When Wyatt had walked through the time portal, he had expected to find a very angry,
pissed off Chris. He hadn't. The person in front of him looked exhausted, way too thin and
afraid. This wasn't the Chris he was used to and since when was Chris afraid of him?
Probably because of the Bianca incident. His brother took a step back. " Hello Wyatt" he
could hear Chris mutter. Hello Wyatt. That was the greeting he got? After Chris had pulled a
crazy stunt like this and disobeyed him twice? Hello Wyatt was not bloody good enough by a
long shot .At least the kid had brains enough not to run away from him. Chris should know
by now that that wouldn't help, it would only piss him off.Wyatt could see his parents
staring at him. The shock on their faces nearly made him chuckle. Priceless, but Wyatt wasn't
there to ruin the golden image his parents seemed to have of him. He was there to pick up
Chris. "Hi Chris, nice to see you. How have you been" Wyatt said in a mockingly cheerful
tone before growling "get over her now!" the scared look in his brother's face disappeared
instantly, and it was replaced with a defiant one. Great, and here I thought this was going to
be easy! Looks like I'm going to be stuck her all day.
The second Chris had seen Wyatt, he had frozen. He could clearly see the malice in his
brothers blue eyes and his whole posture stated that he was furious and clearly less than
pleased to be there. By the look on his parents' faces, they could see it to. Piper looked
terrified and Leo had started to frown. Chris freezing up had been unconsciously and
unwillingly. He had never been afraid of his brother and he wasn't going to start now, but his
brother's presence had caused Chris to succumb to a trance. When Wyatt started ordering
him around though, Chris quickly snapped out of it. Who did Wyatt think he was? "I'm
feeling a sort of déjà vu here Wyatt. Didn't we have this conversation a couple of years ago?
You remember the one where I told you that you don't have a right to boss me around? I'm
not a child Wyatt. I can take care of myself, and YOU are NOT the boss of me" Chris's tone
clearly stated that he wasn't going to change his mind anytime soon, but neither was Wyatt.
"Not a child? You sure are acting like a child Chrissy. A petulant little child. Stop this
nonsense and come here" Wyatt was not a very patient person. Chris merely stood where he
was and refused to budge. "I have things to do Chris. I've got meetings to go to, rebellions to
crush and traitors to torture. Unless you want to find you self included in the latter, I suggest
you stop talking and start walking." Wyatt said in a no nonsense tone. Chris paled
considerably as he shot a quick look at his future parents. His mother looked as if she was
about to faint. Wyatt was standing in front of him expecting an answer. Chris shook his head
and retreated a couple of steps. Wyatt smirked and a twinkle appeared in his eyes. That was
not a good sign. Chris could see him mumbling something, but he was too far away to hear.
Chris had obviously pushed his brother too far. Suddenly he was illuminated by a bright light.
Where 21 year old Chris had stood there was now a four year old little boy instead. A very
confused four year old boy with jade green eyes, shaggy brown hair and a small freckle on
his nose. There was a big blond man in front of him that seemed quite familiar, and to his
left, his parents were standing dumbstruck looking at him with wide eyes. To say that Chris
was confused was an understatement. Why was he in the attic, he wasn't allowed to be in
the attic and who was the blond man? "Hey Chrissy. Don't you recognise me?" The blond
man said as he kneeled in front of him and a genuine smile tugged the man's lips. Chris
shook his head and his brown hair fell into his eyes. "It's me Chrissy, Wyatt" "naah" the four
year old replied and held his hand high over his head. "Wyatt is seven and he is this tall"
Chris said as he made a movement with his hand to underline the fact. The blond man
claiming to be Wyatt smiled again. "It's me Chrissy. There was a demon and he threw a
potion at me to make me older. Don't worry. I'm working on it." Chris turned to his parents,
who were still in too much shock to speak. "It's not them Chrissy. They're shape-shifters.
Remember what mom and dad said about shape-shifters Chris? Don't you trust me Chris?"
Chris trusted Wyatt. Wyatt had always taken care of him and been there for him. He didn't
think the blond man was lying. The way his parents where looking at him had to mean they
were shape-shifters right?
Leo snapped out of the shock of seeing his son turned into a four year old and started to
realise the situation. Wyatt was there to take Chris back. In Chris's current state he wasn't
able to defend himself. "Don't listen to him Chris. That's not Wyatt. Come here "Leo said as
he too kneeled down on the floor. "What do you think you're doing Leo huh? He's coming
home with me. He doesn't belong here. Come here baby brother" Wyatt said diverting his
attention from his father to his brother. Both Piper and Chris looked utterly confused. Leo
took another step toward his youngest son. "Come here Chris. Come to daddy". That
statement caused Piper to react. "You shouldn't confuse the child even more by claiming to
be his father Leo". "I'm not" was all the response she got before her husband's attention
was focused fully on Chris again. He had given up trying to keep Chris's identity a secret.
"What do you mean you're not?" "Leo", Piper tried talking to him but both neither Wyatt
nor Leo was paying her any attention. "Chris come to daddy" Chrissy don't listen to him,
come here" "would somebody please explain to me what's going on" Piper became more
frustrated, but neither of the men cared. "Chris come here!" they both said simultaneously
"WOULD YOU SHUT UP AND EXLAIN TO ME WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON!" Piper roared
which caused all 3 men in the attic to stare at her.
Chris stared wide-eyed at his mother. She rarely yelled like that and she never swore. Chris's
eyes filled with tears. Was his mother mad at him? Was it because he was in the attic? He
was already confused as it was and the fact that he thought that his mother was mad at him
was just too much. As all the adults were fighting and shouting at each other, Chris took the
opportunity to orb out. Neither of the tree people in the attic noticed the four year old boy
disappearing from under their noses.
Next time: Piper's feelings during the confrontation between Wyatt and Chris. How is she
going to react when she learns that Chris is her son and four year old Chris is out in the big
world on his own.