Chapter 2

"There you are, I was beginning to get worried, what took you so long?" Bianca had started talking even before Chris had fully appeared in the apartment. "hi, sorry, but everybody was there, it took me a while to get everything without being seen". "the demon clan is gone, so I'm sure I will hear from them in a short time" just as he finished his sentence, his phone went off. "Speak about the devil" Bianca muttered, while taking some of Chris's stuff. She began cleaning the house. "It's Wyatt, I'm sure he can wait" Chris said, and he threw his phone on the table, then he too began putting away his stuff. Half an hour, and 23 missed calls later Bianca and Chris were done. They sat on the cough and cuddled together, finally they moved in together.

At the manor

"He won't pick up his phone" Prue said, but nobody listened, they all kept trying to reach him. "Well why not? He's mad at aunt Piper not at us, he should pick up if we call him". "He's not stupid Penelope, he knows why we call, and that Piper is here" Pearl said. "Wy, are you okay?" She asked her cousin. "No, I'm not, Chris always answers my calls, I'm worried!" Wyatt answered, he couldn't sense his brother, nor could he feel much trough their link. Though Wyatt was sure his brother wasn't hurt, he was still worried, it wasn't like him to ignore his family, or hold a grudge against their mother.

"Well, I'm sick of it, Girls, lets summon him" Piper said, she was worried sick, she knew her gut feeling was right now, this time he wouldn't let go, she needed to speak with him.

"WHAT! You're going to summon Chris? Mom, why?" Wyatt was shocked, just as most of the family around him, but Paige understood. "This is not the time to question your mother Wyatt, we need to speak Chris.

So they all went to the attic, "I think the: to call a lost witch spell would do it" Paige said.

They began chanting

Power of the witches' rise

Course unseen across the skies

Come to us, we call you near

Come to us, and settle hear.

White orbs filled the attic, and Chris fell to the ground in the attic "What the hell!" He yelled, while getting up into fighting stance, not realizing it was his family in front of him, he used his telekinesis to throw them into the walls. "Chris! Stop!" Wyatt yelled, and Chris shocked to find his family in front of him, stopped immediately, saving his mother and aunt Paige the fate of being thrown around the attic. "What the hell were you thinking?"Piper yelled, she was shocked to see the reflexes Chris had, he had begun fighting right when he appeared. How did he get so in control of his powers? "Well I'm sorry, but I thought I was under attack, I mean seriously summoning me!" Chris answered in the same tone, he was clearly pissed off. Wyatt sensing this, stepped up, trying to keep from another fight. "Where were you anyway? We all called you" he asked his brother. "well obviously I was out, seeing as my only two options were staying in my room, or going out. And I know you called, I just didn't feel the desire to talk to any of you. So now if you will excuse me, I was busy with something" Chris answered and started to orb away. "Oh no you don't" Piper said, and she put the last crystal on the ground, Chris was now trapped inside a crystal cage. "mom! What are you doing?" Wyatt yelled, he was so confused, Piper wasn't acting like his mother, and she was treating Chris like a demon!

Seeing the fear and panic in Chris's eyes grow, Pipers eyes got softer, and with a gentle voice she said "sweetie, it's okay, we just need to talk, and if you can orb, we can't talk" but everybody could see the fear and panic only grew. "Don't!" Prue yelled, but it was to late, Chris had already touched the crystal and got shocked. "shit are you okay?" Penelope asked, she had felt that once, it hurt like shit. All of the family had felt that shock in their live, so they were all a little worried, when they had been shocked, they had already gone through demon fights and stuff, they were a bit more used to pain, Chris was the most protected person in the family, the only pain he ever felt was when he fell out of a tree when he was younger, and still then Wyatt had healed him within seconds. But Chris showed nothing of pain on his face. "Well are you?"Priscilla asked. "I'm fine" was the cold answer Chris gave them. He has trained with Lynn and Bianca, he had fought with the phoenix family a couple of times, and one thing you learned there, you don't show pain. His answer seemed to shock his family. "Chris we know a shock like that hurts, it's okay" Phoebe said, she was trying to get a read of him, but he seemed to be blocking her, she look to her daughters, all gifted with empathy or telepathy, but they all shook their heads, none of them could get a read of him. "If you know that it hurts, why would you purposely hurt one of your family members with it" came the reply, Phoebe saw Wyatt and Piper flinch, it hurt them to see him in the cage. "Actually you were warned" Priscilla said, "yeah, and we didn't put you in there to hurt you!" Pearl continued, "we all just wanted to talk with you, I mean you have been avoiding us" Patricia said, "come on Chris, what is going on with you?" Penelope asked. "Chris?" Prue asked, when they realized Chris was ignoring them, "Chris what are you doing?" Wyatt asked then.

