A/N: Thanks to Thunder903 and Melinda Faith Halliwell for reviewing.


Chapter 4: What Might Have Been

Chris had just started to make his way to the kitchen to tell his mom and aunts what was going on with Prue when he more or less ran into. Jake, Lilly, Bianca, and Troy carrying Chuck in tow. He breathed a sigh of relief when he saw his brother's best friend. For a minute there he had been really worried that they weren't going to find him or they were only going to find a corpse. That was one of the hazards of being a cop he always thought the worst.

"Thank God you guys found the moron. Chuck I swear to God if you ever do anything that stupid again I'll kill you myself." Chris told him but he didn't seem to care.

"Aw Peanut normally I would tell you to go fuck yourself but at this point I only need two things I need food and I need Prue." Chuck replied sounding very upbeat but hell he would have sounded that way too if he had just had his ass rescued from the under world.

Chris couldn't help the uneasy look that crossed his face when he mentioned Prue that just wasn't a topic he wanted to discuss yet. "Coop you and the other three should go up to the attic and help Hank out. I'll take Chuck into the kitchen to prove to them he is in one piece. Trust me I'm getting the shitty end of the stick on this one. And call for Wy and Liz I don't think that Parks and Cal will be back for a while but maybe Huck is here and we can get to them if we really need them." Part of him felt guilty for sending them up there without knowing what was going on but he had to do what he had to do sometimes.

Chuck pulled free from Jake "I can walk on my own thank you very much Peanut I don't need any help from you. I'm sure that my father is in there and he is ready to wring my neck." He was more scared of what his dad was going to do to him than he had been while he was being held hostage by demons.

Sure enough when they walked into the kitchen both Derek and Eva were there. Chris cleared his throat to get everyone's attention. "Well I have some good news and some bad news. The good news is we found Chuck." He began.

Derek was up out of his chair in a minute and he had his oldest wrapped in a big bear hug "Oh Jellybean don't ever scare me like that again you don't have to be a hero as a matter of fact the next time you feel the urge to do something like that don't." he kissed his son wetly in the center of the forehead.

"Chuck are you hungry?" Piper asked him knowing the answer to that question she really didn't even know why she had asked him that.

Chuck managed a small smile as he sat down at the counter "Yeah but I would really like to see Prue first I know that she has to be pissed at me." he replied.

Chris knew that he really had to tell them now and he was terrified about what it would do to his Aunt Phoebe "Well you see I said I had good news and bad news. We may have found Chuck but we lost Prue. Well we didn't really lose her she is up in the attic but she is unconscious Hank and I tried to heal her but it didn't work so we have this theory that maybe a demon hit her with a potion. Not to worry though we will have this taken care of in no time."

"Christopher Perry Halliwell what did you boys do to my baby?" Phoebe demanded of him.

Chris hung his head and sighed it was always his fault when something happened to Prue or Henry. And in a way he knew he was responsible for the two of them because neither had an older sibling so he took it on himself to take care of them. But he could do without being attacked by his mother and aunts every time he turned around. "I didn't do anything to Prue and I didn't let anything happen to her. It just happened I'm sorry as hell that it happened I would never do anything to hurt Ladybug even when she is running off at the mouth."

"But Chris you're older than she is and it is your job to take care of her." Piper argued with her son. She knew that she was being a little bit unfair but she couldn't help it.

Chris could normally let that statement go but between his flashbacks and the way his nerves were frazzled he just couldn't take it anymore. "Ok I'll admit it everything is my fault. It's my fault that the source came back, it's my fault that Mel is going to be a cop, Hank getting shot is my fault and I'm not kidding about that. Um lets see what else can we blame on me. Oh I know dad becoming an elder again that's my fault just like the first time. Wyatt sending the whole world to hell is my fault because I couldn't keep my promise to take care of him." He was so upset that he didn't realize the slip he had made.

Paige looked at him and shook her head "Peanut I would stop talking now if I were you."

Piper's mouth was almost on the floor from hearing this. She had worked so hard to make sure that he never knew his brother had been evil and that was sure as hell what she thought she had heard coming out of his mouth. "Chuck I hate to do this to you because you just came back but if you give me just a little while I will make you something to eat."

Chuck didn't say a word he just shimmered up to the attic to be with Prue.

"Alright now Chris what is going on?" Piper asked her son.

Chris tried hard to think up a lie but his superior skills of deception were starting to fail him. "Mom I have no clue what you're talking about I was just blowing off steam." He said giving her a half hearted grin. He looked to Paige to help him out. Come on Aunt Paige you've never let me down before I know that you're not going to start now. He thought to himself if ever he were in a bind that time was now and he needed his Aunt Paige's help to get out of it.

