-1A Half-Breed's Redemption?
By: Dragonstar/ Lunara Dragon

Chapter 9: Twists Courtesy of the Former Demon?

Author's Note: Ok a couple people pointed out that it might get confusing with Lillith being introduced as his sister so I am going to fix that in this chapter. Also now is more action I guess as well as surprises coming in to play in these next few chapters. Thank you all for the continued support and keep it coming it really does mean a lot to me.

On to the story…

In the Heavens

A pair of medium tone violet eyes scanned the surroundings as her companion shifted his weight back and forth. Patience was not one of Cole Turner's fortes. It was the morning of Lillith's meeting with Prue and on a whim Cole followed the Soul Guardian to the meeting grounds in the Heavens.

"I still can't believe you hitched a ride on my orb! You aren't supposed to be here!" Lillith lectured to the taller man. Her voice was flat with rage as she continued to stare around at the area hoping no one bothered them before Prue arrived. Cole just forced a sardonic smile and shrugged his shoulders.

"What can I say? I figured it made more sense for Prue to tell me to go to hell in person." He shot back. Cole also had made it clear that in his own twisted way he respected the eldest sister and Lillith had a feeling that made her uneasy. This was not part of her plan at all. Although getting to know the former demon, she realized that nothing ever went quite as planned when he was involved. When she turned to stare at her charge again she was surprised to find him being flung across the area they were standing in and a smile crossed her face. Prue still had a way of making an entrance and her presence was known in that moment.

Cole fell to the ground with an earsplitting thud as he began to spit out a complaint. He forced himself to stand and greeted Prue with a glare. "Well good to see you still have your telekinesis and attitude even in death."

"Sorry Cole, old habits and all." Prue shot back with a glare of her own before adding on "What the hell are you doing here anyway? This was not whom I was told I would be talking to!" Cole walked forward and stood behind Lillith as he motioned in her direction. Prue greeted the Soul Guardian with a wary smile.

"You on the other hand was who I was expecting. How are you Lillith?" Prue questioned to Lillith who in turn just shrugged and stared between the two. Cole had the feeling Lillith may have forgotten to mention that she had met this sister before. Prue took a side step around Lillith and stood closer to Cole with the glare still on her face.

"Shall we begin?" She asked coldly as she motioned for them to follow her. Lillith turned to see another figure approaching them and Prue's temper seemed to soften when she saw him there. "Andy. What are you doing here?"

Andy laughed as he continued to follow Prue to a meeting area that had been set up by the Elders. "The big guys thought I might be able to keep this from turning in to a war. Last thing we need up here is two souls as powerful as you and Mr. Turner here fighting in the Heavens."

Cole and Prue turned to glare at each other again and Lillith let out a humorless laugh as the group of four sat down and let the moment between the two former in-laws play out. Cole finally leaned forward and waved his hand conjuring a dark colored cowboy hat and a smile split across his face.

"Thought it might remind you Prue, that we had some good times together. Even if there were only a few!" He shot at Prue who picked up the hat and studied it for a moment before relaxing back in her own seat. She put it back down and shrugged.

"Yeah we did do the whole western hero gig pretty well, didn't we?" She responded with a grin of her own. The anger towards each other still rested in their eyes but the two also seemed to have an unspoken respect for one another. Andy Trudeau looked between his girlfriend and Cole before shaking his head.

"So you're the demon that took her to break that time loop." Andy said stating the obvious. Cole just nodded before easing back in to his own seat some more and waited for Prue to start the questioning.

Prue read his unspoken curiosity "I can't give you the judgment you want Cole. Like Hell am I going to let you…" Prue started letting her anger rise in her tone again before she was cut off by Andy placing an arm on her shoulder. She glanced to him as he glanced to the grin on Cole's face. All three of the other people sitting around Cole were very confused by his look. His green eyes lit up with mischief.

"Now Prue is that anyway to treat an old friend whose come to visit you after all this time? I even found a way up here to see you before your own loving sisters." Cole started trying to prod at Prue's reckless temper. Prue pushed herself from her seat as she locked her own piercing blue gaze with his.

"What are you up to Cole? Why did you come here if you were just going to try and piss me off? You know you're still pretty successful at that even with in a few minute confrontation!" Prue yelled and threw her hand up sending Cole flying out of his chair. Andy stood to stop his girlfriend from causing a full out battle but Lillith motioned for him to let them go. She also stood and pulled him to the side.

