This Changes Everything

Summary:

It's the new future where things are better. Wyatt isn't evil. The Charmed Ones aren't dead. Magic isn't exposed to the world. Things are all fine and dandy, right? Wrong. At least for fourteen-year old Chris Halliwell. Wyatt is being pampered like a little prince while Chris stands in the backround. It's all about Wyatt. And then there is always being compared to the "Great Chris" who had changed the future for the better. What happens when all of this along with a few new things pushes Chris over the edge?

Disclaimer: Charmed is not mine. It belongs to a whole bunch of people with a lot of money who I don't feel like naming.

A/N: Sorry for spelling and grammar errors. I'm not the best at English.

Chapter 10

Wyatt was scared. If his brother at the moment was evil, then this Chris must be even eviler. "I..I d..don't want any trouble,"he stammered nervously. "If you want to kill me, please spare me."

Chris laughed. "I don't want to kill you Wyatt,"he said softly. "I'm here to help." He strode fowards and picked up Wyatt's Excalibur. "Is this evil?"he asked.

"That's what the younger Chris said,"Wyatt replied, wondering what Chris was going to do.

Chris's hands went all over the blade for a few minutes. He then handed it back to Wyatt. "Shouldn't be evil anymore."

Wyatt gaped at another version of Chris. "What do you mean?"he asked.

"It isn't evil anymore,"Chris replied cheerfully. "So Mom, Dad, and the aunts should be in that cage right?"

Wyatt nodded. "But they can't get out,"he said.

"I'll do something about it." Chris orbed downstairs.

Wyatt, wanting to see what his brother would do, orbed after him. He looked at the man he knew so well from the pictures and decided to leave him alone.

The older Chris didn't say anything. He spread his hands apart, and two very big pillars of flame came into his hands. Wyatt winced as he thought about how hot they might be. Chris put his hands on the sparkling ice cage and watched it melt away.

A few moments later, four shocked figures looked at the older Chris. He wasn't that perplexed by it. "Hello everyone,"he said calmly.

Piper, Leo, Phoebe, and Paige were in a panic as they watched Chris orb away with Wyatt. "He could kill him!"Piper exclaimed.

"I know,"Phoebe moaned.

"And we can't get out!"Leo exclaimed.

"This sucks,"Paige said.

The family sat in silence until Leo clutched his stomach in pain. His eyes watered up and he had to close them. "W-Wyatt,"he choked out before going unconcious.

"He hurt Wyatt!"Piper exclaimed angrily. "I'll punish him!"

"Stop!"Phoebe shouted. "Too much is going on here! I'm going to explode."

That shut Piper up. She stared at her husband's form for a very long time until he woke up.

"What happened?"he asked, confused.

"You dropped unconcious because Chris hurt Wyatt,"Phoebe replied.

Leo's eyes flashed dangerously. "Chris is going to have to pay."

"He'll just kill you,"Paige pointed out. "If I were you Leo, I wouldn't go anywhere near him."

"Shh,"Phoebe whispered. "I hear orbs."

The four adults grew quiet as they heard footsteps coming towards them. The footsteps then stopped while a red light came through one of the sides. The red light came closer and closer until everyone was aware that the cage was melting.

Piper, Leo, Phoebe, and Paige were shocked. There stood the twenty-three year old Chris that they remembered so well. "Hello everyone,"he said to his shocked family.

Chris orbed into the Underworld extremely happy. He had just killed his brother and he had his own Excalibur!

The Council of Demons was waiting for him. "Well?"one of them asked.

Chris opened his mouth to say something, but he felt a familiar presence in his mind. "Damn it!"he shouted aloud. "The bastard is alive!"

"How can that be?"

Chris shrugged. "I don't know. Some whitelighter must've healed him. I have to go after Wyatt again.

A demon in the back stood up. He was the oldest demon and the wisest. "You shouldn't do that,"he said. "What if Wyatt is waiting to hurt you? I think that you should play it safe for a while and stay down here." He smiled maliciously. "Besides, we have some demons for you to kill for us. They are not listening to our plans."

Chris sighed. "If I must,"he said dramatically. "So who should I go after?"

The older Chris stood facing his family. "Hi,"he repeated again. "Ompf!" Chris was immediately bombarded with hugs from the Charmed Ones. He waited until they got off him. "Thanks I guess."

"So why are you here?"Paige asked.

Chris shrugged. "To help with the younger version of myself,"he replied.

"Good,"Piper said,"he killed Wyatt. We need someone to bring him down."

"I'm still alive Mom,"Wyatt pointed out. He was almost right next to Chris.

Piper started to cry and she hugged her son. "I thought that I had lost you,"she whispered.

"Wouldn't be the first time that you lost a son, now would it?"Chris asked.

Piper turned around. "What do you mean?"she asked.

Chris shrugged. "You lost me, didn't you?"he replied.

Piper nodded, her eyes still streaming with tears. "I did,"she choked out. She made to hug Chris again, but he just moved away.

"I remember it all,"he whispered dramatically. "Wyatt being evil, you dying Mom, me coming back to the past to save him, all that happened here, and me dying as well. I also remember another set of memories: the life that this Chris is going through now."

