Season 3
We Sisters, Three
Phoebe was descending the stairs when the doorbell rung. She ran over to answer it.
"Melinda!" Phoebe exclaimed.
"Hi." Melinda said.
"I'm so glad you came! Come in!" Melinda followed Phoebe into the living room and they got comfortable on the couch. "I know you wanted to know more about us, about you so I thought this was a good time to get to know each other and I could tell you." Phoebe said.
"This is so weird to me. I only found out that I was adopted a few days ago. Everything is different all of a sudden. I don't know how I feel about it all yet but I do know that I'm not angry about it and I want to know about my new family." Melinda said.
"When are you going back to New York?"
"In a week."
"I lived in New York for a few years, for college. Are you flying back on an airplane?" Phoebe asked.
"It's the best form of transportation for long distance travel." Melinda replied.
"I know an even better way. You asked about your powers. When we first met, you orbed. Orbing is the ability of a whitelighter."
"But you said we were witches."
"We are but you are half witch, half whitelighter. Whitelighters are guardian angels for witches and future whitelighters and our mother fell in love with her whitelighter and they created you so not only do you have the powers of a witch but you have the powers of a whitelighter as well."
"My father was like a guardian angel? When I think of an angel, I think of someone who's died."
"Well... he did die, you're absolutely right. That's why he was a whitelighter. Piper's husband, Leo is a whitelighter."
"Wait! Piper's married to a dead guy?"
"Pretty much, he died in world war two."
"Wouldn't that make him like eighty years old?"
"Yeah!"
Melinda laughed. "I'm sorry, that's just the funniest, oddest thing I have ever heard and I've seen ghost my entire life."
"He doesn't age either." Phoebe informed.
"Ok. My life until now has been very normal, I see."
"Trust me sister, you haven't seen anything yet. Now, as for your other powers..."
"There's more?"
"The first sister is supposed to have the power to move things with her mind. Try moving that magazine on the table."
"How?"
"Prue used to wave her hands, try that."
Melinda waved her hand at the magazine and nothing happened.
"Hmm" Phoebe contemplated.
"I guess I can't make that MAGAZINE..." The magazine orbed to her hand. "...move."
"I guess the whitelighter side makes it work differently. I'm not exactly sure how much of the whitelighter's powers you possess but Leo may be able to explain it better. You're the first half witch, half whitelighter to ever exist."
"Ok... so maybe it's me but I have a feeling that Piper isn't so open to get to know me."
"It has nothing to do with you. Piper just hasn't really been herself lately. She'll come around... We have a lot to teach you but the good news is that you can orb and once you can control it you can orb here anytime.."
"On another note, why did our mother have to give me up?"
"It was forbidden before Piper and Leo for witches and whitelighters to be together. Our mother and your father were concerned about what would happen to you, them and the destiny of the Charmed Ones. There's no telling what the Elders would have done. In order to protect you and everyone involved they had to keep you a secret and find you a good home. Now it isn't forbidden because Piper and Leo changed that and frankly, everyone needs you to be the third Charmed One. Honestly, Piper and I just found out a few days ago."
"How did you find out then? You said our mother died when you were just a little girl."
"We called her spirit."
"I've never talked to a spirit that's already moved on before. Since my father is a whitelighter, that means he's like Leo, right?"
"He was like Leo but now his spirit has finally moved on so he's up there in the afterlife with our mother."
"So I won't be able to meet either of them."
"Believe me, you will but for right now, follow me little sister." Phoebe said, taking Melinda's hand and leading her to the attic.
"What's going on?"
"I figured since you're here we could go through the Book of Shadows, you could learn a little bit more about the witchy stuff, maybe I could teach you some potions if you want and most importantly you can learn some of our family history."
"I've never had a sister before. I think I like it." Melinda smiled.
"I've never had a little sister before and I like that." Phoebe smiled then they laughed together. Phoebe just looked at Melinda.
"What?"
"You just look so much like us... and act so much like us...that's all."
"...I've never realized how much I didn't resemble my mother but I guess for us not to be blood related we actually do have a pretty strong resemblance."
"...So you were named after Melinda Warren, she was the beginning of our magical line. Piper was actually going to name her daughter Melinda but I don't think she's going to be doing that now. Couple crazy stories, we actually met Melinda. No, not as a ghost. She came here from the past. She was amazing. Here's the even crazier story."
"Crazier than that?"
"Trust me, there's plenty crazier than that but one time we went to the past and helped deliver Melinda. We saw her be born. Actually, Piper did the delivering. Oh and you know how there's this stereotype that witches fly on broomsticks at night with a pointy hat on their heads?"
"Yeah."
"I kind of started that. I flew across the moonlit night sky on a broomstick in a pointy hat laughing, only to scare the bad people away though."
"You're right. That is outrageous."
Phoebe continued to show Melinda the Book of Shadows, tell her about the family history and teach her stuff in the book about being a witch. It was really giving them time to bond.
Two female demons shimmered in. They had brown hair and were dressed in black leather outfits. One was wearing a cropped corset with shorts and the other was wearing a full corset and mini skirt.
Phoebe and Melinda looked up in shock. The demon in the skirt sent Phoebe, Melinda and the book across the room.
"Now!" The demon wearing the skirt yelled and the demon wearing the shorts threw some kind of potion.
Phoebe and Melinda stood up then Phoebe tried to levitate both nothing happened.
