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Chapter 2: First Memory

"So, that's the Chris that you always told us stories about?" Wyatt asked, glancing at Chris for a second.

Piper nodded. "Yes, he is."

"This is so screwed up," Chris said, sighing, as he paced the living room floor.

"Chris, calm down. We'll work around this. We've dealt with bigger stuff before," Michael said, shrugging.

"Yes, well, I don't remember any of it," Chris said, facing him. "The only thing I remember about growing up is fighting off Wyatt so he wouldn't kill me! And those aren't happy memories! Believe me, I'd rather have the memories from this life!"

"Chris, calm down," Piper said as Leo orbed next to her.

"The Elders thought that Chris should enjoy the life and the world that he worked so hard for. They meant for him to remember both lives, but they messed up. Chris should remember things from this life in time," he said, sighing.

"Time?! I don't have time! I don't even know who he is!" Chris said, motioning to Michael. "Well, obviously from the signs he's my little brother, but I've always been the youngest! In my life, it was just me and Wyatt!"

"Well, gee, that's nice to know," Michael said sarcastically.

"And who the hell are those three girls?!" Chris yelled, starting to pace again.

"Well, the oldest was Phoebe's first daughter, Prue. She's twenty. The youngest was her second daughter, Pearl. She's seventeen. And the other girl is Paige's daughter, Paris. She's nineteen," Piper said, willing to do or say anything if it would keep Chris calm.

"Well, it's nice to know that Wyatt and I aren't the only people in the next generation," Chris said, sighing and sitting down in a chair.

Bianca walked in, smiling. She sat on Chris's lap. "Hey, baby."

Chris smiled at her. "Well, at least my taste hasn't changed."

"Unfortunately," Piper mumbled, looking over at Leo for a second.

"The important thing is that he loves her," Leo whispered to her, raising his eyebrows.

"What do you mean?" Bianca asked, raising her eyebrows, looking confused.

"Um . . . Nothing . . ." Chris said. He glanced down at his and Bianca's left hands, then frowned when he didn't see rings.

'Not yet,' Wyatt mouthed.

'Tonight,' Michael mouthed, smiling slightly.

Chris smiled and nodded. He turned back to Bianca.

"Well, anyway, I just dropped by to say hi and Happy Birthday," Bianca said, kissing him softly. "Unfortunately, my boss is making me work today. But I promise that I'll be back in time for your party." She kissed him once more before leaving the room, then the house.

"Tonight?" Chris asked, looking at everyone in the room in turn. "Damn. Bianca and I got engaged (An: I don't know exactly when, so I'm just throwing out a reasonable number, here!) when I was twenty-one in my other life."

"Okay, I got her. Finally," Phoebe said as she walked in, Paige following.

"Alright. What's going on?" Paige asked, crossing her arms.

"You know, she's very hard to track down once she orbs away," Phoebe said, sitting down on Chris's lap.

"Does she do this often?" Chris asked, his eyebrows raised, motioning to Phoebe.

"Oh, she does it all the time. Even to Leo. You get used to it," Piper said, smiling, as Leo, Wyatt, and Michael nodded.

"So, what are we here to discuss?" Phoebe asked, looking ready and alert.

"The Chris you're sitting on is the one that died twenty-three years ago," Piper said, smiling as she raised her eyebrows.

Phoebe quickly got up and looked at Chris, Paige at her side in a flash. They stared at him.

"Oh my god! It is you!" Phoebe yelled in joy, pulling Chris up and hugging him tightly. "Oh, when Paige told me in the hospital that you had died, I was so sad. So upset. But I had a feeling that I'd see you again someday. Somehow."

"Watching your body fade away was the hardest thing I ever had to do," Paige said, stealing Chris from Phoebe.

"Well, it had to of been harder for Leo. Chris died in his arms. I mean, talk about emotionally damaging your parent," Phoebe said, smiling slightly.

"Sure. Blame me for Gideon stabbing my with a blessed athame. It was all my fault," Chris said, staring at Phoebe like what she was saying was typical.

"No, no, no -" Phoebe said quickly, but got cut off by Chris.

"I admit, I should've gotten Wyatt out of there once I heard strange noises, but I was busy looking through the book," Chris said, crossing his arms. "I regret it now. Are you happy?"

"Well, his neurotic side sure hasn't changed," Paige said, raising her eyebrows.

"Chris, I'm sorry. I was just joking around," Phoebe said, hugging her nephew.

"Obviously he's carrying around a lot of guilt," Paige said. "Chris, do we need to have a family therapy session?"

"A what?" Chris asked, staring at her.

"He doesn't remember anything from this life, Paige," Piper said, raising her eyebrows. "Besides, we haven't had one of those since he was sixteen."

"A family therapy session?" Chris asked, staring at them like they were crazy.

"Well, yes. There was a time in your life when you needed them," Piper said, sitting down in the chair that he was in. "And they helped."

"I needed therapy with my family?" Chris asked slowly, looking around.

"Oh, you were very depressed. And the sessions worked. Sometimes they included you, your father, and I. Sometimes they were just you and your brothers. Sometime they were just you and your aunts. And sometimes they involved a mixture of the three groups," Piper said, looking up at him.

"Great. I changed my future only to become a suicidal teenager," Chris said, scoffing. "Figures."

"No, you weren't suicidal. We got through to you before you harmed yourself. You just had depression," Piper said, frowning.

"This is too much information," Chris said, sighing as he put his head in his hands.

