Hey, I'm soooooooo sorry for not updating ( hides from angry readers). It's just that I've been really busy lately. I promise that I'll try to update once a week.
P.S.S. , I don't know Mimi's mom's name either, so the Sisters' mom's name will have to do.
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Chapter 2
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Mimi's POV
Dreams are really weird. There are ones where everything seems unreal, where you know that you're dreaming. And then there are some that seem so real, that you think you're awake. That's the kind that I had last night.
I was really small, maybe two or three years old. I was being held by my mother, and my father and grandmother were standing behind her, smiling at me. Everything was fine, until a strange, almost demonic-looking creature just appeared out of thin air.
My parents and grandmother looked shocked when they turned to see it as a ball of fire materialized in it's hand. It aimed it at my mother and I, then threw it. But just before it hit us, my grandmother waved her hand, and the fireball flew back at the creature, making it burst into flames.
I started to cry and my mother tried to calm me down. After a while I stopped, and saw my father and grandmother arguing. " This is no kind of life for her to grow into! "." It's what she was born to do, and what her mother and every member of this family before me were born to do! It's her destiny! "." Her destiny! Her destiny is to be killed by some monster while trying to protect others? "." She will not be killed, and neither will her brothers! Her mother and I would die before we would let that happen."." And what will happen after you're gone? "." She will have her powers and four protective brothers to take care of her! "." No she won't. ".
My father and grandmother saw that it was my mother who spoke." Patty, you can't be serious! "." I am mother, Sam's right. I don't want my daughter to grow up having to fend off demons and warlocks. Adam, Ryan, Zack and Brad have already become too strong, and I won't have enough power to bind theirs, even with your help. But Mimi's still young, which means I still have a chance to bind hers.". " She is a Charmed One! What will happen to the Power Of Five if you bind her powers? ". " I don't care, she's my daughter! I would bind all of their powers if I could. I'm doing this to protect her. ".That was when my grandmother became silent.
After a few mintutes, she spoke. " I'll agree to help you bind her powers under one condition, that you'll unbind them when she turns ten. "." Seventeen. "." Thirteen. "." Fifteen, and not a day sooner. ".My grandma became silent again. " Fine, fifteen. "." Thank you mother. ". " Go find the spell in the Book upstairs. ".
My mother handed me over to my Father and left to get some book. A few minutes passed before she came back with a rope and a piece of paper in her hands. " Only one person can say the spell, but if I hold your hand, I'll get a little power boost. "."Alright dear. ".
My mother took hold of my grandmother's hand, and then began to wrap the rope around my hands. She read from the paper my grandmother was holding up that she had brought down.
" I take your hands in mine
And with this string I will entwine
Your powers I'll temporarily bind
From now until the chosen time. "
There was a bright flash of white light that surrounded me, and then the rope and the lights disappeared. " It is done. ".
That's when I heard a buzzing sound. It was soft at first, but then it grew louder. I woke up and realized that it was my alarm clock. I reached a hand over to turn it off, but instead knocked it over, breaking it in the process. I slowly got out of bed to clean up the debris.
After cleaning up the mess, I started to think about my dream. It was actually more like a memory that a dream, but that's impossible. I mean, apart from the Digital World, there is no such thing as the supernatural. Besides, my parents would have told me about something as important as having brothers. And the thought of MY Mother and Grams being a witches was just ridiculous. Although I couldn't explain what had happened yesterday, I decided to shrug it off and picked my clothes out for the day.
After some debating, I finally picked a white shirt that showed off my midriff with the word " Innocent " in blue on it, and a faded jean skirt that stopped about four inches above my knee. I put on my 2 inch sandals with white straps and my silver raindrop-shaped necklace.
I grabbed my brush and went over to the mirror to fix my hair. I tied my hair in pigtails and went downstairs to see if my Dad was awake. As I was going down the stairs when I heard the smoke alarm go off in the kitchen.
Normal POV
As Mimi walked into the kitchen, she was surrounded by smoke. She waved her hand around to try and clear it. " Dad? ". " It's okay Mimi. ". Once the smoke cleared, she saw her dad holding a frying pan near the stove. " I was trying to cook breakfast, but in case you haven't notice, I'm not exactly a world class chef. Your Mother was the one who did all the cooking. ".
Mimi walked over to examine what was in the pan. " I'm a little afraid to ask, but what exactly were you trying to make? ". Her Dad smiled sheepishly. " I was trying to make an omelette. ". " Yeah...well, maybe we should go out for breakfast. ". " Sounds good to me. Just let me clean this up and get dressed. ". " I'll clean it up. That way we can leave sooner. ". " Thanks. ". Her Dad left to his room to get dressed while she cleaned the kitchen.
