Fic: Witches, Demons and Hunters - Oh My! (Chapter 6)
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, but none for S4.**
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.
Prologue and Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
X-posted to different communities.
Chapter 6
"Where should we begin researching, Ruby?" Melinda asked.
"Best guess would be the Book of Shadows," Chris replied, plopping down onto the couch as he cracked open the book. "I'll look on this side, and you can look on the other."
He placed the heavy book between them. Melinda supported one side, Chris the other. A moment of silence passed between them. Only the occasional turning of a page or a noise from in the kitchen filled the house. Soon, the smells of steaks cooking on the grill reached their noses, making them very hungry. It seemed like it had been an eternity since they had last eaten.
"Hey, what's this?" Chris said, pointing to a handwritten entry in the book. Melinda stared at it; the handwriting seemed vaguely familiar. She glanced over the written portion, her eyes catching on one particular word: Ruby. "Isn't that Great Grams' handwriting?" he asked.
"I - I think so," she replied. Chris held the book up closer so they could read what their great-grandmother had written.
Be careful upon approaching the witch known as Ruby Warren. While she is a descendant of Melinda Warren and a blood relative to the Halliwell family, Ruby sold her soul to an unknown Crossroads demon in exchange for power. However, the holder of the contract never kept their promise, and instead reneged on their portion of the deal, but kept Ruby's soul. On her deathbed, Ruby swore vengeance against the demon that cheated her. I never confirmed the name of the contract holder, but sources have suggested the name to be Lilith, a violent demon with a taste for possessing children. If true, she alone holds all the Crossroads deals ever made.
Family or not, Ruby's time spent in hell would have likely diminished her remaining humanity.
Chris looked at Melinda. In the kitchen, they heard the backdoor slam and Dean's voice asking where the Bobsey twins had orbed off to. Sam had nodded his head toward the living room, where Melinda and Chris looked up from their spot into Dean's hardened eyes.
"You left them alone and unsupervised?"
"They know not to try anything," Sam quietly replied, looking over his shoulder to see if they were watching. They were.
"They're sitting alone in Bobby's living room, reading that damn magical book of theirs. We don't know them; they're witches, so certainly they can't be up to anything suspicious or dangerous," he added sarcastically.
"What are you griping about boy?" Bobby asked, entering the kitchen. "They're looking for info on Ruby."
"And you believed them?" Dean turned to yell out into the living room. "Hey! You two! Find any useful info on our demon friend?"
Chris and Melinda ignored him. They returned to their task at hand, but Dean had taken to watching them like a hawk. "If you two aren't concerned about what they're really doing, I guess I better find out for myself," he snapped at Sam and Bobby. He went and stood in front of the siblings for a brief second before making a grab at the Book of Shadows.
"Hey! What the hell do you think you're doing?" Chris yelled. He stood up to grab the book back, but Dean pushed him back down onto the couch with his free hand. His eyes quickly scanned over the first line of the paragraph.
"Well, this certainly explains a lot about you two," he said, closing the book and dropping it back into the sibling's laps. "You two are related to Ruby. Did you two hear that?" Dean asked, looking over at Sam and Bobby. "They're related to Ruby. You know, petite blonde chick, who - if I'm not mistaken - is a frickin' demon!"
Melinda got up from her seat. "So what if we're related? Just because she's evil doesn't mean we are. I'm sure you must have a rather colorful family tree yourself!"
"Dean, lay off," warned Sam.
"Sam's right," Bobby added. "Look, the steaks are done, so let's just eat. We'll deal with all this fussin' afterwards."
"Am I the only sane person here? We have the proof that there's something not right about these two, and you're going to put it off until later?"
-0-
If the uncomfortable silence that from earlier in the day was difficult, it was nothing compared to now. Melinda had the unfortunate opportunity to sit directly across from Dean at the table, so every time she looked up, she had the misfortune of seeing the hatred pouring from his hazel eyes. Chris gave her a small encouraging smile before turning his attention back to his plate.