"We know, sweetie. We'll stop now, and let you remember it all on your own," Piper said, getting up and hugging him.

Chris gasped as he was forced into a memory.

(An: I hope you all have seen the episode with the ice cream man and the demonic children. But, if not, here's an explanation: The sisters found a mysterious Ice Cream Van who abducts children. However, it only abducts demonic children. Magical people are the only ones that can hear it's song. The demonic children are put into a trance and when the ice cream van abducts them, they are sent into a world that looks like a snowy white park, and a creature comes from the sky and sucks them up, leaving nothing. That is the only way that those type of children can be vanquished. Hope you all understood that!)

O.O Memory O.O

A ten year old Chris looked out one of the living room widows at the sound of the music. And he saw a little boy standing near an ice cream truck. Chris thought nothing of it, until the truck sucked the little boy inside.

Chris gasped as Piper and Leo walked in the room. He ran past them and out the door.

Piper's eyes went wide and Leo and her followed him.

"Chris, no! Stay away from the truck!" Piper yelled as Chris slowly walked up to it. Then he stood next to the widow, peering inside.

"Chris!!!" Piper and Leo yelled as Chris got sucked inside, screaming. (An: I should've mentioned that it abducts anyone who's near the window, and the nothing [the creature] eats anyone. 'They all taste the same.' as someone in the episode put it. Don't remember who.)

Piper and Leo ran up to the truck.

"Caleb!" Piper yelled, banging on the truck. (An: Caleb was the man that took over the job as the ice cream man when the old one was sucked up by the nothing. He was there throughout the whole episode, but Piper thought in the beginning that he was flirting with her. It turns out he just wanted to know where the truck was, and he was trying to figure out if she was a Charmed One.)

Caleb walked over to her. "Piper? Leo? What's wrong?"

"Your truck just abducted our son!" Piper yelled in panic, grabbing Caleb's shirt collar.

Caleb gasped and opened the back door. "Be careful," he said as the crawled in, landing in the park.

"Chris?!" Piper yelled, looking around. "Chris, where are you?!"

"Chris, answer us!" Leo yelled, looking around.

Piper looked around again. "I never saw the inside of this place. It's creepy. Poor Phoebe, Prue, and Dad."

"We have to find Chris," Leo said, grabbing her hand and running off.

Chris grabbed onto a tree as The Nothing neared. "Mom! Dad!"

Piper and Leo ran over to him and grabbed his arms as The Nothing tried to suck him up.

"Don't worry, Chris! We're not going to let you go!" Piper yelled over Chris's screams.

Caleb ran up to them and started pulling Chris, also.

The Nothing gave up and let Chris go, Leo catching him.

Leo held a shaking a frightened Chris close. "Shh. It's okay now. It's gone."

"But it's going to be coming back," Caleb said, rushing them over to the slide that led to the outside.

But The Nothing came back.

"Piper, watch out!" Leo yelled as The Nothing neared her.

Then it sucked her up.

"PIPER!!!" Leo yelled, holding Chris close so The Nothing wouldn't take him, too.

"MOM!!!" Chris yelled, tears coming to his eyes.

"There's no time!" Caleb yelled, pushing them through.

O.O End Memory O.O

Chris gasped and opened his eyes only to see the ceiling.

"Sweetie, are you okay?" Piper asked, stroking his hair. "You gave us quite a scare."

"What happened?" Chris asked as Phoebe helped him up.

"You passed out," Paige said, looking concerned.

"I remembered something," Chris said, sitting down in the chair.

"What'd you remember?" Piper asked, kneeling down in front of him.

"The day Mom died," Chris said, looking confused. Piper and Leo looked at each other. "If she's dead, how's she here?"

"Let's just say that Leo's not our only whitelighter," Paige said, smirking.

"What about The Charmed Ones?" Chris asked, even more confused.

"Well, you and your brothers are The Charmed Ones now," Piper said, rubbing his leg. "But, don't worry. They temporarily gave me my old powers until you and your brothers were old enough."

"That truck . . . it was so cold . . ." Chris said, shivering unconsciously. I could feel how cold it was when I remembered."

"That day was so scarey," Phoebe said, hugging herself. "Paige and I heard your parents screaming for you, and we ran outside. And then I saw the truck and Caleb as they crawled in the back of it, and I immediately knew what was happening. Paige didn't, so I had to tell her. And then when you and your father came back without your mother . . ." She trailed off, putting her hand to her mouth, tears forming in her eyes.

"It was all my fault . . ." Chris said, looking down at the ground.

"No, Chris, it wasn't your fault," Leo said, kneeling down next to him. "You didn't know better. You were only ten."

"That was thirteen years ago, people. Can we forget about it?" Paige asked, looking around the room.

"Paige, it's going to be hard for Chris. Since he just remembered it," Piper said, looking up at her. "So deal with it."

"I don't have time for this. I have work," Paige said, orbing away.

"So do I," Phoebe said, sighing. She looked down at Chris. "We're glad to have you back. Just don't remember too much too fast." She kissed him on the forehead before walking out of the room.

Chris looked over at Wyatt and Michael. "We're The Charmed Ones?"

Wyatt and Michael smiled, nodding slightly.

"Yeah, and it's a hell of a job, too," Michael said, causing everyone in the room to chuckle.

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I guess this story isn't turning out the way I expected . . . Huh . . . Oh well! Review please! Ciao!

Hannah