A/N: Hey Charmed Fans! This is my second Charmed fic but my first multi chapter Charmed fic. I hope you enjoy the first chapter. The songs I used for this chapter were:

My Baby- Britney Spears (Melinda's birth)

Duel of the Fates- John Williams (Melinda, Chris and Wyatt's first battle against Darklighters)

Chapter 1:

The Next to be Charmed

28 March 2007

Halliwell Manor was unusually quiet for March. The chaos was somewhat limited due to the pregnant bellies of the Charmed Ones. Piper Halliwell, the eldest, was expecting her third and final child with her now mortal husband Leo. Their sons, Wyatt and Chris, were looking forward to the birth of their little sister. They knew just how much their mother had always wanted a daughter.

The middle sister, Phoebe, was expecting a daughter with her Cupid husband Coop whom they had decided to name Prudence Johanna in honour of Phoebe's oldest sister Prue who was killed many years ago by the Shax. The child's middle name, Johanna, was taken from Grams, whose maiden name was Johnson.

Paige, the youngest, was expecting twins with her mortal husband Henry. There had constantly bickered as Henry wanted to know what the twins' sexes were while Paige didn't. After a bit of persuasion from Billie, the sisters' protégé and 'other sister', Henry decided that he wanted it to be a surprise., much to Paige's enjoyment.

With the support of Victor and Sam, the Charmed Ones' fathers, the sisters were looking forward to their new arrivals. While Sam wasn't around as often as Victor was, Paige reluctantly allowed him to play a very small part in her life.

"Aunty Paige!" Wyatt cried as he ran down the stairs of the manor. Paige and Henry had just orbed in to help Victor babysit the boys.

"Hi, honey." Paige said as she struggled to pick up her eldest nephew. "How are you?"

"Good." Wyatt smiled.

"Hey Wyatt." Henry said smiling at his nephew.

"Hi Uncle Henry." Henry smiled as he ruffled Wyatt's hair.

"Hi guys." Victor said as he walked into the room with Chris in his arms.

"Hey!" Paige and Henry greeted.

"Uncle Henry!" Chris cried.

"Hey Chris!" Henry laughed.

"Hey, what about me?" Paige said seemingly offended that her youngest nephew had spoken to her husband before her.

"Aunty Paige!" Chris said with a smile.

"Hey baby," Paige said smiling teasingly at her youngest nephew. "How have the boys been?" she asked turning to her 'second' father. She considered Victor to be more her father more then her biological father was. Victor had long accepted Paige as one of his girls.

"They've been really well behaved, haven't you, boys?" Victor said turning to his grandsons.

"Yes, Grandpa." The boys chorused.

"Well, that's good." Paige said as she kissed Wyatt on the cheek.

"Yucky!" Wyatt cried. Paige chuckled before she leaned over to put the boy down.

"Come in guys and Paige, you look hungry." Paige could feel her stomach turn over.

"Good thinkin'. These two have Henry's appetite." She said before following Victor and the boys into the kitchen.

"So tell me," Victor said to Paige. "How long until they're born?" he watched as Paige finished her fifth cookie.

"About four and a half months to go. God, it feels like I'm carrying a boulder." Paige sighed as she looked down at her swollen stomach. Unlike her sisters, her belly was a lot bigger for the end of her first trimester. She had seen women in movies and television shows that were carrying twins but she never imagined she would be carrying twins herself.

"Aunty Paige." Paige looked up to see Chris grinning at her.

"What's up, little man?" she asked.

Chris pointed over her shoulder prompting her to turn her head. It was at that point that Coop beamed in.

"Hey!" Victor said in surprise as he looked up to see his son-in-law standing there.

"Hey, I just got word from Leo that Piper's gone into labour. He wants us at the hospital, like now." No one seemed to notice that Coop was extremely calm. Victor quickly sprung into action.

"Okay, Henry, take Chris, I'll take Wyatt and Paige, and you can orbed us." Victor and Henry picked up the boys and grabbed Paige's hands before they orbed to the hospital where they met Phoebe and Leo.

"Hey! How is she?" Victor asked.

"Daddy!" The boys cried as Henry and Victor put them down. They ran over to their father.

"Hey boys. Were you good for Grandpa, Aunt Paige and Uncle Henry?" Leo asked prompting the boys to nod. Leo kissed them both on their foreheads. There were footsteps behind him and he turned to see Piper's doctor walking out of her room. "How is she?" he asked, the worry evident in his voice.

