Chris Learns the Truth

Victor Bennet was getting ready to eat dinner when he heard a banging at the front door. When he opened the door he saw his 15 year old grandson Chris standing there, looking extremely upset. "Chris? What's wrong?" he asked, letting him inside

Chris fell into a chair and shook his head and couldn't seem to speak for a moment. Then he rubbed his eyes and took a deep breath, "Why….Why is Wyatt so damn special," he practically spat out

"Special? Chris all of you are special," Victor tried to tell him but Chris just shook his head, "No, I'm not special, I'm nothing compared to Wyatt, I mean, He's this all powerful, Oh so perfect force for good, and Melinda's the baby and the only girl so of course everyone adores her…but what am I? I'm just stupid Chris….I can't do anything as good as Wyatt, He has to upstage me on everything…I've never been important," he said, feeling very sorry for himself

"What exactly happened to trigger this?" Victor asked

"I was working on a spell…I created it ya know, its to reveal a hidden demon or evil…and he just grabbed it and did the spell like it was nothing. Then of course it turned out there was a demon there and he just vanquished it, like it was the easiest thing in the world. He wouldn't even let me try to fight," Chris said, his words a bit rushed with all his pent up anger and jealousy. He loved his brother but had always had issues with the fact that Wyatt was so powerful and he wasn't

Victor sighed, "Chris…I think you need to talk with your mother or aunts, No, don't interrupt! Trust me when I say you are very special…Wyatt wouldn't be this way if it wasn't for you. But you have to talk to your Mother and aunts, because the know more about it then I do," he said seriously as Chris frowned. He didn't want to talk to his mother about how inferior he felt next to Wyatt. He couldn't talk to his best friend about it either because she knew nothing about magic. But he finally nodded, "Fine…Could I eat first though," he asked, being like a normal teenage boy who was constantly hungry. Victor grinned at that and then made Chris a plate, happy to have a nice visit with his grandson.

Chris didn't talk to his mother though. He thought for a long time then decided to go talk to his Aunt Phoebe. He'd always been rather close to her and felt like she always understood her. He stopped by the Bay Mirror and walked into her office, "Hey Aunt Phoebe…can we talk," he asked, hoping she wasn't busy. He really needed to talk to her.

Phoebe smiled at Chris and motioned him to sit down, "Sure, sorry about the mess, its been a little crazy," she said as she set some papers aside, "So, what's wrong Chris, I don't remember you coming to my office before," she said honestly

"Well, I wanted to talk to you alone. Grandpa said I should talk with Mom, You, and Paige but…I dunno, I just wanted to talk to you if that makes sense," he said, trying to figure out how to pose his question

"Go ahead Chris, I wont lie to you," she said, sensing how uncertain he was

"Why…How am I special? Grandpa said that I was special and made Wyatt the way he was and I don't understand…he said you all could explain," Chris said in a rush

Phoebe sighed and looked down at her hands and bit her lip slight, a common habit when she was trying to find the right way to say something, "Chris…why would you think you weren't special?" she asked, needing more time to figure out how to explain everything in the right way

"Because I'm not…I'm not special like Wyatt or Melinda, or any of my cousins…I'm just plain Chris, and I hate it…I hate not being able to do things as easily as Wyatt and…"

"Chris…you are Very special…I…Damn, I thought you would be older when we got around to tell you this but…Everything happens for a reason right," Phoebe said with a sigh, "Chris….You saved everyone….I mean everyone…You…Before you were before, before your mother even got pregnant with you, You came back in time. From a different future. At first you didn't even tell us who you really were but you came back…to Save Wyatt, because in that future he had turned evil," she said softly

Chris frowned, "Wyatt would never be evil…annoyingly superior yeah but evil….are you serious," he asked, not sure he could believe her

"Its true…in that future he had…been so traumatized by something that happened before your birth that he became evil. You came back to save him…and your fiancé, Us…even Yvanne," she said softly, adding that last part quietly

"Yvanne? We were friends in that place too," he asked, smiling a little

"You were…Wyatt killed her….a week before you came back in time," she told him honestly.

"Why did he kill her…I mean…did I tell you," he asked, feeling shocked and hurt, even the thought of losing Yvanne hurt, she was like Melinda, like his sister. He couldn't imagine not having her around to make fun of him

"Yvanne…You're mother doesn't know this and you can tell anyone Chris, but Yvanne is…Wyatt's soul mate, Coop told me not long ago. She was born to be with him. Someday. In that Future she was with him, You said they had some type of fight, argument, and he lost his temper…and threw an energy ball at her. She managed to orb to you and died in your arms," she explained softly

Chris felt stunned (And a little nauseous thinking of his brother and best friend together) but realized something, "Wait…you said she orbed…she's not magical; Phoebe, Yvanne is a mortal, if she was magical I would have seen something by now," he said

Shaking her head Phoebe smile, "She hasn't come into her powers yet Chris, she's Half Witch and Half white lighter, just like you…just like Wyatt," she said seriously

"Ok, this is just too weird….apparently I lived a whole other life where Wyatt was evil and killed everyone I cared about, but I came back in time to save him and by doing that saved everyone I loved," he asked. At her nod he shook his head, "But that's crazy. Will…Will I get my memories of that back…I mean will I remember all of that someday," he asked

"I don't know, you might…But don't ever say you're not special Chris…our lives that we have now…its all because of you, Wyatt may be twice blessed and all that, and you know I love him to death, but you are the one who gave us this future," she said as she smiled at him. Chris nodded and got up, "Ok…You mind if I confirm this with Mom and dad," he asked. Phoebe laughed and nodded, "Go for it kid…Anything else before I get back to work?" she asked. Chris shook his head and said bye before heading home. Feeling a lot better about himself.

What neither of them knew was that Wyatt had been standing behind the door and froze when he heard her begin describing what Chris had done. But when she said he had killed Yvanne, Wyatt felt shaken and turned and walked out fast, not knowing what to think, and not hearing the rest of what Phoebe said about Yvanne or that Dark Future.

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