A/N: Thanks again for all the reviews, story alerts and adding to favorite story. Finally this chapter is published, I have it finished for a while, but I couldn't upload it, because of some stupid error. I will try to update once a week from now.
Billie/Melinda, if I'm writing from Melinda's point of view I'm calling her Melinda, if I'm writing from somebody else view I'm calling her Billie.
This chapter still follows most of the storyline, but from next chapter bigger changes are going to happen.
I had a lot of fun writing this chapter and the little fight. I hope you like it too.
Enjoy!
Run Piper Run
Boring, Paige got Melinda stuck in the attic studying the book and all she could think of was how boring this was. She didn't come back for this, she had more important things to do. Besides she already knew the book from the inside out. She wanted to practice some real magic, go fight some demons.
"This is so boring
Do something to make Paige worrying"
An eruption blew Melinda a few feet to the attic, where she landed on the couch. All kind of stuff fell down, books were flying through the air and she heard Paige's footsteps on the stairs running up. Success.
"What happened?"
"I don't know. I was just … reading."
"Were you reading out loud?"
"Yeah, I read out loud." Great she even makes up excuses for me. Like there is a spell to make your attic go poof. That is more something you find in my Book of Shadows.
"That is casting spells and that is how things go poof." Paige started to clean up some of the books and handed them to her. "Now you've to clean up this."
"Can't we just do a spell?" Good work, you just sound like a new witch. Now Paige is probably going to give you the personal gain speech. Bored again. She picked up the stuff and cleaned up the attic, while pretending to listen to Paige, who indeed went on and on about personal gain. "Okay, cleaned. When can we go fight demons?"
"Did you even listen to me?" Melinda nodded. "Well then you know you're not going to fight any demons. Yet. First you need the know the basics. So you go study the book, without reading out loud.
"Come on, it's boring. Can't we just practice our powers, a little telekinetic contest?"
"You've to take this serious Billie. Because as long as you don't do that, you won't learn anything. I know it's fun, the magic the spells. I went through the same thing not so long ago, but it's real, deadly real."
"You can't use an adverb with a noun." Great know you sound like a little-miss-knows-it-all.
"Just learn from the book okay. I've to go. I'm meeting Piper and Phoebe for lunch. And don't make any more stuff go poof, we have non-magical guest downstairs. Okay?"
"Okay," she said reluctant. Maybe I can work on my famous transportation potion once she has left.
"Okay," Paige said once more, before she left the house.
She wanted to wait a few minutes after Paige had left, but lost track of time, going to some stuff in the attic. Some things she remembered from her time, but most of it she didn't. Probably thrown out or destroyed by demons. After that she started collection the stuff she needed for the potion, but she missed a few ingredients. It was likely to be in the kitchen, but when she arrived there, she saw something very unlikely. Some strange woman, was trying to get her father's shirt out and he sort of tried to stop her. "Hey, what are you two doing?"
Leo obvious didn't know what to say, while the woman just glared at her. Angry that she interfered. "I go put a clean shirt on." Melinda's eyes shot to the sink, which was filled with water and an orange shirt. Leo passed by her, still with that stupid grin on his face.
"Who are you?"
"Who are you?" Melinda asked back, who the hell was this woman.
"You don't have to be such a bitch. I'm just a good friend," she said with the emphasis on the good."
"He doesn't need good friends like you." Melinda was walking forward and stood face to face with the woman. "I think it's time for you to leave."
"He already told me his relation was complicated, aren't you a little young."
Is she really suggesting I'm having a relationship with my father. Yuck. "I'm telling you to go away one more time." The anger was almost getting the better off her and she had to restrain herself from shouting. The tap started running and water from the sink spilled on the floor.
"Or what?" The woman asked giving her a little push. And she lost is. She pushed the woman back with a lot of force and she fell down on the floor. Melinda immediately jumped on her and hold her on the ground with her knees, while punching her in the face. She didn't see the other woman using her hand to splash water in her face and was momentarily blinded. Eve took her change and threw the young witch of her and sat on her.
Paige had the most unusual morning. She wanted to have a normal lunch with her sisters, but instead Piper got arrested. They had her confused with someone named Maya Holmes. Now she had to find in which magazine Piper found her picture, while Phoebe was on her work trying to get as much information as possible. But what was also unusual was to find Billie and one of those mothers fighting in the water. Billie was on top and Eve used her nails to draw blood of Billie's arm. She saw Billie trying to punch the woman again. Paige stepped in and grabbed Billie around her waist and tried the pull her away, but only succeed in giving Eve time to stand up and hit her again. Billie freed herself from Paige and hit the woman back even harder.
By this time Leo had finally returned with a clean shirt and saw the mess in front of him. He saw Paige trying to get a hold on Billie and immediately stepped in and grabbed Eve's hands and turned them behind her back.
