Hi Guys! My other story 'there is still hope' is still in continuation and I had this idea which I had to write. Its a short story...This is the first part out of total of two. If you like...please do review...be kind!
"Seriously?!" Chris said in not so much of surprise.
"What seriously?" asked Wyatt
Both the Halliwell brothers were standing near the book of shadows in the attic of Halliwell manor.
"That….are you serious about that?" asked Chris looking at a page in book of shadows.
"Well if I was not serious now I wouldn't be standing here about to chant this would I?" said Wyatt a bit angry.
"Okay relax but still…we should try to find another way Wyatt" suggested Chris almost scared.
"Why are you suddenly so…" Wyatt paused then continued, "…scared?"
"I am not scared I am just cautious" said Chris in a protective way. He shrugged his shoulders. He was a wise young man but he was still a man and did not like to be referred to as a scared person.
"Scared…...Cautious one and the same thing" said Wyatt making a face.
"Would you just go ahead with it already" said Chris ending the conversation.
"Are you sure now dear" said Chris imitating his mother Piper.
"WYATT!" grinned Chris through his teeth.
"Alright! Alright! Chill" said Wyatt trying to calm his brother down. He knew that he stepped over a bit. Chris did not say a word.
After the words of silence, they both chanted the spell which was in the book of shadows .
"Morning to evening, day to night,
I am here, to turn wrong to right,
In this time and in this hour,
I need to make amendments to win this fight,
Take me where I want to lead,
Halliwell powers help in this hour of midnight"
Nothing happened. They were supposed to travel to a different place but they were standing in the same spot without any magical change. They checked their surroundings but everything was exactly the same the way they had kept.
"What just happened?" asked Chris finally.
"Nothing" answered Wyatt.
"Excuse me…?"
"Nothing happened…that's what happened. We did not go anywhere. Why are you behaving so naïve right now?" asked Wyatt. Chris was usually the more rational one out of the two but he was not himself at that very moment.
"I don't know" Chris answered simply. There was nothing different but something was different in the air. Somehow there was a difference.
"WYATT!" shouted Chris when he saw his elder brother.
"What? What happened?" asked Wyatt looking around here and there expecting demons.
"Its you" said Chris still looking shocked at Wyatt.
"What happened to me?" Wyatt then looked at himself. "Oh boy!" he said then realizing what had happened. "Don't worry…. its not just me" Wyatt said when he looked at Chris.
"Oh shit!" came Chris's words.
"Why are we only partially visible…did we die or something?" asked Chris.
"I have no idea" came Wyatt's response.
Just when both of them were thinking about their visibility status they saw someone appear out of the blue.
"Oh my God!" said both the brothers in unison. They saw three familiar female figures. The three women were their family.
"Who are you and what are you doing in our house?" asked Prue. Piper and Phoebe accompanied her.
"Wyatt! Chris!" said Piper in shock and when she looked at her sister she was in utter shock "PRUE!"
"What is it Piper and how do you know them? And why do you look so…different?" asked Prue. She had many questions in her mind. Her sister knew the people that she did not know and her sister looked older.
Phoebe was in the same state that Piper was. But instead of focusing on her nephews she focused on her other elder sister. "Prue!" said Phoebe.
"What is it with you too? Why are you so shocked? We were just together and when did you guys change your outfits and why do you both look so mature?" asked Prue. Within the few minutes she had so many questions in her mind. She had noticed tons of differences in her sisters in that amount of time. Her sisters were her sisters but were not her sisters.
"How do you know us mom?" asked Chris.
"Well….lets leave that apart….what just happened?" asked Piper in the same state of mind which every other person was in that room.
"Mom….you are a mom? And hello! Somebody answer please!" Pure said in anger. She was getting agitated. Nobody was answering her questions.
"Wait Prue….we'll deal with you soon" said Phoebe being the typical younger sister. Prue almost smiled because that was the moment when she felt familiar. Phoebe and she shared had always shared that sort of a relationship.
"Why are you guys partially visible?" asked Phoebe.
"You can say that again" said Chris.
There was so much confusion that nobody understood. It was like not being in your own body. They were all uncomfortable and felt out of place yet they were in their own home, may be at a different time but still they were feeling awkward.
After sometime, after having a cup of coffee and no conversation they were all now sitting downstairs in the living room. They were all familiar with their home. Their time was different apart from the two brothers.
"So what are we doing in your time?" asked Piper.
"More importantly what is aunt Prue doing here and where is aunt Paige?" asked Chris.
"Yeah..I don't know…she was with us….paige…..paige!" Phoebe called for her younger sister.
"Who's Paige and she was not with us" said Prue in response.
"She was with us Prue" said Piper pointing towards herself and Phoebe. She had controlled her tears for so long but she did not say anything, as she was sure that she will get too emotional and would not be able to accept the reality once all this is clarified.
"What do you mean?" asked Prue now even more confused.
"I don't have the heart to tell you…..Paige!" said Phoebe and called for her younger sister again.
"Why the hell is she not answering our call" asked Phoebe again.
"I don't think we should let aunt Prue stay in this confused state any more or she will blast" said Wyatt looking at his aunt.
"What state?" asked Piper.
"That why you are practically ignoring her presence and why she does not really recognize you two and us and the little information about aunt Paige" explained Wyatt.
"Yup!" added Chris.
"Ok…wait….Prue before any of this….what were you doing?" asked Phoebe.
"We were travelling to the past to save Mom from that demon and from saving us losing our powers" said Prue without asking anything further. She knew she will be answered soon.
"Oh my God! That is so long back!" said Piper in even more shock.
"Wait…which time are you from?" asked Chris understanding his mother.
"You are seven" Piper said without giving any other detail. She knew that with that amount of information at least four people will be on same page.
"But where the hell is paige?" asked Phoebe again. She was really worried now. She had been calling her for so long.
"Who is paige?" asked Prue again but this time in a calmer tone. She knew that she was the only one who did not understand the whole situation.
"She is our sister Prue…..Mom and Sam…." Answered Piper with one hand on her head. She then explained the whole situation.
"I am dead! Shit!" said Prue.
"I will make sure that you are hocused pocused before leaving this time" Phoebe said without any other emotion. They were all a bit emotional but they did not let it cloud their judgement. They knew better by now.
"May be that is why that you cannot call aunt Paige" said Wyatt a bit scared.
"What do you mean?" asked Piper.
"What were you all doing before all this Mom?" asked Chris.
Before she could answer Wyatt answered for her, "Time travelling I suppose"
"This family does a lot of time travelling...I am surprised that we have not changed something drastic by now" said Chris almost laughing.
But Piper and Phoebe knew the truth. They had changed so much.
"Anyways….how do you relate this thing?"
"Well what I think happened is that when you, aunt Paige and aunt Phoebe were time travelling…at the same time we were time travelling as well as the younger versions of you were also time travelling with one change…instead of aunt Paige…aunt Prue was doing so….and somehow….the signals got mixed up and she ended up being here with you guys…" said Chris in one long breath without taking a pause.
"Which means is…." started Wyatt when he noticed yet confused expressions on the girls faces "…..because power of three is created here…..aunt Paige does not exist anymore…I mean at least not in the charmed world"
Prue felt sad. She somehow felt responsible.