*FINAL CHAPTER* ChrisFic Many Future Consequences

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Many Future Consequences

Chapter Eleven continued

Chris and Piper had not long started training again when Leo, Paige and Phoebe orbed in. Piper went to yell at them for the intrusion, but then saw the urgent look on their faces.

“What is it, what’s wrong?” she asked.

“I’ve just heard from the Elders, there have been demonic attacks all over the city. We’ve been asked to go out and save as many people as we can.” Leo said as calmly as he could.

“Why would so many demons be attacking out in the open like this?” Piper asked.

“Wyatt,” Chris answered.

“Well, if it’s Wyatt then I should stay with Chris because this is obviously a trap.” Piper stated.

“Innocents are dying, Piper, it’s a demonic onslaught,” Phoebe said to her, “if Chris needs us he can call Leo.”<br>
“She’s right, Mum, you have to go. I don’t want innocent lives on my conscience. I’ll call Dad if I need help. Did you have any luck with the time potion?” He asked Leo.

“Sorry, not yet,” Leo answered. “But, don’t worry, we will,” he added.

Chris nodded in response.

“You’re with me,” Paige said to Piper, “come on we’ve gathered heaps of potions.”<br>
Piper moved over to Paige and held her hand. “Remember what I taught you,” she said to Chris.

“I will,” Chris said to her.

“I’ll take Phoebe, if any of you need help, just call,” Leo said to all of them, but particularly to Chris, and then the four of them orbed out.

Chris was only alone for a few seconds before he heard someone orb in behind him. He turned, knowing exactly who it would be. Wyatt stood in front of him, confidently holding a sword of his own.

“Hello, Wyatt,” Chris said to him, then his eyes moved down the sword Wyatt was holding.

“You noticed I’ve come prepared. This demonic sword is powerful,” he said holding it out in front of him and looking at it approvingly. Then turning his attention back to Chris, he continued, “Although nowhere near as powerful as Excalibur, it will serve its purpose. The underworld can be a very useful place, you know.”<br>
“I won’t let you take Excalibur, you’ll have to kill me first,” Chris said to him.

“I’m sorry you feel that way, Chris, because that is an invitation too good to refuse,” Wyatt said, half smiling, as he walked calmly toward Chris.

Chris tried to appear confident as he stood his ground, but he could feel his hands trembling and a lump start to form in his throat the closer Wyatt came. He wondered for a split second whether he should call out to his Father for help, but decided against it, wanting to finally face Wyatt alone. The time for thinking was now over as Wyatt, now in front of Chris, did not hesitate as he lifted his sword to strike Chris down.

Chris instinctively blocked his strike, and then again and again, as Wyatt released all his fury at once. Chris tried to remain calm, remembering what his Mother had just taught him and feeling the power of Excalibur flow through him. He found that he moved from the defensive to the offensive as he struck out at Wyatt for the first time, taking Wyatt by surprise. Wyatt managed to block just in time pushing Chris away.

“I’m impressed little Brother, you’ve worked hard over the past few hours, but it will be no match for my years of experience.” Wyatt said arrogantly.

“We’ll see,” was all Chris had to say, now feeling more confident. So confident, in fact, that he did not wait for Wyatt to attack him again, instead he lifted the sword and started striking at Wyatt hoping he would realise that Chris was not the weak little brother Wyatt was used to, but a formidable opponent worthy of Excalibur.

At the same time Piper with Paige and Leo with Phoebe had their own battle on their hands, frantically fighting off multiple demonic attacks throughout the city, completely unaware of the battle going on between the two brothers at the manor.

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Many Future Consequences

Chapter Twelve

“Leo!” Piper shouted, desperately. When she failed to get a response, she carefully moved her head around the dumpster she had taken refuge behind and saw at least a dozen different demons heading in her direction. She looked down at her unconscious sister lying next to her, blood dripping from a nasty wound on her forehead. “Hang in there, Paige, I’m sure he’ll be here in a second,” she said more to reassure herself than her unconscious sibling.

“Leo, we need you, now!” Piper called again as she stood up to freeze the rapidly advancing demons. Unfortunately, as had been the case on several occasions during this battle, not all the demons froze. At least four shimmered out, but she ignored them for now, concentrating on blowing up the frozen demons that remained. Suddenly she heard a familiar voice shout out to her, “Piper, look out!” was all she heard her husband say, before being grabbed from behind. The experience of many battles taught her to lunge forward, flipping the demon over in the process, and then she finished him off by using her exploding power.

“Stay down!” Phoebe shouted at Piper, and then threw her remaining potions at the three demons about to attack behind her sister.

Piper cautiously lifted her head from the dirty alley asphalt, as Leo ran over to her.

“Are they all gone?” She asked him, holding on to the hand he offered to help her up.

“For now,” he said, looking around. “Where’s Paige?” Leo asked suddenly noticing she wasn’t with Piper.

“She’s injured, you have to heal her. I moved her over here behind the dumpster,” Piper said as she walked in that direction.

Leo and Phoebe followed her, and Leo bent down to heal the obvious wound on her forehead.

As the wound disappeared under Leo’s glowing hands, Paige’s eyes started to flutter open.

“Is it over yet?” she asked her two sisters and brother-in-law who were staring down at her.

“We don’t know, how do you feel?” asked Piper.

“Better, thanks,” Paige answered, while trying to get up.

“Well, we’re all out of potions, so I think the best plan would be for us all to orb back to the Manor to get some more,” Piper suggested, “and I can check on Chris at the same time. We should have heard from him by now.”<br>
“You three go back while I check with the Elders to see if the immediate threat is over,” Leo told them. “Once again, if you need me, just call,”<br>
Leo, not waiting for their approval, immediately disappeared in a cloud of orbs.

“Okay!” Piper shouted to the sky after he disappeared.

“Well, let’s go home,” Paige said to them as she held both their hands making the three of them disappear also.

A few seconds later, the three battle weary witches rematerialised in the kitchen of the manor.

“You two get some more potions ready, while I go and check on Chris,” Piper said as she walked toward the stairs.

As she got closer to the attic she could clearly hear some sort of fighting going on. She opened the door and was immediately confronted by her two sonsfighting each other. Both were injured, having cuts and bruises visible all over their bodies. Their clothes had been ripped, and she noticed Chris had bad gashes on his left shoulder and across his stomach that were bleeding. Wyatt was also not unscathed having bad wounds on his right arm and right leg.

“Chris!” she shouted.

Both Chris and Wyatt had not noticed their mother enter the room, and her calling out startled both of them.

“Mum!” Chris exclaimed. “Get out of here,” he shouted back as he moved his hand in her direction and she found herself being orbed out.

Piper orbed into the Living Room downstairs. “Damn you Chris!” she cursed as she started to climb the stairs again.

Phoebe and Paige hearing her arrival ran into the Living Room as she reached the bottom of the staircase.

“What is it?” Phoebe asked her.

Piper turned to look at them, “It’s Chris, he and Wyatt are sword fighting in the attic, both are injured, I’ve got to stop them.” She said as she started to make her way upstairs again.

“How did you get down here?” Paige asked her.

“Chris orbed me out,” she shouted back down to Paige from the top of the stairs.

As Piper ran along the hallway to the attic stairs she shouted desperately for Leo, who immediately appeared in front of her blocking her path.

“What’s wrong?” Leo asked, seeing how frantic Piper was.

“Our adult sons are fighting each other in the attic. They’ll kill each other if we don’t stop them. I tried before, but Chris orbed me out,” she said, almost hysterical.

“Wait a minute, let’s think about this,” Leo started to say.

Frustrated, Piper tried to push past him, “We don’t have time!”<br>
“Piper,” Leo said, grabbing her and turning her to face him. “If you go bursting in there again he’ll only orb you out once more. I’ll orb us both in, and we’ll try and stop them together.”<br>
Piper suddenly thought back to her conversation with Chris earlier that day.

“But how will we stop Wyatt, Leo? I can’t hurt my own son!” She said to him.

“You might have to, to save Chris. Don’t worry, I’ll be there to heal him, just try to wound him, okay. Trust me.” Leo said convincingly.

