A/N. Hi, I'll reply to reviews in the next chapter cos I'm in a bit of a rush. Sorry for the delay but I'll explain next time.
Crashed the Blessing:
"Blessed be," the matriarchs said,
"blessed be," the family repeated, the spirits disappeared in golden sparkles,
"it's a shame Phoebe missed her niece's wiccaning," Piper stated, jigging Charlotte in her arms. The infant, who had just been blessed by her ancestors, tugged on the skirt part of her lacy, white, gown, before beginning to pull on her mother's gold, teardrop, earrings,
"no," Piper warned, carefully taking Charlotte's hand off her earring.
"They're calling," Leo said, hearing a jingle in his ear and glancing upwards,
"fine, go," Piper told him, he gave her a kiss on the cheek and orbed out.
"Tarlie," Patrice whispered, toddling over,
"that's right Patsy," Piper cooed, she smiled at how beautiful both her daughters looked, her eldest was wearing a pastel yellow dress, which had puffy sleeves and white frill along them, the neckline, and around the bottom, she wore little white socks and yellow shoes. Prue began playing with Charlotte's hand,
"I'm amazed at how no demons have tried to attack," she said, in-between pulling funny faces at her youngest niece. The eldest charmed one was wearing jeans, a long-sleeved, wraparound, black, top and black boots, her raven hair was pulled back into a loose ponytail. Paige walked over to join her sisters, she was wearing a knee-length green dress, which had a red flower print on it, her flat green shoes had a small red flower on the sides and her strawberry-blonde hair was held in a braid by a green band. The middle sister was wearing a brown skirt, a black turtleneck, and black boots, some her wavy brunette locks were held back by a gold clip.
"I've got bad news," Leo told them, orbing back in, the sisters sighed but then nodded for him to continue,
"the Elders said that today is the day Cleo is being blessed by Hades," he explained,
"first the Titan brat steals Charlie's birthday and now the day of her magical blessing," Piper said.
"The sooner we get there the sooner we get back," Prue stated,
"I'm just gonna go grab some potions," Paige said, orbing down to the kitchen,
"somebody needs to look after the kids," Piper said,
"me and Gabby will," Victor said, walking over and scooping Patrice into his arms.
"No, it's okay, I'm sure Kyle or Cole will be able to," Piper told him, looking over at Gabrielle, the fashion columnist was dressed in an ankle-length green dress, which had spaghetti straps, a long black coat, black shoes, and three black and green feathers on the side of her pinned up hair.
"Didn't you think to tell your wife this was a wiccaning, not a costume party?" Piper asked, Victor glared at his daughter,
"don't start Piper," he told her, "how bout we go see grandma Gabby?" he said to Patrice,
"moo," she giggled, Piper burst into a fit of laughter, whereas Victor didn't understand what was so funny, and then it hit him, but he didn't have the heart to tell his granddaughter off, even if she had just called his wife a cow.
In the Olympian Underworld, the charmed ones appeared, in Paige's orbs, to find Hades standing over a stone crib, waving his ghostly hands to create tribal symbols, created out of fire, in the air, while Cronus and Rhea stood just centimetres away,
"sorry to crash the party," Prue said. They walked forward and Paige protected them from a lightening bolt Cronus had thrown,
"please continue the ritual," Rhea pleaded Hades,
"deal with them," he ordered, continuing to wave his hands. Prue made a gesture with both hands, blasting the two Titans away and into the far wall, Piper stretched out her hand and an explosive icicle released from her palm, it flew straight at Cronus and he exploded. His particles began to buzz around like a swarm of flies, then he reformed and made Piper drop unconscious by just squinting at her. Rhea blew a cloud of brown at Paige, partially encasing her in what looked like really hard, dried, mud, leaving only Prue to fight. She formed a pyrokinetic sphere in each hand, launching them at the two demonic gods, but Rhea used the same power she had used on Paige to solidify them, they dropped to the ground and smashed into pieces.
"It is done," Hades said, Cleo's concrete crib was hidden in black light, before changing shape and becoming an adult woman,
"that was something I didn't expect," Cronus stated, he and Rhea staring at their adult daughter. She wore yellowish stone armour on her torso, yet it appeared she didn't find it at all heavy, and a piece of black material covered her bottom half, it was lined with small stones, her metallic bronze boots had only a small heel, and her scrawny, black, hair made her ivory skin stand out more.
"Uh oh," Prue murmured, telekinetically sending an energy ball Cleo had thrown back at her, but it only made her stumble,
"we can kill the witches later," Cleo said, joining hands with her mother and father and shimmering out, Hades flamed after them, leaving Prue to smoke herself and her sisters back to the manor.
Somewhere in the underworld, Phobia sat in a circle of black candles, grinning at the demons who were trying to break through her dark forcefield,
"we've already told you, you're not welcome here," one of them hissed, they didn't like her because she was half-warlighter, and demon of fear or not, she still had chance of turning good. Phobia glared at the demon and he exploded in flames, then the others just shimmered out, she turned her attention back to her ritual and closed her eyes, before chanting:
"Oisiris, Hades, gods of the dead,
I ask for you to open the gate,
release my father from the spiritual land,
release him to me, release him now!"
A vortex of silver and black sparks swirled in the air, a man wearing black robes dropped from it, before it sealed up,
"who can I thank for bringing me back?" he asked, brushing some dirt from his grey hair as he began to get up,
"me, daddy," Phobia grinned, his eyes widened.
At Cole's apartment, he was reading Hansel and Gretal to the kids, when there was a knock on the door,
"come in," he called, which he soon regretted when Gabrielle stepped in.
"I take that back, get out," he said,
"moo," Patrice giggled to Gabrielle, who glared at the children,
"tell me that to my face," she told him. Cole stood up and walked over, looking straight into her eyes and said;
"get out,"
"I only came to tell you something," she said, leading him out into the corridor,
"make it quick," he instructed,
"it'll only take a minute," she told him. He closed the door over slightly but when she forced a kiss onto his lips and turned herself around so it looked like he was kissing her, the door pushed open and the Halliwell children witnessed it, Cole jolted back and grabbed her by the collar of her coat, practically throwing her out into the corridor and the shutting the door, now all he had to do was explain it to the kids.
Back in the underworld, Barbas didn't know whether to believe Phobia, apparently she was the result of a brief fling he had with a warlighter, and now she was the new demon of fear,
"you're the one who tried to summon me in the classroom," he stated,
"and you're the nasty voice in the wind," she said.
"You can't have my magic, but I will have yours, once I've caught up on what's been going on, word in purgatory is Hades has made a return," he told her, before vanishing from sight,
"I always knew I'd hate my father when I met him," she groaned, flicking her hands out and extinguishing the candle flames.
To be continued….
Next chapter- Cole has persuaded the kids to keep quiet about his 'kiss' with Gabrielle, but is he about to make the big mistake? Glenn has some unexpected news for Paige and Karis.
'Expect the Unexpected' should be up tomorrow.