A/N Sorry it took so long to update…My grandmother was rushed to hospital…I wrote chapter 5 last week the day after I poster chapter 4 and then my computer stopped working and yeah…I've had a hectic week.
Okay now we are getting complicated…I said in at the end of the first chapter Mel was gone for five weeks which I then figured out meant she must've been there during some of the episodes…So now this next chapter takes place DURING The legend of a sleepy Halliwell. She is also going to be there during the episode of 'I dream of Phoebe'. So well…here is the chapter!
A week went by and Paige convinced Phoebe that she should stop trying to figure out where Chris and Melinda's parents were. She had said that if they would find them once Chris left because then they wouldn't have to sneak around the house. Phoebe stubbornly agreed but her sleep was haunted by the injured body she had seen in her vision.
The first week went by without hitch. Melinda didn't tell Chris that her dreams were haunted by Wyatt. Her eldest brother had done nothing more to hurt her but just watched her. No matter where she turned in her dreams she saw Wyatt's face. However, Mel was pleased with herself because she had gotten quiet close to her mom. Chris went on demon hunts hoping to find out where his brother was hiding.
Chris returned from a demon hunt and found his sister sitting on the couch flicking through a magazine.
"I know all of this stuff." Mel muttered as she kept flicking.
"So that's why you read it cover to cover." Chris replied.
"I wasn't actually talking to you brother." Mel looked up at Chris and noticed a scar on his shoulder. "That looks nasty." Mel stood up and readied her hands to heal but Chris pulled back.
"It's nothing." Chris pulled the collar of his shirt back up to hide the mark. "Go back to reading."
Mel frowned. "Seriously Chris let me heal it. I don't want you to walk around with that on your shoulder."
"If I really wanted it healed I would've gone to Dad a long time ago." Chris argued.
"You wouldn't go to Dad if you were dying. Now why won't you come here?" Mel placed a hand on his shoulder and a glow started coming out of her hands. Chris automatically pulled away.
"Drop it Mel." Chris complained. "I don't want it healed."
"Why?"
"Future Consequence."
"Ah, a healed cut isn't going to kill someone in the future Chris." Mel started then she thought about. "Why are we arguing over this?"
"You started it." Chris walked away into the kitchen and grabbed an apple out of the fruit bowl.
Mel hadn't given up. "How long have you had that anyway?"
"Mel! What part of drop it don't you understand?" Chris asked as he turned around.
"The part where you ask me to ignore the fact your injured and don't want to be healed." Mel said to her brother with unbelieving eyes.
Chris smiled at his sister. "Got to go. Demons to hunt." He bit into the apple and orbed out.
"Christopher Perry Halliwell get your ass back here now!" Mel shouted to the ceiling.
"You really sound like Mom when you do that." Chris' voice replied from above. "See ya."
Mel scowled and walked back into the living room. "When I find his orbing ass I swear I am going to kick it."
Mel orbed out of the Manor.
Meanwhile…
Piper, Phoebe and Paige orb in from daycare.
"You can not keep doing this, sweetie, really." Piper looked down at her son as Phoebe picked him up.
Paige looked to the top of the staircase where a door just appeared. "Uh, guys?" Paige said to her sisters.
Phoebe followed Paige's eyes to the newly created door. "Oh, what the? Oh, this is not good."
A voice came from behind the door. "Help!" it shouted.
Piper looked at Paige. "Orb him out of here. Go!" Phoebe handed Wyatt over to Paige who orbed out straight away.
The door opened and a bald man with glasses, wearing a black robe walked out. "Oh, thank god you're home." The man rushed looked around. Suddenly a headless knight appeared from behind in with a horse. He sliced off the mans' head and the body fell behind the door as it slammed shut.
Piper looked at Phoebe. "What the hell was that?"
"That was the headless horseman." Phoebe and Piper looked around to see where the voice had come from and saw a head sitting on the stairs.