Mimi dumped the " omelette " in the trash can and put the frying pan in the sink. ' I guess I should tell him about yesterday, and about the dream. Maybe he'll be able to help. ' she thought as she walked into the living room. She slumped onto the couch and turned on the T.V. as she waited for her father to get ready.
No sooner than she had turned the T.V. on did her father enter the living room. " That was fast ". " What can I say, I'm hungry. Come on, let's go, ". He stopped to get a good look at her outfit. " After you change of course. ".
" What's wrong with what I have on now? ". " Well besides the fact that it barely covers your body, I don't think it's warm enough outside for that kind of...clothing. ". " Daddy! I'm going to be fourteen soon, which means that no matter how much you may try to stop me, I'm growing up. I think that I'm old enough to at least be able to choose what I want to wear. ". " Well I'm still your father, which means that you still have to listen to me. ".
When Mimi heard this, she gave him the lip. " That's not going to work on me. ". Still, she persisted. Her father eventually caved in and told her that she could keep what she had on if she brought a jacket along. " Thanks Daddy! ".
She grabbed a jean jacket from her room upstairs and met her father at the car. Once she strapped herself in, her father asked her where she wanted to go. " Wherever you want to go. ". " I saw a nice little diner on our way. up here. How 'bout there? ". " Alright. ". They pulled off and despite traffic, they still made it in time for breakfast.
Sam ordered eggs and bacon witha side oftoast and coffee. Mimi ordered pancakes with toastand orange juice. The waitress showed them to theirbooth while they waited for their food. There was an awkward silence between the two as they sat down. Sam was the one to break it.
" So, are you going to try out for cheerleading this year? ". " Yeah, I guess I will. I still remember all the basics from when I was younger. When do I start school anyway? ". " Actually, if you want, you can starteither tomorrow or the day after that. ". " I thought that you were supposed to wait a few days before starting school when you move. ". " Well that's the beauty of being able to register you ahead of time. Oh, here comes our food.".
The waitress placed their food in front of them and Sam began to eat. Mimi picked at her food, thinking about how to tell her father about yesterday. Her Dad noticed this and asked her what was wrong. " Don't you like the food? ". " Yeah, of course I like it. I have something to ask you, or rather tell you. :".' I'm just not sure howto tell you. ' she thought. " Well go ahead Princess. ".
" Okay, Dad last night, I had a weird dream. I mean a really weird dream. It started out with you, Mom, Grams and me. Mom was holding me and everything was fine when out of nowhere, this big--". She was cut off by the ringing of Sam's cellphone. " Hold on Mimi. ". Sam answered the call and after his conversation, he told Mimi that he had to go tothe officefor a little while. " I'm sorry Mimi, but you'll have to tell me about that dream later. ". " It's alright, the dream wasn't that important anyway. ". " Come on, I'll drop you back at the house. ". They left a check on the table and drove off in the car.
At Home, Mimi's POV
As much as I tried to keep my mind off of it, I kept thinking about the dream. So I decided to do a little research on the internet, to be sure of myself. I grabbed the laptop Izzy gave me and sat on my bed. I looked up my family tree which traced all the way back to Melinda Warren, in the 1600's. She was aparently accused of being a witch, and was burned at the stake. She had a daughter who was adopted by another family, and changed her name from Warren to Halliwell.
The family tree continued to branch out until I got to my mother's name. My mouth hung open as I read that she was married before my Dad. She also... had four children before me! Adam, Brad, Zack, and Ryan Halliwell. I double-checked what I had read, and it was true! I had four older brothers. Well, half-brothers mind you, but brothers nontheless. " Why wouldn't Mom and Dad tell about this? ".
My eyes shot wide open as I remembered about my dream.If that was dream really was a memory, then not only do I have brothers, but I'm also a witch! That would explain how everything froze on the truck." I can't be a witch! I'm too normal. I bet there's a perfectly logical explaination for all of this. ". ' Yeah, that I'm going insane. '.
" Wait a minute. If I am a witch, then that would mean that I have powers, which I don't. That thing on the truck was probably just a fluke. ".I got off my bed and grabbed a brush from my dresser. I threw it up in the air and got into the same postion I was in onthe truck. I opened my eyes to see that the brush had stopped in mid-air right in front of me. I started to hyperventilate.
Being transported to another world and fighting evil Digital Monsters was one thing, but finding out that you're a witch with freaky powers was just too much! I ran downstairs and called my dad at the office.
" Hello, Sam Tachikawa speaking. ". " Dad, come home immediatly! ". " Mimi? Honey, what's wrong? ". " Daddy, just come home now. ". " Mimi, I can't just leave work and come home without a good reason. ". " Daddy, why didn't you and Mom tell me that I'm a witch? ". He didn't say anything for a few seconds. " Dad? ". " I'm coming home now. ". He hung up the phone.
