Disclaimer: I don't own Charmed and any character that you have seen on the show. I don't own The Parent trap either. I just borrowed the characters and idea to write my Charmed version of the great classical movie "The Parent trap".

Ok I feel so bad here, I was absolutely sure that I had posted the last chapter of The Parent trap back in December. Obviously I was wrong and I really sorry for that. So here it is, hope you will like it.

And a special note for those of you who were reading my other story "I don't remember", I am currently working on it so you can expect new chapters soon, well by soon I mean in April since I will be out of internet for around 2 weeks… not sure how I will survive that lol.

The Parent trap

Chapter 7

The truth and all the truth

Faith and Amanda were sitting on the couch in the living room. Amanda had her arm around Faith and was comforting her in a low voice. Faith was nodding every now and then. Her eyes were still wet but she had stopped crying noticed Phoebe, when Cole and her shimmered in. Sensing their presence, the twins turned their head to look at them.

"We are ready for your explanation." Stated Amanda, after exchanging a look with Faith.

"And we are here to give you that explanation." Said Cole as they take a seat in front of their daughters.

"Except that I have no idea where to start." Said Phoebe.

"Huh" started Faith weakly, "how about starting about when you met, I can't understand how you, a witch, ended up with a demon. I mean this is totally against the rules." Her voice had become stronger as she talks.

Phoebe and Cole exchanged a glance then Phoebe sighed deeply and started to explain.

"My sisters and I didn't grew up with our power, we had no idea we were witches until one year after Gram's death. She died when I was 20. At that time, I wasn't getting along with my sisters, especially Prue, so after Gram's funeral, I left for New York. I got from one work to another for a while, until I got a job as receptionist for a lawyer cabinet. That's were I met Cole. We started to date and slowly fell in love with each other. After a few months, I found out that I was pregnant. I told Cole and, well, he didn't look too happy about it. Then he told me he had to leave for a few days for his job. He would take that time to digest the news and we would talk when he gets back. 10 days passed without even a phone call from him. I thought the idea of a baby had scared him away so I moved back to San Francisco."

"So you abandoned her and us then?" asked Faith outraged.

"No." Said Cole, "When I met Phoebe, I was still working for the evil side. I don't know how she did it, but she reached something in me that I thought was long gone; my humanity. I was in love with Phoebe and I didn't want to be evil anymore, I wanted to be good for her. I was ready to spend the rest of my life with her when she hit me with the baby news. I didn't know how to react. I never intended to tell Phoebe about my being half demon, but with a child, who would inherit some of my powers, I knew I would have to tell her one day and it was scaring me.

I really had to go away too, but it was in the Underworld for my job as a demon, and it took much longer than I thought. When I got back, Phoebe was gone. I knew she was from California but it took me a little while to find her, organize my transfer to a San Francisco lawyer cabinet and get an apartment. Then I rang on her door and asked her to marry me. But she refused, saying it was too soon for us, we needed more time to know each other so we got back to dating."

"Actually it broke my heart to refuse his proposal." Continued Phoebe, "When I got back from New York, I told Prue and Piper about my pregnancy. Prue lectured me a little, but both of them were behind me and ready to help me with my baby. We went to the attic to check out our old baby stuff. While we were there I found the Book of Shadow and read the first page aloud, unknowingly unbinding our powers. We started to get attack by warlocks. I had to stay at the manor to be safe and to keep everyone, including Cole, safe. Months passed and Cole and I were getting closer and closer, and I was even thinking about telling him the truth. Then a month before your birth, our secrets came out when we were attack by a warlock while we were alone in the manor. If Cole was surprised to find out that I was a witch, I was completely taken aback. I refused to listen to anything he had to say. Prue was even madder, threatening to vanquish him if he ever comes near me or my children. Cole didn't quite listen and he kept trying to talk to me, even helping us saving innocents every time he could.