"She and the baby are fine. Congratulations Leo, you have a healthy baby girl." From where they were standing, Wyatt and Chris exchanged happy smiles. While the brothers were now inseparable, they were glad that they final got the sister that their parents had always wanted them to have.

"Can we see them?" Henry asked.

"Sure but be very quiet." Leo took the boys by the hands and led them into their mother's room with their aunts, uncles and grandfather in tow.

Piper gazed lovingly down at the bundle in her arms. She could see herself and a little bit of Leo in her daughter. She could see the traditional Halliwell hazel brown hair but the child's eyes were a mix of brown and green. Wyatt had brown eyes while Chris had inherited her late sister Prue's emerald green. Okay, she thought. My little Melinda has inherited BOTH her brothers' eye colours. No big deal. She looked up when she heard the sound of footsteps.

"Is that her?" Leo asked. She smiled and nodded before leading Wyatt and Chris into the room with Phoebe, Paige and their husbands not far behind.

"Leo, boys. Meet Prudence Melinda Halliwell." Piper said her eyes still on her daughter. Leo scooped up the boys and placed them on the bed. By now, Piper's sisters and brothers-in-law had gathered around the bed.

"Mommy?" Chris said causing Piper to look at him. "She's cute." Piper smiled at her youngest son.

"Chris, Wyatt," Piper said causing the boys to move closer to her. "You are Melinda's big brothers. Can you look after her when daddy and I aren't around?" Wyatt and Chris looked at each other before turning their eyes back in their mother and nodded.

Wyatt knew what it was like to be a big brother. He had been a big brother for a while and it was his duty to teach Chris the ropes. While they argued like all siblings, the boys were very close and looked out for each other. Now that Melinda was born, it was their duty as her brothers to protect her from harm.

As the months went by, Paige and Phoebe gave birth to their own daughters. Paige and Henry welcomed their twin daughters, Tamora and Katherine into the world four and a half months after the birth of Melinda.

Three months later, Phoebe and Coop welcomed Prudence Johanna into the world. A few years later, Phoebe and Coop welcomed two more daughters into the family, Parker and Pandora. It didn't come as much surprise to Phoebe that her three daughters were half Cupid. She did worry that they would come into their powers too soon in the same way Wyatt did but after much conversation with Coop, she felt better and knew that the girls would learn to control their powers over time. She didn't mention the fact that her girls were in the running with Wyatt, Chris and Melinda for the Charmed prophecy. She hoped that Wyatt, Chris and Melinda were the chosen ones but she kept her worries and concerns to herself.

In 2008, Paige and Henry adopted a baby boy they named Henry Junior. Paige even got together enough courage to introduce her family to her biological father, Sam. While it came as a surprise to Sam that his daughter was now a wife and a mother to three children, he informed her that he was proud of her and gave his approval in her choice of husband in Henry. As much as he loved his grandchildren and his son-in-law, Sam was a little disappointed that he couldn't spend as much time with them as Victor did and told Paige that if she ever needed him for anything, all she had to do was call.

The Halliwell/Matthews/Mitchell family was at its peak and there was nothing that was going to bring it down.

16 Years Later…

It was the middle of September and the Halliwell Manor was in total chaos. Chris hurried to finish making Melinda's lunch for her first day back at school. Since Piper and Leo had been given a year long vacation by the elders for all their hard work over the years, they had entrusted Chris in taking care of the house while Wyatt handled his new status as deputy headmaster at Magic School.

It was the morning in which Melinda was to return to school for her sophomore year with their cousins Tamora, Kat and Prue while Tamora and Kat's brother, Henry Junior, known simply as H.J. was to start his freshman year. Parker was to start in the sixth grade while Pandora was due to start the second grade.

Paige had dropped the twins and H.J. off at the manor before she went to tend to her charges. Henry had left for work early leaving the kids with Paige. She had decided to drop them at their cousins' at the last minute.

"Mel!" Chris cried over Tamora and H.J's argument with Kat. "Lunch!" Melinda orbed into the kitchen and grabbed her lunch before kissing Chris on the cheek and pulling the twins and H.J. to their feet. They waved and orbed out.

Chris collapsed into a nearby chair. What a morning and it wasn't even 9am. He noticed that Melinda had forgotten her laptop and it was open on her email account. There was one unopened email from Billie, their surrogate aunt. Deciding to answer it, he opened the email and read it:

To: Mel Halliwell

CC:

Subject: Visit

Hey Mel,

Thanks for getting back to me. I would love to come and visit. When can I come down? There's some news I would like to share with you and your brothers. Is today ok? Get back to me soon.

