Previously

"That they're Halliwells."

"What?!? No they can't be?" Piper said shocked by what her sister was telling her.

"Look at her and tell me who you see?" Phoebe said turning Mel to face Piper. Piper looked at the young girl for a few minutes and then realisation hit her as she saw what Phoebe was talking about.

"Oh my god." Was all Piper could say. She moved towards Mel and then pulled her into a hug. As she pulled back something hit her and a look of panic crossed her face.

"Oh my god Chris, he must hate us, we've been so awful to him, so mean, I just kicked him out of his home. He must hate me." Piper said panic rising.

"No mum he doesn't hate you he never could, but he does feel like you don't love him, it's hard for him, but he'll be ok." Mel told her.

"I should go talk to him apologies." She said.

"No you have to find Wyatt, I'll talk to Chris. Besides he'll go apoplectic when he finds out I told you guys the truth."


Chapter 2 - The Reality of Things

When Mel entered the office of P3 she could hear her big brother crying, a rare occurrence for her. She sat down besides him and put an arm around his shoulder, and pulling him close. As he began to calm down she looked him in the eyes and said.

"Come on Chrissy boy, buck up you have to go and save the day if I'm remembering this story correctly." Mel said trying to lighten the mood.

"What are you talking about?" Chris asked.

"Mum, dad and the aunts used to tell us stories about your time here."

"So what happened?" Chris asked.

"Ah, now that would be telling now wouldn't it." Mel said mischievously. Mel took his hand a sent him a vision of where he could find Wyatt. "Now go save the day."

Mel stood then left the office. She waited until she heard the sounds of orbs, then left and headed back to the Manor. She headed up to the attic, and found Leo pacing back and forth.

"You're back." He says and stops pacing.

"Ah yeah I thought I should keep on looking for a way home. I should get back before my brothers tell mum I'm missing and she freaks." Mel said shifting uncomfortably.

"How do you know they haven't yet?" he asked. Mel pulled her phone out of her pocket.

"I haven't got a call yet." Leo just looked at her confused, so she elaborated. "Me and the boys have a tendency to time-travel when a spell backfires or they blow up a potion, so we came up with a spell so we can be contacted from another time, and cast it on my phone 'cause I always have it on me."

"So, when three of you go missing they just call your phone to make sure you're ok?" Leo asked.

"Yeah well most of the time. There have been times when I haven't been with them then I have to go looking for them. That's always fun." Mel replied sarcastically.

"They do that a lot, do they?" Leo asked, a hint of laughter in his voice, picturing the troublesome boys.

"Yeah, often, and you and mum think I'm the irresponsible one. I swear those two are more trouble then they're worth. And like I really need to be running after them all the time. I got my own shit to deal with."

At that moment the sound of orbs filled the attic and the sisters and Wyatt rematerialised.

"You're ok, thank god." Leo said when he saw them.

"Hey where's Chris?" Mel asked.

"Um, well when he realised that we knew who he was, he got upset and orbed away, we don't know where." Piper told her. Leo closed his eyes and tried to sense for him. After a minute he opened his eyes.

"I can't sense him." He said.

"Don't worry I think I know where he is. Can you send me to the bridge?" Mel asked.

"Can't you just orb?" Paige asked.

"Don't have that power, Leo was mortal when they had me." Mel told them. Leo waved his hand and sent Mel to the Golden Gate Bridge. When she rematerialised, she spotted Chris leaning against a support beam.

"Chris, are you ok?" she asked him.

"Why Mel? Why did you tell them?" Chris responded not looking at her.

"I'm sorry, how they spoke to you, what they did, it just pissed me off so much, I snapped, it sorta came out." Mel apologised.

"It's ok. Maybe we can cast a spell to make them forget." Chris said

"No point. They were gonna find out in a few weeks anyway. I just sped things up. I think you should go and talk to them though. Maybe explain why you didn't tell them from the beginning." Mel said to him.

"I can't Mel, what am I supposed to tell them?" He responded.

"You don't have to tell them everything, just the basics. That you Piper and Leos' son and your born next year, and that in your time your big brother is the evil overlord that killed your fiancé."

"I can't tell them all that."

"You can tell them some of it though. Now come on, lets go." Mel said and took his hand.

a/n- now this is short and i'm not real sure if i like it that much. let me know and thanks for the reviews everyone.