The Mistakes We Make
Disclaimer: I don't own Charmed.
Summary: The new future that Chris had strived to create is now here, except for one thing. The new Chris doesn't know anything about magic. It's all hidden from him, but yet he knows something is going on. When something happens, will the Halliwells regret not letting Chris know about magic?
A/N: Please note that this story has nothing to do with my other one, This Changes Everything. It's completely different. Please forgive me for bad spelling and grammar errors... I hope that you enjoy it!
Chapter 3
Keeping Secrets
When Chris was at his party, most of the Halliwell family had gathered upstairs in the attic. They were going to go demon hunting soon.
"When are you going to tell Chris our secret Piper?"Phoebe asked.
Piper shrugged. "Just not now. His life is going so well"she answered. Truth be told, Piper didn't really feel like ever telling Chris the family secret."
"He's suspecting something,"Phoebe replied. "I can feel it. Every time we come back from our vanquishings, he knows that something is up."
Piper shook her head. "He still has some time to have a normal life,"she retorted.
"But Mom,"Wyatt said gently,"you know that with each passing year, the binding gets weaker. Sooner or later, his powers are going to break free."
"And when they do, Chris is going to want to get answers,"Leo finished.
Piper sighed. "Fine,"she announced. "I'll tell him. But in a month. I want to give him some more time with a normal life. Because after that talk, his life will never be the same again."
Paige orbed into the room with Jack, Bobby, Melinda, and Prue with her. "Sorry everyone,"she said breathing a bit heavily,"had to take all of them from Magic School. So what were you talking about?"
"Piper has finally decided to tell Chris about magic in a month,"Leo told Paige.
"Yeah,"Phoebe said after hugging her two daughters,"finally."
Paige frowned and looked at her two sons. They both gave her the same look. Paige looked up again. "You guys,"she said slowly"I think that Chris may already know about magic."
"What?"came a number of voices.
"How?"Piper asked, looking at Paige.
Paige took a deep breath. "Yesterday when we all came home from vanquishing those Swarm Demons, the boys and I went up to Chris' room to check on him. When we got there, we heard someone orbing. I opened the door and Chris was only there. I think that he got his powers Piper."
Piper groaned. This was not at all how she planned for Chris to find out about his powers. She hoped that when he had graduated from high school, his powers still wouldn't have been unbinded somehow and he was perfectly unaware of magic. Then she would tell him about magic, he could start training to use his powers, and things would be all fine.
"I'll sense for him,"Leo said. "I should be able to tell if he has his powers or not." Leo closed his eyes. When he reopened them, he shook his head. "Chris is at his friend's house by now. I don't sense any powers in him yet. So I think that we're safe for now."
Paige shrugged as everyone looked at her. "I could've sworn that I heard someone orb in his room. Didn't you two hear it?"she asked her children.
The twins nodded vigorously. "We did,"Jack said. Or was it Bobby? It was very hard to tell the two apart. They both had black hair, blue eyes, and were both the same height. When they were younger, they had worn different colored clothing, but now, at ten, they were too 'cool' to dress with different colors.
"Maybe he does,"Phoebe said,"maybe he doesn't. We'll just have to keep a close eye on him."
"Agreed,"Leo said. "Now you guys go fight some demons."
It was a few days after Chris met the strange man. He didn't see the man again, and Chris was starting to get a bit suspicious.
Of course, he didn't have any time to do anything because of his family. Now they were on him all the time. They constantly followed him around as if trying to find something out. Also, Chris felt Phoebe pushing in his mind a few times. It must've been one of her powers or something. Luckily, Chris' power that had something to do with water, shielded his mind from these attacks.
Chris was walking home after soccer practice, alone. Piper had told him that she couldn't pick him up so Chris had to walk home. He didn't really mind because it gave him a chance to think of recent events.
"Hello Chris,"said a voice to his right.
Chris slowly turned around to see the man from a few days ago. "Hello,"he responded. "Did you want something?"
The man nodded. "I do. I want you to come with me to the Underworld so I can start training you."
Chris raised an eyebrow. "Underworld?"he repeated. "Sounds evil."