Then the day of your birth, Prue and Piper were trying to help an innocent downstairs while I was resting on my bed. I heard noise and our innocent screaming so I went downstairs to find Prue and Piper unconscious and the innocent trembling on her chair. She said that the warlock that was after her did that. I got a contraction so I sat down next to Prue on the couch. I must have touched her because I was then thrown in a premonition. Our innocent was a demon. She stood up and walked toward me. I think you 2 might have sensed the danger because suddenly she was thrown back in her chair and frozen. I took my cell phone and called Cole who shimmered in as she unfroze.."

"I recognized her immediately." Continued Cole, "she was a Loorish demon named Kayrma. Loorish demons prey on humans who have been impregnated by demon. They steal the babies to raise them as their own and erase the mothers' memories. I had given a protective amulet to Phoebe but she had removed it after finding out I was a demon. I killed Kayrma with an energy ball then we checked on Prue and Piper. They had been drugged and wouldn't wake up before at least a couple of hours. Phoebe's contractions were getting closer and closer. Going to the hospital were impossible since you were using your powers left and right. Faith freezing power was still weak so it was barely slowing me down, however it would have work on a human. So I was the only one able to help Phoebe gave birth to you."

"What Cole isn't saying here," interrupted Phoebe, " is that he had been reading everything about childbirth since I was pregnant so he knew exactly what to do. I was so nervous but he stayed calm all the time. When Prue and Piper wake up, they bound your powers and took us to the hospital to make sure everything was all right. Even after the births, Cole was taking very good care of you, coming at the manor every day to see you.

"You weren't afraid of aunt Prue?" asked Faith, "I wouldn't want to be on her bad side, she is very powerful."

"Not really,» said Cole smiling, "the Charmed One were still fairly new to magic then, they were mostly attack by warlock, wanting to steal their powers. They had a lot to learn and needed time to develop their powers. Beside you were my daughters and I was not going to give up on you.

"After that, I decided to give Cole another chance." Said Phoebe, "I was still in love with him and I knew he was also loving me. So we all moved in the manor. And Cole became a great help in our fight against evil. He had what we were missing, experience and knowledge of the Underworld. We were not always agreeing on everything but overall everything was great. We finally got married a couple of weeks before your first birthday."

"So why didn't you stay together if everything was great?" asked Amanda.

"We are getting there." Answered Phoebe with a sad smile. "We had all agreed to keep your powers bound until you were 5 years old. It was easier for us and safer for you since demons and warlocks were not sensing you. When you turned 5, we unbound your powers and you, Faith got your power of freezing while you, Amanda got telekinesis .It was a little hectic for a while, but you were old enough to understand that you had to keep the secret about your powers.

Then you turned 6. I knew demons were getting their powers around that age and that was scaring me. I talked about it with my sisters and I found out that they had already thought of a solution. They had written a Power of 3 spells to bind your demonic powers without affecting your witch powers. I thought it was a great idea, binding your demonic powers for a few more years, until you were old enough to understand the difference between good and evil. I believed it would give you more chance to stay on the good side, but Cole didn't see it that way. He was absolutely against it, binding your power could only make you more incline to evil. We tried to talk about it, but we always ended up arguing and fighting. That was not getting us anywhere. Then one day while you were playing in the living room, a fireball appeared in your hand Faith, you were surprised so you shook you hand and almost threw the fireball at the curtain. Luckily Piper was there and froze it before it hit the curtain."

"I never knew about that!" Said Cole frowning, "why didn't you tell me?"

"Because after that, I decided to go on with the spell right away. So Prue, Piper and me started to recite the spell to bind your demonic powers and Cole walked in before we had the time to finished. He was absolutely mad."

"To say the least." Continued Cole with a sigh, "Phoebe and I got in a huge fight. I wasn't thinking clearly, I was hurt and I was feeling betrayed. I said harsh things to Phoebe, things that I was not even thinking."

"I said terrible things to you too, and I wasn't thinking them either." Said Phoebe.

"Finally Phoebe got enough, she said she was going to bed then she threw me my pillow telling me to sleep on the couch. I didn't have much sleep that night but I had a lot of time to think. I knew that there was no coming back, we would never agree on your powers and staying together would just mean arguing and fighting all the time. That was not the life I wanted for you. But I couldn't just go away and let Phoebe bound your powers. If she was wrong and I was right then you 2 would be lost. And it was the same thing if I took both of you with me. The only solution at that time was to leave with one of you and to let the other one with Phoebe."

