Summary: This is my version of a spin-off about Chris and Wyatt Halliwell. It is mainly about them, but other family members are included too.
Disclaimers: I do not own Charmed or any of the characters in it. I only thought up names, powers and personalities for the children of the Charmed Ones, who weren't discussed in 'Forever Charmed'. I used some other episodic characters from Charmed. The only ones who are originally mine are Izabelle, Kyle and Jennifer. If someone wants to use them in a story, please ask first.
Author's notes:
Thoughts and telepathic communications are written in italics and are in a new paragraph. I write link instead of connection, because… Well, because it sounds better :)
The beginning of the episode is just a way to tell the things that happened between Forever Charmed and the Pilot. The beginning is written in script format, but after that it's continued as a novel with locations written like in a script. Did that make sense:D Henry, Jr. will be called just Henry until his father makes an appearance.
I gave Wyatt and Chris some additional powers and changed some of them to balance of the brothers a little – Wyatt can only freeze, he can scry without a piece of the demon he's looking for; Chris blows up demons and can sense where a demon/Whitelighter/Darklighter has orbed/shimmered, etc. They have a brotherly telepathic connection.
I made up some powers, so if anyone doesn't understand what they are – ask away. In this story there is a difference between Firestarter and Pyrokinetic – the first can only start fires and control them to some point, while the latter can do almost everything with fire and heat. Chronokinesis is a rare power with which you can speed up time, slow it down, or if you're really good – stop it and reverse it. It can be selective – slow down a falling object, make a person age years in a few days, etc. Cryokinesis is the ability to freeze and to be able to drain the heat out of someone; Hydrokinesis is the power to control water and to conjure it anywhere.
Episode One: Peace At End (a.k.a. Demons Are Back)
PART ONE
The episode begins with a dark screen. As Chris and Wyatt talk, matching flashbacks are shown.
CHRIS: It's been twenty years since the Charmed Ones vanquished the Triad. That last loss greatly affected the Underworld. Demons became powerless, barely having enough energy to shimmer.
WYATT: They stopped attacking witches and didn't dare show up in the Charmed Ones' home. Our home. We could finally start a peaceful, magic-free life. The first child to be born after that was Paige and Henry's – Henry, Jr. Another boy, as Grams noted many times. Shortly after, aunt Phoebe gave birth to a girl. As the oldest, she received the name Prudence, after our deceased aunt.
CHRIS: When I was three, mom was blessed with a daughter, who she named after Melinda Warren. Paige has two other children – twins, named Annabelle and Angela. Aunt Phoebe also had two other girls. The older of them was named after the Charmed Ones' mother, Patricia. The youngest, which aunt Phoebe saw in her premonition and nicknamed Ladybug, was called Hope, because of the hope she brought to her mother even years before her birth.
WYATT: So we grew up to be a big family of witches, part-Whitelighters, part-cupids, mortals, but most importantly, loving parents and loved children. We also grew up with two other witches – Izabelle and Kyle. Their mother became a family friend, but died a few years after. In her last will she left her children to Phoebe and Coop to be their legal guardians. They became part of the family - close friends to everybody.
CHRIS: With so many witches in the house, the parents had to teach the craft, each helping with something. Piper teaching potions; Phoebe helping us to get our spell-making skills better; Paige and Leo helping the part-Whitelighters; Coop teaching his children the importance of being cupids. A lot of time was spent in magic school, too.
WYATT: The years flew by and most of our cousins left the house. Paige and Henry moved into a separate apartment, but Henry Jr. stayed in the Manor. The only other people who did the same were Mom, Dad, us, Melinda, aunt Phoebe, uncle Coop and their children, even though Coop kept his apartment. The twins moved out in order to live closer to their school. Izabelle and Kyle moved to an apartment when Izabelle turned 21, and since then have been living there.
CHRIS: As for P3, the club is now being managed by Wyatt and I sometimes help out. Every family member who still lives in San Francisco goes there as often as possible. Our mother's restaurant is all that she expected it to be and she is happy to be the owner and chef. Our lives have been peaceful and happy and we are very thankful for it.
INT. HALIWELL MANOR, DINING ROOM, MORNING
Piper, Leo and Wyatt were in the dining room. The Halliwell manor hadn't changed a lot, except everything that works with electricity. Piper was cooking and talking with Leo. Wyatt was having breakfast and used telekinesis to pull a coffee mug closer to himself, while reading a paper.
"Chris, how nice of you to join us. Now eat your breakfast." Piper said with a smile to her youngest son, who just entered the kitchen.
Wyatt teased his little brother. "You don't wanna be late for you job."
"I'm the manager's brother. No one will fire me for being late." Chris was still sleepy and not in the mood to joke. "Anyway, aren't we moving today?" The new apartment was already bought and all they had to do was move their things and some furniture.
