Prue pulled away after a few moments, but kept her hands on her boy's shoulders. "Wow. I can't believe this. Look at you. You're amazing. You're exactly how I imagined you'd be. The second I saw you I recognized you. Well, okay, obviously I didn't know it was you, but I knew that I knew you."
Chris laughed. "You always said you would. You said that a mother knows her own kid no matter how long it has been or how much he changes."
Paige couldn't help but look at Henry when she heard that comment. Ever since the moment he arrived, she'd felt a deep connection to him. She feared for him when he was hurt and worried about him when he was placed in a potentially dangerous situation. Was it possible that he was her son?
Past Andy walked towards them. He looked very shocked. "Prue? Ch...Chris?"
Chris smiled awkwardly at the past version of his dad. It was weird seeing two versions of his father in the same room.
"How is this possible?" Andy asked in shock. He supposed by now he shouldn't be so shocked. He'd been in the magical world for quite a while now. He was a whitelighter for God's sake. Still, it was shocking to see his son all grown up when the last time he saw him he was a baby.
"I came from the future," Chris said simply.
"Why though? There must be a reason you came all this way? It can't be to save your younger self from that demon because if that happened and we didn't save you, you couldn't be here right now," Prue said.
"Ooh, getting that time travel headache again," Phoebe said as she rubbed her temples.
"No, actually, that wasn't supposed to happen. It didn't happen in my future. I came back here to save Wyatt," Chris said.
"Who's Wyatt?" Prue asked.
Piper went over and picked up Wyatt from his high chair. She brought him over to Prue. "Prue, meet Wyatt Matthew Halliwell. You're nephew."
Prue smiled at the baby. "He's beautiful Piper. But I thought you were having a girl."
Everyone laughed. "Yeah, so did we. You should've heard us. We all went around calling him a girl for nine months. It came as a shock to all of us when I gave birth to a boy."
"Hang on a second. If this is Wyatt, why do Andy and Chris keep saying that Wyatt kidnapped my son?" Prue asked.
Piper exhaled nervously. She had no idea how her sister would take this, but it would be well within her right to start screaming at her for allowing this all to happen in the future. "He did take your son, Prue. The future version of him did. He apparently wants to stop Wyatt from growing up to oppose him."
"Your son is trying to kill mine? Why? They're family," Prue said. She didn't understand this. Why would another member of their family be trying to kill her child? It didn't make any sense.
"And Where's Chris now?" Past Andy asked, eager to get his little boy back.
"We don't know where he is, but we will find him. As for Wyatt, apparently something happens to Wyatt that turns him evil. It starts when I give birth to this one apparently," Piper said as she placed a hand on her stomach.
Past Andy suddenly looked at the ceiling. "I'm being summoned again."
"So am I," Leo said.
"It's about Prue and Chris. The cloak around them was severed by Wyatt. The Elders are sensing them again," Future Andy said.
"Go," Prue told her husband.
Past Andy shook his head. "No, I'm not going anywhere. Not until Chris is home safe."
"Honey, there's nothing you can do right now. We will get our son back, but right now you need to handle the Elders so that it's done and over with. Who knows? Maybe they can help us." Prue said.
Piper snorted. "That would be a first."
Past Andy sighed. "Okay. I'll be back as soon as I can." He then orbed out, followed by Leo.
"So how bad is this? How much danger is my baby in?" Prue asked.
"A lot. Wyatt is very powerful," Andy said.
"But so is Chris. We saw that today from both versions," Paige said.
"I didn't even know he had powers yet. How could I not know?" Prue asked. She should've seen how powerful he was before now. She was his mother.
"Chris has always been a very perceptive child and his connection to you has always been the strongest, Prue. He could sense your hesitation when it came to magic," Andy explained.
"So he was suppressing himself for me?" Prue asked in horror. Had she really become that weak and afraid that her own child felt he had to hide himself from her. What did that say about her as a mother?
"No, not suppress himself, just not show it to you. He was trying to protect you even then," Andy said.
"That's not his job. I was supposed to protect him. It appears I can't even do that," Prue said dejectedly.
"No, it's not your fault. It's mine. I knew I was only one who could stop Wyatt, but when I saw that demon going for you... I couldn't just let that happen," Chris said.
Prue smiled and placed a hand on Chris' cheek. "Thank you."
"I hate to be a downer, especially considering all the other problems we already have, but Chris changed history by vanquishing that demon. Is that going to come back to bite us later since he wasn't meant to be the one to vanquish it?" Paige asked.
"Actually he was. Chris vanquished the demon in the future. He was very young when he did it," Andy replied.
"Holy crap! He was that powerful even as a kid?" Phoebe asked in shock.
"He and Wyatt are at the very least equal in power. Chris may even be a bit more powerful," Andy said.
"That actually makes sense. I only got a glimpse of him, but Chris looked like he was at least a couple of months older than Wyatt. That makes him the first born child of the eldest Charmed One and a whitelighter. It makes sense that he would be more powerful," Paige said.
"Okay, what does that mean? That makes me a little nervous," Prue said. She'd seen what Older Chris could do and she'd also seen her baby create a huge shield around him. She could only imagine the power that he had and how hard it was going to be to teach him to control it and keep him from using them in public.
"Well, Wyatt conjured a dragon at ten months," Piper piped up.
Phoebe slapped her on the arm. "Are you trying to freak her out?"
"It also means that Wyatt will have a hard time trying to kill him. Even now he's powerful enough to defend himself," Andy said.
"So we just have to find him before Wyatt can get around his powers," Paige said.
"Are you from the future too?" Prue asked.
"Uh, no. Just those three and Wyatt," Paige said as motioned between Andy, Chris, and Henry.
"So who are you then? Not that I don't appreciate you trying help get my baby back," Prue said. She was really grateful for everything that the young woman had done. She still wanted to know who she was though.
"Um, maybe Dad, Henry, and I should go to Magic School and see if Gideon as any way of helping us fine... me," Chris said. He did not want to be there when his mom found out about Paige. He wasn't sure how she'd react, but he did know that his mother hated being kept in the dark. She was going to pissed at her mother and grandmother, and would probably voice it loudly. He didn't particularly want to hear his mom yell.
"Yeah, that's a good idea," Andy said quickly. He also knew Prue would be pissed, not at Paige, but at those who knew and didn't tell her. Unfortunately, he was on that list. At least his past self was. He knew about Paige and didn't say anything because he was trying to protect her from pain of being away from a third sister.
"Okay, listen, I know this probably a lot to ask given the circumstances, but you guys mind taking Wyatt to Magic School with you. You don't have to watch him, just drop him off at the nursery," Piper said.
"Sure. It wouldn't be good if evil Wyatt got him too," Andy said before going over and taking Wyatt from Piper. He then orbed, followed by his son and nephew.
"Okay, so what's going on?" Prue asked. She had a feeling that whatever this was, it wasn't good. They were all obviously worried about how she'd react.
"Maybe we should all go into the living room," Piper suggested.
"Why do I get the feeling that this isn't good?" Prue asked.
"No, it's not that. It's actually really good. We're just not sure how to approach the subject, and we know you're going to be pissed about not knowing until now," Piper said. She knew her sister wouldn't be angry at Paige or about Paige being their sister. No, what she'd be angry about was that their mother and grandmother had kept it a secret for so long and about not getting the chance to know Paige before now.
"Okay, somebody just tell me now," Prue demanded, stepping right into 'big sister' mode. It was amazing how easy it was to do so after so many years and so much trauma.
Piper and Phoebe glanced at each other, neither knowing exactly how to say it. Finally, Piper decided to just come out with it. "This is Paige. She's our sister."