Piper immediately felt at ease. It never ceased to astound her how his voice of reason was able to instantly calm her in even the most dire of situations.

“I trust you,” she said.

“Okay, you ready?” He asked her.

She nodded, and the two of them orbed out.

Neither of them were prepared for what they saw when they rematerialised in the attic. Chris had Wyatt, who was completely defenceless, pinned against the wall with Excalibur pushed hard against his throat.

“You give up?” Chris was asking him.

Before Wyatt could answer, Chris turned to see who had just orbed behind him and in the process he ever so slightly dropped his guard. Unfortunately for him, that was the only opening Wyatt needed. With all his remaining strength, Wyatt pushed Chris away, which caused him to loosen his grip on Excalibur at the same time. Wyatt used his telekinetic powers to take control of Excalibur pushing it towards Chris’ back as he fell.

Piper could see what was happening and motioned her powers toward Wyatt to stop him. It did not stop Excalibur, however, and Piper looked on in horror as she saw Excalibur wedge itself into Chris’ back. At the same time, because of her magical attack on him, Wyatt was flung backwards into the wall, a small explosion coming from his stomach. She watched helplessly as both her sons fell motionless to the floor.

“Oh, God, no!” she exclaimed as she ran toward both of them.

She reached Chris first and turned him on his side. Chris opened his eyes and looked up to her.

“Hey,” he whispered.

“Don’t worry, your Dad’s going to heal you, you’ll be fine.” She said as she turned to look for Leo.

But Leo wasn’t there. Frantically she looked around the room. Leo was nowhere in sight.

“Leo! Where the hell are you?” Piper hysterically shouted at the top of her voice.

Tearswelled up in Piper's eyesas she turned to look back down at Chris, barely conscious on the floor.

“Did you see? I beat him? I actually beat Wyatt,” Chris said to her

.”Yes, I saw,” she said trying to force a smile, “just hold on, I’m going to check on your brother.”<br>
Piper moved over to Wyatt’s still motionless body. He was unconscious, and very badly injured with a wound to his stomach, but he was alive.

Piper knew that neither son had long to live, and sat on the floor between the two of them shouting desperately for her husband to appear, “Leo, please, we need you. Your sons need you." Then breaking down crying she put her head in her hands and whispered “they’ll die soon, Leo, please.”<br>
Leo materialised in a very dark place. He looked around and saw nothing but darkness.

“Where am I?” He shouted. “Who are you? What do you want from me?”<br>
“We need to talk,” came the reply from a familiar voice behind him.

Leo turned around and could not believe who was walking toward him.

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Is it Cole? ... is it Gideon? .... Don't leave me in suspense!

[charmingaussie]

No and No. The last couple of chapters are a bit complicated. I'll try to write them in the next couple of days.

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Many Future Consequences
Chapter Thirteen

WARNING – POSSIBLE SPOILERS.

**I have chosen to use a character in the last few chapters that is currently in episodes airing in the U.S. While I have tried to not actually give away any information regarding the current storylines of the TV Show, in writing my story I have had to make up my own version as to what will happen. I am issuing this warning in case there is anyone reading my story that would prefer to remain completely unspoiled. Otherwise please read on:

“I thought I’d seen the last of you,” Leo said, bitterly, to the person approaching him from the darkness.

“So had we,” he replied.

“Why have you brought me here? Return me to Piper, I need to save my sons.” Leo demanded.

“Yes you do, but first we need to talk.”<br>
“I have nothing to say to you. Now, return me to the Manor immediately!” Leo shouted angrily.

“There is nothing to be achieved by raising your voice, Leo. We did not intend to make contact with you again, but circumstances have changed, and we need to talk to you and the sisters and your sons. The matter is of an urgent nature.”<br>
“What do you mean, circumstances have changed?” Leo asked.

“We will explain everything in good time. For now, we need your word that you will not attack us. We do not wish to fight you, nor hurt you. We just want you to agree to hear our proposal.”<br>
Leo was looking around desperately trying to figure a way out, so he didn’t have to listen to them again, be fooled by them again.

“Time is against you Leo, at this moment both your sons are near death. You need to make a decision.”<br>
“If I don’t agree?” Leo asked.

“Then, unfortunately you will not make it back in time to save them.”<br>
Leo held his stare, knowing he had no choice.

Piper had moved next to Chris, who was drifting in and out of consciousness. She had removed the sword and was pushing a towel against the deep wound in his back, in a vain attempt to stop the bleeding. Phoebe and Paige had now joined her. Phoebe was sitting next to Wyatt, who was still unconscious, while Paige was calling out for Leo.

“He’s not going to come, Paige,” Piper said to her. “We need to get the boys to hospital.”<br>
“They won’t survive in hospital, Piper. We need Leo.” Paige replied.

“I have to do something! I can’t just sit here and watch my sons die!” Piper shouted desperately.

“Mum,” Chris whispered.

“Chris,” she said, startled to see him conscious again.

Chris’ breathing all of a sudden became difficult, and Piper could see he was struggling.

“No, Chris, just hold on, please,” she pleaded with him.

“I’m sorry,” he managed to say in between laboured breathes.

The scene was all too familiar to Paige, and as tears were streaming down her cheeks she couldn’t believe she was watching Chris go through this again.

Suddenly everything disappeared around them, and they found themselves surrounded by complete darkness.

“What, the?” Paige began to say, but then saw Leo approaching.

“Leo!” She exclaimed, relieved.

Leo immediately bent down and put his healing hands over Chris’ back. Everyone seemed to be holding their breath, while waiting to see if his healing would work this time, unlike last time.

To everyone’s relief within seconds the wounds started to disappear and Chris’ breathing calmed down. With Chris now completely healed, Leo moved over to Wyatt and repeated the process.

Chris slowly started to sit up.

“Take it easy,” Piper said to him.

Chris looked around, “Where the hell are we?” he asked.

Piper looked around too, only now just noticing where they were. “I don’t know,” she answered. “Leo, what’s going on? Where are we?” She asked looking over at Leo who was helping Wyatt to sit up.

Before Leo could answer a voice could be heard coming from the darkness, “Where you are doesn’t matter,” he said.

Piper stood up and looked in the direction of the voice, and out of the darkness came Alpha, the Avatar she hoped she would never see again.

Not even bothering to speak, she went to use her powers on him, but Leo stopped her.

“Wait, Piper,” he said, holding onto her hands.

“What do you mean? Don’t tell me you’re working with them again?”<br>
“Working with who? Who are these people?” Chris asked his parents.

“Avatars, Chris, and no, Piper, I’m not working with them again, but I did promise we’d listen to them. That’s why you were brought here and I was able to save Wyatt and Chris.” Leo told her.

“What or who are Avatars?” Chris asked.

Piper ignored his question, instead turning to Leo, “Let me get this straight,” she said “They took you away so you couldn’t heal them, and then told you that you could only heal them if you promised to listen?”<br>
Leo nodded. “I know they are manipulative, but I had no choice, I couldn’t let Chris and Wyatt die.”<br>
“Manipulative is an understatement!” Piper said to him.

“As I said, I had no choice.” Leo reiterated.

Phoebe looked at Alpha and said confidently, “I thought you would have learned your lesson the last time we met,”<br>
“As I was explaining to Leo, circumstances have changed that have caused us to rethink our course of action,” Alpha said to all of them.

“Where are Tweedledee and Tweedledum?” Piper asked sarcastically.

“If you are talking about Gamma and Beta, they are in preparation.” Alpha replied.

“Enough riddles Alpha, just tell us what you want.” Leo demanded.

“Very well. The events of recent months have taken a much greater toll on our powers than originally thought. Normally after…”

“Yadda, yadda, yadda. Get to the point,” Piper interrupted impatiently.

“We are dying, Piper,” Alpha concluded.

“Wow!” Paige said.

“What do you mean? Are you dying?” Leo asked.

“No, Leo. We as a collective, the Avatars are dying.” Alpha said quietly.

“I don’t understand, how is that possible?” Phoebe asked.

