Disclaimer: See first chapter

Summary: Mel gets to have a family dinner but will it turn out like she hopes? And an old friend of Mel crashes the party what will she do then?

1x05: A Halliwell Dinner

Vincent looked down at his watch Mel had walked out like, five hundred times took one look at him and changed her whole outfit she was nervous. He knew that very well. He took in some air. And walked into her room she was now dressed in a light blue shirt and jeans. Her hair was a slit mess but she was dressed.

Vincent: "Come on!"

Mel: Gets up and walks to her closet again. She couldn't believe she had let him trick her into doing this. She wasn't ready to meet them, what if they didn't like her what if they would never? "I'm not ready!"

Vincent: "Don't make me boom us there with you half naked… you agreed we're not letting them down!"

Mel: "You promise you won't leave?"

Vincent: "Fine! Let's go!"

He grabbed her hand and the boomed to the manor.

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Things happen but we don't really know why,
Once more you tell those lies to me,
Why can't you just be straight up with honesty? (honesty...)
Torn apart at the seams and my dreams turn to tears
I'm not feeling this situation
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 Starring:
Drew Fuller as Chris Halliwell
Wes Ramsey as Wyatt Halliwell
Alexis Bledel as Mel Robin [Halliwell]
Channing Tatum as Hank Halliwell
Eliza Dushku as Nix Halliwell
Summer Glau as Parker Halliwell
Chris Evans as Pacey Halliwell
Sean Faris as Damian Tiernan
With:
Justin Hartley as Vincent Graco
Megan Fox as Silver Halliwell
Sophia Bush as Emma Halliwell
Joshua Jackson as Ryan Halliwell
Guest starring:
Holly Marie Combs as Piper Halliwell
Alyssa Milano as Phoebe Halliwell
Rose McGowan as Paige Halliwell
Shannen Doherty as Prue Halliwell
Brian Krause as Leo Wyatt
James Roday as Steve
Ext. San Francisco
various shots of the city. Underlined by the song: Cookie Jar by Jim Class heroes

Near the stairs are were most of everyone is, Chris was dressed in a light yellow shirt and jeans. Standing next to him was Wyatt in some kind of green shirt Pacey was sitting on the stairs looking at a comic-book. Leo and Piper dressed with happy colors. Paige walked up to them with Hank and Nix next to her.

Piper: "Where are Henry and Emma?"

Paige: "Emma had a little problem in NY and is stuck there with Ryan and Silver who also had some kind of trouble with some cupids. And Henry Andy and Coop had something very big to do for the Elders and cupids."

Phoebe and Prue walked over to them with only Parker next to them.

Phoebe: "I'm guessing Paige told you about Coop Silver and Ryan, right? Stupid cupid stuff," Piper nodded. "Well sorry about them I'll yell at them later!"

Prue: "And Andy?"

Piper: "Yeah,"

Parker: "Already taken care of!"

Pacey: "Yeah she yelled at them pretty good!"

Parker: "Shut up!"

Hank: "So have they gotten here yet?"

Chris: "Nope kind of thinking she might have lost her nerve!"

Nix: "And you wouldn't?"

Wyatt: "Are you kidding I had to rip the bath room door to get him out!"

Pacey: "Yea that was fun to watch…"

Leo: "What?"

Chris: "Don't worry he's being dramatic like normal! God my stomach feels like it has a bunch of butterflies in it!"

Parker: "Yeah I know."

Pacey: Added. "Who doesn't?"

Chris: "Sorry."

Pacey: "Don't be I mean it's not every day you get to meet your lost little sister…"

Chris: "Right… I have to keep telling myself that…"

Piper: "What?"

Chris: "Nothing just I'm a little scared… I mean what if she doesn't like us?"

In the kitchen...

Vincent: "That's crazy they'll love you!"

Mel: "Vince? You've lived with me since I was 16 you know it takes a while to like me, I mean I'm evil for god shakes… this is a bad idea I think we should just go… before anyone gets hurt."

Vincent: He shakes his head. "Just shut up and come on!" He grabs her hand and they walked into the living room. "Sorry we're late!"

They all turned around.

Leo: "It was no big deal…"

Piper: "Why don't we eat?"

Just then Vincent heard someone calling him it felt weird… he looked up to the sky and Mel just knew.

Mel: She looked at him with firey eyes, "No… you promised."

Vincent: He looks as sad as she looks angry. "Yeah sorry… have fun!"

