A/N: Sorry for the delay in updating! We had to go to England for a short
while and I didn't have access to a computer.
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Wyatt stormed into the Manor. He couldn't believe it. His parents had lied to him for ten years! Ten long years! How could they not have told him? About his own Dad, he had a right to know! He slammed the door and stamped up the stairs into his room. He threw himself on his bed. He felt as though his insides were boiling over. How could they? And Uncle Dan, his dad, how could he just have left him to Leo? He took his Teddy, the one Dad, no, LEO, had given him for his third birthday and threw it into the wall. He would never speak to his parents again.
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"MELINDA AND PENELOPE! WHAT DID YOU DO TO DAN'S HAIR?" Piper stormed into their rooms. When she had caught them with the BOS, she had assumed they cast a love spell, or a popularity spell. But now she knew better. As soon as she had seen Dan at the door, she knew exactly what their spell had done.
"Did it work?" asked Nellie excitedly.
"What happened?" inquired Mellie impatiently.
"WHAT SPELL DID YOU TWO CAST?"
"Um, Nellie made it up.
'Where we go we see Dan's ugly hair
Take away this cause of despair'," recited Melinda. "So, what happened? What does he look like?"
"You TOOK AWAY his HAIR? I can't believe you two. I really thought we had taught you better!"
Mellie and Nellie looked at each other. They didn't think Piper would be so receptive to their 'security measures' idea. They were sure they would be asked to reverse the spell. Sure enough;
"I DEMAND that you reverse the spell!" Piper yelled. "Poor Dan, he couldn't for the world understand what had happened to his hair!"
"Ugh," they both thought hard, until Nellie came up with yet another spell.
'Being bald was not Dan's fate
Return his hair to it's normal state'.
Happy now? I even made it go back to the ugly state it was like before!"
Piper left them.
"Well, at least we know that he was bald a few hours. I wish I could have seen him, though." Nellie had the distinct feeling that Mellie wasn't sorry at all about what she had done.
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Dan was glad to see that Wyatt had been so receptive to his story. It was so much easier to break up the parents if the children didn't trust them. He had known a great many families to fall apart when children stopped trusting their parents. When the children were on his side, that was when he made his move towards Piper. He could hardly wait.
He hadn't realized how many mirrors there were in his house! He tried to avoid looking at himself, now that all his hair was gone, but it was practically impossible. He stole a glance at himself. His jaw fell. His hair was back to its normal state! He hadn't just imagined being bald, had he? No, Wyatt and Piper had seen it too. He hadn't imagined it. But how? He wondered as the doorbell rang. He went and opened it. It was Emily. He smiled. Fate was playing right into his hands. Now what story was he going to feed her with?
"Emily, you know you had an Aunt Prue once, right?" he asked.
"Yeah. She died before I was born," Emily replied. She didn't understand what that had to do with Uncle Dan.
"Do you know how your Aunt Prue died?" he asked again.
"No, Mommy and Daddy promised me they'd tell me when I'm older."
"I am going to tell you right now. Your Daddy killed your Aunt Prue."
"No!" Emily panicked. Her Daddy was a Whitelighter, he didn't kill, he healed! "That's not true! Daddy loves all his charges; he wouldn't kill any of them, not Mom, mot aunt Prue, not Aunt Phoebe, not Aunt Paige! He wouldn't!" she rambled helplessly. She couldn't help but doubt. Uncle Dan was so kind and nice and he never lied, not yet. Besides, what had he to gain by lying?
'Daddy loves all his charges'. So Leo had a job to do with the sisters. He could use this.
"Yes, but your Daddy loves your Mommy more. Your Daddy failed." His voice was barely more of a whisper when he finished. Emily stared at him, horror- struck. Then she ran out of the room. 'Two down, one to go,' he thought again, and grinned evilly. This was going to be fun.
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Wyatt stormed into the Manor. He couldn't believe it. His parents had lied to him for ten years! Ten long years! How could they not have told him? About his own Dad, he had a right to know! He slammed the door and stamped up the stairs into his room. He threw himself on his bed. He felt as though his insides were boiling over. How could they? And Uncle Dan, his dad, how could he just have left him to Leo? He took his Teddy, the one Dad, no, LEO, had given him for his third birthday and threw it into the wall. He would never speak to his parents again.
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"MELINDA AND PENELOPE! WHAT DID YOU DO TO DAN'S HAIR?" Piper stormed into their rooms. When she had caught them with the BOS, she had assumed they cast a love spell, or a popularity spell. But now she knew better. As soon as she had seen Dan at the door, she knew exactly what their spell had done.
"Did it work?" asked Nellie excitedly.
"What happened?" inquired Mellie impatiently.
"WHAT SPELL DID YOU TWO CAST?"
"Um, Nellie made it up.
'Where we go we see Dan's ugly hair
Take away this cause of despair'," recited Melinda. "So, what happened? What does he look like?"
"You TOOK AWAY his HAIR? I can't believe you two. I really thought we had taught you better!"
Mellie and Nellie looked at each other. They didn't think Piper would be so receptive to their 'security measures' idea. They were sure they would be asked to reverse the spell. Sure enough;
"I DEMAND that you reverse the spell!" Piper yelled. "Poor Dan, he couldn't for the world understand what had happened to his hair!"
"Ugh," they both thought hard, until Nellie came up with yet another spell.
'Being bald was not Dan's fate
Return his hair to it's normal state'.
Happy now? I even made it go back to the ugly state it was like before!"
Piper left them.
"Well, at least we know that he was bald a few hours. I wish I could have seen him, though." Nellie had the distinct feeling that Mellie wasn't sorry at all about what she had done.
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Dan was glad to see that Wyatt had been so receptive to his story. It was so much easier to break up the parents if the children didn't trust them. He had known a great many families to fall apart when children stopped trusting their parents. When the children were on his side, that was when he made his move towards Piper. He could hardly wait.
He hadn't realized how many mirrors there were in his house! He tried to avoid looking at himself, now that all his hair was gone, but it was practically impossible. He stole a glance at himself. His jaw fell. His hair was back to its normal state! He hadn't just imagined being bald, had he? No, Wyatt and Piper had seen it too. He hadn't imagined it. But how? He wondered as the doorbell rang. He went and opened it. It was Emily. He smiled. Fate was playing right into his hands. Now what story was he going to feed her with?
"Emily, you know you had an Aunt Prue once, right?" he asked.
"Yeah. She died before I was born," Emily replied. She didn't understand what that had to do with Uncle Dan.
"Do you know how your Aunt Prue died?" he asked again.
"No, Mommy and Daddy promised me they'd tell me when I'm older."
"I am going to tell you right now. Your Daddy killed your Aunt Prue."
"No!" Emily panicked. Her Daddy was a Whitelighter, he didn't kill, he healed! "That's not true! Daddy loves all his charges; he wouldn't kill any of them, not Mom, mot aunt Prue, not Aunt Phoebe, not Aunt Paige! He wouldn't!" she rambled helplessly. She couldn't help but doubt. Uncle Dan was so kind and nice and he never lied, not yet. Besides, what had he to gain by lying?
'Daddy loves all his charges'. So Leo had a job to do with the sisters. He could use this.
"Yes, but your Daddy loves your Mommy more. Your Daddy failed." His voice was barely more of a whisper when he finished. Emily stared at him, horror- struck. Then she ran out of the room. 'Two down, one to go,' he thought again, and grinned evilly. This was going to be fun.