Teenage Nightmare

The Fear of a mother

The most beautiful thing on earth must be the love of the mothers. The women who would sacrifice everything for their little child, their freedom, their hair colour, their beautiful bodies, their love life, their life, and if they have to, even the time when they could stand protectively over their little ones. Being a mother is a wonderful thing. However, never forget! When their children are threatened, mothers can be the most dangerous beings walking on the world.

Surely those who know Piper Halliwell well enough, they know all that quite well. She was well feared on Earth, on Heaven, and surely in the Underworld too. But it's okay, because she and her sisters defeated the ultimate power of the darker side and created a peaceful place for her two little boys. These boys were slowly growing to be the strongest pillars of Good, and that will be the best thing what their loving mother would achieve during her life.

After the last huge battle peace settled onto the Halliwell or being exact Wyatt family. The parents found the job of their dreams, the children were still small and cute with minimal troubles around them, but the most important thing is that demons stayed away from them. And that's why it was such a shock what happened on that certain day.

It was already five o' clock in the afternoon and Leo and Piper just arrived home with the kids. The two little boys were still full with energy, so they were placed into the living room with their toys. Their father and mother let them play and walked to the kitchen, so Piper could start making one of her special meals. While she was working, Leo sat down to the table so he could watch the love of his life.

"All of that is worth it," Leo spoke up suddenly, his eyes shining with happiness.

Piper stopped what she was doing and turned towards him confusion clear on her face. "What's worth what?"

Leo smiled and stretched out his arms. "Everything! Giving up being an elder, my powers, being immortal. I would throw them away again and again so I could live like that! With you and with the boys. I wouldn't trade it for anything!"

Piper smiled back at him and accepted the suddenly offered hug. "It's good to hear!" she mumbled into her husband's chest. They stayed like that for few minutes, just enjoying the relaxing atmosphere and the safety of each other.

However in the charmed life nothing stayed calm ever. The silence was ripped apart by Wyatt's alarmed cry and Chris' followed immediately. The parents went rigid still leaning against each other, but Piper pushed her husband away and ran to her children with the anger of a protective mother. Of course Leo followed the woman.

In the living room bright orb lights were forming in the middle and slowly a human form appeared form them.

"Calm down! I'm not a threat!" It was the voice of a woman, but her very being shocked everyone. She seemed to be an average woman with big brown eyes, long dark hair with few grey ones and very few wrinkles on her face.

"Piper?" Leo chocked out and couldn't stop staring like an idiot at the few years older version of his wife.

"I'm not her!" the younger woman protested. Her older version smiled gently at them.

"Yes, you are me. I mean you will be after few years, believe me!" she sighed when she noted that the other two still didn't believe in what she said, but things were urgent and she just left the future in a very critical time. She had to hurry!

"Can we please have a sit? I'm not that young anymore!" with that she walked to the couch and sat down expecting the others to do the same. And they did.

"I have grey hairs," the younger woman said and examined her older self with sharp eyes.

"I'm raising two teenage boys, one, the strongest magical being living on earth, and if you give the other a day, he'll come up with a book of spells! Of course, I have grey hairs! You don't want to know what that two is capable of!"

Leo grinned and his gaze wandered to the two little kids still sitting on the ground. "They are troublemakers?"

The older woman nodded. "They are Halliwells after all."

Her younger self decided it was time to talk about the matter finally, so she cut them off, "No offense, but why are you here? I don't think it's because you want to chat about Chris and Wyatt."

"Yeah, you are right," older Piper nodded and took a deep breath, "but it's because Wyatt and Chris that I'm here. I want you to look after them for me."

"Of course we look after them! I'm their mother! What else would I do?"

The older woman shook her head. "I don't think you understand me. I want you to take care of the teenager versions of them now. I'll send them back to you."

Heavy silence fell onto the room as the information slowly sank in for the two young parents.

"You want to do what? Piper! Are you out of your mind?" Leo cried out loudly.

The younger woman's elbow suddenly met with his ribs making him let out a painful "Ow!"

"I'm not!" she protested.

Leo glared at her. "I didn't mean you! But you!" with that he turned towards the older woman, who remained calm. "You can't send them back to the past! Now it's your job to protect them, just like it will be ours when the time comes.

"Future you agreed, even the elders agreed! There is no other choice! It's just few days! It can't be that much to ask for!"

"But why?" Her past self asked, as the worry found its way inside of her. There has to be reason if her future self, couldn't handle with the situation, right?

Future Piper put her hands together and clenched them with such strength that her fingers went white. "There is a demon. Or not just one, but they have a leader. He is really strong and he is after the boys and we don't know why. It's really bad. We want to vanquish it, but we need the boys to be safe, but not even 'Up There' is good enough. They were followed there too! Sending them to the past is the only way left. The Power of Three is strong and here you can only just focus on keeping them safe. When we vanquish the demons, they can come back. Please! You have to help us!"

Past Piper nodded determined. "Send them to me. I'll protect them."

Her older self smiled gratefully. "Thank you! But I still need to tell you few things about the boys. Chris is sixteen and Wyatt is eighteen. They are in a difficult phase and you must be careful with them! They have their powers since they were kids so they are really good with them and what I said before is still valid. They are troublemakers and if it wasn't enough they just developed sleep-orb."

"What?" Piper asked back with wide eyes. The other woman grinned knowingly.

"Sleep-orb. When they are asleep, they orb unconsciously. Don't ask me why, but the elders says that this is because of their hormones and all. It will stop one day."

She could see that the others' eyes grew wider and wider after every word which left her lips. She grinned. "Oh, and one more thing. The spell I'll use will give you a sign when the demon is vanquished and with that spell," she leaned forward and gave her younger self a paper, "you'll have to send them back to me. Is everything clear?"

"When will they arrive?" Leo asked.

"One hour after I'm gone, which is happening now." She stood up and gave them both a hug and placed the responsibility of two teenagers onto their shoulders. "Please take good care of them! They are really sweet most of the time, everything should be fine"

"We know. We already met both of them, remember?"

Older Piper nodded, but her eyes darkened a little. "Yes, I know, but Chris is not the same, and please act around him that way. They should never know about what happened that time, okay?"

"Of course!" the others nodded. The older woman smiled at them one last time and slowly walked backwards. The now familiar lights appeared again and she was wrapped around with them.

"Thank you!" she whispered and disappeared into the future.

"How did we agree to this?" Leo asked still staring at the spot where his future wife stood few minutes ago.

"Doesn't matter. We have one hour to get ready. We'll need the guests room too and I have to make the dinner! I bet they'll be hungry!" Piper said and hurried to the kitchen so she could continue the dinner making.

Leo looked after her and just shook his head in the end. "Or knowing you, they won't be…"

"Did you say something?"

"Nope! Just that I'll call Phoebe and Paige. They'll be like crazy knowing that the boys are coming."

Piper appeared again, a spoon held tight in her hands and her eyes huge and pleading. "Wait, please! I know it's not fair and I'm being selfish, but I want my boys for myself tonight. Tomorrow they can find it out."

Leo grinned at her lovingly. "I think they'll understand!"

To be continued…