*So the moment you have been waiting for is here. Mel reveals what her future is like to Piper. I'm thinking of writing a prequel type story to this one, explaining Mel's future in full detail. Or at least filling in the holes from this story a little bit more. So please enjoy and thank you for all of the reviews.

Piper had just returned home from her doctor's appointment when she saw Mel sitting on the bottom step, Piper placed her keys on the table and took a step towards the young girl. She saw Mel holding a blood-stained cloth to her arm. "Mel what happened?" Piper said grabbing her arm to examine the wound. Mel winced in pain.

"I picked a fight with a demon. I read his mind and got disgusted with his thoughts, so I threw a potion at his face. I mean I knew that it wasn't strong enough to vanquish him, but it definitely did some damage. Then after I threw the potion, I orbed away, but the demon followed me and threw a fireball at my arm when I wasn't looking. Then I retaliated by saying this spell that would make me invisible to him and I threw another potion at him, taking off one of his arms. Before he got the chance to attack me, I orbed here."

"Why didn't you call Paige?" Piper asked. "It slipped my mind, I guess. Next time I will," Mel answered. "There will be no next time because you are not allowed to go demon hunting without me or my sisters present, do you understand me?" Piper replied. "Oh, now you think that you can parent me? I have been doing just fine my whole life without you!" Mel yelled at her mother. She was too tired to orb so she turned to walk up the stairs. Mel mentally smacked herself for revealing future information, but she no longer cared; she had already changed her future.

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Piper wanted to yell and scream out at her daughter for walking away during their fight. But the last thing that Mel had said to her struck a chord. Mel had just confirmed Piper's worst fear, that she was a horrible mother to her children.

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(One month later)
For the last month Mel had been living at Magic School. All of her family, except her mother, had come to see her and tried to convince her to go back to the Manor. Piper hadn't stopped crying ever since their fight. Piper didn't tell them why she was crying, but did tell them about their fight. Mel knew that Piper was crying because of what Mel yelled at her.

One day she decided to go back. But first she orbed herself to the Golden Gate Bridge to clear her mind. Mel knew that she needed to apologize and finally reveal her future to her mother. Because if she didn't explain her future, Piper would never understand why Mel yelled those things to her. Piper would never realize that Mel needed to yell those things to her mother because she had never had the chance to. But Mel came to her senses and realized how irrational she was being. She was punishing a woman for a crime that she had yet to commit.

After sitting on top of the bridge for an hour, she had finally found the courage to face her mother. She took a deep breath and orbed back to the Manor, sensing that Piper was there.

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Piper was sitting on the couch, watching her two sons play together with some of their toys when she heard someone orbing in. She looked up to see Mel sitting on the chair opposite from her. "Hi, stranger. Haven't seen you in a while," Piper chimed in coldly. Mel sensed her mother's coldness towards her, but continued anyway. "I'm so sorry. I shouldn't have said that to you. I was just angry and I was just displacing my anger." "Mel, I forgive you. I'm sorry too. I don't really know that much about you and I think I was just scared that I was going to lose you before I got the chance to get to know you." Both women sat in silence thinking about what to say next.

"I've decided that I'm ready to talk. You deserve an explanation for my distant behavior," Mel said breaking the silence. "Aren't you worried about future consequences?" Piper asked. "No, I don't care anymore. I'm pretty sure I have changed the future," Mel concluded. "Okay, let's hear it," Piper said. "Where do you want me to begin?" Mel wondered. "Start from the beginning," Piper demanded.

"Um, well, just to warn you. I come from a very dark, horrible future. You might not like what you are about to hear. And I wasn't sent here to change it. In fact, I don't think I even want to change it, at least not anymore then I already have," Mel started. Piper nodded. Mel took a deep breath.

"It all started about six months after I was born. A demon kills both of your sisters. Then slowly the family you knew falls apart little by little. First, Coop asks you to bind his daughter's witch powers, so that she can just live her life like a normal cupid. You agree and never see them again. A year later, Paige's twins grow into their powers and Henry can't figure out how to protect them from demon attacks. So you offer to bind their powers. Then a couple months later, Henry gets this job offer in New York, and he takes it and we never hear from them again." Mel paused not sure to proceed with her story. She looked at Piper and Piper nodded, urging her to keep going.

"Then when I was four and you and Leo divorced," Mel continued. "Wait, why did we divorce?" Piper interrupted. "It's not important. Remember I'm not here to change anything," Piper nodded. "Okay, fine. Please continue."

"When I was six, a war between good and evil broke out. Since the 'Charmed Ones' were defeated, good started losing which allowed for evil to take over the world. All magic was exposed, but neither side really cared. Both sides recruited mortals to help fight the war. They would infuse them with magic, with powers, so that they would be able to fight. Even children were trained to fight the enemy."

"After a couple of months the war shifted from a war between good and evil to a war over power. Those beings that gained the most power, in the end would definitely be in control once the war was over. So everyone searched for power. People killed each other for their powers, some not even caring which side they fought for; some people went to battle just so they can have power. Most of the Earth's population has been wiped out, and only the most powerful have survived over the last thirteen years," Mel paused still looking at her mother.

"What started the war?" Piper asked her daughter. "My brothers and I used the power of three to kill the source of all evil. The only problem was that we were so powerful, it had caused a shift in the world to good. Then the Elders and whomever their evil counterparts are, convened and realized that they messed up the grand design by allowing us to be twice-blessed. So they tried to put the world back in order, and messed up again, shifting the world towards evil. Everyone agreed to not intervene and see if we could figure it out for ourselves."

"Wait, you and your brothers are what started this war?" Piper asked. She couldn't handle the knowledge that her children started a massive war. "No, not directly at least. It was the Elders that messed up." "Oh, okay. So you come from a world at war. Is that why you distance yourself from everyone?" Piper asked her daughter. "No, that is a whole separate issue."

Mel paused and took a deep breath. "I distance myself from everyone because I really don't know what it means to be in a family. I was kind of left to fend for myself. I mean my brothers and I were left to fend for ourselves. You become the most powerful, successful hunter on the planet. Well at least you and your husband are," "Wait, I thought you said that Leo and I were divorced?" Piper interrupted. "You are. You marry someone else when I am seven. He's a demon, a very powerful one at that. You and your husband are the two most powerful beings alive. Your marriage allows for you two to share powers; you can use his powers and he can use yours. No one can figure out how to beat you guys." Mel responded.

"What about Leo? What happens to him? And why do we divorce?" Piper asked. "You cheated on him. You were under the influence of a spell. I don't know what happens to him really. You told us that he was dead. And he stopped fighting for us. There is a rumor going around that you cast some sort of memory spell on him so he would forget about us." Mel answered. Piper looked at her daughter, horrified at what she was saying, but wanted her to go on.

"So onto the reason that I fear you. You hired a demon to beat us every time we fail, which is all of the time because we can never live up to your expectations. That's why I have all of these scars all over my body." Mel finished and looked at Piper. Piper was silently trying to process all that Mel had told her. "Oh, I am a horrible mother. No wonder she acts fearful towards me, she is afraid that I'm going to hurt her," Piper thought to herself.

"I'm going to bed now, I've said too much. I'm sorry that I upset you. Goodnight," Mel said before orbing to her room. Piper stayed on the couch and then the tears started to fall. She looked at her sons and then at her stomach. "I'm going to fix this. I promise, even if it's the last thing I do," Piper whispered to all of her children, secretly hoping that Mel heard her in some way.