When a Halliwell goes to war
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An hour had passed since the plan was made to go to the future. Piper had called her dad and asked him too look after him. She had drove over to his with a duffle bag of Wyatt's clothes, toys and some baby food. She had also brought another bag with some Crystals and Potions she made so that her dad and Wyatt would be protected. She wanted to be prepared in all case scenarios.
Usually her and sisters tended to wing a lot of things as their plans didn't usually go to plan but this situation was different. They decided they were going to bring Chris to the future as well only he wasn't going to be with them. If he got wind of what they were doing he would try and stop them. So they needed to be precise with their plan.
Phoebe had finished the spell and like Paige and Piper had started working on potions mostly to keep her nerves in check. Maybe it was her being paranoid but the bad feeling kept creeping at the back her mind that their plan would backfire.
Paige was writing on table when Leo orbed in.
"What did the elders say Leo?" Piper asked him before he had even fully materialised .
"They've given us permission. However they have stated for sake of the timeline being messed with already that we can't be in our future bodies." He said.
"What?" Piper said trying to keep her temper in check.
"With Chris already interfering in the timeline the elders were worried that you guys may find out information you're not supposed and mess with the timeline even more. They want you to get in and get out and you with as little information as possible just the necessary info and you can't do that in you're future bodies." Leo finished off not liking the fire flaring in Pipers eyes.
"Ok although I'm opposed to this idea how exactly are we supposed to go to future without being in our future bodies?" Phoebe asked.
"You'll just have to adjust your spell." Leo said with a grim smile in response to Phoebe's death glare which wasn't as menacing as Pipers but it could do the trick.
"Wow even when they're not involved in the plan they like to ruin a good thing." Piper said off hand.
Leo understood the metaphor and didn't know how to respond. He wanted nothing more then to walk up to Piper and kiss her and keep her safe but now was most definitely not the time.
"Ok do we adjust the spell and then what?" Paige said very annoyed too at the elders interference. Although the trip was about Wyatt and Chris and she wouldn't forget that these factors were the main priority of the mission but she wanted to see her future self and just see if she was doing ok. She didn't need names of kids or husbands that she could possibly have. She just wanted to know she would be fine and looked good considering she would be in her fifties. She would just have to find a way to peak. What elders don't know won't kill them.
"Well we need to check on Wyatt. We don't speak to him we only observe him. Once we prove Chris is lying we question him." Leo said with strong determination in his eyes.
"Question him? You think if he is lying that he'll just let us grab him." Phoebe said sceptically.
"No of course not. We grab him first. The spell you wrote will take us all to future. He doesn't know we're going. He'll be caught off guard. When we get there the first thing we do is sense him and contain him. Then we find Wyatt observe him for a bit and then we question Chris." Leo said explaining the details.
"Contain him? He's not a demon." Phoebe said disgusted at the behaviour they were showing Chris. She hadn't treated him that well either but this was just wrong.
"Well he's no angel either. Born one or not." Piper said with a venomous tone.
"Guys we shouldn't do this. It's..."
"Phoebe if you wanna stay here then you stay but you're reading the spell and the rest of us are going to prove my son isn't evil." Piper said in final sort of tone.
Phoebe honestly wanted to drop kick Piper in that second. Obviously she wasn't going to but she had absolutely no right to speak to her like that. She wasn't her mom. Phoebe didn't want to believe that Wyatt was evil for a second but she didn't want to treat Chris like a criminal. Obviously they needed to find out if he was telling the truth but they could do it in a better way.
Leo may not have been in love with Phoebe but he had an empathic link to all his charges and although Phoebe wasn't his charge anymore he could still tell how she felt. He walked up to her and laid a hand on her shoulder.
"Phoebe. I know you don't like this but it's what's best for Wyatt. You want that don't you?" He said in gentle voice.
"Of course I do. Why would you even ask that Leo?" Appalled he could even suggest she didn't want anything but the best for golden hair little nephew.
"Then please come to future. The quicker we get this done is the quicker we get this over with and he won't ever have to be in our lives again." Leo said in the sane kind voice but she noticed the squeeze of her shoulder as he mentioned Chris or specifically referred to him as "He". She looked at Leo and saw fire blazing in his eyes. He wanted to get Chris out of their lives for good. He looked at Piper who was stony faced whilst looking at her. It was almost as of she was daring her to Defend Chris again. She then looked to Paige who was begging her with her eyes. Clearly Paige had more than one agenda to going to the future. She wanted to scream no but the three looks were more than she could handle so she sighed and nodded her head not looking any of them in the face.
"Thank you Phoebe." Leo said still in his gentle voice. She noticed how his squeezed had eased up. She looked at Piper and Paige and saw Piper packing a bag with potions and Crystals not looking up and Phoebe mouthing thanks. It was then that Phoebe realised that she just got manipulated by her family. It made her feel uncomfortable that she fell for it too. What Chris had been doing to them had just been done to her by her sisters and brother in law. They had the audacity to hurl abuse at Chris for doing the same thing they just did to her?
Phoebe kept a mental note of it. She wouldn't say anything because ultimately this was about Wyatt. If Chris did have some evil agenda they would have to no choice but to stop him. Wyatt was more important and she didn't forgive Chris for all the lies and manipulation. If his intentions were good he still put Wyatt at risk and that wasn't ok but if he was telling the truth then her and sisters would have a lot to answer too.
"Alright let's hear this spell and then we can make the adjustments." Paige moving the situation along.
