Authors note: Thanks for all the nice reviews I've got I really appreciate it:)

teal-lover: Chris is supposed to be nine, nearly ten.

Ranmayashalover: I've seen some of season seven, plus the final episode of season seven, but not season eight, because British TV sucks!

Chapter Nine

"Are you ready?"

"Ready for what," Leo asked. He had been in a world of his own for the last few minutes. Throughout this journey he had seen how unfair his future self had been to his second eldest, yet part of him had hoped that he would have seen an improvement by now, no such luck! Things seemed to be getting worse. Now he had been disowned. Part of him felt sorry for himself. It seemed that in the future he really was oblivious to his son and his feelings.

Chris brought him back to reality quickly "Were nearing the end of this ride, But before we are. We need to skip a few years and head further into the future, so I hope you don't get dizzy," he said grabbing their hands and orbing them to the attic.

"Why have we skipped ahead?" Piper asked. She noticed a tall lanky boy with dark hair and green eyes she'd recognise anywhere. "Honey is that you?" she asked smiling.

"Yeah,"

"Well how old are you? How far have we skipped?"

"I'm fourteen,"

"Why have we gone from you at nine, straight to you at fourteen?" Leo asked

"The idea is to show you what our relationship was like. Well after disowning you, we didn't have one. For a while you tried. Turned up for my tenth birthday, offered to take me out to a ballgame, you know stuff like that. But I was still angry with you, so I wouldn't make the effort. Then you got bored and went back to ignoring me. You'd come pick Wyatt and Mark up, I'd stay out of your way and you'd stay out of mine,"

"Until now," Leo asked motioning to the scene in front of him.

Chris nodded and turned back towards where he heard his mother's voice coming up the stairs. "Chris honey, what are you doing up here. It's your birthday don't you want to open your presents,"

"Yeah I'll be down in a sec," Chris answered turning the pages of the book of shadows.

"Honey please you don't have to worry, the threat that demon made. Me and your aunts will take care of it,"

"But…"

"But nothing! Nothings going to happen to me or your aunts I promise,"

Chris heard a crash! Everything was a blur! One minute he was talking with his mother, the next she was being thrown across the room. "Mom," he screamed. Turning, he saw the cause of the worst misery he would ever experience. Then he heard them running up the stairs. Phoebe and Paige entered the attic, but never made it across the room. The demon formed an energy ball in his right hand and through it at Paige, just like he had done with Piper. She too flew across the room.

Chris screamed again. This time it wasn't the Chris in front of the demon. It was the Chris with Leo and Piper. Piper pulled her son into her arms trying to stop him having to relive the scene in front of him.

But Chris made himself look, as did Leo and Piper. Phoebe was the next to fall. At first she managed to dodge the energy balls, but the demon began throwing them quicker and she couldn't keep up.

The demon once seeing his work was done quickly shimmered out. Chris still stood frozen to the spot. "I couldn't move," Chris told them. "I..I wanted to help, but I was too scared,"

Chris watched his younger self run to his mother's side and followed quickly.

"Mom," he heard himself cry "Mom please be alright, please don't die,"

"Honey," Piper wheezed trying to catch her breath. Everything inside hurt, and she was finding it hard to talk. "It's not my choice. I want to stay but I can't,"

"This is all my fault," Younger Chris cried

"No," his mother stopped him "I don't ever want you to blame yourself," Piper smiled despite the tears falling "I'm going to miss you so much," she whispered reaching up to stroke his face "Don't ever forget that I love you,"

"Mom, your gonna be fine. I'll call dad. He'll heal you. LEO," But Leo didn't answer. "LEO, DAD," Chris screamed again.

"Honey he can't hear you. Please I need to tell you things before I go,"

"No mom, no goodbyes please,"

"Chris I'm dying. I need you to know that I love you more than anything, you'll always be my little charmed one," she could feel the tears falling down her face. "I'm going to miss watching you and your brothers grow up into the wonderful men I know your going to become,"

By now Chris was shaking from sobbing so hard, he didn't hear Wyatt come up behind him. "Mom," he cried falling to her side.

"Wyatt I love you, Please look after yourself and your brothers," Wyatt could see Piper's eyes clouding over "Please stay with us mom, please," He put his hands over his mother in an attempt to heal her. "It's not working," he cried "What's the point of being a whitelighter/witch when you can't heal,"

"I called dad, but he wouldn't answer," Chris told him.

"DAD," Wyatt called "DAD," But again nothing.

Chris and Wyatt turned back to their mother, but she wasn't moving any longer. "Mom?" Wyatt questioned, but got no response. Chris checked her pulse and shook his head.

"She's gone Wy,"

"No!" Wyatt answered defiantly "There has to be away, were children of a charmed one for Christ's sake, if anyone can change this it's us, we can't lose her,"

"We have," Chris cried "She's.. She's gone,"

"What happened?"

"A demon. He shimmered in. He got auntie Paige and Phoebe too," Chris answered sadly. "Were all that's left, you me and Mark,"

Just then Leo orbed in. "What happened?" he asked noticing his ex wife and sister in laws lying still on the attic floor.

Something in Wyatt snapped. His mother should still be alive, she would be if his father had orbed down when he was needed. He had always made excuses for him, no matter how many times he had screwed up with Chris, or how many times he had been gone for months on end. Wyatt always vouched for his father. But not now, he had let him down, he had let them all down. Wyatt went for his father knocking him to the ground. "Where were you?" he screamed punching him in the face "I called you, Chris called you,"

Chris pulled Wyatt off his father "Wy, stop! Attacking each other isn't going to help. Won't bring mom back will it?"

"But she'd still be here if he had come when you first called," Again Wyatt went for his father but Chris held him back.

"I'll never forgive you for this dad," Wyatt spat with such anger and hatred. Chris had never seen him like this before and it scared him. "You're the reason our mothers dead," Wyatt finished before orbing out of Chris' arms. Leaving Leo and Chris alone together.

"What do we do now dad?" Chris asked.

"I need to go after your brother," Leo answered frantically.

"Dad please you can leave me here alone," Chris pleaded.

"Chris your brother needs me,"

"I need you!" Chris cried walking towards his father. "Please dad don't desert me now,"

Leo was crying, "I know, but I'm sorry Wyatt needs me," and with that Leo orbed out in search of his oldest son. Leaving Chris alone and frightened.