Alrighty, due to the overwhelming results, the title of this story shall be...drumroll please..."The Forgotten Past". Thanks to those that voted! You guys are amazing.
Just wanted to make that clear so people wouldn't think that I uploaded chapter three twice. As I stated earlier this is going to be pretty much a double of last chapter, only there will be a few minor changes. After...ah, you'll see what happens. Hopefully it won't be too confusing. If it does get to confusing feel free to send me a message asking me about it, k? Well on with the story!
(Ooo, almost forgot, I do NOT own Charmed.)
...chapter four...
"Two months," Becca stated gazing at the calendar hanging on her bedroom wall, "Two months and all..." she paused seeing a note tacked on the wall beside the calendar, narrowing her eyes with curiosity she reached out plucking it from the tack. Her eyes scanned the paper, realizing she was looking at her own handwriting. Leaning against her desk she read,
Hey! Morning! Ok, first off you, we, are from the year 2025. We came back to stop the evil dictator, Wyatt, to save our home. We've been here two months. Now that you remember that. This may sound weird but this day has already happened. Trust me; I've already been through it. If you think back you'll remember reading a section of the research, where Wyatt conjured up a dragon. If not, I'll sum it all up for you. Wyatt conjures dragon, cleaners come in b/c magic has been exposed, sisters are unable to fix the damage, cleaners take Wyatt and erase all memory of him, sisters woke up realized something was wrong, cast a spell to find out what happened, realize what the cleaners did it, get Wyatt back, and he saves the day. Now at the moment none of that has happened yet, but it will. Now you need to go through everything again. So go downstairs and get the newspaper and look through the classifieds. Everything will play out from there.
Becca
Becca looked at the paper in her hand as she walked out of the room heading to get the paper, 'I think I remember reading something about that,' she thought. Going through the living room she pulled the door open, closing it a little behind her. Stepping out on the porch she made her way down the stairs to get the morning paper, then turned and went back to sit on the steps. Opening the paper she scanned the classifieds for help wanted ads.
Across the street a door slammed shut and a loud, angry voice soon followed.
Becca lowered the paper, propping her elbows on her knees, and angled her head so that it looked like she was reading the paper, when in all reality she wasn't. Her eyes widened in shock, she had been expecting it to be one of the sisters that had stormed out in a rage, but it wasn't. Instead it was a young man, who seemed to be around her age. 'Who the hell is that?' she wondered as she continued watching him pace back and forth on the landing below the stairs leading to the porch. His voice had died down, though she could still hear a faint angry mumble slip past his lips. 'Hey, wait I remember this. Though I still don't know where he's from or what he's doing at the manor. Ok what happened next...' she broke off as a flash of memory returned, 'Ok, if that's what happened then I need to do exactly that,' she thought standing and rolling up her paper and doing as she'd seen in the vision. Going back to the place were she'd picked up her paper she called out in a semi-cheerful voice, "Go morning!" She watched the young man freeze and turn looking for her. When he finally faced her she put on a smile and waved.
"Morning!" he called back with a slight wave.
Becca smiled, noting the hesitation in his voice. "It's a beautiful day, isn't it?" she called to him still wearing the smile.
The young man nodded, "Uh, yeah," he replied.
Becca nodded; "Well have a nice day!" she called again.
"You too!" he answered, still watching her.
Tucking her paper under her arm Becca turned and went back into the house. Before closing the door she took one last look at the guy across the street. He'd started pacing again. Shaking her head she closed the door, "Well let the day begin, again," she thought aloud; making her way into the kitchen to make her a small breakfast before she'd set out to, once again, go job hunting.
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Slamming the book in frustration Chris turned sharply to the window behind him, 'Two months! Two months and we still haven't found the woman responsible for that 'power outrage'...'It's like she just disappeared. The bursts of magic that have happened since then, were no where near as powerful as hers and they weren't fueled by rage either,' he paused for a moment then shook his head, 'Kelly said that the Elder's believe, now, that she didn't even survive the blast...' "Idiots" he mumbled softly, 'That blast was strong but it wouldn't have killed her. No, she's still alive...somewhere,' "But where! I've tried all the spells in the book to try and track her and that didn't work. I've tried all my connections, and they know just as much as I do about what happen. The Elders haven't found anything, obviously," rolling his eyes, "There has to be a way to find her!" mumbling softly again.
"Chris, who are you talking to?" a voice asked from the doorway.
Chris whirled around seeing Paige standing there giving him a strange look, "No one. I was just thinking aloud. What are you doing home? Aren't you supposed to be working today?"
"No, I don't start my new temp job 'til tomorrow. What are you doing? More demon hunting?" Paige asked.
"Uh...yeah," he responded knowing Leo would probably be pissed if he told them the truth.
Paige leaned against the door frame, "Don't you think you should take a break. You've hardly rested since you got here."
"I didn't come back here to rest. I came back to save Wyatt," he responded with an attitude.
"Alright, alright, don't get so anal about it, gez. It was just a suggestion," she said raising her hands in defeat. "I'll just leave you to your work then," with that said she turned heading downstairs.