Aunt Billie.

Chris knew exactly what to say back to her.

To: Billie Jenkins

CC:

Subject: Re: Visit

Hey Aunt Billie,

It's Chris. Today would be great. Don't tell Mel that I'm on her computer. She'll kill me. Come down when you're ready.

Chris.

Half an hour later, Chris checked again and Billie had replied to his email.

To: Mel Halliwell

CC:

Subject: Re: Visit

Hey Chris,

Long time no hear, hey? I'm on my way now. I'll see you this afternoon.

Billie.

P.S. Your secret is safe with me.

Chris nodded at the screen and closed it before going up to the attic to the Book of Shadows.

Wyatt looked through his father's paperwork with envy. How did Leo cope with all this paperwork plus teaching classes? Leo had also assigned Wyatt his classes. There was a knock at the office door and one of Leo's students appeared the doorway.

"Yes, Alyssa?" Wyatt said putting what he was looking at aside.

"Sorry, Wyatt, I was hoping I could talk to you." Alyssa said as she awkwardly walked to stand in front of him.

"Sure, what's up?"

"Leo assigned me and a few others this assignment that we don't understand the concept of. I was hoping you could explain it to us in class?"

"Sure, I was going to explain it anyway." Wyatt said nodding.

Alyssa nodded before turning and leaving the room. With a sigh, Wyatt went back to the paperwork that his father had ultimately burdened him with. He wondered what Chris was up to with their chaotic cousins and sister.

Melinda sat in her English class with her best friend Theresa on her left and Theresa's brother Duncan on her right. With her eyes on the old blackboard on the wall at the front of the room, she doodled on the front of her notebook. Next to her, Duncan sniggered at the stick figure that she had drawn of the teacher, Ms. Harper squabbling with the teacher's pets, Mindy Hawke and Andrew Shooter over Hamlet.

"Mr. Stone, is there anything something you would like to share?" Ms. Harper asked. Duncan cringed. Harper was like a vulture. Even when her eyes weren't on something, she could still get you for your misdeeds.

"No ma'am. Nothing." He said quickly. Harper eyed him with malice and went back to her squabbling. Duncan sighed with relief as he turned his eyes back to Melinda's doodling. She smiled wickedly as she finished her picture.

"Perfect. If I do say so myself." Melinda grinned as she looked up at her friend. Duncan smiled back before the school bell interrupted them. Gathering their things, Melinda and her friends made their way to cafeteria where they ate their homemade lunches.

Melinda cringed as she pulled her sandwich out of the brown paper bag. She hated Chris' sandwiches. The bread was always stale and the dressings were always a few days old.

"That does look awful. Why don't you go and buy something worth eating?" Theresa said with a kind smile.

Melinda smiled in return. "I think I might. I won't be long." It only took Melinda a couple of minutes before she returned with something more appealing. "This looks so much better." She said as she sat down.

"So how was your summer?" Duncan asked casually.

"The normal, spent time with the family and Magic School. Practiced our new dance routine and tried to teach Chris, didn't go as well as I planned but hey, I tried. Oh and I FINALLY mastered hovering. Anyway, how about you guys?"

"Our normal thing too. Whitelighter training camp is THE worst type of camp known to magical beings everywhere. Blame our father for forcing us to go since we were five. You would really think that the novelty would have worn off by now. Oh no." Theresa said sarcastically.

"Tess, it wasn't THAT bad." Duncan said with a sigh.

"You're one to talk, Egg," Tess spat. "You're the oldest. Dad has always treasured you." Melinda watched as Tess continued to rant. Melinda had always known that Tess and Duncan's father, Harold, had always favoured Duncan over Tess because he was the older of the two and the 'heir' to the family.

"Okay guys. That's enough. Talk it out in your own time. Right now, we have to get to the studio. I promised Tamora and Kat that I would show them our new dance and Kat is going to kill me because I didn't get to finish editing the video that we made over the weekend." Melinda cringed. She told her friends everything and the video had been one of them. Duncan helped Melinda by disposing of her lunch tray along with Chris' vile sandwich before he followed Melinda and Tess out of the cafeteria and towards the studio.

The afternoon came around quickly and before Chris knew it, there was a knock on the front door of the manor. Hurrying down the stairs from the attic, he reached the door just before there was another knock.

