A/N: Okay here is the newest addition, I hope you all like it. I would like to thank everyone who reviewed they are so appreciated; I can't tell you how much I love hearing what you all think. Well this could be the last update for about a week as I have exams but I promise I will update as soon as I can. Well read, enjoy, and review please.
"I don't mean to dampen this nice little moment we seemed to have going but the demons?" Paige said looking at Phoebe for an answer.
"Right the demons. Well all I know is they were strong, stronger than any demons we've encountered for a while."
"Okay what kind were they and how many? You said it was a group?" Piper enquired, she was beginning to worry about the safety of her son and her nieces.
"Erm eight and I'm not sure what type, we'd have to consult the book." Before anyone could move, Paige out stretched her arms and the book orbed to her.
"I can't believe I use to have to call things before they'd come to me." Paige said as she began to flip through the Book of Shadows. "It might help if you told me what to look for, you know, features, powers anything?"
"I already told you, they threw fireballs." Phoebe replied somewhat dejectedly.
"Well honey that sounds just like any other demon we've come across. If we're going to find away to vanquish them we'll need something more to go on." Piper pressed as she moved several strands of hair behind Phoebe's ear.
"What can I say, they threw fireballs, they wore black cloaks and had pasty white skin." Phoebe replied casually. Just then, Paige cried out in success.
"Aha! A Gorth Demon. A lower level demon that spreads the seeds of distrust." Paige read aloud before closing the book in triumph.
"You know we need to read the vanquishing spell." Piper pointed out as Paige looked around with an air of victory.
"Oh right." Paige replied sheepishly as she found the page again.
"Wait you said that Gorth Demons are lower level demons, since when do lower level demons overpower us and kill Phoebe and me?" Piper asked no one in particular.
The sisters had no time to ponder and answer as eight Gorth Demons shimmered into the living room. "Whoa!" Phoebe exclaimed as the demons began to attack. Two of the demons sent a wave of fireballs in Piper's direction but with a flick of her hands the fireballs froze.
"It's not nice to play with fire." Piper said right before she blew them to pieces. Paige was having fun of her own with two more demons. As Paige began to orb several offshoots spread over the room encircling the two demons.
"Hey!" One of the now many Paige's called out getting the attentions of both demons. Immediately, the two Gorth demons launched a wave of fireballs, but one set went straight for the astral form which had called them whilst the seconded headed for a different form. Unfortunately, as the fireballs impacted, the two astral forms simply disappeared.
"Wrong one." The real Paige exclaimed as she telekinetically orbed the Grandfather clock at them. As the clock hit the two demons they exploded in a mass of flames. "So much for being the strongest demons we've faced. Are you sure your premonition was right?" Paige called out to her sister.
"I only told you what I saw." Phoebe replied as she ducked another fireball. As the fireball exploded on the wall behind her, Phoebe saw the opening she was waiting for. The demons became momentarily distracted by Piper as she blew up another demon. Phoebe wasted no time, she levitated and spin kicked the two demons into the conservatory. However, before the demons hit the ground they shimmered back into the living room behind Phoebe.
"Stupid witch!" One of the demons hissed as it produced a fireball. Unfortunately for the demon, Phoebe already knew what it was going to do.
"Nice try." Phoebe replied as she turned to face the Gorth Demons. As they threw them at her, Phoebe used her Empathic abilities to take control of their powers sending the fireballs right back, incinerating them.
There were now only two Gorth Demons left, Piper and Paige had already cornered them when Phoebe joined them. "You came into my home and tried to kill us." Piper bellowed as she blew one of the remaining demons away. "Now you're going to tell me who sent you." The demon began to shimmer away but Piper was able to freeze it before it could escape. "Tell me or I'll blow you away piece buy piece." Piper's cold exterior was starting to frighten even Phoebe and Paige.
"You fool." The demon's eyes began to glow as it started to chant, "Nova Sive Novi Orbis." As it finished, the demons they had just vanquished reappeared but they didn't remain corporeal for long as their energies were channelled into the last demon, imbuing it with their power.
"Oh no!" Was all they managed to say, as the demon broke free of Piper's freeze, causing a shockwave to send the sisters flying.
