A/N: Thanks for the reviews. They mean a lot.
Leo walked Piper into the manor. Piper was silent the whole trip back. She didn't want to speak at all. Leo tried to make her feel better, but it didn't work. Nothing would make Piper feel better, and nothing ever will. They just gave up their daughter, the daughter they were supposed to take care of, the daughter that she saw in the future, their daughter.
Things would never be the same.
Leo watched Piper run into the house and up the stairs. He was about to go after her, when he heard the loud slamming of the door. Phoebe pulled him back and shook her head.
"She needs some time alone Leo. It's really hard giving up your only child, knowing that you'll never see it again, knowing that you'll never get to know her."
"Yeah. I know." He said, turning away from them. Paige went up to him and hugged him, tightly. Leo wrapped his arms around the sister, and silent tears started to come down his cheeks. "It's going to be ok Leo. Just, we'll find a way...." She tried to make him feel better, but no right words for the situation seemed to come out.
He let go of the embrace. "Tell Piper, that I had to go to work."
"The Elders calling you?" Phoebe asked.
Leo slowly nodded and gave one last look to the girls, as he orbed out in shimmering blue and white lights. Paige was about to run up the stairs to go see Piper but Phoebe pulled her back. "Paige. She needs time alone."
Paige paused, and finally nodded her head in agreement, as the two sisters walked towards the kitchen.
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Leo orbed to the church. He couldn't let the girls know about his plan, what he was about to do. The truth was that the Elders never called him. He was about to do this on his own. He walked to the back of the church, his footsteps echoing behind him from the empty sanctuary.
He finally got to the back room, where he saw the nun trying to hush the crying of the baby girl in the same car seat where he and Piper had left her. He smiled as he saw the sight of the baby. The nun looked up from her doings, and smiled.
"Leo, I was thinking that you would never come."
"I'm sorry sister, I had to bring Piper and the girls home, I can't let them know about this."
The nun nodded and gave hand signals motioning for him to come to her. He walked towards her and the car seat and when he finally got there, he looked at the bundle. There was a crying, baby girl, his baby girl, and a big grin spread across his face.
"I missed you." He whispered, as he picked the baby up and held her in his arms. The baby stopped crying and her eyes looked up at her father. Leo bent his head down to kiss her little forehead. He rocked her around, singing a little tune, walking in circles.
The baby's eyes slowly started to close, as the lullaby soothed her. Finally, the sweet little girl was asleep. Leo smiled at his doing. He was a real father now, and he actually put his baby to sleep. He looked up at the nun. She was smiling right at him.
"They will be here any moment."
"Did you tell them about my....daughter?" Leo hesitated. The nun shook her head. "No. I just told him that a friend needed his assistance."
"Thank you, so much for doing this sister. I..can't thank you enough. You've done so much."
"Well, it's what I do. I help whitelighters. After what you did to help me so many times Leo, I couldn't begin to repay you enough."
"I'm lucky to have you as a friend." Leo said, looking down back at the slumbering baby. He took a free hand and played with her tiny little fingers. Suddenly, a pair of blue and white swirling lights came into the room. The nun and Leo looked up at the sight. Then, a man and woman appeared from the lights.
The man and the woman looked around. When the man saw Leo, he grinned. "Leo!! Old friend, how are you?"
Leo took his free hand and shook the man's hand. "Artemis, it's been a long time. I've been good. And who's this?" he said, referring to the woman beside him. Artemis looked to the back of him and saw the woman. "Oh sorry. Allow me to introduce my lifetime whitelighter partner, Apolla."
Leo smiled. He had been friends with Artemis for the longest time. Artemis had taught him a lot of whitelighter techniques and he even helped him with his first charge. Artemis was sort of like an old time mentor.
"They gave you a partner?"
"Yeah, I never really asked for one. Sheesh, those Elders up there. Sometimes I think they're a little too old in the head for the job." He said sarcastically. Apolla hit him on the shoulder. "Shush. They might hear you an blame ME for it."
Artemis suddenly noticed the baby in Leo's arms. "Leo, whose baby is that? Why did you call me here anyway?"