“As I said before, recent events took more of a toll on our powers than we expected. We have been unable to recover, and subsequently our powers are getting weaker. We have tried every way we know how, but have been unable to reverse what is happening.” Alpha explained.

“That’s all very sad and all. Really, I mean it when I say I’m sorry to hear that, but we’ve done what you asked, we’ve listened to you, now could you return us from wherever we are back to our house please.” Piper said as nicely as she could.

“I haven’t finished yet,” Alpha said to her.

“I was afraid you were going to say that,” Piper said with a sigh.

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Chapter Thirteen continued

“We had accepted our fate,” Alpha continued, “having exhausted all avenues to continue our existence, we decided that there was nothing more we could do. Until,” he paused looking around at all of them.

“Until, what?” Paige asked.

“Until a couple of days ago, when we sensed a new power. This was a type of power we had never sensed in a human before. A power that was worthy of carrying on the Avatar collective.” Alpha paused again, allowing what he was saying to sink in to his reluctant audience.

“What are you talking about?” Leo asked, trying to understand what he was getting at.

“He’s talking about Wyatt,” Chris said to Leo and then turned to Alpha, “aren’t you.”<br>
Alpha nodded. “Yes, Wyatt has powers as an adult that we could not sense in him as a child.”<br>
“What!” Piper exclaimed. “No, way. Been there, done that in this family. There is no way we are doing it again.”<br>
“It is not the same as Leo, Piper,” Alpha explained.

“I don’t care! This family doesn’t want to have anything to do with the Avatars ever again!” She said firmly.

“But it’s not up to you, Mother, and I want to hear what he has to say.” Wyatt said walking forward, after listening to the conversation silently up until that point.

“Wyatt, these people are not to be believed, you cannot trust them. Believe me,” she pleaded with him.

But Wyatt ignored her, instead turning his attention to Alpha. “Tell me your proposal, and more about who you are.”<br>
“We are Avatars, Wyatt. Our power is immense, more than you could ever dream of,” Alpha started to say.

“I don’t know, he dreams about a lot,” Chris cut in, sarcastically.

“If you are so powerful, then why have I not heard of you?” Wyatt asked, ignoring Chris’ comment.

“We must have died out in your original timeline, but since you have returned to this time, we are hopeful that the Avatar power will live on. You could do almost anything with this power, and it will grow the older you get. Eventually you will be able to manipulate time by yourself as we do now as a collective. What we are proposing is to give you all our power before we die.” Alpha finally said.

Wyatt’s eyes lit up at this proposal.

Nobody else’s did, however.

“You’re not suggesting he just join you, as I did,” Leo clarified.

“No, it is not possible to save us, but it is possible to pass on our powers, to the right person.” Alpha said.

“Why don’t you just give them to him anyway? Why do you need his permission?” Chris asked.

“That is not our way, Chris. A person must give up their free will willingly to absorb our powers.”<br>
“So, if Wyatt says no, then you can’t go ahead with your plans?” Leo asked.

“That is right, Leo, but I see no reason why he would say no. This is an opportunity he has always dreamed about. The power of Excalibur is nothing compared to the power we are offering him.” Alpha said to Leo, and then turned to Wyatt. “Think about it Wyatt, but you don’t have long.”<br>
“Wyatt, I’m begging you, do not agree to this.” Piper pleaded again.

“There is nothing to think about, of course I agree.” He said confidently.

“A wise decision. Now there is much work to be done before we transfer our powers to Baby Wyatt.” Gamma said.

“What? What do you mean? You said you were going to transfer your powers to me?” Wyatt shouted, angrily.

“Yes, we are, but just the baby version of you. It would be impossible to pass them onto you as an adult. These powers are like a seed, they will grow with Baby Wyatt as he gets older, become a part of him. That is the only way we can do this.” Alpha said calmly trying to explain.

“You tricked me!” Wyatt exclaimed as he tried to use his telekinetic powers on the Avatar.

“Your powers won’t work here.” He said.

Piper turned to Leo, “We’ve got to do something, Leo. We can’t let him do this to our son.”<br>
“There’s nothing you can do, Piper. Leo, in fact will help Wyatt.” Alpha said.

“What do you mean?’ Leo asked.

“Because you have been a part of the Avatar collective, you will be drawn to Wyatt, to help him and guide him with his new powers. You will always be there for him.” Alpha explained.

“I have two sons, I will not favour one more than the other.” Leo said firmly.

“I’m afraid you will not have a choice Leo.” Alpha said.

“Please don’t do this, Alpha,” Piper pleaded, “I’m begging you.”<br>
“The process is already underway,” he said. “It is a time for celebration, and we have Chris partly to thank for this.”<br>
“What do you mean?” Chris asked.

“If you had not jumped in the time portal with Wyatt, then he would not have landed in this time and we would not have sensed him. He was hoping to land in a time many years from now. By then we would have ceased to exist.” Alpha explained.

All of a sudden reality hit Chris. He realised what all the events he had just witnessed were leading to, and he couldn’t believe it.

“There is much to prepare. When I return, our last act will be to reset time to this morning. You will all remember nothing of what has happened here, nor will you remember anything about Chris and Wyatt’s visit from the future. I will return shortly.” Alpha said, before disappearing.

Chris was still frantically trying to work everything out in his head, but no matter how he looked at it, he came up with the same answer.

“Oh my God!” He exclaimed.

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Many Future Consequences
Chapter Fourteen

SAME SPOILER WARNING AS LAST CHAPTER

“Oh! My! God!” Chris repeated.

The others ignored his cry, instead they were trying to find a way out. Leo decided to head in one direction, through the darkness, only to reappear coming from the other direction moments later.

“This is hopeless. I can’t orb and we can’t walk out, and magic doesn’t work. We’re trapped!” Leo conceded.

“I don’t believe what’s happening!” Chris exclaimed.

“We’re all right there with you, Chris,” Phoebe said.

“No, you don’t understand. Don’t you see what’s really happening here? This is all leading to my original future.”<br>
“What do you mean?” Piper asked him.

“Everything that Alpha guy just said; Wyatt being super powerful, Dad ignoring me and favouring Wyatt. Also, I won’t be meeting Jeni, I took care of that.” Chris blurted out, hardly taking a breath.

“Hold on, what are you saying? You think this is all leading to your original future? How is that possible?” Asked Piper.

“I don’t think it is,” said Leo. “Anyway, we know about Gideon, and about you coming back to save Wyatt. You didn’t know any of that when you returned to us last time.”<br>
“What if you decided not to tell me, to protect me? Or maybe you thought you’d tell me when I got older, but Mum died and I hardly ever saw you Dad, so it just never happened.” Chris reasoned.

“But you said you grew up knowing that Wyatt had turned evil before you were born, if it was the Avatars, then why would you think that?” Phoebe asked him.

“I grew up thinking Wyatt had been turned evil before I was born because of Grandpa. He told me an evil had threatened Wyatt before I was born. You guys never told me anything. You had enough to deal with Mum, with Wyatt’s mood swings and changes, we never discussed why. The evilthat Grandpa was talking about was probably Gideon.” Chris explained.

“Okay, well, there is no way I would have let you travel back in time again, knowing what happened to you the first time.” Leo said, confident this would dispel his theory.

“Dad, I didn’t tell anyone I was travelling back to save Wyatt except Bianca. I couldn’t risk telling anyone, especially you because you were still close to Wyatt.” Chris said, absolutely convinced that this was the cause of his original future.

Everyone was stunned, not knowing what to say.

"And, as Alpha just said, none of you will remember any of this, so you will not know to change anything!"

“What are you saying, Chris, this power will make me grow up to be ruler of the world, like you told me in your original future?” Wyatt asked.

“It has to be, Wyatt. It all makes sense now; the powers you had in my original future were way beyond anything I’ve seen you have now. And the scary thing is, they were still growing. As Alpha just said.” Chris told him.

Wyatt allowed himself a smug smile, but remained silent, when Chris continued.

“Something else I’ve just realised. I’m actually the cause of all of this.”<br>
“That’s ridiculous!” Piper said, dismissing him.

