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Sorry if my grammer sucks. I didnt bother to check the grammer or some of the speeling. So I will do it next time.
Summary: Chris has been hiding a lot of secrets. He has many different friends and allies. Now there are more people from the future. This takes place after PRICE CHARMED. Enjoy
Chapter 1 Introduction
The full moon was rising and illuminating the night sky. It shone through the open wind as the night wind blew a gentle breeze into the room. The breeze whistled along with the lullaby that a man was singing to a little girl of three years as she was falling asleep.
Midnight moonlight shining through the curtain lace
Paints a perfect picture on your perfect face
One sweet angel sleeping in my arms
You are the promise I knew God would keep
You are the gift that makes my world complete
And you'll never know how much I love you
But I'll keep on telling you my whole life through
Now I believe in miracles, and you're the reason why
So dream on while I sing you my angel's lullaby
The raven haired little angel was already snoozing as the man was walking and holding her. He walked into a small room that had a twin sized bed and laid her on the bed under the blankets. He brushed her bangs out her face and kissed her on the forehead. As he stepped back, a small snow white wolf cub and a raven landed on the bed. He smiled at the two animals as they got comfortable at their spots. He turned off all the lights except the night light by the little girls bed. He then stepped out as he closed the door
He went through the living room picking up things that he needed. He grabbed a few vials of liquids, a dagger, and a few pieces of paper. He put them all in his pockets as he went and grabbed a jacket. He last grabbed the keys to the place and put them in his back pocket along with a micro size baby monitor. He checked around the room and let his senses out to see if there was anything wrong before he left.
He went out the front door and locked it as he went down the set of stairs. As he reached the night air of Los Angeles, he looked around as he saw the night life was full of energy. He walked a few blocks into an alley until he was hidden from view. He noticed the time being pass eight which gave him a few hours to do some research before going to his post. As he was obscured by the shadows, his body faded into a particles of pure light.
He appeared in what seemed to be in a maze of tunnels and caves. He walked forward until he came to an ancient hall full of people dressed in black and purple robes. These people were known as the Council of the underworld. These were the evil counterparts to the elders who oversaw those on the side of good. These councilors helped guide those of the dark to power as the elders would for witches and other magical creatures. The assembly was made up of sorcerers, demons, warlocks and other magical beings that have lived long and grown wise and powerful to lead.
The underworld was still disorganized as they loved chaos but all beings of hell followed any orders of the council. The only being that had enough authority without the council was the Source of all Evil, but there was none at the moment. This assembly was to guide those that practiced dark side of magic and sustain the working and future of evil. The Crone was one the members of the assembly.
The man who had came in in an array of lights walked calmly through the crowd, ignoring all the stares, until he came to one very wise man. He bowed to the man and brought his hand to his chest and spoke "Hail to Lord Gabriel, wise and strong. Allow me to talk while letting the darkness obscure the plot."
The robed Lord greeted the man with a smile and grabbed the man that was bowing as they both shimmered away. They appeared in a small cave that had pillars and torches lining the edges of the room.
"What a surprise, Christopher, to see someone walk through the hall without fear or weakness from being in the presence of the council. You have the sin of pride if that display has shown that to the others. So how goes your mission on saving that brother of yours."
The Lord Gabriel knew of the story and reason behind the appearance of the man. He knew about the future where the war escalated and ruined the world. Where one single man ruled over all life with an iron grip. One man who had wiped out most of the Council and Elders so no one else could guide the of magic. Where magic was exposed to all and used by only a select few of people Gabriel maybe a demon but he is one that believed in the balance and that magic, especially dark magic, was to exist without interference.
Gabriel knew that the man who created that future was Chis's, the man standing in front of him, own brother. A brother who at the moment was believed to be the paradigm of good. A boy who will rise to ruin all of magic and the world in the future. Chris had explained his story knowing that he could never get away with lying to the wise man. Chris had known the man in the future and was also taught by him. He had shown proof when showing an amulet given to him from the Gabriel of the future. An amulet that Gabriel would never take off let alone give away to anyone. This had earned Chris the respect of the demon lord.
