June 2000
"I'm not sure I understand." Maria Deluca told her friend. "What do you mean it's yours?"
"I'm not sure either. All I know is that Phoebe called yesterday and told me that Grandma Claudia's old house in San Francisco is now mine." Liz Parker said as she picked up a tray and headed for the dining room.
"So what are you gonna do?"
"Well summer is here and I have no reason to stay so I told Pheebs that as soon as Dad and Mom said yes I'd be on a plane to the bay area." Liz told her.
"You're going to San Francisco?"
"Yeah. Piper said I could work at her club as a hostess and Prue is cleaning out the master bedroom in Grandma's house so I'll be living there with Phoebe. She's more then willing to live with me for the summer."
"It is only for the summer right?" Maria asked worriedly.
"Yes only for the summer. I'm really just going to get the entire house in order so I can rent it out for a while. I'll be back Maria really."
"So what else did Aunt Claud's book say?" Piper Halliwell asked her white lighter, Leo.
"All it said was that on your cousin Liz's seventeenth birthday she'd receive her powers."
"Which means what? I mean what kind of powers will she have?" Piper's sister Prue asked.
"Well according to your aunt's book she'll have a little of all of your powers and the powers of earth, wind, water, and fire."
"And all she has to do is turn seventeen?" Prue asked.
"Yes. Apparently your aunt cast a spell that would make it happen no matter where she or Liz were."
"And whether or not Aunt Claud was alive." Prue finished.
"Exactly. You said your aunt had another home in Roswell right?"
"Yeah it's on the edge of town. 1516 Sunbriar Lane. It hasn't been lived in for a couple of years but according to her will, it belongs to Liz as does the house Uncle Tom built for her here in town." Piper said.
"Well according to the letter you showed me from your grandmother your aunt started her own Book of Shadows once she moved out of here but when we went through the house here it was no where to be found."
"So that means Aunt Claud's book is in Roswell. Oh Pheebs what's the verdict?" Piper asked her younger sister as she came into the solarium.
"It's a go. Liz will be here day after tomorrow. Jeff and Nancy said she's ecstatic. So do we know anything new?" Phoebe asked sitting down.
"Well Liz will have each of our powers to a certain extent and the powers of earth, wind, water, and fire."
"Cool. What else?"
"So far we think Aunt Claud's Book of Shadows, which she started after she moved out, is in Roswell."
"Makes sense. That was Aunt Claud's home base for years. But where in the house? Does that place have an attic?"
"Yeah it does." Prue said.
"Leo can you find out?" Piper asked. "I'll go with you if you need me to."
Prue and Phoebe rolled their eyes but Leo merely smiled. "Sure I mean it could help to have someone who knows where things are in the house with me."
"While you two do that, we'll search Aunt Claud's place again. Maybe we'll come up with something." Phoebe said.
"Either way we have to come up with a lot of answers very soon. Liz is going to have a lot of questions."