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This story starts off right after the episode Centennial Charmed.
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Daddies Little Witch
Chapter Two: Twice-Blessed
By: Mage
Cole woke up early the next day feeling refreshed. He shuffled into his bedroom to check on Liam. He walked in just as the boy was showing signs of waking up.
"Hey, little guy," said Cole smiling at Liam.
Liam yawned loudly and rubbed his eyes sleepily. "Hi."
"So what do you usually eat in the morning?" asked Cole. He didn't know the first thing about taking care of kids. Having never been around them.
"Mommy usually made me cereal." His eyes dimmed in sadness at the memory of his mother. It had only been a full day since she had died.
Cole felt his heart hurt at the expression of sadness on his face. It was heartbreaking to watch. "Okay, I think I can do cereal," said Cole smiling. "Although I cant promise I can make anything else without messing it up."
Liam cracked a smile at the joke. He appreciated that Cole was trying to cheer him up. He pushed the blankets back and Cole helped him out of bed. They walked into the kitchen area and Liam sat down at the table, while Cole made the cereal.
Cole sat the cereal filled bowls on the table. "We never did discuss what your powers are?" Cole asked taking a bite of his cereal.
Liam held up his hands and white electric currents began to crackle around his hands. "I can make electricity." He stopped and put his hands down. "What can you do?'
Cole held his hand above his cereal bowl and a blast of icy cold air shot from his palm. Immediately the cereal bowl was frozen solid in ice. Cole touched the bowl lightly. There was a cracking sound and the bowl shattered apart into tiny pieces. He looked into Liam's eyes and chuckled at the look of awe on his face. "I can produce and create cold or ice."
Liam's face broke out into a large smile. "You're just like Iceman from X-Men," he said excitedly. Cole faded from his chair and faded behind Liam. He tapped the boy on his shoulder. Liam spun around. "That was so cool!" he squealed.
Cole laughed loudly at his excitement. "I take it Iceman can't do that."
Liam shook his head wildly. "No! That was cool. Do it again!"
Cole faded back into the chair he was sitting in. Liam clapped his hands together. "Awesome!"
After a while Cole decided it was time to start talking about serious things. "Liam today I have to contact the authorities to tell inform you them you're here."
"Will they take me away?" Liam asked somewhat fearfully.
"Not if I have anything to say about it," Cole assured him.
Liam's smile returned. He hoped that he never had to leave Cole. He felt so at ease and safe with the older man.
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Three weeks had passed and Cole and Liam had grown close during the time. Liam's mother's funeral had happened the first week and Liam had been quite reserved for a two days. It took a lot of coaxing for Cole to get him to open up about what he was feeling. Eventually Liam returned to normal and not the reserved self he had turned into. The authorities let Cole keep Liam for the time being. Liam had no other relatives and eventually would be placed within an orphanage since Cole wasn't his legal Guardian.
So that left Cole where he was. He wanted to adopt Liam so the boy could become his son. But he had no idea how he should ask him. He didn't know what he would do if Liam said no. The boy had quickly become his whole world. Cole now couldn't imagine life without the boy. If he were rejected he would be devastated.
Liam sat down on the couch next to Cole. He always was told he was a very smart child. That was why when he started school he skipped Kindergarten and went directly to first grade. For the past couple of days he had observed Cole acting funny. He seemed anxious and nervous as if he had something he had to say to Liam.
Cole turned to the boy next to him. "Liam I have something very important to ask you. I want you to take what I say very seriously. And think about your answer very carefully."
Liam nodded. His facial expression one of confusion. "Okay."
"I was wondering if you would like me to adopt you. That means you will be my son and I will be your father."
Liam's eyes widened hugely. He didn't expect this. Cole looked at Liam nervously. The young witch didn't waste a second thinking about it. "Does that mean I get to call you Daddy?" he asked innocently.
Cole let out a sigh of relief. His face broke out into a wide smile. "You can if you want to."
Smiling Liam jumped into Cole's arms. "I would love to be your son."