"My mission has already been compromised because they kicked me out of the manor. Never to show my face to them. So …have you heard of anything about plans that involves Wyatt." Chris turned his green eyes towards the old man.
"None have planned anything that involves him but I will keep digging through the grape vine. I also advise you to look through other ways of turning Wyatt. There may be others not from the side of evil that wish harm to the boy. The road to hell is paved with good intentions and some one may think it is for the greater good to harm the Twice Blessed."
"Thanks Gabriel. If you want to see Venus, just drop by tomorrow, but try not to corrupt her. She seems to miss you."
The old man just nodded his head with a smile as he disappeared into flames to return to the hall. Chris just took a deep breath as he faded into orbs to travel away from the place. His orbs took him to another part of the underworld.
This was the lair of a group of Cruor demons. These upper level demons feed on blood like vampires except they do not care where the blood may come for. These demons are feared because of their ability to manipulate any type of blood to use as a weapon. If they have tasted one single drop of blood of their opponent, they would be able to control the being's blood. Using it to manipulate how they move, torture or to just force all the blood out of the body and kill them. They still do have the basic demon powers such as shimmering and energy balls but were more known about their blood control. The good news of the matter was that a person does not need a vanquishing potion or spell to kill them. They just needed enough force.
Chris hid behind a rock as he noticed there was about six of them feasting on two bodies. He crouched down to prepare himself for the battle ahead. Calming his nerves, sharpening his senses and focusing his mind on the task at hand. He stood up and threw his dagger at the closest cruor and used his telekinesis to guide it to the demons heart from behind. Right before it hit, Chris orbed to the side of the dead demon to pull out the dagger and drive into another one. His two victims turning into sand in 20 seconds after the start of his attack. He had to spin to the side to avoid a claw from scratching him from behind. While the free blade came round and sliced at the demons throat. The Halfling had to back away before three energy balls hit where he was.
He knew he only wounded the third demon and looked to see it was joined by the last three. The four demons started firing at will their energy attacks. Chris kept on dodging until he was able to orb away but not without being hit at least three times in the chest and his sides. He appeared behind the four demons and TKed them forward. He did not wait for them to get up as he set his sights on the one he wounded earlier which was now at his far right. He jumped over there and try to drive his blade into the demons heart but missed as the demon moved to the right. Chris had to block with his dagger or dodge as the Cruor started to swipe at him non stop. He dodge to the left as a claw came down to scratch him. He then introduced the monster with his left fist powered by his TKing power. This sent the demon flying back. He then had to dodge again as two of the other demons try to double team him. He had to back flip bringing his feet up to kick the blood suckers back.
When he was standing straight again, he was joined by the last one of the four. He kept on dodging when he noticed that the wounded one was powering up an attack and launched it at him. The witch-lighter used his power again to redirect the attack at the demon he was currently fighting. With that one turned to stone, he had three left. He looked at the others as they were traveling at him while throwing energy balls. He had to redirect the attacks so he would not be harmed and was able to vanquish one with one of the energy attacks. He had now only to deal with two more and when the last two reached him he had drove his blade, strengthen by his powers, to chop of a hand. The demon seemed immune to pain as it tried to carry on with its last claw. He kept on dodging and blocking till he saw an opening in one of the demons and drove the blade into its heart. He had to back away as the last one was able to land a blow and draw blood on his extended arm. The demon jumped back so it could taste the drop of blood on its claw. Chris threw out his arm and made a fist while squeezing it. He did it so he could use his TKing power to kill it before it was able to take control of his body. He used his power to squeeze its heart until the demon turned to ash.
Chris took a deep breathe to calm himself down again and wait for the adrenaline rush to disappear. As he stood up straight, he winced as he noticed his wounds from the battle. He reached down and drew one of the vials he had and drank it. As the last drop went down his throat, he knew the healing potion was taking effect. All his wounds were healing and disappearing leaving him to feel better. He grabbed one of the pieces of paper to cross of the Cruor demons off a list. He looked at the next name as he orbed off.
A few hours later….
