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Chapter 11 I'm Sorry

"Wow, Chris really saved the little guy, huh?" Paige asked as she fixed herself a second cup of coffee. Piper had just finished relating what had occurred two days before.

"Yes. If he hadn't been here I don't know what would have happened. I just didn't realize what was going on." Piper commented as she held her youngest son on her lap. She and Leo were both keeping a close eye on him for any adverse affects the reaction might have caused, but nothing had turned up.

Wyatt watched as his mother and aunts discussed the one person they had not seen since the incident, which seemed sort of strange to him. He had thought that maybe now that everyone was being so nice to Chris that he'd spend more time with them, but the opposite was happening instead.

"Where is Chris, by the way? I'd like to thank my little buddy," Phoebe asked noticing his absence also.

"He seemed awful embarrassed when Leo and I thanked him. He couldn't get out of here fast enough, it seemed," Piper explained what had been puzzling her ever since Chris had left the Manor two days before. "He hasn't been back since either."

Phoebe could only guess at Chris' views on being praised. None of them had ever praised him for anything since arriving in the present timeline. "Maybe he doesn't deal with praise so well because he never receives any," she pointed out wanting to make her sisters rethink their treatment of him without flat out telling them to.

Piper and Paige both paused in what they were doing and Phoebe was sure she had gotten through to them until Paige spoke up. "Ah, it's probably just a guy thing." Piper nodded at that agreeing with her youngest sister.

Phoebe couldn't believe what she was hearing. "You two really need to take sensitivity lessons." That statement only garnered her confused looks.

During the discussion Wyatt had left the room. He was sure that his little brother would be just fine with their mom and the aunts so he had wondered up to the attic remembering that he had left some of his favorite toys up there. He was surprised though to find the attic already occupied. Chris was standing next to the podium holding the Book of Shadows. He had a pen in one hand tapping it against his teeth and a pad of paper in the other as he flipped through the Book for what felt like the millionth time.

Wyatt paused in the doorway and stared at Chris wondering just how he should go about discussing the secret he now shared with his brother and the grown man that Wyatt was sure he'd one day become.

After a minute or so of Wyatt staring at him Chris started feeling uncomfortable and looked up. "Hey, Wy. I didn't know you were standing there."

"Yeah, what you up to, Chris?" he asked thinking it best not to just blurt out what he had learned.

"Just the same as always. What about you?" Chris asked, continuing to flip through the book.

"I'm pretty bored. Mom won't let the little guy out of her sight, so I don't have anyone to play with," he answered honestly.

"Eh, sorry 'bout that. Your mom just had a scare. She'll loosen up in a couple of days." Chris remembered just how protective and smothering Piper could be at times. "Where's your dad? I figured he'd stick around pretty close too." Actually Chris wasn't so sure about that. The Leo he had grown up with wouldn't have cared to be around but the Leo he was coming to know in this timeline was a whole other story.

"He has been. But the other Elders got pretty ticked the other day when he just bailed on them without explaining anything. I guess he's got some kind of special meeting 'up there' today because of it. He didn't seem so worried about it though. I heard him tell Mom that family comes first no matter what 'they' say." Wyatt explained.

Chris was very surprised to hear that. The Leo from his timeline was usually the first one to be spouting Elder rules.

"So have you figured out what demon gets to me yet?" Wyatt asked again surprising Chris. The pen fell from his hand and his eyes widened in surprise.

"Where did you hear that?" he asked in concern. They had all been trying their hardest to keep that from Wyatt, worried how he'd take the threat.

"Chris, you know how thin the walls and doors are in this house," Wyatt explained off handedly as he walked around the room looking at some of the demon fighting items they had collected over the years.

Chris just stared slightly in awe of how well Wyatt was taking the news that a demon was after him.

Wyatt glanced back at him with a look that said 'what?' and then spoke up. "You guys aren't gonna let anything happen to me. I already know that," he explained in utter confidence.

Glad you have faith, Chris thought to himself, as he went back to flipping through the Book. If only to have that kind of faith himself.

Wyatt crossed over next to him and stared at the demons in the Book, still not sure how to get Chris to open up to him. None of the demons that were flipping by seemed at all like anything special to either of them, until one picture caught Wyatt's attention. "She's a demon?" he asked incredulously.

