Chapter 6: Friendly Advice
A/N: Thank you for all your votes. I've decided on... Chris at 16! Just wanted to have a little more angst stuff with Chris. You love me! I own nothing.
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My eyes widened in shock as I saw my cousin Chris orb into the room. "Chris!" mom yelled. Of course she'd recognize him. To her he had recently come from the future. I watched with minimal jealously as she ran up to hug him.
"What are you doing here?" I asked my cousin.
"Couldn't leave you alone", he said smiling slightly for the first time in years, "I'm here to help".
"You two know each other?" mom asked looking from me to Chris and back again.
Chris said, "Of course we know each other. Mel's my..."
What the hell are you doing? I said speaking into Chris' mind. You have to tell her who you are eventually, Chris argued right back into my head. We were used to telepathic conversations like this. It was the only way we could talk with no one overhearing. What for?! I asked indignantly. They're going to have to trust us our we won't be able save anything, Chris replied. Fine, I said finally.
Mom looked really confused by the time we had finished talking (thinking). I cleared my throat.
"Phoebe", I said, "I haven't been completely honest with you. My name is Melinda Prudence Halliwell. I'm your daughter". My mother's jaw dropped. She gasped. Then slowly, very slowly, she nodded.
"You're beautiful", she whispered, "more beautiful than in my vision".
"Oh mom!" I chocked, unable to hold back the tears. I rushed over to where she was standing and embraced her. I never wanted to let her go. My grief was now un concealable. Tears flowed freely down my face. I slowly parted with my mother, trying to pull myself together. I had to keep calm or there would be no chance of saving her.
"About my plan...", I said wiping the tears from my eyes. I wasn't able to finish. I felt a sharp stabbing pain in the back of my head. Then I felt and thought no more. Everything went black...
I heard voices. Aunt Phoebe and Chris were arguing. "We can't go after the demon now! We have to call Leo so he can heal Melinda!" Chris yelled back, " Melinda doesn't want to see Leo right now. Trust me!" I opened my eyes. Actually seeing Leo wasn't such a bad idea. If I did things right I could stop him from being so evil. I could prevent Chris from going through all that pain. "Call Leo", I whispered, " You don't have to talk to him Chris, but I have to talk to him". Chris shot me a quizzical look. I know what I'm doing I thought back.
"LEO!" mom called. Leo orbed in immediately. I was a bit surprised. The Leo of my time had never come when you called him. Never. Leo looked curiously at me. When he was going to start asking questions mom held up her hand to stop him. "Heal now, ask later!" she said gesturing to me.
Leo placed a glowing, healing hand over my head and I felt immediately better. "I'm Mel", I said to my soon to be evil uncle. I pulled him into the kitchen where we could talk privately. "We need to talk". He looked confused, but I had no time for small talk.
"Are you an avatar?" I asked abruptly. The question had him completely taken aback.
"Yes", he answered slowly, "And...?"
"I'm your niece from the future. The avatars aren't telling you everything. They're not evil, but they're not good either. Don't let them change you. Ask questions. Ask for details. You'll be surprised at the answers", I said. Then I added as an afterthought, "Try to be nicer to Chris. Please. Don't ever hurt him. Never again."
Suddenly Leo froze. In fact, the whole room froze. The pendulum on the grandfather clock had frozen in mid swing. The fish had frozen swimming in its bowl. Was aunt Piper here? Then two avatars that I knew simply as Alpha and Gamma appeared in the room.
"We can't have you telling Leo our secrets", Alpha said.
Gamma said, "You're going to have to be taken care of..."
TBC...
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