Wooing Hannah Mitchell
A week had passed since Devon had showed up at school and Hannah had started to take a liking to him. They had gone to the mall that weekend and had bonded quite a bit. Presently they were walking down the hall, hand in hand towards English. Devon stopped at a small alcove, pulling Hannah in with him. He wrapped one arm around her waist and bent down to kiss her. It felt like butterflies in her stomach but she enjoyed every second.
"What was that for?" Hannah asked, looking up at him, her cheeks bright red.
"What? I can't kiss a beautiful girl?" he asked sweetly.
"Just better be careful. Don't want Henry to go postal on you," she chuckled as they continued their stroll to class. Unbeknownst to the couple, Melissa had seen the entire exchange and went sprinting to the girls locker room.
In the girl's locker room, Chelsea was pulling on her shirt. She turned to face her cousin.
"Melinda, have you noticed how much Hannah is hanging out with the new kid?" she asked.
"Not really. I mean, she's probably just being nice," Melinda muttered.
"Oh my God!" Melissa squealed as she burst into the changing room, receiving several odd looks from the other girls. She rushed to her cousins.
"I just saw Hannah and the new kid making out in the hallway," the thirteen-year-old gushed.
"You saw what!" Chelsea exclaimed, trying to control the volume of her voice.
"Making out…you know…kissing," Melissa explained.
"I know what they were doing moron," Chels spat.
"Where is he? I'm going to kill him," she growled.
"Whoa. Relax. You sound like Henry…or worse…Chris," Melinda remarked, shuddering at the thought.
"I mean…he's not even cute. I don't know what she sees in him," Chelsea continued to whine as they left the locker room. They ran into Chris on their way.
"Hannah's dating the new kid," Chelsea ranted to her older cousin.
"You're kidding? Does anyone else get the creeps around this guy?" Chris responded, looking slightly disturbed.
"Thank you! At least someone agrees with me," she muttered.
"Guys just leave her alone, seriously," Melinda quipped, nudging her brother in the arm.
"Hey, I'm just saying…not too long ago we couldn't even recognize a demon in the house," Chris said in a whisper.
"Look, we're going to be late for class," Melinda grumbled, dragging Chelsea with her.
Chris looked at Melissa who just shrugged and went on her way to class. Looking around him, Chris rushed into to the bathroom. He made sure he was alone and disappeared in orbs. He reappeared in the kitchen of Wyatt and Penny's apartment.
"Wyatt!" he shouted loudly.
"He went to the store he should be back in like twenty," Penny answered, walking in from the sitting room.
"Shouldn't you be at school?' she asked.
"Yeah…I just…it's a demon thing…I really need to talk to Wyatt about it," Chris muttered.
"I see…but won't your mom be a little pissed that you cut class?" Pen inquired. She'd been around magic for the last four years but it still amazed her how freely the Halliwells used it.
"She'll understand," Chris assured her just as Wyatt walked in the door carrying a couple bags of groceries.
"Hey little brother…what are you doing here?" Wyatt asked as Chris orbed the bags to the kitchen.
"We need to talk," Chris said hastily, summoning the remaining bags from the hallway.
"Ok then," Wyatt muttered. He looked at Penny who gave him a smile and headed into the kitchen to unpack the shopping bags.
"What's bothering you?" the older of the two asked as they both sat down on the couch in the living room.
"It's this new kid at school. He shows up last week and today he and Hannah are making in a hallway," Chris explained.
"So what?" Wyatt said with a shrug.
"I get this really creepy feeling around him. Like I know I shouldn't trust him," Chris protested.
"Dude, not everyone new you meet is a demon," Wyatt retorted.
"Yeah, well in the last month or so we've been stalked by a demon, transported back to the Middle Ages and had a changeling for a cousin. I'd say that gives me reason to be a little suspicious," Chris countered.
"I see what you're saying but Chris…don't read too much into it. Hannah can have a boyfriend if she wants to," Wyatt said, laying a hand on his baby brother's shoulder.