Chris smiled at Wyatt's reaction. Though the boy was too young to realize what physical attraction was, he still could appreciate a beautiful woman. "That is a Seer, and yes she is a demon," he explained.

"A Seer. What does she see?" Wyatt asked curiously.

"For the most part, the future. But before you ask, I've already been to see her, and she couldn't tell me anything about the demon that is after you." Chris had actually been to her several times, both in the past and the future. Part of him could swear that she was holding something back, but if she was she was a much more convincing liar than he was.

"I wonder what she could tell me about my future?" Wyatt wondered thinking that maybe she would have the answers to his questions about Chris and his little brother.

Chris began to explain that he had already asked her about Wyatt's future but then it struck him. Always before she had been reading Chris' future concerning Wyatt. What if having Wyatt there did make a difference. But that would mean taking Wyatt to the underworld, something that went way beyond dangerous. "I don't think your parents would think too highly of me taking you to the Seer. I'm supposed to be keeping you away from demons."

Wyatt ignored Chris' excuse as he imagined himself in the underworld fighting demons right along side of Chris. It seemed like such an exciting adventure, one he'd give almost anything to really live. "But we could find out what demon you are looking for. I mean if it was so important that you had to travel back in time, isn't it worth a little bit of risk?"

Chris' eyes squinted slightly at the conniving he could see Wyatt doing. "I'd say… um no! Wyatt, that's not even a slightly good idea," Chris countered even though he was halfway trying to convince himself of the fact too. If the Seer really could tell them who gets to his brother he wouldn't fail this time around. He was positive of it. There wasn't a demon alive that could match the Charmed Ones yet.

"Oh come on, Chris. I know you don't really believe that or you would have never tried the Seer to begin with." Wyatt could hear the hesitation in Chris' voice and was sure with just a little more convincing he'd get him to agree.

"Wyatt, I'm not sure if it's worth the risk," Chris said leaning just a little further in the idea's favor.

"Hey, we orb in, and right back out once she talks. No messing with any other demons." Unless it couldn't be helped that is, Wyatt thought to himself privately. "It's worth a try, Chris." Wyatt waited in anticipation for Chris to decide, almost holding his breath.

"You have to do everything I say," Chris warned and a bright smile lit the boy's face. "What am I getting myself into?" Chris added to himself seeing that smile.

"Let's go," Wyatt said impatiently tugging at Chris' shirtsleeve.

"Whoa, slow down there. We need a few things, and you have to swear never to tell your folks about this. You mom would blow me to bits," Chris warned as he crossed to one of the bookshelves and took down a leather pouch that was hidden behind some large books.

"Yeah, yeah, I know. What's that?" he asked full of curiosity and becoming very hyper at the prospect of traveling to the underworld.

"Vanquishing potions. I keep an emergency kit for when I need to go on a vanquish." Chris had been using his emergency kit often in the past few weeks but hoped he wouldn't need to again for a while. Even though it gave him a sense of satisfaction to vanquish the foul creatures, it was all becoming just way too much for him to take and exhaustion set in more and more often. Which meant more sleep. Which in turn meant more nightmares.

"Chris if we see a demon other than the Seer, can I vanquish it?" Wyatt asked taking Chris' hand waiting for him to orb them to the Seer's lair.

"Wyatt!" Chris said sternly as orbs enveloped them both. "That is not funny."

"Just asking," Wyatt piped up as they reappeared in an underground cavern. The room was completely bare other than a rock formation in the center, which was only a few inches shorter than Wyatt himself. As they moved closer both of them could see a clear liquid in a depression formed in the center of the rock's surface. Chris already knew that this was the seeing pool that the Seer used to see the future and only she knew how it worked.

The Seer herself stood on the far side of the seeing pool and she looked as if she was waiting for them to come to her. "I wondered when you'd bring him to me. I saw it coming a long time ago," she spoke confidently.

"If that's the case why didn't you suggest it last time I was here?" Chris asked stepping even further forward to stand opposite her with the seeing pool between them.

"It was your decision to make. Not mine," she answered then turned to Wyatt motioning him forward. "Come here, boy, and we shall see what your future holds," she called.

Wyatt moved forward after Chris nodded his approval and stood next to the Seer so he could see into the pool with her.

"You wish to see your future? To see who is responsible for you being removed from your parents side?" she asked and Wyatt nodded but thought that he'd also like to know why Chris was hiding so much from them.