"Moving to a new apartment isn't an excuse." Piper wanted to explain to her son that if he gets used to being late for this job, it would become a habit for the rest of his life. But her youngest son interrupted her thoughts.
Chris sighed and concluded. "Is everybody against me this morning?"
Wyatt, who was happy that morning, continued his teasing. "Looks that way, little brother. C'mon, we gotta get to P3."
"Fine, fine. No need to gang up on me."
LATER IN THE MORNING
Chris was already dressed properly and was having breakfast.
"Have you noticed anything strange lately?" Wyatt was woken up around midnight by a strange sound and wanted to find out if his brother had heard it.
Chris understood his question wrong and answered with a laugh. "You mean the fact that there's actually some hot water left?"
Piper always had thought that her sons had a strange sense of humor. "That's because Melinda is having a day off today. And I'll appreciate it if you don't wake her up. And something else: Hope is coming over to P3 after school and you will take her to the apartment, so she can see where it is." Piper looked at Chris and read his mind. "And, no. You won't orb."
Chris wanted to argue, but knew it was pointless, so he just continued his breakfast. Someone else entered the kitchen – Henry.
Wyatt smiled at his only male cousin. "Morning, Henry."
Henry mumbled a sleepy 'Good morning'.
"And why are you so sleepy?" Chris asked.
"Exam. Studied. All night." His cousin replied even sleepier and headed to get a cup of coffee.
Wyatt felt bad for Henry, because college took up too much of his time. "Then good luck with your exam. We have to go, Chris."
INT. P3, BACK ROOM, DAY
The back room was turned into Chris and Wyatt's office. Papers, books and all kinds of other things were chaotically piled up on the desk. The brothers entered. Wyatt was angry with his brother.
He asked. "Why did you do that for?" Chris had 'accidentally' cut the finger of a man who was applying for a job.
Chris defended himself. "Well, I though he was a warlock."
Wyatt didn't accept that reason since warlocks hadn't attacked in years. The chances of them starting at that moment were very small. "And since when do warlocks apply for jobs as bartenders?"
"He looked suspicious. And as for the job, it could have been just to spy on us." The younger of the two was getting frustrated at the stubbornness of his older brother.
Wyatt suddenly got an idea that would explain his brother's actions. "The last time a demon attacked, you were barely two. You sure it's not just you wanting to prove yourself as a good witch?"
"We aren't having that talk again, Wy. I got it; I'm not twice-blessed." Chris always had an inferiority issue with his brother, but he tried to hide as much as possible.
Chris had something more to say, but he was interrupted by a demon that shimmered in the room. The demon looked human – a young male in black leather pants and a black jacket.
The demon looked very sure of victory. "I have you now, witches!"
He formed something that looked like a hollow energy ball and threw it at Chris, who ducked out of harm's way. The energy ball hit the wall and vaporized a poster. Wyatt was getting pissed, because he liked that poster – it was kept from the time when the other Chris used the room to sleep in. With a twist of his hand, Wyatt telekinetically threw the demon across the room. He shimmered out before either side could make a move.
"He got us, didn't he?" Chris laughed at how brave the demon was.
His brother agreed and smiled too. "Yeah. We should go check what kind of demon he is."
"For what? He's probably not gonna show up in the next decade." Chris doubted that the attack was important.
"Doesn't it bother you that he threw an energy ball at us? Or something that looked like an energy ball? The demons we met in the last twenty years barely had enough power to shimmer. Let alone throw energy balls." Wyatt had a point and his brother had to agree.
"Fine, you win. But we still have to move out today."
"If it comes to that, we'll orb our things." Wyatt almost never used magic for personal gain, because the family had learnt from past mistakes. Chris was the wilder one and used more magic.
"Isn't that personal gain?" Chris started to tease his big brother, but Wyatt didn't have any intention to continue.
"Cut it out, will you. Not in the mood."
Chris got over an urge to continue. "Okay. Who's driving?"
END OF TEASER
PART ONE
INT. HALLIWELL MANOR, ATTIC, DAY
Piper, Phoebe, Chris and Wyatt were in the attic, each with their occupation. Piper stared unbelievingly at her sons; Phoebe was with her laptop, also surprised; Chris was standing next to the Book of Shadows, searching for the demon; Wyatt was trying to calm his mother down.
"What do you mean, he attacked you? He threw an energy ball?" Piper was shocked. She didn't expect a demon to attack her sons. She was also worried that they could have been hurt.
"Mom, look at us. Not even a scratch. We're fine." Wyatt tried to calm down his mother and was hoping that his brother would do the same.
"But I though that demons were basically powerless. After we finally vanquished the Triad, the Underworld became Chaotic. All the demons lost their powers." Phoebe was saying out loud what everyone was thinking.
"He didn't look powerless to me." Chris got back to the book and turned the next page. "Oh, there he is. Or at least what he threw at us."
