Don't you ever listen
Disclaimer: all of the characters and settings used in this charmed fan fiction are not mine, and I did not intend to infringe on any copyright laws or make any money when writing this fan fiction.
Chapter 1: FridayWyatt smiled as Sophie got out of his VW camper, he was pleasantly relieved that he wouldn't have to spend any more time with his cousin for a long while. It wasn't that he disliked her, but he couldn't talk about or do any magic in front of her as she was his step-cousin (daughter of his granddads new wives son).
Wyatt started up his camper again hoping he could make good time back to the manor, so he could get some of his coursework done before his mother and aunts got home. Generally he'd have Chris to whip up some coursework for him with that wonder potion of his, but he was away until Monday so Wyatt was stuck doing it the slow way. Wyatt was so caught up in his thoughts he was on the freeway before he noticed the blue flashing lights behind him.
"Bugger" he said as he pulled over. The officer got out of the police car and walked towards the VW camper.
"Do you have any idea how fast you were going sir?" the officer said casually.
"About 70" Wyatt replied cringing.
"Try 90, can you please step out of your vehicle" the officer said calmly opening the campers door. Wyatt sighed and stepped out of the camper taking his licence out of his wallet. The officer took Wyatt's licence, told Wyatt to go and sit in the back of the police car and then called for someone to come and tow away the camper. Wyatt sat in the back of the police car glumly, that's the end of my driving days mums gonna kill me he thought. Then the police officer came over in a trancelike state and said "I must have been mistaken, you're free to go" then he handed Wyatt back his licence.
Wyatt got back into his camper and started it up confused, then just as he reached 60 mph a voice startled him.
"lucky I was here to save you from being banned from driving ehh?" Wyatt turned to see the voice came from the smiling face of Chris.
"what the FU-"
"err, eyes on the road Wyatt" Chris replied pointing ahead. As Wyatt looked back at the road Chris climbed into the front seat next to him.
"aren't you supposed to be at that camping thing?" Wyatt said looking between Chris and the road.
"yes well I got bored and. . ." Chris then mumbled something, but Wyatt's keen hearing didn't miss a word.
"you got thrown out!" Wyatt exclaimed.
"Yeah, but your lucky I came here aren't ya" he said chirpily.
"oh yea, casting spells on innocents that's really luck for me, don't you ever listen to mum about stuff like that, personal gain and so on" Wyatt said chastising Chris, who sullenly looked out of the window, but then he turned back to Wyatt and said smugly "don't you ever listen to mum when she tells us never to get arrested".
"lets just get home" Wyatt said concentrating on driving.
For a few minutes they sat in silence then Chris turned to Wyatt, "you know Wyatt, its probably best if mum and the aunts still think I'm on the camping trip"
"What you mean is you want me to hide the fact that you've been struck off the trip"
"well that and . . . help me hide out for the rest of the weekend?"
"so what, you want me to put you up in a hotel eh, forget it! We'll go back and tell mum your trip ended early, Jeff had an allergy attack or something" Wyatt said. For the rest of the trip back to the manor they both sat in silence, Chris occasionally fidgeting with nervousness.
Once back at the manor Wyatt made cups of tea for him and Chris, he took Chris's up to the attic where Chris was brewing up the potion needed for Wyatt's coursework. Wyatt then went back down to get his tea, whilst in the kitchen Piper and Phoebe came back from shopping.
"hey Wyatt, Phoebe had to try on every pair of shoes in all of the shops" Piper said tiredly sitting down next to the counter.
"not every pair, just the stilettos to replace that pair that got broken demon hunting" Phoebe said rolling her eyes "besides quit complaining you got some nice boots."
"cuppa tea?" Wyatt said before his mum could retort.
"ooh yeah" and "that would be nice Wyatt" were the replies. Just as Wyatt gave out the teas Paige orbed in.
"hey guys, have any of you seen Chris?" she asked hurriedly.
"no he's at that camping thing, why do you want him?" Piper said.
"well he was at the camping thing, but then he shrunk Jeff and put him in a jar, and now he's disappeared, so I've been assigned to find him"
"he SHRUNK Jeff!" Wyatt exclaimed.
"that's what Paige said Wyatt" phoebe said.
"and there's no need for you to sound so happy about it mister" Piper said through narrowed eyes.
"Anyway, that's not the end of it, the jar is sealed up with a spell and the elders cant break it so Jeff is rapidly running out of oxygen" Paige said glancing around.
"well that's typical of the elders not being able to break a probably simple spell" Wyatt mumbled.
"Wyatt!" Piper exclaimed "don't disrespect the elders I have to point out your father was one at one point"
"and that tells you a lot doesn't it" Wyatt retorted.
"Excuse me but we need to find Chris" Paige cut in "you can sort out this dispute later people"
"how much time does Jeff have before the oxygen runs out?" Phoebe asked inquiringly.
"well the elders say he had about enough to last until about 4 o'clock on Sunday, but its best if we find Chris sooner" Paige said with a small smile.
"knowing Chris he's probably gone to dads" Phoebe said.
"why on earth would Chris go to dads?" Piper said quizzically.
"well dad would just be pleased to see him especially if he says he's not hiding out from some demon for once and just visiting to spend time with him." Phoebe said to a room full of raised eyebrows "well its true the only time they ever visit dad is when we want them to hide out from some demon" she said shrugging.
"Right well, Paige you orb me and Phoebe there, Wyatt stay here to see if he comes back." Piper said.
"err-" but they orbed out before Wyatt got a word in.
