This was extremely hard to write, it was an odd chapter but I am glad with what I got. It has a rushed feel that makes sense...


Paige called out as they orbed into thte Living room. "We don't have much time, they're gonna follow us."

Phoebe groaned. " How are we supposed to stop them?"

"But we have to do something. We can't just let them take Wyatt." Carrying her son, Piper looked around, desperate. Magical lights danced in the room, the feeling of power overwhelming the house. " Why isn't the barrier stopping them."

Two men, dressed in White Suits, appeared. " It's pointless to run."

Piper called out. "You can't have him." Throwing her hand out at the men trying to take Wyatt. The man crushed her power easily.

"You're only delaying the inevitable I'm afraid, now if you don't mind, we have a lot of cleaning to do." He raised his hand to do something but stopped when a blue light spiraled into existence.

"Piper what... the Cleaners, what the hell are they... " Dante stepped back, Piper could scarely comprehend the fear on his face. " What happened, If you are the Cleaners, you cannot take or make changes without explaining the purpose."

The Cleaners smiled. "Ahh, the Wizard. You know of us, good. Young Wyatt here summoned a dragon, causing a high body count and exposure."

"WHAT!" He screamed, turning to Wyatt. "Piper, how could you... damn,.. you want the kid, let's talk to the Tribunal, see if we can... find some solution. That would be better than Cleaning a small child from existence..."

The Cleaners shared a look. "Very well... "

And in a flash, they vanished from the Earth, all as one, to the Realm of the Tribunal. It was a dark void with a blue and white platform, and above them, all were four floating heads.

"Demons?" Phoebe said, frowning. "I can sense that much."

Dante clapped his hands. "Please, girls, do not talk." Turning to the Floating heads, he smiled. "They have no clue what is going on, let me explain it all to them... good, bad and potential to go either way so that this goes as fairly and orderly as possible." All of the heads nodded and Dant skidded over to them. " Listen, very, very carefully. What I am about to tell you, is vital. You cannot afford to mess up. Whatever Wyatt did, it revealed Magic to such a degree that you cannot fix it yourselves. It is on a global or national scale, to fix it they sent in the Cleaners. Empowered by Good and Evil, they are an unstoppable force designed to mask magic on a cosmic scale. You cannot vanquish them at your strongest, they are beyond that.

Now, we need to prove that Wyatt can be contained. He clearly has projection, a much stronger version of Conjuration that allowed him to make a literal dragon, no other power can be used to create something so... mystical... he is far too powerful and that needs to be addressed. We might have to agree to bind his magic, or at least that power until he can control his impulses. Do not argue with me Piper, it is that or he dies."

She gaped, horrified. "If they are half good, would they kill a baby?"

"For the safety of all magic, yes... Piper you have no idea of their powers. They could kill a God, they could kill the Source. Empowered by the strongest of both sides, their powers are beyond anything you can understand. They are bound by pure duty, they have to protect us all at any cost. This is big, tremendously huge. Wyatt has been deemed a threat and that means he has to be dealt with... I have an idea, just bear with me. You will not be happy but you will understand."

Shaking, Piper nodded. "You've made us so much stronger, you've helped us kill fifty demons over the last month, thwarted two attacks on Wyatt, and have made our lives much safer. If there is anyone I trust, it is you."

"Good... I'll hold you to that."

"Hey, wait, if they fix magical messes, why did they not help when Prue died? We had to Time travel and everything to fix that, and magic was exposed on a massive scale."

He sighed. "Destiny, and you had the means to make it better. It sucks, but there is only meant to be three Charmed ones. Likely one of you had to die, be it by an accident or by something big, someone has to die to restore destiny and the balance. That is how Propechies work, they have to happen, they are anchors in the magic of destiny. The world will rework itself to make it happen. This is universal, there are dozens of examples of this happening if you know your history. The gods being empowered to fight the Titans are just an example of that. The world made that power, not the Elders. They just watched over it later..."

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Shaking, Dante turned to the Tribunal. "Before I say a word, can you let me see what happened, so I know what to say. I was in the Underworld training with Chris, I wasn't aware of anything until the House Spells alerted me to the Cleaner's magic." A hologram appeared over the Circle of Truth and Dante watched exactly what happened. "Holy fuck... that kid... I know what to do. Once you clean the basics up, the deaths, the memories etc... do not take Wyatt, that would throw the world out of Balance and prevent him from doing the Good or Evil he is destined for. No... what you must do, and I fully embrace this... you must bind Wyatt's powers, at least his Projection magic. That way he can still protect himself but is not gifted with powers that, objectively, a baby should not possess.

I will become his Handler as well, a monitor of his power and his growth. I am objective, unlike his family. I can watch over him and if needed... I will hand him over to you if something like this happens again." He stopped the Charmed One's arguments with a terrified stare. "It is that, or they Erase him from the world now. Your choice."

One of the Elders of the Tribunal turned to him. "And do you think you, a mere wizard, can watch over the boy freely?"

"I will, with the Charmed ones, help, put binding spells on him that allows me the means to monitor him. When he is ready, when he is mature enough, I will speak to you about restoring his power. I have no love or blood ties to the boy, I like kids it is true, but I am not the kind to ignore something of this magnitude. I am no fool. The Greater Good, the one we all serve no matter our allegiance, is at stake. The boy needs to be contained and monitored. No one being should be able to do what he can, not when they are toddlers still figuring out shapes and colors."

They all nodded. "We agree with that. Very well, from this moment on you, Dante, are the boy's Handler and you will watch over him as primary caretaker until he can be trusted since it is clear his family's love blind them to his potential danger."

"Thank you.., for allowing me this honor and for allowing this child a chance at life."

"Let it be done." They all said as one before a bright light left Wyatt's body, floating away. " His power has been taken until he can be trusted with it... if he can be trusted with it."

"I can only hope he can..." Sighing, he watched the Tribunal leave the room. Slumping, he turned to the girls. "I am sorry, but that was the best I could do to save him. Without that promise, you wouldn't have memories of Wyatt at all and he would have been erased entirely. A needed evil to keep him around... But as much as you may hate it, he is a threat to us all if he cannot be contained. I am sorry, but you know it to be true. " When they sighed and teleported away, a smile crossed his face. 'Maybe this will keep him from being evil incarnate in the future...'

Sighing, he teleported to Chris. "You will not believe what just happened... but you will be quite excited hear what I did. We might have solved our problem, but we may have caused so many more."


Chapter end, tell me what you think in the reviews.

This was a joy to write, fast paced and sudden.

Love, your Ninja Overlord,

Mika.