The Hellhound lunged at me, but Annabeth stabbed it before it could reach me. I saw lightning somewhere off to my left. Thalia was fighting a group of five dracaena.
"Percy! You okay, man?" Nico yelled.
"I'm okay," I said.
Annabeth ran closer to me and put out her hand. I grabbed her hand and she helped me up. I groaned when I stood up. Thalia had finished the dracaena, so I went to where I heard Nico. His skeleton warriors were fighting off the Nemean Lion.
"Thalia! Annabeth! We need your help!" I called out.
"Why would you need our help kelp face?" Thalia asked walking up with Annabeth next to her.
She stopped when she saw the Nemean Lion.
"How are we going to..." She trailed off.
"Percy! The sandwiches!" Nico said.
"Huh?" I asked.
"Feed him those nasty sandwiches you made!" Nico said.
I started grumbling, but I took them out. I threw one at the Lion and he ate it. I threw him three more and he started gagging. Thalia and Annabeth shot multiple arrows that landed in his maw. He exploded into dust. I scowled.
"Better he ate them than us," Nico said.
I glared at him.
"Come on. We should be close to San Francisco by now," Annabeth said, wiping some hair behind her ear.
Melinda's Pov
"Wyatt Matthew Halliwell! Come down here right now!" I heard mom yell.
"Ooooh! You're in trouble now Wy," I teased.
"Shut it Mel," He snapped.
He walked into the living room where I'm guessing mom found the mess Wyatt made when he got mad.
"That was one of my favorite vases!" I heard mom yell.
I started giggling. Chris walked into the kitchen and saw the look on my face.
"What's so funny?" He asked.
I pointed to the living room. He looked confused and went into the living room.
"Go back into the kitchen Chris!" Mom yelled.
Chris scrambled back into the kitchen.
"You set me up," He said.
"I, little innocent Melinda Halliwell, set up the almighty Chris Halliwell? I don't think so," I said in an innocent voice.
"Ha ha. Very funny," He said.
I had two brothers, Wyatt and Chris. Wyatt was 18, Chris was 17, and I was 14. Our mom was Piper Halliwell. She married our dad, Leo Wyatt. Mom and her sisters, my aunts Phoebe and Paige, were the Charmed Ones.
Aunt Phoebe married Coop, a cupid, and had my three cousins, Prudence, Penelope, and Patience. We called Prudence her nickname Prue, we called Penelope her nickname Penny, and we called Patience by her normal name.
My Aunt Paige had married Henry, a mortal, and had a son and twin daughters. My other set of cousins. Henry Jr., Patricia, and Payton. Patricia's nickname was Patty, and Payton's nickname was Pay.
"So are Prue and Penny coming over again today?" I asked.
"No one today. But everyone is coming tomorrow. That's what mom said," Chris said.
The yelling in the other room stopped and mom came in.
"I'm going to the restaurant. Be good. Melinda, watch your brothers. Everyone will be here tomorrow, so don't ruin my house," She said.
She grabbed her keys and walked out the back door. I went out into the living room. Wyatt was standing there.
"Let the object of objection become but a dream, as I cause the scene to be unseen," Wyatt said.
Immediately, the room turned to its normal state.
"Wyatt!" I said.
He turned around and sighed.
"Are you going to tell mom?" He asked.
"Just change that vase for a different one. If you left it there, she would now if you used magic to fix it," I said.
He ran off to find another vase.
Wyatt and Chris are half Witch, and half Whitelighter. Like Aunt Paige. My dad had been turned human before... anyway, I'm a witch. My powers are Telekinesis, Molecular Combustion (Blowing Things Up), Freezing Time, and Astral Projection.
Wyatt's powers are Orbing, Healing, Telekinetic Orbing, Sensing, Telekinesis, Astral Projection, Molecular Combustion (Blowing Things Up), Freezing Time, Levitation, Force Field, Conjuring, Fire-starting, Energy Balls, Energy Blasts, and Premonitions. He's more powerful than me and Chris.
Chris' powers are Telekinesis, Orbing, Telekinetic Orbing, Sensing, Healing, Molecular Combustion (Blowing Things Up), Freezing Time, and Astral Projection. We had a lot of the same powers. Chris, Wyatt, and I were the new power of three.
Once Patience, Henry, Patty, and Payton were older, we would be unstoppable. Just imagine what the demons face would look like when he saw me, Wyatt, Chris, Prue, Penny, Patience, Henry, Patty, and Payton show up to kill him.