Sam and Bobby exchanged glances from their seats. Bobby cleared his throat, attempting to try and make this not so uncomfortable.
"I've been in the hunting business longer than you two have been alive. Why haven't I ever had any proof that your family's not a legend?" he asked.
Melinda turned her focus away from Dean, to look at Bobby. "We keep a low profile. If news got out about us - and it had - it would lead to a firestorm of problems."
"If news about ya family got out, why didn't we hear anything about 'em?"
Chris cleared his throat. "Our mom doesn't like to talk much about it, but she told us about how they were caught using magic by a TV reporter."
"A TV reporter, you say? Why does your mom not want to talk about it? Doesn't sound all that bad."
"It's a long story, but it began when their exposure as witches and the exposure of the entire magical community, and ended with the death of her sister - our other aunt - Prue."
"How many aunts do you have?"
"Originally, four," Melinda added. "It wasn't until after our AuntPrue died that Mom found out she had another sister - Aunt Paige. Mom didn't know about her until Grams and Great Grams told her about the affair her mother had with her Whitelighter."
"Talk about one screwed up family," Dean muttered.
Sam cleared his throat and gave Dean a look that told him to keep his comments to himself.
"Anyway, the whole ordeal with them being exposed could only be fixed by resetting time."
"Time travel again?"
"No. They had to get --" Chris looked at Melinda. They came to the silent, mutual agreement not to mention the fact that to reset time, a deal had to be made with the demon Tempest. The two Winchesters and Bobby didn't trust them already, so they knew if they mentioned that little fact, they were sure to get shot with the colt that had already been pointed at them twice today. "-- they got someone to reset time to prevent it from happening," he hastily added.
Melinda looked up, expecting to hear Dean make another sarcastic comment, but none came. Sam looked at her, giving her a small nod as though he understood.
When they finished eating some time later, Dean brought back up the topic of Ruby. "Well, do you think it's a good time now to discuss their freaky relatives?"
"I know you don't like Ruby, but just because they're related to her doesn't mean that they're evil too, Dean" said Sam.
Dean looked at Sam, clearly surprised by what his brother had said. "Are you siding with them? Sorry to disappoint you Sammy, but apples don't fall far from the proverbial demonic tree."
"If we're going to get you out of this deal, maybe this revelation can somehow be useful if they are related to Ruby," Sam added.
Dean jumped up from the table. "I can't believe this! You know as well as I do that if I break the deal, you're dead. So let's just end this right here, right now. No freaky little witches who can orb - or whatever the hell it is they can do - can help!"
"You know, we're getting a little tired of your constant insults," Melinda snapped.
Dean was ready to fire back when Bobby took his hat off and whistled loudly, startling everyone at the table. "Have any of you listened to yourselves? You're bickering like a couple of hormonal teenage girls!"
"We're tired, emotionally and physically, and we don't want to have to put up with Dean's constant putdowns anymore," she added.
Bobby put his hat back on and looked between Chris and Melinda, who got up from the table and pushed their way past Dean.
"Where in the blazing saddles are you two going?" Bobby asked.
"Away from here," Melinda replied. "If we're going to have to do things ourselves, so be it. And if it eventually comes down to us vanquishing Dean's sorry ass, then so much the better for us, and so much the worse for him."
They made it all the way to the front door before Sam caught up with them, taking Melinda's hand in the process to prevent her from leaving.
"It's much too late and dangerous for you two to be leaving, especially since you're not used to our time ... and ... we're kind of out in the middle of nowhere," he added as an afterthought.
"We can orb until we find a place," she answered, before removing her hand from his.
"Look, I'm sure I'll be getting an ear full from Dean and Bobby on this, but I think you two should stay here for the night."
-0-
"There is no way, no possible way, I'm sleeping in the same house with those two!" Dean was arguing again with Sam, and this time, Bobby was taking Dean's side.
