Princess Pinky – lol, I'm glad you like the craving! And I thought of a Bat Feral because all the ferals in Mutant X always seem to be feline (like Shalimar) and don't worry! Phoebe will be revealing more of her mental abilities in this chapter.

Pyrena – Love your new name lol! And I'm glad you like Phoebe hiding her powers, I think it adds to the mystery! Everyone seems to like the craving lol!

Charmed-greek – LOL! Glad you liked it! Thanks for reviewing!

Wyatt333 – Yeah, I was a little lost about a chapter title for Connor's birth (I need some of Pinkies imagination lol) and yeah! Weird craving! Lol! Thanks for reviewing! And Phoebe can see into different times at will! She's done a good job covering her tracks lol!

Andy20 – They never should have brought the feral back to Sanctuary huh? Lol and Phoebe's powers will be revealing themselves slowly, and you'll see her personality change with them…

Piperfairy63 – Yeah, but I think Phoebe proved herself in the last chapter, so I think she'll be around more often! And I thought up the craving just thinking what I like, and what I didn't like (I hate onions too!) and I explained Andy slightly, he's ignoring his charges calls and concentrating on Pamela instead!

Anianka – HOLY HELL! That's the biggest review I have ever had! It probably took longer to write than this story took to read lol! Thanks for all of the praise! I'll try and answer some of your questions

About Phoebe not contacting her sisters, like I said above to andy20, her 'master' powers have begun to affect her personality. I think Emma became quite heartless in the end of season 2 and I blame her strength. She's beginning to act more independent now that she's left her sisters, and her powers will soon push the boundaries of the Phoebe we know…

Lol, sorry! But you're gonna have to wait and see about the marriage thing! I don't want to give the entire storyline away!

Shalimar's character is going to be shrouded in mystery for the rest of the story, you'll see that the characters from each story have always came close to meeting each other, but have always been just out of reach, but it will all reach a height in the 4 PART finale! I've got most of it written lol!

Once I flip back to Piper and Paige's story, Emma's secrecy will begin to break down without her even knowing it!

I'm so glad you liked Aidan! I thought that Phoebe and Brennan would make a great couple even before I began this story, and I didn't even need to think of Piper's love interest! Like there could be anyone else for her lol! And I agree about Richard, I never like him; I think Paige has always struck out when it comes to love.

I'll be developing Pam and Andy's relationship in the sequel (United As Three) for now, they going to stay apart.

BTW: Drake is Phoebe's love interest in late season 7, he's a Mercury demon and had only two weeks to live (from what I read from sides anyway)

Mommy Fearest

Phoebe rolled over in her bed, still in a slumber, her arm landed on the other side of the bed. Missing the warmth of Brennan, Phoebe began to stir as she realised she was in the bed alone. She swung her legs onto the floor, her body wanting onion cookies as soon as her feet touched the ground, but she ignored the craving the clambered out of her bed. She walk out of her bedroom and into the main area of Sanctuary, her slippers padding softly on the marble floor. Phoebe smiled slightly when she saw Brennan sitting at the computers.

'Honey, it's three o'clock in the morning, what are you doing?' she walked up behind him and rubbed his shoulders slightly

'Mm… Oh, I'm just double checking security,'

'In the middle of the night?'

'Well, Ashlocke might know where we are now, this is the best time for him to attack, when we're all asleep,' he turned to her, 'I just don't want you or my son to get hurt,'

Phoebe sighed and put her left hand to the side of his face,

'Brennan, I'm fine, the baby's fine. I can look after myself as well! I'm pregnant, not porcelain,'

'Is it a crime to worry about my wife?' Brennan's eyes widened at his slip.

'What did you just say?' Phoebe's eyes bulged

He sighed, 'Ah, what the hell…' he pulled a velvet box out of pocket, Phoebe almost fainted on the spot, 'Lexa helped me pick it, so blame her if you don't like it,' he opened the box, revealing a simple, but unbelievably beautiful diamond ring.

'Was that your official proposal?'

Brennan rolled his eyes, 'Of course not,' he took her hand, 'Phoebe Halliwell, in this past year, you have brought me more happiness than anyone ever had in my entire life, we've been through so much together, and I can't imagine living without you. And now, to top it off, you're giving me the gift of a son. I love you, always. So, will you marry me?'

