Hello, this is just a one-shot AU where the sisters discover Chris's identity a whole new way. Set somewhere after "Chris-Crossed."
Paige was up in the attic analyzing spells in the Book of Shadows. She carefully flipped through each worn page, scrutinizing every spell in hopes of discovering anything to assist her. She scribbled notes as she went and marked the page for future reference. Paige had decided that she would cast a spell to understand Chris Perry.
Paige looked up as she heard footsteps approaching, it was Phoebe.
"Hey! What are you still doing up here, it's been two hours now?" She questioned her sister. Paige forced a fake smile and tried to shrug it off. Phoebe crossed her arms and regarded her carefully. She strode over to Paige and looked at her notes.
"Memory recall, time travel, truth serum," Phoebe put her hands on her hips, "what are you up to?" Paige groaned at being caught by her nosey sister.
"I want to know the truth about Chris," Paige stated. Phoebe nodded in agreement.
"I do to," she said turning to face her sister, "what can I do to help?" Paige let out a sigh of relief from not being in trouble.
"I want to mix these together to form one big "fool proof" spell," Paige said referring to her notes. Phoebe regarded this carefully before mentioning consequences, to which Paige argued that future consequences stemmed from Chris were more likely.
Both heads snapped up when Piper cleared her throat loudly.
"What are you two doing?" she said accusingly. They looked at each other trying to form a story. However Piper ripped the paper Phoebe was writing on off the table and read:
For those who want the truth revealed,
Opened hearts and secrets unsealed
Release locked thoughts to my minds willing ear,
Show us the secrets which Chris greatly fears
Leo orbed in right as the attic began to morph and the lights flickered.
"Well why'd you do that for!" Paige snapped. Piper looked around noticing suitable differences in the attic, furniture and other items were shifted differently.
"Where are we?" Leo asked looking around as well. The girls jumped not realizing he had been there.
"Leo? What are you doing here?" Piper asked.
"I came to tell you that the elders are re-evaluating Chris and his position," he said observing a picture frame. Before the girls could respond, Leo gasped audibly going pale.
"Leo, what did you find?" Phoebe asked. Leo turned and moved so the girls could see the picture. In the frame was Piper laying on a hospital bed holding a infant, Wyatt was being held over the side to see.
"I think the spell worked," Paige gasped looking around with a new curiosity.
"Spell? What spell!" Leo demanded. Paige and Phoebe looked down slightly ashamed.
"We cast a spell to find out who Chris is," Phoebe explained carefully, "we combined a memory and truth spell." Leo looked angry before running feet burst through the door. It was Piper, a future Piper. She looked the exact same.
"I don't think she can see us," Paige said. The rest had to agree as Future Piper didn't so much as glance in their direction. Future Piper ran to the book and began frantically flipping through the pages. A swarm of white lights began beside her and two young boys appeared. One had blonde hair, the other brown.
"Mom! Wyatt won't take me with him and dad!" the younger boy with brown hair whined. The blonde haired boy, Future Wyatt, rolled his eyes and orbed out. The brown haired boy began to cry, he looked to be no older than five. Future Piper picked him up and held him in a firm grp.
"I was so worried! You cannot disappear like that ever again!" She scolded holding the boy tightly. The "invaders" realized that Future Piper was in such a rush to find the boy.
"You never worry when Wyatt disappears!" the little boy accuses. Future Piper kisses his head and responds. "Wyatt is older peanut, and normally he's with daddy," she explains.
"Why can't I go with dad?" the boy says bitterly. Piper sets him down and kneels in front of him.
Then they both disappeared.
"What happened?" Paige asked.
"I don't know, but who the hell was the boy? My son? I don't understand!" Piper gasped. Leo rushed to her side and comforted her. Then a new voice shook them all.
"What the hell are you doing!" an angry Chris bellowed. They all stood frozen.
"What are you doing?" Leo snapped back. Chris glared at him.
"I came to find where you went!" Chris responded icily.
"We just want the truth Chris," Phoebe tried to reason. Chris looked to her.
