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Thank you to my reviewers. Here's the next chapter for you, it's a little longer than the other one, but not as long as I hoped. But hope you enjoy anyway

Return to the Future

Chapter 2: What's the Last Thing You Remember?

"I don't know, he ran over to me like he hadn't seen me in years," Melinda explained to her mother. She had called for Piper as soon as Chris had collapsed, who in turn had called Leo. Now Chris was on the couch with Leo checking on him and Piper was in the conservatory, trying to find out from her two children what had happened, "Then when he saw Wyatt he just…well…collapsed."

Piper worried, like he had not seen Melinda in years? Was this the Chris that had come back from the other future to save Wyatt? Had he collapsed as he saw a good, loving, caring Wyatt? No, that was stupid right, that Chris died…but then again, that Chris had just vanished. She and Leo had never really talked about it, Leo explained what had happened but that was all, they were so busy concentrating on raising her sons, making sure neither of them turned evil. She did not want to see one be saved from evil for the other one to become it.

"Piper, he's waking." She heard Leo's voice, and she ran into the living room, to see Chris slowly sitting up.

"What happened?" Chris asked, as he looked at his mom and dad. Neither were much different from the last time he saw them, except the odd grey hairs. So he was in the future, the future he had helped save. And his mom was still alive.

"You fainted," Wyatt stood behind a chair, staying back away from Chris, after all he was fine until he had seen him, "You feeling ok?" Wyatt was always protective of his younger brother, especially when they were younger, he was the exact same with Melinda. He still was very protective of Melinda, some would say over-protective.

"I'm ok, just…a little confused." Chris looked around the living room, not much had changed since he was here last. That was when the world was spookily good. Oh, he threw Darryl out of the front door, that was not good, but what else was he going to do? He was going to be arrested.

"Chris?" Leo looked into his son's eyes. He, like Piper, had a feeling he knew why Chris was like this. After all, it was his 23rd birthday, the day the other Chris died…As he looked into the green eyes, he could see there was something troubling him, more than just being confused.

"Chris, sweetie?" Piper sat next to her youngest son, as he ran his hands through his chocolate brown hair.

"Mom, I'm fine, really." Chris shouted, getting up. Piper watched as he ran up the stairs and winced as she heard the door slam.

"I'll go and check…"

"No Wyatt, just give him time, that's all he needs." Piper definitely knew what was wrong with her son, and suddenly felt guilty for not telling the children of the future she witnessed.

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This was too confusing, he needed to talk to someone, tell him who he was, but the last time his dad saw him was when he was dying. Walking to a photograph on the wall, he saw an eight-year-old him with Wyatt and Melinda, who must have been 10 and five at the time. He could not even remember this photo. Wyatt would never have photos taken with his siblings, he would never have photos taken at all once he reached the age of eight.

Laying on the bed, Chris groaned. This was so messed up. He was in a changed future and knew nothing about it. Hopefully, he would get the memories back.

"Chris?"

He sat up to see Leo poking his head around the door. At least his parents were still together in this future, and by the looks of it they loved each other.

"Can I talk to you?"

Chris scooted over slightly on the bed, so Leo could sit down, wondering if his dad knew what was wrong with him. If his dad knew why he was so confused, if the Elders had already told him what had happened.

"Dad, I'm confused," Chris said but of course Leo already knew this, "I…well…this is kind of hard to explain…"

"You're the other Chris." Leo stated, seeing the trouble in his youngest son's eyes. Chris nodded and looked like he was ashamed.

"I don't have a clue about this future. The photos mean nothing. I've just seen Melinda alive and Wyatt good and I don't remember growing up with either of them like that."

Leo put his hand on his son's back, as he again ran his hands through his hair.

"Me and your mom can help you with all this, don't worry," Leo comforted the young boy, "But we're going to have to explain this to your brother and sister."

"No, neither of them can know," Chris stood up, looking straight into his father's blue eyes, "None of it. I can't have them living with what I'm living with." He thought about everything that he had lived through for the past 23 years. Wyatt and Melinda could not know any of it.

"Son, it could help them understand what you're going through," Leo quietly stated, "Anyway, both of them have gone back out, so why don't you come downstairs and me and your mom can fill everything in for you."

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Piper sat in the kitchen, nursing a cup of tea, waiting for her husband to come back downstairs with her youngest son. She had just managed to convince both her other children to go back out so she could find out everything from Chris, promising them both to call if they were needed.

Hearing the door open, she looked up to see Leo and Chris both walking through the door. As they both sat down, she poured a cup of tea for both of them, knowing that Chris would need one.

"What do you remember, sweetie?" Piper asked, getting straight into the conversation, she needed to get through this before somebody interrupted them.

"The last thing, or everything?" Chris looked up to his mother, and met her brown eyes. He felt a lump growing in his throat, he never thought he would see his mother at this age, never thought that she would still be alive when he was 23, in his own timeline, and not in the past.

"Let's start simple, the last thing you remember."

Simple, that was simple? The last thing he remembered was dying. He looked to Leo and then at his cup of tea.

"Ok," Piper soothed, "How about do you know where you are?" Chris looked up at her again, she could always tell if there was something up, and that was what he loved the most. Her ability to know that something was wrong, but still not press him for information, unlike his aunts, they would always press for as much information as possible.

"I'm guessing the future, but I don't remember it," Chris admitted, "All I remember is Gideon taking Wyatt and him stabbing me." He did not want to admit he remembered the tears in his father's nor Aunt Paige's eyes as they watched him die.

