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"Leo.."

"No, Piper. I will not listen to your sister and bind my child's powers!"

The next morning, Leo had filled Piper in on everything that had happened the night before.

"Look, Leo, I'm not saying all of his powers, just the more active ones. Before something horrible happens." Piper just wanted one day where her sons weren't turning evil! Was that too much to ask for, really?

"Something horrible is happening." Leo said, sighing, "His family doesn't trust him. Doesn't trust that the man who saved our family-the world-can't be that man in another timeframe. Chris might have changed the future, but he didn't change himself. And it's an insult to his memory to even think so."

"Leo, have you ever noticed that our little boy is not future Chris? There is no memory to insult, here!" Piper said, exasperated by her husband. "If you really want to be a good father, you have to make sure that your son doesn't destroy himself. And maybe the only way we can do that is by binding his powers. Just until we're sure he can handle them."

"When...but..." Leo tried to make an argument for future Chris, but he knew that he was running out of options. It was time to negotiate. "...If we bound his powers...how would he defend himself against demons?"

"He'd still be half-whitelighter. He can orb." Piper said, smiling a little.

"...But what if there's an attack on one of us? You know he'd try to save us." Leo grasped at straws. Little Chris barely knew that his family was in any danger, let alone that he had to help them when they were.

"Save us? Leo...come on. You know that he's too young to think about that stuff, yet. We'll teach him how to live without magical powers."

"What about Wyatt? Won't Chris feel so beneath his brother if Wyatt completely overpowers him on a daily basis? How will Chris be able to stand up to his brother?"

"He does it in the past...future...whatever. Leo, you saw Chris with just one power." Piper said. "And if it means that much to you, we can let Chris keep his telekenisis, just like Chris Perry." She saw her husband look slightly uneasy. "Leo, maybe this is meant to be. Ever think of that?"

Leo looked at Piper with hurt in his eyes.

"If you think that stopping our son from being who he is is meant to be...then you are not the Piper I married." Leo said, looking down. "I don't know if I'll be able to stay here any more..."

And with that, he orbed out.

"So, we're really going to bind Chris' powers?" Paige said, looking fairly happy for an aunt about to take away a part of her nephew.

"I guess so..." Piper said, putting essence of rue into the potion. She had decided to deal with Chris now, and Leo later.

"But what about Leo?" Phoebe said, sitting a bit aways from her sisters. She wasn't sure that this was the best move.

"What about him? Chris told us that Leo wasn't a part of his life, and look how great he turned out anyways. Maybe, for a little while, we need to follow the old past's design, just to be safe." Paige said, handing Piper the final ingredient.

"But won't that include Wyatt-"

"Not without Gideon kidnapping him as a baby. And as you see, Wyatt wasn't kidnapped as a baby." Paige just wanted to get this over with, to be completely honest.

"Yes, he was. We saved him quickly. But he was in the Underworld with Gideon, alone." Phoebe pointed out.

"Look, whatever. Let's just do this before I change my mind. Now, Paige, this potion...it won't block his whitelighter powers or his telekenesis, right?"

"Yeah. But it will take healing away." Paige said, biting her lip. "Technically, healing is a whitelighter power, but some witches have it. It's in the gray area, really...so most likely, Chris will lose that power."

"What? But what if something happens?" Piper said, looking a littlenervous at the prospect of having one less healer on their hands.

"Chris might never get that power. And, if he turns evil, he won't have it anyways. So, personally, I think that having a good Chris is better than having no Chris." Paige said, impatient.

"Did you just hear what you..." Phoebe said, wondering what was the matter with her baby sister.

"Let's just do this!" Paige said, picking up the potion. "Chris, come here for a second, please!"

"No, Paige-" Piper started, but it was too late. Orbs were already filling the attic, and Chris appeared.

"Yeah, Aunt Paige?" He asked, walking towards them. "Ooh! Pretty...Mommy, what's this?" Chris said, reaching out to touch the potion.

"No, Chris, don't touch it! It's really...hot." Piper said. She actually had no idea what happened if one touched a potion that was meant to drink...would it work? Well, this was obviously not the time to find out.

"Chris, sweetie, we need you to drink this potion." Paige said, handing it out for Chris to see.

"Why? Am I sick? I feel fine." Chris said, as the little boy had obviously not been asked to drink potions every other day. It was a very rare occurance, really.

"No, honey. We just need to do something." Piper said, feeling worse and worse by the minute about this...maybe Leo was right...maybe she should wait-

But she never got to finish that thought. Becuase a teenage girl came barging in through the wall of the attic.

"NO, CHRIS! DON'T DO IT!" The girl said, throwing the potion from Chris' hands and onto the floor.

"Who are you?" Paige asked, standing up.

"I'm from the future. I've come to save your son." The girl said, taking off her sunglasses. It was oddly reminiscient of Chris' arrival, really...

"Do you all wear sunglasses in the future, non-stop?" Phoebe said, getting an odd look from the girl...who was so familiar...

"Been there, done that." Paige said, rubbing her head in her hand.

"Oh no...this can't be happening again..." Piper finally said, while sitting down on the couch upstairs. She couldn't handle this right now...this girl coming from the future could only mean one thing in her mind.

Chris really did turn evil in the future...


"So, what are you saving my son from? Evil demon? His brother perhaps? Maybe a change of pace, and it's actually a warlock bent on making sure I can not have a normal life. Come on, people!" Piper said, shaking her head. She had sent Chris away while they talked with the mysterious stranger from the future. And Piper felt that they really needed to close off that attic wall...maybe paint it with lead or something, to keep out future predators...maybe lace it with barbed wire...