"What is he?" Wyatt was anxious to find out what kind of demon attacked. He thought it could be more than a coincidence.
Chris started reading. "He's a power snatcher demon, for hire. Low level demons that work for whoever can provide them protection…"
Phoebe interrupted her nephew. "Well, if they can steal power, why haven't they become upper-level demons by now?"
"Apparently they can only store energy in themselves for a short while." Chris answered his older aunt. "Don't worry Mom, there's a vanquishing potion."
"Why now? And if that really was a power-snatcher, he must have a boss. It doesn't make sense. It should be a really strong demon to offer protection against the others." Wyatt was thinking out loud.
"And us." Chris added with a note of worry in his voice. After a moment of silence he spoke again. "If anyone else isn't going to admit it, I will: Demons are returning."
A power snatcher, a different one than before, that looked like a blonde female in a short dress, shimmered in the attic and threw an energy ball at Wyatt, who tried to orb. When the energy ball passed through the orbs, Wyatt materialized again with an expression that said 'I'm going to vanquish you'. He tried to use telekinesis, but nothing happened. Before everyone could realize what was going on, the demon shimmered out.
"Well, she's a brave one." Piper, or anyone else for that matter, hadn't noticed what happened with Wyatt yet.
"I think we have a problem. My powers are gone." Wyatt announced.
"What?! How do you mean, gone?" His mother sounded hysterical. She couldn't process the information.
"I think that whatever she hit me with, drained my powers. Well, except the orbing." Wyatt had always had his powers and was feeling uncertain without them.
Chris was already checking the Book. "Bad news – Wyatt's right. Good news – there's a potion to reverse it." At that moment, his sell rang. The caller ID said 'Izabelle'. "Hi, Iz. I'll call you later…" He was interrupted by the person on the other side of the line. "No, you shouldn't come. It's…" The line went dead and Chris was pissed that Izabelle decided to come over. Even though she was a witch, she didn't have any active powers and could get hurt. Piper had tried to explain it to her ever since Iz was a little girl.
"Remind me to have a little chat with her about demon hunting." The eldest sister was tired of repeating the same thing over and over again.
"Let's hurry up with that potion, okay? Izabelle's gonna be here in twenty minutes. We should be gone before that. For her own good." Wyatt didn't want the absence of his powers to threaten her safety, because she relied on his shield for protection.
LATER
Wyatt added the final ingredient to the potion and it produced a cloud of smoke.
"All you have to do now is throw it at the demon that has your powers." Piper was trying to calm down, because her boys were smart and powerful and could handle themselves.
"So we have to go find the snatcher's boss." Chris grabbed a second vile, that contained the dark green vanquishing potion.
"If you're going down to the Underworld, be careful. Don't let the snatchers hit either of you." Phoebe was worried for her nephews, because the underworld was very dangerous, even for them.
"Don't worry about us. We'll be back for dinner." Wyatt addressed both women with his first sentence. He and Chris orbed out. Someone rang the doorbell.
"That's probably Izabelle. I'll go talk to her." Piper headed downstairs.
INT. UNDERWORLD, DESERTED CAVE, ETERNAL NIGHT
Chris and Wyatt already orbed in and were finishing a spell:
"… And bring her to us." They chanted the last line.
A demon, the one who drained Wyatt's powers, was brought to the cave by Halliwell magic. Before she could do anything, Chris telekinetically slammed her to a wall.
"What did you do with his powers?" The younger asked.
"I'm never telling you!" The demon was sure that her master would save her. After all, he had promised protection from the Halliwell witches to all power-snatchers.
Chris tightened the grip around her neck. "I'm going to ask again: Who did you give his powers to?"
"He doesn't have powers, so you do the dirty work?" The demon was trying to angry the witch, so his powers wouldn't work. She was taught that by her master and was thankful to know it.
Chris carefully blew up just her arm and the demon screamed in pain "I can keep doing this to you, or you can answer my question."
She finally gave up in hope the witches would spare her. "Alright, alright, I'll tell you! He calls himself Gaath. And I'm not the only one who gave him powers, there are others. Just let me go."
"Not a chance." Chris replied to her last words and blew her up.
INT. HALLIWELL MANOR, ATTIC, DAY
Piper was trying to say something to Izabelle, who was already out of the room. The only part of her that could be seen as she was leaving, was her hair. Wyatt orbed in next to the Book of Shadows.
"Hey, Wyatt. How'd it go?" Piper gave up on talking some sense to Izabelle and addressed her eldest.
Chris orbed in and said to his mother and aunt. "We managed to find out who hired them."
Piper was surprised by what Chris said. "Them? I though it was just those two."
"Turns out that this Gaath demon found many power sources. He may be stronger than we thought." Wyatt was already flipping the pages.
"Well, do you want me call Phoebe and Paige?" Piper was wondering if they would need the power of three.
