Hidey ho there neighbour! Thanks for the reviews!

Jackie67- Hope you had a good holiday! You're the second person to say I write Barbus well, I'll have to find a way to bring him back! Thanks for the review!

Charmedsisters- Thanks for the review! And don't worry; I won't hurt you for not liking Cole! Thanks once again, I'm glad you like it!

Kendallpaigecharity- Thanks for the review! You'll see about the kids when they are born, but I'll give you a hint about what gender the 'third child' will be: something Decron says to Barbus in chapter 11… I'm glad you like the fic!

Peanut2lb- You'll see about MJ's markings in this chapter! I'm glad you liked that Prue wanted to help- I was trying to show she was like her mother. And I'm also glad you like that Rachael doesn't like Jason! I'm having fun with that in the chapter I'm currently writing! Thanks for the review!

BlueOrbs998- I made someone like Phoebe? -faints in shock- Yes, I'm sure you'll dislike her again soon too! You'll see about MJ's evil side soon enough! And you adored something I wrote? Once again, made my day! Thanks!

Prince Halliwell- If you thought what happened to MJ in the last chapter was bad, wait and see what happens in this one…I feel cruel… And no, I have never watched Home and Away in my life (I'm not a soap person) :S I'll have to watch it and see if the actress is how I imagine Danni in my fic! And as for Paul, he doesn't appear in this chapter, but he'll be back and all will be revealed some time in the near future!

Passions- Glad you liked the Paige, Laura and Rachael scene. I know I may SEEM evil, but I actually enjoy writing fluff! Lol!

Can't be arsed to ramble today (I know, I'm shocked too:p) so here is, lucky for some, chapter thirteen!

Chapter13- My little Demon

As the booming explosion echoed through the kitchen of the penthouse, Phoebe shielded her eyes from the shards of plastic that were hurtling towards her and leapt back in shock. Paige, Laura, Melinda-Jayne and Prue went crashing to the ground and Phoebe could barely see her hand through the thick cloud of smoke that surrounded her.

"Piper!" She called loudly, alarmed by what had just happened, "Mark!"

Within seconds, Piper had come pounding down the corridor of her sister's home looking very panicked and bouncing Andy on her hip in a bid to calm her crying son, who had obviously been startled by the sudden explosion. Mark followed close behind with a similarly worried look spread upon his ice coated face- obviously his youngest daughter had been startled by the explosion too.

"Phoebe? Are you okay? What happened?" Piper asked urgently.

Much to the eldest charmed one's surprise; her question was not answered by a distraught plea for help or a cry of pain, but a high pitched, booming laugh that undoubtedly belonged to Laura along with the childish giggle of Paige, the small cackle of MJ and the wheezy chortle of Prue. Piper and Mark exchanged confused glances and entered the kitchen, where the smoke was slowly fading.

"Are you okay?" Mark asked the four in the corner, who he was now helping to their feet. "What happened?"

"Au…Aunty Phoebe b…blew up the micro…microwave!" Prue told them through a heavy bout of laughter.

"Phoebs!" Piper scolded playfully. She knew cooking was not Phoebe's strong point, but even Laura knew how to use a microwave!

"She's a silly Billy!" Laura giggled loudly.

"She put a tin of spaghetti in!" Paige sniggered, "Actually in the tin! I tried to warn her…"

"You actually put metal in the microwave?" Mark asked his sister-in-law in utter disbelief, "Idiot…" He muttered under his breath, earning him a playful smack from Paige.

"My eyebrows!" Phoebe finally spoke, distressed, "I singed my eyebrows!"

As Paige erupted in giggles once more, Piper spun round to see the weary face of Phoebe with, as she had said, no eyebrows. The middle charmed one's red halter-top was blackened at the chest and her face looked like it was covered in charcoal. Even underneath the blackening, Piper could see her younger sister's face turning crimson in embarrassment.

"Your idiocy astounds me!" Piper said trying to stifle her laughter and failing.

