Title: Cordy's Younger Years
Author: Angel~n~cordy (Stef)
Posted: 11-18-2002
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Content: This is going to a romance/comedy/action/adventure
Summary:
Spoilers: Just after the last episode (?Spin the Bottle)
Disclaimer: The characters in the Angelverse were created by Joss Whedon & David Greenwalt. No infringement is intended, no profit is made.
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Notes:Part 1
Wolfram & Hart Headquarters
"When will the spell start to work?" Lilah Morgan asked Plioto, a very powerful wizard that Lilah had hired to put a spell on Angel.
"It will start later tonight! Be patient, child," the wise old wizard instructed her.
"If this plan fails my minions will beat your thought by tommorrow!" Lilah threatened.
"It will work," Plioto stated. Then he got up and left.
It better, thought Lilah.
Hyperion
Night
"We should all go to bed," Wes suggested.
"I'm with him," Cordelia said, yawning.
"You guys go to sleep, Im going to update my webpage," Fred replied.
"Good night, everybody," Cordelia said, walking up the steps to the room she was currently living in.
Angel went after her. "Cordy, could we talk?"
He walks into her room and sees her climbing into the bed. "Sure Angel, but not to long. I need my beauty sleep. What's up?"
"Well, it's about what happened that night. I think we should talk about what we were going to talk about on the beach..........."
Cordelia snored and was fast asleep when Angel looked at her. Maybe tommorrow then, he thought.
He got up and pulled a blanket over Cordelia and then gave hera kiss on the head.
Little did he know that he had just passed Plioto's spell onto Cordy.
Part 2
Somewhere on a Higher Plain
"Can we just watch this happen without doing anything? We are supposed to help people in need," Skip said.
"We can not take away the spell, but we can interfere with it. The rest of the Powers and myself will give Angel and Cordelia the chance to have a child if Angel can take care of the girl," the Power replied and then disappeared.
Oh god, thought Skip. He also poofed away while saying a silent prayer that Angel would do the job correctly.
Hyperion
The Fang Gang was all downstairs, except Cordelia who had they had let sleep in.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!" Cordelia screams.
Angel runs up the stairs with his demon speed and the others follow up the stairs to Cordy's room where she is crying like a six year old.
"I WANT MY DADDY!" she screamed.
"What are you talking about, Barbie?" asked Gunn.
"Where's a Barbie?" Cordelia asked her eyes lighting up as she stopped crying.
"We don't have one," Fred said.
Cordelia starts to cry again. "I WANT A BARBIE! I WANT MY HOUSE! I WANT MY MOMMA AND DADDY! I WANT MY SOCK MONKEY!"
"Shut the hell up!" Gunn demanded.
"Oooooooo," Cordelia taunted,"you said a bad word! I'm going to tell on you."
Everyone is silent(except for Cordy who has resorted back to crying) and they exchange looks from one to the other.
Angel kneels down next to her. "Cordelia, how old are you?
Cordelia immediately shuts her mouth.
"What?" Angel asks her.
She pretends to zip her mouth and throw away the key.
"Please?" Angel asks again.
"Because you asked so nicely, I'm not allowed to talk to strangers," she replied and then once again "zipped" her mouth.
"We are here to help. We are friends of your mom and dad and we want to help. I'm Angel, nice to meet you," Angel said.
"Pretty name," Cordelia said.
"Uh... thanks. This is Charles Gunn, Wes, Fred," he says pointing to each as he said their names.
"So Charlie, your a potty mouth aren't you?" Cordelia asked.
He didnt answer.
"Cordelia, how old are you?" Angel asked again.
Cordelia counts puzzledly on her fingers. "One, two, seven, twenty, six."
She holds out six fingers. "This many. I'm a big girl!"
Part 3
Cordelia looked into the mirror. She saw a little girl with long brown hair. She was just a little girl. Why did everyone treat her as an adult? Like she couldn't play with Barbies anymore?
She brushed her hair. "Pretty," she said after she was satisfied that her hair looked good.
She walked down the steps.
"Hey Cordy, what are you up to?" Angel asked.
"Do you have any Barbies?" she asked, hopefully.
"Sorry, no kiddo," Lorne replied.
She walks up to Lorne. "Why cant I wear your mask?" she asked.
"Because...........um........" Lorne stuttered.
"Because your too young," Wes said to her.
"Because your too young," she mimicked using the British accent and all.
"Stop that!" Wes said, offended.
"Stop that!" she mimicked once again.
"You little brat! Be quiet! Shoo!" Wes yelled at her.
"U-g-l-y! You ain't got no alliby your ugly! Yea yea! Your ugly!" Cordy teased.
"Both of you stop!" Fred yelled at them both.
"I'll stop.........if you let me brush your hair," she said holding the brush up in Fred's face and giving her the pouty lip.
"Fine," Fred said. Hey at least it would keep Cordy busy for a little while.
They walked into Fred's room and Cordelia asked if she had any ponytail holders.
Cordelia started and started hacking away at Fred's hair with the brush. She didn't cut it. Just pulled it really hard with the brush.
"OW!" Fred screamed several times.
When Cordelia finished, Fred pretended to love it. So Cordy left to find someone else to play with. Fred went into her bathroom to try and get the pigtails, knots, and othe doodads out of her hair.
* * *
She finds Gunn and says,"Can I feel your head?"
"Fine," Gunn said annoyed.
He bends down and she runs her hand over his head.
"You have a very smooth head," she observed. "Thanks!"
She off to find someone else. She runs into Wes.
"Haven't you ever heard of a razor?" she asks him. "Charlie probably has one that you could borrow."
"Ha ha. Very funny," Wes says to her.
She giggles and runs off.
* * *
She is wondering outside the hotel, in the courtyard. Conner walks up.
"Hey Cordy," he says.
She looks at him thinking to cry. Then she sees his long hair.
"What your name again?" Cordelia asks.
"Funny, yeah ok my name is Conner," he says laughing.
"Conner, you have pretty hair."
"Uh thanks........."
"Can I brush it?"
"Sure if it'll make you happy."
"It will."
"Ok."
He sits down on the bench and Cordy sets to works. She brushes it in hard strokes. Then puts his hair in pigtails.
"Im done. You look pretty," she said triumphantly.
"Is this a joke?" he asked.
Angel come out, see's Conner and bursts into laughter. "Oh my god! I have a camera right here," he said. (He had seen Cordy out doing Conner's hair and ran to get the camera.)
Before Conner could protest, Angel snapped the photo. "Cordelia, I made you grilled cheese and later tonight I'll take you to get some Barbies and other toys."
"Gosh, I hate boys but you I could get used to," she told him.
Angel laughed and followed Cordy into the house.
TBC