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Kateyes, about Chris freezing, I wrote it that he froze because he didn't have his powers. The show seems to have multiple views on that subject. If you watch the episode Ordinary Witches, you notice that Phoebe does freeze because she doesn't have her powers, so I wrote it that Chris froze too. If you don't agree with me, then just pretend he didn't freeze ;-)
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End Chapter 4:
"So what do you plan on doing?" Piper asked them.
"I was thinking of a power switching spell." Chris said, "There should be one in the book."
"No. You are not using that one." Piper said. "The last time we used that one it switched all our powers and got us into a huge mess."
"But it also saved dad's life." Chris said knowingly.
"It wouldn't work, Chris." Wyatt told his brother, "The spell is made to switch powers, but we don't have any powers to switch with, only our little selves do."
Everyone thought about what Wyatt had said.
"But couldn't we tweak the spell? Change it so that it will lend us our powers?" Chris stated.
"I guess…." Wyatt admitted.
"So what are we waiting for?" Paige asked jollily, "Let's get this show on the road!" She had kind of missed the excitement that revolved around magic. Although she was head of Magic School, she had been overworking and had needed a break.
She started up the stairs and the rest followed.
Chapter 5
"So back to my question." Phoebe said as she followed Wyatt up the stairs.
"Um," Wyatt said as he half turned towards his aunt while continuing on his way to the attic "What question?"
"What you two are up to in the future," Phoebe said.
Wyatt went quiet.
They arrived in the attic. Everyone had heard Phoebe's question and they were all waiting for Wyatt's answer. Chris walked over to the book and started looking for the spell.
"Come on. You promised." Phoebe said. "We won't even remember what you said."
Wyatt looked at Chris who paused his search for the spell momentarily, before deciding to go first.
"Well," Chris said, "I'm a doctor."
"A doctor?" Leo said proudly, admiring the fact that his son had chosen to follow in his footsteps.
"Yeah, a doctor" Wyatt said "And a pretty good whitelighter too."
"You've taken on Whitelighter duties as well?" Paige asked him amazed, "How do you find the time?"
"It can get pretty hectic at times. But I manage." Chris explained.
"And Wyatt sometimes helps my charges when things get busy down at the hospital."
"So you're a whitelighter too?" Piper asked Wyatt.
Chris snorted.
"Wyatt! A whitelighter?" Chris said while trying to control his laughter.
Wyatt had always been the first one on the job for a vanquish. He wasn't really one to sit on the sidelines and give advice.
"What's so funny about that?" Leo asked him.
"The words ´Wyatt´ and ´pacifist´ don't really go together." He answered.
"Like you're a pacifist?" Wyatt asked Chris.
"No, but I'm more of a pacifist than you." Chris said while he continued flipping through the book, "A lot more."
He found the page he was looking for.
"Found it!"
Wyatt walked over to a table and picked up a note pad and a pencil.
"I'll work on the spell. But we'll need our younger selves to be here for the spell to work." He said.
"We'll go get you … them..…you know what I mean." Phoebe said as she dragged Paige out of the attic with her.
Wyatt stood over the book as he jotted things down onto the note pad, stopping every now and then to come up with a rhyme word, before continuing.
"So what does he do for a living?" Leo asked Chris, because he knew better than to disturb someone who was busy trying to write a spell.
"He's a cop." Chris said. "He's been working with Darryl for the last couple of months, because Darryl's almost retiring and he'll need a replacement."
Piper and Leo fell quiet for a moment as they let this new information sink in.
Piper could hardly believe it. Her sons had been able to lead normal lives as well as handle their magical responsibilities. She couldn't have been more proud of them. They had both built successful careers in such a short time. Piper presumed that they were only in their twenties.
"How old are you?" Piper asked Chris.
"I'm 26 and Wyatt's 28." He answered.
At that moment Phoebe walked in with little Chris in her arms as Paige helped little Wyatt climb the stairs.
"Whoa" Chris said as he saw his baby self and Wyatt as a toddler enter the room.
"Aw, you're such a cute little baby, Chris" Wyatt said to Chris teasingly.
Paige and Phoebe put the boys down on a blanket on the floor.
"So what do we do now?" Chris said while finding the situation more and more awkward by the minute.