"Look into the pool and see what you future holds," she whispered laying one hand on his shoulder and holding her other hand out over the pool of water. Chris moved around to her other side so he could see the vision also.

At first the water was very cloudy but as she moved her hand back and forth over it the vision cleared and they watched as events unfolded. The vision showed both Wyatt and Chris standing in the attic and it was easy to see the worry covering both their faces.

Chris looked over to Wyatt and shook his head. "Don't worry, they'll find him. They always do."

Wyatt stared at their Whitelighter and nodded solemnly and then stared back at the attic door as if waiting for someone to arrive.

Chris had a very nervous look on his face that made his other words seem to almost be a lie. "Listen, Wyatt, I need to leave."

Wyatt looked sharply at him and a look of confusion crossed his features. "Where are you going?"

"I have to go back to my own time. I'm afraid that if things keep going as they are, my mission will fail here. I haven't changed enough to make a difference and it's not gonna do any good for me to stay," Chris explained not able to look the young boy in the face.

Chris' eyes widened as he realized what they were seeing. "This is not what we wanted to see," he said his face going pale at what he knew was soon to come.

The Seer gave him a strange look and then spoke. "The boy wanted to see who is responsible for him being take from his parents. The pool will show him that," she explained and Chris could see the knowing look in her eyes.

"Wyatt, we are leaving," Chris yelled reaching across the pool to grab Wyatt's arm but he pulled it away.

"I want to see the rest, Chris," Wyatt said thinking that somehow he'd get the answers he wanted from the pool.

Wyatt turned back to the image but had missed part of what they said. "Wait, make it go back. I missed that."

"I can not make it go back. You must watch it as it projects, child," the Seer explained pushing herself more firmly between the two not wanting Chris to interrupt what Wyatt would see.

"I'm sorry I failed you, Wyatt. I promise to try harder next time," Chris said kneeling in front of the child and hugging him. The Wyatt from the vision had tears in his eyes and hugged him back.

With that Chris stood and crossed the attic floor to a wall that already had the symbol of the Triquetra drawn on it and then pulled a piece of paper from his pocket speaking the words to the spell that would open the portal. He took one last look and called out again. "I'm sorry, Wyatt." Then he stepped through the portal and it closed behind him.

The moment he was gone a very frightening voice was heard behind the boy. "So your protector has left you all alone to fend for yourself. How convenient for me."

With that the image faded away and Wyatt backed away from the stone basin looking up at Chris with accusation written clearly in his eyes. "You left me?"

Chris wasn't sure what to say. He didn't have any memory of that happening but he knew it had six times over already. How could he defend himself against what he had done? He couldn't. So instead he turned to the Seer. "What about the rest. I want to see the demon who took him."

The Seer shook her head and gave him a pitiful look. "He wanted to see who was responsible for him being taken. He saw that. He did not ask who the demon was that took him."

Chris turned to Wyatt with a pleading look. "Wyatt, ask her who took you?"

Wyatt shook his head a petulant look crossing his face. "It's your fault, Chris. I wish I'd never met you." With that the small boy turned and ran from the chamber blindly as tears began to form in his eyes. Chris had betrayed him. He had left him. He knew that there was no way Chris could be his little brother. His little brother wouldn't do that to him. Would he?

"Wyatt, stop. It's too dangerous," Chris called running after him.

Leo orbed back into the Manor kitchen and smiled at the sight of his youngest son being held by his wife as she talked with her sisters. "Hey, everyone."

"How'd it go?" Piper asked slightly worried.

"Oh, you know the Elders. They lectured, I said I was sorry and it wouldn't happen again." Which he knew darn well it probably would. "Everything's fine till next time."

Piper shook her head and he bent to kiss her cheek then grabbed his son who was holding his arms up to him. "And how are you and your brother today?" he asked swinging the small child around. He looked around the kitchen then and noticed that Wyatt was not there. "Where's Wyatt?"

Piper and her sisters looked around surprised that he wasn't still there. "He must have went up to his room or the attic to play," Piper suggested.

"Well, how about we go get him, huh?" Leo asked his youngest who just giggled as he tickled his stomach.

Then he headed upstairs with the little guy still in his arms.

"Leo sure is a good father to those two," Paige commented.

"Yes, not at all like what Chris suggested he would be," Piper agreed.

Phoebe had to roll her eyes at the statement. "People change, you two."

