Disclaimer: I don't own any of the characters except Greg and the demon that attacked Phoebe and Cole. (I would say who the demon is but I don't want to give out clues or hints as to who he is until later in the story.)
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A/N: Ok…this is my first Charmed fic, I'm a huge fan of the show. I'm a very big fan of Cole and Phoebe's relationship so they'll be in here of course. But Cole doesn't have any of his powers…meaning he isn't Belthazaar. Paige just moved in after she found out she was Piper's and Phoebe's half sister and is part of their little '3 charmed ones' circle. So sorry, but baby Wyatt isn't in this story. I hope you enjoy! Thanks for reading and don't forget to submit your review!
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Phoebe sat on the couch holding Cole while Piper and Leo were working at P3 and Paige was upstairs getting ready for a date.
"Cole?" Phoebe asked as she began to hear snoring coming from him. "Cole?" She asked again then she shook him. He was sleep against her chest. After she shook him, he still didn't wake up. "You were always a heavy sleeper." Phoebe clicked the remote control button and turned the T.V on. She flicked through the channels. Seeing that nothing was on, she turned the T.V off.
Paige came running downstairs. "Where is my watch?"
"Um…I don't know."
"I need that watch!" Paige ran back upstairs. Then she yelled, "I'll be late, I just know it." Paige ran back downstairs and looked at the time displayed on the microwave. "It's 7:50! Greg said to meet him at P3 at 8:00!" (A/N: Paige and Greg have been dating for a long time. Just thought I'd give you a heads up.)
"You can orb down there you know."
Paige gave Phoebe a skeptical look. "He'll ask where my car is."
"Tell him it's in a repair shop, so you got there by taxi."
"I have a feeling you've said something like that to your past dates before."
"Well I didn't have a car then, so…I said that but hey think of the bright side, he'll buy it and you won't be late!"
"Phoebe…do you think I should tell Greg that I'm a witch. I mean, I trust him and I think he can take it."
"I can't give you that answer. You know Greg better than I do. I don't know what he knows about you."
"He knows practically everything about me except for the fact that I'm a witch that battles demons."
"Go for it, if you feel he won't tell the whole world."
"What would Piper say?"
"She won't agree but go with your heart." Phoebe smiled.
" Thanks Phoebes." Paige looked around remembering her watch. "What about a watch! I can't find my watch!" Paige said stomping her foot impatiently. Phoebe took her silver watch off and gave it to Paige.
"This is the one Cole gave you! Here, take it back."
"No, no. Cole and me will be staying home. I won't need it. I trust you with it. Cole won't know it's gone any way. He's sleep.
"Thanks Phoebes. I owe you one." Paige quickly put the watch on, then she orbed out of the room. Cole mumbled in his sleep.
"Having a nice dream?" She asked quietly even though she didn't expect a response from him.
A crash from the kitchen made Phoebe jump almost waking Cole. She moved Cole's head swiftly to the other side of the couch, then she got up peeping around the corner trying to see inside the kitchen.
"Hello?" Phoebe called out. A man dressed in all black and had a large silver ring on his index finger was looking startled and blasted a red fire blast to Phoebe in response. Phoebe yelled. She jumped behind the table before the fireball could hit her. The ball hit the wall right over Phoebe's head leaving a big black burnt spot.
"Leo!" Phoebe called out still behind the table. The man began charge another fireball. Cole walked into the kitchen rubbing his eyes, then he yawned saying,
"What is all the noise honey? Why did you call L-" He opened his eyes only to see the man. "Oh shit!" The man looked even more startled then he shimmered from the kitchen. Phoebe stood up looking around making sure the man was gone. White and blue lights began to form beside the table. Piper and Leo came into view.
"What Phoebe, what's wrong?" Leo asked. Piper started to examine the burnt spot the fireball had left.
"Battling demons without me? Why don't I ever get to have fun?" Piper asked pretending to pout.
"That wasn't a demon. At least he didn't look like one. He left right when Cole walked in." Phoebe said. Cole sat down, Phoebe sat in his lap.