"So Mel, Wy and I were wondering if you wanted to practice with us today," Chris said.
My eyes lit up. They never let me practice with them.
"Really?" I asked.
He nodded. About an hour later, we were out in the woods somewhere.
"Okay, we're going to spread out in the woods. It's every witch for themselves," Wyatt said, looking at Chris with a grin.
"GO!" Chris yelled.
I ran back for about five minutes. I turned around and hid behind a tree. I slowly went from tree to tree until I reached the spot we started at. I cursed to myself. They left me here. I'm out in the middle of the woods somewhere in California, and I can't orb. They are so dead. There was no way home.
"WYATT! CHRIS!" I yelled.
No answer. Ugh. I heard a twig snap. I turned around with my hands up and froze. There were four kids. One of the boys had black hair and sea green eyes. The other boy had black hair and black eyes. One of the girls had blond hair and gray eyes. The last girl had black hair and electric blue eyes. I backed up and hid behind another tree. I unfroze them.
"Where did the girl go?" The sea green eyed boy asked his friends.
"Annabeth, go look around," The blue eyed girl told the blond one.
The blond one, Annabeth, nodded. She ran and went behind a tree and disappeared. The others started to set up camp. The sea green eyed bot looked about 18. So did the blond, who was still nowhere to be seen. The black haired girl looked about 16. The black eyed one looked the youngest. He looked about 14. My age.
"So you quit the Hunters?" The youngest asked the blue eyed girl.
"No, Nico. Lady Artemis is allowing me a break. I'm only here for this quest," She answered.
"Who are you?" A voice asked from behind me.
I turned around, but I couldn't see anybody. The blond suddenly appeared, holding a Yankees cap. The other three came over to where I was and surrounded.
"Who are you," The blue eyed girl asked.
I froze them and started running. I could hear them unfreeze and run after me.
"Hey! Wait!" They yelled.
Suddenly, the youngest, Nico, stepped out of a shadow. I screamed and froze him. I couldn't keep this up. The rest of them stopped when they saw Nico, I think, frozen. It wore off when I got farther away. I tripped and fell. My leg had a big gash in it now, so I couldn't run. I crawled behind a tree.
"Wyatt. Chris. Please. I'm hurt," I whispered.
Chris orbed next to me.
"Mel!" He said surprised.
"Take me home. Now," I said.
"I should heal you first," He said.
"Home, now. I'm being followed," I said.
He held onto me and orbed me home. When we orbed into the living room, my mother stood there yelling at Wyatt.
"Melinda!" She yelled, relieved that I was okay.
"Mom!" I said, happy to see her.
"Heal her. Now," She snapped at my brothers.
Wyatt knelt down and healed my leg. I stood up and went up the stairs to my room.
Percy's Pov
We were walking through the woods when we saw this girl standing there. She had brown hair and brown eyes. When she saw us, her hands went up and she disappeared. (AN: To Percy and his friends, it would be like she disappeared. She froze them.)
"Where did the girl go?" I asked.
"Annabeth, go look around," Thalia told her.
She nodded and went behind a tree to put her invisibility cap on. The rest of us started to put up camp. We wouldn't find a better campsite than this.
"So you quit the Hunters?" Nico asked Thalia
"No, Nico. Lady Artemis is allowing me a break. I'm only here for this quest," She answered.
There was an awkward pause.
"Who are you?" I heard Annabeth ask.
I turned to where her voice came from and saw the girl. We all ran over and surrounded her.
"Who are you?" Thalia asked.
She made the little hand movement and disappeared again. I saw her running so we followed her.
"Hey! Wait!" Nico yelled.
He stopped and shadow travel, but we kept running. Nico appeared in front of her and she screamed. Her hands went up again, but this time we saw her run. Nico had stopped for some reason. When we made it to Nico, he wasn't moving. He was standing there. Like he was frozen.
He unfroze and looked at us confused. We ran farther and found a small trail of blood. She must have fallen. We followed the trail to a tree. It stopped there. Weird.
Melinda's Pov
I looked horrible. I had pine needles in my hair, I had little scratches on my face, and I had stupid tree sap on my arm. I took shower and put some clothes on. I went downstairs and glared at my brothers.
"Look Mel-" Chris started.
"Heal my face," I said.
Chris stepped up and put his glowing hand on my face. The scratches were gone.
"We're really sorry. We didn't think that anyone would be out there," Wyatt said.
