It took a while to finish but I hope you all enjoy. Sorry for the long wait.

Secrets: Part II

One day Piper was talking to Phoebe and Melinda in the parlor about her decision to give up on love.

"Piper, you can't give up on love." Phoebe said.

"Why not?" Haven't you? You haven't been on a date since Cole. That's been what, a year and a half, two?" Piper asked.

"Ok but I haven't given up... I'm just not ready... I will be eventually. Maybe that's your problem. You're just not ready."

"That's not my problem. I'm over it."

"Piper, listen to us. You cannot give up on love. That's what life is all about." Melinda said.

"They're right. Listen to them. You can't give up on love." Chris said as he walked in the room. He overheard everything, so for the first time since he'd gotten to the present he made a conscious decision not to avoid Piper.

"Why do you care?" Piper asked.

"Because this isn't supposed to happen. You're not supposed to give up on love. You're the one who shows everyone what love is."

"Well you came here to change the future. You've accomplished your goal." Piper replied.

"No! This isn't supposed to change. What's going to change is your mind. Change your mind right now."

"Don't think it works like that." Piper laughed.

Chris put his hand to is head, worried and a bit frustrated. This was something Chris couldn't give up on. He had to fix Piper's thinking before it was too late. He didn't know how he would do it but he was going to do it.

Meanwhile, Piper researched for the demon that could be after Wyatt and was driven to demon hunting like it was no one's business. Never try to come between a mother and her child.

"I am really concerned about Piper." Phoebe said to Melinda as they sat in her bedroom on her bed.

"So am I. Chris seems to be very concerned too." Melinda said.

"You know, I still think there's more he's not telling us. I understand that he can't just tell us everything about the future but if the future's so bad, maybe we should know."

"... So do I but-" White lights appeared around Melinda then she was gone. Phoebe was confused. She obviously didn't mean to orb. Maybe her new power just kicked in and she just went to another plane. Melinda didn't come back until about three minutes later.

"What happened?" Phoebe asked.

"My new power just sent me to the ghostly plane. I wish there was a potion to control this new power of mine but this hasn't happened in a while. It's gotten better."

Chris walked in the room after overhearing the end of the conversation.

"You still can't control your astral travel power yet?" Chris asked.

"No." Melinda replied.

"When you feel it getting ready to happen beyond your control try taking deep breaths and counting but the best way to learn to control it overall is to meditate regularly."

"... Thanks Chris." Melinda smiled, very appreciative of the advice. Chris tried not to get involved in the sisters lives too much other than helping them stop what needed to be stopped but he always seemed to be more comfortable and open with Melinda.

"You are welcome. Now I hate to tell you two this but there's a demon you three need to go after."

The sisters sighed and fell back on the bed in disappointment.

It seemed like the sisters were fighting more and more demons rather than less as time went on. Piper became all for it after knowing the reason why. Phoebe and Melinda wanted to save Wyatt too but they tried to stay realistic and keep their lives rolling.

Chris finally came up with a way to save Piper's heart. He contacted a cupid.

"I know you cupids don't normally do favors like this but I need you to remind Piper why she needs love. Now, let's be clear, I don't want you to find love for her. I just want you to remind her why she needs it so that she won't give up on it." Chris said.

"Isn't that torture to remind her why she needs love but not send her one?" The cupid asked.

"No. She won't be alone forever. It's just temporary, very temporary but it won't mean anything if she doesn't believe in love anymore."

"Ok, I'll do it."

-v-

After a long day, Melinda was relaxing in her room then she received a call from her mother, Beth.

"Hello mom." She said not knowing what to expect.

"Melinda... I'm sorry for everything, for not supporting you or believing you. We could have been so much closer." Beth said.

"Wow. I don't even know what to say..."

"Say that you will invite me into your life, say we can have a fresh start."

"I would really love that."

"I would love to meet your family."

"What about tomorrow? You can spend the day with us."

"That would be great."

When they ended their conversation, Melinda smiled. She had finally made progress with her mother. The next day, she got Beth and orbed her to the manor. Beth had to catch her breath after her first orb, it was very overwhelming to her. Soon enough, Beth met the entire family. They spent the entire day together and Piper cooked dinner. Beth was truly very open and accepting with them but it still made her uncomfortable to talk about magic. Melinda was just happy that they could finally bond and be apart of each others' lives.

After Melinda came back from taking Beth home the sisters talked in Piper's room.

"I'm glad we got to meet your mom." Phoebe said.

"So am I... So Piper, have you reconsidered your notion to give up on love?" Melinda asked.

"Actually I have." Piper replied.

"What made you change your mind?" Phoebe asked.

"I had an epiphany I guess."

Chris overheard as he walked past the room to go the attic. He realized that the Cupid did what he asked and it worked. He was relieved.

