A/N: PrueTrudeau: Paige and Artemus do not share the same father. Sam and Artemus' mother were just friends. Prince Halliwell: Alyeia will probably gain power from Dantalian too, I just haven't figured out what yet. You are correct on Ally's power; it's telekinetic astral projection. I have special plans for Artemus that's why he's the twin guardian to plane. Cheese-Fairy: Yeah the full frontal line is from the show. Princess Pinky: Yep tyrant fits Ayleia, and yes she gets her dark side from her mommy dearest Keep watching the storyline between Artemus and Paige as I told Prince H, I have a reason for making Artie the twin guardian to the plane. CCMcKenna: Not to worry, Dantalian won't touch Prue. Pyrena: I'd like to think that Dantalian did the killing and not the baby, but that's not to say that the baby won't be partially evil. Piper+Leo4eva: Thanks for the review! I always try to come up with interesting storylines when I can.
Eternally Charmed: Halliwell and Grethal
The bodies disappeared just as Prue stepped into the kitchen with a crying baby Austin her arms. She too, had felt her clone's pain. "What do you mean that it was Andy's athame? How is that possible?"
Leo and Andy exchanged glances. It was known supernatural fact that Andy was the only with the power to conjure the athame of the mortal Tracer. "I don't know" Leo said slowly, "I'll go see if the Elder's know anything"
Both Prue and Andy were silent as the whitelighter orbed away. "Maybe you should go up too" Andy sighed "If it was my athame that killed the Motherly Prue then Dantalian had to have been the one to use it. She's the only one who can vanquish you, Prue"
"Andy it was clone that was vanquished for all we know, my clones aren't partially immortal"
"And what if they are?" Andy took Austin from Prue's arms and kissed the top of the whimpering babies head. "Do you really want to take the risk right now?"
Prue felt her stomach grow sour. Was Andy really suggesting that she runaway and hide? "Andy, I think you know me better than that, I never-"
"And what if the girls lose you, Prue? Do you really want that?" Andy finished as Ally and Melinda appear in the doorway. Ally had a book in her hands.
"Wead to us Mommy" Ally held out the book to her mother. Hansel and Grethal "Wead, Wead!"
"Ally, I can't Mommy needs to find a way to vanquish a very bad demon" Prue pinched the bridge of her nose in effort to keep herself from sounding frustrated.
"Prue-" Andy warned softy infuriating the super witch all the more.
"NO I'M GOING AND THAT'S FINAL!" Prue then turned one heel and stalked from the kitchen leaving both Ally and Melinda to look at Andy with pouty lower lips.
"Just go find Amanda or Aunt Paige, maybe one of them will read it to you" Andy replied with a stammer as he followed his wife, shouting her name. "PRUE!"
"Amandy can't wead good!" Ally grumbled looking at Melinda. Amanda was just in first grade and still trying to conquer, Clifford the Big Red Dog. It would be a while before she was ready to tackle the traditional version of Grimm's Fairytales.
"Ill wead it!" Ally added squinting up her nose in a determined fashion. Together Ally and Melinda walked out of the kitchen and took a seat in the cloth back chairs in the dining room, both sitting on their knees.
Ally placed the book on the table and proceeded to read the pictures, in the classic story; Hansel and Grethal. She looked at the first page and saw the picture of the woodcutter and his two children. The woodcutter was holding an axe his wife was beside him, looking angry
"Once upon a time," Ally began as she knew fairytales should go. "D'ere was a demon"
"A demon?" Melinda's eyes grew wide at they thought making Ally nod.
"Mmm…hmm…see him have a weapon" Ally pointed to the axe
"But yer daddy…he have weapons too" Melinda countered knowingly causing Ally to think.
"Once upon a time, d'ere was a good Tracer and an evil wady casted a spell on him" Ally restated noting that the women in the fairytale looked like Inspector Sheridan.
Melinda looked at her cousin and grinned in satisfaction as Ally flipped the page. "The evil wady, did not like the kids so she sent them away"
"And they teared up bread!" Melinda added pointing to the picture of Hansel leaving a trail of breadcrumbs. Both girls remained silent just looking at the pictures until they reached the page with a house made entirely of sugar and-
"CAKE!" Both girls shouted together. They glanced at the picture of Hansel tearing off a piece of the roof and stuffing in his mouth while Grethal nibbled on the sugary windowpane.
"I wished that our house was cake" Melinda sighed resting her head into her palm while Ally laughed continuing to look at the page with the house, not noticing that Amanda had come into the room, with her backpack still secured over her shoulders from a long day at school.
"What are you doing?"
"Ally and me is learning to make a house of cake!" Melinda told her oldest cousin.
"Cake?" Amanda looked over Ally's shoulder watching her little sister follow the words on the page with her index finger.
"Cookies, candy and sugar is great, this is how you turn a house into-"
"CAKE!" All three girls said with a giggle right before the walls of the manor began to turn a light spongy brown.
"Uh-Oh" Amanda's blue eyes followed the transformation of the outer walls and windows as they slowly turned to chocolate cake and sugar.
"Wook! Wook!" Melinda clapped wildly watching the stained glass window frost over with a coating of sugar and an outline of gumdrops. A light line of white frosting edged the trim of the walls where the crown molding used to stand. The staircase was now solid piece of milk chocolate, while all of the doors turned to gingerbread with muffins sporting as doorknobs.
"Cake! Cake! Our house is Cake!" Ally cheered raising her fists above her head in delight.
"Cake! Cake!" Melinda repeated jumping from her chair so that she could lick the caramel frosting that now covered the door jam leading into the kitchen.
Delighted, Ally raced into the kitchen to find the cabinets were now a rich chocolate chip cookie, outlined with a drizzle of white butter cream icing and red hots. The entire room was now filled with an assortment of cakes and pastries piled high amongst the table and countertops.
Greedy as she was Ally didn't waste a second before diving face first into white cake, which sported pink frosting and was topped with sprinkles. Amanda too joined in by reached for a plate filled with frosted brownies shoving them into her mouth faster than she could eat until a voice almost caused her to choke.
"Nibble, Nibble, Gnaw who is nibbling at my house!"
Amanda coughed and wiped her hand across her face. "What was that?"
"Noffing" Ally lifted her head from the cake to reveal that entire portion of her face was now covered in white cake and pink frosting.
"Nibble, Nibble, Gnaw! Who is nibbling at my house!" The voice grew louder this time causing the girls to shudder. Melinda was now standing beside them with her hands covered in gingerbread and sticky caramel.
Suddenly a women as old as the hills, dressed in black cloak and carrying a staff appeared before them and repeated the phrase. "Nibble, Nibble, Gnaw! Who is nibbling at my house!"
