disclaimer: i still don't own charmed :( cries
set the scene: based as Wyatt and Chris growing up in the changed future- but will revelations of the original timeline effect their lives and how?
Chris sat on the sofa in the living room flicking through the television channels for the third time, until suddenly the remote disappeared from his hand in orbs. Looking up startled, he noticed his two year older brother Wyatt, who was now 14 entering the room.
" Wyatt!" he complained but Wyatt completely ignored him.
" Give it back!" he added.
" Chris, you weren't even watching anything?!" he reminded.
" Yes I was!" he lied trying to think of something to say that he was watching. Wyatt looked to his younger brother in disbelief. Chris sighed and just sat sulking. Normally he would orb it back to himself, (although Wyatt would always win in the end), however his parents Piper and Leo had recently decided to bind his powers as they claimed he was misusing them. He was completely against this, he loved having his powers for many different reasons, including the freedom and independence they gave him.
At that moment Leo, the boys father, orbed into the room.
" Hey boys," he greeted warmly.
" Hey dad," Wyatt replied, whilst Chris just muttered something under his breath.
Leo looked over to him, as did Wyatt. Chris got on well with his dad, not like Wyatt did, but he found his dad very overprotective and he was sure they were keeping something from him. Having his powers bound hadn't helped matters, despite the fact that was more his moms decision than his dads. Chris looked up realising he was being looked at.
"What?" he asked ignorantly.
Wyatt looked to his dad to see if he'd say anything before glancing unsurely back to his younger brother.
The front door opened and shut, Piper walked into the room.
"What's going on in here?" Piper asked suspiciously, sensing the tension.
"...I'm not sure..." Leo answered truthfully. Piper looked round at her husband and then to her sons unsurely.
" Well, I'll go start tea then..." she announced cautiously, she left the room and her eldest son followed to see what they were having.
" Not so fast!" Leo said placing his hand up in front of his 12 year old son as he stood from his chair. Chris sighed, before looking his father directly in the eye, waiting to hear what he was going to say.
" What's going on?" Leo asked his impatient looking son with genuine concern. Chris looked to the floor.
" Well?" Leo repeated.
" Nothing!" Chris said, still with no eye contact.
" Chris?" Leo firmly said.
" Nothing!!" Chris said in a slightly raised voice.
" Chris!" Leo scolded. Chris looked up to see his fathers reaction, you could tell by his face that he wasn't very impressed with his sons tone towards him.
" Sorry?" Chris apologized, looking down.
" Why you saying sorry to the floor?" Wyatt asked cheerfully as he re-entered with a soda can in his hand. " I'm just.. err... gonna go back in there.." Wyatt announced before quickly leaving the room.
" You don't mean it do you?" Leo questioned when Wyatt had left the room, Chris ignored the question and remained silent.
" Chris, please just talk to me, I'm getting tired of this attitude." Leo told slightly defeated.
" Yeah, well I'm getting tired of you!" Chris announced loudly but then seemed surprised about the words that had left his mouth, the words he had just yelled to his dad. Leo stared at his son, crossed arms.
" What's that supposed to mean?" he asked his son, attempting to hide the hurt his sons words had caused and slightly worried after all the effort he'd made after last time. Chris shrugged his shoulders trying to dismiss the question.
"There's obviously something you want to say, so just say it." Leo pressed.
"What's going on?" Piper asked entering, "… I heard shouting..." she told.
" Don't worry, everything's fine," Leo assured his wife. When Leo's back was turned, Chris jogged out the room.
" What's wrong with Chris?" Piper asked concerned as she had just watched her youngest son leave looking slightly upset.
" What?" Leo said turning and then realising Chris was gone, Leo let out a sighed.
" You gonna go talk to him?" Piper questioned,
" No, I'll leave it a while, give him time to calm down," he informed.
Chris lay on his bed throwing a football in the air and then catching it. There was a knock at his bedroom door, it opened and in came Wyatt.