Paige's heart almost broke when she saw the pitiful look that her favorite nephew was giving her. She could see the deep pain behind his sea green eyes the same pain she had been seeing for months now. The only time she could see the pain lessen any little bit was when he talked to her about it. She was really torn she could lie for him yet again or she could make him tell the truth in which case he would feel better about himself. "Chris you know that I would do anything in this world for you but I can't do this not anymore. You need to tell them what is going on now I'm not saying that you have to tell everything because I know how hard that is but just a little bit will do fine."

Chris locked eyes with his aunt and he knew that she was right but it was not one of his favorite topics to talk about. "Aunt Paige I gotta know that you're going to be right here with me while I do this I just don't think I can do this on my own. And get dad, Uncle Henry, and Uncle Coop here I don't want to run through this whole thing twice with everyone."

"Chris I'm not going anywhere if you don't want me to." Paige assured him.

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A short while later Chris was facing his parents, his aunts, and his uncles. It didn't even phase him that Derek and Eva were there they might as well be it wasn't like they wouldn't hear about it anyway. He wasn't really sure how to start part of him felt relieved that this whole thing was going to be out in the open but part of him was scared about how his mother would feel about all of this. He began pacing the living room. He looked away from his father when their eyes met. He just knew he wasn't going to be able to look Leo in the eyes when he said what he had to say.

"Chris are you gonna be ok?" Paige asked him pulling him out of his thoughts long enough to get a nod out of him. She shook her head at him she knew that he was going to have to be made to start talking. "Buck if you just come out and say it then it won't be so hard."

Chris knew that he had no other choice he was the one who had talked himself into this and now he had no choice but to tell them all about this. So he took a deep breath. "Mom I know that this isn't going to be easy for you to hear but I know everything about the other future and I know almost everything about my trip to the past. Because I have been getting these flashes since the night Hank got shot. And I know that I should have said something sooner but I couldn't I didn't know what was going on or what to think. The only reason Aunt Paige knew anything was because she figured it out herself."

Piper took a breath and she found herself trying to look through tears at her middle son. After the other version of Chris had died Paige had told her just a little of what he had told her and she never wanted her Peanut to have to know anything about it. She didn't want him to think that it was his job to keep his brother good. And she never ever wanted him to think that he had to take everything on himself. "Peanut you should have told me you don't have to keep things all bottled up inside."

"Mom that is a two way street you should have told me the whole truth from the beginning. I could have handled it had I known that it was coming. But I have been struggling for months trying to keep Wy separate from that monster from the other future. And it would have been nice to know that he had issues with dad. Because then I've had to try not to bite his head off when he is trying to help." Chris replied to his mother.

"Chris I just didn't want you to feel like you had to be your brother's keeper and I didn't want you to look at him any differently. I just wanted you to have the life that he never got to have. Because save for that small difference you're the same man he was you're just not haunted the way he was." Piper explained wrapping her arms around him.

"It's ok mom I was just so scared and I didn't know what was going on. I was just so afraid of acting differently towards dad and Wyatt. And I know that I distanced myself from you for a little while. I'm sorry for not coming to you sooner but like I said I didn't know how to feel about the whole thing myself." Chris said allowing his mother's embrace.

"Chris who else knew about this?" Leo asked he knew that his son had a tendency to keep things to himself but every now and then. He would share his feelings with someone when he couldn't make sense of them.

"Hank and Prue. Hank because I swear he has these freaky ass ninja skills and he can sneak up on anyone. And Prue because Hank made me tell her I spaced out in a flash back one morning when we were in the underworld so the gorilla told me that either I could tell her or he would. I know that we need to talk about this in depth but I really need to go help him fix Prue because we seriously messed up this time." Chris answered his father.

"Ok but we will talk about this later. So now what the hell did you three think you were doing?" Piper asked him Chris, Henry, and Prue together was a bad combination when it came to thinking up bonehead ideas.

Chris groaned he knew that it was going to come back to this "Hank had a plan that was working just fine until we got attacked by a demon it's almost like the underworld is trying to make sure we stay under strength and that is not a good thing." He replied truthfully.

"Do you know what demon did it?" Coop asked.

"No Hank is working on that right now because really and truly I've never seen a demon like that before in my life. On that note however I do know some people who can find that out. So if guys will excuse me I have to go to the attic now." Chris said excusing himself before he had to answer any more questions that he didn't want to.


Prue groaned as she sat up and opened her eyes she looked around and briefly wondered how the hell she made it up to the attic. The last thing she remembered was being down in the underworld with the boys and after that she was pretty much drawing a blank. She looked to the stand that held the book of shadows and she saw Hank standing there.

"Hey how the hell did I get here?" Prue yelled at him.

Hank smiled widely at her and then he threw his arms around her "Ladybug you're up I was so worried about you." he said and then he called out "Hey Chris get your ass up here."

Chris not being one to waste time using stairs if there was something important going on orbed into the attic a minute later. He breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Prue was up. "Hey you don't ever scare us like that again. Besides that you know that your mom would kill us if anything really bad ever happened to you."

