Note: Okay, these next couple of chapters lighten up a bit but (as always) there's more drama around the corner. Oh, and the rating was upped because someone has a bit of a language problem.
Phoebe lit the candle. "Chris, the paper?"
Chris handed over the paper he'd taken from Leo.
"Guiding spirits, hear our plea, annul this magic, let it be," she said. Taking a breath, she held the paper over the candle's flame. "There. Should be reversed."
"I'm sorry, I just…"
"It's okay, honey," Piper said, rubbing his back. She'd recounted to him what Chris had revealed. "We know now, so now you'll be more aware and be able to prevent it and heal her."
Leo nodded, not looking fully convinced.
"Wait, how would a demon know to claim to be Lina?" Phoebe asked.
Piper hesitated. "Did she say she was Lina or agree when you said she was Lina?"
Leo tried to think. "Neither. She called me Dad so I assumed…do you have any other sisters?"
Chris shook his head. "Just Lina."
"Then how did the demon know to call him Dad?" Phoebe asked.
"Probably read the prophecy," Paige said as she came down the stairs.
"What? What prophecy?"
"I've been looking through some books I found at magic school. Figured maybe we'd missed something."
"And?"
"And check this out," she said, beginning to read. "The twice-blessed will be followed once by two—"
"That just says Wyatt has siblings that are twins. How'd the demon know one's a girl?"
"Let me finish. 'The two twice-blessed as the older be, shall divide the powers between. Three of two, one sister, two brothers, and the power of three shall set them free.'"
"Three of two?" Leo asked.
Paige nodded. "Yep. Three being Chris, Wyatt, and Lina. Two being you and Piper. Three of two."
Leo nodded. "And she knew Chris came back alone so I wouldn't know what Lina looked like."
"Gotta say though, she definitely looked like a Halliwell," Phoebe said. "I can understand why Leo figured she had to be Lina."
Chris shook his head. "Well, for reference, Lina looks like a Wyatt, not a Halliwell."
"What?"
"She looks like Dad's family. Blonde."
"But you're twins?" Paige asked.
"Fraternal."
"Interesting."
Leo stood up. "I need something to drink."
He went to the kitchen. Chris hesitated.
"Go. He's waiting for you," Phoebe said.
Chris sighed and followed his father. "Dad?"
"She looks like my family?"
Chris nodded. "Actually, you've always said she looks like Aunt Susan," he said softly.
Leo gave a small smile, tears in his eyes. "She looks like Susan?"
Chris shrugged. "That's what you always said."
"Chris! Leo! Get in here now!" Piper shouted.
They ran to the living room. A young girl stood in the living room, one hand resting on her hip. Chris's jaw dropped. The girl wore tight black leather pants and a matching corset. Black eyeliner edged her shadowed eyes.
"Lina? What are you doing here? And what are you wearing?"
"Chris!"
"Wait, this is Lina?"
She turned her gaze and gave a sweet smile to Leo. "Hey, Daddy."