A/N: Just to clarify everything
Chris:
Age: twelve
Specialties: potions and third degree black belt
Powers: Orbing, Telekinetic orbing, levitating, healing, sensing
Wyatt:
Age: thirteen
Specialties: "The Plan" and an excellent swordsman
Powers: Orbing, healing, shield, telekinetic orbing, speed up and slow down molecules (freeze or blow things up), sensing, telekinesis
Melinda:
Age: nine
Specialty: Spell writing
Powers: Premonition, astral projection, impath, grams-like telekinesis
Other Halliwell children:
Pheobe and Coop's:
Prue:
Age: six
Specialty: unknown
Powers: cupid travel abilities, flame throwing (Pheobe's past life power), telekinesis
Patty:
Age: four
Specialty: unknown
Powers: slow down molecules (power has not fully developed), levitate, astral project, cupid travel abilities
Pheobe is currently pregnant with Penny. She is due August 2, 2016. Since this fic began in mid-May, Pheobe is six and a half months pregnant.
Paige and Henry's:
Little Henry:
Age: eight
Specialty: causing trouble (if that counts)
Powers: Orbing, can make memory dust, telekinesis, healing, sensing
Jasmine:
Age: seven
Specialty: unknown
Powers: Orbing, astral projection, premonition, impath, sensing, literal freeze (past life piper)
Jessica:
Age: seven
Specialty: unknown
Powers: Orbing, astral projection, premonition, impath, sensing, literal freeze (past life piper)
Since Jessica and Jasmine are identical twins, they share the same powers, since they share DNA. I'm guessing that since the powers are in their blood, that they are more specifically in their DNA. But if anyone thinks differently, please tell me, because it probably didn't even occur to me and I don't want to leave any theories out.
Please review, especially if I missed a power on someone. I couldn't remember if I got all of Chris's known powers and I just kinda guessed on everyone but him and Wyatt. I'd love to hear anyone's theories on who has which powers.
Chapter 3
"Hey, Did that damn book have a potion?" Piper asked once she and Chris were in the kitchen and she realized that she had no idea what they needed for the potion.
"Nah, Mom. I think we're just gonna have to figure it out."
"Great, for your first potion, let's throw some random ingredients into the pot and hope that it doesn't make the house go boom." Piper was still very agitated about her children having to fight the demon.
"Mom, you know that I know what to do with each ingredient. You need to calm down. I'm gonna go grab that book to see if there is anything that can help us in there."
"Fine." Piper said, beginning to pull potentially useful ingredients off of the shelves. She couldn't remember the last time they even used the potion ingredients for a vanquish. The only reason they had been touched at all in the past year was for teaching Wyatt, and now Chris, and apparently Melinda much sooner than they had planned on. Piper sighed. She was worried about Chris. He was too much like her when she was young. His best friend is his brother and he is a complete recluse at school. He seems so unhappy. Piper is so afraid that instead of one day coming out of his shell he will just throw himself into magic and become the driven obsessive twenty-two year old who Piper had met many years ago.
Someone suddenly orbed in. Piper immediately raised her hands prepared to freeze the intruder. It wouldn't make sense to be any of her family, they were all in the house.
And there Chris Haliwell stood in her kitchen. Although it wasn't her twelve year old son, it was a full grown Chris, looking to be around twenty-five. Piper stood there stunned. They hadn't seen future Chris for about ten years. She reflexively tried to freeze him, which of course didn't work.
"Chris! What are you doing here?" Piper immediately walked over to him to give her son a hug. He sure looked like the Chris who once played their whitelighter, just a little older.
Chris looked at his mother directly and Piper saw something. She was sure in that moment that the personality was exactly the same as the one who had gone through his mother's death and his brother's betrayal, yet he hadn't. He couldn't have.
"Mom, where is little me?" Chris asked, obviously here with a mission.
"He'll be here in a minute, he just went to grab a book. What's going on Chris?" Piper instantly got the impression that he wasn't going to answer her.
Then Chris walked in to the kitchen, his nose so deep in the book, he did not even see his other self standing three feet from him, staring. "Mom, I think we should start with some headlock root, then—"
He cut off. He looked up to grab the ingredient and instead was met with it in his older counterparts hand giving it to him. Young Chris looked up in shock, but it wasn't long before he backed away a few steps and looked at his mom to see who the hell just handed him the herb.
