Secrets Within.

Chapter 5: Another Secret

Wyatt sat whimpering in his play pen. He could feel evil magic at work, and his family was ignoring him. Instead, they were paying attention to the strange man, Chris. He trusted Chris but could tell that Chris resented him sometimes. He wanted for his mother to love him, but he could feel the waves of disgust that she sent him. She knew something that made him hate her. Chris was an interesting man, and he was really nice to his mother.

He could feel Chris, calling him. He orbed to Chris's feet. He looked up at him, and laughed. Chris hauled him up. He felt comfortable; he wanted to stay there for awhile. But he knew that it wouldn't last long. With a final silent whimper, he was handed to his mother.

"You've all been ignoring him ever since you found out he was evil in the future. That won't help much, and beside, he's not going to be evil, because I'm going to save him." He heard Chris say. So that was why Chris sometimes resented him. Well he made up his mind. I won't be evil. He said to himself, over and over. I want Chris to like me.

For some time this occupied his mind, and he blocked out some of the mean feelings his mother was having toward him. He felt so uncomfortable being held in his mother's disgusted arms, so he orbed out, and onto the floor. He crawled around the attic, gurgling.

There was a circle of crystals, lying on the floor. He could smell Chris's magic, residing within its confines. Curios, he tugged at it. A finishing spell was left incomplete, and he reached within for the part of Chris that he could always feel. He used this to reopen it. It was like a portal. He didn't notice the stares he was getting from his parents and aunts. He peered through the crack, and saw a little boy, a little older than him, playing with its mother. The boy looked strange. He had red hair and brown eyes. "When's daddy coming back mummy?" he said.

"I don't know, Harry," said the woman. "I wish he came more often too, I wish that you could've gone with him when he went to the past. Maybe you would have been safe then. Maybe Chris would have been able to look after you" The woman didn't seem to notice Wyatt looking in at them.

"But mummy" Harry said. "I want daddy, Uncle Wyatt keeps scaring me. Daddy will make him disappear." The little boy made motions with his hands. "Kaboom!" he shouted, pretending to blow something up.

"Uncle Wyatt? When did you last see him? Don't go near him, Harry, he's dangerous." Wyatt could see the look of fear on the woman's face when Harry mentioned Uncle Wyatt.

"He said that he would kill me if Daddy didn't come home soon. I told him that daddy would kaboom him," The woman laughed, but at the same time she went white with fear.

"Next time you see daddy, tell him what you told me today, Harry. Okay?" Harry nodded.

"Yes mummy" Wyatt didn't want to watch anymore. He had a sick feeling that he was seeing the future, and that 'Uncle Wyatt' was him. He closed up the spell, and looked at his mother. She was looking at him strangely. He had an idea

"Wyatt wants Harry"

"Who's Harry darling'

"Harry" he insisted. "Want Harry"

"Darling, I can't get you Harry if I don't know who he is"

He pouted. He wanted Harry, and he wanted Harry now. He made a split second decision. Tears came easily to his eyes, using a technique he had perfected ages ago. "Harrryyyyyyyyyy" he cried. He was turning the waterworks up to their max. "H-h-harrrrrrrrrrrryyyyyyyyyy"

His mother tried to comfort him, but he found that he could no longer like her embrace. He kept crying. His mother was rocking him, bouncing him, patting his back, offering him sweets, everything, but he wouldn't stop crying.

Chris was at the GGB. He was flying, like usual. He felt something. He flew to the edge, rather suddenly. He heard a sound. A man stood behind him. The man grinned evilly. Chris still hadn't noticed. Demons, thousands of them shimmered in.

The man executed a command. "Go" he said. Chris heard that. He whirled around. A look of fear met his face. The man was standing directly behind him. It was Wyatt. Chris faced his brother. The demons threw fireballs at him. Instead of deflecting them like he could, he orbed. They all missed him. He reappeared in exactly the same place.

"Wyatt, can't we at least talk?" Said Chris dodging another fireball. Wyatt laughed at him. He called his hit men off, 'just for a while' he said. "So like you my brother, wanting to resolve this peacefully. You know that you will die. You will die because I will kill you the same way I killed mum, and Aunt Phoebe, and Aunt Paige. I will kill you like I killed your precious Penelope."

Chris gasped, "You killed Penny?"

Wyatt laughed evilly. "Of course I did. You didn't really think that I would let a Charmed one live? That's why I came to get you"

Chris focused his powers, trying to sense something from him. "You're lying!" he said.

"Oh, I wish I was Chris, but I'm not. Have I ever lied to you?" There was a glint of evil in his eyes. The demons were milling around Chris, each of them hoping to be the one to finish him off.

"Master" said one" May I kill him?"

