How does Piper react to Chris? Who came back to the past with Ethanial? What is Gideon up too? You'll find out in this update. Thanks for all the comments guys, glad you like the story. I do not own Charmed.

Leo formed in the manor only seconds after Chris did. Piper was holding little Wyatt and smiling in cheer at his presence. Even though he was tired, little Wyatt was smiling too. When she caught sight of Chris and Leo, she jumped up and handed him over to Phoebe. "Hey." She said to them. She walked over to Chris.

"You've got your son back, though I don't know where his older version went." Chris informed her. He turned away from Piper.

Her hand reached for his shoulder, stopping him. He turned back slowly. She put her arms around him and embraced him tightly. He didn't want to reciprocate the feelings at first, until she spoke. "Thank you for saving your brother." He almost couldn't believe what she was saying. Somehow she knew the truth.

He put his arms around her, pulling her closer, his head nestled in her hair. Tears began to form in his eyes. He's been wanting to embrace her as his mother for so long. "Mom." He said softly. He had missed having a mother, being able to pull her close and have her comfort when things were dreary.

Piper pulled back slightly, to look in her son's face. "I'm so sorry about everything, Chris." She replied to him. He really did look like her. She didn't understand why she never noticed it before today.

"It's not you're fault, Mom." He replied to her. "You have nothing to be sorry about."

"I don't mean to interrupt this little family moment, but how are you even still here Chris?" Phoebe asked. It was well after midnight. Even though she had assumed Piper and Leo must have slept together, she really had no idea if they actually had or not.

He looked at Phoebe and then to his parents. "I don't know. Unless Mom and Dad...well..." He trailed off.

"Well what?" Piper asked curiously, taking a step back from her son.

"Unless, we slept together." Leo guessed.

"Yeah." Chris answered. "Wyatt's birthday was my conception date."

"Wait, what?" Piper seemed in a panic. "I mean, we...well, this morning we...and I just can't be, I can't be pregnant. That's not what you're getting at is it?"

"Oh, yeah. That's what he's getting at." Paige said. "How else do you think you end up with a second son. I thought you too might have been at it this morning."

"Was it that obvious?" Leo asked, feeling slightly embarrassed.

"You two were both glowing this morning, plus you couldn't even button your shirt right." Paige replied.

Piper sat back on the couch. "I can't believe I'm pregnant." She said, almost in disbelief. "I can't even believe I have another son. This is terrifying and amazing all at the same time."

Leo walked over to her. "Don't worry, I'm going to be here through everything." He assured her.

"But what about your Elder duties?" She asked curiously. That was part of the reason why they had seemingly split up, why he was gone a lot of the time.

"To hell with them." He replied firmly. "I don't want to be away from my family, especially if I'm having another son. I love you and I'm not going anywhere." Piper smiled as she reached out to hug him. She was hoping he would say that.

Chris couldn't believe the words that came out of Leo's mouth. "You never chose us." He said to Leo, almost in anger.

Leo turned to Chris. "What are you talking about?" He asked curiously.

Chris explained, though he wasn't sure he should. "In the future, it was never us." He said. "You always put your Elder duties before your family."

"I did?" He questioned in disbelief. Why would he abandon his own family? Chris nodded his head. "No, whatever I did, I swear I won't do again. I can't imagine putting anything before you guys"

"Well, you did and you weren't there when we needed you the most." Chris replied.

Leo still couldn't believe what Chris was saying. "Let me assure you right now, that I'm not going anywhere." He said.

Chris hoped that Leo meant what he said. He hoped he would always be there for his family, but him saying he would be and him actually being there were two different things. He would just have to wait and see what the future held.

Little Wyatt yawned and rubbed at his tired eyes. He let out a soft, incoherent mumble. Piper rose from the couch. "We should get you to bed." She said, taking him from Phoebe. She glanced at Leo. "Care to tuck your son into bed?"

"Of course." He said with a smile. He followed Piper out of the attic.