Cole hugged him tightly. "I would love more than anything to be your father," he said sincerely.
"I love you Daddy," said Liam hugging Cole as if he would never let go.
Cole gasped and his eyes started to water. "I love you too son," he said back. He meant what he said from the bottom of his heart.
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Even though Cole was a single working man he was approved for adoption. Since he was financially stable, had a good job, and didn't work long hours was a plus. Cole knew people at the adoption agency and he called in a few favors to get the process speeded along. It was only a few weeks for the entire process to be completed. Having friends in high places helped a lot. Liam Boyd officially became Liam Boyd Turner.
As a way to celebrate Cole took out his new son for ice cream. The sun had gone down and the street they walked on was quiet. Liam skipped along side his Daddy with his ice cream cone in hand. Cole tensed up sensing something foul in the air. Out of the shadows stepped a figure dressed in all black. It was a young man in all black wearing a pair of black sunglasses.
Liam looked up at the stranger. "How come you're wearing sunglasses at night?"
The man smiled and his unnaturally lengthened canine teeth were quite prominent. He took of his glasses and two yellow eyes gazed on the pair hungrily. Cole stepped in front of Liam protectively. "Vampire," he growled narrowing his eyes at the creature of the night.
The vampire took a step forward his own gaze mirroring Cole's. "How do you know what I am mortal?"
Cole thrust his hand forward and a white icy blast shot from his palm. It hit the vampire and he immediately was frozen incased in ice. Cole smirked at the frozen creature. "I'm a witch," he said simply. He walked forward and tapped its frozen chest. The ice statue crumbled and the falling pieces hit the ground shattering on impact.
He turned to look at Liam. The boy was staring at Cole with tears running down his cheeks. Cole rushed to his side. "What's wrong son?"
Liam sniffled and threw his arms around Cole. "I thought you might die like Mommy."
"I have done this for a long time," assured Cole wiping Liam's eyes. "I promise I won't leave you."
Liam nodded and looked at his ice cream on the ground. "I dropped my ice cream."
Cole smiled and picked him up. "That's okay. Let's go back and get you another one."
Liam pointed to the sky and gasped. "Oh Daddy! Look at the sky! Cole looked up and he felt his mouth drop open. In the sky were the northern lights. The Aurora Borealis was in San Francisco. That was something that didn't happen everyday. The glistening lights bathed them in its glow.
They didn't let the run in with the vampire ruin their evening. They had a good time for the rest of the night. He and Liam fell asleep on the couch after watching a marathon of cartoons on the Cartoon Channel.
It had been about two months since Liam had been to school. After doing some research Cole had found a perfect Elementary school that wasn't two far from their home. Early in the morning Cole walked into Liam's room. His son was sleeping soundly in his race car shaped bed. The whole room had a race car theme to it.
"Liam," he said shaking his shoulder. "Liam wake up."
Liam let out a soft snore and rolled over still sleeping heavily. Cole chuckled under his breath. He walked over to the window and pulled the curtains back. The room was bathed in the dawn's morning light. Liam snapped awake his eyes opening in alarm. "Daddyyyyy," he whined throwing his blankets over his head.
Cole pulled the blankets back. "Come on kiddo you have to get ready for school."
"I don't want to go to school," Liam said his voice muffled by the pillow he had over his head.
"Come on. Today is your first day. You can't stay at home for the rest of your life."
Liam sighed. "Okay, Okay I'm up." He crossed his arms and pouted at Cole. "Do I have to go Daddy?" he asked cutely. He made his eyes big and wide turning on his full cuteness. Cole raised his eyebrow and shook his head. "That won't work this time mister."
Liam nodded and climbed out of bed. Cole went to his dresser and began pulling out clothes for him to wear. He placed them on the bed and helped him get dressed. They left the house after a quick breakfast. They climbed into Cole's BMW and headed off to the school. Liam was fidgeting with his hands. It was a habit he did when he got nervous.
Cole saw his nervous gesture and decided to ease his fears. "Liam relax. I bet your first day will go fine. You'll probably will forget about me within one hour after having been there."
