Teaser

"Happy Birthday sweetie" Piper Halliwell whispered to her youngest son as he slept soundly in his crib. "I love you so much, my sweet angel" the woman spoke again as she exited the child's room and entered her own. As she sat down on her bed she couldn't help but think back to the happiest, yet saddest day of her life. The first day of her son's life and also the day of his death.

It's been one year since the Chris from the other time line had died and took with him a piece of the woman's heart and soul. Although she loved the small child dearly she couldn't help but miss the young adult version of her son who had fought so hard to save his brother, his family, and the world from a fate worse than death only to lose his own life in the end. The tears started to fall as her son's words haunted her for what seemed like a life time "I love you so much Mom" he said to her only a few short hours from taking his last breath.

Piper sighed heavily and tried to shake away the thoughts that her mind tried and failed miserably to forget. She then laid down in her bed and tried to think back to the happier times she had spent with the older version of her son, especially the day when he called her Mom for the first time. She could remember being filled with pride as she looked into her brave little boy's eyes that seemed to light up the second that he spoke the magical word.

Piper smile widened when she thought about the scene that she took in later that night. It felt so good to see her two boys playing happily together both not seeming to have a care in the world. She just wished that they could remain that way forever, loving and caring for each other just like she and her sisters were.

Wiping away her tears Piper positioned herself comfortably in bed as she patiently waited for her husband to return from his latest trip to Elder land. As minutes turned into hours the woman finally began to drift off. When she woke up sometime later she could feel someone laying next to her.

Thinking it was her husband the woman rolled over to lay her head on his chest, but when she did something felt horribly wrong. The body she came in contact with seemed to be taking painful breathes and was a lot thinner than that of her husband's. Slowly backing away from the intruder Piper turned on the lights and was ready to blow something up when she shock took hold of her causing the woman to freeze dead in her tracks.

Piper Halliwell looked the injured form over with intense scrutiny trying hard to understand exactly what was going on. She reached out and traced a loving hand over the person's features as if doing so would lessen her confusion, instead it only added to it.

After several minutes of doing this she found her voice and called out to her husband "LEO!" she yelled as she grabbed onto the boy and pulled him in close. "LEO!" she called out again desperately wanting the man to confirm what she was seeing and to tell her that it wasn't wishful thinking or that she wasn't losing her grip on reality.

Suddenly blue orbs fill the air. The Elder was about to speak, until he took in the sight in front of him. At first he shook his head, unable to trust his own eye sight. Taking a step forward he reached out and touched the boy that was now cradled in his mother's arms as he whispered

"Chris?"