"He's right. It's just not safe, and what were you thinking of Sam? Asking them to spend the night. We might as well turn a blind eye to them and hope to high heaven they don't try to kill us when we're sleeping."
"Look, I knew you guys wouldn't be happy with this --" began Sam.
"You're damn right we're not happy with this," huffed Dean. "Just go tell them the deal's been revoked."
Sam looked right into Dean's eyes. He'd convinced him to at least listen to their tale, but there would be no convincing him to let them stay the night. He went to break the news to the Halliwell siblings, but he was met by an empty living room. They had orbed away, taking with them the Book of Shadows and possibly a way to save his brother.
"I think they're already gone," he sighed.
-0-
Sleeping in a deserted house two towns over was not how either one pictured their evening. The family who owned the house appeared to be on vacation, so there was no need to worry about an unexpected visit from the owners.
Melinda plopped down on what was a child's bed, exhausted in every possible way. Sleep soon overtook her, but she barely got to rest as the sounds of the horrific evening played over in her head. Wyatt was in pain, wherever he was. That much she knew. Demon Dean stood before him, smirking as he hit the Halliwell brother again with a round of fire power. The eldest Halliwell sibling screamed in agony.
"Now, what is your answer?" Dean asked.
Wyatt gasped. "Kill me then, because I will never join you!"
Dean waved his hand, sending Wyatt flying back into a wall, pinning him to it.
"You have no other options if you wish me to spare your siblings. You're not powerful enough to defeat me."
He waved his hand again, knocking Wyatt to the floor. It had only been a few hours since the attack on their home, and the more he tried to stop Dean, the weaker he became. His powers wouldn't be able to hold out much longer.... He needed to get away, but wherever he was, there were magical enchantments placed around preventing him from orbing to freedom. Besides, Dean wasn't going to let him go; he was too great a power to lose out on....
"I guess we'll have to do this the hard way," he sighed, holding a small bottle of something in his hands.
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, but none for S4.**
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.
Prologue and Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
X-posted to different communities.
Chapter 6
"Where should we begin researching, Ruby?" Melinda asked.
"Best guess would be the Book of Shadows," Chris replied, plopping down onto the couch as he cracked open the book. "I'll look on this side, and you can look on the other."
He placed the heavy book between them. Melinda supported one side, Chris the other. A moment of silence passed between them. Only the occasional turning of a page or a noise from in the kitchen filled the house. Soon, the smells of steaks cooking on the grill reached their noses, making them very hungry. It seemed like it had been an eternity since they had last eaten.
"Hey, what's this?" Chris said, pointing to a handwritten entry in the book. Melinda stared at it; the handwriting seemed vaguely familiar. She glanced over the written portion, her eyes catching on one particular word: Ruby. "Isn't that Great Grams' handwriting?" he asked.
"I - I think so," she replied. Chris held the book up closer so they could read what their great-grandmother had written.
Be careful upon approaching the witch known as Ruby Warren. While she is a descendant of Melinda Warren and a blood relative to the Halliwell family, Ruby sold her soul to an unknown Crossroads demon in exchange for power. However, the holder of the contract never kept their promise, and instead reneged on their portion of the deal, but kept Ruby's soul. On her deathbed, Ruby swore vengeance against the demon that cheated her. I never confirmed the name of the contract holder, but sources have suggested the name to be Lilith, a violent demon with a taste for possessing children. If true, she alone holds all the Crossroads deals ever made.
Family or not, Ruby's time spent in hell would have likely diminished her remaining humanity.
Chris looked at Melinda. In the kitchen, they heard the backdoor slam and Dean's voice asking where the Bobsey twins had orbed off to. Sam had nodded his head toward the living room, where Melinda and Chris looked up from their spot into Dean's hardened eyes.
"You left them alone and unsupervised?"
