FOUR
"I won't let you do this," cried Cole. "I'll tell Phoebe and her sisters
what you've done. Your Changling won't live long enough to take my place. And
when they're done they'll come after you."
"Not likely," the Seer said. "Do you think I would go to all this trouble
just to let you spoil my plans? I have been planning this for a very long time.
Nothing can go wrong. And I won't allow you to destroy what I've carefully
planned for."
The Changling stood watching in total confusion. Without another word the
Seer suddenly formed a fireball and cast it at Cole. Within seconds Cole was
completely consumed by the fireball leaving only a scorched mark where he had
been standing.
"What happened?" questioned the Changling.
"I have assured your success," said the Seer. "It's a pity, really.
Belthazor would have been the most powerful Source in history. While his
demonic half may have been vanquished he still possessed the remnants of that
power. He would have made a much better choice than you. Still, his will was
much too strong to have allowed the Source to fully possess him."
"Cole?" questioned the Changling. "I'm Cole. What's going on here?"
"Nothing to be concerned with," said the Seer smiling. "Belthazor's
personality is asserting itself. In a few moments you will forget you were
anything other than Cole Turner. But the love you will carry for the witch will
be only a pale shadow of the true love he carried. It will be quite easy for
the Source to overcome it."
The Seer waved her hand and the Changling suddenly shimmered and vanished
from the cavern. She had returned the demon to the place from where she had
taken Cole. By now, Cole's personality would have fully asserted itself
completely eradicating the Changlings' true personality. And within a short
time the Source would overcome that personality. It was a pale replica of the
original.
"It's a pity, really," said the Seer, looking at the scorch mark where Cole had once stood. "You could have been great. How little you understood the
true power you possessed. If you have only allowed the Source to fully possess
you it would have been an easy matter to dispose of him once you had acquired
his power. The love you carried for the witch would have been something not
even the Source could have fought against."
The Seer turned and walked from the chamber. She knew it had been a risk
to allow Cole to fight the Source for so long. But it had been necessary for
the Source to fully establish his growing control over Cole before transplanting
his personality into the Changling. Otherwise the Source might not have
survived the transplantation.
It had been many decades since she had learned the true power that humans
possessed. The power of love. That was a power that almost no demon had the
power to fight against. Or resist. It was a power that no true demon could
truly understand because demons were incapable of love.
Cole Turner had been different. He had been only half demon. His human
half had allowed him to understand the power of love as no demon could.
Combining his love for Phoebe with the power he would have inherited from the
Source would have allowed him to truly vanquish his greatest of all foes.
Now, Cole Turner had died and only she knew it. To the rest of the world,
and the underworld, he would continue as she wished. His legacy would grow in
the form of the Changling. To the rest of the world and the underworld, Cole
Turner would eventually become the new Source. And she would control the entire
underworld through him.
The End
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"I won't let you do this," cried Cole. "I'll tell Phoebe and her sisters
what you've done. Your Changling won't live long enough to take my place. And
when they're done they'll come after you."
"Not likely," the Seer said. "Do you think I would go to all this trouble
just to let you spoil my plans? I have been planning this for a very long time.
Nothing can go wrong. And I won't allow you to destroy what I've carefully
planned for."
The Changling stood watching in total confusion. Without another word the
Seer suddenly formed a fireball and cast it at Cole. Within seconds Cole was
completely consumed by the fireball leaving only a scorched mark where he had
been standing.
"What happened?" questioned the Changling.
"I have assured your success," said the Seer. "It's a pity, really.
Belthazor would have been the most powerful Source in history. While his
demonic half may have been vanquished he still possessed the remnants of that
power. He would have made a much better choice than you. Still, his will was
much too strong to have allowed the Source to fully possess him."
"Cole?" questioned the Changling. "I'm Cole. What's going on here?"
"Nothing to be concerned with," said the Seer smiling. "Belthazor's
personality is asserting itself. In a few moments you will forget you were
anything other than Cole Turner. But the love you will carry for the witch will
be only a pale shadow of the true love he carried. It will be quite easy for
the Source to overcome it."
The Seer waved her hand and the Changling suddenly shimmered and vanished
from the cavern. She had returned the demon to the place from where she had
taken Cole. By now, Cole's personality would have fully asserted itself
completely eradicating the Changlings' true personality. And within a short
time the Source would overcome that personality. It was a pale replica of the
original.
"It's a pity, really," said the Seer, looking at the scorch mark where Cole had once stood. "You could have been great. How little you understood the
true power you possessed. If you have only allowed the Source to fully possess
you it would have been an easy matter to dispose of him once you had acquired
his power. The love you carried for the witch would have been something not
even the Source could have fought against."
The Seer turned and walked from the chamber. She knew it had been a risk
to allow Cole to fight the Source for so long. But it had been necessary for
the Source to fully establish his growing control over Cole before transplanting
his personality into the Changling. Otherwise the Source might not have
survived the transplantation.
It had been many decades since she had learned the true power that humans
possessed. The power of love. That was a power that almost no demon had the
power to fight against. Or resist. It was a power that no true demon could
truly understand because demons were incapable of love.
Cole Turner had been different. He had been only half demon. His human
half had allowed him to understand the power of love as no demon could.
Combining his love for Phoebe with the power he would have inherited from the
Source would have allowed him to truly vanquish his greatest of all foes.
Now, Cole Turner had died and only she knew it. To the rest of the world,
and the underworld, he would continue as she wished. His legacy would grow in
the form of the Changling. To the rest of the world and the underworld, Cole
Turner would eventually become the new Source. And she would control the entire
underworld through him.
The End
If you've enjoyed this story, you can find more "Charmed" stories at my
website, You can also post your own "Charmed"
stories if you like to write fan fiction.