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Mel sat on her brothers' bed at P3 and puffed. What was that all about? What was with the whole 'don't heal me' thing? Mel had no idea what was going on but she wanted to know. First Phoebe and Chris are acting weird around her then Paige and she knew Piper was weird around Chris full stop. What was going on with everyone? Mel rested her head down on the pillow. She wondered how her brother slept on it. It was so hard. Mel smacked the pillow slightly and felt something underneath it. She reached her hand underneath and found her glass box. She opened it up with some curiosity and found her dragon necklace. It was the same one she was wearing. "It must've been from future me." She looked and found an envelope of photographs. She quickly looked around the room and when she was sure no one was there she started to look through them. She smiled. There was a photo from when she was two year old. It was of her and her brothers. She was in the middle and four year old Chris and six year old Wyatt were holding her hands. Mel was in a pink frilly dress and Chris and Wyatt were in mini suits. She looked at the next photo and had no idea whether to laugh or cry. She was six years old in this photo and she was sitting on Pipers lap falling asleep in her mothers' arms. However, Piper, who had already fallen asleep, didn't notice Chris and Wyatt put bunny ears on the two sleeping Halliwells'.
Mel didn't want to look anymore. She put the photos back into the envelope and put everything back into the box. Once she put it away she sighed. "We had good times before you turned Wy."
"We'll have good times again little Melinda." Mel heard a distant voice whisper.
She closed her eyes. "Please stop this Wyatt. Please. Chris and I still love you. No matter what you did to us and are still doing to us, we can't help it. You're our family first. Just tell us how little you turned and we can be a family again. Just like we used to be."
There was no reply.
……….
Chris rubbed his shoulder and winced. He watched as the demon did his work on little Wyatt. He was scanning for evil. Chris trusted the demon. You couldn't say they were friends but they definitely were not enemies.
Chris didn't notice his Dad and Aunt Paige walk into the nursery until the demon shimmered out. "What the hell is going on?" Leo asked.
Chris threw his hands up in defense. "Wait, I can explain."
Leo ran over to Wyatt and picked him up. "Are you okay, buddy?"
"What was he doing?" Paige asked.
"Nothing." Chris stuttered. "I mean, nothing bad, I swear."
"Nothing bad? He's a demon." Paige was appalled.
"But he wasn't hurting him, I promise. Wyatt's shield wasn't even up."
"I trusted you," Leo growled. "I vouched for you."
"Look, just let me explain."
"Get out of here!" Leo shouted.
"Paige, please?" Chris looked desperately to Paige. She was torn. Knowing Chris' past but seeing what he was doing.
"NOW!" Leo shouted one last time.
Chris winced and orbed out.
"You shouldn't have screamed at him like that." Paige muttered.
"What do you mean? He let a demon into the house." Leo looked at Paige.
"Yeah but you shouldn't have shouted at him. You don't know enough about him to scream at him like that." Paige argued. When she noticed Leo was too wrapped up in protecting his son she shook her head. "Is he okay?"
"Yeah, I think so. Listen, I'm gonna take him up there where it's safe. Do you mind…?" Paige cut him short.
"Getting Phoebe? No, not at all. I just hope there's all of her to get." Paige watched Leo grab his son and orb out.
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Chris orbed back to P3 and kicked at the wall. He then turned around and punched the metal cabinet. Chris kept destroying things around his room not noticing his little sister watching. Once he had started to calm down Mel spoke.
"Chris?" Mel asked. "What happened?"
Chris turned around breathing heavily and noticed his sister. He wrapped his arms around Mel and stroked her hair. She wrapped her arms around him and looked at him concerned. "What's the matter?"
Chris put his head on hers. "I stuffed up badly Mel."
"How?" Mel questioned.
"I was supposed to be looking after Wyatt while Mom and the Aunts went to Magic School. I thought I could figure out if he was evil or not so I got one of my friends to scan him. Leo and Paige walked in while he was scanning and Leo kicked me out."
Mel frowned. "Only demons can scan for evil." Chris bent his head. "Oh Chris you didn't." Chris nodded his head. "Well go back there and explain. Not to Dad though, to Aunt Paige. I bet you any money they are the only two who know about it."
Chris shook his head. "Paige wouldn't stick up for me. She is on Leo's side."
Mel cocked an eyebrow up. "Go Chris and talk to her."
Chris was about to orb out when he remembered something else. "Mel if I don't get Mom and Leo together by Wyatt's' birthday, I won't be born."
Mel looked at the calendar. "Wyatt's birthday is in a month."
Mel started panicking and Chris knew how to calm her. Chris winked. "We'll get through it."
"Just like we get through everything else." Mel winked back.
"Mom." They muttered together and Chris orbed out.
