A/N: Hey guys, I might be pretty busy over the next few weeks (finals are coming up and they are loading on the work). So if I'm not updating a lot, that's why. C.C. McKenna: CC! OMGoddess! Where've you been?! lol I have like been craving your fic and when you hadn't reviewed anywhere and/or updated, I was getting a little worried. I'm so tickled pink (or rather "tickled pinky") to see that you've reviewed! Thanks, dude. (I think I musta picked that up from you, because I've been saying it a lot lately.) Happy New Year to you too. Phyre: I'm so happy that you liked the latest chapters. I will try to focus in on the other Charmed offspring more, specifically Persia and Prissy (after all, this fic is named after their destiny). However, I will do other plots as well (the current one sort of focuses on Pam). As far as "Phyre" goes, she will make an appearance in chapter 16 (unless something comes up and I feel the need to change the order of what I've written). I hope that's not too long of a wait for you. As far as her being a "permanent" character v.s. a "sub plot" character, it's hard to say without giving too much away. I will say this, though. For the time being, she is sub plot. However, she will be of much significance in the very last chapter of the series. (Not this story, but the series itself. And I don't even know when that will be. It depends on what my readers like and how long they want the series to continue, before it just gets too repetitive.) peanut2lb: Oh! That's wonderful! I can't wait to write the wedding chapter and find out what you have to say! (P.S. Update soon, because your Prue/Andy romance is always the best!) winter blaze, wyatt333, PrUe AnD AnDy, money makes me smile, Piper xox Leo, LexiLoL200, rjf2004, & Chub: You guys are all so great! Thanks for the encouragement! BTW, I've been thinking of writing a fic that focuses on Phoebe and her life in New York, before "Charmed At Last" happens and before she becomes a witch (and since it does follow this storyline, there would be the whole thing with her pregnancy and James Kline, as well as other things). Does that interest anyone? If so, tell me, and if there are enough people that are willing to read something like that, I may write it. ;)

The Children Of Light
Chapter 10: A Moment Of Reflection

"Aunt Piper, Phiona won't give back my dolly!" Pandora yelled, as she chased after her older cousin.

Phiona ran into the kitchen and waved her arm. Orbs shot from her palm, surrounded the sofa, and moved it in front of the door so Pandora couldn't get into the kitchen.

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Prue and Piper were watching the scene from the third from the top step of the stairs.

"Now who's not being fair?" Prue questioned, with a raised brow. She was referring to their trip to the past when Little Prue and Little Piper had been fighting over a doll and Little Prue had moved the sofa in front of the doorway so Little Piper couldn't get the doll from Little Prue.

Piper playfully slapped her older sister's arm. "You were an evil child! Always taking my stuff!"

"Who's taking who's stuff?" Paige asked, as she walked up behind her sisters.

"Prue. When we were really little, she always took my stuff! And the time we went to the past, we saw Little Me and Little Prue. They..we...whatever, we fighting over a doll. So Little Prue used her powers to send a sofa in front of the doorway, to keep me from getting her, and the doll. I don't remember that, because when Grams bound our powers, we forgot about it. But after Phoebe was born, I remember very clearly what a little clepto Prue was."

"I was not a clepto!" Prue defended.

"And why did this suddenly get brought up?" Paige asked.

"Phiona here was taking a doll that belongs to Pandora." Prue replied. "And Pandora yelled out to complain about it. Then we walked down the steps and saw Phiona use her powers to move the sofa in front of the entrance to the kitchen, to block Pandora."

"So Phiona inherited the cleptomaniac gene from Prue?" Paige asked, for clarification.

Prue and Piper glared at Paige.

"I'm not a cleptomanic!" Prue grumbled.

"My daughter's not a clepto!" Piper said, at the same time Prue made her statement.

Paige shrugged. "Well, I'm off."

"To where?" Prue and Piper asked, at the same time.

"To save the world, stop an apocolypse..." Paige was suddenly cut off.

"Wait! More horsemen were hired?" Piper asked, worriedly.

"Huh?" Paige asked.

"The Source hired more horsemen to start an apocolypse?" Piper asked.

"I was joking!" Paige burst out. "What about you?"

"No joke. There really are four horsemen of the apocolypse! They're hired by The Source to start chaos on the world. We met up with them and I was trapped with War. But The Source couldn't wait and opened the vortex that we were trapped in, allowing Piper and Phoebe to save me." Prue replied.

"We almost lost her. If The Source hadn't opened the vortex, we would have had to sacrifice her to save the world." Piper replied. She smacked Paige. "Don't joke about things like that."

Paige rubbed her arm. "Well sorry. I didn't know they were real."

"Yeah. And The Source can hire new horsemen, if he feels that they'll be able to start an apocolypse." Prue added.

"Oh.." Paige mumbled. "Okay. Sorry."

Suddenly a scream from the other room pierced the Charmed Ones' ears.

Prue, Piper, and Paige went running to the kitchen.

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A tall, blonde haired woman stood staring at Pearl. She smirked. Her deep blue eyes locked onto Pearl's eyes. "Aren't you the little protector?"

Prue, Piper, and Paige came running in.

Paige looked at a chair and it orbed out and then orbed in, flying at the back of the woman's head.

The woman spun around and raised her hand. The chair exploded into nothingness.

"Oh, that's not good!" Piper whispered. She waved her hands, trying to freeze the room.

The woman waved her hands and Prue, Piper, Paige, Pearl, Phiona, Pam, and Pandora froze. She walked over, examining each child. Then she wrapped her long, slender fingers around Pam's arm and gave it a gentle squeeze, pulling Pam from the freeze.

Pam spun around, seeing that everyone but her and the demoness were frozen.

Persia walked into the room and her mouth dropped open. "Stay away from my sister!" She yelled. She raised her hand and sent a bolt of electricity at the demoness.

The woman waved her hand, exploding the electricity. "This is your sister?"

"Pam! Shimmer!" Persia yelled.

Pam tried to shimmer out, but found that she couldn't.

"No use trying, sweetheart. It won't work." The demoness said, calmly. "And what's your name?" She asked Persia.

Persia held up her hand and sparks appeared on the tips of her fingers. "Take your hands off Pamela!"

"Oh my. I guess I haven't made myself clear." The demoness replied. She created a large energy ball and sent it hurling into Persia's chest, which sent Persia flying into the wall, landing unconscious on the tile floor.

Cole shimmered in. "I just heard a crash! Is ev...." He spotted the demoness and stopped mid sentence.

"Cole..How nice of you to shimmer by." The demoness replied. She pulled Pam closer to herself. "She's a cutie."

Prue, Piper, Paige, Pearl, Phiona, and Pandora unfroze.

"Cole! How'd you get in here?" Piper asked.

"Pam!" Paige shouted, as she saw the demoness with her niece.

"So, my dear Cole didn't tell you about me?" The demoness asked.

"Cole, what's going on?" Piper asked, as she raised her hands.

"I wouldn't do that if I were you. I could've killed you when I had the chance, but you're not what I want." The demoness warned.

"Cole! Who is she?" Piper asked, again.

Cole kept a steady eye lock with the demoness and then slowly opened his mouth. "My mother...."

TO BE CONTINUED....