Well yeah but you can't compare dad to mom it's like comparing water and fire"
"Oh please what's the worst thing that could happen?" said Bianca as she placed her arms around his neck her belly making a small obstacle
"Well she could try to blow us up but you're protected by the baby's force field unlike me" Chris muttered as he placed his arms around Bianca
"See I'll be fine you on the other hand are toast" she teased
"Funny really funny" he replied as a swirl of bright blue orbs surrounded them and they disappeared
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The Manor
"So how have you been Piper?" asked Jason as he sat down
The table in the dining room had been magically expended so that the whole family could fit
"Quite good actually and you Jason, Phoebe told me that you took over another TV station in France"
"Yeah we are still working at it need help with those?" he asked as Piper entered the room carrying several plates
"No thanks it would be a lot faster if I do it" answered Piper
Although the power of molecular immobilization and acceleration were quite handy and useful in a demon fight Piper preferred her third power: supper speed at first no one had any idea where that power came from since their powers were only meant to grow but as it turned out all of Piper's power were related with the manipulation of speed hence forth that power, with a blur she speeded across the dining room putting plates and silverware at their rightful places
"Now that was fast" said Jason with awe
"Personal gain" admonished Phoebe as she entered the room just to witness her sister's power display
"Since when are you such a worry wart? And was it not you and your power of cryokinesis that kept the wine cold?" countered Piper as she shot her younger sister a glare
"Piper have you seen Chris or Bianca?" asked Leo as he entered the room
"No not until a minute ago when you asked me" answered Piper as she redirected her glare at Leo "Alright spill it what's going on" she added before Leo had time to think of reason to leave the room
"Nothing why do you think that something is going on?" he asked while giving her his best I-don't-know-what-you-are-talking-about look Piper simply glared at him some more before she left the room
"Okay she's out what's going on?" said Phoebe as soon Piper was out of hearing range
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"Rose red? That's soo not your color" commented Lily
Lillian P. Dean or Lily as everyone called her was Phoebe's and Jason's second daughter and only a year younger then Melinda (in whose room Lily currently was), the age difference wasn't big but you couldn't find two members of the Halliwell house hold that were more apart then the two cousins
"Do tell" replied Melinda sarcastically
The blame for that could have been laid at Lily since Jason did gain a large fortune luckily Phoebe and Jason did remained pretty much themselves, Lily on the other hand developed a snobby attitude towards pretty much everybody else, much to her parents disdain
"Well I didn't know what you were thinking and the blue shirt it completely clashes with your hair color…" luckily for Lily it was exact that moment that Chris decided to poke his head inside
"Hi Lily" he greeted his cousin "Can you help me with something here Mel?" he quickly asked Mel while giving her a look
Ever since they came back from their trip Chris and Bianca had kept Mel informed about the progress the baby was making while Mel kept her word and hadn't told anything to any living soul (or dead one for that matter)
As Mel left her room leaving an insulted Lily behind (who was not used to be left alone when she was inspecting make up or clothes) she went to the bathroom following Chris there she found Bianca looking a bit pale
"Hey is everything alright?" she asked as she knelled down to Bianca who was breathing hard
"She's just a little tired we practically orbed across the globe", explained Chris
"Orbed across the…what's wrong with you!" snapped Mel as she punched Chris shoulder
"Hey it wasn't my fault", he explained as he rubbed his shoulder "The baby kept tapping into my orbing power and changing the course in mid flight we visited Moscow, New York, Peru, Amsterdam hell we were even in some desert we finally managed to orb here two minutes ago"
Mel sent him a sympathetic look as Bianca stood up rubbed her stomach with her hand and quietly whispered
"Ok baby first rule: don't send your mommy and daddy across the globe anymore…well at least until you are thirty and giving us an anniversary present"
The trio giggled as suddenly blue orbs appeared and formed into Leo
