Imaginary Fiends

"I’m gonna get the boy to give me that bear. With it, I’ll finally turn him, and then I’ll watch the future change before my very eyes."

- Vicus to Hugo

Imaginary Fiends is the 20th episode of the seventh season and the 154th overall episode Charmed.

Summary
Unbeknownst to the sisters, baby Wyatt's new "imaginary" friend is actually a demon named Vicus who is trying to win Wyatt's trust to turn him evil. Meanwhile, Piper casts a spell to be able to understand baby Wyatt, but inadvertently brings 25-year-old Wyatt back from the future.

Characters
Characters in bold appear for the first time in the series.

Vicus

 * Little is known of
 * Vicus except that
 * he is a demon who preys on
 * magical children, turning them down
 * the path of evil. He can cloak himself
 * and become invisible to everyone but his victims.

Spells
To summon future Wyatt

Help this mother and understand

the thoughts inside her little man

Though his mouth be quiet,

Let us hear his inner Wyatt.

To return future Wyatt to his timeline
A son in the future,a son in the past

Seeing anew what once has passed

Return him now to whence he came

Right when he left,all now the same.

Powers:

 * Energy Balls: Used by a member of Vicus' Collective to attack Piper and Paige.


 * Molecular Combustion:

Orbing

Telekinetic Orbing

Black Orbing

Invisibility

Shimmering

Omnilingualism  Used by Piper to knock down and then blow up a member of the Collective. She later used it to attack the other members of the Collective but they were resistant to her power. She also used it on Evil Future Wyatt, sending him flying.

Quotes

 * Phoebe: Maybe it was an imaginary friend.
 * Piper: No. Imaginary friends are imaginary, hence, the name. Plus, you said he's too young to have an imaginary friend, remember? He's two.


 * Wyatt: (after greeting Leo, who's holding baby Chris) Hey, is this Chris? Oh, my gosh! He's so small. Hey, little brother. (to Piper): Is this before or after he swallowed the marble?
 * Piper: Marble ? What marble ?
 * Phoebe: Easy on the future information !
 * Wyatt: Of course, you're right.
 * Piper: Not, but really: what marble?


 * Paige: (about vanquishing Vicus) And of course, we've got the added problem of not even being able to see the demon. Only Wyatt can see Vicus.
 * Phoebe: We're just gonna have to bring a lot of vials.
 * Paige: And what, just throw them everywhere and hope we hit something?
 * Phoebe: Yeah. You have a better idea?
 * Paige: Normally, yes.


 * Wyatt: What are you gonna do, mom? Kill me in order to protect me?
 * Piper: It's a thought.
 * Wyatt: You always said spanking was barbaric!

International Titles

 * French: La Main sur le Berceau (The Hand Cradle)
 * Czech: Imaginární přátelé (Imaginary Friends)
 * Slovak: Imaginárni priatelia (Imaginary Friends)
 * Spanish (Spain): Demonios imaginarios (Imaginary Demons)
 * Spanish (Latin America): Amigos imaginarios (Imaginary Friends)
 * Serbian: Izmisljeni Prijatelji (Imaginary Friends)
 * Italian: L'amico immaginario (Imaginary Friends)