WHAT'S MEANT TO BE

I was inspired to write this story after having a discussion as to what will happen in the series finale of Charmed. So this is what I would like to see happen in the series finale.

WARNING: This story does contain spoilers. I have started it after Episode 20 of the Seventh Season and have included some information I know from reading parts of the scriptof that episode,and have filled in the blanks with my own imagination.

So if you are spoiler free it may be better to wait until after Episode 20 goes to air, otherwise thank you for taking time out of your life to read my story, I very much appreciate it.

CHAPTER ONE

"Are you sure I will go back to the exact same time I left?" Wyatt asked again, hoping another reassurance from his parents would convince him this time.

"Wyatt, as we've said three times now, we summoned you here, so by reversing the summoning spell you will go back to the exact time and place you were when you were brought here." Piper explained again, trying not to sound annoyed.

"It would be different if you had used a spell to get here, this way no one in the future will even know that you've been gone." Leo added.

Wyatt thought about what they said. "Okay, I get it." He finally said. "I just want to be prepared, that's all."

"Hopefully, there will be nothing you have to be prepared for," Phoebe added.

"Hopefully?" Wyatt questioned.

"Phoebe! You're not helping." Paige chastised her before walking over to Wyatt to say goodbye. "It's been great seeing you, say hi to Chris for us," she said as she leaned up to give her much taller nephew from the future a hug.

"I will, although he doesn't know anything about the Chris from the other future coming back to save me." Wyatt said to her.

"He's still the same person, though," Phoebe said as she also moved forward to say her goodbyes. "It doesn't seem that long ago we were saying our goodbyes to him as well. Take care of yourself, promise?" She said as she also leant up to hug him.

"I promise," Wyatt said to her, then he turned to look at his parents. He could see his Mother had tears in her eyes.

"Goodbye, son," Leo said to him leaning forward to shake his hand, and then unexpectedly pulled him closer to give him a hug. "It's really been wonderful seeing a glimpse of your future."

"Sorry, I caused you so much trouble," Wyatt said to Leo, but before he could answer Piper cut in.

"Our boys could never cause us too much trouble," she said as she leaned up to give him a long hug.

She could not help but think back to the last time she was saying goodbye to one of her sons from the future. Chris had lived with them for nearly two years and they had become very close. It was a strange experience for her to have the baby version of Chris inside her almost ready to be born, and at the same time she was saying goodbye to the grown up version of her second son.

She took it for granted that everything would be fine that day, and that he would make it back to the future okay. He'd managed to get out of so many dire situations during his time with them, that she was confident he would continue to do so. She wasn't sure if it was her emotional state of being pregnant, or what it was, but she had not wanted to prolong her goodbyes to Chris, so just gave him a quick hug and sent him on his way. She had never said anything to anyone, but had always regretted that she didn't say more to him, to thank him for everything he had done. How was she to know that was the last time she would ever see that version of her future son alive? As she held on to Wyatt, refusing to let him go, she was determined not to make the same mistake this time.

"Goodbye, Mum," Wyatt said gently to her.

Wyatt tried to pull away, but Piper tightened her grip, not letting him move away from her. Wyatt smiled at what she was doing, and willingly let her hold on to him for a little longer. "I'll be fine, Mum, don't worry," he whispered to her.

Finally she eased her grip on him and moved back to look up at him, "I know you will, I just want you to know how much your Dad and I love you and Chris."

"I know, believe me we both know. My future is not like the one the other Chris came from. Everything's great." He paused for a few seconds thinking and then continued, "I still do vaguely remember that day when Gideon attacked him, you know. I didn't know who he was, of course, but I knew he was protecting me. Even though we're really close in the future, I'll look at him in a whole new light now. I'm amazed you never told either of us about what happened."

"We must have had our reasons." Leo said to him.

Wyatt nodded and moved to the middle of the room in the circle of candles that Paige had just lit.

The three sisters moved together and looked at Wyatt one more time.

"Are you ready?" Piper asked him.

"As I'll ever be." Wyatt replied.

As they read the spell, Wyatt was engulfed in circles of white light, and then he disappeared. He reappeared sitting on a couch in the attic of the Manor, which is exactly where he had been when he was summoned to the past by his family. He looked around and everything seemed fine. He looked at his watch and was relieved to see that it showed the exact time it had been when he disappeared. Satisfied that everything seemed to have gone as planned, Wyatt started to stand up from the couch he was sitting on, when suddenly a rush of memories hit him, like he had been knocked in the head with a baseball bat. The force was so strong that he was pushed back down on the couch, and he had to put his hands out to steady himself from the dizziness he was experiencing.

After a few seconds, it was over, but Wyatt was left shivering and breathless. He tried to take slow deep breathes to calm himself, and then realised he had a whole new set of memories, as well as his original ones, his new ones being the far more dominant.

"No, this is not right!" He said out loud to himself, in a panic. He got up to head downstairs, but he was overcome by dizziness. He had taken a few steps before he realised the room was spinning uncontrollably, and before he could do anything Wyatt fell heavily to the floor. He tried briefly to open his eyes, but it was too hard to fight the darkness that was trying to overcome him. His last thought before giving in, was what went wrong?