Chapter thirteen: We're home

"I can't wait to meet you as a little baby," Phoebe said to Katie, after giving her a hug, "Of course after I meet my own daughter."

Katie smiled, "Hopefully, she won't turn out like that, right?"

Phoebe returned the smile, "Yeah, but then what's the fun in raising a good child." Katie laughed, and turned to Piper.

Piper stepped forward, wrapping her arms around Katie, "You take care," Piper lowered her voice, and added, "And watch out after Chris."

"Hey," Chris heard what Piper said to Katie and protested before Phoebe pulled him into a hug.

"You little mister, I've already met and don't like." Chris made a face at her, realizing she was kidding.

Piper let go of Katie and Katie stepped over to Paige. Paige looked at her daughter, love in her eyes, "I'm gonna miss you Katie."

Katie went forward and enveloped Paige in her arms, "You only have to wait for another seven years, and then I'm all yours, Mom."

Paige smiled, trying not to cry. "I'll try to wait that long." Her resolve to not cry failed, and some tears fell down her cheek.

Katie reached forward, brushing away the tears, "I love you, Mom." She whispered, hoarsely.

"I love you too, Katie." Paige answered, holding Katie closer. "How'd I come up with the name Katie anyway?"

Katie smiled, "You didn't, according to Chris, Dad did."

"Okay, then how'd Richard come up with your name?"

"It was his sister's name, she was killed in the conflict between his family and some other family. The conflict you helped put a stop to."

Paige smiled remembering that day, "I remember."

"And Mom, don't stay mad at Dad too long about him and magic, I do want to be born, you know." Katie requested.

Paige laughed, "I'll do my best."

"Come on, Katie," Chris laid a hand on her shoulder and reluctantly, Katie wormed her way out of Paige's arms. "A time for everything/ and everything it's place/ Return what has been moved/ Through Time and Space." The vortex opened before Katie and Chris.

Katie stopped before entering the vortex, and threw her hand back freezing Piper, Paige, Phoebe, and Leo.

"Katie, what are you doing?"

"I don't want to go back, Chris. We don't know what we're going back to and I like it here. My parents are here, I don't know if they will be in the future."

Chris nodded, knowing what she meant, "We have to go back, Katie. This isn't our time, and the future will be better, there's no Wyatt."

Katie bit back her tears, "Maybe you should give them some memory dust. All this knowledge of the future can't be helping us any."

Chris reached into his jacket pocket, pulling out a bag of memory dust, and blowing a handful on the frozen quartet. Satisfied, Katie grabbed Chris's hand and they both walked through the vortex.

After the vortex closed, the girls and Leo unfroze. Phoebe looked around dazed, "What were we just talking about?"

Paige shrugged, "I have no idea."

"Hey what's this?" Piper raised her hand, revealing a folded note in her hand. "What's it say?" Phoebe asked leaning in.

"Sorry about all the trouble we caused. Hopefully, the future won't be as bad, now that you've taken Wyatt's powers. Love always, Chris and Katie." Piper read from the note.

"Who are Chris and Katie?" Paige asked, "Besides the Chris sleeping in his crib."

"I have no idea." Piper admitted, stuffing the note into her pocket.

"Maybe baby Chris can write notes." Phoebe ventured, humorously.

Piper rolled her eyes, "I highly doubt it, he's only a few months old."

"You're right," Paige agreed, "Children don't learn to write mysterious notes until they're at least a year old." Paige and Phoebe erupted in laughter, despite the fact that Piper was glaring at them.

"Don't worry, they'll grow out of it eventually. They have to or I fear for the world." Leo reassured, coming up behind Piper. Paige and Phoebe stopped laughing and looked at Leo.

Piper smiled, "And that's why he's my husband."

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Chris and Katie stepped into the attic, moments after first stepping into the vortex. The sun was shining outside and the book was in its place on the stand.

"Look, Paige, I'm sorry. I told Chris not to bring his friends home, especially if they are around Katie's age. But you know him, in one ear and out the other." Piper's voice floated up the stairs.

Curious, Katie and Chris went to see what the fight was about.

Paige sighed, "I know that, but I don't appreciate Chris's friends making out with my daughter."

Chris looked at Katie, and Katie smiled innocently. Peeking around the corner, Katie froze Piper and Paige.

"You can still do that?" Chris asked, following her around the corner, seeing the frozen sisters.

"Yeah, I guess so." Katie thought about it for a moment, "Melinda and I were fighting and I got mad, summoned an atheme and took her power."

"Ok, hold on, you still have all of your powers?"

