Chapter 9 Binding of Powers and a New Generation.
Elizabeth, Damon and Cassie arrive at Victor's apartment a few minutes after Leo and Phoebe's sisters left. The three almost immediately spot the ashes of the Elders, Phoebe vanquished.
"What happened here?" Elizabeth demands to know.
"My sisters, Leo and the Elders tried to kill the baby." Phoebe answers.
"Those bitches, I say we rip their spines from them." Damon proposed.
"No, Damon, they are still my sisters," Pheobe responds.
"They threatened a Nerezza Demon, they must be punished," Cassie tells Phoebe.
"And they will but death will not be it," Phoebe replies.
"Then what?" Cassie asked.
"I'll bind their powers that way they can have a demon-free life and they won't be able to come after the baby or us," Phoebe answered shocking the Nerezza Demons.
"You would purposely end the Power of Three when it has been a part of your life for almost six years," Damon spoke.
"If it helps protect my child then yes," Phoebe responded. Before she picks up a nearby pen and notepad and starts writing down two spells. The two spells take around ten-fifteen minutes to be written.
"The Halliwell hybrid who carries the blood of angel and the blood of witch. Hear these words hear my command I call upon the powers of the light to bind and suppress your Whitelighter side. Strip her of her angelic powers bind them until the end of time." Phoebe chants back over at the attic, seconds later in Paige's room. Paige collapses as her Whitelighter's powers are stripped from her.
"Broken foursome, sisters that I can no longer trust with my power, I punish thee and strip you of your Warren identity. May the power that runs through your veins dry and ceases to be as will those that will come from your womb. Let this be a lesson to not judge a child because due to the sins of the father." Phoebe chanted her sisters then within seconds feel light headed and pass out except for Paige who is already unconscious however, Phoebe's three sisters Wiccan powers leave their bodies as a swirl of white orbs!
"Is it done?" Elizabeth asks.
"I believe so," Phoebe replied.
"The Magical Community will find out soon about the Power of Three being broken." Damon pointed out.
"I don't care they shouldn't have tried to kill an innocent baby," Phoebe told the group.
"As much as I despise them for what they've done, I made a promise to their Grams. I can perform a cloaking spell for them." Elizabeth says.
"Then that's it I don't want anything else to do with them," Phoebe replies.
All Hallows Eve commonly known as Halloween arrives and Phoebe is heavily pregnant. Phoebe hasn't taken maternity which would surprise most people. Instead, Elise and Phoebe came to an agreement which works by Phoebe working from home. Halloween is Phoebe's favourite holiday but little did she know the holiday would become more important and special to her. Right now, Phoebe and Cole are over at the Nerezza lair, going through some important birth arrangements due to the danger of the free Supreme might have heard some word of their pregnancy!
"The baby is the first of its kind, and to help ensure its best chance is for the baby to have both a Wiccaning and its Demonic blessing." Elizabeth tells the couple.
"But we don't have a high priestess to perform the Wiccaning." Phoebe points out. Before anyone else could respond a swirl of white orbs come and leave out of nowhere leaving Melinda Warren's ghost behind!
"Bless it be," Melinda spoke.
"Melinda, what are you doing here?" Phoebe questions.
"Visiting one of my favourite descendants of, course. And to welcome a new generation of the Warren line of course." Melinda answers.
"Wait, you're okay with a Demon-Witch being apart of your bloodline?" Cole commented surprised and confused.
"I've spent all my afterlife looking over my descendants and never have I've seen such a beautiful love shared except between you two. This child is a blessing a new beginning times change witches have always been persecuted throughout history. Your sisters should have supported you and the child." Melinda responded this made Phoebe and Cole feel slightly more at ease knowing that at least one member of Phoebe's family supports their decision and their child.
"The child still won't be recognised as a Warren witch though without the other ancestors and Elders consent," Damon told the group.
"Under normal circumstances yes, however since I am the matriarch of the bloodline and its founder, my decision is absolute and they can't do anything about it," Melinda replies.
"Once the child is born we will perform the Demonic blessing and Wiccaning straight after. But this is very important we must leave for the place I came into the world at this is crucial as he is coming today. And this all Hallows Eve is the most powerful event for the next millennium." Melinda explains.
"Wait, the baby is coming today!" Phoebe responds shocked.
"Yes," Melinda answered before using her ghost teleportation power to take them all to her birthplace.
When the moon is high and full in the sky, Phoebe's water finally breaks. Elizabeth, Damon and Cassie focused on putting a protective circle around them to prevent anyone from interfering. Cole was by her side throughout the labour while Melinda became corporal and acted as a midwife to Phoebe. The birth was painful but eventually, the baby is born a beautiful blue light shines down from the full moon as Melinda is holding the child a similar light to the chandelier produced when the sisters' powers returned. Melinda carefully passes the baby to Phoebe and Cole once she wraps him in a blanket.
"His beautiful," Phoebe commented. The new parents notice on the baby's left wrist lies a birthmark. The birthmark is a snake about to eat its own tail with the triquetra around it representing both heritages the child has inherited.
"That he is he must get that off you," Cole complimented.
"I guess its Benjamin Victor Turner, after all," Pheobe says.
"A new generation is a blessing to us, all he will be one of the most powerful witches of all time, not as strong as you, dear Phoebe but powerful none the less," Melinda tells Phoebe and the others. The Wiccaning takes place soon after while the moon is still high the other ancestors of the Warren line were forced to come forth due to Melinda's demand. Once the Wiccaning was complete Melinda said goodbye to everybody before vanishing with the other ancestors.
The time came for the Demonic Blessing to take place the group stand around a stone altar. On the stone altar, we have a wooden bowl and an ancient blade. Elizabeth has everyone except the baby to cut one of their palms and allows some of their blood to fall into the wooden bowl. Elizabeth then lifts the bowl up to the sky.
"On this sacred night, we call to thee Nerezza ancestors from the Wasteland. To offer your blessing and protection to this demon infant now. May the wisdom and power you have now be passed to this child and keep him safe from all harm. Welcome him into our clan and the mother who brought this new generation to life." Elizabeth chants thunder and lightning then begin to flash and roar in the sky along with heavy winds and a thunderbolt shoots down from the sky and hits the mixture of blood. Elizabeth puts the bowl back down and with her two left index fingers collects some of the mixtures of blood and walks over to Phoebe who is carrying the newborn. Elizabeth carefully with the blood makes the Nerezza family crest the snake about to swallow its own tail.
"Benjamin Victor Turner, we welcome you to our sacred clan. Know this your alleys are ours and your enemies are ours too. We offer you our protection and wisdom which we respect in return. Although all of us may not be here in the present we will look out for you. We recognise your heritage through your mother and accept it." Elizabeth softly tells little Benjamin.
"The penthouse will no longer be a safe place to raise the child. However, I do have a place in my possession one that has old and powerful magic cloaking and protecting it a place where the child can grow without the fear of his magic." Elizabeth told the young parents.
"And what place could that be my dear mother?" Cole questions.
"Your father's estate of course," Elizabeth responded.
"Welcome to the world my precious boy," Cole whispered to the newborn before planting a soft kiss on Benjamin's head.
End of chapter 9.
