Chapter 24

"It's over Gideon, they know." Anarion told him.

Gideon looked at his friend and fellow Elder, "What do you mean?"

"Leo, he knows something. There is a girl who's come from the future claiming to be his niece. She has the power of premonition and she knows we're after the child."

Gideon looked away, "We must move quickly then if they are on to us. The child is much too powerful and cannot be allowed to live. Come."

"But Gideon, what if—"

"You saw it Anarion! If this child is allowed to live then the very future of magic will be at stake. We cannot let that happen."

"What do you plan to do?"

"I had hoped that once Leo was out of the way it would be easier to convince Piper to entrust the child to my care. She will not be able to handle a child with that much power. But just in case that will not work, I've arranged to have someone attack the Manor and kill the Charmed Ones, that way we will be able to make sure the child will be entrusted to us."

"Gideon, we can't kill the Charmed Ones!"

"We may have to for the greater good Anarion."

"How is this plan for the greater good? Look at all they have accomplished already!"

"It is much, I know but their destiny has been fulfilled, they have destroyed the Source. It will be a shame to lose them but if we have to we must."

*****

"Jason! What...what are you doing here?" Phoebe asked surprised at seeing him.

Jason stood up, he had been having a talk with Piper about magic. He had a lot of questions about it all. Izzy remained quiet through much of it recalling different things about her father that she had forgotten. It made her sad to know that he wasn't going to be in her future...unless this worked and she prayed it would.

"Phoebe, I came to talk to you."

"About what?" she asked.

"Piper, I think we should leave them alone." Izzy said.

"Oh right!" Piper said getting up from the table and following Izzy out. "I didn't know you could cook." She started saying to her as they left.

"What's going on Jason?" Phoebe asked again.

"I came by to tell you that something came up and I had to leave for a couple weeks. I didn't want you to think you would never hear from me again after what you told me." Phoebe smiled and looked down. "I also got very curious about your cousin, something tells me she's not really your cousin."

"Why would you say that?" she asked looking up again.

"Well I realized that you once told me you didn't have any aunts. Who is she really Phoebe?"

"It's a long and complicated story Jason."

"So tell me, my plane doesn't leave until this afternoon."

Phoebe remained quiet for several minutes then she finally said, "She's your daughter Jason."

Jason's eyes went wide, "Excuse me?"

Phoebe sighed and nodded. "I don't know much, but she used a spell to travel back in time to help her cousin, my future nephew, Chris, stop something terrible from happening."

"Whoa...whoa...hold on here Phoebe, you're telling me that that girl with Piper, Izzy, is our daughter?" he said as he sat down again.

"I know Jason, it's hard to believe, but it's her, it's our baby that I'm carrying right now." Phoebe said. Jason looked at her, then at her stomach, then towards the door where Piper and Izzy had disappeared.

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"So what about the spell?" Paige asked her. She had met Piper and Izzy as she came down the stairs.

"Done. We just have to find them now." Izzy replied. As they stood there in the hallway memories of that fateful day came to her mind. It was so weird standing here with them now in the same hallway they eventually die in. She looked around and felt extremely uneasy, "It's not gonna be the same." She muttered to herself.

"What?" Piper asked.

"Nothing, nothing." She quickly replied when suddenly a demon appeared, "Piper!" she shouted and Piper turned quickly. An energy ball formed in the demons hand and he threw it directly at Piper.

"No!" Izzy shouted pushing her out of the way and getting hit with it instead. She landed on the floor as Phoebe and Jason came rushing in.

"Jason stay back!" Phoebe shouted.

Piper tried exploding the demon but nothing happened. Izzy looked up and got a better look at the demon. It was the one who Morian had sent to kill them in the future. Gideon must have known he was running out of time and was getting desperate. The demon formed another energy ball and aimed for Phoebe this time. Paige yelled for it and directed it back at him as Izzy tried desperately to remember the spell Wyatt had said. She couldn't think of it! But then she heard Wyatt's voice and the demon exploded. Everyone (except Jason who was staring in shock at where the demon had been) looked up and saw Wyatt and Chris on the stairway.

a/n: Last call for spell ideas! :D oh and I started another story called "When Everything Went Wrong" it's a prequel to this one that provides back round info on Izzy, Chris, and Wyatt and how they grew up...so you might want to check it out, if not then whatever...