The Chris Saga: Episode 1 of 3
DISCLAIMER: Charmed and The Magnificent 7 weren't created by and aren't owned by me, and I only use them in fanfiction for fun without any money-making involved.
WARNINGS: None needed.
MAIN CHARACTERS: Chris, Canon female (no spoiler)
AU Type: The Charmed Seven. The ninth story written in the AU that puts the Seven in the modern-day Charmed world (instead of the Halliwells) where magic exists, but is kept secret from most humans. The first story written was "The Seventh Brother" which takes place after the end of this current series.
Closed AU until the whole of this series has been posted.
Author's Note: Partly inspired by a few episodes in series 4 of the Charmed TV show; also inspired by a plot in "The Magnificent Seven".
Series Note: The first story of three especially about Chris, predating "The Seventh Brother". Takes place a short while before Part 6: "The Fifth and Sixth Sons".
Acknowledgments: Thanks to Jessie Jane for her input which has helped me improve this story.
Spoilers: None.
Teaser
It was the first day of a new high school year for Chris Larabee. Chris was dropped off at school by his father, then Terrence continued the drive to the garage where he worked as a mechanic. Chris sat on the school bench in the school-yard and took out a book - it was too early for any of his school friends to be there yet.
"May I sit beside you?" asked a honey-sweet, feminine voice, from in front of the blond.
Chris looked up and found himself staring into the green eyes of a raven-haired beauty he'd never seen before. "If you really want to," he answered her - no girls were interested in him, so he just thought she wanted somewhere to sit.
"I would really like to. What's your name?" she asked, surprising Chris with the interest she was showing in him.
"Chris Larabee. What's yours?"
"My name's Ella, Ella Gaines. I'm new here today, but luckily my neighbor Sarah already attends here so she's going to show me around." Ella smiled sweetly at Chris.
"It's nice to meet you, Ella," said Chris with a smile. "Who's your home-room teacher?"
"Mr. Fowler; do you know him?"
Chris felt sympathy for the new girl - Mr. Fowler was the strictest teacher in the whole school and wasn't someone he liked encountering.
"Is he really THAT bad?" asked Ella, guessing from Chris's non-answer that he didn't like the teacher.
"Yeah, but his bark's worse than his bite, you'll be fine...providing you don't give him a reason to dislike you."
A slim girl with short dark-brown hair approached the bench. "Ella, who's your new friend?"
"This is Chris Larabee, Sarah" answered the girl. "He's just been telling me that I've got a home-room teacher he doesn't like."
The bell rang then, so the group split up. It turned out that Sarah was in the same class as Chris, but as Chris never paid attention to girls, he didn't know her.
As they lined up to go in, Sarah whispered to Chris, "I think she likes you."
"Girls don't ever like me," denied Chris, who actually quite liked Ella.
To be continued…