CHAPTER TWO

Leo, Phoebe and Wyatt were all sitting at the kitchen table having breakfast as Chris very slowly entered the room. Piper was at the kitchen bench preparing some pancakes when she looked up to see a very sorry for himself Chris move slowly toward the table.

"Hello, sleepyhead!" Piper said a little too cheerfully.

Chris stopped moving and grabbed his head. "Does everyone have to be so loud!" he cursed.

"Aren't you feeling well this morning, Chris?" Leo asked him, already knowing the answer.

Chris started to move again, slowly sitting down on a vacant chair at the table. "My head is hurting so much, and my mouth feels…" He paused searching for the right word.

"Furry?" Phoebe suggested.

"Yes, that's right! How is that even possible?" He asked as he closed his eyes and rested his head carefully on his hands. "Yesterday I only had four teeth, now I've got a mouth full of them, and my whole mouth feels furry. And I've got hair growing everywhere.." Chris added, his voice trailing off.

"You have a hangover Chris, and I would heal you if I could buddy, but I'm sorry I can't because I'm mortal now." Leo said to him, ignoring the hair comment.

"I don't care what it's called, I just want it to go away. It took ages for the room to stop spinning last night, and now this. How do you grown-ups live like this?" Chris said peering out of only one eye, but managing to keep his head perfectly still.

"Oh, I remember my first hangover," Phoebe said, showing little sympathy. "I swore I would never drink again!"

"I only had orange juice!" Chris said as he opened his eyes and moved his head to look at Phoebe, regretting the movement as soon as he did it. Then he had a thought, "Wyatt can heal me. Mum, please make Wyatt heal me, please." Chris begged her as he gently positioned his head back on his hands.

"I don't even know if he can." Piper answered him before Wyatt had a chance to say anything. She moved over to feel Chris's forehead. "This is a good lesson for you, Chris. Remember this feeling the next time you think about drinking alcohol."

"Mum, I only had juice! How many times do I have to tell you that! And besides it will be at least fifteen years before I get the chance to try it again, unless you're planning to give it to me in my bottle."

"He's got a point Piper, we've got to remember he's really only eight months old." Phoebe said to her.

"Well, then, this is a good lesson for Chris to learn not to take drinks from strangers." Piper said, quickly amending her lesson for the day.

"The juice you drank had alcohol called Vodka mixed with it, and that's why you're feeling like this." Leo told him, switching into Daddy mode.

"You know, I have a bottle from strangers at Magic School all the time, and no one has ever put Vodka in it, but okay, fine, I promise I'll never drink anything ever again, just make it stop." Chris pleaded.

"Ahh, Magic School, we've got to talk about Magic School." Piper said, suddenly remembering what had happened the night before.

"It okay, Mum, I understand now. It must be my adult brain kicking in, but I see that this is our home, not Magic School." Chris explained, managing to look at his Mother.

"You thought Magic School was our home?" Wyatt asked him, surprised.

"Well, we do spend a lot of time there." Chris justified.

"It's for your own safety, Chris. Your Mother and I are always busy fighting Demons, and we know that you're safe at Magic School." Leo explained.

"Plus you get to play with other magical children," Phoebe added, trying to contribute to the conversation.

"I don't play much, lying on my back all day!" Chris said to Phoebe, "but as I said before, I understand now."

"Poor Chris," Piper said sympathetically while stroking his hair. "This has been a big change for you, but don't worry, Paige is at Magic School working on a reversal spell right now."

"Poor Chris," Wyatt mocked.

"Wyatt, don't be like that. You should be looking out for your brother more, making sure he's okay." Piper chastised him.

Chris looked over at Wyatt, enjoying the sudden sympathy from his Mother, and then he had a thought, "Why is Wyatt feeling all right, he was drinking beer?" Chris asked.

Nobody had really thought about it until Chris mentioned it, and they all turned to look at Wyatt for an answer.

"Because I healed myself when I woke up this morning." Wyatt said simply.

"You healed yourself, and you've just let your brother suffer like this!" Piper asked him, suddenly getting an angry tone in her voice.

"Look, just forget it Wyatt!" Chris said, annoyed, as he rose from the table. "I'm sick of you always picking on me. You orb me all around the place, you take my toys and blankets away from me, your powers are so much stronger than mine, it's just not fair!" Chris felt like throwing a full on tantrum, but honestly didn't have the energy, so he just walked into the Living Room toward the couch to get away, from not only his family, but also the nauseating smell of food.

"Chris, it's okay honey, Wyatt will heal you, come here." Piper said, now feeling very guilty, as she, Leo, Phoebe and Wyatt all got up to follow Chris.

"Why don't I have any powers yet? You don't see what he does to me when you're not looking!" Chris whined as he continued toward the couch.