" What's going on with you and dad?" Wyatt asked casually as he pulled the chair from Chris desk and sat on it.
" Nothing!" Chris informed sitting up and placing the ball beside him. Wyatt looked at his little brothers face and could tell that something was bothering him.
" Chris?" he urged. Chris looked to his brother wondering whether he could trust him with what was upsetting him so much.
" You can trust me!" Wyatt assured reading his mind, Chris frowned slightly at him doing it as he didn't have his powers so the telepathic link wasn't as strong for him to read Wyatt.
" Yeah, I know…" a thankful smile appeared but Wyatt could tell Chris was blocking him from reading what was wrong.
" So you gonna tell me?" Wyatt asked after a long pause "…I could always cast a truth spell…" he added jokingly.
Chris looked at his brother unimpressed "You wouldn't!" Chris said
"Ok, probably not, but dad seemed really upset by what you said to him?"
"Well its always about him isn't it!" Wyatt looked to his brother confused.
"…upset?" he added as an after thought. Wyatt nodded
"Well its not really his fault…I don't think…" Wyatt looked even more confused.
"Your not really making much sense," Wyatt told truthfully.
"Well it doesn't matter anyway!" Chris said annoyed, he leant over and picked the ball up and continued tossing it in the air.
"It does matter Chris!" Wyatt told, orbing the ball into his hands.
Chris looked over at him,
"I don't want to talk about it!" Chris near to yelled. He went to tk the ball back to him but something else happened.
In Wyatt's hands the ball exploded making him jump back in suprise. He looked back to his brother
"Did you do that?" he asked unsure, not knowing Chris had this power and thinking they were bound anyway.
"I'm sorry...i didn't mean to!" Chris explained slightly panicked
"Boys are you ok?" Piper called up the stairs
Chris looked at his brother worried knowing he shouldn't have any powers.
"Yeah mom, I just knocked something over!" Wyatt called downstairs
"Ok, make sure you clean it up and teas ready!"
Chris looked to his brother gratefully but then realised he didn't want to explain that his powers had never been taken. He made a bolt for the door but Wyatt suspected this and caught his brothers arm and forced him back onto the bed but couldn't understand why Chris had flinched at his touch.
"Let me go!" Chris wailed. Wyatt looked at his brothers face and saw something he never expected to see; fear.
Wyatt let go of his arm at a complete loss of understanding. Chris turned away not wanting Wyatt to see anymore
"Chris..." Wyatt began "...I'm...I'm...sorry…I…I...didn't mean to..."
"Can I go now?" Chris interrupted in a quiet, afraid voice which scared Wyatt. Wyatt moved silently away from the door and watched as his brother past.
He waited a few minutes before following downstairs. Piper and Leo sat opposite from each other and Wyatt noticed Chris had sat next to his mom and was currently looking down at his plates whilst his parents swapped concerned glances.
"You took your time?" Leo noted as he sat opposite his brother
"Yeah...I was just cleaning up that thing I dropped!" he reluctantly lied, Leo nodded convinced.
Wyatt tried to talk to Chris telepathically but realised he was being blocked. He kept trying to catch his brothers eye but Chris stayed focused on looking down.
"Sweetie, are you ok, you've hardly touch your food!?" Piper asked "I thought it was your favourite?"
"It is mom…" Chris said quietly "I'm just not hungry..." Piper instinctively raised her hand to his forehead and he tried to back away.
"You've got a bit of a temperature, maybe you should go lie down?" she suggested
"I'm ok," he stated simply.
"Just go lie down for a bit?" Piper encouraged
"I don't want to!" Chris argued
"I'm not giving you a choice, now go!" Piper instructed, suprised by her sons sudden attitude and wondering why he moved away from her touch.
"But I have loads of really hard homework in for tomorrow!" Chris persisted
"It will only be for a few hours and I'm sure your brother will help you!"
