"Piper, your power's growing!" Phoebe's exclaimed as she grabbed the frozen plate of sandwiches out of the air and set it on a nearby table.

"Uh, no that wasn't me."

Phoebe looked puzzled. "But you freeze things, that's your power."

"I cast a spell to trade my power for Leo's temporarily so I could heal him. I didn't realize it would affect other people. I haven't been able to do anything so I don't know what power I got. Prue had a vision when she touched the blanket of me casting the spell."

"I get visions, that's my power. You're telling me Prue has my power?! Then who froze the plate if it wasn't you or Prue, because I sure as Hell didn't do it."

"Cordelia," Xander said, gently taking his girlfriend's arm and leading her to the couch. "Cordelia's the one who was moving her hands when the plate froze."

"But I don't have powers." She protested.

"That you know of." He said. "The girls didn't know they had power until their powers were unbound. Either your powers were bound or they were dormant. It's entirely possible the spell activated them, whatever they are."

"So right now I can freeze things, but we don't know what my actual power is suppose to be? Are you sure I have power? Maybe it was really Phoebe and she just didn't realize it."

"Oh, no it wasn't me." Phoebe insisted. "I wasn't trying to do anything, but let's find out for sure." She waved her hand and a book shot across the room. "Okay, whoever has Leo's power, heal him and reverse this because I want my power back!"

"Same here." Prue muttered. "Is a vision always burned in living color in your mind?" She asked Phoebe.

"Yes, every detail."

"That's disturbing."

"You get used it."

"I don't want to get used to it. Well, at least we don't have to worry about getting Xander's abilities." She explained to Phoebe about Xander's rewired brain and Phoebe was wide eye.

"Okay, your fear makes a lot more sense now. And someone did this to you?"

"A vengeance demon granted a wish a friend made accidentally. She had no idea it would actually happen, it was just an idea thrown out in the middle of an argument. But vengeance demons, like most demons, like to make misery. And so my life was turned upside down. Adjusting has not been easy."

"If I have actually got power of my own." Cordelia said. "Then I'm in the same boat, but that begs the question. If my powers were bound, do my parents know? And if they know, why haven't they said anything?"

"We didn't find out about our powers until after our Grams died." Prue said. "But she was trying to keep us safe from a very powerful warlock, binding our powers made that possible. Maybe your parents are trying to keep you safe from something too."

"And we've got to remember the effect what the Mayor did in Sunnydale had on people." Xander pointed out. "It's entirely possible they don't remember, but with the effect hopefully wearing off, they will. It's barely been a week and a half since we left Sunnydale and we have no idea how long it will take for the effect to wear off or even if the memories will come back."

"And what about our plans for our future, Xander? What effect might me having powers have on our plans?"

"One thing it doesn't change is how we feel about each other. Nothing will change that." He swore. "Whatever it is, we'll face it together, I promise."

"So that just leaves Leo's power unaccounted for." Prue said. "Since the spell switched our powers Leo must have Cordelia's and Piper has Leo's.

"But I can't make it work!" Piper exclaimed. "How do I make it work?"

"Emotions." Prue said thoughtfully. "When we first got our powers, it took emotions to trigger them. Anger for me, fear for you." She reminded Piper. "What emotion might you be able to use to trigger Leo's power?"

"Love." Phoebe said.

"What?!" Piper exclaimed. "What do you mean, love?!"

"Darklighters exist to spread hate. Remember what Xander said about opposites? A whitelighter is the opposite of a darklighter, therefore love might trigger their power. At least until they get control over it. Love for humanity in general. But love regardless."

"Than to save Leo's life," Xander summed up. "You have to let yourself feel love, either in general or more specifically, for him."

"I, I don't know how I feel!"

"Then talk it out." Cordelia suggested. "Before he left, what were you feeling?"

"Attraction, caring, hope for more."

"And then he left with no explanation." Phoebe told her. "What did you feel then?"

"Angry and hurt, I'm still angry. But I missed him too."

"Could you love him?" Prue asked. "Given the chance?"

Piper's hands began to glow. "I guess I can." She answered, as she reached out and let the glow shine on Leo's wound. It healed within seconds, healed by the power of love.

"Okay! Now do the reversal spell and give me back my power!"

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A/N Since I have always maintained that Cordelia's visions were naturally occuring and forcibly activated on Angel, something which I'm not the only fanfiction writer to believe since I've read several other people's stories that posit the same idea, I like to explore what that potential might be within the framework of a given universe. Doyle and Cordelia were the only psychics on the show to experience pain as a result of the use of their powers. Lorne didn't, Cassie Newton in Sunnydale didn't, Drusilla didn't, either as a human or a vampire and the psychics that worked for Wolfram and Hart didn't. And the Jasmine arc ended with them finding out that Jasmine had been manipulating them for years.