Chapter 1

The stillness of the attic always seemed to calm him when it came to his late night visits to the room as he hovered over the book of shadows for the millionth time looking for the one demon that would make his mission easier and provide him with the information he needed to carry out the task at hand. Even though he had the book memorized from cover to cover he still studied the heirloom as if new entries would magically appear, giving him the answers he had been searching for and finally put an end to his quest to save his sibling, freeing him from the evil that has been growing inside of him for a little over two decades. But he knew it wouldn't be that simple. Nothing regarding his brother ever was.

Chris had been back in the past for a little over five months now and sadly he wasn't any closer to finding out why or how the twice blessed son was turned into the wretched, soulless freak he was today. All the killings that took place at his brother's hands would more then double any war ever fought and the fact that the man could murder so many people with just a blink of an eye or the wave of a hand made their fights virtually impossible and that was if the evil tyrant was kind enough to kill them right away, others though were not so lucky.

The thought of his brother's torture of others as well as himself sent chills up the boy's spine and as much as he tried he couldn't get the images of what his brother had done to him out of his mind. In fact every night the boy went to sleep he would always awaken two hours later with sweat pouring off of his body as his father held him close, reassuring him that his brother couldn't harm him any more and that he was loved and safe with his family. But none of this would matter any more he would always tell himself hoping that once his brother was saved all would be forgotten and all those innocents will be alive and his brother would love him like he was supposed to in stead of the sick way that he did and truth be told if it hadn't been for his father his thoughts wouldn't be as positive as they were now.

The boy's father had become his rock in recent months and gave him a shoulder to cry on when the weight of the world and his personal struggle had become too much for him to bare. He would spend hours in the arms of the slightly larger man sometimes sobbing loudly, others crying silent tears as his psyche was forced to relive the most painful moments of his life over and over again. And each and every time after his breakdowns Leo would say nothing else about it and quickly change the subject as to not make the boy feel uncomfortable. He had become the greatest father the boy could have ever asked for, he just wished the circumstances could have been better and although Chris shared most of his feelings with his father there was one dark secret, one dark thought that he never had the strength to voice to anyone.

Some days the boy would feel like taking his own life and putting an end to his painful suffering but only to change his mind in the end, after all Christopher Halliwell was not WEAK. There were innocents not to mention his family who needed him to be successful on his mission to prevent their lives from being lost and shattered so taking the coward's way out was not an option. No, he had to stay strong and fight no matter how hard it got. There were just way too many lives in jeopardy to surrender and he wouldn't rest until he knew they were all ok.

"What cha thinking about?" he heard a very familiar voice call out to him.

Standing in the door way and now making her way over to him was his mother Piper Halliwell. Chris had been avoiding her every since they arrived back but letting her in on and making her privy to his pain wasn't fair so he chose to wear a mask around the woman for her own sake. He didn't need his mother to feel guilty about anything after all none of this was her fault and as much as it pained him to even thing of the person in questions name, Wyatt wasn't responsible either. Something evil had taken hold of him, something sinister and devious in nature was to blame and he was determined to figure out what that something was.

"Nothing" came his surly and malice filled reply that caused the woman to flinch.

Chris didn't want to hurt his mother but he had no choice. It was the only way to prove to her that he was alright and focused on his ultimate goal, even if it was all a lie. Wyatt had hurt him more then any of the man's magical powers ever could but this wasn't for his mother to know. She was an innocent party in this and didn't need to know the horrid details of what REALLY went on between her two sons. She didn't need to know that Wyatt's lips had been on more than just his mouth, but his neck and chest as well. She didn't need to know where his sibling had touched him and where he was forced to touch and even taste the man in return. The thought caused Chris to tear up slightly before he returned to his emotionless state.

Suddenly the cries of the eldest charmed one jolted him form his thoughts.

"Why do you hate me so much? What did I do?" she sobbed into her hands unwillingly. She didn't want her son to feel bad and she knew that he was going through a lot but what she didn't understand is why he wouldn't allow her to help him, to comfort him as any loving mother would do for her child.

Had she treated him that poorly during his earlier stay in the past? Did he despise her now? Loath hearing her voice and taking in the sight of her features even though they mirrored his own?

Chris looked at his mom with sorry filled eyes. I'm such a bastard, he thought to himself as she removed her hands from her face and glazed into his eyes with a pleading look.

"I'm sorry Mom, but I have to go" he spoke softly as he moved to stand in front of the woman and gave her a hug.

"Please don't leave because of me. I'll…I'll…I'll just go away" she said pulling back from the man and heading out of the attic.

"Mom wait!" he called after her as he heard her bedroom door slam shut.

"DAMN IT!" he yelled out loud scolding himself for yelling at his pregnant mother. How could he be so mean, so churlish to the woman who loved him so much? Great now because of his outburst she was going to cry for a while which always ends up giving him a headache due the woman's stress or God forbid something worse.

"DAD!" the boy called out as he already felt the affects of his nasty behavior towards his mom.

Within seconds the blue orbs filled the air before reforming into the boy's father.

"Hey, are you alright?" the man questioned as his son rubbed his temples as he sat down on the attic sofa.

"Yeah I will be" he said not really wanting to go into detail but knowing that he had to. "I got into it with Mom again, this time she thinks that I hate her" he said as Leo sat in the empty spot next to her.

"You know she only wants to help you through this Chris" Leo said in a sympathetic voice.

"I know Dad but I can't tell her about what Wyatt did to me, the stuff she didn't see. It would kill her and you know it"

"But she loves you Chris and she just wants to make sure that you're ok"

"Then you talk to you and let her know that I'm ok" the boy replied as he leaned back heavily on the cushion behind him.

"But you're not. I can't lie to your Mother Chris, not after we just got back together"

"Dad, please. Now come on you don't want her to know the truth, do you?" he questioned giving his father a sideways glance.

Leo evaluated his son's words and couldn't disagree. It had been hard enough for him to hear the sorted details and every time he did he would end up crying in private right after he left his son so he knew it would drive his wife over the edge if she knew the particulars and in her current state that was definitely information that she didn't need to know.

"Ok fine, but if we keep lying to her like this for too long you know your mother, she's going to cast some spell that's going to backfire and only add to our problems so you're going to have to tell her Chris and soon" the man said before giving his son a kiss on the head and leaving to tend to his heartbroken wife.

With his father now helping his mom and the facts about the newest demon written down Chris laid down across the couch and closed his eyes, taking in all of the sleep he could before the images returned to haunt him once again.

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