Back to the Past
Disclaimer: If I owned Charmed, Drew Fuller would still be on it.
A/N: Chris isn't in this chapter, but I'm hoping to put him in soon. Thanks to Anarra, AlyssaAS, Arien's shadow, ChrisBianca and phoebe-x15 for reviewing!
Chapter Two: Getting to Know You
"Thanks again for taking me shopping," Tanya said.
"No problem, I had a great time," Paige replied. The two of them had gone on a three hour shopping spree and then to lunch, and were now back at the manor.
"Hey, did you guys have fun?" Piper asked, walking into the foyer and eyeing all the bags they left in the front hall.
They nodded, "Yeah, everything was on sale today. We pretty much bought everything and ran before they changed their minds," Tanya said, laughing.
"Hey, do you wanna bake something? I'm kind of in the mood to bake," Piper asked.
"Sure, that sounds fun. I'm always in the mood to bake," she replied.
They headed into the kitchen and started pulling out all the ingredients, bowls and spoons.
"So how do you like living in the manor with us?"
"I'm having a great time. You're all so sweet, I really appreciate you letting me stay here."
"We're glad to have you here. We really need someone your age around here. Well, besides Chris." Piper said, cracking eggs into a large bowl.
"Who's Chris?"
"Long story."
"We've got time," Tanya said as they smiled at each other.
"Well, he's about your age, but he's from the future, so I'm not sure how old he'd be in our time. He came here to warn us that Wyatt was going to turn evil, and he's the ruler in Chris' time."
Tanya nodded slowly, having met baby Wyatt last night, and continued to work as they talked.
"Anyway, we're trying to track down who turns him evil. Chris said it happens before my second baby is born, which is okay 'cause we've still got a while before that," Piper said, looking at her pregnant belly.
"How are you trying to find whoever it is?"
"Chris has his own plans, we just vanquish any demons and sometimes do research with Gideon- he's an Elder- at magic school."
"Maybe I can help you with your search. Does Chris live here? I haven't met him yet," Tanya said.
"Yeah, but he's out a lot, usually in the underworld demon fighting, "up there" or at magic school, doing research. He hasn't been here in a while, not that I mind."
"Why not?"
"I don't fully trust Chris yet. He seems to have good intentions, but he's always so secretive, and Phoebe says she can't get a read on him- you know one of her powers is empathy, right?"
She nodded. "Yeah, I've heard of what all your powers are."
"Ohh, sounds stalkerish," Piper teased.
"Nah, just boredom. Hey, you said you had to go to a club tonight, didn't you?"
"Yep. Actually, I own the club, it's called P3. I've got Michelle Branch playing there tonight. You wanna go?" Piper asked.
"That's so cool, I'd love to go. P3- Piper, Phoebe and Paige?"
"Actually it was for me, Phoebe and our older sister Prue, but she was killed by a demon a few years ago. Now I guess it stands for the three of us."
"Oh, I'm sorry. I guess that's something we have in common," the teenager said softly.
"Yeah. My mom and my grandmother were killed by demons as well."
"Okay, lets get off the sad subjects," Tanya said, pouring cake batter into a pan.
"Right, sorry," Piper apologized, sliding the pan in the oven.
"Oh, I love this song," she said, singing along with the radio.
"Wow, you have an amazing voice," Piper complimented Tanya.
"Thanks," she blushed.
A while later, Tanya frosted the chocolate cake and Piper pulled several trays of chocolate chip cookies out of the oven.
"Oh, yay," Paige exclaimed as she and Phoebe walked into the kitchen and each grabbed several warm cookies.
The four of them served themselves some cake and began to eat.
"Wow, you guys, these are amazing!" Phoebe said.
"Thanks," they said.
"Hey, did I tell you guys I got Michelle Branch to play at the club tonight? We can all go, we have to leave at about eight to get everything ready."
"Really? Michelle Branch?" Paige asked.
"I'm definitely going," Phoebe announced.
Just then, Tanya's eyes widened as she stared at something behind Phoebe. "Demon!"
A/N: Yay, my second chapter! Please review!