Chapter Eleven – At the Manor!
Chris hummed to himself as he made his up the stone steps of the infamous Halliwell Manor. It was a quick hi and bye thing he normally does with his mother in order for her to go on with her business without having to worry about him or summoning him in middle of – whatever he was doing – to check if he was fine.
He had seen Tom and Bianca, who both have apologised for ditching him in the mall but claimed if they never ditched him in the first place, then he wouldn't have got a date with Wyatt – for this reason alone, Chris forgave them reluctantly. However his friends did manage to help him find an outfit for the night – He wasn't sure where they'll be going, so he is dressed in something that is suitable for everything, from restaurant to going clubbing as he was suited and booted in black shirt, blue jeans & trainers – casual but yet formal.
However imagine his surprise when he stepped into the house, to witness a small girl running in from the sunroom, screaming her head off as she was chased by two brute looking demons.
"What the…" Chris blinked at the scene as the demon hurled the fireball at the kid. "Hey!" Chris shouted waving his hand instinctively, sending a fireball that's within the close range of the small girl slinking straight back to the demon who threw it, causing the brute demon to go up in screaming ball of fire. Meanwhile the second fireball that was hurled towards the girl never reached its intended target since it stood frozen in mid-air. The young witch's brain didn't register this; instead it focused on the second demon nearby.
The second demon became aware of the witch's presence and immediately shimmered out avoiding the frozen fireball that been sent his way telekinetically by Chris, just in time – as the fireball exploded into a china cabinet. Chris turned his attention towards the young girl, who in response pulled her white bunny up to her face and peered over her stuffed toy with her wide brown eyes.
"Hey sweetie, you okay?" Chris asked the little girl, who in turn took a step backwards towards the stairs. "Okay…anyone home?" Chris shouted out as the little girl looked around, while Chris waited for some reply. "Mom, Dad….Prue?"
"Prue?" The little girl said immediately looking around as Chris looked little confused, wondering if Prue let this kid alone in the Manor, knowing the possible danger that could drop by – well, the possible danger that he just sent to wasteland – if she did, then she is in whole lot of trouble, at least wait until mom hears about it. However the kid on the other hand, watched Chris with her big brown dodo eyes.
"Prue…Prue!" Chris shouted just as orbs appeared in form of his annoyed looking sister.
"What?" Prue muttered, placing her hands on her hips, as she looked at her brother - her back to the little girl - oblivious to the kid's presence.
"Who is that?" Chris asked eyeing the kid, who looked curiously at the stranger that appeared before them in mist of blue and white lights. Prue, who turned around was little taken back by the sight of the girl with two pony tails, standing near the stairs as she clung on to her stuffed white bunny.
"I don't know…who is it?" Prue asked her brother, who shrugged in response.
"I don't know, she said she was with you."
"What? That's ridiculous."
"Well, she said your name." Chris said folding his arms in his chest.
"Well that doesn't necessarily mean it's me."
"But you're the only Prue around here." Chris said in a matter of fact tone but before Prue can reply back, they were interrupted by the kid.
"You're not Prue." The little kid spoke out causing the two adults to stop in their mid-argument as they looked towards her.
"Of course she is," Chris replied back as Prue nodded with her brother.
"No, she's not." The little kid replied back, shaking her head vigorously as her two little ponytails swung like a fan's propeller. While, Chris took a step away from his sister, looking little alarmed.
"Who the hell are you?" Chris asked with his arms raised, ready to blow the intruder up into oblivion. "Where is my sister?"
"It's me you turnip head." Prue snapped back. "What? Don't look at me like that!" Prue said in response to her brother's accusing glare. "I don't know what she is talking about, it's me. I'm Prue."
"No, you're not." The kid replied back as Chris changed his stance.
"Who are you going to believe? Me or some strange kid that popped into our living room?" Prue asked her brother, who shrugged.
"I dunno, whoever sounds more convincing I guess." Chris replied back as Prue rolled her eyes.
