"Huh?" Chris asked dumbly. He didn't care that it was stupid, or that he looked stupid by just standing there, mouth slightly open in shock. Everyone was whispering to one another, looking to the Hailliwalls then to the shocked Chris.

Chris looked at John. John always knew what to do. But, it didn't seem that way today. His eyes held sadness, and mostly anger. He shook his head to tell his friend that he had no help this time.

Chris looked back at his 'parents.' They had left him, so why are they back? Only one way to find out; ask. Wait, why can't I ask? Talk, damn it!

"I'm sure you have questions." Terri said. Mrs. Halliwall had begun to cry, and her husband was studying Chris. "Come with me into my office and we will explain everything." Terri led the three into a little room with a desk and four chairs stationed in front of it. Everyone watched as they walked away, whispering their thoughts to one another.

Terri sat behind the desk, and the Halliwalls sat in the chairs to the right and the left of Chris, causing him to feel trapped.

"Chris, I'm sure you're very confused right now, and no one can doubt you for that. But, Piper and Leo Halliwall are you biological parents." There was a silence where they all looked at Chris, expecting him to say something but he continued to fidget with his fingers and stare at them, not the people around him. Too bad he could still feel their stares burning into his skin, causing him to feel even more trapped.

'Shit!' was the first word that continuously came to mind.

Terri cleared her throat when she realized that Chris wasn't going to say anything. "I'm sure you're wondering why they have come back for you."

"Chris, we are so sorry." Piper said to her son. The son that she had been chasing after for nine years, the son that had been the only thing on her mind for nine years. Now here he was, just sitting there, right in front of her and all she wanted to do was hug him and lever let go. But Piper realized that that would be uncomfortable and probably unwanted to Chris.

'Sure you are.' Chris thought, but he found that he still could not find his voice to speak and say that out loud.

"There is a good reason why they left you, but it will be hard for you to understand." Terri said, causing Piper and Leo to stop looking at their son and look at Terri with confused expressions on their faces.

"How do you know what happened to Chris?" Leo asked.

"I'm a whitelighter." (gasp from the crowd Very good to everyone who guessed it! Back to fic)

"You're a what?" Chris asked. Ya sure, now he can talk.

"A whitelighter is a magical being who watches over certain witches, their charges, given to them by the Elders." Terri explained.

"Witches? Elders?" Chris asked but he laughed. "Either this is some well thought out plan, or you're all insane. I'm really leaning over to the second one right now." 'Yay! I can talk'

"Chris, listen to me. All of those weird things that you would hear in the night. Me getting unexplained injuries the next morning. Slime, burn marks and things broken everywhere. That was me vanquishing demons, who were after you."

"Now I know you're insane. I don't get how non-of us realized it before!"

"Don't talk to me that way Chris. I have raised you for nine years and I expect you to value that." Terri said sternly, using her motherly authority.

"Yes ma'am." Chris muttered.

"Good. Now listen. An Elder kidnapped you when you were a baby and dropped you off in a church. You were brought to this orphanage. I wasn't the owner of it at that time, but when demons learned that a Charmed Ones son was unprotected, one came to kill you. When the old owner got in the way, she was killed. The Elders soon learned about where you were and sent me to get the orphanage and watch over you."

"Why didn't they tell us where he was?" Piper demanded. Betrayed by the Elders again.

"They thought it best not to tell you. A few Elders only knew the knowledge that Chris was here. They figured that he was safer here. There are still Elders out there who believe that Chris wasn't meant to be. It was a miracle for you to have one child Piper, and another came, completely unexpected. Wyatt was prophesized to be an only child of the eldest Charmed One. Many Elders believe that Chris could be a sleeper, placed inside Piper to kill the Charmed Ones when told."

"That's bullshit!" Piper yelled.

"A charmed what?" Chris asked, obviously not following.

"Yes, I know it is. But the Elders thought it best. They were only looking out for Chris's well being."

"If they wanted him to be safe then they should have just returned him to his parents where he belongs!"

"Now Piper. Calm down." Leo said soothingly. "We have him now and there is nothing they can do about it."

"I'm still in the room!" Chris yelled, getting all of their attention. "I am not understanding any of this. Demons? Elders and Charmed Ones? Magic? This makes no sense at all. So how about we forget about it?" he started to get up and out of his chair but Terri commanded him to sit back down, which he did with an annoyed sigh.

"I know that this must be very difficult for you to take in, but its all true. I'm sure that you've realized that you have done things before. Things that you couldn't explain."

"Well, yeah." Chris said, reluctant to tell them anything. "Like, I've moved things and made things stop. Oh, and if I think about going somewhere too much, I kinda go there. But that's not magic, its just weird shit that happens." Chris didn't bother to not curse. Terri resisted the urge to yell at him, but Piper didn't.

"How is it that your nine years old and you already know that kind of language?" she asked sternly.

Chris looked at her. How dare she just yell at him! She had no right! He wanted to say that, but found that he didn't. That would make her feel bad, and he didn't want to make her feel bad. He just went back to fidgeting with his fingers and watching that like it was interesting.

"Piper, don't yell at him like that." Leo said, catching that Chris didn't like that.

"Now, I'm afraid that we have a slight problem. Another family has already begun to work on adopting Chris."

"What!?" Piper exclaimed.

"Can't you tell them that the biological parents are here for him?"

"These are very powerful people. I'm sure that they would bring you to court and find you as unfit parents. Getting Chris and Wyatt taken away from you."

"Wyatt?" Chris asked.

"Your older brother." Leo told him.

"I have a brother?" At least he wouldn't suddenly turn into an only child. He wouldn't be able to stand that. He was much to used to being surrounded by other kids.

"Yes you do. He didn't come today because he too used to getting all excited that he may finally find his brother back, and then getting let down. He has been waiting for you to come back, Chris." Leo said. Chris found that he liked this man, he was nice.

"So, what do we do?" Piper asked. She wasn't going to lose Chris again. She couldn't.

"Well, he has to go spend a week with the family today. I can't stop that from happening. But he can make up some excuse so that he doesn't have to go live with them."

"But Terri! I don't want to go with them! They're mean!" Chris whined.

"Chris there is nothing I can do. You have to go with them otherwise we will get in trouble. It's only a week."

"Fine. I'll go pack." He stands up in the chair and jumps out of it. Then goes over to the door. When he opens it, every child in the orphanage is waiting by the door, trying to hear what is going on. When they see that they have bee busted, they all run for it.

A/N: Okay, I was planing on going on with this chap, but my sister is nagging on me to get off. It's her turn. I'll get the other one up soon, no worries there. Well, okay, I do take forever to update. But I have four other people in my house who always want the computer!