Chapter 2- The calm before the storm (Do you want to sue me? Well HA! YOU
CAN'T! I DON'T OWN CHARMED! HAHA! NOW TRY AND SUE ME! Wait, I don't own any
of FFX either so you can't sue me for the chapter title! HA! Ahem. . .on
with the story.)
There she is, she's so different, I must save her. I find myself flying out in front of her, she looks at me in bewilderment, she doesn't recognise me, I kind of wish she would, but I mean, I'm not three months old anymore,
"DON'T LOOK INTO HER EYES!" There are tree potions beside me, well here goes nothing. Hmph, just as I expected, nothing, dammit, potions won't work. Phoebe needs help, "Are you okay?"
"OH MY GOD! PAIGE!" oh no, please no, she's not dead.phew, she's just turned to stone. That complicates things a bit, but hey, at least she's alive,
"Don't worry, she's alright," Okay stupid thing to say, "Well, I mean, she's not completely alright, obviously, but she's not dead."
"Are you sure she's not?!"
"Frankly, you see this a lot. Museums, universities, town centers. . . Most of those statues, not really statues. They're people like your sister here who have been, uh, turned into stone." Hmm was there anything in the book about how to turn people back to normal? Dammit it would be handy to remember now,
"Who are you?" Well that question was bound to come up, must remember my cover, can't change too much.
"Chris. Chris Perry. I'm from the future," Well what else could I say? It's the truth.sorta.
"Oh! My god, tell me that's just a really good likeness of Paige." I didn't even notice her walk in, she's so much younger, and she doesn't look as if she's carrying a burden, she hasn't changed that much since I saw her last, Piper. . .
"Oh, it's Paige,"
"Titan turned her to stone," will she recognize me? I don't know, I'm older but just maybe?
"Who, who are you?" Well, nobody knows me; everything is going to plan.but still.
"That's Chris. He's from the future." Well Phoebe obviously doesn't trust me,
"Yeah, but only like twenty years or so,"
"Uh-huh, friend or foe?" That makes two of them,
"Not sure yet,"
"What do you mean? I saved Paige, didn't I?" What the hell are they on about? I don't remember Phoebe being THAT untrusting.then again I am a complete stranger.but still!
"Oh, you call that saving, do you?" Somebody please remind me why I am here?
"Hey, I'm the one that put my life on the line here. I didn't have to drop everything I was doing just to orb in and save her butt. . ." Okay so I didn't have to drop everything.but I still saved her dam life!
"You-you orb? You're a Whitelighter?" Well duh! Well done Piper!
"Look, where I come from, history shows Paige didn't get turned into stone on this day. . . she died. And with her death the power of three died too, allowing Titans to rule and create a world you don't wanna see, trust me. I'm hear to alter history. To help you save the future." It would be nice to go back to a future were everything is like it was before.but then so much would have changed.I wouldn't know anything. I'm not going to have to stay here am I?
"Who sent you?" You sent me! Okay I can't really say that.hmm.
"I can't answer that."
"Why not?" Yeah, knowing you you'd freak out if I told you I was your nephew,
"Because anything I tell you could risk changing the future in ways we don't want." I can't change too much.if I do then I don't know what I'd be going back to.but, I won't anyway.will I ever get back?
"Who's we?" Who do you think!
"All I gotta say is, is that if I hadn't got here when I did, Paige would have been the third Whitelighter victim." Christ they really don't trust me!
"Wait, third? I thought only one was missing?" They haven't found out about that yet, Leo really doesn't tell them everything. . .nothing much has changed in that department,
"Not anymore."
"LEO! LEO!" Well, I'm going to see him again, I should be happy, but I'm not.
The blue lights, I've never seen anybody but myself orb, I know all whitelighters do it, but really, I haven't ever seen that many, in fact I've never seen any other whitelighter orb. Most of them clipped their wings to protect themselves, the rest kept orbing to a minimum. I had to use potions to block my signal whenever I orbed. There he is, why am I so angry? I thought I was over this!
"Honey, I'm sorry I missed counseling but. . ." Counseling? Christ you'd think she would have taken a hint.
"Forget that, we've got bigger problems."
"What happened?"
"Forget that too. How many Whitelighters are missing?"
"What?" Answer a question dam you!
"How many?" Wow, Piper can be really bossy, not like the one I knew,
"Uh, two. That's what the elders called me for," Took you long enough.
"Believe me now?" You better believe me!
"Who's he?" Oh hi Daddy dearest, it's your only son! What the hell was that noise?
"What was that?"
"I don't know, maybe you should go see." If the Titans are here now, then we're screwed! Plus I need time to look in the book and unfreeze Paige. Well there they go,
The book, it hasn't changed that much, maybe a little bit thinner than when I saw it. Well since they're not around, may as well flick the pages with a little telekinesis, hmm dammit there's nothing in here! Hmm, I wonder. . .Would blowing up work?
*Poof* Dam, blowing up doesn't work either, better keep looking. Hmm. . .this may take a while. Ah better search without magic, I can't see the pages properly with telekinesis, the book is different now, better search the traditional way.
What will I do after this is all over? I can't go back, everything will be too different, maybe I could.I don't know, tell them everything? But then they'd freak out, dammit I should have thought this through.I'll think of something.I hope.
Maybe I won't though, maybe I'll have to stay here, it wouldn't be so bad, I could get to know Piper, my mother, maybe even stop Leo from leaving. . .but would they accept me? I don't know, I mean, I'm here as a baby, maybe that's all they will care about, baby Wyatt, not all grown up Wyatt. It would make sense, after all people grow distant from their parents when they get older, but maybe it's only like that in my time, I don't know. . .
