Chapter 3

Back at the Manor

The group orbed into the manor and immediately Piper and Paige were hugging Phoebe and telling her how happy they were to have her back and how much they loved her and needed her in their lives. Leo was standing in the background giving the sisters' time to enjoy their reunion. Finally, they broke apart and Piper was the first one to speak

Piper: Oh, Phoebe, I am so happy you are no longer a mermaid but how, what happened and why was Cole with you? Did he hurt you again honey? (She pulls her into a hug and sighs)

Phoebe: No, Piper, he did not hurt me, it was not like that but I can not explain now, I need to go back to the beach, I have to see him

Piper: What? Are you crazy, we are not letting you anywhere need that monster again?

Phoebe: He is not a monster, he loves me and (before she can finish Paige interrupts her)

Paige: Look Phoebe, we know that you love him but that is in the past, you made a choice when we vanquished him and look how much better off you life has been since then, and soon you will have your divorce and be free of him once and for all.

Piper: She is right Phoebe. You don't need him. Hell, after what he did to all of us, he deserves to be rotting the bowls of hell.

Phoebe: No, your wrong, it wasn't his fault, he…

Paige: Stop it right now, Phoebe, don't even go there

Piper: What are you talking about; he was the Source of all evil for heaven's sake and he almost killed up.

Paige: Phoebe, did he do something to you, put you under a spell or something, maybe with all his new powers he…

Phoebe: Will you stop it, both of you and give a chance to talk

Paige and Piper were stunned and exchanged worried glanced before turning to Phoebe and waiting for her to say something. Leo stepped up to Piper and put his hands on her shoulders to reassure her that he was there and to let Phoebe tell them what happed.

Phoebe: okay, now just listen to me and don't interrupt me. Now, first off, I am not under any spell and Cole has not done anything to me.

She stops and sighs think about her time on the beach just a short time ago, she needed to see Cole but first she had to explain to her sisters and Leo what she saw in her premonition. She tells them how Cole helped her realized why she was still a mermaid and how she had finally accepted to herself that she loves Cole. Piper starts to interrupt but Phoebe puts her hand up to stop her from speaking, and then continues to tell them she had a premonition when she touched Cole. She explains to them that the Seer pulled Cole into the underworld and gave him no choice but to take in the Hollow in order to save them all but that the Seer was hiding what would happen to Cole after the Hollow was returned. Phoebe was fighting back the tears as she relived the scene as she told them.

Piper: Oh my god, do you remember after the Hollow was returned we asked her what happened to the Sources powers since there was not one to return them to, she said

Phoebe: the void.

Paige: what? I don't get it, the void?

Piper: yes, remember when we stripped Balthazar from Cole, he was still half demon but we removed that part and left him with a "void". It all makes sense in a weird way now, the Sources powers went into the void inside of Cole.

Phoebe: this is all my fault

Paige: what are you talking about, Phoebe? This is not your fault, there was no way for you to know that this could or would happen. Why didn't Cole tell us he had those powers?

Piper: Paige. Not now. Phoebe what else happened, I can tell there's more that you are not telling us. Please honey, talk to us.

Phoebe: Piper, I just don't understand why this happened and when I came out of the premonition I was so confused and Cole, he… he.. he was so scared and he asked me, oh Piper, how can I tell him, how.

Piper: Phoebe, what are you talking about? Tell him what, about the promotion?

Phoebe: No, he, he asked if I was okay, if I collapsed because of the "baby". He doesn't know that the Seer stole our baby. Oh god, how am I going to tell him that after everything that he has been through to protect me that I failed to protect our child.

Paige: Phoebe, it was not your child, you heard the Seer – it was the Source and Seer's baby not your's and Cole's.

Piper: Honey, Paige is right, it was never your baby, you did what you had to do and now you need to move on and try and put your life back together and we….

Phoebe: Stop, stop right there. I know what the Seer said but I there is something that is telling me, a feeling I have had since it happened, the baby ---- it was mine and Cole's, I don't care what you say, I know it in my heart. I need to go find Cole now.

Leo was standing back watching the entire scene and listening to what was being said, but was not surprised by any of it, in fact the look on his face showed that he knew all of this before it was said and now he had to go to the Elders and let them know that the sisters now knew about the Source possessing Cole but he was also concerned about what Phoebe was saying about the baby. He had to find out weather or not the baby was evil or not before he went any further. He did not know what was going to happen but he had to protect his family.

Okay, so we know that Leo was aware that the Source had possessed Cole and that it was

not Cole's choice to become the Source but when did he find out and what does he know

about the baby?