A/N: This is going to have some spoilers about season six's powers. you've been warned!!!!!

*Imaginary Friends.?*

Piper walked into the kitchen waving a letter and smiling. 'Guess what?' She asked. A fairly large group were gathered there - Grace, Wyatt, Melinda, Paige, Serena, Glen, Leo and Andy.

'What?' Asked Prue, from where she sat beside Grace, eating a tub of ice cream. Grace, Wyatt and Melinda were re-writing their spell for the kitchen.

'Dad's coming to visit!' Piper exclaimed.

'Really?' Prue perked up. 'Great! I haven't seen him in ages!' Actually, what she said was 'weawwy? Gweat! Why haven't seen him in wages!' due to the large amount of ice cream she had in her mouth.

'Prue you're setting a bad example.' Piper said, rolling her eyes but smiling. 'Anyway he's only passing through and it's work oriented but still, a visit is a visit.'

'Gramps!' Exclaimed Melinda in delight.

'That's right Mellie, Gramps.' Piper confirmed, picking up her daughter and setting on the chair, before setting Melinda on her lap.

Glen looked interested - he hadn't met Victor yet. 'How will Victor uh. you know. Is he like Serena's grandparent? What am I to him? A step son in law or something?'

Paige rolled her eyes. 'Glen, relax. By the time Melinda was born Victor and I had established a father daughter relationship, after meeting when Wyatt was born. We actually get along really well. I guess he's a grandparent because he's like a stepfather or a kind of dad to me. I still call him Victor though.'

Glen nodded, looking relieved. 'Okay then.'

'I think I've got it.' Grace declared from where she sat in between Prue and Wyatt. Grace handed it to Paige, who proofread it, then handed it to Prue and Piper in turn.

'Give it a shot. What worse could you do to my kitchen?' Piper asked. 'Maybe we should stand back though.'

Obediently all the adults got up and went to the entrance of the kitchen. Melinda, Wyatt and Grace all stood in the middle of the room, with the cloths and buckets they'd used, re-assembled there.

'Ready?' Wyatt looked at his sister and cousin. Both nodded.

'Mops and cloths that we have used

Help us fix the kitchen we abused' (from the doorway Prue grinned proudly at the wording she'd helped with)

'You scrubbed too hard, but we'll take the blame

If you'd just make our kitchen the same again.' They read (Melinda with a little difficulty).

The mops and cloths came to life again and began to wipe over everything they'd cleaned. Each time they wiped the paint came back.

Within a few minutes the kitchen looked as it had before the food fight. 'We did it!' Melinda cheered, jumping up and down.

'This doesn't mean you still aren't grounded.' Piper warned Grace and Wyatt. 'Remember, no using magic unless-'

'There's an adult to supervise.' They chorused.

* *

It was Tuesday; two days after the kitchen had been fixed. Melinda sat on the couch watching TV while Wyatt and Grace were at school and while Phoebe and Glen were at work. Leo, Prue and Andy were 'up there' helping the elders decode more scrolls, Paige and Serena both were napping and Piper was decorating a cake in the kitchen.

The remote couldn't be found, and Melinda was getting bored of watching the soap opera Paige had been watching before she fell asleep.

'This is boring.' Melinda yawned. As she did so she blinked a little. Suddenly the TV changed to the Cosby Show. 'That's more like it. But who changed the channel?' Melinda wondered. With a shrug, she settled back down on the couch. Within ten minutes Melinda's attention span had given up on the Cosby show.

Melinda wondered into the kitchen. 'Mommy I'm bored. Can I play with a friend?'

'Not today honey. Maybe on Thursday.' Piper said, as she iced a wedding cake.

'But mommy.' Melinda's bottom lip quivered. 'I have nobody to play with.'

'Watch TV.' Piper said, distracted.

Melinda pouted as she went back to the living room. Her favourite character, Olivia, was currently talking to Rudy. 'I wish I had a guinea pig. At least I'd have a friend.' Melinda mumbled, clambering back onto the sofa. Melinda grinned. 'Or maybe I could have Olivia for a friend. She seems nice.'

With a blink of the eye little Olivia Huxtable was in the living room.

'Hi.' She said. 'I'm Olivia.'

* *

Piper hummed to herself as she iced the wedding cake. 'Mommy.' Melinda called from the living room. 'Can we have some cookies?'

'Sure sweetie.' Piper called back. 'Come get some.'

Melinda walked into the kitchen, climbed onto a stool and helped herself to four cookies from the jar on top of the island.

'That's a lot of cookies for one little girl.' Piper commented.

'They aren't all for me.' Melinda replied, smiling. 'My friend wants some too.'

'Your friend?' Piper asked, amused. 'What's their name?'

'Olivia.' Melinda climbed off the stool. 'She's four. Only a year older than me.'

Piper watched her daughter go back to the living room, and laughed. 'An imaginary friend.' She mused. 'Who would have thought?' Piper froze as she remembered the fairies, trolls and demons that could possibly be Melinda's 'friend.'

'Nah.' Piper shook her head. 'I'm being paranoid. Still. Can't hurt to check.' Piper set down the icing and went into the living room. What she saw shocked her.

'Melinda!' She exclaimed. 'Who's this?'

'Olivia.' Melinda said, eyes wide. 'Why?'

'Olivia how'd you. hey.' Piper looked at Olivia closely. 'You're on the Cosby show!'

'The what?' Olivia asked.

'Uh Olivia. how about you go to the kitchen and help yourself to more cookies. I have to talk to Melinda for a second.'

Olivia obliged. Piper turned to Melinda. 'Melinda, how did Olivia get here?'

'I don't know.' Melinda shrugged. Piper noticed the TV was tuned to the Cosby show. 'I was watching TV then she was here. She just appeared.'

'I see.' Piper nodded. 'You wait there okay?' Piper hurried to the kitchen, where Olivia was fetching more cookies. 'Olivia you go play okay?' Piper picked up the phone and dialed. 'Phoebe? Could you get here? NOW.'

* *

Phoebe opened the door fifteen minutes later. 'Piper? I'm here.'

'Okay Phoebe you might see some strange stuff, but just ignore it okay? I'll explain later.' Piper dragged Phoebe to the lounge. 'Touch.' She commanded.

Phoebe reached out to the TV and flinched, shutting her eyes in typical premonition mode.

A series of images flashed by - Melinda blinking, yawning, watching the Cosby show and Olivia appearing next to her. A few more times did Melinda's blinking appear, and a few thoughts flashed by Phoebe.

'From what I gather? She blinked and Olivia from the Cosby Show came.' Phoebe said, puzzled.

'Blinked?' Piper asked, panicking.

'Um I got a lonely sense off her.' Phoebe answered.

'I see. Okay.' Piper nodded. 'Well uh Olivia's in the sun room right now.'

Phoebe widened her eyes as Piper stepped towards her. 'How can we fix this?' Phoebe wondered aloud.

Piper gave her a strange look. 'That's exactly what I was thinking.'

'Maybe Melinda's getting a new power. She has more than Wyatt though. It seems unfair.' Phoebe added.

Piper gave her an even stranger look. 'Okay then.' Piper stepped back slowly.

'There's nothing else to do.' Phoebe said after a minute. 'Other than say. LEO!'