No, as you can see the last Chapter was not the well, the last chapter. The story is far from over. Anyways This chapter picks up about twenty years later. I know I used the dates on Buffy's headstone from the show, but I'm going to use the Charmed time line Sorry for any confusion. It's 2026 so going by air dates, Wyatt was born in Feb. Of 2003 and Chris in June of 2004. So going by the date on Buffy's headstone she would have died before Chris was even born. The exact dates aren't really important but, I know some people notice that junk so I'm letting you know it's wrong and I don't care.
Manor 2026:
Wyatt groaned as he tried to lift the heavy chest in th corner of th attic. Sighing as glancing around to make sure he was alone he waved his hand moving it to the center of the room. Things had been stranger, well stranger than usual around the manor. Ever since Chris brought home his new girlfriend, Bianca, the family didn't take it well, to say the least especially their mother. She'd been more nervous than usual worrying constantly about He and Chris. Then he'd started having this strange nightmare he didn't know what to make of it. It was all so unclear but kept making him wake in a cold sweat. He couldn't shake this nagging doubt that it wasn't just a dream.
"Ok, I'm here, let's get this over with." Chris groaned orbing into the attic. Wyatt looked up from the box he was emptying and was struck by the unnerving sense of deja vu. Maybe it was the way Chris was standing or the fact that he'd been just thinking about his dream, he didn't know, he did know he wanted to keep Chris as far away from the attic as possible.
"It's ok, I'm almost done, you don't have to help." Wyatt replied trying to get rid of him.
"You sure?" Chris asked surprised. Cleaning the attic sucked. Wyatt nodded waving him off. "Thanks man." Chris said orbing out.
He picked up a another box groaning when the bottom fell out spilling it's contents all over the floor. He shifted through the mess surprised to find mens clothing a few years out of style. He threw it aside picking up a black velvet box opening it he found what looked to be an engagement ring. Who the hell did this stuff belong to he wondered, maybe an ex of his mom's or one of his aunts. Then something else caught his attention it was a photograph the edges worn he picked it up studying it. It looked like Chris he noted surprised with a girl, one he had the strange feeling he knew but couldn't place. He flipped it over reading the caption on the back. C&b June 2004. Ok, so it couldn't be his brother because he was born in June of 2004. He flipped it back over studying their faces. They were curled up on the old sofa that now sat in the attic but, had once been in the living room. She appeared to be sleeping, he head resting on his shoulder as he sat with a book open on his lap but, totally engrossed in watching her. He wondered if they's even noticed the picture had been taken. He looked at the box dusting off the label hoping for a name but, it simply said C.P. 2004. He couldn't shake the feeling that he knew them, and then it hit him.
"Get Wyatt and go." Buffy said trying to sense where he went. Chris rushes toward him about to grab him when Gideon reapers stabbing him.
"Chris." Buffy cried watching him crumple to the ground. Gideon pulls the athame from him stepping towards Wyatt as Buffy stood frozen in shock. Before she could recover he was gone. Buffy rushed to him falling to her knees next to him. "Chris, I'm so sorry, please, don't.."
"Dad." Chris began Shakily before passing out.
"LEO!" Buffy screamed frantically praying he'd be able to save him.
That was it, that was the dream he'd been struggling to remember for weeks, but it wasn't a dream, it was a memory. He'd only been a little over a year old at the time. So the guys name was Chris too, this was weird, and what was the girls name. He knew it started with a B. Who the hell were they. Then he was struck with a awful thought. The guy looked exactly like Chris and the girl, it was obvious something was going on between the two, maybe they were even engaged, he mused remembering the ring he'd found. They were trying to protect him and he was stabbed, possibly, a good possibility since his stuff was in a box in their attic, maybe she died to. And maybe, just maybe his brother Chris wasn't his brother after all, maybe Chris's real parents, these people had died protecting him and his parents had decided to raise him after that.
