AN: Thanks to darkdestiney2000, Faith-charmer, Red-rumm, Chris Drew Lover, Thedifferentone, Karone Evertree, ilovedrew88, Alexandra-Halliwell, Shadow Fox I, Rose, scullymulder1234, and pyhp
HEY GUYS, I ACTUALL HAVE THE NEXT COUPLE OF CHAPTER FINISHED OFF, INCLUDING THE END. I'M HOPING TO GET 245 REVIEWS BEFORE I POST THAT LAST CHAPTER, SO I HOPE YA GUYS WILL HELP ME WITH THAT
NOTES
Faith-charmer: We should just start a 'we-HATE-Bianca' fan club. Chris can definitely do better
Karone Evertree: Thanks for the review. Glad you're enjoying the story. I just wanted to point a few things out. Paige isn't in elderland anymore. She and Wyatt are at P3. Also, Chris stayed behind with Piper and the others in chapter 14. If you look at the end, you'll see that he's there when they realize Phoebe blabbed something. Just wanted to clear that up.
ilovedrew88: To your first review: Glad you managed to get through those chapters and still want to read more. LOL. I'm glad we agree on the whole 'Bianca is evil' thing. Asked Faith-charmer if she wanted to start a 'we-HATE-Bianca club'. You can join if you want to. On the Cole note, though, I don't really like him all that much either. I only read Phoebe-Cole stories when I have absolutely nothing to do. I also can't stand the whole Piper-Cole stories. Hello, Piper's married to Leo. (I'm in denial – the writers of Charmed are fu - ehem, messing up this whole new season) The thing is, I went over all of Phoebe's dumb boyfriends (and there have been plenty) and the only one I could stomach was Cole. I was too lazy to think of another character that she could marry. Yes Phoebe is a blabber mouth, but I thought that would be funny. I'm sorry if you didn't like it. As for Wyatt and Paige – you must be psychic, because that's how I wrote this chapter. Wow – that's long
Alexandra-Halliwell: LOL
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
WYATT AND PAIGE
"And that's how it all happened," Paige said.
"Wow," Wyatt said, with surprise. "That's very ... so now Dad's an avatar, and he tried to kill you?"
"Well, it wouldn't be the first time he killed someone," Paige replied, thinking back to Zorba.
"I can't believe it. I've never thought of Dad like that," Wyatt said.
"Neither did we. When Piper told us about it ... it was shocking," Paige said.
Wyatt nodded. "But you guys attacked the elders while in those cool forms on the blue moon. That must have been incredibly awesome," He said.
"Eh, it was a relief to try and talk some sense into those idiots up there," She replied.
Wyatt glanced at the clock. "We should get back to the manor before Aunt Phoebe spills everything to the past selves."
"Oh, we should have thought of that before," Paige said, getting up as Wyatt did. Then she stopped. "Wait, where's Leo?"
Wyatt paled considerably more than he had earlier that day. "You don't think he heard everything we said, do you?"
Paige considered this, then shook her head. "No, I think if he had heard us talking, he would have made some comment."
"Still, he knows Piper's my Mom," Wyatt said with a little concern, surprisingly sounding like Leo.
"Paige! Wyatt!" A voice called in the two heads.
"Mom!" "Piper!"
Paige looked at Wyatt. "We'll worry about Leo later. Right now let's see what's going on."
Wyatt nodded and the two orbed out.
THE MANOR
Orbs filled the room, forming into Paige and Wyatt. Both stared, shocked at the scene before them. Prue lay on the ground next to a smashed-in window, blood trickling from her mouth. Phoebe was fighting what looked like Balthazar, Past Phoebe was gasping underneath the hold of a demon while Past Piper was out cold. They finally noticed Piper off to the side trying to fend for an unconscious Chris. She caught Paige and Wyatt, and cried, "Look out!"
Wyatt spun around to see a demon behind him with some potion in his hand. Wyatt jumped to getting rid of him, lifting his arm and sending him flying through the room. Then he spun back around, and threw out his arms, freezing the whole room. He ran to his Mother and Chris first, concerned for their safety.
"What happened?" He asked.
Phoebe fell backwards and relaxed onto the floor. "Cole just showed up with a crowd of demons," She panted.
"What!? Uncle Cole?" Wyatt demanded. He looked at the frozen Balthazar above.
"It's a good thing you caught him in that form, or else he wouldn't have frozen," Paige acknowledged.
"Can you heal?" Past Phoebe asked worriedly.
"Yeah," Wyatt said, jumping up and over to Prue. He healed her, and then moved on to the past version of his Mother. Seconds later they were sitting up with a groan.
"What's wrong with him?" Wyatt asked, sitting beside Chris.
"I'm not sure. Cole said something about Chris having to take a nap, and then threw this potion at him. Now he's unconscious," Piper said, brushing Chris's dark hair back.
