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great birthday for those who were curious and now on with the story!
Chapter 19
"So Chris, where did you go and what did you find out?" Phoebe asked.
Chris looked at Wyatt before he said anything. They each held the other's gaze until Chris finally spoke. "If he's staying, then I'm not talking about this in front of him. Come on Izzy." He said grabbing her arm. She looked at Wyatt as her and Chris made for the doorway. Wyatt rolled his eyes, "You won't get very far without their help, Chris. Why try and hide whatever your theories about saving me are?"
Chris looked back at him and was about to go for him but Izzy held him back, "Chris, he's trying to get a rise out of you and you know it." she said.
Piper looked at Wyatt and sighed, "Alright fine, Paige take Wyatt downstairs or something, since it obviously isn't helping having him around Chris and Izzy. You two," she said pointing over at Chris and Izzy, "will stay up here and answer some questions if you don't mind."
Paige walked over to Wyatt, "come on big boy, downstairs we go." She said.
"Please, I don't need Auntie Paige showing me around my own home." He replied sarcastically. He made for the door and stopped in front of Izzy and Chris, "Just because you have them helping you, doesn't mean you've succeeded yet. You'll be coming home with me before this is over, they'll never go after whose really to blame. Not everything is as it seems." He said then continued to the doorway, disappearing downstairs a few seconds later. Chris and Izzy looked at each other unsure of what he meant by that.
"Leo, go downstairs and watch him...I don't care if he is Wyatt all grown up, I don't want him alone with...himself." Piper said.
"No, Mom you go and watch him." Izzy said to Phoebe.
"Izzy," Chris began.
"No, Chris I'm not taking any chances. You know how he feels about Leo. Mom would be safest watching him."
"No, it's ok. I can go and watch the 2 Wyatts...wow that just does not sound right." Phoebe said leaving the room.
"So...where did you go Chris?" Paige asked.
He sighed, "The only place I could that would help in some way, Avalon." Isabelle looked at him her eyes wide. "Izzy before you say anything I did it cuz I had to, and nothing happened. They actually did help. They gave me this," he said handing Piper the vial. "It's water from the spring of Avalon and she told me that if it's used in a potion on Morian with a spell then it should work. The water's supposed to be poison to him."
"Potions are do-able." Piper said, then glancing at Izzy she asked, "how is she supposed to be the connection to finding Morian?"
"I'm not sure how it's exactly supposed to work, but she said that Izzy's got some kind of connection to him now with her premonitions and that's how we'll find him."
"Well that means that Morian's got some ulterior motive probably involving Izzy in some way for turning Wyatt." Leo said.
"Morian tried to kill me in the future." She said, "That can't be it."
"No, Izzy, he didn't try killing you until after he realized that you could figure it out. He wanted you before that, he told me himself." Chris countered.
"What?"
"One of those times we were alone together, he said he would get you in return for turning us as well. But then you had that premonition and he must have realized that you could figure out what really happened, so he tried to kill you to get you out of the way."
"I think I'm gonna be sick." She said looking utterly disgusted as she sat down.
"Well what about that premonition you just had?" Paige said, "What does that have to do with anything?"
Izzy frowned, why had she gotten that premonition of the day Wyatt and the rest of the girls went to magic school? It didn't make any sense, Morian wasn't there that day at all. Wyatt's last words ran through her mind, 'not everything is as it seems.' Who was there that day? Wyatt, Chris, little Prue, Patty, Penny, Leo, Richard, Gideon, and herself...it was back before everything went to hell. Wyatt hadn't changed then....but he did afterwards, while he was at the magic school under the constant supervision of someone other then their family, Gideon. She glanced at Chris as she came to this realization, then to Leo.
