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Note: This chapter introduces Wyatt's wife, Amanda, whom he shares a room with while Piper and Leo share a room, and Chris and Michael share a room. Paige, with her husband Richard, lives with Phoebe, Jason, and their daughter Prue in a house down the street that also has three bedrooms.
melissa-p: Thanx. That really means a lot to me!
CharmedBookworm: What gave me the idea for this fic. Well, lots of things, really. When I saw the season finale and I saw Chris die, I didn't want to believe it. I didn't want to believe that he was really dead. So I had all of these theories in my head. He vanished to his own time, he vanished to the future that he had changed so he could live out his life, and that he vanished when the baby was dying before the hospital fixed the problem. So I just made the most interesting come to life after seeing other authors do the same thing. And I just hope that one of my theories are right, because I still can't accept that fact that Chris is dead. : )
OTHCharmedFreak: Thanx. That means a lot to me!
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psychokitty3: Truthfully, I have no idea. I don't even know when they're going to. But, I think I'm gonna have at least one demon attack in this story!
leo/piper4ever: Great? Thanx!
piperleo4eva: Wyatt's just looking on the brighter side of the picture. Michael likes him, but he just wants his brother back. He loves his older brother. He's always protected him. Honestly, I don't know what I'd do if something like this happened to my older sister.
sailorwind: I'm a sucker for brotherly love. Probably because I've never met my three brothers. I don't even know the middle one's name! Family life is so hard sometimes. Anyway, I can promise that there'll be so many brotherly moments in this story it'll make your head spin. And, as for Michael, he'll get over it. : )
Guess what?! I got my ears pierced on Tuesday! So now I have to wear these ugly ass things for two months until I can take them out and put in something that actually looks nice, and I have to clean my ears daily so they don't get infected. Fun, fun. You know, at first I was regretting getting my ears pierced, but now I see it as a reason to wear even more jewelry. Cool, huh? Oh! And my best friend Teresa and I also got manicures on Tuesday, and matching necklaces that came in a set of two that says "Sisters" because we're more like sisters than best friends! Okay, I'm rambling and probably boring you guys now.
Anyway, on with the story!
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Chapter 5: Wedding Madness
Chris sighed as he walked down the stairs slowly a few weeks later, Amanda pulling him along.
Amanda stopped walking and smiled at him. "I promise that this is going to be soo great, Chris. Just trust me, okay?"
Chris smiled slightly and nodded. "Okay," he said, then chuckled a bit when Amanda resumed pulling him.
Amanda pulled him into the living room where the floor was covered with rose petals, Piper, Phoebe, and Paige smiling at him.
"What's going on?" Chris asked, confused, looking around.
Piper smiled and walked over to Chris, handing him a velvet box. "I was supposed to give it to you a few weeks ago. When you were supposed to propose to Bianca. You had me hold onto it, because you thought that you'd lose it."
Chris opened it slowly and smiled. "Is this Grandma's engagement ring? The one that you, Aunt Phoebe, Aunt Paige, and Amanda used?"
"The family ring," Piper said, nodding. "You were planning to give it to Bianca. Then, when you two were married and Michael decided to get engaged, you were to pass it on to him. Wyatt gave it to you a couple months ago. And the day after that's when you gave it to me for safe keeping."
Chris looked up at her from the ring. "You invited Bianca over, didn't you?"
Piper smiled wider. "Are you mad?"
"Are you kidding? Ever since the first day I laid eyes on her, I dreamt of our wedding. I guess that it's going to have to wait a little longer than I thought, but I'm a willing soul," Chris said, smiling.
"Well, actually, lover boy," Paige said, walking over. "Your mother, Phoebe, Amanda and I have been secretly planning your wedding for a couple weeks now. It's set for tomorrow."
"We did it for you," Phoebe said, smiling. "And, it seems as if Bianca remembers your life. And she's just as eager to get married. But she has no idea that it's tomorrow, or that you're going to propose to her today."