"I think it's time you're going home. Don't forget your son." After Paige's words Leo let go of her hands and Eve gave Billie one last glare before turning on her heels, grabbing her kid and smashing the front door. "What was going on here?"
"She stared it," Billie said in her 'this is so unfair' voice. "And you better ask what was going on between him and her. She nearly ripped his shirt of him."
Paige looked at Leo, who once again had the stupid grin on his face, while his face was turning red. "Her son spilled ice cream on my shirt and she offered to wash it, and the shirt underneath. Billie luckily stopped her and I went to put on another shirt. When I came back you were already here."
"So what happened?"
"She assumed I was in a relation with Leo. I told her to leave and she started the fight."
"Okay. I actually don't even have time for this. Piper is in jail."
"Piper is in jail."
"Yes Leo, and if you've not been so busy flirting, ending in this fight, you would already know that. If got a picture to find. Billie put on some dry clothes and come to the attic."
It was then that Billie noticed that she was completely soaked. "But then I've to go back to college, that will take me some time."
"You go find the picture of Maya Holmes, I will find you some clothes. And you," she said turning to Leo, "you better clean up this mess, before your wife gets home."
Paige went upstairs and Billie searched the living room.
"The picture of Maya Holmes I'm looking for,
show me were Piper has seen it before."
A magazine flew towards her and opened on the right page. "Handy," commented Paige. She took the magazine from Billie and handed her the clothes and a towel. "Bathroom is the first door on the right."
"Thanks," was all Billie said before going upstairs to change.
After a quick shower, she had changed into a pair of jeans and a too big pink shirt, she went upstairs. Paige was scrying for Maya. Just pretend you know nothing about her. Otherwise you probably will spill future information. "Have you found her yet? Maybe I can try it on the laptop."
Just as she said those words the crystal dropped on the map. "That won't be necessary. Come on, we have a fugitive to catch." Melinda grabbed Paige's hand and the orbed into a hotel room. "You've to be careful."
"Come on, how dangerous can a model be?" The door flew open and Maya immediately attacked the two woman in her room. Paige ducked away and Melinda kicked her in the ribs, making the woman stumble backwards. Maya grabbed a gun, but before she could shoot, Paige orbed a lamp towards her. Maya was knocked unconscious.
She thinks you never seen a gun before, at least not pointed at you. Put on your scared face. "That was close."
"Fear, good. We're making progress."
Fear, please. We're witches, we don't have to fear one model with a gun. Whatever, at least Paige thinks I'm making progress.
They orbed back home with the unconscious Maya and Paige showed an orange prisoner outfit. "When you escape out of jail, you pick up some souvenirs."
"You were in jail." They never told me about that. But they also never told me about this little identity crisis.
"Just a few times, and we were always innocent. Sometimes it's just a bit suspicious if you're on to many crime scenes. Help me get her into this."
"Can't you just orb it on her."
"Maybe, I give it a try. Orange thing," she said while waving her hand to Maya. The outfit fitted Maya just fine. "Okay, so now I've to orb her to jail and Piper here."
"Why don't you use a spell for that. Isn't that handier? Something like
Piper looks like the Maya here,
Bring Piper here and Maya there."
Before Paige could say anything white lights surrounded Maya's body and she disappeared and within seconds Piper appeared between them.
"It worked," Melinda announced happily.
"What happened, what did you do?"
"We switched you with the real Maya Holmes."
"Oh, that's great. But she is innocent."
Piper had changed in some other clothes and was now sitting on the couch. She was just explaining why she knew that Maya was innocent, when Melinda walked in with cups of tea. She immediately noticed the bruises and the scratch marks. "What happened to you?"
Melinda's eyes shot from Leo to Paige and back to Piper. Luckily Paige came to the rescue. "That's not important. Important is to prove Maya's innocent."
"And for that you've to put me back in jail, so the real Maya can you tell what she got on him."
"But we can't orb you back. It might risk exposure, especially since you've a roommate."
"You can drive there, ask to speak to the real Maya and then when nobody is watching, you can orb them."
"Why are you talking, like you're not there?" Piper questioned Phoebe.
"Well I've an earthquake to stop. The premonition remember, otherwise Dex lifework will be destroyed and we will miss our moment. How can I marry a guy, without a moment."
Dex ,Dex and Dex, that was practically all she talked about and I only knew her for a few days. I already hated the guy, and I've never met him. Besides I liked my uncle Coop much better, than some stupid Dex. "How are you going to stop an earthquake. Wouldn't it be better if you went with them?" And stay away from him.
"Why don't you go learn upstairs," Paige suggested.
"What, why?"
"Please Billie."
"Fine, just like living at home again." Always send away if they're going to discuss anything important.
"You're okay with it, if I'm going to Dex, right?"
"You do what you've to do. We call you when we need you. I go put on some better shoes to drive and get Billie. The three of us will go to the police station." Phoebe left to go to Dex and Paige went upstairs, leaving only Piper and Leo behind.
