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"Your power is called reflection, Chris. It's a highly advanced form of your empathy power. Basically, there have only been 2 other witches ever with this type of higher power. Generally empathy isn't a defensive power. The other 2 times that this has happened, the witches that got the power were incredibly strong and powerful. When an inactive power turns into a defensive power, the body takes a little time to adjust. According to the book, you can expect headaches and major temper issues. They'll probably make your other powers go askew too." Paige was reading out of the Book of Shadows while eating breakfast.

"Great. Just great. We get this demon that we can't vanquish and now my powers are off. Wonderful." Chris sat down hard at the table, staring down at his pancakes.

"Chris, eat your breakfast. It will be ok. We've told you all about the horrible times we've had gaining new powers. I mean, when I got my molecular acceleration power, I almost blew up your father and aunts three or four times! All you've done so far is blow up some light bulbs and push your brother down. Relax. It will work out. The demons aren't going to win. They never win. We're Charmed, remember?" Piper gave him a goofy grin, and tousled his hair.

Chris moved his head out of the way. "Mom, I'm not five anymore, ok? You can't just make me feel better. This is huge. I've got to figure this out, and I need my powers to do it. But I can't count on my powers, because I'm getting more powers! For once, can't things just stay the same?"

"Oh, honey. I know. More than you know, I understand. I wanted a normal life for so long. But when I finally had the chance to have one after we vanquished Zankou, I missed magic. It had become a part of me. Being a witch was my destiny, I needed it like I needed air. It was normal for me. So we became the Charmed Ones again. I haven't regretted it. Not once. Sure, I still wish sometimes that we weren't constantly targeted, but it's all a part of this. You can't have it both ways Chris. You have to either be a witch, or not. If you want to be a witch, then getting the new powers is a part of that." Piper chuckled softly. "If you want, I can lock you in the basement until you get it under control. Or we can chain you up in the attic."

Phoebe snorted. "Yeah, cuz that worked so well for me and Prue when you were turned into a Wendigo."

"Quit joking around, ok? I know that I want to be a witch. It's why I suffered through the utter humiliation of having Aunt Paige as a teacher at magic school. Any idea how embarrassing it is to have yourself referred to as 'little man' in front of all your friends? Or to be scolded for not doing homework because you were watching Sesame Street with your cousins? Trust me. I want to be a witch. It's all I've ever wanted to do. It's the only way I know how to protect the innocents, the ones that can't or don't know how to protect themselves. I've felt that way in both lives. But that doesn't make it any easier. I mean, basically, until I get this power under control, I can't even take Maya to the movies. What happens if I pick up on someone's sadness? I'll blow the projector apart! If I take her to dinner, and the food isn't up to Mom's standards, I'll probably light the place on fire!"

"Shut up Chris & quit whining. You're not the only one dealing with new empathy powers here, ok? Just shut up." Patience walked in, still in her pajamas, rubbing her temples. "I could feel your frustration all the way upstairs. You woke me up with it. And besides, you can light the place on fire unless either Phyra or a demon was there. Chances are you'd just clean off the table with your TK."

"Gee. Thanks for cheering me up." Chris put his face in his hands. "Sorry, Patience. I know empathy is a pain in the ass. Too bad the blocking potion doesn't work on strong emotions, huh?"

"Yeah tell me about it. Does it get better later, Chris?"

"It does until it becomes an active power. Soon you should stop with the headaches and constant pressure. Then it's not too bad. It just sort of tingles when you're getting a reading off of someone. You'll be ok."

"Yeah, well, you will too. So stop obsessing. You've gotten new powers before. Besides, this new power is kinda cool. Even if your other powers are out of whack, this one is right on target. You can still fight the Sextet, you just have to make sure that we're all there too, so you can use our powers. "

"But I don't want you guys there. If you're there, then you're in danger." Chris explained.

"Too bad, young man. We will be there. Chris, we can all take care of ourselves. And if any of us do get hurt we've got 4 whitelighters that can heal us. 5 if we include your dad and 6 if we include Maya. We'll be ok." Paige was always the first to head into a demon fight.

"We can't heal what's already dead, Aunt Paige." Wyatt's voice came quietly from the corner. "I agree with Chris. It's too dangerous to have all of you with us. You all saw Paisley's vision. Chris and I can handle this. Remember, Time & Legend. Nowhere does it say, Time & Legend & the Charmed Ones & family. You have to let us grow up and complete the destiny that we have always been meant to complete."

"Please understand. My other self came back here to save Wyatt from turning evil. But it was also to save myself. I knew what we could be. What we were meant to be. We vanquished Zankou. Together. We dealt with losing Mom, Dad & both of our Aunts. Together. Then we got ripped apart by the darkness inside of Wyatt that Gideon had installed. I came back to change it. So that we could defeat whatever evil came in front of us. Together." Chris took a deep breath. "The slightest distraction will cost us our lives. Especially with my powers messed up. Please, just let us do this. Together."

Piper was misty eyed as she looked at her beautiful boys. One was tall and broad shouldered, with short cropped blond hair and crystal blue eyes. The other was lean and muscled with shaggy dark brown fair that always seemed to fall into his green eyes. Both were genuinely good men. She knew that this time, in this timeline, she'd been a good mother. She'd made mistakes, but her sons were still strong, healthy, smart and purely good men. She sighed. "Ok. But I swear if either one of you get hurt, you'll be grounded until you're 95."

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"Hey, Chris. I think I found something that might help you with the Sextet. It's a potion I've been working on for awhile now with Aunty Piper. It's a power stripping potion for demons. It temporarily makes the demon's powers vanish for about 5 minutes. But I was thinking, if you can strip them of their powers, then do the vanquish, maybe they won't be able to reform again into something stronger. What do you think?"

"Phyra… I think I'm going to kiss you!"