True Lies

Summary: Mel's life is turned upside down when she finds out her mother was a Halliwell witch. She meets her cousins, but closes her self off from the world. When Chris comes to the past, though, she begins to open up again. Why?

Rating: PG13

Setting: Nearing the end of season five and on into season six.

There are times
I swear I know you're here
When I forget about my fears
Feeling you my dear
Watchin over me
And my hope seeks
What the future will bring
When you wrap me in your wings

Jessica Simpson "Where You Are"

Chapter Two

Family Ties

"I love you, Denae." Everyone called her Mel. She liked her middle name better, but you can't change what you've been called since Kindergarten. Her mother kissed her gently on the head and bade her goodnight.

Denae smiled at her mother. "I love you too mommy. Don't ever leave me."

"I won't! I promise." Denae looked behind her mother to see that evil smirk that she had come to absolutely hate. The smirk belonged to JERRY.

That was the moment that she saw a blue ball form in his had. "Mom. MOM! NO NO NO PLEASE NO!" Denae screamed at the top of her lungs.

I awoke at the jolt of the plane touching the ground. The flight attendant gave her speech, but I didn't pay attention. I just kept seeing Jerry's smirk and reading the note.

I found her way to baggage claim. Three women stood with a sign that had my name on it, but I walked past them. They hadn't cared about me before; a few more minutes wouldn't kill them.

I quickly pulled my bags off the conveyer belt, knowing that the rest of my stuff was going to be sent by UPS to me the next week.

After that I walked to where the three stood. I didn't say hello. I wasn't polite. Why should I have been they didn't care about me, right? "Where's the vehicle?"

The oldest one, who was rather pregnant, asked if I had a good flight. I simply nodded. I wasn't in the mood for conversation.

A redhead asked if she could help me with my bags, and I gladly handed one to her.

The other sent her condolences pretty quickly. I put on a fake smile and graciously thanked my cousin. I didn't mean it though; in fact if I had said what I wanted to it would have been more to the effect of 'Why should you care?'

In the SUV that they owned we went home. They gave me small introductions and made small talk. They were obviously as uncomfortable with everything that had happened as I was.

The pregnant one was Piper. She had a husband at home and her baby was due very soon. She was the oldest unless you counted their dead sister, Prue.

Phoebe writes an advice column called Ask Phoebe. She was the youngest-turned middle child. Not too long ago her ex-husband had disappeared.

The redhead was called Paige. Geez what is with all the P's? She was adopted and didn't meet the other two until nearly two years ago.

The heavy conversation came when we got to their place, Halliwell Manor.

They discussed the whole magic thing with me. That kind of stuff really freaked me out. Not to mention after Jerry, or whoever he really was, killed mom I didn't want anything to do with the stuff.

According to them Piper could freeze and speed up time. Paige could orb things, which they explained meant move them, including herself. Phoebe was able to see the future and the past; she could also levitate.

Soon I met Leo who was their something or another that meant angel. He could orb too. He was also Piper's husband and the baby's father.

The next few months went by with me in my new room. Rarely would I come out, other than from school. Kids hated me there.

One thing I did find was a confidant, as strange as it sounds. When Wyatt was born, I found that I could tell him anything. He was too young to understand, and I could say anything.

I had decided against receiving my "powers", but I was definitely introduced into the demon world. Every night, I prayed to God that this was all a dream, and that Jerry wouldn't come back after me. Then after being attacked by a funny looking horned, swirled eyed demon, I finally gave in. I used the spell to call a witches power. I got the ability to move things with my mind, telekinesis in sci-fi movies.

At night, I snuck out a lot. Sometimes I would do teenage stuff: go to clubs; sneak a drink, anything to get away from my life. Sometimes, though, I would get really depressed, and I'd go into the street and yell for Jerry to come kill me. I thought that maybe if he killed me I could be with my mom and it would be okay. The guilt wouldn't rest on my shoulders anymore. The sisters had this thing they could do to find me though. Leo could sense where I was, whereas after I got my powers the sisters could scry for me.

What I've told you about is not to make you say poor pitiful Melinda. How sad. Good grief, that kind of stuff drives me insane. The point is to show what I was like then, where I was at in my life. Mostly because the next part of the story is where my entire life took another turning point. All because of one person who finally seemed to understand what I was going through and didn't just patronize me or send me those lines about how it gets better in time.