Mel: "I'm going to throw a book at your head next time I see you!"

Vincent: "Right! And I'll catch it just right before I get hit." He booms out leaving her alone with her family.

Chris: "So…"

Mel: "Yeah…"

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Break

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Mel sat next to Chris and Parker took in some air. Pacey smiles at her and she rolls her eyes. Mel takes a look around to see them all. Hank and Wyatt were sitting next to each other the older audlts were near each other while she sat near the younger audlts.

Piper: "So Mel, what do you do at the Paper?"

Mel: "Uh I write articles and uh I take pictures when all the other paid photographers, don't feel like picking up Elise's pages."

Hank: "That sounds fun…"

Mel: She nodes her head. "So what do you all do?"

Leo: "Well I'm a whitelighter… but I work helping Piper at Pipe's."

Piper: "Pretty much they all help out at Pipes or P3."

Mel: "Oh family thingy."

Chris: "Right…" He sees her face as he answers and sees almost a hint of pain flash through her eyes. "I mean no…" He looks down, "What's your favorite movie?"

Mel: She looks down almost playing with the fork. "Uh I don't have one right now… how about you?"

Chris: "Don't have one either…"

Mel: "Great…"

Parker: "So how are things with you and Vincent?"

Everyone: "Parker!"

Mel:That made Mel chuckle. "Cupids are little funny people… we're just friends…" She gave her a wink because she knew why she asked. And that made Parker look down to her plate.

Pacey: "So what do you do when you're not working or hunting demons?"

Mel: "Play video games and help out a little where ever I can…"

Wyatt: Getting to the point. "So what are your powers?"

Piper and Leo: "Wyatt!"

Mel: Sits up and a smile fills her face. "Oh the good questions now huh?"

Chris: He chuckles at her joking manner. "Right."

Mel: "Well telekinesis, the green shield, teleport others with a wave of my hand, I can blow things up… and well the rest are kind of… evil…" She looked down to her food.

Wyatt: "Like what?"

Mel: She looks up and eyes him a little. "You really want to know the bad ones?"

Hank: "Yeah… I mean it might be fun to know them…"

Mel: She looks at him weridly. "Okay… I can… throw… fire balls… a… red blast… that vanquishes demons. And well… booming… that's all I know about…"

Prue: "So how does booming work?"

Mel: "Well you think of a place and then well you boom there, I heard it looks and feels like both orbing and shimmering… it depends on how much you use your good power and bad ones…"

Leo/Paige: "What do you mean?"

Mel: "Well say I were to vanquish a demon with a fireball, and then I was to boom, it ends up looking more like shimmering, and if I were to use one of my good powers then it would have hints of light and look more like orbing."

Wyatt: He asked now because he wanted to seem as if he wasn't just checking out her powers. "Do you want to know our powers?"

Mel: "I kind of already do… I mean you are the TB and you guys are charmed ones and stuff I figured I'd check you're powers out. So I did and well yeah…"

Chris: "So elevators?"

Mel: She chuckles again. "Vince told you about that didn't he?"

Parker: "Yeah…."

Mel: "Yeah hate them with a passion…"

Chris: "Funny… I do too."

Mel: "Wow something we have in common that's kind of cool!" They shared a look and they both nodded at each other.

Nix: "So uh can we talk about RJ?"

Mel: "Yeah but I don't think you're going to like what I have to say about that demon!"

Leo: "Well we want to get to know you… and he's part of you…"

Mel: "Was… I… regret knowing him… and I wish I could have taken care of him before I knew what he was doing to me… guess I'm not all that powerful huh!"

Everyone: "Right…"

Mel: "Well I guess I should start from the beginning…"

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Break

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Mel: "As my disappearing Whitelighter may have told you I can only remember things up to 12 everything under that is lost on me…"

Wyatt: "Yeah he told us…"

Mel: [VO] "Okay well… I remember waking up I felt very much in pain and I knew something was off I mean if you've ever just awoken to just know that everything is off well it's not pretty…"

Mel is walking down the Underworld at first she looks lost and confused that's when a demon that looks to be 34 walks next to her. The Demon has red hair and black eyes. He bends his head to Mel and Mel does the same. Just then a demon throws a fire ball. At the red haired Demon vanquishing him. This demon looks to be 20 and he has dark hair dark eyes.

Black haired Demon: "What the hell have I told you about that huh Mel?"