"Sweetie, what's your name?" Prue asked the little kid girl, whose eyes darted from one adult to another but nevertheless she remained quiet as a bug. "Come on, you gotta tell us so we can help you find your mommy."
"Do you know where you live?" Chris asked, as the kid nodded to his question. "Where...?" However instead of replying back, the kid just screamed out.
"Grams!" With that note, the little girl took off upstairs, leaving the two witches confused.
"Don't just stand there, go after her." Chris shouted as Prue looked at him with an expression of 'Come again.'
"Why don't you?" Prue asked as Chris shrugged.
"I don't know, maybe that she asked for you and not me." Chris replied back as Prue rolled her eyes.
"Don't be a baby. I can't run after her, I'm wearing heels." Prue replied back as Chris mimicked her in an annoying fashion.
"Grams! Prue! Mommy…" The voice filtered through the house.
"Grams? Prue? Who is she calling?" Prue asked as Chris frowned lightly. There is a little mysterious girl running around the house – who for some reason looks vaguely familiar - calling out people as if she knows they are going to be around. "Do we know any Grams?"
"Grams? Grams…Grams!" Chris muttered out as Prue's eyes widened at the realisation. That's when everything began to make sense to both adults, since the only person in the Halliwell family known as Grams is their great-grandmother Penny. This was only identifiable mainly because all the charmed offspring's call Patty as grandma rather than Grams. "So that would make Prue…."
"Aunt Prue…" Prue replied back, remembering the stories that were often told by their mother about their deceased aunt, who on one occasion have made an appearance in the family reunion. "Does that mean, the little girl we have running around the house is…"
"Mom!" Chris finished it off as a sense of dread and excitement settled down on him.
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"So you have no idea how she got here?" David asked the two witches before him, as they both shook their heads in unison. "You say she was attacked by a demon?"
"Yeah but I think it's more of a random attack because the book said they were a mid-level demons and that they don't have the power to time-travel or grab anyone out of their timeline." Chris replied back as Prue glanced towards little Piper, who sat in the wicker chair with her little bunny tightly wrapped around in her arms, acting as both a comforter and a shield between the kid and the witches.
"Besides if he wanted to attack her, don't you think he would've attacked her in her time rather than bringing her here, especially to this timeline?" Prue asked her brothers as the twice blessed nodded in agreement.
"Yeah that does seem like a very, very stupid thing to do..." David said as Chris chuckled at his brother's tone of voice. David was the first person they summoned when they realised who the little girl was and the potential dangerous situation they had in their hands. They hoped with David being the twice blessed, he should able to fix the situation out before things get out of control - but even if that's not applicable, he can provide a good protection to little Piper until others come up with a way to send her back.
"So, what are we going to do?" Prue asked her brothers, sounding worried, since they realised that little piper must've been either summoned from the past, or a spell backfired in her timeline that sent her to the future. Either way she needs to get back before doing any more damage to the timeline and change everything. "Because If something happens to her, then we are screwed."
"Yeah, I think we get that miss clever genius." Chris replied back only to earn a smack on his head. "Ow, watch it."
"I'm serious guys; we need to find out how she got here or why she got here." Prue said as David nodded in agreement.
"Alright, Prue call mom…" David began only to be interrupted by Prue.
"Chris, call mom." Prue said as Chris rolled his eyes.
"He said you to call her." Chris replied back as Prue nodded.
"And I'm telling you to call her, there you go, I'm the eldest, you're the youngest, so go and do it." Prue replied back as Chris opened his mouth to protest but David intervened.
"Chris, just go and call mom."
"What? Why me?" Chris protested as David shook his head.
"Are you not going out tonight?" David asked hid brother, who nodded in response. "Well, the sooner we sort this out, the sooner you can leave, so stop arguing and get going."
"Fine, I'm only doing this for you." Chris replied to his brother before glaring towards his sister. "Not for our GRANDMA over there." Chris shouted over his back as he walked out of the room, leaving David and Prue to turn their attention back to the little girl in the chair.