Piper looked at her sister with a scowl. "Are you suggesting that Leo might still become the monster that Chris talked about from his future?"

"No, I'm suggesting that somehow Chris made a change in this time period that will keep Leo from becoming that monster." Phoebe had thought a lot about it and it was the only thing that she could come up with to explain the difference.

Piper nodded a couple of times. "Maybe he did. If so, I'm very glad that Chris came back in time."

Paige was about to agree with the sentiment but they suddenly heard a yell from the upstairs area. "Piper, Wyatt's gone."

Chris had been chasing after Wyatt for several minutes and was surprised just how fast the child was. They were in a set of chambers that had anti-orbing crystals set up so he couldn't catch up that way, which meant he'd just have to do it the old fashioned way. "Wyatt stop. Let me talk to you," he called to the boy who ignored him and ducked through yet another chamber door and turned a corner, so Chris could no longer see him. Chris pushed himself even faster afraid of what his brother might run into in the underworld.

Once Chris rounded the next corner he realized that they were now in a chamber that they could orb in so he orbed his way right in front of Wyatt grabbing him by the shoulders so he couldn't orb away from him. "Wyatt, please, this is dangerous."

"Leave me alone, Chris," Wyatt yelled angrily at him. "I don't want you around me anymore."

Chris was about to try to explain things to Wyatt when they were suddenly surrounded by several demons shimmering in around them. Chris immediately swung around throwing his arm out and knocking several of them away from them. "Wyatt, orb back to the Manor," he called wanting to get him to safety first.

"Don't tell me what to do, Chris," Wyatt yelled crossing his arms in front of himself petulantly.

"Fine, you want to die today, that's your problem," Chris called out in frustration as he pulled several potion vials from his emergency kit and started pitching them at the demons that were way too close for him to safely orb them away all the while using his telekinesis to bat away energy balls that flew towards them. Wyatt watched Chris repeatedly vanquishing the demons that kept appearing and felt cheated somehow. Wasn't this what he had hoped for? The opportunity to vanquish demons in the underworld with Chris. But instead what was he actually doing? Standing around while Chris had all the fun and he felt useless. It wasn't fair. Chris didn't deserve to have all the fun. Wyatt was seething with anger, anger at Chris, anger at his parents for trusting him, and anger at the demons for attacking them while he couldn't defend himself.

He looked at the nearest demon, which was actually a little bit too close for comfort and concentrated all his anger at the monster as he blinked his eyes. To both his and Chris' surprise the demon burst into flames and disappeared from sight.

Chris turned slightly towards Wyatt, who held a surprised expression. "Can you do that again?" Chris remembered this power from the Wyatt he had known in the future but was a little surprised that he had already learned to use it.

Wyatt turned to the demon on his right and concentrated on doing the same. Yet again the demon burst into flames and soon was no more. "Oh wow!" Wyatt yelled in glee as he turned again and managed to vanquish two demons at once.

After several such demons ended the same, the few that were left decided to cut their losses and shimmered away leaving just Chris and Wyatt in the silent chamber. Chris immediately grabbed Wyatt's arm and orbed them away not wanting to risk another attack.

"Where can he be? He wasn't gone for long. I thought he'd just come up here to play," Piper said pacing the attic floor as her youngest sister scryed for him while Phoebe prepared to use the 'to call a lost witch' spell. Leo was standing to the side concentrating as hard as he could on sensing his son. Their youngest son sat quietly in the corner just watching them. He could sense what was going on in the underworld but knew that Chris wouldn't want him to speak to them about it so he was doing his best to blend into the woodwork.

Piper made another turn of the room and noticed something she had missed on the last ten passes. "Someone has been here."

"What?" Leo asked turning to her.

"The Book. I remember closing it earlier. But now it's open," Piper explained running her hand along the books pages.

"Let me see if I can get a reading on it," Phoebe suggested crossing over to the Book and laying her hand on the picture of the Seer. She immediately had a premonition and when she opened her eyes they were filled with worry.

"What did you see?" Piper asked impatiently.

Phoebe didn't want to say it. They had all pretty much just started to trust and even to like Chris, but she also knew that if Wyatt's life were at stake she had no choice. "Chris was here and he and Wyatt orbed away."

"Away to where?" Piper asked flabbergasted by the admission.

Phoebe looked down to the book and tapped the picture of the Seer.