Mel's [VO]: "There were many options running in my mind I had no idea why I hated his guts and why I felt scared of him but I knew one thing. I didn't like him and well I threw a fire ball at him. A lot more demons came and I threw a lot more fire balls at them. Then they just stopped coming and that made me laugh I scared them… that's what the Underworld is about who can scare who the most…"

Mel walked into a room with weapons and other magical things.

Mel's [VO]: "And there he was a god like guy. He has blond hair and black eyes clean shaven RJ Robin. He dropped something and I laughed then he threw something at my head then I threw a fire ball at him and then he threw something at my head then I threw a fire ball at him… that's the kind of friendship we had. I never doubted that he was my friend I mean it's kind of hard to when he's always telling you that you're this all powerful demon. Yeah he fed my ego alright."

Mel is throwing fire balls after fire balls. Time seems to past and Mel's 14 now. She booms into a store scaring others and she attacks them.

Mel's [VO]: "I was having fun… but that's when he boomed down. I saw him dressed in light black shirt and jeans that made him look hot as hell and for some reason all my plans for the store didn't matter. I walked over to him and I thought I was so bad I mean I had an ego tall as this house. He couldn't resist me no one ever did. So I asked him out… he laughed in my face and boomed out of the store and now I'm not able to calm my temper like I can now so I follow… big mistake!"

Mel finds him standing there holding a potion and look at her as he vanquishes a demon her eyes go wide and she makes her way over to him. But then a demon comes and knocks him unconscious. That's when Mel ran into the room and the demons bents his head at Mel.

Higher Level Demon: "Queen Robin why is she up here today?"

Mel: "Speak when I tell you to speak!"

Higher Level Demon: "Yes Queen I'm sorry!"

Mel: "You're attitude has made me bored leave…"

Higher Level Demon: "But Queen the boy…"

Mel: "I said LEAVE!"

Mel's [VO]: "Yell loud enough and anyone will listen to you hell I knew that demon shouldn't have feared me that also made my head a little bigger."

The demon shimmered away and Mel looked down at him and now she can see him face. It's a 14 year old Vincent.

Mel's [VO]: "Two years pass and well I've fallen for him. I mean he makes me feel you know human and for some reason my head starts getting smaller and smaller and he even lets me take him out on a date it didn't end well… but it was fun while it you know was there… RJ thought that I was getting soft… all I thought was Vincent was hot that he made me feel less demonic but more a woman. And at that time I realize that all I really want is to be more woman than demonic I think that's all anyone wants to have someone to hold to laugh with to share things that one never thought could be shared…"

Mel is walking in the Underworld she's writing poetry for Vincent. Just then RJ rips the book away from Mel and Mel throws a fire ball at her.

RJ: "Stop writing to that bitch and start planning for the WAR!"

Mel: "Don't you ever call him a BITCH?" There is a lot of anger in her voice. So much that she throws a fire ball at five demons. "Don't you ever tell me what I am to do?"

RJ: "Then don't waste your time on a dead BITCH!"

Mel: "I'm not!"

RJ: "Good prove yourself… kill him!"

Mel's [VO]: "At first I thought he was joking… I started laughing but then I saw his eyes and the anger took hold I grabbed him by his shirt and I was torn… vanquish the demon that I believe at the time had saved me from hell… I was wrong… and I'm glad now that I listened to that little voice that came up from my heart… my heart always knew more than me… so I took one look at him and I vanquished him and to make sure that no one knew that I was me I vanquished everyone and that day I felt free I was no longer evil I was no longer burden by magic I could go left and right without others looking at me as I … I would kill them because they looked at me… I help the magical community mostly because I felt that I owe them and Vincent took me in and well I guess you can just understand that the rest was just history…"

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Nix: "So you wrote him poetry?"

Mel chuckled and nodded.

Phoebe: "You ever show it to him?"

Mel: "God no… it wasn't good enough… and I never finished…"

Chris: "Can we hear it?"

Mel: "You can but I doubt you'd like it…"

Leo: "Let us be the judge of that."

Mel: "Okay it's based on his middle name that is Roso or rather rose its Vince's middle name… Roso/His skin like his name burns me/ his soul and his mind scares me/ His beauty and hatred ignites me/ His touch and voice so enlightening yet freighting I'm hung on every word that leaves his lips/ Yet always knowing the end is near/ Yet never wanting less but more/ Yet never doubting his mind/ Yet always watching his every step/ I'm his watcher and he is my Roso/ Always around when I need him most/ Never a time when I feel less than/ I know I love him and he feels the same/ Yet I know the end is near…/ I know I scare him/ he knows he does the same/ Roso/ the only flower I know that may thorns/ yet those same thorns never got a blood drop out me/ His name fills me with hope and I know mine does the same/ Hope the one thing that the Roso can do for me…"

Chris: "That's it?"

