Well, sorry about the wait...see, I knew it was going to be a little while before I could get it out, but I also knew that a little suspense is good for...er...most people...

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Wyatt Halliwell-Wyatt is a weird name...and other random thoughts

by ME!


Leo couldn't sense him. Couldn't sense his own son...Leo could always sense his sons though. Even if he was in the Underworld, he could always sense them. Wyatt was in the attic right this very moment.

And the only reason Leo wouldn't be able to sense him is if Chris was 'Up There'. Chris could only be 'Up There' if he came into his whitelighter side, (which he wouldn't for a good many years), or he...no, Leo wouldn't even think of it. Chris was five. Five year olds can't...they wouldn't...Chris wouldn't...

But somewhere inside of Leo, he knew. His youngest son was 'Up There'...and Leo had never felt so hollow-so emotionless- in his entire life. And death. And life again...and death-oh, you know what we mean!

Piper, on the other hand, had plenty of emotion. In fact, she was absolutely devastated...she couldn't believe it. Her little boy. Her baby. Her five-year-old child was gone. Gone from the world forever...he wasn't supposed to be gone. He was supposed to grow up and fight with Wyatt and go to school, and have his first date, and even, maybe (a very BIG maybe as Piper still hadn't forgiven her) marry Bianca, the demon bitch from hell..but that was besides the point.. He was supposed to grow into his giant green eyes- hell, he was supposed to grow, period.

She didn't understand how her little boy could be gone so quickly. Without even a chance for her to save him.

And, as a result of all this confusion, Piper Halliwell was sitting in front of the rubble, hugging her little boy's shoe tightly to her body...while Phoebe and Paige vanquished the demons around that were trying to get to her.


Wyatt was with Miss Sarah, who was still trying to decipher what, exactly, had just happened.

"So...Chris is...good?" Sarah said, "And he tried to save us?"

"Yes, Miss Sarah. Chris had a prenmition like Aunt Phoebe-"

"Premonition, honey..." Sarah corrected, automatically.

"Uh huh, that. And he saw the bad man, so he went to get rid of him." Wyatt finished. He didn't know why Miss Sarah was so stupid. Weren't grown-ups supposed to be smarter than little kids?

"But Chris could've gotten himself killed!" Sarah said, sitting up straight. She was still getting her head around it. Chris wasn't evil. He was stupid, yes. Stupid, foolish, and apparently reckless as all hell...but not evil...hm...whoda thunk it?

"Didn't you say once that 'having guts is just knowing what you have to do and doing it?'" Wyatt asked. Although he was certain that Miss Sarah had not used the term 'having guts', he knew the basics of it, and so did she. He was a smart kid, no one would ever be able to argue that.

"...I hope your brother is all right..." Sarah said, flopping back on the chair. She still couldn't understand how Gideon reappeared after all these years, but she knew that she would never get any answers from the child next to her.

So, she just let Wyatt play with some toys, and promptly collapsed on the couch.


Chris was majorly confused.

Chris didn't understand what had happened. One minute he was in the bad man's cave, and the next, he was on a really bright floor, surrounded by a bunch of men in gold and white cloaks.

Then, he heard a bunch of clicks and sounds that didn't sound like anything he could make. It made him laugh, though, so he didn't mind it too much.

"Little Halliwell, what are you doing up here?" One of the hooded guys asked, leaning down to little Chris.

"I think I'm lost."Chris replied, shrugging, "I was really scared, and didn't know what to do, and now I'm here..."

"It was not your time to come up here. You had many years before you were supposed to be allowed admittance." One of the pretty cloaked boys said.

"What's ammidence?" Chris asked, but it seemed as if the people were 'clicking' to each other. Chris couldn't understand anything of what they were saying.

"Well, I think you have stumbled across this place. Do you know what this place is?" When Chris shook his head, one of the people picked him up and put him on one of their golden chairs. "This is called the Elder's Plane. And we are Elders...you are in a place that is very sacred. With a very sacred history. Do you know what 'sacred' is, young Christopher?" The person asked.

Chris wrinkled his nose.

"Please don't call me Christopher. It makes me think of Bad Man."

The 'Elders' clicked a few more times and asked Chris who the Bad Man was.

"I don't know. He wouldn't tell me his name. But he came out of the picture, and he said that he knew Mommy and Daddy." Chris said, remembering that his Mommy and Daddy were at P3 for a little while longer, but he still missed them horribly. Apparently, getting kidnapped can really make you miss your parents... "Can I go back to Mommy and Daddy now?"

"Chris, you are a very special case...I don't know if you fully understand how special you are..."

"Mommy says I'm special. And so does Daddy. But not Wyatt. Wyatt just says that I'm a brat...and that I'm..apotted..no, atoped...adopted, that's it! But Mommy and Aunt Phoebe says that's not true, and that Perry is just the name of the puppy we were gotting, but then Perry ended up being a mean doggy, and instead, I got a cat. But Wyatt doesn't like his name-I named him Potter-"

"Oh my, for a little boy, you do talk quite a lot, don't you?" The first 'Elder' said, and then clicked to another 'Elder'...boy, that was a funny word...'Elder'...