"Thank god you're here! It's a quarter till eight if you would have taken any longer you're mother would have…" he trailed of suddenly as he noticed Melinda standing next to Chris
"You knew!" he said rather loudly while glaring at his daughter
"Knew what?" she asked innocently
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The underworld
Once again several candles illuminated the cave in which a throne was seated. This unholy place was a former place of power and the former throne room of the last defeated source by the hands of the charmed ones. In the center of the room stood a small pedestal and on it the Grimoire, a book that presented the opposite to the book of shadows, of course it took the demons a decade to find it after it had been hidden by Leo Wyatt the charmed ones former whitelighter but current elder and husband to the eldest charmed one: Piper. Next to the gigantic throne stood a much smaller one and on it sat a female demon her face and skin were covered with various cloths to hide the burn marks and to repress the stench that emanated from her. The lights flickered as another demon flamed in
He had long brown hair that easily reached his shoulders his eyes were pit black and occasionally flamed on and off. Gently he walked to the female demon on the throne
"Is everything according to plan?" she asked before he could say anything
"Yes of course the Halliwells are all under one roof" he answered
"Good and the pregnant one?" she asked
"Is due in five months" he answered
The female demon squirmed in her small throne since her own defeat at the hands of the charmed ones not only her flesh started to rot but her magic as well she had trouble sometimes telling between her visions and actual happenings
"Is everything alright?" he asked gently
The female demon nodded "Yes my child…"
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The Manor
Paige Brody-Mathews just entered the dining room followed by her husband Kyle and eldest son Jamie Hunter Brody-Mathews a high school senior who everybody called Jamie although his mother preferred Hunter, behind him entered his younger twin sister Sarah and Faith both girls possessed obvious Halliwell traits which included brown hair and brown eyes and were two years younger then Jamie.
"Hey have I missed something?" she asked as she hugged Phoebe, also she looked at her surroundings the roof was still there so Piper probably still didn't have a clue about her promotion from mom to grandma
Phoebe shook her head "Nothing important although something is going on Leo is being secretive…" began Phoebe as Kate, Phoebe's eldest hugged the twins and Jamie sat down at the table his left eye being completely blue
"What happened to Jamie? Demon attack?" asked a concerned Phoebe
"Nope, school fight" answered Paige with a roll of her eyes
"So how are things at the FBI?" asked Jason as he shook hands with Kyle
"Good actually I've finally got rid off all of those magical cases that went flying my way you know…"
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San Francisco, Memorial Hospital
Ann padded with her foot once more her shift had ended and she was waiting for her husband to arrive once again she checked if the coast was clear and called
"Wyatt"
For a second nothing happened then in a swirl of bright blue orbs Wyatt Halliwell finally arrived
"What took you so long? I've been calling you for fifteen…is everything alright?" she asked as she took in Wyatt's appearance
"No not really had to drop of a drunken colleague of mine home he got suspended by the new chief" he explained
"Ouch how many did he suspend?" she asked
"All in all seven of us me included" he answered while he looked at the ground
"Oh honey I'm sorry" she said as she hugged him "I know how important this job was for you what happened?" she asked
"You know how some of my cases were magic related?" she nodded "Well I think that the new chief put two and two together and actually managed to get four" he continued as Ann eyes went wide
"He knows?" she asked horrified
"Probably not but he definitely suspects something" he said as Ann sighed
"Ann lets just go home and don't tell anyone about this I don't want to spoil the occasion we can tell them tomorrow"
"Okay" answered Ann as they were engulfed by a swirl of bright blue orbs and vanished
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The Manor
The whole family was seated well at least the Brody-Mathews and Dean's sat at the table Wyatt and Ann had appeared a couple of seconds before and now sat at the table as well all waiting as an uncomfortable silence filled the room
"So Jamie what happened to your eye?" asked Lily bluntly as Phoebe almost chocked on the wine she was drinking
"Lily!" hissed Jason
"What it was just a question" she defended herself