"I can't believe that you agreed with that mom!" said Faith astonished.

"At first I didn't even want to hear about it." Answered Phoebe, sadly. "I tried and tried to find another solution, without any luck. I knew we couldn't keep leaving like that, and even if it was breaking my heart, I was starting to see Cole's point. Finally I decided that the best thing I could do for your safety was to go on with Cole's plan. Before leaving he gave me this," she said showing the pendant around her neck; once opened they could see 2 little crystals inside. "As long as the crystals stayed clear, I knew that Cole and Amanda were on the good side."

"And I had one for Faith." Said Cole taking the crystal from his pocket. "We had decided to stay away until your 18th birthday, unless the crystal became dark."

"So what, did you put our name in a hat to decide who was going with who?" asked Faith.

"No." Said Cole after exchanging a look with Phoebe, " I said I was taking Amanda and letting you with your mother."

"Oh." Said Faith in a hoarse voice, trying hard not to cry.

Cole stood up and went to sit next to her. Taking her face in his hands he forced her too look at him.

"I didn't let you with your mother because I loved Amanda more than you. I loved you both the same way, and I still do. It was only because of your power. I am not immune to freezing and it would have been too dangerous to take you with me. You need to believe me on that."

Faith looked at him in the eyes for a few minutes, then she threw her hands around her father and holds him tight.

"Are you going to unbind my demonic powers now? She asked turning to Phoebe.

"Yes, but we have to go to the manor for that, we need Prue and Piper." Answered Phoebe.

"Is this what you want? To have them unbound?" questioned Cole.

"I don't know." Said Faith, "it's kind of scare me. Would you be mad if I keep them bound?" she asked unsure."

"Not at all." Cole reassured her, "it's your decision. And you know, you don't have to take a final decision today."

"Cole is right." Added Phoebe, "You take your time to get used to all of this and whenever you want your demonic powers, you just tell me."

"Thanks." She said, relieved. "I have one more question, why don't we remember being together? We were 6 years old, we should have had at least some memories."

"We used a spell to alter your memory. We thought it would be easier on you if you didn't remember your twin and your other parent." Answered Phoebe.

"Are you ok Amanda?" asked Cole noticing how quiet and thoughtful she was.

"You were both wrong." Answered Amanda. "And I missed 10 years with my mom and twin because of that."

"What?" Cole and Phoebe asked, confused.

"Binding our demonic powers or not didn't matter. We are good because we were raised with love. LOVE, the strongest power of all, the one that turned good an evil demon. How could you 2 forget about that?" She explained.

"Because we are humans." Answered Phoebe, "We let our fears took the best of us and we made a lot of mistakes. I have often thought that if I had talked to Cole first, instead of my sisters, maybe it would of change everything."

"I felt like they were all ganging up on me. So I got on the defensive instead of trying to understand Phoebe's motivation." Added Cole. "And I am sorry for that."

"I am sorry too." Said Phoebe. "Can you forgive us?" she added looking at her daughters.

"I know you did what you thought was the best. I wish it could have been different but I am not angry at you anymore." Said Faith.

"I am sad but I am not angry either." Said Amanda.

"Well if nobody is angry, how about we go back to our vacation project?" Said Cole, "we had planned a trip to Europe this summer." He explained for Phoebe, "and we can take the plane Faith if you prefer."

"I think I better get used to shimmering." Answered Faith laughing.

"Well," said Phoebe disappointed, "I guess I will have to wait until you get back to spend some time with Amanda."

"The invitation was for you too." Said Cole grabbing her hand, unless you don't want to come."

"Oh! I can't refuse a vacation like that," said Phoebe blushing, "with my 2 daughters."

"And I remember how you used to love shimmering." Added Cole looking her in the eyes.

Faith and Amanda exchanged a smile. With a little luck, at the end of the vacation they would be a real family. And they would be there to help the luck if needed.

The End