"All she knows is that you wanted her to drop by today," Paige said, smirking.
"She remembers?" Chris asked, confused.
Piper smiled and nodded. "She remembers."
"Yeah. She did some sort of spell on herself or whatever so she would if she died or something," Paige said, waving it off. "Anyway, all you have to do is propose, and wait for tomorrow."
"Wait. Tuxes," Chris said, his eyes going a bit wide.
"Everything is taken care of. Don't worry," Piper said, chuckling a bit. "We did everything that needed to be done."
"Who knows?" Chris asked, a little interested.
"Oh, let's see . . ." Paige started, smiling. "Us, your dad, your brothers, Daryl, Michael's girlfriend Rachel . . ."
"Basically everyone that we know," Phoebe said, smiling.
"And trust us when we say that it's been the hardest secret to keep," Wyatt said as Leo, Michael, and himself walked into the room.
Chris smiled widely. "You guys are horrible."
"Oh, we know," Phoebe said, smiling. Then she hugged him tightly. "But you love us even more now. You can't hide it."
Chris's eyes went wide. "Please tell me that you've written my vows for me, too."
"Oh, no. That's your job," Piper said, smiling evilly.
"I gotta go!" Chris yelled, running out of the room.
Bianca walked in the room. "Hi. Sorry. The front door was unlocked, so I -"
"Bianca, you should know by now that it's always unlocked," Wyatt said, smirking.
"Come in, come in," Piper said, pulling her in the room. "Chris will be down in a second. Won't he, Paige?"
"Allow me," Wyatt said before orbing next to Chris, who was sitting on his bed with a pad of paper and a pencil in his hand. "Bianca's here."
"What?! Already?!" Chris yelled, eyes wide, jumping off the bed.
Wyatt smiled. "Relax. It's not like your getting married today."
Chris took a few deep breaths. "Good point. Alright, okay."
"You cool now?" Wyatt asked, still smiling, raising his eyebrows.
Chris nodded. "As cool as I'm going to get. You know, most guys know when they're gonna get married, like, a month before. I only got a day's notice."
"Chris, I got half a days notice. Feel lucky," Wyatt said, nodding.
"Oh my god. You're joking," Chris said, staring at him.
"Unfortunately, I'm not," Wyatt said. "Now, c'mon. Your bride-to-be is waiting downstairs for you to propose to her."
Chris smile and nodded. "I'm gettin married tomorrow," he said, causing Wyatt to smile. Chris's face fell. "Oh no."
"What?" Wyatt asked, losing his smile.
"I don't have a best man. I don't know how to pick one. I have three guys to pick from," Chris said, staring at Wyatt. "You, Dad, and Michael." He thought for a moment. "Let's see . . . in my other life I hated Dad and I didn't even know Michael . . . Hey, Wy, wanna be my best man?"
"Sure, why not? You were mine," Wyatt said, smiling.
"Really?" Chris asked.
"Really. Now, c'mon. Before everyone comes up here and drags us down," Wyatt said, orbing next to Leo, whispering, "He's a bit nervous, but I think he's got it under control." Leo nodded.
Chris orbed in next to Bianca, smiling.
Bianca smiled at him. "Hey. What'd you want to see me for?"
Chris took a deep breath, letting it out slowly. Then he got down on one knee, looking into Bianca's eyes as she gasped, smiling.
"Chris, what - what are you doing?" Bianca asked, sounding surprised.
"What does it look like he's doing?" Paige asked, crossing her arms, causing Phoebe to hit her. "Ow."
"Bianca, I love you so much. And I want you to be my wife. So, will you marry we?" Chris asked hopefully.
Bianca pulled Chris up and kissed him deeply.
Chris smiled and looked her in the eyes. "Can I take that as a yes?"
Bianca smirked and kissed Chris deeply again.
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Chris smiled at himself in the mirror the next day as Leo walked up behind him. Then Chris smiled at Leo's reflection in the mirror.