A few days had passed since Piper had learned about Chris. He was her son and she was trying to accept that. After the initial shock of having another child wore off, she became overjoyed in the fact that Wyatt would have a brother. She called out to Chris several times over the last few days, but he hadn't responded to her. She couldn't help but wonder if he had been avoiding her for some reason.

Chris had, in fact, been avoiding her. He wasn't sure how to handle being around her now that she knew the truth about him. She wasn't there for him in the future, she had died when he was younger. He didn't want to risk getting too close to her knowing he would be going back to a future that didn't have her in it.

He heard his mother call out for him yet again and ignored her. He was standing in a park, his and Bianca's park. It was such a beautiful park in this time. It was in the future as well, until Wyatt destroyed it. He was waiting for his friend Ethanial to show up so they could finally talk.

Ethanial walked up behind Chris in the park, watching the children play as he walked. In the future, people didn't let their children play in any of the parks around San Francisco. They were all too terrified of Wyatt and what he might do to their children or to anyone in general. They had no idea what he was capable of and feared him simply because of that. "Hey." He said to Chris.

Chris turned, greeting him back. "Hey to you too." He replied. "I still can't believe you're here."

"I can barely believe it myself." Ethanial said. "It's nice to see the children actually using the park for a change."

Chris glanced around at the kids. He had hardly even noticed them before. He concentrated on them for a moment and heard one child asking his mother to push him higher on the swing. A few other children erupted in laughter over something. He refocused on Ethanial. "Yeah I guess. So what did you want to talk about?" He asked.

"Um, well..." He started, not really wanting to answer Chris. He knew Chris was not going to like what he had to say. "Remember when I said that I wasn't the only one who came back?"

"Yes." Chris answered. He was starting to get worried now.

"It's Bianca, she's here." Ethanial finally just blurted out.

"What?" Chris asked in disbelief. "She's here? Where?"

"I don't know and you're better off avoiding her." He said back.

"Why?" Chris demanded to know. Bianca was the love of his life, his soul mate. Why should he avoid her?

"After you came to the past, Wyatt's men captured her and started torturing her." Ethanial started to explain. "I don't think she was able to get out of the manor after you went into the portal. Once Wyatt had his own hands on her, he tortured her too, forced her to join him and work beside him. He had her so twisted that she almost ratted me out as a traitor and had me killed. I had to convince her that I had finally seen the reasoning in Wyatt's ways before she would let me be. She started killing innocents in his name. He broke her love for you and handed her over to Bellock to be his trophy or something."

Chris' hands nearly formed fists in anger. "He tortured her?"

"Yeah and that's not even the worst of it." Ethanial continued. "He got her to give up the location of the warehouse. Nearly one hundred resistance members were killed in that warehouse." Chris closed his eyes and turned away, trying to calm his anger. "Once Wyatt left, Bellock twisted her mind further, convincing her that you're the enemy and that you and Wyatt had to die. That was why she was sent back here with me. We went our separate ways as soon as we got here."

Chris shuddered at the thought of what his own brother or even Bellock might have done to Bianca. "Wyatt used a potion on her didn't he, the one used to bend a demon to his will?" Chris inquired.

"No, his torture was enough to make her change sides. Bellock used magic on her to convince her you and Wyatt had to die though." He told Chris.

"I don't understand." Chris replied. "Did he use one of Wyatt's potions or maybe a spell?"

"No, I think it's one of his powers." Ethanial explained. "He has the power to put thoughts in others minds. It's something I just learned about. I think he planted the thought in her mind that you had to die, that Wyatt did."

"Why does he want to kill Wyatt though?" Chris asked curiously.

"So he can take over, why else?" He said back.

"If he had this power though, why not just use it on Wyatt and make him surrender his reign of terror?" Chris wondered.

"I haven't the slightest..." Ethanial tried to respond. He turned panic mid sentence, yelling. "Energy ball!"

Chris turned in search of the incoming energy ball, but Ethanial threw him clear before he could see anything. Ethanial screamed out as the energy ball struck him in the chest, forcing him to the ground. Chris reacted quickly, getting back to his feet, eyes scanning around for whoever threw out the energy ball.

