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Chapter 12: A Charmed Covenant

Mel woke up early the morning after. She lay in bed, thinking about what had happened. She had almost taken over the Underworld, she had taken possession of her mom's and aunts' powers…she had been willing to kill Tyler to keep him from turning her back to good. That was the bad and it was majorly bad. Now for the good: Tyler had saved her and her brothers and because of her heightened emotions and her love for Tyler, she had gained two new powers: empathy and, like her mom, an advancement of her original power. She could now blow things up as well as freeze them, so that was pretty cool. And she was completely in love with an amazing guy.

She grabbed her phone off of the table by her bed and flipped it open. Scrolling to the calendar, she sat straight up and looked at her alarm clock. She was late! Flipping her blue comforter off of her body and onto the floor, she jumped on and yanked on some clean clothes, barely thinking about matching them. Luckily she ended up with blue jeans and a plain black shirt. She ran a brush through her hair quickly and then ran out of the room, bumping into Chris on her way to the bathroom.

"Aren't you late?" he asked.

"Uh, yeah! Kinda why I'm in a rush!" She slammed the door shut on her brother and quickly brushed her teeth. Shoving the door open again, catching Chris by surprise, Mel rand down the stairs and into the kitchen. Piper looked up from the newspaper, a cup of coffee cupped in her hands. "You're late," she said, raising her eyebrows. "I was beginning to think you'd forgotten."

"No way! I mean, this is the most important day of the year…at least for me. But, are we still doing something? I mean, aren't I grounded?"

"Yes, you and your brothers are both grounded, even though the three of you are adults, so technically we can't really ground you but since you still live here, you follow our rules. So we'll start your punishment tomorrow." Mel laughed. This was something she had heard pretty often once Wyatt and Chris turned eighteen. She turned around to see her dad in the doorway, still wearing rumpled pajamas. "After all, it's a holiday and you shouldn't be punished." He walked over to Mel and she smiled at him, perfectly calm on the outside, cheering on the inside. He dropped a kiss on her head, "Happy Birthday."

"Thanks, Dad. So then, are we still having the party?"

"Of course we are. The family has been all invited and everyone is coming. The normal cake?" Piper asked. She knew her children well. Wyatt liked vanilla cake with mixed icing, Chris liked vanilla cake with chocolate icing while Mel liked…

"Yep! Chocolate cake, chocolate icing. Calorie central." Mel paused. Making a face, she asked the question that was on her mind. "Umm…do you know where Tyler and the guys are?"

Both Piper and Leo shook their heads. Piper had told Caleb last night that so long as they were careful and asked first, he could drive their car since they didn't have any of theirs. She felt the Sons had earned it after saving her kids. Caleb had asked that morning if they could use the car but she hadn't thought to ask where they were going.

Wyatt and Chris walked in and Mel asked them the same question. Wyatt was the one who answered. "Tyler said he needed to think about some stuff and there was something he needed to get. The other guys went with him. Something about picking up someone up at the airport?"

Piper remembered. "Oh, yes, that's right. Caleb's and Pogue's girlfriends are coming for a visit," Piper said. "I forgot."

Mel took in a deep breath. "Think about stuff?" she repeated, wincing. "I hope almost killing him didn't scare him off."

"I wouldn't worry about it," Chris said. "I don't think he's going to give up. He might just need some time."

"Chris is right, sweetie," Leo said. "Your mom almost killed me a few times or I died for her and we're still together."

"Well, that's reassuring," Mel said sarcastically. Someone knocked on the back door and Mel looked at her watch. "That should be Angie." She walked past her parents, meaning to open the door. "I hope you're right about Tyler." She opened the door and Angie walked in.

The blonde witch smiled at the Halliwell family. "Happy Birthday, Mel. Hey guys. We're heading out to the mall. Our usual birthday girl celebration."

"Okay, well have fun and be careful," Piper commented. "Be back around 3ish so you can help set up for the party." She winked at Angela and Angela winked back.

"K, bye Mom," Mel said. She and Angie left for the mall.


