One month had passed since Prue's and Brendan's wedding as well as the sudden disappearance of Leo and Piper. Prue and Phoebe had tried everything from summoning a lost witch to calling a blood to blood spell. Still, Piper remained in the heavens unaware of how much time was passing down on Earth.
Her sisters, however, were very aware of what was happening down on earth. In an attempt to help Daryl stop a murderer who was under the protection of a guardian demon, the sisters had been thrown into the middle of a trial as key witnesses for the very sexy assistant district attorney, Cole Turner.
"We've been through this, Leo. I don't care if they are. It's not right and it's not fair," Piper's voice could be heard through the orbs before her body took physical form.
"I know that, but it's their rules," Leo said.
"Screw their rules. They're wrong."
"Piper," Prue said trying to get her attention.
"Just a second. Leo, you better do something about this because this is not acceptable."
"Piper, come on," he said before being frozen and left behind as Piper took off to the club.
Phoebe was disappointed at not being allowed to bitch Piper out, as Prue insisted that she should be the one to follow Piper to the club and talk things out. There, Piper was surprised to find the club in such bad shape.
"This is really weird. My supplies are, like, gone. There's no booze, there's no mineral water and we're even out of pretzels. Plus the books are all messed up. How did this happen in one lousy day?"
"One day? You're kidding, right? Piper, you have been gone for one month."
"What are you talking about?"
Prue filled Piper in about the goings on in the past month while Piper confided in her about her dealings with the Elders, while Phoebe had an interesting run in with the cute a.d.a at the college she attended. After getting a premonition off of him Phoebe and Cole raced to save him from an attack by the murderer that had been set free earlier that day.
"I look at you and I think how lucky I am. I mean, I can't stop looking at you. You're my dream come true. You're my raison d'être," Leo said looking into the bathroom mirror. "Every time I see you, I love you even more. You're so beautiful. You're so special. I can't imagine my life without you," he said before turning to face the person who barged in. "Piper!"
"Leo, who are you talking to?"
"Me? Uh, nobody, just myself, you know."
"Yourself? You were telling yourself how much you love you?"
"No, of course not. Uh, I mean, it's, it's not like that at all. Um, let's go downstairs and I'll explain."
"Actually, no, we don't have time. Uh, did you find out anything about the guardians?"
"Uh, no, I forgot."
"You forgot? Leo, what's the matter? Why are you acting so weird?"
"Can we go downstairs please?"
"No, why?"
"Okay, fine, um, here's good. Um, I've been thinking a lot actually about our situation."
"Leo..."
"No, no, just let me finish. Um, I think I've come up with a solution, a way for us to be together no matter what they say," Leo told her and got down on one knee. "Will you marry me?"
While Leo went to the elders the sisters hung back at the manor. The sisters grouped together in Piper's room, where she was still trying to deal with the proposal from earlier.
"Do you want to be alone," Phoebe asked.
"No. But it looks like I'm gonna be. Leo asked me to marry him."
"That's great," Prue said, excited for her little sister.
"Yeah, except that I can't do it."
Phoebe looked confused. "Oh, what do you mean you can't do it, Piper? You love him."
"Of course I do, with all my heart but why's it got to be so complicated? Why can't I just be a normal person in love with a normal guy?"
"Does Leo think that getting married is the only way around them?"
"Yeah, but he's not even sure it's gonna work."
"Yeah, but it might work. Piper, you and Leo are destined to be together. You guys have the kind of love that girls dream about," Phoebe told her. "And I understand the risks but if you don't go for it, isn't it an even bigger risk?"
They were interrupted by Leo who had new information on guardian demons that had Prue plotting how they were going to flush it out.
At the courthouse, the sisters sat as the night court session was in progress.
"Can't we just come up with a spell or something," Piper asked.
"No, a spell could backfire on us," Prue told her.
"So could this."
"No, the worst that could happen is that it just doesn't work, but we have to flush the demon out somehow."
"And since you can selectively freeze things, why not just the innocents," Phoebe elaborated.
"Oh, maybe because I've never done it before," Piper responded.
"Yeah, well, I've never levitated before," Phoebe said.
"You never what?"
"Look, Piper, just focus all of your energy on freezing the innocents, okay," Prue told her.
