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Chapter 13:

"Why is it always you two huh? And this time you dragged him into it" she indicated the small boy standing off to the side" It's his first day! Can't you guys just keep your hands to yourselves for like a month at a time? It would make my job a hell of a lot easier"

"We're really sorry Aunt Paige"

"You're sorry every time, it doesn't stop you from doing it again now does it Chris" Paige had a migraine, her own flesh and blood and they were the two that were ordered to her office every other week for doing the wrong thing. Now she also had to deal with the fact that the third part of the terrible trio had arrived and was already looking into joining the other two's favourite past time, making her teaching life hell.

"What was it this time hey? Did they steal your lunch? Did they call you a nasty name? What did they do?" the sarcasm dripping from her voice was unintentional, but it gave the lecture life, she was tired of yelling the same words at these two kids over and over and not getting through to them.

Thirteen year old Wyatt, twelve year old Chris and five year old Shawn were squirming under her gaze. They hated it when they were yelled at like this. They tried to stop fighting, they really did but they always managed to find themselves trouble and they were the only ones that ever got into trouble about it even though they were always the ones who were provoked. Not one of them had started a fight in their entire life, except amongst each other of course.

"It was the name one… sort of" mumbled Wyatt

"Sort of… What's that supposed to mean?" asked Paige loudly

"You wouldn't understand" Wyatt answered quietly

"Wouldn't understand? I don't care if I wouldn't understand, I want to know, I want answers you two" she was mainly yelling at Wyatt and Chris, it was after all Shawn's first offence "and I want them now. You have to stop this nonsense, fighting will get you nowhere, you know this, why do it?"

"You, mum and Aunt Phoebe always fight" Chris grumbled

"We're fighting demons Chris, completely different, there's no comparison there" Paige said while rubbing her forehead

"If you're not going to tell me go home, we'll continue this when I get there, I'm stopping by on my way home to have a little chat with your parents" Paige watched as Chris, Wyatt and Shawn grabbed their bags and all but ran for the door

"Wait a minute" they halted "if you're going to keep fighting, and I have no doubt you are, can you please stop using magic and start doing it the human way. Those kids are no match for you in power and you are making my job hell by forcing me try to explain to parents why their children not only have black eyes but also why they have several bruises from been thrown across the room"

Once outside the room and away from the firing line, they all breathed a sigh of relief.

"Come here Wyatt" Chris then pulled Wyatt closer and held his hand over his black eye healing it for him.

"I wish I could heal" stated Shawn sulkily "You guy's are so lucky, you get to be angels, my daddy's a mortal"

"My dads a mortal too, Leo isn't my dad" Chris snapped, his eyes were hard and he was been harsh, but he was not in the mood to play nice "Who knows maybe you'll die and be made a whitelighter like Aunt Prue"

"Chris!" Wyatt exclaimed "Don't say things like that to him" Chris's demeanour softened at that and he turned to his little brother with sorrowful eyes

"Look Shawnie, I'm sorry, I'm not angry with you, I'm angry with that oaf over there" he indicated Wyatt "I didn't mean what I said, can you forgive me?"

"I'll always forgive you Chrissy" claimed Shawn "You guys shouldn't do that anymore, I got in trouble on my first day cause of it"

"Yeah I know we shouldn't" said Chris ruffling Shawn's hair "Come on I'll take you home" Chris took Shawn's hand but before he orbed away he spoke to Wyatt

"I'll meet you at the bridge in five minutes, we need to talk"

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"Why do you do it Wyatt" Chris asked looking directly into his brothers eyes once he arrived at their meeting place after dropping Shawn home.

They were standing atop Golden Gate Bridge invisible to the rest of the world thanks to Wyatt's cloaking power.

"I can't help it Chris, they insult and I react. It's the way it's been our whole lives, you know that, something inside of me just clicks"

Wyatt looked vacantly down into the water below. He was ashamed of what he did. Every time something mildly bad was said about him or his family he always reacted violently. These day's people would just torment him to get a reaction out of him, they wouldn't even mean the things they were saying, but they thought of him as a psychopath and wanted to see what he would do next.