Hank nodded his head in agreement "No joke Aunt Prue is pretty scary where she is concerned."

Prue looked confused she didn't know what the hell Hank was talking about now. "Hank what the hell are you talking about?"

Now Hank looked at her with a mix of confusion and concern in his eyes. "Uh Pheebs did you hit your head or something? You just called me Hank." He asked her.

"I called you Hank because that is your name Henry." Prue explained to him logically and then she realized what he had called her. "And did you just seriously call me Pheebs?"

Chris groaned and shook his head his Aunt Prue was going to kill him dead for this. "First of all his name is not Hank and you know it that is my little brother L.J. He called you Pheebs because that is your name Phoebe."

Prue looked at him intently for a moment before she busted out laughing "Chris I know that you two think you're funny but this is ridiculous stop playing."

L.J. looked at Chris "You tell her she won't kill you you're her little Peanut."

"Not a chance you're the baby you tell mom she will kill me before she kills you." Chris argued back with his little brother.

"I'm serious you guys this isn't funny. My name isn't Phoebe it's Prue and you two are not brothers no matter how much you act like you are." Prue tried reasoning with them.

Chris just shook his head "Well I guess we have to take her downstairs and face the music it's been nice knowing you little brother. But at least I will die in a more humane manner than you will. Because Aunt Prue will be the one killing you this was your idea."

Prue's face fell this two couldn't be serious they knew damn good and well that Phoebe was her mother not Prue. "Look I know that you two are a couple of clowns and I love you for it but really you know as well as I do that Phoebe is my mother not Aunt Prue."

"Pheebs honey sweetie I love you but you have lost your fucking mind this time. Aunt Prue is your mother not Aunt Phoebe. Aunt Phoebe was still dead when you were born so that would be kinda hard to do." L.J. said trying hard to get through to her.

"Although Prue is a pretty fitting name for her she does act like her mother." Chris said not helping his case Prue was getting seriously mad. It didn't help matters any that he was basically dragging her down the steps either.

"Look for the last time my name is Prudence Elizabeth Halliwell but you know better than to call me Prudence because it pisses me off. I'm half witch and half cupid. Although my cupid powers don't work for shit. I have a little brother and two sisters." Prue went down the list as they sat her on the living room couch.

"Aunt Prue you might want to get in here I think Pheebs hit her head she is acting weird." L.J called over his shoulder.

Prue came in the room a minute later followed by Piper and Paige. "Piper what did your two little hellions do to my daughter this time?" she asked her younger sister.

"Oh please Prue your little angel probably dragged my two sweet boys into another mess." Piper replied.

Prue shook her head this could not be happening she was under enough stress as it was. This had to be some sort of sick joke.

"You guys know as well as I do that L.J. probably had one of his less than stellar plans and this is the end result." Paige pointed out to her two older sisters.

"Now Aunt Paige you know that I have been told that I'm more like you than your son is so you are really talking about yourself when you say things like that about me." L.J. replied slipping his arm around his aunt. Prue couldn't help but think how wrong this was on so many levels. Her family had finally all lost their minds and she was the only sane one left this was not going to end well at all.


"Tim there is no use in doing this it is never going to work and what's more than that it's getting me nowhere." Liz bitched dropping her father's hands they had been at this longer than she cared to think about.

Tim shook his head his daughter hadn't changed a bit over the years she still go flustered very easily. "Liz you can do this I think you've done pretty well so far we've been getting more of the pieces together."

Liz felt Wyatt tense behind her "Lizzie come on honey I know that you can do this. You always bitch about not being able to help and you were the one who agreed to do this. The brothers from another mother didn't force you to. All you have to do is concentrate and I don't mean to put any more stress on you but you need to do it soon because I'm being paged." He told her pressing a kiss to her temple.

"You two have a hell of a lot of faith in me. Wy you know how fucked up my powers are from time to time and Tim you haven't been around enough to know what my powers are like. But you still are so sure that I can do this." Liz vented at both of them.

Wyatt put his finger under her chin and turned her head so that she was looking him in the eyes "Liz I know that you can do this. You never thought that you'd get your telepathy under control but before you knew it we were helping each other out on tests and stuff like that. I have never seen anything you couldn't do when you set your mind to it. You are a very strong woman Lizzie and trust me I know strong women I am the son of a Charmed One. Honey I believe in you, you just have to believe in yourself."

Tim watched as they interacted together he could honestly say that he couldn't have picked a better man for her. "Listen to Wyatt Liz he knows what he is talking about."

Liz shook her head "I just don't think I can do it."

Wyatt looked from her to Tim and then back again. He knew that this had nothing to do with her powers and everything to do with her daddy issues. "Lizzie I have an idea but you're going to have to let me inside your head. I know you don't like it and you'd just rather that I didn't know about some of the things you see. But this time I have to."

Liz raised an eyebrow at him "Oh blondie when those words come out of your mouth they scare me you don't have the best ideas in the entire world."

