CHAPTER TWO: A sense of trust, a sense of presence
Hidden Hall.
Chris waited for Lila to say something. She just stood there looking at him, searching his soul for evil. "So what about you, how are you my 'sort of' sister?"
"Uh hello, I can't tell you that just yet. In case you hadn't noticed, I just found out that my brother killed me other brother, that's a pretty big thing to wrap your head around." She crossed her arms and looked him over.
"I know, I know, it sounds crazy but it happened and it happened for a reason. I couldn't save his soul in my past so I had to do what I did. I'm back here now to save him from turning to evil. I've gotten the Charmed Ones to kill many of the Demons who were working with him in the future. I'm telling you, it was for the best."
"How come you didn't tell me you were leaving and why you were?" She asked again.
"I don't know why I didn't in your reality, but in mine I obviously couldn't because you didn't exist! Look, I need to know how you are my sister so that I can trust you Lila."
"You do trust me Chris, I can feel it, and that's the only reason why I'm not yelling at you right now."
"Okay, so you're right about that, I do trust you but I'm not sure why. Tell me, please." Chris had sincerity in his voice.
"Piper is our Mom. She's not doing so well these days. I really wish I could help her," Lila's head raised a little and slightly to the side, "Hey, you changed the future dramatically because I ended up being born.maybe I can help Mom." A smile spread across her face. "So what was your future like then? I wasn't in it, what was going on?"
Chris knew she didn't answer his question about her relation to him fully but he answered hers anyway. "I lived in a world of darkness, Titans ruled the Earth, and our family wasn't a family. I never had the chance to know mine." Chris looked really sad.
"And that's why you came back here to change things. Okay so you did have good enough reason, I don't need to be mad at you for that. Is there anything else big that you're not telling me?"
"You didn't exist. Aunt Paige wasn't alive when I was born, so the Power Of Three was broken. She was lost on the day that she summoned the Titans to the Manor, Matyr turned her to stone before she died."
"Who?" She stopped there, she didn't need to know. "I'll answer your question, you were honest with me so I'll do the same. Piper and Leo are yours and Wyatt's parents, but Piper and..." Lila was cut off by a blinding white light. The room filled with wind and it blew the dust off of everything. From the light emerged a man. He had dark brown hair and blue eyes. He was dressed casually but he had this feeling to him, like he was someone very important, where ever he had come from.
"Lila!" He yelled with joy. He walked up to her and embraced her. Lila's featured had softened and Chris saw love in her eyes.
"You found me." She said in a cheeky voice before the man kissed her passionately. After the awkward kiss in front of Chris, the lovers stared into each other's eyes. Then Lila turned around and faced Chris. "Chris, this is my Soul mate Jude." She said that with all the confidence in the world. She looked at Jude, "Jude I know you know Chris, but this is Chris from another time. In his future, neither we nor Paige existed. He came back to change things, so he could get his family to be a family again."
"So I guess you're not the only Halliwell to alter history." Jude said with a smile.
"About the Halliwells, you had the same mother as me, but who was your father Lila?"
Lila's expression changed, she looked angry and sad about that question. She was about to open her mouth when Jude started to orb and twist out of shape [Like Leo did at his wedding in the episode 'Magic Hour'] "Jude?! What's going on??" She was panicked.
"The Elders.a few of them don't trust me as you know. I can't believe they're trying to.." Jude couldn't finish his sentence because he had vanished from their eyesight.
"Oh my god. Jude!"
"What's going on? Is he evil?" Chris asked quickly.
"No! He's not evil, he's an Elder.well before he was made an Elder he was an extremely talented magical being. I can't believe they're doing this. I have to go Chris, I'll come back one day." And with that fast speech, she held her talisman and chanted something in Latin that reminded Chris of something in the Book Of Shadows.
"Lila, wait!!" Chris yelled, but it was too late. She had disappeared through the purple portal. Chris was tempted to follow but he didn't know if he would be able to come back to this time if he did.
The Manor.
It was now 9 o'clock. It was a hot Summer night, but there was a slight cool breeze starting to come through which felt great on his skin. Chris had orbed up to the attic trying to suss out what had just happened. He wasn't sure if the answer lay in the B.O.S but there was no harm in looking. He didn't know if he should tell his parents and his Aunts about it just yet. Lila and Jude could be working powerful magic on him to make him believe their story, it could be possible but Chris' gut had a feeling too strong about her; magic could not have done that to him.
P3.