"Aunt Billie." Chris said with a smile as he opened the door to see his surrogate aunt standing on the porch.

"Chris, it's great to see you honey." Billie said as she hugged him. Chris looked down as he pulled out of the hug to see something that he hadn't expected.

"You're pregnant! When? Mel's emails never mentioned this." Chris said as he stepped aside to allow Billie over the threshold before he closed the door.

"That's what I wanted to tell you in person. Where are Wyatt and Mel?"

"Well, Wyatt's filling in for dad at Magic School and Mel's at school. They'll be home soon."

"Well I hope so. I didn't travel from LA to San Francisco for nothing." She teased causing Chris to frown.

"I'm kidding, sweetie. God, you have changed."

Chris scoffed. "I haven't changed that much. I'm just more responsible then what I use to be. That's all." Billie nodded.

Orbs appeared and Wyatt appeared a moment later. "Hey, I just, Billie, hey!" Wyatt said as he hurried over to hug his surrogate aunt.

"Hey sweetie, how are you?" Billie said as she pulled out of Wyatt's hug.

"Fine thanks. Look at you. You're pregnant, hey? When did this happen?"

"It happened after this happened." Billie held up her hand to reveal a wedding ring and an engagement ring.

"You're married? When? How?" Chris asked in surprise.

"Like I said in my email, I had to tell you these things myself. It didn't feel right to tell you through the use of email."

A second jingle rang out and Melinda herself orbed into the room. "Aunt Billie! What are you doing here?" she asked in surprise. From Wyatt's side, Chris cringed. He greatly respected Melinda's privacy but when it came to Billie, it concerned him and Wyatt as well.

"I thought I would come around. You know travellin' six hours is a long time." Billie smiled. Melinda couldn't help but return the smile. She loved Billie and thought of her as a member of the family. Phoebe had been right. Billie hadn't been evil. She had just been torn between her sister and the Charmed Ones. It had taken Phoebe a while to talk Piper and Paige around this very important fact but it had succeeded even if Leo had helped her out.

"So, how has school been? Have those half-witted cheerleaders gotten on your nerves yet?" Billie asked, a hand sitting on her stomach.

"No. It's only the first day back." Melinda shrugged.

"There is something else I would like to share with you guys too."

"Spill it." Wyatt said.

"My husband and I were thinking of moving back in with Phoebe, Coop and the girls. It's just we have no other family and you Halliwells are the closest thing to family that we have. Not that he knows you guys yet but he will."

"What would be great but why are you telling us? You should be talking to Aunt Phoebe about it." Chris said.

"I know but I thought I would seek your approval before I asked her. I mean, Piper still has it out for me even though I never meant to betray her all those years ago, it was Christy's influence that turned me."

"We understand don't worry. I don't think our mom has it out for you its just ever since Aunt Prue was killed she has had trouble trusting people who have sided with evil." Melinda said.

Chris and Wyatt nodded in agreement.

Another jingle sounded and the trio's cousin, Kat orbed in.

"Hey guys!" she greeted with a simple wave. Her red hair sat at her shoulders. Like her mother, she always changed her hair but unlike Paige, she never coloured it.

"Hey." The trio greeted dully. Billie cleared her throat and Kat turned her head to look at her.

"Aunt Billie?" Billie nodded. Kat's face lightened before she stepped over to hug her. "It is so good to see you."

"You too. You look so much like Paige its weird." Billie said brightly.

"Thanks, I think." Kat frowned before she turned to face Melinda. "Mel, do you have the video that we did over the weekend?"

"Yeah. Flash drive!" A moment later the USB flash drive appeared in Melinda's palm. "It's all on there. It's not finished but I have a copy of it on my laptop so I should have it done by tonight." Kat nodded before she waved as she orbed out. Melinda sighed in relief. She thought Kat was going to scream at her.

There was silence before Billie spoke. "So, tell me, how does it feel to have the house to yourselves?" Chris and Wyatt looked at each other before Wyatt spoke up.

"Well, I'm not here a lot because I'm at Magic School most of the time but it does feel good to be free, so to speak." Wyatt looked to Melinda before his face fell.

"What?" Chris asked.

"Something's gone amiss at Magic School. I'll be back as soon as I can." With that he orbed out leaving Chris and Melinda with Billie.

"What could have gone wrong? He was only just there." Melinda said as she turned to Chris.

"Dunno. Come on." Chris grabbed Melinda by the arm and as if it were a chain reaction, Melinda took Billie's hand and together they orbed to Magic School.

