Jordann lay sleeping, with Chris and Jenni taking turns to watch her, both of them worried. Chris let Jenni cry on his shoulder when it all got too much for her.
'Shhh, it's alright, she'll be ok' He held her close to him, wishing he could take away her pain somehow. And he doubted his words to her. He wasn't at all sure if she would be alright.
'Chris…' The two of them turned around when they heard Jordann say the word in barely a whisper.
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Jordann woke up, she was in a dark room. She could Aunt Pearl's couch, so she thought it must be the attic, and it was. There was the book stand, but the book wasn't there. She gulped. "Oh crap" She thought to herself when she heard footsteps.
The attic door opened, and in walked Chris. 'Chris?' She asked out loud. He whipped around when he heard her voice.
'Jo, you shouldn't be here, run!' The sound of cruel laughter filled the room.
'A little late for running, isn't it? Little brother?'
Wyatt appeared from the shadows. With Excalibur at his waist.
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Jenni and Chris looked at each other, she was scared, and he was worried. 'Call Leo again' He suggested to Jenni, who shook her head.
'He didn't come the last twenty times, so why would he come now! He's abandoned us Chris, abandoned you again. Why, give me one good reason why the hell he should come now!' Blue and white orbs appeared, leaving Leo standing in their place, looking rather guilty.
'I'm sorry, they wouldn't let me leave without giving them a lengthy explanation, so what hap… Oh, I see' He looked down at Jordann lying on the bed. He suddenly felt really bad for not getting there sooner. He knelt down by the bed and tried to heal her. She didn't stir.
'Son of a bitch!' They heard Jordann mumble. 'Leave your little brother alone Wyatt' Leo looked at Chris and Jenni, who both had guilty looks on their faces.
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Wyatt flung Chris into the brick wall, despite Jordann's helpless protests. She felt so useless, Wyatt was far too powerful for her to handle. Chris didn't get up.
'Chris!' She cried, and ran over to him. His head was bleeding, and he looked pale. 'No, Come on Chris, you're a survivor! You can't let him beat you. You'll save him, you will.' Chris smiled up at her. Before she knew what she was doing, she kissed him on the lips.
Wyatt pulled her away, and drew Excalibur. Chris looked up at his older brother with not fear, but pity. Wyatt plunged the sword through Christopher's heart. The young Halliwell howled with pain before his lifeless body went limp. Jordann could not bear it. She didn't want to see Chris die, it was bad enough on screen, but for real, it was so much worse. She could understand how easy it was for Leo to go mad. She felt she would go mad with the pain herself, but she knew she wouldn't have to wait long to be with Chris.
'Get up little girl, join me, or die' Jordann steeled herself, she knew which she was going to choose, and most likely, so did Wyatt. It will make Chris proud of me she told herself.
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'No never! I'd rather die fighting you than join you, Wyatt!' Chris cringed at the mention of his brother's name from Jordann's lips.
'Chris?' Leo asked him. Chris knew what was coming next. The big question.
'Who are you, really?' Chris sighed, he didn't know if he could answer Leo's question, though he knew he had to.
'I… I'm your son, Wyatt's little brother…' Leo looked at him, in a state of shock. Jenni decided it was time for Leo to leave.
'Shoo, you can have the father-son talk later, go on, beat it!' She said to Leo, who nodded silently and orbed out. Chris smiled gratefully at Jenni. He didn't think he could have dealt with father to son talking. Not right now, when he had so much other stuff to worry about. Like Jordann, and the future… Poor kid he thought to himself. He wondered what it was she was seeing in that dream world.
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'So be it then' Wyatt said, almost mock solemnly. He once more drew Excalibur, still stained with Chris's blood. Jordann started to get slightly scared. Could he really kill her? She gulped. 'You'll soon be dead witch of prophecy' His words sent a chill down her spine. She pondered what it could mean. but she didn't have much time for that. Wyatt was about to strike. She would die. With Chris. How romantic she thought jokingly.
'At least I'm not evil!' She retorted. He scoffed, but still his mighty sword edged ever closer to her, and she ever closer to her doom…
She closed her eyes before the sword reached her, though she still felt the agony as the blade cut into her heart.
