Acceptance!

Summary- Everyone always knew that Ryan was different, but little did they know just how different he really was. He was a witch, given up for adoption by his mother. He's always had demons on his back, but when they start attacking his new friends, and a certain someone discovers his big secret will all hell break loose? Or will people be more accepting than he thought? Slight charmed cross over, set during the summer of high school musical 2

Disclaimer- I have a black cat meowing none stop at me and are currently doing A levels, High school musical is millions of pounds, do I really have to say that I don't own it?

Trailer- I actually made one on you tube… the link is on my profile if your interested.

Chapter 12- Bathroom breaks

The rest of the evening just seemed to drag on after Ryan snapped out of his memories, as he was unable to in take a single thing that was being said, ignoring everyone at the table who in turn, forgot he was even there.

Leo however didn't once take his eyes off the witch, to the point that Ryan seriously considered lunging across the table and hitting him straight in the face. Unfortunately, a little voice inside his head, which was telling him not to show his father up and get himself grounded in the process, stopped him from doing anything but grinning and bearing the attention.

"Oh my god I just love those club idea's that you have piper!" Sharpay squeaked as she peered over her father's shoulder, studying the piece of paper the brunet had just given him. "It looks fabulous! Especially all the different shades, it's what makes a club, a club in my opinion, right Daddy?"

"Of course princess, you're certainly got an eye for these sorts of things!" Vance replied with a smile as he continued to read the Halliwell's business plan. "So, you guys are hoping to open this club here in Albuquerque? " He continued looking over to his guests, who nodded in confirmation.

"Yes well, since my club in sanfansico and restaurant are doing so well, my husband and I decided we would really like a new project. My son has been getting into a lot of trouble at school recently, so we figured a fresh start would be best all around. With a permanent manager taking on most of the roles at P3 and Nexus, we could still have the steady income from those to pay for renovations for the new place. Besides my daughter moved here a few months ago and we've all been really missing her." Piper replied, ignoring her husband as he went back to staring at the blonde teenager. Unlike the others at the table she had noticed Leo's sudden interest in the boy, and found it just as weird as Ryan himself, but decided to talk to him about it later and concentrate on the reason they were currently attending lava springs.

"Well, if you do move here, let me recommend east high for your son! It's one of the best schools around. Like basketball, they have an excellent team, who always come up on top! Troy Bolton, the captain, is one of the nicest guys you have ever met; he gives everyone a fair shot…" Sharpay interrupted, not missing the opportunity to start talking about her crush. Ryan instantly rolled his eyes, before excusing himself and heading towards the bathroom, determined he was not going to hear his sister going on about Troy Bolton again that night.

Once safely inside the empty toilets, Ryan let out a soft groan and banged his head against the wall still convinced that Leo and Piper were demons. Why was it that everywhere he went a demon showed up and ruined everything.

As strange as it sounded he missed the good old days where a demonic creature pope dup not even once a week. Now it was like one every two hours if he was lucky and it was driving the poor boy to the brink of insanity.

The stress of constantly fighting, using magic and hiding his injuries was just becoming too much, it was a never ending cycle, these days it just seemed like all he did was vanquish demons and get hurt, and he didn't even have a clue why.

That was possibly the worst part of the whole situation; he didn't have a clue why those demons were continuously trying to kill him and none of them would tell him, why he was such a threat to them. He didn't even have anybody to talk to, sure Kelsi knew know, but he couldn't burden her with all his emotions, it just wasn't fair.

Putting all his frustrations into his fists he spun around and punched the mirror letting his rage take control. Sometimes he wished he wasn't quick enough to get out of the way of the way of a fire ball, sometimes for a second he wished the demons would succeed in their missions, and unfortunately one of those moments.

Demons had never come after his family before, ever, and he hated himself for the fact he was responsible for them being in danger and what was worst was he couldn't even warn them.