"You have to orb me where ever I want whenever I want," I said.
They groaned, but my mom cleared her throat.
"Fine," They said together.
My mom's eyes widened she pushed Wyatt and Chris to the ground.
"Melinda!" She yelled.
I was pushed to the ground. There was a darklighter above me. He shot me in the leg, but looked confused after.
"I'm not a whitelighter you idiot," I snapped, but it still burned.
"Orb out now!" Mom said to Chris and Wyatt.
They orbed out and mom blew the darklighter up. Chris and Wyatt orbed back and dad ran in the room.
"Is everyone okay?" He asked.
Wyatt was about to grab the arrow when mom pushed him back.
"You're a whitelighter. Don't touch that," She said.
Dad came over and pulled the arrow out. I winced.
"You okay, Mel?" Chris asked.
"It just hurts a little," I replied.
"I'm still really sorry about leaving you in the woods," He said.
"Woods?" Dad asked.
I looked sweetly to Wyatt and Chris, as if telling them 'Say it'.
"We, um, sort of tricked Mel into, uh, training with us," Chris said.
"Then what happened?" Dad asked.
"Well, uh, the tricked part is that we, um, left her there," Wyatt finished.
"What?" Dad yelled.
"We brought her back!" Chris said.
"But I was hurt and was being followed!" I said.
"Chris, Wyatt, go upstairs please," Mom said.
They practically ran out of there.
"Melinda, why don't you go tell... Chris to send you to see Prue, Penny, and Patience. Be back by eight. Be safe. I love you," She said.
"Love you too mom. And you dad!" I said, giving them both kisses on the cheek.
I ran up to Chris' room.
"You have to orb me to Aunt Phoebe's house," I said.
"Who said?" He asked.
"Mom," I said.
"Fine," He muttered.
I held onto his hand as we orbed.
"See ya later!" I said.
He nodded and orbed out.
"Hello?" I asked.
Silence.
"Hello?" I asked again.
"Melinda!" I heard a voice yell.
I was soon hugging my 12 year old cousin Patience.
"Patience! How are you?" I asked.
"Good! Prue and Penny need your help," She said.
"Where are they honey?" I asked.
"Attic," She said.
I ran up the stairs and heard her following me.
"Go get your mom. Fast," I said.
She nodded and used her cupid power to transport. I kept running and heard someone scream. I finally made it to the attic to see Prue checking on Penny. The demon was closing in on them, but I blew him up. Prue looked up and saw me.
"Mel! You saved us!" She said.
"It's our job to look after each other. Wyatt! Chris!" I called.
My brothers appeared. Wyatt healed Prue and Chris healed Penny. She woke up and gave us each a hug.
"Prue? Penny?" My Aunt Phoebe asked coming up the stairs.
When she came up and saw us she looked happy and relieved.
"Wyatt! Chris! Melinda! What are you guys doing here?" She asked.
I told her the story about what Wyatt and Chris did.
"I hope your mom and dad yelled at you enough," Aunt Phoebe said.
"Trust me, he did," I snickered.
"So what did these people that were chasing you look like?" Prue asked.
"There was a boy with black hair and Sea green eyes that looked about 18, a girl that had blond hair and gray eyes that looked-" But I was interrupted.
"Gray eyes?" Chris asked.
"Yeah. There was another girl with black hair and electric blue eyes, and lastly," I sighed, "There was a boy with black hair and black eyes. He was my age."
"Let's forget them. So, are you going to go to our school?" Prue asked.
"If my mom lets me," I said, looking at Aunt Phoebe.
"I'll talk to her," Aunt Phoebe said.
"Thank you so much! I have to go. See you guys at school!" I said.
Chris and Wyatt both stood next to me and we orbed back to the manor.
Percy's Pov
"Dude, you're not going to find her," I told Nico.
"She just disappeared," Nico said, looking at the ground.
"Yeah, but we're on vacation! Relax," I sighed.
"Wrong Kelp Face," Thalia said.
"Thalia's right. Chiron said that there was a lot of magic at work in San Francisco. After we figure that out, we can have vacation," Annabeth said.
A thought dawned on me.
"What if it's her," I said.
They all looked at me funny.
"What if she's one of the people who's been using the magic? She did freeze Nico," I said.
"You might be on to something Percy, but until we know for sure, we're going to school!" Annabeth said cheerily.
Nico and I groaned.
My first chapter! Please review! Thanks.