"Chris, honey, I would like you to meet…Chris." Piper looked from son to son, apprehensively.
"Wait. Is this older me!? From the future!"
A grin swept across young Chris's face, but it quickly fell away. His eyes bore into his future self. "What's wrong?"
"Nothing, actually." Future Chris replied simply and bitterly.
This time Piper bore into the older version of her son. She knew that Chris would never come back without a reason.
Future Chris sighed. " The elders decided that I needed to come back and 'have family time' They're worried that I have and seek no life outside of magic. They are convinced that I need a little 'perspective'" Chris said using air quotes. He simply looked annoyed.
"Well, I'm glad to see you, and you should have a life outside of magic. You deserve it…"
"Why would he want one? I don't, I love magic." Her young son said. Piper realized that her fears about her sons' sanity were valid.
"Well Chris, now we know why you were sent back to this time. I think you have to fix the future. Again. My son the magical over achiever…" Piper scoffed.
"But Mom! There's nothing wrong with the future! I'm fine, Wyatt's fine, Mel's fine! I like it just the way it is!" Her twenty something year old son whined to her like he was the twelve year old.
"Chris! Act your age! Why don't you hunt down the rest of the family and tell them the good news." Piper ordered.
"Why can't I help with the potion…"
"Chris, go. Now."
Future Chris sighed and headed out of the kitchen to find his family.
"At least he's less of a stick in the mud…" Piper grumbled.
"Hey!" her youngest son said in a disgruntled tone, "I heard that!"
"I'm talking about him, not you!"
"He is me. And I thought I should stand up for myself…well, my future self…damn it. Mom, this is hella confusing!
"Chris, language!" Piper may not be able to keep him from fighting demons, but he damn sure wasn't going to grow up with a mouth like that.
"Sorry, Mom…"
"Yeah, yeah, now come over here and stir while I get the extra—"
"CHRIS!!!" They all of a sudden heard Leo shouting. He always was a little over enthusiastic…
Piper just rolled her eyes. Leave it to Leo to be more surprised about future son than a demon she couldn't blow up. It's a good thing that it's mid-afternoon because he would have woken the whole neighborhood otherwise.
They quickly finished the potion; then went to join the rest of the family in the attic. Chris was quite a bit better at potion making that someone should be when they only have theoretical experience. Not even she was that good when she first started, and she was a chef.
When they reached the top of the attic stairs, (Piper would not let Chris orb them. Patience was a virtue; a virtue which was extremely difficult to instill in magical children, especially half-whitelighters, who thoroughly disliked even the shortest of car rides) they immediately realized that they had walked in on a bit of an argument.
"Dad, would you please talk to them!?" Chris's older self was begging, in fact he was practically on his knees groveling.
"Son, you know your mother and I believe all magic happens for a reason. Right honey?" Leo was looking for back-up. No version of his son past, present or future has ever begged him to do anything really, except for use of magic, but never to this degree.
"Chris, don't make us bind your powers!"
"Mom, we both know you would never do that."
"Don't tempt me." The finality in her voice rang throughout the attic. "Now, you aren't going back to the future until you fix whatever needs fixing, got it?"
"Yes, mom…" Future Chris mumbled.
"And since you were sent to this moment to make it so you have a life outside of magic, it means that you better stick with yourself, right?" Piper prodded, but this time younger Chris stepped in.
"But mom, the demon…"
"Can wait a bit." Piper was suddenly even more excited that Chris had comeback to visit, if his younger counterpart is always with him, then his older self will be able to protect him. Piper really liked this arrangement. It was at this point that Piper noticed Leo in the corner with a stern look on his face, nodding his head rhythmically to her words. They sure did make a great team.
Both Chris's heads rolled down simultaneously and became increasingly interested in their sneakers.
A/N: So, I'm sorry this chapter kinda veered off from the actual plotline. I tend to get an idea and run with it instead of thinking it through… No worries though! I will be getting back to the more intentional part of the plot next chapter. This one had a bit of fluff, but remember, this story is about Chris.
Also, I'm really sorry that it took so long to get out.