Paige walked through the doors of Henry's department and made her way to her husband's office. Walking in, Henry was standing by his desk directly opposite of someone who was sitting in one of the arm chairs.
"Samuel, what are you doing here?"
The other man turned to look at her and rose from his seated position. "I, uh, came to have a talk with your husband over here, but he refused to talk with me alone. I didn't want to disturb you."
"You didn't want to disturb me? Then what exactly is it you wanted to talk to Henry about?"
"Paige, maybe you sit down," Henry suggested. "Let him tell us in his own time," he said in his typical peaceful, calm voice.
"The elders sent me to Henry—"
"Why," she cut in only to receive stern looks from both men.
"Henry is a very special person," Sam said and held a hand up to keep Paige from interrupting. "It may be hard to believe this, but he's actually from a long line of guardians."
"What are guardians," Paige asked at the same time that Henry said, "How do you know? I don't even know my family."
Sam waited for both of them to stop talking before going on. "Henry, the elders have been looking for you for a long time. Your mother, a young woman named Greer Mitchell, didn't know that your father was a guardian who was assigned to watch over her. They became involved and before she learned anything she became pregnant and gave you up for adoption."
"How come she never tried to find me?"
"She did," Samuel told him. "But she had signed a release form of her parental rights and had no way of unsealing the records."
"And my father?"
"A highly regarded guardian named Harrison. He was supposed to watch over your mother and keep her safe but when she got pregnant she left college and flew under the radar. He didn't find her for another seven years and by then she was already in danger."
"From what? If Henry's father is the magical side then why was someone after his mother," Paige asked Sam.
"Long ago— centuries really—a wise wizard entrusted the first guardian with the Akashic Records which are believed to prophesize all of the significant events throughout time."
"Aren't the Akashic Records apart of a museum collection, now? Great job watching over that," Paige snickered.
"Yes, it is a part of a collection, one that is watched over by a team of guardians," Sam said. "Hidden in plain sight. Anyway, from this first guardian came about a society of guardians entrusted with powers they would need to complete their assignments."
"So that would mean that I have powers," Henry inferred.
"Yes, powers that weren't yet activated because you had been missing from the society for almost thirty years. The fact that you still managed to run into the charmed ones means that destiny must still have great things in store for you," Sam told his son-in law.
"But why was Greer being guarded," Paige asked trying to get back on task.
"Because Greer was meant to come in contact with something that was supposed to be guarded until it could be brought to the charmed ones," Sam finished telling them. "What it is we don't know, but when she unknowingly left the safety of the guardians she put herself in danger. When Harrison found her again he managed to lead a higher-level demon directly to her, and she was killed."
"So my mother's dead, but what about Harrison," Henry asked.
"Unaware that you've shown up on the radar; we haven't told him yet. Being with Paige and her sisters must have activated at least one of your powers, which means whatever killed your mother is probably going to come to you soon."
"Yeah, well they have me and my sisters to get through first," Paige said. "How do we train Henry in how to use his powers?"
"You don't. His father does."
Henry and Paige stood in the foyer holding hands and looking into each other's eyes. They had just arrived after frantically calling a family meeting and none of the sister's had made it as quickly; not surprising since Paige was the only one who could orb.
The questions they were dying to ask faded to the background as they just held each other until one or more of her sisters came home. Paige was worried about how this was taking a toll on her husband and Henry didn't know how to deal with all of the knowledge his father-in law had dropped on him. It was more difficult knowing that he was wanted when he had spent his entire life feeling like he had been carelessly discarded.
Just then, Prue and Billy walked through the door. Because of the truancy issue the sisters had been taking turns dropping her off and picking her up from school. Right as they shut the front door Piper and Leo could be heard bickering as they came from the back of the house. Phoebe was the next to come in, holding a sleeping Pearl in her arms.
"I thought you were bringing her to daycare," Paige asked.
"They called me to come pick her up. Little Ladybug has been sneezing," Phoebe said in her baby voice, "and they didn't want her getting the other kids sick."
"Alright, so attic," Prue asked and everyone started to walk upstairs.
"Henry," Piper said confused. "Wow, this changes everything. The one mortal in the family isn't so mortal," she pondered and got a light slap from Prue. "What?"
"When does this Harrison guy arrive," Billy asked.
There was a knock on the door and Paige looked out of the attic window to see who it was. "Now," Paige said. "Henry, do you want to come down with me and meet him," she asked her suddenly quiet husband, holding out her hand. He grabbed it and allowed her to pull him behind her until they reached the bottom of the stairs and made it over to the double doors.