"I want to know what my charge is up to. I promise if it goes to far we can stop it." She whispered to Andy who glanced between the two and then back to Lillith. The Soul Guardian had no idea what Cole was trying to do but now saw that he didn't just come here to talk and he seemed to know what he was doing.

Cole pushed himself to stand again and sent a low voltage energy ball towards Prue before waving his hand and causing the dark haired woman to fall to the ground. "Come and get me if you can Prue!" He shouted at her. She glanced at the energy ball coming towards her and forced her astral form to leave her body and take the energy ball away from her physical form.

"What the hell Cole? I'm already dead and passed on. How is this going to get me to be persuaded to your side!" Prue shot at him once her astral form returned to her body. Andy went to stand beside her and glared at Cole who still wore a sly grin on his face. Cole just shrugged his shoulders.

"I wanted to see if you could still astral, even after death seeing as technically it is a part of your spirit or something. You know Prue after you died I was pissed." Cole stated simply as if they had not just been fighting. Prue went to throw her ex brother-in-law again with her telekinesis but instead was satisfied with just making him trip instead of fly. He took the blow and caught himself half-way during the fall.

"You didn't even let me finish!" He shot at her. She shook her head and met Cole's hard stare with a glare of her own. The two tempers were reaching boiling point and so Lillith stepped towards Cole and matched Andy's stature of standing between the two of them.

"Will you get at where you're going with this Cole. So help me I will send you back to the In-between void before Prue even gets the chance to tell me to send you back there." Lillith stated the facts with complete honesty. Cole removed his glare from Prue and turned to his companion with a surprised look on his face this time.

"You know I'll tell you Prue the same thing I told Phoebe. Your hatred, it's passionate and it's a breath away from love! Of course I hope not the same kind of love that you share with Andy here." Cole started with sarcasm and Prue glared at him.

"I don't hate you Cole, I just hate what you've done to my sisters. I never got the chance to know you that well remember? I died." She said stating the obvious. Lillith this time met the blue eyes of the eldest Halliwell and saw the look of regret in her eyes.

"So what you're insinuating is that had you not judged me by my past. We might have actually been friends?" Cole questioned to Prue. She just shrugged her shoulders as she returned to look at Andy who was staying silent for most of this. For that matter both Andy and Lillith were both being silent for the most part and Cole noted this before continuing.

"Fine. Well what I was trying to say is I was pissed at you. You left your sisters behind, but then I got mad at The Elders. Who are they to say you and your sisters couldn't deal with seeing each other?" Cole questioned to Prue who met his fierce gaze, this time the sly grin had returned to his face and the mischievous light still danced in his green eyes. He now stepped closer to Prue and pulled Lillith closer as well by placing his hand on the small of her back.

"You do know what a Soul Guardian is right?" Cole questioned to Prue who just laughed at his question and nodded her head yes.

"You have no idea." Prue responded with a grin of her own. Andy wore a grin of his own now and looked up to meet Cole's response.

"Don't ask. Long story." Andy spoke up this time and looked back at Prue who was listening intently now.

"Well I don't want you to give me your decision just yet Prue. You know me well enough to know this. Would I really have come up here just to have you tell me to go to hell in person?" He questioned as his right eye brow shot up and he had a questioning but smug look on his face.

Prue replied with a sly look of her own and a mischievous grin crossed her own face as she glanced between Andy and Lillith before answering "No Cole, you would have an ulterior motive for being here. Why doesn't that surprise me?"

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Lamia's Cavern

Telane walked around peering at the busy hustle that had started to take place in Lamia's lair. It seemed now that Lamia was putting more plans in motion and strategizing the next step to try and attack the Charmed Ones again as well as trying to take over the Underworld. She had secured her allies with the Warlocks and now had more power to back her up. Telane watched in amazement as she stayed at the back of the Lamanians who were standing around listening to their 'mother' speak about their next move.

"The time is approaching where we will send the strongest after upper level demons. With their powers we can continue to attack the Charmed Ones and hopefully finally find a weakness. From there we will plan the next attack directed towards their weakness." Lamia reported to her followers. She met all of their gazes with a glazed over malicious glare of her own. She saw the figure of someone shimmering out before she could actually see who it was and growled in rage.