"We still love you,"Piper said.

Chris looked at his mom with an odd expression. "And you show it to me by favoring Wyatt?"he asked quietly. "Just because he has more powers? You have a really good way of showing it!"

"Chris-"Leo started, but he stopped as Chris turned to look at him.

"E tu Dad?"he asked. "I remember the things that I went through to forgive you when I went back to the past. It's pretty hard to do it again. Your assumptions were wrong about Wyatt. He's powerful sure, but so am I, even more than you can imagine. But you never thought for one second that it could be this way. One way or another, you'll always be the same Leo in any time."

These words stung Leo. Bad. His son was right. He would always disappoint Chris. "I'm sorry,"he whispered.

Chris turned to Phoebe. "You did the same thing,"he told his aunt,"and for that it hurts."

Phoebe couldn't say anything.

Chris then faced Paige. "Aunt Paige,"he said, his voice full of emotion,"you were the only one that actually loved me. And for that, I am truly greatful."

"How could I not love you?"Paige asked. "You're my nephew." She hugged Chris again, who openly returned the hug.

The rest of the family stood back, feeling ashamed at themselves.

"So what do we do?"Wyatt asked suddenly.

Chris broke away from the hug. "At the moment 'we' do nothing,"he answered, emphasizing the word "we". "Chris is destroying some demons at the moment which makes things a lot easier on you guys later. After he's done Aunt Paige and I will go find him."

"We all have to go!"Leo exclaimed.

"He won't listen to me if you guys are there,"Chris replied. "He will listen to Paige however."

Once again, everyone except Paige hung their heads in shame.

An upper-level demon ran as fast as he could in the Underworld. He was running away from the already-legend horror that had been talked about in the Underworld. Right now, he was running away from himself.

The younger Chris, of course, was the second demon. He was doing this to amuse himself. Killing anything was amusing, though killing witches gave him a bit more pleasure. Whenever he saw his aurora, the red thing was getting bigger and this pleased him.

The demon tripped. Chris took this oppurtunity to orb next to him and smile. "So what are your last words demon?"he asked softly. Excalibur materialized into his hand.

The demon's eyes widened in fear. "I hope you die,"he spat out venomously.

Chris shook his finger. "Wrong thing to say,"he warned. "Good-bye." Raising Excalibur, he slammed it into the demon's body. Pushing it deeper and deeper, Chris smiled as blood ran out of the demon's body. The demon then disappeared.

Paige and Chris sat in the attic talking about anything, as long as it didn't give away too much of the future. Basically, the two talked about the life that the younger Chris, or both Chris' for that matter, had to endure. He was telling the story of how he received the power of glamouring.

"So Wyatt had just snuck out of the house, and Mom was coming upstairs. I didn't want to give Wyatt away and wanted to look like him for his sake. So Mom came into the room and there I was, like Wyatt! The only bad thing was that she didn't see the real me anywhere so she decided to punish me."

Paige shook her head sadly. "I'm sorry that I couldn't have helped you with your powers Chris,"she said sadly.

Chris shrugged. "It's alright,"he replied. "In fact, the blame lies with me. I didn't want to tell you because I was afraid that you'd tell Mom or Dad and they wouldn't care. I was too scared of what Mom and Dad would do back then. I think that's one of the big reasons why I went evil for a while because I wasn't scared of what my parents would do to me. I felt like-"

"You could do whatever you want,"Paige finished. She smiled pleasantly. "I felt like that too when I first got my powers."

Chris smiled. "Then we are so much alike. I'm glad that I have you Aunt Paige."

"Me too."

Chris stood up and started to pace around. "You'll have to watch me,"he said seriously,"the next few years."

Paige was perplexed. "What do you mean?"she asked.

Chris nodded. "What I just said. Promise me that you'll look after my younger self,"he said. "You've done it in both of my memories, but I need that promise."

"Of course I will,"Paige exclaimed, jumping up. "I would never do that to you!"

"Just remember that when the time comes,"Chris whispered sadly. He left the attic, leaving Paige to think of his cryptic message.

A few hours later, Chris orbed in. When he spotted Leo, he walked over to his father. Everyone backed away. "I have a question for you Dad,"he hissed.

"What is it?"Leo asked, a bit startled at the angry look on his son's face.

"Why didn't you ever listen to the Elders?"

"What?" Leo was confused.

"The Elders tried to tell you many numerous times about the powers that I had, but you didn't listen! Why is that?"

"I don't remember that,"Leo muttered defiantly.

"That's because you spent too much time focused on Wyatt! I'm ashamed of you and then you do something worse! If you would've listened to the Elders, perhaps none of this would've happened."

"But they never told me that,"Leo told everyone.

"Come to think of it,"Wyatt said,"the Elders did mention Chris a lot...."

Chris was seething. "I never knew this!" He took a deep breath and turned to his aunt Paige. "Come on Aunt Paige,"he said,"we're going to go save him."

Paige nodded. "Of course."

The two half-whiteligters disappeared, leaving the remaining Halliwells more confused than ever.

A/N: Hope you like it........