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For their birthday the twins got the charm bracelets from Mel the journals from Peyton, and gift cards to their favorite stores in the mall from H.J. They also got photo albums from Parker, purses from Portia, they each got a movie from Wyatt, and mp3 downloads from Chris.
"Aw, we have the best cousins in the world" Hope said as she hugged Wyatt.
"Yea, and it's good that they know what we like" Faith said as she hugged Parker.
"Well, we need to get going to the club. Be sure to call and check in once in a while tonight, there is no telling what can happen on Halloween" Piper told her children and nieces and nephew.
"Mom you worry too much" Wyatt said as he went over to hug his mom good-bye.
The kids all hugged their respectable parents as they left for P3.
"Well do you guys want to go change into your costumes and then come back so we can do this ritual?" Mel asked her cousins.
"Yea, we'll be back in like an hour, ok?" Portia responded.
With that the room was filled with blue and white orbs, and pink hearts. All that remained in the living room were Wyatt, Chris, and Mel.
"Race you guys upstairs" Mel said as she hearted to her bedroom to change.
"She always cheats" Wyatt said as he disappeared in a shower of orbs.
"And you guys always leave me behind" Chris said with a smile as he orbed up to his room.
A few minutes later the three siblings emerged from their bedrooms in the costumes they were in earlier.
"Do you guys want to help me get ready in the attic?" Mel asked her brothers.
"Yea, do you need anything from the kitchen?" Wyatt asked.
"Um, I think I need rosemary, and some apples. H.J. picked up some poppets, lavender and laurel leaves for me this afternoon" she told her brother.
Wyatt turned to go down stairs to get the ingredients. "Oh and grab a broom too. So that leaves you and me to set up big brother. Shall we?" Mel said as she hooked her arm through Chris'.
"I think we shall" he replied with a smile on his face.
As the two were heading up to the attic the air in front of them rippled, like a shimmer. Mel unhooked her arm from Chris'. Once the ripple stopped she flicked out her fingers at the incoming demon. To her surprise a flurry of black and beige swept together after the blast to reform a young woman wearing vinyl black pants and a black vinyl top cinched together with silver clasps.
"Ouch that hurt" Bianca said looking at the two siblings.
"Oh my god, I'm so sorry B, I just saw the shimmer and I thought demon, I really am sorry" Mel said as she walked forward to give the girl a hug.
"I guess I can forgive you, this time" Bianca said with a smile on her face hugging the girl back. "Where are you two going?"
"We're heading up to the attic to set up for the Halloween ritual, want to join us?" Chris said giving his ex-girlfriend a hug. The two had tried the dating thing, but then realized that they were better off just being friends.
"Sure but where's tall, blonde, and prophesized?" Bianca cracked.
"Someone talking about me?" Wyatt said walking up with the ingredients for Mel. "Ah it's my favorite Phoenix. What's new Bianca?" He added giving the girl a hug around the shoulders.
"Oh same old, working mostly. I got a new assignment last week, I'm doing security for some rich guy's daughter, but I can't let her know that she is being 'protected'" Bianca said using air quotes.
"Who ever thought that being a witch had its real world advantages" Mel said with a smile.
"I'm just glad that Wyatt found that job for private security, these people pay a lot of money to have things be watched over by other folks. And I get to sharpen some of my own witchy skills."
"Well, let's get upstairs so we can set up before the others get here" Mel said dragging her brothers along. "By the way Bianca, what are you supposed to be for Halloween?"
"Isn't it obvious?" She asked with a duh look on her face.
"I think I know what you are, are you a…" Chris whispered the answer in her ear.
"You're right but I'm not going to count your answer, you have insider knowledge" Bianca said giving Chris a light shove.
"Well, than no, it's not obvious, at least not to me it isn't" Mel answered back.
"I'm an assassin" Bianca said as if it was the most obvious thing in the world.
"Ha, ha, ok, now I feel dumb. How did I not get that? I also realize what the girls must have thought this afternoon when we showed them our costumes" Mel stated.
"Yea, I was going to say, real original you three. A wizard, an angel, and a witch, never would have seen that coming" Bianca said with a smirk.