Mel: "Yeah… I told you I wasn't done…"

Piper: "How long has it taken you to write that much?"

Mel: "Still doing it! But since I met him…"

A voice: "Funny, I never knew you wrote poetry, though then again, not a lot of people really know who you are deep down, you are just another mystery waiting to be solved."

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Wyatt: "Who are you?"

Dude: "Mel knows,"

Mel: "Steve,"

Parker: "You know him?"

Steve: He looks at her with an evil smile. "We go way back,"

Mel: "What happened to going home?"

Steve: He now turns to look at her. "Well funny thing, when I got home, they said they missed me and my older brother handed me a gift, I opened it and it was a vanquishing potion, they had all blessed it, they told me they have more, and that they had a spell and if I didn't vanquish myself that they would," He looks down. "They thought I was evil, funny thing is I'm not, so I asked why do you think of me as evil and they said, because the Twice cruse is alive and if she's alive you'll join her someday," He stands closer to her, she doesn't move or say anything to him, the others just watch not knowing what she'd do. "Then I asked, why would I join her if she's not evil, she's a good person, she's the one that told me you were looking for me," He touches her shoulder, Wyatt gets up from his chair as everyone else does, she just looks at his hand. "Then the funny part comes, they tell me, that's what she's supposed to do,"

Mel: "Steve I understand your anger,"

Steve: "How can you?" He looks around the room as all around him everyone is looking at him wanted to kill him for even just touching her. "When your family seems to like you, and you're Queen Robin,"

Mel: Her temper spikes just a little. "That's not who I am anymore,"

Steve: He gets close to her ear. "We both know that's a lie,"

Chris: "Steve was it?" Steve looks at Chris now. "Step away from my sister!"

Steve: "Only known you for a whole hour and they already think of you as family, but I wonder, if the feeling is the same for everyone?"

Mel: "Steve I know… this doesn't look great okay, I get that your family told you to go off yourself but…"

Steve: He cuts her off knowing what she was about to say. "It's going to get better? Uhm… for some odd reason I don't think it will,"

Mel: Trying to reason with him. "Steve,"

Steve: Almost yelling. "You know what I came for! And there are only two people in the whole world that can do it," He look at Wyatt then back to her. "So who should I attack first him or you?"

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Break

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Wyatt looked at Mel waiting for her to give him a signal but she did nothing she didn't even move, her face held nothing to hint for him of what she was thinking of doing and unlike his whole family he couldn't read her mind. Piper turned to look at Leo as he was watching Mel as hard as ever. Phoebe turned to meet eyes with Paige and Prue they didn't know what she was thinking and they didn't know what she would do.

Steve: He held out his hands almost egging her one. "WELL?"

Mel: Looked at Wyatt's eyes and she smiled, she looks back at Steve. "You're not going to hurt anyone."

Steve: His hands drop to his sides, "You don't know me,"

Mel: She shakes her head. "If you hurt me or my…" She closes her eyes unable to say it. "Or Wyatt, then, you'd be proving everyone right, you're not about to do that, you're not about to prove your brother right! You're not evil you've never killed anyone, you've never hurt anyone,"

Steve: "I'm supposed to kill everyone I know,"

Mel: "And I'm supposed to be Queen Robin! I'm supposed to want to kill Wyatt," Again she looked at Wyatt. "Why would I?" She looks back to Steve. "He's never hurt me, he doesn't even know me! And I don't even know him, I don't want to kill him and he doesn't want to kill me," She looks up to the sky. "I'm supposed to want to kill everyone and thing, when I don't understand why?" Again she looks back to Steve. "Why would I do such a horrible act? Why would I want to get rid of the world? When I like the world, I love magic and I love mortals they're the only beings in the whole world that will always look at me the same, as another being not a monster, their the only ones in the end that will never know how much their lives should be in danger when they talk to me, and their also lucky because unlike everyone else they don't know who I am supposed to be, that's also why I like them more, because they still look at me as if I was me, they see another person not a monster not whatever other person sees, and believe me, in the end that's all I ever want," She looks back at parents for a second then back to him. "That's why I told you, your family was looking for you, because family is supposed to be the people that always look at you the same, that never sees what other see because they know you're not what everyone thinks you are, you're the thing that they try and pretend you'll never be,"

Steve: "Doesn't change the fact that I'll always be what you try and pretend not to be,"

He looked somewhat pleased with something but it left when he saw Steve standing their and he felt Mel's feelings. Stressed and worried.