"No way." Wyatt said shaking his head. They would have told them, they wouldn't have his it from them. But, then why hadn't they ever heard of these people before. He decided he was getting nowhere with his crazy speculation and decided t head downstairs for some answers. He paused outside the kitchen when he heard arguing coming from inside.
"I know your worried Piper." Leo began trying to calm her.
"No, don't tell me I'm overreacting, she betrayed him last time, she almost got him killed Leo. How can we be sure it wont happen again?" Piper demanded.
"So, what do you want to do? Do you want to tell them the truth?" Leo asked frustrated.
"How could we do that to them?" Piper asked defeatedly. "But, he's falling in love with her and I wish we could stop it."
"I know, but we can't. Noone can." Leo replied.
"That's not true." Piper said sadly. "I just wish sometimes..."
"I know, me too." Leo replied with a sad smile. "But, we can't do that to ourselves, or him. No matter who he decided he wants to be with we keep comparing them to her. It's not fair."
"I know but sometimes I'm up in the attic and come across the time travel spell and I'm tempted to use it." Piper admitted.
"And just what would you say to her when you got there?" Leo asked smiling. "Hey Buffy, Want to come to the future and make Chris forget about Bianca?"
"Something like that." Piper said laughing slightly.
Wyatt leaned against the wall confused. Then, he remembered something else,
"Sucks to be mortal doesn't it?" She asked.
"No please you must let me stop him." Gideon began staggering back away from her.
"You ready?" Buffy asked, Leo Nodded Calling for the mirror.
"It has to be done on this side only, to repair the balance." Leo explained to his reflection.
"I know, " Evil Leo replied where the Evil Gideon and Slayer stood. "You can't do anything else." he commanded as she slowly backed off turning to watch her counterpart.
"Make it hurt." Evil Buffy called. Buffy nodded turning Back to Gideon.
"This is for Wyatt." Buffy declared Kicking him across the cavern. She picked him roughly. "This for the sisters." She said throwing his to the other side.
"Please." Gideon begged painfully but she ignored his pleas walking over to him. She pulled him roughly to his feet forcing him to stand.
"This is for Leo." She said punching him in the face. Leo couldn't help but wince at the sound of bones breaking he watched as blood gushed from Gideon nose. "This is for Chris." She said Punching him again allowing him to collapse at her feet. He lay there whimpering in agony unable to move. She grabbed him by the throat raising him off the ground.
"And who is this for." Gideon choked out as she stared menacingly at him.
"This, this is for the greater good. Ok, let's be honest, this is for you." She replied snapping his neck and dropping him.
"Gideon!" he exclaimed forgetting his parents were right on the other side of the door.
"Wyatt." Piper said nervously as they stepping int the foyer.
"Gideon, he was an Elder, he tried to kill me." Wyatt declared watching his parents nervously glance at each other. "And I remember Chris, he was there somehow, the same age he is now. Gideon stabbed him, in the attic. And then I was in the underworld, you came to save me, Buffy, she killed Gideon."
"You, you remember all that?" Piper asked nervously.
"Not until just now," Wyatt began "Now, what don't I remember?" He demanded.
"Come with me." Piper said ignoring Leo's questioning look. She led them into the attic finding the box she was looking for already in the middle of the room. "You remember Gideon, well, this." She said picking up the photo he'd found. "This is Chris, your brother. About Twenty-three years ago, when he came from the future, to save you." She began smiling softly down at the image. "I couldn't ever bring myself to throw these things away, maybe, it was because I somehow knew this day would come. It all started with titan's, and a portal..."
"We didn't trust him, especially me, I knew he had been the one to send me Valhalla." Leo continued.
"Then, after your dad decided to go be an elder full time, your aunts sprung the news on me that, he was my son." Piper picked up.
"I was shocked when I found out, He hated me." Leo continued.
"So let me get this strait, Chris came to the past to save me from an unknown demon, almost stopping his own existence, and he hit you?" Wyatt summed up confused.
"Pretty much." Piper said smiling sadly.
"So, how does buffy fit into all this?" Wyatt asked intrigued.