"Alright, what do you need us to do Mel" Chris asked his sister.
"I need five white candles in a circle and we need an alter of some sort in the middle. Then I need a bowl of water, some dirt, one red candle, and a piece of paper to make a fan as representation of the elements." Mel said as she walked over to the book. "What else. I know I am forgetting something."
"What are you following?" Bianca asked looking over Mel's shoulder at the book while the guys were going about getting the stuff she asked for.
"Well I am going off of the stuff mom and her sisters wrote down from when they were sucked through time back to the 1600s. And then I am using the Wiccan Reed for all the extra stuff. Ah an athame that's what I need." Mel said as she turned to Bianca and smiled sweetly.
"Oh all right. Here" Bianca said as she conjured an athame. "But last time I checked you can conjure too."
"Yea, but you're a professional" Mel smirked as she turned back to the book. "Oh Chris we need to put the potion pot on the alter too." Bianca walked over to help Chris set everything up. Mel's eyes followed as Bianca walked past Aunt Pearl's old pink couch as another shimmer appeared.
"Demon!" Mel yelled as she conjured an energy ball and threw it at the still forming shimmer.
The demon formed completely and was thrown backward by the energy ball. "Ouch! What was that for" Blake said as he went to stand up.
"Ok, I am putting an anti-shimmering spell on this house. I have already tried to kill the only two people we know who can shimmer. Maybe you two should wear a bell when you shimmer into this house" Mel said going over to Blake. "Sorry Blake, if it makes you feel any better, I blew up Bianca earlier"
"Just be lucky manticores aren't easily vanquished. How is my favorite witch?" He said pulling Mel into a hug.
"Oh you know, getting ready for a Halloween ritual want to help?"
"Um, sure, but I'm going to put on my costume first, be back in a flash" Blake said as he walked toward the stairs.
"The next thing that shimmers into this house can be vanquished right?" Mel asked as she turned back to Chris and Bianca who were trying to hold back laughter.
"Wyatt did you grab the broom from downstairs?" Mel asked turning to her oldest brother.
"It wasn't down there, I just assumed that it would be up here" Wyatt responded looking around "And I was right" he said walking over to the corner and grabbing the broom. "It doesn't have to be anything special right, it's just a regular broom" he added.
"No I don't think so, it's just to sweep evil from our path, this should be ok" Mel replied.
"Knock, knock, don't try and kill me this time" Blake said as he came back into the attic.
"Whoa, nice costume Blake, you actually look dead" Chris said to his friend, now dressed as a zombie.
"Well, that might be because of the long hours I have been working. I know I always wanted to be a producer, but this whole producing advertising commercials is killing me. No pun intended" he said as the realization of what he said sank in.
"Alright, back to the ritual. Circle of white candles, check. Representation of elements, check. Apples, laurel leaves, lavender, rosemary, and poppet dolls, check. And finally, the athame, broom and potion pot, check. Alright I think we have everything" Mel said giving everything a once over.
"Good, the guys will probably all be here in a little bit anyway" Wyatt said as blue and white orbs appeared into the attic and revealed Warren Jenkins-Williams, dressed as a pirate.
Warren was the son of Billie Jenkins and J.D. Williams. After J.D. sacrificed himself, he was made into a white lighter as he was supposed to be all along. Once the final battle was over the Elders sent J.D. down to Billie for the decisions she had made knowing she would need a friend. The two started dating and were allowed to get married since Billie wasn't J.D.'s charge. The two had a son and named him Warren after the Halliwell's family line.
"What's up guys" Warren said as he walked over to the group. "Are you all ready to do the ritual?" he added.
"Yea we are just waiting for our cousins" Chris said.
"Thanks for letting me in on this, I've never done a Halloween ritual before, it should be most intriguing" Warren said.
"I don't know about intriguing, but it will defiantly be fun" Mel said. She knew Warren could be a bit of a nerd, but the kid was useful to have around, he knew practically everything.
"Sweet pirate costume dude, were did you get it?" Blake asked the young witch-lighter.