"No, I can handle it." Chris said distracted while thinking of what to do.
"You mean we can handle it." His older brother disagreed.
"Wyatt, until you get your powers back, it's just me. Did you find the demon?" The younger brother was getting restless.
The twice-blessed replied. "Yeah. Low level, throws energy balls, nothing special. But he may be dangerous with all that extra power."
"Well, there's only one way to find out. If scrying doesn't work, we'll have to ask around in the Underworld." The half-Elder was hoping his brother still had the power to scry without a piece of the demon.
Wyatt got a map and a scrying crystal. After about a minute the crystal landed on a location. Chris looked at it and he and Wyatt got up.
"Be careful with the mortals. We don't want you exposed."
"Mom, why do you always worry?" Her eldest tried to calm his mother down, even though feeling a little nervous himself.
"Because I'm a mother. Be…"
"Careful. We know." Wyatt finished her sentence.
"We will be." Chris reassured Piper before she got a chance to repeat her words. He and Wyatt orbed out.
INT. SHRINE, BACK ROOM, DAY
They orbed in the back room of a shrine. It was still day, but the window curtains were shut and the only light was coming from lit candles. It was clear that the shrine was devoted to a demon and some pretty serious black magic was involved. The boys saw no trace of Gaath. A young girl was chanting at the shrine. She cut her finger with a knife and let the blood drip.
"I give thee my blood, thus my body. I give thee my soul, thus my spirit. I give thee my heart, thus my life. I give thee my time, thus eternity. I invoke thee…"
Wyatt and Chris both started to understand where the demon was getting his extra power. Grim thoughts were going through both of their heads. Wyatt could sense power. He spoke quietly.
"Do you feel it?" Wyatt asked.
"Feel what?" His brother couldn't sense the power and had no idea what his brother was talking about.
Wyatt explained. "That girl is actually transferring energy. She's probably a witch."
"Now we just have to wait for the snatcher to come here." The brown-haired looked towards the shrine, where a demon was standing behind the girl. He had a knife in one hand. He was about to stab the girl in the back, when Chris threw him across the room and shouted 'Look out!' at the same time. He ran towards the girl to see if she was hurt.
"What did you do that for?" The girl shouted angrily at Chris. She went through so much trouble to find out how to invoke that demon and now those two showed up and tried to be the big heroes.
"He was about to kill you! We saved your life!" Wyatt couldn't understand how that girl could be so angry after they saved her live. A possible reason started to form in his head and was confirmed by the girl's answer.
"What are you? Retarded? Why do you think I was summoning him in the first place? Get out of here!"
Chris tried to talk some sense into her. "But he'll kill you!"
"GET OUT!" The girl shouted. She knew what would happen to her and didn't want two morons ruining it. The sound wave from her scream threw both brothers out of the room. The demon used the opportunity to grab the crystal and shimmered out.
INT. HALLIWELL MANOR, ATTIC, DAY
Everyone in the room looked miserable, and they were. Especially Wyatt and Chris.
"Our first demon, and we loose an innocent." Chris couldn't stop thinking how they failed to save that girl.
"You couldn't have known she had a death wish. Don't be so hard on yourselves. You have to remember that no one is perfect. Our first spell as the Charmed Ones didn't work either." Piper tried to make things easy for her sons. They really weren't the ones to blame.
"But then you didn't know anything about magic. We were taught everything and we still couldn't save one innocent." Chris was as stubborn as his mother and his aunts.
"Honey, stop thinking it's your fault. She might still be alive, you never know with demons." Phoebe, as an empath, could feel how guilty her nephews felt.
"C'mon, let's find that demon." Wyatt got a hold of himself first.
INT. UNDERWORLD, DEMON MASTER'S CAVE, ETERNAL NIGHT
The Gaath demon was talking to someone, but the latter was hidden in the shadows of the cave.
The demon addressed his Master. "Master, I bring you one more crystal."
A deep voice came from the darkness. "Good. But I was told the Halliwells have seen you."
"They are still new in demon hunting. I can handle them." Gaath was quite sure of himself and his newly gained powers. The same ones that had been stolen from the twice-blessed witch.
"You better be right. For your own sake." There was a threatening note in the voice and Gaath was scared. As much as a demon could be scared, of course.
"Yes, Master." He understood that he shouldn't push his Master's patience and shimmered to seek the witch that had invoked him. He wanted to test the limits of the powers he had just gained.
The voice sounded once more. "When I'm done, no one will be able to stop me. Not even the almighty twice-blessed." The demon Master was planning something so big, that no one would dare stand in his way. Something that would shift the balance between good and evil. But what he didn't know were the consequences of his plan.
END OF PART ONE
PART TWO
INT. HALLIWELL MANOR, LIVING ROOM
Wyatt, Chris and Piper were sitting opposite a woman, who was drinking from a cup, probably tea. She started speaking, or to be more accurate, thinking out loud.