"NO!" said Wyatt. "I must do it. I must kill him. I am the only one. He will die. I am the only one who can kill him. It must be I, as he is far too powerful for you all. Do not be so foolish!" The demon backed off.

"Yes, Master"

"Yes, Master", intoned all the other demons.

Chris closed his eyes. He didn't know what to do. If he revealed that he had his powers back, Wyatt would make sure that all his loved ones died. He was scared, for a while.

"Ahh, my dearest little brother is scared. He knows that he is going to die. It would be a pity to kill him quickly; he would hardly suffer that way. No. It is important that he dies slowly, a little darklighter poison perhaps, and while he is dying, I could play images in his head of me killing his loved ones. His cousins, his aunts, his mother. How does that sound Chris, how about tonight? You haven't been on a date for years. Prehaps tonight, you can have a date with and acquaintance of mine, her name is Death." Chris writhed in pain, as Wyatt tortured him. He was now terrified, but the only way for his loved ones to live was to sacrifice himself. He had no mind for this; he even blocked Phoebe's vision from his mind. He drew himself up.

Chris looked into his brother's eyes. "Wyatt, I know that you can feel it. You want to be good, stop fighting. You are good. You can be good, and you know it. You are sorry for all you have done. Why can't you see it?" Wyatt showed no emotion.

"Brother, you are far too soft."

"Don't call me brother. As far as I'm concerned, I have no brother." Chris was angry. How dare he! He was no brother, for no-one could treat their brother this way.

"Tiny powerless Chris getting angry now is he. You know that's naughty. You have to be careful who you challenge, a little bit of orbing and telekinesis won't save you." Chris hated pretending that he had no powers. He hated it so much; it was hard to stop himself from using them to protect himself. In the past few weeks, they had become as easy to him as breathing, and he used them without thinking. He thought now though. Within a few seconds he had analysed the situation. He remembered Phoebe's premonition.

"Wyatt, I don't need you to save me," Chris said, and flicked his hands. Wyatt froze. He waved his hand. A golden slit appeared. "Penelope Cleaner, Pia, Patricia and Phyllis Dean" Chris whispered names into the hole.

"Chris?" Four girls stepped out of the hole. He smiled widely at them. For a second, he had been sure that they were dead, and that his reading had been wrong. But they were alive. "Where's mum?" The three voices asked in unison.

"Aunty Phoebe is at home. You're in the past. They don't know you guys exist yet, but I'm sure that they'll understand. You'll be safe, I promise. I need you guys to help me send Wyatt back to our time. He could do more damage here, and you can help ma save him" Then girls smiled at Chris, even Penny.

"We knew you'd help us," they said.

"I can only help you, if you help me." Together the five pushed Wyatt and his minions through the hole. Dusting off his hands, Chris quickly explained his situation to the four. When they were all satisfied that their questions had been answered, they orbed into the Haliwell attic. Or rather, Chris orbed himself into the attic, and Penelope followed him straight afterward, with the others.

Chris orbed in, and Wyatt immediately stopped crying. He orbed to Chris. Chris grabbed him, almost toppling over, and four girls orbed behind him. "Chris!" said Piper. "Thank god you came! Wyatt just wouldn't shut up! He kept crying something about wanting a Harry…"

"Harry?" Interrupted Chris Then girls that had orbed in behind him seemed more alert. "Where's Harry? How does Wyatt even know Harry? What happened?"

"Chris, relax. As far as we can tell, 'Harry' is perfectly fine."

"How does Wyatt know Harry?" He demanded, going completely white.

"Well, Wyatt was crawling around on the floor, and he went into your circle, and he tugged something. Then the gold thing that you conjured earlier opened, and he was looking through it. Then he started screaming for Harry." Said Paige.

Chris looked at one of the girls behind him "Pia?" he asked, and one of the triplets nodded.

"Yep, what they said"

He nodded thoughtfully. "I left the spell so that it would only open if Harry, or you guys, were in danger. It would show me, or whoever it was that opened it the person in danger. If Wyatt saw Harry, then it means that Harry is in danger"

Piper looked confused "Who," she asked "Is Harry, and who are these girls that you've just brought here?"

"First things first," said Chris. "This is Penelope Cleaner, but if you don't want to explode, I advise that you call her Penny, These are Pia, Patricia and Phyllis Dean, but call them Pia, Patty and Phil"

"Hey mum!" The triplets said to Phoebe

"Hello, Mum" said Penny to Paige

"Penny?" Said Paige.

"Dean?" said Phoebe, excited "As in Jason Dean?"