Wyatt orbed into his father's office to see the room completely ransacked. The paperwork that he had been reading earlier on in the day was scattered everywhere. He turned and jogged out into the corridor to see windows smashed and students sitting huddled together in terrified groups, holding each other and comforting each other in believing everything would be alright.

"Wyatt!" Wyatt's head snapped in the direction of Alyssa, the student he had spoken to that morning.

"Alyssa, what the hell happened up here? Where is the rest of the staff?"

"They're coming." Alyssa said. Wyatt gulped.

"Who's coming?" he asked.

"Darklighters."

Wyatt's face darkened.

Melinda, Chris and Billie orbed into the staffroom of Magic School to find it deserted. It was quiet. Too quiet for their liking.

"Where is everyone?" Billie asked as she looked around. The soles of her shoes thudded heavily on the floor.

"I don't know." Chris murmured.

"Ahh!" Chris' head snapped in the direction of his sister who had fallen to her knees with her hands clamped over her ears. Going over to her, he crouched down and placed a hand on her arm. He was pulled from the present into some strange kind of vision.

Wyatt walked down the corridor outside Leo's office. An unknown force strikes him before he falls to the ground, dead.

Chris gasped but still held Melinda's shoulder. Now it was her turn to look worried.

"Chris? You alright?"

"Darklighters are coming," Chris whispered just loud enough for Melinda and Billie to hear. The two looked at each other before Chris pulled Melinda to her feet before he spoke again. "Come on, we need to find Wyatt."

Billie and Melinda only had a second to exchange looks before Chris pulled them down the hallway.

Wyatt listened hard for the sound of orbing but was caught off guard when he was forcibly thrown into the wall at the opposite-side of the room. Though he was stunned, he caught the sound of skidding and then the sight of his brother, sister and surrogate aunt hurrying around the corner.

"Wyatt!" Billie cried as she started to run towards him but Chris stopped her.

"No, not in your condition." Before Billie could protest, Chris orbed her back to the manor. Chris and Melinda hurried to their brother's side.

"You alright?" Melinda asked as she helped Chris to pull Wyatt to his feet. Before he could answer, a darklighter black orbed in front of them.

"Well, well, well," Sneered the darklighter. "If it isn't the next Power of Three. It's about time your bound powers came to light. Now you'll die because of what your mother and aunts did to my kind." Without hesitation, the darklighter summoned his crossbow and aimed it at Wyatt before firing an arrow. Melinda was quick to repel it.

"Arrow!" She swung her hand through the air and changed the arrow's course. Though it missed the darklighter, it lodged in the wall just next to his ear.

"Crossbow!" Chris cried and the crossbow orbed out of the darklighter's hands and into his own. He was quick to shoot a crossbow bolt at the darklighter. He yelled and cursed as he burned up and was sent to the depths of the Underworld.

The sound of orbs filled the trio's ears and Tamora orbed in. "Hey!" she greeted.

"Now is not a good time, Tam," Melinda said with a sigh. "We're fighting darklighters."

Tamora's face fell. "Well, let me help you."

"No, Tam. Aunt Paige will kill us if anything happens to you." Wyatt said. As much as he loved Tamora, he knew only too well that if Paige knew about this, she would kill him and his siblings if anything happened to one of her children.

"I don't care what mom says or what you guys say. I'm helping you." Tamora smiled slyly at her cousins causing the trio to look at each other with frowns.

"All right, but first things first," said Chris finally. "Go back to the manor and check on Aunt Billie. She was here and wanted to help but I orbed her back to the manor. Go check on her for us please. We'll leave you a couple of darklighters to vanquish, we promise."

"Deal." With that Tamora orbed out. Just as their cousin's orbs faded out, another darklighter black orbed in.

The summoned his crossbow like his companion before him but didn't utter a word to the trio. Chris watched as the darklighter aimed his crossbow at Melinda.

"Mel!" he yelled.

Melinda yelped and raised her hands causing the darklighter to freeze. Wyatt and Chris gasped at the sight of the frozen enemy. Melinda looked down at her hands. She had seen her mother freeze people in the past but had never expected that she would be able to do it herself.

"How did you do that?" Wyatt croaked.

"No idea." Melinda croaked in returned as she exchanged looks with her brothers who looked just as frightened as she did.

"Is there anymore?" Wyatt asked. As soon as he spoke, more darklighters blacked orbed in front of them "Oh god!"