"Well, that son of a bitch Elder is dead, you're father killed him just after you…well…vanished."

"I vanished?" Chris looked confused, was that the floating feeling he could vaguely remember? He looked to Leo who was nodding, slowly. Now it all made sense, sort of, he must have been transported back to his original time, but of course that had now changed, since Wyatt had been saved before Gideon had done any permanent damage. But why could he not remember anything from this future?

"It's ok, sweetie, we can help you remember everything." Chris felt Piper's hand take his. He looked to the hand, and then felt his other hand being taken by Leo. So, his father cared about him in this future. It obviously helped that Wyatt was not trying to take over the world, and maybe saving his relationship with his father was another reason for going back to the past, just like the past Leo had mentioned before.

"So, what do you want to know first?" Leo asked his son, carefully, knowing too much information could confuse Chris even more.

"Bianca, is she alive?" Chris asked, wondering if they were together in this lifetime. Of course, neither of his parents liked Bianca after what she had done to him in the past. Well, she did strip him off his powers, held an athame to Piper's neck and took him back to a future for him to nearly be killed. Melinda never liked her either, but then he was the same with Ryan.

"She's still alive, Chris," Piper squeezed his hand reassuringly, "She tried to kill you at first, but you're now…well…dating." Chris smirked, that was how he and Bianca had met the first time, at least some things don't change.

"So, Wyatt, he's good." Chris decided to get off the point of Bianca, realising it was not going anywhere now. They were dating, that was all he cared about.

"He's good," Leo smiled, "And he protects both you and Melinda."

"And he's friends with Ryan, still."

"Yes," Piper looked into her son's green eyes, "Ryan and Melinda aren't together though, so don't say anything about that." Chris nodded his head and sighed. Why weren't they together? The way he saw how Melinda was around Ryan in the other timeline, why were they not like that now? Was it because of Wyatt? Because neither had the mutual feelings against Wyatt they had never found that they were in love?

"Is Melinda dating anyone?" Chris asked, still getting his head around it all.

"Not anymore," Leo looked to the table, "She fell for a demon, he nearly got to her, nearly turned her evil. You and Wyatt managed to stop him before he had the chance, and vanquished him. She's been single since."

"How long ago?" God, he had come to a future where his brother was good, and now found out his sister nearly turned evil.

"She had just turned 17 when she met him," Piper tilted her head slightly, explaining Melinda's love life, "Teenage love, or so we thought, anyway you and Wyatt vanquished him last year."

Chris nodded his head trying to explain. 23 years of his life was going to take far too long.

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Meanwhile, Melinda and Wyatt had decided to wander around the neighbourhood aimlessly, waiting to be allowed into the manor again. What was wrong with Chris that meant they could not see him?

"You know, maybe he was attacked last night," Wyatt thought out loud, looking at his younger sister, "Maybe a demon's done this."

"What made him confused?" Melinda scoffed, "That boy is always confused."

Wyatt smirked, thinking how right she was, but it was not usual that Chris forgot to meet up with him, or pull Melinda into a bone-crushing hug. Just then, Wyatt's cell phone rang. He looked at the caller ID to see it was Ryan.

"Two seconds, Mel." Wyatt said, walking away from her slightly to take the call. Melinda stood and watched her brother, realising that it was Ryan. She let herself go into a daydream about him, although that half-manticore was five years older than her and Wyatt's best friend, nothing would ever happen. She was just lucky he acknowledged her when he came round to the manor, that was enough for her. God, she felt like a schoolgirl again, not somebody who was going to be 20 at Christmas.

"Sorry," Wyatt put his cell phone back in his pocket as he walked back to his younger sister, he knew that she liked Ryan and knew that the feeling was mutual, but had promised himself not to meddle in his sister's relationships, not after the last one, "Ryan just wanted to know the time of the party, and if you were going to be there." What? He could drop hints though, right?

"Yeah, why would he want to know if I were going to be there?" She asked, slightly wondering to herself if Wyatt was telling the truth, but no, why would he? Wyatt liked to tease her. He always did. She was just glad that Wyatt was not in High School with her, otherwise she would not have dated the captain of the basketball team.

Wyatt put his arm around Melinda, pulling her into a hug as they continued to walk down the street.

"Maybe because you're pretty, smart, funny, and you won't be able to orb away from him." Wyatt had to rub in the fact that Melinda was not half-whitelighter, like he and Chris were. Well, like he was, Chris was half-Elder but that was just a technicality.

As they roamed the streets for another half an hour, Wyatt finally heard his mother calling for him.

"Finally." Wyatt rolled his eyes, and looked for somewhere to orb from.

"Mom call for you?" Melinda felt herself being pulled behind a house and then felt the feelings of orbing. God, she hated that, she always felt her insides turning. But then again, it was better then shimmering, whenever Ryan would shimmer her out of the underworld she would wish to be orbed.

Once she finally felt the ground again, she looked around to see her mom and dad both sat at the kitchen table with Chris. All looked a little too serious for her liking.

"What's going on?" She heard her eldest brother ask as she looked between the three people at the table.

"Sit down, both of you," Piper ordered gently to her two children, "There's something we need to explain to you both."

Well, that's the end of the second installment. I'm hoping the next one won't be too long, but I have three exams left, they finish Tuesday so may not have any time until then, will have lots of time after that so it will be up sometime next week at the latest. Anyway, for now review!!!