Leo looked down at his darling daughter and gave her to the nun, where the nun put her back down into the car seat. "I need a favor Artemis, and I know that you're the only one I can count on to do it and to keep it secret. You have ways of getting pass the Elders, that I have no knowledge of."
"What, kind of favor?" he asked suspiciously, Apolla coming up to his side and wondering the same thing. Leo sighed.
"Artemis, I fell in love, with one of my charges. A Charmed one."
"You what?? Leo, out of all the people, you, fell in love??? I knew that your feelings would get in the way, I mean...."
"Artemis. Please, if anybody knew more about love and emotions, it would be you. You were always different than other whitelighters, I didn't really understand, until I met Piper."
"Yes, I heard about this Piper. I didn't know that you actually fell in love..."
"The Elders didn't approve at all. At first, they put me on probation.or something like that. Until this one time came, where we actually went up there, to defeat a warlock and we broke one too many rules. They forbidden me from ever marrying her, they forbid me from being they're whitelighter ever again. But...I broke the rules once more, and I kept seeing her. I couldn't....stay away from her Artemis.."
"I'm listening, what else happened?"
"I loved her more than anything, and we managed to see each other without the Elders knowing, until....Piper got pregnant."
"WHAT???"
"We had a beautiful baby girl...but we can't keep her. And I do not want her staying with a normal family, she has too many powers Artemis. Mortals can't protect her from danger, and I know that you're the only one who can take care of my little girl...without letting the Elders know."
"Leo, I can't. That's just, I mean.."
"Please Artemis. You have been my best friends since forever. I would feel so much better if you were taking care of her. And..you could protect her from danger. I just need this favor..Please." Leo looked at Artemis with sympathetic eyes.
Artemis stared at his friend. Both negative and positive thoughts raced through his mind. He was about to speak, when Apolla stopped him. "Yes Leo. We'll do it. We'll take care of the girl." She said, in a calm, soothing voice.
Leo smiled and glanced at Artemis' shocked look. "Artemis?" he asked.
Artemis looked nervous, and then scared, and started to bite his nails. He looked over to the baby in the car seat and smiled when he saw the sweet face. He looked over to his friend, who was asking him for help. "Yes. We'll do it. Of course we'll do it, would I ever turn down an offer like this?"
Leo grinned. "Thank you. Thank you so much. You are truly the definition of guardian angels. I can't thank you enough."
"Save the talk Leo. We better hurry."
Leo nodded and walked over to his daughter. He stared at her for a few minutes, wondering how life would be without her. He didn't want to be separated from her but it was for her protection. "I love you.....and I'll see you again. I promise." He whispered as he kissed her face once again.
He lifted the car seat and handed it over to Artemis. Artemis and Apolla stared at the baby. "Oh Artemis, she's so beautiful." Apolla gasped, her hand over her mouth. Artemis smiled at the young one. "I'm sure she'll look just like you..." He said, looking up to Leo.
Leo had tears falling down his cheeks. "Take care of her. Please." He said, his voice cracking from his cry. "Just, I love her so much. Piper loves her...and thank you..." He tried to say. Artemis let Apolla hold the car seat and he walked to Leo and hugged him tightly.
"I know how tough this feels. I had to leave my son when I died..I never got to see him since. I promise my soul that I will protect your daughter until I die." He said in Leo's ear. Leo nodded and pulled away from the embrace.
Artemis went back to Apolla and held the car seat. He looked back at Leo before they began to walk out of the room. Suddenly, Apolla turned around to look at Leo. "What's her name?"
Leo smiled at the question. "Samantha. Samantha, Halliwell, Wyatt." He whispered, as the final tears came down his cheeks, and he orbed out swirling blue and white lights, out of the church.
A/N: Well, I should continue real soon, but this is the only things I can write so far....geez do the hours go fast. .*dramaqueen*, yes, I thought of that too, but then I have my own little theory about whitelighters. See, they are angels, and they can't die from regular wounds and such, but they are dead people that come back to life as guardian angels, so they can kind of die. They do die by whitelighter poison right? So that means that the elders CAN kill him if they have to. Thanks for reviewing my fic. More later. Please read and review!
