Title: Witches, Demons and Hunters - Oh My!
Authors: Rachel/
princess_schez and Claudia/
gidgetgal9 Rating: PG-13 for language and violence; AU
Fandom: Charmed/Supernatural
Summary: **Does contain spoilers for Supernatural S3. So if you don't wish to be spoiled, don't read any further.**
Dean's deal comes due and it has dire consequences for the Halliwell family in the future. Will the Halliwell family be able to change the past in order to protect their family?
Pairing: Sam/Melinda-ish
Characters: Sam and Dean Winchester; Bobby Singer; Piper, Leo, Wyatt, Chris, and Melinda Halliwell; Ruby; Lilith; and Missouri
Disclaimer: We own nothing from either Charmed or Supernatural. Everything belongs to their respective owners. We're merely having fun with them.
Author's Note: This was a collab effort between me and my wonderfully talented co-conspirator, Claudia/gidgetgal9.
There are also some things we would like to point out regarding this story:
1. It was stated after Charmed's series finale that Piper did have a third child, the long-awaited Melinda.
2. Most of Ruby's history has been changed to fit the plot of the story.
3. Chris Halliwell still has memories of what his "past life" (when Wyatt was evil) was like, even though he changed the future at the end of Charmed's S6.
4. Plot takes place after Malleus Maleficarum.
X-posted to different communities.
Chapter Three
“Dude, you must be getting rusty, cause I just beat you three times.” Sam smirked as he stared at the bull’s eye he had just landed. The two Winchester boys were doing target practice at the back of Bobby’s property.
“Um, yeah well I’ve had four beers college boy and you haven’t had any so I say that gives you unfair advantage.” Dean replied as he took another swig off his beer.
Before Sam could reply he heard a loud thump on the dirt road about five yards away. Then he could hear voices. “Dean, what…” But before Sam could finish Dean was in stealth mode signaling for them to check the road ahead.
Sam took the lead with Dean covering his back. It was troubling to have the sanctuary of Bobby’s property invaded. It was definitely off the beaten path and the dirt road up ahead lead to a couple of country homes, and Bobby‘s house so it didn‘t get much use..
As the two hunters approached they could make out two figures sitting in the middle of the road in the midday sun. Both were in their early twenties. One was female and the other male and Sam felt that they had to be siblings, because their appearance was so similar. Both had dark brown hair with brown eyes, and the female appeared to be younger, in her early twenties.
Neither appeared to have weapons, but that wasn’t very reassuring with all the demon encounters of late. Sam came to a non-verbal agreement with Dean to approach the two. He could see that Dean had a flask full of holy water at his side, ready to use.
The two strangers seemed oblivious to the hunters approaching. Sam decided to take the offensive and raised his gun as he spoke. He could feel Dean standing closely behind him.
“Slowly get up and keep your hands where we can see them.” Sam watched as the two looked up at him with surprise but both followed orders.
Dean spoke next. “Okay Hansel and Gretel, why are you on private property? And this better be good, cause my beers getting hot and I could be drinking it instead of playing silly games with you two.”
Sam watched as the two supposed siblings exchanged looks before the male spoke. “Well, our story is a bit wild and I’m not sure if you’ll believe us.”
Sam sighed. When were things ever easy? But before he could reply his snappy brother was verbally attacking again. “Okay we’ll listen to your tall tale but first let’s get something out of the way. Christo.”
Sam let the breath he didn’t know he was holding go as the two shot Dean puzzled looks, but no black eyes appeared. He almost laughed as Dean then soaked the two strangers with holy water and received more intense confused looks
The male spoke. “What was that all about? Did you actually think we were demons?”
Sam frowned and tensed at that statement. They might not be demons but they were aware of them. They could be hunters, and that would be bad.
Sam cleared his throat and spoke. “We can’t be too careful. You two need to start explaining yourselves.”
The girl then spoke. “Um, couldn’t we go somewhere and discuss this all in private?”
Dean glared. “No. Start talking.”
Sam noticed the girl shift on her feet uncomfortably before speaking again. “We’re from the future and we know who you are. You’re the Winchester brothers, hunters, and Dean has only one year before he has to go to hell due to a deal he made with a cross roads demon.”
Dean huffed. “Uh actually, I have about nine months now but who’s counting? What funny farm did you two escape from? From the future, are you serious?”