Chris giggled. He still hadn't understood any of what the old man was clicking, but he seemed nice.

"Well, what are we going to do with you, young Chris?"

"I dunno..." Chris said, making the 'Elders' laugh again. Only in strange clicks.

One of them took his hand, and asked Chris is he was ready.

"Ready for what?" Chris asked, scrunching up his nose.

"We're going to leave." The man said. But Chris was enjoying himself.

"Can't I stay here for a little while?"

"No, you can't, Christopher."

Chirs' nose scrunched up, again,

"Can I come back, then?"

"When you're ready. you will come. Now, are you ready?"

"Uh huh..." Chris said, and was about to grab the Elder's hand when he looked back up at the robed man. "Mr?"

The man looked back down to Chris. "Yes, Chris?"

"What's your name?"

The Elder was astonished. No one had ever asked the name of an Elder. If They wanted to give Their names, it would be fine. But to ask for it was a sign of disrespect and rudeness.

Then again, it wasn't often you met a 5-year-old like Chris Halliwell.

"My name is Peter."


After about two or three hours of wailing, Piper was ready to go back to her home. She would be crying more when she got there, no doubt, but first, she would getrevenge on the world,and hide in her room until forever came and left.

Without words, she told Leo to orb her back to the Manor, while Paige would orb Phoebe. Neither of them knew what to do with themselves. They didn't know how to feel, how to act...how to live without the youngest member of their family. It seemed so...wrong that Chris would be destined to live such a short life. Especially after what the little boy had done, and was supposed to do.

They appeared in the attic, and flew down after orbing in the same exact spot as Piper and Leo were standing.

"Watch where you're orbing, Paige!" Phoebe said, getting up and dusting herself off. Then, she looked at Piper, who was frozen to her spot of floor. "What is the matter with...oh my..GOD!"

Because, sitting right there, playing with his older brother and under the supervision of an uncouncious school teacher and an Elder, was Chris Halliwell.

"CHRIS!" Paige said, grabbing the boy and hugging him with all his might. She put him down, only for him to be picked back up by his other aunt and his father.

Finally, Piper came up to him and knelt down beside him.

"Mommy, guess what I did today?" Chris wanted to tell his Mommy what Peter the Elder told him. That he had beat the Mean Man, and had saved his family!

"I already know, Chris." Piper said, crying again.

Only this time, it was tears of joy. Her baby was back! And she would NEVER lose him again!

"You know? How do you know?" Chris asked, but his mother just sat there, hugging him.

This was fine for about 5 minutes. Then, he got really bored.

"Mommy, can you let go, now?" Chris asked his mother. But she wouldn't do it. She couldn't do it.

"Not yet, Chris. Just sit here with Mommy for a few more minutes, ok?" Piper said, and Wyatt looked on in awkward facsination. How was it that his mother could be so happy when Chris had broken her rules? He wanted to be very angry at Chris. Who could not be? Wyatt couldn't get his mind around it. Chris forces his brother to leave the safety of their home and gets himself taken by an Evil demon-man, and then hours later, shows up in the attic with another man, giggling and laughing like nothing had happened at all?

Wyatt didn't understand it. And he didn't think he ever would. But he knew one thing. Chris was safe, and his Mommy was happy. Maybe that was enough. For now.


A couple of months later, Wyatt and Chris were enjoying summer. They knew that, in September, they would be starting Magic School (returning for Wyatt...of course, although he would only be attending part time, spending a full day in the public elementary school...what a mouthful...). The day after Chris had been kidnapped and returned, Sarah showed up and had a long chat with Leo and Piper.

By long chat, we mean that Sarah was begging the couple for their forgiveness, and was more than willing to put Chris in whatever program they wanted.

Piper and Leo also had a long chat with Peter the Elder. Peter was apparently designated to deal with the messes that the Halliwell children were bound to make. No one knew what kind of problems they were going to run into, but with such powerful children, anything is possible..for instance, a man who is supposed to be dead can try to kidnap them by posing as a portrait. Yes, they learned that Gideon was in the Wasteland, had been sent there by the Tribunal to be punished for his sins. Apparently though, he learned how to cross the plane into the Magic School portraits, and slowly but surely, created a portrait for him to appear in. If Chris hadn't had the premonition of Gideon coming through the portrait, he would have been able to become a powerful being again, only this time, would most likely be able to capture Wyatt and Chris...and well, you know the rest.

It's not as if you all didn't figure this out before, right?

Becuase it's always the same...a demon tries to come in and kill one or more of this special little family, and they always get through it-except for that one time with Prue, but really...no one liked her all that much...ok, so maybe they did. But that takes away from our lesson, so we're going to make it up and say it never happened, deal?

Good.

All in all, Piper figured, it was just another day in the life of a Halliwell...

Hopefully, they'd live through the next.


Oh, I should probably tell you...it's not the end. It's just the beginning...hehehe.
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