“Mum, Alpha just said it. He thanked me. It was because I was in the time portal with Wyatt that we ended up in this time and the Avatars became aware of him. If I hadn’t travelled through time with him, none of this would be happening.” Chris explained.

Once again there was stunned silence as everyone was trying to process this new piece of information.

“I can’t believe I came back in time to save Wyatt from turning evil, and not only did I go back to the wrong time, but I was the one who caused it in the first place.” Chris said, exasperated.

“Chris, you can’t blame yourself like that. There are many events that you can point to that caused this to happen.” Leo said trying to console him.

“But mine was the trigger, Dad.” Chris stated.

“So if Chris is right, and this is the cause of his original timeline, then we’ve been here before.” Paige worked out.

“What do you mean?” Piper asked her.

“Time travel really gives me a headache.” Phoebe cut in.

“A time paradox,” both Chris and Leo said together.

“What’s a time paradox?” Phoebe said almost afraid to ask.

“If what Chris says is true, then the timeline has now been changed where Wyatt will grow up an Avatar, as in Chris’ original timeline. He will return to save Wyatt and will end up dying because of Gideon. Baby Chris will grow up and merge with the other Chris and then go back in time with Wyatt to get Excalibur, as this Chris and Wyatt have done. This causes the Avatars to give Baby Wyatt their powers and Wyatt will grow up evil as in Chris’ original future. And so it goes on and on.”<br>
Leo tried to explain as best he could.

“This is seriously doing my head in.” Phoebe said.

“There is no telling how many times we’ve gone through this before, or for that matter what the original timeline was.” Chris said.

“So you’re telling me we are destined to keep repeating this over and over again.” Piper summed up.

“We’re only guessing, but if this is right, and it does sound like it is, then yes, time will keep repeating itself until something happens to break the loop.” Leo said.

“How do we know what that is?” Piper asked.

“We don’t,” Leo told her, “Any decision we make, we’ve probably made before. There is no way to know how to change it.”<br>
Suddenly Alpha reappeared.

“It is done.” He said.

“No, Alpha, you have to reverse it,” Leo pleaded with him.

“That’s impossible, in a few minutes the other Avatars and myself will cease to exist as will Chris and Wyatt, and time will be reset to this morning.”<br>
He explained.

“Why will Chris and Wyatt cease to exist?” Asked Phoebe.

“Because the timeline has changed,” Chris answered before Alpha could.

“Exactly.” He said.

“What you have done is going to cause a time paradox, you have to reverse it somehow.” Leo pleaded once again.

Before their eyes, Alpha started to fade.

“I’m sorry, Leo, it’s too late, everything will work out, you’ll see.” He said.

They all turned to look at Wyatt and Chris who were also fading.

“No, this can’t be happening,” Piper said frantically as she helplessly watched her two sons ceasing to exist in front of her.

“We have to find a way to stop this!” Chris shouted, before he and Wyatt disappeared completely.

“Chris!” Leo said reaching out for him, before he and the others were sucked backwards into the darkness.

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Many Future Consequences

Epilogue

Earlier that morning Piper was sitting at the kitchen table feeding Baby Wyatt, and Phoebe was sitting next to her feeding Baby Chris their breakfast.

“Do you think Wyatt looks a little different this morning?” Piper asked Phoebe.

Phoebe looked over at him, “No, he looks like the same adorable nephew he always is,” she answered.

“I just thought he looked a little glassy eyed this morning,” Piper said, “oh well, I’m sure it’s nothing.”<br>
Just then Paige orbed in.

“You went to Magic School early this morning,” Piper said to her.

“Yes I had a message to call that teacher that I interviewed this week. The one who decided to move to London with his wife and baby daughter instead,” she said. “He said he had a message from me to call as soon as possible, but I can’t for the life of me remember why I wanted to talk to him.”<br>
“That’s strange,” Phoebe said.

“I’m sure if it’s important it will come to me,” she said.

“I’m glad you’re both here.” Piper said to them. “I’ve been meaning to tell you, that Leo and I have decided not to tell Chris or Wyatt what happened with the whole Gideon thing. We may tell Chris when he gets older, but we thought it was best not to say anything, especially because everything’s worked out for the best and Wyatt was saved in time.”<br>
“Good thinking,” Phoebe agreed.

“There’s no sense in scaring them unnecessarily,” Paige added.

“Oh, is that the time?” Phoebe asked frantically, “I’m late, bye boys,” she said kissing both nephews on the forehead, and running out of the kitchen.

“Bye Phoebe,” Piper called after her, sarcastically.

Phoebe’s voice could be heard faintly from the distance, “Bye Piper, bye Paige.”<br>
Paige also realised she was due back at Magic School and orbed out leaving Piper alone with her two sons.

“Now, I’ll get you two ready to go out with Daddy,” Piper said to both Wyatt and Chris, when, conveniently, Leo orbed in.

“Hi Leo, I’m just about to get them both ready,” Piper said to him.

Leo went straight over to Wyatt.

“Hi, buddy, how you going?” He asked him, while stroking his hair.

“I think I’ll just take out Wyatt today, Piper,” Leo suggested to her.

“Oh, why’s that?” She asked.

“Well, I’ve been thinking, I missed out on spending a lot of time with him last year, when I was an Elder, and I’d like to make up for that, with a bit of one on one, you understand?” He asked trying to explain his feelings. “Chris is still just a baby, there’ll be plenty of opportunities for us to spend time together later,” he added.

Piper thought about this for a few seconds, and then conceded she understood.

“Okay, fine.” She agreed.

“Thanks,” he said.

Leo picked up Wyatt’s bag that Piper had already prepared and then picked up Wyatt.

“We’ll see you later this afternoon,” he said kissing her and then orbing out.

Piper turned to look at Chris sitting patiently in his highchair. “Well I guess it’s just you and me, kid,” she said, as she stood up to clean up the kitchen hopingher day would be as normal as possible.

- - - This was going to be the end of my story. I hope you enjoyed it.

- - -If you would like me to continue and try to resolve the time paradox, please let me know.

[CanadianHalliwell]

Oh My Gaaawd, are you really thinking about leaving me hanging? Of course you must continue. I am sure there are others out there who agree with me, but they don't always post. I know, I was one of them until I registered. I hope you can figure a way out of the paradox and write a sequel. When you do, don't forget to post a link so others can read the first story. Please continue, I don't know what I am going to read at night if you don't ;D

Anne

[charmingaussie]

And so the story continues.

Many Future Consequences: Fragments Chapter One

“Chris….No….Chris!!”<br>Leo suddenly shot up to a sitting position in bed. He was out of breath and disoriented. He looked around the dark room trying to remember where he was. He instinctively reached out for Piper next to him, but she wasn’t there. His heart skipped a beat as he couldn’t think of where she would be. Then he called out, “Lights,” and instantly the room was filled with light. His breathing was now starting to slow down as he looked around and realised where he was.
“Well, that was the worse one so far,” he said out loud as he climbed out of bed. Slowly he walked to his rather large bathroom and waved his hand over a sensor near the door to turn on the light. He stumbled up to the basin, still thinking about the disturbing dream he had just had, and waved his hand over another sensor and the water started flowing out of single tap. He cupped his hands and filled them with the cold flowing water and splashed his face, and then repeated the process. He sighed heavily as he looked at himself in the mirror and saw the same person staring back at him that he had been seeing in the mirror for decades. Too many decades. Angels don’t age, he knew that, so on the outside he looked exactly the same as he had done when given his wings so long ago. But the inside was a different story. On the inside his soul felt very old. Tired even, if that were possible. He often thought there would have to be a limit as to how long a soul can remain on Earth before it would start to decay, which would prevent it from ever being recycled. Lately he’d been feeling like he was reaching that limit. Maybe that’s why he’d been having these nightmares? Whatever the reason, unfortunately there was nothing much he could do about it, seeing as he was one of the few Elders left in the world, Wyatt having killed most of them years ago. Other than him, the few that were left had gone into hiding, and considering his relationship with Wyatt, he was not surprised that none of them had ever contacted him.

