Wyatt to the Rescue
The sounds of Chris arguing with the sisters in the kitchen could clearly be heard from anywhere in the house. Cady leaned against the wall separating the dining room and the kitchen, knowing that Chris was leaning against the kitchen wall in the exact same place. It was the only way that the sisters could pry him away from her.
She frowned, she hadn't meant for them to find out she was part demon quite like that. She wanted to tell them during one of the numerous chats soon to come. She figured that telling them she was part demon would be easier than them having to see her use her demonic powers. She knew that their past history with part demons…namely Cole Turner…hadn't been the best.
She sighed, banging the back of her head on the wall. She was ready to go in there when the sound of orbing distracted her. Just in the living room, Leo Wyatt, father of Wyatt Halliwell, orbed in with his young son. He placed Wyatt on the floor by the playpen as Cady began walking towards them.
"Hello," she said gently, causing Leo to spin quickly on the defensive. "I'm Cady."
"What are you doing here?" he asked, cautious of the girl.
"I was supposed to come here. The charmed ones are supposed to help me." She replied. It was true. When she had realized that she was in the past she had to figure out how to get back home. She couldn't very well walk up to a witch and ask where the chamed ones lived…they'd be suspicious. She couldn't orb or shimmer up there, the elders would kill her on sight thinking she was a full demon. So she went to the underworld, there was never talk of a demon/witch hybrid so shimmering down there made them think she was another demon. She was able to find out the where about of the Charmed ones after a while and made her way here. They were the only ones she could think of to help her get home.
"Oh, alright," Leo said, still cautious, but if the sisters were helping her she was probably an innocent. "Where are they?"
"In the kitchen, arguing with Chris." She replied.
Leo nodded and headed into the kitchen as Cady walked over to Wyatt. The little boy looked up at the woman before him…
She expected him to sense her demon half and send her flying across the room…but he didn't. Instead he smiled and giggled, earning a smile from her.
"Hey Wyatt," she said, sitting down in front of him, "I'm Cady, a friend of Chris'."
Wyatt smiled almost knowingly before handing her a stuffed animal to play with him.
She smiled and did as the child asked.
Meanwhile, in the kitchen, Leo had entered a war zone. The sisters were arguing with Chris over something, and he was looking extremely nervous and jittery. Chris could sense that Cady was no longer against the wall, and seeing Leo enter the room he was even more worried about her.
"…were you thinking Chris? A demon?" Piper yelled.
"…let her in?" Paige said at the same time.
"…believe you!" Phoebe shouted, mixing all three voices so you could barely understand what he was saying.
"What's going on?" Leo asked stepping up, wondering just what the whitelighter had done this time to endanger his family.
"Chris let a demon in the house!" Piper shouted.
"What!" Leo bellowed.
"Well, technically she's half demon, half witch," Phoebe said. She had been angry with Chris when she realized that Cady was part demon, but then she remembered that even Chris hadn't known at first. She could remember the obvious affection that Cady had for Chris, she could tell that Cady would never do anything that would hurt Chris…and hurting Wyatt hurt Chris, so that was out of the question.
"She's still a demon!" Paige added.
"Where's Wyatt?" Piper asked, facing her angry husband.
"What?"
"Where's Wyatt?" Piper asked again.
Just then realization of just where and with whom Wyatt was dawned on him. He ran out of the kitchen, Piper, Paige, Phoebe, and Chris hot on his heels.
They ran over to the living room, the conversation Cady was having with Wyatt filtering over to them as they got closer.
"…Wyatt, I'm a big demon and I'm gonna get you…" Cady said, sitting before Wyatt reaching out for him…at least that's what the sisters saw.
"No!" Piper shouted, throwing out her hands to blast the girl to smithereens when Wyatt looked up and put up his shield…protecting her.
"Wyatt, let the shield down now!" Leo yelled, running up to the shield that contained the demon and his son.
Wyatt just looked up at his parents and aunts confused look on his face.
Chris pushed his way to the shield, placing his hand on it as Cady did the same. "Wyatt, you can put down the shield now," Chris whispered calmly.
Wyatt smiled at Chris and did as the man asked. The shield slowly lowered as Chris leaned forward and hugged Cady, knowing full well that if his younger older brother hadn't put up the shield Cady might be gone.
"What the hell are you doing!" Leo shouted seeing the whitelighter hugging the demon that tried to kill his son.
Mistaking Leo's question for her Cady replied, "I was playing a game with Wyatt." She picked up a small stuffed animal, "Ok…what do you do Wyatt, I'm a big demon and I'm gonna get you…" They little boy smiled, and pointed one finger sending the stuffed animal flying away. "Good job!" she shouted, leaning forward to tickle the boy who giggled.
"A game?" Piper asked, still not sure of her intentions.
"Yeah, a game," Chris shot back at her, not willing to look her in the eye for fear of her seeing the hatred that now resided in them. "Notice how his shield didn't go up to keep her away? No you didn't, did you even notice that he tried to protect her? No!"
Cady reached out, putting a hand on Chris' shoulder before shimmering them away, knowing that in his anger, Chris might let something slip that he hadn't meant.
"Where did they go?" Phoebe asked.
Little Wyatt smiled, thinking it was another game, and orbed out followed closely by Leo and the sisters. They didn't orb far when, Cady and Chris were just upstairs…in the attic…standing by the book…
"Get away from there!" Paige shouted, trying to orb the book away from them.
Cady held up a hand, blocking the orb. "I just want to prove that I'm not evil." She said.
"How do you plan to do that?" Piper asked.
"Like this," she said, resting her hand on the book, which didn't fly away from her?
A/N – I remembered how the book always flew away from evil creatures…so I thought maybe that would prove to the sisters that Cady wasn't evil. But we all know how paranoid and suspicious they can be…
