A/N- In the last chapter the word fractonal should be Fraternal. Sorry for the mistake. It has taken forever but I have finally updated. It's nice and long so that should make people happy. Review!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!. And feel free to give me any and all suggestions

Edited by The Dark Crusade

Chapter 7: Dinner

"Dinner's ready" Chris called as he and Piper walked out of the kitchen with the food.

"Finally," Paige sighed, "I was about die of boredom."

"It smells awesome, guys," Phoebe said as she and Paige got to the tables.

"It was all Chris." Piper said setting her plate of meatballs down. "I can't wait to use all his improvements in my recipies."

Do you get the irony there?

Yeah, and it's kinda creepy.

"Hey Leo," Piper Called to the hovering elder, "Dinner's ready." Either he didn't hear or was ignoring her, but he did not move.

"Leo." Pheobe called.

"Leo." Paige called.

"LEO." Chris yelled. He just sat their doing whatever elders do when they meditate.

Trisha and Stephenie smiled at each other, something that had escaped Chris, because had he seen it he would have stopped them doing what they did next. An energy ball flew out of Trisha's hand, hitting the wall right next to Leo and causing him to break out of his trance.

"What the hell?!" He yelled, running over to the three sisters, all of whom where staring at Trisha and Stephenie.

"You have a demonic power." Paige stuttered.

"What?"

"Energy balls are evil." Leo said through gritted teeth

"No they're not. Energy balls are just that, a strong concentrations of powerful energy. Upper level demons can do them so easily because they feel so much hate and anger, but other emotions can come in to play. All you have to do is channel your energy through your magic."

"You guys could probably do it if you like." she said, and nodded at the charmed ones.

"How?" Paige asked, intrigued.

"Think of a powerful emotion you feel: love, joy, happiness,."

"Or hate and anger if you're having a bad day."

"Now channel that through your magic and into your left hand."

"Concentrate, and then when it appears, throw it."

"At that wall, if you will," Stephenie pointed, "It's been broken so many times that it has a magic fix on it."

They all watched as Paige did as she was told, and, to her surprise, a glowing ball of blue energy formed in her left hand. Surprised, she threw it at the wall and watched as the scorch marks rapidly fixed themselves.

"Wow" was all Paige could say.

"Lot more kick-ass then tele-orbing, huh?"

"Yeah," Paige nodded.

"Whats wrong, Paige? Is it bad?" Phoebe asked, scared by her sister's lack of response.

"No, it's, it's..." Paige couldn't think of the words.

"Magic" Stephenie said with a smile.

"You don't feel super powerful or evil or scared, you just became very aware of your magic."

"As educational as this is, we should start eating before everything gets cold." Chris cut in.

"You could always heat it up." Stephenie said with a raised eyebrow.

"Sit." Chris said sternly.

"Whatever."

They all sat down around the table and Piper noticed something.

"Why are there two extra chairs at the table?"

"In case Lily Or Lindy show up."

"You mentioned them before. Who are they?" Paige asked.

"They're our friends, they live here with us most of the time."

"I've missed them so much," Chris said thinking of the to young women sadly. "Where are they?"

"Lily's at work. But Dad only knows where Lindy is."

"What do you mean, 'Dad only knows'?" Piper asked, thinking the phrase was a bit strange.

"Our dad's a whitelighter and Lindy was his charge."

"It was a joke about how whitelighters can sense their charges."

"I got that." Piper said.

"But Lindy's pretty good at blocking herself from him."

"You can block yourself from your whitelighter?" Phoebe asked.

"Yes." said Chris with an annoyed look at the twins "They do it to me all the time."

"Chris, we only do it because if you knew where we went you'd never let use leave the club."

"Anyway, it's not like you never blocked yourself when you where younger."

"What I did when I was younger..." Chris began.

"He is not giving use a 'When I was Younger lecture' is he?" Trisha asked her twin.

"He better not be."

"I'm in charge of you so I can give you a lecture if I want." Chris said sharply. The twins glared. "But I don't want to, so eat your dinner."

Stephenie had just started spooning meatballs on her plate when they all saw some one appear next to the bar out of the coner of their eyes. They all turned to see a tall girl no older then 20. She wore black and had a glinting, ruby studded athame in her belt. Her eyes where glittering green; it was her hair, however, that caught everyone's eye. It was impossible to tell what her natural color was because her messy bun was filled with chunks of all shades of blond, brown, red, and black. She also had many streaks of purple, blue, green, pink and gold. As the 2004ers stared in awe, Trisha and Stephenie ran up to greet her.

"Lily!" They screamed in unison as she walked over to them.

"Wow, alot happened while I was at work." She laughed as she served the table. "Did we fall into 2013 or some thing?" she joked to the twins.

"Not exactly." Chris said as he got up from the table. Lily's eyes widened and then her mouth broke into a big grin.

"Oh my god, Chris, you're back! I've missed you," Lily said as they hugged.

"I've missed you too, Lily." He said, patting her shoulder.

"So, out of curiosity," She glanced at the 2004ers, "what's going on?"

"Sit down and we'll explain."

"So you know I was in the past." Chris started.

"Really, Chris, that's where you've been for the past six months."

"The past? You should have said something."

Chris glared at them and then continued. "So, we were in the kitchen talking, and then Lord Wyatt Mathew Halliwell appeared out of nowhere and said I had to go back with him, and then he used a homemade spell and potion to take us back, and somehow we all ended up here."