Mel blinked the tears back furiously. "We got bigger fish to fry than you Wyatt."
……….
Wyatt stood in his cave. "The little empath knows I'm watching. She can hear me." Wyatt looked into the bowl as Mel nodded.
"I sure can hear you. You might want to put it on mute." Mel smiled up at nothing as she orbed away.
Wyatt looked disappointed and spun his hand as the images stopped. "She always knew too much for her own good." His eyes darted around the room as if he knew he was being watched. "Duke? Duke I know you are here."
Duke lost his invisibility and smiled. "Have you captured your brother and sister after a week?"
"I haven't been trying. I'm just tormenting my sisters' dreams." Wyatt spat. He then stared at the Elder. "Why haven't you come around during the week?"
"You act like you don't like me but I know you like me around." Duke grinned.
Wyatt shook his head. "No I don't like being alone."
Duke's grin became wider. "Then why do you kill?"
Wyatt shrugged. "It's fun."
"No it isn't. It's the excitement, it's the adrenalin rush you get afterwards but it's not fun. At least not for you." Duke stated.
Wyatt frowned. "You don't know me. You haven't even met me in this time."
"I'm in this time right?" Duke asked. "And I'm talking to you. So I've met you."
"Stop twisting my words." Wyatt complained.
"It's what you did to your brother. All those time you got him in trouble for something he had no control over." Duke looked at Wyatt.
"How do you know so much about the future?" Wyatt asked.
Duke shrugged. "You're in my world." Duke pointed around. "This place is apart of the Darklighters. Any place of the Darklighters is ruled by the Elders. I can read your thoughts here." Wyatt frowned again. "Yes Wyatt I have my own tricks."
Wyatt watched him. "I kill because I have to. I have to protect my brother."
"And your sister?" Duke asked.
"I had to protect her until she became too much. I had to cut my loses." Wyatt looked down.
"Ah, she got a boyfriend and decided to defy you to a point you couldn't control her. She decided to have a family of her own. So you killed her and your future nephew or niece." Duke watched Wyatt flinch.
"Like I said, she became too much." Wyatt turned away.
"You didn't want to, you had to." Duke started.
"Exactly…"
"I mean what kind of sister was she? Running off and getting pregnant? How could she?"
"I know I try to protect her and she acts dumb…"
"The fact she thought you hated her was nothing."
"I never hated her she jumped to conclusions…"
"And you had to kill your family."
"They were getting in the way…"
"And you occasionally had to punish your brother and sister."
"They needed to know who was in charge…"
"It didn't matter at all that you became the one they needed to be protected from."
"Of course it didn't." Then Wyatt realized what he said and spun around to Duke. "No wait, they don't need protecting from me."
Duke shrugged. "Really, because you need to be protected from a killer. That's why the underworld is so edgy."
Wyatt looked confused. "I told you, I had to kill her. She was getting out of control."
"Because she wanted to keep her baby?"
"Yeah,"
"Because she loved the baby?"
"Yeah,"
"And she wanted to protect it?"
"Yeah,"
"They way you loved and wanted to protect your brother and sister?"
Wyatt stopped again. "Yeah." he whispered it this time and nodded.
"Do you get it now?" Duke smiled.
Wyatt nodded and look back at the pool of water where Mel was flipping through the Book of Shadows. "I still got to get them out of this time. I still don't want to be different."
Duke frowned. "You are a stubborn dumb ass." He orbed out and Wyatt frowned.
"What'd I say?"
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Mel looked through the book and smiled. "It's so small." she laughed.
She set up her white candles for a summoning.
Hear these words
Hear my cry
Spirit from the other side
Come to me
I call to thee
Cross now the great divide
Mel marveled how quickly the spell worked then added her own part to it.
Come to me
With all speed
But stay
Until I feel the need
A tall woman arrived with long black hair. Her bright blue eyes stood out on her small face and she was smiling.
"And I said…" she then looked around. "What the hell?"
"Great thing to say Prue." Mel grinned.
"Who the hell are you?" Prue asked.
Mel grinned. "Melinda Jenna Halliwell at your service but nowadays I'm known as Melinda Perry."
Prue warily watched Melinda. "Halliwell?"
"Pipers' daughter from the future, but don't tell Piper, she doesn't know." Mel grinned at her shocked Aunt.
"I think I need to sit down." Prue nodded and Mel laughed.