I sat on the couch staring at the front door, waiting for my dad to come home. In about fifteen minutes my Dad came through the door with a very serious face on. He took a seat next to me and didn't say anything.
Finally, he broke the silence.
" So, how did you find out? ".
" Well, yesterday on the moving truck, I knocked over a few boxes and they were about to fall on me, so that's when I threw my hands up to protect myself, but something freaky happened. Everything froze. It was like time stopped everything and everyone but me. The freeze eventually broke and I just kept my mouth shut about it. Then last night, I had a dream. It was about you, Mom, Grams and me, and this big monster appeared. It threw this... fireball at Mom and me, and then Grams waved her hand and it flew back at the creature, making it disappear. You and Grams got into a big arguement about me being a witch and what kind of life I would have, then mom said something about me having brothers. She and Grams bound my powers and then I woke up. After you dropped me off to go to work this morning, I did a little research and found out that Mom was married before you and had my brothers with a man named Victor.
" I always knew you were smart. I'm just surprised that your Mother and I were able to keep it a secret for so long. "
" Dad, why didn't you guys tell me? ".
" Mimi... " he didn't look me in the eyes. " You have to understand, your mother and I wanted what's best for you and we didn't think that you should have to deal with all this until you were ready. Actually, the part of the move was so that you wouldn't even have to dealwith those Digimon.".
" So...then I'm really a witch? ".
My Dad gave me a small nod.
" Does this mean that mom and Grams were witches too? ".
" Your mother was and witch and so is your grandmother ".
" What about my... "I took a deep breath " brothers? Are they witches? ".
" Them too. In fact, everyone on your mother's side of the family has been a witch".
" Do I get to meet them? ".
" I arranged it so that they'll be coming here to meet you at five ".
" Five o' clock? I'm not ready to meet them just yet, I need at least a few days to sort things out! ".
" Mimi, now that you've recieved your powers, your brothers will need your help to fight evil. To complete the Power of Five ".
" Fight evil? I'm going to have to do that again? ".
" Yes, I'm afraid so. Demons, warlocks, and all sorts of other things will be coming after you and your brothers, as well as people you're going to have to protect, Innocents. You're going to have to stop those creatures and vanquish them ".
" Wow. So I'm guessing that I can't, you know, like try not being a witch? ".
" Believe me Honey, I don't want you to have to be a witch, but there's nothing we can do about it. It's your destiny ".
" Yeah well, my destiny sucks. Isn't there be like someone else who can 'fight the good fight' or something like that? ".
Dad sighed.
" According to your grandmother, there are a lot of other witches and forces of good that have been able to keep evil at bay over the years. But lately evil has been getting the upper hand. It's time for you to join your brothers in the fight for good. Only then can Power Of Five be constituted.".
" Again with this 'Power Of Five'. What exactly is that? ".
" Actually, your mother told me the story. Your ancestor Melinda Warren was a very powerful witch in the 18th century. She had the powers of Super strength, Transmogrification, the power to freeze time, Telepathy, and Superspeed. She was burned at the stake because her lover, Matthew Tate, told the town that she was a witch. On that day, before she was burned, she foretold of five witches from her family line that together, would become the most powerful force of magic in history, the Power Of Five. They would be the Charmed Ones ".
" So that's what we are? My brothers and I are Charmed Ones? ".
" Yes. Each member of your mother's family inherited one of those five powers from Melinda ".
" I got the power to freeze time. So then my brothers got the other four, right? ".
Again he nodded.
I looked at the clock behind him and saw that I would be meeting my brothers for the first time in a few hours.
" I'm going to up to my room and lay down for a while ".
" I understand. This is a lot for you to take in right now. It's going to take a while for it to settle in ".
I got up from the couch and slowly walked back up to my room. I plopped myself on my bed and stared up at the ceiling. I was still in shock. Me, a witch! No one could have seen that coming. My eyelids began to close and I dozed off for what seemed like only a few minutes. Luckily, I didn't have any weird dreams this time.
Eventually I woke up and realized how long I had been sleeping. I was still a little drowsy, but I could have sworn I heard voices coming from downstairs. I crept out of my room and hide on the staircase to see my Dad talking with five young men. I was hoping that I wouldn't be seen, But as luck would have it, my Dad spotted me.
" Mimi! I was just coming to get you. "
I rose from my hiding place on the staircase and walked down.
" Mimi, these young men are your brothers ".
Five pairs of eyes were all on me. Boy, was this going to be a long day.
Sorry 'bout the cliffy! So what do you think? Yes, I am aware that Mimi has only four brothers, but you'll see who the fifth man is in the next chapter.I am also aware that neither Mimi nor her brothers recited the spell to recieve their powers ( as Phoebe did in the show ) but I just decided to cut that little part out. The next chapter will be up soon!