The Ties That Bind
By HollyMC
Disclaimer: None of these characters belong to me; they belong to the producers of Charmed and Spelling Entertainment. I am not making a dime off of this story, so please don't sue me!
Author's Note: This story takes place sometime during season 7, these events will probably not occur in the show so it's almost an unaired episode of season 7, but there are many flashbacks-those will be italicized so that it is easy to tell when that happens. Keep an open mind when reading and enjoy the story!
Prologue
Prelude to a Great Evil
New York City, 1846
Benethazar slowly paced around the parlor in his human form, waiting for the arrival of his new seer impatiently. He only had a few days left until the wedding and wanted everything to go as planned so that the prophesy could be fulfilled.
"I must marry her in a dark wedding in order for my plans to work! If we get married in a church then we will fail in carrying out the prophesy! Seer, what will I need for this to be successful?"
A dark skinned woman wrapped in dark red robes suddenly appeared in front of him, her dark brown hair wrapped in intricate braids around her head. She respectfully bowed to him and started to explain everything.
"My liege, you must marry her in a cemetery, with a dark priest or priestess overseeing the ceremony. Once that is done, your heir will be a powerful source of evil, but not as powerful as the one that she is to bear-I see your daughter as the mother of the most powerful demon of our time, with you as the future source.....
Suddenly, the door opens and the man looks towards it while the seer quickly disappears from the room. He was displeased to find a little boy peering through it, he had told everyone in the household not to disturb him.
"Boy! What are you doing here! Didn't I tell you not to interrupt me! Well, what is it that you want!"
The boy hesitantly stepped into the room and looked around with a confused look on his face.
"I....I thought...I heard voices in here....I thought that....that my mother was here......but I...I... guess I was mistaken...sorry to have disturbed you sir...I will leave now..."
The man walked up to him and glared at the little boy and slammed the door behind him and sighed with relief that he was not caught. The seer shimmered in behind him and they both listened to the tiny footsteps patter down the hall.
"How are you going to keep that boy in the dark about the fact that you are a demon?" the Seer asked impatiently. "Especially once his mother is pregnant? Luckily for you, you do not have to worry too much about that though, for there is a special ceremony involved to turn not only your wife evil, but her already existing child evil."
He nodded at the Seer's words and smiled as he remembered that his future wife already had a husband when they met-at the seers orders he had the husband killed and eventually wooed the mother of his future baby to his side. After the marriage took place, and she became pregnant, the tonic will do its magic and all will be well.
A few days later it was time for the ceremony, and everything was going according to plan. He had told his fiancée that the marriage was to take place in the cemetery because all of the chapels were booked, and she believed him, so all was going according to plan. His bride walked down the aisle, the music was playing, and they finally said their vows. After that, the priest did the ceremony that would turn her evil and she drank her first dose of tonic. There was an unforeseen problem when he tried to do the same to the boy, who had been the ring bearer-as the priest did the special ceremony he suddenly was flung back against the wall as a pale impenetrable blue light shone around the child, who then became unconscious.
The seer gasped in shock and turned to him with a surprised and angry look on her face
"Don't you know what this means? This child is a future whitelighter! How did you completely miss that fact? Now how is the prophesy supposed to come true?"
His mother, meanwhile, just stood there with a vacant expression on her face as he lifted the child up, grabbed her arm and dragged them both out of the chapel. Before he left, he turned to the seer and simply stated the following as he looked at the child in his arms
"That does not matter-it will only be a matter of time before he is as evil as the rest of us, isn't that right...Samuel?"
He started down at the child and evilly grinned as they left the chapel.