"She… changed. A year ago she was sweet, kind and caring. But then she got into a sorority. Then came the dark clothes, the bad attitude and the…" Caroline always had been skeptic about that kind of things and had trouble admitting that both her husband and her only child were living proof of the supernatural. She barely made herself say the word. "Magic."
"I'm sorry to ask, but how did you find us if you don't know about magic?" Wyatt really felt bad for the woman, even without being an empath.
"My husband found you. I don't know how, but he just told me to come here and ask you for help. He said you'd understand and that you'd help." Caroline hoped that these strangers would help her. She was feeling somewhat responsible for what happened to Jennifer and was ready to try anything to get her back.
"Did you know that your daughter didn't want to be saved today?" Wyatt elbowed Chris, but the younger continued. "We told her the demon was gonna kill her, but she threw us out."
'Why did you say that for? She's freaked and you're just shocking her even more.' Wyatt told Chris through their telepathic link without even looking at his little brother.
'Is it better to lie to her? She's gonna find out sooner or later.' The reply came and the link was closed.
"I don't believe you! She would never do that! She's not like that!" Caroline didn't want to believe what she just heard.
Piper tried to cover up. "What my son meant was that magic changes people – sometimes for good and sometimes for less good. Your daughter may be going the wrong way and we'll try everything to help her." The eldest Charmed One continued with a tone, harsher than needed. "I have to warn you though: if she doesn't want to be helped, there's nothing we can do."
"So you'll help her?" Caroline's eyes were full of hope.
"Yes, we will. Do you have anything of hers?" Chris tried to make up for what he just said.
"Yes, actually. My husband told me to bring this." Caroline handed over a bracelet. "She used to wear it all the time."
"Don't worry, we'll find her."
LATER; INT. HALLIWELL MANOR, ATTIC, DAY
Wyatt was scrying and Chris was looking even more restless than before.
"You think we'll make it?" Chris' voice was quiet because he feared that his pessimistic thoughts could become reality.
"Make what?" Wyatt was busy scrying and he didn't notice how concerned his brother was.
"Make it in time to save that girl." The answer came.
"Well, if you let me scry, we might be able to." Wyatt frowned at his brother's thoughts.
The crystal landed on a spot on the map. Wyatt looked at it.
"Looks like we're going off to college." The twice-blessed said.
"Oh, fun." It was Chris' turn to frown. He hated the idea of living in a dorm with so many unknown people and such a risk of exposure. He decided not to think of that and concentrated on saving the innocent.
INT. COLLEGE DORM, HALL, DAY
Wyatt and Chris orbed in front of a dorm room and knocked on the door. No one answered. The brothers exchanged looks and decided to open the door using telekinesis. When they entered, they saw a dark, unlit room filled with dark upholstered furniture and lots of talismans and candles around. There was a circle of lit candles. The girl was sitting in it and chanting the same thing as earlier. The demon appeared in front of her and before anyone could realize what was happening, he grabbed the crystal, stabbed the girl with a knife and shimmered off.
"Go after him. I'll take care of her." Wyatt knew that the longer he waits, the harder it would be for Chris to follow the trail.
"You sure?" The younger witch wasn't convinced.
"Yeah, just go." Wyatt waited until his brother orbed out and called for his aunt. "Aunt Paige, come here! Quick, someone's hurt!"
"What is it?" Paige immediately came, because her nephews rarely called for her. She was the girl and went down to heal her. "How'd this happen? And why didn't you heal her?"
"She got stabbed by a demon." Wyatt explained. He added sadly. "And I lost my powers."
"What?!?"
'That sounded just like mom' He thought.
"Don't worry, it's temporary. Chris will fix it." That was an attempt to calm his aunt down, but it clearly didn't work.
"Can you orb? Should I help you?" The youngest Charmed One remembered how helpless she and her sisters were without their powers
"Don't worry about it - I can orb her to the manor. Thanks for coming." Wyatt was hasty to get the girl back to the Manor.
"What are aunts for? Take care, Wyatt. And be careful." Paige got the hint and, unknowingly to her nephew, orbed to Piper.
"You too." 'Why does everybody say that?' The blonde thought.
INT. UDERWORLD, DEMON MASTER'S CAVE, ETERNAL NIGHT
Chris had just orbed in after the demon and found him putting the crystal on the ground. The witch wasn't noticed until he threw the potion to get Wyatt's powers back from the demon. Before Gaath could shimmer out, Chris telekinetically threw him against the wall. The demon tossed an energy ball.
"Do you really think you can vanquish me? Do you have any idea how powerful I am?"
"Well, I have a potion. And if you're as stupid as I think you are, it'll be easy." Chris was a little too cocky as he ducked to avoid another energy ball.
"You won't get out of here alive!" The demon used one of his stolen powers to materialize a Darklighter crossbow and shot an arrow which was blown up right away by the witch.