The manor was dark and quiet as everybody inside were all asleep. The only occupants being a mother and her baby son as the mother's sisters now had new living arrangements. In the baby's room there was a flicker of lights that disappeared to reveal Chris standing there with his clothes dirty, torn and burned in different places. He made it a priority to sometimes show up and do guard duty at night by Wyatt's crib. He would orb in while everyone was asleep and watch over the boy so that he could prevent any uninvited night visitors from doing anything to the boy.
What most people did not know was that Wyatt trusted Chris from the beginning, when he first arrived. It was because even if they were in different times in different forms, they still had a strong sibling bond. Chris had blocked the link from his brother in his own time but when he came to the past, he allowed it to connect with baby Wyatt. The small Twice Bless felt the bond and enjoyed being around Chris. The only reason there was a shield was because Chris had told his baby brother to keep their relationship a secret and put the shield up. But when nobody was looking and it was just the two of them, Chris would be there taking bonding and taking care of his brother.
Chris would always love his brother and would always wish for the best for him. That was why he was back here in the past. He wanted to not only save all the innocent lives but his brothers life also. The evil Wyatt was not the real Wyatt and Chris knew that the real one was in there some where. So he would come to the past and protect that innocence from disappearing into the dark. While he watched over his brother, he helped cultivate his brother with the proper ways on doing things. He helped his brother train in his magical powers, show him what his morals meant and talk to him as an older person and not in baby talk so Wyatt could learn his speech properly.
Chris would come visit the manor when he had free time and did not have to worry about Venus. Turing invisible and hiding his presence to everyone except for the little boy. He would tell Wyatt to use his Telekinesis to move certain objects to certain places. He would play hide and seek with the boy using only orbing and the ability to sense to find each other. Have Wyatt play dodge ball by TKing small soft objects at the boy while Wyatt had his shield pop up or orb to avoid them. Chris made sure that if Wyatt did not act in time that he would control his power to stop. Chris would play with the boy as he taught him on how to do things. Chris would also read him stories and make sure he always had food. If Wyatt woke up at night during his guard duty, Chris would make up a story on the spot to put him back to sleep. He hooked a magical portal that linked the fridge in the manor with the fridge at his place. So he would make some food that both Venus and Wyatt could eat. He would transport it through the portal and Piper would somehow find it and feed it to Wyatt.
Now Chris just sat at the corner of the room watching as his brother slept peacefully and away from all the pain of the world. The whitelighter just focused his stare on the innocent boy and swore his life to protecting the boy and his girl and to ensure a better future for both.
He started to think of his schedule for when the morning comes. He needed to check back at his place to see if everything was alright. He also needed to make food for the kids before anything else. He needed to decide on who was going to be watching Venus as he would be gone. While Venus was being taken care of, he would go hunting and info gathering. He then had to restock on supplies for different things. As he pondered over the upcoming day, time seemed to slip by and morning had arrived before he realized it. He then orbed away before Piper could catch him.
L.A.
Chris had entered his place as he checked that everything was okay with it. Nothing looked out of place, all the wards seemed to be working to 100 percent and the alarm did not sound through the monitor last night, so Chris assumed nothing bad must have happened. He went straight to the kitchen to make breakfast. He grabbed a bit of fruit and started to chop them up. He had peeled apples, orange slices, bits of grapes and some bananas all put into a small bowl to make a fruit salad. He dressed the salad in some honey and a bit of strawberry yogurt. He put the bowl on the table as he got some food ready for the two animals. He had a bowl of dog food and another bowl of bird seeds with both being accompanied by water on the side.
When he had that breakfast done he returned to the counter of the kitchen where there was still one apple left. He cut it up and grabbed a fork to smash the apple to make it easier for a one year old to eat. He smashed it but mad it so that it was not too creamy. It still had some small chunks that Wyatt would not choke on but still big enough to give the kid something to chew on. He knew his brother did not like it too mushy. Before he was done he sprinkled some cinnamon into the mix. He put it in a small container that he knew Piper had and went to the fridge. He snapped his finger allowing the portal between the fridges to open. He put the container through the portal so that Piper would find it and feed it to Wyatt. He then decided to go check up on the ravened hair girl.