Pia, Patty and Phil looked at each other, eyes rolling, "Just like our mum" they said, "She just finds out she has three daughters, and all she can think about is our father"

"Creepy…" said Piper, referring to the way the girls spoke at exactly the same time, had the same expressions on their faces, and even flicked their heads at the end of the sentences, that, and that she couldn't tell which one was which. "Now that we know who's who... or not" she looked in the triplet's direction "Can you tell us who Harry is?"

"Not now" said Chris "I have to go get him, or Wyatt might"

Before anyone could stop him, he had waved his hand and jumped through the portal.

Harry and his mother were eating their dinner. Chris suddenly appeared in the room.

"Chris!"

"Daddy"

"Hey Harry, hey sweetie" Chris smiled.

"Harry's in danger. Chris, Wyatt wants him"

"I know, that's why I came, I have to take him with me Rosie"

"Daddy, Uncle Wyatt said that he would kill me if you didn't come home soon. I told him that you would kaboom him"

"You're going to be fine, Harry, just fine. You're coming to the past with me, how'd you like that? You can meet Grandma, and Grandpa, and you can meet uncle Wyatt as a baby? How does that sound?" Harry was nodding enthusiastically, and Chris turned to Rosie "Are you sure you won't come, Rosie, I'm sure mum won't mind"

She shook her head. "I'm sure your mother's got enough to worry abut with six people from the future, let alone seven"

Chris smiled, "I just hope you'll be alright"

"I will be, Wyatt wouldn't try to use me to get to you, and he knows how dangerous that could be. He thinks that if you get too angry with him, your powers might unbind," Chris smiled knowingly.

"Alright" he said "Bye sweetie" he kissed Rosie's cheek. He straightened up, and held out his hands to Harry. Harry orbed to him. They disappeared, leaving only a golden light, emanating from where they had stood.

Chris re-emerged from the portal, a little boy in his hands. Penny, Pia, Patty, Phil, and Wyatt recognised the child. "Harry!" Thaey all said at once.

"This is the acclaimed Harry?" Asked piper

"Isn't he a little small?" asked Paige,

"Mum! Aunty Piper!" scolded Penny "Be nice"

Phoebe looked understanding "Well, he is Wyatt's age so I do understand now why Wyatt wanted him so much"

Harry heard her say Wyatt. "Do they mean Uncle Wyatt, Daddy?" Harry asked Chris.

"They do" he affirmed, "Go play with him" he indicated Wyatt, and Harry orbed over and started chatting.

"Uncle Wyatt?" repeated Phoebe

"Daddy?" asked Piper

"Uh… yeah"

"I think you forgot to mention something, kiddo" Paige said, laughing

"I think so!" said Piper

"Maybe we should wait for Leo…" he sad creeping away.

"Fine! I'll get him" said Piper "LEO"

Chris groaned as Leo orbed in.

"Your son has some explaining to do" she said, to Leo "We now have six people from the future, including Chris"

"Where'd they all come from, and who are they?"

"Well. We have Penny Cleaner, Pia, Patty and Phil Dean, and Harry Haliwell."

"Who are…"

"Paige's daughter, Phoebe's triplets, and my son." Interrupted Chris

"Your son?"

"Harry" he indicated the boy playing with Wyatt. "Harry, come here" he said to him. Harry orbed.

"Daddy, Uncle Wyatt's nice in this time"

"Yes, he is. Harry, this is your grandma, and your grandpa, and your great aunts, Phoebe and Paige"

"Hello Granny and Gramps, Gweat Auny Phoebe, Gweat Auny Paige"

They all laughed at Harry's pronunciation of 'Great Aunty' "Go play" said Chris, and he orbed over to Wyatt again.

"Last week, I only had one son, who was nearly two years old. Now I have two sons, and a grandson!" Leo was blown over, as was Piper

"Don't forget four nieces!" piped up the triplets.

"How the hell do they do that?" mused Piper

"We have a telepathic bond, so we can say exactly the same thing, as we think it."

"But how do you move in sync"

"We don't know, we've always done it" Chris looked at them eyebrows raised.

"Stop annoying them, if you want me to take you on a tour tomorrow"

"Tour! Isn't that kinda personal gainy? And dangerous?"

"We'll be invisible, and it's not personal gain, we have a mission to complete at the same time." Piper nodded

"And who will be babysitting Harry and Wyatt, because we are coming too"

"No, you're not, mum, and Harry can come with me. This tour is strictly for future people only."

She frowned at him. "That's not quite fair. And I don't think that Harry will be much a help on any mission."

"Harry's coming. I'm not going to leave him here, where any random demon could come and get him without me knowing while I'm gone"

"Honestly Chris, we won't let 'any random demon' get him. We can look after him if a demon comes" Chris raised his eyebrows, and so did Penny, Pia, Patty, and Phil.