Piper was standing near the stage listening to Zed blast it out. "I'm a lover, I'm a renegade fighter. Gonna set your soul on fire!" The lead singer sang and Piper mouthed it too. Leo was standing next to her, watching his wife have a good time; he was mesmerised. Phoebe and Paige were dancing with two random guys to that song. Piper looked over at her husband and thought he looked cute looking back at her. Leo waltzed over and hugged her from behind so she could still watch the band play up on stage. As she was watching, she felt another strange feeling, similar to the one she felt in the attic earlier. She had even bothered to tell Leo and her sisters about it before, it completely slipped her mind. She felt like someone she knew had entered the vicinity but then left while Zed was playing that song. Unknown to her, it was Lila's presence in her world that had made her feel that way.
"Leo, I don't feel so good." Said Piper while going weak at the knees.
Leo made his hug on Piper tighter so he could hold her up. She lifted her up and dragged her as best he could to the Halliwell's seating place in the club. "Are you okay honey?" Leo asked with concern in his eyes.
"Uh..yeah I'm okay now I think. Another strange feeling." She replied blinking her eyes.
"Another? You've had one before?" Leo sat down next to her. Zed had finished the song and the crowd cheered as they left the stage.
"Yeah, I forgot to tell you before because I thought it was nothing. Earlier today I was in the attic looking in the book for some reason and Chris walked in feeling or sensing something as well. Then I felt warm yet icy about something.although now I think that that something is actually someone. I could feel them when the band was playing those songs." The feeling had gone away for Piper and she felt normal again.
"You think Zed had something to do with it?" Leo speculated.
"No, it had nothing to do with them." Piper looked up and saw them standing in front of her and Leo.
"Hey, thanks for letting us play at your awesome club Piper. It was great, but we gotta go now otherwise we'll miss our plane to New Zealand." The guys said with smiles.
"Yeah okay. Thanks for coming, you were great too. Bye guys." Piper smiled and she shook their hands. Phoebe and Paige saw the band heading up the stairs.
"Oh damn, Piper! Why didn't you tell us they were leaving now?" Phoebe asked while checking one of the guys out as he left.
"Sorry, I didn't know you were interested. Besides, they're catching a plane in a while tonight so you wouldn't have gotten a chance to talk to them anyways."
"Bummer." Paige added.
"Don't worry about them, worry about this." Leo butted in.
"What is it?" Paige asked. She could tell by his tone that it was something witchy.
"I don't know. I felt weird before and I felt weird again just then. Someone is here, or was here and I felt it. Chris felt something similar this afternoon too." Piper told.
"I guess we're going home then." Phoebe said as she grabbed her stuff and headed up to the guy she was dancing with to get his number.
Hidden Hall.
Chris waited for Lila to say something. She just stood there looking at him, searching his soul for evil. "So what about you, how are you my 'sort of' sister?"
"Uh hello, I can't tell you that just yet. In case you hadn't noticed, I just found out that my brother killed me other brother, that's a pretty big thing to wrap your head around." She crossed her arms and looked him over.
"I know, I know, it sounds crazy but it happened and it happened for a reason. I couldn't save his soul in my past so I had to do what I did. I'm back here now to save him from turning to evil. I've gotten the Charmed Ones to kill many of the Demons who were working with him in the future. I'm telling you, it was for the best."
"How come you didn't tell me you were leaving and why you were?" She asked again.
"I don't know why I didn't in your reality, but in mine I obviously couldn't because you didn't exist! Look, I need to know how you are my sister so that I can trust you Lila."
"You do trust me Chris, I can feel it, and that's the only reason why I'm not yelling at you right now."
"Okay, so you're right about that, I do trust you but I'm not sure why. Tell me, please." Chris had sincerity in his voice.
"Piper is our Mom. She's not doing so well these days. I really wish I could help her," Lila's head raised a little and slightly to the side, "Hey, you changed the future dramatically because I ended up being born.maybe I can help Mom." A smile spread across her face. "So what was your future like then? I wasn't in it, what was going on?"
Chris knew she didn't answer his question about her relation to him fully but he answered hers anyway. "I lived in a world of darkness, Titans ruled the Earth, and our family wasn't a family. I never had the chance to know mine." Chris looked really sad.
"And that's why you came back here to change things. Okay so you did have good enough reason, I don't need to be mad at you for that. Is there anything else big that you're not telling me?"
"You didn't exist. Aunt Paige wasn't alive when I was born, so the Power Of Three was broken. She was lost on the day that she summoned the Titans to the Manor, Matyr turned her to stone before she died."
"Who?" She stopped there, she didn't need to know. "I'll answer your question, you were honest with me so I'll do the same. Piper and Leo are yours and Wyatt's parents, but Piper and..." Lila was cut off by a blinding white light. The room filled with wind and it blew the dust off of everything. From the light emerged a man. He had dark brown hair and blue eyes. He was dressed casually but he had this feeling to him, like he was someone very important, where ever he had come from.