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Chris grabbed the handset from the living room table and speed-dialled straight to the restaurant's number, waiting for someone to answer it and as he expected, it was answered by his mother.
"Hey Mom, we got a little problem here." Chris spoke into the handset, sounding bit like Paige whenever she breaks big bad news to her sisters. "Can you come home right now?"
"Problem? What problem? Magical one or a normal one?"
"Magical one."
"Well Chris I'm kinda busy right now. How big is this problem? Can't you boys take care of it?"
"Oh, it's big alright and we don't know if we can deal with it."
"On a scale of one to ten. how big?"
"Well does little Piper being here, out of her timeline counts as Ten? Then I guess it's ten."
"WHAT?"
"Yup, that about sum it up." Chris replied back with a nod, wishing to be the fly on the wall to take in the sight of his mother's face at this news.
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Phoebe burst through the front door of the Halliwell Manor, as she caught her daughters in the sunroom, talking to Leo, Henry and each other.
"Hey there sunshine!" Paige said as she entered from the sitting room with a smile causing her to stop abruptly.
"Where is she?" Phoebe asked the Witchlighter, who played the dumb card with her sister as Phoebe disposed her bags in the small foyer table.
"Who..?" Paige asked innocently.
"Piper!" Phoebe replied back as she took a quick peek into the living room.
"In the kitchen." Paige replied back solemnly.
"Not our Piper, I meant little Piper." Phoebe said, sounding little annoyed as she earned a chuckle from her young sister.
"In the kitchen with our Piper." Paige replied back as Phoebe did a little 'O' before dashing towards the kitchen, in search for the mini version of her big sister.
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Piper Halliwell, the eldest witch and the Charmed one in the family, watched her mini version eat her favourite oatmeal cookie with awe, as she remembered all the good times that took place in the past – but in the little girl's case, all the good things and the bad things that were to come in her life, but much as the eldest witch was tempted to warn herself about the things that were about to come, she couldn't, since she knows everything happens for a reason.
"This is Leo, our prince." Piper said to her mini version as she showed them the family album. Little Piper only giggled in response as she watched the album in silence. "That's Prue when she is all grown up." Piper said pointing to a picture of Prue standing with a camera.
"Really?" Little Piper asked as Adult Piper nodded, when Phoebe dashed through the swinging doors, only to skid herself to stop at the sight of little Piper.
"Oh my god!" Phoebe said with a hint of awe and shock.
"Pheebs!" Piper said looking at her sister as little Piper immediately grabbed her stuffed bunny closer to her, while Adult Piper's bunny sat close by on the counter.
"Aw Piper, you look so cute." Phoebe said approaching the isle as the small kid looked at her with her big brown eyes. "I could just pinch those small little cheeks of yours." Phoebe gushed over as Piper chuckled.
"Okay then," Piper said standing up straight as she looked at little Piper, who looked confused at the sight of the new woman, since she has already explained to the kid about Paige. "This is Phoebe; she is also our young sister. She is the one you have to watch out for, because she is little trouble."
"Hey, I'm not!" Phoebe protested, before pouting like a kid, earning chuckles from both versions of her sisters. "So did you guys find out how she got here?" Phoebe asked as Piper nodded.
"Yup, apparently Prue and her were playing hide and seek," Piper informed her sister. "And they found the book of shadows in the attic."
"But I thought the attic was always kept closed." Phoebe said as little Piper shook her head.
"Well apparently not." Piper filled in.
"So it's always been open?" Phoebe asked as little Piper nodded. "Oh…"
"But I've got a feeling; this could be the reason why the attic becomes a no entry zone in the future." Piper filled in as Phoebe nodded.
"You mean in the past." Phoebe said noticing the photo album that's sitting on the counter. Piper merely nodded at her sister's comment. "What's that?"
"Photo album of us."
"Wait, you've been showing her the photos." Phoebe said little surprised by her sister's action. "Piper, What about the whole future consequences thing, aren't you worried?"
"Nope." Piper simply replied as Phoebe looked taken back.