"Did you know the guy Cole?" Leo asked.
Cole was about to say yes, but then he decided against it. " No. No I didn't, but he could still know me as Belthazaar. Not many down there in the demon world know that I'm not Belthazaar anymore."
"Well then there's our explanation!" Phoebe said with a smile.
"I still think we need to check the Book of Shadows. What did he look like?" Piper asked.
"Like a normal human but I didn't see much. I was hidden underneath the table with my great powers." Phoebe said sarcastically.
"Your powers are fine. Who knows, you could get some new ones sooner or later." Cole replied. Phoebe smiled again.
"Sorry to bust the little charade but is that all I have to go on? A demon looking human? He could be a warlock for all I know!" Piper said throwing her hands into the air.
"Wait!" Cole said. "He had a big ring on. It was silver, like the watch I gave Phoebe except it had some kind of jewel on it but I couldn't see what kind of jewel it was. Oh and he could shoot fireballs." Phoebe quickly dug her arm (the one she normally wears her watch on) behind Cole's back.
"Where's Paige?" Cole asked.
"P3. I asked her could she watch the place, but to be careful since you called us."
"I'll go see if I can speak with the Elders about this human looking demon." Leo gave a Piper a kiss then he orbed out of the room.
"And I'll go see if the Book of Shadows can help any. Maybe Grams can give me a little bit of help. " Piper jogged upstairs to the attic while Phoebe and Cole walked upstairs to their room.
"Shouldn't we tell Paige what just happened? Just in case she's in some kind of danger?"
"Well. I don't think we can. I mean, Leo orbed out so we can't ask him to warn her unless you want to drive all the way to P3." Cole said lying down on the bed.
"No. She might be fine. She has Greg to watch her." Phoebe laid next to him. "So what do you want to do?" Phoebe said. Cole turned to her.
"This." He kissed her lips. " Maybe a little more." He kissed her again. Phoebe giggled.
"Just a little more?" She said giggling again.
"Maybe more than a little more." He kissed her again but this time it was longer.
Meanwhile, Piper was up in the attic looking in the Book of Shadows. "Come on! There has got to be something in here at least about a ring!" Piper impatiently said. Then the pages started to flip on their own going to faster and faster. Finally they stopped on a yellow aging piece of parchment that had a picture of a large ring with a purple emerald in the middle of it. "Thanks Grams!" Piper grinned. The paper said:
The Ring of Mortality and Power
The ring is used to make mortals have the power of demons.
It can supply whatever need is asked for. The strength and ability
the ring gives depends on the beholder of it. The ring isn't able to
be destroyed unless by it's own maker. The maker of the ring is *********.
The answer to whom the maker was smudged in the book. Piper gasped in frustration. How could the most important bit of information be smudged? Piper asked herself. I can't believe it. The only thing Piper could make out of the smudged letters was the last letter. Which was an E.
"What kind of long name could with an E?" Piper said silently to herself. Blue and white lights formed behind Piper, but she didn't see or hear it. Leo grabbed her around her waist and nibbled her ear softly. Piper smiled then she turned around. "What did you fine out?"
"Well they couldn't tell me much since there are a lot of rings out there."
" So you didn't get anything?" Piper asked sounding disappointed.
"They said that the demon though can't be a warlock. Warlocks don't throw fireballs. So their best thing was that the ring supplied the demon's power. Does that help any?" Leo asked.
"I pretty much got the same thing except for the warlocks and fireballs. Here." Piper pointed to the page Gram's had helped her find.
"This could be it, but we can't be too sure."
"Gram's helped."
" Oh. In that case, she could know more than we do. She could even know who created the ring. I mean, if she knew who made the ring then we'd know what we're up against." Leo pointed out.
"The only thing is Leo, is that Grams isn't alive to tell us who made the ring."
"She'll tell us. We can bring her back tomorrow." Piper squealed with happiness.
"Thank you Leo!" She wrapped her arms around his neck giving him such a tight hug that he could barely breathe.