Sometimes You Cope With Death Differently

By: Piper Chris Melinda Halliwell

Author's Note: Hello! I'm back again...Surprise!! Here's the sequel to "Some Things You Just Can't Change" I owe a huge thank you to my friend dragonsflyfree. I was able to get my start on this from him, so he deserves partial credit. Anyway, I hope you enjoy.

Chapter One: Chris' Memories

It was two months after Piper's death and Chris couldn't get the memory of his mom's lifeless body out of his head. He knew that it wouldn't be easy, but man this sucked. Every night when he would try to go to sleep he would see his mom's still body just lying there on the bed and on the nights that he could actually fall asleep, he'd just see it as he walked in and tried to wake her over and over...like one of those movies you've seen a thousand times, but still you watch just in case there's something you could've missed. And each time he awoke from it, for a split second, he'd think that was all it was, a dream. But after he'd lie awake for a minute or two he'd realize that the dream wasn't just a nightmare, it was reality and he'd cry himself back to sleep.

He wished desperately that someone would help him, but everyone was still too caught up in their own worlds of pain and grief to really say a whole lot to console the son who found his mom's dead body. He understood that because he felt that a lot too, but he wished he could have help to try to make the memories leave. And it wasn't just those memories...oh no...He thought he might've somehow gotten the other Chris' memories as well. Some nights a vision would float into his head of demons killing his aunts and Wyatt being evil. 'But that's just stupid, Wyatt's not evil here," he'd think to himself. I mean, sure, his mom and aunts had told him what a horrible person Wyatt had been in the other future, but this was different. Sure he didn't know what made that other Wyatt evil, but somehow he knew it was this.

Chris hadn't been to school in, at least, a month. When he did try to go, he could never concentrate. Wyatt was the strong one, at least, when he was around other people at school. But underneath the fake smile and laughter Wyatt was just as lost as he was. They never went to mortal anymore because they had demons coming at them left and right. There would be too many innocents to save and too many witnesses to use their powers, but they both knew that. It was safer at magic school and besides Aunt Paige was there if anything really went wrong. Chris looked toward the doorframe to see Wyatt walk in, book in hand.

"Hey." Wyatt told his brother.

"Yeah, what's up?" Chris asked. He hadn't really seen his brother a lot for about a month and he wondered why.

"I was thinking, why don't you go to the Underworld with me to blow off a little steam? I know how upset you still are over Mom's death and—

"You're not? Oh wait, I forgot who I was talking to; you're the emotionless killer in the Underworld. I'm sorry, please don't hurt me—he mocked cruelly; Wyatt smacked him on the back of the head.

"You idiot!! I'm not that way and you know it; I'd just rather vent my feelings than stay here cooped up all day like a caged animal. Chris, I miss her too. I know sometimes I don't act like it, but I miss her so much it hurts to say anything about her...to even think about her. Surely, you must know how that feels?" Wyatt asked sitting beside him on his bed. Chris did know how that felt; he just didn't know how to let it out without crying, especially with no one to talk to about it.

"I know, Wyatt. It's just these dreams I've been having really creep me out. I think I got some of the other Chris' memories somehow."

"What do you see?" Wyatt asked concerned.

"I see you...you're evil...and I see Aunt Paige and Aunt Phoebe being killed by demons," he swallowed, "that you ordered. What does that mean? You're not gonna be like that, right Wyatt...you'll always be good like me won't you?" Chris asked with worry in his eyes.

"Chris, I'll always be on you're side, know why? It's because I know that...Mom would want that. She didn't want that to happen; it was one of her worst fears, but I promise I'll always be here with you. You need not only power, but people to stand by you as well and I know that as long as I don't stray I'll always have you." His older brother told him wiping a tear away.

"What do those mean then?" Chris asked.

"I'm not sure, but I bet if we got Aunt Phoebe and Aunt Paige to help us we could figure them out."

"Okay, do you want to go get Aunt Paige?" Chris asked.

"I'll get Aunt Paige if you get Aunt Phoebe." Chris nodded as Wyatt orbed out. He only hoped that with everyone there, they could figure the dreams out. If not, he knew those dreams could and would happen.

A/N:So, what do you think? Will Phoebe and Paige be able to help Chris and Wyatt? Is the demon that killed Piper really dead or does it want more than one Halliwell out of the way? I will try and get the next chapter uploaded as soon as possible, but with graduation being on Sunday and relatives coming I'm not sure when that will be exactly. Please read and review. Little tips for upcoming chapters are always appreciated. Next Chapter: A Little Help Never Hurts.

Piper Chris Melinda Halliwell