"What time is it?" Caleb asked, looking out the airport window.

"Five minutes after the time you last asked me so…" Tyler looked at his watch. "11:25. The plane is supposed to be here a quarter till. I told you we got here early."

"But of course they can't wait, Baby Boy. They're whipped." Reid made a sarcastic whipping noise and then raised an eyebrow at the two older Sons when they scowled at him. "Are you going to deny it?"

"Aren't you the one who is in love with a certain blond witch but don't even have the balls to actually admit it? What was it you said, "I don't know what it is but whatever we have, it's different?" Can you be anymore lame, dude?" Pogue shot back.

"He's got you there, Reid." Tyler said.

"Yeah, well at least my chick didn't try to kill me."

Tyler stopped grinning. "Dude, not cool." He punched Reid on the arm. He was trying his hardest to not what happened to Mel mess him up or their relationship; he didn't need Reid throwing it in his face.

Reid moved to punch Tyler back when Caleb broke in. "Stop it you two. We're all in love with amazing girls and we would do anything for them. Just leave it at that."

"Well, that's certainly smart and spoken like a true leader. I told you, Kate, we have total control over our boys." Caleb's and Pogue's face lit up as they turned around. Standing behind the group of Sons were Kate and Sarah, their suitcases behind them.

Kate threw herself into Pogue's arm, snaking her arms around his neck, his hands settling on her waist. She tipped her head up and he kissed her.

Caleb held his hand out for Sarah and she took it, a small smile on both of their faces. "Hi," Caleb said, his little smile growing into a larger grin until he was grinning foolishly. She just smiled back.

"Hey, the plane got in early. So, me and Kate…Kate…KATE!" At Sarah's half yell, Kate and Pogue broke apart and Kate turned around in his arms so she was facing the group, her face slightly red. Pogue just smirked and rested his chin on her head. Sarah shook her head while the boys laughed. "Me and Kate can't wait to meet the two girls that stole the last two Sons of Ipswich. You should have heard it. Kira was going on and on about how she was going to snag one of you before we all left for college. We shut her up by showing her a picture of…Melinda and Angela?" She said questioningly, looking to Tyler and Reid for confirmation. They nodded. "Melinda and Angela. Then she and Aaron got in a big fight and broke up."

"Of course they got back together in a couple of days because no one would date either of them and now they're kinda stuck together," Kate finished.

Reid tapped his fingers on his chin, a small smirk on his face. "Man, I wish Aaron was here. I'm running out of money."

"Yeah, and he can't beat Chris or Wyatt at pool so that doesn't work." Reid took a swipe at Tyler who ducked out of the way and then looked at his watch. "Hey, we're supposed to be back at the Manor at about 1:30 to help set up for Mel's party and we still need to stop at the mall so I can pick up her present."

"Okay, let's go." Caleb and Pogue grabbed their girlfriends' suitcases and led the way back to Piper's SUV.

"What are you getting her?" Kate wondered. She knew that whatever it was, it would be really nice. Pogue had always gone to him when he wanted to get her jewelry. Tyler just had that ability to pick out really nice jewelry.

"A locket her brothers told me she's been eyeing for a couple of months. I'm getting it inscribed too. A triquetra on the front for her family, the date we met and our initials in the middle, and," he said the next part in a rush, "my family symbol on the back."

"Really? Dude, that's…" Reid trailed off. The Sons had made a pact when they each became teenagers. If any of them really fell for a girl, they were going to give that girl a piece of jewelry with their family symbol. It was supposed to mean that they were going to marry that girl. Caleb had given Sarah a bracelet with the Danvers symbol as the catch before they had left but he hadn't told the other Sons. Pogue was waiting to get Kate something; he was having problems finding the right piece of jewelry, something he never thought would be a problem.

"Serious. Yeah, I know. But, I'm serious about her and I want to be with Mel. Whether she kills me or not."

"Alright, well let's go get it." Caleb said. He turned the car on and he pulled out the airport parking lot, heading for the nearby mall.


