Un-Charmed

Summary: An AU story set in the future under the premise that Phoebe chose to stay with Cole whilst pregnant and he was the source, centres on their child Nerissa, who will eventually enter the charmed universe we know and love

Authors Note: Improved and redrafted as I have more time to write, well at least till next semester anyway.

Disclaimer: I do not own Charmed or any of the characters you recognise, if I did I'd be rich.

Chapter 2

Leo paced the dark cavern impatiently; he no longer wore the light robes of an elder, they had been discarded long ago and replaced with jeans and a shirt, so he was easily disguised within what was left of humanity in an apocalyptic world, he cracked his knuckles and glanced around at the bare walls with irritation. His snitch was late, and it wasn't safe to remain out in the open here much longer. A movement to his left caught his attention and he raised his left hand in preparation for an attack.

'Whoa, Leo' snivelled the dark haired demon, stepping into the light.

'You're late' stated Leo stoically not lowering his arm.

The demon snitch held his hand up in surrender 'Hey listen! Its not easy sneaking out, if I was caught id be killed'

'What's to stop me from killing you anyway, one less Demon to kill innocents' muttered Leo with menace in his blue eyes, even as he lowered his arm.

How different things had been less than two decades ago, he had been married to Piper and they where trying for a baby, they where happy. It was so strange how quickly things had changed within two years of the day Phoebe turned he had buried two members of his family and with the death of the charmed ones the balance of power shifted to evil, the elders disbanded to be replaced by the council of Balthazar and the forces of good fled underground with the humans who were not enslaved or twisted with dark magic.

'We gonna get on with this' The demon said, interrupting Leo from his thoughts. Energy crackled from Leo's fingertips, even with no elder council the power still flowed through his veins and he world enjoy nothing more than to vanquish this lower level demon. However the demon was talented and as trustworthy as a demon could get, replacing him would prove very difficult and time wasn't on the rebellions side.

'I got what you requested' muttered the demon sensing the Elders impatience, and pulling a sheet of yellowing paper from under his tattered cloak, Leo took the paper from the demon and a wave of nostalgia hit him, disbelievingly he checked both sides of the paper smiling as he verified that it was in fact a page from the Book of Shadows.

'I wasn't sure you'd succeed' Leo relented pulling a cloth bag from his jeans pocket and handing it to the now smiling demon 'There's half of your payment, you'll receive the other half if she turns up.

'Oh, she will' the demon cackled greedily shoving the back into the depths of his cloak, as the elder orbed out.

The Demon snitch sniffed the air once to confirm the Elder was gone before nodding to his right; a hooded figure materialized through the wall and stepped towards the demon.

'Well done' it laughed hollowly 'everything's going very well for the both of us'

'Both of us' the demon scoffed disbelievingly 'I was the one who had to steal a page from the bloody book of shadows, all you have to do is get the princess down here, if that's not to difficult a task for you'

The hooded figure laughed again, making the demon uneasy.

'Oh trust me' it replied as it slowly removed its hood to reveal a chiselled face and shining blue eyes 'I can handle my sister'

'Your….Mmmmajesty' The demon stuttered dropping to his knees 'I didn't…..'

He was stopped from completing his explanation as a scream of anguish came bursting from his lungs and flames engulfed him.

Krishna stepped back with a self satisfied smirk as he admired watching the demon burn, as the last ashes of snitching scum fell to the floor he scooped up a pinch and added them to a pouch around his neck. He loved the kill, and liked to keep memorabilia on him at all times. The plan was going perfectly; he glanced again at the ashes and exhaled his only regret was that he wouldn't see his sister suffer the same fate.