Chapter 2

This had to be some sort of horrible nightmare and she was going to wake up any minute now to the sound of her little neurotic whitelighters voice telling her that it was time to go hunting for yet another demon, that's what she told herself, that's what she had to believe to make the pain go away. He wasn't her son at all, no, it was just an illusion, some sick, twisted trick that someone was playing on her and her family and it was going to be all over soon, she thought as the mother of the twice blessed son seeped further and further into a state of denial.

Sitting on her bed and holding her oldest son tight Piper Halliwell kept her eyes fixated on her bedroom door waiting anxiously for her little future boy to arrive. "Come on Chris, I know this is all your doing. I know that you just wanted to show us something that would scare the hell out of us so that we would hunt demons without complaining" she shouted to the ceiling hoping that the boy would show his face and put an end to her nightmare. "Chris" she spoke softly as the tears rolled down her cheeks and into her son's hair.

With each moment that passed the woman became more disoriented and delusional as images of the boy flashed through her head showing her the painful truth that she wouldn't allow her mind comprehend. "No, it's not true, this was all a trick a really fucked up trick that Chris is playing on me" she spoke out loud in a shaken voice. "Oh God please don't let this be true" she pleaded to the invisible being as more images forced their way into the forefront of her mind and they all had one thing in common, him.

His smile was hers, his features were hers, his sarcastic wit and surly attitude was hers, almost everything but his eyes, no those beautiful blue-green eyes had Leo written all over them. He was a product of both his parents, parents who would betray him, mistrust him and worse of all psychically and emotionally abuse him. The room seemed to spin faster and faster as the weight of the last few hours came barreling down on her and burying the woman in a deep sea of emotions that threatened to drown her.

"Stop it, it's not true!" she yelled out in pain, fear and guilt as now the flashes of what her future self and her husband did to their baby boy flickered though out her intellect. The language they used, the violence and disgust in their voices was too much for her to bare as the tears came faster now accompanied by sharp breaths forcing the woman into a manic episode.

"Piper" a voice that she recognized as her husbands called out to her as the man made his way to her side.

"Where's Chris"

"Piper Chris is gone" he said trying hard not to fall to pieces himself.

"Where did he go" she questioned knowing the answer but not willing to accept it.

"Don't make me say it Piper, please"

"No Leo, tell me where he is, now"

"HE'S DEAD DAMN IT! Is that what you wanted to hear" the woman's husband screamed as his eyes watered and his vision became blurred.

"Our son is dead and it's all my fault" the man continued as he sank down to his knees in front of his wife and son who looked between his two parents displaying his confusion.

"Chris" the boy repeated his father's words which only made the grieving parents sob harder.

"Its ok sweetie, your brother will be home soon" the woman said trying to calm herself more than her child. "We have to do something, we have to"

"I don't know what to do Piper"

"What about Paige, she's usually good with spells and potions maybe she can find some way to bring him back" the woman replied.

"Paige and Phoebe are upstairs working on something right now but there's no guarantee that…"

"Don't you dare say it Leo. It will work and I will get my son back" Piper warned.

"You don't think that I want him back Piper. I killed my son for God sakes I'd give anything to have him back"

"What if he hates us? What if he doesn't want anything to do with us any more?"

As much as Leo didn't want to admit it, there was a rather large possibility that their son did hate them, after the way that they treated him growing up it differently wouldn't be inconceivable to believe that the boy would loathed his parents. But he couldn't think about that right now, all that mattered to him was finding a way to bring his son back from the dead and telling him how sorry his was and hope that in time Chris would forgive both him and his wife.

"We can't think about that right now Piper, we have to focus on finding a way to bring Chris home"

"Do you really think that we can?" the woman questioned with eyes that begged for an optimistic response.

Looking into his wife's eyes the man wanted to swear to the love of his life that he would bring their son home safely and that everything would be ok, but he couldn't. Leo just didn't have it in him to lie to the woman about the harsh reality that their youngest child may never come back to them so he said the only thing that made since at the time.

"We'll do what we can Piper and if we fail, we're try even harder"

"What if we have someone powerful enough to help us the first time around?" was the response that the man was met with.

"What do you mean?"

Swallowing hard and fixing her eyes to look the Elder in his Piper replied.

"Wyatt, what if we asked him for help"

Leo wasn't ready to face his son again after learning the truth about himself or the truth about what his oldest child was going to grow up to become, but that fact was irrelevant now, getting Chris back was the only thing that was important to him.

"If you really think that he will help us, it's worth a shot" the man reluctantly replied.

"Ok, so, let's call Wyatt" his wife stated before calling out their sons name hoping that their call wouldn't fall on deaf ears.

NOTE: A big thanks to everyone who reviewed this story, you guys are the best! One other thing, my stories usually don't stick to the exact back history of the show it's self so do not be surprised if there are things in here that do not match the show. Besides it is a fanfiction site, right.

Aira Silver: You're just going to have to wait to find out. And this story is going to get sadder before we're able to get to the happy part.

Hope master: Thanks. A man of few words, I like!

Logen: Wyatt flames out in my story because he's the source.

Karone Evertree: Thanks and yes something does change them but you're going to have to wait to find out what that something is.

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And again thanks to everyone else who read and reviewed this story thus far and I hope that this story lives up to all of your expectations.