Leo smiled. "I know that you've dreamed of this for a long time, Chris."
Chris nodded, facing his father. "Yeah. I have." He lost his smile. "I'm curious. How long have I known Bianca in this life?"
"Since you were five when you first started magic school," Leo said, smiling. "Bianca may have been four years older than you, but she was still your first friend, if you don't count your brothers and your cousins. Oh. And your Uncle Richard. You two are best buddies in this life."
Chris smiled. "Glad to know that some things never change."
Richard walked in, followed by Jason. He smiled. "Chris, your tie is crooked."
Leo smiled and fixed Chris's tie, looking back at Richard.
"Wow. I can't believe that my little buddy's getting married. I've known you since you were two years old. Well, you from this life, at least," Richard said, smiling.
"Yeah. Knowing you from the other life made you his little buddy," Jason said, smiling. "Because you helped out the girls so much, saved Leo from being eaten by a dinosaur when you guys went back in time, and fixed his mistake when he killed the Charmed Ones."
"That wasn't my fault. I was a genie, okay?" Richard said, facing him.
Chris smirked. "You never told me that you guys shared so much after I was gone."
Piper walked in. "You guys ready? Everyone else is."
"Yeah. Just one thing," Chris said, grabbing a piece of paper.
"Vows?" Richard asked, raising his eyebrows.
"No. A spell to help me remember them," Chris said, smirking. "Hear these words, hear my plea, help me for my wife-to-be. She came to me from the clouds, so help me remember my wedding vows," he whispered, so only Leo could hear him.
"Done?" Piper asked, raising his eyebrows.
Chris looked over at her. "Yeah. Done."
"Good. Then let's go," Piper said, walking out of the room Richard and Jason following.
Leo looked over at Chris, smirking. "Nice spell."
"I only had five minutes. Give me a break," Chris said as the two walked out of the room.
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Chris smiled at all the people who were there: Grams, Patty, Victor, the Prue that died (An: They let her come for her nephew's wedding, just like Patty. She was also at Phoebe's wedding, Paige's wedding, and Wyatt's wedding.) Leo, Piper, Paige, Richard, Phoebe, Jason, Daryl, Sheila, Wyatt, Amanda, Michael, Rachel, Prue, Pearl and Paris.
Grams stared the music with a wave of her hand and Bianca slowly stared walking down the stairs, smiling like Piper was on her wedding day. Smiling like she was the happiest woman on the face of the earth.
She walked up to Chris and stood next to him, taking in how handsome he was in that tux, knowing that she didn't get to see him in one that often since he hated them.
Grams smiled at the two and stared. "We are gathered here today to recite two souls as -"
Then there came a crash from upstairs, and pounding footsteps on the floor. Then Chris's worst nightmare showed up on the staircase, smiling evilly down at him.
Chris stared at him, starting to become faint.
"What, you have a wedding and I'm not invited, little bother?" Evil Wyatt asked, walking down the stairs slowly. "I thought that I could be your best man."
"No . . ." Chris said, shaking his head. "No. Go away. Go away."
"Chris, wake up!" came Piper's voice.
Chris opened his eyes quickly, breathing fast, sweat all over his face. He looked around to find Piper, Leo, Wyatt, and Michael around his bed.
"You were screaming and yelling in your sleep, sweetie," Piper said, stroking the dry part of his hair. "Are you okay?"
"Is was only a dream?" Chris asked, getting up slowly.
"Yeah. It was only a nightmare," Michael said, nodding.
"Are you okay?" Wyatt asked, concerned.
Chris nodded. "Yeah. I'm fine. Wait." He looked over at the clock. "Am I still getting married today?"
The four smiled slightly.
"Yeah. Why wouldn't you be?" Leo asked.
Chris smiled. "Just making sure that wasn't part of my dream, too."
"Well, it's six in the morning if you want to stay up?" Piper asked, raising her eyebrows.
Chris nodded. "I think that would be best."
