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Chapter 8 - That Was Easy

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Disclaimer: I own nothing about the show charmed. : ( Just the ones that I made up. : )

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He appears in the sitting room of the Halliwell Marmoreal Museum.

Chris - I can not believe him. Our family heritage, in glass display.

He waves his hands and all the museum supplies gather up and he places them outside. He grabs a sheet of notebook paper and writes down.

'Evicted.

Museum Closed'

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He nails it to the door, and closes it Telekinetically. He walks up the stairs and stands in front of the pedestal. He looks over at the wall, fortunately, and sees he has already erased it. He conjures a piece of chalk.

Chris - Draw triquetra. - it does as he commanded - Now that's more like it. - he takes a deep breath - I call upon the ancient power to help us in this darkest hour; Let the Book return to this place, claim refuge in its rightful space. - the book appears in a clap of thunder, as it had in his flashbacks - It worked, again.

He starts to furiously flip though the book trying to find the spell. He wasn't all that good at remembering spells with only seeing them once. When he was about to find the spell; he recognized the pages; he was thrown telekinetically into the table by Wyatt, who was currently looking though the book when it surprisingly and mysteriously decided to pay a visit to The Manor.

Wyatt - Why, my, my, Christopher. Breaking a promise are you. First ever.

Chris - Nope, that record is still not broken. I'm not breaking a promise.

Wyatt - But you promised you wouldn't go to the past.

Chris - No, I promised I wouldn't go to 2004. I was presently in 2003.

Wyatt - Damn, I forgot the technical thing.

Chris goes over to the Book of Shadows and searches for the spell as Wyatt forms an energy ball in his hand.

Chris - he finds the spell and starts to chant - Hear these words, hear the rhyme, heed the hope within my mind…

He is interrupted by Wyatt hurls an energy ball his way but Chris dodges it.

Chris - completing the spell - Send me back to where I'll find, what I wish in place in time.

Chris takes the book and dives through the time portal as Wyatt throws another energy ball in his direction.

Wyatt - in complete denial and whining - Nnnnnnnnnnooooooooooo!

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Manor - Attic

In the Halliwell attic, Chris is thrown through the wall onto the ground in front of Piper, Phoebe, Paige and Leo looking thought the book trying to find a way to get Chris back.

Chris - Ow…

Paige - Oh my god… Are you okay?

Chris - Yeah, I'm fine.

Piper - You have some serious explaining to do, young man.

Chris - I know. Listen, I'm sorry I lied to you. I really am. But…

Leo - Is that the Book of Shadows?

Chris - What this? - he holds up the book, and Leo nods - No, it just looks a hell a lot like it. - Leo and the girls look at him - Ok, yes it is. I'll explain everything tomorrow.

Piper - No. It's about time you tell us the truth. Now.

Chris - I can't. Not because I don't want to but because there's only so much I can tell you without the future being changed too much.

Paige - Umm, isn't that your whole point? To come and change the future.

Chris - Yeah, but that was supposed to be more like a surgical strike.

Leo - To save Wyatt…

Chris - To save Wyatt.

Phoebe - What about Bianca?

Chris - unlike the show, his words are kind of full of confidence, not sorrow - Bianca won't be a threat to anyone anymore.

Phoebe - taking his words wrong, but Chris isn't complaining - I'm sorry.

Chris - putting on the 'just lost my fiancée' mask - Me too. - a little hopeful with a hint of worry - So you guys still all right with me hanging around here?

Leo - a hint of hesitation - Absolutely. - Chris slightly laughs and then smiles out of relief - The next time you're in trouble, you got to tell us. Trust works both ways.

Chris - Okay.

He walks out.

The girls and Leo look at each other, all thinking the same thing.

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Manor - Wyatt's room

Chris walks pass the nursery where baby Wyatt is in a playpen. He stops and glares at Wyatt.

Chris - thinking of his Wyatt - If I can't save you, I swear to god, I'll stop you. I won't allow you grow up to be him. I'd rather have you powerless, than evil.

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Manor - Kitchen

Piper walks in the dinning room, wearing her Pjs, to where Phoebe and Paige were at, wearing theirs.

Phoebe - Hey.

Piper - Hey.

Phoebe - What's going on?

Piper sits down.

Piper - Uh, well I've been thinking.

Paige - Ut oh, does that mean I'm in trouble?

Piper smiles.

Piper - I think it's time we make some changes around here.

The younger sisters look at each other, then to Piper and Phoebe sits down.

Phoebe - What kind of changes?

Piper - Like I think - looking at Phoebe - you should move to Hong Kong with Jason - looking at Paige - and you should move in with Richard.

Paige - I never said I wanted that.

Piper - You didn't have to, the spell said it for you. And you too.

Phoebe - I--we can't leave you alone. We have to stick together.

Piper - No, I know believe me I know. But you can't keep sacrificing your lives forever. And neither can I. Mom did that, Grams did it, and even Prue. And look what happened to them. It's not a legacy I want us to inherit.

Paige - What if it doesn't work out. Us going our separate ways.

Phoebe - You sure about this?

Piper - starting to say her sentence - Yes, I…

(F) Phoebe - interrupting Piper's sentence - No, your not.

The girls sit up and look at the intruder, not expecting anyone. Especially not Phoebe, when she sit right beside them; and was herself. When they look where the voice came from, they see their future selves standing in the doorway. All wearing determined looks on their faces.

(F) Piper - If you really want us not to inherit that legacy, stick together. If you do, move out and become miserable. Become just like us.

(F) Paige - Dead.

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End of Chapter 8 - That Was Easy

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The End

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