"That's cool Aunt Prue but as soon as you feel better I need your help." Mel sat next to and looked at her. "How's Grandma and Grams?"
Prue smiled. "They're good. Arguing but good."
Mel looked away slightly and smiled. "And Andy?"
Prue frowned suspiciously. "Very good."
Mel grinned as she turned back to Prue. "How about my cousin? Is he good as well?"
Prue stood up. "How do you know?"
"They come to meet us in the future. Chillax Aunty. Secret is safe." Mel pretended to zip her lips.
Prue shook her head unsure. "You're from the future hey? So tell me what my kid's names are?"
"Well you unlike any other of the sisters had three boys which shocked you because you thought you'd have daughters. But it evens out everything so don't worry. You named your first child Charlie and I can't tell you what you named the rest. Actually, aren't you pregnant?"
Prue looked at Mel. "No."
"Oh then you will be soon." Mel shrugged and stood up. "Now will you accept me as a niece?" she stuck her arms out.
Prue laughed and hugged Mel. "You get the affection from Phoebe. Plus you've got Pipers hair and Leo's eyes. So what do you need?"
"I need help to sneak, plot and plunder." Mel grinned.
Prue looked warily. "How, what and why?"
"Friendly neighborhood genie should do. To get my parents back together to have my other brother, Chris, in time. Because I love my brother." Mel grinned.
Prue frowned. "Genie isn't going to work. My sisters don't trust the genie kind."
"But my brother does. He trusts anyone who can help him. And if my history is correct a genie named Jenny should be trying to get freed of her bottle any time now because her boss is trying to open up an ancient kingdom. I need you to convince her to send a letter to Ask Phoebe." Mel raised an eyebrow. "You think you can do that?"
"I don't get why we can't just grab the bottle and give it to your brother and why can't you do it without me?" Prue asked.
"Because The Charmed Ones need to stop the kingdom from coming back and need to think it was another coincidence. My brother needs to think it was a coincidence as well because he hates when I interfere. And the reason I need you is because I can't let the Genie see me and…" Mel pouted. "You're my Aunty Prue and in the future I always come to you for favors because you love me and you always do it." Mel bated her big green puppy dog eyes and let her bottom lip quiver.
Prue started laughing. "Okay, okay. I'll help you because I don't want to lose the only niece I know because my sister and brother-in-law aren't making babies anymore."
Mel frowned and looked like she was about throw up. "I don't need details Aunt Prue."
Prue laughed again and hugged Mel again. "I haven't once been summoned and when I do I get summoned by my future niece." Mel looked down guiltily but smiled when Prue whispered, "So cool." in her ear.
………
Chris orbed into the dining room. Paige was in the conservatory trying to sort out her students.
"What are you doing here?" Paige asked and Chris flinched slightly.
Chris squinted. "I need you help."
"My help?" Paige asked. "That's rich with what you pulled. Listen, I have enough juvenile delinquents to take care of. Thanks." Paige turned to leave but Chris stopped her.
In his head he made a silent prayer that Paige would believe him. "Hey, please, just hear me out. I'm running out of time."
"What's that supposed to mean?"
Chris thanked high heaven that someone answered. "Exactly that. Don't you see that's the only reason why I went to the demon. He can scan for evil. And maybe figure out who's gonna turn Wyatt since we haven't been able to."
Paige shook her head confused. "Okay, you're not making any sense."
Chris grabbed his Aunt's hand. "Paige, listen to me. I need you to trust me. And I need you to get Piper and Leo to trust me too, before it's too late."
All of a sudden Chris heard a male voice shout from the conservatory. "The headless horseman!"
"Paige!" Pipers' voice accompanied.
Paige looked one last time at Chris' pleading eyes and then they both turned and ran into the conservatory.
"What happened?" Paige asked but there was no need to answer. The headless horseman ran around the room swinging his sword. The doors leading outside of the conservatory flew open and the headless horsemen ran out. "Is everyone alright?" Paige looked at everyone.
A very nerdy looking boy nodded. "I think so."
Pipers' eyes darted around they room. "Head count. No jokes, just do it." She then noticed her Whitelighter. "What are you doing here?" even though she had warmed up to Mel she was still doubtful of Chris.
Next time I should make the memory spell not effect feelings towards me…
"Just trying to help." The twenty-two year old shrugged and looked over at Paige.
