Chapter four…

"Charlie…you can't be serious. You're not going anywhere in your condition." Piper said.

"Piper I'm pregnant not terminally ill! If it were Leo who turned, wouldn't you do anything in your power to save him?"

Piper stopped for a second, "Yes."

"Mum you can't let her do this!" Chris shouted, "What if something happens to her?"

"Chris it's my decision." Charlie said, "I know you want to help but two of you in the same timeline could screw the balance even further than on your birthday. Besides, if you came with me your body would merge with the other Chris which would mean when other Chris died you would die and I won't have that."

"Charlie, what if something happens to you?" Melinda objected, "me and the girls don't wanna lose the closest thing we have to a cool big sister!"

Charlie hugged her sister in law, "Mellie, I'll be okay. I'll kick Chris' ass when I get back there and that'll make me feel so much better!"

All the girls giggled, "Do you know when you're going back to?" Leo asked.

"Lord forgive me for what I'm about to do…" she paused, "You too Bianca, and Wyatt if you can here me."

She grabbed Chris' collar and pulled him into a kiss, as she did a flood of images, dates and memories seeped into her mind. Pulling away a second later she grinned, "Thanks. Bianca, can I borrow your athame for a sec?"

Bianca summoned it and passed it to Charlie, still smiling at Chris Charlie took his hand in hers and sliced across his palm, "Hey!" Chris cried.

Grabbing a potion vial she squeezed enough blood to fill it then said, "For the circle of truth…your blood will have memories the other Chris won't yet."

"You're not going anywhere Charlotte." A soft voice came from behind them, "not with my child."

Charlie turned around and stared at her husband with pained eyes, "Wy, darling…I have to do this, I need to do this."

"What is it with you and Chris and this whole concept of me needing to be saved? This is the best thing that has happened to me, to us." He stepped forward and Charlotte's shield sprang up.

"I'm sorry Wyatt, but I will not let our child grow up in a world where her daddy's the Source…I just can't." She looked over to the portal, "Hear the words, hear the rhyme, heed the hope within my mind, send me back to where I'll find, when I wish in space and time."

The portal opened up and Charlie stared at Wyatt, "I love you Wyatt…"

He reached out to grab her but she stepped through the portal just as it closed, furious Wyatt turned his attention on his younger brother, "You bastard! Filling her head with all that good versus evil shit! She's my wife Christopher not yours!"

"And she loves you Wyatt! We all love you and you've turned on me again! You betrayed me this time big brother. There will be no discussions about ruling the world, there will be no harm coming to any of us because you are leaving the manor right now and never come back!"

Wyatt walked right up to Chris and looked down on him, "That so little one?"

Chris stared up at him, "It is."

Wyatt orbed out leaving the Halliwells in shock, "Damn it!" Chris shouted, swinging his arm he shattered the attic windows and leveled his family, "I just hope Charlie knows what she's doing."

The Charmed ones were in the attic when the portal opened, Piper raised her hands remembering what happened with Bianca. A girl with long dark and a black leather jacket stepped through the portal; she looked around and saw the Charmed ones.

"Who are you?" Piper asked, hands still raised.

"Piper you can put your hands down." She noted the fact that the eldest Halliwell was in fact pregnant, from her guesses about six months along.

"Who. Are. You?" Piper repeated.

"My name is Charlotte Autumn Halliwell."

"Who's daughter?" Paige asked.

"I'm Piper's daughter in law from the new future."

"You mean Chris doesn't shack up with the Phoenix?"

"I'm Wyatt's wife."

A grin spread across Piper's face, "Really?"

Charlotte smiled and nodded, "We got married two weeks ago…it was beautiful and that night…" she grinned at Piper and said, "Lets just say you're going to be a grandma…"

"Not to ask you twenty questions or anything," Phoebe drawled, "but why are you back here? Everything's okay isn't it?"

Charlie's grin faded, "No it's not."

"Can you tell us?"

"Wyatt. The look in his eyes…the coldness he turned again and I discovered why and that's what I'm here to change. Stop the threat and save Chris."

"What? What happens to Chris?"

"F-"

"If you say future consequences I swear grandchild or no I will blow you up!"