"Trust me on this one Liz I'm going to guide you through this just take Tim's hands again." Wyatt coached her.

Liz shot her boyfriend a look but she very slowly brought her hands up and placed them in her father's. She closed her eyes and she felt Wyatt's presence in her mind along with Tim's. Before she knew she was seeing full images flashing in her mind and they weren't good at all. When she came to the end of them her eyes flew open and she was breathing rapidly. Wyatt looked at her concern etched deep in his face.

"I take it that you two know what that was all about?" Tim asked them.

Liz was still shaken so Wyatt answered for them "Yeah that was the source and none of it was good at all."

"Wyatt we should go I think that we need to tell the others about this." Liz said.

"Yeah I know they found Chuck and apparently there is something going on with Prue." Wyatt replied pulling himself up off the floor.

Liz turned to Tim "Thank you for helping you didn't have to do that."

"It was my pleasure I told you you're not getting rid of me so easy this time." Tim replied before they orbed out on him.


Paige, Dom, Jack, Alan, and Brady were all sitting around Cole's apartment since he was the only one they could talk to about the source and about Ben. He was the only one who knew the full truth hell he was the only one who would believe them about what they had to say.

"Look you guys know that I will help you in any way I can but I just don't see how I can help you with this." Cole told them.

"Uncle Cole today is the day that the thirteen has their big show down with the source. I'm not worried about them not beating him. I'm worried about what is going to happen after they beat him. Ben is the one that the prophecy mentions and I just can't see where Aunt Phoebe is just going to let them vanquish him." Jack said reasonably he was worried as hell about what was going to happen after they were done with the source.

Cole shrugged helplessly "I know and I wish that I could help you out with that one but you know as well as I do that I can't say anything or I will be sent right back to that other plane."

Paige sighed "We know Uncle Cole and we don't want that to happen and even if we did tell them what was going on Aunt Phoebe would only try to save him. I just don't think that he can be saved."

"All I'm saying is I don't understand how one twin could have turned out good and the other turned out evil. And what makes even less sense than that is the good twin is the one who was born with the demonic powers." Brady mused about both of his brothers. Ok so technically they were both his brothers but he only claimed Jake as his brother as far as he was concerned Ben was nothing to him at all.

"Then maybe you didn't come from the fucked up future that I came from. But I'm pretty sure that your so called good twin is the source of all evil there." Alan pointed out it wasn't that he didn't love Jake because he did but he had put the family through hell.

Dom ignored their ranting and he actually thought to say something worthwhile on the matter. "I have this theory I think that when Aunt Phoebe was pregnant that only one of the boys took in the source and I think that was Ben. Because Uncle Jake up until what happened to turn him happened was one of the nicest guys ever. He was a big goof ball but he was a great guy. Uncle Jake got all the demonic powers because he is a damn powerful witch and the elders knew he was going to be in the thirteen. But he only uses those powers for good."

"That is one interesting theory Dom and it makes a lot of sense. While it helps us understand why things turned out the way they did it still doesn't help us figure out what to do about Ben or what turned Uncle Jake." Paige told her fiancé.

"I could always kill Greg myself." Cole suggested knowing that he could kill his brother if he had to.

Alan shook his head "No Uncle Cole the thirteen have to do it. But thanks for the offer I don't think it would help much at all."

"I don't think they even know that the source is after them yet." Jack said he was grasping at straws their hands were tied with what they could do. They couldn't change the past too much or they would risk messing up the future even more.

"And we can't tell them or it could mess up the future but that doesn't mean we can't go hang out at the manor and try to help." Brady suggested.

"We could but you know that some of us can't be trusted to keep our big mouths shut." Paige said looking at Dom as she spoke.

"I say that we all head over to the manor just for the hell of it. I mean I was out all morning looking for Chuck and couldn't find him I should report in anyway." Cole said he wanted to be able to help them but he couldn't not without fucking himself over in the process.

"Uncle I know this goes without saying but I feel like I still have to say it. What we talked about can't go any further than this room and the people in it." Alan said.

"Oh hell I know that I wouldn't dream of telling your mothers anything we talked about. Hell as it stands they are going to kill me when they find everything out and they are going to be even more pissed when they find out I knew and didn't tell them." Cole replied.

No one in the room knew it but they were being watched and everything they said had been heard.


"Mom all I'm saying is the very next time she gets on my bad side I'm going to kick her ass. And she knows better than to call Puck Noah I really didn't do anything to her and God help her if she puts her hands on my boyfriend again." Calleigh told her mother as she watched Parker spit blood out of his mouth.

"Calleigh sweetie I'm not saying that you did anything wrong I was just telling you to control your temper." Freyja replied calmly.

"Mom I do a damn good job of controlling my temper I'm not the one who is the issue here. The problem is that no one takes me seriously not dad, not Huck and if the elders knew what I really was I would no longer be drawing breath. But it is alright for me to risk my life for the rest of the magical community. And it just plain sucks." Calleigh just needed to blow off some steam it just all got to be too much for her sometimes.