"They know not to try anything," Sam quietly replied, looking over his shoulder to see if they were watching. They were.
"They're sitting alone in Bobby's living room, reading that damn magical book of theirs. We don't know them; they're witches, so certainly they can't be up to anything suspicious or dangerous," he added sarcastically.
"What are you griping about boy?" Bobby asked, entering the kitchen. "They're looking for info on Ruby."
"And you believed them?" Dean turned to yell out into the living room. "Hey! You two! Find any useful info on our demon friend?"
Chris and Melinda ignored him. They returned to their task at hand, but Dean had taken to watching them like a hawk. "If you two aren't concerned about what they're really doing, I guess I better find out for myself," he snapped at Sam and Bobby. He went and stood in front of the siblings for a brief second before making a grab at the Book of Shadows.
"Hey! What the hell do you think you're doing?" Chris yelled. He stood up to grab the book back, but Dean pushed him back down onto the couch with his free hand. His eyes quickly scanned over the first line of the paragraph.
"Well, this certainly explains a lot about you two," he said, closing the book and dropping it back into the sibling's laps. "You two are related to Ruby. Did you two hear that?" Dean asked, looking over at Sam and Bobby. "They're related to Ruby. You know, petite blonde chick, who - if I'm not mistaken - is a frickin' demon!"
Melinda got up from her seat. "So what if we're related? Just because she's evil doesn't mean we are. I'm sure you must have a rather colorful family tree yourself!"
"Dean, lay off," warned Sam.
"Sam's right," Bobby added. "Look, the steaks are done, so let's just eat. We'll deal with all this fussin' afterwards."
"Am I the only sane person here? We have the proof that there's something not right about these two, and you're going to put it off until later?"
-0-
If the uncomfortable silence that from earlier in the day was difficult, it was nothing compared to now. Melinda had the unfortunate opportunity to sit directly across from Dean at the table, so every time she looked up, she had the misfortune of seeing the hatred pouring from his hazel eyes. Chris gave her a small encouraging smile before turning his attention back to his plate.
Sam and Bobby exchanged glances from their seats. Bobby cleared his throat, attempting to try and make this not so uncomfortable.
"I've been in the hunting business longer than you two have been alive. Why haven't I ever had any proof that your family's not a legend?" he asked.
Melinda turned her focus away from Dean, to look at Bobby. "We keep a low profile. If news got out about us - and it had - it would lead to a firestorm of problems."
"If news about ya family got out, why didn't we hear anything about 'em?"
Chris cleared his throat. "Our mom doesn't like to talk much about it, but she told us about how they were caught using magic by a TV reporter."
"A TV reporter, you say? Why does your mom not want to talk about it? Doesn't sound all that bad."
"It's a long story, but it began when their exposure as witches and the exposure of the entire magical community, and ended with the death of her sister - our other aunt - Prue."
"How many aunts do you have?"
"Originally, four," Melinda added. "It wasn't until after our AuntPrue died that Mom found out she had another sister - Aunt Paige. Mom didn't know about her until Grams and Great Grams told her about the affair her mother had with her Whitelighter."
"Talk about one screwed up family," Dean muttered.
Sam cleared his throat and gave Dean a look that told him to keep his comments to himself.
"Anyway, the whole ordeal with them being exposed could only be fixed by resetting time."
"Time travel again?"
"No. They had to get --" Chris looked at Melinda. They came to the silent, mutual agreement not to mention the fact that to reset time, a deal had to be made with the demon Tempest. The two Winchesters and Bobby didn't trust them already, so they knew if they mentioned that little fact, they were sure to get shot with the colt that had already been pointed at them twice today. "-- they got someone to reset time to prevent it from happening," he hastily added.
Melinda looked up, expecting to hear Dean make another sarcastic comment, but none came. Sam looked at her, giving her a small nod as though he understood.
When they finished eating some time later, Dean brought back up the topic of Ruby. "Well, do you think it's a good time now to discuss their freaky relatives?"