But Chris ignored them, he was focusing on sending a message to Bianca, she needed to know what was going on. If it all went wrong, he might need the phoenix family to help him out. Ever since Lynn's blessing he has been accepted into the phoenix family, and no-one hurts somebody within that family. Secondly he needed to get out of the cage, something he had trained on, but still it took power.

Bi, Don't worry I'm okay! My family summoned me, they trapped me in a cage, I'm trying to get out.

Pearl who had been focusing on Chris' thoughts caught the message too. "Who is Bi?" she asked. This got attention, not only from Chris but from the whole family.

"Who?" Most of them asked. "That is none of your concern Pearl" Chris answered. "well you send her a message, so I think she is someone. Besides, you won't get out, you need to be trained to get out, and none of us are" Pearl said. Next to her Piper gasped. "Bi? Bianca right?" she guessed. "WHAT! You're still seeing that demon? I thought we talked about that Chris! Chris stop trying to get out, it won't work! What are you doing still seeing her Chris! She is a demon! A demon who tried to kill you I might add" Wyatt said, he had been there when Bianca tried to kill his brother, but had been incapable to help him, since she had paralyzed him. Somehow without any training Chris fought her off, and halfway through the fight something changed within Bianca. Later Wyatt had found out, she had fallen in love during that fight or something. Wyatt had never been so scared as during that fight. He had learned about Phoenix witches at magic school, they were absolutely deadly. "Shut up Wyatt! Don't you dare say something bad about her!"

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"She is a demon! How can you not see that?" Wyatt yelled, angry at the stupidness of his brother, Pearl tried to inform everybody that Chris had called for help, but nobody listened.

"Because I see everything else, I see how she helps people, I see how she makes the right decisions, I see her beauty, I see her strength, I see the love in her eyes, in her actions. I see how her family works, I see how she supports me, how she helps me, I see how she never judges people on their background but on their actions, I see all the good!" Sometime during that speech Chris had managed to free himself from the cage, and a group phoenix witches had arrived in the attic, all hearing the words Chris had said.

"Ahh, sweetheart, I love you too!" Bianca said, and Chris walked past the cages boundaries and stood next to Bianca. While laughing he said to Lynn "well that is something we will hear for a while" Lynn laughed and said "Sweetie, that is something she'll never forget, that were really nice words" but then all the eyes turned cold, and all of them turned their attention to the Halliwell family. "Well I'm sorry to end this family meeting, but we all have stuff to do you know, besides I never really liked being caged" Chris said, his voice full of venom.

"People, why don't you ever listen to me! I told you he cried for help, but noooo Pearl is just talking nonsense. And how in the name of everything fluffy did you end up with the phoenix witches on your side? Huh Christopher?" Pearl began rambling. Piper just stood there, she knew she had done it now, she had driven him too far away. "Chris, sweetie, we didn't mean it, I didn't mean it. Come on, we're your family! Sweetie, talk to me!" Piper was beginning to get desperate. "Chris, lil'bro. Come on, I'll support you, but just stay and talk" Wyatt too was seeing how they had driven him away, actually he had known that since the bond was fading today.