"We read the spell." Wyatt said as he copied down the spell onto another piece of paper for Chris.
"How do you know it won't switch all our powers?" Piper asked him.
"I changed it a bit so that wouldn't happen." Wyatt answered as he handed the copy to Chris.
Piper looked at the spell Wyatt had written down and nodded in approval.
The Charmed Ones and Leo watched as Chris and Wyatt walked up to the blanket where their past selves were sitting as they recited the spell.
"From old to young your aid we ask,
To help reveal the demon's mask,
In this place and in this time,
Let our powers cross the line,
We offer up our gifts to share,
Lend us our powers through the air."
There was silence.
"Did it work?" Paige asked them.
"Let's see" Chris said as he reached his hand out towards a toy that was lying on the floor. It flew into his hand.
"Yep. It worked." Chris said before handing the toy to little Wyatt. "What about you?" Chris asked the grown up version of the little boy playing on the floor.
Wyatt conjured up an energy ball in his hand. "Ok. Now we should get our little selves to Magic School." He said as he extinguished the energy ball.
He looked towards his parents and aunts and saw that they were all staring at him.
"What?" He asked them.
"I don't think that little you can conjure energy balls yet, Wy" Chris said.
"Oh" He said, suddenly understanding their reactions.
"So what are your powers?" Leo asked his sons.
"I don't think that I can actually answer that," Wyatt said. When he saw that they were about to protest he continued, "Not because I don't want to, but because I don't think I really can."
"What do you mean?" Piper asked him
"Well, I have normal powers like orbing, healing, sensing, glamouring, telekinesis and stuff like that, but I also have powers that aren't whitelighter powers or powers of the Warren line." Wyatt continued, "Stuff like energy balls or sometimes its just like my senses have been boosted and I pick up stuff that other people don't"
"It's hard to explain. It's kind of like a sixth sense." Wyatt explained, "A sense for magic."
The Charmed Ones and Leo had all known that Wyatt was going to turn out to be powerful, but they hadn't realized exactly how powerful until that moment.
"As long as you're not seeing dead people." Paige said with a slight laugh.
"What?" Chris asked her, completely lost.
"Nothing," she said, "It's a movie. Forget about it."
"What about you Chris? Anything besides telekinesis and orbing?" Leo asked him.
"I never said I could orb." Chris told him suspiciously.
"Well…I," Leo said trying to find a way to cover his slip up, "Since Paige and Wyatt can orb and they're half-whitelighter , I figured you could too. You can, can't you?"
"Yes, I can." Chris said. But he was still slightly suspicious, "But I don't have any other powers besides those two." He said getting slightly embarrassed. He was nothing compared to Wyatt.
Chris knew that his parents loved him just as much as Wyatt, that they were just of proud of what he had accomplished, but he was still jealous of his older brother. Wyatt was always the best at everything that he did, but Chris knew that Wyatt was also the best brother in the world. Wyatt always helped him and stood up for him, no matter what. He always had, and he always would. They were more than just brothers, they were best friends and nothing would ever change that.
"Somebody better take little us to Magic School before there's an attack." Chris said.
"I'll go" Leo said as he picked up little Wyatt and little Chris and orbed out.
"So any idea which demon we're looking for?" Chris thought it better to stay on track. If there was an attack they needed to be prepared.
"Not really." Wyatt said as he started to aimlessly flip through the book, "I can't think of any demon we know that has the power to send us back in time."
"What about Tempus?" Phoebe asked him.
"No," He answered while continuing to look through the book, "He can only turn back time with everyone in it, he can't just send two people to a different time."
"What about the Avatars?" Piper asked him.
Wyatt looked up from the book. "The Avatars? You've already met them?"
"Don't remind us." Paige said.
"I guess they do have the power to send us back in time, but I don't think they would. What would they accomplish by getting us killed?" Wyatt asked.
"Nobody's heard from them since the last time you saw them," Chris said, "And they'd ask Wyatt to join them first before they'd even consider trying to kill him."
Wyatt stopped at a certain page.
"What about Zayon?" He asked.
Everyone went to look at the page that Wyatt had opened the book to. It didn't have a lot written on it.
Zayon or Praesagium is a low-level demon. His power is premonition. He forms no threat.