"Mel made it for me, I had been reading about the East India Trading company, and the great pirate plunders of the Sugar Islands so Mel suggested that I be a pirate for Halloween. I thought it was a promising idea" Warren beamed.
"I thought you were going to attend Magic School full time this year, why would you be reading about the Sugar Islands?" Chris asked.
"I decided to keep magic school as the extra curricular, I just like school too much, and I was voted president of the science club, I didn't really want to give that up. Plus Baker High is doing a math decathlon this year, I think I would do pretty well in that" Warren ranted.
"You're such a nerd Warren" Blake said as he gave the kid a noogie. "But our group would be lost without you, I don't know how many times you're giant brain has gotten us out of scrapes" he added.
"Well I like hanging around you guys, as my mom likes to tell me, it let's me have contact with the real world" Warren said in his best Billie voice.
The group of six was talking when three sets of blue and white orbs appeared in the attic.
"It's about time you guys got here, what took you so long" Wyatt asked walking over to his cousins.
"Dude, I have two sisters, count them, two. That means look at how long it takes Mel to get ready and double it" H.J. said to Wyatt.
"Hey girls happy birthday" Bianca said as she walked over to give the girls hugs. "Next year for your 21st we are really going to have to party" she said with a wink.
"Sweet gangster costume H.J." Blake said giving the witch-lighter a high-five.
"That's a hot costume Bianca, I'm assuming you're an elite assassin" Hope, dressed in her go-go dancer outfit said with a grin.
"I think I might have to borrow that from you sometime" Faith said from under her pink taffeta princess gown "Where did you get it?"
"I just had it lying around, that's how I decided on what I would be for Halloween, I already had the clothes" Bianca said with a smile.
"Over my dead body will either of you be caught in an outfit like that, no offense Bianca" H.J. said.
"Yea, besides you girls would have to wrestle me for it first, and I'm not part Pacifist" Mel added.
"I don't think so" Wyatt and Chris said at the same time.
"Wyatt. Chris. Of the three of us standing here, which one is in charge of my body" Mel said as she walked away.
In time to break the tension three sets of hearts appeared in the attic revealing a pixie, a sock-hop girl and a goddess, also known as Peyton, Parker, and Portia.
"Whoa, major attitude coming from everyone, what did we miss?" Portia asked.
"Oh nothing, the girls were just arguing over who would be borrowing my outfit first and the guys didn't like the idea of their poor defenseless baby sisters looking hot" Bianca said, her voice dripping in sarcasm.
"Whatever, we have every right to protect our little sisters, they are younger than us" H.J. responded.
"Ok, we will argue over who can tell us what we can wear later, right now we have a ritual to do" Mel butted in.
"Um, quick question, why are we doing this ritual anyway?" Parker asked.
"I think it's a way to bond with our magic more or something connecting magic I don't really remember. I kind of improvised some of the ritual, you know so we could cover all the bases" Mel replied.
"Wait you just made up a ritual. That's kind of dicey isn't it Mel?" Chris asked.
"Chris chill, we make up rituals all the time to help cast spells. I followed the notes in the book of shadows that Aunt Prue, Aunt Phoebe and mom wrote, plus I am invoking the elements and I followed the Wiccan Reed for good measure."
"Well, it sounds like she covered everything. I trust you Mel, let's do this" Wyatt said.
The group of twelve made a circle around the candles and held hands. Mel had told them to concentrate on their magic and let it flow through them. Mel stepped out of the circle and into the center, in front of the alter. First she lit the five candles on the ground, then she lit the red candle on the alter. She poured water to a small bowl and added dirt to another. Then she took the paper fan she made and waved it a few times, creating a small breeze.
"We invoke the elements, earth, fire, water, and air to connect with everything around us and everything we are" Mel began.
Mel picked up an apple and cut it in half. She then took a laurel leaf and placed it over the center.
"The pentacle heart of an apple and a laurel leaf bring us protection" She told the group. "And lavender and rosemary are protection herbs, they bring safe keeping to us" She said as she sprinkled the lavender and rosemary around the alter. Mel then picked up the poppets that H.J. had brought over and handed one to each of the people standing in the circle. She then held up her own poppet and said
"We will be guided by the wisdom of the witches that came before us. They bring us knowledge and reverence" and with that the group chanted "knowledge and reverence" three times. During this ritual, the group didn't notice that there was a reddish-orange circle forming around them.