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So, for real this time, Chris watched as Bianca walked down the stairs and to his side.
Grams smiled at the two. "We are gathered here today to recite two souls as -"
A crash came from upstairs, and pounding footsteps on the floor.
"Keep going. We'll check it out," Piper said as she, Phoebe, Paige, and dead Prue ran up the stairs.
Grams glanced over at Leo, who nodded before running after the four girls.
Grams smiled. "- to recite two souls as one. Do you, Christopher and Bia -"
There came screamed from upstairs, and the five ran back down.
"Chris, you have to get out of here!" Phoebe yelled, as the five started to push him out of the room.
"What?" Chris asked, looking confused. "Why?"
"Me," Evil Wyatt said from the staircase. "They want to keep you safe from me."
"Wyatt?" Bianca asked, staring at him.
"Good. You remember," Evil Wyatt said, smiling at her evilly.
"What the hell are you doing here?" Bianca asked, pissed off. "You ruined my wedding, you son of a bitch."
"Now, now. That's no way to talk to your brother-in-law."
"In this world, your not. And you never will be," Bianca growled. She pointed to Wyatt. "He is. Well, will be."
Chris stared at Evil Wyatt as the five still tried to push him out of the room.
"I'll orb him," Leo said, the four girls backing away.
Chris pulled away from Leo. "No."
"What? Chris, he'll kill you!" Phoebe said in disbelief.
"No he won't," Chris said, slowly walking over to Evil Wyatt.
"Chris -!" Piper started.
"He knows what he's doing. Trust him," dead Prue said, putting a hand on her younger sister's arm.
Evil Wyatt smiled evilly down at Chris. "I'm back."
"How?" Chris asked, staring at him.
"It's called an Alternate Universe, Christopher," Evil Wyatt said, grabbing Chris's arm and pulling him close.
"Leave him alone," Wyatt said, extremely pissed off. "If you are another version of me, then you should at least had the decency to attack after his wedding."
Evil Wyatt smirked at looked back at Chris. "Can I be your best man, little brother?" he asked mockingly.
"I am going to have my wedding, and you are not going to stop us, Wyatt!!!" Bianca yelled, storming over. She grabbed a lock of his hair and pulled his face close. "Do you understand me? I am going to marry your brother no matter what, even if that means vanquishing you to do so. Got it?"
"She sure is a feisty one, Christopher," Evil Wyatt said, smirking.
"Bianca, stay away from him," Chris said, pushing her backwards.
"Chris, he ruined our wedding!" Bianca yelled.
"Well, we'll have another one once he's gone," Chris said, facing her, forcing a smile. "Okay?"
Bianca smiled and nodded, walking back down next to everyone else. "Okay, honey."
"Chris, we can deal with this. Get away from him," Paige said, slowly walking over to the two.
Evil Wyatt smiled evilly. "They're all here. Now I can kill them all over again."
"Over my dead body," Chris growled.
"That can be arranged," Evil Wyatt said, telekinetically throwing Chris across the room and into the living room, crashing into a table.
"Chris!" everyone yelled.
Leo ran over to him, followed by Bianca and Piper. "Are you okay?"
Chris nodded weakly. "I'll be okay." He took his hand out from under him and winced as he saw blood.
"Chris, don't you dare lie to me," Bianca said, hitting him.
"I didn't. I lied to Dad," Chris said, smiling slightly.
Evil Wyatt walked over slowly. "Leave him."
Piper turned around quickly. "You need a timeout, mister," she said, pointing a finger at him.
Evil Wyatt grinned evilly as he telekinetically threw Piper across the room and through the window.
Piper got up slowly. "Ow," she said, pulling a piece of glass out of her side. Then it healed itself, and she smiled in satisfaction. "That's better," she said, walking back over.
"You're a whitelighter . . ." Evil Wyatt said, looking her up and down.
"Good guess," Michael said from the doorway.
"The Charmed Ones are gone?" Evil Wyatt asked, facing him, looking smug.
