A/N: Hey guys! Glad you all enjoyed last chapter!

RandyOrtonxWifexx: Their powers would be the same, just enhanced and more cohesive.

CharmedOpal: You'll just have to read! :) I PM'ed you about the writing stuff :)

lizardmomma: Thanks! Glad you're enjoying!

Fast-furious-Fan: Wow, all 18 chapters?! I'm so glad you're enjoying!

Semper Fi Witchlighter: Haha, right? I was going to have Piper say it, but I thought it would be funnier if Katelyn did it. Yes... rhetorical... You'll find out soooooon! ;)

Okay, guys. Real quick, I apologize if this chapter is at all rushed or anything... I've been awake for... about 19 hours -_- So kind of tired, lol. But personally, I think it's my best chapter yet. Which means be afraid! Be very afraid!

Read, Enjoy, and please review!

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Phoebe stood before the Book of Shadows. She ran her hands along the pages, inhaling the old scent she had come to associate with it. She closed the book, running her hand over the Triquetra, then opened it to the very first spell.

"We have no clue if this is going to work," Piper said slowly, cautioning the four eager young witches who stood before her. "This is how it worked for Prue, Phoebe, and myself. I can only assume it will work for you girls."

Corrine stood tall, playing the part of the big sister; she kept her concern from showing on her face, and nodded along to what Piper said. Inside, her stomach was in knots and she feared for what they were about to do. It had been her idea, but now she wasn't sure, and something felt wrong.

Melinda shook her head. She had agreed with Corrine, but now she, too had her doubts. What if this was wrong? What if they were wrong and this wasn't the answer?

Katelyn jumped on the balls of her feet, eager to see if this would work, and praying it did.

Meanwhile, Rebecca stood to the side. She was still too new to the Craft to be making judgment calls.

"We're going to set crystals up," Phoebe explained. "As protection, just in case. We don't know what invoking this spell will do, so we need to be prepared."

As Phoebe spoke, Paige moved around the attic, placing the protection crystals around the perimeter of the room, forming a giant circle around them all.

"Katelyn," Piper said, looking to her niece. "Phoebe read the spell for us, so you'll read the spell for you and your cousins. When we reconstituted the Power of Three, we simply had to stand under the chandelier downstairs and hold hands. We're not sure if you girls will need to do both. We're kind of in the dark here."

The Cousins nodded in understanding, and Katelyn stepped up to the Book of Shadows.

"All you need to do is read the spell," Phoebe said gently. "Say 'we cousins four' instead of 'we sisters three.' Okay?" Her nerves were thrumming now, and she glanced at Piper and Paige, giving them a silent 'Are we still okay with this?' look. She waited for their nods, then hugged Katelyn. "Good luck."

Katelyn stepped before the Book, as Phoebe moved aside and back over to Piper and Paige. Her palms were sweaty, her hands shaky. She glanced at Corrine and Melinda for support, then turned to her newfound cousin, Rebecca, and smiled, nodding to show everything would be okay.

Katelyn took a deep breath, steadying herself. She stared at the Book of Shadows for a long time before speaking aloud the incantation that would change their lives forever:

"Hear now the words of the witches

The secrets we hid in the night

The oldest of Gods are invoked here

The great work of magic is sought

In this night and in this hour

We call upon the Ancient Power

Bring your powers to we cousins four!

We want the power

Give us the power"

At first, nothing happened. Everyone stared around the room, waiting for some sign.

"Nothing happened when I read it, either," Phoebe explained. "Not right away... Not until the next day."

Piper nodded her agreement. The movement sent the room spinning, though, and she gripped Phoebe to steady herself. "Whoa..."

"Mom?" Melinda asked, concerned.

"Just dizzy..." Piper said, trying to reassure her daughter. Though the room spun more, and she herself became less reassured

"Uhh," Paige said, blinking several times, gripping Piper just as hard as Piper was gripping her.

"Sometimes... Isn't..." Phoebe tried, frowning.

Suddenly, Piper, Phoebe, and Paige collapsed.

"Mom!" Melinda, Katelyn, and Rebecca all cried at once.

Corrine ran to her aunts and knelt beside them. She tried shaking them awake, but they wouldn't move. "Piper! Phoebe! Paige!" she yelled, shaking them harder. She felt for pulses, but had never been good at it.

"Dad!" Melinda screamed. "Dad!"

Leo orbed in almost immediately. He let out a sound somewhere between a strangled cry and a scream, and bent to heal the sister's.

In all the chaos, none of them noticed as the Triquetra on the Book of Shadows glowed.

...

"Uhm, whoa... Hey!" Piper cried, staring down at hr body.

"What the hell is going on?" Phoebe demanded, staring wide-eyed at Piper and Paige, both floating beside her, then down at their bodies.

"Is this a spell? Are we dead? We can't be dead..." Piper couldn't wrap her head around what was going on.

"Why can't they see us?" Paige demanded. "I thought witches could see ghosts..."

"Hey!" Phoebe yelled at Leo and the girls. She kicked and swung her arms, trying to stop from floating upward. "Leo! Leo!"

When the Charmed Ones were nearly to the ceiling, something struck them, like lightening, and bounced them back down. They hit the floor and, even though they were ghosts, they groaned in pain.

"What the-." Phoebe said with a wince, helping her sisters stand.

"The crystals..." Paige said with surprise. "They stopped us from moving on."

"Mom?!" Several voices screamed, just as someone else said "Piper!"

Piper, Phoebe, and Paige turned their attentions to the shocked, crying, and hysterical Leo, Corrine, Melinda, Katelyn, and Rebecca.

"What happened?" Corrine demanded, her voice cracking. "Did demons do this?"

"I don't know," Piper said, looking to Leo. "One minute we were fine, the next... dead."

"This shouldn't have happened," Leo said, grief in his eyes. "I don't understand."

"Leo, can you go to the Elders? Can they explain this? Fix this?" Phoebe demanded.

Leo nodded, preparing to orb.

"Wait, wait," Paige said, stopping him. "The crystals... They stopped us from moving on. What if they stop you from orbing? If you break the circle, we might..." She trailed off, but she didn't have to say it; they all knew what would happen.

"How do we fix this?" Corrine asked, looking from one aunt to the other.

"You can't," someone replied, their voice dripping with sadness and regret.

Shock rippled through the room, everyone falling silent. For a moment, no one moved and no one reacted. Finally, as one, they turned to face the speaker.

"You can't fix this," Prue informed them gravelly. "I'm afraid the Power of Three... is dead."