"You might be right." Chris told his brother.
Paige was somewhat confused. How could a low-level demon with the power of premonition send two very powerful witches back in time?
"Um, guys. Low-level, premonitions, not a threat." Paige said while pointing to the words in the book.
"Maybe in this time, but not in ours." Wyatt said, "His powers have grown rapidly over the years. First it started off as premonitions but then he managed to go to the times that his premonitions took place. Soon he could travel between different times at will. We've been trying to vanquish him for weeks, but we've been having trouble finding him. I was actually updating this entry when the time shift occurred."
"But how would he be able to send you two back in time?" Phoebe asked them.
"I don't know," Wyatt said.
At that moment Leo orbed back in.
"Hey. What did I miss?" He asked.
Piper filled Leo in as Wyatt continued to look through the book for a reasonable explanation to their problem. Maybe Zayon had used a spell to boost his powers?
Suddenly Wyatt's shield went up. It formed a large blue dome around all those that were present in the room.
Chris knew what this meant and got ready to use his powers against any demons that might attack.
Piper, Phoebe, Paige and Leo were confused and wanted to ask what was going on, but a second later their questions were answered.
About fifty demons shimmered into the room and formed a circle around the blue shield. Piper, Phoebe and Paige recognized the demons instantly.
They were Scabber Demons.
But there was also another demon standing outside of the circle. He was a short man but well built. He was dressed completely in black and he had an amulet of some sort around his neck. They recognized him from the picture in the book of shadows. They had been correct, it was Zayon.
He spoke, "I see that you've gotten your powers back. Handy. For you that is"
He gestured for his demons to attack.
The Scabbers opened their mouths and started to spit their burning acid onto the shield.
Wyatt's shield became more translucent for a moment while he was hit by the impact of the burning acid on his shield, he stumbled back a few steps, before closing his eyes and focusing on keeping his shield up.
"You may be powerful Wyatt, but you can't keep your shield up forever!" Zayon shouted.
Wyatt knew that he was right.
"Orb out of here!" Wyatt shouted at his family.
Leo took a hold of Piper as Chris grabbed Paige and Phoebe's hands, but nothing happened.
"Anti-orbing charms really do come in handy" Zayon said with a smirk on his face.
"There's a vanquishing spell in the book!" Piper yelled to Phoebe.
Phoebe and Leo hurried over to the book and started looking for the spell.
Piper started to blast the demons. It didn't vanquish them, but it distracted them for a moment.
Paige on the other hand was having better luck at vanquishing the demons.
"Icky stuff!" She yelled at the acid and it disappeared into a swirl of orbs as it was sent back towards its owner. The demon was vanquished in a burst of flames. She then turned her attention towards the next demon.
Chris was throwing the demons into the walls, cabinets and anything that they happened to land on as he used his power to distract them long enough from spitting more acid onto Wyatt's shield. Chris looked over towards his brother and he knew that he wouldn't keep it up long.
Wyatt's face was full of concentration, but the effort of keeping his shield up was draining all his energy. They needed to find the spell fast.
Zayon was getting annoyed that his plan wasn't going as well as he'd hoped.
"Faster! Get his shield down now!" He yelled.
The demons doubled their effort.
This was too much for Wyatt. He was exhausted. He couldn't hold his weight any longer. He sunk to his knees and his shield changed colour. It was now only barely visible. It would soon all be over.
"Wyatt!" Chris yelled as he threw both his hands up and two of the demons were thrown through the air and were knocked unconscious as they hit the wall.
"We could really use some help here!" Phoebe yelled up to the ceiling as she continued to look for the spell.
A gust of wind turned the pages of the book to the page they had been looking for.
"Piper! Paige!" Phoebe yelled.
They both hurried over.
"Scabbers, who in the darkness dwell,
We vanquish you with this spell,"
Zayon yelled in anger and flamed out.
"Acid made of anger and hate,
Let it turn on you, and incinerate"
There was a blinding white light and Chris put his hand up to cover his eyes. Sounds of yells filled the room as the demons were vanquished by their own acid. When all went quiet the light faded away.
The first thing Chris saw when his eyes adjusted to the darkness of the room was Wyatt.
He was lying on the floor, and he wasn't moving.
TBC…