'Hmm… Let me think…' Phoebe smirked and looked up at the ceiling, then grinned and looked at him, 'Of course I'll marry you!' she lunged at him, wrapping her arms around his neck and kissing him passionately, 'But we'll do it when we kill Ashlocke…' she touched his bottom lip with her index finger.

Brennan smiled, 'Is that a guarantee that we'll kill Ashlocke?'

Phoebe smiled back, 'No, it's so that if we don't kill him, I won't need to marry you!' she laughed.

Brennan put on a look of fake hurt, 'Okay, just trample my heart!'

She laughed again, then put her hands on his arms, 'But seriously, I love you Brennan Mulwray…' she kissed him before holding up her new ring to the dim light, 'Hmm… that girl has good taste! I'll need to raid Lexa's jewellery collection more often!' she turned to her new fiancé, 'C'mon, come back to bed,'

'I'll be there in a minute, I'll just check things over one more time,' she nodded and began to walk back to her room.

You're afraid that no matter how many times you check, you won't be able to protect your family

The voice of doubt that he had been hearing all day returned, but he shook it off the headed back to the bedroom.


The heat rising from the lava would have been enough to melt a human, Barbas had to hand it to the Charmed Ones, they had put him deeper into Purgatory than he had ever been in his two thousand year life. His body awoke after projecting to Earth; he began to sway from the sudden rush of being back in his body.

'You know, they've banished you four times, any sane demon would have given up by now,' a scaly demon on the other side of the pit called to him.

Barbas merely smirked, 'Then I then I'm guessing you're as crazy as I am, as…' he waved his hand in front of his face, 'Your greatest fear is of falling down there,' he pointed down towards the chasm where no demon returned from.

'I didn't say I was a sane demon, I just said that one would have given up by now,' the demon sat up from dangling his legs off the ledge, 'So, is that witch succumbing to your whisperings yet?'

'In time, my fellow demon, it's taken a while,' he raised his arms upwards, 'But he's finally beginning to wane,' he lowered his arms after each word, returned them to his sides.

'Well hurry up! This scenery's getting boring!' the demon kicked a loose stone into the abyss.

'Patience!' Barbas sniffed the air and smiled, 'It's almost time,'


'You tricked me,'

'No I didn't! I told you we were going clothes shopping,'

'Yeah, but I thought you meant shops like, DKNY, The Banana Republic, not a store called 'Mommy To Bee' with the logo being a bee!'

Lexa sighed and flopped into a chair that was patterned with clouds, looking around the shop with a look of disdain of her face. Phoebe stopped looking through the shelves and turned to her friend.

'Look, I can't fend off all these cheery people by myself! They all want to touch my stomach and I'm sick of it! I need someone bitchy to scare them off, and I need someone judgemental to tell me if I look like an idiot in these clothes!' she held up the clothes, 'So shut up and help me find some damn clothes!'

'Oh!' one of the happy store clerks came over with a hand over her mouth, 'You shouldn't use the 'd' word in front of the child!' she beamed and went to touch Phoebe's stomach, but let out a yelp when she was shocked with electricity on contact.

'Uh… must have been static electricity,' Phoebe covered.

The woman smiled nervously and backed away to tend to one of the more happy mothers.

'Well, looks like you don't need me to fend off space invaders!' Lexa joked

Phoebe patted her stomach lovingly, 'I love you, little guy,' she then picked up the bags of her already purchased items, 'C'mon, I've had enough; let's go do some shoe shopping. By the looks of things, the words 'sexy' and 'maternal wear' don't go together!' Lexa laughed as they left the store, to the relief of the staff!


Brennan sat on the computers in Sanctuary, which was strange, as they were usually Jesse's haven of the place, the Brennan had been bugging him so much about security that he had just up and left!

Ever since Mutant X had captured the Link, everyone was constantly tense due to the fact that the Strand could storm their Sanctuary at any minute.

No matter how much you do this, you can't affect the outcome; you can't save Phoebe and your son

Brennan turned around on the computer stool to where the voice had came from, he scanned the room with his eyes and couldn't see anything, until he heard a piercing scream come from the door to the hangar. Phoebe! Brennan vaulted over the desk and sprinted towards the hangar, intent on saving his fiancé.

