VERY DELAYED AND VERY OVERDUE BUT I FINALLY FINISHED ANOTHER CHAPTER…..

Chris looked Gabby up and down. Physically, she looked the same as he remembered her. But, mentally and emotionally, she was different. In some ways, she was colder, detached, and definitely had more attitude than he remembered. "I don't know what to tell you, Gabby." He said, and she chuckled. "I don't know what to say about it either. That's why I don't like talking about it." She walked over to the edge of the bridge and looked at the blurs of cars passing by below them. "I don't want it to be like this. I feel detached in my but I don't know how else to be anymore. It would be so much easier if I could just end it all." Chris walked over to Gabby and pulled her into his chest. "Don't even think like that. We'll fix it. I promise you that we'll fix it." He said and she chuckled in his arms. "Don't make a promise that you don't know that you can keep." Chris nodded and pulled her slightly away from him. "How about this then? I promise to stay with you no matter what. Better?" He asked and Gabby smiled. "Again. Don't make a promise you can't keep. But thank you for trying to make me feel better." She said, as Zander orbed there.

"I know I'm interrupting, but we need you two back at the manor." he said and Chris sighed. "Marcus thinks he found something in the book." Gabby quickly orbed away and Zander laughed. "Every time I get that girl alone, something has to happen." Chris said and Zander nodded. "At least she talked to you though. You guys did talk, right?" He asked and Chris nodded. "She told me what happened to her and it explains so much about how she is now." Zander nodded. "Yeah it does. Kinda gives you an extra incentive of changing the future, doesn't it? I mean, not only does it stop Wyatt from turning evil, but it stops Gabby changing at the same time." Chris nodded and looked down at the cars below. "I'm glad you're here, Zander. I was starting to lose faith in how I was gonna do this." Zander walked over to Chris' side and sighed. "We're all here for a reason, man. We'll figure things out." He said and the both of them orbed off the bridge.

When the two of them got back to the manor, Gabby and Prue were looking at the Book of Shadows. "What's going on?" Chris asked looking over at Marcus. "I found a demon that you missed." Marcus said, lifting the book and showing it to Chris. "Why is he in the book? He wasn't there before." Gabby said, and Chris shrugged. "Who?" Phoebe said, looking at the demon on the page in Marcus' hand. "It's the demon you were looking at yesterday." Paige said and Chris nodded. "I thought you said that he wasn't a threat." She said and Zander and Gabby scoffed. "I also said that there's no way the Charmed Ones can vanquish him." Chris said. "But that means that there is a way to vanquish him, right?" Phoebe asked and Marcus nodded his head. "All you need is some of the…" Marcus started, but Zander cut him off. "Is magic school still open?" he asked, and Piper nodded. "Gab, come with me for a little research." He said and Gabby nodded. "Want one of us to come too?" Piper asked and Chris quickly agreed. "Why don't you go with them? Keep us posted on what you find out." Gabby shot Chris a look and reached for Piper's hand and orbed out the manor.

"Why'd you do that?" Paige asked and Marcus shook his head knowingly. "To make sure that they do what they said they were doing." Marcus said and Chris nodded. "Zander and Gabby would've tried to handle this on their own, but that would basically be suicide. But because Aunt Piper is with them…" He started and Chris finished. "They have no choice but to go actually go to magic school." Phoebe laughed and sat on the couch. "So how do you vanquish the demon?" She asked and Marcus sighed. "You need to be in the same place as him, use his blood for a potion and say a certain spell." he said and Paige nodded. "Then how would Gabby and Xander handle it on their own?" She asked. "Because they have the same blood. The demon Tallik is their grandfather. All they really need is to get the spell and find him."

Gabby and Zander walked over to the bookshelf in the main room of Magic school and started looking over the different titles. "You know Chris did this on purpose, right?" Zander said and Gabby nodded. "Duh, Zan. He knows us too well." Gabby said and they were interrupted by a person entering the room. "Is there anything I can help you with?" He asked and Piper turned around and smiled. "Gideon." She said and Zander looked at him intently. "Do you two know Gideon?" Piper asked, and Gabby shook her head. "No. But we've heard a lot about you." Zander nodded and looked over towards Gabby. "He's the guy…" He said in a low voice and Gabby cut him off. "Yeah. I know." Gabby said and turned back to Gideon. "I'm Gabriella and this is my cousin Alexander." Gideon walked over towards the two of them and shook both of their hands. "I take it your not from our time." He said and Gabby shook her head. "We're from the future." She said and Gideon nodded. "We were hoping that there was any type of information about Tallik anywhere and this seemed like the smartest place to look." Zander said and Gideon nodded. "I'll get a few people to look into that for you." He said and turned back to Piper. "Is there anything else I can help you with?" Piper shook her head and Gideon walked out of the room.

"What was that about?" Piper asked the two of them, who had started a hushed argument as soon as Gideon turned his attention towards Piper. "He's an elder right?" Xander asked and Piper nodded. "He's an elder and he's Leo's mentor. Why?" Gabby ran her fingers through her hair and sighed. "There's something about him that doesn't seem right." she said and Xander nodded. "Especially after everything…" He started but caught himself and stopped. "Wait you two do know Gideon, don't you?" Gabby and Xander both nodded. "Unfortunately." Piper sighed and sat down on the nearby couch. "What did he do then?" Xander was about spill everything he was saying, but Gabby stopped him. "Let's go back to the manor. Everyone needs to hear this."

MY BRAIN ISNT REALLY GIVING ME THE IDEAS THAT I WANT FOR THIS, SO I'M JUST GOING WITH WHAT COMES OUT…. HOPEFULLY I'LL HAVE THE NEXT CHAPTER UP SOON….. LET ME KNOW IF ANYTHING CONFUSED YOU ...