Family's Second Chance
Chapter Four
Disclaimer: I do not own Charmed nor do I make any money from writing this story.
Author's Note: I can't believe how good a response I'm getting from this... After all, it is my first story. Anyways, I was wondering what you guys would say if I decided to continue this into a changed future fic with Chris still alive? You know, Chris gets to live with his family while and get married and have kids? Cause I don't like the fact that he died, and I know no one else did, so... Well, tell me what you think in you're review, cause I want your opinion, since I haven't decided yet...
I have to go to my friends sweet sixteen tomorrow, so I might not be able to update, which is why I'm posting it tonight, instead of tomorrow.
Piper was busy making pancake batter the next morning when Paige came downstairs. "Good morning, Piper," she yawned, "Where are Chris and Wyatt?".
"They're both upstairs. Chris had nightmares all night and Wyatt and I barely got any sleep."
"That sucks, do you know what they were about?"
"He said that he saw a grown up Wyatt killing witches. It took me hours to get him calmed down and put to sleep."
"So he's unconsciously remembering Wyatt killing people? So our Chris must be in there still, just behind the six year old."
"Yeah... It scares me to think about what Wyatt put Chris through when they were teenagers..."
"It was really that bad?"
"It was. Didn't you hear him screaming?"
"No... I slept really hard though."
"What kind of pancakes do you want? Chocolate chip or blueberry?"
Yawning, Phoebe crawled out of bed, and was on her way downstairs when she heard someone crying. She walked towards Piper's room, and realized that it was Chris. Opening the door, she saw him thrashing in his sleep, whimpering, "Mom" over and over again.
When she walked into the room, Wyatt orbed, and she heard a clattering from the kitchen, and Piper yelling, "Wyatt! I was cooking breakfast with that pan!"
She crawled onto the bed next to Chris, and pulled him close to her, smoothing his hair. "Come on Chris, it's just a dream. Wake up. Come on, wake up."
As she stroked his hair, she was thrown into a premonition.
"Wyatt, please stop," a sixteen year old Chris was begging his brother, "Please don't kill the witch, she's an innocent! You can't kill her!"
Wyatt just smiled at his little brother and said, "Actually, I can Chris, and I will. What is it going to take for you to realize that there is no Good or Evil? Just power?"
"Wy, please let her go!" Chris begged.
"I'm afraid I can't Christopher." Wyatt said as he slit the witch's throat with an athame.
Chris walked into the kitchen, where Piper was busy cooking lunch. "Mom, why is Wyatt so much better than me?"
"What do you mean? Of course he's not better than you!" Piper exclaimed.
"Yes he is. He has more powers, he's twice-blessed, he's the future King Arthur, he's more popular than I am, and-"
"What's the last one, honey?"
"Dad doesn't hate him."
"Peanut, it's not your fault that Leo-"
"Forget it Mom. Just forget it. It doesn't matter. I'm gonna go clean my room or something."
"Peanut-"
"Mom, please?"
"Okay honey. I love you."
"I love you too- Mom! Watch out!"
A demon shimmered in behind Piper and stabbed her in the neck with an athame. "MOM!!!!" Chris yelled. "Mom! Don't leave me! You can't leave me... Please don't. I'm sorry I-" Chris was cut off as the demon threw him into the wall, knocking him unconscious.
Wyatt orbed in yelling, "Mom, Chris, what happened- Oh my God. Mom! Chris!" He looked at the demon and and blinked, blowing him up.
Chris started to stir, groaning loudly, while Wyatt was trying to heal Piper. "Dad! I can't heal Mom! Dad, quick! Please!"
Leo orbed in, and when he saw Piper lying dead on the floor, he turned on Chris. "What did you do!? You got your mother killed! How could you!"
Wyatt immediately orbed to his brother, and healed his bruises and cuts. "Dad, get the hell out of the house."
"NO!!! I'm not leaving you with a murderer!"