He walked out of the bathroom, waving his hand over the sensor again on his way out. Grabbed a T-shirt from a chair and walked over to a sensor pad near a large glass sliding door with shutters closed on the outside. He put his hand against the pad and then once that was approved he pressed a button at the top of the console, immediately the shutters opened allowing sunlight to stream in through the glass door, and then he heard the door unlock. He opened the door and walked out onto the balcony, staring at the amazing view of the bay. He was grateful that the apartment didn’t face the city, which was still in ruins after the many battles it took for Wyatt to gain power. He didn’t think he’d ever come out to the balcony if he was going to be reminded of that every time. It was coming up to two years since Wyatt had given him this apartment and insisted that he live here. He had stressed the importance of his Father living in a place appropriate to his stature. Wyatt had gone on and on about people realising the power from which he had been born, and apparently Leo living in this apartment would remind people of that fact. This was no consolation to Leo, though, while so many people were homeless, he had this huge penthouse all to himself, and he felt very guilty about that. He didn’t want it when Wyatt gave it to him, and he still didn’t want it now. But how do you say no to Wyatt? He had yet to figure that one out.

As he leant over the balcony his mind wandered back to the garbled dream he had just had. It had been similar to the others, but this one had involved Chris somehow. He couldn’t remember much about any of the dreams after he woke up, but he did know they were all very disturbing and very similar. He thought about it for a minute, and then made a decision. He needed to contact Chris. Well, first he needed to find Chris. He didn’t have a clue where he was, or what he was doing. He was so busy dealing with Wyatt he’d lost contact with Chris many years before and the time just never seemed right to make contact again. Then the answer came to him, “Victor” he said. “I’ll ask Victor.” That decision made, Leo made his way inside to prepare to track down Victor.

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Many Future Consequences: Fragments Chapter One continued

“Leo Wyatt? Sorry, don’t know anyone by that name,” came the gravely voice down the security intercom.
“Come on Victor, you know who I am, I just….“ Leo stopped talking when he realised Victor had switched the intercom off at his end.
“I don’t have time for this,” he said to himself and then disappeared in a cloud of orbs, reappearing seconds later in Victor’s very small, very basic apartment.
“Must be important to…” Victor stopped mid sentence, suddenly fearing the worst. “There’s nothing wrong with Chris is there?”
“No or rather I don’t know. That’s why I’m here.” Leo answered him.
Victor’s relief was immediately evident, then he became curious, “What do you mean, that’s why you’re here?”<br>“I need to contact Chris, urgently, but I don’t know where he is. I was hoping you could help me?” Leo asked him.
“Can’t you sense him, you used to always be able to sense him?” Victor queried.
“No,” Leo said sadly, “I haven’t been able to sense him in years. I don’t think he wants to have anything to do with me.”<br>“Do you blame him?” Victor asked all too quickly.
Leo looked at Victor and knew he didn’t have a high opinion of him. “I know it looks like I abandoned Chris, but”<br>Before Leo could justify his actions, Victor cut in, “No buts, Leo. You’ve hardly spoken to the boy since his Mother died. You can try to make up as many excuses as you like to justify how you’ve treated him, but bottom line is you did abandon him when he needed you most. We all know you’ve had a special relationship with Wyatt; you always did right from day one. I’ve often thought about what young Chris did to deserve you treating him like you did. I thought maybe it was the other Chris, the one who came from the future that did it. You two never got along, and I thought maybe you couldn’t get past that when Baby Chris was born.”<br>“No, it had nothing to do with the other Chris…” Leo started to say, but Victor continued.
“I know it use to torment Piper when Chris was a child, how you never seemed to be able to make any time for him. We used to talk a lot about that.” Victor said, frankly.
“I had no idea she used to talk to you about things like that.” Leo said surprised.
“We were very close the last few years of her life. The Chris from the future warned me, you know. He warned me she was going to die when he was fourteen. But I wanted to believe the future had been changed….” His voice trailed off, as he began to have feelings of regret.
“We all did, Victor.” Leo said to him, also with a hint of regret in his voice. Then, Leo had a thought, “you’ve never told this Chris about the other Chris, have you?” “No, of course not.” He dismissed. “The last thing I want is for him to go travelling back in time again, just to end up like last time. I wasn’t going to be the one to put that idea in his head.” He paused. “We did talk about Wyatt, though.”<br>“What do you mean, what did you tell him?” Leo asked.
“As little as I could, believe me. He wanted to know what could possibly have made Wyatt turn out this way. I told him there are so many things that could have affected Wyatt, like when he was attacked as a baby, was just one example.” He explained.
“You told him about Gideon?” Leo clarified.
“No, of course I didn’t. I was very general. I just told him that one possibility happened before Chris was even born. He just wanted comfort Leo. He seemed to be searching for someone to blame for how the world is today. To Chris that someone can be you, or a demon, or anyone except Wyatt. I think he still believes underneath Wyatt is good, and being his brother he just wants to hold onto that.”<br>Leo nodded, and then an awkward silence fell on the room.
“Well I suppose you’ll be wanting his address then,” Victor said as he walked over to an old fashioned wooden desk by the window and opened the top drawer. He copied out Chris’ address and handed it to Leo.
“Thank you,” Leo said looking at the address then putting it in his pocket.
Victor continued to look at Leo, and then asked, “Why do you want to see him?”<br>Leo considered for a few seconds whether to confide in Victor, then thought he may as well, it wouldn’t hurt to tell someone. “I’ve been having these disturbing dreams lately, well nightmares really. They don’t make much sense, but I just feel something’s wrong or something wrong is about to happen.”<br>“With Chris?” Victor asked, now concerned.
“I don’t know, but the one I had last night definitely had Chris in it. I just really want to make sure he’s okay.” Leo said.
“He won’t want to see you, you know,” Victor said honestly.
“I know,” Leo conceded.
“Tell him his Grandpa says, hi.” Victor said.
Leo nodded. “Thank you.” He said and then a second later he orbed out.
Victor walked over to a photo he still had on a sideboard of Piper, Leo and the two boys. They were smiling and happy. He put his fingers out and touched the photo of his daughter, “In some ways I’m glad you’re not here to witness all of this, Piper,” he said to the photo. He carefully put the photo back in its place and then turned to continue reading one of his old books.

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Many Future Consequences: Fragments Chapter Two

