Madeline's POV Madeline asleep in her bed when suddenly she opened her eyes quickly and looked around the room. Her eyes couldn't detect anything out of the ordinary, but she slowly moved her covers off her, and slid her legs off the edge of the bed and stood up and slowly walked to the door of her room. When she got to the door she opened it and walked out and looked both ways down the hall, still her eyes detect anything. Madeline started to down the hall towards the stairs to go down to the lobby, once she reached the stairs, she started to descend down the three flights of stairs to the bottom, but before she could see anything in the she could hear mixtures of cries. Madeline cautiously walked down the rest of the stairs and looked around the lobby when her eyes final found the owner of the cries… it was Angel, Fred, Gunn, and Wesley. Gunn was holding Fred in tight to himself, as Wesley was next to them, both looking down at Angel who was cradling something in his arms as he cried.
Madeline couldn't see what he was holding, but Angel shifted to hold what ever he was holding better, that's when she saw it…. It was her mother, she was lying lifelessly in Angel's arms as he cried hugging her to him. Cordelia's head was leaning slightly back as Angel buried his head in her neck, and her left arm was hanging out to the side barely touching the ground, because of the way Angel was holding her.
Fred was the first to notice her standing there, she nudged Gunn, who looked up and saw her. Wesley saw them looking to something, and looked too, when he saw her he looked down at Angel.
"Angel." Wesley said softly.
Angel looked up and saw Madeline standing there, but he didn't move he just stared at her with tears running down his face. Fred noticed that Angel wasn't moving, so she broke out of the embrace with Gunn and walked over to Madeline. When she walk up to Madeline she picked her up and turned back to Angel and the rest for a moment to see Angel look back down to Cordelia.
"Mommy?" Madeline called not understanding, seeing on how she's only 4.
"Shh." Fred comforted her hugging her close, then walking up the stairs with her.
Madeline continued to watch her dad hold her mother in his arms as they started to grow distant from her.
"Mommy? ….Mommy!" Madeline called out, but they rounded the corner and she lost sight out her. End of POV.
Madeline woke up with a start, realizes she was only dreaming. She started to take in deep breaths as she tried to calm her self down. She started to look around the room, then she noticed that it was morning, so she go up and started to get ready for the day.
Madeline walked down the stairs to the lobby to see Tia already up talking to Fred and Gunn. Madeline smiled seeing that Tia was having a good time. Madeline walked across the lobby floor and over to the couch and sat down. Tia who saw her come in first excused herself from her parents and walked over to Madeline and sat down next to her.
"Hey, how are you holding up?" Tia asked.
"I'm fine, Tia. You don't have to worry about me."
Fred and Gunn walked over smiling and sat down on either side of Tia and smiled over to Madeline.
"Why are you looking at me like that? Did you guys break something of mine?"
Fred and Gunn chuckled a bit.
"So have you talked to Cordelia at all yet?" Fred asked.
"No." Madeline said.
"You should, it's great to talk to my dad again." Tia said.
"Yeah, it's true happiness talking to my future daughter." Fred said smiling at Tia.
"No, happiness is your dentist telling you it won't hurt and then having him catch his hand in the drill." Madeline said.
They all giggle, causing Cordelia and Angel to walk over.
"What's so funny?" Angel asked sitting down next to Madeline, as Cordelia sat on the other side of her.
"Nothing." Madeline said at him.
"Well, maybe we should talk about what the deal with Conner is, cause he clearly has issues." Cordelia said.
"Oh, just a little." Tia said. Madeline's eyes go big or a sec.
"So he really does hate me and wants to kill me?" Cordelia asked.
"Yep." Tia said.
"Because Angel didn't pay enough attention to him?" Gunn asked.
"I think that's just an excuse. I think he did it just to see want the out come would be." Madeline said.
"What did I do?" Angel asked looking at her.
"What do you think you did? Nothing. He's your son, you wouldn't kill him. You kicked him out. But you didn't kill him." Madeline said.
"Well, this time around we're not going to let him get anywhere near Cordelia." Fred said.
Everyone was silent for a moment.
"Can I ask a dumb question?" Tia asked.
"Like know one else." Madeline said without missing a beat. Tia looked at her. "What? You walked right into that."
"What's your question?" Gunn asked.
"Well, what if we just tell you guys when your death's going to happen and how? Could that help any?"
"It could." Angel said.
"But then they'd continue to worry about that day, until it actually happens. It'd be like walking on pins and needles." Madeline said.
"Maddy's right, that's all I'd think about." Cordelia said putting her around Madeline.
Madeline looked at her as Cordelia looked at her and smiled, Madeline gave her a weak smile then turning her head away from her.
"Where's Wesley?" Madeline asked changing the subject.
"He's catching up on some reading about the prophecy." Angel answered.
"Right, right, the prophecy, about a half breed. Half vampire, half demon. And how that half breed is supposed to be the most powerful being yet to be born." Madeline said.
"Yeah, that's the one." Cordelia said.
"You know, that's my favorite prophecy?" Madeline said.
"That's because it's about you." Tia said.
"Well duh!"
"Yeah, now I see how she's related to Cordy." Angel said smiling.
"What are you trying to say Angel? That all we think about is ourselves?" Cordelia asked.
"Well, you used to be like that… specially in high school."
"Just because I was born beautiful and rich, right?"
"Well-"
"Hold it! Don't make us separate you two!" Fred yelled.
"Oh, wow." Madeline said putting her head in her hands.
"All right, now how do I die?" Gunn asked.
"I don't remember his name right off hand. My dad killed him shortly after he killed you."
"His name was Kegan." Tia said.
"Vampire? Demon?" Gunn asked.
"Neither. Werewolf." Madeline said.
AUTHOR'S NOTE: 'Well, another chapter… hope you like it I wrote it in like an hour. I was on a time limit seeing on how I'll be gone for 3 to 4 days and won't be able to update till then. But leave some comments and I'll continue the story.'
Kea: Wow Conner showing up and telling all. Tia is Gunn and Fred's and Madeline is Angel and Cordy's yeah! Loved Fred's comment to Connor about him being a rude kid for killing Madeline's mother. He really has issues. And how he tries to kill Cordy like that. I like how Madeline jumps in to help. Nice powers. Looking forward to reading more.
YOUPIN: I can't believe Conner killed Cordy because she and Madeline caused Angel to not pay too much attention to him. He has a lot of issues. I wonder what Angel will do to him and I can't wait to see how he protects his family. I wouldn't mind there being flashbacks to how Angel and Cordy got together, how they were able to have Madeline if Angel is cursed and supposedly sterile.
'Thanks for your comments Kea and YOUPIN, I hope you liked this chapter. I am hoping to get more comments though from others too. Well, I'll be up-dating in a few days. Enjoy!'
