Ahh! The inspiration bug finally hit me after so long! Yay! Thank you to those who review, favorite or follow this story. It means a lot. This is just a chapter to help get back into the swing of things for me plus I wanted to give a small peak to what goes on at the manor during the holidays. Now for some reviews.

: Thank you for the compliment, and the idea of future Wyatt and Chris eventually showing up in the future does sound interesting so we'll see where that leads. I do hope to eventually do a Charmed story with Andi but for now I plan to include flashbacks.

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wiccawhitewitchcharmedfan: First off I am doing fine and thank you so much for the compliment. Second while the idea of her being a wiccan witch hasn't exactly crossed my mind I have toyed with the idea of Andi being McGonagall's granddaughter. Also I do think it would bring a shock to her being able to summon the dead. I am dead set right now on keeping Hermione a Hogwarts style witch but that can change in the future. Also on the heir of Gryffindor I don't really know about as I don't really know what that would entail. But she will have her role to play as time goes on starting with protecting the Sorcerer's Stone. As to her relationship with the older Gryffindors I wanted to give her the exact opposite of what she has at the manor with her siblings and cousins. There she is the protector, role model and such as the oldest. At Hogwarts she is the youngest and gets to experience what that is like having them fill in as her siblings.

RPM Shadow: Thank you and I have definitely considered having Andi be related to the transfiguration professor, she is my favorite Hogwarts teacher.

wiccancharmedguy: Thank you and in a way they are sort of a coven and how Andi leads them to protect Hogwarts plays a big role. And she will uncover a few secrets as time goes on.

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Disclaimer: I own nothing but Andi and the plot with some helpful suggestions from all of you.

Soon before anyone had known it, Christmas season had arrived. Snow covered the grounds of Hogwarts creating a winter wonderland. Inside the school the hallways, common rooms and the Great Hall were decorated in the spirit of the season with just a bit of magic flair. Despite the beautiful weather and scenery, the Quartet was disappointed as time went on not to find any information on Nicholas Flamel in the library after endless hours of searching. They soon decided to look again once school resumed after the holiday vacation. Trunks were packed and holiday plans made amongst the students. Hermione and Andi walked into the Great Hall with their trunks and bundled up for the snow outside on the day students were set to leave for break. They spotted Harry and Ron playing wizard's chess at a far table and strode over.

"Queen to E-5." Ron told the board with a smile as they walked over. The queen slid over, got up from her chair and used said chair to demolish the knight on E-5. Andi's eyebrows shot up.

"That's totally barbaric!" Hermione exclaimed shocked.

"That's wizard's chess." Ron countered smugly.

"Okay, you are radiating way too much smugness for my empathetic taste. Tone it down." Andi ordered with a small teasing smile.

"I see you two packed." Ron acknowledged.

"I see you haven't." Hermione threw back.

"Change of plans." He explained, "My parents decided to go to Romania to visit my brother, Charlie. He's studying dragons there."

"And they didn't take you?" Andi asked in a teasing tone. "Whatever did you do for that punishment?"

"Ha ha, so funny I forgot to laugh." Ron threw at her.

"You just did." Andi countered with a smirk. Before the two could go at it Hermione interrupted them.

"Anyway, it's good that you're staying, you can help Harry then. He's going to go look in the library, for information about Nicholas Flamel."

"We've looked a hundred times." Ron protested leaning in. Hermione leaned in closer and Andi followed curiously.

"Not in the restricted section." Hermione emphasized. "Happy Christmas." She pulled back and walked away.

"I've think we've had a bad influence on her." Ron told Andi and Harry. The dark haired duo nodded before Andi straightened.

"Can't hurt to look I guess. Merry Christmas boys." She then grabbed her trunk and caught up to Hermione.

(On the Hogwarts Express)

Andi sat with Hermione, Oliver, Lee and Cecelia on the train bouncing with barely contained excitement.

"You're awfully cheerful." Oliver pointed out from his seat next to her.

"Are you kidding me?!" Andi asked in disbelief, "Of course I am. My siblings and cousins aren't on Christmas break or get out of daycare for another week. Which means I get my aunts and uncles to myself for a while in the manor. I mean I love Hogwarts, and you guys, but the manor is my home. It has my family."

"True, but isn't it a bit weird that you live with your cousins and aunt and uncle?" Lee asked. Andi shook her head.

"No, I mean, sure I miss my parents. That's never going to change. But Aunt Piper and Uncle Leo love me like a daughter and consider me that. They even introduce me as their daughter. I may not ever call them Mom and Dad but they are raising me with all the love a parent has. Technically they are my parents. And Wyatt, Chris and Melinda are my brothers and sister." Everyone nodded and discussed what they would do over the holidays. Soon they changed out of their robes. Andi wore a red ruffled short sleeved shirt, a dark grey quarter length sleeve cardigan, a dark blue skirt adorned with white polka dots, white tights, red legwarmers and black loafers. She left her hair loose with a red headband adorned with holy on the side. The train pulled into Kings Cross soon after, everyone gathered their trunks and hobbled off. Andi looked around and soon felt a tap on her shoulder. She turned around and smiled.

"Uncle Coop!" She grinned hugging him. Coop smiled and hugged his niece back.

"Hey Shorty." He greeted her with his special nickname for her. He pulled back and examined her with a mock critical eye, "Have you gotten shorter?" Andi laughed.

"I really missed that." She commented. Coop ruffled her hair.

"Ready to go?" Andi nodded and turned to quickly hug her friends.

"Merry Christmas and Happy New Year." She called before Coop hearted them away.

