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"Would somebody please tell me why Chris just tried to kill me?" Wyatt asked

"Phoebe, Paige, you explain," Piper told them, then she turned to Leo, "We're going to go and find Chris."

"Any idea where he might be?" Phoebe asked them.

"I think I have a hunch," Leo said as he took a hold of Piper and orbed them out.

Chapter 7

Paige, Phoebe and Wyatt were in the living room. Paige and Phoebe were sitting on the couch across from a now very shocked and confused Wyatt. They had just informed him about what had happened the year before, but they hadn't told him how the story had ended. About Chris´ death.

"But, I'm not evil," He said.

"No," Phoebe said, "But in the original timeline you were, and Chris managed to change that."

"Right." He said, "So basically fate decided to make me evil, I screwed up the world, killed innocent people and tried to kill my own brother!" He stood up and started to pace the room angrily.

"Wyatt, you can't look at it like that." Paige said to try and calm him down.

"Hell I can't!" He yelled angrily, "I always knew there was a secret, but that this was it? You were right not to tell us!"

The room started to shake. Vases started to shatter, the chandelier looked as if it were about to fall down from the ceiling.

Phoebe suddenly understood where it was coming from.

"Wyatt!" she yelled over the noise, "Stop it!"

Wyatt took a few calming breaths and the shaking ceased.

"I'm sorry," he said, suddenly a lot calmer, "I haven't lost control like that in years."

"How did you do that?" Paige asked him amazed.

"Our powers are tied to our emotions, remember?" He asked rhetorically.

He slumped back into a chair and held his head in his hands.

"What am I going to do?" He asked his aunts, "I can't possibly ask Chris to forgive me. I wouldn't forgive me if I were him."

"But that wasn't you Wyatt." Phoebe said encouragingly, "You're good."

"Well, good luck to you if you wanna make Chris believe that," He said with a sigh, "I don't even know if I believe that."

"Do you want to know how I know that you're not evil? That you've never been evil?" Phoebe asked him.

"You're starting to contradict yourself, aunt Pheebs," He said, "You just said that I have been evil."

"But that was just someone that looked like you and had your name, but he didn't have your soul," Phoebe said, "Think about it Wyatt. Why does Chris remember what happened and you don't?"

"I dunno," He admitted.

"Because the Chris that you know and the Chris that we knew are one and the same person. That's why he's always known what happened. It was just in his sub consciousness until he was reminded of it today," She said, "You on the other hand don't remember what happened, because that Wyatt was a completely different person. You were the same person as a baby, but he chose evil and you chose good. You became two completely different people. Think of it as a road. It was just one path until the day Chris was born and then there was a choice. You could either go left or right. The first time around you chose left and chose evil, but Chris managed to stop that and make you choose the path of good this time. The only reason Chris can remember is because there has always only been one of him. Good."

Wyatt understood what his aunt meant. He had been stupid to think that he was evil. He was good and always had been. He had been self-centered. This wasn't about him. This was about Chris. He had to go see him, help him.

"I'm going to Chris," He said as he stood up ready to orb out, but he felt a hand on his shoulder that was holding him down.

"No, Wyatt," Paige said, "Let your parents handle this. Chris is confused right now. He might attack you again. Just give him some time to digest this all."

Wyatt sat back down and nodded in agreement.

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Leo and Piper orbed onto the highest tower of the San Francisco Bridge to find Chris looking down on the city as the wind rushed through his hair.

He heard the familiar sound of orbing but he didn't turn around. He knew who it was.

He gave a slight laugh. "I should of known you'd know where to find me," He said in a bitter voice as he continued to look down on the city ahead of him, "You're the one that told me this was a great place to think, Leo."

Leo. That word was so strange but yet so familiar in his mouth. He hadn't called his father that in 26 years. Or was it 4?

"Chris," Piper said. At the sound of his mother's voice, he turned around to look at her and Piper saw the tears that started to form in his eyes.

"Why didn't you tell me?" He asked her with anguish in his voice, "You must of known I'd find out sooner or later. Why didn't you tell me about my life? Why didn't you tell me the truth? That I lived in a world where my brother was the most evil being the world had ever seen?" He was starting to yell, "That my father chose to pretend I didn't exist? That I had to watch the Charmed Ones die when I was fourteen? That I had to go through life alone watching my brother murder hundreds of innocent people?"

It was too much for Chris to handle. All the terrible moments he had gone through had all come back at the same moment. He was angry with his parents, but at the same time he was filled with grief for all the innocent people's deaths, for his mother's death. It was just too much. He sunk to his knees and started to sob into his hands. His head was spinning from all the memories he didn't want.

Leo was shocked by what Chris had said. The Charmed Ones, dead? He had had no idea. How could he have let them die? How could he have left Chris alone after that?

