Hi guys...am back with the update. Hope you are still reading. And there is something which I wanted to explain here. I have skipped some part of the story which I want to keep as same as it was in the series.
Princesskitty68- you will find out this time. And your doubts are certainly correct! Hope you like this surprise better...
ATTIC-2003
Chris and the man reached the past in 2003, in the Halliwell manor attic. Chris was feeling a bit queasy but the man who accompanied him seemed to have no problems. Chris had travelled through the time portal for the first time and he needed a bit time to get used to the whole situation. But the only thing is that they did not have time.
"Don't look into her eyes" shouted Chris covering Phoebes eyes, who at the moment was fighting the titans with Paige, who was unfortunately turned to stone.
…Finally, Paige, Piper and Phoebe won the battle against the titans because Leo (who now was an elder) had given them the powers of Gods. They finally returned those powers and everything was as it should have been.
In the beginning the sisters did not trust Chris whether he was a friend or a foe but as he helped them beat the Titans, they did not consider him an enemy at the moment. Now Page and Phoebe were in the attic cleaning the mess up and Piper was still coping with the fact that Leo was an elder. She was in her room with her son.
Chris orbed in the attic. He was quiet anxious because he had seen his family after a very long time. When he had seen his mom and dad, his heart almost broke down because watching them alive, young and yet he could not talk to them. He couldn't address them as mom and dad. He wanted to hug his mother so badly. He just wanted to stay close to her and sit with her, tell her everything. But he somehow had controlled himself. Now he had the chance to see and talk to at least some of his family members. He did not have to hide his true identity.
"Aunt Phoebe, aunt Paige….we have a huge problem" said Chris while walking towards them. He sounded so worried.
Paige and Phoebe dropped everything and stood up. Paige put her hands on her hips. She was flabbergasted. She was silent for a while and finally said. "Excuse me what?" and she made a face.
Phoebe also said, "Wait, what did you just call us?"
"You heard me right aunt Phoebe"
"Dude! have you lost your mind or something. As far as I can remember I just one nephew, who is a toddler by the way" said Paige in her quirky way.
"Yeah what she said" agreed Phoebe with Paige.
"I am not Wyatt…I am Chris….his younger brother and as I said before….I am from the future" explained Chris.
"Woah! Hold your running horses. I only have one nephew. I don't think Piper could hide something like that from us. I mean for obvious reasons" she looked at Phoebe and then at Chris. "Unless they erased our memory or something like that…." She paused then spoke again "….that'll be just so rude" she finally stopped.
Phoebe hit Paige on her shoulder. Paige looked back at her innocently and said, "Hey! I am just saying you know"
"Paige! Piper would never do such a thing. And for all we know he could be lying to us to get to the book of shadows" said Phoebe
"Yup" replied Paige in agreement.
"He is telling the truth Phoebe" said the guy appearing behind Chris. Chris was wondering where he had been but as he was so pre-occupied with the Titans that he did not have time to find about the guy.
"You?!" said Paige with a scared look on her face.
"Cole!" said Phoebe raging with anger. Phoebe could not believe her eyes. Her world just came crashing by. She had left that part with much difficulty but it came haunting back. In her heart of hearts she knew that Cole was her true love, but he being evil and all was a big problem for her to accept that love. She knew that her relationship was doomed, with whomsoever it might be.
"Told you" whispered Chris to Cole. Chris knew what the sisters' reaction to Cole would be. Cole just made the expression 'yeah-whatever-had –to-be-this-way.'
"Relax aunt Phoebe! He is not evil anymore. He doesn't have a single speck of evil in him anymore. His soul was re-cycled, but he was given his old identity with memories" explained Chris.
"I don't believe this. It can't be happening again" said Phoebe literally crying. She slowly sat on the nearby couch.
"Yes Phoebe….for what its worth….you can take me up to the elders and have them see. I have turned good….for good!" he said with a confidence, with pride like he had done something worthwhile in life, like he was repenting. "It's a new life for me. You have to believe me and Chris is telling the truth, he is your nephew….Wyatt's little brother" continued Cole with calmness in his voice.
He reached near Phoebe and sat down next to her. She held her hand and suddenly Phoebe went in shock. She had a premonition. She did see Cole up there with the elders, that he was good. She finally came back.
"What happened? What did you see?" asked Paige in worry.
"He is telling the truth" Phoebe then looked at Cole "I had a premonition of the future" said Phoebe. Chris looked worried. He thought she might have seen hers and her entire family's death.
"What?! Exclaimed Paige. "How far?" she asked. She sat next to Phoebe now.
"I don't know 20 years or so" Phoebe said.
"But you've never had Premonitions that far in the future" said Paige still unsure of the situation Phoebe was still in shock.
"She can now, rarely but she can. Her powers are growing. You can check with the elders" explained Chris.
"So that means you are also telling the truth, you ARE my nephew?" asked Phoebe now getting up and moving closer to Chris.
"Yes. What else did you see?" asked Chris bluntly. He was still worried.
