Wednesday evening, home of Wyatt's actual-mother-Piper

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After a brief stop in Vegas to pick up Isabel (and a few moments of "maybe I shouldn't go" and a Look from Isabel), Wyatt orbed them to the home of his real mother. As far as most of the world still knew in that dimension, Piper Halliwell, her husband, and her sisters were dead, so they couldn't live at the Manor, of course.

Wyatt hated feeling so anxious about a stupid, possibly completely wrong, memory. He squeezed Isabel's hand and knocked on the door.

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Isabel bumped against Wyatt's shoulder in quiet support. "It's going to be okay," she assured him.

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Piper was not expecting anyone, so she was just a bit cautious when she answered the door. Seeing Wyatt standing there was even more unexpected.

"Hi Wyatt," she said, happy to see him. "It's good to see you. And you must be Isabel?"

Wyatt had mentioned her before, so she assumed.

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"Hi, Pi--Mom," Wyatt said, feeling a little awkward. "Yeah, this is Isabel, my alien girlfriend. She knows the other-you I met in Fandom."

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Isabel smiled, trying her best to smooth over the awkwardness. "It's nice to finally meet you."

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Piper smiled back. "Nice to meet you, too."

She stepped aside to let them in. "So what brings you by?"

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"I need to ask you about something that may have happened when I was little," Wyatt said. "I'm not sure if it's memory or just a figment of my imagination."

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Isabel followed Wyatt into the house, still holding onto his hand, offering what support she could.

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"Okay," Piper said, a bit concerned. "I'll help any way I can."

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When they'd settled in the living room, Wyatt tried to collect his thoughts. "I'm not sure where to begin," he said. "How about...did someone try to kill me when I was a little kid? Not a demon, I mean. An Elder."

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Piper frowned when he mentioned that. That was obviously something she remembered very well. "You remembered that?"

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"So it did happen?" Wyatt said, leaning forward. "I kinda hoped it was a dream." Especially the part about Chris dying, but he hadn't gotten to that yet.

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"I'm sorry, but it wasn't a dream," Piper said quietly, figuring it was better not to lie about it at this point. "I wasn't there when it happened."

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"...but why?" Wyatt said. "The Elders are the good guys, aren't they? Why would they want to kill me? I was just a kid!"

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"It wasn't all of the Elders. Just Gideon," Piper said, her voice filled with anger. That was not a time she liked to think about. "He believed you would grow up to be unable to handle so much power, but I know he was wrong about that."

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"That's what I keep telling him," Isabel said firmly. "He's not evil. Far from it."

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Wyatt wished he could believe that as easily as Isabel did. "What about Chris?" he asked. "Was he really there? Not as a baby, I mean. Was he an adult?"

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Piper nodded slowly. "Yes, he was there as an adult. I didn't think you'd remember any of that."

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"I forced it," Wyatt admitted. "Not a spell, don't worry. How was Chris there? Why?"

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"He showed up one day from the future to save Paige," Piper explained, not wanting to tell him everything.

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Wyatt shook his head. "That's not it, is it?" he said.

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"He stuck around for awhile as our whitelighter. I didn't know who he was right away," Piper explained.

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"He wouldn't stay unless there was a good reason," Wyatt said. "He'd be too neurotic about screwing up the future." He knew his brother well, after all.

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"Chris saved the future," Piper said firmly.

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Isabel rubbed her eyes, trying to work out the logic that Chris had gone past, or would go to the past in the future. It made her brain hurt. But she was certain about one thing. "You need to talk to Chris."

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Wyatt barely heard Isabel. He looked at Piper, daring her to lie to him. "From me," he said. It wasn't a question.

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"I'm not quite sure what happened in that future Chris came from," Piper said honestly. "All I know is that we are now in a new and better future. And the person you are right now has nothing to with what happened before. You are a good person, Wyatt."

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"Did he say why?" Wyatt asked. "What happened that...I needed to be stopped?" He remembered when he thought he'd lost Isabel, how he was willing to bring all his power to bear and destroy those responsible.

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"Chris didn't talk to me a lot about the future. He was afraid to tell any of us too much about it." Piper had an idea of what might have happened, though. "He did talk to my father a lot when he was here. Maybe Chris told him something."

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"Grandpa never gave us any clue he knew about all this," Wyatt said. He felt like he couldn't breathe. An Elder had tried to kill him. His own brother had come back in time to stop him. What if whatever it was hadn't been changed?

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Isabel moved closer to Wyatt and slipped her arms around his waist. She didn't say anything out loud, but she opened that mental door she usually kept tightly shut just the tiniest bit letting Wyatt feel the belief she had in him.

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"This is a different future, Wyatt," Piper assured him. "I know who you are. You're a good person who has done and will do a lot of good."

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Wyatt was glad Isabel had offered to come with him; her touch probably kept him from totally freaking out. "I need to get out of here," he mumbled. "I just need to think...figure this out." And talk to his grandfather.

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"We'll go home," Isabel said quietly. "You can talk. I'll listen. We'll figure it out."

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Wyatt rose to his feet, taking Isabel's hand and squeezing it tightly. "Thanks, Mom," he said. "I needed to know the truth. I'll call you later." He felt sick to his stomach and wanted to get out of there before he threw up or something.

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"I understand that," Piper said, wishing there was something more she could say to reassure him. "I'll talk to you later. It was good seeing you both."

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"It was good to talk to you, too," Wyatt said. Well, not exactly good. He wrapped his arms around Isabel and orbed them back to Las Vegas. He was in sore need of talking and snuggles.