Don't own Charmed. No duh.
" Mel?" Piper called. " Do you need help picking something out?"
" No. Thanks anyway Mom." Melinda Astrid Wyatt slipped into her new dress in her favorite color, lavender. She stuck two pearl earrings in ears.
Melinda and her cousin Peter were a year apart, but had their birthdays two days apart, April 6th and 8th. The whole family got together on the 7th to celebrate. Melinda smiled to herself. This year she turned 13, which meant her parents would finally give her her powers.
Carefully Melinda walked down the stairs in her high heels, which she didn't need, already being five foot seven. Her dad smiled at her. " Happy birthday, Melinda," he said, kissing her forehead. " You look pretty." Prudence Grace Wyatt, better known as Prue, grinned up at her sister. " Yeah, real pretty."
Melinda's cheeks grew hot. " You're just saying that." The doorbell rang. Leo orbed to the door and answered it. Aunt Phoebe, Uncle Cole, and Peter stood there. " Happy birthday, Pete," Leo greeted his nephew.
" Thanks, Leo," Peter said, running his fingers through his curly jet- black hair. He handed his cousin a small wrapped box. " Happy birthday."
" You too." It was strange. Peter and Melinda were very close in age, but they avoided each other at school. Peter was the popular, good-looking football/basketball/track star, and Melinda was the shy bookworm. Oh well, Melinda thought. Can't do anything about that.
Suddenly Aunt Paige orbed in. Piper gasped. " Paige, you scared me."
Paige studied her big sister's outfit. " You're scaring me. So, let's eat!"
After a dinner of pizza (Peter's choice) and Chinese (Melinda's choice) the two began to open presents. Melinda got a gift certificate to Barnes and Noble and a necklace. Peter got a tie (" Thanks, Aunt Piper. Thanks Uncle Leo," Peter said drearily) and a new football. But there was one more present for each of them.
" What is it?" Peter wanted to know. Melinda elbowed him.
" Our powers," Melinda explained. " What did you think?"
Peter stood up quickly. " MOM! DAD! How many times do I have to tell you? I don't want powers. I don't want to do spells or anything. I want to be normal." He hurried upstairs.
" I'll go talk to him," Phoebe said, but Cole grabbed her hand.
" I will," he offered. Cole walked up the stairs and knocked on the closed bathroom door.
" Peter?"
" Why can't I be normal" was the muffled reply. Cole sighed. " You can't," Cole admitted. " Your mom's a witch. I'm an ex-demon. Normal doesn't really fit in."
Cole opened the bathroom door. " You have a destiny, Pete. It's all been laid out for you."
" I'm in control of my life."
" Don't you wish," Cole joked. " Look, son, you have to take your powers. What if a demon or a warlock hurts you? You have to protect yourself."
Peter looked up at his dad. " Fine. I'll do it." The two men walked downstairs. Piper handed Peter a small potion bottle. Melinda gripped hers with a fierce intensity. The cousins locked eyes, uncorked the bottles and drank the potion down.
" Mel?" Piper called. " Do you need help picking something out?"
" No. Thanks anyway Mom." Melinda Astrid Wyatt slipped into her new dress in her favorite color, lavender. She stuck two pearl earrings in ears.
Melinda and her cousin Peter were a year apart, but had their birthdays two days apart, April 6th and 8th. The whole family got together on the 7th to celebrate. Melinda smiled to herself. This year she turned 13, which meant her parents would finally give her her powers.
Carefully Melinda walked down the stairs in her high heels, which she didn't need, already being five foot seven. Her dad smiled at her. " Happy birthday, Melinda," he said, kissing her forehead. " You look pretty." Prudence Grace Wyatt, better known as Prue, grinned up at her sister. " Yeah, real pretty."
Melinda's cheeks grew hot. " You're just saying that." The doorbell rang. Leo orbed to the door and answered it. Aunt Phoebe, Uncle Cole, and Peter stood there. " Happy birthday, Pete," Leo greeted his nephew.
" Thanks, Leo," Peter said, running his fingers through his curly jet- black hair. He handed his cousin a small wrapped box. " Happy birthday."
" You too." It was strange. Peter and Melinda were very close in age, but they avoided each other at school. Peter was the popular, good-looking football/basketball/track star, and Melinda was the shy bookworm. Oh well, Melinda thought. Can't do anything about that.
Suddenly Aunt Paige orbed in. Piper gasped. " Paige, you scared me."
Paige studied her big sister's outfit. " You're scaring me. So, let's eat!"
After a dinner of pizza (Peter's choice) and Chinese (Melinda's choice) the two began to open presents. Melinda got a gift certificate to Barnes and Noble and a necklace. Peter got a tie (" Thanks, Aunt Piper. Thanks Uncle Leo," Peter said drearily) and a new football. But there was one more present for each of them.
" What is it?" Peter wanted to know. Melinda elbowed him.
" Our powers," Melinda explained. " What did you think?"
Peter stood up quickly. " MOM! DAD! How many times do I have to tell you? I don't want powers. I don't want to do spells or anything. I want to be normal." He hurried upstairs.
" I'll go talk to him," Phoebe said, but Cole grabbed her hand.
" I will," he offered. Cole walked up the stairs and knocked on the closed bathroom door.
" Peter?"
" Why can't I be normal" was the muffled reply. Cole sighed. " You can't," Cole admitted. " Your mom's a witch. I'm an ex-demon. Normal doesn't really fit in."
Cole opened the bathroom door. " You have a destiny, Pete. It's all been laid out for you."
" I'm in control of my life."
" Don't you wish," Cole joked. " Look, son, you have to take your powers. What if a demon or a warlock hurts you? You have to protect yourself."
Peter looked up at his dad. " Fine. I'll do it." The two men walked downstairs. Piper handed Peter a small potion bottle. Melinda gripped hers with a fierce intensity. The cousins locked eyes, uncorked the bottles and drank the potion down.