Chapter 15

Wyatt watched the sky grow dark as clouds began to block out the sun. Lightning began to strike at the earth and a great wind picked up. Wyatt watched in horror as the premonition he had seen begin to unfold.

He hadn't told his mother about the vision he'd had when Phoebe had handed him his sandwich that day they returned to Middle Earth. He knew that whatever happened, his mother would come and save him or she could save herself. But his mother wasn't here. She was in a completely different world and couldn't help him. Or was it her that the vision revolved around?

'Ugh! I don't know! It was my sandwich but it was her handing it to me! Who does the vision involve? Unless...'

Wyatt's mouth dropped open in horror.

'What if it involves both of us? Like something happening to me and it ends up hurting her too or visa versa. I need to check the Book of Shadows.'

Wyatt ran out of the kitchen and up the stairs to the second floor. He rounded the corner to see Chris coming down the attic stairs quickly. Too quickly. Chris looked up just in time to see Wyatt round the corner.

'Whoa!' Chris shouted.

Chris was able to orb out quickly enough so Wyatt continued on his way up to the attic without turning a hair. He took the stairs two at a time and reached the landing. He opened the door and there was Chris glaring at him.

'What's up with that?'

Wyatt pushed Chris out of the way and walked toward the Book.

'No time... to explain... need to look... at Book of Shadows.'

The Book burst open to a blank page as Wyatt approached it. Chris walked up behind him.

'What the...'

Chris tried to touch the page but with a burst of magic it threw him away. Wyatt tried to touch it, but it threw him away too. Before he landed on the floor like Chris did, he orbed himself back to the Book. Wyatt felt the magic emanating from the page and was able to decipher the spell.

'It's a veil', he muttered.

Chris got up painfully and walked over to Wyatt.

'What?'

'It's a veil', repeated Wyatt looking it over. 'We need to somehow get past it.'

'No Wyatt. Do you see the storm raging outside? We need to stop it before it hurts any innocents, OK? Now lets go.'

Chris began to walk towards the door.

'No Chris. The Book burst open to this page for a reason, and I'm going to find out why. Now a spell... a spell...'

Wyatt thought for a moment then began to chant:

Let the object of objection no longer be a dream

As I cause the scene to become seen.

Orb particles formed above the page and then disappeared. The page was no longer blank. Instead, there was a message written there in thin, spidery letters. This is what it said:

There are four Charmed Ones, not three as the prophecies have said. They will do good upon the earth and all that live upon it. The sister Paige will pass out of all knowledge until it is her time to take her place. It will begin with the oldest sisters, Prue, Piper, and Phoebe and all will be well for three years until the oldest is killed.

Paige will come and take her place. All will be go as planned until they are all pulled into a different world. That is where their fate will be decided. In the last hour of their lives, they will be able to use their power or their sister's power all they wish. At that time, the arcs on the cover of this Book will fill with the colours blue, red and yellow and the circle, which joins them all, shall blazes with a pure light.

When the Charmed Ones die, all their powers shall be passed on to the wielder of Excaliber.

'Oh my gosh', whispered Wyatt. 'Mom's in trouble... Chris we got to stop...'

Wyatt looked up and saw Chris standing by the door, with a fireball in his hand. The warmth that used to be there in his eyes was gone. Instead, his blue eyes blazed like the fireball in his hand. He continued to glare at Wyatt.

'You know so much Wyatt. Too much for my safety. Funny, when I first met you, you didn't trust me. Your mother and your aunts began to trust me so you began to trust me. I suppose you could say you let a magical barrier down between us. It took a lot of effort to make you trust me. And look how much you failed.'

Chris began to pace the room never taking his eyes off Wyatt.

'Too long have you been the center of attention. Too long have I been pushed aside like garbage on the street. I think it's time you step aside and let someone else play hero.'

'What are you talking about?' asked Wyatt irritably. 'Listen we need to save my mom...'

Chris shook his head, a smile on his face.

'Our dear mother isn't going to survive.'

Wyatt stood there, staring at Chris as though he was nuts.

'"Our" dear mother?'

'Ah', whispered Chris. 'I see mommy didn't want her precious little son to know the truth. Well, I'll tell you instead.'

Chris began to pace back and forth, the fireball still burning in his hand.