"Noooo!" Piper denied shaking her head vigorously. " Why would he do that?"

Paige and Leo had joined them at the podium and both realized what they were implying. "Maybe Chris thinks they can get information from the Seer, as to what demon is after Wyatt," Paige suggested.

"Chris would not take Wyatt to the underworld. He knows better. Doesn't he?" Piper asked in utter fear.

But there wasn't time for anyone to answer as Chris and Wyatt both orbed back into the room. Neither of them seemed to notice those watching them as Wyatt yanked his arm from Chris' grasp. "Don't touch me. I can orb by myself."

"Well considering the fact that you didn't do as I said and orbed back when the demons attacked, I thought I'd give you an assist," Chris answered in an oh to sweet, patronizing voice. "That was not the wisest idea, Wyatt."

"Just go away, Chris. I don't want you here and neither will Mom and Dad when they find out the truth," Wyatt screamed in anger.

Chris deflated at that. He never wanted to make Wyatt so angry with him. He had done everything in his power to win Wyatt's trust since arriving in the past and that had all flown out the window in such a short time. "Wyatt, listen. Let me explain what you saw."

"How are you gonna explain the fact that you abandoned me to the demon?" Wyatt asked incredulously. Chris' head sunk in shame, as he knew there was really no way to explain it all away.

"What the hell is going on here?" Piper yelled regaining her voice after watching the exchange between them.

Both Chris and Wyatt turned at her voice and Chris felt a sense of dread slip over him. He knew he couldn't stop Wyatt from telling them.

Wyatt pointed at Chris. "The Seer, she showed me," he started but his voice faltered and his hand began to shake as everything he had learned finally began to wear on him now that the adrenaline rush was gone. "She showed me what Chris is gonna do in my future," he said his voice becoming quieter and much sadder.

They all stared at Chris, who yet again had let his gaze fall to the floor not wanting them to see the emotions in his eyes. "Chris, what is he talking about?" Leo asked in concern, seeing that Wyatt was having a hard time finishing what he wanted to say.

Oh how horrible it was. They were actually gonna make him tell. He had to lay his most shameful moment bare for them all to see. For if he did not, Wyatt would, he knew. "I don't have any memories of what the Seer showed Wyatt," he admitted first never looking up.

"What did she show him?" Piper asked in an anxious tone. Could this be something even worse than what they already feared?

"Me going back to my own time…" he said but paused not able to say more, knowing his voice would break if he attempted to.

Wyatt wasn't going to let it go at that though as he saw the confusion on his family's faces. "Yeah, right before the demon takes me."

"What?" Piper asked not sure she had heard him right.

Wyatt turned back to Chris his voice full of accusation again. "You even told me you were sorry for failing me and you would try harder next time."

"Wyatt, I'm sorry but there are things you don't know…" Chris began to say but wasn't sure where to go from there without revealing all his secrets.

"It's true, Chris? You really abandoned him to a demon in the vision?" Paige accused.

Chris knew there was no use lying so he just nodded and let his face drop again not daring to look into their faces which he was sure were livid with anger by then.

"There has to be a better explanation. Chris, tell me there is some other reason why," Phoebe pleaded not wanting to lose faith in him.

Chris could only shake his head in denial. "I don't know, Phoebe. I just don't know. I don't have a memory of doing that, but I was told in the future that I did. So I guess it has to be true."

"Maybe you don't have a memory of it because you are too ashamed of it and want to block it out," Leo suggested bitterly. He had had so much faith in Chris. He trusted his son with him. How could he have been so wrong?

Chris looked up to Leo and couldn't help nodding 'yes' knowing that that part was true. "Ashamed of being a coward. Yeah, I'd say that's probably a good enough guess." His voice matched Leo's in bitterness as all of the years of blaming himself came back to him in an instant. "Not to mention the guilt. We can't forget that one."

Piper hadn't said anything else yet as she thought over the good things that Chris had done and weighed them against the betrayal he had yet to commit. "I think Wyatt is right, Chris. You should leave."

Chris nodded sadly accepting her wishes. "I'll come back when you've had time to think," he whispered in a dejected tone.

"No, Chris. I don't think you understand me. I think you should go back to your own time," she suggested calmly. "It's for the best. Let us handle the demon."

Chris' mouth gaped open. How could he just leave and not come back? "I can't. You don't know everything. You aren't prepared to face what happens."

