Declaimer: I don't own Charmed, or anything associated with it. They belong to the WB and Constance M. Burge. The characters of Charlotte, Ava and Daemon are mine.
I realized that I didn't set the scene in the prologue. This story takes place about 18 years in the future. Phoebe and Jason made up and got married. They had a daughter who they named Charlotte.
The Charmed Ones are dead but Jason isn't.
Chris is 18 years old, Wyatt is 19 and the two girls Ava and Lottie are both 16.
Charlotte and Ava are not currently in San Francisco for reasons that will be explained later.
Wyatt is not evil yet. He and Chris are still very close.
Jason hired Bane Jessup as a business consultant and Security Specialist. He also acts as an unofficial bodyguard.
All of the members of the Halliwel family as well as Ava have been actively fighting since they hit puberty.
Now back to the story.
"Let go of me you snake!" Charlotte yelled as I shimmered the both of us into my house.
"There now." I said, releasing her. "Isn't this better?"
"Where are we?" Charlotte turned and glared at me.
"Well…" I said settling myself down into my armchair. "Since you refused to invite me to your home I decided to invite you to mine. Won't you sit down?"
Watching me, the young woman carefully seated herself on my couch. "So what do you want?"
"I wanted to meet my little sister."
"Little sister?" Charlotte stared at me. "Who are you?"
"I think that you were beginning to guess…or at least your friend was. I am Daemon Turner." I smiled at her.
"You're related to Cole?"
"He was my father. His power was passed on to me."
"That still doesn't explain what you want with me."
"You're the daughter of Phoebe Halliwell are you not?" I asked her.
"You seem to know that already."
"We have something in common then. Phoebe Halliwell was my mother as well."
Charlotte jumped to her feet. "What are you talking about? Mom would have told me if I had a brother."
"I think that she did. Were you never told about her stint as the Queen of All Evil?" Seeing the look on her face as she put two and two together was quite interesting as she slowly sat back down.
"You're the child that the Seer stole?"
"I am."
"But you were vanquished."
"The Seer was vanquished." I corrected her. "I was not."
"So what happened to you?"
"I waited. I watched and I grew in power."
"So what are you waiting for?"
"I had to wait until our mother and her sisters were dead." I told her. "They did try to kill me once after all."
"Ok…. so now that you're here now what?"
"Now I can get what I want little sister."
"And what is that?"
"I want what every Halliwel wants." I told her. "I want my family."
I sent her back to the battlefield.
"Well?" Kraven asked once Charlotte had left.
"She has power." I told him. "More power then I expected from a half-mortal."
"Good." Kraven said.
"Yes. It falls in even better with my plans then I expected."
"Yes sir."
After a moment I added. "There was something missing though. I can't quite put my finger on what it was though."
"Missing sir?" Kraven asked.
"From when I tasted her aura." I barely realized that I was speaking aloud. "Something that should have been there but it wasn't."
"What do you think that it could be sir?"
"I already told you that I didn't know."
"My apologies sir." Kraven bowed slightly.
"Might I inquire as to what your next course of action will be?"
"Send Juliet to San Francisco." I said. "Tell her to keep an eye of the Halliwel brothers. I want to know their every move."
"Yes sir."
"She is not to engage them in any sort of confrontation." I said. "This is merely a reconnaissance mission."
"I will remind her sir."
"Good. Now go." I dismissed him with a wave of my hand.
Kraven shimmered out.
My thoughts were drawn back to the battle that I had witnessed earlier that day. I had not been joking when I had referred to my sister and her friend as a "Dream Team"; the manner in which they had been trading information even in the heat of battle was unique. Without a doubt Ava was a large part of Charlotte's defense. Since it had proved much more difficult to separate her from Ava then from her other bodyguards.
"Although…" I thought to myself. "If I could turn her, she would very useful to my plans. She might even become a worthy Queen."
"Natasha!" I called out.
Natasha shimmered into the room. "Yes my lord?"
I handed her a copy of the photo of Ava Jessup. "This girl is living with my little sister. Her name is Ava Jessup."
"Any relation to Bane Jessup?" Natasha asked.
"She's his daughter." I told her. "How do you know of her father?"
"Bane Jessup was a legend among assassins and criminals alike." Natasha said, looking at the photo carefully. "His daughter does not resemble him though."
"Perhaps she resembles her mother. I want you to watch both her and Charlotte. Go." I dismissed her. "But be sure to remember, do not engage her. Ava Jessup and Charlotte are not to know that they are being watched."
"Yes my lord." Natasha shimmered out.
I had sensed darkness in the spirit of Ava Jessup. I wanted; no I needed to know more about her.
Days later I decided to summon Charlotte again.
"Blood to blood,
"I summon thee.
"Blood to blood,
"Return to me."
"You again." Charlotte said once she appeared.
"Lovely to see you again as well, little sister." I said, offering her a seat.
"Next time call first." Charlotte said. "What if I had been in the shower when you cast that spell?"
"Well then I would have gotten a view of you that Elder brothers are not supposed to get of their little sisters. Which would create a very awkward situation." I decided not to tell her that Natasha had been watching her for four days and as a result I knew for a fact that she would not be in the shower.
"Try to call next time you want to see me."
"How? You never gave me your phone number and I was under the impression that your father and guardian would become suspicious if I used my…other means to find it."
"Well not as badly as if I disappear in the middle of talking to someone else."
Again I had to refrain from mentioning that I knew what she had been doing when I summoned her.
"Very well." I told her. "If you give me your phone number before you leave I will endeavor to remember to call you first."
"Thanks so much." There was an edge of sarcasm in my little sister's voice. "So what do you want?"
"Well for starters I want you to sit down so that we can discuss this more comfortably." I gestured towards the sofa. "May I offer you some cranberry juice?"
"My favorite." She looked at me through narrowed eyes.
"Mine as well." I said.
"Mother always preferred orange juice."
Once the drinks were poured my younger sister brought up the subject of why I had summoned her.
"I want spend time with you." I said.
"Why?"
"Because you are the only family that I have." I told her.
I could tell by the look in her eyes that she wanted to believe me. Good.
"How did you survive?" Charlotte asked me.
"I was an abstract…a spirit. The first time that I even came close to having a physical body of my own was when Mother conceived me. I became determined to maintain it. Even a trace of such a powerful magic bloodline was enough to help me maintain a form. As I grew older my power grew." I explained.
"I see." Charlotte nodded.
"Once I had enough power to maintain my body I knew that there was a side effect of having a mortal body; I felt my desire for a family growing. Until I knew that I had to…
"I don't know…I just knew that I needed to find my family."
"I can understand that."
"So…here we are."
"Yes; here we are."
When she left again I felt a pang of regret. Charlotte seemed to sincerely wish for an elder brother. I felt myself wishing for the same thing.
"Mother always preferred orange juice…"
End of chapter one. Next chapter Daemon summons Ava.
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