"The truth about what?" he asked.
"You," they said in unison. Chris's face turned a vibrant red with fury.
"What the hell did you do!" He bellowed angrily. They flinched as he was looking murderous.
They were interrupted as a new scene played out, Chris paled in realization of what was happening.
The attic morphed once again, more pictures were added and furniture moved again. A new Future Piper sat on a sofa clutching a white cloth jacket to her chest. She was sobbing uncontrollably into the fabric. There was a soft knock on the door and the brown haired boy, slightly older now, walked in.
"Mom?" he asked, his eyes glistening as well. Future Piper wiped her tears and looked at him with a forced smile.
"Yea peanut?" she asks softly. He studies her face before moving closer to her.
"Is it true? Is she, did she- did aunt-" his face crumpled and he flung his arms around his mother crying with her. He looked possibly eleven or twelve years old. Future Piper rocked them both, still clutching the jacket in her hand, Phoebe had a bit of deja-vu watching this scene. The jacket looked very familiar. It had to be hers and the feelings emitting from Chris only proved her theory. Phoebe gasped at the revelation.
Once again, Future Piper and her child disappeared.
"Who is that boy?" Piper asks as Phoebe asks, "I died, didn't I?"
Pipers head snaps to Phoebe, her own question forgotten. Chris hangs his head before repeating his "I can't tell you" speech.
"Screw the future! Just tell us the truth!" Paige demands. Chris groans and is about to respond when a new memory takes hold.
"How many damn things happen in this attic!" Piper snaps as the brown haired boy appears again. He is flipping through the Book of Shadows, frustration evident on his face.
"Why don't I have my powers yet?" he yells in frustration knocking the book off of its stand. He looks around fourteen years old.
Phoebe stumbles into Paige at the wave of emotions she feels. Chris is panicking and terrified. It's then Phoebe begins piecing things together in her head.
"I can feel your emotions," Phoebe gasps in surprise. Before she had dismissed the change as a part of that memory in particular, however she now realized she feels everything Chris is. Again they are interrupted as a darklighter appears. The darklighter aims at the brown haired boy with his poisoned arrow.
"Help!" the boy screams ducking as the arrow misses his head. The Book of Shadows lay beside the darklighter, his only hope gone. Then a new Future Piper bursts through the door, literally.
"Get the hell away from my son!" she demands blowing him back. The demon smiles a ominous smile before vanishing.
"Mom!" the boy cries running into her outstretched arms. Future Piper holds him tight kissing his head. The moment is ruined as the demon reappears behind the boy poised to strike, Piper sees him and quickly flips her body around. The arrow pierces through her back, its angled up so that it is embedded into her alone. The boy is safe.
"No!" the boy screams as his mother's body falls limp. An energy leaves his body and the demon is disintegrated into ash. The boy has a moment to register the vanquish before he turns his full attention to his mother. Future Piper is still alive but only barely.
"Mom! I'm sorry, Mom!" the boy cries into her chest.
"It's not your fault my sweet, sweet boy," Future Piper comforts. The boy only clutches her tighter.
"I can't lose you too! I love you too much mom, please stay with me!" he gasps between labored breaths. Piper holds his hand and coaxes him to look her in the eyes.
"I love you too and I will always be with you my sweet Chris-" Piper's eyes slide closed as she struggles to finish her sentence.
"No! Help! Leo! Leo! Wyatt! Someone please! Help!" the boy cries at the ceiling. He receives no response and remains alone with his mother's body in his arms. He lays her down carefully and hovers his hands over her chest.
"Work, work, please!" he begs. Nothing happens.
"Please!" He cries to himself solemnly.
They disappear.
"You're Wyatt's brother," Phoebe states, her voice wavers at the emotional turmoil she just experienced.
"My son," Piper sniffs as silent tears stream down her face. Chris turns to them, his face tearstained and expression defeated.
"Yes," is all he can manage. And the spell ends, bringing them back to where they were before. The attic had never been so still.