"I don't need his help!" he interjected
Wyatt wasn't suprised his brother had said this, he was stubborn that he could do everything on his own, but there was something else hidden behind his tone. He looked at his parents and realised they hadn't picked up on it. Chris went to the lounge where he reluctantly agreed to rest.
A few hours later Chris woke up startled, only to see his dad.
"Dad!" he yelped confused.
"Its ok, just a bad dream!" Leo soothed. Chris sat upright leaning on the armrest. It was then he noticed Piper and Wyatt standing near by and felt foolish.
"What were you dreaming about?" Leo asked, drawing his attention back to him
"I don't remember?" Chris lied quickly, he knew they could all see it but didn't care at the moment.
"Your brothers going to orb you to your room and I want you to sleep for a bit ok?" Piper told.
Chris nodded reluctantly and tried hard not to tense when his brother touched him.
He appeared sitting on his bed and looked over at his brother.
"Did you tell them?" Chris asked quietly. Wyatt shook his head.
"What's happening Chris?" Wyatt asked concerned
Chris turned away and Wyatt reluctantly made his way out of the room because he knew his brother wasn't settling with him in it.
When Chris woke up it was Saturday morning, usually he would spend the weekend at magic school whilst on week days they went to a normal school by Pipers orders. Chris wasn't keen on normal school but he loved magic school, he found magic fascinating. It was also when he got to spend a lot of time with his brother as the classes were small and they usually ended up together.
"Your up!" Piper stated, immediately going to her son and putting her hand to his forehead.
"I'm fine" Chris whined, trying not to sound too annoyed.
"Your still warm!" Piper stated "…go and sit down and I will bring you some soup!"
"What about magic school?" Chris questioned.
"Your not well enough, maybe if your better tomorrow?"
"But mom, I want to go now!" Chris whined, he then looked around and noticed his brother missing.
"Did Wyatt go?" he asked disappointed
"He didn't want to go without you, I thought it would be good for him though, he seems a bit upset at the moment?" she said, watching for his reaction.
Piper noticed the slight look of guilt on her younger sons face and thought how she would have to ask Wyatt about it later. She also noticed Chris didn't make a sarcastic comment about his brother being upset. She knew something was going on.
"Now go sit down!" Piper shooed. Obediently he moved.
"Hello?" a voice called from the front door
"I'm in here!" Piper called from the kitchen
Chris heard the three sisters talking and rolled his eyes figuring he'd been forgotten. He orbed a book out of his room and into his hand.
He was so engrossed in reading he didn't notice his two aunts sit opposite him.
"What you reading?" Phoebe asked in a singsong voice. Chris jumped up startled, making his aunts smile.
"A book!" he answered with a slight grin.
"Lets see…" Paige said, taking it out of his hands.
"Hey!" Chris complained but then sighed
"Mom says I'm to ill to go to magic school…" Chris stated"...though I feel fine!" he added.
"So you thought you'd do some catching up?" Paige questioned "…did you get this from magic school?"
"Well its not like they have them kind of books in the local library Aunt Paige!" Chris stated referring to the fact it was about magic.
"Your too sarcastic for your own good!" Paige stated
"I get it from you Aunt Paige!" Chris smiled innocently
"awww, but he's sooo sweet!" Phoebe stated, affectionately ruffling his hair.
Chris rolled his eyes, "I'm not sweet!" he argued"..can I have my book back please?"
"Why you reading about time travel?" Paige asked suspiciously
"Because its interesting!" Chris stated as though he was speaking to an idiot
"Don't speak to me like that young man!" Paige said half sarcastically, half condescendingly.
"So your not planning on jumping to the past anytime soon?" Phoebe asked with a slight grin.
Chris shook his head, "Nah, I'd probably mess it up and I wouldn't be able to tell you who I was because of the whole 'future consequences' thing and I'd be all alone then!" Chris said sadly not quite realising how much meaning there was in his words.
The sisters just starred at him, still. They were positive he didn't know, did he?