Author's Note: Dialogue in bold are telepathic conversations. Bianca may make an appearance ;)


Chapter 6 Dinner and a Secret Locket.

Paige and Chris appear in the conservatory emerging from balls of white and blue light. Each holding a pile of clothes. Chris also carrying a small brown backpack.

"You wait here, I'll talk to Piper, " Paige ordered. She then walked out of the conservatory heading towards the kitchen. Walking into the kitchen, Paige sees Piper at the stove preparing dinner.

"Back so soon, " Piper said.

"Yes, it wasn't as bad as I thought it would be," Paige says.

"How so?" Piper asks.

"The place they have been staying at is well suited to handle bad weather. They had some food stored, sleeping bags, some clothes." Paige answers.

"What about other essentials? Toothbrushes, toiletries." Piper asked.

"Other essentials, are in some bag. Chris brought over with him. I told Chris that he could stay at the manor." Paige says, her tone radiating nervousness.

"You told him WHAT!" Piper barked.

"Piper just please calm down and think about this," Paige tells her older sister.

"What is there to think about?" Piper snaps.

"Allen trusts Chris, while Allen can't leave the old nursery without your say. He will be a lot more at ease and less resilient with Chris is around. I'm not asking for you to welcome Chris with open arms. Just be polite and civil he is someone's son after all." Paige replies calmly.

"Fine but under no circumstances is Allen left alone with Chris, " Piper said her tone unyielding.


Chris wouldn't admit it, but he missed his baby brother. He knows, he hasn't been out long with Paige, but they always spent time together. Most hours of the day, they spent together. Chris senses that Phoebe is upstairs with Allen hopes the empath takes pity on him and allows him to talk to his baby brother. Chris heads for Wyatt's old nursery and sees Phoebe giggling for some reason.

"If I could freeze you, I would often," Allen commented in a huff.

"You're probably bored maybe, we have some Disney films on videos, I can put on for you, " Phoebe teased.

"Someone please plunge an athame in my heart right now," Allen whined.

"Can I talk to Allen for five minutes?" Chris requested making his presence known.

"I'm not so sure Piper will approve, " Phoebe says.

"Please five minutes, you can even wait outside I can't take him out of the nursery." Chris almost begged. The look the Charmed One gets compels her to give in.

"Fine but no more than five minutes," Phoebe spoke before leaving the room as Chris enters. He closes the door behind her and approaches the old nursery.

"How are you coping?" Chris asked.

"Not good, I'm surprised she hasn't wanted to feed me a bottle," Allen answered. Rubbing his neck with his left arm.

"Neck playing up again?" Chris assumes.

"And I'm tired," Allen spoke. Chris signed, he then picked up the throw from Piper's bed and one of her pillows and crosses over into Allen's nursery. "What are you doing?"

"Fulfilling my responsibility, " Chris answered. Chris then sits down and makes a gesture for Allen to lay down with his head on Chris' lap, while Chris uses the pillow to give him a little comfort since his back is resting on one of the nursery walls. Finally, Chris covers Allen with the throw.

"You're still the best pillow, I've ever had." Allen yawned.

"Just sleep, dinner will be ready in a few hours," Chris tells his baby brother.

"I don't know how long, I can keep our secret," Allen confessed whispering.

"We keep our secret no matter the cost, Allen, you know that," Chris whispered back.

"I don't like the way, they treat you, Chris, I wish I could get them to be nice to you, " Allen confesses, his eyes growing heavy.

"It's okay, Allie, I'm a big boy, I can handle it. Just close your eyes and get some sleep." Chris says, Allen nods and let's sleep claim him. Chris then orbs out of the nursery just before Phoebe enters as he orbs out, he uses telekinesis to place the pillow he used under Allen's head.


Phoebe and Paige decided to take turns watching a sleeping Allen. While Piper is preparing dinner. Paige sits on Piper's bed, realising it must be hard for Allen to sleep on the floor she mutters a spell conjuring a single inflatable mattress under Allen bringing a little more comfort to the boy. As for Phoebe, she went over to Piper in the kitchen, Piper spots her younger sister and decided to ask a question that pops into her head.

"Pheebs, " Piper said.

"Yes, " Phoebe replied.

"What triggered your premonition about Allen?" Piper asks.

"I was hoping to talk to Allen about that before I told you, " Phoebe says.

"Phoebe, my unborn baby almost died facing a presumably undefeatable demon. Whatever triggered your premonition I have the right to know." Piper responded. Phoebe sighed.

"Here, I already tried to open it, it's like its welded shut," Phoebe said passing the locket to Piper.

"What would he need a locket for?" Piper said.

"Maybe, he has a sweetheart waiting for him back in the future," Phoebe suggested.

"He's way too young for a sweetheart," Piper replies.

"He's a sixteen-year-old, Piper from the future it's perfectly normal for boys his age to have a crush or be in a relationship," Phoebe pointed out.

"Still too young," Piper says.

"He definitely didn't go to you for advice about girls, maybe it was me or Paige. No, definitely me, I have better taste than Paige." Phoebe spoke.

"If that's the case-friendly warning put him off, I don't want him marrying a Source of All Evil," Piper responds.

"Friendly advice for the future Piper, you can't vanquish Allen's dates. Just because he's your son doesn't make him special among others." Phoebe says.

"None of them will be good enough, in their future marrying a Halliwell is probably like marrying into the English royal family just for status," Piper replied.