Parker brought a finger up to his tender lip he didn't have the time to be acting like a baby when they were sent here for a reason. He needed to get his girlfriend back on track. "Cal calm down sweetie you're starting to sound like my sisters. The minute anyone starts sounding like one of my sisters bad things I have a problem with that. All four of my sisters are crazy."

Calleigh looked at him and her expression softened "Then you should probably be worried about yourself right now you just sounded like Phoebe. But I get the point you're right we have a reason for being here and I need to calm down." How she had got all of that out of his rant was anyone's guess. But those two understood each other on a level no one else could.

"That is exactly what I was saying Cal." Parker high fived her. And then he turned to the three Valkyries. "Do you know anything about any sort of big threats or anything? Because we have been having some issues with demons lately."

Freyja shook her head "No I'm sorry we don't know anything I can have someone keep an eye out if you would like."

"Yes mom we would like that very much. Parks we need to go now because Lilly is driving me crazy apparently we are needed back at the manor." Calleigh replied.

"Since when do you and Lilly have telepathic conversations?" Parker asked wondering what the hell he had been missing out on.

"Since me, her, and Liz totally had a movie night but that is so not the point right now." Calleigh answered him if nothing else just to get him to shut up. She then hugged her mother. "Mom I love you but we have to go. You know how to get in touch with me if you find anything out."

"I love you too baby tell your brother that I would really like to see him." Freyja replied.

Calleigh nodded her head "I'll tell him but I can't promise anything." She pressed the pendent on her neck and opened the portal for her and Parker.


Henry had been up in the attic flipping through the book of shadows when the others had come up. So far he hadn't found anything at all that looked like the demons that attacked them and he hadn't found any type of potion that could have been used on Prue. His search was pretty much a bust. So he was almost happy to have some company that relief was pretty short lived when he saw the look that Jake gave him.

"What the hell did you do to my sister?" Jake demanded of his older cousin dropping down beside his sister.

"I didn't do a damn thing to your sister it was a demon." Henry answered calmly not wanting to get in a fight with his younger cousin.

"What kind of demon was it this time?" Lilly asked the last thing she needed was those two getting into a fight. Jake may have been half demon but Henry would kick his ass in a regular fight.

Henry shrugged his shoulders and looked at Prue helplessly "I don't know and I can't find the demon in the book. So tell that you guys have some good new." He begged them at least if they had found Chuck then the whole day wouldn't have been a complete waste.

"We found Chuck if you consider that good news." Bianca replied to that and she allowed him to slip his arm around her. "I hate to ask you this but where is my sister?" she asked the last thing she needed was her dead sister running around and doing what she damn well felt like.

"I don't know that either other than the fact she is leaving me alone right now I don't really care what she's doing. I thought she was supposed to be helping but I swear Grams sent her to terrorize me." Henry said shaking his head. For as much as he had loved her at one time she got on her nerves just as bad now.

"So if you had to guess what would you say happened to Prue?" Troy asked he didn't like it that his best friend was out of commission even if she was going to kill him when she found out he was dating her baby sister.

"If I had to hazard a guess a demon either hit her with a potion or something like that. Because I honestly think that someone is trying to take out members of the thirteen. That can't be good at all. I'm just saying that we all need to be careful because any one of us could be next." Henry said warming to the subject. He couldn't shake the feeling that they were all being targeted and he didn't like it at all.

"Well Mr. Hotshot if you don't mind I'm going to check the book and see if I can figure out what happened to my sister." Jake said pushing past him roughly. He stalked to the book of shadows and began flipping through the pages furiously.

Henry wanted so badly to say something smart ass to the younger man but he bit his tongue.

"I'm going to try to get a hold of Wyatt and Liz they can come back now if Hank is right we all need to be together." Troy said trying to diffuse the situation.

"While you do that I'll try Cal and Parker there is really no point in them being gone anymore." Lilly replied totally in tune with Chuck.

"Ok I know where Chris is and I know where Chuck is but where is Ro?" Bianca asked if they could all be accounted for at the same time it would be a miracle.

"Oh dumb ass is at magic school I forgot he shot me a quick message. He there with Mel and the other youngsters." Lilly added like it had slipped her mind.

Wyatt and Liz orbed into the room a moment later "Ok guys we have a huge problem." Wyatt announced without greeting.

"Good we can add that to our major problem." Henry replied pointing at Prue passed out on the couch.

"What the hell happened to Prue?" Liz asked sighing.

Jake's head shot up from where he was standing behind the book of shadows "Ask the third oldest Halliwell male this was all his plan. So your guess is as good as mine as to what happened to my sister."

"It's common knowledge that when my girlfriend gets her mind set on something she isn't as careful as she should be." Chuck said as he came into the attic.