(At Halliwell Manor)

Soon the appeared in the entryway to the manor. They looked around regaining their bearings and stilled at the unexpected silence that had greeted them.

"Hello?" Coop called out wondering were the sisters were as before he had left they were pacing anxiously counting down the minutes till their niece arrived. Suddenly there was a crash from the attic causing both to race upstairs. Andi noticed two demons facing her aunts and whistled.

"Hey, jerks!" Both demons turned, and one threw a fireball at her out of instinct. She held up her hand and redirected it back at the demon who screamed as it caught on fire. Piper took the opportunity to blow up the other leaving two small scorch marks in the attic floor. Andi turned to her aunts raising her eyebrows. "I'm home all of two minutes and already I have to save your butts from demons?" She asked smiling. All three women rushed up to hug her.

"Andi!" Piper yelled happily. "We missed you so much." Andi laughed and returned the hug.

"I missed you guys too." She returned. "It's so good to be home."

"So, how's school?" Phoebe asked ruffling her hair.

"Awesome, I have so many stories to tell you all." Andi commented.

"Well, how about you rest and tell us at our family dinner?" Paige suggested. Andi nodded yawning already feeling the time difference catching up to her.

"Sounds like a plan." She walked to her room and kicked off her shoes crawling into bed. "It's so good to be home." She said happily as she fell asleep.

(At Dinner)

"So wait a second," Henry told Andi holding up a hand, "your principal actually warned you all to stay away from a corridor under penalty of "a horrible death"?" Andi nodded. "Well, I bet he's real fun at parties." Everyone laughed enjoying it as the girl retold stories from her time away.

"That's what I said." Andi agreed.

"So, young lady," Piper began after dinner had been cleared, "you used your powers to attack another student?" In seconds the atmosphere in the manor dinning room flipped and you could hear a pin drop as everyone stared at Andi.

"It really wasn't my fault, he was insulting me and all of you. And he was about to insult… Mom." She answered softly at the end. Leo, Phoebe, Victor and Piper immediately went silent. Prue still held a high place in the family and was still dearly missed by those who knew her well and those that didn't.

"Hey, Andi, what's Quidditch?" Wyatt asked curiously. Andi smiled at the change of topic and launched into a discussion of the game and of the first match of the season.

(The Next Day)

"So, the Woogeyman was under your school and no one knew?" Paige asked Andi as the Charmed Ones and their niece had lunch. Andi nodded and took another bite of her pizza.

"Yeah, it possessed a Slytherin and then a Ravenclaw. Got to say though it chose its first victim well, Slytherins aren't well liked. Ron says that there's not a wizard who went bad that wasn't in Slytherin. I mean, we can't judge anyone before we get to know them but from the few I've interacted with already, I don't want to get to know them." The three Charmed Ones and unofficial fourth Charmed One exchanged glances but continued eating. "Oh, guess what." Andi asked smirking.

"What?" Piper questioned.

"Spill little Missy!" Phoebe ordered.

"The Elders gave me a guardian to help me cope with the new environment and you'll never guess who it is." Andi revealed. The three waited for a moment as she calmly sipped her water.

"Quite playing around and tell us already!" Paige ordered beginning to laugh.

"Melinda Warren." Andi answered much to their surprise. All three woman looked shocked before badgering her with questions which Andi answered to the best of her ability. Piper smiled shaking her head.

"Can't stay out of trouble for a moment." Andi mocked gasped.

"Aunt Piper, I find that highly insulting. I can stay out of trouble for more than a moment." She returned. "Like two minutes." All four looked at each other and began to laugh.

(Christmas Day)

Andi opened her eyes and smiled as she realized what day it was. She got up and ran quietly up to the attic. She opened the BOS and flipped to the page she wanted. She then waved her hand and sent the candles on the shelf to be arranged in a circle in the middle of the floor. She quickly lighted them.

Here these words,

Here my cry,

Spirits from the other side.

Come to me,

I summon thee,

Cross now the great divide.

There was a swirl around the room before four transparent figures materialized in the center of the candles. They stepped out of the circle and became solid again and a beautiful brunette woman held open her arms.

"Well, are you going to just stand there, or give your mother a hug?" She asked Andi. The young girl squealed and launched herself at her mother. Prue laughed and hugged her daughter close. Andy waited a few moments before tapping her on the shoulder.

"Come on Prue, let me have a turn with my baby."

"Dad!" Andi screamed as he took her from Prue. "It's so great to see you." Andy chuckled and held her close.

"You too, sweetheart, you too." A few moments later he held an arm out to Prue who joined in on the hug. Penny suddenly huffed.

"All right, you two, give us our grandbaby." Andy let his daughter down and she rushed to her grandmother and her great-grandmother.

"Oh, Prue, she looks more and more like you with every day." Patty breathed.

"But I do see a bit of Andy in there." Penny admitted smiling as she cupped Andi's cheeks. The girl laughed.

"I'm so glad your all here, I have so much to share with you all."

"And we can't wait to hear it, sweetie." Prue promised. "But first, let's celebrate, Christmas!" They all ran downstairs to find Piper and everyone else waiting.

"Merry Christmas!" Everyone greeted each other with hugs and such before heading to the dining room for breakfast. After a bit everyone insisted on hearing about Andi's new school.

"So, what a minute, the staircases in the entire castle "like" to change?" Andy questioned. Andi nodded.

"Yeah, it gets a little tricky. A friend of mine, Neville has actually gotten lost a few times."

"Tell them about the class where you owned your professor Andi." Wyatt told her. Andi nodded and told the tale which caused a bout of laughter. As everyone ate and laughed Andi looked around at her family.

'Now, this is home.'

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