"So what happened to Billie?" But before Leo could think of an answer the doorbell rang. "I'll get that." Piper stood up and Leo followed her.
An angry man marched into the house, lifting his fist to hit Leo. "You the dirtbag hitting on my wife." Piper froze him just in time. "What's going on?"
"I don't know. I didn't do anything. It was Eve."
"Really, I know Eve, you've must done something to encourage her."
"She might have been under the impression I was single. We're not even wearing our wedding rings."
"Go stand back on your place. I've to go to jail."
"You're enjoying this aren't you." Leo went to stand back where he stood, and waited to be hit by Carl. Piper unfroze the scene and after Carl hit Leo she made him leave.
"Should we have send Billie in there?" Piper questioned their decision.
"Yes, she is here to help us."
"With demons, not with the police." Billie interrupted the conversation.
"Bad news, she isn't there. She is released in Nance custody."
"Nance, why?"
"So he can shut her up. Orb us there now." Paige took Pipers hand and orbed away.
They were just on time to see Nance pushing Maya of the balcony. "Alley, orb, orb" Piper whispered to Paige. Just when they arrived in the alley they saw Maya coming, instantly Piper froze the whole alley. "Hurry, the mattress." Paige didn't need many words and orbed the mattress, which coincidentally was lying on a dumpster, beneath Maya.
"What if this doesn't work?"
"Then it was a bad idea," while talking unfreezing the scene. Maya fell hard on the mattress.
"Where am I?"
"You're dead. Let's go." Piper just felt like the Angel of Death again, saying that. Making sure that nobody had seen them, they orbed back to the Manor.
Melinda handed Maya a cup of tea. The sisters had gone up to the attic, to discuss the situation and Leo was putting the boys to bed. So she was left to babysit Maya. "Here this will make you feel better." Cause one cup of tea and you will totally forget that somebody just tried to kill you.
"I just … I still don't understand. I mean I've never heard of –"
"Witches? Oh come on, sure you have. It's like WitchWars." Stupid, stupid, stupid, when was that movie released 2022. There must be another movie you know, a really old movie with witches. "Or the Wizard of Oz, except we're not wicked. You've seen the wizard of Oz, right?" Maybe know I'm to ancient.
"Yeah, of course, but I never thought witches were real."
"Real enough to save you."
"You actually seem more like guardian angels to me."
"Well, never forget you said that." But Melinda already knew Maya wouldn't.
"Sorry, I kicked you in the face."
"Well, I'm sorry you almost got killed.
"He's not gone stop coming after me you know. Walter is crazy, obsessed. He thinks I betrayed him, but I didn't. The only crime I committed was leaving him for a younger man. He can't stand the fact that he's getting older. He's like paranoid about it. He does everything he can to pretend it's not happening. He even has a manicurist coming over every night."
"You stay right here, I've something to discuss with the siste—the cousins."
Melinda ran up the stairs and tried to talk to the sisters. Just like good old time, never listen to me. What do I know after all. "OR YOU CAN TRY LISTENING TO ME!" Yelling stills work apparently."Thank you. I've been talking to Maya and she has told me something really interesting. Nance is really scared to look old."
"So," Piper asked curious and a little impatient.
"So, I thought we could scare him into a confession. Didn't you scare somebody in confessing again."
"Yes, but we had a ghost that time."
"But we can make Nance think he is seeing a ghost."
Making Nance confess went easily, especially after Maya pushed him of the balcony. Phoebe went off to see Dex. Paige, Piper and Leo were off to P3 and she was asked to babysit the boys. It was more easier. This was the moment, doing what she came to do. The boys were in their room, Chris was already sleeping and Wyatt was dozing off. She grabbed her athame from her booth and hold it in her hands. "Come on Mel, you can do this. Just think of what he is going to do." But you can't, it is a baby. He didn't do anything wrong yet. No, no, don't think like that. It's easier know that he is so young."Who am I kidding I can't do this." She put the athame back in the booth and went to the attic.
If I'm going to stay here longer, I better make up a real identity. Where is that spell that the sisters used. She flipped through the book, until she found the spell. After a few changes, she wrote down her everything about her alias Billie Jenkins and said the spell.
I call upon the Ancient Powers,
To mask me now and in future hours.
Hide me well and thoroughly,
Even from those I call family.
Piper and Leo quietly opened the door. Paige had orbed back to the police station to pick-up the car, that was still there. She was surprised not to see Billie downstairs. She went upstairs to find the boys vast a sleep, but still no seen from the blond. Assuming that she was still in the attic reading the book, she walked further. Billie was indeed upstairs, sleeping on the couch. The book next to her on the ground. Piper picked up the book and placed it on the standard, after which she took a blanket and covered the young witch. Going back to the bedroom, she softly closed the door. "You've still not told me what happened to Billie?" Leo's face turned red, when he finally told Piper the events of the day.
