Twisting the Truth

Chapter 10

The Truth reveals itself

Author's notes: I'm so sorry for the long wait. I've been letting my Depression get the best of me. Never fear though, another chapter is here! :D Thank you too the person who asked me to update this because otherwise who knows how long it would have taken me to get around to writing more to this fanfiction.

When Chris awoke it was several hours later. The sun was gone, and darkness replaced it. He yawned and began to stretch his arms. He winced a second later. Even though Leo had healed him he was still a little sore from where the darklighter arrow had pierced his side.

"Hey, how are you doing Hon?" Chris turned to see Prue sitting in the chair closest to him. He sat up slowly and turned his body to face her as well.

"A little sore, But other than that I'm okay." His stomach growled a moment after. "And maybe a little hungry." He admitted.

"I'll grab something for you to eat." She told him. The eldest charmed one paused before she entered the kitchen. "Oh and Leo's been waiting for you to wake up. He wants to talk to you."

The witchlighter groaned at her last sentence. "Still? Great, just great."

"You don't have to talk to him if you don't want to Chris." Prue returned from the kitchen with some leftovers from that night's dinner. It consisted of mixed vegtables, mashed potatoes, and chicken. She had also gotten his a glass of milk.

"Thanks Mom," He gestured to the food and began to eat.

She smiled in response. "You're welcome." Her smile faded after a moment. "Purity and I have been talking about what you said, about us returning to the future with her daughters."

"And let me guess, you're not going." He stated after swallowing the last bite of food. He started to drink some milk as Prue continued to talk.

"It's not that we don't see where you're coming from Chris." Prue told him. "Because we do, We just don't want to leave with you in these conditions."

He frowned, placing his now empty glass of milk on the table. He finished his food and then spoke completely ignoring her last sentence. "How many have we lost?"

"What?" She replied in confusion.

"How many family members have we lost in the future?" He clarified.

"Don't worry about that Honey."

"I need to know, Mom. It'll give me more incentive, to know exactly who else I'll be helping by saving or stopping Wyatt."

She sighed but began listing off the names. "Well, you know that Piper, you're mom..."

"She's not my mother. She wasn't there, You raised me." Chris immediately said.

"Fine, you're biological mother," Prue replied, "and your youngest brother Allen. Then Phoebe and your cousins P.J. and Parker,"

"What about Peyton, Philo, Prescott, and Potter?"

"They're with Coop, Beth, and the others."

"The others?" He prompted.

"Priscilla and her twins daughters were killed by Wyatt along with Peter, his wife Lauren, and their son Lucas. Phillip and Eva and their daughter Euphemia are safe,

"What about Patrick, what happened to him? Rei mentioned that Poul..." He choked on his name. "She said that he died months ago."

"Yeah, he did. He went down fighting. He put himself between Phillip, Eva and their baby to protect them. He gave his life so that they could get to safety." Tears filled Prues' eyes, "And Andy is also gone, but you already knew that."

"Yes, I remember." Chris said sadly.

"Paige and Henry are gone, We just lost..."

"Kat, Charlotte, and Michael, yeah, Rei mentioned that too."

"But Tam and Junior are safe with the others."

"At least they're okay." Chris murmured looking guilty.

"It's not you're fault Christopher." Prue said sternly. "And you asked about Patrick. Well he and Ryleigh, and their sons Richard and Ryan are fine. They're also safe."

"That's good."

"Chris, you need to stop blaming yourself for everything. It's not healthy, and it's not right." Prue told him. "You need to let go of all the guilt, Otherwise it'll eat you alive."

"If I had only killed Wyatt, maybe none of this would have happened." Chris said. "But I couldn't bring myself to do it. He's my big brother. How could I hurt him? Despite everything he's done. I still love him. I can't hurt him. I can't kill him. What good can I do then?"

"You still have a chance to save him though. And now you have Purity, Ben, and I to help you. We'll find out who changed Wyatt and we'll make them regret ever messing with the Halliwell family."

Piper finally spoke up. "Chris... Is is true what I just heard? Are you... My son? Wyatt's little brother?" Phoebe and Paige stood behind her looking shocked; but also curious to know the answer to their sisters' question. Leo stood in the corner looking on wondering how Chris would respond.

He sighed, "I suppose there's no getting out of it anymore, no more twisting the truth." He looked at them in defeat. "I'm so tired of lying to all of you."

"Then just tell us the truth Sweetie." Phoebe said. "Who are you really?"

"My name is Christopher Perry Halliwell. I'm Leo and Piper's second son from the future."

They all gaped at him in utter surprise. "Why didn't you say anything?" Paige demanded. "Why didn't you tell us when you first arrived?" The sisters all looked like they were about to cry. If it was true then... god They remembered how they had treated him. How could he ever forgive them for what they had done?

Purity entered the room holding Plena, her 1 year old daughter. Her 3 year old daughter Persee held her hand. Benjamin was right behind her with baby Wyatt. The young witches other daughter Pat, the 5 year old , followed them. Benjamin handed Wyatt to Piper before returning to Purity's side.

"What's going on here?" Purity asked.

"They know." Chris told them solemnly. "I told them my true identity."

"Well, it's about time." Benjamin commented.

"Really, that's all that you have to say?" Chris replied with raised eyebrows.

"Actually..." He trailed off.

"What?" the witchlighter said annoyance clear in his voice.

"Have you taken my advice yet?" The demon/witch Hybrid asked.

Chris thought back to their earlier conversation. "Not yet."

Benjamin sighed dramatically. "When will you ever learn that my advice always works?!"

Chris snorted in laughter. "Name one time when your advice actually worked."

"Well, when I told Purity to follow her heart when she asked about whether or not she should accept an invitation and she found happiness with Dylan." He said smugly.

"That was Beth not you." Purity interjected.

His smirk fell, but a moment later a smile returned to his face. "Well, how about when Peter asked about how he should tell Lauren about his magical heritage? I told him that he should bring her to the manor to explain things and demonstrate his powers. I said that it would help her understand his heritage better."

"That's true." Purity mused thoughtfully. "And that worked out really well."

"Whose side are you on?" Chris demanded turning to his adoptive sister and cousin.

"I'm on the side where you're happy and your relationship is drastically better with your family members both past, present and future." she replied.

Chris pinched the bridge of his nose and sighed exasperated. He looked to the three charmed ones. "I'll explain everything later, I promise. But first." He turned towards Leo, his biological father. "You wanted to talk? Fine, then let's talk."

Benjamin did a fist pump and a cheer. "YES!" The others turned to look at him in amusement. "Sorry, I'll just be over in the kitchen." He picked up Persee and took Pat's hand. Purity took Plena and followed suit to feed her kids. Benjamin was elated though that Chris had decided to take his advice and talk to Leo. It was a big step in the right direction to help him heal and hopefully change their relationship for the better.

Author's notes: I hope that you all enjoy this chapter. I'll try to work on another chapter for this soon; but no promises.