Brennan gaped when he saw Phoebe cornered against the wall, with Ashlocke charging up an energy blast, ready to fire!

'Brennan help me!' Phoebe screamed

Brennan tried to move put was paralysed on the spot!

You can't save them, you don't have the power

Ashlocke was now smirking as the ball of glowing energy enlarged in his hand. Brennan fired an electrical arc at Ashlocke, but he put up his shield and it rebounded to the wall.

'BRENNAN!' Phoebe screamed as the energy blast hit her, sending her into the wall and landing in a crumpled heap on the floor. Dead.

'NO!' the parlays wore off and he ran to Phoebe.

Barbas flamed in as Brennan tried reviving Phoebe, an athame smoked into his hand as he advanced on his unaware victim. He was interrupted by Lexa and the real Phoebe coming through the hangar door.

'Oh my God…' Phoebe fired a telempathic starburst, flying at the Demon of Fear, who managed to flame out before the mental attack hit him, causing the psychic globe to hit the wall harmlessly.

The illusion faded away in Brennan's arm, his eyes widened when he looked up and saw Phoebe, very much alive, standing over him with a psionic blast floating in front of her.

'Brennan, I'm okay, it's alright, I'm here,' she knelt down beside him

He looked up, trying to make sure that it wasn't another illusion, once he was certain; he wrapped his arms around Phoebe and held to her tight.

Lexa put her hands on her hips and sighed, 'What the hell was that all about?'


'So, why is this guy got you so worried?' Lexa was setting crystals around room, so they act like an alarm system.

'Because, he can paralyse you with your greatest fear, and if that isn't enough, he'll probably try to plunge an athame into your back when you least expect it,'

'If you know so much about him, how is he not dead?'

'Because you can't vanquish fear, which makes him invincible in a way,' Phoebe replied.

The two walked back the lab, where Jesse, Brennan and Adam were waiting for them, along with Andy.

'Look who's listening again!' Brennan joked, referring to the fact that Andy had been ignoring them for the past month.

'He had a good reason, trust me.' Phoebe winked in his direction

'Yeah, sorry you guys,' he apologised

Lexa waved her hand at him, 'Don't worry about it, the guys and me almost died! But don't worry about it!'

'Lexa, remember our little talk about tact?' Phoebe shot her a look

'Alright you two, that's enough, we need to deal this demon,' Adam took charge

Phoebe, 'Okay, now that you're back, you're a target for Barbas, just like the rest of you,' she nodded her head in the direction of the others.

'Um, what makes you so fearless?' Lexa asked with a raised eyebrow.

'Because I can cloak my fear from him with my powers, but I can't cover all of you,'

'Well, he already tried to get to me, so I don't think he'll try again,' Brennan chipped in.

'Well, I just hope you guys can conquer your fears, because it's not a nice experience to be literally scared to death,' Phoebe replied.


'Good job,' the scaly demon clapped slowly to show that he was being sarcastic, now out of Purgatory with the help of Barbas.

Barbas sneered and stared at the wall in his cave, 'The other witches intercepted me before I could finish the job, but since you're here, you might as well be useful,' he put his hands together and smirked.

The lizard demon jumped from its stony seat 'What else am I doing?' he said, signalling that he would do it.

'Good, just get in position when I tell you to,' Barbas smirked again.


'Look, you guys, Andy will orb me out of I'm in danger, don't worry!' Phoebe pulled the woollen poncho over her head, cursing the fact that her brown suede jacket wouldn't fit her five-month pregnant body.

'But what if it's a trap?' Brennan asked with his arms folded, they had received a distress call from a mutant looking to put into the underground, but with Barbas after them, it was dangerous to split up.

'Well, if it's a trap, I'm the least vulnerable since I can hide my fear,' Phoebe retorted, 'Sweetie, I'll be fine, but the rest of you need to look after each other until I get back,' she gave him a quick peck on the cheek and linked arms with Andy and orbed out, leaving Brennan without a choice in the matter. But as they orbed out, Barbas flamed in.


Phoebe wandered around the building site, peering around every corner as Andy followed her, she was being extra careful not to attract the attention of the builders.

'So…' she started a conversation, 'Pam's a great kid, isn't she?'