Leo was the one who had thought magic school would be best, but Gideon had initially suggested it. And he had done all he could to keep Chris there as well, but Chris and Izzy were too much alike; they thought along the same lines and had absolutely refused to leave their home. At the time they didn't want to leave anyone there but Wyatt wouldn't listen and Richard always agreed with Leo no matter what. It was hard enough getting Leo to agree to their staying at the Manor and separating from everyone else. Then she thought of the day Wyatt came back, he had brought the girls with him as well. He said he didn't want them under 'his' influence anymore...who 'he' was Wyatt never told them. Gideon must've had something to do with it all, but what?
"Chris, remember when Wyatt came back from magic school with the girls?" she finally asked.
"Yeah, but what does that have to do with anything?"
"Remember how he never said what happened there and why he had come back? And how he didn't want them under 'his' influence anymore? He never told us who 'he' was, remember?"
"You don't think...?"
"Yeah I do." She said shortly.
"Hello? Remember us, your aunts? What are you talking about? Who are you talking about?" Paige asked clearly annoyed at being ignored.
Chris and Izzy looked over at Piper and Paige who were standing near the book then at each other. Chris finally responded, "Gideon, we're talking about Gideon."
~~~~~
Wyatt watched his younger self sleeping as memories of that fateful day came back to him. He was 12, Izzy and Chris 10, Penny had just turned 4, Patty was 2, and little Prue was only a year old when it happened. He had been at a friend's house when he sensed something was wrong at home. Excusing himself, he went into an empty room and orbed home. The scene that greeted him was some cocky demon who had somehow managed to kill him mom and aunts. How, he never figured out. Chris stood on the stairs horrified and Jason was holding a screaming Izzy back. The demon looked at Izzy and Jason. Wyatt saw a look in the demon's eyes and he knew it was already thinking of its next victims. Before anything could happen Wyatt said some spell and the demon exploded. It was his first vanquish, he didn't even remember the spell he had said. Jason let go of Izzy and just stared at the place where his mom and aunts lay in shock. Izzy had collapsed to the floor in tears and Wyatt looked at his brother still on the stairs. Realization hadn't hit Chris yet as he screamed for their dad. But it was too late there was nothing dad or any of them could do.
About a month later Leo and Richard brought them to the magic school. Chris and Izzy absolutely refused to stay, perhaps Wyatt should have listened then. Izzy said she never liked Gideon, he creeped her out and she wouldn't leave the Manor or her father. And Chris, well he never did anything without Izzy. The three of them had been close, but Izzy and Chris could never be separated when together and after it had happened they clung to one another like glue. But Wyatt stayed; after his mom and aunts had died he had promised himself that he would never let something like that happen again. He knew he could protect all of them and it was his job to now that they had all died.
Over the next six years he really developed his skills. After all that was the whole point so he could protect what was left of his family. Then when he was 18, Morian told him the truth. It was Gideon who had sent the demon that killed his mother. Gideon wanted Piper out of the way so he could get to Wyatt and control his powers. So one night with Morian's help, he left the school with his cousins. That's when he began to learn that good and evil didn't matter. To the upper levels it was all about power and in order to protect his family from them he needed to be the ultimate power. With Morian's help he began training harder then ever before. He no longer trusted the Elders and in order to keep his little brother and cousins safe, he did what he had to. He killed them all, including his dad. Leo was after all one of them, and Chris was right, Leo was never there when they needed him the most. The one thing he didn't want was to kill his cousins, but they were protecting the very people responsible for their mom's deaths. Afterwards Morian convinced him that it had to be done, that they wouldn't have been able to survive the aftermath of the Elders destruction anyway. It was hard enough protecting Chris and Izzy from it anyways.
But even though Wyatt was trying his hardest to protect them, they fought him every step of the way. He imprisoned Izzy and she still refused to help him, so he used the only leverage he had over her, her dad. And then Chris disappeared and Izzy got out somehow. They both came back here thinking that they could change it all and save him, but they were wrong. He didn't need saving, they did. When he finally did get them back Izzy had that vision about Morian and Wyatt suddenly remembered what Gideon had said to Morian before he died. "We had a deal!" It had all became clear, Morian had lied too. Gideon hired him to send the demon after his mom. No one could be trusted, no one except family, and even they didn't trust him. He sighed as he muttered, "Why couldn't it always have stayed this way?"