Sam watched as the two strangers tensed and had a silent exchange. It seemed they reluctantly came to a nonverbal agreement.
The male spoke next. “My name is Chris and this is my sister Melinda. We’re witches. Powerful witches from the Halliwell family and as such we can travel in time, using knowledge from this book.”
Sam then noticed the old tome that the boy was clutching. The name Halliwell rang a distant memory but one that wasn’t clear to Sam. He knew that his brother was not happy with the mention that the two were witches.
Dean moved forward, right index finger pointing at the young siblings in front of him. “Okay, Donnie and Marie, first you appear out of nowhere, and know who we are and about my deal. Then you want us to believe that you are powerful witches who can travel through time using an old book. Pardon me if I’m having trouble swallowing any of this.”
Melinda spoke up in a quiet unsteady voice. “I know it’s hard to believe, but you’re hunters. Surely you have come across many unexplained things. If vampires are immortal then how hard is it to believe that witches can cast time travel spells?”
Before either Winchester could reply, Chris spoke up. “Look, I don’t expect you to just trust us. You don’t know us from Adam, but it is important that you at least listen to us. We have information that directly affects your family and ours. If we work together a great tragedy can be avoided.”
Sam could feel the sincerity pouring off the two. While he didn’t totally buy their story, he felt that they needed to at least listen to the them. In fact, if they had any ideas as how to save Dean it would be worth the time.
Sam decided to take things into his hands. “Okay, look, you’re right, we have faced the unexplained time and time again. I guess our biggest problem is the fact that we haven’t met a witch yet that we could trust. That doesn’t mean that we shouldn’t at least listen to you , but you have to understand why we’d want to be careful.” Sam was going to say more but Dean interrupted.
“Samantha, we need to talk now, and alone.” Dean’s voice was gruff and he grabbed Sam’s left arm roughly pulling him away but kept an eye on the two strangers. “Hey Marcia and Greg, stay put and we’ll be right back.”
As soon as they were out of earshot of the other two, Sam wrenched his arm away from Dean. “Dude, what’s your problem?”
“My problem? Well let’s see here Sammy. First off, you’re willing to trust self-proclaimed witches. And second, you’re willing to trust two crazy people who say they’re from the future. Dude, I say we send the Bradys packing and get back to Bobby’s house.” Dean crossed his arms and Sam could tell he had his job cut out for him trying to persuade his brother to listen to him.
“Dean, what if they have the answers we’re looking for? What if they know how to get you out of the deal? What’s it going to hurt if we listen?”
“No Sam, end of story.” Dean huffed out.
“Fine Dean, you go back to the house. I’m going to talk to them and you can’t stop me. You treat me like I’m five and I’m tired of it Dean. I’m no longer going to do things because you say so. So either you give them a chance or you head back to the house and I do what I need to do.” Sam felt the adrenaline flow. He hated standing up to Dean like this but he really didn’t feel that he had much choice. He could tell Dean was more than pissed at him but he could also see that Dean was going to cave.
“Dude, I treat you like you’re five because you act like it. I don’t like this at all, but if you’re going to be stupid, I guess I need to stay and protect your back.” Dean turned and headed back to Melinda and Chris before Sam could respond.
“Okay, my idiot brother wants to talk to you. I would rather send you packing but since that’s not an option, I suggest that you don’t try anything stupid.” Dean had a gun pointed at the two.
“Dean, stop it, put the gun away.” Sam said as he trotted up to the three.
“I’ll put it away after you search them for weapons. Then we’ll head to Bobby’s house listen to their fairy tale and send them on their merry little way.”
Sam nodded at Dean. He knew it was no use arguing with Dean when his mind was made up. He gave the two siblings an apologetic look as he approached them. He quickly patted Chris down and then turned to Melinda and blushed.
Dean smirked. “She won’t bite Sammy. Just pat her down so we can be done.”
Sam swallowed hard as he approached.
Melinda smiled and spoke. “It’s fine Sam really.”
Sam nodded and looked at his feet as he quickly patted the young lady down. Finding nothing he moved away.
Dean put his gun away. “Alrighty then, let’s head to the house. “
-0-
The walk back to Bobby’s house was done in an uneasy silence. Once inside the house, Dean hollered for Bobby who was quickly on edge after spotting the new arrivals.
Dean watched with amusement as Bobby entered the room. “What in tarnation is going on? Who the hell are these two?” Bobby took off his cap and scratched his head giving the two strangers the once over.
