Disclaimer: I don't own Charmed. If I did the pretty a.k.a. Drew Fuller wouldn't be dead and Piper and Leo would be together. But no, neither is true.

Summary: Katie comes back from the future looking for help from her cousin Chris. Now the question is, is she Phoebe's daughter or Paige's? And what is she hiding?

Chapter One: Running to the past

The wind howled down the empty street over wreckage and rubble that used to be a great city. Now, now it was just a wasteland. Useless to anyone that didn't work for him. It didn't use to be like this. Things had been better in the past until the day the Charmed Ones were killed. Then things changed. The world was no longer good. It was evil and heartless, just like him.

A young woman quietly stole down the streets, heading towards the only really standing building left in San Francisco, the Halliwell Manor. It belonged to her as much as it did him and she wasn't going to let him have it that easily. Something had changed this last week. She assumed it had to do with Chris and what he was doing in the past, but whatever her cousin had done had only made things worse. Before he had been content to let her carry on, now he keep a demon on her trail at all times.

It wasn't hard to pick the lock to the Halliwell Manor and slip inside to the attic. Some things were better down without magic. She didn't need the book to recite the spell. She'd help write it. Quickly, she retraced the worn chalk triquetra on the attic wall. Then stepping back she mumbled the spell, "Hear these words, hear the rhyme, / Heed the hope within my mind, / Send me back to where I'll find, / What I wish in place and time." The vortex opened, and before his demons flocked to kill her, she stepped through.

The attic seemed the same with the exception that the book was there and not in his grasp. Then she realized why it was different. The sun was shining outside. She walked over to the window and gently pushed it open. The warm sunshine and slight breeze welcomed her, and she smiled. She was in the past.

"Hey, who are you?"

She turned around to find a woman standing in the doorway. Instantly she recognized the woman. Her Aunt Piper. "Katie's my name." She answered, "And I need to speak with Chris."

Piper suddenly looked sad, "Chris isn't here."

"That's ok, I'll wait." Katie said, looking for something to sit down on.

Piper stopped her, "No, he's gone." Katie still looked confused, so Piper continued, "He's dead."

Katie laughed unexpectedly, "He's not dead, trust me. I'd know if he was." Walking over to the book, she added, "Mind if I take a look?" Piper gestured her okay, and Katie started to thumb through the book. "Ah, here it is." Katie waved her hand and instantly a bowl with some rosemary, cypress, and yarrow root appeared. Again she waved her hand, and an atheme came to her hand. "Power of the witches rise, / Course unseen across the skies, / Come to me, I call you near, / Come to me and settle here," Katie pricked her finger and dropped some of the blood into the bowl, "Blood to blood, I summon thee, / Blood to blood, return to me."

Swirling yellow lights filled the attic. Moments later as they disappeared, Chris appeared. Katie smiled smugly, while Piper looked absolutely shocked. "And you call yourself a Charmed One."

A/N: Kind of short I know, but hopefully the next chapter will be longer. Please Review. Cookies and ice cream to those who review!