Squeezing his eyes shut, he tried to shake the destructive thoughts out of his mind, Sharpay in particular deserved better than having to deal with his death. No one could even get near her for two months after their grandmother died; she was inconsolable, ended up nearly being sectioned all over again, so he knew for her sake more than anyone else's, he couldn't let himself get killed.

As the feeling of guilt on what he had done to his sister once again arose, Ryan turned the cold tape on and splashed water on his face, trying to make the memories disappear. He tried everything to reverse his magical mishap, to transfer the bi-polar from Sharpay, he tried spell after spell but none of them worked!

The guilt ate away at him, he knew that, it was the reason he always hung around her, did everything she wanted, he had to make up for what he had done somehow and that was the only way he could think off.

Briefly glancing at his bleeding hand, Ryan looked up at his reflection and sighed closing his eyes. When he opened them again, he forced himself to look back into the mirror, but as he did, he noticed he was no longer a loan.

Spinning around in fright, Ryan glared at the new comer, who ignored the look and began walking towards him.

"Are you okay kid?" he asked, concern written all over his face and in his voice.

"My name is Ryan!" He snapped, sounding a lot harsher than he originally meant to, as he studied the man in front of him.

"Ryan then!" he replied again not fazed by the look he was receiving, almost like he was used to it.

"I'm fine!"

"Are you sure? Your hand looks pretty bad!"

"What's it to you? Are you a doctor or something?" Ryan practically growled as he took a step away from the man who was so much taller than him, trying to work out if he was evil or not.

"I was!"

Silence instantly fell upon them and after a minute or two, the man turned to leave. As he went to open the door, Ryan couldn't contain his curiosity and he reached out and grabbed the man's shoulder, spinning him back around.

"Why did you call me Wyatt?" he whispered almost afraid of the answer.

"I didn't think you heard that!" Leo replied looking into the teenager's eyes and walking back over to the other side of the bathroom.

"Well I did!" He replied, in a way which showed he didn't trust his own voice. Somehow noticing how uncomfortable and afraid the boy was, Leo leant against the wall and gave him a soft smile.

"Wyatt was my son; you looked a lot like him, that's all!"

"Was?" Ryan repeated in confusion, before he had the chance to stop himself, it was obvious what 'was' meant.

"He died fourteen years ago; he was only two at the time!" Leo replied in a low tone, as he wiped a tear out from the corner of his eye.

"Oh, sorry!" Ryan said slowly, coursing himself for asking a stupid question like that as he saw the tears threatening to fall from the man's eyes, now almost certain that he wasn't a demon, they weren't capable of real emotions after all.

"Don't worry about it! It was a long time ago!"

"Umm, can I ask how it…" He started but trailed off, unsure of how to word his question, or whether it was any of his business, he just desperately wanted to know all about this Wyatt, in a bid to understand what demon's wanted from him.

"How it happened?" Leo finished, realising Ryan wasn't going to. The witch nodded, his eyes remaining on the ground as he tried to work out the relevance of Leo's son. "He and my wife were attacked by a bunch of demons, he never survived."

"Demons?" Ryan repeated in surprise, trying to keep his voice normal and in no way suspicious as he raised his eyebrows and shot a look in Leo's direction.

"Methodically speaking, of course!" Leo quickly added, realising just what he had just said, to the boy who probably knew nothing of magic.

Ryan just looked at the man, completely apprehensive about the whole situation, but before he had the chance to say anything else, he jolted back, as a strong vibration struck his leg.

Reaching into his jeans pocket, he pulled out his mobile and glanced at the caller ID. As he did however his whole body froze in shock as he read the name which was flying across the screen.

Gabriella!

Slowly pressing the answer button, Ryan reluctantly brought the phone to his ear and said hello, unable to keep his confusion out of his voice, something even the other man noticed.

"Ryan!" he heard a familiar voice call out though the ear piece, confirming the fact it was the einsteinet on the other line. "I just wanted to tell… tell you something….you have to believe that im I'm sooo…." She continued but stopped talking as her voice changed into a high pitched half laugh half sob.