"Okay now that wasn't fair. Where'd it learn that?" Piper asked as she managed to pull herself up. The Gorth Demon was now towering over the Charmed Ones, and evil grin spread over its face.
"Today the Power of Three is destroyed." With that, the demon produced a massive fireball and prepared to throw it, thus vanquishing the Charmed Ones.
Chris who had taken Melinda and Vanessa up to the attic, had orbed back into the dinning room to see his mother and his aunts be sent flying by the Gorth Demons new powers. As it approached them and readied itself to vanquish them Chris saw the book sitting on the table. If they couldn't vanquish the Gorth Demon, he'd have to do it before it was too late.
Chris used his telekinetic powers to bring the book to him but as the book landed in his opened arms, the Triquetra began to glow. Chris had never seen the book do anything like this. He was becoming worried, did the book know that the Charmed Ones were about to be vanquished? No, Chris couldn't let that happen, not now, not ever. As Chris was about to open the book the pages began to turn of their own accord. They flipped so fast Chris could barely see the words. It finally stopped. As Chris looked down at the blank page words began to appear. Not wanting to waste any more time Chris recited the words, he only hoped that they would help him save his family.
"Hear my words and heed my cry,
Halliwell witches stand strong beside,
Unbind the ancient power lost,
Return to me and help save the sisters three."
No sooner had Chris finished reciting the words then the Manor began to shake and the chandelier began to glow, first blue then as if the power was increasing it turned white. Chris didn't understand what was going on all he really wanted was to save his mother and his aunts from the Gorth Demon. Suddenly, Chris was hit with an intense feeling of power; he could feel the power of the Warren line, of all the witches who came before him. It was like nothing he had ever felt, he knew what he had to do.
"Leave them alone." As Chris bellowed, the Gorth Demon was sent flying right into the wall. "You will never harm the Charmed Ones." Chris walked over to where the Gorth Demon now lay. "You all think you can just come in here and try and kill them, kill my family. No more!" Chris sent the Gorth Demon flying, this time past the sisters and into the conservatory.
The Charmed Ones just looked on; they'd never seen Chris display such power, the only time they'd seen power like this was when Piper vanquished the Titans. "I told you he was your son Piper." Phoebe said as they pulled themselves up.
"I never doubted it." Piper responded somewhat distractedly. She feared for her son's life, if he kept up this power, Piper feared it would consume him as it had nearly done to her. "Chris honey you can't give in to your need for vengeance. You have to... " But before she could continue the Gorth Demon launched a massive fireball at Chris. "Chris!" Piper bellowed as she tried to freeze it but it was too powerful. Chris didn't even flinch as the fireball came racing towards him.
"You're all the same." He simply said as an energy barrier appeared and absorbed the fireball. "It ends here!" Chris' voice was cold and menacing; it scared Piper more with each passing moment, the thought that her son could be destroyed by this new power.
All the Charmed Ones could do was watch on as Chris used his telekinetic powers to lift the Gorth Demon into the air. "You can't defeat me I'm protected by master!" The Demon hissed as Chris raised his hands to the ceiling. The manor began to shake once more, this time each shake was accompanied by a loud clap of thunder.
"We'll see about that." As Chris spoke the windows in the conservatory shattered and massive lightning blots struck the demon causing it to scream out in pain but it only lasted a moment cause the immense force of the lightning destroyed the demon.
With the demon destroyed, Chris collapsed, his body no longer able to take the strain. "Chris!" Piper rushed over to her son's side, tears falling down her face as she prepared for the worst. "Chris honey it's mommy, open your eyes." Piper was now truly panicking, "Leo! Leo you get down here right now! You son needs you, Leo!" After a few moments, moments that seemed to last a lifetime to Piper, Leo orbed in.
"Piper what is...?" Leo paused as he saw his son cradled in his mother's arms. "Chris!" Leo rushed over to his son and began to heal him. "What happened? I can barely feel him." Leo asked not removing his eyes from Chris.
"We were attacked. A bunch of Gorth demons. We managed to beat most of them but before we could vanquish the last one, he, it cast a spell." Phoebe replied as she placed her hand on Piper's shoulder for reassurance.
"A spell? What kind of spell?" Leo pressed still not daring to remove his eyes from his youngest son.
