A/N: I'm in a good mood so here's a second chapter. I was worried about jury duty I had last Thursday. Thankfully that lasted about 30 minutes. Then other than heavy rain my great niece had a nice 2nd birthday yesterday.

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2026

Leo came home to find his wife and one of his sister in-laws in distress. He walked over to Piper and asked, "Piper what's wrong?"

"Melinda and Little Phoebe are missing."

Leo's eyes went wide, "What do you mean missing? How long?"

Piper sighed, "We're not totally sure - a few hours, maybe more. We've tried scrying for them, nothing. Phoebe has tried calling for Little Phoebe and wishing or whatever it is she does. Again nothing."

"Piper, I have the summoning spell...oh Leo, hi."

"How did you know the girls were missing?" Leo asked, concerned.

"A coworker of Ladybug's called me saying they were worried about her since she hadn't been to work lately. I called the school and they said she's there on and off. I didn't want to worry Piper, but I know Ladybug and Melinda are always together so I thought she should know." Phoebe answered.

"Apparently Chris and Wyatt didn't want tell me that their sister was missing." Piper chimed in, irritated.

"Where are they?" Leo continued, trying to catch up.

"Wyatt apparently is out looking for them." Piper said.

Leo found that to be strange, "Where's Chris?"

"He's been upstairs trying to scry for the girls." Piper answered.

Now Leo knew something was up. Unlike Piper, he was able to keep a tight relationship with his children. Most especially Chris. Not that Piper didn't love or pay attention to her children, but with two businesses to run he was left to care for the children more often than not. With his job at Magic School it was fairly easy to do. He never understood why his future self in the other timeline hated Chris so much. He acknowledges that Wyatt is special and powerful, but he didn't let that fact rule him like in the other timeline. He never treated Wyatt any more special than his siblings. His children, again especially Chris, never wanted for affection. Well except Wyatt when he was small. Piper opened Halliwells when Wyatt was 8 and although he was happy to have his father's attention, he missed his mother who was rarely around. It came as no surprise to Leo that Wyatt's first spell was to make several of his mother, so that he could have attention from her too. After discovering this Piper promised to be around more and got him to reverse the spell.

"Leo, are you alright?" Piper asked.

"Yeah, I'm going to see if Chris needs any help." Leo said as his thoughts once again over took him as he made his way to the attic.

He often wondered why he never realized who Chris was, especially after learning he was only half whitelighter. However once he learned who Chris was and the fact that Chris hated him, he did everything in his power to try to get Chris to at least not despise him. It wasn't easy but he did it; he had gotten Chris to acknowledge him as his father and they started to grow close.

To say he was shocked the day Piper told him she was pregnant with their third child would be an understatement. He couldn't believe it. He was positive she didn't exist in the alternate future. He remembered Chris' words as if it was yesterday, "You were never there for me. You were there for everyone else. Mom, Wyatt, half the world. But you were never there for me. You didn't have the time." Since Chris said he never had time for him he could only assume that was part of the reason they never had Melinda.

As he arrived in the attic seeing Chris writing stuff down, he couldn't help but smile. Despite the fact that with his 23rd birthday coming closer, Leo had started reliving the other Chris' death, making him worried that was to be the fate of the son he raised as well.

Chris, feeling someone else in the room, looked up and frowned seeing his father just standing there staring at him. "Dad, are you okay?"

Snapping out of his daze he walked over to him and put a hand on Chris' shoulder and said, "Let's go to the bridge. We need to talk and I don't want to risk your mom or your Aunt Phoebe overhearing."

Chris wondered what the problem was, but did as he was asked.

Once there, Leo sighed looked at Chris and said, "Okay Chris now where are your siblings?"

Chris frowned, "Didn't mom tell you?"

"Yes, she believed you when you told her Wyatt was out looking for Melinda. But I don't. I don't for a second believe you would volunteer to stay behind while he was out searching. Now I'll ask you again Chris where are they?"

Chris sighed, he hated lying to his father. He gave up and said, "I don't know."

"Chris…" Leo said in his stern don't lie to me voice.

"I don't know I swear!" Chris exclaimed, running a hand through his hair in frustration.

"You have to know something." Leo prodded.

Chris conceded and told his father what he knew about Wyatt going after the girls, and the reasons he stayed. "We just assumed it was the past, but honestly dad they could be anywhere." Chris said staring up at his father with wide, anxious eyes. With the bond that Chris and Wyatt shared, there wasn't often much that they didn't know about the other, but having Wyatt in the past and unable to really tell what was happening was starting to take its toll on Chris.

Despite how unbelievable the story sounded, Leo didn't think Chris would come up with such an odd story if he was planning to lie. Wyatt certainly would but not Chris. Although, that was partially because Wyatt was a terrible liar, and his stories were often outlandish as he tried to make up things as he went. The stories were usually pretty funny, but this time, with Chris telling the story, it was more anxiety-inducing than humorous.

"Okay Chris calm down. How long have they been gone?"

"Wyatt almost 7 hours. As for Mel and Ladybug I have no idea. We didn't even know they were missing till Aunt Phoebe called and asked if we'd seen them. We didn't tell Mom because we knew she'd be mad that we didn't know exactly where they were. She would say we should have gotten up this morning and went to find Mel to be sure she went to school or work and not demon hunting. Basically what we've always had to do growing up. I'm surprised she even allowed us to move out." Chris explained irritably.

Leo sighed, "Your mother and I argued about that often. I kept telling her she shouldn't force you two into constantly keeping tabs on your sister. But she wouldn't listen."

"Well, I was right. When she showed up with Aunt Phoebe one of the first things she said was why we didn't know, why we hadn't been with her." Chris said. He loved his sister, but that didn't mean that he wanted to be her parent.

"I'll talk to her." Leo huffed.

"It's fine. I told her all of this, and she agreed to allow us to take Mel on demon hunts with us. She of course said low to medium level demons only, but we both know that with Mel that rule won't last." Chris explained with a rueful smile.

Leo laughed, knowing Chris was right. "We'd better get back before your mom panics thinking we've disappeared too."

"But what about Wy and the others?" Chris asked, concern for his siblings trumping his irritation with his mother.

"I'm sure the elders wouldn't let them stay where they are in time without a good reason." Leo said, unaware that the elders weren't even aware of the others in the past.

"You sure mom will see it that way? She finds out their in the past or somewhere in time she'll try to summon them back. Not to mention the amount of trouble I'll be in for letting them go in the first place." Chris countered.

Leo thought for a minute, knowing Chris was right once again. Then it hit him, "I have an idea. Let's head back." Leo said placing a hand on Chris's shoulder.