"Come on Chris, I was only playing with you, come here and I'll heal you." Wyatt told him, trying to make amends.

"Just leave me alone!" Chris shouted as he turned and swung his arm around in his family's direction, and then turned back, grabbing his throbbing head in the process. "Ohh, that hurt!" he cursed to himself as he carefully sat down on the couch. He hadn't noticed that all his family had gone flying backwards when he motioned his arm at them. One by one they all picked themselves up off the floor, while Chris still sat on the couch with his eyes closed, unaware of what he had just done.

After Piper, Leo, Phoebe and Wyatt had all managed to get back on their feet, Piper quietly and cautiously called, "Chris?"

Chris looked up, putting his hand up again, but couldn't quite believe it when he saw his entire family drop to the floor before he could say anything.

"What are you doing?" He asked, taken back.

Piper looked up first, "Didn't you see what you just did to us?"

"No…" Chris answered, bewildered.

"You just threw us all across the room, Chris. You must have your telekinetic powers." Leo told him.

"I did! I do!" Chris shouted excitedly, temporarily forgetting about his hangover. He lifted up his hand to look at it, and watched his family jump behind him as he did so. Seeing them afraid of him made him laugh.

"Just put your hands down for a minute, please," Piper asked him, "And Wyatt will come over and heal you."

"You'd better watch out Wyatt, or I'll throw you across the room," Chris said, deliberately taunting him.

"And I'll orb you into the middle of the ocean!" Wyatt shot back.

"And I'll throw you out the window," Chris returned.

"Chris! Wyatt! Stop it now!" Piper yelled at them. The boys immediately obeyed their shrieking Mother. "Wyatt, please heal your brother, and Phoebe can you phone Paige and find out what's keeping her. These boys need to get back to their smaller and more quiet size, now!"

"But…" Chris started to protest to his Mother. Piper turned and lifted her index finger and gave him a look that made him immediately stop what he was about to say.

In the meantime Wyatt had moved next to Chris and lifted his hands up to his head. On cue, they started to glow, and Chris let out a huge sigh of relief as his throbbing headache started to subside and then eventually disappeared.

"Can you teach me to do that?" Chris asked his older brother.

"I'm not sure. Dad taught me, but he's mortal now, so I don't know if you'll ever learn how to heal." Wyatt replied.

"That'd be right." Chris grumbled under his breath, hoping his Mother hadn't heard him.

"Just got on to Paige," Phoebe said as she walked back into the room, "She's still at Magic School trying to work out a reversal spell, she said she shouldn't be too much longer."

"How about we finish breakfast?" Leo said, "I'm sure Chris is…."

Before he could finish his sentence, Leo was hit from behind by an energy ball, and fell to the ground unconscious.

"Leo!" Piper screamed, and straight away motioned to blow up the demon that had attacked Leo, she could now see standing behind him. The demon was pushed back, but not vanquished, and then he shimmered out. Piper turned to see Phoebe grabbed from behind by another demon, but before she could do anything they both shimmered out. While her attention was focused on Phoebe she hadn't noticed a demon materialise behind her.

"Mum!" Both Wyatt and Chris called out.

Piper turned to attack, but before she had a chance to fight, Wyatt blinked and the demon disappeared in a fiery vanquish. Unfortunately her relief turned to despair as three more demons appeared. Chris used his newly found telekinetic powers and motioned towards the demons, sending them all back into the wall behind, vanquishing them. He took a moment to enjoy his first vanquish, and admire his new power, shouting, "Cool!" before running over to his Mother to check she was all right. They both looked over to Wyatt and saw the demon that attacked Leo appear again behind him.

"Wyatt!" Piper called to warn him about the demon, at the same time raising her hands to attack.

Wyatt turned, and saw an energy ball coming in his direction. As fast as his reflexes would take him, he dodged, but he only managed to divert the energy ball from his chest into his shoulder. Overcome by the force of the attack, Wyatt was pushed backward. He managed to see his Mother vanquish his attacker before hitting the floor heavily. He lay there stunned looking up at Chris and Piper, who had been so distracted by Wyatt's dilemma that they hadn't noticed a demon shimmer in behind them. Wyatt recognised this demon as the same one who had attacked the night before in the attic. Before Wyatt could gather his wits about him, the demon threw something at the floor near his Mum and Brother. He watched helplessly as smoke started to rise around them, and before they had a chance to realise what was happening, they both collapsed to the floor, unconscious. The demon then put his hands on both of them and they all shimmered out.

Wyatt, using all his remaining strength, moved over to his badly injured Father who was still lying in the exact position he had landed in. He knew they couldn't stay in the Manor, as it was too dangerous, and he desperately needed help, so he closed his eyes, trying to concentrate through the burning pain in his shoulder and head, and orbed them both to Magic School.