"Not exactly," Wyatt said, appearing at his side.
"There can't be a power of two," Evil Wyatt said, looking back and forth between Wyatt and Chris.
"There isn't," Michael said, telekinetically throwing Evil Wyatt through a window across the room.
"It's nice to know that you can attack me so easily," Wyatt said sarcastically.
Chris stood up after being healed by Leo, and Evil Wyatt walked over to him slowly, picking him up by his neck.
Chris stared into Evil Wyatt's eyes. "What do you want?"
"Chris -!" Phoebe started, standing in the doorway with Paige and dead Prue.
"Stay there. Everyone stay away. I know what I'm doing," Chris said, glancing over at them.
"I want you back. Your soul may have traveled here, but your body - your dead body - showed up in our world. You don't belong here, Christopher. And you know it," Evil Wyatt said, looking into his eyes. "So come back to our world, and we can rule together."
"How did you get here?" Phoebe asked, pissed off, slowly walking over.
"A spell. What else?" Evil Wyatt asked, letting go of Chris and looking over at her.
"A spell," Michael whispered, nodding. He looked at Wyatt. "I spell."
"A vanquishing spell?" Wyatt whispered. Michael nodded. "I don't like that you're willing to attack and kill me, but if it's the only way for him to leave Chris alone, I'm game."
"Cool. Let's go. They won't notice," Michael whispered as the two slowly left the room, Paige, dead Prue, Prue, Paris, and Pearl following.
Piper looked at Leo. "Where are they going?" she whispered.
"I don't know. C'mon," Leo whispered, grabbing her hand.
"Wait. What? We can't leave Chris here," Piper whispered, staring at him like he was crazy.
"He won't hurt him. C'mon," Leo said, walking out of the room with her.
Phoebe noticed this and stared at Evil Wyatt. "You can't take him."
"And why not?" Evil Wyatt asked, raising his eyebrows.
"Because I won't let you," Phoebe said, quickly knocking him out.
A girl around eighteen or so that looked so much like Piper that it was amazing walked into the living room, holding a vital of potion, everyone else in the house following. She smiled at Phoebe and Chris. "This'll just take a minute." She threw the vital at Evil Wyatt, vanquishing him.
"Who the hell are you?" Phoebe asked, staring at her. She looked over at her sisters.
"We don't know," Paige said, shrugging.
"She just came through a portal," dead Prue said, also shrugging. "And then she told us she had a job to do, and left the attic. So we all followed her."
"What's your name?" Wyatt asked suspiciously.
"Sorry. Can't tell you. Future consequences," the girl said, shrugging, smiling apologetically.
"You can't use that line. I invented that line!" Chris yelled accusingly.
"Yeah. I know. But I was sent here to kill Wyatt. Well, the Wyatt from the alternate universe. And that's it," the girl said, shrugging.
"Who sent you?" Leo asked suspiciously.
"My father and my grandfather," the girl said, facing him. "The rest of my family's dead. And, finally, they thought I was old enough to travel through time. They would've done it themselves, but they were too busy trying save innocents."
"What about us? Why weren't we helping?" Michael asked, confused. "We are The Charmed Ones."
"Oh, I give up. The Charmed Ones are dead. I'm an heir from one of you. And that's all I'm gonna let you in on," the girl said, smirking. "So, only one of you are alive along with Leo. The rest of the family is dead."
"What's your name?" Wyatt asked.
The girl sighed. "Well, I guess it doesn't matter since I'm going home soon, anyway. Dad'll kill me if I take forever." She handed Phoebe a piece of paper. "Kill these demons and the future will be saved. Anyway, my name's Kristina Lynn Wyatt-Halliwell. Now, I gotta go before Dad gets really mad." At that, she smirked at Chris and Bianca's reaction and orbed away.
Chris turned slowly to Bianca. "You're not pregnant, are you?"
"Well, now that you mention it . . ." Bianca said, smiling.
