"Piper, what's gotten into you?" Leo said, after picking both of them up off the floor.
"Nothing honey, I just missed you, that's all." She said, straightening out her skirt, and wiping a tear from her eye.
"Anyway, Tim, the Elders are very confused as to what's going on. They want you up there right away." Leo said, accepting the hand Piper thrust into his.
"Alright, girls, fill Leo in on what's been going on, and I'll be back as soon as I can." He said, and shimmered away.
Piper took a moment to look at Leo. There was something different about him as well. He looked about fifteen pounds lighter than he was the last time she saw him, and he'd let his hair grow out a bit. The overall effect was rather boyish, which to her made him more attractive.
"So what have I missed?" He said, following them into the living room.
"Well for starters, apparently we have evil counterparts now. They call themselves the Cursed Ones. They were here earlier trying to steal Wyatt, but Tim sent him and Jenna back in time twenty years so Gram's could protect them." Piper started, tossing her legs over the top of him.
"Then he sent us back three years to save Prue, because we need the Power of Four to even stand a chance against them." Phoebe continued.
"We accomplished that, and now here we are, and everything's different." Paige finished.
"Who are Wyatt and Jenna?" He asked, a look of query on his face.
"Silly, Wyatt, your and Piper's son, and Jenna's the witch you sent to be his nanny." Paige said from the chair opposite.
"OH MY GOD!" Piper shouted, and stood up.
"What's wrong honey?" Phoebe said, from the chair next to Paige.
"We don't have a son in this reality, do we?" She said, casting Leo an imploring look.
"No, Piper, we don't have any children. In fact, I'm surprised you're being this nice to me, since we divorced last year." Leo said rather matter of factly.
"If Wyatt's gone, then what are those girls after?" Paige asked.
"They are out to destroy the Charmed Ones. I suspect by going back in time." This from a young man standing in the doorway to the living room.
Piper motioned to blow him up, when a shimmering blue shield formed around him.
She froze where she stood, staring at him. His eyes were familiar to her, his nose also. He was about twenty one years old, six foot tall, with sandy blond hair and brown eyes. He stared back at all of them for a moment, as if he couldn't believe what he was seeing.
"Wyatt?" Piper asked, her lip trembling.
"Yes, mom, it's me." He said, and rushed over to embrace her.
The rest of them were in complete and utter shock.
After a moment of the tightest hug Piper had ever given, she released him. He looked over at Leo, "Dad, I can't believe it's you." He said, and hugged Leo just as tightly.
"What happened, how are you here?" Piper asked, making room on the couch for him between her and Leo.
"You never came back for me. Jenna and I stayed with Grams for a few weeks, then she sent us off to live with some other relatives. I got a note from Tim today saying to come back to the manor, and I'd find you all here." He said, letting Piper run her fingers through his hair.
"Leo, this is our son, this is Wyatt. He's a lot bigger than I remember though." Piper said, still trying to absorb that the son she'd thought lost just a few moments ago was now sitting in front of her, all grown up.
"This is all getting a little too weird if you ask me. I'm going upstairs to change, I hate Marilyn Manson." Paige said, rising from her chair.
"I think we need Tim back here to explain more about all this. If I never had you, how can you be sitting here now?" Piper said, the starts of a headache at the back of her eyes.
"I'm still your son, the one you had in the original reality, where Prue was killed. These changes didn't affect that, only my being born last year. I guess I'm a leftover from a reality that no longer exists." He said, looking thoughtful.
"But why did Tim tell you to be here today, of all days, and how does all this change what the Cursed Ones are planning?" Leo asked, still surprised to have a grown son.
"In the end, they want to wipe out the Charmed Ones, since I'm no longer an option, I highly suspect Tempus is going back in time to find an ancestor of ours to convert to evil." Wyatt said, and stood up.
"I'm kind of thirsty, anything to drink around here?" He asked, looking at his parents.
"Go ahead and check the kitchen, if you find anything, bring us all some. It's through there." Piper said, pointing the way.
"I remember. You know, Grams kept sending Jenna and me pictures of you guys growing up. Mom I love P3, it's a really cool place, my fiancé and I go there all the time." He said and left the room.
"He's been to P3. Wonder how long he's been shadowing us?" Leo asked.
"He's got a fiancé? I can't believe that, our baby is going to be getting married." Piper said, going over and hugging Phoebe, and Prue.
Just then Paige orbed back into the living room, and Tim shimmered back as well.
"Did Wyatt show up?" He asked first thing.
"Yes he did." Piper said, and punched his arm, "Why didn't you tell me he was grown up, and engaged!"
"That's all well and good, but right now I think we have bigger fish to fry. I need Wyatt to find out where Tempus and his groupies are going to strike." Tim said, grabbing the Book of Shadows.
"Everyone to the attic, right now, we have some serious work to do." Tim said, as they all rose from their seats and headed up, Piper grabbing Wyatt on his way out with a tray of drinks, and ushering him along.