"Hey guys." Phoebe said coming into the attic followed by Paige.
"What's going on?" Paige asked nervously spotting the things they were going through.
"It's ok, he knows." Piper replied.
"He remembered Gideon." Leo explained.
"Oh, ok." Paige said unsurely.
"Actually, you have great timing, we wee just getting to the part where Buffy comes in." Piper replied.
"Buffy." Phoebe said smiling. "I'll never forget that night, we were in the cemetery, burring the Lazarus demon." Phoebe began.
"Again." Paige added rolling her eyes.
"When these things started clawing their way out of the ground..." Phoebe continued.
"Don't you see her." Paige whispered pointing to a blonde teenage girl sitting on a headstone watching the grave as the body was emerging from it. "I'm surprised you didn't sense her.
"I can't get a read off either of them." Phoebe whispered back. "Maybe what ever that is she's one of them too."
But, before Paige could reply the girl spoke.
"I was wondering when you'd get up. I've been sitting here all night just waiting." She said to the newly emerged body.
"And what are you my snack?" He asked smiling sadistically.
"Oh yeah that's me, help I'm a poor innocent little girl someone save me." she replied sarcastically.
"She was so angry at the world, but you should have seen her fight, she was amazing." Paige continued. "We had no idea who she was, we'd never heard of the slayer..."
"Into each generation a Slayer is born..." Leo began.
"...One girl in all the world, a Chosen One. One born with the strength and skill to fight the vampires, to stop the spread of their evil and the swell of their numbers." The Girl From the Cemetery finished. The all turned to see her standing in the doorway. "Funny whoever wrote that one forgot to add the parts about fighting demons, dying and the people around her all dying. Now we all know what I am so, You can tell me who you are and what you want from me." She demanded.
"How did you find us." Paige asked confused.
"Well I saw that funky light show you used to get to your car at the Cemetery, if you ask me it was a bit to beam me up Scotty for my taste but, whatever. Anyway I figured two girls alone at night in a cemetery obviously doing some kinda magic is probably something I should look into."
"You think were evil?" Phoebe asked shocked.
"Why else were you out there?" She replied.
"How do we know your not evil, you were the one talking about killing people and hell mouths?" Paige retorted.
"She's not." Chris answered for her. "Their not either, there good witches."
" Fine, now that we've got all that sorted out I'll be on my way," She said as she turned to leave. "you never saw me." She added.
"We, well Chris actually convinced her to stay." Phoebe explained. "They were both so lost, each having just lost someone they loved."
"Wait, Buffy, Buffy Summers as in the." Wyatt began.
"The most powerful slayer ever, yeah. She wasn't to keen on that fact though." Phoebe finished for him.
"So anyways, Phoebe and I decided to play natch maker, with al little help from you." Paige continued smiling.
"Great, I'm being magically stalked." Buffy laughed picking him up. "Why do you like me so much?" Wyatt just gigged leaning in and placing a kiss on her cheek.
"Awe that's so cute." Paige exclaimed.
"Damn flirt." Chris mumbled under his breath.
"Yeah Buffy, I think he likes you." Phoebe teased as Leo orbed in.
"Hey how's everything going?" He asked.
"Well we might be able to get some work done if Buffy and your son stop kissing." Phoebe teased.
"He kissed me, and I tried to make him leave me alone." Buffy replied.
"Chris we need to focus and you should respect when a girl..." Leo began.
"Not me." Chris interrupted pointing to his brother.
"Wait, what are you talking about?" Leo asked confused.
"It seems we've already lost Wyatt to girls." Piper laughed.
"That's it, I give up." Buffy began handing Wyatt to Phoebe. "There must be something wrong with me. Because it seems I only attract two hundred and fifty some odd year old vampires and infants. I should be a nun, maybe I could even get my own show like the flying nun, The nun slayer. Wait that sounds bad. But, you know what I mean." She rambled.
"Oh I don't think you need to do anything quite so drastic." Paige laughed.