"Chuck if you ever do anything that stupid again I will kill you." Liz said smacking him on the head before she hugged him.

"Damn we're supposed to be the three amigos but now that you two are dating you abuse me." Chuck mock pouted.

"We were the three amigos until you turned yourself into demon bait without asking me and Lizzie. You know you may have wanted to come with you Chuck." Wyatt said joking around a little bit even though they really didn't have the time to be joking around.

It wasn't like they didn't have enough to worry about but at that moment the attic was filled with their younger siblings. Henry shook his head and he groaned this was the absolute last thing that they needed right now.

"Alright children we realize that you haven't seen Chuck is three days so get in your love fest with him because we have things to take care of." Bianca said declaring open season on Chuck.


Prue was just unable to comprehend what the hell was going on the only answer that came to her was that her family had finally all lost their minds. Chris and Hank were smoking something if they actually thought that they were brothers and she didn't know what the hell to say about her aunts. They were acting off the wall and while it was true that they always acted like that this was different. She couldn't put her finger on it but something was seriously off.

These were her musings on life as her Aunt Prue wrapped her arms around her and held her close to her. This was weird considering she wasn't one to be very affectionate.

"Phoebe what the hell happened?" Prue asked her.

Prue once again sighed she was getting tired of having to explain this. "Ok for the last time people my name is Prue not Phoebe I will admit that I can be silly like her at times but it's not that bad. Sorry Aunt Prue while I love you you're not my mother Phoebe is. Now as for Chris and Hank over there no matter how much they act like it they aren't brothers." She explained once again but no one seemed to be listening to her.

"Like L.J. said I think she may have hit her head Aunt Prue she has been acting weird since she came to in the attic." Chris said concerning her weird behavior.

"And I'm going to ask again what exactly did you two do to my daughter?" Prue asked them both.

L.J. shrugged and tried to look innocent. "Aunt Prue we didn't do nothing to Phoebe it must have been a demon of some sort."

"Prue stop picking on my boys you know that your little angel there roped them into this." Piper said although she looked at both of her sons sternly.

"I think that we should be worried about said little angel right now. She is saying some pretty fucked up shit." Paige pointed out to her sisters.

"Chris, L.J. go find your brother and cousin who are no doubt getting into trouble right now. But I want you to bring them back here because now you get to find out what demon did this to Pheebs." Piper ordered her two boys.

"Please do go find Wyatt and Jake one of them has to know that I'm not crazy better yet find Chuck he will believe me." Prue begged them she still wasn't really sure what the hell was going on and she wasn't really sure that she wanted to know.

"Phoebe sweetie I really want you to listen to me you are talking crazy right now. There is no way that your Aunt Phoebe is your mother she was still dead when you were born." Prue explained to her calmly.

Prue was starting to get mad they were refusing to listen to her not that it was anything new but it was frustrating "My name is Prudence Elizabeth Halliwell my birthday is September 7, 2007. I have two sisters Val and Penny and I have a brother Jake. I'm half witch and half cupid and I know my cupid powers don't always work but it doesn't stop me from trying to use them. Now I think that should pretty well cover it. I wish you people would see some reason here."

Piper looked from her sister to her niece "Here Prue let me try to talk some sense into her." She offered before turning to her niece. "Ladybug I love you so much but you are not being reasonable right now. You know that you're half witch and half whitelighter just like my boys. And I know it's a sore subject but you can't orb for shit. You have two little sisters even though you and my youngest son might as well be siblings you have no brothers. And your name happens to be Phoebe Marie Halliwell. Sweetie your parents are Prue and Andy I know that you and your Aunt Phoebe are close but you're not that close."

Prue went to open her mouth to argue but she thought better of it not because it was her Aunt Piper talking but because she suddenly realized just what the hell was going on. Oh she was going kill Hank and Chris when she got their hands on them for always coming up with stupid plans and then she was going to kill the demon that did this to her. Then when she was done with them she was going after the elders.

It wasn't bad enough that her fiancé had served him self up as demon bait but now she was stuck in this alternate reality where her Aunt Prue was her mother and Phoebe had been the one who died. She didn't have to be Chris or Hank to figure that one out. She thought to herself bitterly she could play along if she really wanted to or she could feign having amnesia. At any rate she had to think of something before her aunts had her locked up in the looney ward for talking crazy.


"I know that this question has probably already been asked and answered hundreds of times but what happened to Prue?" Parker asked when he and Calleigh set foot in the attic.

"Dimples don't ask that question right now you will most likely get your head bit off." Emily informed him.

"And like I keep saying ask Mr. Hotshot he is the one who came up with this bright idea." Jake spat out bitterly he was sick to death of his cousin's stupid plans. Actually he didn't mind them until they got his sister hurt.