"I don't know, Ang. I mean, I almost killed him last night. What if he can't get over it? I don't know if I could but I really don't wanna lose him. I'm not sure what to do."

"Mel, the boy is completely in love with you. Yeah, you almost killed him but he couldn't kill you. That really says something. Now," she said, handing Mel an outfit, "try this on. If you like, it's your birthday present from me. If not, I'll pick something else out. But I am buying you something girly. We're going off to college in a couple of months. It's time to expand your wardrobe."

Mel rolled her eyes and went into the changing room. Pulling on the outfit, she said "You know, most people go to college to expand their horizons or whatever, not their wardrobe"

"We're already well expanded in that part. I mean, we're witches. There isn't anything we can't do."

"Haha, you know there are rules. Anyway, I'm just fine with my wardrobe the way it is. And I really don't think Tyler minds it either. That is, if I didn't scare him off."

"Oh, would you shut up about scaring off Tyler? Like I said, he's completely in love with you. Now, would you get out here? I wanna see that outfit. I bet it's hot!"

Mel opened the door and stood in front of the three way mirror, Angela standing behind her. "See, I told you. You're hot in that. It's the perfect color for you."

Mel looked critically at her reflection. Angie had picked out a simple blue sundress. There were small white lines crisscrossing throughout the dress, creating an intricate geometric design. She hadn't liked it on the rack; it had kinda reminded her of Dorothy's dress from The Wizard of Oz, but now that she was wearing it… "I love it. Thanks, Ang."

"You're quite welcome, considering it's your birthday. Now, let's go get shoes and accessories!" Mel quickly changed back into her clothes and they left to go buy the dress.

After a little bit more shopping, the girls were on their way to the food court when they passed the jewelry store that held the necklace Mel wanted prisoner. She looked in the window display where the locket was normally shown. She turned to Angela, a look of disappointment on her face. "It's gone. Someone must have bought it. That sucks! I was a couple weeks away from having enough to buy it myself."

"I'm sorry, Mel. I knew you really wanted that necklace. But you know, a few people knew that you wanted that necklace. Maybe you'll get it tonight at your party? C'mon, let's go; I'm hungry."

"Yeah, I guess." Mel sighed and sent one last look of wistfulness at the store window and hurried to catch up to Ang. They got their food, Angela getting Chinese and Melinda getting Mexican, and grabbed a table.

"So, what time are you actually supposed to bring me back to the house?" Mel asked.

Uh-oh, Angela thought. "What do you mean? You heard what she said; your mom wants us back around 3 so we can help set up."

"Please, I know you guys are planning on a surprise party. Which really can't happen if the surprise party is on the same day that we set the date for a couple of months ago, but that's my mom. I know the party is starting earlier. So, what time are we supposed to come back?"

"Okay, okay, you're right. Your mom was going to surprise you but we're supposed to really be back around 2:30, so it's only a half hour earlier than what you had wanted. Act surprised anyway."

"I will. Hey…that blonde guy over there looks like Reid. I thought they were picking up Sarah and Kate at the airport?"

Angela twisted around in her seat, scanning the tables behind her. "Yeah, or at least that's what Reid told me last night before I left. Who are you talking about? That guy right there?" Angela said, motioning with her hand. "That's not…that's Reid. I can't believe him! "

The blonde boy in question was sitting at a table, positioned so that all the girls could really see was his profile and that of a girl next to him. "They're sitting awfully close," Angela said, turning back around to face Melinda. Her eyes were a little bit watery. "I-I thought we…"

"Oh, Angela, I'm so sorry. Maybe it's innocent and that girl is just a friend."

Angie shook her head. "Get real, Mel. Guys like him aren't just friends with a girl."

"I'm just friends with him."

"That's because you and his best friend are in love. Look, I know we still have more shopping to do but do you think we could go somewhere else. I really don't wanna see that."

"Yeah, no, that's fine. We can go to the Strip. All the same stores anyways."

The girls got up and left, taking their food with them.


"Oh, that's such a beautiful house!" Sarah exclaimed. "Hold on, let me take a picture. You guys go stand on the front porch." She pushed them all onto the front porch and quickly snapped a picture.