"I know you don't like Ruby, but just because they're related to her doesn't mean that they're evil too, Dean" said Sam.
Dean looked at Sam, clearly surprised by what his brother had said. "Are you siding with them? Sorry to disappoint you Sammy, but apples don't fall far from the proverbial demonic tree."
"If we're going to get you out of this deal, maybe this revelation can somehow be useful if they are related to Ruby," Sam added.
Dean jumped up from the table. "I can't believe this! You know as well as I do that if I break the deal, you're dead. So let's just end this right here, right now. No freaky little witches who can orb - or whatever the hell it is they can do - can help!"
"You know, we're getting a little tired of your constant insults," Melinda snapped.
Dean was ready to fire back when Bobby took his hat off and whistled loudly, startling everyone at the table. "Have any of you listened to yourselves? You're bickering like a couple of hormonal teenage girls!"
"We're tired, emotionally and physically, and we don't want to have to put up with Dean's constant putdowns anymore," she added.
Bobby put his hat back on and looked between Chris and Melinda, who got up from the table and pushed their way past Dean.
"Where in the blazing saddles are you two going?" Bobby asked.
"Away from here," Melinda replied. "If we're going to have to do things ourselves, so be it. And if it eventually comes down to us vanquishing Dean's sorry ass, then so much the better for us, and so much the worse for him."
They made it all the way to the front door before Sam caught up with them, taking Melinda's hand in the process to prevent her from leaving.
"It's much too late and dangerous for you two to be leaving, especially since you're not used to our time ... and ... we're kind of out in the middle of nowhere," he added as an afterthought.
"We can orb until we find a place," she answered, before removing her hand from his.
"Look, I'm sure I'll be getting an ear full from Dean and Bobby on this, but I think you two should stay here for the night."
-0-
"There is no way, no possible way, I'm sleeping in the same house with those two!" Dean was arguing again with Sam, and this time, Bobby was taking Dean's side.
"He's right. It's just not safe, and what were you thinking of Sam? Asking them to spend the night. We might as well turn a blind eye to them and hope to high heaven they don't try to kill us when we're sleeping."
"Look, I knew you guys wouldn't be happy with this --" began Sam.
"You're damn right we're not happy with this," huffed Dean. "Just go tell them the deal's been revoked."
Sam looked right into Dean's eyes. He'd convinced him to at least listen to their tale, but there would be no convincing him to let them stay the night. He went to break the news to the Halliwell siblings, but he was met by an empty living room. They had orbed away, taking with them the Book of Shadows and possibly a way to save his brother.
"I think they're already gone," he sighed.
-0-
Sleeping in a deserted house two towns over was not how either one pictured their evening. The family who owned the house appeared to be on vacation, so there was no need to worry about an unexpected visit from the owners.
Melinda plopped down on what was a child's bed, exhausted in every possible way. Sleep soon overtook her, but she barely got to rest as the sounds of the horrific evening played over in her head. Wyatt was in pain, wherever he was. That much she knew. Demon Dean stood before him, smirking as he hit the Halliwell brother again with a round of fire power. The eldest Halliwell sibling screamed in agony.
"Now, what is your answer?" Dean asked.
Wyatt gasped. "Kill me then, because I will never join you!"
Dean waved his hand, sending Wyatt flying back into a wall, pinning him to it.
"You have no other options if you wish me to spare your siblings. You're not powerful enough to defeat me."
He waved his hand again, knocking Wyatt to the floor. It had only been a few hours since the attack on their home, and the more he tried to stop Dean, the weaker he became. His powers wouldn't be able to hold out much longer.... He needed to get away, but wherever he was, there were magical enchantments placed around preventing him from orbing to freedom. Besides, Dean wasn't going to let him go; he was too great a power to lose out on....
"I guess we'll have to do this the hard way," he sighed, holding a small bottle of something in his hands.