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Jordann awoke with a bloodcurdling scream. When Chris and Jenni looked over at her, she was badly bleeding. They looked a each other, completely at a loss to what happened.
'LEO!' They yelled in unison. Almost instantly blue and white orbs appeared. He saw the pool of blood and looked horrified. He immediately put his hands out over her and started to heal her. To his dismay, the wound was extremely slow to heal, and Chris noticed his frown.
'What's wrong Leo?' He asked, concerned for Jordann's life. If she died, he didn't know how he would cope with a distraught Jenni.
'The wound, it's magical… as if it were from…'
'Excalibur' Chris finished Leo's sentence for him. The Elder nodded sadly, while still healing Jordann.
Jenni had begun to cry, she was so scared that she was going to lose her best friend. Her hazel eyes filled with tears, which streamed down her face in floods.
'I am going to get that sorry as excuse of an…' She cut off as she realised they wouldn't trust her if she said "Sorry ass excuse of an Elder" so she started again. 'Chris, will you come with me to magic school? I think I know who's behind this. Chris looked at her weird, but nodded.
'Are you sure you don't want to stay for now, just in case?' Jenni sighed and nodded.
'There's a certain someone I don't want to get away scot-free with this crime.' Jenni stayed for another minute or so. And she was glad she did.
Leo finished healing Jordann, and ever so slowly her eyelids flickered, and she took in a huge gulp of air as she sat bolt upright. Tears were streaming down her eyes. She still looked really pale and shaky.
'Chris?' She asked when she saw hi standing in front of her, looking really worried. She ran forward and hugged him. 'I was so scared that he…' She couldn't finish her sentence because the tears came back. He wiped them away, and stroked her hair, comforting her.
'It's alright, you're ok now, you're safe.' He smiled at her kindly, but she shook her head sadly.
'But you wont be…' She ignored the fact Jenni was telling her to shut up about the future. But Chris didn't realise what she meant.
'Shhh, it was just a dream.' She shook her head vigorously.
'Chris, if it was just a dream, then how come I almost died, huh? And you want to know who it was Leo? Or at least, who it looked like… The evil version of your precious little Wyatt! He stabbed me with that stupid sword!' She stopped talking, and the room was completely silent.
'Right, we have bigger fish than Wyatt to fry right now.' Jenni said to Jordann.
'You mean that fat ass-' Jenni cut her off mid-sentence and nodded. 'He did that? How?' Jenni sighed.
'I don't know, but he has a whole library of spells to look through!' Jenni looked over to a flower vase that had been knocked over. The flowers were all wilted. 'Shame, those flowers used to be bursting with life.' She said sadly. The flowers immediately became full of, well, life. 'Projection?'
'Chris, we're off to magic school!' The girls took one of his hands each and he orbed them to magic school. Where Gideon was waiting for them. The Elder had seen all of what happened, and it was all happening as he had planned.
'Good day Chris, how can I help you and your friends, you're welcome to use the library anytime.' Jordann scoffed. The nerve of this guy, trying to kill her, then acting as if it were just a normal day. Her eyes narrowed. 'Is something wrong, Jo? May I call you Jo?' That was the final straw, Jordann threw out her right hand out and Gideon went flying across the room.
'I was getting tired of your crap. None of the Greater Good shit, ok? And for your information, only good people can call me Jo. Not sick, twisted Elders like you!' Jenni looked at her friend, slightly scared of what she had gotten herself into. Chris looked slightly afraid of Jordann too.
'Gideon, if Wyatt turns evil, it will be your fault, because you fail to kill him. And Leo isn't going to be very happy with you, nor will the other Elders be.' Gideon's twisted smile returned.
'Oh really? They wont find out. You wont be able to tell a soul. You wont even remember.' He reached for a notepad and pen, and scribbled down a spell. Chris orbed out, and Gideon had completely forgotten he was there.
'These girls from another's world,
None of my secrets shall they unfurl,
They will forget their meeting here,
So their knowing I shall not fear'
The girls glowed grey for a second, then they appeared outside the manor. Chris was already there waiting. The two teens looked confused.
'Jo, Jen? How did the thing at magic school go?' They looked at him, clearly not understanding. 'Never mind, at least I remember… come on, lets go inside.' They followed him, still confused, but they were sure Chris would explain everything later.