Dean smirked. “Well Bobby these two are brother and sister and they came to us from the future and- oh yeah, they’re both witches.”
“The hell you say boy! Sam, what’s really going on?” Dean could see that Bobby was at his wits end.
“Um, well Bobby these two do claim to be witches, and part of the Halliwell family. Some famous witch family, and they do claim to be from the future.” Sam gave Bobby a nervous grin.
Dean was now enjoying his brother’s nervousness. It served him right for bringing Broom Hilda and her brother into Bobby’s house. He could also tell that their “guests” were rethinking this whole need-to-talk -thing.
Bobby placed his cap back on his head, his face scrunched up in thought. “So I suppose that there book the young fella’s holding is The Book of Shadows?”
Dean couldn’t believe his ears or eyes as the two witches perked up at Bobby’s statement.
Chris gave a slight smile and spoke. “Yes sir, so you’ve heard of our family?”
Bobby nodded. “Yeah, I’ve heard of ya, but I thought it was a legend. Never found proof of the three sisters Halliwell. So are you two supposed to be descendents of one of the sisters?”
Melinda stepped forward and nodded. “Our mom is Piper Halliwell and something horrible has just happened in our time and it involves the Winchesters. That’s why we’re here.”
Dean wanted to shake Bobby. There was no way that this silly story could be true.
“Huh, well I suppose the boys here already tested you out to make sure you’re not demons?”
Dean huffed out. “Yeah but we didn’t do no sanity test and I really think we should.”
Bobby shook his head. “Boy, I know this is hard to wrap your mind around. I’m having trouble myself but it don’t do no harm to talk about it. So why don’t we all head to the kitchen and sit down and see what we can figure out. Sam why don’t you put on some coffee ‘cause I have a feelin’ this is gonna be a long night.”
Dean followed the bewildered group into the kitchen and shared a look of concern with his brother.
-0-
Bobby sat down across from the Halliwell siblings with Sam and Dean at each end of the table. It was a hard pill to swallow that the youngsters in front of him were here from the future, but his whole life had been filled with the unexplained so the least he could do was listen to their story.
“So what’re your names? And how far ahead are you in the future?” Bobby asked as he and the Winchesters stared at the siblings.
The young man spoke first. “Well sir, I’m Chris and this is my sister Melinda and as we said our mother is Piper Halliwell . We are twenty years in the future.”
Bobby nodded. “And something awful has happened?”
Melinda’s eyes filled with tears. “Uh yeah, a demon attacked and killed our parents and kidnapped our brother.”
Bobby watched the younger Winchester tense as he took in what the young girl had said. Sam reached over and took the young girls hand in a gesture of comfort.
“Does this demon have a name?” The younger hunter asked.
Melinda nodded. “Dean Winchester.”
Bobby took in a breath and tried to calm himself. He could tell that the Winchester boys were in shock. Sam quickly withdrew his hand and shook his head in denial.
“No, you must be mistaken.” Sam said in a quiet and shaky voice.
Dean scoffed. “Told you they were escapees from the loony bin, but does anyone listen to me? No!”
Chris took his sister into his arms. “Fine don’t believe us, but what do you think happens when the hell hounds come for Dean?”
“Says the crazy people.” Dean replied as he got up from the table and made his way over to the coffee maker. “Tell you what, I’ll pour you two some coffee and maybe it will bring you back your sanity.”
Melinda wiped away her tears and spoke. “I dreamed of Dean coming and killing my family and dismissed it until I found a passage on him in the Book of Shadows.”
Bobby watched as the girl opened up the old tome and frantically turned the pages until she came upon what she was looking for.
“See, it’s right here.” She pointed to a passage and turned the book around so that Bobby and Sam could see what was written. Dean continued to smirk from his corner of the kitchen.
Dean Winchester was once a human being who sold his soul to save the life of his brother, Sam Winchester - a Hunter. The deal he made only gave him one year to live, and upon his one-year anniversary, his punishment was death by Hellhounds and a lifetime in hell. Sam Winchester unsuccessfully tried to resurrect him with Voodoo magic, but what he brought back wasn't the same brother as before. While info on the demonic side of Dean is scarce, it is known that he is an upper level demon. His powers are unknown because no one has ever survived an attack from him; as such, no vanquishing potion or spell exists for this demon.
Bobby couldn’t believe what he had read. “Well I’ll be damned.”