"Pull people back to the furthest cavern."
Leo ordered those who had come with him from the magic school when all hell had broken loose with the destruction of the charmed one's home, he still could not believe that his son Wyatt had lost control of his temper and powers in quite the catastrophic way that he had. It still shocked him the destruction that Wyatt's loss of control had caused even though it had been more than a few weeks since that eventful day.
"Elder?"
Leo turned to look at the individual who had addressed him and saw that it was one of the leprechauns who had joined them not long after the explosion that had revealed magic to the world. It did no good to think of that day when everything had changed, when the future which they had tried to stop from happening had in fact come to pass, Wyatt had not been seen since that day nor had the charmed ones and it was thought that they had perished in the subsequent fire that had destroyed the manor.
So much lost, he thought as he tried to push away the painful memories of that day, still at least they still had the warrior that the Valkyries had been training just in case the future that they had once feared might happen had come to pass, which it did.
He still did not know the name of the young man they had trained just that he had Witches' powers; he remembered the time that he had spent in Valhalla when he had been kidnapped by the Valkyries on the orders of future Chris who had come back in what was now an unsuccessful attempt to change the future.
For a moment he was lost to those thoughts of not just future Chis but of the son he had lost a few years before, his Chris had never been found after he had been kidnapped and he had never stopped wondering what had happened to his boy or the subsequent fragmenting of his family that it had caused.
His former wife Piper had not given Chris's disappearance a second thought as though she was glad the boy had gone and it had hurt to think that she had become that way towards her youngest son, he recalled that she had been a loving mom once but since Chris had reached teenhood her attitude towards their youngest had changed and not for the better.
Phoebe had been Phoebe, although he was certain or he tried to be that she loved his youngest son just as she had his eldest but there had always been a feeling that she viewed Chris as nothing more than surplus. Like Piper she had loved all the children but she also had changed in her attitude towards Chris as soon as he had passed his thirteenth birthday and his powers had seemed to fade.
The only one of the charmed sisters who had not changed in her attitude towards Chris had been Paige and if anything she had tried to 'mother' the boy more as if she knew that her sister had for some reason unable to do so and was trying to make it up to him.
"We have to move Elder; they will know we are here if we do not."
Leo was brought out of his musings by the leprechaun who had spoken to him a few minutes earlier. Nodding to him or her, he mused to himself that sometimes it was hard to tell with some of them whether they were male or female, he followed them out of the cavern and fell back to where the others were waiting.
xXx
Chris was sitting with his back to the cavern watching all those who had gathered there, it had been a long few weeks and had it not been for Bianca he thought he might have lost his mind. He was still a little lost as to who he was and why he was so important to the elders and more importantly to the future of magic, not much had been explained to him since they had left the magic school and he was getting a bit fed up with being kept in the dark.
"Hey."
He glanced up to see Bianca emerge from a portal that appeared as if from nowhere and disappear again just as quickly, another had come through the portal with her and that woman now walked towards where he could see the elders gathered, or at least what was left of them. Their losses of all those of magical ability had been heavy over the past few weeks, it was as if the new source of evil just knew exactly where and who to hit.
Bianca sat down wearily next to Chris, the journey through the portal taking a lot out of her; she was so tired and she had never had she been as tired as she was now. She wondered if all the magic flying about had something to do with it. Leaning against Chris, she felt his arms go around her as if to anchor her to the spot and she leaned into the feeling of warmth and love that she felt coming from him, she had kept trying to tell herself that what she felt for him was wrong but somehow she could not bring herself to believe that.
xXx
Leo listened to the fairy scout who had come back to tell him the way to the chamber where the source of evil was presently holding court was clear, they had been waiting for weeks for the chance to hit directly at the source but he was a little unsure whether they would have the desired result that all those presently under his command both wanted and desired so desperately.
Although they all wanted the warrior who had been trained by the Valkyries to be strong enough to stop Wyatt, he did not believe the kid to be so. They had not had long enough to train the boy to tap into the powers that he had and he was not so sure that the powers the boy had managed to tap into during his time at the magic school and the subsequent few weeks of fighting and running had been enough to tap into the remaining ones.
The portal that had opened earlier had brought through the Phoenix witch and one other who it was thought could finally tap into the boys remaining powers and enable him to be able to use that which he had been born with and although it was a risk that the boy would be unable to control those powers he knew that they no longer had the luxury of time.
Turning to the leprechaun that seemed to have latched onto him he asked him to go and bring the Valkyrie warrior to him.
xXx
The remaining fighters of the magical community who had come to fight against the source of evil now crept closer to their target, the source of all evil. It had been a long night, not least of all for the unknown warrior who had been trained by the Valkyrie, with the spell that had finally broken the spell that had bound his powers, he had also regained his memory of who he was and that in itself had been traumatic not just for him but for also the elder who had brought him from Valhalla.
However neither could think of the shock that both had felt when Chris's true identity had been revealed, they did not have the time, the fate of all those in the magical community hung in the balance as did those of the mortal world but both were determined when they had the time to renew their relationship with one another, they would do so. The light coming from the cavern up ahead was the only thing guiding them to where their target was, the one who had caused all this, the new source of evil, Wyatt Halliwell.
Chris now knew he was his older brother and he knew he could not be swayed from what he had to do to save everyone but a small part of him remembered the brother who had played with him as a child and protected and loved him when his powers had vanished and he prayed that he now had the strength to destroy the evil that Wyatt had become. As they moved further towards their destiny and fate, he tried again to find the power that he knew was inside him.
xXx
The source of evil knew they were coming; its spies had been so good in feeding false information to those who thought they could get the better of its greatness. It could feel their approach and it revelled in the destruction that was about to come. It felt the energy begin to flow through itself as it began to gather the power, the all-consuming power that made it the greatest being in the universe. It purred to itself as it thought of how it would destroy those who had come to stop it and laughed to itself as it thought about the surprise or shock depending how you looked at it when they discovered just who the new source was, turning to the sound of the fighters as they entered the cavern so they could see just who they were fighting.
xXx
Those of the magical army who entered the cavern had thought they had come to destroy Wyatt Halliwell but when the source of all evil turned to them and threw back the hood of the cloak that hid it's face from them, they gasped in shock.
The new source of evil was not the twice blessed Wyatt Halliwell, it was….
The eldest of the Charmed ones….Piper Halliwell.
A/N: I had originally thought of this story being just 5 chapters long but it took a life of its own and became 10 chapters. The end of the this particular part of the story but not the end of the story as such. The story continues in its sequel, 'Balance'. That is of course if the readers want me to continue, if you do you know what you have to do...review and let me know, if even just one person would like me to continue with the sequel and write it, you have to let me know!