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"Wy!"

Wyatt jumped at the call of his name and headed for the attic, two steps at a time. Bursting into the doors, he saw his younger brother repeatedly making a shoving gesture at the demon who was approaching him and the terrified girl hiding behind his legs. Across the room, Melinda's head was bleeding, but she tried to freeze and blast the demon.

Lifting up his hands, Wyatt sent an energy wave at the demon. To his satisfaction, it worked. Chris immediately turned to the frightened Patience, while Wyatt headed over to Melinda. Pulling her to her feet, he started to heal her head as he asked, "Are you all right?"

Blowing a piece of hair out of her face irritably, Melinda scowled and said, "I hate demons. I really do. And now I have to rewrite my family tree for school!"

Wyatt raised one eyebrow and pointed out, "We already have a family tree, Mel."

Crossing her arms, she muttered sourly, "It's wrong."

"What do you mean it's wrong?"

Throwing up her hands, she marched over to the untouched table and jabbed a finger at the long paper on the top. "Look! It's wrong!"

Looking confused, he peered over her to shoulder. Feeling worried in the face of his sister's anger, he asked timidly, "How?"

Sighing, she pointed at a name residing near Gram's. "It says that Grams had a brother name Gordon Johnson."

Blinking in surprise, he asked, "She did?"

Melinda rolled her eyes and said, "No, she didn't. That's the point! Ugh, just start at the top of the family tree."

Reading off, he said, "Okay, Charlotte Warren and Lawrence Cutler had a daughter named Melinda Warren. That's right."

Nodding quickly, she agreed, "That part is, yeah. However, this is where it gets messed up. Melinda Warren is said to have two children, Prudence and Beauford Warren."

Wyatt frowned and said, "But Grams said that I was the first male Halliwell."

Melinda said, "You are."

"Okay, I'm confused."

Smirking, she teased, "When aren't you?"

He whined, "Mel!"

Laughing, she said, "Okay, okay. Beauford Warren never existed. However, it's through his descendants that I can trace Brianna Bowen back to."

Chris, who'd been listening intently, pointed out, "That's impossible. Our family has always been carried on through women, that's largely the reason it's Mom as the Halliwell Matriarch now. If she wasn't, it would automatically go to the most powerful or oldest male in the family."

Melinda started to respond, but paused and asked, "Where's Patience?"

Shrugging, he said, "Sent her home. Peyton made sure that she was at Aunt Pheebs."

Nodding, she responded to his point, "You're right though. The Halliwell coven has always been led by women. Although in the future, you two will probably lead it, but not the point. This thing is seriously inaccurate. I would show you the real family tree, but the stupid demon burned it!"

She glared at the scorch mark on the floor. Chris grinned and said, "Well, luckily for you, I had the same project back two years ago for class and I still have the tree saved on my computer."

He exited the attic and his siblings followed him. Chris entered his bedroom first and sat down at his desk. Melinda raised one eyebrow and said, "You fail at being a teenager."

It wasn't neat and tidy, per say, but it definitely had reason and a method to its madness. Kind of like Chris, she reflected. Picking up a glass vial, she swished it around curiously. Behind her, Chris snorted and said, "Being a teenager doesn't mean my room has to look like a tornado went through it. And I wouldn't mess with that if I were you. It's something Charlie and I were working on."

Immediately putting it down, she backed up a step. If it was something Chris and Charlotte had been working on, it was likely to blow up in her fact. Literally. A triumphant noise made her turn.

Peering over her older brother's shoulder with Wyatt, she asked, "Is this accurate?"

Chris rolled his eyes and said, "Mel, this damn thing took me two months to make. It was a pain in the ass, I swear. Files and papers gave me most of it, but with what was missing, I summoned a few spirits. And yes, I double checked with them, I'm not an idiot."

Wyatt asked in amusement, "You used Family Echo?"

"It's free, I could make more than one to keep it straight, and could even include information about their powers and stuff. Hell, yeah, I used Family Echo."

"Wait, powers?"

Wyatt double checked when Melinda didn't seem surprised about the power mention. She asked, "Oh, I didn't tell you? It's for Magic School, tracing back the first witch in our family. The power mention was extra credit, but I didn't do it, because I don't have access to any records with that stuff."

"Oh."

Doing something on the keyboard, Chris said, "Okay, so pretty much everything after Melinda Warren was screwed up, until you got to Mom and the aunts. This is the real information for the family tree."

Peering over her shoulder, she mouthed to herself before hugging his neck. "Thank you! Now I don't have to rewrite my report!"

Chuckling, he hit the print button and said, "I mean, you still have to rewrite the essay about our family, but only if you plan on turning it in. It is extra credit."

Wyatt asked, "What class is this for? I don't remember doing this project."

Closing his laptop, Chris answered, "Magical Families. You took it, but one, you didn't pay any attention in class, and two, Ms. Ramen is the one who assigned it and she wasn't at Magic School when you took it. It's an interesting project though."

"What are you kids doing?"

Piper raised one eyebrow at her three children. Their faces lit up and Melinda and Chris rushed to hug her. "Mom!"

Wyatt waited until his two younger siblings were done, before embracing his mother. He asked, "When did you get back? I thought you were out of state for something about the restaurant."

Smiling, she nodded and said, "I was, but it was done quicker than I thought. Now, what were you three doing?"

Opening his laptop again, Chris pulled up the family tree as Melinda explained, "I had a family tree project for Magical Families and the official one is really wrong. Chris had the same project a few years ago and his is actually accurate."

Running her eyes over the computer screen, Piper nodded. "I remember that. I never did manage to give you the family tree for your project, Paige and I were always running around trying to find those damned vampires."

"We should fix that tree. Family's important, after all."

Piper smiled and walked up to the man in Magic School robes. "Of course it is."

She kissed Leo, before turning back to her children. Leo wrapped her arms around her waist and rested his chin on her shoulder. They watched contently as Chris tried to explain something about whatever he was talking about to Wyatt, as Melinda messed with him.

It had been a long road to get here, but Piper loved every moment of it. It had gifted with another sister, her husband, her three children, her nieces and nephews, not to mention, her extended and unofficial family. It took sacrifices, but it always worked out in the end. Just likes always.


I don't even know. Guys, like, what?! This was supposed to be a short drabble to post my new Charmed drabble/oneshot collection and it became this. Don't ask, because I have no idea what happened. Anyways, I actually do have a family tree for the Halliwell family on Family Echo, so if you'd like to see it, just message me. The family tree is seriously screwed up and totally wrong, which was frustrating to me, because I don't know? This entire one shot if filled with I don't even know. Just, no idea. In case you're wondering why I'm staring a new Charmed one shot collection, it's because the Nightly Adventures only refers to the boys at night. This is for all the Halliwell Children and possibly even their ancestors and such. Soo, please give me a prompt in the lovely review box below and I will see you guys soon! Byeeeee!