A/N: The reason why Penny doesn't know who Paige really is and Leo doesn't know who Paige really is is because the Elders only know and kept her a secret from everyone else. They didn't want people knowing about the affair and think it was okay, which is also why Paige doesn't have any witch abilities at the moment. Anyway, I hope you enjoy this next chapter! It's shorter, but there should be another coming up shortly!


"So you're saying the same demon was killing a woman," Piper said slowly trying to comprehend what her baby sister was saying.

"Yeah, but there was a whole group of him."

Prue bit her lip and furrowed her eyes in concentration. "Maybe it's a cult or something. Grams, didn't you say that some demons do have cults like the Brotherhood?"

Penny nodded her head. "Well, yes, but they're usually way upper level demons. I'm talking demons who serve The Source, Prue." She looked at all three of her little witches and couldn't help but think how proud Patty would be if she could see them right now. Her little witches fighting demons and taking names even if she did have a major headache right now. "I don't think a demon that could be taken down with a spell that was made up in thirty seconds by an eleven-year-old would be that high up, no offense Phoebe."

"Offense taken, Grams." She glared at the older woman.

Grams rolled her eyes and smiled. "Oh darling, you and I both know you are the best at spells in this family." Phoebe smiled widely at her grandmother's compliment. "But, a demon like The Source or people who are assassins for The Source will need more than a thirty second rhyme to vanquish them. Power of Three or not, that demon might've been upper level, but not cult upper level."

Paige piped in looking around at the group. "What if that was an illusion?" All four people looked at her with a bit of surprise. "I mean, don't demons have that kind of power. What if it's like a duplicate?"

"Oh Paige, we'll make a witch out of you yet," Grams exclaimed embracing the girl. Paige smiled awkwardly because she still had her whole past to explain really and her heritage. What would the Halliwells think about her after that?

"So, it's a demon who can duplicate himself? That's not in the Book, though. Grams?"

"Well, just because it isn't in the book, doesn't mean it couldn't be true." Grams shrugged her shoulders. "The Book doesn't have all the answers, girls."

"So he must have recently gained that power," Piper jumped in swallowing at the thought of how he gained the power. She hugged her legs lightly to her chest out of nervousness.

"Well, in the Book it says he's an upper level demon named Atris. He has telekinesis, obviously, energy balls, shimmering, conjuring, and fireballs, and now duplication it seems." She hummed for a second thinking. "If he had all this, why didn't he use it? He only used his telekinesis, and, no matter how good your spells are Phoebs, this guy shouldn't have been able to be vanquished by a simple spell."

"Why was he after us, anyway," Phoebe asked looking between her two sisters and glancing slightly at Paige because this really didn't involve her.

Piper rolled her eyes. "Probably for the Charmed power," she replied dripping with sarcasm. "Demons are so original." Prue stayed quiet while Phoebe and Piper discussed before Piper noticed their sister's silence. "What's rattling in that head of yours?"

"It just, doesn't make sense. All of it doesn't make sense. He should've put up more of a fight." She scrunched her upper-brow and shook her head. "Maybe I'm thinking too far into this."

Before any sister could say anything, the doorbell rang. Each girl look from one another and shook their heads. Now they were just being ridiculous. All three of them went downstairs, refusing to leave their Grams alone. She might be more experienced, but they weren't having another episode like before.

As they came down the stairs, all three noticed someone at the door. Each sister took one glance at each other before fully coming down. There stood blonde man who seemed really familiar to all three of the sisters. "Girls, come down here. Meet the handyman I have hired." She gave Leo a wary glance, not liking the circumstances this was under. "Meet Leo Wyatt."

Prue pushed Piper who pushed Phoebe who pushed Paige to go down the stairs behind each other. Prue earned a glare from Phoebe before she made her way down. Piper looked at the man and felt an eerily familiar presence from him. She knew him somehow. "Have you ever been on TV," she asked randomly, getting a weird look from her sisters.

Leo let out a small laugh and rubbed the back of his neck. "No, not that I know of."

Piper shook her head and furrowed her eyebrows. Prue kind of caught on and felt she knew him too. She looked at Piper and nodded as if to confirm that they knew this man. "Have we met you before? You just seem really familiar to us."

Once more, Leo shook his head and laughed nervously. He should've known they might remember him. The Elders should've prepared for this. "No, I'm just here to fix some of the house. That's all."

Piper pursed her lips not buying it, but let it go. Maybe she was just caught up in the events of the day. "Well, it's nice to meet you," she finished, putting out her hand. He took it and shook it throwing her a kind smile. "This is Prue, and this is Phoebe. I'm Piper. Oh, and this is Paige," Piper finished remembering the fourth girl in the room.

"Nice to meet you all," he replied, although, his eyebrows shot up at the mention of the fourth girl. "Miss Halliwell here told me there were only three granddaughters," he said glancing over at Penny wondering who the fourth one was.

"That's because I'm not a Halliwell," Paige replied. "I'm Paige Mathews. We're all just friends from school." Leo nodded his head in response, but Paige got a weird vibe off of him. Something just wasn't right about him, but she wasn't going to question it further.

All three sisters nodded, while Phoebe looked the man up and down. She might be eleven, but she wasn't blind. "Would you like me to show you around the house, Leo?"

Penny gave her granddaughter a disapproving look. "No, dear, I can do that. Why don't you guys go upstairs for a bit and do some of that research you were talking to me about, hm?"

All three reluctantly nodded and headed upstairs. The last thing that anyone from downstairs could hear was Phoebe saying something along the lines of 'what? He's cute.' Penny simply rolled her eyes at her love sick teenager. She was going to be the death of her.

"Come into the kitchen, unless you want the girls eavesdropping. "

Leo nodded and followed Penny a little worried how this may go. "Look, I don't like these circumstance either. If it were my choice, I would've helped raise them. You know that." He threw Penny a desperate look and shook his head.

She held up her hand as if to stop him. "Now, Leo, I know how those Elders can be, but they weren't supposed to send you until the girls were older. I can protect them." She crossed her arms, feeling her anger boil over. She couldn't stand those Elders sometimes. They thought they were all high and might, and they thought they could mess with her granddaughters' lives.

Leo nodded his head in agreement. "I thought so too, but, with today's events, they pushed it forward. I had nothing to do with this. I even told them that it wasn't the right time."

Penny sighed. She couldn't blame Leo. He was one of the best whitelighters around. "I'm sure you did what you could, Leo, and I do appreciate that. I just wish you were back under better circumstances. What are the girls going to think after a few years when you haven't aged? Don't They think that will be a problem?"

Throwing his hands up in defense, Leo shrugged. "Well, I brought that up too. Apparently, I'm only helping out with this one task. Then, I'll be out of your hair."

"Well, I'll have to talk to Them about this. Until then, fix what you think needs to be fixed." She waved her hands around the room and left. She couldn't deal with all this right now.

TBC…