"Hey now Coop come on there were only three of us but there were four of you guys. On the upside the plan worked the way it was supposed to we found Chuck. On the other hand we didn't want anything to happen to Prue in the process but we'll figure it out we always do." Chris assured him he was glad to be away from the prying eyes of his mother and aunts. He knew he had a lot of questions to answer but he just wasn't in the mood for it at the moment. He had more important things to take care of.

"So what do you guys say we kick the munchkins out of the room and we get down to business?" Troy asked forgetting that he wasn't supposed to mention anything from that movie ever again.

"You are not going to kick me out of here before I get a chance to spend five minutes with my brother." Ricky protested. He had been worried sick about Chuck he was his favorite brother after all.

"Ricky you can have your five minutes but then all of you kids need to get out of here because we have to find a way to fix this mess that the younger brother from another mother made." Jake commented he wasn't in a very forgiving mood and he damn sure wasn't going to cut anyone any slack.

"Jakie please now is so not the time for you and Hank to decide to go at it." Lilly pleaded with him.

Jake wanted to be reasonable and let it go but he couldn't "I can't not this time Lilly we all keep going right along with everything that Hank says and this is where we end up."

Henry knew that he should let it go but he was up in arms anyway. "Coop you think this is my fault? Because it's not don't blame me blame the damn demons." He asked for once in his life he didn't think he had done anything wrong.

"Yeah it was your plan and you're older I thought that I could trust you to take care of my sister." Jake shot back not knowing why he so badly wanted to lock horns with Hank when he could beat his ass if he really wanted to.

Chris stepped in and tried to diffuse the situation between the two of them " Coop if you want to blame somebody blame me I'm the oldest Charmed One I'm supposed to look out for the both of them and Prue was a lot closer to me at the time than she was to Hank. So if this is either of our faults it's mine. Although Prue did have a little hand in it herself she doesn't always listen very well. But I promise you we're going to fix her and then we'll take it from there." He was talking a blue streak trying to get his younger cousin to calm down.

For some reason though Jake just couldn't let it rest he had to keep picking at Hank. "Well I'm beginning to think that the only thing his plans are good for are getting us into trouble." He spat out he was just digging a hole with every word that he spoke.

"Hey I don't see you coming up with anything Coop I wish you would every once in a while I'm sick to death of coming up with plans and then hearing everyone bitch." Henry replied not able to back down from his cousin even though he knew he should but his pride wouldn't let him.

"It would be a hell of a lot better than any plan you could come up with. At least we wouldn't have to fix it. Because I'm pretty sure that you're stupid ass plan when everyone got sent to Never land is what got Roman kidnapped. If you had covered all your bases then that would have never happened. With you if you're not getting people hurt. You can't heal them and you're letting them die." Jake said he knew when the words came out of his mouth that it was a low blow but he just couldn't bring himself to care.

Henry stood up to his full height his face was red and his body was taut with rage he could feel the anger radiating through every inch of his body. "What the hell was that supposed to mean Coop?" he asked his words coldly furious and there was some steel in his eyes. His usually warm brown eyes looked like they had been replaced by two dark coals.

Jake rose to the occasion he was an inch taller than his older cousin but he was thinner and therefore he looked a lot smaller. He hated to admit it but with that look his eyes he scared the hell out of him. Now had Jake been listening to his common sense he would have dropped it right there instead of saying what he said next. "I think you know what I'm talking about if you're healing had worked right then you would still be married."

"Jake don't go there." Penny tried to warn her big brother but that wasn't much help because he didn't listen to her.

Henry's face paled he took a deep breath to keep from killing him. "Ok you have a point there but at least I'm not always hiding something like you are demon boy." He shot back that was the first time he had ever called him that with a hint of anger in his voice. He knew how Jake hated to be reminded that he was half demon.

"At least I can say that I don't put the ones I love in danger." Jake countered inching closer to his cousin.

"And at least I can be trusted." Henry argued back they were just inches from each other now.

"Hank please don't do anything stupid right now." Patty begged him.

"Yeah Hank listen to your little sister we all know that you're not man enough anymore you haven't been since O." Jake said and he shoved Henry back a little.

"Coop that is enough." Wyatt warned him but he had already gone too far to come back.

The vein on Henry's neck popped out and he clenched his hands into fists he wanted so badly to hit the younger man but he held back. "Coop don't push me again I won't be able to stop myself if you do." He warned trying to keep his hold on his temper as he locked eyes with Jake.

Jake reached out and shoved him again "Oh yeah I'm really scared why don't you make me stop." He asked as he shoved him yet again.

It was all over right then and there the loose hold that Henry had, had on his temper was gone. Before he knew what he was doing he smashed his left fist into Jake's mouth. He hit him with such force that the younger man fell to the ground but that didn't stop him from getting back up. "I warned you." he said simply shaking his head.

While Henry wasn't expecting it Jake caught him off guard with a well place kick to the midsection but it didn't really phase him.

"Cooper and Henry that is enough both of you got a hit in now stop." Lilly ordered them which was about like a mouse trying to order around two full grown bulls.