"You really believe that, don't you?" Chris tried to throw the vanquishing potion he had, but Gaath used telekinesis to change it's direction and sent it flying in the opposite direction. Chris tried to orb, but the vile smashed in the wall next to him and stopped him mid-orb. When he materialized, his entire left arm was burnt really badly. He cried in pain. The demon had an evil grin on his face.
'Wyatt, I need you. I'm hurt real bad. Come here, please.' Chris called for his big brother and hoped that the potion to restore Wyatt's powers had worked.
END OF PART TWO
PART THREE
INT. HALLIWELL MANOR, ROOM, DAY
Wyatt heard the call and orbed to the cave, worrying that his little brother might have been hurt. That left Piper worrying of what had happened and where her eldest had gone to.
INT. UNDERWORLD, DEMON MASTER'S CAVE, ETERNAL NIGHT
Back in the cave, Chris was already on the ground, wincing from the pain, and Gaath was standing over him, admiring his triumph over good magic. He was so caught up in his malicious joy that his thoughts drifted towards how happy his Master would be when he tells him how he killed the son of a Charmed One.
Chris was worried – his brother was nowhere to be seen. Awful thoughts were going through his mind – a quality he had inherited from his mother. The only thing he could see in the darkness of the cave was the demon, standing next to him, enjoying the suffering. Soon he closed his eyes and couldn't see the blue lights that appeared behind Gaath.
Wyatt orbed in just behind the demon and with one angry gesture he thrust him towards the other end of the cave. He knelt next to his brother and started healing his left arm. He was interrupted when a fireball activated his shield. The twice-blessed decided to take care of his brother first and then to vanquish the demon. He continued healing without dropping his shield. Gaath threw more and more fireballs at him in hope the force field wouldn't hold. Of course, it was all in vein. After Wyatt finished healing Chris, the younger witch was still unconscious.
"What is it, witch? Scared of a fight?" The demon said, thinking he had the upper hand.
"I'm a Halliwell. We aren't scared of fights."
"Ha!" Exclaimed the demon. "So you think you have enough power to defeat me, twice-blessed?" His last two words were filled with contempt.
"Well, there's only one way to find out." Wyatt threw an energy ball at the demon with little success – it was easily redirected and hit the nearby wall.
"You can't defeat me, witch! I'm too powerful!" Gaath was filled with confidence and Wyatt had to orb in order to avoid a Darklighter arrow. He was getting cuts all over his face.
'This is taking too much time. I have to get to Chris and make sure he's completely okay.' Wyatt thought.
He decided to use the blast wave, even though he hadn't since he was little. Then it had taken a lot of his energy, but he was determined to vanquish the demon as soon as possible and it seemed as the blast wave was the only way. He raised his hands and felt the energy going through his entire body and his arms. Then he saw the blast wave going towards the demon. Gaath saw it coming and raised his own shield! It couldn't hold off all of the energy – the demon was burnt very badly, but not vanquished. Wyatt found himself panicking and rushed to his brother's side and orbed them both home.
INT. HALLIWELL MANOR, LIVING ROOM, DAY
Piper was sitting in the living room and was waiting for her boys to come back. She became even more worried when Wyatt orbed off to God-knows-where without saying one word. She saw someone orbing in the middle of the room – Wyatt was supporting the unconscious Chris. Piper felt like heart stopped for a few seconds when she saw them.
"What happened? Why are you like this?" The mother was close to a nervous break-down.
"Help me get him to the couch, Mom. I'll explain." Wyatt and Piper laid Chris down on the couch. "He went off to fight the demon himself and called me. He said he was hurt and needed me, so I went to the cave and found his left arm burnt. I healed him, but he still was unconscious – he probably hit his head." The eldest brother kneeled down and put his hand above Chris' head. The familiar golden glow appeared and the brow-haired was awake. He jumped up.
"Where's the demon?" Then Chris realized where he is. "What happened? Did you vanquish him?"
"Um… You better sit down. Both of you." Wyatt was getting ready to explain.
"Why? What's going on?" Piper was getting suspicious, because every time a Halliwell asked you to sit down, something was seriously wrong.
"Well, the demon isn't vanquished. I used my blast wave and he got away with only burns." The blonde told his mother and brother. Both stood in the living room with open mouths, staring at Wyatt. Piper just couldn't realize what her eldest said. His powers had never failed him. The demon had survived, even though with bad burns.
"But… What…" Piper couldn't find words for what she felt. How could one demon be so strong? They had time to regain power, but not to that degree. Her brain was working to find a solution. "We need your aunts." She concluded with a tone that wouldn't allow most people to object. But not her sons – they weren't most people.
"Mom, we don't want you to be in danger. Not now, not ever." Chris was almost as stubborn as his mother. A fact his mother hated at times like this.