"He's killed trying to protect Wyatt." She said, her voice toneless, " Baby Wyatt saw it…he got attached and then he saw, felt his brother die. Good beaten by an unspeakable evil masquerading as a form of good. Chris died, Good failed him if only for a moment he was lost."

Piper and her sisters all stood in a state of shock, "A form of good? Who?"

Charlie looked away and walked over to the Book, "It's so thin."

"Charlotte!"

"I'll talk when Chris comes home." She said tiredly, she lay down on the day bed, "I'm so tired."

"Paige, orb her to my room, she can sleep in a real bed." Piper said as she watched Charlie fall asleep.

Paige and Charlie disappeared in a swirl of blue orbs and reappeared in Piper's room. Placing a blanket over the young woman she said, "Sleep tight kid."

Chris orbed into the attic, "What's up mum?"

"We've got a visitor."

"Yeah? So?"

"She's from the future."

Chris paled, "The future?" he gulped.

"The new future to be exact."

"New future?"

"She can explain it when she wakes up okay?"

Chris nodded, "'Kay, who is she?'

"Your sister in law. Her name's Charlotte Halliwell."

Wyatt finally stopped orbing and much to his annoyance landed back in his room at the manor, "Damn it Charlie!" Wyatt looked at a photo of them on the bedside table, tears stinging his eyes, "I'd give it all up for you…I love you."

Wyatt sat on their bed and began to sob, "Make sure you come home okay…I don't want to lose you." He whispered as he fell asleep.

Chris and Melinda had stopped when they heard the sound of orbing and watched their brother, as he fell asleep the two younger Halliwell's lay down beside their brother.

"WYATT!" Charlie screamed as she woke up, "Wyatt where are you?"

Blue orbs filtered into the room depositing the sleeping infant version of Wyatt Halliwell.

Charlie stroked his hair, "You're so cute." She grinned.

"It's weird isn't it?" A voice came from the door, "you get so used to seeing him big and strong and powerful and then…he's a little baby."

She looked from the infant form of her husband, "Hey Chris."

"So you married Mr Twice Blessed huh?" Chris smirked.

"Almost married you." She smiled warmly, "then I caught you in bed with a certain Phoenix," she laughed at the smile on Chris' face, "yeah Chris, you two do end up together…B's pregnant by the way…umm…so I ended it. It was always you me and Wy…he was my saving grace and fourteen months later we were married. And now you're going to be an Uncle."

"Are you okay?" Chris asked, "You seem a little freaked out by whatever dream that was."

Charlotte's façade crumbled and tears fell from her eyes, "I just want my husband back. It's not fair…" by this time Charlie had wrapped her arms around Chris and was gripping the back of his shirt, "why did that bastard have to take him Chris, he's just a baby…."

Chris pulled away, "What are you talking about? The game masters were stopped. Wyatt's okay isn't he?" (Obviously the timeline is a little off)

Charlie shook his head, "No he's turned. I figured out why just before I left. You died."

"This me or mini me?"

"This you. And I'm here to bring that son of a bitch to justice and make sure he never gets his hands on my husband!" she growled.

"Charlotte, who is it?"

"He's an Elder for Christ's sake!"

Nobody noticed Leo and the Charmed ones behind them, "Who?" Leo asked.

"Somebody orb me to Magic school, please."

"Why?"

"I need to look him in the eyes…"

Chris took her hand, "Let's go."

Reappearing in Magic School's Library she kissed Chris' cheek, "Wait here."

"Where are you going?"

She slid a pair of glasses on and tied her hair in low ponytails, an athame and vial appearing in her hand.

"How do I look?" She said with a wide grin.

"Like you're seventeen." He said with a grin.

Charlie walked up to Gideon's office and knocked on the door, "Ah, Headmaster can I talk to you for a minute?"

"Come in."

Charlie walked in and Gideon frowned slightly, "Who are you?"

"My name's Charlie Ramsey, I'm a senior student here."

"Sit down," Charlie sits on the chair opposite Gideon's, "So what's the matter?"

"Sir, it's about Professor Sigmund, I know he was killed or something…" she paused at the look on the Elder's face, "But there is an assignment that I was working on which he was going to help me with."

"How exactly?"

