Chris looked around and did his best to start hyperventilating. Mr. Leo didn't like it when he showed weakness. He couldn't get out. He tried orbing and telekinesis but neither worked. He didn't dare try to blast a hole in the side knowing it would go over badly when someone else saw it.

The strangest part was that he didn't even remember how he became trapped in this thing. Had he been unconscious? He didn't think so, he was standing when the bright flash suddenly covered his eyes. Not only that but he could have sworn that he'd been in the underworld just seconds before.

Before Chris could get himself as under control as he'd liked Mr. Leo and his mother came barreling into the room.

Piper froze when she saw Chris. He was adorable! He was the cutest five year old she'd seen. Only, he was a little small for five – was that healthy. She waved that thought off though because she knew that Chris grew up to be taller than her.

Leo looked at his son in awe. He looked so small, so fragile. "Hey buddy" he smiled. Kneeling down by the playpen.

"I'm sorry" Chris blurted out. He didn't know what was going on but knew that if he was trapped someplace then it was because he was in trouble and Mr. Leo didn't want him squirming away from whatever pain was about to be inflicted upon him.

Leo and Piper shared confused looks. "What are you sorry for baby?" Piper asked crouching next to her husband.

Chris didn't know. He didn't think he'd done anything wrong.

He ran through the day in his head. He'd woken up early and gone upstairs to help his mother make breakfast. Then Mom and given him two pancakes before taking the food out to the rest of the family. He had eaten and then done the dishes.

Mr. Coop, Mr. Henry, Mrs. Paige, Mrs. Phoebe, and the cousins had all come over to spend the day together. Mr. Leo, Melinda, Wyatt and Mom were also in the kitchen. The whole family would be hanging around the manor today and while Chris loved to spend time with Wyatt and Mom he desperately tried to avoid the rest of them.

After he'd finished the dishes he'd orbed upstairs and made the beds and grabbed the laundry. Once his chores were finished he had decided to spend the day out of the house. No one ever minded, well Mom did but she knew it was safer for him. Wyatt didn't mind so long as Chris called him if things became too dangerous – Chris knew better than to call him though, Mr. Leo was more dangerous than any demon and he didn't like Chris to bother Wyatt.

As soon as everything was clean and he'd said a spell that changed the color of his orbs to black Chris orbed down to his favorite place – the underworld.

He had been told very firmly that he wasn't aloud to wonder around the human world because small children on their own tended to draw attention. The underworld never cared however.

Chris had spent the rest of the day down in the underworld with his friends. They were dark lighter children with some demons thrown in. He already knew seven different demon languages and he was learning ten more. He was rather proud of himself.

Thinking it over Chris couldn't find anything he'd done wrong. He followed all the rules. Made sure to complete his chores before he left. He had stayed in the underworld and not gotten into trouble or bothered Wyatt.

"I don't know." He eventually admitted.

"Well that's alright buddy. " Leo tried to assure. He didn't know what was bothering his son but Chris seemed tense. "You haven't done anything"

Chris chanced a look at Mr. Leo, "Then why…" No, he shouldn't. Asking questions always got him into trouble.

"Why what sweetie?" Piper asked patiently. Chris was acting so strangely.

Chris opened and closed his mouth a few times, debating with himself. Eventually he just had to know. "Why am I trapped?"

It took Piper and Leo a moment before they realized what Chris meant. After all what five year old wanted to be trapped in a playpen?

Immediately Leo plucked Chris out of the playpen and set the boy on his feet.

The instant Mr. Leo had touched him Chris had flinched. He knew he shouldn't but he just couldn't control it. Thankfully the man seemed to have missed it and for that he was thankful. The instant it was on his feet he backed up, clasped his hands behind his back and bowed his head just as he'd been taught.

Piper and Leo exchanged looks of curiosity and fear. What was Chris doing? This wasn't the neurotic twenty year old they'd come to know. This wasn't a normal five year old either. Something was wrong here and they were desperate to know what.

Leo wondered if this was what a five year old who had twenty years of memory would act like. Did Chris know that he'd been de-aged? "Chris?"

Chris showed no sign of having heard other than turning slightly to the voice that had spoken.

"Can you tell me what the last thing you remember is?" Leo asked calmly.

Chris hesitated a moment before answering, "I finished my chores and then went down so that I wouldn't get in everyone's way"

That did nothing to belay Leo or Piper's concerns.

"He sweetie," Piper said gently, kneeling in front of the boy, "Can you tell Mommy what year it is?"

Chris' head shot up, eyes wide. He was never supposed to refer to his mother as mom in front of anyone but her or Wyatt. Whenever there was someone else in the room she was Mrs. Piper. That had been a rule for as long as he could remember. Mom had been the one to tell him the rule. And she was the one who'd just broken it. Mr. Leo was going to be so mad.

Both Piper and Leo could see the fear in Chris' face. Something Piper had just said had scared the boy. Or was it merely seeing someone so close to him? That might be it.

Leo placed a hand on Piper's shoulder and guided her back seeing Chris release a small breath. "Do you know the year?" he asked wanting to keep things calm and curious himself.

"2023"