"We can still fix it." He heard. Wyatt turned and saw Phoebe standing there. He smirked, "No it can't. Even if you kill Morian now, he'll find another way."
"Who will?" she asked frowning.
"You wouldn't believe me if I told you. Sometimes I think the one thing that's saved us is the fact they refused to stay at magic school, but that's the same reason why their powers are so underdeveloped." He sighed before continuing, "I suppose I should be grateful to them in the end. Their staying here at the Manor was probably why he never tried to kill me or the girls."
Phoebe frowned as she watched him; everything he had just said was so full of riddles. "You went to magic school? Piper would never agree to that." She said.
"She didn't have to by that time." He answered.
Phoebe studied his eyes and she knew that by the time Wyatt had gone to magic school they had all been killed. "Why are you here anyway Phoebe? Shouldn't you be upstairs helping them?" he said glancing up at the ceiling.
"I'm keeping an eye on you since you won't help."
"More like they won't let me help, even if I wanted to Chris and Izzy would never cooperate with me around."
"Whose fault is that? They don't trust you anymore Wyatt. Can you blame them?"
"Do you think I wanted this?" he shouted. "I did what I had to in order to protect them!"
"Terrorizing them and all of San Francisco is suddenly protecting them? Where was I when this memo went out?"
"You don't understand." He said looking away.
"Try me." She answered flatly. Wyatt looked back at her with a contemplative look in his eye. Phoebe always had a way of getting to him. As he stared at her he couldn't help but wonder. Maybe there was a way to save them all. Maybe Phoebe would actually believe him if he told her what really happened. Even if Chris and Izzy were able to get rid of Morian, it still wouldn't change what Gideon was trying to do. But maybe they could stop Gideon here and now and save everyone's lives.
Chapter 19
"So Chris, where did you go and what did you find out?" Phoebe asked.
Chris looked at Wyatt before he said anything. They each held the other's gaze until Chris finally spoke. "If he's staying, then I'm not talking about this in front of him. Come on Izzy." He said grabbing her arm. She looked at Wyatt as her and Chris made for the doorway. Wyatt rolled his eyes, "You won't get very far without their help, Chris. Why try and hide whatever your theories about saving me are?"
Chris looked back at him and was about to go for him but Izzy held him back, "Chris, he's trying to get a rise out of you and you know it." she said.
Piper looked at Wyatt and sighed, "Alright fine, Paige take Wyatt downstairs or something, since it obviously isn't helping having him around Chris and Izzy. You two," she said pointing over at Chris and Izzy, "will stay up here and answer some questions if you don't mind."
Paige walked over to Wyatt, "come on big boy, downstairs we go." She said.
"Please, I don't need Auntie Paige showing me around my own home." He replied sarcastically. He made for the door and stopped in front of Izzy and Chris, "Just because you have them helping you, doesn't mean you've succeeded yet. You'll be coming home with me before this is over, they'll never go after whose really to blame. Not everything is as it seems." He said then continued to the doorway, disappearing downstairs a few seconds later. Chris and Izzy looked at each other unsure of what he meant by that.
"Leo, go downstairs and watch him...I don't care if he is Wyatt all grown up, I don't want him alone with...himself." Piper said.
"No, Mom you go and watch him." Izzy said to Phoebe.
"Izzy," Chris began.
"No, Chris I'm not taking any chances. You know how he feels about Leo. Mom would be safest watching him."
"No, it's ok. I can go and watch the 2 Wyatts...wow that just does not sound right." Phoebe said leaving the room.
"So...where did you go Chris?" Paige asked.