Liam gave him sly smile. "I'll probably only forget about you for thirty minutes top."
Cole and Liam both laughed. "I see someone is feeling good enough to make jokes." He parked in front of a large building. It was a typical looking elementary school. "We're here."
"Are you going to walk me in?" asked Liam.
Cole nodded. "If you really want me to. I will."
"Yeah. I don't want to get lost."
He grabbed Liam's hand and walked him into the school. His classroom was easy to find. The teacher was nice enough. Her name was Ms. Knight and seemed to be just out of college. She introduced Liam to the class and they welcomed him warmly. With a little wave to his father Liam sat down at an empty seat.
Cole sat in his office going over witness forms. He reached for his coffee and took a swallow. He let out a squelched and almost dropped the cup. The coffee was too hot and had burned his tongue. He extended his hand out and held it over the cup. He concentrated and called up his power.
He frowned when nothing happened. "What the hell," he muttered confused. He tried to fade finding the same result happened. Nothing.
He tried a spell but found that even it didn't work. None of his powers worked. His mind was working in overload. He didn't understand what was happening. As far as he knew no one was powerful enough except maybe the Charmed Ones to strip powers. But he would have felt the effects of a spell on him if they stripped his powers.
He spent the rest of the day till two o'clock worrying about what happened. He had to be at school to pick up Liam at two thirty. He parked in front of the school and Liam came running out to the car beaming widely.
He climbed into the passenger side. He turned to Cole smiling. "Your were right. It was so much fun!"
Cole found himself smiling at his son's enthusiasm. "I told you it would be."
The events of the day came rushing back to Cole. "Kiddo, have you tried using your powers today?" he asked pulling out into the street. Liam shook his head.
"Can you try right now," said Cole.
Liam nodded and held up his hands. A minute went by and nothing happened. Liam frowned and his face scrunched up in concentration. He looked up at Cole fearfully. "Why won't my powers work?"
Cole shook his head. "I don't know. Mine don't work either. Since it's both of us. That means that something must be wrong with magic everywhere."
"Do you think the evil people did something?" asked Liam.
"I don't know. There is really no way to find out. We just have to wait it out."
Late towards the night Cole decided to try his powers again. He tried to fade from the couch to living room and it worked. He let out a whoop of joy. He quickly calmed down. He didn't want to wake up Liam.
I wonder if the Powers that Be know what happened. Cole wondered to himself. He decided to find out.
"Out of space, out of time
Take me to the place
Where my answers lye!"
He vanished from the room in a shower of white sparkles. He appeared in the white marble hall that he was in when he first met the Powers. They appeared in front of him in a flash of light. The two women and the man looked the same as they did the first time he met them.
"We know why you are here," the young man said deeply. His voice always betrayed his age. It was too knowledgeable for someone that young.
"You are wondering what happened with your magic," the blond on his left said softly.
The one on the right spoke this time. "Today was the day when the twice-blessed child was born. The child will be the factor on which the future of magic rests."
"Piper," Cole breathed immediately knowing whom the special baby belonged to.
The trio nodded as one. "That is correct. Her baby is special and very powerful. The coming of this child was predicted over a hundred years ago," the woman on the left said softly.
The other woman nodded in agreement. "The prophecy goes as such. When three planets burn as one over a sky of dancing light, and magic will rest on a holy day to welcome a twice-blessed child."
Cole nodded. "So today Piper had her baby. Was it a Girl?"
They smiled identically. "A boy," said the man. Cole's eyes widened and the hallway vanished to be replaced with his kitchen.
He couldn't believe it. It was impossible. It was widely known throughout the Underworld that the Halliwell's were a long line of powerful female witches. Keyword female. Giving birth to a boy was simply unheard of in their family. Phoebe once told him that when they went to the future Piper had a daughter.
So what changed?
Prue was alive in the future also, but she was dead now. Meaning that the future they saw is not the exact future. It was merely a possibility.
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That's it for Chapter 2. I hope you like it. Should the Charmed One's come in next chapter?