"I'll talk, I'll tell you exactly what you have done today. I'll tell you every mistake you made. Because I'm done, I'm trough, I'm so over you all. I'm sick of it, I can't deal with it anymore. I'm not a baby, I know I have powers, I know demons exist, I can help you fight, I can help the innocents, but all you do is push me away. Treating me like a sick little puppy, like a two year old. You still send me to my room every time the word demon comes up in this house. Well I'll let you know mom, I haven't gone to that room in three years, ever since I was 18 I had my own apartment, ever since I was 18 I saved money, I got jobs. All you ever do is push me away, I could ask you 20 questions right now, and you wouldn't be able to answer one of them, while every single other person here could. I'm more capable of a hand to hand combat then Wyatt, Pearl, Priscilla, Prue, Patricia or Penelope are capable off. I know how to make potions, how to create spells. I can handle my powers! I'm not your little baby anymore, I'm an adult, I'm 21 and I'm done waiting for a change, I'm done being the outsider in my own family, I'm done with all of you!" During that speech Henry, Leo and Coop had come to the manor, and were also listening to the speech.

"Ask those questions" Paige said, with tears in her eyes. She knew he was right, they had pushed him away, she felt so guilty. "What?" Bianca answered for Chris, both being shocked by the answer Paige gave. "She said, ask the questions".

"Wyatt, no. Don't do this to yourselves. Don't do this to Chris" Bianca pleaded, she didn't know how Chris would handle knowing for real that his family didn't know half of his life.

"Time to go, good luck sweetie, we're just a call away" Lynn said, she kissed both Chris and Bianca on their cheeks and then shimmered away, as did the rest of the phoenix family. The only two staying being Chris and Bianca. The three newly arrivals went to the rest of the Halliwell family. "Son, please, what is going on?" Leo asked, guilt washing over him.

"ASK A QUESTION!" Wyatt yelled, ignoring Bianca's pleas. He needed to hear himself how much he had missed.

"To how many universities have I been accepted? What kind of scholarship did I get? Which instrument do I play? Did I win my last tennis match? How long have Bianca and I been together? How many times did I cry because I was left alone? How many times did I wish you would include me? Do you want more?" Chris said, no emotion showing on his face. Piper gasped, she didn't know any of the answers. Wyatt had tears streaming down his face. The only answer he could give was the piano. "You play the piano" he said. Phoebe took a sharp intake of breath, that was the only thing they knew. Guilt, so much guilt was there, every single one in the attic felt it. "Still think your parenting techniques are good, still think protecting me is important, mother" Chris said, resentment coloring his voice.

Just then the remaining demon clan the Halliwells had fought that afternoon shimmered in. seeking revenge for their fallen brothers. But the family stood still, the only two who began fighting were Chris and Bianca. And fighting they did, in no time a dozen of the demons were killed, all while they were protecting the rest. The rest of the family soon realized Chris never really needed their protection, he was more than capable of handling himself. He fought with a grace and efficiency none of them possessed. It was clear where he got his training from. After a while all the demons where vanquished. And silence overtook the manor.

"I never really thought about how this would go, but I guess this is as good as anything. Goodbye." Chris said, and then he and Bianca orbed and shimmered out, a letter falling to the attic floor.

Wyatt was the first to react, and he picked up the letter, reading it out loud

Dear Mom, Dad and Wyatt,

I'm sorry it has come to this, but I can't go on like this anymore.

I can't live in a house with a family that doesn't fully accept me. I can't deal with a family that leaves me in the cold. I've always felt like an outsider with you all, though I know that you love me, and that you probably only acted this way to protect me, it is still wrong, it still felt so very wrong, and actually it just hurts too much. I'm 21, and still I get treated like a two year old. I'm 21 but nobody ever listens.

I'm done with that, and sick of it. So I'm leaving, going my own way in life. You're probably all hurt right now, hurt by my words and actions. And I never intended to hurt any of you, that was never my goal, and therefore I apologize.

You all need to know that I love you, everyone of you. I love whole my family, even if you all treated me like nothing, even if you made me feel bad, I love you, and I will forgive you, in given time.

I'm going my own way now, but don't worry. I can mange, I'll survive. I have a live, I have friends and family who care for me. Maybe one day will see each other again.

With all my love,

Christopher Perry Halliwell.

A.N. I'm not really sure about that letter. Anyways I hope you liked it. Please review!