"First thing we need to do is secure the barrier and cloak our hiding spot!" She yelled in rage before firing an energy ball towards where the figure had just shimmered from.

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Phobe and Coop's pent house

Phoebe had finished work early for the day and now sat with Patricia watching some afternoon cartoon. They were sitting on the couch while Coop was in the kitchen fixing his girls lunch. He walked in to the room with a grin on his face and smiled at his wife who looked wistfully happy just enjoying Clifford the Big Red Dog with her daughter.

"So now that Valentine's day is over. I should have the next couple of days off. What do you want to spend it doing Honey?" Coop questioned as he scooped his daughter up out of Phoebe's lap and placed a kiss on his wife.

"Well I still have to work you know. You could take Patricia to the zoo with her cousins. Piper would love that as much as the kids because her and Leo would get a break." Phoebe responded with a sarcastic grin of her own. Coop laughed at her response before he heard the timer going off signaling that lunch was done. He put his daughter back on the couch next to Phoebe and walked towards the kitchen, Patricia stood to follow him and he smiled down at his little toddler.

"Do you want to help daddy?" Coop asked before returning to pick up Patricia and ruffled her dark hair. Phoebe began to giggle at the look on Coop's face before standing to join her family in checking on lunch. When the three started to head towards the kitchen a sound caused them to stop in their tracks and turn back towards the door.

The sound was a cheeky laugh and they turned to see the cocky ex-husband of Phoebe Halliwell who had just shimmered in to where they had just been. "Well isn't this the picturesque scene of a family."

"What the hell are you doing here?" Coop shot at him as he put Patricia down and took a defensive stance in front of her. Instead of feeling the need to explain himself to the Cupid, Cole walked quickly forward and knelt down and opened his arms.

Patricia looked up at her mom who nervously looked between Coop and Cole. She turned to her daughter who was trying to push her way between her parents and towards her new friend.

"Coe!" Patricia yelled with frustration and glee mixing in her voice, still unable to pronounce her L's. Cole laughed at this variation of his name and shimmered behind her parents allowing the girl to jump in to his embrace.

"I suggest that you two follow me!" Cole said with his self assured attitude and shimmered out knowing that the Cupid could follow his shimmering trail with his ring.

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Prue's "meeting place" in The Heavens

"What is he up to?" Lillith questioned to Prue who was waiting impatiently for the signal. Somehow she didn't think Cole kidnapping his ex-wife's daughter was the answer to any of this.

"Well I haven't told him my decision yet. If he sees it as a cause to help win me over he can request you to do 'something'…" Prue responded while putting emphasis on the word something in her statement. Lillith shook her head frustrated, she had given the two time to continue talking in private about his plan.

"Great he found a loop hole. That's just what I need to be a part of!" Lillith yelled in frustration. Andy looked between Prue and Lillith and then gave a questioning glance to Prue.

"What Loophole?" Andy finally spit out. He couldn't believe that his girlfriend was allowing this Cole person to kidnap Phoebe's daughter, her niece for any reason.

"Don't worry you'll see soon enough! It goes above their heads is all I can say." Prue whispered in response.

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Halliwell Manor

Piper was busy going through the different paper work for her club and restaurant. The bills were due for her club and she was trying to balance out when things were due in the next month and what plans she had for special events at each place. She was interrupted by Cole shimmering in to the kitchen and what she saw next surprised her.

"Cole, what is going on?" She questioned and stared at the back of the man now standing as if watching for something. Piper walked forwards and as she got closer saw that Cole was holding her niece in his hands.

"Hey do me a favor Piper. Yell for Paige, somehow even if she agreed for me to live I somehow doubt she would answer my calls if she could even hear them. Hurry!" He said with a frustrated tone. Piper glared at him now and stared at her niece. Patricia seemed confused but wasn't scared yet so Piper nodded her head slowly.

"Ok but what's going on. PAIGE!…" Piper began and then yelled for her sister before continuing "Why do you have my niece? Better question actually, how did you get Pheebs to trust you enough in a day to take her daughter?"