There she is, she's so different, I must save her. I find myself flying out in front of her, she looks at me in bewilderment, she doesn't recognise me, I kind of wish she would, but I mean, I'm not three months old anymore,
"DON'T LOOK INTO HER EYES!" There are tree potions beside me, well here goes nothing. Hmph, just as I expected, nothing, dammit, potions won't work. Phoebe needs help, "Are you okay?"
"OH MY GOD! PAIGE!" oh no, please no, she's not dead.phew, she's just turned to stone. That complicates things a bit, but hey, at least she's alive,
"Don't worry, she's alright," Okay stupid thing to say, "Well, I mean, she's not completely alright, obviously, but she's not dead."
"Are you sure she's not?!"
"Frankly, you see this a lot. Museums, universities, town centers. . . Most of those statues, not really statues. They're people like your sister here who have been, uh, turned into stone." Hmm was there anything in the book about how to turn people back to normal? Dammit it would be handy to remember now,
"Who are you?" Well that question was bound to come up, must remember my cover, can't change too much.
"Chris. Chris Perry. I'm from the future," Well what else could I say? It's the truth.sorta.
"Oh! My god, tell me that's just a really good likeness of Paige." I didn't even notice her walk in, she's so much younger, and she doesn't look as if she's carrying a burden, she hasn't changed that much since I saw her last, Piper. . .
"Oh, it's Paige,"
"Titan turned her to stone," will she recognize me? I don't know, I'm older but just maybe?
"Who, who are you?" Well, nobody knows me; everything is going to plan.but still.
"That's Chris. He's from the future." Well Phoebe obviously doesn't trust me,
"Yeah, but only like twenty years or so,"
"Uh-huh, friend or foe?" That makes two of them,
"Not sure yet,"
"What do you mean? I saved Paige, didn't I?" What the hell are they on about? I don't remember Phoebe being THAT untrusting.then again I am a complete stranger.but still!
"Oh, you call that saving, do you?" Somebody please remind me why I am here?
"Hey, I'm the one that put my life on the line here. I didn't have to drop everything I was doing just to orb in and save her butt. . ." Okay so I didn't have to drop everything.but I still saved her dam life!
"You-you orb? You're a Whitelighter?" Well duh! Well done Piper!
"Look, where I come from, history shows Paige didn't get turned into stone on this day. . . she died. And with her death the power of three died too, allowing Titans to rule and create a world you don't wanna see, trust me. I'm hear to alter history. To help you save the future." It would be nice to go back to a future were everything is like it was before.but then so much would have changed.I wouldn't know anything. I'm not going to have to stay here am I?
"Who sent you?" You sent me! Okay I can't really say that.hmm.
"I can't answer that."
"Why not?" Yeah, knowing you you'd freak out if I told you I was your nephew,
"Because anything I tell you could risk changing the future in ways we don't want." I can't change too much.if I do then I don't know what I'd be going back to.but, I won't anyway.will I ever get back?
"Who's we?" Who do you think!
"All I gotta say is, is that if I hadn't got here when I did, Paige would have been the third Whitelighter victim." Christ they really don't trust me!
"Wait, third? I thought only one was missing?" They haven't found out about that yet, Leo really doesn't tell them everything. . .nothing much has changed in that department,
"Not anymore."
"LEO! LEO!" Well, I'm going to see him again, I should be happy, but I'm not.
The blue lights, I've never seen anybody but myself orb, I know all whitelighters do it, but really, I haven't ever seen that many, in fact I've never seen any other whitelighter orb. Most of them clipped their wings to protect themselves, the rest kept orbing to a minimum. I had to use potions to block my signal whenever I orbed. There he is, why am I so angry? I thought I was over this!
"Honey, I'm sorry I missed counseling but. . ." Counseling? Christ you'd think she would have taken a hint.
"Forget that, we've got bigger problems."
"What happened?"
"Forget that too. How many Whitelighters are missing?"
"What?" Answer a question dam you!
"How many?" Wow, Piper can be really bossy, not like the one I knew,
"Uh, two. That's what the elders called me for," Took you long enough.
"Believe me now?" You better believe me!
"Who's he?" Oh hi Daddy dearest, it's your only son! What the hell was that noise?
"What was that?"
"I don't know, maybe you should go see." If the Titans are here now, then we're screwed! Plus I need time to look in the book and unfreeze Paige. Well there they go,
The book, it hasn't changed that much, maybe a little bit thinner than when I saw it. Well since they're not around, may as well flick the pages with a little telekinesis, hmm dammit there's nothing in here! Hmm, I wonder. . .Would blowing up work?
*Poof* Dam, blowing up doesn't work either, better keep looking. Hmm. . .this may take a while. Ah better search without magic, I can't see the pages properly with telekinesis, the book is different now, better search the traditional way.
What will I do after this is all over? I can't go back, everything will be too different, maybe I could.I don't know, tell them everything? But then they'd freak out, dammit I should have thought this through.I'll think of something.I hope.
Maybe I won't though, maybe I'll have to stay here, it wouldn't be so bad, I could get to know Piper, my mother, maybe even stop Leo from leaving. . .but would they accept me? I don't know, I mean, I'm here as a baby, maybe that's all they will care about, baby Wyatt, not all grown up Wyatt. It would make sense, after all people grow distant from their parents when they get older, but maybe it's only like that in my time, I don't know. . .