822 "Forever Charmed"

The sisters returned to the present after dealing with Christie and the Triad.

Piper looked around. "Is everything all right? Did anything change that wasn't supposed to?"

"Nope." Wyatt proudly orbed next to his mother. "I got my powers back."

Chris asked, "Where's Billie?"

Paige shook her head. "She used her own power to get back."

"But she at least tried to help out, right?" Coop asked hopefully. "I mean, she tried to make amends?"

Phoebe nodded and said a little sadly, "Yeah." She couldn't imagine what Billie was going through right now. Billie just lost her sister.

A ball of light flashed and descended, swirling to reveal the Angel of Destiny and Leo.

Piper was by her husband's side, hugging him tight. "Okay, hang on a second," she glanced at the Angel, "you're not going to take him away again, right?"

"No, this is the way the battle was supposed to end all along. It's over. Congratulations." She smiled at them, pleased that destiny was fulfilled to everyone's satisfaction before she condensed back into light and disappeared.

"She's finally gone," a disembodied voice commented, before a familiar tall, dark and handsome face appeared in front of them. Cole smirked at all of them. "Lovely. A family reunion."

Phoebe had gone to Coop's side. "What are you doing here?"

"Well, since you were celebrating the defeat of the 'Ultimate Power', we thought we'd join in."

Paige glanced around eagerly. "'We'?" She spun around when Prue arrived with Henry in tow. "Henry." She wrapped her arms around her husband.

"Everything's good?" he asked.

"Everything is excellent." She kissed him happily.

Patty and Victor arrived behind them with toddler Wyatt and Chris. She asked, "Did we miss anything?"

Piper thought for a moment. "Well, we changed the past, fixed the future and saved the present."

"What's that?" Victor smiled, not quite following along.

"Yeah, if you haven't figured it out by now, you probably won't." Paige grinned, leaning against Henry. "Mom, this is my husband, Henry."

"It's nice to meet you, Mrs. Halliwell." Henry reached to shake her hand.

Patty smiled, mouthing to her daughter, "He's cute."

Phoebe laughed, "It doesn't matter, just as long as everything's back to the way it's supposed to be."

"It will be if you get us back," Grams pointed out. As much as she wanted to stay to learn more about the future, she knew she didn't belong in this time.

Paige's back straightened. "How are we going to get them back?"

"I can take care of that," Coop offered. "The ring will know where to take them back to… if I ever get it back." He winked at Piper.

"Ha ha," she said dryly, tossing the ring back to him.

"Just make sure you return them just before they were taken. That way they won't remember anything," Chris advised. He'd had enough experience with time travel to know it was crucial to keep the future unknown.

Prue stepped forward and took the opportunity to hug her mother. "Bye, Mom."

"Prue?" Patty said in surprise, "but Victor-"

"I couldn't miss a family gathering," she explained, kissing her mother's cheek. "Stay safe. My baby sisters still need you."

Patty took a moment to admire her grown daughter.

Wyatt clamped a hand on Cole's shoulder. "Uncle Cole, you really don't age, do you?"

Piper's eyebrow rose. "Uncle Cole?"

Prue blushed. "Well, there's probably some catching up we have to do. It has been three years since we last met."

"Yeah, how come you stayed away for so long?" Phoebe folded her arms, preparing to interrogate her.

"We've been around," Cole remarked, meaning to be reassuring. His point proven when young Chris orbed comfortably into his arms. "This young man has more power than originally intended. His father," he nodded to Leo, "was a Whitelighter in the original timeline."

"We've been keeping our eyes out," Prue hedged.

"Right, you're always around." Paige parroted. She snuck in to hug her big sis. "Still miss you."

Adult Chris let a detail slip. "I wondered why Aunt Prue wasn't around."

"Future consequences!" Piper scolded. She stepped away from Leo and hugged Prue too. "You're sticking around for a bit, right?"

Prue nodded. She laughed as everyone seemed to pile on, squishing her in a hug. Coop could take Grams and Patty back to their time whenever they needed to; and Wyatt could open a portal back to the future for him and his brother on a whim. It was wonderful to take a moment to be with her family.

She looked up, over everyone's head and smiled at her own husband, who stood patiently, enjoying the family reunion. She looked forward to spending more time with them, now that the concentration of magic in the Halliwell family grew with each addition.

Her duties as Guardian of Magic were bringing her closer to home… and she couldn't wait.

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The End