Chapter 2.……..

San Francisco, CA……… Halliwell Manor………..12/17/02

Paige was sitting in the living room when she heard a knock at the door. She got up and walked over to the door. When she got there she opened the door and looked out. But there was nobody there. Before she shut the door she looked down and saw a rolled up scroll. So she reached down and picked it up. She then went back into the manor and shut the door.

Phoebe walked down the stairs and saw Paige holding a scroll. She then asked, "What is that, Paige?"

Paige looked up from the scroll and saw Phoebe standing at the bottom of the stairs. She then said, "I don't know. But it was on the porch. I think someone left it for us." She thought a moment then said, "Leo, get out here."

After a moment Leo orbed in. He then looked between Phoebe, and Paige. He then asked, "What is it? Is there something wrong?"

Paige handed Leo the scroll and said, "There is nothing wrong. But I did find this on the front porch. But I can't read it."

Leo glanced at Paige before turning his attention to the scroll. He then read it out loud.

When the time comes that the child of the Witch and the Whitelighter is born, the child then will be replaced with her older self. She will be trained to fight by the ensouled vampire, and trained in the use of magic by the Charmed Ones. The power that she holds will be unique, and she will be more powerful then the Charmed Ones.

Leo looked at the scroll then looked up at Paige, and Phoebe. He then said, "If this is correct then that means."

Paige said, "That my niece is going to be special. And that for some reason she gets changed with her older self."

Leo nodded then said, "We can't let Piper see this scroll. If it is meant to happen, she may try to stop it."

Both Paige and Phoebe nodded.

San Francisco, California……… Cole Turner's Apartment………12/18/02.……

Cole is pacing around his apartment when a demon appears in a puff of smoke. The demon looked at Cole and then said, "Turner, my sources in the underworld have found out that information that you wanted."

Cole looked at the Demon and asked, "Well, what kind of demon was it?"

The demon shook his head. He then said, "What is it worth to you?"

Cole held his hand up and a energy ball appeared. He then said, "Its worth your life."

The demon quickly said, "You were right, it was a Dark Demon. It was Bal-ragtrocke. Apparently he is some kind of big wig with something called the Dark One."

Cole looked sharply at the demon and asked, "Did you just say, the Dark One?"

The demon looked confused. He then said, "Yes I did. What of it? He couldn't be any worse then the source was."

Cole shook his head and then all of a sudden threw a energy ball at the demon, who then was vanquished. Cole then said, out loud, to himself, "The Dark One, is the worst of the worst. Only the someone with a lot of power can stand up to him. Bad things are coming. And now is the time for everybody to pick the side they are on."

Cole shook his head and then disappeared in a puff of flame.

TBC……………….