Disclaimer: Charmed belongs to the WB, Constance Burge, Brad Kern and Spelling Entertainment. The Harry Potter universe belongs to J.K. Rowling. Alyssa, Megan and the Chameleon King are imaginary and belong to me. I do not make any money off this fan-fiction.

Chapter 02: The Search for a Teacher

Halliwell Manor

1329 Prescott Street

San Francisco, CA

February 02, 2021

7:00 pm

Tonight is a Halliwell family dinner night. After enjoying a scrumptious meal of Piper's three cheese lasagna, corn, and mashed potatoes with gravy, Piper hands Chris and Henry Junior twenty dollars and tells them to keep Wyatt busy. So, Chris calls Alyssa, Wyatt's 5'7", blonde-haired, blue-eyed girlfriend.

Chris says, "Hey, Alyssa!"

Alyssa replies, "Hey, Chris! What's up?"

Chris says, "Well, nothing for me, but I need a favor. Could you call Wyatt and ask him on a date? Go to the movies. I'll pay you back. I promise."

Alyssa (after some thought) says, "Sure, Halliwell."

After a few minutes Alyssa calls the Halliwell residence.

Ring! Ring!

Alyssa mutters, "All the phone does is ring." "Where is Chris?"

When the phone goes to the answering machine, Alyssa puts the phone down without leaving a message.

In a huff, Alyssa grumbles, "See if I ever listen to Chris again!"

Unfortunately, Alyssa isn't as quiet as she thinks she is, because her annoying younger sister, Megan, enters Alyssa's room, plops down on Alyssa's cheetah-patterned beanbag and asks, "Who is Chris?"

Alyssa replies, "Wyatt's younger brother, of course. He said Wyatt would be there and all the phone does is ring."

Megan suggests, "Well, maybe Melinda is on the phone chatting with Andrew, her crush. She's been trying to find a way to ask him out to the Valentine's Day dance."

Alyssa (after considering Megan's suggestion) says, "Yeah, maybe you're right. I'll call back later. Thanks Meg."

Megan says, "Anytime, sis. Oh, I forgot! Alyssa and Wyatt sitting in a tree K-I-S"

Alyssa says, "Don't even think about finishing that song. If you do, I'll--I'll"

Megan taunts, "You'll what?"

Alyssa says, "I'll tell everyone in your school over the intercom that you have a crush on Jake, the most popular kid at your school."

Megan says, "Will not."

Alyssa shouts back, "Will too."

Megan shouts even louder, "Will not."

Alyssa says, "Will too."

The argument ends only when Alyssa hears Chris's message on the answering machine.

Chris says, "Sorry about not answering the phone. Melinda was using it."

Megan while sticking out her tongue at Alyssa says, "I told you so."

Alyssa sighs and says, "Okay, you win."

Megan replies, "That's all I needed to hear. Could you say it louder? I'm sure the people in China couldn't hear you."

Alyssa just throws her pillow at Megan who avoids the pillow by leaving and closing the door behind her. After a few minutes, Alyssa tries calling Wyatt again. This time Chris picks up the phone.

Alyssa says, "Hey! Could I speak to Wyatt for a second?"

Chris shouts, "Wy, there's a girl on the phone for you."

Wyatt says, "Tell her I'm not here."

Chris says, "He says he's not here."

Chris puts Alyssa on speakerphone.

Alyssa screams, "I know you're there, Wy!"

Wyatt gets up, turns the speakerphone off and asks, "That's the best you can do?"

Alyssa (after a few seconds of thought and tapping her chin) says, "No, but you need to look all pretty tonight. We're going to see "The Chameleon King." Pick me up in 15 minutes.

Wyatt salutes and says, "Aye, Aye Captain!"

After talking to Alyssa, Wyatt gets dressed in jeans and a tight black muscle shirt. He thinks Alyssa might appreciate his muscles. Then, he grabs the bouquet of flowers on the table in the foyer and his wallet.

He makes it to Alyssa's house in record time. Alyssa is putting the finishing touches on her makeup when the doorbell rings.

Alyssa says, "Oh! That must be Wyatt."

She finishes her makeup and runs down the stairs. When Alyssa opens the door, Wyatt hands her the flowers and compliments her appearance. Then, they leave with Alyssa shouting bye to her parents.

Meanwhile, Chris and Henry Junior go downstairs to join the party where they are met with blank stares and a fake smiling Phoebe.

Chris asks, "What's going on? What did we miss?"

Piper asks, "Peanut, Where's Wyatt?"

Chris replies, "He went to the movies with Alyssa."

Piper (relieved) says, "Thanks, Peanut."

Chris asks, "What did Junior and I miss?"

Piper replies, "Well, as you know, it's Wyatt's 18th birthday in two weeks."

Chris says, "So?"

Piper explains, "I want to give him Excalibur."

A jealous Chris calmly replies, "All right. So, what's the problem?"

Piper explains, "I don't want to give him Excalibur and risk Mordaunt or some other demon teaching him how to use the sword."

Chris asks, "Why can't Aunt Phoebe teach him?"

Phoebe says, "I'm not a master swordsperson. Cole just taught me the basics so that we could defeat the Source."

Piper asks, "Are there any other ideas?"

Everyone just stares at her. Piper takes the stares to mean that nobody has another idea so Piper is ready to dismiss the group. However, just as Piper is dismissing the group, little blue lights appear and materialize into Lily Potter. Lily looks at all the blank stares around her and asks, "What's up? Where's the demon?"

Piper replies, "It's nothing."

Lily asks, "Are you sure?"

Piper exasperatedly says: "Yes."