'Not long after you where born, Piper and Leo split up because Leo became an elder. A few months later you where found to be the wielder of Excaliber, and future ruler of the world. When you were only a little older than one, Piper and Leo got back together for one night, just one night, but it was enough to get Piper pregnant again.'

'Mom never got pregnant', Wyatt interrupted. 'I know this. I've remembered everything since the day I was born

'Then you'll remember you didn't see much of her for about four months. Leo, Paige and Phoebe took you anywhere and everywhere while I took care of your mother and helped fend off demons. Finally the day came and the little one was born. It was a boy. Piper kept him long enough so she could name him then had Paige leave the little one in the care of the Church that gave her a home. Luckily, the boy was placed in a home where they used magic.'

'What was his name?'

'You know him', smirked Chris. 'In fact, he's standing in front of you.'

Wyatt gasped as the facts clicked into place:

'You?'

'Ah, the boy clues in!' Chris cried raising his hands in the air. 'Around this time you had taken over as the Source of All Evil and were trying to find you mother and your aunts, so you could kill them and get rid of your last real threat. The family that raised me did a whole lot of looking around and found out where I came from. Piper, Phoebe, and Paige found out from Leo that I was aware of where I came from so they set out from their hideout to wipe my memory despite the fact that you could kill them. I orbed out before they could cast the spell and found myself in an attic. This attic. I decided to pretend to be the good guy from the future.'

'How did you get here from the future when you don't have that power?' asked Wyatt.

'I must have caught a stray spell as I orbed. Any ways, any more questions before I kill you and I become the Source of All Evil and the wielder of Excaliber?'

Wyatt didn't say anything as he began to think furiously.

'I need to keep him talking. Then maybe I can orb to mom or dad.'

'How come the Book of Shadows will let you read it?' asked Wyatt to stall time.

'It won't now, because I've shown my true colours.'

Chris walked up to the Book and held out his hand. The Book slammed shut and jumped away from him, landing a foot away from the pedestal. Wyatt noticed something on the Book. The arc on the Book that started at the bottom left corner and moved up towards the top center was slowly filling up with the colour red.

'I don't have much time.'

'Well, I'd love to sit and chat', said Chris casually, 'but I've got a world to take over, so if you'll excuse me...'

Chris threw the fireball at him but he orbed out of the way and appeared beside the stone that held Excaliber. He drew the sword, brought up his magical barrier and faced Chris. Chris's face darkened with anger. Chris began to mutter a spell under his breath. When he was finished, Wyatt's barrier came down and his powers flowed from him to Chris. Wyatt glanced around the room, looking for a way to escape but found none. He did notice that the books first arc was nearly full of red.

'Sword', Chris screeched.

The sword disappeared and reappeared in Chris's hand. He slowly walked forward, his eyes full of triumph.

'You should have known I would win', he hissed bearing down on Wyatt. 'Another thing your mother never told you was in my world, when you were the Source of All Evil, I still had to protect myself from you. So I should know how to protect myself from you at this age.'

He hit Wyatt on the side of his head with his free fist. Wyatt fell to the floor.

'Dad! If you love me, you'll get your butt down here now!'

Chris laughed.

'He can't hear you Wyatt. Give up.'

'Maybe I can't hear him, but I know when my first born is in trouble.'

Chris turned around and saw Leo standing there, holding a double-edged knife. Leo eyes were burning and his teeth were bared.

'You keep away form my son', Leo growled.

And he threw the knife.

The knife hit Chris in the middle of his chest and in a burst of flames, he disappear out of time and space. Wyatt felt his powers surge back into him. The one thing Chris hadn't taken into account when planning Wyatt's death was Leo intervening. He also hadn't realized that Leo would actually have the guts to kill him. Leo picked up the sword and handed it to Wyatt. He then glanced at the book. The second arc that went from the top center down to the bottom right was halfway full of yellow.

'You don't have much time', Leo said quickly. 'Your time is half gone, no thanks to Chris. You need to find your mother and save them all before it's too late.'

'Why can't you Dad?'

'I need to stay here and protect this world. I have no right to go to Middle Earth. But you can go. Only you can.'

Wyatt didn't move. He didn't want to leave. He couldn't...

'Go', whispered Leo. 'You have the power to go there with out worrying about the barrier stopping you. Wyatt, GO!'

Wyatt grabbed the swords sheath and put it around his waist. He slid the sword into the sheath and with one last quick glance at his father, disappeared.