"Just about Cole. He was with the elders in the future and they all saw his past. What he had done for me, for us. I cant believe that he tried so hard but the pull of evil was so strong. He was even leaving town for good but he stayed. He was right always. He was always in l…." Phoebe said but stopped. She could not finish that statement. She had to concentrate at the problem at hand. She had to devote her focus on her new found nephew.
Chris seemed relieved at that moment knowing that only Cole's reality was shown. At that time he thought that may be the elders or his aunt Prue had something to do with it. But he could ponder upon that thought and still not find answers. So he chose to leave it.
"But how….when…?" asked Paige also moving towards Chris.
"Not right now. Still have time. But don't tell mum and dad about me. I don't want them to know" Chris said.
Chris finally hugged both his aunts. He was so relieved. "Its so good to see you guys. You have no idea how happy I am" said Chris in complete honesty.
Chris had never been so happy in a long time. He was meeting his family, finally. He was able to talk to them and touch them no less. He was relaxed. He finally had a reason to live again. He had a way to find all answers. He felt protected.
"Not that I am not glad to meet my unborn nephew from the future and all…. but why did you come here?" asked Paige now letting go of Chris.
"Well we have a problem. A big problem" said Chris.
"What would that be?" asked Phoebe a bit nervous.
"Its your other nephew" said Cole, who was earlier sitting on the couch. He was almost spell bound to see Phoebe. He had never stopped loving her. Never. And he knew that in her premonition she must have seen his true reality and that he was actually good. He could also see it in her eyes. When he came she had pure anger and disgust but now she had care and even love if he could call it that.
"What?" said Phoebe and Paige in unison. They were both shocked.
"Yes…Wyatt" said Chris almost scared.
"What happens to him and when?" asked Phoebe in a very worried tone.
"Well nothing happens to him but he makes a lot of things happen to a lot of people" said Chris trying to control his emotions in front of his aunts.
"So you mean-" Paige was about to say something but was cut off in the middle by Cole.
"He turns evil" raising both his eyebrows.
"You mean like you?" said Paige in her ironic wit.
"Much worse. The old Cole would have been just a beginner in comparison to Wyatt" said Chris.
"Oh my God! But how can that happen. He's our nephew, such a sweet baby, son of the eldest charmed one and an angel no less" said Phoebe with her eyes almost watery. Paige holds her and tries to calm her down. Both the sisters were in complete disbelief. Nothing of this sort had entered even in their wildest nightmare.
"Yes we know that Aunts Phoebe, we think somebody tried to turn him and was successful in doing so" said Chris explaining the situation.
"But you don't know who does it, do you?" asked Paige.
"Yeah….we need to work that part out yet" answered Cole.
"Easy for you to say" snaps Phoebe. She almost instantly gave up hope after hearing that single truth. She was never like that but may be seeing Cole, her unborn nephew from the future was clouding her judgement skills.
"Look Phoebe, Paige, you need to take control of yourself and we need to make things happen" said Cole. He was trying to throw some sense into her and Paige.
They just sat there in complete silence and tried to take part in understanding what had just happened. A lot had to be done in such a little time. They had to be strong because to change the future, serious alterations had to be done in the present.
A couple of weeks had passed since Chris had arrived in his past. Cole had managed to keep himself hidden from Leo and Piper. Chris had tried to help the sisters in vanquishing the demons they thought might be responsible for future effects. Piper was curious as to why Phoebe and Paige were trusting Chris so easily. Piper did like Chris but not that much. Phoebe and Paige had come closer to Chris and had started seeing him as their nephew even though he looked just a little younger than them. They had started spending time with him. Even Chris had finally had a family, even though his parents were in complete oblivion of his true identity.
"So did you find anything out?" asked Chris
"You are the one who's been in the underworld for the past few days. You tell me. I was worried sick for you" said Paige.
"I am alright. And I am talking about the demon lead that I had given you last week" answered Chris.
"No. He just looked as confused as we were when we first found Wyatt turning evil" said Paige sounding very helpless.
"Chris, are you there?" came Phoebe's voice from downstairs.
"Yeah in the attic" answered Chris.
Phoebe came up and sat on the couch. She was very stressed since she had her empathy powers. Living with everybody's emotions was becoming more difficult than she could have ever imagined.
"So do I ever get a hang of this empath power in the future or not?" Phoebe asked while rubbing her temples. She looked at Chris "cause this is literally eating me alive". She waited for Chris to answer. But he was lost in his own thoughts. Phoebe looked at Paige for answers but Paige just shrugged her shoulders and gave a look that said 'beats me'.
"Chris!" shouted Phoebe.
"Huh! Oh yeah aunt Phoebe you get a hang of it. As a matter of fact you are one of the strongest empaths in the world. Chris answered still busy in his thoughts.
"When?" asked Phoebe.
"In time" again Chris stated.