"Did you miss me?" A familiar female voice asked.

Chris' eyes fell on Bianca. She looked just as beautiful as ever, but something was different. She seemed darker. Looking in her eyes, she seemed lost. Her slender body was covered in black leather. "You don't have to do this." Chris tried to convince her, knowing she was probably there to kill him.

"I knew that rat was a traitor." She said, referring to Ethanial.

Chris turned to his ally. He was lying on the ground with a bloody hole in his chest, grasping at it in pain. He turned back, focusing on Bianca once more. "Don't do this Bianca. I love you!" He replied.

"Love?" Bianca snorted "I don't think so." She put her hand out, an athame forming in it.

"But I do." Chris tried to assure her. "And you used to love me. Don't you remember that we were engaged?" He reached in his pocket, pulling out the small diamond ring he had proposed to her with. She had sent it back with him to help remind him of why he was changing things, to remind him of what had been at stake.

"Yeah, about that..." She trailed off, reaching her hand out. The ring burst into pieces. She let out a laugh when she saw the look on his face.

In that moment, Chris' heart nearly snapped in two. It pained him to see the ring, her ring, thrown away and destroyed as if it meant nothing, as if their love meant nothing. He reached for the pieces, but Bianca charged him. Her athame aimed for his throat. He caught her hand, holding it just inches away from himself. The sun glared off the dagger, nearly blinding him. He felt the cold tip touching his skin and tried to push harder to get it away from him.

Ethanial struggled to lift his head. He was trying to see what was going on with Chris and Bianca. He could hear them struggling, but couldn't see from how he was laying. Immense pain echoed through his body, feeling the worst in his chest. Breathe was starting to elude him, but he tried to move anyways, tried to get a glimpse of what was happening.

Ethanial never really had any active powers of his own while growing up. He could write spells, perform rituals, and make potions. It wasn't until he reached his teen years that he learned of his active power. He was in the presence of another witch and somehow mimicked her power, using it as his own. When he left the witch, he no longer had the power. Ever since then, he was able to channel other witches powers as his own when in their presence.

When he finally caught a glimpse of Chris with the athame at his throat, he tried to concentrate on Chris' powers, tried to channel them for his own use. After feeling the power inside of him, he waved out his arm, hoping to signal Chris' telekinesis. It worked and Bianca was forced backwards off of Chris, the dagger dropping from her hand as she went.

Chris made his way to his knees, reaching out for Ethanial. He orbed out with him, calling out for Leo as he reformed in the attic of the manor. "Leo," He cried frantically. "Leo."

Leo formed in the attic a few seconds later, wondering why Chris had called in such a panic. "What's going..." He was cut off

"You have to heal him." Chris pleaded. "I need you to heal him."

Leo recognized the young man, they had seen him in the underworld days ago. He walked over to him, taking in the seriousness of the wound. Ethanial's chest was burst open, blood covered him. Leo placed his hands over the man, waiting for the glow to appear. Slowly, the wounds were healed and Ethanial was able to at least reach a sitting position on the floor.

Piper made her way into the attic. She thought she had heard shouting and ran up there as quick as she could from the kitchen. "What's going on up here?" She asked, taking note of Chris, Leo, and the third man. She remembered seeing the man before, but she couldn't place his name.

"Ethanial was injured trying to save me and I needed Leo to heal him." Chris explained.

Piper looked at Ethanial, pleased to know his name again. "You saved my son?" She questioned. "From who, what?" She looked back at Chris.

"A Phoenix, Bianca actually." He answered.

"A what, who's Bianca?" She questioned once more.

Chris answered her this time. "She was my fiance, but Bellock twisted her thoughts around and now she wants me dead, Wyatt too." He went to the book and flipped through the pages.

"You're engaged?" Piper asked curiously.

"Was." Chris replied.

"Oh, Chris. I'm so sorry." She said, walking over to him. He whirled the podium around, showing her the book of shadows page on a Phoenix. She began to read to herself.

