Consequences
Disclaimer: None of the characters from the Charmed Universe are mine.
This is a sequel to Never Alone. You don't have to read it but it may help. Chris faces up to the consequences of lying to his family and betraying Wyatt.
Chapter 1: A Truth Spell.
"Oh my god our neurotic white lighter is actually our son," said Piper finally. Everyone looked up at her. Chris then dropped his head. His secret was out.
Phoebe stunned by the news let go of Chris and he took the opportunity to orb out. He wasn't ready to deal with this yet.
"Where did he go?" asked Paige.
"Probably to the top of the Golden Gate Bridge. It's where he goes to think. That should have given it away. It's where I go to think to," said Leo realizing there had been so many clues.
"We have been so mean to him. Our son Leo," said Piper tears filling her eyes. Leo pulled her into his arms and held her as she cried.
"Could you get anything from him before he orbed out Phoebe?" asked Paige.
"No just pain and sadness," she replied. She wished she had kept her arms around him.
"Why didn't he tell us who he was?" asked Piper.
"Future consequences probably," said Paige sarcastically.
"He shouldn't be alone right now," said Phoebe wanting to go to her nephew.
"If we go there Pheebs he will just orb away. We need to wait for him to come to us," said Paige knowing how stubborn he could be. She now knew where he got it from. Piper could be really stubborn when she wanted to be.
Chris sat on Golden Gate Bridge staring out across the sky. He couldn't believe his family had worked out who he was. How was he going to face them now. They would be angry at him for lying to them. He didn't want to get back there but he couldn't avoid it. He had to save Wyatt. He wanted to give his sister Melinda the future she deserved. He loved her to pieces and she had always looked up to him. She never saw him as second best.
Piper and the others had continuously tried to get Chris to talk to them about what had happened but he refused and only talked about demons. Piper was getting fed up. If she ever spoke to him about it a sad look would cross his face and he would change the subject. She began to wonder if maybe they had done something to make Chris hate them in the future.
"I wish there was something we could do to make Chris open up to us," she said to her sisters.
"Well we could cast a truth spell," suggested Paige.
"Is that a good idea. It seems wrong to do that to him," said Phoebe.
"We have to do something," argued Piper. She couldn't deal with her son hating her.
"Ok lets have a go," said Phoebe and she began to work on a spell. They finished a spell and prepared to cast it. They called Leo down in case they needed him.
"Hi. What's up?" he asked.
"We are going to cast a truth spell on Chris," said Piper.
"Is that wise. It could backfire."
"I have to know why he hates us so much," she argued and Leo gave in. It never paid to argue with Piper when she was like this. The sister cast the spell but nothing happened.
"Should we have Chris here?" asked Leo.
"No the spell should work without him," replied Phoebe studying it once more.
"Why didn't it work?" asked Paige.
"Maybe Chris is in the underworld and the spell can't reach him," suggested Phoebe knowing that could block the spell.
"No he is at P3. I can sense him," replied Leo.
Suddenly a bright light appeared and they all had to look away. When it had disappeared a girl stood before them.
"What the hell is going on," she said angrily looking around the room. As her gaze landed on the sisters and Leo the colour left her face.
"Is that who I think it is?" asked Paige staring at the girl before them. Her hair was blond now but there was no mistaking her eyes. They were just like Piper's.
"Yes it is," replied Leo staring at his daughter.
"How did I get here?" she asked.
"I thought the spell was supposed to work on Chris," said Paige wondering why the spell had gone awry.
"You cast a spell on Chris," she said incredulously.
"Yes we wanted to get the truth out of him for a change," said Leo.
"How could you cast a truth spell on your own son?" she asked glaring at Leo. She avoided looking at Piper.
"He wont talk to us and we wanted to know why," said Piper forcing her to look at her mother. The same pained expression crossed her face.
"Do you not think there might be a reason why he wont talk about it."
"What like future consequences," said Paige.
"Yeah partly but did you ever think it might be too hard for him to talk about it?"
"I guess not," said Phoebe.
"It just hurts me that my own son hates me. Was I a bad mother to you all?" asked Piper feeling teary again.
"No. You were a great mom. The best," said Melinda feeling the tears welling up in her own eyes.
"Then why does he," she paused for a second. "Wait a minute you said were a great mom. That's what the problem is. I'm not in your future am I," said Piper suddenly realizing what was going on. Melinda shook her head.
"I died when you were young didn't I?" she questioned. Melinda nodded and a silent tear ran down her cheek. Piper longed to hug her daughter but didn't think she would let her.
"What about me. Am I dead too?" asked Leo saddened to learn Piper was going to die young.
"No," she said with a hint of disgust in her voice.
"Was I a bad father to you guys?" he asked scared of her reply.
"I think you have to be there to be classed as a bad dad," she replied sarcastically.
"What do you mean?" he asked confused.
"You were never there for Chris. You were never really there for me either but he needed his dad."
"I wasn't there?"
"No anything to do with Wyatt and me to a certain extent you would work hard to be there but if it had anything to do with Chris you were always too busy."
"Oh my god. No wonder he hates me," said Leo sitting down stunned by the news. Phoebe could sense there was still more to come.
"There's more to this isn't there?" she asked. No one noticed Chris orb in silently.
"The day mom died we were there. We saw the demons attack mom. I was knocked out and mom was hit with a fire ball. Chris called you for ten minutes but you didn't come by the time I awoke and called you she was dead. You blamed him for it. You blamed a 14 year old boy for his mother's death," she yelled and then spotted Chris in the corner tears running down his cheeks.
"Oh Chris," she said and ran to him.
Authors Note: How will the others react to what they have just learnt. How will Chris react when he learns his family cast a spell on him. Please read and review.