"I doubt it," said Penny.

"Why do you seem so sure that we can't keep the demons away from him?"

"Trust us, you can't" said all the future people, minus Harry.

Piper looked hurt. Chris relented "You can look after him tonight, while the rest of us future people do something, if you can keep the demons away from him, you can look after him tomorrow, if you still want to" He froze, hearing something. "I've gotta go, Penny, Pia, Patty, Phil, look after Harry for me okay?" They nodded, looking Chris straight in the eyes, as he orbed out. The moment he had gone, there was a deadly silence in the room, apart from Harry's constant jabbering. "And then my mummy told you to go away and 'Kaboom' she threw a ball of anergy at you, and den my daddy orbed in, coz you were gonna kill mummy but daddy stopped you, and you let mummy go" Penny smiled, remembering the day. That was when they had met Rosie. Chris had saved her and they had formed a bond. It had been when Wyatt was still half good.

"Harry," she said gently "I don't think that you should be telling Wyatt all the bad things he's done. Will do I mean, tell him something else"

Harry immediately started yakking again, this time about some demon or another. Penny realised her mistake immediately. "Not that either Harry!" she exclaimed. But it was too late.

The demon kind of which he had been speaking had just shimmered into the room. Hey headed for Harry. Harry saw them, and greeted them like he knew them very well. "My daddy says that you smell! But I say that you're ugly!" he said.

"Not like that, Harry!" said Penny.

"You'll just make them angry" Said the triplets

Harry smiled widely at them. He waved his hand and a demon came sailing closer to him. He seemed to be inspecting it. Then the clan saw that he was actually strangling their friend. They shimmered next to him, and grabbed his hands. "No!" Cried the future girls. Harry was still smiling at the demons.

Wyatt looked worried. "Harry!" Harry saw Wyatt. He grinned at him, and orbed to him. Wyatt immediately put up his shield, covering him and Harry. Harry looked disappointed, and frowned at Wyatt. It seemed they were having a telepathic conversation. Harry sighed, a little cute sigh. He waved his hands. The demons vanished. All seven P's gaped at him. "Where'd the demon's go, Harry?" Asked Penny.

"Uncle Wyatt says that demons bad. He says that my daddy helps destroy them, and so does his mummy. Uncle Wyatt says that demons are dangerous, and I should stay away from them."

Piper, Phoebe, Paige, Penny, Pia, Patty, and Phil looked surprised "Wyatt said that?" all of them said at thee same time, and the latter four "And Harry listened" Harry started telling them all about every demon he'd ever met, resulting in an assortment of confused demons, some of them ghosts, appearing in the attic. Harry said "I forgot how to make them go away" he giggled. "Daddy" Chris orbed in. He saw the assortment of demons.

He sighed deeply "Harry," he scolded affectionately. He waved his hand, and the demons all disappeared.

"Why'd you let them live, why didn't you vanquish them?" asked Piper

"Relax, mum, I battle some of them in future, and I don't want the future being stuffed up"

"Why don't you just send every demon you ever face away"

"Because, it's impractical, they come back if you do that"

"Daddy! Uncle Wyatt says that you must be clever!"

"Yes, ahh… thanks… I think"

Later that night, Piper, Phoebe, and Paige had decided that they wouldn't look after Harry, because that many demons would really be a problem. Chris had explained that it was one of Harry's powers that, if he was thinking of a demon, or said it's name aloud, it would appear, weather it was dead or alive, it would come to him. He explained it wAs one of his new powers and that it wasn't completely in control yet. "Hell, I was ten when I got that power, and it took me a month to control that power!" He's only two and a bit, it's going to take him a bit longer than a month."

Penny laughed, remembering when Chris had first gotten that power. He hadn't gone to school for a month, because one day when he did, fifty demons had come in. The rest of the students at magic school weren't used to so many demons, and many had proved useless. Chris couldn't even actually stay on earth, and had been sent Up There. He'd gotten his power under control, but the elders had gotten very tired of vanquishing demons, and given him the power to send them away. Then they'd slept for a further month. Chris had been in great demand all over the world, because the elders and whitelighters couldn't help any witches. So Chris told them that he had decided not to go out. Harry was still jabberng on, about demons, but itt seemed that when Chris was in the room, the demons couldn't be conjured. It was part of a spell Chris had placed, which was bound to him and Rosie, it meant that his power wuldn't work if either of them were in the room, unless they wished it. Harry and Wyatt really liked each other, which was totally different in the future, even thpough Harry kept telling Wyatt about all his sins, to Pipers distress. Some of the things Harry recounted were so horrible that she puked, other, she accidently released some of Chris's powers once sending boiling coffee over Harry and Wyatt, who had needed to be healed by Chris.