Leo walked Piper into the manor. Piper was silent the whole trip back. She didn't want to speak at all. Leo tried to make her feel better, but it didn't work. Nothing would make Piper feel better, and nothing ever will. They just gave up their daughter, the daughter they were supposed to take care of, the daughter that she saw in the future, their daughter.
Things would never be the same.
Leo watched Piper run into the house and up the stairs. He was about to go after her, when he heard the loud slamming of the door. Phoebe pulled him back and shook her head.
"She needs some time alone Leo. It's really hard giving up your only child, knowing that you'll never see it again, knowing that you'll never get to know her."
"Yeah. I know." He said, turning away from them. Paige went up to him and hugged him, tightly. Leo wrapped his arms around the sister, and silent tears started to come down his cheeks. "It's going to be ok Leo. Just, we'll find a way...." She tried to make him feel better, but no right words for the situation seemed to come out.
He let go of the embrace. "Tell Piper, that I had to go to work."
"The Elders calling you?" Phoebe asked.
Leo slowly nodded and gave one last look to the girls, as he orbed out in shimmering blue and white lights. Paige was about to run up the stairs to go see Piper but Phoebe pulled her back. "Paige. She needs time alone."
Paige paused, and finally nodded her head in agreement, as the two sisters walked towards the kitchen.
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Leo orbed to the church. He couldn't let the girls know about his plan, what he was about to do. The truth was that the Elders never called him. He was about to do this on his own. He walked to the back of the church, his footsteps echoing behind him from the empty sanctuary.
He finally got to the back room, where he saw the nun trying to hush the crying of the baby girl in the same car seat where he and Piper had left her. He smiled as he saw the sight of the baby. The nun looked up from her doings, and smiled.
"Leo, I was thinking that you would never come."
"I'm sorry sister, I had to bring Piper and the girls home, I can't let them know about this."
The nun nodded and gave hand signals motioning for him to come to her. He walked towards her and the car seat and when he finally got there, he looked at the bundle. There was a crying, baby girl, his baby girl, and a big grin spread across his face.
"I missed you." He whispered, as he picked the baby up and held her in his arms. The baby stopped crying and her eyes looked up at her father. Leo bent his head down to kiss her little forehead. He rocked her around, singing a little tune, walking in circles.
The baby's eyes slowly started to close, as the lullaby soothed her. Finally, the sweet little girl was asleep. Leo smiled at his doing. He was a real father now, and he actually put his baby to sleep. He looked up at the nun. She was smiling right at him.
"They will be here any moment."
"Did you tell them about my....daughter?" Leo hesitated. The nun shook her head. "No. I just told him that a friend needed his assistance."
"Thank you, so much for doing this sister. I..can't thank you enough. You've done so much."
"Well, it's what I do. I help whitelighters. After what you did to help me so many times Leo, I couldn't begin to repay you enough."
"I'm lucky to have you as a friend." Leo said, looking down back at the slumbering baby. He took a free hand and played with her tiny little fingers. Suddenly, a pair of blue and white swirling lights came into the room. The nun and Leo looked up at the sight. Then, a man and woman appeared from the lights.
The man and the woman looked around. When the man saw Leo, he grinned. "Leo!! Old friend, how are you?"
Leo took his free hand and shook the man's hand. "Artemis, it's been a long time. I've been good. And who's this?" he said, referring to the woman beside him. Artemis looked to the back of him and saw the woman. "Oh sorry. Allow me to introduce my lifetime whitelighter partner, Apolla."
Leo smiled. He had been friends with Artemis for the longest time. Artemis had taught him a lot of whitelighter techniques and he even helped him with his first charge. Artemis was sort of like an old time mentor.
"They gave you a partner?"
"Yeah, I never really asked for one. Sheesh, those Elders up there. Sometimes I think they're a little too old in the head for the job." He said sarcastically. Apolla hit him on the shoulder. "Shush. They might hear you an blame ME for it."
Artemis suddenly noticed the baby in Leo's arms. "Leo, whose baby is that? Why did you call me here anyway?"