"OK," Lily said, constantly amazed with how many words a Halliwell could fit in one breath. They sat eating in silence for a few seconds when Chris remembered something.

"Lily, you wouldn't happen to know why Wyatt wanted me back, would you." Chris asked.

"Aside from the obvious, no." Lily responded as she impaled a meatball on her fork and ate it.

"What's the obvious?" Stephenie and Trisha asked.

"He missed Chris." Lily said, exasperated.

"Why would he miss Chris?" Leo said, disappointed in his son for his lack of character judgement.

"Because they were best friends." Stephenie said though gritted teeth, trying with all her might not to punch Leo in the face.

"When they where younger they lived next door to each other, they where so close everyone thought they where brothers."

At this comment Chris's head snapped around and his breathing increased, thankfully the charmed ones didn't seem to notice.

"You two were friends?" Piper asked. Chris slowly nodded.

"They still are."

"What?"

"Chris and Wyatt are still best friends even if they're on opposite ends,"

"They're not fighting each other, they're just fighting each other causes."

"Wy doesn't even want to be evil, but when he was little something happened, some small trace of evil was planted in him, and when he got older and something else happened. He finally snapped.

"He doesn't want to keep doing it- he really doesn't want too- but good doesn't really have a second chance policy, and god only knows what could happen to the underworld"

"That's why Chris went to the past, it's the only way to stop Wyatt from being evil without killing him, because god knows Chris doesn't have the heart. None of us do."

It all makes sense now, Paige thought, well, almost all of it. They all sat in silence chewing on their food.

So do we tell him about Kayli?

Now?

Sure.

Why?

Why not?

OK.

"Hey Chris, Kayli came to see you the other day." Trisha said innocently.

"Who's Kayli?" Phoebe asked.

"She was this girl in the resistance," Chris said.

"She thought she knew everything: how to fight Wyatt, how to kill demons."

"She is a big supporter of 'all Halliwells are evil'. So what does she want?" Chris asked, hoping he wouldn't actually have to see her. She really was a pain in the ass.

Trisha and Stephenie looked at each other, trying to figure out who should tell him.

"She wants to meet with The Council." Trisha said cautiously.

"She wants to meet the council, as in THE COUNCIL?" Chris asked worried.

The twins nodded slowly, wishing that there telepathic ability could extended past the each other like there cousin's could.

"Why does she want to see them?" Chris asked. He really hated Kayli.

"She wants to see if they'll help her with her 'crusade' against Wyatt."

"Why does she want to talk to me?" Chris asked, though he thought he knew the answer. She had always hated Lily, Lindy, and the twins because they had been so high in the resitance, but she had always seemed to like Chris, for god knows what reason.

"She thinks if you go with her they'll be more likely to help."

"Won't they?" Lily said ticking off the members of the council in her head and counting the ones who liked Chris.

"Yeah, but not for the reason she thinks. She's coming back tomorrow night to meet with you."

"What?" Chris said. "Do I have to see her?"

"I would if I were you."

"Because if you don't, Lindy will."

"And while we would love to see how that would work out,"

"It would be best if you talk to her."

"What is the council?" Piper asked.

"Well, in this time, most of the elders and whitelighters are dead." Trisha loved to tell people this story, but even more than that, she loved the horrified look on Leo's face.

"So the remaining elders, whitelighters, and some other high people formed the council of good magic."

"Oh."

"There's a council of dark magic too."

"With Wyatt at its head?" Paige asked.

"No, against Wyatt."

"Most older upper level demons don't support Wyatt."

"Never trust a Halliwell, as they say."

"So why don't you want to see this council?" asked Leo. "Are you afraid they'll see you for what you really are?"

"No Leo." Chris said. "I really don't want to see them with Kayli because I can't stand her, and she'll talk to them like she has a clue what's going on, which will make me look stupid for associating with her."

"I see."

Just then there was a loud crash outside followed by some very bad words.

"What the hell?!" Paige said, looking at the wall. Then there was a small scream and the wall that was magicly protected shattered as a light brown-haired girl of about 20 came flying though it, followed closely by two strange looking demons. The girl did some fancy flip in the air and returned upright, giving a satisfied smirk to the demons.

"You think you're so special, witch, but I have friends in high places." the demon spat.

"But I have friends in higher places, George." She bragged.

"How can you know my name?" he asked, bewildered.

The girl stared at him, "What part of FRIENDS-IN-HIGH-PLACES don't you get?"

"How could a good little witch have any friend in the underworld? Lord Wyatt wouldn't allow it." The demon said, though it was pretty clear that she did know a lot.

"What Lord Wyatt doesn't know won't hurt him." She added quickly to herself, "Note to self, tell twins not to tell Wy about this conversation." She removed a dagger from her boot and flung it at one of George's minions, who burst into flames. She then jumped up and kicked another one, sending him flying across the wall and vanquishing him as well. This girl, who ever she was, had fighting skills the likes of which the charmed ones had never seen. It looked as though she was vanquishing all of the demons without any powers. She turned and flipped as though she did not have to deal with gravity, and she seemed to know the demons moves before they did. Finally, with one demon left, she approached George and put her hands on either side of his head. With the sound of a small nuclear bomb, he exploded, but, unlike most demon vanquishes, pieces of the demon formerly known as George scattered everywhere- except the table. The girl turned around, wiping the demon guts of her hand, smiled and said, "I'm home."