Lily says, "Maybe I can help."

Piper reluctantly concedes, throws up her hands and resignedly says, "Oh gees. Oh, all right. All right. Fine. Tell her, Pheebs."

Phoebe says, "It's Wyatt's 18th birthday in two weeks."

Lily says, "So, what? That's normal. Where's the problem?"

Phoebe explains, "Piper wants to give Wyatt Excalibur, but she doesn't want Mordaunt to interfere.

"Who's Mordaunt?" Lily questions.

Piper explains, "A very evil man. He made me think I was the rightful owner of Excalibur when I was only meant to pass the sword on to Wyatt. Mordaunt claimed he wanted to teach me how to swordfight, but all he wanted was the sword and its power."

"I'm still not seeing the problem," Lily says.

Paige explains, "We need someone we can trust to teach Wyatt how to use Excalibur."

"Why can't the Elders teach Wyatt?" Lily inquires.

Paige says, "I'll answer that. We don't trust them."

"Why?" Lily asks.

Paige says, "Maybe for this part, we need to send the children to their rooms."

Leo says, "No. This concerns Chris."

Paige says, "All right. Where should I begin?"

Chris suggests, "Wherever my part is."

Coop asks, "How about the beginning?"

Paige begins the story by saying, "Well, Piper didn't like the Elders from the day she met Leo because they kept taking Leo away from her. For Leo and me, it was the day Christopher died.

Chris asks, "Me?"

Paige says, "Yes, you."

Chris asks, "How?"

Paige continues, "You came to the past to save Wyatt. He was the Source in

your time. You became our white-lighter and separated Leo and Piper by making Leo an Elder a little bit earlier than you planned. On the plus side, you helped us defeat the Titans and make a huge dent in the demon population.

Too bad, the answer was an Elder: Gideon, to be exact. Gideon was the headmaster of Magic School before me. He believed that concentrating magic into one single being would corrupt the being so he wanted to eliminate the being for the greater good. The being in this case is Wyatt.

When Gideon tried to steal Wyatt from his playpen, you tried to TK him, but Gideon threw a poisoned tip athame at you. The poison could only be healed by Gideon. You told Leo to go save Wyatt. In the end, you died in Leo's arms.

After you died, Leo killed Gideon and became an avatar so that he could stay with his family. When the Elders found out, they designed a test. They would make Leo forget everything and leave him in the middle of nowhere. If he found his family, then he would be able to stay with them. If he found the Elders, then he would be an Elder forever. Needless to say, in the end, Leo chose Piper."

Lily says, "You can go down memory lane later. I have a suggestion for finding a master swordsperson.

Piper tiredly asks, "What is it?"

Lily replies, "We can ask Professor Dumbledore, the Headmaster of my old school, Hogwarts, if he knows someone who can teach swordsmanship.

Piper mulls it over and asks, "What do you all think? Paige, do you know this Dumbledore person?

Paige answers, "No, but I can ask Mrs. Donovan, the librarian at Magic School."

Piper commands, "All right. You go do that. The rest of you need to make vanquishing potions. We can never have enough of those. Why are you all staring at me? Skedaddle."

Meanwhile, Paige talks to Mrs. Donovan at Magic School.

Paige says, "Hi!"

Mrs. Donovan says, "Hi! How may I help you?"

Paige asks, "Do you know someone by the name of Dumbledore?"

Mrs. Donovan checks the computer and finds some books and says, "No, but the answers are in these books."

Since Paige doesn't have a lot of time, she flips to the index and skims the entries until she finds out that Dumbledore was murdered by Professor Severus Snape, the Potions Master at Hogwarts.

Paige asks, "May I check this book out?"

Mrs. Donovan smilingly replies, "Sure."

Paige returns to the manor, only to find the living room empty.

Paige thinks, "Where is everyone?"

Paige shouts, "Hello! Is anyone there?"

Piper hollers, "We're all in the kitchen making vanquishing potions."

Paige yells, "Fun stuff. Well, you won't believe what I found out."

Piper says, "Humor me."

Paige replies, "Dumbledore is dead. It's right here."

Piper yells, "Let me see that."

So Paige enters the kitchen and hands Piper the book. Piper reads the entry. She then passes it to everyone else. When Lily reads the entry, she is horrified at what Severus allegedly did. "This must be a joke. Severus wouldn't kill someone and definitely not someone as important as Dumbledore," she thinks.

Phoebe who is trying to not act out Lily's emotions commands through gritted teeth, "Lily, go to my room and take a rest."

Piper says, "Not yet. I want to know if there is another way to communicate with dead people other than summoning them."

Phoebe whines, "Piper, she's killing me, here."

Piper ignores Phoebe and says, "Lily."

Lily says, "Well…there is one way. Dumbledore may have a portrait. In the wizarding world, you can make portraits that contain a little bit of your magic so that you can communicate with others after death."

Paige rolls her eyes and says, "Why didn't we think of that?"

"Paige!" Piper says.

Then, she turns to Lily and asks, "Where is Dumbledore's portrait?"

Lily replies, "According to James, it's in his office. All of the headmasters of Hogwarts have portraits there."

Piper inquires, "Who succeeds the late Headmaster Dumbledore?"

Lily answers, "His Deputy Headmistress, Professor McGonagall. She taught Transfiguration. She was strict, but fair."

"How do we contact her?" Piper asks.

Lily replies, "Usually, owls are used, but this is personal. We could floo-call Professor McGonagall."

Piper asks, "What if she's teaching a class?"

Lily says, "I can orb you to Hogwarts."

Piper crosses her arms, stares everyone down and decisively says, "That's what we will do then."