Before Cole could answer the mentioned sister hearted in with her husband, an angry look on both of their faces. "Ah I see, you didn't get permission to take her did you?" Piper now shot at Cole with a glare of her own. Paige orbed in around the same time and looked at the people in the room. She noted Cole holding Patricia and was shocked to see this.

"What's going on here Cole?" Paige questioned. Coop started charging towards Cole before he had a chance to respond at all, Phoebe stood dumbfounded as Coop ripped his daughter from Cole and put her on the ground.

"Patricia!" Paige yelled as she orbed her niece in to her own arms and turned as she foresaw the next event that was about to happen and didn't want Patricia to see her father being violent. Coop aimed a punch on Cole who dodged out of the Cupid's way before using his hand to manipulate the floor below Coop causing him to fall.

"You will all see with in time. I had to get you all here first and I am not a patient person so calling a meeting was to time consuming. You understand right?" Cole questioned calmly as he met Phoebe's gaze. He stepped over the Cupid and walked towards Phoebe before talking directly to her now "I promised you I would not hurt your family. So forgive me for causing your husband to trip over his own anger." Cole added with a smirk on his face. Phoebe glanced down to Coop before nodding and trying to suppress her anger.

"It's ok Coop. Calm down!" She said stepping in front of Cole before Coop could try and tackle her ex-husband again. Coop glared at his wife and then back at Cole. Cole smiled and motioned for him to try it again.

"We know where this is going to end up if you keep trying." Cole commented adding to the embarrassment he had put Coop through a minute ago.

"ENOUGH!" Piper yelled angrily. She motioned for Paige to take Patricia in to the nursery and then returned her gaze to the other adults in the room who all seemed to abide to her demanding tone.

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Maria's office

Penny and Patty Halliwell had been called to a meeting by Maria and now sat in her office. They were discussing what Maria had watched transpire on the mirror between her employee, Lillith, and her charge as well as Prue. She shook her head frustrated and glanced at the two sitting in front of her.

"I thought I should warn you two what Prue is up to. The Elders are not going to be happy but I am technically going above their heads and Cole seems to realize that. I just thought I would warn you." Maria stated simply to the two who sat in front of her. Patty glanced around the office before looking at her mother.

"Can you promise that my grand daughters will not be punished for this?" Penny questioned to Maria.

"Yes, if the Elders try tell them that I will pay them a visit with in the next week. If they try to do anything to any of your grand daughters it would be against protocol and no Elder would want to do that. If they think about going against the pact I made with them, tell them I will be revoking any of the jobs I have given to the Soul Guardians they requested I employee. The Elders aren't happy that I am neutral you know." Maria informed Penny and Patty who both smiled at this explanation.

"Yes we know all to well. The Elders prefer you having a couple of Soul Guardians who work for the greater good. Makes them feel better, that is why you have been taking so much interest in Prue lately isn't it?" Patty responded with a grin.

"Well yes and no. I thought about it but the extra push I needed was courtesy of one Mr. Cole Turner. He came back and saw me later last night after his Soul Guardian and your lovely daughters had all fallen asleep. Now that he could find my office and all that." Maria responded with a smirk of her own.

"You struck a bargain?" Penny was the one to question Maria this time. She just nodded her head yes.

"I see well looks like we have some work to do then now don't we. Patty will go and stay with Andy while I go to Prue." Penny added on and smiled with a thankful look on her face directed at The Mistress of the In-Between.

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Halliwell Manor

Lillith orbed in to the attic with a figure behind her. She had felt the surge of anger from the manor and reported it to Prue who had said that was the signal. Before the two could walk out of the attic glowing golden lights started to wrap around a third figure and it materialized in to the form of Penny Halliwell.

"Grams?" Prue questioned.

"There's been a change of plan girls. I will be escorting Lillith downstairs and you will wait for my signal!" Grams answered in a tone that a parent would use when telling their child something that was a fact. She then quickly added "Don't worry dear I am not here to stop you this time. Your mother is up with your body and that Andy fellow. We are going to keep the Elders off your back for a little while." Prue had used her astral form to come and see her sisters so The Elders wouldn't realize she was visiting them this time until it was to late. They had stopped her trying to use her astral form before because she had to astral from The Heavens to the Manor. But this time Lillith had orbed her down and so deflected the Elders' sensing it this time.

