A/N: Thanks to everyone who has been supporting me. Unfortunately, Face-Off has hit a major road block that I can't seem to shake. So I'm starting a new story to hopefully get my mind off it. I haven't given up on it yet, and I'm always working on new stuff for it, so hopefully I'll have an update sometime soon. In the meantime, I hope you enjoy this one. It's not in the same reality that Face Off is in. Chris and Wyatt are younger and neither is married or have children yet.
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"Piper, we have to tell them." Leo faced his wife across the kitchen table.
"Why Leo? We've gone 25 years without telling them. Why do they even need to know?"
"Piper, Chris will be 25 in three days. I think his memories of the past are going to kick in, and if they do before we tell them, they are both going to feel betrayed."
"But if the memories don't come, then we risk hurting both of them for nothing." Piper stubbornly insisted.
"We've done a good job, Piper. They might be hurt, but they'll understand why we didn't tell them until now."
"Tell us what now?" Chris' voice jolted both of his parents as they stared at him blankly.
"Umm… Hi Peanut! Are you hungry?" Piper tried to brush his question aside.
"I think he just wants answers, Mom. Same as me." Wyatt added from his spot beside Chris.
"Look, Mom, you and dad have been as jumpy as newbie witches at a demon festival. What's going on? Just tell us, you don't have to protect us like we're babies anymore."
"Oh, Chris… I know you're not babies anymore. But…this is just really hard."
Wyatt took a few steps forward and knelt down next to his mother. "Is it Aunt Paige or Aunt Phoebe? Has something happened to them?"
"No, no… nothing like that. We just have a story to tell you both. And we can't figure out when the best time is."
"Tell us over breakfast. I'll make pancakes." Chris announced as he started grabbing ingredients.
Piper ran her hand lovingly along Chris cheek as he passed by. "I love you, Peanut."
"I love you too, Mom. Don't worry, okay? Whatever it is, I promise we won't go postal on you."
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Piper took a deep breath as she watched both her boys dig into their pancakes. "Well, I guess I should start at the beginning. About 25 years ago, your aunts and I had a visitor from the future. He came to warn us about an evil that was after you, Wyatt. He was secretive and sneaky. He knew things about us that no one else could have guessed. And under it all, he cared about us. He made your dad an elder so that he could become our white lighter. He saved our lives more than once. And then he saved you, Wyatt."
"So…is he back or something?" Wyatt asked, confused.
"Or something. The white lighter's name was Chris." Leo continued.
"Wow… he must've made some impression for you to name your kid after him."
Piper smiled a bit sadly. "We didn't have a lot of choice there. You see… his name was Chris. Christopher Perry Halliwell."
Chris' jaw dropped. "Me? I came back to the past?"
"You needed to save your brother. But you didn't tell us that. You were afraid that if you revealed too much about yourself, the future would be changed in bad ways. After we finally found out, you told us that your visit was supposed to have been a surgical strike, meant to change only Wyatt's part, not everything else."
"It…Wyatt… Whatever evil that was after him must've been pretty strong. I mean, c'mon the Twice Blessed Witch? That's a steep mountain for any demon."
"You're right. As it turns out, Wyatt was after Wyatt."
"Huh?"
"Wyatt was the evil that you had come back to stop. He had been turned evil before you were born, something that none of us had seen. After my…death when you were fourteen, he went completely evil."
"I'm evil?"
"NO! Don't ever think that, baby. You aren't evil. You were, but we changed it. Your future changed. You are not evil. You couldn't be. You have the heart of an angel…literally." Piper rushed to point out.
"Okay, then why are you telling us this? I mean, am I going to be tested by whatever turned me?" Wyatt asked in confusion.
"My birthday. That's it, right? You guys think I'm going to leave when my birthday comes around." Chris guessed.
"Actually, we're more worried about your past lives catching up with you both. If my theory, and that of the other elders are right, then the day you turn 25 both of your worlds will collide, and you'll get the memories of your former future selves."
Chris paled at Leo's words. "But my powers…"
"I know, Chris. We don't know how it will effect you both. I can tell you this much. Your other self didn't have the powers you do. He had telekinesis and orbing, but he couldn't heal or use any of your other powers. However, he was quick and smart as hell. He had real survival skills and a killer instinct."
"But if I get all these other memories, it could really screw with my premonitions, even worse with my necromancy (dreamwalking)."
"If we have to Chris, we'll make a potion to help you control the memories. Don't worry, your aunts and I will make it okay."
"What about my powers? Will I get evil powers?" Wyatt asked.
"We just don't know Wyatt. All I can tell you is that you control your powers. Whether or not you get a demonic power, you control it. Your emotions, remember. It's where all your powers come from. You need to relax and let them flow. I think you both need to practice your meditating for the next few days." He grinned at both boys' groans. "Funny how that sound always follows that suggestion."
Piper laughed. "Well, we could always try yoga again instead." Chris narrowed his eyes at her then playfully stuck his tongue out.
"Well, either way, I guess there's not much we can do until his birthday, right?" Wyatt asked standing.
"No, not really. You just have to be prepared."
"Okay. Well, then, I need to get to work."
Chris glanced at his watch. "Oh, yeah, me too. I've got a class in ten minutes." He casually snapped his fingers, and a black robe appeared in his hands.
"What's today's topic?" Wyatt asked as he casually grabbed his suit jacket.
"Telekinesis vs. Magnetic Manipulation." Chris grinned. "I love Magic School."
"Yeah, well, I gotta get to the court house. Big case today on my abused 5 year old. His parents actually think they have a shot at getting him back. It'll be over my dead body." Wyatt grimaced as he remembered the state he'd found the boy in a few months earlier.
"Good luck."
"Thanks… see ya later. Love you Mom. Bye Dad." Wyatt kissed Piper's cheek and disappeared in a shower of orbs.
"Yeah, me too. Love you guys." Chris followed in another set of orbs.
"I love you too." Piper whispered to the air, then buried herself in Leo's arms, terrified for her boys.