And then there was a chapter (whoot!) and I actually have a plan (of sorts) for the rest of the story, which is singularly odd for me. Thanks for all the reviews guys, please keep reading and reviewing I really do need your input.
Oh yeah, I'm going to be doing some "restoration" on the earlier chapters over the next week or so. My apologies if this sets off anyone's story alert, but as I was about 14 when I started rollerskates some bits of the earlier chapters make me wince and I'd like to correct that.
"So Chris is still Chris...just shorter and with a more random selection of hormones. and he thought he'd sneak out and just get rid of the increase-your-age demons, by himself, without the ability to orb, and without backup?" asked Paige in a neat, and oddly anticlimactic, summary of the total goings on of the last day.
"Uh...pretty much... It's the Hileg by the way." Wyatt managed to grab yet another cookie whilst simultaneously stirring a freezing potion and attentively watching Chris chop up something green and slimy, cookie crumbs were going everywhere. Phoebe walked in with the book and lightly thwacked Wyatt with her hand.
"Don't speak with your mouth full mister." Wyatt looked like he was about to protest, the shorter woman glared at him intensely. Chris sniggered, Wyatt stuck out his tongue at his brother, just as Piper and Leo walked in with the remainder of the ingredients. Piper raised an eyebrow.
"Isn't he supposed to be the one acting his age?"
"Chris can have my age, I had a much better time of being fifteen than he did" commented Wyatt flippantly
"What I don't get.." commented Paige, looking up from the interesting blue substance she was liquidising in the blender "Aside from how he'd be stupid enough to want to attempt the vanquish solo. Is why, if the demons age people is he younger than he was before?" everyone looked to Wyatt, including Chris, who put down his knife to listen.
"Actually bro..." Wyatt looked sheepish "I didn't get that either..." Chris rolled his eyes, and evidently explained, Wyat talked through it slowly, still "listening" to his brother.
"Wait, go through that slowly... Okay, I think I've got it." the young man looked around the group
"I knew there was a reason I hated theoretical magic. Okay...Each person should be at a certain point along their time line...the Hileg work by temporarily speeding up a persons progress along their own time line. Chris was...not in the right place on his time line but the magic doesn't know that, it moved him forwards to a point that Christopher Perry Haliwell shouldn't be at for at least another fifteen years. If he'd been in the right place, his body would be...something like forty..I think. ." Chris nodded, finishing the chopping he dropped the slimy stuff into the potion. Pulling a face he walked over to the sink to wash his hands.
"If I was to ask you how many years from the right place Chris was?" asked Piper quietly, stepping up beside Wyatt on the pretence of checking on the potion.
"I'd say "a fair few"" chuckled Wyatt wryly "Sorry Mom I can't tell you the exact number, that wouldn't be fair. But I would still like to have a brother when all is said and done... So, y'know...don't fall out with dad about the elder thing?"
"Essence of scarab, and the potion is done." noted Paige, tipping in the blue stuff, unaware she was interrupting the most awkward conversation the twice blessed, had ever found himself in.
"We got the summoning spell." announced Phoebe, who had just been joined by Chris, he of course had known roughly where, and what, the summoning spell was, having used it before. Everyone headed into sensible summoning positions in the attic.
"Leo, you gonna take Chris and little Wyatt out of the house whilst we summon and vanquish?" asked Piper. Chris span round to stare at Piper, Wyatt's hand shot to his own temple. Various items of furniture started to shake.
"Woah! easy on the yelling Chris... that hurts..."
Piper snorted and raised an eyebrow at Chris, she folded her arms and waited, nobody moved. The brunette exhaled slowly, looking for all the world like a faintly vexed teacher
"I'm waiting Christopher, for the furniture to stop shaking." Chris closed his eyes and rocked on his heels, concentrating. A few seconds later the room returned to following the normal rules of physics. Chris looked apologetic at Wyatt who shrugged, Piper still looked annoyed.
"Is it any wonder we don't want you fighting right now?" she questioned, Wyatt sighed as his brother began venting inside his head, this was probably going to take a while.
What do you guys think? Should Chris be allowed to stay for the fight?
Cya soon guys
Reene.