After having one of his Dad's famous sandwiches, Chris went with his parents to the attic to look for Excalibur, just as he had done in the many loops before. This time, however, they were also looking for the Spirit Board, which had not been used in a long time. After finding Excalibur on top of a cupboard covered in dust, and then locating the Spirit Board on the top shelf inside the same cupboard, the decision was made to wait until Phoebe and Paige came home that night before trying to use it to make contact with the ghost. Chris then orbed to P3 to get some of his old clothes, so that he could have a shower and clean up. Of course, this is where he accidentally saved Jeni's parents, which would prevent him from ever meeting her. A distraught Chris then returned to the Manor almost ready to give up on everything. After having a long shower and thinking everything through, he joined the rest of his family who were patiently waiting for an explanation as to his behaviour at P3. Paige promised him that she would contact Jeni's parents in London and let them know what had happened, and that she would make sure that Chris would still get to meet her, and that part of his future would not be changed. After overcoming that crisis, they all decided it was best to wait until morning to use the Spirit Board, as it had gotten very late. A very relieved Chris decided to sleep on the couch in the Living Room again, and the rest of the family adjourned to their bedrooms.

"No! No! What do you want? I can't reach you!" Leo yelled out in his sleep.

Piper jumped up with the sudden noise and then turned to Leo lying next to her, shaking him in an effort to wake him from his nightmare.

"Leo! Leo, wake up. You're dreaming!" She urged him.

It took a few minutes but eventually Leo opened his eyes and sat up, breathless and still shaken from his vivid dream.

"Are you okay?' Piper asked concerned.

Leo didn't answer her straight away, as he was still trying to regain his composure and get his breathing back to normal.

"Wow!" He finally said.

"What happened?" Piper asked him.

"Did you dream it too?" Leo asked her.

"No. I didn't have any dreams that I can remember." Piper answered him, and then realised, "You've had one of the dreams Chris was talking about, haven't you."

Leo nodded, "Yes, but this was so much more powerful than the ones we had a few months ago."
"What was this one about?" Piper asked.

"It was very mixed up," Leo said trying to make sense of what he had just dreamt. "Dark figures and circles again."

"Every dream has had that, I hope we find out what the hell that means." Piper said to him.

Leo put his hands to his face and rubbed his eyes, and then kept them closed trying to visualize again what his dream had just shown him.

"You were calling out to someone and asking them what they wanted." Piper said trying to help him remember, "And you said something about not being able to reach them."

Leo opened his eyes, "I remember." He said looking at her. "And I think I know who is sending us the dreams. I saw him very clearly and he's a ghost."

"Who?" Piper asked.

"Do you remember Clyde?" Leo asked her.

"Clyde who?" Piper asked, the penny not yet dropping.

"He was the ghost from the past, a malevolent spirit who helped me take Paige back to visit her past and overcome her issues with her parents?"

"Oh, that Clyde, yes of course I remember him." Piper said nodding her head.

"Well, I saw him very clearly in my dream." Leo said.

"Well that doesn't mean he sent the dreams, Leo, we've both seen a lot people in our dreams, but they didn't send them." Piper queried him.

"Yes, but no one else has been a ghost." He reasoned. "And everyone else has been relevant to what was going on at the time. I wasn't even thinking about Clyde."

"No, but we were thinking about ghosts, so maybe your subconscious made you dream about him." Piper suggested.

Leo considered what Piper had just said. "Maybe you're right. I don't know anymore, but there's one way we can find out, we'll summon him." Leo said.

Leo looked at the clock and saw it was almost 7.00am.

"We'll wake everyone up, and after breakfast we'll summon him and try to get some answers." Leo decided.

"Fine, I just hope we do finally get some answers because this is really starting to annoy me." Piper said as she got out of bed.

Later that morning Paige, Phoebe, Piper and Chris were all waiting in the Living Room when Leo orbed in.

"The kids are safe at Magic School, okay, let's do this." He said impatiently.

"Who is this Clyde again?" Chris asked.

"He's a ghost from the past," Paige explained, "He helped Leo and I travel to the past to deal with some issues I had with my parents."

"Like in that Christmas story?" Chris asked.

"Yes, I believe that was him." Leo stated.

"So, where's the summoning spell?" Chris asked.

"You don't summon him the normal way," Piper told him.

"Clyde ignores them." Leo said, "There's only one way to get Clyde down here." Then Leo shouted angrily, "Clyde! Get your butt down here you fetid worm from the bog of eternal stench!"

"What are you doing?" Chris asked, very surprised.

"You've got to make him mad." Phoebe answered Chris.

"Well, that'll do it." Chris mumbled to himself as Leo continued.

"Your mother was a chunky substance from a gin cesspool. And she smelled bad too!"

They all waited. Nothing happened.

"That should have worked." Leo said.

"It worked last time," Piper advised.

"In my dream, I was trying to reach him, but couldn't. Maybe that's why he's attempting to make contact. He might be trapped somewhere and needs our help?" Leo surmised.

"We should use the spirit board." Chris suggested.

"I'll get it from the attic." Leo said just before he disappeared in a cloud of orbs.

Everyone else walked into the Dining Room where Leo met them with spirit board in hand. He placed it on the table as each person sat down around it.

"Everyone put a finger on the pointer," Phoebe requested, "And close your eyes and concentrate. Leo you can ask the questions."

