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Wyatt Halliwell-Wyatt is a weird name...and other random thoughts.
Chris was in his room, playing with Wyatt, after the whole 'potion' thing. And he was never as confused as he was right then.
"Wyatt, why did Mommy want me to drink that potion?" Chris asked, for the millionth time. Wyatt was sick and tired of his brother asking over and over and over and over...it was boring, and distracting him from reading his book. And he didn't care that it was "The Cat in the Hat", or that he had already read it 38 times!
"I dunno. Ask Mommy." Wyatt said, flipping the page non-chalantly.
"She's busy with that girl." This got Wyatt's attention.
"What girl?" Wyatt asked, closing his book and looking at his little brother.
"The girl who came out of the wall...she told me not to drink the potion." Chris said, remembering the scary experience. She was big and fast...and scary!
"In the attic?" Wyatt said. "The wall in the attic...Chris, come with me." Someone coming through a wall...he searched his memory, but nothing came. But Wyatt was sure he knew something about someone coming through the wall in the attic. It was like...a dream or something, but he knew there was something to it.
"But won't we get in-" Chris saw how angry his Aunt Paige was earlier, and he didn't want to get into any trouble.
"We won't get in trouble. Let's go." Wyatt said, grabbing his brother and orbing into the attic. The boys were not allowed to be alone in the attic without supervision, but Wyatt didn't care at that moment. He had to see the book that his mother kept flipping through.
"The Book of Windows!" Chris said in awe, pointing at the book on the pedistal-thing. He always wanted to see that book, but his mother and Aunts would never let him near it.
Wyatt held out his hand, and tried to get the book to come to him, but oddly enough, it wouldn't.
"Wyatt, why didn't the book of Windows come to you?" Chris asked, knowing what his brother was trying to do. He knew when his brother was trying to use his powers, and this was one of those times. It was nice, because, for once, Wyatt wasn't using them against him...
"I don't know...Chris, you try."
"Book of Windows!" Chris said, but the book didn't come to him. Although, that could be becuase he wasn't calling it by it's right name, but...who's going to tell him that?
"Didn't work...ok, I have another idea. Chris, push down the table-thing as hard as you can." Wyatt said, and Chris did as he was told. The pedistal came down, and Wyatt quickly froze it to stop it from falling. The Book, though, didn't freeze.
"I don't think we can use our powers on this book." Wyatt said, reaching for the book and trying to pick it up. But it was incredibly heavy. "Chris, can you help me? I want to bring this downstairs."
"Why can't you just orb with it?" Chris asked. Wyatt looked at his younger brother with a look that plainly said, 'you're a friggin' dumbass.'...only, because Wyatt's six, it translated into 'you're a stupid-head!'
"Becuase that would be a power...and I just said that we can't use our powers on this book. Now come on!" Wyatt said, and Chris, albeit reluctantly, helped his brother lug the heavy book down the stairs and back into their room.
Unfortunately, with Wyatt leaving, the pedistal un-froze and clanged to the ground.
Downstairs, the sisters (you can't really call them girls when two of them are parents, now can you?), were talking about what the hell just happened.
"So, you're saying that your daughter just came into the past to save her cousin who came into the past to save his brother?" Paige asked Phoebe, who just nodded.
"Who does Wyatt get to save, then?" Paige said. It didn't seem right that all roads had to end with Wyatt being saved...considering he had the whole "all-powerful" thing going on...
"Maybe he'll be a good little boy and stay in his time frame like normal people!" Piper said, trying to get her aggression out somehow that didn't involve blowing up her expensive pillows...because, even the Charmed Ones needed nice things...
"Well, people wouldn't have to come into the past to save our children if we could just do our jobs as parents and not bind or turn them." Leo said, pacing. He liked to pace. Pacing was what he did best. His pacifist side told him not to calm down, but his faternal side told him to freak out...so he paced.
"We are horrible parents, aren't we?" Piper said, sighing. She could not understand it. How could she be so absolutely bad at being a mother? There had to be someone better for the job of raising the most powerful children in the world...
"You're not horrible parents." Phoebe said. "Every parent makes choices that affect their children. The difference is, with your children, the consequences tend to be a little more...extreme."
"And plus, I was pushing for the whole "bind the child's powers" thinga little too much...sorry about that." Paige said, wrinkling her nose.
"Yeah, by the way, did anyone else notice that you and Piper were under a spell?" Phoebe asked, but no one seemed to hear her. So, she gave up and mumbled,"Oh well, maybe I'll try again tomorrow." in that sarcastic manner that everyone loves so much. She had been trying to get them to realize that they were not acting of their own will for the past half hour, but no one seemed to care...
"I won't take offense to you acknowledging your nephew as 'the child'...thanks...but, what are we going to do about Chris, anyway?" Piper asked, attempting to avoid the conflict with her baby sister.
"What do you mean? We let him live life as a full-powered child..." Leo said, hoping that Piper didn't try to ruin her son again. Becuase...that would just suck.
"That's not what I meant. Paige, we can't enroll him in Magic School without permission from Sarah, right?...and let's face it...she's not going to accept him anytime soon..." Piper replied. Leo relaxed a little now that he knew that his wife wasn't out for his son's powers...although, he was certainly asking himself how his family became so dysfunctional...
"Well, I can't overrule Sarah...I gave her the job for a reason, and I especially can't make an exception for my nephew. It would be some serious nepotism." Paige said, biting her bottom lip. "I think the best option would be to teach Chris here. At the manor. I mean, I teach most of the classes at the school, anyways. There wouldn't be too much of a difference."
