Melinda Halliwell flipped through the pages of the book of shadows and ate a plastic cheese slice.

Dinner she thought with a smirk if mum could see me now..

She stopped there

Can't think about mum, gotta find a way to help Chris

She stared down at the book in front of her; she hadn't looked at for so long.

She had rejected magic when she left home, hadn't used it in a long time, so when her older brother had came to her asking for help she didn't really know what she could do.

'Please,' he had asked 'you have to help me'

'But I don't practise magic Chris,' she replied 'there really isn't anything I can do...'

'I know. I understand your decision but Wyatt is out of control! You know what he did to mum'

Melinda then stared into his soulful green eyes, green eyes identical to her own, they were filled with sorrow.

For the first time ever, she actually felt like she was looking into a mirror when she stared at her twin brother.

'Ok fine she had given in but there really isn't anything I can do'

'I know. All you have to do in stay here with the book. Ill cast a protection spell on the place'

'Why can't you take the book?'

He smiled sadly.

'My fate is sealed.' He had replied 'yours is just beginning'

'What the hell does that mean?'

He ignored her question

'Here take this.' He said

He held out a piece of paper with what looked like a spell written on it

'What is it?'

'It's a spell. To take you to the past, but you have to draw a triquetra on the wall first'

She gave him a funny look

'Take me back to the past?'

'Yeah. To stop this. To stop all of it'

She thought about what he said for a moment, and then realized. Her heart literally stopped.

'You mean...kill Wyatt?'

Chris stared at her solemnly

'Just stay here' he stated 'when the time comes for you to do what has to be done, you need to do it'

Then he left without another word.

Melinda had no idea where he was going and frankly she was scared

Chris couldn't really mean for her to kill her own brother could he?

There was no way she could kill Wyatt, any more than she could ever kill Chris.

She continued flipping through the pages of the book until she heard a knock at the door

Her breath caught in her throat

Who would be coming at this hour? She thought

She popped the last of the cheese into her mouth and walked to the front door

When she opened it she was face to face with the man that had ruined her entire life

'Wyatt' she said

He smiled

'Melinda, how pleasant to see you again'

She didn't return his smile

'How did you get here? This place is...'

'Protected?' he cut her off 'funny how charms cast by dead men don't work anymore, isn't it?'

'You mean Chris is..'

'Dead? Yep. I saw his take his last breath and you're a step away from receiving the same fate. Unless of course you co operate with me, little sister'

'Never' she spat at him 'I will never join you'

His false smile fell

'Then I guess I'll have to kill you...'

'I'm not gonna give you a chance!'

She quickly ran to the bathroom and locked the door, then cast a quick spell to magically lock it and stop him from orbing in.

'You can't hide in there forever Mel..' came Wyatt's voice from outside the door 'I'm stronger than you..'

Melinda searched through her makeup bag until she found some bright red lipstick and drew a triquetra on the bathroom wall

She heard banging on the door and knew she'd have to do this fast

She pulled out the piece of paper Chris had given her and read the spell on it

'Hear these words, hear the rhyme.
Heed the hope within my mind.
Send me back to where I'll find,
what I wish in place and time.'

The triquetra glowed just as Wyatt thought to use a spell to counteract hers.

When he entered the bathroom he saw his youngest sister about to jump into what was obviously a portal

No! This definitely isn't good... he thought

Then a thought struck him

'Go ahead Mel. Jump into that portal, just leave the book of shadows here with me'

Shit! She hadn't thought of that

But then she got struck with a thought of her own

I'm going to the past, before this happens.. I'll save everyone

But then whoever strikes people with thoughts struck her with another one

But what if he uses it to bring me back?

But then once again a thought struck her

'Go ahead. You can't use the book anyway. You're evil remember?'

'Ok so maybe I'm just stalling for time...' Wyatt said with a smirk

Melinda then turned around, horrified as she saw the portal closing

She quickly dived into it, no idea what would await her on the other side.

It can't be worse than this she thought

Suddenly there was a bright light but it disappeared after a second, leaving Melinda temporarily blinded. Although her sight returned just in time for her to see the table leg that she crashed head first into.

'Thank you mighty thought-striker person' she muttered before losing consciousness.

--

Piper Halliwell was awoken by a loud 'thump' that came from the attic

'What on earth could that be?' she wondered aloud.

She then noticed that Leo was no longer lying beside her.

'LEO!' she shouted as she leapt out of bed and ran towards the attic

Her husband then appeared in front of her in a mess of blue sparkles.

'What is it?' He asked

Piper just looked at him and continued on her way to the attic.

Phoebe shot out of her room, wide awake.

'Why are you calling Leo? Is a demon attacking? Oh hello Leo... Where's Paige? Wouldn't she have been awoken by all the commotion?' but her questions were left unanswered as her older sister just ran straight past her, closely Followed by Leo.

'Piper?' she shouted after and joined in the chase.

When Piper reached the attic she froze.

'Oh my god!' she exclaimed and ran in.

'What? What is it?' asked Phoebe as Leo reached the door and then ran in.

Only then did Phoebe see what was happening.

On the ground lay a young girl, about 20 or so, she had short, dead straight brown hair. She was also unconscious with a head wound, probably caused by the table she was lying next to.

'Quick heal her!' said Piper frantically.

'What if she's a demon?' asked Leo suspiciously

'Then we can find out after we save her,' said Piper 'just heal her already!'

'Ok, ok, I'll heal her' said Leo as he held his hands above her bleeding head.

A golden glow appeared under his hands and in a few seconds her wound had completely disappeared.

She groaned and slowly opened her eyes Phoebe gasped; they were a beautiful shade of green.

The young girl then sat up quickly and looked around frantically, quite clearly freaking out.

'Shh calm down' soothed Piper 'its ok, everything is fine.'

The young girl's vibrant green eyes were set on Piper but if she was soothed it wasn't showing, they looked as scared as before.

'It's ok' Piper tried again 'why don't you just tell me your name?'

The girl continued to stare at Piper and Piper was struck with how familiar she looked.

Then a look of pain crossed her features, as if she was trying really hard to remember something but just couldn't.

Then she sighed.

'I have no idea' she said in a defeated voice, 'I can't remember'