"Well, well, well," said the leader darklighter. "If it isn't the offspring of Piper Halliwell." Wyatt, Chris and Melinda stepped closer to each other. "You will pay for your mother and aunts' battles against us and demons alike."

"Fight them, not us. It's not our war!" Wyatt said, stepping forward. His arms were spread wide protectively around Chris and Melinda, as he didn't have time to activate a shield.

"You're still Halliwells," said the leader. "That makes you responsible!" He and his companions summoned crossbows.

"Crossbows!" the Halliwell siblings cried. The crossbows orbed into their arms. Before the darklighters were able make a move, the trio fired the crossbows. The darklighters screamed as they vanished in a smoky cloud of flame.

There was silence before Melinda spoke up. "Are they gone?" There was another moment of silence before a moment later Wyatt voiced his opinion.

"I think so, come on, we need to find the staff and students."

It wasn't long before the trio had found every student and teacher hidden safely in their classrooms. Wyatt had to call a staff meeting after the teachers had checked their rolls to make sure that all their students were accounted for.

"Why would they be after you?" Bailey the librarian asked.

"We have no idea," Chris said simply. "It's not like we're our mom or our aunts."

"Maybe there's an explanation to this." Tamora said. She had returned from checking on Billie to find that Chris had lied to her. The darklighters had been vanquished and not one left for her to vanquish. She made a mental note to pummel Chris to a bloody pulp later.

"Maybe," Bailey agreed. "Go home and summon either your great-grandmother or your grandmother. Maybe they know something about this."

Chris nodded and was about to orb home with Melinda and Wyatt when Tamora called him back. "Chris," he turned. "You and I have to have a serious talk." Tamora raised her eyebrows sinisterly at him making him shudder. She was nothing like Paige. She was the polar opposite to her mother and her twin sister. "Now go. Don't keep Billie waiting." Chris hurried to his brother and sister's sides before they orbed home.

Billie sighed as she flicked through the Book of Shadows. She had her feet on the arm of the couch in the living room. She sat up when the sound of jingling reached her ears. She waited while the trio had formed fully before she spoke.

"What happened?" she asked frantically getting to her feet.

"We were attacked by darklighters. Tam came down to check on you, right?" Melinda informed her with a frown.

"Yeah she did but she didn't tell me what was going on. She said you guys would tell me what was going on so spill it or," she paused before a threatening smile crossed her face. "I'll call your parents and they can deal with you."

Chris narrowed his eyes at her. "You wouldn't because I can tell."

Billie raised her eyebrows at him.

"Alright! Can we get back on task please?" Melinda said. "Right, watch this." She walked towards the couch and faced the vase on the side table. She gestured with her hands at her target and the vase blew to bits. She quickly raised her hands and the bits vase froze. She then turned to see the expressions on her brothers' and surrogate aunt's faces.

"You have mom's power." Wyatt croaked in shock.

"What about you Chris?" Billie asked quickly coming out of her shock.

"Call me crazy but I think I have Aunt Phoebe's power of premonition."

"What makes you think that?" Melinda asked.

"Well, when I touched your arm when you fell to your knees, I had a premonition of Wyatt being killed by a darklighter."

"We managed to stop it though." Melinda said.

"Yeah, Aunt Phoebe always said her visions could be avoided or changed." Melinda said knowingly. She had heard Phoebe's stories about her premonitions so many times that it felt like she had premonitions herself.

"Plus you have telekinesis so that makes you like Prue and Penny and of course Wyatt has that power too." Billie said with a smile.

"It's not fair!" Melinda complained.

"What's not fair, sweetie?" Billie asked.

"Why is it, my brothers have multiple powers and my powers are limited?"

"Well, you were conceived when dad was mortal. Chris and I were conceived when dad was a whitelighter."

"Actually, from what the elders have said, when Melinda was conceived, your father may have been mortal but because he had been a whitelighter for so long, his whitelighter DNA became ingrained with his mortal DNA so Melinda inherited most of a whitelighter's standard powers plus your mom's freezing/blowing up power." Billie said remembering what Phoebe had told her.

"Wow, you remember all that?" Chris asked in astonishment.

"I've known your family a very long time, Chris. It only makes sense." Billie said with a smile.

"Can we go and summon Grams or Grandma now please? I'm dying to kick their spirits butts if we don't get straight answers from them." Melinda said as she started to head towards the stairs.