"No I think I'm on to something, this could be why slayers aren't supposed to date. I mean maybe we give off some weird pheromones or something. I'm doomed." Buffy replied exasperated flopping onto the sofa.
"Doomed to what?" Piper asked amused.
"Doomed to attended the senior prom without a date." Buffy sighed.
"Then, your brother really put his foot in his mouth." Phoebe laughed.
"You too, What did you guys do." Chris demanded.
"What are you talking about?" Phoebe asked feigning innocence.
"You two could never stay out of my love life why did I expect anything to be different twenty years in the past." Chris ranted. " I mean I can't show the slightest interest in any girl without you two coming up with some half baked scheme to set us up. Sure I find her attractive but, do you two ever stop and think. I mean she's like eighteen years to old for me. Eventually I have to go back to my time and Buffy doesn't exist in it. Anyway why would I like her, she's reckless, she takes stupid risks. She thinks she can do everything on her own. She's secretive, she's keeping secrets from you and probably from me too. To read about her accomplishments in my time you wouldn't expect her to be, well kinda ditzy. I mean what on earth would give you the idea that she's the kind of girl I would go for." Chris continued to rant until he noticed Paige and Phoebe gesturing frantically for him to stop. "She's standing behind me isn't she." Chris groaned as Phoebe nodded. He slowly turned to face her.
"Oh don't stop on my account." Buffy said calmly. "Come on tell me what you really think of me. I mean I'm sorry I don't live up to my 'history'. Your right, I am everything you said but, I'm glad I'm a disappointment. I never wanted to be some great heroine, I wanted to be a cheerleader I don't want to have people reading about all the amazing things I've done and how great I WAS. I mean you said it I don't exist in your future. So why don't we just focus on destroying the master then I'll help you guys save Wyatt and you can go back to your happy Buffy free future. And next time you feel the need to tear me down why don't you take a look in the mirror because everything you said about me is true for you too. Well not everything, because as much as it may have sucked at least you had and, still have a future. I'll be upstairs if you need me." She finished walking out of the room.
"Nice one." Paige said after she left.
"But, somehow they ended up falling in love." Paige said smiling as she continued the story.
"Then Gideon attacked." Leo picked up where she left off. "Your mom was in Labor and your aunts under a spell."
"We're not sure exactly what happened, but somehow trying to save you, Chris was stabbed." Phoebe picked up the tale sadly.
"I know how, I remember that." Wyatt said quickly filling them in on what had happened.
"Well, Gideon had you and Chris was, ..." Leo trailed off unable to continue.
"He died in her arms," Paige said unable to stop the tears from falling. "It was the saddest thing I've ever had to witness."
"Then, well you know what happened next." Leo continued regaining his composer. "She killed Gideon, and soon after that, she left."
"She left us this note and took off." Piper said handing it to him. He quickly scanned it.
Dear Piper, Phoebe and Paige,
I know you'll be mad I just took off without saying anything, but I couldn't handle a big goodbye right now. I just wanted to let you guys know that, I'll be ok. I feel so lucky to have met you and that you allowed me into your lives. You'll never be able to understand how much you've all helped me. I don't know if our paths will ever cross again but it helps knowing that their others out there fighting, that I'm not alone. But, it's time I went home, back to my own destiny. You take care of my little guy. I like to think that what I do will help in some way create a better future for him, even if I can't be around to share it. Don't worry so much about what tomorrow will bring and just enjoy what you have today.
-Buffy.
"Then the avatars came, promising utopia." Paige continued.
"She Died in my arms, that's when I knew what I had to do, to make them see." Leo continued.
"We didn't see her again till we faked our deaths, she came to the funeral and somehow knew it was us, despite our disguises." Phoebe continued.
"That was the last time we saw her." Piper picked up.
"She used the gift from the Angel of destiny to save me from death and make me a white lighter again." Leo continued.
"A few years later your Uncle Kyle showed up, telling us she'd died, saving her sister." Piper continued.
"From the hell god right?" Wyatt asked struggling to remember what they'd learned at magic school.