With a heavy sigh Chris turned back to the window.
Paige's words echoed in his head, "Don't you think you should take a break? You've hardly rested since you got here."
Chris grimaced at the tone he'd used to answer her question, 'If only they knew what it was like in my time. If they could see the way things were, then they would understand why I'm constantly working. If I fail then...there is no hope for a bright future,' he thought sadly. Pushing those thoughts aside he tried to gain focus on the task he'd been trying to figure out. As his previous thoughts on the woman flooded his mind his temper flared, 'There has to be a way to find her!' he thought bitterly making his way downstairs, hoping that some fresh air would help clear his mind of anything other than the girl. Opening the front door he walked out and slammed the door behind him. "Why is this so difficult?!" he nearly yelled in an angry voice, before mumbling incoherently about what he could try to do to find her, while pacing back and forth below the stoop of the manor.
"Good morning!" a voice called out.
Chris froze, looking around to find the source of the voice. To his surprise a young woman around his age was standing across the street waving at him. 'How long has she been there?' he wondered thinking back to when he'd exited the manor. His eyes widened as he vaguely remembered seeing someone sitting on their stoop reading the newspaper. Looking at her he gave a slight wave as he called out hesitantly, "Morning!"
He saw her smile in response before, "It's a beautiful day, isn't it?" still wearing the smile.
Chris nodded, "Uh, yeah."
She nodded in return; "Well have a nice day!" she called again.
"You too!" he responded not taking his eyes off of her. He watched her tuck her paper under her arm as she turned making her way back into her house. As she did this he wondered, 'I didn't think anyone lived there. That house was empty a while back, when did she move in?' Seeing her open the door and walk he, Chris returned to his pacing. So wrapped up in his thoughts he didn't notice that before closing the door completely the girl had took on last look at him. "Wait a second there's one thing I haven't tried," he said softly before sprinting up the stairs, going into the foyer of the house and orbing to P3. Arriving in the back room, where he normally slept, Chris began rummaging through some notes he'd made a while back.
"Chris!" a voice called from the bar area.
Hearing that voice Chris sighed, 'What does he want now?' he thought ceasing his search and going out to the bar, "Leo what are you doing here?" he asked giving the same attitude he'd given Paige.
"We need to talk," Leo stated as Chris walked further into the room at sat down, with a sigh, at the bar waiting for him to speak. Taking advantage of the silence Leo sat next to him, "I'm assigning you another charge."
"You're kidding, right? I don't have time for another charge," Chris said outraged.
"Why not?" Leo asked.
"Because I just don't. Why do you want me to oversee another witch, anyway?" he couldn't believe this was happening.
"Because I wanna see what you can do, what you can handle," Leo stated matter-of-factly.
Chris wasn't buying this, "Oh, please, you just don't want me around the sisters all the time because you don't trust me."
"Chris, protecting charges is what we do. Besides, when I was a Whitelighter I had other charges."
"Leo, I didn't come all the way from the future to protect and oversee other charges. I came for one reason and one reason only."
"To protect Wyatt," Leo stated calmly.
"Yeah," Chris said.
"From some demon who will attack in the future but you're not sure which one," Leo continued in the same calm voice.
Annoyed at the tone Leo was using, "Hey, man, fine, whatever, don't believe me. All I'm saying is there is no way I am taking on another charge and that's... (A blonde woman walks in.) That..."
"Hi, Leo, sorry I'm late," she said to looking at Leo.
"That's okay," Leo says.
The blonde turns to Chris, "You must be Chris. I'm Natalie."
Chris looks to Leo, "Maybe just one more."
(A/N: From what I've concluded from the episode this next part was probably right after Chris met Natalie. So we're just going to assume I'm right and we'll skip ahead to after they 'have fun', as Chris put it. So apparently the sisters had already cast the spell causing him to forget saving Wyatt. Am I the only one that got that from that episode? Anyways, back to the story)
Back room of P3
Pulling himself up from his lazing position on the couch, Chris reaches for the half empty bottle of Corona sitting next to him and takes a swig. Swallowing the beverage he sits it back down and gets comfortable on the couch once more.
Blue and white orbs appear near the doorway announcing Leo's presence. Seeing Chris laid back on the couch in a shirt and a pair of boxers he says, "Hey."
Chris rolls his head toward the direction in which the voice came and replies lazily, "Hey."
Leo watches Chris and crosses his arms over his chest.
Finally realizing who was standing there Chris immediately gets to his feet, "Leo," standing, "Hey," grabbing his pants from the back of the couch he tries to cover himself up, "I didn't know you were coming here."
Leo gives a quick nod, "I can see that," seeing the half empty bottle he asks, "Are you drinking beer?"
Finding himself busted Chris looks down at the bottle dropping one side of his pants as he gesture to it, then looks back at Leo, "I was gonna pay for that."
"Chris, what are you doing sitting around here?" he hears someone coming toward them, "Aren't you suppose to be getting to know," he turns to the door, "your new charge?"