"Fourteen?" Piper whispered. She had hoped that her death had been a lot later in his life and that her sisters had been there to raise him. She had left him utterly alone. Yes, his grandfather had taken him in, but Chris had had to take up the burden of the magical world much too soon and his grandfather couldn't help him with that. Victor didn't understand magic.

Piper walked over and knelt down next to her youngest son while trying to fight back tears of her own. She placed her finger under his chin and forced him to look at her.

"I'm sorry, Chris," She said as her voice started to shake, "I'm so sorry, Chris."

"We should have told you, we were only trying to protect you. Please forgive me," She said as she lowered her eyes to the floor.

Chris watched her carefully for a moment, watched her breath catch in her throat as she started to sob and he knew he couldn't stay mad at her. He loved her more than anything. She was his mother.

"Just promise me that you'll never lie to me again," he said.

He pulled her closer to him and let her sob on his chest.

"I promise Chris," She whispered in between sobs, "I promise."

Leo walked closer towards Chris to try and help, but he stopped as he saw Chris look at him carefully. Leo wasn't sure if Chris was mad at him or not. He had every right to be, he had left him.

Chris watched his father approach cautiously and he felt the pain of being abandoned rising inside of him, but then he realized that the Leo he hated didn't exist anymore, and that he never would.

To Leo's surprise Chris let out a laugh as a small smile came onto his tear stained face.

"I get it now," Chris said as he watched his father. Piper had stopped sobbing and was surprised of Chris´ reaction.

"Get what?" Leo asked his son.

"In the good world, when I was sixteen I wanted to go to this concert, but you said I couldn't," Chris said, "But, you know, I was a teenager and I didn't want to miss it and I told you that you couldn't stop me because I'd just orb out anyway."

Chris stood up and helped his mother to her feet.

"So, you sent me to Valhalla and had the Valkyries keep me in a cage for a week to teach me a lesson," Chris said as he finally understood where his father had gotten that idea.

"He did what?" Piper said as she raised an eyebrow.

"Taste of my own medicine," Chris said with a laugh. The irony was really sinking in, "I'm sorry for sending you there in the first place" He told his father, "But I was seriously pissed off with you at the time."

"It's okay Chris," Leo said, "From what I've heard I did deserve to be locked up there. And I'm sorry for giving you such a hard time after that."

"Bygones," Chris said as he smiled at his father.

He couldn't stay mad at his father. Sure, he had made a lot of wrong decisions the first time round, but he had definitely made up for those mistakes.

"What about Wyatt?" Piper asked him cautiously.

The smile vanished from his face as he sighed.

"He's not hurt, is he?" Chris asked. He'd never forgive himself if he'd hurt Wyatt.

"No, he's fine" Leo answered, "But you can't stay mad at him Chris. He doesn't even know what happened the first time round. You succeeded, you saved him. You've got to start with a clean slate, remember?"

"Yeah, I remember," Chris answered as he nodded his head.

"Are you okay now?" Piper asked him.

"I'll manage," He answered. The truth was, he was severely shaken up and he still had some blanks. He remembered everything that had happened before he went back to 2003, but some of the events while he was in the past were still fuzzy. He'd work on those later. They still had to find Zayon.

"Lets go," He said as he disappeared in a swirl of orbs.

Leo took Piper's hand and followed.

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Wyatt was still sitting in the living room with his aunts as he anxiously awaited the return of his brother.

What would he tell him? What could he possibly tell him?

At that moment Chris orbed into the living room with his parents now standing behind him.

Wyatt stood up and started to apologize.

"Chris, I-"

But Chris stopped him.

"No, Wy," He said as he walked towards his brother, "You shouldn't apologize. I overreacted. I know you're good and that you'd never hurt anybody. I'm sorry."

Wyatt didn't understand why his little brother was apologizing. Chris had saved him from the worst possible fate. Chris had saved him from becoming evil.

"Thank you," Wyatt said.

"For what?" Chris asked him ashamed of his actions; "I threw you into the basement."

"For what!" Wyatt said, not daring to believe Chris didn't understand what he meant, "For stopping me from becoming a deranged psycho!" He said while trying to lighten the mood.

Chris cracked a smile.

"You still are a deranged psycho, Wy" Chris teased.

"Good to know," He said as he joined in with the mocking, "I guess it runs in the family."

"Probably comes from growing up around women," Chris continued as he followed his brother back into the kitchen where the book lay.

"Hey!" both Paige and Phoebe exclaimed as they took the bait and rushed into the kitchen after their nephews.

Piper and Leo were left in the living room to enjoy the moment. They could hear Wyatt and Chris laughing at their aunts´ reactions from in the kitchen. They finally let it all sink in. They had the family they had always hoped for. Everyone was safe, happy……

and good.

TBC…