Chris Halliwell

Chris Halliwell is a character from the story Something to Be by Sammy41. He is property of the creators of Charmed and used in the story for recreational purposes only. He is best known as the youngest son of Piper Halliwell and Leo Wyatt.

Childhood & Early Life
Born November, 16, 2004, Christopher Perry Halliwell, is the youngest son and middle child of Piper Halliwell and Leo Wyatt. He was delievered at San Francisco Memorial Hospital via c-section. Despite a few demonic scares and magical mishaps during the last few seasons of Charmed, Chris' infancy was rather pleasant. The family situation he knows best includes his father Leo as a mortal and his mother Piper trying to balance life as a witch, mother, and club owner. He has one older brother, Wyatt, and a younger sister, Melinda.

Chris' childhood was spent mostly with his siblings and younger cousins. He and his brother spent much time getting into trouble and playing together. To this day they are still best friends. Chris attended Magic School for preschool and occassionally daycare when his father could not watch him. The rest of his schooling would occur at public school.

At Golden Gate High School, Chris, like his brother Wyatt, was very popular. This was attributed to his rather outgoing personality and sometimes devious sense of adventure. While a brilliant student, Chris was often scolded for playing pranks and goofing off. It was a frustration to his teachers who couldn't become too angry with his behavior when he was so successful in the classroom. Chris excelled at mathematics as well as history and aside from his studies he also played on the varsity soccer team with his brother Wyatt. He was known as something of a lady's man during high school and several girls at Golden Gate had crushes on him. Still, Chris remained deeper than the surface. Many of his teachers noticed this, and wished that he would only apply himself.

Education & Career Path
Following high school, Chris wanted nothing more than to fully embrace his whitelighter half. At the insistence of his parents, however, he went to college. With little struggle he was accepted at several California schools but settled with San Francisco State University. While there he took mostly business courses and math classes, which he seemed to pass with ease. It was during this time that Chris began to work his way up the "food chain" of his family's business. By 18 he began waiting tables at his mother's restaurant, the Triquetra. When he turned 21 he moved onto a bartending job at P3. It was at this same time, with Chris a stable adult that the Elders agreed to start giving him official charges.

Following his graduation from San Francisco State University with a bachelor's in business administration and a minor in accounting, Chris started keeping the books and managing finances for P3. Two years later at age 24, he began offically running the club as its executive manager.

After a few years running P3, Chris desired to move on to the more sophisticated restaurant business. After hiring a manager for the club, he went to work at the Triquetra as the book keeper, finanace & events coordinator, and later executive manger of the restaurant.

Currently, Chris struggles to balance a hectic schedule. His whitelighter duties sometimes have him scrammbling to keep up with business matters. While he spends most of his time at the Triquetra, he still oversees all happenings at P3, and is in charge of making most investments, payments, and is responsible for hiring, firing, and consulting with bands. Chris hard work allowed for Piper to retire early and it has become rather obvious that both the restaurant and club would not be doing near as well if it weren't for his precise work.

Powers
Chris began showing his capabilities at the age of two. As a hybrid, he maintains both the powers of a witch and a whitelighter. Orbing, telekinesis, and telekinetic orbing are the main powers he has mastered. Also among his powers is the ability to sense (his family and other charges), telepathic powers (with his charges and Wyatt), and the power of hovering. Most recently, Chris adopted the ability to heal. This was given to him by the Elders so that he could better serve his charges as a whitelighter.

While still occupied with a professional career, Chris is one of the more involved witches in the Halliwell clan. He is an extremely capable fighter and has also trained with his brother Wyatt in hand to hand combat. Though he doesn't have as many powers as Wyatt or has as much force behind his abilities like Laura, he is still considered one of the most agressive and skilled fighters in the family.

Aside from his inherited powers, Chris also has the basic powers of a witch including spell casting, scrying, and potion making. Chris is known in his family for knowing the Book of Shadows very well, almost inside and out. Because of this he is an unofficial family consultant for demons and other wiccan matters.

Charmed One's Whitelighter
After his cousins become the Power of Three, Chris is assigned to be their whitelighter. Initially surprised that the Elders didn't assign his older brother, Chris eventually brushes aside his sense of inadequecy and thrives in the position. He serves as a guiding force for the girls and is also usually directly involved with their vanquishes as he is not only a whitelighter but a witch as well. Chris is known for being a little tough on the girls but that's exactly why the Elder's chose him - Laura, Lila, and Lucy could definitely use some constructive, forceful leadership. Chris certainly provides those things early on, helping with their investigations, vanquishes, and new Charmed powers.

End of Whitelighter Career
Following his relationship with Bianca, the Elders remove Chris from the position of the Charmed Ones' whitelighter because they believe he has compromised his position. This demand doesn't just come from the Elders but the Angel of Destiny who claims Chris has created a new path for himself and that Charlie Walker is destined to be the Charmed Ones' guide. In his anger Chris quits being a whitelighter entirely, giving up his charges and duties.

Personality & Relationships with Family
Chris is affectionately known as the family's neurotic whitelighter. As the second eldest of the entire Halliwell coven he has proved himself to be one of the more responsible in the family. He is careful and intelligent when it comes to magical or business manners, sometimes to the point of being anal or overbearing. Chris is extremely headstrong and can be stubborn. He has a temper and can at time seem arrogant, but in truth, Chris is actually much more sensitive and caring than he ever wants anyone to know. He is passionate and brave, making him one of the family's strongest and most reliable.

More than anything Chris cares about his family. He is willing to sacrafice himself if it means protecting those he loves (especially his mother and sister). Even when Chris comes across as abrassive or bossy, it is almost always because he is thinking in the best interest of his family. He is loyal beyond bounds.

As far as individual relationships with his family members go, Chris is best friends with his older brother Wyatt. At times Chris feels jealous or inferior of his older brother but all in all he looks up to him and trusts him. The two do almost everything together. Chris is also extremely close with his younger sister Melinda, but on a much more protective level. He seems to harnass the same kind of feelings for his mother. In fact, deep down Chris is something of his mother's son, though at times he is shy to admit how much he cares about her. Leo and Chris also have a steady father-son relationship.

Chris gets along with most of his cousins. He especially identifies with Kate, Sam, and Lila. At times he crashes with Laura, who he seems to share conflicting ideologies with. He is an older brother figure for his younger cousins much like Wyatt is and seems to relish in the role of leader and mentor.

Romantic Life
Chris' love interests have neither been seen or brought up in the story. He has however shown an affection for Detective Bianca Lawrence, and seems to have a love hate relationship with her as she investigates the Halliwells. The two share a kiss on New Year's Eve in the third episode. The two begin sleeping together sometime between the fifth and sixth episode.

Chris' relationship with Bianca becomes a point of tension between him and the family. The Halliwells find it irresponsible that Chris would retain a relationship with someone so set on exposing them. Chris and Wyatt get in a heated argument about the relationship in the episode "Good Times Gonna Come." In this same episode Chris overhears Jack and Bianca talking and learns that she is a Phoenix witch sent by the Source to take him down.

Side Notes

 * Like his aunt Prue and cousin Laura, Chris' astrological sign is Scorpio.
 * He shares an apartment with his brother Wyatt.
 * Chris hates public speaking. He considers Paige asking him to give the eulogy at her funeral to be her chance for one last laugh.
 * Just like his father Leo was to the original Charmed Ones (Prue, Piper, Phoebe, and later Paige) Chris is the new Charmed Ones (Laura, Lila, and Lucy) whitelighter.
 * Chris has been a whitelighter to both sets of Charmed Ones, since his future self served his mother and two aunts in the past when he was trying to keep a young Wyatt from turning evil.