Mel grabbed the broom and started sweeping the ground from west to east. "We use the broom to sweep evil from our path" she stated as the broom had a soft red hue to it.
Mel picked up the athame and pricked her finger and allowed the blood to drip into the potion pot.
"Our blood bonds us with our magic and keeps us together. Everybody add your blood to the potion pot" she said as she passed the athame to Wyatt. Everyone stepped forward and dripped some blood into the pot. Mel then added the water and dirt to it and put the candle in the center. She placed the apple with the laurel leaf in the pot and sprinkled the rest of the lavender and rosemary inside. Once again Mel picked up the fan and created wind for the fourth element and then had everyone place their poppets on the alter.
"Here now the words of the witches the secrets we hide in the night. The oldest of gods are invoked here the great work of magic is sought. In this night and in this hour we call upon the ancient power, bring the power to those in threes, we want the power, give us the power" The twelve of them chanted.
Mel blew out the five candles on the floor.
"Well that should do it" she stated. Mel was a little free with her magic. She was constantly experimenting and trying to figure out new things.
"Alright, so what's everyone's plans tonight just to make sure we know where everyone is" Wyatt asked the group.
"Well Portia and I are going to the Halloween dance at magic school" Warren said. Portia and Warren were only a year apart and very close friends.
"Parker is coming with Faith and I to a party, it's kind of for us, but mostly for Halloween. A few of our friends thought it would be fun to do" Hope said.
"Chris, Bianca, Blake and I are going to a party on Chris' campus at Sigma Gamma Gamma" Wyatt said before turning to Peyton, Mel and H.J.
"I'm almost afraid to know where you three are going" he said.
"Oh come on Wyatt don't you trust us?" Peyton asked.
"You and H.J. yea I do, my own baby sister however that's another story" he said.
"Ouch Wy, that hurts. Don't worry we are going to a party at my campus for Delta Phi" Mel said.
"You know Wy; I can take care of myself. I'm 22 you know. Not to mention that I will be with Pey and H.J. it's not the end of the world that you can't watch me like a hawk tonight" Mel added.
"Alright Mel, I think he gets the point" Portia said, she could feel Mel's anger and couldn't help but think it was a little over the top.
"Ok, everyone listen for calls we are going to have fun tonight, but that doesn't change the fact that it's Halloween and things can happen. And you guys" he said pointing to Parker, Hope, Faith, Portia, and Warren "no drinking. You're under age and you don't want your parents to kill you and then summon you back from the dead just to have my mom blow you up got it" he added. "Also you three" he said turning to Peyton, H.J. and Mel "Don't go over board on the drinking, we need to keep clear heads in the event that something does happen."
"Yes dad!" Peyton said a little harsher than she had to.
"Wyatt we got it, we know where everyone will be, and we know how to be responsible. Now can we go and enjoy our night" Hope said in a snippy tone.
Portia felt funny. Her empathy power was picking up on a lot of anger but she couldn't tell why her cousins were acting so funny. She decided it was just because they were anxious to go out and have fun.
"Alright alright see you guys later" Wyatt said as he and Chris orbed out, followed by Blake and Bianca shimmering.
"Peace out guys have fun tonight" Faith said as her and her sister orbed out along with Parker hearting out.
"Well shall we go to magic school?" Warren said.
"Let's go" Portia said as she hearted out and left Warren orbing after her.
"Come on guys let's get going" Peyton said as she hearted out and Mel and H.J. orbed.
Once everyone left Andras, the demon of rage appeared in the attic.
"I'm corporeal. They didn't even do anything to each other and I gained enough strength to be corporeal" he said in amazement. "I may not be able to get my revenge on Balthazar, but I can at least take out some rage on the Charmed offspring" he said as he flashed red out.
Hope you guys liked the chapter, please don't kill me for any inaccuracies in the ritual. I just think magic is cool, I don't follow the Wiccan Religion, so it there are falsities I apologize, I write for fun.