They all did as they were told as Leo asked. "Who is sending us these dreams?"

Everyone opened their eyes, as immediately the pointer started moving towards the letters on the board. They all watched as it spelled out C-L-Y-D-E.

"Clyde. You were right Leo." Piper said to him.

Leo nodded to Piper and then asked his next question. "Why have you been trying to contact us?"

They all watched once again as the pointer spelled out T-I-M-E-

A-R-A-D-O-X.

"Time paradox?" Phoebe questioned when she worked out what the letters had spelled out.

"What's a time paradox?" Paige asked.

"I've studied a lot about time." Chris answered her. "Considering all the travelling."

"Do you know what it means?" Piper asked him.

"Isn't it when time continually repeats itself or something like that?" Leo asked Chris.

"Sort of, the example given in books is say you go back in time and kill your grandmother, then of course, you could not be born, which in turn would bring it about that you could not have travelled to the past, thus you could not have killed your grandmother, which means now you would be born, so you can go to the past and kill your grandmother. And so it goes on and on and on. A paradox."

"But none of us killed our grandmother?" Phoebe queried.

"No that was just an example Phoebe, what it means is changing an event in the past can cause a paradox," Chris said trying not to laugh at her question. Then it occurred to him.

"Do you think I've caused a paradox somehow?" Chris asked, concerned.

"Let's find out." Leo said and then asked, "Did Chris cause a paradox?"

The answer was immediate. Y-E-S.

Everyone sat there stunned for a second, until Chris broke the silence, "My God, I had no idea."

"I don't feel like we're living the same day over and over again." Phoebe said.

"It doesn't have to be a day, Phoebe, this isn't Groundhog Day, it can be years that we're living over and over again." Leo said to her.

"Let's think about this for a minute." Chris said pausing before he continued. "The first Chris goes back in time to 2003 from 2026 and then time continues on until 2027 when I go back in time again, this time to 2005. What if something happens now to make sure we never go past 2027. Something happens to make me go back in time again. The dreams have come in all those years I've just mentioned."

"Yes, but there could have been other years and other dreams that you just don't know about." Leo said to Chris. "We can't guess at this, we'll ask." Leo then asked, "How do we stop the time paradox?"

The pointer started moving again to spell out, D-O-N-O-T

"Do not -" Phoebe said, but was interrupted as they all jumped when someone orbed in behind them. Startled by the sudden intrusion, they all took their fingers off the pointer, in turn breaking the connection.

"Leo, we've being trying to contact you." Odin, an Elder, said urgently.

"I'm sorry, Odin, I've been deep in concentration here, I mustn't have heard you."

"There are many demon attacks happening around the city, we need the sisters to go out immediately to stop them." He implored.

"Wyatt!" Chris exclaimed.

"I can't go," Piper protested. "I've got to stay here with Chris. What if Wyatt comes after him."

"I'll stay," Leo told her. "You go with your sisters, and if you need my help just call."

Phoebe who had gone into the kitchen to grab some potions returned and said, "Okay, I've got a heap of potions, we'd better go."

With that Paige and Piper moved next to her.

Piper gave a trusting look to Leo, before she orbed out with her sisters.

Odin orbed out at the same time.

Chris looked back at the spirit board and noticed the pointer was vibrating.

"Dad, what does that mean?" Chris asked him.

They watched as it then started moving all by itself. Adding more to the sentence it had just started.

Y-O-U-R

"Your?" Leo questioned.

"Do not save your," Chris said.

"What the hell?" Leo asked. "What is that supposed to mean?"

"It means to stop the paradox something will happen to cause you to have to save someone, and Clyde is telling you not to." Chris concluded.

"I can't do that." Leo said firmly.

"You may have to, Dad. If it's the only way." Chris said to him, and then continued, "Look, believe me, I don't like the sound of this any more than you do, but I also do not want to be responsible for a never ending time paradox."

"Put your finger back on the pointer." He ordered Chris.

"Why what are you going to ask?" Chris queried as he did as he was told.

Leo answered him by asking the question, "Do not save my what?"

The pointer did not move.

"He must be all out of energy, or with just you and me there is not enough power to channel him." Chris worked out.

"Chris, I can't watch someone die because a spirit we think is Clyde is telling me to. I won't do that." He said firmly.

Before Chris could answer he could see Leo was being called.

"What is it?" He asked his Dad.

"It's Piper, she needs me." Leo said looking at Chris.

"Well, go, quickly, she might be hurt." Chris said to him.

"I'll be right back." Leo said as he orbed out.

Chris was only alone for a few seconds before he heard someone orb in behind him. He turned, knowing exactly who it would be. Wyatt stood in front of him, confidently holding a sword of his own.

"Hello, Wyatt," Chris said to him, then his eyes moved down to the sword Wyatt was holding.

"You noticed I've come prepared. I must say I am surprised that you are not." Wyatt said noticing that Chris did not have Excalibur.

Everyone had been so busy trying to work out the mystery of the dreams, that he had not had time to even think about Excalibur. He should have been training, preparing for this showdown he knew would be coming. Unfortunately that had not happened. Even though he did not stand much of a chance against Wyatt with Excalibur, Chris knew he stood no chance at all against Wyatt without the power from the magical sword, and so without saying a word he orbed to the attic in hope of getting to Excalibur before Wyatt could get to him.