Leo looked around the neighbourhood he had orbed into. This was a part of town he’d never been to, and would be happy if he never returned to. There were burnt out cars and debris from damaged buildings on the streets all around him. People were sleeping down alleys, on seats, even just on the sidewalk. Some of them stopped what they were doing and stared at him, he could see the look of hopelessness on their faces and it haunted him. He knew he had deliberately turned a blind eye to what he was witnessing by living wrapped up in a cocoon carefully constructed by Wyatt, because he had never wanted to face the reality of what Wyatt had caused. That was not today’s problem, however, he was here to find Chris and that was what he was going to do. He looked at all the buildings around him and located the one that matched the address Victor had given him, and orbed into one of the corridors. Sure enough, there were people lying in there as well. He stepped over maybe thirty people before he arrived at the numbered door he was looking for. He lifted his hand to knock, then hesitated, deciding instead to orb directly into the apartment. He rematerialised in the small one room apartment, ready to face Chris or follow him if that were necessary, but Chris wasn’t there. He looked around and couldn’t believe his son was living this way. The room was incredibly small, just a mattress on the floor, some drawers, a sink, and a toilet and shower. The whole room was about the size the office had been at P3. He was suddenly overcome with sadness. How did things turn out this way? It wasn’t as if he hadn’t been warned. Chris had come from the future and told him that Wyatt would be evil, Piper would die when he was fourteen, and that he would grow up neglecting Chris. He had promised Chris on his deathbed, after Gideon had stabbed him, that he wouldn’t give up. Promised him that the future would be different, yet here he was, everything exactly as Chris had described. His train of thought was suddenly broken as he heard someone orbing into the apartment. To Leo’s surprise it was Chris and Bianca, and they were kissing. He couldn’t believe those two had hooked up again. It seems that nothing had changed at all from Chris’ original timeline. He had to be careful not to appear to recognise Bianca.
“Chris,” Leo called as calmly as he could.
Chris, whose mind had been elsewhere, was so startled he instinctively moved his hand in the direction of Leo, sending him flying telekinetically into the wall behind him. When realising who he’d just thrown across the room, Chris didn’t offer to help him, he just looked very annoyed
“You’d better go.” He said to Bianca, while his Dad was trying to recover.
She shimmered out.
“How dare you break into my home!” Chris yelled angrily.
Leo, still struggling to get up from the floor, started to explain, “Chris, I know…”
“Get out of here. I don’t have anything to say to you.” Chris said firmly, not taking his eyes off his now standing Father.
“Chris, I just wanted to check that you were okay,” Leo said very quickly, hoping that Chris wouldn’t cut him off again.
Chris laughed, a little too loud. “That’s very funny Dad. No really, it’s hysterical. Now you’ve had your little joke, go running back to Wyatt and leave me alone.”<br>“I’m not leaving until you hear me out, Chris. And if you orb I’ll either stop you or follow you until you have listened to me. You know I can do that.” Leo said calmly trying to reason with him.
“Grandpa says, hi.” Leo added.
“What’s Grandpa got to do with this, he’s okay isn’t he?” Chris asked, suddenly concerned.
“He’s fine. He gave me your address.” Leo explained.
Leo read Chris’ thoughts, “Don’t blame your Grandfather, I would have tracked you down anyway, it just would have taken longer. He told me because he cares about you.”<br>“You don’t have to tell me that,” Chris said bitterly.
Now resigned to the fact that he would have to listen to what his Father had come here to say, Chris said, “Okay, fine, tell me. I’m listening. Then get the hell out of my life.”<br>With every word Chris was saying, Leo could feel a little bit more of his soul die. Not because of what Chris was actually saying, but because he knew he deserved every ounce of bitterness Chris was throwing at him, and that hurt him more than anything Chris could say.
“I’ve been having these dreams, or nightmares really,” Leo started to explain.
Chris listened in silence and with obvious disinterest.
Leo battled on, “Anyway, these dreams have something to do with you, I’m not sure how. It’s as if someone’s trying to send me a message, but it’s all mixed up. I’ve never experienced anything like it before and it’s happened every night this week. Last night’s was the strongest and I know you were part of it. I can’t shake the feeling that something bad is going to happen, or something is very wrong. It’s just difficult to explain.”<br>“You done?” Chris asked.
“Chris, please, I’m really worried about this. I need you to tell me that you’re okay. That you’re not planning to do anything stupid.” Leo begged him.
Chris lost his patience.
“Dad, are you blind? Look around you. Look at how I live, where I live. Look at the state of this city, at the world. Wyatt has done this, my own brother has done all of this, and you helped him. People are dying every day because of him, and you don’t seem to care. How can you ask me seriously if everything is okay? No, everything is not okay. I hate my life, I hate Wyatt and I hate you. The one thing I’m grateful for is that Mum is not here to see what Wyatt has become, and how you helped him.”<br>Leo felt like he’d been punched in the stomach with what Chris was saying.
“It’s a lot more complicated than you know, and your Mother understood that.” Leo said in his defence.
“It doesn’t change how I feel, now if you’ve finished, please leave. And don’t bother ever coming back. You’ll never be able to make up for a lifetime of no shows and apology letters, so don’t even try. I don’t know you at all, and you certainly don’t know me. And I want it to stay that way.”<br>Leo could see he was fighting a losing battle. “Okay, I’m going, but please remember what I said about the dreams and if you can think of anything that might be connected, let your Grandfather know. He’ll tell me.”<br>Chris didn’t answer.
Leo said, “I’m sorry,” before orbing out.
Chris was only alone for a few seconds before Bianca shimmered in.
“You, okay, baby?” She asked him.
Chris didn’t answer her question, instead he asked one of his own, “Why would he come here tonight of all nights? I have not seen the guy for more than two years and he chooses tonight to show up and get all sentimental on me.” Chris said, exasperated.
“I don’t know.” Bianca answered, pondering. Then she continued, “Do you think, maybe Wyatt has found out somehow what you’re planning to do and has sent your Dad to investigate?”<br>“I don’t know what to think. It’s just so strange that he would show up like that. He really seemed spooked by something, he seemed genuine.” Chris let out a heavy sigh and walked over to the window and looked through the thick metal security bars to the street below. “I do know, I’m their only hope to change all of this,” he said quietly, and then turned to look back at Bianca. “If Wyatt had any idea about our plans he would have come himself, and I would not be alive to have this conversation.” Chris said frankly. He walked back over to Bianca, put his arms around and held her close, “We go ahead with everything as planned. Nothing’s changed.” He said. “Tomorrow I travel back to the past to save Wyatt,” he said relieved to have finally decided not to worry anymore about his Father’s unexpected visit. He moved slightly back from Bianca, looking down at her and putting his hand gently on her cheek, “So that would still make tonight our last night together. Now where were we?” He said leaning down to kiss her.

[CanadianHalliwell]

I am glad that you decided to continue. Leo and Victor couldn't stop fate! Chris is destined to always try to save Wyatt

[charmingaussie]

Many Future Consequences: Fragments Chapter Three

The frustration was overwhelming as he watched his first opportunity wasted. For one moment there, he thought his message may have been heard, but that was not to be. His patience was now going to be tested as all he could do was wait for the next opportunity to present itself or he remained doomed to spend eternity in the void he had been sent to as a result of the paradox; just as the world would continue living the same years over and over again, unless he could somehow break it, somehow get a message out. He had to keep trying.

And so this timeline continued, and Chris returned to save Wyatt, not knowing his quest was destined to end tragically. They were all completely unaware they had lived through this before. Many times. Chris arrived from the future and helped saved Paige and the world from the Titans. As a result his Father became an Elder, which allowed Chris to become The Charmed Ones’ new Whitelighter. His plan had worked perfectly and now he could set about trying to find the demon that had turned Wyatt evil. One thing Chris hadn’t counted on was, in splitting his parents up, he nearly prevented his own conception. Once that was overcome, there was nothing to stop him tracking down the demon he was looking for. Finally after everyone agreed that the demon reality game show hosts were the culprits they’d been searching for, it was time for Chris to return to his new future. Nothing changed, not one detail was different. Everything remained the same, until one day when Chris was visiting his Mum at Magic School.