"You scare me Wy'. Your eyes, they're the worst of it, they go cold like ice, they look empty, like there is nothing left in there, no emotion, no nothing"

"Until you separate whatever fight has broken out this time, getting yourself into trouble in the process, and you look me in the eyes, you talk to me, then and only then do I feel like an actual human being again"

"It all comes back to you, you come back basically"

"I'm scared too Chris, except I'm scared that one day I won't come back and that I'll be a monster forever" Wyatt paused for a second and drew in a raspy breath "Like you remember that time when James Anderson called you a basted and told everyone that one of the top Elder's all but disowned you" Chris nodded painfully and Wyatt continued on oblivious to his brother's sudden sullenness

"Well that time the feeling was so much stronger then most, because what they said was about you, it meant something to me, and it was so much harder to pull out of, it took so much more effort to come back into myself then what it usually does"

"So you're worried that maybe one time if something really horrible happens you won't be able to pull out"

"Or maybe one day you won't be there to save me"

"I don't know how to help you Wyatt but I'll do my best, I promise you" Chris assured his brother

"There's something else I want you to promise me Chris" Wyatt bore his eyes into his brother's making sure that Chris knew that he truly meant what he was about to say "Promise me that if one day I don't come back you'll stop me, whatever the cost is, just stop me from hurting people. We both know what kind of damage I can do when I use my powers to their potential, the wall Lance Davison crashed through today was enough of a show I think, don't you?"

"I can't do that Wy, you're my brother. I will always be on your side"

"This is been on my side, my rational side at least" Wyatt spoke with a hint of urgency in his tone.

"Fine I promise, but I won't hurt you, I'll find another way" Chris didn't like what he was agreeing to but he'd do anything for his brother

"Why am I this way Chris, I hate been this person" The emotion in Wyatt's voice as he spoke was truly astounding, but Chris who was used to it as he had had similar conversations with Wyatt many times before just answered the question

"I don't know Wy, have you remembered anything else"

"Nothing, I used those meditation exercises Leo taught me a few years ago to try and focus but its all the same, I just get feelings, feelings of been constantly on guard, constantly afraid, constantly angry, completely untrusting. I don't know what it means, I even asked mom about it the other week and she just said it was a demon thing that happened before you were born, that that was what those memories were"

"We better be getting home, come on Wy' Aunt Paige will be there by now and mom will want to know where we are"

Together the two boys orbed back to the manor, both knew that the words they'd spoken on the bridge would under no circumstances be repeated to another living soul, they were the closest of brothers and they trusted each other wholly and completely. Both were certain that in a few years, when he was old enough, Shawn would be joining them for their bridge talks or as Wyatt had dubbed them their 'Brother Talks on the Bridge where they shared their Blues'. Shawn was one of them, therefore, soon Shawn would also be there. They felt the same connection with him as they felt with each other.

The connection was like a strong vibrating surge of energy that drew the three of them together and allowed them to know the others inside out, to know what the were feeling what they were thinking and even to be able to anticipate what the other would do next in a battle situation.

Once back on home soil at the manor both boys retreated immediately to their room, they didn't want to risk a run-in with either of their parents. They knew that a conversation with them right now would be a sand grain away from disastrous and preferred to avoid that at all costs.

As soon as they were back inside their room, they settled down at their own desks and began their normal school homework for the next day.

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Downstairs in the living room of the manor Owen and Piper Johnson were engaged in a deep discussion.