"Was that whole demon attack supposed to happen?" Prue mumbled.
"No. That never happened while we were here," Phoebe said with some concern. "Umm Wyatt, could you ..." She gestured to the frozen demons around them.
"Yeah," Wyatt replied, distractedly. The demons orbed away leaving just the little group of witches. Everyone gathered around Chris nervously.
"Is he going to be okay?" Past Piper asked worriedly.
"I don't know," Wyatt replied. "Maybe ... should we take him to magic school?"
"Are you serious? Gideon's still here. If I were to see him, I'd instantly have him killed," Piper snapped.
"Gideon. The elder who betrayed you, right?" Prue asked, her blood beginning to boil at the thought of some crazed elder trying to kill a toddler.
"To him we're just some whitelighters in need of help. He doesn't need to know anything else. Besides, they could find out what's wrong with Chris. They have a great infirmary," Wyatt replied.
"It's worth a shot," Paige said. She took a sidelong glance at Prue, which Past Piper noticed.
"Why doesn't Prue go with you future gang? Phoebe and I can manage on our own, right Pheebs?"
"Sure, why not. Get to see each other again and stuff," Pat Phoebe replied.
"You told them!?" Wyatt exclaimed, looking towards Phoebe.
"Yell at me later, get help for Chris now," She said,
"Here, take my hands," Paige said. Phoebe took one, and Prue took the other. Piper grabbed Wyatt's hand, and he held onto Chris. Then they all orbed away.
Past Piper turned to Past Phoebe as there was a knock at the door.
"Now who could that be?" She demanded. (For those of you who don't remember, in the earlier chapters Dan had stopped by, and this is when he stops by again. Not significant in the plot or anything, I just didn't want you to think it was some big bad.)
MAGIC SCHOOL
The group of six appeared in an infirmary. One of the nurses looked up with confusion. "Can I ... help you?" She asked. "You're the Charmed Ones."
"We need help. Our friend has had a potion thrown at him, and he's been unconscious since," Prue said, taking control. "We need to know what the potion does, and how to fix it."
"Of course. We'll get right to it," The nurse said. She glanced at Paige and Wyatt, and then at Chris, before they put him on one of the little tables.
"Molly? I didn't know you were a nurse," Paige said.
"Sorry, do I know you?" Molly asked.
"We met a while ago," Paige said, thinking to the fact that this was one of the teachers at magic school when she runs it.
The woman nodded her head, and then began to look Chris over. "What did the potion look like, and who threw it?" She asked.
"A demon known as Balthazar," Phoebe growled.
"The potion was a dark blue," Piper filled in.
"A demon threw it?" Molly asked, looking up. "It could be a power stripping potion."
"Naw, we've seen that used on Chris before, and he wasn't unconscious when it happened," Paige replied.
Molly looked thoughtful. "It sounds almost like a sleeping potion." Then she bit her bottom lip.
"Why's that bad?" Prue asked.
"Well, why would a demon use a sleeping potion?" Paige replied. "I mean, think about it. They want their victims dead, not alive."
"Do you think he knew who we were?" Wyatt asked worriedly. "The demon coming after me had a potion in his hand."
"Maybe," Piper said softly. "Now that I think about it, they didn't do much to me, either. Well, Past me."
"They were quick to get Prue out of the way, and were working on both Phoebes," Paige said. "What if, when evil Chris was here, he got help from the demons, and ended up telling them his future, which is simply a reverse of morals here."
"No wonder they attacked us," Prue said. "But if they know about Chris and Wyatt, they probably know about you, too, Paige."
"Well this is one big mess," Piper snapped with annoyance. She turned to Wyatt. "When you get back you are grounded for the rest of your life. I don't care how old you are."
"If anything happens to Chris, I think I'd kill myself," Wyatt said, watching his younger brother as Molly walked out of the room to give them some time. Phoebe wrapped a comforting arm around Wyatt's shoulder.
"Don't worry, Wy. He'll be fine," She said, trying to sound reassuring.
"Yeah," Was all Wyatt could say.
Piper looked at Paige and Prue, who seemed a little awkward there. "Why don't you two go to the library and try and find anything about this potion," She suggested.
"There are too many books in there," Paige replied.
"I think it's a good idea," Phoebe backed up, looking at Prue sadly. The older sister nodded. "Alright then, let's go check it out," Prue said. She and Paige walked out of the room. Leaving Piper, who two sons, and Phoebe.
"I think I'll go try and do ... something. Leave you guys here for some time alone," She said.
"Fine," Piper said, her voice almost cracking.
"Don't worry. We'll wake him up and get all of us home. Don't worry," She said.
"I hope so," Piper replied, holding tight to Wyatt's hand, Chris's in the other.
Phoebe nodded, and then backed out of the room. Maybe there was some class she could go to, get some extra learning done. Yeah, that sounded like a good idea. She went off to do just that.