Wyatt ran up to the attic, he could make it up there faster running than orbing sometimes this was one of those times. When he entered the attic Chris looked up and said "finished your coursework"
"you SHRUNK our whitelighter!" Wyatt shouted.
"well yes, I used that spell you wrote, it worked remarkably well ya no"
"I didn't write any such spell" Wyatt said loudly.
"yes ya did about 3 weeks ago, remember?"
"I didn't, ohh hang on, Chris I wrote that as a joke I didn't mean to use it"
"well it was an incredibly well written joke as it shrunk him and sealed him in a jar all in one easy spell, isn't that great" Chris said with a smile forming on his lips "anyway how did you know about that?"
"aunt Paige told me, mum and Phoebe just now in the kitchen, and now they're looking for you so you can reverse the spell, so I'll just call them and say you're here" Wyatt said taking out his mobile.
"Cant do that Wyatt" Chris said orbing Wyatt's phone out of his hand "seeing its your fault I'm in this position you aren't going to land me in it this time"
"what do you mean my fault" Wyatt said trying to snatch his phone back.
"well you wrote the spell so you have to come up with a reversal spell or it wont work properly, landing me in more trouble and if that happens I'm going to implicate you in this mess too" Chris said folding his arms "thinking about it, you better come up with this reversal spell quickly as I don't think Jeff has much time left before the oxygen runs out" with that Chris started to walk out of the attic.
"Crap" Wyatt said.
"ohh yeah Wyatt, you better help me hide until you come up with that spell okay" with a toothy grin he left the attic. Wyatt groaned, just then his mum and aunts orbed back into the attic.
"ah you had the same idea too then" Paige said.
"wh- what's that?" Wyatt said.
"to scry for Chris" Paige said with a nod.
"err yea" Wyatt said "why don't I go and put some tea on"
Once in the corridor 'SHIT, Chris get out of the house Quick' Wyatt said telepathically to Chris.
'why?' was Chris's reply.
'mum and the aunts are going to scry for you, go hide somewhere where they wont find you fast' Wyatt said in double speed to Chris.
'thanx bro' and then Chris was gone Wyatt couldn't sense him so the sisters wouldn't be able to find him either, Wyatt let out a sigh of relief and slumped against a wall thinking how much trouble he'd be in if the sisters found out he'd helped Chris hide from them.
Chris orbed out of the house straight into the 1 place he knew that the sisters would never look for him, the only problem was that he'd never been to the underworld before when he hadn't needed to call for the sisters help. Of course he had been slightly clever in orbing into an vanquished demons old lair, in fact it was the lair of the first demon he'd ever vanquished (with his brothers help) as a child, so he was just as shocked to find the new occupants whom were less than pleased by his hurried arrival. After dodging three energy orbs he thought it was best to leave so orbed out as fast as orbing could take him, unfortunately when flustered Chris made mistakes and instead of orbing into the manor he orbed into the street outside, much to the amazement of the pregnant woman and her 5 year old who lived opposite the Haliwells.
"shit!" was the only word that escaped Chris's lips when he saw the woman hit the floor in a dead faint. Chris stood there for a few seconds thinking what the hell do I do know, maybe Wyatt will know and with that he called for Wyatt to appear. Wyatt having excused himself from the sisters brainstorming session of were Chris could have got to, with some excuse of coursework orbed in right next to his brother. When he saw the fainted woman he said "damn it Chris!" then bent over her and 'healed' her so she woke up then very convincingly, his brother slowly catching on began to cover their tracks.
"are you alright Mrs Peterson, you just fainted" Wyatt said acting very concerned, 'Quit standing there like a dummy Chris' Wyatt said telepathically to his brother.
"ohh err, I don't know what just happened, for some stupid reason I thought you just appeared out of nowhere" she replied indicating Chris.
"Chris does tend to sneak around a lot Mrs Peterson can we help you back into your house?" Wyatt said jokily relieved she believed him.
"no no, I should be alright now when I get in I'll have a lie down" she said smiling at Wyatt, and with that she got up and walked into her home. Once she entered the house there was a rustling in the bushes next to the house, from which the 5year old appeared saying "that was soo cool were didja learn to do the blue flash light thingy?" enthusiastically.
"err well if we tell you will you promise not to tell anyone what you saw today?" Wyatt said thinking oh-crap-oh-crap-oh-crap-oh-crap we've exposed magic we're dead oh-crap-oh-crap-oh-crap,
'now those aren't very nice thoughts to be having around a 5 year old are they Wyatt',
'shut the FUCK up Chris its your fault we're in this mess!',
'come on Wyatt he's 5, if he told anyone they wouldn't believe him and besides 5 year olds cant keep promises'
The child after much thought had come to a decision "ok" was that decision. So Wyatt lent over to the child and whispered something to him which got the response "kool!" before the child ran into his home smiling. Wyatt stood up straight and let out a tremendous sigh of relief. He then looked at Chris and said, "its getting late now, as neither of us can afford a hotel room for you, your looking at a night spent in my camper unless you have a better idea?"
"nah, the camper'll do me fine" Chris replied. Wyatt took out the keys and threw them in his brothers direction with a "g'night" Wyatt orbed back into the manor. Neither of them would probably get much sleep seeing as how worried Wyatt was he would be found out to be helping his brother, and Chris was sleeping in a cold campervan which leaked when it rained (the forecast was not good for that night).
Authors note: Please review! Or I won't update,
also the chapters titles are the days in which the chapter content happens
I've put the brothers as being able to communicate to each other telepathically
If you cant tell Jeff is the brothers whitelighter, I decided the should have their own.
As I said please review, I'd love any input Thanx Amy-kate