"Piper…" Phoebe trailed off as Piper rolled her eyes.
"Pheebs, the moment she goes back, I'm pretty sure Grams is going to do her whammy on her that she wouldn't remember any of this." Piper replied back since she doesn't have a memory of this taking place. "So why worry, besides, this was the only for me to get me to trust me. If that makes sense?"
"But how do you know that Grams would do her little whammy?" Phoebe asked as Piper looked at her for a moment.
"Otherwise I would've remembered this." Piper replied back as Phoebe did another 'O' - understanding what her sister was saying to her.
"Time travelling really does my head in." Phoebe said before looking at her sister's mini version. "She is so adorable."
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Chris looked at his watch, only to realise in horror that it was twenty past eight. His immediate thought was Wyatt outside his flat looking like a moron because Chris was a no show. "Okay guys, I've gotta go now." Chris said to David, Prue and Henry Jnr as he slowly began to walk backwards towards the attic door. David and Prue were working on a spell to send Little Piper back, while Henry searched the book to help identify the demon that was after his charge.
"What? Wait! Where do you think you're going?" Prue asked as Chris stopped to look at her sister with an eye roll.
"I've got a date, so I've gotta take off." Chris replied back as Prue shrugged.
"Tough luck. I've got a date too but you don't see me going anywhere." Prue replied as David buried his face beneath the notepad to get away from his siblings bickering.
"Yeah that doesn't mean I've gotta stay and suffer." Chris replied back as Prue placed her hands on hips to give him a stern look.
"Chris, we've got things to do, I'm sure you can reschedule your date for tomorrow night, cause not only do we have to get the power of three spell written down but we also go number of demons running amok." Prue replied back as Chris looked close to whining.
"But I'm no use…" Chris whined. "I haven't got fire powers like you guys do, so why does it matter if I'm here or not?"
"Cause we need help, that's why." Prue replied back. "So give it up and start looking at those books."
"You're just being difficult; you just don't want me to go because you're stuck here with this shit." Chris snapped at his sister, pissed and worried that he may never get another chance to go out with Wyatt if he stood the blonde this time up.
"Chris…" David started but Chris was already making his way out.
"I don't care, I'm going and no one can stop me." Chris shouted rushing out of sight.
"Oh no, you don't!" Prue replied back, waving her hand as Chris re-appeared before them in swirling orbs.
"What the heck?" Chris hissed as he took another step to realise he was back in the attic. "DAVID!" Chris whined at the twice blessed. "Do something."
"Prue let him go, we can handle this." David said to her sister, who in turn gave him a stern look but the twice blessed shook it off. "Just go on Chris, we can manage this."
"But…" Prue began only to be cut off by David.
"We got our cousins here, we can handle it." David firmly said as Chris clasped his hand in a praying position.
"Thank you so much bro, I love you so much." Chris said before dashing out of the attic, leaving Prue to fume under her breath.
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Hope you all enjoyed this Chapter, I know some maybe wonder what is little Piper is doing there but this is the Halliwells we are talking about – they always have one or another magical issue running amok that always interferes with their life and constant demon attack sometimes can be boring to read, lol :P - plus im writing what my Muse is telling me. XP
Second I would like to Apologise to – S.A. Hager & GGT. Lover1 (since their name didn't properly appear in my last thank you note – so apologises guys - ^_^ )
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Question Mark – Everyone is curious about Chris getting more powers, lol, but my answer is still the same, hehe – have to wait and find out. XP
Drumline – hehe, I'm not evil, my muse is… lol, she is the one who stopped there, not me ;P
CelticWolfster – Chris and Wyatt doing a porn movie together….lol, it would certainly be interesting – with Chris playing the dominatrix role and Wyatt straped to the bed – oh yea can so see it happening…I wonder if my muse will consider it…don't know you see, she is bit werid about how this story is to go…but we see, fingers crossed, cause I Sooo want to see Wyatt strapped on bed with leather cuffs and Chris standing over him with a whip..*clears throat* anyways… heheh ^^)
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