"I created two one there and one back." Phoebe clarified.
"Well lets hear them." Piper said moving forward.
"In this place and in this hour, we call upon the ancient power, open the door through time and space. Create a path to another place and Hear these words, hear the rhyme, heed the hope within my mind, send me back to where I'll find, what I wish in place and time." Phoebe read out. I she wasn't so irate about the situation then she would of patted herself on the back for her impressive spell work. Phoebe over years had made it a priority to be the best as spells and hand to hand combat. She thought back to the night she came back and read out allowed from the book. The spell that unlocked their powers. She couldn't control the magic that flowed from the spell she had read then where as now she was in touch with her magic that she could read allowed a spell without the magical effect.
She wondered what her life would be like if she hadn't read from the book. She would probably be a low life cash strap loser still depending on her sisters to support her. If she even went to college she probably would of dropped out again. Her life would be a boring mess and she would never know the truth about her heritage, mum and possibly Paige. At the same time Prue would be alive. Andy would have a normal life and a partner. She would of never met Cole. Her heart beat jumped as she thought about the man who created the most happiness she had ever felt and completely destroyed her soul. Of course he didn't actually but Phoebe was different woman before she met Cole and she would never be that woman again. Phoebe used to be fun care free spirit but then Cole came into her life and to some extent she became a love sick puppet to attached to the strings to see she wasn't herself.
When Cole was finally out of her life she tried to be the woman she once was but it would never be the same. Her actions over the pasted year and half proved this too her. She felt like she was slipping away from herself more and more and she didn't know how to stop.
"Those are great spells Phoebe." Leo said sincerely.
"Thanks." Phoebe said unenthusiastic.
"Aren't you missing some?" Piper said in a tone that sounded almost accusing.
"No I wrote two spells to get us to the future and back." Phoebe said irritated.
"Yes but considering you're spells are to open a portals we can't bring Chris from wherever he is we would need to bring him here." Piper said stepping forward.
"Actually don't worry about that. I've got it covered. Since this is a power of three spell when we read it we're channelling the power so our powers are at it's strongest. I'll sense for Chris and as we cross I can bring him over. It's power boost so he won't be able to resist if he even tries. So now we need to add the not being in our future bodies part." Paige said out loud.
All them stood there in their own thoughts thinking how to add to the spell.
"Phoebe this is you're department. Got any ideas?" Piper said after a few minutes.
"Oh so it's my responsibility to create every spell in this team. I just created two great ass spells Piper. Why don't you come up with one." Phoebe stated in a very sudden out burst.
"Woah! Pump the breaks Phoebe. I simply suggested you do it so that Myself and Paige don't blow, fry or slice ourselves whilst crossing to the future." She said in a very calm but clearly pissed off tone.
"Piper, Phoebe please. A clock only works if all the parts do. If we can't work together how can we protect Wyatt together." Leo said trying to ease the tension.
"I'm sorry Piper." Phoebe said slightly icy.
"I'm sorry too. I'm just on edge." Piper said also icy.
"And you have every right to be." She said moving forward and hugging her sister who returned it but the tension was still in the air. Paige who had stayed silent decided to diffuse the tension by suggesting an idea.
"Hey. Why don't we choose glamour's of some people we know or have seen and before we step through the portal we glamour and say undetectable spell that way there aren't two sets of charmed ones in the future and demons don't try and kill us. Then we open the portal and go through." Paige said looking at them for confirmation.
"That's a great plan Paige. I think that might work." Leo said not knowing that Paige just didn't want to be detected by the future elders.
"It's worth a shot." Piper said.
"Alright I got this covered. Ok hold hands." Paige stated. Leo made an awkward attempt at grabbing Pipers hand who retracted her hand at the contact. Her emotions were still raw but she took a deep breath and took hold of Leo's and Paige's hand. Phoebe grabbed Leo's and Paige's hand.
"Alright guys think of someone and try be inconspicuous about them. To those in this room our faces we will see, to everyone else our minds image they shall perceive. Keep the magic hidden to keep our circle safe. The power three holds and protects us now let's change face." Paige finished. White lights circled all four of them around their heads. When they the lights stopped the four of them looked at each other. They didn't look different.
"What kinda spell was that?" Phoebe asked. If it even did the job then fine but the word was terrible.
"It was off the top of my head." Paige said defensively.
"Well I don't think it worked." Piper said.
"Oh yeah then why is the back of you're head blonde in the mirror then." Paige said with smirk on her face.
Piper, Phoebe and Leo turned around to the mirror and saw three completely different people. A blonde, a red head and a brunet. Leo had long brown hair as opposed to his crop spiky hair. He had light olive complexion and brown eyes. Phoebe had shoulder length Red hair with bangs. Her eyes were green and skin was pale white. Piper had bleach blonde hair that matched her own hair length. She was a shade darker than Phoebe and her eyes were bright blue but it was Paige that took the biscuit. Like Leo she had tan skin but her hair was shoulder length curly Green and her eyes had one grey and one hazel.
All three looked surprised where as Paige smirked. She always loved proving her sisters wrong and now it was time to find if Chris was. One way or another they were going to find out the truth. Paige was certain of that.
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AN: Thank you for the support so far. I don't really know where I'm going with this. I'm just going with the flow but I'm glad you're enjoying the story. I'm working on some other stories so updates might be slow but I'll do my best to keep them coming. If there have been any mistakes so far do forgive me. My reading over stories ability is the really worst.