After Chris found what he was looking for in the Book of Shadows he went back to P3 for the night but he heard commotion in the alley. Chris got up to see what was going on. There was a demon attacking a pregnant woman. Chris vanquished him then checked on the woman.

"Are you alright?" Chris asked then realized he knew the woman from the future. She was his fiancée's mother. Wyatt killed his fiancée about a month before he came to the present. This was another reminder as to why he had to save Wyatt.

"Yes... thank you. Why was that thing attacking me?" She couldn't understand.

Chris sort of knew the answer but contemplated if he should tell her.

"...He's after your baby."

"Why?" She panicked.

"She's going to be a huge force of good. She's a threat to evil."

"How do you know that?"

"... I'm an angel. Your baby's father was magical. Your baby inherited his power. You'll both be fine. Just be careful."

-v-

Piper started going out more often, a couple times a week for weeks on end. Phoebe and Melinda figured that she must have been getting her groove back and they were happy for her but they wanted to know why she wouldn't tell them who she was seeing.

Piper came in late one night.

"Thanks for babysitting." Piper said.

"No problem. He was asleep the entire time." Phoebe said.

"What's up sis? Are you seeing someone? Tell us." Melinda asked.

"Ok... I've been seeing someone."

"Who?" Phoebe asked, excitedly.

"... Dan Gordon."

"Dan? Oh my gosh!" Phoebe exclaimed. "Wait, I just realized Dan and Mel have the same last name. You don't have a Dan in your family, do you?"

"I don't think so." Melinda said.

"I realized that a long time ago. I was going to make Gordon Wyatt's middle name but I thought it might remind Leo of Dan so I went with Victor." Piper informed.

"Ok. So how did you and Dan hook up? You two ended kind of... Awkwardly. He freaked out when he found out you were a witch then you had a genie take that memory away and have him move on." Phoebe recapped.

"Yeah... I know... He realizes there was something odd about the way we ended but he's over it. I'm enjoying being with Dan, I'm not enjoying lying to him and running out on him when something witchy comes up. I'm pretty sure he doesn't miss that." Piper said.

"So he moved back to San Francisco?" Phoebe asked.

"Yep!"

"How did he react when he found out about you, Leo, Wyatt and DeDe?"

"I think he always expected me to leave Leo eventually, he was shocked we had a son but wasn't surprised we were separated. Anyway, we've been having a good time."

"Good. I'm happy for you sis." Melinda said.

Piper and Dan dated more and more and she was happy, Phoebe and Melinda were happy for her.

Chris orbed into the living room where Phoebe and Melinda were.

"Where's Piper? I need to talk to the three of you." Chris said.

"She's not here." Phoebe said.

"Where is she? She's been going out a lot lately." Chris said.

"You tend to do that when you're seeing someone." Melinda said.

"Seeing someone? Who? Where? For how long?" Chris panicked.

"Chris, calm down." Phoebe said.

"You should have known this was going to happen, you're from the future." Melinda said.

"This wasn't supposed to happen!" Chris exclaimed nervously.

"Then I guess you accomplished your goal of changing the future." Phoebe said.

This was unsettling news for Chris.

"Who is she seeing?"

"Dan Gordon." Phoebe informed.

"Dan Gordon?" Chris echoed unhappily. "Her ex-boyfriend, Dan Gordon?"

"How do you know who Dan is?" Phoebe asked.

"And why do you care so much?" Melinda added.

"I'm from the future. I know the past and... I'm your whitelighter. I'm supposed to care."

"This from the man who avoided us, especially Piper, basically from the time he got here and has only recently begun to act normal around us."Phoebe said then Chris orbed out. He sensed Piper, found her at Dan's house then knocked on his front door like a cop, yelling her name.

"Who is that?" Dan asked, interrupting their kiss.

"... A family friend. I'll get rid him." Piper answered the door.

"What the hell are you doing here?" Piper asked.

"I need to talk to you and your sisters."

"Can't it wait?"

"Nope." Chris replied. "Hi Dan!" He yelled to Dan.

"Don't embarrass me." Piper said.

"Come on Piper. This relationship is a joke. You can't even tell him your secret."

"Ugh! Would you mind your business?"

"You are my business."

"Just shut up and let me say goodbye."

After Piper said goodbye to Dan, she and Chris orbed back to the manor.

"I am going to kill our whitelighter!" Piper exclaimed.

"Don't tell me he ruined your date." Phoebe said.

"She'll thank me later." Chris said and Piper smacked his arm then sat down.

"What was so important that you couldn't wait?" Melinda asked.

"I figured out who's going to take Wyatt. The Triad." Chris instantly had the sisters' attention."

"Who's the Triad?" Melinda asked.

"Our biggest enemy." Phoebe said.

