Chapter four

Penny woke up with a start. She thought she heard crying in the next bedroom. She mentally checked which room it belongs to then she knew it had to be Cole. Penny raced off to Cole's room where she found him thrashing in bed. Cole was sobbing into his pillow and thrashing around in the sheets.

Faint mumbling can be heard from him

"Don't hurt me, please stop it, Leave me alone"

Penny immediately went to Cole's side and saw he no longer hold his teddy bear. She saw it on the floor and picked it up then gave it back to him. Cole grabbed it and hold it tightly against his chest, and made a last raggedy breath before he settled down again.

Penny smiled to herself; she knew putting that spell on the bear to protect Cole from the demon would help protect him at night when Belthazar was active. She smiled and ruffled his hair then tucked him back in bed.

Penny walked back to her bedroom, stole one last look at the girls and Cole then went back to bed.

One thought plagues her mind

"Will Cole be strong enough to fight Belthazar when he is older?"

She let the thought pass and herself fell asleep

The Next Morning

Penny was humming a tune as she made breakfast. She heard little pitter patters come towards the kitchen. She turned her head and smiled as she saw her middle grandchild walk in the kitchen timidly

"Good morning darling, slept well?"

"Yes" said Piper in a quiet voice

Piper watched her Grandmother make breakfast

"Can I help you make breakfast Grams, can I?" she asked eagerly

Penny laughed slightly

"Of course honey, pull up a stool"

Piper squealed in delight and raced up in the kitchen

"No running, it's dangerous to run in the kitchen" Penny scolded

Piper immediately stopped running and walked slowly up to the counter and climbed up the stool to help her Grandmother cook breakfast

Twenty minutes later

Prue and Phoebe walked in the kitchen sleepy. Prue leading a half sleep Phoebe towards the kitchen table where Cole was already there eating his pancakes happily with his teddy bear in his lap. Prue frown when she noticed the bear

"Grams doesn't allow toys at the table"

"Well, I'm making an exception just this one time"

"I'm going to get Honey!" Phoebe said as she ran off happily

Prue climbed into her seat across from Cole. She didn't know if she should be annoyed or not but when Cole offered some of his pancakes she changed her mind.

Phoebe ran back to the table with a yellow teddy bear trailing behind her. She threw Honey on her seat then climbed up the chair and sat on her kiddie chair. She smiled at Cole who was sitting next to her.

"My bear's name is Honey what's yours?"

Cole frown for a second then turned his attention towards then named came to his mind

"Pancake" he replied happily

Phoebe laughed

"Maybe Pancake and Honey could become friends"

"Okay!"

Piper walked up to the table carrying her tray of toast and jam carefully then set it down right on the table

Prue laughed

"Piper we can't eat all that toast"

"I made it" Piper said stubbornly

Phoebe laughed next

"Suure" Phoebe imitating her sisters' way of saying 'sure'

"I did!" Piper cried

"I believe you did Piper" Cole said quietly

"Thanks Cole" Piper said with a smile

Penny watched this scene, and sighed if they only knew what destinies they have in future but for now, let them be the children they are. She then heard a crash

"Grams, Prue took my toast!"

"Did not!"

Penny smiled,

"Yes, let them be kids"

TBC