"What are we supposed to do Piper? I don't know how to deal with this stuff anymore" Owen said to his wife

"I know Owen, believe me, I'm just as clueless as you" Piper reached over and took her husbands hand before continuing with what she was saying

"What I don't get is why it happens, they're good kids, except for these very frequent occasions when they throw people through walls"

"It wasn't a real wall, just a cardboard one" Off Piper's look Owen hastily changed where he was going with this little speech "Well that's what we can be thankful for, but we have to teach the three of them a lesson here, they have to know just how wrong it was"

"They know how wrong it was. Don't you see the look on Wyatt's face for the week after it happens, he hates himself for what he's done" Piper's eyes had taken a shade that represented that of only deep concern "You know I don't even think Chris and now Shawn have much to do with the fights, I think Chris always just intervenes, stops Wyatt, saves him from himself even"

"Chris was the one who threw that kid through the wall today" Owen said speculatively

"There isn't a thing in the world Chris wouldn't do for his brother, we both know that" Piper sighed deeply "And Chris threw one across the room, Wyatt threw that kid through the wall"

"Do you think this all has something to do with when Wyatt was kidnapped all those years ago, that this is why he can get like he does?" Owen asked softly, stroking Piper's hand in reassurance that she could say whatever she wanted to him and his ears would be the only ears that heard

"I'm scared that it does Owen, but I don't know how it can, Wyatt doesn't even remember that"

"Maybe it was a personality thing that happened to him while he was gone" Owen suggested

"Maybe, but we can't know for sure, I don't know if we ever will. I just wish our son could live peacefully, like his brother's do you know. I wish he didn't have all these inner demons to deal with. I know he doesn't want to do what he's doing and I wish he could find a way to stop"

"We just have to try and help him find a way Piper, it's all that we can do. Leo should be down here for this, it's his area of expertise"

"Leo hasn't visited his son's in a year, alls they've gotten from him for the last twelve months are letters filled with empty apologies. I'll get Nick to have a talk with him but Wyatt's stubborn, I doubt it'll do any good" Piper went mournful as she spoke of her ex-husband, she had long ago put the Leo she married and her boy's father into two separate categories, they really were two different people.

"Well come on then, lets go have our traditional, after-fight chat with our boys aye. We've got Shawnie there this time, it'll be good, the talk needed a bit of a change anyhow, the same old was getting quite boring" Owen said as he got up and lent a hand down to help Piper to her feet as well. Together the two of them set off up the stairs to have a talk with the rest of their family.

Piper was so grateful she had Owen in her life, especially in times like these. He always added a little bit of humour to the situation and not only that, he made her feel like he would always be behind her, supporting her, even when she felt like she was going to collapse under the stress of trying to raise three boys. He offered her advice when she was lost and a shoulder to cry on when she needed one. He was her inner strength, her backbone and was a part of her entire life. He was the best person she could have ever asked for to be a dad to her kids and a lover to her.

A/N: Hope you liked this latest instalment, thanks to all of you who have taken the time to read this story, the next chapter will be up soon, please oh please review. As always criticism is most welcome. If you liked it please leave a little note saying so. Thanks again everyone.

Oh and just some answers to a few questions that my loyal reviewers have asked

Acacia Jules – you were wondering about the new future and what's going to happen now because Chris changed so many things. To this I'm not going to say a lot, just that I believe that if you are truly meant to be with a person, your relationship will find a way of coming together, no matter what the circumstances are. All will be explained in the final chapter, which by the way I have already written, I just haven't written the in between bits yet.

IcantthinkofaFnick – This is the future where Wyatt becomes evil and the above chapter should have shown basically the background of how it all happened, the thing that really pushes him over the edge will be in two or three chapter's time. As for the reason why Chris could heal and he couldn't when he came back from the future, well just think of it like this, to be able to heal, you need to be able to love, a closed off heart won't let a person heal.

Ilovedrew88 – I'm so sorry that the Kyle-Bane thing wasn't in this chapter, it was just getting a little long and I decided that this would be a good place to end it for now. Next chapter I promise. And also the reason behind Victors heart attack, remember Chris's warning to his Grandpa when they were smoking cigars together, I just played on that.

Well that's all, if you have any more questions, just ask in your reviews and I'll be happy to answer them to the best of my ability without giving away too much.