Melinda's POV
I sighed as I sat with my pen poised over my notebook, still no spell written down yet. I don't know what is bugging me, normally I could whip a spell up in a jiffy, but I can't seem to concentrate. Maybe I should ask Aunt Phoebe to help me real quick, although I don't want to explain what I am hiding from them yet. I tried for about another minute to come up with a spell, but still no luck. Guess I will have break down and ask her for help. I looked around to make sure no one else was looking and called out, "Aunt Phoebe can you help me with something?"
"Sure sweetie, what is it?" she asked leaving the book and walking towards me.
"Trying to write a spell," I replied, hoping I wouldn't regret asking this.
"Ok, what kind of spell are we writing here?" she asked sitting down next to me on the attic couch.
"Um…I think someone is watching me…so I want to write a spell to block any evil someone from viewing in from my time," I said quickly dodging the truth.
"Yeah sure, I am usually pretty good at writing spells," Phoebe said. She grabbed a pen from her hair, and I gave her my notebook to let her do her thing as I rubbed my temples, hoping my oncoming headache would dissipate. When I opened my eyes, Aunt Phoebe had started on a spell. It read: Magic forces of light; block evil eyes from bringing in their foresight, leaving only an image of bright light.
"Thanks Aunt Phoebe," I muttered as I grabbed the notebook back from her. "Magic forces of light, block evil eyes from bringing their foresight, leaving them with only an image of light," I chanted lowly so Mom wouldn't hear it downstairs. Hopefully that worked and I can continue to work on the Titans. Dad orbed back, and had a grim look on his face.
"Leo, what is it?" Aunt Phoebe asked.
"Go get your sisters, I don't want to repeat it again," Leo said with a sigh. Phoebe sat up, patting my shoulder, and headed downstairs. Dad just stood there, lost in thought.
"Dad," I said and he turned his head towards me. I got up and walked towards him. "You and I both know that the Elders said already. You need to convince one of them to you know…infuse Mom, Aunt Phoebe, and Aunt Paige with the Greek God's powers," I said quickly, and knowing him he will try and give me some sort of lecture on the rules, yadda yadda yadda…
"Mel, no one is going to be able…" Leo started, but he saw Phoebe come in with my mom and Aunt Paige.
"Well what did they have to say?" Mom snapped. "Something useless as usual I am sure."
"There is only one way to stop the Titans…but the Elders forbid it after the last time they infused that many people with the power of the gods, and have you three become goddesses," Dad explained quickly.
"That was the only they beat the Titans last time?" Aunt Paige asked, running a hand through her red hair.
"Yeah…" Leo said sighing.
"Well what the hell are you waiting for Leo? Go light a fire under their ass and force them to do it," Mom sighed angrily. Man…mom was really angry with Dad. "It is bad enough that they pull you away from a family outing but not giving you a straight answer to vanquish the Titans," her hands started to wring in anger, like she really wanted to blow up something.
"I'll be back as soon as I can," he gave Mom one last glance before orbing out. Luckily Mom wasn't pointing her anger in my direction. I have never seen Mom so angry with Dad before, kind of scary to see her that mad.
"Piper you need to calm down. Leo did not deserve to be yelled at like that," Phoebe said. "Being mad at the Elders I can understand, but that was a little too far," There goes Aunt Phoebe, butting in on a relationship.
"I know it is just…wish we could do just one normal family thing without them butting in," Mom sighed. Wow did I feel invisible, guess I better let them talk and get their privacy. I really don't want to look like some weirdo. I got up and started to head out of the attic, but Mom saw me getting up. She ran a hand through her hair and got up. "How about some tea?" she asked quickly.
"Um sure," I said quietly. I hope I can keep my cool around her and not loose it again. She led me down to the kitchen, which surprised me since she normally made tea alone. As I saw her grab a pot, I nearly broke into tears right then. Mel get a grip over yourself, you can do this. Mom saw me, tears starting to fill my eyes again.
"Hey…" Mom said in a mother like tone, and after taking the pot off the burner, and pulled me into a hug. I desperately wanted my Mom's comfort, but I couldn't reveal my secret to her yet. Tears were coming back in streams, and I felt myself wanting to cry out Mom, and just was I was about to reveal my secret and all in one moment everything changed. Mom's original outfit changed into a tunic, and she pulled away in shock. "What the hell?" Piper asked as she looked at her outfit.
Paige and Phoebe came in with similar tunics. Aunt Paige looked happy as she looked at the Triton she had in her hand. They made Aunt Paige the Goddess of War? "Wow this is cool," she said.
"Oh Paige, you really shouldn't be playing that," Mom said walking towards Aunt Paige.
"I guess so, but it looks like I could do some major damage with this," she said twirling it.
"Paige, you shouldn't be thinking about destroying, let love flood into you," Phoebe said playing with a long piece of blond hair. Wow…too Aphrodite for me. "War never solves anything, only love," Phoebe said. God she sounded like a hippy.
"What the hell is wrong with you two?" Mom asked sternly. "Paige you are acting power hungry, Phoebe you need to clear your head, you sound like a damn hippy," Mom snapped, but it looked like Aunt Phoebe ignored her, and looked at me.
"Mel, sweetie…a mother's love will help ease the pain," She said implying Piper.
"My mom is dead…" I said reluctantly, trying to tell Phoebe to stop where she was going, but she also ignored that.
"Maybe in your time, but Piper's love for you is still going to be there," Aunt Phoebe said loudly.
"What?" Mom asked, shock plastered into her features.