"I'm saving him from you." She said, everyone...well, by everyone, we mean us...we knew she meant business.

"From us? What are we gonna do to Wyatt?" Piper said.

"Not Wyatt, you halfwits. Chris. I'm here to save Chris." The girl said.

"Hm...now, I gotta say..that's a new one." Phoebe said, but Paige looked like she couldn't care less.

"Yeah, yeah, ok lady, just warn us of the impending death and go on your merry little way. We've got some binding to do." Piper looked oddly at her sister for a moment, and then started to feel the need to bind Chris' powers again...this couldn't be normal, she thought to herself...but she still wanted to kick out future-girl and get back to binding her son.

"You are the impending...well, not death. Danger. Look, you can't bind Chris' powers. Or something bad will happen." The stranger said. And the feeling Piper had went away again.

"So...what you're saying is...if we bind Chris' powers, something bad will happen?" Piper said.

"Yeah...that's exactly what I said." The girl rolled her eyes.

"Hey, don't you roll your little teenage eyes at my sister, girly. Or you're gonna wish you had no future." Paige threatened, earning a few more odd looks.

"Yeah..." The future girl said. "Anyways...well, trust me. You can't bind Chris' powers. OK? We all good here?"

"And what's your name again?" Phoebe said. She had an inkling that she knew who it was, but she didn't want to start screaming names out of nowhere.

"What does that have to do with- well, Ican't tell you. Future-"

"Consequences, jeez, we know!" Paige said, "So, tell me why we can't bind Chris' powers now!"

"Paige, what is the matter with you?" Piper said, hitting her sister on the arm. But the feeling came back. And she wanted to know the answer, too.

"You can't bind Chris' powers because he needs them in the future. He needs to fulfill his destiny." The girl said.

"The destiny where he saves Wyatt? Becuase, uh...he's already done that." Piper said.

"No, Chris has better things to do than to save his brother, you know." Future-girl replied.

"So...Chris doesn't turn evil in the future?" Piper asked.

"Chris? Chris Halliwell...are you kidding? Look, I'm not even going to get into it. Chris needs his powers. Without them, we're all screwed. All of us."

"You didn't answer our question..." Piper said, about ready to blow this girl into pieces.

"No, Chris doesn't turn evil."

"Or Wyatt?" Piper added.

"...Chris needs those powers. Please, believe me." The girl begged...

"How do we know she's not lying?" Paige said to Piper. Piper looked at her sister and sighed.

"I'm not lying!" Mysterious teenager replied. "Was it this hard for Chris Perry to convince you?"

"Yeah, actually..." Phoebe replied, reminiscing.

"You know, we didn'treally believe him until we found out who he was..." Paige added.

"We were really kinda mean to him before that..." Piper finished.

"Oh well, good thing we found out eventually. So, what say you blow her up now, Piper?" Paige said, just wanting to get on with the binding, already.

Piper looked happy with this idea and raised her hands, but the girl jumped out of the way before Piper's blast could reach her.

"What? Why would you blow me up? I didn't do anything!" About-to-be-blown-up girl said. " If you blow me up, you'll be making the biggest mistake of them all."

"And what were a few of our other mistakes, if you don't mind me asking?" Piper asked, getting angry now...she didn't like missing her targets. Or her targets mouthing off...

The girl just stared at them "Don't you guys see it?" She said, "You are repeating history?Well...it's not really history because it didn't happen...but it could...oh, you know what I mean!You are repeating the same mistakes you all VOWED not to make!"She wasstanding up and shouting at the sisters, beacuse well...someone needed to. "According to you guys, Chris Perry's father wasn't around. That's because Leo left when you bound Chris' powers! He couldn't stand the idea that he had failed his son again! And you wonder why Chris Perry died at 23, trying to save his brother? It's becuase you stripped him of the powers he needed to save his brother! And why did Wyatt turn in the first place? Becuase you bound Chris' powers and let Wyatt bully him, and everyonearound him. You never believed a word Chris said, becuase he might be the evil one! But would Wyatt ever be evil? Not after Chris Perry saved him! Well, guess what? Just because some stupid Elder didn't kidnap yourprecious son, that's not the only thing that could get to him!Everything that happened to Chris Perry will happen to Chris Halliwell if you don't watch your step. And unfortunately, you're all falling right into a trap!"

This caused the Charmed Ones to stay silent and think about what this girl had said.

"So much for future consequences..." Phoebe said, still trying to place that girl.

"Well...I still vote for blowing you up and binding Chris' powers!" Paige said, turning to Piper. But Piper hushed her sister...

"No, she'sright. We're making the same mistakes we made before. We're not trusting Chris to be the good boy that he is. That Leo knows he is." Piper said, a bright light coming off of her.

"Oh no...Paige, that's not a good light. That means that she was under a-and you just flashed, too." Phoebe was freaking out, as Paige did just have the same bright light come off of her. "What is going on here?"

"My job is done. See, this is all Chris had to do..but no, he had to make it into a dramatic production..Chris, you are an idiot...and when I get back, you are getting such a..." But the girl was already out the way she came, leaving a shocked trio and a boiling-over potion.

" MELINDA!" Phoebe screamed, and ran to get her daughter, who apparently, just saved the world...


Wow...that might have been one of the most messed up chapters I have ever written.
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