"They're all here." she nodded with a smile.
All of a sudden a familiar Elder appeared from the entrance to Magic School. He looked like the devil but was good.
Gideon's eyes darted around the Halliwell manor. "I heard the alarm. What's this doing open?"
"One of the students must have opened it without my seeing." Paige replied to the headmaster.
"And the horseman?"
"Gone." Chris affirmed the Elders worst fears. "Out those doors."
"You have to stop him." Gideon whispered.
"Okay," Paige nodded. "Well, we have to figure out..." she was cut short by Gideon.
"No, you don't understand. People in the outside aren't protected like we are at school. They'll die."
Paige's eyes popped open. "Then we need Phoebe."
"I'll get her." Chris ran to the door of magic school and went inside. He ran through the hallways. He remembered every part of this place. He darted through until he arrived at the door he was looking for. He opened it and smiled as he was saw the familiar Shamans cave. Phoebe sat in a trace and Chris knew she was on a vision quest. He had been on plenty of vision quest in his time.
"Hello Sanjana." Chris smiled as he walked in. She put her hands to her lips and smiled.
"Christopher I believe? We have met in the future." Sanjana tiptoed across her cave and was barely centimetres away from Chris. "I believe this is how we do in the future."
Chris chuckled slightly. The Shaman had looked into her own future love life. "You had a liking for younger men."
Sanjana grinned. "However now I am younger, barely seventeen, I have a stronger liking for older men."
Chris shook his head. "I'm here to grab Phoebe and leave."
"You cannot wake her up." Sanjana grinned. "So until then we have time."
Chris closed his eyes and let all his love for Bianca be forgotten for a moment as he leaned down and kissed the Shaman. "You happy now Sanjana?"
The Shaman smiled. "Just like I always pictured my first kiss would be like."
Chris rolled his eyes and knelt before Phoebe. He looked up at her has he grabbed her hand. He started to wake her up out of the trance. "Phoebe, can you hear me? We need your help." As Phoebe opened her eyes she looked at Chris confused. "Are you okay?"
Phoebe frowned. "Uh, I don't know." she turned to look at The Shaman. "Am I?"
Sanjana smiled. "You tell me. What'd you see?"
Phoebe gave Sanjana and Chris a goofy grin. "Uh, I saw children, and my child. And a life without demons." she looked more confused than ever. "Is that even possible?"
Shaman smiled knowingly. "With your powers you know by now what is truth and what is not. Embrace those powers again, embrace your path and it will lead you there."
"You don't know how much you've given me." Phoebe smiled.
The Shaman nodded in recognition. "You should go. So you can use your powers to help save our school." Phoebe nodded and headed out the door. "You Christopher," The Shaman looked at Chris with knowing eyes. "Keep your eyes on the back of your head because in the rarest of places you may find the most common of things and common places often have rarer things."
Chris shook his head at the Shamans confusing logic. "Jeez, you give me a lot more information in the future and that's when I haven't made out with you."
Sanjana smiled and then rolled her eyes. "Here's an easier one. Friends will lie for they feel for you but enemies tell the truth for they do not care."
As Chris left the cave back into the hallway he shook his head. "Bloody cryptic crap."
"Chris where is home?" Phoebe asked from down the hallway. Chris grabbed Phoebe's hand and ran with her down the hallway until they reached the manor.
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Prue smiled slightly as she glimmered to magic school. She knew the only thing keeping her on Earth was Mel so she didn't want to betray the girl however Prue had something to deal with first. She pulled out an old book and slipped an envelope into it. She knew who would find the book. She planned on it.
………….
Mel had heard the shouts and found out the headless horsemen had escaped. She asked her brother if they could deal with it and he said it would be fine. Mel ran up to the attic and waited patiently for Prue to arrive. All of a sudden her Aunt appeared in a swirl of gold lights.
"Did you do it?" Mel asked.
"Yeah I did." Prue grinned.
Mel grinned back. "Thank you so much."
"Anytime but can I get back now? Kind of got a family up there." Prue asked.
Mel nodded and hugged her Aunt one last time. "Remember to call your second child no matter what the sex Simone."
Prue ruffled Mel's hair. "I'll keep it in mind."
Go away
With all speed
Because
I have felt the need
After Prue left Mel shook her head. "I really need to learn how to write spells better."