Leo looked down at his darling daughter and gave her to the nun, where the nun put her back down into the car seat. "I need a favor Artemis, and I know that you're the only one I can count on to do it and to keep it secret. You have ways of getting pass the Elders, that I have no knowledge of."
"What, kind of favor?" he asked suspiciously, Apolla coming up to his side and wondering the same thing. Leo sighed.
"Artemis, I fell in love, with one of my charges. A Charmed one."
"You what?? Leo, out of all the people, you, fell in love??? I knew that your feelings would get in the way, I mean...."
"Artemis. Please, if anybody knew more about love and emotions, it would be you. You were always different than other whitelighters, I didn't really understand, until I met Piper."
"Yes, I heard about this Piper. I didn't know that you actually fell in love..."
"The Elders didn't approve at all. At first, they put me on probation.or something like that. Until this one time came, where we actually went up there, to defeat a warlock and we broke one too many rules. They forbidden me from ever marrying her, they forbid me from being they're whitelighter ever again. But...I broke the rules once more, and I kept seeing her. I couldn't....stay away from her Artemis.."
"I'm listening, what else happened?"
"I loved her more than anything, and we managed to see each other without the Elders knowing, until....Piper got pregnant."
"WHAT???"
"We had a beautiful baby girl...but we can't keep her. And I do not want her staying with a normal family, she has too many powers Artemis. Mortals can't protect her from danger, and I know that you're the only one who can take care of my little girl...without letting the Elders know."
"Leo, I can't. That's just, I mean.."
"Please Artemis. You have been my best friends since forever. I would feel so much better if you were taking care of her. And..you could protect her from danger. I just need this favor..Please." Leo looked at Artemis with sympathetic eyes.
Artemis stared at his friend. Both negative and positive thoughts raced through his mind. He was about to speak, when Apolla stopped him. "Yes Leo. We'll do it. We'll take care of the girl." She said, in a calm, soothing voice.
Leo smiled and glanced at Artemis' shocked look. "Artemis?" he asked.
Artemis looked nervous, and then scared, and started to bite his nails. He looked over to the baby in the car seat and smiled when he saw the sweet face. He looked over to his friend, who was asking him for help. "Yes. We'll do it. Of course we'll do it, would I ever turn down an offer like this?"
Leo grinned. "Thank you. Thank you so much. You are truly the definition of guardian angels. I can't thank you enough."
"Save the talk Leo. We better hurry."
Leo nodded and walked over to his daughter. He stared at her for a few minutes, wondering how life would be without her. He didn't want to be separated from her but it was for her protection. "I love you.....and I'll see you again. I promise." He whispered as he kissed her face once again.
He lifted the car seat and handed it over to Artemis. Artemis and Apolla stared at the baby. "Oh Artemis, she's so beautiful." Apolla gasped, her hand over her mouth. Artemis smiled at the young one. "I'm sure she'll look just like you..." He said, looking up to Leo.
Leo had tears falling down his cheeks. "Take care of her. Please." He said, his voice cracking from his cry. "Just, I love her so much. Piper loves her...and thank you..." He tried to say. Artemis let Apolla hold the car seat and he walked to Leo and hugged him tightly.
"I know how tough this feels. I had to leave my son when I died..I never got to see him since. I promise my soul that I will protect your daughter until I die." He said in Leo's ear. Leo nodded and pulled away from the embrace.
Artemis went back to Apolla and held the car seat. He looked back at Leo before they began to walk out of the room. Suddenly, Apolla turned around to look at Leo. "What's her name?"
Leo smiled at the question. "Samantha. Samantha, Halliwell, Wyatt." He whispered, as the final tears came down his cheeks, and he orbed out swirling blue and white lights, out of the church.
A/N: Well, I should continue real soon, but this is the only things I can write so far....geez do the hours go fast. .*dramaqueen*, yes, I thought of that too, but then I have my own little theory about whitelighters. See, they are angels, and they can't die from regular wounds and such, but they are dead people that come back to life as guardian angels, so they can kind of die. They do die by whitelighter poison right? So that means that the elders CAN kill him if they have to. Thanks for reviewing my fic. More later. Please read and review!