Piper was sitting at a desk in her room, perusing some time travel books she had borrowed from the extensive library at her temporary place of residence. Her oldest son, Wyatt, was playing happily in the playpen next to her, and the adult version of her not yet born younger son, Chris, was quietly sitting on her bed also reading one of her borrowed time travel books. She stopped reading for a moment and looked at Chris. She liked how frequent his visits had become lately. She knew from information her Father had told her that in Chris’ original future she would die young, so she could understand Chris wanting to make the most of their time together, before returning back to the unknown future he had created. Chris had no idea whether he had been able to change her future as well, and the prospect of returning to a better future, but still one without her was obviously something he didn’t want to think about, nor to her frustration, talk about. Piper had often tried to imagine the future Chris had come from, but his reluctance to give out any information at all had made it difficult. She knew Wyatt had been evil, and that Chris had been engaged to marry the Phoenix Witch, Bianca. She knew Leo hadn’t been a part of Chris’ life at all it seems, and that Chris seemed to hate him for it. And she also knew that she had died when he was young. It pained her to think about the life Chris had lived with no Father around, a dead Mother, and an evil brother. It was ironic that the person he seemed closest to was her Father, who had never been around when she was a child.
After spending nearly two years with them, he was only just starting to let a little of his guard down around them, especially her. She still couldn’t believe how he’d managed to fool them all for so long, never once letting on that he was their son. Not even when facing imminent death when Bianca came to visit and dragged him back to the future with her. That was another thing he wouldn’t talk about. He refused to tell them who he had been fighting with in the future. At the time they hadn’t been aware that Wyatt was the evil he had come back to stop. That was just another secret he had kept from them. Since then, when she had asked him straight out if it was Wyatt, he refused to answer, saying it was not important.
“Mum, can you hear me?” Chris said waving a hand in front of her face.
Piper jumped, not realising she had been so deep in thought she hadn’t noticed that Chris had moved in front of her.
“Sorry, she said,” smiling at him, “I was just thinking.”<br>“You were miles away, I’ve called out to you at least three times.” Chris told her.
“What did you want?” She asked him.
“Are you sure you’re okay?” He asked.
“Yes, I’m fine. I was just thinking of everything that’s happened since you’ve been here. And how much I’m going to miss you.” She said honestly.
Chris smiled, slightly embarrassed, but grateful for the comment. “I can’t believe it’s all over.” He said, sighing. “I can’t believe we actually did it. We saved Wyatt, and I’ll be going back to a better future in a couple of days.”<br>“If we can get the spell right, I’m not sending you back unless we know for sure.” Piper said firmly.
“Between you, the girls, Dad and Gideon, I’m sure you’ll work it out.” Chris said confidently.
“Talking about your Dad,” Piper said.
“Mentioning his name is not talking about him,” Chris said, dismissively.
“All I wanted to say,” she said cautiously, “was that you two seem better lately.”<br>Chris nodded, “We are,” he confirmed.
Piper waited for him to continue, but of course he didn’t.
“Can you give me a little more, Chris?” She asked, frustrated.
Chris shrugged his shoulders defiantly, “I don’t know what else you want to know, Mum.” He said.
“Anything, Chris. Don’t be afraid to open up a little. I know you’ve been used to keeping everything bottled up inside you, but you’ll be gone in a couple of days, so just tell me a little more about you, and your life. These last two years, it’s always been about Wyatt. I just want to know more about you.” She said to him.
“Wow, where’d that come from?” He asked her.
“It’s just so frustrating not knowing much about you.” She answered. “And I feel like a beached whale at the moment, and I’m not sleeping well either.”<br>“Okay, okay,” Chris said thinking for a minute. “Let’s see, before I came here I hadn’t seen Dad for more than two years, except for the night before when he paid me a strange visit.” He remembered, then continued, “I was engaged to Bianca…”
Piper cut in, “I know all that stuff, Chris, I want to know things like, do you work? If so where? Where do you live? In the Manor? Your hobbies? Just general stuff.”<br>Chris sighed, “Mum, my future was not like it is here. No, I didn’t work. Wyatt wanted me to work for him, but I refused. I moved around a lot, never stayed in one place too long, it was too dangerous. Hobbies? My hobby was to try to stay alive each day.” He said, completely seriously.
“Oh, Chris.” Piper started to say, but Chris interrupted her.
“But, that’s all changed now, so there’s no sense in talking about it. Why aren’t you sleeping well? Is it just being pregnant?” Chris asked, trying to change the subject.
“I see what you’re doing,” Piper said to him, “Okay, fine we’ll drop it, for now. Yes it’s the pregnancy, but I’ve also been having these really vivid dreams for the last couple of nights. I don’t know, I’m probably just worried about you going back to the future.” Piper told him.
“That’s not good, you need your rest,” Chris said.
‘I’ll be fine, you just look after yourself, okay?” Piper said, genuinely worried about him.
“Don’t worry about me, I’ve always been able to take care of myself,” he reassured her. “I suppose I’d better go and check on how everyone else is doing,” Chris said standing up.
Piper went to stand also, “No, don’t get up,” he said walking over to her. “I’ll drop by again tonight. Bye.” Chris said as he bent down and kissed his Mum on the cheek.
“Bye, honey,” she replied as he orbed out.

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Many Future Consequences: Chapter Three continued

Chris orbed into the attic a few seconds later and found his Dad and Phoebe deep in discussion.
“Sorry to interrupt.” He said to them as he walked over to the Book of Shadows.
“No problem.” Phoebe assured him, “How’s Piper?” She asked.
“She’s fine, although pretty fed up I think. It’s really weird to watch her go through all of this just for me. It’s just not right to watch your own pregnancy.” Chris said.
“Oh, and she said she hasn’t been sleeping well, Dad, she’s been having bad dreams or something. Maybe you could help her with that?” Chris asked him.
“Bad dreams? Did she say what kind of bad dreams?” Leo asked his son.
“No,” Chris said thinking back to their conversation. “She didn’t say.”<br>“Well, that’s a coincidence.” Phoebe said.
“What do you mean?” Chris asked.
“I was just telling Phoebe I’ve been having these really disturbing dreams the last few nights. Like nothing I’ve ever experienced before. Like someone’s trying to send me a message or something, I don’t know. It’s a shame she doesn’t have her powers or she may have been able to sense something.” Leo said, but Chris’ mind was obviously elsewhere.
“Chris, did you hear me?” He asked him.
“Yes, sorry, I was just thinking about something.” Chris tried to explain.
Leo looked annoyed at how rude Chris had been, “If you didn’t want to listen to my answer then why did you ask me?”<br>“No, I was listening, believe me,” Chris said honestly, “It’s just that, what you said reminded me of something.”<br>“Of what?” Both Leo and Phoebe asked at once.
“I don’t know whether I should say, it happened in the future.” He said.
“Chris, that future’s been changed now anyway, just tell us.” Leo said, frustrated.
“I suppose you’re right,” Chris agreed as he walked toward them. “The night before I left, you came to visit me Dad. Now that may sound normal, but I hadn’t seen you in over two years and to choose that night to visit me, well, the timing was very strange.”<br>“I was probably worried about your time travel plans,” Leo suggested.
“No, that wasn’t it,” Chris said, not wanting to tell his Dad that he hadn’t confided in him. “The reason you came to visit was to tell me about these strange dreams you had been having. The words you used then to describe them were almost exactly the same as the words you used just now.”<br>“Wow, that is weird.” Phoebe commented. “Coincidence?” She suggested.
“I don’t know,” Leo said, as he still pondered what Chris had just told them. “So what you’re saying,” Leo said attempting to clarify, “is one night before your time travelled back here, I told you I had bad dreams. Now in this time, two days before you’re due to time travel back to the future I’m having bad dreams again.”
“Yes, and Mum is too,” Chris added.
“Did she have dreams in the future as well?” Leo asked.
“No,” was all Chris said, not wanting to go into the reasons why. It was obvious his Mum hadn’t told his Dad about her dying young, and Chris was happy to leave that up to her.
“Well, I think we should have a family meeting and discuss this.” Leo concluded.
“Agreed,” Phoebe said nodding.
“Okay,” Chris agreed.
“Phoebe, you go downstairs and get Paige, and we’ll meet you at Magic School,” Leo said.
With a plan decided, Phoebe headed downstairs as Chris and Leo orbed to Magic School.

[scifi]

I've been able to get through about half the second page at this sitting. Unfortunately, I'll have to wait to get to read the rest, but I had to let you know that this is an outstanding fic -- well-written and well thought out. I will certainly be keeping up with this. Bravo.

[charmingaussie]

Wow, scifi, that's really nice of you to say, thank you.
It's my first fan fic, and I'm really enjoying writing it and I appreciate you taking the time to read it.