"Hey, wait up!" Chris cried as he jogged up the stairs after her. Catching up with her, he slung an arm around her shoulders. "You are too much like mom." Melinda laughed as they walked towards the second floor landing that led to the attic. Downstairs, Wyatt rolled his eyes and led Billie up the stairs towards the attic.

By the time the pair reached the attic, Chris and Melinda had already set up the candles in the circle and had the found spell that they needed. Billie went to sit over in a dusty old armchair while Wyatt lit the candles before going over to join his brother and sister.

"Ready?" Melinda asked her eyes still on the book.

"Ready." Her brothers chorused together.

"Hear these words,

Hear my cry,

Spirit from the other side,

Come to me,

I summon thee,

Cross now the great divide"

Billie watched on proudly as the three kids that she thought of as her niece and nephews, worked together in summoning the spirit of either their grandmother or their great-grandmother.

There was a swirl of bright light and Patty appeared. A look of triumph crossed Melinda's face and she held out her hand to Chris who sighed in defeat and handed over ten dollars. She mouthed her thanks to him; ignoring the dirty look he was giving her before she pocketed the cash in the back pocket of her jeans.

"Chris? Mel? Wyatt?" Patty questioned. Her grandchildren nodded before she looked over in the direction of Billie. "Billie?" Billie struggled to get to her feet but nodded nonetheless.

"We need to ask you something." Wyatt said hesitantly.

Patty stepped out of the circle of candles and became solid. "Anything, dear."

"You might find us crazy, but we think we're Charmed." Wyatt watched his grandmother's face for any change in emotion. When her face didn't change, he waited until she finally spoke.

"That's wonderful!" Wyatt's face turned to total disbelief.

"What? You're happy that we're Charmed?" He exchanged looks with Chris who was equally as stunned.

"Grams and Prue have been betting on you three becoming Charmed." Patty told them. Her three oldest grandchildren looked at each other.

"What does that have to do with anything?" Chris asked, trying not to lose his temper.

"Oh, right, sorry. This is a very good thing," Patty told them gently. "Why are you so concerned?"

"We have no idea how we got our new powers, Grandma and to tell you the truth," Melinda paused and looked at her brothers before turning her gaze back to Patty. "It's really starting to scare us."

"Before we draw any conclusions on how scary your new powers are, tell me, when did you trigger them?" There was a moment of silence before finally, Melinda spoke her concerns about her new power.

"Well, it was Chris who told me to blow up a darklighter and I did. I never expected it to work." The teenager's voice trembled in fear. She remembered the story Phoebe had told her about her mother accidentally blowing up various kitchen appliances and a watermelon in the early days when they had received their powers. She had decided to leave out the Magic School bit.

"But it did, I'm proud that my oldest granddaughter has my power. It's a three-generation running streak now. First me then Piper now you, oh I couldn't have been more prouder," Patty said. If she were alive she would have cried. "Alright, Chris what about you?"

"I have Aunt Phoebe's premonitions. I don't know how. The future me didn't have it." Chris said in puzzlement. He had heard the stories of his future self appearing to prevent a then baby Wyatt from turning evil.

"Maybe, that version of yourself just didn't realise he had the power of premonition." Patty suggested.

"Doesn't seem logical, I mean, remember what Aunt Phoebe told us?" Wyatt asked. "When she first received her power, she couldn't call upon them at will. They only came to her when she touched something at random. Maybe it was same for future you. Maybe it was something that he – I mean, you – decided not to tell mom and her sisters." Chris considered it.

"Maybe."

"Well, Wyatt, that leaves telekinesis. You've always known you had it. Is it any more powerful then normal?"

Wyatt turned and focused on the vase of dead flowers that was sitting on a nearby shelf. He raised one hand and the vase went flying across the room.

"Mel." Chris said, tapping Melinda on the shoulder. She raised both her hands at the same time and the vase froze in midair. Chris walked across the room and grabbed the vase, took the flowers out and gestured for Melinda to freeze the flowers. Wyatt gave him a confused look.

"Mom's favourite vase." Chris told him simply. Wyatt nodded.

"Amazing control." Patty said in amazement.

"We did come into our powers from a young age." Wyatt smiled.

"You did, Mel and I didn't." Chris scoffed.

"You were like what, two when you came into your powers?" Wyatt asked Chris.

"You didn't come into your powers at all. You could use your powers from the womb." Chris said stiffly.

"Guys…"

"Like Aunt Phoebe." Wyatt said brightly. From where they were standing, Patty and Billie watched the exchange between the brothers with their sister stuck in the middle.