"But you're not in the picture," Caleb pointed out.

Sarah waved it off. "That's alright, I'll get more later!" The door swung open as she ended her sentence, revealing Wyatt, Chris standing behind him.

"See, I told you Wyatt. I heard girls talking and of course it couldn't have been Angela and TInk; they're not supposed to be back yet." Chris shoved his shoulder into his older brother. "You owe me."

Wyatt scowled and handed Chris a single dollar bill. How he wished he had premonitions that way he could finally win one of these bets. Or he could do the smart thing and stop betting but whatever.

Reid walked up the steps, pushing past the brothers, the others following behind him. "Do you guys bet on everything?" he wondered. Turning around, he quickly introduced Sarah and Kate to the brothers and then ran up stairs, Tyler following him.

Chris and Wyatt shook Kate's and Sarah's hands and took their suitcases. After they had gone upstairs, Kate and Sarah looked at each other and giggled.

"Wow," Kate said.

Caleb and Pogue looked down at their girlfriends and frowned. Each girl reassured that their respective boyfriend was hotter than Mel's brothers but knew that they would be taking lots of pictures with the Halliwell male witches. The two Sons showed the girls to the kitchen where they were greeted warmly by Piper and her sisters who had come over and then put immediately to work while Piper rushed upstairs to help Reid and Tyler wrap Mel's presents. Goddess knew her sons couldn't wrap presents still; she had no reason to believe the younger men could. They had less than an hour to go before Angela would bring Mel back for the surprise party.


Angela and Mel finished their shopping. Mel was wearing a new outfit that Angela had forced her to get; not the sundress but a pair dark blue skinny jeans, a pair of heeled boots, and a fancy shirt. She had matched it with some jewelry, but nothing really fancy. They were both walking toward the Manor. They weren't carrying any bags though; they had left them in Angie's car.

Angela ran up the steps, Mel following her. Mel opened the door and walked in, saying loudly "Gee. I wonder why it's so dark?"

Piper turned the corner, scowling at Angela. "She wasn't supposed to find out. Billie, your daughter can't keep a secret!"

"Mom, I appreciate it but if you want to do a surprise party, you shouldn't have it on the same day as the day I had picked a couple of months ago." She hugged her mom. "Thanks anyway though."

Piper sighed. "I guess I should just stop trying. No one in this family ever falls for a surprise party. Everyone, you can come out! She knows."

Mel's entire family (excluding the ghosts) piled into the hallway, wishing Mel a happy birthday. Tyler and his friends were hanging out in the back, a little bit away from the rest of the family. After a few moments of commotion, the majority of the Halliwells left to get food, leaving Angela, Mel, the Sons and Kate and Sarah in the back.

Tyler smiled at Mel and she smiled back. She figured that, since he smiled, he wasn't too scared of her. Tyler opened his mouth to introduce Kate and Sarah, but Angela interrupted him. "You know what? I'm hungry. I'll talk to you guys later." She left the hallway.

Reid watched her walk out and frowned. "What's up her ass?"

Mel sighed in frustration. "We saw you at the mall, sitting pretty close to some girl. So, yeah, she's upset you idiot!"

Reid scoffed. "I wouldn't do that to her…well, actually I would if it was any other girl, but I didn't do that to Angela. What girl?"

Sarah raised her hand. "Umm, I think I might be that girl. I'm Sarah, Caleb's girlfriend. This is Kate," she said motioning toward the dark-skinned girl.

Mel bit her lip and grimaced. "Uh-oh. We, uh, we didn't know that." She turned to Reid. "Sorry. You might want to go talk to her."

"You think?" Reid said sarcastically. Sure, he expected he would really piss her off at some point, but let her get mad at him for something he actually did." Reid left, trying to find the blonde witch who frustrated him to no end and yet made him incredibly happy.

Mel shot an apologetic smile at the two girls and apologized again. Laughing, the two girls told her it was okay. The group talked for a bit, and then Caleb, Pogue, Sarah, and Kate left to go get food. Tyler held out his hand to Mel and she took it. "Come on," he said, leading her outside.