Prue nodded and followed her grandmother and Lillith slowly down the stairs but was still confused about what the change of plans were. She shot Penny an irritated look when she motioned for her to wait by the top of the stairs so she could listen but not be seen. She then took Lillith's hand who orbed them to the lower floor between her charge and the yelling Piper.

"Cole what is the point of this? Why won't you explain? You just keep giving me this BS about it being worth it in the end. I have half a mind to send you back to Limbo now!" Piper yelled in frustration. When she saw Cole's expression change from his self assured cocky usual expression to one of hurt she quickly wanted to take it back.

"Sorry. You know I don't mean that but you need to think these things out." Piper continued to yell but was interrupted by the reddish-blue lights that formed between herself and Cole. Her face froze in shock when she saw who Lillith had with her.

"Grams?" Phoebe, Piper, and Paige said in unison. Penny let go of Lillith before walking over and pulling all of her living grand daughters in to a hug with out trying to answer. She then let them go and walked over to Cole before shaking a finger at him.

"You have been a very busy demon last night. Haven't you?" She said while still shaking her finger at him. Cole looked at the elder woman in confusion and then back to Lillith who shrugged her shoulders. She was just as confused as he was, she was not the one Cole expected to see Lillith bring back with her.

"What are you talking about?" Paige questioned to her Grams and the group seemed to calm with the presence of this woman because she seemed to know what Cole was up to.

"Simple my dear. Your new guardian here has already gotten full swing in to his job shall we say." Penny responded with a smirk but still never let her gaze drift from Cole. Lillith now looked at Cole with a confused look of her own who looked away and tried to hide his own grin now.

"You'll learn with in time what I did last night." Cole replied in a barely audible tone. He then looked at Penny again and smiled before looking around the room.

"Ok well it seems your Grams knows what I am up to. I have been caught!" He said in a faked guilty tone. Holding his hands up in the air he glanced to the stairs and back to Penny. She continued to grin and shook her head.

"First let's get a few things straight. I do not condone you not including my daughter or I in this plan but we changed that after meeting Maria. You must be Lillith." She stated as she looked to the only figure she did not recognize and the younger woman just nodded her head staying quiet.

"What the hell is going on? Could someone oh I don't know, fill us in. You know the ones who are supposed to be Cole's charges or whatever!" Phoebe finally spoke up in frustration.

Lillith agreed and added "That is a very good question. For once I do not even have the slightest clue what my charge is up to."

Penny turned and motioned for the three of her grand daughters to step closer to her. "Listen carefully my dears and see if you can catch on to where this is going. If I was told correctly Pheebs, honey you will be the one who has an extra clue. The one Lillith mentioned to you yesterday." She began. Phoebe's eyes opened wide and shook her head it couldn't be.

"Is it what I think it is. She said it was ok?" Phoebe questioned with a few tears.
Cole shook his head "No even better. I had to prove myself and what better way then…" He began before a glare was shot at him by Penny Halliwell.

"Shush your stealing my thunder! Do not take a way one of the few moments I still get to be a part of their lives!" Cole gave her an apologetic look but ran his hand through his hair with some frustration and shifted his weight on his feet.

"As I was saying before being interrupted. Cole here has to prove himself before that will happen. You all also know how well Cole is at strategizing things, he is known for making well fabricated long plans right?" Penny continued as she glanced to the sisters.

"Well yes but what does that have to do with what is going on now? What is Pheebs talking about she gave her approval?" Piper questioned.

"My lovely Piper it's simple you fill the role of the oldest sister well, but let's face it you aren't the oldest are you?" Cole responded with a sarcastic grin before getting another glare from Penny. Piper froze at his response and shook her head.

"No it can't be." Paige said in confusion. She glanced at Piper who now had a curious look on her face with frustration filling her stature as she stepped closer to glare in to Cole's eyes.

"What is that suppose to mean? That isn't fair Cole!" Piper shot back angrily as she poked him harshly trying to avoid hitting him.

"Shut up will you! Let Grams finish!" Phoebe shot at both her sisters and Cole, Lillith smiled as she saw Phoebe's temper rise. Coop stepped forward placing a hand on his wife's shoulder and glared at Cole now to.

"I swear if this is something that is going to hurt them I will kill you." Coop threatened before receiving a taunting look from Cole.