"You gonna stand up and fight me like a man or you gonna do that kicking bullshit?" Henry asked him daring him. Jake already had blood trickling down his mouth but that didn't stop him from coming back for more.

Jake swung wildly Henry ducked and wrapped him up in a football tackle they took to rolling around and fighting on the ground like two drunks or something.

Chris looked helplessly at those two he was not getting in between that and getting hurt if he could help it. "Girls one of you go get the aunts I can't watch this but I can't look away." He said and Mel went down to the living room like he asked.


Cole shimmered into the living room with the future kids to find the Halliwells sisters and their husbands along with Derek and Eva. He hated to admit it to himself but he was a little disappointed that Nicole wasn't there.

"Cole you came over and you brought these brats with you." Piper announced dryly.

"I am not a brat grandma now the same thing can't be said for Jack and Al but that is Aunt Mel's fault." Paige replied to her grandmother.

"You know every time she calls you that I look around for Grams?" Prue asked her sister trying to get a rise out of her.

"Not funny Prue we all know that Piper is nothing like Grams." Paige told her older sister with a hint of sarcasm in her voice. She didn't need Piper pissed with her so she was toning it down.

"Hey there is nothing wrong with Grams I love Grams." Derek protested.

"Derek you would although I have a feeling had you been around when we were growing up you and I would have had a lot of fun together." Phoebe said she could so see how they would have been together as teenagers.

"Look Derek I'm sorry I looked everywhere with the help of these five but I couldn't find Chuck." Cole said feeling nervous he knew that if it were Dom missing he would be pissed.

"Don't worry about it Cole they found him but thanks for trying to help out." Derek thanked him for a demon Cole wasn't half bad.

"That is such bullshit we looked all over for him but we still didn't find him." Jack said a little bit miffed that he had looked for days without success.

"Yeah well maybe had your head been in what we were doing and you weren't thinking about other things that would have helped." Alan snapped at him.

Jack gulped he prayed that Alan didn't know about him and Emily "I don't know what you're talking about."

"Oh so I was imagining things and you weren't thinking about a certain someone? I would tell you who but I can't say that right now." Alan replied.

Jack knew that he was talking about Emily now but he wasn't going to admit to anything. "I still don't know what you're talking about Al." he maintained knowing that he was in deep shit with his cousin.

"I would hope that my daughter means more to you than that Jack because he is talking about Emily." Derek piped up and Jack damn near jumped out of his skin.

"Uncle Derek she does I swear I really care about Em." Jack stammered out nervously.

"Good I'm glad because if you hurt her you won't have to worry about the future because you will be stuck with Grams." Derek promised him.

Mel came into the room at that moment "Someone should probably get up to the attic before Hank makes sure Jake is stuck with Grams."

"Mel I'm afraid to ask but what are you talking about?" Henry asked he knew that his son had a temper.

"Oh those two are right in the middle of a pretty epic fist fight I wouldn't worry too much about it." Mel said sarcastically.

Coop looked at Henry and sighed "You grab yours and I'll grab mine." He suggested.

"Yeah sure come on." Henry replied.

Leo knew somehow that one or both of his boys would be into too "I'll come with you in case you need help." He offered and they started off to the attic.


Back up in the attic Jake had managed to get back on his feet he had blood dripping from his mouth and nose but he didn't let that deter him he drove the heel of his hand into Henry's nose causing his eyes to tear up.

"That was a cheap shot." Henry said blinking his eyes to rid them of the tears. He had a split lip and a black eye his ribs hurt like hell but he wasn't going to back down as long as Jake was still going at it.

"Well I don't fight fair." Jake replied he knew he should stop because he was getting the feeling that he got right before he turned into a demon.

Henry lowered his head and rammed his cousin into the wall he knocked the breath out of him. He took advantage of it and began pounding on him. Chris got into the mix and tried to pull them apart but he got an elbow to the ribs from Henry and a split lip from Jake.

Jake had lost all control of his temper now. His dad and two uncles walked into the room just in time to see him change into a black and red demon.


A/N: So now they know about Chris's flashbacks he is not off the hook about that yet they just had other things to take care of first. Poor Prue is stuck in another reality where she is her Aunt Prue's daughter you would almost feel sorry for her if she hadn't caused everyone else so much hell at least she is ok though for now anyway. It seems like someone is watching the kids from the future and listening to everything they say. Jake's number is now up when it comes to his demon half he is going to be in trouble. But the way he was acting in the attic seems kind of strange who knows what came over him it just didn't seem natural. Maybe someone wanted them to find out about his demon half. Wyatt and Liz now know that the source is gunning for them but they haven't got a chance to tell the others yet. That might have something to do with what happened to Prue. And where the hell is Ben? When he is nowhere to be found that worries me because there is no telling what he is doing. Henry and Jake are both going to be in deep shit for beating the shit out of each other but to be fair to Hank Jake did start it. Until next time please review.