"Chris, no one is gonna kill my son, or take his powers, or do anything else to harm him," Piper said becoming a little testy at his refusal to go.

"You don't understand. I can't just travel back to the future not knowing whether or not Wyatt will be evil when I get back," he blurted in desperation.

"Wait don't you mean knowing whether the evil gets Wyatt?" Paige asked hearing his slip up.

"Explain, Chris," Piper demanded angrily.

Chris hated to say the words that he knew they needed to hear at that point. "No, I meant what I said. In my future Wyatt grows up to be the evil that rules the world. Whatever demon gets to him changes him. None of you noticed for a very long time, and by the time you did it was too late to turn him back. So I came here to change it before it ever happens."

"You are lying," Wyatt yelled running to his mother's side and grabbing her around the waist.

Chris hadn't really thought of what his admission would do to Wyatt. He should have guessed how upsetting it would be for an eight year old to hear that they were to become the worst evil in the future. "I'm sorry, Wyatt. I didn't want to hurt you," he began to say as he walked forward wanting to comfort his brother, but just as he tried Piper's hands came up as she tried to freeze him. But he didn't stop moving until he noticed her hands and the astonished look on her face.

"Why didn't he freeze? Why didn't you freeze, Chris?" she asked nervously.

Chris stopped where he was and bit his bottom lip glancing away from them, not ready at all to reveal yet another of his secrets.

"Yeah, Chris. How is that possible?" Paige asked her eyes squinting in suspicion.

"Maybe because I'm a witch," he answered looking straight at Paige.

"You liar," she accused in astonished anger.

"But you orb?" Leo asked worried about what that implied.

"Half witch, half Whitelighter, just like Paige and your sons. The future is a very different world, Leo," he admitted.

"Chris, you and I had an agreement. I'd trust you if you stopped lying to me," Piper said remembering the discussion they had had days before.

"What do you expect, Piper? If I'd come up and said, hey guess what, your son is gonna become pure evil in the future, and I'm not really the Whitelighter I've been posing as all along what would have been your reaction? Not to mention the fact that I apparently am going to abandon your son to the demon that's going to turn him evil in the near future," Chris said defensively knowing that they would have never accepted him there if they knew it all.

Piper nodded a few times and looked down at Wyatt as she decided what to do. "I'd probably say the same thing I'm gonna say right now, Chris. Get out of my house and don't ever come back. You are not welcome here anymore."

Chris' face contracted into a hurt look hearing those words from his mother. He would have expected it from Leo. It wasn't the first time he'd ever heard them from him but never from his Mom. He swallowed hard looking from one disappointed face to another knowing that no one would come to his rescue this time. He closed his eyes for a second and his next words came out full of emotion. "I'm sorry." Then he orbed away from what had once upon a time had been his home, but he knew would never be again.

Chris found himself yet again on the very top most reaches of the bridge but this time he felt no comfort, only pain. He had really ruined it all this time around and was almost positive that his younger version wouldn't even be allowed to stay with them once Wyatt told them who he really was after the demon was done with him.

What could he do now? How could he fix this? They hated him. They never trusted him. He had accepted that, but this time they even hated him beyond any other person in the world.

He couldn't possibly win them back over. There was nothing he could do, was there?

He sat with his legs folded up next to his chest and his arms around them as he rocked back and forth letting the tears fall from his eyes unchecked as he went over every horrible thing that had ever been said to him both in his future and in the present. It was just too much. There was too much hate. Too much anger. How could he ever overcome that?

But what else could he do? He couldn't go back to his own time. Wyatt would surely kill him this time around, and he couldn't face another lifetime of failure and ridicule. So he would wait. He would wait until he knew it was happening and then he'd do whatever he needed to change it. No matter what the outcome.

The Seer stood next to her seeing pool and waved her hand over the vision of the crying young man, who she had seen such a short time before. She felt the presence next to her and knew that she need not turn to sense the demon of fear there. A cackle of laughter sounded near her ear and then a husky voice whispered in her ear. "You are invaluable, aren't you. I see none of your fears ever surfacing in the future, my dear."

She shivered as he shimmered out behind her leaving her feeling cold and shaking all over.

A/N: Oh my, was that a long chapter that was just full of secrets being revealed. Oh wait. I forgot Chris' other secret. Ooops! Guess they have to wait for that one. So comments anyone?