"I know you're new at this but do u think you could orb us out of here?" Phoebe asked.
"I can try but I only did it once and I didn't even know." Melinda took Phoebe's hand and tried to orb them out but nothing happened. "That didn't work."
"If you're going to go after the Charmed Ones you have to be one step ahead." The demon in the skirt said.
"Leo!" Phoebe called.
The demon in the shorts grabbed Melinda and shimmered out then the demon in the skirt followed.
"Oh no. Leo!"
Leo orbed in. "What happened?"
"Demons, they took Melinda."
"Where's Piper?" Leo asked.
"She's still at P3."
"I'll go get her. I'll be right back.
Leo went to get Piper and when they got back Phoebe was standing at the mantel looking at the Book of Shadows.
"Did you find anything?" Piper asked.
"Yeah. They were the Seaton Sisters, Dharma, Daina and Dari..." Phoebe began to read.
"I've heard of them. The Seaton sisters are three sister demons. They're kind of like the demon versions of the Charmed Ones but one of the sisters was vanquished about a month ago." Leo explained.
"So their sister died just before Prue died. Is that a coincidence?" Phoebe inquired.
"I don't know." Leo said.
"Ok. So what the hell do they want from us or Melinda because I'm really not into the demon fighting right now or ever." Piper said.
"Piper." Leo said.
"What Leo? I'm going to help save Melinda but I am not going back to demon fighting full time just to have a part time life." Piper said.
"Piper-" Phoebe started.
"Don't Piper me. Let's just try and save Melinda so we're not going to another sister's funeral." Piper said.
"I'm going to see what the Elders say." Leo orbed.
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In the underworld, the Seaton sisters were surrounding Melinda.
"What do you want from me?" Melinda asked.
The sisters looked at each other and then raised their hands toward Melinda's head and held it there.
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Back at the manor, Piper and Phoebe were in the parlor and Leo orbed in.
"What did you find out?" Piper asked.
"The elders think the Seaton sisters are kind of trying to recruit Melinda as their third 'sister.' They figure if they get a Charmed One to go over to their side they'll be just as strong as they were with their sister even though they're not blood. Since Melinda is new and also the youngest like their sister was, she was the best one to go after. While they're at it they'll of course go for The Book of Shadows which means they're going to try to get you two out of the way too."
"Great." Piper said sarcastically.
"They blocked my powers or something so I can't levitate or get a premonition." Phoebe said.
"Fine, then I'll just blow they're asses up and then we can move on." Piper said.
"It's not that easy, they're upper level demons. You're going to need the power of three." Leo informed.
"Someone vanquished the other sister." Piper said.
"A group of upper level demons did that to weaken them as a whole." Leo explained.
"Ugh!" Piper exclaimed.
Melinda shimmered in with the Seaton sisters wearing a black leather bustier bra and black leather pants. She had the evil look in her eyes that all the sisters have had at some point when they were possessed or something.
"Hey sis, remember us? Come back over to the other side." Phoebe said.
"Hmm, I don't know, being bad feels kind of good... sis." Melinda went toward Phoebe and kicked her.
The demon in the skirt, Dharma sent Piper across the room. "This is fun, beating the Charmed Ones."
"Who are the greatest threesome of them all now? Oh I think we are." The demon in the shorts, Daina said and then sent Leo flying across the room then Melinda tried to take the book but it sent her flying across the room.
"Here's another lesson sis, evil can't touch the book." Phoebe said.
Melinda went to attack Phoebe again but Phoebe was prepared this time and they began to rumble until Melinda pulled a knife out of her side and slit Phoebe's neck then all three of them shimmered out. Leo healed Phoebe.
"We need to get her back ASAP." Phoebe said.
"To the attic." Piper said.
After some time the sisters figured out what they had to do.
"Let's do this before all that's left is the bad D3 or whatever you want to call them. That's what they want and they're not going to get it." Piper said.
They summoned the Seaton sisters and Melinda.
"You miss me already?" Melinda asked.
"Yeah, actually so we want you back." Phoebe said.
Piper and Phoebe threw a potion at Melinda then said a spell. "She went to darkness unwillingly, A sister's bond eternally, Break the evil, Bring back our sister, Bring back the power of three."
Melinda went back to normal and went over to her sisters.
"No!" Dharma exclaimed angrily.
"You're really not going to like this." Piper said.
"Read this with us." Phoebe told Melinda holding up a small piece of paper.
"Seaton sisters, Be no more, We sisters, three
Vanquish thee." The sisters chanted together and then the Seaton sisters were vanquished.
"I'm so sorry!" Melinda exclaimed.
"It's ok! Really!" Phoebe assured
"Yeah, you're not officially a Charmed One until you go demonic on your sisters at least once." Piper said.
"Yeah, I think Piper may have the record. How many times have you been turned evil? There was the Wendigo..." Phoebe started.
"I've lost track but I don't know you've turned into a lot too, Phoebs like the Banshee." Piper said.
"I still think you win." Phoebe said.
"I get it but I still feel kind of bad even though I know it wasn't my fault. I'm going to go back to the hotel and see Jim" Melinda said.
Melinda started heading toward the attic door but then stopped in her tracks.
"What is it?" Leo asked.
"A ghost." Melinda said.
"Why can she see a ghost that we can't see?" Piper asked.
To be continued...