A few hours after the big mother-son talk things were finally starting to get really serious. The time had come and the charmed ones were nervous because they still didn't know what was exactly happening.

Chris was dressed in black trousers and a dark red shirt. He stood in the middle of a large pentagram.

"This is a really really, large room." Paige whispered to Phoebe looking astonished.

"Yeah, but look at the audience!" She sad nodding at the members of the council and other magical beings.

To say that the room was crowded didn't even cover it.

"I even see a lepricant and elves." Piper added.

"Is that an unicorn?" Paige asked with a slight tone of helplessness in her voice.

Piper and Phoebe helpless shrugged her shoulders.

"I guess so."

The girls were all dressed in new clothes and they were standing a few meters behind Chris outside of the pentagram. Everything looked very official.

"Do you know what exactly is going on here?"

Phoebe asked Piper.

"He is borrowing the powers of the matriarchs."

"But how..?"

Before Paige could finish her sentence she sensed that something was happening. All of sudden the room went totally quiet.

Chris looked into the room speaking to nobody special.

"My friends, brothers in arms, relatives and" with a quick look towards Harlan, "family. The time has come. I know that most of you like me wished that there were another way. But since I failed to change the past in time we needed to rethink our options. My brother has stepped over the line once too much. We need to stop him. Every one of you knows that I can't do this without your help as much as you know that we can't stop this one we begin it. So if there are any doubts in your minds or your hearts. This is the time you should confess them." He looked around and as none answered he nodded.

"I didn't expect anything else my friends!" He said satisfied.

"Oh isn't he a wonderful speaker? He's got that from me, I can tell!" Phoebe whispered.

"Shush!" Piper hissed at her.

Chris took a deep breath and started to speak again.

„Hear these words, hear my cry, spirits from the other side, come to me, I summon thee, cross now the great divide."

After he had finished drops of light appeared and a figure stepped out of them.

"That's you. Well, dead you." Paige started. But Piper didn't listen. She observed her future dead self walking over to Chris.

"Chris. I'm so glad that you made it back."

Dead Piper hugged him and he placed a hiss on her forehead.

"I promised to come back didn't I?" Dead Piper stepped back.

"Of course. I never doubted that.

Are you ready sweetie?" She asked concerned.

Chris looked deep into the chocolate brown depths of his mother's eyes.

"Are you? You know that you have to do it."

She inhaled deeply and cleared her throat before she answered her second born.

"I am. Don't worry."

He nodded and she left the pentagram.

She send a quick glance to her younger self and sisters before she took her position right in front of Chris.

She raised her hands her voice was loud and clear as she cast her first spell.

"I call upon the ancient power
To help us in this darkest hour.
Let the Book return to this place,
Claim refuge in its rightful space."

The book of shadows appeared before her and she gently traced her fingers over his soft leather cover.

„Welcome back, my old friend." She whispered before she flipped the pages until she found what she was looking for.

Her gaze wandered to Chris and he nodded giving her a loving smile.

She took a deep breath before she cast her second spell.

"My call flows through space and time.

Members of the Halliwell line.

Mothers, sisters, daughters, friends

Our family spirit without end.

Appear before us as I plea

To help us in our darkest hour!"

The room was now filled with shining lights as the Halliwell witches appeared. All dressed in white flowing dresses. They build a circle around Chris. He smiled at them and they smiled back.

The three sisters recognized amazed that Penny, Patricia and even Melinda were also standing in the circle along with Prue and other Halliwells.

Dead Piper spoke again. She had the attention of the whole room.

"I'm standing here today to beg for this man. My blood! Your blood!

To help him in his darkest our.

I beg you to lend him your powers,

So that he can stop the ultimate evil of this world

And to bring again peace into the world."

After Piper had finished the Halliwells raised their hands and shining light came out of them. They centred the light in the middle of the pentagram where Chris stood. He was now beginning to glow. He absorbed the light and started levitating.

Phoebe, Piper, Paige watched amazed what was happening before them as did all the others beings in the room. The Halliwells finished transporting their powers to Chris and started to disappear.

Chris finally got back on the ground and went down on his knees.

Piper wanted to run to him but Harlen hold her back.

"That's not for you to do." He said gently.

Piper looked questioned at him. She wanted to help her son. She could see, no, she could feel that he needed comfort.

Dead Piper went towards her son she kneed besides him and lifted his chin up to see him in his beautiful green eyes.

"Are you alright?" She asked worried.

A/N Here we go again. So are you pleased? Pissed? Tell me and like I stated in the last chapter the story want last so much longer so if you have any suggestions, wishes, hopes you should tell me now.

I was playing with the thought of an unhappy ending.

Just that you are forewarned.

And like you have noticed I still haven't a beta reader. Although Feline Feral offered to beta these story.

I would like to say how much that means to me. But I decided to finish this story unbetaed (?) But I would love to have you as my beta reader for my next charmed story.

And to all the others who reviewed: I LOVE YOU ALL!!!!

You make my day. Always.

Nadine