Charmed: Tangled Webs

Yay! I finally updated. Reviews please.

Disclaimer: I do not own Charmed. They are the property of the WB and Constance M. Burge. I do own Ava, Daemon, Lottie and…(because he's really grown on me) Kraven as well.

I conjured the crystals into a ring. "Natalia."

"Yes my lord?" Natalia appeared.

"Did you place the crystals?"

"I did just as you commanded."

"Good."

Waving my hand I called different pictures from the crystals into the ring. Flipping through them until I found the two girls in the kitchen. (My stepfather was in his office. Bane and my sister's bodyguards were in what looked like gymnasium, they seemed to be training.)

"So how was your visit with Daemon?" Charlotte asked Ava. The two of them seemed to be picking at a tub of ice cream.

"Just like you said." Ava nodded. "He's quite the charmer. Almost had me trusting him."

"Almost?"

"I still say that he's up to something."

"You worry to much."

"Just be careful Lottie." Ava said. "I don't want to lose you."

"You won't." Charlotte said. "We're stuck with each other."

"I've gotten used to it." Ava said.

"So have I." Charlotte chuckled. "Anyway…what did the two of you talk about?"

"You mostly." Ava answered. "He seemed to have gathered that gaining your trust hinged on gaining mine."

"Well it does."

"He seemed interested in me too." Ava said. "Asked a lot of questions about my parents and how you and I met."

"What did you tell him?"

"The truth."

"Really?"

"More or less."

They both chuckled.

"What else did you talk about?" Charlotte asked.

"Them."

"You bit his head off didn't you?" Charlotte said after several moments of silence.

"Well I didn't want him to bring it up to you and you have another crying fit or another 'beat yourself up' day."

Charlotte narrowed her eyes. "So…?"

Ava sighed. "I'm pretty sure that we haven't heard the last of him."

"Too right Ava." I chuckled to myself. "Neither of you has heard the last of me."

"Kraven." I said…a few days later as I pondered the riddle of how to behave like an older brother. "Do you know anything about sibling relations?"

"I like to think that my brother and I have a pretty good one." Kraven replied.

"I didn't know that you had a brother."

"It never came up my lard."

"Is he older or younger then you?"

"Older, my lord."

"Do you trust him?"

"Yes and no sir."

"Explain."

"Well sir." Kraven thought for a moment. "Most of the time we want to kill each other…but if anyone else were to kill me I believe that my brother would go to great lengths to get revenge. I know that I would."

"I see."

"But I have known him all of my life sir." Kraven told me. "I do not know about newly discovered siblings."

"Hmmm…." I thought for a while. "Well what are the Haliweil brothers up to these days?"

"They seem appear to know that the forces of Evil are rallying around a new leader, but they don't know who."

"How do they know even this much?"

"It seems that one of the Pandemonium demons was captured and tortured, Sir."

"Well that does not bode well for my plans." I said.

"Sir?" Kraven said after a moment. "I have been…making some inquires…about your half-sister."

"I don't believe that I asked you to do that."

"No sir." Kraven bowed slightly. "You did not. I acted on my own accord sir. I apologize if it was out of line."

"Continue." I said. "What did you find out?"

"The reason for Charlotte Vanessa Dean Haliweil being exiled from California."

"Exiled?" I sat up straighter. "She was exiled?"

"Yes sir." Kraven said.

"Well?" I demanded. "Apparently she is considered the weakest of the Haliweil children and a liability. It seems that there was an incident on her Eighth birthday that caused the Elders to label her a liability and send her away."

"That was what Ava meant…" I mused.

"What do you mean Sir?"

"My sister's friend Ava." I said. "I had asked her about the Haliweil brothers and she told me that Charlotte was always comparing herself to them and that they were not a part of my sister's life."

"I see."

"Well go on."

"Sir…" Kraven seemed hesitant. "Do you have any idea what affect being told that she is a liability would have on an 8 year old girl?"

"No." I said testily. "But apparently you do."

"I have a theory sir."