"Umm, well he was going to give me a vial of his blood for the potion…it's a blocking potion that stops darklighters sensing Elders and whitelighters."

"So, you're asking for a vial of my blood?"

"Yes sir."

"I think I can comply." Charlie grinned and passed the vial and athame to the Elder, he cut the flesh of his palm then squeezed it into the vial, wiping the blade clean he handed the implements back to her.

She grinned broadly as she took her hair ties out and glasses off, "Thank you Gideon." She laughed as the door closed, running back to Chris she called, "Got it!"

"Got what?" he asked.

"It's a vial of his blood. Now all we gotta do is convince the tribunal and the Elders that he's guilty.

Charlie and Chris orbed to the tribunal chambers, "Hey!" she shouted, "Somebody?"

The tribunal members appeared, "What is it child?"

"We wish to call the Elder, Gideon, to trial."

"On what grounds?"

"The fact that he is working with the Underworld to try and eliminate the Halliwells so he can kill the Twice Blessed child. And the fact he will work with Barbus and kill the Charmed Ones' new whitelighter, Chris Perry."

"How do you know this?"

"I'm from the new future." Charlie replied, "The future that Christopher managed to change."

"And who are you?" they asked Chris.

"Chris Perry." Chris responded,

"What proof do you have of the Elder's wrong doing?"

Charlie held up a vial of Gideon's blood, "This is his blood, if you will allow it on the circle, it will reveal his secrets."

"Very well, do it."

Charlie did as instructed and as the crimson liquid touched the circle pictures appeared implicating Gideon with a hoard of darklighters, organising an attack on Leo, him killing Sigmund and just other general shady behaviour.

"There is one more thing I wish you to see sirs." She let a few drops of Chris' blood drop onto the circle and a memory began to play.

he was running across the attic he had to get to the child before the other man.

He was halted by the force of an athame sliding into his belly he fell to his knees looking down at the spot where the Elder's hand and athame still remained. The other man pulled it out and as Chris fell to the floor he cried out, "Dad."

Blue orbs fell in front of him, "Oh god, Chris."

"Wyatt…" he said, using his head to indicate behind him, "Wyatt."

Leo looked up at the man holding the infant, "It's for the best Leo." But as the man orbed out Leo stayed with Chris. Leo picked him up and walked them to Piper's room he helped him onto the bed.

"You have to find Wyatt." He gasped.

"We'll find him together." Leo reassured him.

He shook his head. "It won't work, you've already tried." He said, referring to Leo's healing attempts, "Gideon's magic did this to me, he's the only one who can stop it." He brushed Leo's hands away.

"Go, saving Wyatt saves the future, you know that."

"Gideon doesn't know how to kill Wyatt remember? We still have time."

"Only 'til the trauma turns him."

"I'm not going to choose between you and Wyatt Chris, I can't."

"You don't have to dad. Find Gideon…you save us both."

"Alright, alright but I'm not leaving you alone."

"Where are you going?"

"To get one of your Aunts to watch over you." Chris' brow creased, Leo could see he didn't want to be left alone. "Look, you're going to be okay, I promise." He kissed Chris' forehead and with a worried look he orbed out.

The pain radiating from his stomach seemed to engulf him, and after what seemed like an eternity Leo orbed back into the manor.

"Chris…"

Hearing his name he rolled his head to the side and weakly greeted his father, "Hey."

Leo rushed to his side, "Hey, I'm here now, you can hold on okay, hold on, hold on. I'm here now you can hold on okay?"

He nodded, tears were brimming in his eyes, and he wanted to stay, to hold on. He couldn't, he wanted to tell his father how much he loved him. He wanted to stay he really did but it hurt too much to hold on. He just wanted to know Wyatt would be safe.

"Don't give up okay?"

"You either."

Each breath grew shallower and shallower by the second, he rolled his head to the side. Even though he was dying he didn't want his father to think he was weak, it just hurt too much to see the pain in his eyes.

Everything was fading and as the dark closed in his breathing stopped and then there wasn't any pain or cold. There was nothing.

She would have laughed at the look on their faces if it were not such a serious matter, "Bring the Elder to us!"

Charlie and Chris bowed, "As you wish."