"Tyler, what's going on?"

"Nothing," he said. "I just wanna talk to you in private." He lead her to the backyard and motioned for her to sit down on one of the little benches Piper had put back there. They were surrounded by the flowers and herbs Piper had decided to plant once they had defeated the ultimate evil and had a break from all the demon fighting and had kept it up over the years.

Tyler broke off a flower (he had no idea what it was) and gave it to Mel. "Don't tell my mom you did that; she'll vanquish you." Mel laughed.

Tyler grinned and sat down next to Mel who smelled the flower. Pulling her hand down, the youngest Son looked the brunette witch in the eyes. She bit her lip in concern. "Tyler…"

"Wait, let me go first, okay?" Mel nodded. Tyler took a deep breath in as he thought about what he was going to say. "I'm not going to pretend I'm not a little freaked out over what happened yesterday. We both almost killed each other, proving that our magic can be a curse."

Mel interrupted. "Tyler, it's not a curse. It's a gift…it's just not always a good gift. There's good and bad and I know that," Tyler raised an eyebrow at her. She flushed and muttered sorry, letting him continue.

"Our magic can be a curse, but it can also be a gift," he said, amending what he was going to say a little so she wouldn't interrupt him again with a rant about magic. "But I think the good definitely outweighs the bad. I blame everything that happened on Chase, but at the same time, I'm also a little glad that he came into our lives because it brought Sarah and Caleb together, made Pogue and Kate stronger, calmed Reid down a bit and introduced him to Angie, someone I think is perfect for him. He made us meet and I'm so grateful for that. I don't think I could imagine my life without you now. I guess what I'm trying to say, Mel, is that I think I've already seen you at your worst and I'm sticking around…if you let me." Tyler finished his speech a bit uncertainly. After all, he knew what he felt for Mel and thought she felt the same but he wasn't one hundred percent sure.

"Can I talk now?" Mel asked. Tyler nodded. "I feel the exact same and I am so glad that I didn't scare you off. Tyler, I love you."

He caught her hands in his and smiled. "Good. I love you too," he said, kissing her. Pulling back after a couple of seconds, Tyler reached into his pocket and pulled out a small jewelry box. "I want to give you your present out here, that way your brothers don't kill me, although they are the ones who told me about it. They would be fine with it, unless they knew what it meant."

Mel opened the box. Nestled on ice blue silk was the locket she had looked at and wanted so much. It was a simple circle attached to a delicate silver chain. It wasn't really that fancy, besides that it was silver, and Mel couldn't explain why she wanted it so much, but something about the necklace had drawn her in. Etched on the front in tiny lines was a triquetra. She looked up at Tyler. "Thank you!"

He smiled. "Look at all of it." She opened it and saw the date they had first met and their initials were inscribed. Turning it over gently, her eyes filled a little when she saw his family symbol on the back.

"So you'll always be close to my heart?" She asked. It sounded corny, but it described how she felt exactly.

"That, and," Tyler took another deep breath, "it's a proposal, of sorts. Me and the guys decided a while ago that if we ever met the one, before we would actually propose, we would give her a piece of jewelry with our family symbol on it. Kinda like a promise ring."

Overcome with emotion, Mel kissed him and they held each other close. "I accept," Mel murmured against his lips and shuddered when he kissed her deeply. "Help me put it on?"

Mel turned her back to Tyler and lifted her hair out of the way while he slipped the necklace over her head and latched it, positioning it so his family symbol rested against her chest.

In the house where the young couple couldn't see them, Piper was learning against Leo. "I think they just got engaged," she said. Leo didn't respond. "Leo?" He was frozen but she hadn't done and highly doubted Mel had since she was preoccupied.

"Piper, there's an angel of destiny in the living room, wanting to talk to the boys," Paige said, sticking her head out of the living room. Piper rolled her eyes and called out for Mel and Tyler to come back in.


Reid, not knowing how to explain it, knew instinctively that Angie would have gone up to the attic to get away from him. He ran up the stairs and forced open the door that she was holding shut and looking at her, tapped his fingers on his chin.