"ENOUGH!" Penny yelled in exasperation. Leo now entered with the kids from the back yard and was the most confused out of the rest. "Ok good you came at the right time Leo. Anyway yes Cole is right even if how he said it was not the way I wanted to!" She continued while shooting another quick angry look towards Cole who smiled again.

"Piper, Pheobe who do you miss most that those up there keep you from seeing even though you are aloud to call on your mother and I which doesn't make sense. Paige which one of your sisters have you not met yet and for a while felt you had to try and live up to her legacy." Cole questioned getting annoyed with this on going confrontation. All three sisters now stared at him in amazement and Cole smiled awkwardly as Lillith pulled Leo closer and whispered for him to distract them. She then walked over to pull Cole to the side while Leo motioned for Penny to come and sit in the sun room with the Sisters, himself, and Coop.

"Prue." The sisters finally whispered in unison. They allowed Penny to lead them in to the sun room before she nodded and still looked frustrated while sending a quick glance over her shoulder towards Cole and his Soul Guardian.

"You should be the one to bring her in don't you think?" Lillith whispered to Cole so they could not over hear her. Cole smiled at Lillith and thanked her quickly with a smile before shimmering out towards the top of the stairs.

"It's about damn time!" Prue whispered with some anger in her tone. Cole laughed and placed his hand out to her.

"Yup it still sucks, you still have to hold my hand." Cole shot back at her while quoting something she had said a few times she had worked with Cole.

While this transpired Penny had continued to explain to her grand daughters what she was talking about. "Yes well he has devised a plan without even his Soul Guardian realizing until it was to late except for her to go along with it. If I am not mistaken she still doesn't know everything he has planned. But he found a couple of loop holes."

"That's great! Where is the bastard anyway. How dare he bring up Prue and then disappear." Piper shot off in frustration.

"Now Piper is it really necessary to talk about us like that when we aren't even in the room." Cole answered after shimmering in with Prue behind the other three sisters. Lillith smiled at this comment as she saw the surprised look on all of their faces.

"Prue is it really you? How?" Phoebe responded when she rushed over to her oldest sister and wrapped her in a hug. Penny smiled to as a few tears filled her eyes she had waited for the day that all of her grand daughters would be reunited.

"Hey Pheebs, Piper. Paige I am glad to finally get to meet you. You've done a great job you know coming in to your powers and all." Prue began while trying to choke back her own tears. Piper stood rushing towards Prue with Paige stepping close to her sisters. Prue released the two before pulling Paige in to a hug as well.

"Good to see you close up. Damn those Elders how could you not deal with seeing me when we've never even met before." Prue said to her youngest sister before stepping back to take in all three of them again and how much they had changed over the years. A sad smile crossed her face again before she glanced to her Grams who now joined them.

"So to know how this is possible. It's courtesy of Cole here seems he needs my approval and since I have not given it to him he could request Lillith to bring back a spirit if it helps her to help him with his case. Here I am it goes completely above their heads yet I still think I will be lectured for this when I get back." Prue responded simply to answer Phoebe's earlier question.

"I doubt that Prue, there's more that I have not told you yet." Cole said with a smirk on his face. All four of the sisters now turned to him and looked at him and noticed Penny had a knowing look on her face as well.

"Like I said he was busy last night." Penny added to his comment and he turned to stare at her before directing his look to Lillith. She glared at him before stepping away from the group again.

"Wait you need to hear this to Lillith. I went and talked to your boss last night." Cole began while reaching out and grabbing her by her wrist to stop her from leaving. She stopped and stared at him with her temper rising.

"Why the hell would you do that?" She shot at him quickly in response. Leo now walked over to Prue and hugged her as well before placing the kids on the couch who all stared at their Aunt they had never met.

"My girls aren't here to meet you I'll go get them." Paige offered but Cole cut her off now and motioned for her to stay as well.

"There will be plenty of time for that now. Like I said I found a loop hole and planned everything out from there. See Paige, you are already a white lighter so there obviously can't be two white lighters in the Charmed sisters now can there. Also you three are still the power of three and Prue is just visiting, for now." Cole began.

"What are you getting at?" Lillith shot in frustration as she glared at the hand that was still wrapped around her wrist to keep her from leaving. She began to fidget with frustration and still didn't know why Cole had gone to talk to Maria.