"MJ are you okay?" Phoebe asked her giggling daughter, trying to avoid her own sheer stupidity.

"Mama bang!" The small girl replied cheerfully.

Phoebe, for a brief moment, forgot all about what had just happened as she watched her daughter smile. Since Cole's wedding this was a sheer rarity. Melinda-Jayne had changed drastically. It was hard to believe she was a Halliwell anymore. Shyness and reluctance to speak had replaced her talkative and friendly attitude towards her cousins, Uncles and Aunts. Sometimes it even seemed like she was pulling away from her parents. Her baby brother, Benjamin Coleridge Turner, had been born at the end of May with demonic markings identical to his sister's and this had comforted her somewhat, but Cole had been considering binding his son's powers and MJ was becoming more distant again.

After the commotion in the kitchen had died down and Paige had sneakily recited the vanishing spell, everyone gathered in the large, dining room of Phoebe and Jason's penthouse apartment. Jason, who had been retrieving his cell phone from his car at the time of the incident, was now there too, smirking at Phoebe slyly. Leo had just returned from 'up there', where the elders had been asking him about one of his charges and was seating Andrew in his highchair.

"Whewe's my basghetti?" Laura asked her Aunt Phoebe with a cheeky grin as the hostess with everything but eyebrows dished up the meal.

"Paige, she gets more and more like you every day!" Phoebe said, finally taking a seat at the table.

"So everyone keeps telling me!" Paige replied with a smile, "You know, as far as meals made by Phoebe go, this ain't half bad!"

"Hey… just because I don't cook, doesn't mean I can't!" Phoebe scolded, before brightening up and stretching her hand across the table to reach for her fiancé's. "Besides, it's a very special occasion…"

"Care to elaborate sis?" Piper asked curiously.

"Well…I'm pregnant!"

"A baby?" Prue asked, through the excited squeals of her mother and Aunt Paige.

"Yes Sweetie, a baby." Leo said with a smile, ruffling Prue's hair. "Congratulations you guys!"

The happy moment of congratulations and giggles came to an abrupt end with the cry of distress from Melinda-Jayne. She threw her bowl of macaroni cheese on the floor and let out a frightfully loud scream. Her demonic markings appeared almost instantly and a large fireball formed in her left palm, which she threw violently towards her mother. Phoebe was too shocked to react to the fireball, but fortunately, Piper managed to blow it up before it could cause any damage.

"No baby!" MJ screeched through floods of tears. "No Benji, no Danni, no JayJay! No no no! I gots a Daddy and a Mama! No mowe!"

As the small girl shimmered out, the occupants of the room stared in a shaken silence at the chair in which she had just sat. The silence was broken by the distraught sob of Phoebe. She buried her face in Jason's chest as the rest of her family sprung into action. Prue and Laura looked very taken aback; they were so used to MJ being quiet and good-natured that it was a shock to hear her yell. Obviously moving from home to home and having two families was causing the young girl a lot more pain than anyone had realised. Both of her Aunties gasped in shock and ran to Phoebe's side, Mark already had out his phone to call Cole and Leo had his eyes tightly shut, trying to sense his niece.

"I can't believe I didn't notice how upset she was …" Phoebe sniffed. "I'm a terrible mother."

"Sweetie, you're the best mother I've ever seen." Jason tried to reassure her, running his fingers through her hair. "Nobody could have known that she felt betrayed. It's not your fault Phoebe, I promise you that."

"Yes it is!" She replied sorrowfully, "She's my baby! I should be able to tell how she's feeling!"

"Shh Phoebs…" Piper soothed, "We're going to find her and we are going to do everything in our power to make her feel better. Okay?"

"Yeah…" Phoebe looked up expectantly at Leo, but the heavenly handyman looked up sadly and let out a melancholy sigh.

"Sorry Phoebs. I can't find her."

"What?" She gasped, "What do you mean you can't find her?"

