Disclaimer: I don't own Charmed. I don't even own my own phone, so no, no I do not own Charmed.

Author's Note: Thanks to everyone who has reviewed my first three chapters, it means a lot. I wrote my first ever spell for this chapter so I'd like to know what you think. Please enjoy.

Destiny Spell

"So, uh- I guess you're both looking for an explanation, huh?" Penny managed, shuffling her feet. "Ya think?" the brothers said in unison. "Right, well I don't know if you know this, but Mom's been overwhelmed lately. What with charges constantly under attack, regular Charmed duties, and Rita and myself visiting colleges, who wouldn't be?" Penny rambled on, all in one breath. "Mind telling us what Paige's everyday troubles have to do with why I'm dressed as a white knight or why Chris looks like a townsperson straight out of Beauty and the Beast? Wyatt asked, clearly having expected a relevant explanation. "I was going to get to that had you not so rudely interrupted me, asshat." Penny hissed, clearly annoyed at having been interrupted. Penny ignored the fact that Wyatt was now glaring daggers at her due to her last comment, and continued.

"As I was saying, she's been really stressed, and today she asked for my help." Just as she was forming her next sentence, Chris posed a question. "How so?" He asked, eyebrows raised. Penny threw her hands up in defeat. "Geez, the two of you and your interrupting! Your impatience is unbecoming; you should really work on that." Penny said before resuming her story. "Once again" she cleared her throat "as I'd been saying-wait, where was I? Oh yeah, Mom had asked for my help. Well today she'd already been dividing her time between two charges when a third one called. She didn't think she could balance three charges simultaneously in need, so she called for me. When I arrived, she informed me of the charge's name, age, powers, and location and I orbed to the charge. Her name is Adele and when I arrived, she was casting a spell." Penny paused, she wished they were sitting down for this. She knew they weren't going to like it.

Chris didn't like the sound of that. "What kind of spell?" He asked warily. "A Destiny spell." Penny answered meekly. Chris' eyes bulged. "A DESTINY Spell?! That's personal gain!" Chris exclaimed. "I KNOW, Hence the fact I didn't cast it!" Penny screeched. To Wyatt, the situation didn't sound that bad. Besides, the faster we finish, the faster I can get back to Stacey. But Wyatt was also the optimist of the two. "What aspect of her destiny?" Chris asked, miffed to be caught in the middle of this. "What dominates the female brain, Chris?" She asked, knowing he knew the answer. Chris stared at her blankly. "Affairs of the heart, moron! Love, she cast the spell with regard to love." Penny finished, having spoken each word excruciatingly slowly. Chris looked incredulous, to which Penny responded "There's no use complaining, you're already here."

Wyatt smiled. He thought it was sweet that someone would go to all that trouble in search of love. It reminded him of something his mom might have done thirty years ago. "Well, did you happen to catch what the exact wording of the spell was?" He asked. He figured they could fix this easily if they could just reverse the spell. "As a matter of fact, yes I did, but I'd rather not say." Penny informed her cousins. "And why the hell not? If we could just reverse the spell then we could-" Chris began ranting before Penny cut him off. "Okay, first of all, I've already tried, and secondly I'd rather not repeat it. I thought her spell was cute, but I know that to a guy it would sound incredibly corny." Penny sighed, she knew their curiosities would only be peaked. She was right on the money, Wyatt was the most curious person she knew. He put even Curious George to shame.

"Okay, Now I HAVE to know!" Wyatt pleaded with her. What could be so corny even Penny refused to repeat it? I mean this coming from the girl who recites entire episodes of Charles in Charge. Wyatt pondered. Penny sighed once more and mumbled something that was inaudible. Wyatt stared her down until she relented into announcing it audibly.

"Cinderella had Prince Charming
Belle had Beast
I want an epic love that isn't alarming
I want for my heart's inner desires to be released
I wish for a guy who brings out the best in me
And ignores the flaws in all the rest of me
It pains me not knowing, is Blake truly my destiny?"

Penny repeated for them. Chris balked. That had to be the lamest spell he'd ever heard and, well you haven't met his sister Melinda, but trust me, that was saying something. Wyatt's smile faded. It wasn't the spell itself, he thought it was cute. Incredibly girly, and yes, corny, but cute. No, it wasn't the spell; it was the last line in particular that irked Wyatt. If Wyatt knew anything about interpreting backfired spells, which he did, he aced that class, it was that the powers that be tended to take things literally.

"Well where is she now?" Chris asked with his undivided attention. And let me tell you, there wasn't much of it considering most of his attention was focused on plotting the most appropriate vengeance to unleash on Penny. "I don't actually know. I know she's here-" she waved her hands, gesturing to the forest surrounding them-"I just don't know where. Hell, I don't even know where here is!" Penny sighed, looking defeated. "Language, Penny, watch your language!" Chris admonished in jest, knowing he'd get a small rise out of her.

"Oh puh-lease, you're one to talk, you curse like a sailor." Penny glared; she got enough of this from her mother. "Yes, but you're a lady, you're expected to act like one. Especially in the company of gentlemen. Or don't you ever listen to your mother's lectures?" Chris was savoring the expression on Penny's face. He always did know what buttons to push. "Bite me! She replied, sticking her tongue out. "Gentlemen my ass!" she muttered under her breath, somewhat hoping they wouldn't hear. They did, but just as Chris was about to reply, Wyatt interjected.

"Wherever she is, she's in pain, and I bet we could already be half-way to her if you two weren't wasting our valuable time acting like four-year-olds!" Wyatt informed them sternly. His last comment earned him the sight of two exposed tongues. However, Penny's face hardened as the reality of what Wyatt said had sunk in. "Wait, she's in pain? How can you tell?" She asked with a sense of worry. "No time to explain, but I was thinking you could sense for her and we could orb to her, provided she's in orb-range." Wyatt knew her whereabouts may very well be inaccessible due to the wording of her spell. That was the thing about including fairy-tale heroines in spells; you tended to find yourself in the same predicament. Considering both Cinderella and Belle had been locked away, there was a good chance that Adele was locked away somewhere impenetrable.

Penny reluctantly pulled him from his reverie. "Impossible." She announced. "Why's that?" Wyatt asked, genuinely puzzled. Why did Penny have to complicate everything? "Well you see, I can't sense for her because we don't have the whitelighter/charge bond. It may have slipped your mind, but she's not my charge. And I have-" Chris cut her off, for which she was grateful. She knew she'd be a dead woman walking had she finished that sentence. "Well then why don't you call for your mom, have her sense for Andrea, and then the four of us could orb to her?" He suggested, as if stating the obvious. "Adele, the charge's name is Adele." She corrected, prolonging the prevention of the delivery of bad news. "Whatever." Chris muttered. It's not like he truly cared what her name was. "So what do you say to that, Penny?" Wyatt asked, having liked Chris' suggestion. "I couldn't put Mom at risk like that, no, it wouldn't be fair." Penny told them, knowing things would turn ugly any minute now.

"Risk?" Wyatt repeated. "How so?" Chris asked, overlapping Wyatt. "Well-" Penny made a face, she hated this. "You two may want to sit, you're not going to like what I have to say." She said, avoiding their gazes.