"Oh god," Chris said, fainting.
"Hey, Wy, we're gonna be uncles of the bitch from hell," Michael said, smirking, causing Wyatt to laugh a bit before Leo hit them both.
Bianca ran over to Chris and started shaking him. "Honey, wake up. I wanna get married now."
Chris opened his eyes slowly. "You can't be pregnant."
Bianca smiled. "But I am. And you're gonna be a daddy!"
Chris covered his face with his hands. "My life never gets boring, does it?"
"Of course not. You're Christopher Perry Halliwell. You're a Charmed One. Your life's not meant to get boring. Deal with it," Bianca said, helping his stand up. "Now, c'mon. We gotta get married."
Chris nodded and everyone walked into the foyer.
Grams smiled at everyone. "Are we ready now?" Everyone nodded. "Good." She smiled at Chris and Bianca each in turn. "We are gathered here today to recite two souls as one. Do you Christopher and Bianca join us here of your own free will to acknowledge the eternal bond shared be both of you.
Chris smiled over at Bianca. "I do."
Bianca smiled back. "I do."
"You may face each other," Grams said, Chris and Bianca turning to each other and looking into each other's eyes. "Join hands," she said, the two joining hands. "Christopher, you may recite your vows."
Chris smiled and Bianca and looked into her eyes, taking a deep breath. "Half of us is from a different world. A different universe. But, both parts of me love you. And that's what makes me believe that we're meant to be together. Because, no matter what life or universe we're in, we love each other. And no matter what life or universe we're in, I want to be with you till death do us part. I want you to be my wife, my friend, my lover, and my soul mate. No matter where we end up in the future. I want to be with you until the day I die."
Piper leaned on Leo as tears of happiness and joy started streaming down her face. Actually, all the women had either tears in their eyes or on their faces.
"Bianca," Grams said, wiping a few tears away.
"Chris, from the moment I saw you and looked into your eyes, I loved you. I didn't believe love at first sight, but I loved you. And, along the way, we've gone through so many struggles and hard times that I didn't know if we were going to make it here. But you did. You knew, deep down in your heart, that we would make it to this place, to this moment one way or another. And that hope, and that courage, it just made me love you even more. And there were times when I thought that there was no point in hope or courage. I didn't think I deserved you. You were always looking on the brighter side of things, and that made me love you more, but it also made me think that maybe we weren't meant to be. Maybe I was fighting a losing battle. But I should've known that we'd get here someday. I should've know that our love would make sure of that. You are, after all, the son of an angel," Bianca said, glancing momentarily over at Leo, Chris doing the same.
Grams wiped a few more tears away and grabbed a tissue, blowing her nose. She looked back at Chris and Bianca, who were smiling and chuckling at her, just like everyone else in the room. "Here, before witnesses, Christopher and Bianca have sworn their vows to each other." She took a deep breath and held out a piece of rope. "With this cord, I bind them to those vows." She smiled and telekinetically draped the rope over their joined hands.
Chris and Bianca smiled at each other and recited, "Heart to thee, body to thee, always and forever, so mote it be."
"So mote it be," Grams said, grabbing another tissue.
"So mote it be!" everyone yelled, smiling on their faces.
"Christopher - Chris, you may now kiss the bride," Grams said, smiling.
Chris smiled down at Bianca and pulled her close, lifting her off her feet and kissing her deeply as everyone cheered around them.
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What caused this burst of inspiration, you ask? Well, I just saw Just Harried, for, like, the fourth time. It was the episode where Piper and Leo got married, and I couldn't help myself. And, guys, I'm really sorry about the wait, but somehow all of my story junk got erased from my floppy disk, and so I had to write everything all over. And this is only the first story I've started rewriting. So you guys have to wait a while for the other updates. But I'll try to not take forever. I should have them out in a couple of days. I usually write at night, but since school is starting a less than two weeks, I'm trying to go to bed again. Anyway, review please! Ciao!
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