Piper and Leo had decided that Chris and Wyatt would be fine to go and vanquish Cole by themselves and they wanted to talk anyway without the boys being there so Chris and Wyatt orbed out, leaving Piper and Leo alone.
They began discussing what they could do to make Chris trust Leo more and making sure there was no way the past would repeat itself. The topic soon turned to how the boys were getting on though and whether, even after this, the boys would want to keep using magic and vanquishing other evil.
Leo suddenly came up with an idea, but Piper was unsure.
"What if it's like before? I don't want that to happen again. The boys need you here. That is even if they let you!"
"I know. Being a whitelighter again isn't so bad though. It means I can make sure the boys are fine, help other people and there is an extra person to heal you when needed."
Piper sighed. Leo was right. It did make sense. She nodded and Leo took that as a sign that she agreed.
Leo called out to the Elders in a hope that, as they had been using magic, the Elders were watching them. Sure enough they had been and Leo disappeared in a swirl of lights.
Piper watched him disappear before making a move. Slowly she made her way up the stairs. She then walked along the hallway to the end and looked up. She reached up, her hand shaking, and grabbed a piece of rope. She pulled it and stepped backwards as ladders came down to meet her. She took a deep breath and made her way up.
She pulled herself up at the top and looked in to the dark room. The first time in years that she had been in the attic. She turned on the light which was next to her on the wall before making her way over to a large wooden chest.
She opened the lid and it fell backwards, revealing what had been hidden for so long. The Book of Shadows. She carefully lifted it up and placed it on the floor, wiping the dust off as she did so. She then took out the stand and stood it up next to the chest, then placing the book in its rightful place on top.
She stood looking at it for a moment, memories flooding back to her. She smiled weakly and tears came to her eyes.
She opened the book, her eyes scanning the first page. It seemed so long ago when she, Prue and Phoebe had first become witches. The Charmed Ones. Then later Paige had joined and kept the Power of Three alive.
She missed her sisters and before she realised it she was flicking through the pages, only stopping when she came to a certain spell. She turned back to the chest again, this time taking out some candles and placing them in a circle in the middle of the room before lighting them all.
She looked back at the book and began reading out a spell.
"Hear these words, hear my cry, Spirit from the other side. Come to me, I summon thee. Cross now the great divide."
Lights appeared and in the circle were three people.
"Prue…Phoebe…Paige," Piper said, looking at each one in turn.
"You better believe it," Phoebe laughed.
"Long time no see," Prue smiled.
"Yeah, it's great to see you again Piper," Paige added.
Piper couldn't believe the spell had worked and to see all her sisters again was amazing. They all stood perfectly still, no one sure of exactly what to say.
A minute later light was seen and Leo appeared.
"They made an exception – I'm a whitelighter," Leo told Piper. The he noticed where he was. "Why are we in the attic?" He looked towards where Piper was looking and noticed the three sisters.
"Hey Leo," they all said.
"Um…hi," Leo replied, surprised to see them and even more surprised to see all three of them together.
"Anyway Piper," Prue started "I promised I'd meet Andy so I'd better go."
"Yeah and I have a date," Paige grinned.
"A date?" Piper said in disbelief.
"Just because I'm dead doesn't mean I can't have a life…if you get what I mean," she remarked. Piper laughed.
"I see. What about you Phoebe?"
"I have a few more minutes to spare for my sister."
Prue and Paige waved bye before disppearing in lights.
"So where are my nephews?" Phoebe asked.
"That is a good question. I thought they'd be back by now. Leo can you sense them?"
Leo shook his head. "Maybe they are in the Underworld."
"Do you think they are ok? Do you think they vanquished him?"
"I'm sure they are fine and we'll just have to wait and see what has took them so long," Leo replied, wondering himself if his sons were ok.
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I'm sorry that this is a fairly short chapter – next one will hopefully be longer.
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Thanks for the review! There is a bad guy – that would be Cole for now.
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