Vincent: "Hello,"

Steve: Looks at Mel. "Another family member?"

Mel: "No a friend,"

Vincent: "what's going on?"

Mel: "Just dealing with some things,"

Vincent: Nods to Steve. "Him being the thing?"

Pacey: "Yeah,"

Mel: "I can deal with this myself,"

Vincent: "Nicely or badly?"

Mel: "He's an old friend that lost his way, he doesn't dissever to given up on,"

She walks closer to Steve now, Vincent looks at her almost fearful for her. Parker walks up to him.

Parker: "I think she can handle herself,"

Vincent: "It's not her I'm worried about,"

Steve: "So that's it? You're not going to vanquish me?"

Mel: "No,"

Steve: "Well I could always try your brother,"

Mel: "He isn't going to kill you either,"

Steve: "What am I supposed to do now Mel? They don't want me back… they don't want me alive,"

Mel: "They don't really feel that way, they're just scared, you have to show them that you're still the same lost little boy you were before, prove everyone wrong."

Steve: "Why not just vanquish me?"

Mel: "Because if you can't go back with your family, how can I? If you can't live the life you left behind, how can I do any better? When you and me we're the same,"

Everyone in the room could hear this.

Steve: "But you're a Halliwell, Halliwells are nothing but good,"

Mel: "It doesn't mean I can come back to this life,"

Steve: "It doesn't mean you can,"

Mel: "Same thing goes for you,"

Steve: "They don't want me back,"

Mel: "Didn't I just say try harder?"

Steve: "He shakes his head. "Good luck,"

Mel: "You too,"

He disappears and Mel looks back to Halliwells… her family yeah that felt better her family.

Vincent: "Well look at that you did it,"

Mel: She nodes, "Well look what came booming in the night!"

Vincent: "Sarcasms must it always leave your lips?"

Mel: "Yeah! I found out it's a family trait."

She smiled and looked at Paige.

Piper: "Is he going to be okay?"

Mel: "Yeah, I think he is,"

Vincent: "Wonderful! I have great news!"

Mel: "OOOO I like great new!"

Vincent: "The Elder's have given me back my healing powers!"

Mel: "Why does that sound as if you didn't quit and told them that you where telling destiny to kiss your half whitelighter ass?"

Vincent: "AND! They kind of agree you haven't done evil… you did save that elf and that pixie so they've come to the conclusion that since you past the test…"

Mel and Wyatt: "What test?"

Vincent: "The manor is still standing magic hasn't been told on! Cleaners not needed. I think that kind of leaves you with you know some power."

Mel shook her head.

Mel: "I get it they thought that me, and Wyatt were going to go crazy and fight over what salad… bread? Something stupid that right?" Vincent nodded his head. "We'll I'm glad we showed them!"

She smiled so did Wyatt.

Wyatt: "ME too!"

Mel: "Ah was that the reason why you boomed away?"

Vincent: "Yeah I felt like someone needed me. I boomed and found a lot of Elders I almost thought I had to fight them… I kind of gave some Elder's black eyes… only because they gave me a look!"

Chris: "I think we can condone that!"

He looks at Leo who only chuckles.

Hank: "Take that as a yes!"

Vincent: "I will."

Parker: "Hey why did they you know pull you away?"

Vincent: "Oh they told me because I'm Mel's holder…" Mel looked lost. "The person, that holds you in place with the human world. That's also why I was your whitelighter."

Mel: "Was? Past teases?"

Vincent: "Well I quit… so I'm not one anymore…"

Phoebe: "I thought you said they gave you back your healing…"

Vincent: "They did. But they had no right to take that away. I was born a Whitelighter not made one."

Mel: "Who cares you have it back!"

Elsewhere… Underworld

A demon wearing a black robe that's covering his whole face is watching the Halliwells.

Demon: "Master is it time?"

Main Demon: "No but soon it will be!" He turned around and smiled. "And she as well as all of them will pay for all of my pain…"

Demon: "Yes master."

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