Andy was surprised by this question, but answered, 'Yeah, just her mother, how did you know I had been watching her?'

Phoebe turned round with a psionic blast hovering in front of her, 'Does that answer your question?'

Andy smirked, 'Yeah, Phoebe?'

'Hmm?'

'Once the baby is born, you're probably going to go back to San Francisco, right?'

Phoebe stopped walking, 'Uh… I don't know, probably, why?'

'It's just that…. Pam is sorta singled out at the school she goes to right now, and I was wondering…'

'If I could get her into Magic School?' Andy sighed at his interruption, Phoebe put up her hands, 'That wasn't me going through your thoughts! That was me knowing the actions of a concerned father,' she smiled, 'I don't think I'll need to get her in, because if she really is unhappy, Piper and Paige will get her out of there, they wouldn't let their favourite niece suffer,' Andy nodded, still looking at the ground, 'You miss her, don't you?' he looked up at her statement with glassy eyes,

'Pam shouldn't have to go through life without her mother,'

Phoebe gave him a sympathetic smile and hugged him, not noticing the demon sneaking up on them both. Andy opened his eyes, noticing the demon behind them; he pushed Phoebe out of the way as the demon fired an energy ball. The attack hit Andy, sending orbs out in all directions, but they came back together as he reformed.

Phoebe, now aware of the demon, fired a psychic blast at him, and was shocked when the demon only groaned slightly and held his head. She noticed that the scales that covered his body shimmered when the blast had hit him; they were protecting him against magical attacks.

Andy orbed in behind the demon the hit on the back of the head with a pipe that he found on the ground, the scaly being turned round and backhanded him, sending Andy into the air and into a pile of bricks, knocking him out.

The demon turned to Phoebe with an evil grin on his face, she merely smirked.

'Well, since Barbas isn't here, I guess I'm just going to have to practice on you,' Phoebe's forehead began to glow a pale orange, she locked eyes with her foe and the same light appeared on the demon's head. He began to writhe as he fell to knees in pain, Phoebe looked on with a cold glare as the demon blew up, her glare was replaced with a look of horror as purple goo flew from the demon as it blew up, covering her with the substance, 'Ew…' she grimaced as she looked at her clothes, now laden with demon guts.

She shook off her disgust and went to wake up Andy, who was self healing, thanks to his whitelighter abilities. The gash on his head disappeared as he came to with a groan.

'Ugh… Where's the demon?'

'I vanquished him,' she looked to the pile of dust on the ground, 'I think he was just a distraction though,' she helped him to his feet.

'Aw man…' he rubbed his head, 'Being self healing doesn't take away the aftermath,' he looked at Phoebe, 'We should get back, Phoebe?' she was still staring at the dust on the ground, 'Phoebe?' she came out of her trance and smiled.

'Yeah, let's get back, the others might be in trouble,' she grabbed his arm and they orbed out, with Phoebe still looking at the pile of dust on the ground.


Orbs illuminated a dark Sanctuary, but the light disappeared as soon as Phoebe and Andy materialized.

'I can't see a thing,' Phoebe thought aloud

'Here, this might help,' although Phoebe couldn't see it, Andy put out his hand and slowly, orbs began to cluster in his palm making a small light.

'Cool,' Phoebe could see their immediate area thanks to the orb ball.

'Aw… for me? How touching,' a voice said, Phoebe and Andy looked around. Suddenly, the lights came on, revealing Barbas standing next to the computers with the others behind him. From what Phoebe could tell, they were in some sort of trance, their eyes were pen and bloodshot, but they were standing.

'What did you do to them!' Phoebe asked, voice raised

'Oh, these guys?' Barbas looked behind him with a smirk, 'They're just trapped in their fears, don't be afraid,' he laughed.

'Andy, get outta here! You're a target!' he quickly nodded and began to orb out, but the fear demon waved his hand and sent the orbs into the wall. Andy reappeared on the ground, unconscious.

'Watcha gonna do now, Pheebs?' he smirked at her again.

Phoebe turned to him, she didn't have a potion and she couldn't think of a spell of banish him, she had no choice. She had only used this power once, and it had scared the hell out of her, she had vowed not to use it, but her friends would only be able to fight their fears for so long.

She looked at him with a blank face, 'Aren't you going to trap me to?' she put out her arms then let them drop to her sides.