"You mentioned Bellock once before I think." Leo tried to remember. "Who is he again and what does he have to do with Wyatt?"

"Bellock is Wyatt's second in command." Chris explained.

"He's the one Wyatt left in charge when he came back here to get Chris." Ethanial added in, making his way to his feet finally. "Now that Wyatt's been gone all this time, Bellock's taken charge and he wants Chris and Wyatt out of the picture. That's why he sent me and Bianca here to do the task, but he didn't know I was actually an ally of Chris'."

"Bianca's an assassin?" Piper asked, as she finished reading the page in the book. "How did you end up engaged to an assassin?"

Chris turned to his mother. "She was sent to kill me and I guess I won her heart over before she could complete the task." He explained. "I proposed right before I came back here."

"But who sent her to..." Piper wanted to ask who sent her to kill him, but deep down she knew the answer. It was Wyatt. "Wyatt." She bowed her head, turning away from Chris. She was almost in disgrace, disgrace at what her eldest son would become in the future, disgraced at what he would do in the future. Tears welled in her eyes.

Chris walked over to her. "Mom, this isn't your fault. We can change this." He assured her.

She faced Chris, a small smile replacing her tears. "You just called me Mom." She said softly, wondering if he had even realized he had done so.

Chris smiled back. "Well, you are my mother." He replied.

"But you've been avoiding me the last few days, you haven't answered any of my calls." She said.

"Now isn't the time for this." He sighed. "It's just, with what's happened in the future and what I have to go back to..."

"What?" She pried.

"I didn't, I don't want to get too close to you or anyone from this time." He explained, turning away. "I'm sorry."

Gideon stood in the heavens amongst several other Elders. They had been questioning him about the recent incidents that had occurred in magic school. Gideon had been behind the events, but thanks to his glamoring power, he was able to frame Sigmund. He even used magic to create fake journals detailing plans in which Sigmund had thought up to eliminate Wyatt. Because of all the evidence he had planted to frame Sigmund, none of the Elders had suspected that he was even remotely involved.

"I feel so terrible. I never suspected Sigmund would do such a thing." Gideon lied to the Elders. "He was a great assistant, a great librarian. There didn't seem to be an evil bone in his body."

"I imagine he must have been quite skilled in the art of deception. He has fooled us all." The Elder Odin claimed. "You said that Wyatt, the older Wyatt had killed him though."

"Oh yes." Gideon replied. "His powers were fierce and his rage was uncontrollable. I'm sure he would have killed me to if his brother hadn't have saved me."

Another Elder, Sandra, wrinkled her face in confusion. "He has a brother?" She asked.

"Chris, their white lighter, is his brother." Gideon explained. "He came back to change the future."

"Well it's clear his task must be finished, since it seems Sigmund was after Wyatt all along." Odin replied. "I think that it's time for him to return to the future."

Sandra waved out her hand, a white light emanating from it. Within seconds, Chris appeared before them with confusion written all over his face. "Hello, Chris." She said, greeting him kindly.

"What's going on, why am I here?" He asked suspiciously.

"We think it's time for you to go back to the future." Odin answered.

Chris glanced at Gideon, still in distrust of him. A part of him wondered if he had anything to do with Wyatt's kidnapping. "You can't send me back."

"We can and we will." Odin said sternly. "You came here to save Wyatt, to protect him and you have done just that. The threats against him have been neutralized."

Chris' shoved his hands into his pocket in frustration, feeling a crumpled paper inside. He pulled it out and unfolded it slowly. "What is that?" Gideon asked curiously.

Chris read the date to himself that was written on the page. It was the random date that Madame Serena had given him. He thought he had tossed the paper weeks ago, since the date had not been accurate, yet there it was in his pocket. It clearly had not been the correct date of his conception, but maybe it was a more important date. Maybe it was the exact date in which his brother's life would be changed enough to lead him down the path of evil. "It's a date." He answered. He turned to the other Elders. "There are others after Wyatt. Sigmund was not the only threat. I think this date is when it all happens."

