Oh look, ANOTHER chapter! Gee, aren't I nice?

I usually don't update this quickly. Hehehe, thank you DracoStarbo for giving me more motivation and talking some scenes through with me to help me write my chapters in a jiffy. :P And thanks to everyone for reviewing. Also, thank you brain for already having a lot of the plotline mapped out.

Important!

This is a bit AU. In the Charmed Universe, that thing that happened with Daryl to make Phoebe lose her powers? Never happened! So Phoebe is still an empath and Daryl is still helping the girls! TEHEHEHE!

:P

Disclaimer: If I owned Supernatural and Charmed, this wouldn't be FANfiction.

Lets try something new out!

Chapter Summary: Sam trains to get his power under control with the help of Phoebe. Friendship between the two blossom and Dean is reminded some of the consequences for being a compulsive liar! Tehehehe

Sam and Phoebe sat across from each other on Sam's bed with Sam smiling at her. They'd been doing this for a week now and Sam was getting better at keeping thoughts to himself and can even hear the surface thoughts of others who were close to him once and a while. His easiest telepathic pal was Phoebe. He could talk to her telepathically from anywhere, even miles away. Phoebe explained that it might have something to do with the fact that she was an Empath and could feel other people's emotions. As this power was close to his, it created a link between them and they were able to communicate better.

'Okay, so now I want you to hide your thoughts from me,' Phoebe sent him.

They spent a few minutes in silence before Phoebe smiled. 'Good,' she replied. 'You're getting a lot better at this.'

'Thanks,' Sam replied. 'I have a great teacher!'

Phoebe smiled and laughed. 'Oh, hush you. A girl can only take so much flattery you know!'

Sam stuck his tongue out. 'It's the truth though. Thank you so much for helping me out with this. If it wasn't for you, my thoughts would still be broadcasting to the general public.'

'Awwww Sam, you deserve it.' Phoebe sent him and hit his arm playfully.

'I wonder how Dean is doing with his training…' Sam wondered.

'I dunno, I just know Paige is teaching him. Hmmmm, why don't you ask her? It will help exercise your powers by trying them at greater distances.'

'Alright… I'll try,' Sam thought.

He closed his eyes shut tightly and focused on the image of Paige in his mind. Slowly, he tried to sense the now slightly recognizable feel of her mentality. Everyone had a distinct mental feel about them. Each was different in its' own way. Sam had come to learn this over the past week after testing his mental speech with everyone in the house.

Piper felt warm, sweet, caring and motherly. She had a feminine and earthly feel about her mind. Peaceful, but fiercely protective over the ones' she loved. There was a fierce hatred burning inside her too, but it was only reserved for demons and general evil. A longing also echoed within her, the longing for a normal life. The presence of baby Chris could be felt too from inside of her. It was faint, but still there. It was light and innocent, not fully developed, but loving and counting on his mommy. The baby was almost ready to come out, but fearful of the process. He told this to Piper and with her permission comforted the baby with soothing mental touches and sweet words. The baby didn't understand much, but it recognized gentleness and relaxed under warm sounding words.

Phoebe, in front of him now, was the most pleasant mind to be around. It was cool and refreshing, like waves in the sea, washing comfort over his mind. He sensed her similarity in power and whenever he focused on her mind, her Empathy would reach out and mentally caress him in turn, like an old friend. Her thoughts were loving and sympathetic about those around her. She hated evil, but not quite as much as the other sisters. Instead, the hatred was dulled by an aching pain and sense of loss and what could have been.

This confused Sam until Phoebe told him about Cole. At first, he was surprised, both that she would fall in love with a demon and the fact that she told him right off the bat, but quickly got used to the idea and told her about almost dating a girl that was actually possessed by a demon. He relayed some stories about her, including the one in which she tied both him and Dean up while trying to violate him while he was tied to a pole. About how he eventually played along so that he could work on severing the ropes. When Meg caught his brother trying to sever himself free and asked Sam if he was trying to distract her from his brother, he told her that no, it was because he had a knife of his own, broke free, and head-butted her. Phoebe laughed at that delightedly.

Deans mind was the easiest to recognize other then Phoebe. It was sarcastic, bad-ass, and all-around Dean, but also showed off that soft side Sam always knew he had. It showed his usually hidden emotions and how he hid what he felt from most of the world, and a lot of that was hidden even within his own mind. There was a sense of fierce protectiveness for Sam as the only one that he had left and felt the burning need to protect him. Sam was his responsibility in his own mind. There was also the joking side of Dean that always liked to mess around and get on his nerves. A lot of times Dean would think out loud on purpose, just to annoy him, and tease him constantly. A lot his of feelings were hidden under the surface, but Sam could so far only read impressions and surface thoughts.

