The Witching Hour

Crossover with Charmed. Cameron is a witch, a powerful one. Cousin to the Charmed Ones, she has shied away from that part of her life. What will happen when her cousins need her help? HouseCam.

Chapter Five: Fighting Fiends

"So, ah, how exactly are we supposed to fight a demon if it doesn't turn up?" Phoebe asked.

Allison suppressed a sigh. "How do you think? There's always the old, "Scry and Summon" method!"

Heading to the library, they began to scry with an athame that Allison had salvaged earlier in the week.

"Okay," Allison began, grabbing the crystal off the bench. "According to my book, the real one will be the first one here."

Paige nodded, grabbing the crystal out of Allison's hand and stretching it in fascination. It instantly split into five smaller parts, connected by a thin line of magic in the shape of a pentagon. The further Paige spread the two parts that she was holding, the larger the pentagon became. She experimented with making it bigger and smaller by pumping it like an accordion. Allison glared at her and snatched it back. "Those aren't cheap," she said irritably.

Phoebe raised an eyebrow, thinking that Allison must be exaggerating and that she'd like one herself. "Oh? Really? How much are they?"

"You can only get them in England and they're worth ₤5000."

"Whoa. That is expensive," Paige agreed.

"Yeah. So you'd better not break it."

Piper frowned. "Not meaning to intrude, but why did you pay that much for it?"

Allison shrugged. "I didn't. It's an heirloom."

"Like everything else you seem to have," Piper muttered. "We sure know who to go to if we need magical objects, hey?"

Allison allowed a smile to cross her face. "Yeah. But now, we'd better summon."

Pulling the crystal out so that each side was about one meter, Allison placed it carefully on the ground and Phoebe read out the summoning spell.

The first demon appeared in the crystals, and the others shimmered in around it. Upon realising that it couldn't move, the first demon began to throw fireballs, but ducked quickly when he realised that the pentagon was reflecting them back to him. Realising that he was secure, the four witches concentrated on the other twenty three. "Okay, Paige, you take those five," Allison directed. "Piper, those six. Phoebe, those four, and I'll take the rest."

"But that leave you with eight!" Piper exclaimed, throwing out a leg to fend one off and blowing it up in the process."

Allison shrugged as one came closer to her and blew it up without regret. Wiggling her fingers, she managed to secure the athame of another, and plunged it into it's owners heart. "You forget that I had twelve on my own in a room with three innocents. Speaking of that, Chase and Foreman are coming over tonight. Want to talk to me… probably about that."

Phoebe muttered a spell to vanquish one and kicked another in the groin to hold him off temporarily. "That's good. You should probably tell your friends about what you are."

Allison let out a groan and levitated, narrowly missing one as she hit the ceiling, rubbing her head. "But I don't want to be what I am."

Piper snorted, freezing a few then blowing one up quickly. "I don't like it either."

"Okay," Paige interrupted, "Concentrate on the fight."

Allison winced as one of them launched a fireball at a priceless vase and it shattered. Throwing her hands out, she mimed pulling the carpet from under its feet. It stumbled and fell flat on its face. Allison didn't waste the opportunity to roll out of the way of a flying athame. Plucking said athame from the air, she rolled one last time and stabbed the demon in the back. It vanished in a flash of flames, becoming a pile of ash. Allison was left holding the athame, which she threw to Paige, who used it to vanquish a demon that was coming quite close to hitting her.

Allison ducked suddenly, cringing as she heard the fireball smash into something, probably the wall. It was going to take forever to clean off the burn marks, not to mention the books that he must have damaged. She risked a quick look behind her, and was pleasantly surprised to notice that the demon must have hit another demon, as there was a pile of dusty ash behind her. Breathing in her relief, she turned to the would-be book destroyer. Using a combination of telekinesis and levitation, she was propelled across the room, her feet in front of her, pushing the demon into one of the bookshelves that lined the room, turning him to a pile of dust that spread over the bookcase. Not taking the time to properly survey the damage, she whipped around, wiping the demons ashes from the shelf with her long hair.

Three demons had closed in on Allison, in the short time that it had taken for her to vanquish their friend. "Pippa!" she exclaimed. Piper looked up, and saw a huddle of demons and no Allison. She quickly froze the three demons, and Allison blew them up.

"Ew," Allison stated disgustedly as the dust flew all over her. "I hate it when demon guts get all over me!" but even though she had killed her share of the demons, it wasn't over yet. There were still six demons remaining. Rolling on the ground, Allison and Piper switched places. Throwing an arm in front of her face, Allison punched one demon in the face. It yelped in pain, but was not vanquished.

It was strange, but Allison didn't dwell on it. When someone was throwing fireballs and athames at you, you tended not to. Dodging the athame and hearing it strike into one of the bookcases, Allison used her telekinetic powers to make the fireballs go back on their producer. He was consumed in flames and became a pile of ash. Turning around, Allison noted that the others had managed to vanquish the rest of them. The only one who remained was the real one, trapped in the crystals and looking extremely irate.

Piper! Paige!" she called, and the two gathered around the cage. Quickly, they recited the spell together, and each threw a blue potion at him.

"Makes illusions, has delusions,
no longer exists, as good persists."

The demon moaned and writhed in his cage, before dissolving, leaving a mess on the floor and a terrible smell. They all breathed out and smiled at each other. "Team Haliwell wins again!" Piper smiled.

After cleaning up, Allison, Piper, Phoebe and Paige emerged into the main area of the house.

TWH

There was knock on the door. Allison glanced at her watch. "They shouldn't be ehre yet," she muttered, moving to the door. It wasn't Chase or Foreman. It was House.

"Cameron, we need to talk."

Allison stared. "Yes, we do, House." She led him into the kitchen where her cousins were preparing to go home.

Wyatt blinked up at his mother. "Home?" he asked. Piper smiled, grabbing his hand and scooping Chris up.

"You bet. Thanks so much for having us, Ally."

Allison gave her an awkward hug, mindful not to squish Chris, before hugging Phoebe and Paige. "So, see you around sometime?"

Phoebe grinned. "Yeah. We might just need your expertise or crystals." And they were gone.

"So," House started. "It might be a good idea to explain what that was, first?"

Authors Notes:

Merry Christmas! This is a double post, so review, and move onto the next (and final) chapter!