"Piper for all we know the girl the locket belongs to is mortal," Phoebe pointed out.


Piper shouted from downstairs up to Paige, telling her younger sister that dinner is ready and that Allen is allowed out of the nursery. Paige walks into the nursery and sees Allen is still sleeping. Paige kneels down and starts to shake Allen a little, to make him stir and eventually, awaken.

"Hey, Allen it's dinner time," Paige said softly.

"I'm not hungry," Allen lied, but his belly rumbling giving him away.

"Your mouth says no, but your belly says yes," Paige says.

"Where's Chris?" Allen asks.

"He's staying at the manor, I had to get him to agree to some conditions that Piper has laid out," Paige answered.

"Conditions!" Allen said, god his mother's control-freak nature knows no bounds.

"Yes, pretty basic he's not allowed around you unless one of us is present. She wants to know all the demons, you vanquished by yourself etc." Paige explains.

"I should be the one to decide who can be near me and who can't," Allen says.

"Not until you're twenty-one, and I wouldn't go against your mother experience tells me that for sure," Paige advised.

"Is he coming to dinner?" Allen asked.

"Yes," Paige answered.


Seeing Chris right now, sounded amazing but ending the spell on his nursery sounded just as amazing. No again Wyatt's nursery, saying his nursery out loud was humiliating, he wanted his life to end there. Allen knew, however, that if he wanted to end that godforsaken spell, he would likely need the Book of Shadows and he would have to play whatever role Piper gave him to get the sisters to drop their guard.

"Can I least get changed into something other than these?" Allen requests.

"I suppose but be quick your mother isn't known for patience," Paige said, the Charmed One then turned to Piper's bed and picks up the pile of clothes, Piper had conjured and passed them to Allen. "I'll be outside." Paige then walked out of the bedroom. Allen stares at the clothes in horror there worse than the pyjamas, he's wearing screw wearing those clothes. He will have to get Chris to fetch him his other clothes from their base. Allen tosses the clothes to one-side and leaves the nursery since Piper has given him, her blessing. Allen then leaves Piper's room and sees Paige standing in the hallway.

"What's for dinner?" Allen asked.

"I'm not sure, I thought you were getting changed," Paige answered.

"I was but when I saw the clothes, Piper conjured I figure the pyjamas I'm wearing are the best option," Allen explained with a frown. The two make it downstairs and walk over to the dining table.

On the dining table, Allen could only describe a feast lied there. But to his dislike, his archnemesis was also there. Who is this archnemesis? It is actually what something that has survived throughout the ages. This archnemesis is cauliflower something Allen has always despised. Allen notices that Phoebe is sat down next to Wyatt who is sat in his highchair. Chris is sat next to baby Wyatt on the left. Chris looks in Paige and Allen's direction.

"Laugh and you die," Allen threatened.

"Empty threats, Allen won't do you any good," Chris replied.

"I'll tell mom about your identity!" Allen says.

"You can't otherwise, we'll lose our one chance at saving Wyatt," Chris replies.

"I'm desperate!" Allen tells Chris.

Piper finished placing all the food on the table and sees Paige and Allen standing there. Quickly coming back to his senses Allen makes his way over to the table and sits down opposite to Chris. Piper takes the seat at the head of the table. While Paige sits opposite Wyatt.

"What is everyone waiting for tuck-in," Piper says. Allen wasn't really hungry as people would assume; he was used to eating rations back in the future. So was Chris, but he didn't want to face any more of Piper's wrath or babying. Allen decides to put a small portion of everything on his plate except for the cauliflower.

"Piper, there enough food on this table to feed three villages in an underdeveloped country for a month," Phoebe commented.

"I like to cook, and someone has been neglecting his needs," Piper replies.

"Shame on Wyatt for not stealing more cookies," Allen said.

"So, Allen any cousins in the future?" Phoebe asks.

"You'll have to wait and see, Phoebe," Allen answered.

"Party pooper," Phoebe says.

"What's the game plan for vanquishing our demon?" Chris questions.

"I would for one like to know, how the plan is going to. I'm all for obsessed demons, but Czuchry is one whose obsession isn't my normal cup of tea," Allen says.

"He takes after Phoebe than in the romance department," Paige joked.

"I resent that," Allen responded.

"Alright enough demon talk let's just eat," Piper spoke up.


When dinner was over neither of Piper's sisters nor the boys expected to have desert.

"Since you're all so eager to talk, does this look familiar?" Piper asked, pulling out the locket Phoebe found and holding it out to everyone.

"Where did you find it?" Allen asked.

"Phoebe did luckily, she did otherwise, you might not be sitting there," Piper answered.

"It belonged to my grandma from my Dad's side," Allen said.

"It is pretty," Paige complimented.

"May I have it back now?" Allen requests.

"Is there a reason why we can't open the locket?" Piper asks.

"My grandma sealed it with blood magic for some personal reason. I never tried opening it." Allen answered he forgot how nosey the sisters could be.

"What's her name?" Piper asked.

"She is relentless," Allen complained.

"Just give Piper, your grandma's first name," Chris said.

"If I give in, she will want more answers," Allen replies.

"We'll have to give in for this instance when they let their guard down. We can fix everything." Chris says.

"Joyce, but again I can't tell you her last name, it's too risky," Allen answered Piper, "You happy now!"

"Very," Piper spoke.

End of chapter 6.