He sighed, "The only place I could that would help in some way, Avalon." Isabelle looked at him her eyes wide. "Izzy before you say anything I did it cuz I had to, and nothing happened. They actually did help. They gave me this," he said handing Piper the vial. "It's water from the spring of Avalon and she told me that if it's used in a potion on Morian with a spell then it should work. The water's supposed to be poison to him."
"Potions are do-able." Piper said, then glancing at Izzy she asked, "how is she supposed to be the connection to finding Morian?"
"I'm not sure how it's exactly supposed to work, but she said that Izzy's got some kind of connection to him now with her premonitions and that's how we'll find him."
"Well that means that Morian's got some ulterior motive probably involving Izzy in some way for turning Wyatt." Leo said.
"Morian tried to kill me in the future." She said, "That can't be it."
"No, Izzy, he didn't try killing you until after he realized that you could figure it out. He wanted you before that, he told me himself." Chris countered.
"What?"
"One of those times we were alone together, he said he would get you in return for turning us as well. But then you had that premonition and he must have realized that you could figure out what really happened, so he tried to kill you to get you out of the way."
"I think I'm gonna be sick." She said looking utterly disgusted as she sat down.
"Well what about that premonition you just had?" Paige said, "What does that have to do with anything?"
Izzy frowned, why had she gotten that premonition of the day Wyatt and the rest of the girls went to magic school? It didn't make any sense, Morian wasn't there that day at all. Wyatt's last words ran through her mind, 'not everything is as it seems.' Who was there that day? Wyatt, Chris, little Prue, Patty, Penny, Leo, Richard, Gideon, and herself...it was back before everything went to hell. Wyatt hadn't changed then....but he did afterwards, while he was at the magic school under the constant supervision of someone other then their family, Gideon. She glanced at Chris as she came to this realization, then to Leo.
Leo was the one who had thought magic school would be best, but Gideon had initially suggested it. And he had done all he could to keep Chris there as well, but Chris and Izzy were too much alike; they thought along the same lines and had absolutely refused to leave their home. At the time they didn't want to leave anyone there but Wyatt wouldn't listen and Richard always agreed with Leo no matter what. It was hard enough getting Leo to agree to their staying at the Manor and separating from everyone else. Then she thought of the day Wyatt came back, he had brought the girls with him as well. He said he didn't want them under 'his' influence anymore...who 'he' was Wyatt never told them. Gideon must've had something to do with it all, but what?
"Chris, remember when Wyatt came back from magic school with the girls?" she finally asked.
"Yeah, but what does that have to do with anything?"
"Remember how he never said what happened there and why he had come back? And how he didn't want them under 'his' influence anymore? He never told us who 'he' was, remember?"
"You don't think...?"
"Yeah I do." She said shortly.
"Hello? Remember us, your aunts? What are you talking about? Who are you talking about?" Paige asked clearly annoyed at being ignored.
Chris and Izzy looked over at Piper and Paige who were standing near the book then at each other. Chris finally responded, "Gideon, we're talking about Gideon."
~~~~~
Wyatt watched his younger self sleeping as memories of that fateful day came back to him. He was 12, Izzy and Chris 10, Penny had just turned 4, Patty was 2, and little Prue was only a year old when it happened. He had been at a friend's house when he sensed something was wrong at home. Excusing himself, he went into an empty room and orbed home. The scene that greeted him was some cocky demon who had somehow managed to kill him mom and aunts. How, he never figured out. Chris stood on the stairs horrified and Jason was holding a screaming Izzy back. The demon looked at Izzy and Jason. Wyatt saw a look in the demon's eyes and he knew it was already thinking of its next victims. Before anything could happen Wyatt said some spell and the demon exploded. It was his first vanquish, he didn't even remember the spell he had said. Jason let go of Izzy and just stared at the place where his mom and aunts lay in shock. Izzy had collapsed to the floor in tears and Wyatt looked at his brother still on the stairs. Realization hadn't hit Chris yet as he screamed for their dad. But it was too late there was nothing dad or any of them could do.
