In this future, Chris has not met Bianca, and is currently dating someone else…

If that helps to explain this at all.

Disclaimer: Nope, Charmed isn't mine. I wish! But Anna and Sarah are! :D

November 18, 2019

Anna darted through the abandoned house quietly, brown eyes flicking around, looking for someone. Her feet quietly thumped against the ground, dust swirling around her heels. A cool wind blew her silky chocolate waves around her face. She suddenly slowed to a stop, turned and faced a door. With a soft laugh, she pushed it open. "You can't fool me that easily Chris!" A man tumbled out at her feet with a hard thud. Anna shook her head quietly and pulled him to his feet.

"I really thought I had you this time!" Chris moaned sarcastically. Anna rolled her eyes and flicked a stray wave out of her face. She sighed and grabbed his hand. "Let's go home. It's not safe here, we both know that. If HE catches wind that we're here…" She shook her head. "We better go." Chris nodded, knowing exactly what she meant. The couple quickly disappeared in a swirl of white and blue orbs.

June 27, 2020

"Chris, you don't have to do this!" Anna begged tearfully, grabbing her boyfriend's sleeve. "We've kept ourselves hidden, we can move out of the country, we can be safe somewhere else!" Chris wrenched his arm away from her and grabbed a long brown jacket from a peg on the wall. She kept on pleading with him. "Chris… please. We can run away!" He sent her a glare that silenced her.

"Anna, you know why I have to. He's my brother! I can't just…" He trailed off. Anna started to cry, tears running down her face without stop. Chris sighed and walked towards her, pulling her in his arms. "Hey, it's okay. I'll be back soon. And everything will be alright, I promise." He looked her in the eyes. He suddenly felt a twinge of regret and sadness. Chris didn't want to leave his Banana here, alone in this world that was cruel. She already suffered so much he couldn't bear to make her hurt anymore. He had spent many nights up, contemplating whether he should bring her with him, while she slept quietly next to him.

"Banana," he murmured her nickname quietly, "Anna. Promise me you'll stay safe. Please. I couldn't bear it if…" He cut himself off. He wouldn't allow himself to think of that. She would be safe. "Anna, just promise me. Please." Anna sighed into his embrace.

"Fine. I promise I'll stay safe, or as safe as I can get in this demon infested nuthouse." Chris kissed Anna's forehead gently and pulled away from the embrace sadly. Anna sniffled, eyes still pouring out rivers of tears. She shook her head sadly and picked up the brown rucksack on the floor. She hugged it to her chest and handed it to Chris. She didn't want him to leave. She had already lost everything she had.

Until she found Chris. She had been orphaned, but she didn't know how, and didn't really feel like knowing. She had been alone for years, begging on the streets. Anna sighed, lost in the memories of the cruel past she had grown up in.

Chris realized this. He turned around and swept her into a tight embrace as she sobbed hysterically. "Shh," he whispered into the cascade of brown waves. Gently she pulled his head to her, and they kissed sweetly, quietly knowing that this may be the last time they could see each other for a long time.

April 5, 2024

Chris sighed. He'd been working with the Resistance so much, he hadn't been able to see Anna in a while. In fact, in the past four years, he had only seen her maybe four or five times. He missed her. Her long hair, her sparkling eyes, her sweet heart. But the last time he had seen her, she seemed nervous, frightened. Like she was hiding something. She seemed so unsteady, so… scared.

Anna sighed. She hadn't seen Chris in months. This was good, kind of, because she had no idea how to tell him. She was terrified, and she knew that he knew she was. She couldn't hide anymore. He'd find out eventually. Shaking her head, she walked into the small room designated as the kitchen. She smiled sadly, looking at the small figure sitting at the table. The little girl looked up.

"Look mommy! I made the leaves turn purple!" The little girl held her hand out for her mother to see. Anna smiled. "That's amazing sweetie! I'm so proud of you!" Anna kissed the girl's forehead. She sighed and grabbed a pan. "Eggs or sausage?" The little girl's face lit up. "Eggs eggs eggs!" The girl chanted. Anna laughed. "Alright alright!" Anna's daughter looked up at her, and Anna couldn't help feeling broken inside. Her baby girl… Anna shook her head absently. She loved her baby, her sweet little Sarah.

A quiet chime was Anna's only warning. Her eyes widened. "Sarah… Get downstairs quick!" Sarah, hearing the fear in her mother's voice, grabbed her things and orbed down to the small basement. Anna turned around as the other swirl of orbs solidified and became the person she loved so dearly, Chris. She smiled and ran into Chris' arms. He kissed her forehead gently. She clung to him tightly, trying to express all her love into that one tight embrace.

"Anna…" She put a finger to his lips and just let him hold her. He smiled into her hair. She let go of him quietly and flicked her hair out of her face. Chris looked at her carefully. She raised an eyebrow. "Is… Is something wrong? Chris?" He shook his head. She laughed and punched him in the arm. "Sit down, you must be exhausted!"

"Just a bit…" He sniffed the air. "Is that… eggs?" Anna laughed at him. "You and your stomach, I swear sometimes I just want to put you in a room with unlimited food and see what happens!" Chris looked thoughtfully at her. "That's not a bad idea." She chuckled, but inside she was worried. What about Sarah, her little baby, sitting down in the basement? What if someone tried to take her? She hated hiding Sarah. The girl was so young. She didn't always have the best ideas. Like the time she had brought that slime monster to life. It had taken Anna a week to take care of that situation while trying to avoid anyone finding out.

Chris noticed that she had gotten distracted, so he got up and made the eggs on his own. He slid the eggs onto a plate and put it down, then went over to Anna. He put his hand on her shoulder. "What's wrong." He didn't bother making it a question. He could feel it, there was something bothering her. He just didn't know what. If only she would tell him.

She shook herself. "Oh, nothing! I'm fine. Just thinking. Again." Chris didn't believe her, she knew that. She just pushed her way into his arms. "I just missed you so much." He frowned. "Anna. What are you hiding from me?" She looked up, eyes terrified. "Chris… I… I can't tell you." Chris shook his head and let go of her.

"Wait, Chris… Where are you going? Don't leave! Please!" Anna cried as he orbed away. She fell to the floor, shaking. Sarah poked her head out of the basement door. "Mommy?" Anna looked up. She suddenly felt terrible, she shouldn't be crying. Sarah ran towards her mother. "It's okay Mommy. No one will hurt you. I'll protect you." Anna looked up at her three year old, her daughter, Sarah Gabrielle Moseley Halliwell. She loved Sarah. Anna wouldn't let anything touch her.

2026

"Mom!" Sarah smiled as her mother walked into the room. Anna looked at her daughter. She had been snooping around, trying to find news of Chris. All that Anna had found was that he had planned to go back in time to change everything. Anna sighed and looked at her daughter. Sarah and Anna had run into a demon about a year back. That encounter turned Sarah into a fifteen year old girl. Anna was still getting used to it. They had tried many things to change Sarah back, but nothing worked. Neither of them really minded however.

"Well. Sarah, go pack a rucksack for yourself. I'll pack mine." Anna looked so much older than her actual age of twenty three. Sarah gave her mother a look. "What exactly are you planning mother?" Anna gave one of her rare laughs, and even so, it was sarcastic. "Your father is planning on going back in time to change everything. We're going back with him. But he doesn't need to know." Sarah gaped at her mother. Anna smirked at her daughter's expression. Shaking her head, Sarah went to go pack her bag. Anna followed her daughter as she went to the other room. They would always be with Chris, whether he liked it or not. Even though he had only come by two times after the incident, Anna still loved him dearly. And nothing could ever change that.

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~Kaeyla

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