"How many times is the prosecution gonna keep harassing my client, you honor? I mean, as far as I'm concerned, this has turned into nothing but a witch hunt."
"If I may please court, have a minute to confer with the witnesses," Cole requested.
"It's late, Mr. Turner. Either you have a case or you don't," the judge told him.
Piper froze the room and Daryl and Cole froze. "It worked," she said.
" Overruled."
"It's the judge," Prue said.
"Your honor, I move for this case to be dismissed."
"And the P.D," Phoebe added.
"It's everybody," Piper corrected.
The sisters ran as they realized they were trap in an entire room full of demons.
Trapped in a room with angry demons on the other side, Prue put together a plan. "Oh! Alright, the best defense is a good offense. Are you ready?"
Prue used her power to throw open the door, knocking everyone behind it out of the way. Prue used her power on the public defender who was holding a gun on her while a security guard grabbed her from behind. Phoebe was using her self defense lessons on a some and Emilio headed straight for Piper, holding a knife and fighting through her freezes. She picked up a baton off of the floor and blocks his attack while Prue breaks away from the guards grip and kicks one in the stomach. Prue deflects a fireball from the judge and they continue fighting everyone until they are all unconscious.
The sisters followed the judge to his quarters but didn't make it in time before he was vanquished by another source. They gave Cole a magic free version of the story who didn't quite seem to believe that was all there was to it.
At the club, the sisters sat talking and enjoying the Barenaked Ladies when Leo and Brendan entered. While Leo talked to Piper who met him on the dance floor, Brendan made his way over to Prue and Phoebe.
"I need to talk to you," Brendan said to Prue.
"What's the matter," she asked her husband and met Phoebe's concerned look. "Whatever you have to say you can say in front of her."
"You know that I was volunteering at the church tonight, right? Well, there was another volunteer there; a young woman that I've seen a couple of times over my years at the church."
"And," Phoebe asked.
"She came to see Sister Agnes, the nun that organized the food pantry tonight. When they came out the girl was holding a baby blanket that seemed old and tattered. I got to talking with her and she told me that her name was Paige. When she was just born her parents showed up at the church and gave her to the sister. Apparently the only thing her mother asked was that she be given a name that started with the letter P."
"What are you getting at," Prue said feeling both fearful and suspicious.
"Prue, the baby blanket was the same as the one I've seen in your family albums. I think this girl might be…your sister," he told them.
Prue, Piper, and Phoebe charged up the stairs and made their way to the attic and the book of shadows. While Prue tore through the pages of the book Piper ran around gathering the candles and putting them in place. Brendan and Leo eventually caught up with the girls and waited to see the outcome. The girls had hoped to summon their mother when Gram's appeared in her place.
"Hello, my darlings. To what may I owe this little visit," she asked. Stepping out of the circle, Grams became corporeal. "Hello, Leo. Nice to see you again; you must be Brendan," she said giving him a look that clearly expressed that she was giving him a close inspection.
"Well," she said dramatically holding her hand in the air, "you may be mortal now but you managed to overcome one of the most powerful evils ever. If anyone was ever made for my Prudence I couldn't think of anyone else. I only wish that I could have been there," she rambled on unaware that her three granddaughters were looking at her through angry, squinted eyes.
"Grams, why is there a girl out there with our baby blanket," Phoebe asked.
"Uh, I really don't know," Grams said with a face that clearly indicated she was lying. "Maybe I gave it away when I cleaned the attic. I used to donate your things to the thrift store," she told them.
"Then how come she got it from a nun at Brendan's church," Prue asked heatedly. "C'mon grams, I'd really like to know your answer to that one."
"Prue," Grams said in a voice that meant she didn't have the energy to fight with her headstrong eldest granddaughter. "I can't tell you anything."
"Then get someone down here that can," Piper said standing forward. "Like mom."
"Piper…"
"GRAMS," all three responded completely in sync.
"I'm sworn to secrecy," Penny told them.
"By who," Prue asked.
"By me," Patty was heard before she appeared. "By me."
"Prue," Piper and Phoebe yelled after her as they chased her down the stairs. Their eldest sister was already putting her coat on and getting her purse and keys.
"Where are you going," Phoebe asked.
"I'm going to Daryl. If anyone can track Paige down then it's him. Tell Brendan I'll be home soon."
