Sorry it took so long for a update. I have had computer problems.
Victor fell through first, lands hard on his butt. He rolled to a stop, and stood facing the portal, awaiting his cousin's arrival. Moments later, Ryan landed, tucking and rolling as she had been taught to do by Chris so many years ago. As she picked herself up, the two young witches looked around in utter awe. They were home… but not. Everything here looked so much nicer, and newer.
Ryan tipped toed to the edge of the attic stair and listened for Chris and the others.
"Can you hear anything?" Victor whispered.
Ryan shook her head. "Not really. I hear talking, but can't make out who it is. We better hide until we can get Chris alone." She suggested.
"Yea." Victor agreed, leading her to the far corner.
He hugged her close, and took a deep breath. Closing his eyes, he used his twice-blessed abilities to make both Ryan and himself invisible. Small tipped-toes footstep could be heard as they made their way downstairs toward the people talking.
In the living room, Chris was trying to explain what had taken place that forced him to go back in time, again. He explained that his father had told him everything he knew about why he originally went back.
"So, I came back the day before my wiccaning, because…" He began.
At that, Piper interrupted. "Wiccaning, what wiccaning… I'm not having a wiccaning…" She protested, turning to her sisters, who shrunk – busted.
"It's not what you think…" Paige insisted.
Piper rolled her eyes. "You and Phoebe are going to go behind my back and have a wiccaning for my son!"
Phoebe scrunched her nose. "Ok, maybe it is what you think…"
"Hey, can we focus here? And Mom, I want a wiccaning… ok?" Chris crossed his arms. "I'd forgotten how crazy you three can be together…" He sighed, irritated. "By coming back now, I –" Before he could finish there was a crash in the hallway. "What was that?"
Paige snorted a laugh. "You don't know, and you say you're from the future…" She smiled, teasing him.
Chris led the way into the hall where they had heard the crash. Lying on the floor was a vase. Chris closed his eyes and smiled when he sensed a familiar presence, in fact, he sensed two familiar presences.
Leo frowned. "Why are you smiling?" He asked.
Chris smirked. "Because, I know who it is…" He answered.
"Who?" Piper whispered, looking around with a paranoid gaze.
Chris spun around, and placed his hand on the wall, as if blocking the path of someone. A moment later, a young boy and girl appeared out of nowhere. They fell on their bums, and began to curse under their breaths.
Ryan's gaze met Paige's and they held each other's locked stare. Victor grabbed hold of his brother's hand and stood up. He looked at Piper with love in his eyes, but quickly stopped when he saw no recognition.
"Who are they?" Phoebe asked.
Chris rubbed his eyes and shook his head. "People who were supposed to do as they were told."
"Like you ever did that…" Victor snubbed.
Ryan nodded. "Plus, it was out of our hands, Chris… we need to talk to you… future people only."
Paige rolled her eyes, as habit when she was kept from knowing something. "So, what… we're not allowed in your club now?" She scoffed.
Chris ignored his aunt's snooty tone, and pulled his brother and cousin into the main hall my the front door. He looked around, making sure they were not listening to him.
"What's wrong? What happened?" He asked, worried.
Ryan took her older cousin's shoulders and became utterly serious. "I killed Amy."
"What!?" Chris was shocked.
His younger brother nodded, and was also all too serious. "Wyatt was after us... he was going to kill us. On our way here, Ryan just… she had a chance to do it, and she took it." He said, closing his eyes in shame.
Chris ran his fingers through his hair and began to pace. "Wyatt will be coming after us now. We have to shut the portal for good." He said, lowly.
Ryan went into a panic. "For good? No way, we'll be trapped here!"
"That's right. It's the price we pay, to save everyone else." He answered.
The three young witches fell silent for a moment. They took in what this meant and swallowed its bitter taste back. Finally Victor nodded in agreement.
"For the others." He said with conviction.
Ryan relented. "For family."
Chris hugged them tight. "For the future."
Piper had finally had enough of waiting, when he came in on the three kids hugging. She waited, watching them – smiling at the sweet sight.
"So, are you going to tell us what's happening?" She asked, in a mild, calm tone.
Chris sunk back. "I'm not supposed to…" He began.
"Yea, I know. And look at what that got you last time. Maybe you should try a different approach this time around." She suggested.
Chris looked at his brother and cousin who nodded their consent. "Alright."
Everyone gathered in the attic, where the sisters and Leo watched as the younger witches, from the future did their ritual to close the portal. Then they all sat down, and looked saddened.
Chris gained their attention. "This is Ryan." He began.
Everyone turned to listen, giving him their full attention.
"She's my cousin, and her last name is not Halliwell. It's Matthews." He explained softly.
Paige's head snapped to look at the girl, in awe. "But that would make her… my…" She trailed off.
"You're daughter, yea." Ryan shrugged shyly.
Chris continued. "This is my little brother, Victor. He's kind of a trouble maker, but he's a good kid." He smiled, playfully messing his brother's hair up.
Piper gasped. "Hi… um… do I have any other kids, I should know about?"
Chris smirked. "Nope, that's all of them."
"Or it was…" Victor mumbled, realizing that by coming to a past where did not exist yet, he may never be born at all.
Ryan spoke up. "The thing is, you guys… are dead. And, um, Shiri is dead and I just killed Amy, so there is this whole big problem with Wyatt… cause…" She began to spit it all out, as if the others had a clue as to what she was talking about.
"Wait! Stop. Slow down…" Phoebe encouraged. "First of all, who is Shiri, Amy and what's wrong with Wyatt now… and what do you means we're dead?"
Chris took a breath. "Ryan, please let me tell them. Ok?" He let her take her seat, and continued on. "Shiri was you daughter, Phoebe. She died not too long ago. You, Paige and Mom are all dead. Dad, you're… busy doing your thing, but you did come through when I needed you. All that's really left of the Halliwell family is Ryan, Victor and I. Wyatt has turned against us, and Amy is his girlfriend… who Ryan apparently killed after I left, which opens up a world of hurt for us."
Piper swallowed back her tears. "So everything we did… you dying, it was all for nothing? Wyatt is still evil, and everyone died anyway."
Her middle son disagreed. "Wyatt is not evil. He's just power hungry. We also think that Amy might have something to do with his aggressive nature. He kills witches and demons alike. He squashes anyone who steps in his path or disrupts him." He explained. "He is absolutely in love with Amy, and I think that he felt the only way they could be together was if he channeled the power of Excalibur to his plan."
Leo crossed his arms. "What is his plan, exactly?"
Chris sat down, letting his head fall into his hands. He just did not have the answers to everything. Ryan and Victor tried to comfort him, but it was too no avail. He had gambled everything on coming here and seemed now that it was not going to solve their problems.
"I just don't know…" He said, beginning to well up.
During this time, Paige had been flipping through the book of shadows. She began to scan a page she had come to, and looked up – stunned they'd not thought to do this before. Or maybe they had, and they had dismissed it. Either way, this might solve all their problems… or potentially make their problems worse.
"You closed that portal, right?" Paige asked.
Ryan nodded. "That's right. We can't go back."
"But we don't want to go back, we want to go forward." She explained.
Victor shook his head. "That's probably not a good idea." He reminded.
"No, this might be a good thing. I mean we tired this before, and apparently changed very little. So maybe you don't need to come to us, maybe we need to go to you." Piper suggested.
"But then you all will still be dead, and even if we stop Wyatt, we won't have changed a thing." Chris explained, confused.
Phoebe shook her head. "Not if we go to a point in the future where the problem was just starting… maybe when this Amy girl came into Wyatt's life…"
Leo agreed. "Its worth a shot."