"I've spent a lot of time in the underworld trying to figure out the game plan. Now we know who's after him. We have to figure out how to stop them."

"It's time we call Leo." Piper said.

"No!" Chris exclaimed.

"Why are you so set on Leo staying up there?" Piper asked.

"Because... Because... There's a threat to whitelighters and elders, especially ones like Leo... It wasn't apart of any plan to make him an elder. That's why he was attacked the day I got here. I was going to figure out a way to protect him but him becoming an elder kind of took that burden off me... I've been trying to figure out how to stop the threat while I was here. In the future, Leo was killed about eight years from now, only they tried from now until they actually succeeded. Once enough whitelighters are killed they manage to get up there but only a few have been killed so far."

"No wonder you want to change the future. It sucks." Phoebe said.

"That future won't come true. Not if I can help it." Chris said.

Phoebe stood up and held Chris' hand.

"You have our attention." Phoebe said then had a premonition. She was holding a brown haired blued eyed baby in her arms.

"Hey Chris! You're so cute! Aunty Phoebe could just eat you up, yes I could!" Phoebe's premonition ended, she looked Chris in the eyes then let go.

"What did you see?" Piper asked.

"It wasn't really important, I just saw us happy. That's all." Later on, Phoebe got a moment alone with Chris. "You're Piper's son, aren't you?"

"I had a feeling that was what that premonition was about. That's why I've been avoiding you touching me and I took the potion that made it so you couldn't use your empathy on me. If you did, you would be too suspicious of me or more suspicious. I'm from the future. I know what's going to happen to all of you and you're my family. You have no idea the emotions I go through on a daily bases."

"... I have an idea. The first time we time traveled, we went to the seventies. Our mom, your grandmother was barely pregnant with me. We knew mom and grams were going to die but we couldn't stop it. That was meant to be. Apparently, the future you experienced isn't meant to be. Our destiny is to be a force of good, make a better future, save as many as possible. From what you've told us, we fail and we cant let that happen again... or at all. We managed to change the future once, we'll just do it again. We have to."

"Yeah... But with all this changing of the future I could change my own timeline. According to your premonition and the fact that I'm still here, it hasn't changed yet but it will if my mom doesn't break up with Dan and get back together with my dad. That's why I have to stop the darklighters that are after the whitelighters and elders along with saving Wyatt."

"My poor nephew, this is such a burden on you. You're not alone in all this anymore. We're going to save our family and you too. Don't worry." Phoebe hugged him.

"Thanks... Aunt Phoebe. I should go now."

"You don't want to stay at the manor?"

"No, I still don't want to get too close. It's hard for me to be in this time, let alone in this house with all of you so I don't want to crash on the couch. I'll just go back to P3."

"Are you sure? Are you hungry?"

"I'm fine." Chris smiled then orbed back to P3. Phoebe smiled for a moment then was kind of saddened by the burdens Chris had and the future he came from but she had faith that things would work out.

Chris orbed into the office and was greeted by a surprise visitor.

"Den?" Chris said surprised.

"Hey little brother!" Prudence got up and hugged him. "I've been waiting for you. I figured you'd end up staying here."

"What are you doing here? You're not supposed to be here? Did I screw things up more?"

"No, no. I just wanted to check on you. I know it must not be easy being in this time. We agreed you'd come because I'm the only one who can go head to head with Wyatt. We were more powerful when we fought him together."

"Unless he got me out of the way first."

"You're still one of the most powerful witches of all time. You're more powerful than mom and she was pretty damn powerful."

"You said, 'was.' I guess she's still dead."

"Yeah but there's a lot that hasn't changed yet, her future can still change."

"Has anything changed so far?"

"Aunt Phoebe lived eighteen years longer. There seems to have been a positive shift in positive energy but just a little. Evil still rules."

"I wish you didn't use that spell so that you could remember the old reality and the one I'm working to create."

"I'm glad I did because otherwise, when you come back you would be dealing with remembering it all alone. If you have to deal with it so will I... Now I know you're supposed to change the future but why did mom and dad get a divorce?"

"They get divorced? Oh no... How do they conceive me then?"

"I don't know! They divorced after you were born, I guess they had one last rendezvous."

"I have to fix that."

"Just focus on the task at hand and the rest will fall in place. How are you anyway?"

"It's hard but Aunt Phoebe just found out who I am? She touched me and had a premonition."

"Hopefully that will make it easier for you."

"I hold you from time to time. It's weird but you were so cute. I hold Wyatt too. Strange how such a sweet and innocent little boy could grow up to be so evil."

"It's not his fault. He doesn't know any better. He was kidnapped and raised that way. Even though I have to fight him, I keep reminding myself of that and that he will change after you save him, save us all really... It's amazing how bright things are in this time but they're so dark in dreary in ours, talk about hell on earth."