'With pleasure…' he waved his hand in front of his face slowly, and his eyes widened when he saw the result.

'Surprised?' Phoebe cocked her eyebrow.

He scowled at her, 'How is this possible?'

'That's my secret,' she narrowed her eyes, 'Let's see what your greatest fear is,'

Phoebe began to concentrate; she drew on every negative emotion within a ten-mile radius. Fear, anger, pain, sadness, they all began flow to one spot, slowly adding to the black aura now engulfing Phoebe. The darkness entered her, she closed her eyes from the entrance and when she opened them again, her eyes were completely black! Dark shockwaves flew from her forehead, hitting Barbas with a barrage of negative energy; they started to come faster and faster until they became one large beam. The power from this attack reduced the demon to his knees, he gritted his teeth as he started to come apart.

'I'll… be… back!' he managed to look straight into the emptiness of Phoebe's black eyes before he disintegrated and blew up.

Phoebe's eyes returned to normal and she fell to the ground on her knees. She never wanted to feel like that again.


Phoebe sat on the couch in the rec room, she was typing up her column for the next day, she looked at the next letter that Elise had sent her to put in her column, and she smiled when she saw the title

Secrets in South Bay

Dear Phoebe,

I've been dating this guy for about six months, we have so much in common and I really like him, but the thing is, he doesn't know everything about me. I have this horrible secret, I want him to know, but I don't want him to be scared off, and I'm afraid that even if he were okay with it, it would affect our relationship forever. Please help!

Phoebe pondered over her reply for a minute, thinking about all the times she had wanted to tell her boyfriend that she was a witch.

She thought of Jason, remembering the disaster of him finding out her secret. It hadn't been the best way, since he found out by her and her sisters orbing in infront of him!

Leslie… she had thought that that relationship had some potential, but he had only been in town for three months and the two had hardly seen each other during that time. When he moved to LA, they had decided to cut their losses and say their goodbyes.

She thought she was lucky to be in love with another magical being, since there would be no secrets, but she quickly thought of her magical relationships and realised that she's just got lucky with Brennan.

Cole… Just the thought of him gave her a headache, they had had such a rough time, they managed to stay together for two years, but his demonic past never really left him, she had been glad when he died, and hoped that he found the peace he never had.

Drake, a smile played across her face at the thought of him, he had been so energetic and vibrant! He always kept Phoebe laughing in the two weeks that he was around. Once again, it was a demonic past that had stood in the way of that relationship.

Phoebe began typing rapidly, now inspired to write an answer.

Dear Secrets in South Bay,

You should make sure completely that he is the right guy to tell, you don't need to know if you want to spend the rest of your life with him! But you need to know for certain that you want to tell him, if you have any doubts, hold back until you're sure. As for your secret, in these situations, you'll probably find that the guy has a secret too! We all have our pasts; we just don't share them sometimes!

GOOD LUCK!

She held her engagement ring up to the light, watching it sparkle on the light that hung from the ceiling; she smiled at light beams reflecting off it and on to the wall. All this time, Brennan had been behind her, reading her column and smiling at her admiring her ring.

He knelt down behind her so she could feel his breath on her neck she turned her head slightly and smiled, he walked around the couch and joined her, she moved closer and he put his arm around her, she leaned back onto it and looked at the screen.

'Good advice,' Brennan said with a smile.

'Thanks, I hope she takes it!' she e-mailed the column and closed the laptop, just basking in the happiness of being in his arms.

'You know, I've been thinking about this, I don't know if you have, but… I have some suggestions for baby names.

'Oh?' she sounded interested, ever since her premonition at the ranch, she had been puzzled as to where the name Connor came from, maybe she was going to get her answer.

Brennan began to say names and explain them; Phoebe just snuggled closer to him. It would be moments like this that would keep her together, after using her hidden power on Barbas today, she had felt sad after knowing that all the emotions that she drew upon had been real.

She began to fall asleep, her eyes closing and her body moving even closer to Brennan's warmth, and just before she fell asleep, she heard Brennan say,

'And the last one is Connor, I thought we could call him after my Dad,'


Did you like that? Phoebe's getting pretty scary! But I think that last but shows that she's still her.

Chapter 27 'Stepford Witches' will be up soon!