"What's the matter sweetheart?" Phoebe asked Chris in a very soft tone. She did not need her empathy powers to know what he was going through at this very moment. While Phoebe had just finished her sentence, Piper walked in. Her hands crossed in front of her chest and one eyebrow raised. She gave Phoebe smirk.
"So what are you guys talking about?" she simply asked the three of them.
"Oh nothing, same old same old. Trying to figure out who's gonna try to harm Wyatt" she raised both her hands then brought them down. "But don't worry we are going to fix it" she said as to comfort both Piper as well as Chris.
Chris gave her a sad smile.
"Ok" Piper said ignoring as well as accepting the lie. "So we were supposed to go for lunch. But I am sorry, as Leo can't pick up Wyatt right now. So we're going to have to cancel. Unless you two want me to cook at home." asked Piper looking at Paige and Phoebe.
"Hey. No…just let us all go. We've not had that sisterly time since like forever" said Phoebe giving a broad smile.
"But what about Wyatt?" asked Piper.
Chris can take care of him, right Chris" Phoebe said looking at Chris and he nodded in agreement.
"But-" Piper tried to say something. "Oh Shush..! lets get going. Bye Chris" Phoebe said and sisters orbed downstairs with help of Paige.
"Wyatt brings up his force field in front o Chris" Piper said in angry tone trying to change the sisters mind in leaving Wyatt alone with Chris.
"So that just means he's well prepared to look after himself. Just get ready and get going" said Paige.
All three of them went to a restaurant and were sitting outside. They were having their food.
"Since when did the both of you start trusting Chris?" asked Piper. Phoebe and Paige looked at each other and then at Piper.
"Since we started trusting him" Paige said slowly.
"Oh. Right. Why did I not think of that?" snapped Piper then laughed.
"Do you have a thing for him Phoebe?" Piper finally asked her.
"No!" said Paige and Phoebe together. They were both shocked and kind of disgusted.
"What?" Piper said with an apologetic look.
"I just heard you call him sweetheart today and the two of you spend an awful lot of time with him. And you trust him so easily. I was feeling left out when I thought you told Paige and not me" said Piper.
Phoebe was shocked at what she was hearing. So Paige answered for her instead.
"First of all…Eww….Secondly NO…Phoebe does not have a thing for him. Nor she ever will. He is from the future for god's sake" said Paige and just leaned back in her chair. Piper still had a questioning look.
"So like what are you guys…friends with him or something?" asked Piper again.
Phoebe was still silent but she broke the silence.
"Well for the lack of a better term…he's like a brother to me" Phoebe said but a the back of her mind, she hated lying to her sister.
She hated that Piper did not trust her own son. That she couldn't openly talk to her nephew. She hated being secretive but Paige put her hand on Phoebe's shoulder and gave her an understanding look.
"Yes. Me too. I feel the same for him" Paige said in agreement with Phoebe.
"Well you should know that if Wyatt thinks he's a threat so it is a tiny bit difficult for me to trust him. Its not that I don't want to….but I am his mother" Piper said.
At that very moment Phoebe and Paige felt so bad for Chris. The love which he was supposed to be getting from his mother, he was completely deprived of it. There was a valid reason behind Piper not knowing that, but still it was unfair.
"Hey you know what I don't get, why did we not come with future Chris. I mean the three future us, if Wyatt was in such grave danger. I don't even think Chris should have come, even if he did, he should have warned us and left already" said Piper asking all the unanswered questions. She was eating her salad along with.
Phoebe and Paige looked at each other. Paige gave Phoebe a look because she knew that Phoebe couldn't resist herself and would spill the beans. Paige quenched her eyes and held Phoebe's hand, trying to stop her. Phoebe still continued.
"Amm….Piper we need to talk" said Phoebe. Paige held her head with one hand. She had that look on her face, which said 'here we go'.
"What is it?" Piper asked worriedly.
"There is no evil which is trying to harm Wyatt. Instead he becomes evil and causes a lot of harm to everyone" Phoebe said and held Piper's hand.
"What? What did you say?" asked Piper in anger and disbelief.
"Yeah! We've known for a while but did not want you and Leo worried" joined Paige.
"But my baby is so innocent. How can this be? Are you sure you trust this Chris guy" Piper asked trying to understand the whole situation.
"More than you know" answered Paige.
"I am an empath…and he is saying the truth" continued Phoebe.
"I need to go home to my baby. I need to talk to Leo" Piper said feeling restless. "I need to talk to Chris" she continued.
"I know….okay…let's go" said Phoebe. They paid their bill and went back straight home. Piper went to Wyatt's room and picked him up. She hugged and kissed her little son. She had tears in her eyes. She also noticed that Chris was also sitting in that room. She called for Leo. He came and was worried as he saw the look on his wife's face.
"We need to talk" Piper said to Leo as well as Chris. All of them were in the attic now. Leo knew everything now. He was in the same condition, which Piper was in a few minutes ago. It wasn't easy for a mother or father to accept the fact that their baby would turn out to be so dangerous. And this was when they just knew half the truth.
