A/N: Thank you, thank you, thank you! My readers are awesome. This story was never intended to be longer than a few chapters, so it should be winding down within two or three more.
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"Tell me what I want to know, and I'll let you live, Seer." Chris growled as he held the Seer in a telekinetic chokehold.
"I…I can only tell you that no demon is behind this. I cannot see who is after Wyatt." She gasped out, grasping her throat weakly.
Chris dropped her, "How can that be? How can you not know? You see and know everything that happens in the Underworld!"
"Perhaps, it is not a demon after him? Perhaps a human hurts him. Why do you care so vehemently? Are you not on the dark side a bit yourself?"
Chris' clear green eyes clouded a bit. "My loyalties are none of your concern. What IS your concern is telling me what you DO know." Chris again tightened his telekinetic grip.
"Okay, okay! All I can tell you for certain is that a power of good is truly not good. This so-called 'good' person is the one who will kidnap Wyatt. This person is the one who will work with a demon that the Charmed Ones have fought in the past to kidnap and torture the Twice Blessed witch until they plant a seed of evil." She shrugged. "They are planning to kill him, but he is too strong, and will continue to fight until the Charmed Ones find him. However, they will be too late to save him from what the torture has wrought."
"What demon?"
"I cannot say conclusively. All I know is that it is a demon of strong powers, and that the Charmed Ones believe they have vanquished."
"And the paragon of good?"
"I cannot see a face. However, I can see dark hair and dark clothing. I do not know if this is a disguise or his normal dress. It is definitely a male. More than that I cannot see, as his power is greater than my own, and that clouds my vision."
"Thank you Seer. You will live as long as you do not breathe a word of my existence or visit here." Chris nodded, then orbed away.
"Interesting…Orbs and telekinesis. What secrets do you hold, witchlighter?" The Seer slowly moved to her reflecting pool, gazing in, seeing untold secrets float across the water. "Hmm…a second son…another Charmed Son, this one Thrice Blessed. The progeny of an Elder and a witch, the eldest Charmed One." She looked deep into the pool. "The child with everything to lose."
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"Chris!" Paige yelled impatiently. "CHRIS!"
"What?" he grumbled, irritated at her yelling.
"I asked you for one little thing? Was it really that difficult to watch Wyatt? I mean, Chris, you left him alone in the attic!"
"What? No, I didn't! D…Leo and Piper were there when I left."
"You really want me to believe that Leo and Piper left their son in the middle of the attic floor while they just…left?" Paige's voice was furious with disbelief, her voice getting louder with each word.
"I didn't leave him alone, Paige! I never would." Chris defended himself.
"For the love of God, Chris! Why can't you just tell the truth for once in your life?", she screamed.
"Whoa, Whoa… Paige, stop!" Piper ran into the attic, Leo close behind her.
Paige stopped, shocked as he looked at her sister. Piper was still tying a robe around her, as Leo was busy buttoning his shirt. Both were barefoot and their hair was mussed.
"Did you just…?" Paige's voice trailed off as she motioned with her hand at the robe.
"Look, Paige, can you just go get Phoebe? We need to have a family meeting here, okay?" Piper asked, flipping her hair over her shoulder.
"Ummm…. Okay. But we also need to talk about Wyatt. He was left alone in the attic." She glared at Chris as she said it.
"Our fault, Paige. Piper and I did it, not Chris. But we'll explain all of it once you go get Phoebe." Leo stated quietly.
Paige looked puzzled, but orbed away quickly.
Chris was studiously avoiding looking at either of his parents, instead choosing to count the spots on the ceiling. "Chris? It's okay now. We fixed it." Piper quietly said.
"Um, yeah. Thanks." He said awkwardly.
"Piper, sweetheart, I think he's a bit unnerved. Maybe you should go get dressed before Paige comes back." Piper took another look at Chris' stiff posture and averted gaze, before leaving and heading to her room. "She was just trying to reassure you that you would be born, Chris."
"Yeah, I know. It's just…" his voice trailed off as the words caught in his throat.
"You just don't want to know about what we had to do to fix it?"
Chris laughed. "Yeah, something like that."
Leo chuckled, "Good, because I don't really want to tell you!"
They looked up at the sounds of orbs. Paige and Phoebe stood in the attic, Phoebe's expression, matching Paige's. "Where's Piper?" Paige asked.
"Getting dressed. She'll be here in a minute. Let's all go to the family room. We've got a lot of things to catch you up on."
"Is number one on that list why you are here and obviously have, um, renewed your faith in your marriage?"
"Nope…that's about number 3 or 4, actually." Piper chirped happily as she looped on arm through Leo's, and put the other hand in Chris'. "C'mon…we all need to talk."
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"Will someone tell me what the heck is going on here?" Paige grumpily asked.
"Chris, would you like to explain?" Piper asked.
"Uh, I guess." Chris wiped his hands on his pants. Somehow this wasn't any easier even though Piper and Leo knew the truth. "Actually, I think I need to do something first. I'll be back in two seconds." He orbed away and reappeared before the orbs had fully disappeared, holding the Book of Shadows. He flipped a few pages then quickly read.
"What my potion hid,
let now reveal.
No lies shall cloud what is real."
"Oh my God!" Phoebe gasped, suddenly holding her temples. "Chris, turn it down! Your emotions, Oh…" She abruptly let go of her head. "Are you..?"
"What the HELL is going on here!" Paige screamed, finally reaching her breaking point.
"Paige, I just unblocked the empath's blocking potion I took with the spell. I wanted Phoebe to be able to know that I wasn't lying with what I'm about to say." Chris stopped for a moment then continued. "Paige, I came back from the future to keep Wyatt from turning evil. You know that. What you don't know is why. Wyatt and I are close…very close, at least we were until my 14th birthday. I don't know why I never saw it before then, but he…he attacked my family. He killed them Paige. And I couldn't get help, I didn't know how to heal."
Paige took a step forward. "Why save him then? Why didn't you just kill him?"
"Could you simply kill Piper or Phoebe? No matter what they had done, they would still be your sisters."
"Are you saying what I think you are? Are you…Wyatt's brother?"
"Yes."
A/N: Phoebe and Paige's reaction up next! Please REVIEW if you like it!