"Yeah, but her friends, they somehow brought her back." Phoebe replied.
"She used a spell, to activate all the potential slayer, to defeat the first.' Wyatt recalled.
"Yeah, but she realized how dangerous that could be, so, we reversed it for her." Piper explained.
"So she survived that battle, there's nothing about her after that, I always assumed she died." Wyatt replied.
"No, but were not really sure what happened to her, noone is, well not noone." Leo continued as they all glanced at Paige.
"Who?" Wyatt asked.
"Your Uncle Kyle, he was, is, her White lighter, but he doesn't talk about her, even to me." Paige explained.
"Why?" Wyatt asked as they all shrugged not really sure.
"Because, she wouldn't want them to know, to see what she became." Kyle said stepping from his place in the doorway. "She wasn't the same girl you all knew, not after they brought her back, they never considered the consequences, but she paid them. Everyone has a destiny, however small it may seem but, she had already fulfilled hers. I honestly think she was relived, she was finished, it was all over then, she was thrown back into the world, ripped from heaven and forced to fight again. She did for while, for them but, it was to hard, she had no destiny, no purpose and they all were waiting, expecting her to lead them into the next big fight, only she realized it was no longer her fight. She tried, but she just couldn't do it anymore. Her friends, her sister all wanted her to be the same Buffy, the leader, the fighter, the one to protect them all but, she couldn't be that girl anymore. So with a little help from the elders she was able to erase Dawn's memories and create a new life, a safe, normal life for her. After that, she didn't do so well, she may have fulfilled her destiny, she may have been done being the slayer, but she's pissed a lot of demons off over the years, and without her friends and family she didn't have the same fight she once had..."
"She's dead?" Wyatt asked confused.
"No, worse." Kyle replied. "She went mad a while back. She's locked herself away, wont see anyone. Dawn remembered her, and the past a few years back, right before she got married in fact. I watched out for her, made sure she was safe, it was the least I could do for Buffy. Then one day, She recognized me, she demanded I bring her to Buffy. I wish I never had. It broke her heart, but she realized why Buffy did what she did and was grateful for it. She has two kids now. We decided not to tel anyone about Buffy, well she decided and I agreed it was what Buffy would want."
"Why?" Wyatt asked confused.
"Because, they still think, like you all probably did that she was out there fighting and it helped, in however small a way, it helped you continue fighting." He explained.
"But, she is alive." Piper began hopefully.
"Yes, and no, I wont tell you where she is. I know you could find her, if you really wanted to but, I should warn you, she will hurt you." He replied sadly.
"What do you mean?" Phoebe asked confused.
"She can't tell the good guys from the bad ones anymore." Kyle explained. "She almost killed Dawn. She's attacked me a few times."
Wyatt sat in his room contemplating everything he'd learned. He couldn't believe so much had happened, all that had been done for him. He wondered if he'd do the same in Chris's position. Part of him wanted to scream yes, of course he'd give his life to save his brother he loved him, but the words in his head sounded cheap. It was easy to say, to believe he would but, Chris had actually done it.
"Contemplating the meaning of life?" Chris asked sarcastically leaning against his doorframe.
"Hey." Wyatt greeted with a smile.
"What's up?" Chris asked.
"Nothing, just tired." Wyatt lied.
"I would have helped." Chris replied.
"What." Wyatt began realizing he was talking about cleaning the attic. "Oh, I know, don't worry about it. How was your date?" He asked changing the subject.
"Don't ask." Chris replied rolling his eyes.
"What happened?" Wyatt asked
"Nothing, we just got into a stupid fight. It'll work itself out." Chris said tiredly. "I'm gona hit the sack."
"Night." Wyatt called after him. He and Bianca seemed to be fighting a lot lately. Mainly over some of the questionable things the supposedly not evil girl did. He was worried Chris would be hurt. He pulled the photo from his pocket studying the faces, he'd never seen his brother look so happy, so relaxed. He made his decision, one he knew was probably stupid, but there was more to the story, and he was going to find it.
