CHAPTER 23:
2008, somewhere in the underworld.
"Okay", Gwen said as she took the chair opposite Dronan. He waited until she said down and started to explain. "The master gets more powerful by the day and becomes soon a threat to not only the mortals and good guys, but also to the demons. It will go so far he wants to get rid of everyone except for a few of his most loyal servants. It has been prophesised that by that time only the new power of three can stop him. He knows that, he has heard of the prophecy to. That's why he wants to kidnap one of the young Halliwells. With him or her gone they can never form the powerful power to destroy him in the future. Without the child we are all doomed", he ended pessimistic.
Gwen didn't say anything for minutes, she had to think it all over, because it didn't made sense to her. She understood why she had to help but she also knew that this was choosing from two bads. But she finally decided to do as Dronan wanted her to do. Apparently the new power of three was the only power to get rid of the master and Gwen was sure there were more ways to get rid of the Halliwells after that.
'And of course', she thought 'I am not important to them, they may not even be a threat to me, however the master will be.' "Okay I'll do it", she said. "I knew you would", Dronan replied. "So what exactly do I need to do? I mean you said kidnapping the kid, after Gredam did, but how do I do that?"
"Well first of all you make sure you get to know when exactly it will happen, it won't be much trouble to get that information from Gredam I assume?" "No he always tells me everything, besides he talks in his sleep", Gwen answered. "Good", Dronan said. "Well you know he's not the best with kids so what if you offered to him you'd baby sit the little one until the master says where to take her?"
Gwen nodded and listened when Dronan continued. "And then of course you need to escape. Don't worry I have everything you need for that. There is this abandoned house I used to come and there you can go to. You need to say a spell I'll give you soon and you need to draw a sign. When you do so a portal will open which will bring you to another time."
"Another time?", Gwen asked as her mouth dropped open. "Even if I can do that, what the hell am I going to do there?" "Raise the kid", Dronan said. "Me? Raise a kid?", Gwen went on even more surprised. "I just thought I had to get it from Gredam and that was it. Can't it stay with you guys in the elder havens?" "That's no place for a kid to grow up", Dronan said. "No, we want him or her to have a life as normal as possible until the kid is strong enough to defeat the master. And I am positive you are qualified for the job Gwen, I know you better than you know yourself. Besides you've got to admit you'd like to take care of a little kid, don't you?"
She thought about it and Dronan was right again. How could he know she wanted a kid, but Gredam didn't? "So raising a kid is not something you do for a few months, how long exactly is this job going to take?" "About fourteen years", Dronan replied as if it was no big deal. "Fourteen years? And what do I get in return for giving up so many years of my life?"
"Well is having a life not enough? Or the fact you get the possibility to raise a kid as if it was your own?", Dronan asked. "You save Gredam this way, and because you are in the past you don't miss anything. After fourteen years you will return to the same time and date that you left. You get a chance to live another life for those years and return to your old one as if nothing has happened."
"Okay but how do I raise the kid? I don't have any experience, any money nor do I know how to handle the witch's powers." "Don't worry Gwen, I thought of everything", Dronan said. "First about the powers. We will block them; until he or she is sixteen everything will be normal, no magic in your lives. We also have make sure no-one will find out, so we will have to change the name of the kid as well as birthday etcetera. Nothing may look like he or she is in anyway related to the Halliwells."
"You need to remember the things I am going to say now very carefully. The oldest one is called Wyatt, but will become Matt. The other boy is Chris but will be named Perry and the little girl's name is P.J. but will be Joey. You can remember that, can't you? You don't have to worry about the powers, because like I said they will be blocked. When the time is near they will reveal themselves and around that time I will inform you about other important things in how to explain everything to the kid."
"Huh so I am really gonna take care of it, aren't I?", Gwen said thinking it all through. "First lesson Gwen, pretend you actually care for the kid and don't call him or her it. That's not believable."