Disclaimer: No, I still don't own Charmed.

Author's note: I'm sure that some of you probably aren't happy that I didn't bring back the baby or that Wyatt was killed, but I did warn everyone in the beginning that the whole point of this story was to get Big Chris back for good and avoid double the baby hi-jinx next season. I'm sorry, but I'm just not a big fan of completely happy endings. However, I realize that some people like to have more happy closure, so I'm writing this Epilogue. This is for you, Stony Angel! You're the best! To try and answer people's questions about the baby- he is gone. His spirit was displaced by the ghost of big Chris, and even if he's savable, it's too late cause Leo made the decision to unblock big Chris and keep him forever. Chris kinda created a loop in the time travel paradox, so now he's here, has his memories of his past, only they never happened and never will happen because he doesn't actually get a childhood. I hope that made some sense, but I'm guessing not.

Epilogue

"Are you sure you should be doing this, Chris?" Piper asked, as she finished drawing the triquetra on the wall. "You're part of this timeline now, you probably shouldn't know too much about the future."

"I know, Mom, but I have to know if I saved him. I have to make sure that the baby's sacrifice wasn't for nothing. Anyway, I'm sure that if I'm around in the future, I'll have this all set up so I don't get myself into any trouble." He grinned at his mother.

"With two of you, there's bound to be trouble regardless." Piper joked, putting down the chalk. "OK, it's done."

"Hear these words, hear the rhyme,
heed the hope within my mind,
send me forward to where I'll find,
what I wish in place and time."

Chris hoped that his slight tweaking of his original spell would work. That hope was rewarded when the triquetra started to glow.

"Are you sure you don't want me to come with you?" Piper asked.

"No, you'd better not." Chris frowned. "The more people we have traveling back and forth in time, the more complicated things become. I'll be back soon!" He gave her a hug and walked through the portal.

Chris blinked as he walked through the other side of the glowing tunnel and ended up in the attic directly in front of an older version of himself. His hair was cropped shorter and his face was a bit more angular, like it had lost the last of its baby fat. His counterpart's eyes were showing the beginning of some laugh lines, which surprised him. Smiling just wasn't something that he did that often, but there was his future self grinning widely at him.

"About time you got here!" he said. "I've been waiting up here for hours! Oh well, guess it's my own fault for not remembering what time I made the trip. Come on." he said, taking a hold of a very shocked Chris's shoulder and orbing him downstairs.

The living room looked almost exactly the same. It seemed no number of demon attacks would get the best of that furniture. Chris noticed a dark haired little girl peeking out at him from the kitchen with wide, bright green eyes. He waved at her awkwardly, as an older woman who couldn't be anybody but the little girl's mother walked by, noticed him with a shocked look, and quickly pulled the little girl away from the door, disappearing into the kitchen.

"Who are they?" He asked his older self.

The older Chris laughed. "I can't tell you. You're from the past now, I can't let you know too much about the future." He said, giving him a wink. "I'm sure that's something you can understand." Chris nodded and laughed. He understood all too well.

"Chris! You're here!" he heard Piper cry from the foyer. He turned in surprise. Piper was here? Alive? "Of course she is." he reminded himself. They all would be if he had managed to save Wyatt. Piper had a grey streak down the side of her hair and some more grey peeking up from the roots, but it only served to accentuate her beauty, making her seem almost regal. She had developed some laugh lines that looked just like the ones his older self were sporting, but otherwise his mother was unchanged. She ran over and gave him a hug. "I'm so proud of you!" she whispered into his ear.

Chris grinned and glanced over her shoulder to notice Leo standing in the doorway smiling at them. He blinked in surprise as he saw that Leo looked exactly the same. "You dimwit." He thought. "He's an elder who doesn't age. Of course he looks exactly the same."

"Hey, Dad!" he said cheerfully, pulling away from his mom and walking over to give his dad a hug.

"So you've come to check up on Wyatt, huh?" Leo asked. "I think you'll be happy with what you find." He grinned and turned towards the stairs. "HEY WY! SOMEONE'S HERE TO SEE YOU!" he shouted.

"COMING, DAD!" Chris could hear Wyatt shout in return.

"Leo! How many times have I told you guys not to shout through the house! All these magical powers, can't you find a quieter way to communicate when you're on different floors?" Piper asked, exasperated.

Chris grinned. "Glad I didn't change too much about the future." He joked.

Wyatt came running noisily down the stairs. "Chris, is that you?" he asked, peering at the younger Chris.

"Sure is!" The older Chris replied. "That's the age I should be now."

"It's great to see my younger brother actually looking younger than me for once!" Wyatt laughed, pulling him into a bear hug. Chris reflexively stiffened and tried to push him away. When Wyatt didn't let go, he found himself clinging to his older brother, crying into his shoulder. He felt like a massive weight had been lifted from his chest. It had worked! This Wyatt was the man he'd always hoped his older brother could be.

"Hey, bro!" Wyatt said, pulling back. "I didn't mean to make you cry. I hear I did enough of that when you were younger." He said, obviously upset with himself.

"It's OK, Wy. I'm just so happy to see you like this." Chris said, smiling. He pulled his brother into another hug.

"Sorry, mini-me," the older Chris said, putting his arm around his younger self's shoulders. "but this is all we can safely let you see, I'm afraid. It's time for you to head back home."

Piper gave him one last hug and kissed his cheek. "Have a safe trip back, honey!"

"Hey, Chris!" Wyatt called, as they started to orb back to the attic. The Chrises rematerialized to see what Wyatt wanted. "Thanks, bro. Really. I owe you so much." Wyatt said, his eyes moist.

Chris smiled. "Don't mention it. Least I could do for my big brother." And with that they were gone.

Chris had just activated the portal and turned to step through, when the older Chris grabbed his shoulder. "Hey, I don't want you to think what you saw here today means you can just sit back and relax, enjoy the ride. You've got some hard stuff ahead of you. Until his powers are unbound, protecting Wyatt will be a full time job."

Chris nodded gravely. "I know, the work's not done yet. But it's got a good start and now a good outlook for the future."

His older self nodded and then grinned. "But don't forget to loosen up every once in a while and have some fun. You've got your whole family to help you now; you don't need to run yourself into the ground with the weight of the world anymore. Now go back there and live your life. Oh! And when Wyatt asks you if he can borrow your car for a hot date on his sixteenth birthday, don't let him." He threw in. "Man, I loved that car." he said under his breath.

Chris laughed. "I'll keep that in mind." he said. "I guess that means I eventually go get myself a license."

He waved to his older self and walked back to the portal. He could see his family waiting on the other side for him with eager looks on their faces. Grinning broadly and feeling lighter than he had felt in years, he stepped through.

And thus endeth my first ever fanfic, though with how much fun I had writing it, it probably won't be my last.