"It isn't. People only think it's evil. Come with me Chris and you will have complete control over your powers that you have so far."
Chris shrugged. The guy didn't sound too vicious. In fact, he sounded like a kind person who just wanted to help out another magical being. "Let me just drop my things off at home,"he replied cheerfully. "And then I'll have to tell my parents that I'm at a friend's house."
"Your family probably won't be home."
Chris tilted his head sideways and looked at the stranger. It was odd that he trusted a man that he knew nothing about. "Why?"he asked inquisitively.
"Because they are out hunting my kind,"the man said sadly. He shook his head.
Chris' mouth widened. "Why would they kill people like you? They're good!"
"No they aren't! They're actually evil in a way. My kind is called evil, but our plan is for the good of the whole world. Your family of witches wants to put the world into destruction."
Chris frowned. "Why wouldn't they tell me though?"
"Because they didn't want you in that life,"the man replied smugly. Chris didn't notice the tone. He just looked sad at that. "They didn't want you causing evil. And I'm glad because if you were told of their second life a long time ago, you wouldn't be helping me. Now why don't you let me take you home and then we can go to the Underworld."
Chris nodded. "Alright." He put a hand in the man's extended one, and the man made them disappear.
It was the next day. Chris had come back from the Underworld, feeling a lot happier with his powers. With the help of the man, who he now knew to be Fresmer, he had a lot more control of his powers.
Fresmer told Chris that he had control over some of the elements. Fresmer also said that he wouldn't be surprised if Chris controlled all of them. Chris was surprised greatly at this, but felt pretty cool that he might have great powers.
Like water gave Chris the power to block mental attacks, both fire and wind gave Chris a special ability as well. Fire gave Chris the power to react with other magical powers the way that Chris wanted it to and wind gave Chris the power to create a big shield out of wind. Mind you, he still had a hard time controlling the new effects of his powers. It took two hours for Chris to finally be able to keep his shield up for more than five minutes. And let's not even get started on reacting with other powers...
Fresmer seemed a bit disappointed, but he didn't let it show. He smiled at Chris and told him that he would send Chris home now. "I'll contact you again sometime this week,"he said. "Meanwhile, don't let your family know of your powers. It's very crucial to our plan."
Chris nodded even though he didn't know the plan. All he assumed was that it was good. "Alright."
Fresmer waved his hand and sent Chris back to his room in the manor.
Before dinner that night, Piper walked into Chris' room. "Hi Chris,"she said, biting her lip.
Chris looked up from his homework. Instantly, he knew that his mom was nervous about something. "Hi Mom,"he answered cheerfully,"is something up?"
Piper shrugged. "Not really. So has anything new happened with you?"
Chris immediately took this question as,"Did you discover your powers yet?" Not wanting to disappoint Fresmer, he shook his head slowly. "Nothing's new really. I aced anAlgebra test though."
Piper's face cleared up with relief. She quickly replaced that look with one of joy. "That's great! You're so smart! Dinner will be in fifteen minutes." Piper quickly left the room.
Chris sighed in relief. This was going to be very hard.
"I don't think he has discovered his powers yet,"Piper said quietly to her husband and her two sisters. "I asked him and he said no. He looked very confused too."
"But that doesn't mean that he hasn't discovered them,"Paige shot back.
"I tried to read his thoughts,"Phoebe said,"but I got nothing. Not some nonsense, but nothing. It's like his mind was blocked off from my attacks."
"Maybe it's a side-effect of the potion,"Piper exclaimed.
"I could always read it before,"Phoebe said.
"Read what?"a voice asked.
The four adults jumped and faced Chris, who was standing there looking at them.
"Ummm she could read this incredibly tough book before but now she can't,"Leo replied lamely.
Chris eyed his family as if they were crazy. "Okay,"he said. "I'll just be upstairs in my room until dinner." He turned around and left the kitchen.
The four adults sighed with relief. "Good thing Leo made up that quick lie",Piper said.
"But who can tell if he really believed it?"Paige retorted. "Phoebe doesn't have a clue and neither do we."
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