About a month later Leo and Richard brought them to the magic school. Chris and Izzy absolutely refused to stay, perhaps Wyatt should have listened then. Izzy said she never liked Gideon, he creeped her out and she wouldn't leave the Manor or her father. And Chris, well he never did anything without Izzy. The three of them had been close, but Izzy and Chris could never be separated when together and after it had happened they clung to one another like glue. But Wyatt stayed; after his mom and aunts had died he had promised himself that he would never let something like that happen again. He knew he could protect all of them and it was his job to now that they had all died.
Over the next six years he really developed his skills. After all that was the whole point so he could protect what was left of his family. Then when he was 18, Morian told him the truth. It was Gideon who had sent the demon that killed his mother. Gideon wanted Piper out of the way so he could get to Wyatt and control his powers. So one night with Morian's help, he left the school with his cousins. That's when he began to learn that good and evil didn't matter. To the upper levels it was all about power and in order to protect his family from them he needed to be the ultimate power. With Morian's help he began training harder then ever before. He no longer trusted the Elders and in order to keep his little brother and cousins safe, he did what he had to. He killed them all, including his dad. Leo was after all one of them, and Chris was right, Leo was never there when they needed him the most. The one thing he didn't want was to kill his cousins, but they were protecting the very people responsible for their mom's deaths. Afterwards Morian convinced him that it had to be done, that they wouldn't have been able to survive the aftermath of the Elders destruction anyway. It was hard enough protecting Chris and Izzy from it anyways.
But even though Wyatt was trying his hardest to protect them, they fought him every step of the way. He imprisoned Izzy and she still refused to help him, so he used the only leverage he had over her, her dad. And then Chris disappeared and Izzy got out somehow. They both came back here thinking that they could change it all and save him, but they were wrong. He didn't need saving, they did. When he finally did get them back Izzy had that vision about Morian and Wyatt suddenly remembered what Gideon had said to Morian before he died. "We had a deal!" It had all became clear, Morian had lied too. Gideon hired him to send the demon after his mom. No one could be trusted, no one except family, and even they didn't trust him. He sighed as he muttered, "Why couldn't it always have stayed this way?"
"We can still fix it." He heard. Wyatt turned and saw Phoebe standing there. He smirked, "No it can't. Even if you kill Morian now, he'll find another way."
"Who will?" she asked frowning.
"You wouldn't believe me if I told you. Sometimes I think the one thing that's saved us is the fact they refused to stay at magic school, but that's the same reason why their powers are so underdeveloped." He sighed before continuing, "I suppose I should be grateful to them in the end. Their staying here at the Manor was probably why he never tried to kill me or the girls."
Phoebe frowned as she watched him; everything he had just said was so full of riddles. "You went to magic school? Piper would never agree to that." She said.
"She didn't have to by that time." He answered.
Phoebe studied his eyes and she knew that by the time Wyatt had gone to magic school they had all been killed. "Why are you here anyway Phoebe? Shouldn't you be upstairs helping them?" he said glancing up at the ceiling.
"I'm keeping an eye on you since you won't help."
"More like they won't let me help, even if I wanted to Chris and Izzy would never cooperate with me around."
"Whose fault is that? They don't trust you anymore Wyatt. Can you blame them?"
"Do you think I wanted this?" he shouted. "I did what I had to in order to protect them!"
"Terrorizing them and all of San Francisco is suddenly protecting them? Where was I when this memo went out?"
"You don't understand." He said looking away.
"Try me." She answered flatly. Wyatt looked back at her with a contemplative look in his eye. Phoebe always had a way of getting to him. As he stared at her he couldn't help but wonder. Maybe there was a way to save them all. Maybe Phoebe would actually believe him if he told her what really happened. Even if Chris and Izzy were able to get rid of Morian, it still wouldn't change what Gideon was trying to do. But maybe they could stop Gideon here and now and save everyone's lives.