"Now get back to school before I have to orb your sorry ass for you," he said, giving him a brotherly punch in the shoulder.
With a sigh, Chris stood up and orbed back to school. He hadn't realized how long he'd been gone but he saw Melinda and Chelsea heading for the cafeteria. He ran up to them.
"Miss me?" he teased.
"Dude why weren't you in class?" one of Chris's friends called from up the hallway.
"You know…didn't feel like going," Chris said coolly, giving his friend a high five before following his family into the café. They were soon joined by the rest of the cousin contingent, including to Chris and Chelsea's unease, Hannah and Devon.
"So how is everybody's day going?" Hannah asked, her voice bubbly.
"Fine," a chorus of voices answered.
Hannah grew quiet, not looking at her cousins and siblings the rest of the lunch period. She and Devon left immediately afterwards without a word.
"I'm telling you guys, he's a creep," Chris whispered.
"They aren't dating are they?" Henry Jr. asked.
"Yep," Chels answered.
"I'm going to kill him…" he fumed.
"I think dad would get rather pissed if you got arrested. Besides, I doubt you could get him to be your parole officer anyways,' Chelsea joked.
"Whatever," Henry muttered, shouldering his backpack and leaving the table.
The rest of the day passed rather uneventfully, minus Chris narrowly escaping detention for the class he missed. In an empty classroom on the second floor, Devon shut the door and turned back to Hannah.
"I have something for you," he said, handing her a box.
"What is it?" she asked, looking excited.
"Open it," he urged. She pulled the top off to reveal an onyx pentagram on a silver chain.
"It's beautiful," she gushed, putting it on. It glowed red and then returned to its original black color. In that instant, Hannah became completely white and then regained their color.
"How about we go for a walk," Devon murmured. She smiled and nodded. As they were walking down the stairs at the end of the hall, they ran into Melissa.
"Hey Hannah, we're all heading over to Aunt Piper's for dinner," Melissa informed her cousin.
"Oh, ok," Hannah remarked, seeming to not care. Once she'd passed Melissa a little ways, she waved her hand and Melissa disappeared.
The girl reappeared inside a very cramped locker. She was about to start banging and yelling when the door was pulled open to reveal Chris.
"Christ! What the hell are you doing in there?" he asked, pulling her out.
"I…I think Hannah orbed me there," Melissa said, shaking slightly.
Just then they were joined by Melinda, Rachel, Chelsea and Henry Jr. Rachel saw her younger sister trembling and immediately rested her hand on the girl's shoulder to clam her.
"What happened?" Rachel asked, eyeing Chris.
"Apparently Hannah orbed her into my locker," he told them.
"She wouldn't do that," Melinda retorted.
"She was wearing a necklace…it was black…and it was a pentagram," Melissa recalled.
"She doesn't own anything like that," Chles interjected.
"Tell Aunt Piper I won't be home for dinner," Hannah's voice called from behind them. She looked the same except there was something different about her…a different aura.
"Why not?" Chelsea inquired of her twin.
"Dev and I are going out," she said simply. As if on cue, Devon appeared, wrapped an arm around her and they disappeared in a shimmer.
"I knew that guy was bad news!" Chris spat.
"We should have believed you guys. I guess we really can't expect semi-normal lives," Melinda apologized.
"We're still learning. I'm sure it will get easier," Chris said.
"We need to get home and scry for her," Henry Jr. exclaimed.
"No…we can let our moms know what happened. We'll go to Wyatt's apartment. He's got maps and scrying crystals there. And Plus we need all of us to save her," Chris countered.
The group moved to a more remote location and orbed, all appearing in the living room. Wyatt nearly dropped the sandwich he was eating on the floor.
"Next time, would you maybe…I don't know…call before you all drop in?" he asked, setting the plate on the table.
"Well…it turns out I was right. They guy is a demon and it looks like he might have put a curse or a spell on Hannah," Chris filled his brother in.