Natalie appears in the doorway wearing only a man's shirt, "Oh, hi Leo," surprised.
Rubbing the back of his neck Chris sighs and sits on the couch.
Leo looks between the two, arms still over his chest, realizing what had just taken place. Before he can say anything Chris starts explaining.
"Ok, look," pointing his finger at Leo, "you were the one who wanted me to have a charge in the first place, remember?"
Leo looks to Chris, "Yeah," then turns to Natalie, "to protect her."
Not wanting Chris to get in trouble Natalie chimes in trying to help, "Oh, he was using protection."
Chris looks at Natalie shaking his head slightly, "Yeah, I don't think that's what he meant."
"Chris, are you out of your mind? Besides from this being out of line, it's completely against the rules," Leo scolds looking between the two once again.
Chris sits back against the couch grabbing a pillow and placing it over him, "Yeah, you're one to talk," he states looking at the wall.
Thinking she knew what the conversation was actually about Natalie says, "Oh, I don't think that's his point," Chris sighs propping against the arm of the couch, "Why don't I just, um, leave you two alone," turning she leaves the room.
Once she's gone and Leo turns to him Chris sits up to defend himself, "Look, I was just having a little fun. What's the big deal? It's not like I have anything pressing to do anyway," he states talking with his hands.
Leo steps forward giving him a look, "You don't have anything pressing? Then why exactly did you come back from the future in the first place?"
Trying to remember his reason for coming to the past, "Ahh, I don't know," shaking his head slightly he shrugs, "I forgot."
"You forgot," Leo repeats.
Chris laughs.
Turning as if hearing something Leo asks, "You hear that?"
Chris looks around the room listening, but hears nothing, "What?"
Shaking it from his mind, "Never mind. We'll talk about this later," he states pointedly to Chris, before orbing out.
Natalie returns to the doorway not long after Leo's departure, "Is he gone?" she asks Chris.
Chris gives a slight smile as he nods.
(Um, yeah me again. Going to fast-forward again. Sisters have defeated dragon and everything's back to normal. Everyone's memories have been erased. So basically everything that ya just read didn't really happen, thankfully. lol. Ok, I think that's all the explaining that needs to be said. Oh wait, no, never mind I'll put that at the end. Ok, I'll shut up now. Enjoy.)
Back room of P3
Chris paced the floor trying to prepare himself. He had to tell Leo he couldn't do it, he couldn't take on another charge. Not if he planned on saving Wyatt. Another charge would only distract him from his mission, he couldn't let that happen. Looking to the wall clock he calculated that he'd been pacing for over four hours, ever since he had sent Natalie home. Shoving all thoughts of the girl out of his mind for good Chris sat down on the couch grabbing one of his shoes, 'I have to tell him sometime. Might as well...' he didn't have to finish the thought. Seeing the all too familiar orbs of his least favorite Elder appear in the room Chris continued putting his shoe on.
"Hey," Leo said watching Chris.
"Hey, I didn't know you were coming here," Chris stated honestly, somewhat grateful that for once Leo appeared just when he needed him.
"What are you still doing here, Chris? Shouldn't you be getting to know your new charge?" Leo asked crossing his arms over his chest, staring at the boy waiting for his answer.
Chris hesitated a moment as he tied his last shoe, "Yeah, about that. I'm, uh, going back to what I originally said. I don't have time for her." He looked to Leo waiting for the Elder to blow up about it.
Leo raised a brow giving a firm voice, "Chris."
Chris sighed getting to his feet, "Leo, I mean it. Because whether you believe me or not, I'm here to protect Wyatt, not other charges. Other than the sisters of course," he said talking with his hands.
Leo shrugged, "If that's how you feel about it I guess I'll reassign her."
Grateful and surprised Chris calmly replied, "Thank you."
Leo nodded before orbing out.
'Well that went better than I thought it would,' Chris thought grabbing his coat, orbing to the manor to get back to his search for the 'power outrage' girl.
Ok that's chapter four. Hope I didn't confuse anyone. I personally must say while writing this I had to go back and recheck everything from the episode. B/c it was vital I got everything in order and right. So it wasn't as long as the previous chapter, but it didn't need to be. I think this was enough to get his part across to you guys.
Now some of you are probably wondering, well what about Becca planning that meeting with Luke. Well she's still going to have it, since well that day hasn't really come yet. Then you might ask how she remembered that when it wasn't in the note. Well even though we didn't see it she ran into him again and set it up. So she didn't really have to remember.
fairyofmusic: Thanks for you vote. Hmm...Romance, I don't know. We'll just have to wait and see ; ) . Yes, they do have a few things in common.
DemonessLeader: Ok, didn't really think of that. Thanks for the vote. I'm glad you like it. It makes me happy to know someone is enjoying this. Alrighty, I'll see what I can do about that and I agree. It would be rather interesting. Hope this update was fast enough for ya! lol.
Hey guess what, I'm in a good mood. I think I could probably churn out the next chapter by tomorrow. So once this chapter is posted I'll get started on the next one. Oh and PLEASE review!!!!!