Angela frowned at him. "I really don't want to talk to you, so if you don't mind…" She went to walk past him but he caught her arm and spun her around. "Hey!" she exclaimed.

Reid kissed her and held her closer when she tried to push him away. He let his eyes bleed black when he sensed that she was going to use telekinesis on him, stopping her attempt. Groaning to herself, Angela gave up on struggling and stood there, unresponsive.

Lifting his head slightly, Reid cupped her face and, punctuating each word with a soft kiss, said "I did not cheat on you. That girl you saw with me is Caleb's girlfriend and means nothing to me. I'm completely in love with you, you crazy psycho witch.

"Crazy and psycho mean the same thing, dumbass," Angela pointed out. She was still pissed but now it was mostly at herself. She had almost ruined another relationship.

"Well, you're so insane that it deserves to be mentioned twice. Why would I be interested in any girl when you have enough personalities for one guy to handle?" Reid asked, teasing her. He was still kissing her between every few words.

"Say it again," Angela commanded letting his comment go, wrapping her arms around his neck and kissing him back.

"I love you," Reid repeated, pushing her against the attic door, mirroring their stance from the alley behind P3.

"I love you too," she said. They were still holding each other, kissing, when knocked on the door and Pogue's voice rang out.

"Reid, I hate to interrupt, but we kinda need you and Angela downstairs.

"Fuck off," Reid shouted, lifting his mouth from Angela's for the second it took to yell at Pogue.

"Reid," came Caleb's voice. "This is important."

Reid groaned and hit his head on the door. Pulling Angela out of the way, he opened the door and faced his brothers who both had amused looks on their faces. "You guys majorly suck!" Reid glared at their back as they left, laughing.

Angela pulled his attention back to her by grabbing his hand and putting herself in front of him. "There's always later," she said with a wicked smile. Reid's eyes darkened with desire as Angela led him back downstairs and into the dining room where there was a guy in a gold robe.


Piper introduced him as the angel of destiny and he surveyed the Sons of Ipswich and then included the Halliwell family in his gaze.

"I promise to keep this brief," he said, "so you can get back to your celebration. Both groups have done good for the magical community. The Charmed Ones have already received their reward, a life relatively free of demons. Your children won't have to deal with the grief you three did during your battle against evil. However, I'm here for the Sons of Ipswich. For the good you four have done, even against one who should have been called brother, the curse has been lifted. For though your power comes from the Hollow and is not good, nor is it entirely evil. You have proved yourselves worthy of keeping the Power, but no longer will you age and neither will your descendents." He frowned a little, thinking he had gone through that a little fast. "That's it." He disappeared in a flurry of gold orbs.

Everyone stared at where he had been standing in confusion and then slowly realization dawned on their faces. While the Halliwells, Sarah, and Kate were purely glad to know the Sons wouldn't be punished for something that wasn't their fault, each of the four Sons were glad but felt something else.

Caleb was glad he wouldn't have to leave Sarah like his father had left his mother. His gaze warmed when he looked at the blonde standing beside him.

Pogue was thinking of all the places in the world he could take Kate now (she loved to travel) and for free. First stop, Paris.

Reid felt a small smirk creep across his mouth as he thought of the fun he and Angela could have later using magic.

Tyler looked at Mel and just felt gratefulness in his heart at the thought that he would be able to protect, love, and stay with her for as long as they both lived. As if answering his thoughts, Mel squeezed his hand.


Up there, above the earth, the clouds, and the Elders, three women smiled as they watched the Halliwells and their friends party.

"We can be proud of our family," Penny Halliwell, matriarch of this generation, said.

A woman with light brown hair looked up, her hand grasping her daughter's, a woman with dark brown hair falling to her shoulders.

"And we will be…" Patty said.

"Forever Charmed," Prue finished. She waved her hand.

In the Manor, no one noticed as the door swung shut by itself, although Piper, Phoebe, and Paige looked to the ceiling and thought of the witches that had gone before them.