"Yeah, and I'm assuming you do too." Katie said, "But how is it that I can remember things from this new life, like making out with Ryan and Mom catching me?"

"I don't know, but I've got new memories too. Time travel perk?"

Katie smiled, "Well whatever it is, I like."

"Well that's great but we should probably leave those two to fighting again." Chris pointed to the still frozen Paige and Piper. Katie nodded, walking past them with Chris right behind her. Before heading down the stairs, Katie unfroze them.

"Katie's a big girl," Piper countered.

"I know that, Piper. I just worry about her. I don't want another Melinda in the family."

Piper nodded, "Whatever happened to her anyway?"

"I have no idea but it probably had something to do with your son." Paige answered. Piper looked at the ground, remembering that her oldest had disappeared years ago, probably taking Melinda with him.

Chris and Katie exchanged glances. They knew exactly what had happened to Melinda and Wyatt and weren't planning on sharing any time soon.

Phoebe came running into the manor, yelling something in Italian to her cell phone, and fumbling with her purse with the other hand.

"Where have you been, Aunt Phoebe?" Chris asked, noticing her rumpled clothes that she had been wearing the night before.

Phoebe said something to her cell, and hung up, and turned to her niece and nephew, "Not a word," She warned.

"I wasn't going to say anything," Katie answered, innocently.

"Neither was I." Chris insisted, surprised she would even mention the idea.

"Uh-huh, sure. I know the both of you." Phoebe replied smiling, "Hell, I even changed your diapers."

"Not the story," Katie covered her ears and Phoebe smiled.

"That's what I thought."

"Good, Katie you're home." Paige said, coming down the stairs, "Your father and I want to have a little talk with you."

"Later, I swear. Chris and I have something to do."

Paige narrowed her eyes. Most of Katie and Chris's little antics had landed them in serious trouble, "Alright, just please stay out of trouble."

"We will," Katie grabbed Chris's arm and pulled him out the front door. "I love it here!" She exclaimed, once they were outside.

Chris laughed, "So do I, Katie. So do I."

Piper came up behind them, glancing to the moving truck next door, "We should go say hi to our new neighbors." Piper grabbed both her son and niece before they could say anything. "Hi, I'm Piper, this is my son Chris and my niece Katie."

The woman hesitated, then shook Piper's offered hand, "My name's Lynn."

Chris glanced down at her wrist, noticing the mark of the Phoenix on her wrist. "A Phoenix?" He whispered. Lynn tried to cover up her wrist when he said this.

Piper looked confused, "What's a Phoenix?"

"A family of assassin witches," Chris answered.

Lynn narrowed her eyes, "How do you know?"

"Because we're witches too, maybe you've heard of the Charmed Ones." Piper answered for Chris.

Lynn looked surprised, "The Charmed Ones?"

"In the flesh..."

Piper was interrupted by a woman's voice from inside Lynn's new house. "Mother! Where the hell are my clothes?"

"In the box marked clothes," Lynn yelled back into the house.

Moments later, a young woman came out of the house, "I checked, there is no box marked clothes, mother." Chris and Katie gasped silently seeing who the woman was.

"Oh, this is my daughter Bianca." Lynn introduced Bianca, "Bianca, these are our new neighbors." Lowering he voice, Lynn added, "The Charmed Ones and their children." Bianca nodded, absentmindedly, staring at Chris. She couldn't believe how incredibly handsome he was.

"Chris." He said, putting out a hand. She took it, still dazed. This was definitely the start of something. Chris couldn't believe that Bianca was alive and standing right in front of him. It was all he had to keep from kissing her but he knew that would only scare her off.

Katie rolled her eyes, "I'm going back inside." Piper nodded, watching her son and this new witch make goo-goo eyes at each other. Katie was about to step back into the manor, when a voice yelled her name. She turned, she knew that voice.

Down the walk, stepping out of a car was Ryan. Katie's heart flew into her throat as she took off running to him. He caught her and Katie felt right in his arms.

"I'm gonna have to leave more often, if this is the welcome I get." Ryan teased.

Katie laughed and pulled him in for a kiss. "Don't you dare," She threatened after the kiss. She sighed, she was home. "Chris we're home!" She yelled.

Chris looked towards her, and smiled, "Yes, we are!" He yelled back.

Piper looked confused, and sighed, probably another private joke between Katie and Chris. 'Those two are inseparable,' she thought heading back to the manor.

A/N: Sniff, okay that's the end of this story. I'm really sad to see it go but it would have gotten a little boring and stupid if I had kept going because there is no more evil Wyatt or Melinda. So yeah, bye bye story.

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