"Nothing special I just had a disagreement with some guy in school" he answered
"Disagreement? You broke his nose!" snapped Paige still quite angry at her oldest
"He deserved it" countered Jamie
"Yeah right…" started Paige
"Mom could we have a quick word with you?" came suddenly Melinda's voice from the door interrupting the coming argument
Piper raised her eyebrow and gave Melinda a I-so-knew-that-this-was-going-to-backfire look as she stood up and followed her daughter out of the room
"I put ten bucks that Chris dragged a demon home" said Lily as her sister Kate looked as if a dog pissed at her shoes while Phoebe seemed ready to choke her youngest
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Piper followed Mel to the sunroom were she found her husband, Chris and Bianca waiting for her. Both Chris and Leo were standing not good, Bianca on the other hand was sitting and covering her stomach with a pillow well better said she was holding the pillow
"So how powerful is he and what can he do?" she asked before either of her family could say anything
"Huh?" asked Leo "Oh no there is no demon" he assured his wife
"Then what?" she asked "Is it bad news?" she asked again as everyone looked at each other
"Well its news but certainly not bad news" began Mel before Leo could stop her
"Why am I having a déjà vu here" asked Piper "oh yeah right this feels just like the time when Phoebe and Paige told me I was pregnant with Chris…"
"Well if it makes you happier you're not pregnant this time" blundered Mel as
Chris sent her a glare
"Melinda!" screeched Piper horrified at the thought of her little girl being pregnant
"What?" asked Mel completely thrown out of the loop by not following her mother's train of thought
"Mom Melinda isn't pregnant I am" exclaimed Chris suddenly as everybody braced themselves for the explosion
Piper first thought was "Oh boy if Chris thinks that he is pregnant then we really screwed up the birds and the bee's talk with him" then suddenly she remembered Bianca almost faintly she turned around to look at her sons girlfriend
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"What's wrong with you? You can't make that kind of jokes with new source running around" admonished Phoebe
"New source? What source?" asked Jason as everybody turned to look at him
"You didn't tell them?" asked an astonished Paige
"Of course I did, did I?" she asked as she turned towards her girls
"Yes mom you did but dad was in Tokyo that week remember?" spoke Kate
FLASHBACK
Piper, Chris, Ann, Wyatt and Mel were waiting for Leo to come back from 'up there' with news about yesterday or better said this mornings events Bianca had shimmered back to her and Chris's apartment at Chicago to check on things there the silence was broken by the sounds of orbs as everybody turned they saw Leo standing
"So how was it?" asked Piper immediately
"Well you should better sit down", said Leo as everybody looked at him waiting for an explanation
"Well first the other elders seem to have also regained their memories…" Leo began as soon as everyone was sitting "…but Manah assured me that what ever happened will remain in the past" he said quickly as he saw Piper getting ready to blast something, " however this mornings incident has only confirmed our suspicions"
"What suspicions?" asked Ann before Piper could
"Well recently we've were able to detect major energy shifts in the underworld…"
"Yeah but that's nothing unusual I mean there's a energy shift there every two or three days" interrupted Mel
"Yeah what's so special about it this time?" asked Wyatt
"Well I would get to that if you would actually let me finish" Leo snapped with the same look on his face as if he was scolding a five year old
Piper only suppressed a giggle as she remembered how their children even managed to get her pacifist husband into rage; a craft they perfected over the years
"Sorry" muttered both Mel and Wyatt
"Well this time it seemed rather organized and the attack this morning only proved it we think that there is a new source"
"A new source!" Piper suddenly jumped straight up " What do you mean with a new source! There hasn't been a new source since Cole"
"I know Piper but we checked it all fits, I also checked on the Grimoire its missing" confessed Leo as Piper sank back into her seat
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Phoebe's explanation was suddenly cut short by a screeching sound, which everybody recognized as Piper's voice was heard coming from the sunroom of the Manor
"PREAGNANT!"
TBC
A/N: Well first remember the avatars? Well they didn't kill Kyle he was revived with everybody else after Utopia was undone, the next update will be sometime next Sunday or Saturday