"We're not too sure but I think it was an ultimate offering spell, I mean we vanquished seven of them and the last one called their essences back, into itself. It nearly beat us. If it wasn't for Chris." Paige added as she knelt down beside Leo and Piper.
"Chris saved us and vanquished the Gorth Demon after casting a spell out of the Book of Shadows." Piper spoke barely louder than a whisper.
"A spell?" Leo cast a questioning look at the sisters, his face showing just how scared he was. Before Leo could say anything more Paige had orbed the book to her. However, as she looked down at the page the words of the spell were beginning to fade.
"Okay this can't be good." She said as she held up the book for her sisters to see. "The words are disappearing."
"What about the other spells?" Phoebe asked as she thought back to the time when they banished their powers leaving the book blank.
"Nope it's just this one spell." Paige replied after looking at several spells.
"What does that mean Leo?" Piper asked fearing that it meant her son had sacrificed his life for theirs.
"I don't know. It could mean it was a one- off spell."
"I don't remember seeing a spell like that in the book before." Phoebe thought aloud. "I mean I could be wrong but I don't remember ever seeing a spell like that."
Leo's hands stopped glowing and everyone held their breath, waiting for Chris to open his eyes. "Chris honey, it's mommy, open your eyes, please." Piper said over her sobs.
"Mommy." Chris sounded like he was five years old again, looking for his mother after a nightmare.
"I'm here baby, your okay; you're going to be okay." Piper replied in a soothing voice as she rocked him back and forth. "Mommy won't let anything happen to you."
"He was going to hurt you... I had to stop him." Chris spoke still not opening his eyes.
"Shhh everything is okay. You saved us and we're so proud of you." Piper replied before turning to Leo "He needs some rest." Leo not needing to be told a second time, orbed both Piper and Chris to his bedroom.
With both Piper and Leo gone, Phoebe and Paige had time to survey the damage to the Manor. "Oh boy, it's gonna be fun replacing all this." Paige finally said as she looked at the pieces of glass that littered the floor.
"You're telling me. I can't believe Chris did all this though." Phoebe replied as she walked over to the glassless windows. "Do you think people noticed the freak storm that just happened?"
"Let's hope not." The girls were startled as Leo came down the stairs. "He's resting; Piper didn't want to leave him in case he wakes up." He answered in reply to Phoebe's unasked question.
"That's probably a good idea. He seemed so weak and so innocent, like he was a child." Paige said as she gave Leo a hug.
"Yeah, hey where are Melinda and Vanessa?" Leo asked noticing their absence.
"Melinda! Vanessa! It's okay to come out now." Phoebe bellowed to nowhere in particular. As she finished both Melinda and Vanessa orbed into the conservatory.
"Mum!" Vanessa ran to her mother who engulfed her in a giant hug. "Chris orbed us to the attic; he said we'd be safe up there."
"Where's Aunt Piper and Chris?" Melinda asked.
"There in Chris' room sweetheart." Leo answered bending down to Melinda's level.
"Are they okay?" Vanessa asked her concern evident in her voice.
"Chris is just a little worn out from the fight." Paige replied hoping it would comfort her daughter. "Oww!"
"What's wrong?" Leo asked as he saw Paige rub her stomach.
"Oh it's just some burns from where the demons hit my astral ass."
"Here." Leo walked over hand placed his hands over Paige's stomach and a golden glow began to heal her. "There good as new."
"Oh honey, why did you have to do this. We would have found another way, we always do." Piper spoke softly to her son as she brushed the stray hairs off his brow. "When you wake up, we need to have a long talk about a lot of things." She said as she bent forward and kissed his brow.
Chris moved in his sleep and pulled Piper closer to himself. He was so exhausted but the presence of his mother made him feel safe, she wouldn't let anything happen to him. As he lay there, embraced by his mother, Chris could feel something pulling at him, at his soul. He had known this was the risk he was taking before he read the spell, but he had to, he couldn't just stand there whilst the Gorth Demon murdered his mother, his aunts they were his world.
"Love you mum." Chris whispered as he let his soul be drawn away.
Chris thought he had been floating for hours before finally coming to some sort of stop. As he looked round, he was met with an endless picturesque sky. It looked like it was just before sunset, the soft warm orange glow just before the darkness. "So this is what heaven looks like." Chris said softly to himself.