"It means she's magically protected." Piper said hopefully, "She won't have shimmered to the underworld. I'll try calling Ava."

"Cole says she's not with him. Paige can you go get him from his office?" Mark asked.

"I'm on it." Paige replied as she disappeared in a swirl of lights.

"I'll occupy the kids whilst you guys look," Mark said, picking Rachael out of her highchair, taking Andy's hand and motioning for the two older girls to follow him.

"Thanks Mark."

The nauctater and the kids trooped down the corridor in silence, leaving Piper, Leo, Phoebe and Jason sitting in the dining room, where a half eaten meal still remained. Phoebe, still rather shaken, stood up, walked towards the window and placed her hand onto the cold pane of glass. Not even the spectacular view of San Francisco nightlife could take her mind from her missing daughter. Somewhere out there, in the vast expanse of buildings and cars, people and demons, was her precious baby. She tried not to let another tear escape, but doing this was proving to be difficult. In all of her life, Phoebe Halliwell had never felt so helpless. Jason walked up behind her and placed his arm around her waist. "I love you," he said as he kissed her forehead gently. "And we're going to find her."

Darkness completely surrounded Melinda-Jayne, but she wasn't going to let it scare her. Her Mother and Father were punishing her by not loving each other and she smirked, pleased with the fact she had destroyed the very place that had brought them together. The pain which had been engulfing her was fading as she embraced the evil form that her body had taken. Another fireball formed in her hand, bigger than the last, and she hurtled it towards a wall. It satisfied her to watch the walls crumble, but it did not take away the feeling of remorse in her heart. She did not understand how her Mommy and Daddy could love other people. And now that Ben was born, her Daddy loved him more because he loved Ben's Mommy. The same thing was going to happen when her Mama and Jason's baby was born. Nobody would be left to love Melinda-Jayne. The small girl found herself letting out a sob and she formed yet another fireball. She made to throw it towards the grave opposite her, but she was interrupted by a voice that seemed oddly familiar.

"Melinda-Jayne?" it said and in front of the large gravestone a blinding white light appeared.

"Hello?" Her small voice called, "Who is you?"

"I am your Nana- your Mommy's mommy." Replied Patricia Halliwell with a smile. "And I've come to tell you a story."

"What?" The small girl's voice trembled, full of anger and mistrust and she thrust her arm forward, sending her fireball towards the glowing woman who was claiming to be her Nana. However, the woman's smile remained as she froze the fireball with ease.

"That wasn't very nice, was it Melinda-Jayne?"

"Go 'way!" MJ screamed, her voice frightfully loud for one so small.

"Don't you want to hear the story?" Patty asked softly.

"No!"

"It's about Aunty Paige…"

MJ's face screwed up in confusion and the looked reproachfully towards her Nana. "Why?" She asked slowly.

"Well, if you come here, I'll tell you." Patty patted the stone beside her and gestured for her granddaughter to come and sit with her. MJ, unable to climb over the rubble that surrounded her, shimmered to the woman's side. Patty crouched, so that she could come face to face with the small demoness and pulled her into a hug. MJ seemed reluctant, but did not pull away. "Now for the story."

"'Bout Aunty Paige?"

"Yes, because she's the same as you." The corporeal ghost smiled, hoping that her story would be enough to save her granddaughter.

"Why?"

"Well, did you know that your Aunty Paige has a different Daddy to your Mommy, Aunt Piper and Aunt Prue?"

"Uhuh. Mista Sam."

"That's right. And do you know that I love her just as much as I love your Mommy and other Aunties?"

"You do?"

"Yes," Patty replied softly, "Of course I do. And you see, when your Mommy and Jason have their baby, she's going to have a different Daddy, isn't she?"

"Uhuh…"

"But that doesn't mean your Mommy's going to love you any less. And just because your Daddy has Benjamin now, he still loves you just as much. Do you understand?"

"Uhuh…" MJ's lip began to tremble, but she kept a firm gaze on her Nana. "They wove me?"