Paige, whom he was looking for now, had a young and adventurous mind. She reeked of independency and freedom. She liked to do things off on her own to prove her worth, and enjoyed working for her happiness. She wanted a life separate from magic, but would never give it up even if she had the chance. She loved magic; it was just that she wanted a sense of normalcy as well. More than anything, she wished she could be more open about her magic and not having to hide it anymore.

Sam mentally scanned the house with some difficulty and found Paige. He mentally poked her until she became aware of his presence. He felt surprise and slight fright from being caught unaware flit through her before she mentally acknowledged him, a bit annoyed.

'Can I help you?' she mentally asked him.

'Well, Phoebe and I were just wondering how Dean was doing…'

'Geez, if you wanted to know, you could have just walked down the stairs and asked yourself instead of trying to scare the crap out of me like that.'

'Sorry… how's he doing?'

'HI SAMMY!' The mental voice of his brother shouted out. Sam rolled his eyes.

'Well, I see Dean is there…' he thought to Paige.

'Yeah, I just told him we were mentally chatting cause he asked why I jumped three feet in the air…'

'SAAAAAAAAAAAAMMY! HELLOOOOOOOOO?'

'I can hear you Dean, please, I can only focus on one mind at a time right now, let me talk to her…'

'Awww, why don't you just ask ME how I'm doing? I'll tell ya.'

'You might lie about it.'

'Me? Lie? Never! Why would you think such a thing Sammy?'

'Hello? Are you still there?' Paige asked.

'Yeah, sorry, so uhm, how is Dean coming along?' Sam asked again.

'Oh, he's getting better. He could move objects across the room now. Nothing over 10 pounds though…'

'Okay, just wait one second, I want to see something.'

'Sure… it's not like my brain is going anywhere anytime soon. I'll just be here.'

'Hey Dean!'

'YES SAMMY!?'

'Uy, don't think so loud, I can hear you just fine when I'm concentrating on you…'

'BUT I LIKE MENTALLY SHOUTING!'

'Whatever. So, you wanted me to ask you yourself how you were doing. Well, how far have you come along?'

'Oh, pretty damn far Sammy. I got down the basics right away, you know. Why, today I even shoved Paige across the room. She didn't like it, but oh well. I guess I don't know my own strength. Soon I'll be able to pick up the entire house… why are you laughing Sam? I can hear you mental chuckles in my head you know!'

'Oh, no reason Dean, no reason at all,' Sam thought to Dean before chuckling and moving back to Paige's mind.

'Hey Paige?'

She slightly jumped again. 'Yes Sam?'

'Just thought you should know… Dean claims he's so strong he can almost pick up the house and proclaimed that he accidently threw you across the room. Now, considering what you just said, I don't suppose this is actually true?'

'Of course not! Why that lying little… excuse me Sam, I need to have a little chat with your brother…'

'Sure, oh, and did you find out his other power yet?'

'Nope!'

'Okay, I'll leave you to it, just don't kill him, okay?'

'Hahaha. Don't worry Sam, death would be too easy on him.'

Sam pulled out of Paige's head, chuckling and feeling slightly for his brother and looked back at Phoebe.

"What are you chuckling at Sam?" Phoebe asked out loud.

"Ohhhh, Nothing, I just got Dean in a whoooooole bunch of trouble for being a compulsive liar."

Phoebe laughed and raised an eyebrow at him, before asking mentally, 'So how far along is he?'

Sam mentally sighed with relief that talking to Phoebe mentally was even easier then talking to her out loud and he barely had to try, before responding. 'Well, Dean claims he can and did throw Paige across the room and is close to being able to lift the house.'

Phoebe lifted and eyebrow with a playful smile on her face. 'And how much can he really lift.'

Sam grinned at her. 'No more than ten pounds…'

Phoebe laughed. 'Ahah, and how did Paige take the news of herself being supposedly thrown across a room as I'm sure you informed her.'

Sam smiled brightly at her and pulled her into a hug. 'Ahhh, you know me too well my friend. Well, let's just say I had to cut things short with her so she could have a little chat with him…' Sam let his thoughts trail off and winked at her.

Phoebe held a hand to her mouth. 'Oh, he's gonna get it!' She laughed and leaned into Sam's arm.

Suddenly, Sam heard Dean's mental voice scream out. 'TRAITOR!'

Sam mentally connected to him for a moment. 'Why Dean, why do you make such accusations. I was merely discussing your progress with your teacher! Oh, wait! Did you lie about it after all like I thought you would?'

'…YOU'RE STILL A TRAITOR!'

Sam mentally laughed in his head before returning to look at Phoebe and winking.

'What happened?' Phoebe asked.

'Oh, nothing, Dean just called me a traitor is all…'

Phoebe smirked. 'And what did you say to that?'

'I told him I was just telling the truth and asked him if he lied to me when he said he threw Paige across the room. He of course responded by simply calling me a traitor again…'

Phoebe laughed with Sam and leaned on his arm again.