"You'll probably need a power-of-three spell to vanquish him." Piper wouldn't give up and called for her sister with an angry voice. "PAIGE!"
"Jeez, Piper, calm down." Paige said frustrated after she orbed in the living room. Then she saw the cuts on Wyatt's face and how miserable he and Chris looked. "God, what happened to you?"
"Demon." The brothers said in one voice. Wyatt continued. "I tried to vanquish him with the blast wave and he survived." Paige's jaw dropped. "But.."
"It's okay, we're gonna deal with him." Chris turned to his big brother. "Attic. Spell. Now."
INT. UNDERWORLD, DEMON MASTER'S CAVE, ETERNAL NIGHT
Gaath is standing in the middle of the cave, pouring some potion over his wounds, which seem to be somewhat healed. His master is still hiding in the shadows.
"So you survived the twice-blessed's strongest attack?" The demon sounded almost interested. He had given Gaath some powers in the beginning, but he hardly expected them to escalate do such a degree. "You will attack the Halliwells right now, when they are still weakened from the fight. Go there, immediately."
"Yes, Master." Gaath obeyed and shimmered to one of his most feared places – the Halliwell Manor.
INT. HALLIWELL MANOR, ATTIC, DUSK
Chris was going through the book, looking for an appropriate spell to vanquish Gaath and he was just turning to the page where Shax's entry stood and he heard barely audible footsteps and saw Gaath standing behind him, ready to stab him with an atame. He tried to use telekinesis, but it had little effect, so the younger witch orbed next to his brother.
'Chris, we need a spell. Now would be good.' Wyatt thought in his younger brother's mind.
The brown-haired suddenly had an idea. 'Wy, listen. Here's the spell.' And he explained while the twice-blessed's shield was protecting them both. They chanted together.
Evil, more powerful than others,
That stole so many powers,
No longer may you dwell,
Death takes you with this spell!
Gaath screamed in pain and exploded, indicating a successful vanquish for the boys, who were very happy.
"Well, that felt nice." Wyatt said with a big smile on his face.
"We should go take care of that girl." His younger brother spoiled the fun.
END OF PART THREE
PART FOUR
INT. HALLIWELL MANOR, SOLARIUM, EVENING
Chris entered. Wyatt, Piper and Caroline all looked at him.
"She fell asleep." Chris turned to Caroline. "If you want, you can leave her here. There's no problem."
"Are you sure it won't be any trouble?" She replied with a question, afraid her daughter's staying over was a bit too much to ask of these strange, but kind people.
"We have plenty of room here. And we need to talk with her about magic." Piper's maternal tone was not enough to convince her guest.
"What if she tries to…?"
"You don't have to worry about anything. We've been involved with this kind of thing longer than you think." The calmness in Piper's voice finally managed to persuade the other woman. "She's in good hands."
They walked towards the front door. Piper smiled to Caroline as the latter was already out of the house.
"If you want, you can come by for lunch tomorrow." The eldest Charmed One proposed.
"Thank you for the invitation. I will come gladly." Caroline smiled herself.
INT. HALLIWELL MANOR, LIVING ROOM, MORNING
Chris and Wyatt orbed in the middle of the room, in front of their mother.
"Did you leave your things in the apartment?" Piper didn't want her boys to move out of the house, but that was their decision.
"Yeah, and I still think it's personal gain." Wyatt was very strict when it came to magic and consequences.
"The elders can close their eyes this time." Piper joked on her son's experience.
"I never thought I'd hear that from you, Mom." The younger son was surprised.
"You boys deserve a little credit for vanquishing a demon and saving a witch." Piper looked towards the stairs. "Speaking of her. Good morning, Jennifer."
"Good morning…" The red-head greeted. "Do I know you?"
"No, not yet. But you know my sons, Wyatt and Chris."
"Oh yeah. They… saved my life." Jennifer addressed the boys. "Thank you."
"You're welcome. But next time, please don't try to kill us, okay?"
Jennifer blushed "Oh, I'm really sorry about that. Something came over me then."
"It's okay. It happens even to the best." Piper's eldest calmed her down. "And what was that you did in the shrine?"
"Oh, the voice thing? I've been doing it since I was little. But it only works when I'm angry."
"That's really cool. You do know you're a witch, right?" Chris asked.
"Of course, my dad told me. But he didn't tell me about spells and stuff. I don't know why, though. He does it all the time."
"Oh, really? What's your dad's name?" Piper asked.
"Tomas Trudeau. Why do you ask?"
"Is he by any chance related to Andy Trudeau?" The oldest Halliwell sister wondered.
"Yeah, he's my uncle, who died almost thirty years ago. How do you know about him?"
"You better sit down, honey."
"Why? Are you going to tell me something?"
"Did your father ever tell you how your uncle was killed?"
"He did. He said uncle Andy was killed by a… demon. Do you…"
"Do you know who Prudence Halliwell is?"
