Little Witch

Prologue

Pippa Halliwell had always known she was a witch - what she didn't know was that she was one of the Charmed Ones.

All her life, Pippa assumed her name was Pippa Meaghan Matthews, but "Matthews" was just Paige's - the fourth Halliwell - legal last name. Pippa was told her mother was Paige and she had no father, but she was actually the illigitemate daughter of Prue Halliwell. Her father was Cole Turner, a demon. Pippa was half demon, half witch; not just half witch, but half of the Charmed Ones. Something like that wasn't supposed to happen, let alone be possible.

When Pippa's existence became known to the rest of the Charmed Ones - Piper and Pheobe - they passed it on to Leo, who in turn told the rest of the Elders. They executed Prue and told the rest of the Charmed Ones to find Cole and destroy him as penance for the crime their sister had committed. Pheobe had a problem with this; Cole had been her lover, after all. Pippa hadn't felt any way about this for she hadn't known her father. Piper was all for the idea, but Leo was cautious. He'd been an Elder long enough to know just how wary of Cole they were. He didn't like the idea of his wife, sisters-in-law, and a sixteen-year-old girl chasing after a powerful demon.

Heedless of his warnings and protests, the Charmed Ones set off on their mission. Wyatt - Piper's son, Pippa's age - found out about this, and insisted on coming to protect his mother and aunts, though it's not like they truly needed it. To his surprise, the mysterious girl called Pippa, who he's told is his cousin, comes with them. She shows her disdain of him from the beginning, but he still attempts friendship. Chris, who stows away with them, has no idea that Pippa is his cousin or why his mother, aunts, and brother are leaving with the dark-haired stranger.

This is the story of how Pippa Halliwell, the third Halliwell child, came from being a fatherless, regular witch to being involved with the Charmed Ones - her family - in the manhunt to kill her own father.