"What about Wyatt? We can't have Wyatt go to Magic School and not Chris. He'll feel so left out." Leo retorted, remembering to keep things fair.
"Well then, we'll just have to take Wyatt out of school, too." Piper thought aloud. She didn't want to take her eldest out of school, but in the game of fairness, it had to be done..
"Well, I'm sure he'll be happy." Paige said, hoping to make it easier.
"What do you mean by that?" Piper snapped at her. Jeeze...you try and cheep someone up around her and you get slapped in the face...
"What I mean is, Wyatt just goes there because we want him to.it's not like he's in love with the place." Paige backed. Leo and Piper looked at her like she had three heads. And a couple of extra arms. Maybe a leg...no, that's too much. Three heads, two arms and a peg leg...there, that sounds about right.
"What are you talking about?" Demanded his mother, who right now was a little peeved.
"Well, Wyatt told me once that he doesn't even like using his powers. He wishes he could just have a normal life." Paige said, feeling bad about breaking her confidence with her nephew to his parents. She knew how much she hated it when her dad told her mom things that Paige had never intended her mother to know...like that she failed math...
"Looks like he takes after his mother..." Leo said, grinning at Piper-who did not look amused.
"You mean, that all that crap he puts his brother through...and all that crap he puts everyone else through...and he doesn't even like doing it!"
"He does it to get back at Chris for doing it. Now that boy loves his magic..." Phoebe said.
"But Chris Perry said-" Piper started, but her youngest sister cut her off.
"Piper, it's time to forget about Chris Perry. And it's about time you realize that your sons are not the same sons that he saved. We all miss him. And none of us want to think about any of that happening again. But we can't live our lives based on what happens in the future. We need to live in the present."
Piper sat there for a few seconds, and then, looked like she was about to say something when she heard a clang from upstairs.
The sisters and Leo looked up, and immediately realized the only thing that would make that specific sound; wood on wood.
"The Book!" Piper said, and they all ran up to the attic.
But the Book of Shadows was gone.
Meanwhile, in the boys' room, Wyatt was flipping through the pages.
He got to one page with a picture of a blue portal, and Chris made him stop.
"That's what the girl came out of! The ..." at this point, he made a 'swirly' motion with his hands "thing!"
"A time, p...port...portal? I don't know what that word is..." Wyatt said, attempting to read. He could read decently, by sounding out words, but he wasn't that great yet. He was just in 1st grade, for crying out loud!
"I dunno...a door?" Chris guessed, and Wyatt figured that must be it. It kinda made sense, anyways...
"A...por...door ...that...that...that takes one from one time to...to..an...anoth..er..another." Wyatt said, absolutely exhausted by his reading.
"Does that mean that the girl camed from another time?" Chris asked.
"Well, maybe..." Wyatt started, but was cut off by his mother throwing open his door. His eyes went big and he tried to hide the book, but it was heavy, and he obviously couldn't orb it anywhere.
Chris was a little smarter...he threw himself on top of the book to hide it from view temporarily. Taking the Book of Windows was never a good idea, and to take it without permission meant gounding for sure!
"Chris, Wyatt, are you both ok?" Piper said, running in to check on her sons. Phoebe had gone to check on Melinda, who was sleeping in complete safety.
"Yes, Mommy. We're ok." Wyatt said, putting on his 'angel face'-
Which Piper knew meant trouble.
"OK, you two...Chris...why are you laying like..what are you on top of?" Piper saw that her son was laying on top of an old...oh no...
"Mommy, it was my idea! Chris had nothing to do with it! Really!" Wyatt said, throwing himself on the mercy of the court...
"I'm sure he didn't...Chris, get off the Book. Now." Piper looked pretty angry. But then, she remembered what she had almost done to her youngest son, and decided to let him off for this one. And this one ONLY.
"Mommy, I just wanted to know what the potion was...and why the girl came through the time door thing..." Chris said, giving his mother the angel face now. It worked for Wyatt, why not for him?
"...the time door?" Piper asked and looked down at the page that Chris had thrown himself on top of. Really, he was just lucky he hadn't ripped it while he was trying to "hide" it so well...
"Yeah...that." Chris said, pointing to the blue swirly thing on the page.
"It's a time portal, honey. Not a time door." Piper believed in teaching her sons vocabulary from a young age.
"Why did the girl come through the time poral, then?" Chris asked.
"Portal. It's a story I will tell you when you are a little older. Right now, it's time for your nap." Piper said, sighing. She wouldn't tell either of them off. They were just curious, after all. And no harm done, really. She picked up the book and examined it. Looks like neither of her children destroyed it...yet.
"Nap? But Mommy, I'm not tired!" Chris said, but to no relieve. His mother helped him take off his shoes, and put him in bed for his nap.
"Mommy, while Chris takes a nap, can I watch TV?" Wyatt asked, hoping that his mother was in a good enough mood to let him do that.
Piper looked wary. Every time Wyatt watched TV, he would end up terrorizing his little brother by making all the scary things come to life.
"I actually need to talk to you for a little while." Piper said, taking the hand of her "big boy" and leading him out of the room, Book in hand. "Good night, Chris!"
But Chris was already asleep.
And Chris had weird dreams. Dreams of a scary man coming out of the portait next to Aunt Paige's on the wall in Magic School. And that man hurting his Mommy and Daddy...
And Dreams that the bad man hurt him. Bad.
Um...this is where I insert scary music and all that.
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