I did say that this would be short, yes? :) The next one will be much longer but I just needed this to get where the next chapter is going.
A little brunette boy was racing down the dirty path as fast as he possibly could, not entirely sure of just where he was running to. The walls were all the same and he could still hear screams and laughter no matter how far he ran. Everything was dark and extremely hot which was odd since not too long ago he had been in a big city, covered with snow and now he was just so hot and his mother was nowhere to be found. There weren't regular people like him down here either; no, they were scary. Some of them had markings all over them, some had three eyes and some of them didn't even have real hands! He so wanted to scream for his mother but he learned that lesson the hard way. His mother wasn't the one who found him, no, it was one of those scary men who was bright red with black eyes and vampire teeth.
He just wanted to go home. It was scary down here. He came to a stop when he reached a wall that had no paths in either direction. It just stopped suddenly. The boy turned and looked down the dirty little pathway he had just came from and bolted back down it and at the first turn he saw he ran down it without even thinking. It was exactly the same as where he just came from but he barely even noticed; be barely even cared. All he knew was that he wanted his mother and he wanted to go home and leave this strange place that was so different.
When a man suddenly appeared in front of him the boy came to an immediate halt and slowly started backing away from said man. The man...no, the teenager only smiled lightly before he held out his hand for him to take. "Come on Chris, do you want to go home now?"
"Ho-how do you k-know my name?" Chris stuttered and the other only smiled wider.
"Doesn't matter. I'm not going to hurt you, I promise. Do you want to go home?" Chris slowly nodded his head and the teenager held his hand out further and Chris slowly reached out and grasped at it before the world around him suddenly changed to winter. Looking around Chris was amazed to see his own house and the snowflakes that were falling around him. It was then that he remembered that he left his brand new coat wherever he had been and it was actually quite cold now, especially compared to where he had been. He turned to tell the boy that he had forgotten his coat but he was gone.
"Chris!" Hannah shrieked as she raced out of the house and straight for her son and immediately pulled him into a tight hug and lifted the 5-year-old off the ground with ease. "I was so worried about you, where did you go baby?"
"I don't know."
Chris opened his eyes and stared up at the ceiling with a frown on his face. He couldn't remember that happening. Why couldn't he remember that ever happening? He pushed himself up, rubbing at his forehead before he let his hand drop near his hip. Chris let out a gasp when he saw a man standing at the end of his bed and he opened his mouth but he found that he couldn't make a sound and he man only smirked lightly at him. "Wyatt!"
The man stayed where he was for a few more seconds before he disappeared in flames just as Wyatt burst into the room, ready to vanquish something. Confusion settled onto his features after he scanned his bedroom and he then looked at Chris. "What?"
"There was a guy...he was just standing there and then he disappeared in...flames." Chris said and Wyatt froze.
"Flames?" Wyatt asked and Chris nodded. "Great. Come on."
"Where are we going?" Chris asked as he stood up and followed Wyatt out of the bedroom and down the hallway to Piper and Leo's bedroom. Wyatt knocked on the door and Leo opened it a moment later and he looked confused and worried at the same time. Surprisingly, Leo had handled the pregnancy news pretty well; well, better than Piper anyways. He was quiet for a while before he congratulated both of them and left the room. After that he seemed to be ok with the news and was the first one to congratulate them when they announced that they were expecting a baby boy. The sisters had been in shock for some time before Phoebe had squealed and hugged Chris so tightly that he couldn't even breathe.
"What's wrong?" Leo mumbled
"A demon was watching Chris, he flamed," Wyatt said simply and Leo immediately woke up. "We'll be in the attic, can you wake everyone up?"
"Absolutely." Leo said and Wyatt nodded before heading upstairs to the attic.
"What's so bad about flaming?" Chris asked as he followed Wyatt up the stairs.
"Only very powerful demons or the Source of all Evil can flame, Chris." Wyatt spoke as he made his way over to the Book of Shadows.
"Oh...well, shit."