"It's simple if you would let me finish." He started and loosened his grip on her wrist but still kept a grasp on it. He continued with a grin "This will be a surprise even for dear Prue here. Let's face it Prue I know you, it has to have been hard for you to not be able to have gotten involved this whole time with your sisters beyond turning the pages of the Book of Shadows from time to time."

Prue shot a glare in response to Cole but couldn't do anything else to him since she was in her astral form and did not want to break the moment of holding all of her sisters in her arms. "Yea. What's your point?"

"Well the Loop hole consisted of one more part. The Elders like having a few Soul Guardians who work for the greater good. I spoke with Maria on your be half. If you become a Soul Guardian it would give you the right to be able to visit whenever you want because you would be answering to Maria. I also thought about it and The Elders may fear the power that would come if there were four Charmed Ones as opposed to three but once again if you took the job you wouldn't be a Charmed One you would just be their sister the Soul Guardian. How do you feel about that?" Cole questioned to her with a smug look on his face.

"What made you convince Maria on my behalf?" Prue responded quickly with a grin on her face.

"Consider it a peace offering? Besides I made a deal with her and she agrees you would be good at your job once you had the proper training. Lillith's friend Telane agreed to train you if you feel up to it." Cole answered and glanced to see Lillith smile at this answer. Seeing that she relaxed Cole released her wrist and then returned his gaze back to all of the Charmed Sisters.

Phoebe, Piper, and Paige kept watching dumbfounded between their oldest sister and Cole watching to see what her response would be. Prue had a thoughtful look on her face and a few moments of silence transpired.

"Alright I'll do it. Which means I guess I have no choice but to say you also have my approval FOR NOW." Prue stated finally but emphasized her approval as being temporary and still having her suspicions she then added "I never did blame you for the whole Source thing unlike my sisters here. I do however hold you responsible for going crazy." Cole laughed at this answer and turned to Penny and Leo now.

"I suppose you two can take it from here. Prue can stay and visit a little bit in peace with her sisters. They are all long over due and my job is done." Cole continued and smiled over at the four.

"Thank you." Piper spoke up now to Cole and smiled at him with a sincere joy in her eyes. He quickly walked over to her and pulled her out of Prue's grasp and in to a quick hug before nodding his response. Piper smiled warmly and returned the hug before returning to her sisters who were now heading towards the kitchen to converse. Penny nodded as well and followed all of them.

Leo glanced at Cole "I don't know how you did it. But I think this is definitely the best good you have done by far. It's good to have my friend back." Leo commented with a grin of his own. Cole stared at Leo now dumbfounded by his statement before being patted on the back by Leo.

"Thanks." was all Cole could answer before he headed towards Lillith and grabbed her hand. "I need to talk to her now I will be back later so we can take Prue to Maria." Leo nodded and headed off with the sisters who had taken the kids as well in to the kitchen.

With that Cole grabbed Lillith's hand and shimmered them out of the Manor.

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San Francisco Bay Hyatt Hotel

"Alright what do you want to talk to me about now Cole? It seems you can solve things on your own with out me." Lillith questioned before taking a few steps further away from him but turned to stare at him.

"Are you serious?" He shot at her as his temper flared. He then added quickly "I would not have been able to do any of this if you didn't believe in me or help me Lillith!"

"Whatever. It is nice what you did for them you know even if I will get lectured by the Elders and we know how those can be." She answered quickly. Cole shrugged.

"Actually I don't they never directly spoke to me. But there is another matter I need to discuss with you personally. I made a compromise with Maria." Cole began and Lillith now stared at him shaking her head.

He then continued "I don't mind you taking my last name but for now Maria agreed that you can take the last name of Nelson from I guess she said it was your friend's friend or something." Cole paused when he saw the look on Lillith's face. She began to laugh and he didn't understand why.

"It's a long story please continue." Lillith answered but still wore a smirk on her face.

"Maria is right you know, it makes more sense for my disappearance for the last six or seven years if I had met 'someone'." Cole added with a smirk on his face.

To be Continued-

I hope I did alright with this chapter and I hope you enjoyed it. Again Prue is back and I will give more details about everything later on () I hope I succeeded in bringing her back in an original manner.