Title: Angel without a prayer

Author: Winter Blaze

Disclaimer: I don't own the charmed characters. I don't even own the title of this story it belongs to Deana Carter, but I am just using the title and not the song that goes with it. and i do not plan to make money off this story. The characters i own are mine along with the story line.

Summary: Phoebe and Cole's daughter, Lana has been missing for four years. What happens when she finds her way home and no one is there; that she happens to recognize?

Chapter 1: Hidden in the shadows

Darkness cover's the whole sky. Nothing but dark is all around and the only noise to be heard is the roll of thunder and the occasional strike of lighting. That is the only source of light a young girl with curly brown hair, torn jeans, white t-shirt, and no shoes has as she hides behind a box in the alley way.

She knows the rain is coming but as always on nights such like this she will stay where she is for she knows what is hidden in the shadows.

She silently rocks back and forth; knowing this is the only way she has been able to sleep since the incident.

"I'll stay here mom, dad I promise." She only moved a couple of feet from the old Victorian house and that's when it accord. "Mom, dad help please! Let me go! HELP!" They were to late their little girl of thirteen; had been taken and with her powers being still binded she was not able to get away.

"What do you want from me?" I turned to my capture but I could not see his face it was painted with red stripes and covered in black and yellow spots. "I did not tell you to speak witch." Witch what was he talking about. Witches are in fairytales not in real life, but I didn't say that out loud.

I was facing him so I could remember what he looked like. He all of a sudden got up and bowed very low he whispered to me, "bow now, witch." I looked at him like he was crazy. I couldn't bow down for anything my feet were tied together and my hands behind them.

"Let her be, Zolar." I couldn't see the speaker but he sounded like to be a male. I knew now my captors name, Zolar. I had to remember it. "Zolar, why did you capture a powerless, witch?" "Your liege, she is one of the Charmed Ones daughter. How can she not have power?" "Did you forget her mother and father are part human, so that would make her human as well; it probably skipped her." "My liege, Belthazor is here to see you."

I didn't care who Belthazor was I just wanted the man behind me, my captor to leave me alone, but most of all I want my parents to come and get me and tell me everything will be alright. Even though I know I better. The man behind me leaves, but orders Zolar to stay and watch me.

I sit there willing myself to not cry as I rock back and forth in hopes it will loll me to sleep. "Little witch stay awake." Zolar comes at me with such speed I flinch; not knowing what he will do to me. "Don't lay a hand on my daughter."

I couldn't believe it, well I could I just didn't think my mom would find me this fast. "Mom, I am so sorry." "It's okay." Those were the last words I heard before she and Zolar started to fight.

I watched the fight my eyes burning from not blinking, but I couldn't tare my eyes away from my mom in fear she might leave. Zolar had my mom pinned against apart of the cave wall. She couldn't move I saw here lips move, maybe in a prayer. I didn't know, since I wasn't good at reading lips. He hit her upside her head. "I love you, Lana." Then she fell limp and Zolar just threw her body over to me.

As I sit there not able to move. I look at my mothers' body. The tears I once willed not to come were spilling down my face. My vision was blurred, so I only saw a mist of white come near me then vanish and I guess it went over me, but I didn't care I just wanted my mom back.

"What's wrong witch? I take it you've never seen a dead body before. There's your first look and I hope you don't forget it." I tried not to pay attention to his words, but they held truth to them. A new thought sparked into my head, if my mom could come then so could my dad. "You are a mean monster for what you did to my mom. My dad will come and kick your sorry butt!"

I don't think he liked the word monster because he got really angry. "Don't call me that." He told me not to call him that, so I called him that anyways, "MONSTER!"

He came at me with such force I didn't have time to do anything of course I wouldn't be able to anyways. He slapped me and I could feel a bruise forming, but why would it sting like a cut stings when it's open. I panicked and thought he would do it again, so I closed my eyes and braced myself for another hit, and wished I was safely away from him.

The thunder had awakened her and alerted her to look around her surroundings. She crept out from behind her box and saw yellow spots in the shadows just as lighting had lite up the dark night sky. She knew it was Zolar, just as she knew it was him for the past four years.

He knew he couldn't touch her in this particular alley way, and he knew she knew this as well. "You've been watching and waiting for the past four years, Zolar and I always ask you the same thing; which you give no answer to. We know I'm older now, so please just tell me why you keep waiting for me to leave."

Zolar had seen Lana grow into a beautiful young girl. He knew she was seventeen; that he had hurt her in many ways, that it would not end, and on occasions he would help her out. He knew it was time to tell her why he had been sent to watch her, but it didn't mean he had to tell her the whole truth.