A/N: I borrowed a few lines from the episode "The Three Faces of Phoebe" and continued from there in my own version.
What happens if Cole overhears Present and Future Phoebe yelling, and finds out the true reason as to why the other Phoebe's are there. And, what happens when Phoebe and her sisters find out Cole is the Source?
Future Phoebe gazed in wonderment at the infamous picture of Cole and Phoebe, the once truly happy couple staring into each other's eyes lovingly. Suddenly the sound of marching footsteps broke the elderly woman out of her dazed reverie.
"I need to send you back, fast." Claimed the Present Phoebe, anger vibrant in her eyes as she stopped short of her Future self.
"Fine with me!" the bitter, Future Phoebe exclaimed.
"Not for your sake, for all of our sakes. Especially little Phoebe's, and the only way for me to do that is for you to answer the question I asked when I cast the spell: Should I or should I not marry Cole?"
By this time, the two Phoebe's were nose to nose, glaring at each other angrily. Suddenly, the sound of someone clearing their throat startled the two from their clash.
They turned in sync to see Cole, pale face clearly expressive to his hurt and pain, standing in the doorway. He looked at the floor quickly, before raising his bluish green eyes to meet Present Phoebe's brown ones.
"Cole!" the Present Phoebe cried, eyes wide in surprise.
Cole looked away once again and spoke, his voice chillingly low, "That's why you cast the spell? You were unsure of whether you wanted to marry me or not?"
Both Phoebe's shuddered; his deep voice was soft, yet it echoed in the room.
"Cole, I-"
"No," he held up a hand and gave Phoebe a ghostly smile, "Phoebe, don't."
"But-"
Cole shook his head and turned on his heel, exiting the room quickly. Present Phoebe placed a hand over her mouth as tears filled up in her eyes. Future Phoebe placed a hand on her past self's arm, "It'll be okay."
"Will it? We're not married in the future and I turn out to be a bitter old bitch! How is it okay? Did you even marry him?"
The elderly Phoebe released her grip and shook her head, "Cole and I never married, for reasons I cannot tell you."
"Why can't you tell me? Does he die? What happens?" Phoebe was beginning to become hysterical, tears running down her face as she angrily yelled at her older self.
"Fine! I'll tell you, but it will have huge repercussions for me…" the elderly woman trailed off, shook her head and continued, "Maybe I can change my life, our life, for the better if I can save him."
"Save him? Please, what happens to Cole?" Phoebe demanded, her voice tight.
The elderly Phoebe sighed and resumed her seat, "Do you remember when the Source released the Hollow?"
"Of course, for me it just happened." Phoebe stated, sitting down on the edge of her bed as she sniffled periodically.
"Well in order to save us, Cole took in the Hollow, and together we defeated the Source. However, what the Seer didn't tell Cole was where the Source went."
"She did, she said it went into the void…which I didn't get. What are you trying to say? Where's the void?"
Future Phoebe sighed impatiently, "When Emma vanquished Cole's demonic half, it left a void in him…the Source went into the void without Cole's knowledge. The Source eventually overtook him, and we had to vanquish Cole."
Phoebe started to breath heavily as it dawned on her, "The void is in Cole…the Source went into the void…Cole is the Source…"
The older Phoebe nodded, quickly as her younger self murmured, "You, we, I killed Cole?"
"Yes! I didn't marry him because of this, and we wound up vanquishing him instead. I'm only telling you this so that you can save him; I had to be sure we could save him…go find him and help him!"
As Phoebe stood and started to leave the room, Future Phoebe shouted, "Remember! It was never his fault, he was possessed!"
Elderly Phoebe's words rang in her ears as Present Phoebe darted through the second floor and ran down the stairs yelling, "Cole! Cole! Where are you?"
Piper met Phoebe at the bottom of the stairs, whereas they could hear Paige clambering down from the attic, carrying "Kurzon's" athame and a map. Piper, eyes wide in perplexity looked at Phoebe.
"What is it, Phoebe?" she asked.
"Yeah, what's up? Why are you screaming?" Paige added, slightly out of breath from running towards her agitated sister.
"Cole…Source…the void…"
Piper shook her head and pointed at Phoebe as she asked Paige then Phoebe herself, "What is she saying? What are you saying?"
"The Seer tricked Cole into becoming the Source. Emma vanquished Cole's demonic side, leaving a void in him. The Seer told us that the Source went-"
"Into the void…Oh no, this is bad…this is very bad…" Piper finished slowly.
"Wait, so Cole's the friggin' Source now?" Paige asked.
"Yeah, we need to find him and save him now."
"How? How can we save him? We have to kill him! He's the Source, Phoebe!" Paige exclaimed incredulously.
"We are not killing, Cole! It's not his fault this happened, he was possessed unknowingly…the Seer tricked him!" Phoebe shouted, becoming hysterical once again.
"Okay, Phoebe calm down we'll fix this…" Piper stated, calmly pushing Phoebe towards the living room ahead of her.
"How do we plan on fixing this?" whispered Paige into Piper's ear.
"I have no idea." Piper whispered back.
TBC...
PLEASE REVIEW...
I got this idea while I was watching the show last night, please review and tell me what you think. Should I continue? Any ideas or suggestions?
I will be continuing my other fics, don't worry!