"With all of their hearts, Melinda-Jayne, with all of their hearts…" Patty's voice trailed away as she disappeared in the same white light that had brought her. "Blessed be…"

"Phoebe?" Leo said quietly, "Piper and I are going to check the Manor, okay?"

"Yeah…sure…" She replied vacantly, her mind stuck on MJ. She couldn't believe how much her daughter had been suffering without anyone noticing.

Just as Leo and Piper exited in a swirl of blue lights, Paige and Cole entered. The ex-demon dashed towards Phoebe and Jason and immediately began to ask questions.

"What happened? Do you have any idea where she could be? What if she gets hurt? Did she turn demonic? How lon-"

"Cole! Calm down!" Paige snapped before, being the only one present with a clear head, taking charge. "She got a little upset after Phoebe told her she was having a baby and yes, she did turn demonic, but don't worry because we're going to find her. I'm going to go and Scry. Phoebs, why don't you try and get a premonition?"

"Okay…" Phoebe watched her sister leave the room and absent-mindedly walked over to the table and picked up her daughter's doll. She closed her eyes in concentration, not expecting anything to happen. Much to her surprise, she felt the familiar cold rush down her spine and inhaled the all too familiar gasp of cold air as she was sucked into a very vivid vision.

Cole and Phoebe gazed into each other's eyes, full of passion and love. They moved in for a very intimate kiss, the love radiating around them. Suddenly, Piper's voice calling her sister's name cut through the air and the two lovers pulled back sorrowfully.

"I'd better go." Cole said urgently.

"They'll keep looking for you until they find you." Phoebe told him with a hint of grief in her voice.

"Your sisters?"

"Them too…"

"Phoebe?" Piper's voice came once more and the two inside the mausoleum looked panicked.

"Give me your shirt." Phoebe ordered.

"My shirt?"

"Hurry up!" Cole hurriedly removed his shirt and as soon as he handed it to Phoebe, she dropped it on the floor. She bent forward and picked up a small vial from the ground and pulled out a small dagger from her purse. "Give me your hand. Trust me." She hastily, but reluctantly, sliced his hand and allowed his fresh blood to drip onto the shirt. Still panicked, Phoebe threw the potion at the shirt and a huge cloud of smoke appeared after a small explosion. "You have to go, please…" She begged as she heard both her older sisters enter the mausoleum. The two shared one last kiss before Cole shimmered out.

(AN- taken from ep. 'Sleuthing with the Enemy')

"What did you see honey?" Jason asked as Phoebe's arched back lowered and her eyes fluttered open.

"I…um…" Phoebe looked between Cole and Jason. She had no feeling whatsoever for her ex, but the premonition had to have meant something. She replayed it in her mind when it finally began to make sense. "I think I know where she is…"

"Where?" Cole asked without delay.

"The mausoleum." She replied.

Cole wrinkled his brow, but realisation soon spread across his face. He looked to Phoebe and nodded, "We'll take your car." He said.

"Where?" Jason asked, confused at the look of understanding shared between his fiancé and Cole.

"Honey, stay here and wait for Piper and Leo. Tell them we've gone to the mausoleum and they'll understand. I'll explain later, okay?"

"Um…I guess. Be careful." Jason pecked his wife on the cheek before watching her dash to the door with Cole close behind her. He sat down and put his head in his hands, "I hope she's okay."

Despite it being June, walking alone through the dark graveyard sent shivers down Phoebe's spine. She was having a hard time keeping up with Cole, who had sprinted ahead and was beginning to get frightened. Phoebe felt that she would have been a lot more frightened if her daughter's circumstances were not prominent in her mind but, as it was, all she could think of was Melinda-Jayne.

"Phoebe!" Cole's bellow came from somewhere to Phoebe's right. "Get over here, now!"

