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I don't own Charmed

or any of their characters,

but I do own the storyline

A/N: Hello! I'm starting a new story, and I hope you like it because I've worked really hard on it. It's really different from anything I've ever written. Please be kind, but I do like constructive criticism. I promise to explain any confusion and if necessary rewrite chapters. I really do handle it well, so please don't be afraid to read and review!

As I did with my other story, I will post every Friday until I run out of chapters to post. This story is actually like a thousand times shorter than my last one and the chapters will be extremely shorter. Please don't use that against me! Please review!

On another note, for those who've read "Nobody Stays Dead for Long," this is in no way related to it. I know I promised a sequel, but I'm currently experiencing a little writer's block with it. Please take this as a consolation prize! lol. ;-)

Time Wounds all Heals

Sleeping Beauties

Chap 1

AU after "There's Something About Leo"

"You'll understand when I'm able to tell you," Leo reassured.

"Oh, yeah? How do you know?" She playfully argued

"I know you," He grinned at her. Then they stood there wordlessly watching Chris and Wyatt sleep until Piper finally yawned. She gave Leo an affectionate pat on the back. He smiled knowing she believed in him, and that was all he ever needed. He knew when the time was right he would be able to tell the girls everything, and they would help make the world a utopia.

Admittedly things hadn't gone as he had planned at the beginning of day. Paige and Phoebe were too blind to see the greatness in the Avatars. They couldn't see that Leo wasn't brainwashed or anything. Kyle's rage exploded when he found out. Instead of helping the sisters, he tried to kill Leo. He would've succeeded, too, but only at the ultimate cost.

Leo thanked God that Alpha and Beta had shown up when they did. They helped him to harness his powers and use his inner strength to change Kyle's error. Leo rewound time; no one else knew anymore. It saddened Leo, but he knew it was for the best.

He yawned realizing just how tired he was. Scanning the room on last time, he went to bed.

Cole felt envious. Leo got to live and be happy. All the new Avatars went through a "Lesson." Some Avatars' "lessons" were harsh and cruel, like Cole's had been. Others weren't as bad and almost encouraging, like Leo's had been.

In the Alternate Reality, the Avatars told him that they wouldn't be able to revive him if he died. They were right, they couldn't. Nevertheless there was a fickle thing to Alternate Realities that paralleled the Real Reality. Cole's past had repeated itself. He discovered himself in the Demonic Wasteland…again. Not unlike before, he found his way out and the Avatars found him. Somehow they had convinced him, but Cole didn't know how they did it. Not only was he an Avatar again, but he ended up in the only place worse than hell. Written in the surrounding walls were stories of how this happened. They told of the love, the lies, and the betrayal.

Tonight's assignment was the most difficult he ever had. In fact he wondered why they chose him to be sent here. He knew why he was there. He had to make sure their latest recruit didn't spill the beans again, but he couldn't comprehend why they didn't send someone else. It was probably because of his history. He could always understand the Halliwells the best.

He wanted desperately to go and report, that way he could be done with this, but another side held him back. He knew the other side felt that gravitational pull toward Phoebe. He longed to be in the same room as her just to sneak a peak, just to get a one small glance at her, even if he was only invisible. Logically speaking, he knew better. She could sense him, if he took one-step closer and through that door. Then the witch-hunts, or demon hunts…whatever, would be on again, and he couldn't stand that.

He began to shimmer away when she stepped out of her room. She was beautiful even in her flannel pajamas. His heart stopped. They were in the same room again, and Cole didn't remember how to leave.

Phoebe paused outside her door and stared in his direction. She felt something in her jump. It was a good jump. It was the kind where your heart flutters and you stomach flies circles around it. It those feelings of love, unconditional love, like the kind she used to feel for Cole. "Cole," her mind muttered to itself. She hadn't allowed herself to think if that name in that way since before she vanquished him. G-d, that had been a long time ago. So why did she have that feeling? Why did she get that vibe from down the hallway? Maybe she earned back her empathic ability, and she was just feeling it from Piper and Leo's room. She shrugged and started toward the bathroom. Then she stopped again. The feeling kept pulling her toward that spot in the hallway. Finally she just heart lead her.

Cole panicked. He was alive, but he could never have her know that. It brought them both so much pain and sorrow. Their love wasn't meant to be. They were tested and tried so many times. "Plain and simple," he reminded himself only feeling more depressed. She was getting too close. He shimmered away and with him so did Phoebe's feeling.

A/N: Okay! That's it. So please tell me if I should continue!

Lots of Love,
bunn