Gideon tried to read the date on the paper, but Chris held it just out of his view. "Please don't send me back yet, let me finish what I came here to do." Chris pleaded.

"I'm afraid we have no choice." Sandra replied. "Our decision has been made. We can no longer have you interfering with this..."

Chris cut her off, speaking rashly. "You think I'm interfering?" He demanded, but didn't wait for an answer. "You would be dead right now if I hadn't come back here, most of the Elders would be."

"Excuse me." Sandra said, feeling insulted at his accusations.

"In my future, the Titans weren't stopped so quickly." He started to explain. "They gained control up here and killed off all but a handful of Elders. They even killed Paige, severing the power of three. When I was three or four, Piper and Phoebe were forced to work with a demon to finally stop the Titans. Several years later, the demon went after Piper, killing her when I was fourteen. Because I came back here when I did, the power of three lives and only a handful of Elders actually died because of the Titans. Now, hopefully the sisters won't have to work with Zankou in the future."

"Wait, did you say Zankou?" Odin asked curiously.

Chris nodded. "Yeah."

"But he's locked away." Gideon said. "The source made sure to get him out of the way many years ago."

"Well in my future, someone releases him and he helps Piper and Phoebe defeat the Titans." Chris explained.

"And why is it you are so forthcoming about the future." Sandra asked curiously.

"I'm just trying to prove that I'm doing some good here and that you shouldn't be so quick to send me back." He answered.

Odin had seen the date on the paper Chris had. It was still several months away. "I will be honest." He said. "I don't want you to be here any longer than necessary, but if you sincerely think you can do some good here than I am inclined to let you stay."

"Really?" Chris asked. Gideon was wondering the same thing.

Odin glanced at Sandra. She nodded her head, agreeing with him. "Yes, but once that date comes, we will send you back without hesitation." He added.

"Of course, thank you." Chris replied.

"You may go now." Sandra told Chris.

He didn't say anymore, orbing out right away so he could get back to the manor. Leo was arguing with Piper as he reformed. "I told you, I can't orb up there. They won't let me for some reason." He said to Piper.

"But they took my son and I want to know why." She demanded.

"So do I, but..." Leo trailed off, noticing Chris as he stood a few feet behind Piper.

"But, what?" Piper again demanded.

"Mom." Chris said, getting her attention. She whirled around, running over to him and hugging him tightly.

"Oh thank god your ok." She replied. "What did the Elders want with you?"

"They wanted to send me back to my time." He explained. "With Sigmund dead, they thought the threats on Wyatt have been averted and that I did what I came here to do."

"But I thought you said there were others that were after Wyatt?" Leo asked.

"There is one after him that came back from the future, yes. Also, I don't think that Sigmund was the only one after Wyatt. I think he was working for someone, someone with more power. I doubt he would have been able to kidnap Wyatt on his own." Chris also explained. "Whoever kidnapped Wyatt could orb and Sigmund can't do that right?"

Leo tried to think for a moment, remembering what powers Sigmund had. "No I don't think he can orb, but he can levitate like Phoebe." He replied.

"Gideon can orb." Ethanial chimed in from across the room. He had been sitting on the couch awaiting Chris' return. Chris had almost forgotten he was even there.

Leo almost seemed enraged that anyone would insinuate that any of the Elders would be after one of his sons. It didn't make any sense. "Gideon was one of the Elders that rallied for Piper and I to get married, why would he want to harm our child?" Leo asked. "He's a being of good, he's not capable of doing such things."

Piper looked at Leo, understanding why he had defended the Elder. Sigmund was supposed to be a being of good as well and look at what he had done. "We thought Sigmund was a good guy too." She said to Leo.

Leo knew Piper was right. Sigmund had been good or so they thought. If he could easily turn against them, then so could Gideon. "Well until we have proof that Gideon had anything to do with this, I think we should just keep these opinions to ourselves and keep Wyatt close." Leo replied. "No more magic school daycare for him."

"But..." Piper wanted to argue. "Ok." She would just have to seek out a normal daycare because with work and Leo's job they needed some kind of daycare. Plus, Wyatt needed to be with other kids his age too. It was important for him to be able to make friends and get along with others his age.