"You have to be kidding. Do these assholes never give up?" Wyatt grumbled, getting up and pulling out maps and scrying crystals.
"I'm guessing we're scrying in the Underworld?" he asked and they all nodded. They used computer scrying when they were pretty sure the person they were looking for was above the Underworld.
"Anyone have something to scry for her with?" he asked.
"Let me try scrying. Maybe just being her…better half with work," Chelsea offered. Wyatt handed her the crystal. She bent over the map and the crystal began to swing in wide circles. For the longest time it just kept circling over the entire map until finally it dropped.
"Got her," Chelsea exclaimed.
"So how are we going to do this? We don't know what kind of demon this guy is," Henry Jr. remarked.
"Book of Shadows," Wyatt called out. The book appeared in his hands. He set it down and began flipping through. He had the younger cousins look but none of them found a demon they recognized as the demon who abducted Hannah.
"Well we have powers. Maybe we don't need a vanquishing potion," Chris suggested.
Down in the Underworld, Devon was leading Hannah towards Meris who was seated on her throne.
"My Queen," Devon addressed her, bowing.
"Very good," Meris purred.
"But how do we know she can be trusted?" Meris questioned. Just then Wyatt, Chris, Henry Jr. and Chelsea appeared.
"Hannah," Chelsea shouted, getting her sister's attention. Hannah raised her hand and her sister disappeared in black orbs.
"Shit," Chris muttered. He telekinetically sent Hannah flying into a wall, knocking her unconscious.
"Don't kill you ass," Chelsea shouted.
"She'll be fine," he replied, rounding on Devon.
"As for you….your ass is about to get fried," Chris hissed.
"No…let me do the honors," Henry said, pushing his cousin aside.
"See…I don't take kindly to people I don't know messing with my sisters. You just don't do that," he explained, orbing Devon into a wall repeatedly.
Without Henry really noticing, Chris began to close his hand into a fist, cutting of Devon's oxygen supply until he disappeared in angry flames. Henry rushed over to Hannah and shook her slightly. She came to and looked up at her brother. Without so much as a wrist flick she sent him flying across the cave.
"Well vanquishing his ass didn't solve the problem," Wyatt muttered, helping Henry up.
"It has to be the necklace," Chris muttered.
"Necklace," Chelsea shouted. The object flew off of her sister's neck and into her hand.
"No! Give it back!" Hannah shouted, lunging for the piece of jewelry.
"Hell no," Chelsea snapped, dropping it to the ground and stepping on it until it broke. Hannah stopped mid-stride, her eyes flashing completely white once more and returning to their normal color.
"What…what happened?" she asked, taking in her surroundings.
"Oh thank God!" Chelsea and Henry Jr. exclaimed, grabbing their sister tightly.
"No!" Meris howled before shimmering out. She was not about risk the wrath of the Halliwells without minions to throw in front of them first.
"Let's get out here," Wyatt said, ushering everyone together and orbing them to the Manor. Penny was just walking up the front steps.
"Everything ok?" she asked, kissing Wyatt.
"Yeah," he murmured, wrapping his arm around her waist.
Shortly the entire family was seated around the table sharing in one of Piper's family dinners.
"So how was everyone's day?" Pipe asked as she passed the mashed potatoes to her Phoebe on her left.
"Oh not bad…vanquished Hannah's demonic boyfriend," Chris said casually.
"Excuse me?" the Charmed Ones queried in unison.
"Don't worry. Everything's ok now. Thanks for saving me, guys," Hannah piped up.
"Would you please tell us when these things happen? We can help you," Piper chided.
"Mom…no offense but you had your time. It's our time now. If we really get stuck we'll go to you. But we need to fend for ourselves," Wyatt retorted.
"It's just that we didn't have any help when we first started and we want you guys to have the upper hand," Paige interjected.
"We've been raised around magic our whole lives, Mom. We're ready," Henry Jr. responded.