He opened the door to see the room was still dark except for the night light and the small beams of light from the window. He crept over to see if the three year old was awake. It was already seven in the morning and it was time for her to get up. He went and shook her awake as gently as he could. The little girl's eye lids rose up to reveal piercing silver and green eyes. She smiled as she saw who was shaking her. She reached out her arms to him and he grabbed her lifting her into the air. He hugged the girl as he carried her outside the room. He could hear the raven and dog follow him out the room until they reached the kitchen.
He placed the little girl in front of the bowl of salad. She started to eat it slowly and smiled happily at her breakfast. She looked by the wall to see that she was not the only one enjoying their breakfast. She looked towards the other human occupant of the room as he had a cup of coffee in his hand. He was drinking it while watching her eat.
"Uncle Gabe is coming over to visit. I know you missed him and want to see him, so I told him to come over today." The girl smiled at this but she also had a depressed look in her eyes.
Chris picked up in the look and asked what was wrong. Her reply was "But I want to spend some time with you. I never get to spend any more time with you and …" The little girl put her head down to hide her face from Chris. "But I am going to be here. I want to spend the whole day with you and I promise that nothing will separate us for today." The raven haired girl brought her face up to see a smiling face that made her expression brighten up.
Chris now had to change all his plans but he knew it was worth it. He did not want to see the girl any more sad than possible. He would do anything to put a smile on her cute little face. As she was finishing her meal he heard a knock on the door. He went to the door to open it and reveal the old man he talked to yesterday in civilian cloths instead of robes. They both smiled at each other until they both heard a yell.
"Uncle Gabe" a small figure shouted as she raced to hug the demon. Chris just shook his head as "Uncle Gabe" a high ranking demon was now laughing and tickling a three year old girl. He went to the kitchen to check on the mess that used to be breakfast. He started cleaning and washing the dishes as he heard the laughter in the living room. It was a small condo so he could easily tell what was happening around the place.
When he finished, Chris went back to the living room to see the two were now playing tag. He was about to sit down until someone had pushed him and he turned to see a little girl running away saying "IT". Chris just shook his head and ran after her through out the room. He was smiling and enjoying the game. Venus was running away and kept on zig zaging out of his reach. Chris decided to fake right and saw the raven move left. His smile grew wider as he moved left also and scooped the little girl up. He tossed her on the couch as he implemented his favorite torture method. Tickling the girl till she was exhausted.
"Stop stop stop" was heard through the laughs. The reply was "You know what you have to do for this to stop princess." "Uncle Uncle Uncle. I give, I give " Chris stopped and picked the girl up placing her on his lap. "Now you know I am not your Uncle. I am your …" He was cut off as Gabriel made his presence known in the room. "Christopher. I have to take my leave at this moment. For some reason the Council wishes to convene on something and they just called me. I must leave at once"
Chris nodded and watched as his future mentor walked towards the bathroom to close the door and not return. Chris had created escape methods in case someone dangerous was in the house. Chris had spells and wards activated at all times that prevents any from of magical transportation and some other magical abilities. His escape methods were the mirrors in his room, Venus's room and the bathroom. A person just had to smear a drop of blood on the mirror and they the wards and spell would weaken for that person. Allowing them to instantly to orb or vanish.
Chris looked at his little girl and picked her up and spun her around to make her feel better since her uncle left. Once he got dizzy enough, he landed back to the couch as he needed to catch his breath and regain his balance. He could hear the laughter through his blurriness.
After he sat back up straight he turned to see that the girl had disappeared. He went looking for her through the rooms. He went through every room and could not seem to find her. He was starting to get worried until he noticed that Coraggio the cub was starring at him. He noticed the cub wanted him to follow him so he did. The wolf led him to the kitchen where Libertas was flying around. The cub led him to the sink and the compartment underneath it. Chris went to open it just for a little girl to pop out and tackle the man.
