Chapter 1: Future Girl

Katelyn stared at the chaos surrounding her. It seemed as though the world was crumbling around her, which of course it was. She looked at her calendar, and sighed when she thought of the year. It was 2026, and the worst year she had ever lived so far.

She had no idea what exactly she was going to do, Wyatt was causing havoc all over the world, not to mention the Underworld, which was a place Katelyn had never gone to yet.

Being only nineteen, Katelyn hadn't really gotten into her powers yet. But now with Wyatt out to ruin the world, she had to do something. She didn't quite know what. So she grabbed her sweater and headed out the door.

After a lot of walking, Katelyn found herself standing in front of the Halliwell manor. She didn't quite know why she was there, but if she had learned anything in her nineteen years, it was that everything happened for a reason so she walked up the steps.

Looking around the house, Katelyn knew there had to be something to help stop Wyatt. She found his nursery, which also happened to be Chris's nursery after he had been born. She hadn't been in the house for a long time.

As she reached the attic, she realized that there had to be something in here that could help. She had never been to this part of the house before, even though it was now a museum, thanks to the death of the Charmed Ones.

Looking around, she thought of an idea. If only she could go back twenty-three years to the time when Wyatt was turned and save him from the evil that would consume him. She pulled out her Book of Shadows and started to flip through the pages.

" Wait! What? A demon tried to kill Wyatt and you're telling me this now?", Chris asked, almost in a yell.

Piper gave him an exasperated look. " Oh stop being so neurotic. I blew him up", Piper replied.

Chris rolled his eyes. " It doesn't matter. I came back to protect Wyatt…not wait until the demon tries to get him and then hope we can get him back", Chris argued.

" I am his mother, you know. It's my job to protect my son and that's exactly what I'm doing. I do appreciate you trying to help Chris, I really do, but could you step back a little and let me do the protecting?", Piper asked, in a patient but angry voice.

" Okay, fine. I'll back off, a little bit. But I'll still help him, you know. I won't stop until every last threat is washed out", Chris replied, and then he orbed out.

" Man, that guy needs to relax a little", Piper muttered to herself. The she heard a crash that sounded like it was coming from the attic and she looked up from the laundry.

" Piper! Get up here!", Phoebe yelled.

Piper ran for the attic and flew open the door with her hands ready to freeze or blow up any demon. Instead she found Phoebe sitting on the couch with some girl who looked to be mid-to-late teens.

" Umm…Phoebe? Who's this?", Piper asked.

" This is Katelyn Marshall", Phoebe replied, giving her the only bit of info she knew.

" And where did she come from?", Piper asked.

Katelyn looked up at Piper, the legendary demon fighter/mother/wife. She was amazed, especially by the fact that this was the woman who raised the man who was killing so many people in the future.

" I'm from…the future", Katelyn answered, careful not to reveal too much in case she changed it. That was the one thing she had learned from Wyatt. You can't change the past.

" Oh no, not another one", Piper replied.

" Not another what?", Katelyn asked, then added, " By they way, you can call me Kate, or Katie, if you prefer."

" Never mind, anyways, is there anything I can get you? A glass of water? Food? Have you eaten yet?", Piper asked, back to her motherly ways.

" A glass of water would be nice. I'm not hungry yet. I'm surprised I made it here, especially on time", Kate replied, looking around the attic.

" What do you mean, surprised? Haven't you gone to the past before?", Phoebe asked as Piper left the room.

" No. I'm only nineteen, I've barely gotten a handle on my powers yet. I only found out I was a witch about a year ago. But since then life has been really hectic and I haven't gotten to practice too much with my powers", Kate answered.

" That's horrible", Phoebe replied.

" It's amazing to finally meet you, Phoebe. I've heard so much about you and the rest of the Charmed Ones. I had always hoped to be able to meet you", Kate gushed.

" So I take it you lived far from here then?", Phoebe asked.

" No, I lived in San Francisco, but you have no idea what the future's like. It's awful, for me anyways", Kate replied.

" Won't your parents be mad when they can't find you?", Piper asked, returning with the water.

" My mom died when I was seven and my dad died three years ago. There's no one there to miss me", Kate answered, uncomfortable.

" Oh, that's horrible. So who do you live with then? Did you have any relatives at least?", Piper asked, handing her the glass.

Kate murmured a thanks before sipping her water. " No, I lived in the house by myself. It's not so bad all the time. You get used to it after awhile", Kate replied.

" Yeah we know how you feel. Our mom died when were young, and then our father left and we don't hear from him much", Phoebe replied.

" So, you're from the future?", Piper asked.

" Yeah, I came back to help you", Kate replied.

" Help us with what?", Piper asked, warily.

" Help you save Wyatt", Kate answered.

" Great. Well, you aren't the only one", Piper replied, sounding rather annoyed.

" What do you mean?", Kate asked, just as Chris orbed in.