"So, what? Are you okay?" Ryan eventually asked after Gabriella calmed down, unable to tell if she was crying or not. His confusion had rapidly turned into concern however as he realised all her words were completely slurred and that there was club music in the background.

"You know what! I forgot what I was going to say!" she added after a long pause with nothing but laughter coming from her mouth.

"Gabriella, are you drunk?" The witch asked hesitantly as the girl burst into laughter once again.

"NOO! Mama would never allow her baby to get drunk Ry Ry!"

"Did you just call me Ry Ry?" he repeated, raising an eyebrow in amusement, if he didn't think she was drunk before, he defiantly did now.

"Yep it defiantly suites you! Just like poo bear suites my Troy!"

"Poo bear?" Ryan once again repeated, then after a moment of thought, shook his head and added. "You know what I don't even want to know!"

"Well, you see, he's just got the cutest…"

"Gabriella! Stop it! I don't want to know!" he quickly interrupted, shuddering at the thoughts of the words which could come out of the drunken love struck girl's mouth next.

"Aww you're no fun!"

"And you are completely drunk!" he replied with a grin on his face, one which completely disappeared as he noticed the look a certain elder was giving him. "Why are you drunk?"

"I'm just trying to forget!" She responded, the happiness leaving her voice completely.

"Forget what?"

"The monsters!"

Ryan's heart almost broke in half as he heard those words, she sounded like a lost child desperately searching for her mother and what was worse was he was the one that had caused her terror, he was the one who cause her nightmares and he was the one responsible for her turning to alcohol in an attempt to block everything out. All this time, when he had been feeling sorry for himself, he never even thought about how the knowledge was affecting Gabriella.

"Gabs where are you?"

"Why? You want to blow me up too?"

"No, of course not! I would never hurt you! You are one of my best friends!" Ryan replied as he briefly squeezed his eyes shut, determined that he was going to help her no matter what.

"Really?" she replied, a hint of hope in her voice that maybe, just maybe he wouldn't completely hate her.

"Really! Besides Troy would kick my butt if I did!" He continued, as he remembered the conversation he had with the jocks just hours ago.

Hearing the girl start to giggle again, Ryan smiled at the thought that at least he could make her laugh when she was drunk.

"Gab, where are you?" He asked once again, in the hope that the dark haired girl would actually tell him.

"I…. I'm not sure…. I came with my cousin, but she left…" suddenly Gabriella's whole attitude changed for the third time during their conversation and her breathing turned ragged as the fear set in, she hadn't got a clue where she was. "Oh my god! I don't know! Ryan I want to go home! I want to go home now... oh god where am I???" She responded in a panic stricken tone as tears began to fall from her eyes, almost expecting the witch to tell her, where she was.

"Look, Gabriella, I'll come find you okay? Just stay where you are!"Ryan mumbled as he began to sense for the einsteinet. It was moments like this that he really appreciated having his powers, moments when he could actually use them to help other people, rather than to fight demons.

"You'll use your magic to find me?" she eventually asked after a short pause before she continued to sob uncontrollably at the thoughts of what she had done.

"Yeah! I'll be right there I promise!"

"Okay… but please…hurry… I don't feel too good!"

Even though apart of him knew she couldn't see him, Ryan nodded before hanging up the phone and placing it back into his pocket. Glancing back over his shoulder t the man who looked rather confused after listening to half the conversation, Ryan decided against asking him to inform his parents of his motives behind him leaving their meal and headed straight for the door.

As soon as he exited the bathroom, he glance dup and down the corridor before closing his eyes and orbing off to the location he sensed his friend. Unfortunately his desire to help her prevented him from noticing the door remaining open behind him… and the presence of a grieving father oh looked like he had just seen a ghost.

(A/n) thanks to everybody who's reading and reviewing