"She dated uncle Andy for a while and he used to see her before she died. She has two sisters – Piper and Phoebe." Jennifer was not getting the point.
"Actually three sisters. Paige moved in after Prue died."
"Wait, are you… Piper?" The youngest which asked in amazement.
"Yes, I am. And right now I know you might be feeling confused. There's breakfast in the kitchen, so you can eat in peace if you want."
"Thank you. I will do that."
LATER
Piper and Wyatt were talking while they were watching Chris and Jennifer having a conversation in the solarium.
"They sure seem to enjoy talking to each other." Wyatt was thinking of new ways to tease his brother.
"Well, so much the better." His mother replied.
"What do you mean?"
"I was thinking. She's Andy's niece and a witch. We should teach her something."
"Aren't you afraid that could turn into another Billie and Christy?"
"Well, she's Andy's niece, she can't be that bad. Let's give it a try."
"It's your decision." Wyatt looked at his watch. "Mom, isn't it time to start making lunch?"
"Aren't you helping?" Piper was surprised to see the lack of enthusiasm in her older son.
"You know what happens when I'm in the kitchen. It's not my fault Chris is the one who can cook." Wyatt weaseled his way out.
"Then go get him."
"I think he's preoccupied at the moment."
Piper smiled. "Then you're helping." She saw that Wyatt wanted to stay and eavesdrop. "Wyatt, what they're talking is none of our business."
LATER
An unusually big table was been set in the solarium. Around it were sitting Piper, Leo, Wyatt, Chris, Melinda, Jennifer and her mother. There was an orbing sound and three people entered the solarium – Henry, Izabelle and Kyle.
Chris clearly didn't expect the new guests. "Oh, hey."
"Hi." Iz turned to Jennifer. "I don't think we've met."
"I'm Jennifer and this is my mother, Caroline.
"This is my brother Kyle and I'm Izabelle. Nice to meet you."
"Are you related with Piper?" Jennifer asked because of the similarity in hair and eye color.
"No, we're not Halliwells. But we're friends of the family."
"How did you get here, anyway?"
Izabelle explained while sitting next to Wyatt. "Your very helpful cousin Henry orbed us."
Jennifer judged from where Iz sat. "Are you Wyatt's girlfriend?"
Wyatt choked with the food he just swallowed and started coughing. He used telekinesis to get to a glass of water.
"Oh, no. God, no. Me and my brother grew up with the Halliwells. Phoebe and Coop are our legal guardians."
Jennifer understood what she just asked and what the answer meant. "I'm sorry I asked."
"It's okay, you didn't know. And just to tell you, Wyatt's like a brother to me." Izabelle used the opportunity to tease Wyatt for his age. "A very sweet little brother." Across the table Chris was laughing silently. Wyatt had a 'Don't tease with me' look on his face.
"Can we please change the subject?" The blonde said, irritated.
"Jennifer, I have something to tell you. I thought about it and decided that you should be taught the basics of the craft. By Wyatt and Chris." Piper announced. Chris looked at her and his eyes said 'You're dumping this on us?' "If you want to, of course."
"I would be flattered." The red-haired witch replied.
Hope entered the room. She looked unhappy.
"Why weren't you at the club?"
Wyatt indexed the table. "Why do you think? Did you heart here?"
"Did she 'heart'? I don't get it." Jennifer was more amazed of this family by the hour.
"She's half-cupid. All of aunt Phoebe's daughters are." Chris addressed Hope. "C'mon, sit with us. And meet Jennifer and her mother. Jennifer, this is Hope, our cousin."
"I don't mean to be rude, but why were you named Hope?"
"Because Phoebe had a vision of her daughter, even before she was born and that brought hope to her and us." Piper looked at her youngest niece. "Are we expecting somebody else?"
"No, I don't think so."
INT. HALLIWELL MANOR, FRONT DOOR, LATE AFTERNOON
Jennifer and her mother were being walked out by Chris and Wyatt.
"And again, thank you for everything. I really owe you my life." Jennifer thanked them another time.
"You're welcome. And don't forget to come over every once in a while." Chris closed the door. "It'll be nice to have her as a friend, wouldn't it?"
"Yeah, no secret to protect." Wyatt thought his brother would like something more than a friend, but he kept silent about it.
"And since she's going to the same college I'll go to, we'll see each other pretty often." Chris said, completely ignorant that this would spark up his older brother's teasing.
"Oh, I get it." Wyatt smiled and looked at Chris.
The younger was completely calm, because he didn't understand what his brother meant. "You got what?"
"Oh, nothing. Nothing at all, Chris. C'mon, we have to show Hope the apartment." Wyatt thought of all the work that had to be done at the apartment and tried to make his brother hurry too.
Chris used telekinesis to close the door and walked after Wyatt.
END OF EPISODE
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