"Lila!" He yelled with joy. He walked up to her and embraced her. Lila's featured had softened and Chris saw love in her eyes.
"You found me." She said in a cheeky voice before the man kissed her passionately. After the awkward kiss in front of Chris, the lovers stared into each other's eyes. Then Lila turned around and faced Chris. "Chris, this is my Soul mate Jude." She said that with all the confidence in the world. She looked at Jude, "Jude I know you know Chris, but this is Chris from another time. In his future, neither we nor Paige existed. He came back to change things, so he could get his family to be a family again."
"So I guess you're not the only Halliwell to alter history." Jude said with a smile.
"About the Halliwells, you had the same mother as me, but who was your father Lila?"
Lila's expression changed, she looked angry and sad about that question. She was about to open her mouth when Jude started to orb and twist out of shape [Like Leo did at his wedding in the episode 'Magic Hour'] "Jude?! What's going on??" She was panicked.
"The Elders.a few of them don't trust me as you know. I can't believe they're trying to.." Jude couldn't finish his sentence because he had vanished from their eyesight.
"Oh my god. Jude!"
"What's going on? Is he evil?" Chris asked quickly.
"No! He's not evil, he's an Elder.well before he was made an Elder he was an extremely talented magical being. I can't believe they're doing this. I have to go Chris, I'll come back one day." And with that fast speech, she held her talisman and chanted something in Latin that reminded Chris of something in the Book Of Shadows.
"Lila, wait!!" Chris yelled, but it was too late. She had disappeared through the purple portal. Chris was tempted to follow but he didn't know if he would be able to come back to this time if he did.
The Manor.
It was now 9 o'clock. It was a hot Summer night, but there was a slight cool breeze starting to come through which felt great on his skin. Chris had orbed up to the attic trying to suss out what had just happened. He wasn't sure if the answer lay in the B.O.S but there was no harm in looking. He didn't know if he should tell his parents and his Aunts about it just yet. Lila and Jude could be working powerful magic on him to make him believe their story, it could be possible but Chris' gut had a feeling too strong about her; magic could not have done that to him.
P3.
Piper was standing near the stage listening to Zed blast it out. "I'm a lover, I'm a renegade fighter. Gonna set your soul on fire!" The lead singer sang and Piper mouthed it too. Leo was standing next to her, watching his wife have a good time; he was mesmerised. Phoebe and Paige were dancing with two random guys to that song. Piper looked over at her husband and thought he looked cute looking back at her. Leo waltzed over and hugged her from behind so she could still watch the band play up on stage. As she was watching, she felt another strange feeling, similar to the one she felt in the attic earlier. She had even bothered to tell Leo and her sisters about it before, it completely slipped her mind. She felt like someone she knew had entered the vicinity but then left while Zed was playing that song. Unknown to her, it was Lila's presence in her world that had made her feel that way.
"Leo, I don't feel so good." Said Piper while going weak at the knees.
Leo made his hug on Piper tighter so he could hold her up. She lifted her up and dragged her as best he could to the Halliwell's seating place in the club. "Are you okay honey?" Leo asked with concern in his eyes.
"Uh..yeah I'm okay now I think. Another strange feeling." She replied blinking her eyes.
"Another? You've had one before?" Leo sat down next to her. Zed had finished the song and the crowd cheered as they left the stage.
"Yeah, I forgot to tell you before because I thought it was nothing. Earlier today I was in the attic looking in the book for some reason and Chris walked in feeling or sensing something as well. Then I felt warm yet icy about something.although now I think that that something is actually someone. I could feel them when the band was playing those songs." The feeling had gone away for Piper and she felt normal again.
"You think Zed had something to do with it?" Leo speculated.
"No, it had nothing to do with them." Piper looked up and saw them standing in front of her and Leo.
"Hey, thanks for letting us play at your awesome club Piper. It was great, but we gotta go now otherwise we'll miss our plane to New Zealand." The guys said with smiles.
"Yeah okay. Thanks for coming, you were great too. Bye guys." Piper smiled and she shook their hands. Phoebe and Paige saw the band heading up the stairs.
"Oh damn, Piper! Why didn't you tell us they were leaving now?" Phoebe asked while checking one of the guys out as he left.
"Sorry, I didn't know you were interested. Besides, they're catching a plane in a while tonight so you wouldn't have gotten a chance to talk to them anyways."
"Bummer." Paige added.
"Don't worry about them, worry about this." Leo butted in.
"What is it?" Paige asked. She could tell by his tone that it was something witchy.
"I don't know. I felt weird before and I felt weird again just then. Someone is here, or was here and I felt it. Chris felt something similar this afternoon too." Piper told.
"I guess we're going home then." Phoebe said as she grabbed her stuff and headed up to the guy she was dancing with to get his number.