"Dad! Get out NOW!"
"Son, I love you, I can't leave you with a murderer!"
"That's the problem Dad, whether you think so or not, you have two sons, and Chris is NOT a murder. Get the hell out."
Wyatt turned back to his brother, and held him while he cried. "Chris, it's not your fault."
"Yes it is. I couldn't do anything to help her... It's all my fault!"
Phoebe came out of the premonition, and woke Chris up, before he had to live through any more of that dream. She held him and rubbed his back, both of them crying softly.
A few minutes later, Chris and Phoebe came downstairs, both of them sniffling a little, but otherwise okay. Chris sat at the counter, while Phoebe motioned for her sisters to go over to the other side of the room.
When they were all there, Phoebe said, "Chris was telling the truth, Wyatt is evil in the future, and I know why he is so distant with us."
"Did you have a premonition?" Piper asked, " and I thought Chris was distant because he didn't want to accidentally reveal anything from the future, you know, 'Future Consequences' and all that."
"I had two premonitions actually," Phoebe said, "in the first one, I saw Chris begging Wyatt not to kill a witch, but he slit her throat."
Piper let out a moan of despair, and Paige closed her eyes in disgust. "What was the second one?" Paige asked.
"I saw a demon shimmer in behind Piper, and stab her with an athame."
"I die?" Piper asked shakily.
"And Chris watched you die. He got thrown against a wall and knocked unconscious. Then he woke up to Leo yelling at him for killing Piper."
"Leo blamed him for my death?" Piper asked shocked.
"Yeah, before Wyatt kicked him out."
"Oh my God. I kicked him out of the house!" Piper said, panicking slightly. "Can you imagine? Your mother who you watched die, kicked you out of your house!"
"Mom? Can I have some pancakes now?" Chris interrupted.
"Oh! Of course honey! How could I have forgotten? Just a second, I just need to finish this conversation with your Aunts, okay?"
"Okay Mom." Chris said as he put his head on the counter.
"Well, Phoebe, do you want pancakes?" Piper asked.
"Sure. Just get Chris's first." Phoebe said.
"Was gonna anyway."
"Thanks, glad to know I'm loved."
"Guys, pancakes! I'm just as hungry as Chris there." Paige said.
Piper went to the stack of pancakes she had by the stove, and put one on a plate for Chris. Walking over to him, she handed them to him, and said, "Here you go, sweetie."
"Thanks Mom!"
"Your welcome."
The three sisters were watching Chris eating when Leo orbed in.
"Hey." he said, as he ruffled Chris's and Wyatt's hair.
"Leo, what did the Elders say?" Piper asked.
Leo replied, "The Elders say that when Chris is an adult again, he has to appear in front of a council of Elders and explain to them the reason for sending me to Valhalla. As long as he had a good reason, he's going to be fine."
The Charmed Ones all sighed in relief, and Leo asked, "What are you guys going to do today?"
"Well, I'm going to go to my office and work on the column." Phoebe said.
"And I was planning on going to the Temp. Agency and seeing if they had anything for me." Paige said.
"I am going to check on the club then take the boys to the park." Piper said.
"Do you mind if I go with you Piper?" Leo asked.
"Sure. I'm sure the boys will love for you to go. Especially Chris."
"What do you mean?"
"Lets just say you never won the Father of the Year Award in Chris's future." Paige said.
"Paige! He doesn't need to know about that! He hasn't done any of those things!" Piper yelled at her sister.
"Yet." Paige muttered under her breath.
"Leo, I'm going, if you want to come, I'd follow really fast." Piper said as she picked Wyatt up and grabbed Chris's hand, heading through the front door.
Author's Note: So, what do you think? Come on, you know you want to review! You know you want to! Alright! 2000+ hits, 40 reviews... I hope people are liking this as much as they seem to be! Well, I just wanted to tell you that I have eleven chapters planned out so far, and I hope you enjoy all of them! Well, talk to you later!
