Disclaimer: I don’t own Charmed!

A/N: Sorry no personal answers to your reviews this time. I’m awfully busy and don’t want this Christmas-story to be finished Easter or Christmas 2008. But I promise to be better next time! HAPPY NEW YEAR! By the way!!!

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„Christopher Perry Halliwell!!! You get down here instantly, or I swear I’ll blow up your sorry little a… you know what I mean!!!” A furious Piper looked up to the second store of the Halliwell family manor where her youngest son was currently lying –totally unsuspecting and innocently – on his bed with his i-pod turned up as far as he could, killing virtual demons on his console. The Chris-Halliwell-idea of an anti-christmas program. He had emptied the required cup of tea telling the usual, so not funny school stories to his aunts which they took as proof that he was actually all right, before he had excused himself for a moment just to never come back out of his room. Most of the times no one seemed to notice that…

…now in the other hand everyone looked expectantly up to the slowly downstairs coming young whitelighter.

Had his mom found out about his latest trip down to the underworld to complete his studies about some demons? NO, that couldn’t be. Wyatt had healed him just in time…and he would never betray him. Maybe the school called? But his grades were acceptable right now and as far as he knew he hadn’t got busted in his latest mischiefs. So what the hell was the matter?

He saw the matter the minute as he reached the bottom step. The scenery was like in some kind of old slapstick movie. His aunt Paige seeming totally drunk dancing around the Christmas tree while she sang “We wish you a merry Christmas” and using the tinsel of the tree to decorate her niece and sisters, while his big brother ran after her with running camcorder.

He would have laughed heartily if his mother’s murderous glare had not rested on him right now.

But he wouldn’t be a teenager in beginning puberty if his mothers stare had not brought up his rebellious streak.

“WHAT?!” he asked slightly aggressive.

“That is what YOU, young man, are going to tell ME! WHAT in all the world have you done to your aunt? She is totally high right now!”

“I have done NOTHING!” Chris almost yelled back. “But would you ever believe me? No, you would not!” And most of the time Piper would be right to suspect her youngest behind the strange things that happened around Christmas. But this time she had failed to reckon with the next little troublemaker of the family…

Piper readied herself to have the next of their famous shouting matches with her son, while simultaneously trying to stop her sister and the families next Spielberg, as a little hand tugged at her sleeve.

“…ehm mommy…” Piper turned around with that much force that she almost knocked her daughter of her feet “WHAT…oh I mean what is it sweetie?”

“It wasn’t Chris this time…I mean the one who made aunt Paige do all those funny things…!”

“Pipers eyes got soft as she knelt down to her sweet youngest daughter “What happened here Mel…you can tell me who has done it. It would be no peaching on your brothers…you see it will help your aunt Paige…Come on let’s go into the kitchen, then you can tell me.”

“Wyatt man!” Chris gave his big brother a high five” You are so in trouble now…but I have to say ….niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice woooooooooooooork!” Chris laughed as he was ripped away by his aunt for a spontaneous round of waltz around the tree.

“But it wasn’t me!” Wyatt called after his swirling away brother. “KDB!” both brothers laughed together.

Meanwhile in the kitchen Mel was in for a confession.

Piper had started nervously to look after the Christmas turkey while she waited for her daughter to end her hum and haw.

“I ehhhm….I thought….and no one ever drinks…except of him…how could everything go so wrong!!!” Mel stammered with tears in her eyes.

“Calm down sweetie! Let’s start with the beginning…” Piper tried to remain calm but if one or both of her sons were responsible for this…she would kill them. Her sons or not!

“It wasn’t Chris mom!”

“So it was Wyatt!”

“NO, mom! It was mmme!”

“So if you did this, then tell me please WHY?” Piper reasoned not believing a word her daughter said. She was absolutely convinced that little Mel covered up for her brothers - or could she be hand in glove with them? NO! Not her sweet angel. But she had to admit that she too often reminded her on Phoebe in her younger years…

“You know no one ever tells me anything. And Chris is so grumpy every Christmas. And I don’t like that at all!”

“Aww Melinda, this has nothing to do with you…it’s a thing between Chris and his father he will surely tell you when the time is right! But tell me what has all this to do with your aunt Paige going cuckoo outthere”

“I…I put it in there…in Chris eggnog I mean, and Aunt Paige – I tried to stop her, but she would not hear! So she drank all of it!”

“What did you put in there?!” Piper asked while feeling her temper rising.

“The pppppotion!” Mel stammered, knowing quite well that it was a big NONO to actually use potions on the family.

“WHAT POTION!!!!???” Piper knew that she was yelling at her seven year old daughter – but this was simply to much. First her sons, her sweet angels and now Mel…her last hope!

“The pots started to rattle dangerously in the cupboards as the Halliwell brothers alarmed from her mothers screaming entered the kitchen.

“I...I wanted to hear the truth from Chris and to lighten up his mood a bit. So I combined the recipes.” Mel was in tears now.

“Told you she was up to something, brother!” Wyatt whispered.

“Ahh shut up Wyatt, how often did we experiment with new Potions, come on, let’s help her a bit.” Chris decided and laid a supporting hand on his little sisters shoulder.

“I…I’m sorry?” Mel sniffled.

“I’m sorry…I’M SORRY! WHAT THE HELL WERE YOU THINKING MEL? YOU COULD HAVE POISONED YOUR OWN BROTHER!!!” and with that the turkey in the still open oven blew up and splattered the whole kitchen asides its occupants with half done turkey-slop.

Everything seemed to stand still for some time. The siblings stared at each other - turkey in hair and dropping from their faces – not knowing if to laugh or not.

Piper was awfully quiet and calm. “Chris, Melinda would you please start to clean up this mess while I go looking at the book of shadows for some antidote. Wyatt please look after your aunt – WITHOUT! the camera.” And with that Piper left the kitchen as in trance and floating like a fairy.

“This is not good! She’s to calm!” Wyatt stated while leaving the kitchen after his mother.”

Mel stud meek and humble besides her brother.

“Oh come on KDB she will calm down eventually. It’s not so bad at all. She will find an antidote while we clean up the “blown up Christmas-spirit” in here. A few weeks worth of grounding and that’s it. And by the way…” Chris said grinning,laying an arm around his sisters shoulders

“…welcome to the club!!”

TBC…???

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A/N: Tell me is this a good point to end this, or should I add a little heart to heart between the two. Maybe some more Barbas when he tells her why he hates Christmas so much? Or are you all keen to know if Piper will blow up some more of Christmas…other ideas…you liked it…or not?????

TELL ME!