"Yeah coming from the guy who cheated at Candy Land." Chris retorted.

"I was three. You have never let me live it down."

"GUYS!" Melinda shouted. Wyatt and Chris went quiet and turned to see the angry look on her face. "Give it a rest will you? Its not all about you two." Melinda then turned to their grandmother. "Grandma, what do you think happened? How did we trigger these powers?" Patty stood thoughtful for a moment.

"I'm not sure. I remember when your mother and your aunts, before Piper and Phoebe discovered Paige was their sister, Phoebe read from the Book of Shadows. If I remember correctly, the spell she read was called the Trinus Dominus spell. You've probably heard of it," Patty paused for a moment as she watched her grandchildren nod. Billie had returned to her armchair. "I know this might sound like I'm siding the elders, but from what they have said, if you three or Phoebe's girls possess the power of three, it would come natural meaning that there would be no need to recite the spell and they also said that your powers would only be triggered if evil got the upper hand again and from what I've witnessed from the spirit world, it looks like evil has gotten the upper hand."

The trio was stunned. Was what Patty was saying true? Or was she only trying to make them feel better?

"Well now what?" Melinda asked after a long period of silence.

"We take on mom and her sisters' fight." Chris said, looking from Wyatt to Melinda and to Patty. From where she was sitting, Billie beamed with pride. Patty grinned.

"Well, I must be going. Your great-grandmother will have a fit if I'm not back soon." Embracing her grandchildren and Billie, Patty said her goodbyes before walking back into the circle of candles and disappearing back into the underworld.

"You made a bold move." Billie said, breaking the awkward silence.

"Did we?" Chris said his eyes still on the circle of candles.

"You did and I think your parents will be very proud of you." Chris and Wyatt turned to see Billie beaming up at them. They returned the smile. They then turned to Melinda who was watching them from behind the Book of Shadows. There were no words to describe how they were feeling. They knew that it was their turn to continue their family legacy.

Later that night, Melinda lay in bed with a book in her hands. At the sound of knocking on the door of her room, she looked up to see Chris standing in the doorway.

"Hey." she said as she put her book down.

"Hey," he replied as he walked into the room and sat down on the edge of the bed. "We've had an exciting afternoon haven't we?" he placed a hand on her knee.

"Yeah we have. I never expected you to get Aunt Phoebe's power of premonition." Chris chuckled.

"To tell you the truth, neither did I. I think I aimed a little too high. I was hoping for mom's power but…" he shrugged. "Wasn't meant to be, I suppose."

"You're lucky," Melinda said, Chris kept his eyes on her. "You have two of three Warren powers. I only have one."

"Oh Mel," Chris sighed. "Wyatt only has one."

"Yeah but he's the most powerful male witch to have ever lived and not to mention he's the first male to be born in generations in our family."

"Actually, he's the only male witch to have been born into our family, ever. I checked the family records and I can find no male witches in our family. All the Warren Witches were female and each was more powerful then the previous one. Cassandra Warren was more powerful then her mother Prudence and Prudence was more powerful her own mother, Melinda, your namesake."

"Partial namesake." Melinda corrected.

"Okay then, partial namesake," Chris said with a smirk. He leaned forward and kissed her forehead. "Alright, get some sleep. I'll come and get you from school tomorrow. Perhaps we can spend the afternoon together, like we use to and then we'll join Wyatt at Magic School for dinner with Billie. How does that sound?"

"Sounds good." Melinda smiled at her favourite brother. She held up her arms for Chris to hug her. He knew he couldn't deny her one last request so he wrapped her in a tight hug. "I love you so much Chris."

"I love you too sis. Now, go to sleep or I will have to wake Wyatt up and you don't what to see Wyatt when he's half-asleep, trust me. It's hideous." Chris got up and headed for the door.

"Chris," he stopped and turned to face her. "What have we gotten ourselves into?"

Chris smiled as he acknowledged her for the final time that night. "We've become Charmed." With that, he flicked a finger and the lights in Melinda's room went out before he disappeared out the door.

Melinda sat up for a moment pondering over everything that had happened that afternoon. Billie's visit, the darklighter attack at Magic School, the triggering of the three Warren powers, Melinda could feel herself going stir crazy. Lying down, she closed her eyes and felt herself drifting into the world of dreams.

NEXT TIME: The morning after the Halliwell siblings become charmed, they get the surprise of their lives when they receive unexpected inklings while Billie reveals why she has decided to pay the siblings a visit.

To be Continued...