That night, Piper had made her way to P3. She was working while trying to be social with her sisters. They were there as well, though she was on the other side of the bar from them. Chris had joined the sisters on there end of the bar, though he wasn't drinking and Piper could tell his mind was distracted.

Finally Chris had seemed to have enough social time and excused himself from the bar. "I'm gonna head in back, try to get some sleep." He said. Before either sister could argue, he was walking off.

"I'll be back." Piper said to her sisters and then to the other bartender. She walked out from behind the bar and went after Chris.

She hadn't even knocked on the door of the backroom, letting herself in unannounced. She didn't feel she had to knock since it was her club and it was her storage room. "Chris." She said.

He glanced up at her with tired eyes. He was trying to lay on a sofa that was a few inches too short for him to fit on. "What is it?" He asked, bolting upright. His mind immediately jumped to conclusions, thinking something was wrong.

"Just relax." She replied. She could almost see his heart racing and she knew from the look in his eyes, that he was ready to attack at something, anything. "I wanted to talk with you."

"Oh." He calmed himself quickly, his heart beat slowing. "Everything ok?"

"Yes, I think." She said. "About earlier, you said you didn't want to get close to any of us. Why?" She had a feeling in the back of her mind that was screaming at her, telling her that she already knew why, but the answer didn't come to her. She wasn't putting it together. Why wouldn't he want to be close to her, unless...

"It's just..." Chris didn't know how to answer. He didn't want to answer.

"I'm not there in the future am I?" She guessed, finally piecing things together.

Chris could barely look at her, tears filled his eyes. "Oh Mom." He said softly. "I can't answer that. You know I can't tell you."

"But you've been opening up about other future details, just tell me." She begged. "Please. I can handle the truth."

"But I can't." He replied. None of the sisters were there for him in the future, not even his father had been there for him in the future. Sitting in front of his mother and knowing she dies in the future, was killing him, eating him up inside. His eyes grew cold and distant. They weren't their usual bright green, but somehow they were fogged over, murky even.

Piper took his hand. "You're my son and I love you peanut. I..." She was cut off.

Chris formed a half smile. "Did you just call me peanut?" He asked.

Piper felt embarrassed for a moment. She didn't know where the word Peanut came from. "I think so, it just came to me." She claimed.

"I always hated that nickname growing up." He said. His eyes were clearing now, warmth was flowing into them.

Piper smiled. "In that case, I think I'll call you that from now on." She said with a slight laugh. Then she was serious again. "I don't care what happened in the future, to me or to my sisters, but we're here now. Let me in Chris, let me be your mother."

Chris didn't know what to say or how to respond. He wanted to be close to her, like he had been as a child. Maybe he had changed her fate when he came to the past, maybe she won't die after all and she'll be there in the future.

Piper could tell Chris was in his thoughts. She wasn't sure he would answer, so she continued speaking. "Why don't you come stay at the Manor?" She asked.

He pushed his thoughts away, shocked at her question. "What?" He asked, trying to be sure he heard correctly.

"We don't have an extra bed, but you can have the couch in the attic." She said. "It's bigger than this little thing you've been sleeping on. Or we can set up an air mattress in Wyatt's room. I'm sure he wouldn't mind."

"You're serious?" He asked. She nodded. "But I can't, I just can't."

"You're my son and I won't have you sleeping in the back room of some club, even if it is my club." She said. "You're going to stay at the manor." She sounded final in her decision, as if she didn't want any room for Chris to continue arguing. He would stay at the manor, end of story.

So, Piper confronts Chris and finds out she's pregnant. Bianca came back with Ethanial, her love for Chris seemingly erased. Gideon framed Sigmund and the Elders almost sent Chris back to the future. My favorite part of the update was here at the end when Piper confronts Chris again and she essentially forces him to stay at the manor. The next update will jump forward a few months, just like the show did and you will see how Chris is adjusting to living with his family. Hope you liked the update...any comments are appreciated.