"Always the overdramatic Christopher." Chris was startled by the voice; he looked around but saw no one.
"Mother please! He's just been through a major life threatening ordeal." A second voice called out over the clouds but still Chris couldn't see anyone or anything but clouds.
"Where are you? Who are you?" Chris bellowed.
"Now Christopher, there's no need to shout." As the first voice spoke again Chris almost jumped out of his skin, if he'd actually had any, as a hand was placed on his shoulder. As he spun around, he came face to face with two transparent women. He immediately recognised them.
"Grams? Great-Grams?" Chris asked somewhat bewildered.
"My, for heaven's sake you make me sound old." Penny Halliwell replied with a small chuckle. "Well don't I get a hug from my Great-Grandson?" Penny added opening her arms. Chris was still in shock. So he had died, that spell must have drained him more than he or the sisters even thought.
Penny didn't wait for Chris to walk into her arms; instead, she engulfed him in a hug nearly as strong as his mothers. As Penny let him go, his Grandmother walked up and gave him a hug. "I'm so proud of you. You saved my girls without thought to your own life." Patricia said softly into his ear.
"So does this mean I died?" Chris finally asked after recovering from the shock of seeing his Great-Grand and Grandmothers.
"Dead! Why in the world would you think you're dead? Besides the clouds, the transparent appearance and the reunion with past family members." Penny paused after she spoke realising that to Chris it looked and probably felt like he was dead.
"Chris sweetheart, you're not dead." Patricia replied after giving her mother a somewhat dark glare. "This is a part of the spell you cast that let you help the Charmed Ones."
"And you did the Halliwell name proud with how you defeated that demon." Penny said with what Chris could only think to be a bounce.
"The spell?" Chris was having a hard time grasping anything.
"You two are confusing him." A new voice spoke out and both Penny and Patricia turned to see another figure moving towards them.
"And I suppose you think you can do better?" Penny replied. As the figure approached, Chris was stunned to realise it was his Aunt Prue. She had died a few years before Wyatt had been born, before his Mum or Aunt Phoebe knew they had another sister, Paige.
"I can see so much of Piper in you." Prue walked up to Chris and like the others gave him a huge hug.
"Now that we've all seriously stunned the child why don't we get on with it?" Penny said as once again she took control.
"I call forth from space and time,
Matriarchs from the Halliwell line,
Mothers, Daughters, Sisters, Friends,
Our family sprit without end,
To gather now in this scared place,
And help us bring this child to grace."
Chris knew that spell; it was cast on each new Halliwell. To summon the past witches and bless the new life. Within moments more ghostly figures appeared, many of which Chris didn't know. As they appeared, each one smiled and hugged him before moving to join the others, who had begun to form a circle around him.
Finally, they seemed to stop coming. As Chris looked around at his entire family, he noticed that they were all looking at a single space in the circle. Chris was becoming confused, was he suppose to stand there? Whom else could they be waiting for? Just as Chris decided to move a swirl of white lights appeared in the space, they soon disappeared revealing a young woman. She couldn't have been older than twenty-five, thirty at the most. As she looked around a smile spread over her face.
"My daughter's," As she looked at Chris her smile grew, "and my son." Chris finally understood who this woman was, she wasn't just some witch in the Halliwell line, she was the beginning. Chris was standing in front of Melinda Warren. "Blessed be."
Chris was now moving into complete shock, "Are you sure I'm not dead?" Chris asked his Great-Grams once more.
"Christopher, my beautiful and strong son you are very much alive." Chris turned to see Melinda Warren standing before him.
"I don't get it. If I'm not dead the why am I here?" Chris replied waving his hands around indicating the endless landscape of clouds. "And why are you all here?" Melinda engulfed Chris in a hug as she spoke softly into his ear.
"You're here because you're destined to be here. Because here, is the only place you can properly receive the wonderful gift we are about to bestow upon you." As Melinda pulled away, Chris, whilst still confused, felt better, if only a little.
"Gift? What gift?" Chris asked looking round once more at his family.
"You'll see." Prue replied smiling at her nephew, in fact everyone was smiling at him now.