Phoebe, although in stilettos, ran towards her ex-boyfriend's petrified voice. When she arrived in the front of the mausoleum, her heart stopped and even more panic surged through her. The entrance was covered in hundreds of tiny scorch marks and it had been hit so many times that it had crumbled to the floor.

"Was this MJ?" Cole asked slowly, unable to believe his daughter was so powerful.

"Yes…" She replied, equally shocked, "It has to have been…" Tears once again pricked the corners of Phoebe's eyes, but she fought them and ran into the mausoleum.

The sight inside was even more shocking than the destruction of the exterior. The ceiling was crumbling and many pieces of rubble lined the floor. The walls were covered with more tiny scorch marks and a small fire had started in the far corner. The only thing inside the mausoleum unharmed by the small girl was the grave of Benjamin Turner, where Melinda-Jayne stood in horror. Her entire face was as black as her hair; her, normally huge, brown, puppy dog eyes were blood red; Her arms and legs were covered in crimson diamonds and she had sized considerably, causing her green pinafore to burst at the seams.

"Mama?" She asked as Phoebe entered the remains of the mausoleum. Even in her demonic form, her voice was full of innocence. "Daddy?"

""Oh my god…" Phoebe stopped in her tracks as she looked towards her daughter. MJ was completely demonic and had been powerful enough to destroy a building. Her heart broke as the little demon started bawling. Demon or no, it was still her daughter.

Cole sped past Phoebe, who was frozen in shock and picked up the little demoness in his arms. He knew how hard it was to control a demonic side and could imagine what his daughter was going through, but he felt utterly helpless. " Shh baby, Daddy's here…"

"Oh my god…" Phoebe repeated once more. She edged towards Cole and MJ, kissed her daughter on the completely black forehead and broke down. "I'm so sorry Melinda." She sobbed and sank to the floor.

"Mama?" MJ questioned, shimmering from Cole's arms and into her mother's lap. "Tell baby I sowee?"

"She knows sweetie, she knows…" Phoebe smiled slightly, glad that her daughter was okay, but very curious as to what had given her the change of heart.

"Mama?" MJ asked once again, her form shrinking and the blackness slowly fading from her skin, "Nana speaked to me…"

"Nana? What did she tell you?" Phoebe enquired. Her mother must have said something very meaningful and Phoebe thanked the heavens for whatever it was she had said.

"Dat Aunty Paige likes I is coz she had a difwent Daddy...and dat… you wove me too..."

"Of course we love you Melly." Cole said, kneeling on the floor and kissing MJ's hair, a tear rolling down his cheek.

"Just because we don't love each other, it doesn't mean we don't love you." Phoebe felt awful. She must have done something pretty bad to make her daughter think she didn't love her. "And we love you with all of out hearts."

"I's sowee." MJ said, now completely back in her human form and trembling in her parents' embrace. "Home now?"

The next morning, Phoebe awoke to the sound of Melinda-Jayne's innocent giggles. She groggily rolled over and turned to see her daughter lying between she and Jason, trying to escape Jason's tickles. Phoebe smiled contently. Melinda-Jayne was happy again and although her demonic powers were incredibly strong, the middle charmed one was no longer worried about her daughter using them for evil. "Thanks Mom." She whispered, though Phoebe sometimes forgot her tendency to overestimate people's abilities…

AN- So there we have it folks! Chapter 13 is done! I know some of you are probably wondering where the hell Piper and Paige have disappeared to, but they'll be back, in full ass kicking style for chapter fourteen! Never fear! And we will also meet Benjamin! Anyway, I've decided not to threaten you this week, but actually ask nicely…please review! -Watches in amusement as all her reviewers faint at the thought of Laur being…nice…- Anyways, until next week!

Laur xXx

PS. I need your help! I want to write a subplot about another of the kids. I have one planned for Andy, but if you could possibly tell me which of the other kids you'd like me to write about in your review, I'd be eternally grateful. (Don't say Andy or MJ. I know exactly what I'm doing with them :p) Thankles