"Cory you traitor. You led him straight to me. I am never…" The cub just jumped on her chest while she was lying on the ground and started to lick her face. "Stop stop okay I forgive you." the girl just hugged the cub as the raven flew down and landed beside the group. Venus just looked at the bird and gave her a kiss. "I am never going to forget about you Libby."
Chris watched the interaction between the three but he had to interrupt them so he could figure what else they were going to do. He cleared his throat to get their attention. He did not expect to get jumped instead. He was dog piled by the two animals and little girl. The little girl was on his chest grinning at him with Libby on her shoulder and Cory by her side on top of Chris. He then was introduced to what he did to her earlier. The fun of being tickled but now it had someone licking his face.
He let them torture him for a minute then he grabbed his princess and hoisted her into a bear hug to stop the treatment. "So what else do you want to do today. Other then just lying here." The girl started to ponder for a while and an idea came to her.
"Can we go visit Aunty Fre and the others please."
"Sure just go get ready. Put on your tennis shoes, get your stuff in a backpack and grab a jacket. I will be in the bathroom cleaning up a bit."
The two set off to do their tasks before they left. The pets following the girl behind. Chris got up and went to wash his face from all the drool on it. He then heard the sisters calling out to him. He just ignored it because of his promise to Venus.
30 minutes later
Venus appeared in the bathroom as Chris was waiting for her. "Ready to go." He smiled as she was jumping up and down in excitement. She then ran over to his side and grabbed his hand. Libby landed on her shoulder and Cory just jumped into her arms.
When Chris saw them ready, he bit onto his thumb and pressed it against the bathroom mirror. This allowed him to orb out of the condo and to their destination.
The group then reappeared in a straw hut that was empty and looked a bit deserted. Venus let go of Chris and ran outside of the hut to see what was everyone doing. Chris was just standing there looking at how happy the young girl was. He was about to go after her when he heard his name being called again. This time by all three sisters. He decided to sense them and to see if he could sense any danger over there.
Once he was done, he could feel that they were not in any sort of danger. There was no demon in the manor and he tell that most of the calls were filled with anger. So they must be only calling him to question some more because if they needed any help, Leo would probably the one they get it from.
'Leo got all the praise and trust. Leo could never do wrong because he is the best. Chris on the other hand is the evil one. He has nothing better to do then to harm their family. Everything wrong is his fault. So they shouldn't trust him and always question him about everything.' Chris ranted in his head.
He just decided to ignore them for the rest of the day and just spend it to try and be happy. The only charge he had for that day was that little girl that just left the hut and his job for today was to make his charge happy. So he left the shelter to go see outside and make sure nothing was wrong with the two animal companions behind him.
Right when he stepped foot out he was being greeted by all the women around him. "Chris" "Greetings Chris" "Look who came back" "How you been" "Where's that girl of yours" were some of the greetings he got from the women around him as he was walking towards another bigger hut. He just smiled and waved at all these women.
He reached the big hut and entered to see the raven haired girl talking to two blond women older women. He bowed to the two and greeted them with a smile.
"Why Chris, I was starting to think that you forgot about us. You have not been here for a very long time and only send Ven here to us when you have nothing better to do. You didn't miss any of us to just visit but use us as a baby sitting company." Said one of the women who looked very important to this group of people.
"Now Freyja, what would make you think that. I came all this way to visit and you start making me feel guilty. Hey Mist, how you been?" Was Chris's response to Freyja, leader of the Valkyries.
Mist just smiled and grabbed the three year who was pouting at the comment about being sent here to be baby sat.
Chris went to sit by the three girls and started up a conversation with them. "So how have things been here since last."
"Everything has been fine. Nothing has gone wrong and just training the warriors and helping around the tribe. The usual." Said Mist as she started to braid the little girls shoulder length hair.
Chris and the two Valkyries continued their conversation while mist was playing with Venus's hair and Venus playing with her two animals.
Chris had known the Valkyries for a very long time. They were his allies in the future against his brother. So when he came back to the past, the Valkyries of his time gave him his dagger to show proof that he was friends with them. The dagger was a very unique weapon to the Valkyries so Chris having it showed that he was a friend of the tribe. That was how Chris was able to get Leo trapped here and work without any trouble. It was also how he got some amulets to follow the plan and allow the sisters to come here and retrieve him.