[charmingaussie]

Many Future Consequences: Fragments Chapter Four

Phoebe, Paige, Leo and Chris all waited patiently for Piper to join them in the Great Hall of Magic School, the same area they had gathered only recently to celebrate finally saving Wyatt.
“So what’s this all about?” Paige asked to anyone willing to shed light on why they were meeting.
“Phoebe didn’t tell you?” Leo asked.
“I thought we’d just all tell her together.” Phoebe cut in before Paige could answer.
“Why the mystery?” Paige asked again, starting to get really curious.
“There’s no mystery, it’s just…” Chris started to say, but was interrupted by Piper.
“Wyatt’s in the nursery,” she said as she waddled in the room. “Okay, what’s going on?”<br>“That’s what I’ve been asking.” Paige said, raising her eyebrows in frustration.
“It’s probably nothing,” Leo started to say, “but Chris told Phoebe and I about the dreams you’ve been having, Piper.”
“Yes. So?” She said, looking around at everyone. “It’s not unusual to have bad dreams, especially when you’re nearly nine months pregnant.”<br>“I know, but I’ve been having bad dreams as well,” Leo said, and then corrected himself. “Actually, I wouldn’t call them bad dreams, they are more like someone is trying to send me a message or something. It’s really hard to explain, they are like nothing I’ve ever experienced before. Is that what yours are like?” He asked Piper.
“I hadn’t really thought about it,” she said, “we’ve had so much going on lately, I just thought it was because there was a lot on my mind. You know how dreams get all mixed up and don’t make any sense.”<br>“Well can you think about it now, please Mum,” Chris asked her.
“You really think these dreams mean something, is that why we’re gathered here?” She asked Leo.
“Honestly, I don’t know, and yes that’s why we’re here.” Leo answered.
“Don’t we have enough going on in our lives already? Do we have to go looking for something else to worry about?” She asked, exasperated.
“It’s the timing more than anything, Mum,” Chris started to explain. “Just before I came back from the future the Leo in the future came to see me to tell me about these strange dreams he’d been having. He also said he felt like someone was trying to send him a message. That was the day before I travelled back in time, and now before I’m due to travel in time again, this Leo tells me the exact same thing.”<br>“That is strange.” Paige agreed.
“Yes it is a coincidence,” Piper said realising this conversation was not going away anytime soon. “Did I have these dreams in…” Piper started to ask, but then stopped when she realised it was impossible for her to have dreams in the future if she had already died.
“No you didn’t,” Leo answered, anticipating the rest of her question, “I already asked Chris that question.”<br>Chris and Piper shared a look, knowing without saying anything that they would keep that information their secret.
“Can you describe to me what your dreams are like?” Leo asked her.
“Okay fine,” she said, and then closed her eyes, but immediately opened them again. “You know, I thought a few normal days before I gave birth wasn’t too much to ask,” she said and then closed her eyes again. Two seconds later she opened them again, “After all we’ve been through, a few normal days! That’s all!”<br>“Piper, I’m sorry, but…” Leo started to say, but Piper interrupted.
“I know, I know, you think it’s important.” Piper said looking at him.
Leo nodded and she closed her eyes again. This time everyone remained silent, waiting to see if she would continue her protests, but she didn’t this time. Instead you could see in Piper’s face she was trying to picture what she had seen in her dreams.
“Dark figures, lots of dark figures and they’re moving in circles I think?” She tried to describe. Suddenly she opened her eyes, startled.
“What is it?” Phoebe asked her.
“I’d forgotten until just then. I saw The Source.” Piper said.
“Who’s The Source?” Chris asked, perplexed.
“Way before your time, honey,” Piper told him.
“Thank goodness!” Phoebe added.
“Yes, okay, but who is he?” Chris asked again.
“He was the Demon of all Demons. Head of the Underworld. The Epitome of Evil.” Leo described.
“Okay, Dad, I get it, he was one of the bad guys.” Chris said cutting off Leo’s long list of descriptions. “What happened to him?”<br>“We vanquished his sorry ass.” Paige said, proudly.
“Well, if he’s been vanquished then why would you dream about him? Is he still a threat in any way?” Chris asked.
“No, I don’t think so.” Piper answered, not completely sure.
“No, he’s not a threat anymore, but maybe you seeing him symbolises something.” Leo suggested.
“Maybe,” Piper agreed and then asked Leo, “What about your dreams, what are they like?”<br>“Similar, actually.” Leo said. “Mine had the dark figures as well, and they were moving in a circle, or maybe more of an oval. No Source, but there was a Darklighter in there and I think Gideon appeared somewhere.” He said trying to remember.
“Ooh, mine had Gideon too. I don’t exactly remember how, but I do remember seeing him there.” Piper said suddenly. “Probably because I see him so much around here, and we’ve had so much to do with him lately, he’s just stuck in my subconscious.”<br>“I don’t know, you’ve both dreamt about Gideon, and you’ve both dreamt about your biggest threat. Piper yours was The Source and Leo, yours is of course a Darklighter. There does seem to be a message in there somewhere.”<br>“What, you think that maybe Gideon is in danger?” Paige suggested.
“Maybe there is an evil after Gideon?” Phoebe went further to suggest.
“I don’t know?” Piper said not convinced. “That doesn’t feel right.”<br>“I don’t know either,” Leo said, “But it won’t hurt to warn him, just in case.”<br>“Why don’t we wait until tomorrow, see if we have the dreams again tonight.” Piper suggested.
Leo thought about that for a few seconds. “Okay, we’ll wait until tomorrow. I’ll meet you here for breakfast.”<br>Piper smiled, “That’d be nice, and Chris you come too. It would be nice for this family to have a meal together, even if it is just breakfast.” She looked at him and as he was about to open his mouth to answer she added, “Don’t you dare tell me no. For any reason.”<br>The look on Chris’ face was one of familiarity. He knew that tone in his Mother’s voice, and he knew there was no sense objecting.
“I wasn’t going to say no, honest.” He said.
Piper looked at him suspiciously, then smiled. “Great that’s all settled then.” She said.
“Just one question I want to ask before we finish,” Chris said before anyone could stand. “If the dreams that you both had meant that an evil was after Gideon, then why did Future Leo have them? There was no Gideon in the future?”<br>“Good question.” Phoebe said.
“We’ll wait to see what happens tonight, and we’ll discuss it tomorrow, because I’ve really got to pee,” Piper said, as she very awkwardly tried to stand.
Chris and Leo immediately put their hands out to help her up.
She gratefully took both of them.
“Thanks, boys,” she said and then rather urgently waddled toward the door.
“It’s getting late, I’ll see you guys tomorrow,” Chris said as he orbed out.

[charmingaussie]

Many Future Consequences: Fragments Chapter Four continued

“Did you two want to come to breakfast?” Leo asked both Paige and Phoebe.
“No, I think it should just be the four of you. Probably the last time you’ll get to be a family together before we send Chris back to the future.” Phoebe said, sadly.
“You’re right,” Leo agreed.
“How are you two getting along now?” Phoebe asked.
“Better, I think. It’s hard when he just won’t open up. Every time I try to talk to him he gives me a one-word answer and leaves. It’s very frustrating.” Leo said, a little despondent. “It’s still hard to wrap my head around how I’ve treated him, or am going to treat him. It just doesn’t make any sense, I’m not like that.”<br>“No, you’re not, we all know that, but obviously Chris has only ever known the other version of you.” Paige said, trying to console him.
“That’s just it, Paige, the other version of me, IS me. I wonder what happens to make me be the person he has described?” Leo asked.
“Hopefully that’s all changed now, anyway.” Phoebe suggested.
“How are you coming with the spell?” Leo asked them.
“It’s a tough one. The wording has to be perfect. I’m going to meet with Gideon tomorrow and go through it with him.” Paige said.
“The spell does worry me. I might stay here for a little while and do a bit of reading about the spell and the potion. I’ll see you in the morning.” Leo told them.
“Okay, don’t stay too late. Paige will you give me a lift?” Phoebe asked.
“No problem. ‘Night Leo.” Paige said.
“Night.” Leo said to both of them as they orbed out.
Leo turned to the pile of time travel books that had been left on a nearby desk. He walked over to them looking at the different titles. But he wasn’t really reading them, because he was thinking about Chris’ journey back to the future and how worried he was about him making it safely. He’d spent most of the time Chris had been with them suspicious of him, and as a result being really hard on him. Chris had taken it all, though, never once breaking down or giving any hint that he was Leo’s son. He certainly was a tough kid, Leo had to give him that. Leo had been sure Chris was the one who sent him to Valhalla, and he still was now, especially because he knew how much Chris hated him in the future. He didn’t care anymore if it was Chris, that was not important to him. The most important thing to him at the moment was getting Chris back to his own time safely. He was beginning to think the only way he would be completely sure of that was if he was to go too. Just for a little while to make sure that Chris was okay, and hopefully also make sure that he had changed. It would be a great relief to know for sure that whatever had made him the Leo from Chris’ future had not happened this time. He realised as he sat at the desk that he had made up his mind to go with Chris. Now all he had to do was figure out a way to tell Piper.

[CanadianHalliwell]

Hey Charming, when are you going to update it has been three days and now I am going away and I won't have access to the net. It will be a week before I get any updates