"So you guys have not got any good warriors later, have you."
"Nope, most of the men that we retrieve all rely on guns and other weapons here. None know how to use a blade, shield or how to take down and kill with their bare hands. So it is harder on us because we have to train them harder to learn how to fight with blades and to rely on themselves and their fists." Said Freyja
"That is too bad. If more people knew how to take down others without relying on weapons would make things easier in the future. Demons are immune to guns and it is better to be…" Chris was cut off as he was being showered in gold light.
Chris and the two Valkyries knew that he was being summoned and Chris knew that it was most likely the sisters. He just sighed and was going to let them summon him. He was surprised when the last second before he disappeared, Venus jumped into his arms and held onto him.
They both disappeared leaving the Valkyries a bit shocked. They knew they had nothing worry about because they both saw that Chris was calm. That showed them he was not worried and that they did not have worry either.
At the Manor
Chris appeared in a swirl of golden lights a bit aggravated at both the sisters for summoning him and at Venus for jumping in. "You okay there angel. You know you should not have tagged along." His only answer was the girl burying her face into his chest.
"You have a lot to answer for mister before I blow your ass back to the future." was Piper's greeting for Chris when he looked up towards the three women in front of him. He then noticed that he was trapped in a cage made by the crystals. Which added more to his aggravation.
"We have been calling you for the past hour. Now we want answers and there is no way for you to escape without telling us what we want to know." Paige had stated at him with a scowl. It looked like she was forced to be there as well as him. She had a scowl on her face.
Next was Pheobe's turn to speak. "Leo had told us that for the past week there has been a power surge and many demons have been killed. The Elders do not know what is causing this and they asked us to check up on it. Now we are going to be asking to see if you know anything about it and… is that a little girl in your arms?"
This caught the attention of the other two women as they finally noticed that Chris was holding a three year old girl.
"Yes I was taking care of her for the past few hours until you summoned me. Now can you please let us go before she gets hurt."
Paige just shook her head. "We cant let you out without risking you from escaping." Paige then held out her hand and summoned the girl to her arms by calling out "Little Girl" magic could not be used inside the cage but outside was another story. So Paige was able to orb the girl into her arms.
Venus felt herself disappearing and appearing in the arms of a stranger. She started to squirm and wiggle so she could get out of the hold. She looked at Chris in the cage and shot her hands out to him screaming "Daddy"
This outburst shocked the sisters while the little girls father was shaking his head. Piper, Pheobe and Paige were shocked to find out that their neurotic bitchy whitelighter actually had a daughter. They turned to question him some more when they noticed he was not in the cage anymore/
Chris orbed behind Paige and grabbed his daughter and move in front of the sisters. He was rocking and hugging Venus while trying to calm her down.
He then heard a bunch of shocked shouts directed at him full of confusion. "You have a daughter?" "How come you didn't tell us?" "What's her name?" "She is so cute" "How did you escape?" "What are you hiding "What else have you not told us?"
Chris just sighed and shook his head as he hugged Venus to him. "I didn't tell you because this is my business and none of yours. She is my responsibility and no one else. I may be hiding many things but they are mine to hide and not for you guys to know. Now I got out of the cage because I used my powers to escape.
"The crystals prevent you from using magic to escape."
"Correction, the crystals prevent a person from using magic to go out. I used my magic powers on myself. I am able to combine my telekinesis and sensing to target my own molecules and vibrate them. Fast enough for me to be able to pass through solid objects. Such as the floor and drop to the second landing."
This surprised the sisters because they did not think it was possible. Pheobe then asked for the little girls name again.
"This raven haired cutie is Venustas Amelia Perry. My daughter."
"Your What?" came a scream from behind Chris.
The four adults turned around to see a teenage brunette girl step out of a blue portal in the shape of a triquetra. The Charmed ones were on their guards and alarmed while Chris was showing a mix of shock, happiness and one that said he was busted.
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