Melinda
Power of One
Episode three
Charmed Ones vs. Matriarch
10th September 2025
Dear Diary,
There is something bothering my mother. I just can put my finger on it. She has started to like Jake, which is good, because between us things are going pretty well. He is so sweet and cute, but mostly strong and honest.
Girls at magic school are jealous. Two weeks ago, one of the girls tried to win him over with a love spell, but when I found out, I made it clear right in the library/ hallway area loudly that he is mine and the next person, who tries to put any kind of spell at him or me, would regret it for their rest of their lives…I know. I can be sometimes a bit overdramatic, but I think my point came over clearly. Now everybody leaves us alone….
Hihihi I can be so bad when I want to be…
Today I'm going to help my friend Katrina. In the last month or so I have been seeing her regularly. She still go's mad when she sees me and only thing she want is to attack me, but I'm not giving up. Today we are going to solve this issue once and for all. She has been in that room for two months now…something needs to be done. I really thought that my mom would do that, but she has done nothing then to put her in the room.
Wait, something is wrong. I hear shouting from downstairs!
Melinda went downstairs to find her brothers discussing in the living room.
Chris: You leave Bianca out of this. She has nothing to do with anything. I cannot believe that you still don't like her, because she is a demon.
Wyatt: That is not true and you know it Chris. I don't trust her. How many demons that were good, did turn against us? In the end they all do. As far as I see what is happening, is that she is keeping you away from your work and responsibilities. You are now a fulltime whitelighter. If you charges call for you, you have to answer. You cannot ignore it, because you are making out with your demon girlfriend.
Chris waved with his hand and made Wyatt fly over the couch and fall right on the table behind it.
Chris: You take that back!
Wyatt got up and holds his hand up throwing Chris across the room. Melinda hurried quickly to the livingroom and stood between them.
Wyatt: Melinda get out of the way. I don't want to hurt you, but your brother needs to learn to respect his elders and that he cannot use his powers against one of his family members.
Chris: You bastard! You take your words back! He tried to run over the couch to attack Wyatt, but Melinda holds her hands up and Chris stayed in mid-air frozen.
Melinda and Wyatt both looked shocked at Chris.
Piper came in the hallway with a bag of groceries and heard shouting.
Piper: What the hell is going on here? She put down the groceries and raised her hand to unfreeze Chris. The moment she did that, Chris run straight over the couch to attack Wyatt, when Melinda hold out her hands again and Chris froze right in front of Wyatt, with his hand in the air in a fist, to hit him right in the face.
Wyatt: Nice one sis. Just in time.
Piper: Is anybody going to tell me what is going on here? She demanded.
Wyatt: Nothing important. Brother stuff.
Piper: How is it possible that Chris is frozen? Is he under a spell or evil?
Melinda: No that's not it, but there is a lot of anger coming from him, that's why I was able to freeze him. He is really pissed off.
Piper: Why? Melinda looked at Wyatt and then at Chris.
Melinda: Wyatt, can you please stand by mom, so when I unfreeze him, that you cannot fight anymore. Wyatt moved over to his mother, not happy about it. Melinda swirled with her hand and Chris was unfrozen. He tripped over the couch, when he hit in the air. He got up quickly and looked around for his brother and saw him standing with his mother.
Chris: What is going on? When did you come home and I didn't see you orb out, so how are you two standing there?
Melinda: I froze ya.
Chris: You did what? That is not possible. Good witches cannot be frozen.
Melinda: Well, there is a lot of anger and hatred coming from you. I can feel it, so maybe that's why I was able to stop you and thank the Goddess I did.
Chris focusing again on Wyatt:' You take it back he said between his gritting teeth.
Piper: OK, ENOUGH! Everybody sit down, now! They all did as they were told.
Wyatt: Mom, I love that you want to help, but we need to sort this out ourselves.
Piper: Normally I wouldn't interfere, but if my children are using magic against eachother, then I make it my problem. I'm still the Matriarch of this family and your mother. So sit down and tell me what is going on.
Wyatt: Chris ignored a call from his charge, because he was making out with Bianca at that time.
Chris: So what! They are my charges and it is my call. Who are you to decide what I should do or not...you may be almighty and all, but you are not my boss. I do what the hell I want to do.
Piper: Enough! I got the point. Chris why did you ignored your charges call?
Chris: She is a new charge and she is just coming into her powers, but now she knows that she can call me at any time, she does. For the most stupidest things. I know I'm supposed to guide her, but she needs to learn to solve some problems for herself and when I was with Bianca, she called me again. I sensed if she was in danger, but she wasn't and she was at home…so I ignored it and checked up on her a view hours later and she had solved the problem herself. I sat down and explained to her, that she cannot call me if she doesn't actually need my help, because I'm not a handyman or someone who can stay with her all the time…
Wyatt: It doesn't matter, why she calls you, she is your charge and you should answer!
Piper: hold your horses Wyatt. I think that what Chris did was right.
Wyatt: What? Are you kidding me? Are you choosing his side, he said with unbelief in his voice?
Piper: You know that is not the case and that you suggest it, says to me, that the problem doesn't lie with Chris, but with you. Wyatt got up and started to walk around impatiently and frustrated. 'When I just became a witch and panicked I called for your father many times. And sometimes for the most silly things. You should know of all people, that whitelighters are not meant to fix your kitchen or if you get a cut in your finger to heal, but I still called him. Some point he sat down and explained to me, the same way Chris did to his charge, that I cannot call him like that for every hour of the day…Even if we are protectors of the innocents or guides to new witches, sometimes it is good to let people solve their own problems, so they can get stronger by doing it, more confident about themselves.
Wyatt: I understand your point, but I still cannot trust Chris enough after this, to make sure that he will take care of his charges. I will ask the elders to give this witch another whitelighter.
Chris: What? Are you mad?
Melinda: I agree with Chris. Who the hell do you think you are to do such a thing, especially to your own brother? Just because you have a problem with his girlfriend?
Well let me tell you something big brother...you have to be thankful at Bianca…or did you already forget what she has done for you and Chris. Chris from now went back to the past, to save you and Bianca defended Chris from demons, so he could go through the portal.
Wyatt: that is ancient history and she cannot remember it, because she was then a little girl in real life.
Melinda: Are you kidding me? Who are you? Where is the understanding brother I had? The Wyatt I know would not be just mental. I would like you to leave now. Go to your elders and charges, leave us be….until you can think straight again…
Wyatt: Who are you to tell me what to do, little sis. Are you challenging me?
Melinda: Yes I 'am. What you going to do about it, attack me with your powers? What? Don't forget, you are not as special as you think. You are not the only one, who is twice blessed. So if you want a magical fight, bring it on…I'm not afraid of you and I will for sure kick your ass, got that?
Piper: Ok, everybody calm down. You three are forgetting something very important. If you keep up like this, none of you will have powers at all..! Many years ago, a demon attacked us, because we were angry at eachother about a lot of little stuff. So he took advantage of that moment and made with his powers turn our anger in rage and in that moment we used our powers at eachother and that broke the power of three. Something selflessness is the only thing what could take the spell away.
Wyatt: What is your point mom, which power of three? We are only together if little sis cannot handle it herself and the power of three is needed to say some spell. He looked at everybody in the room and orbed out.
Piper: Wyatt Mathew Halliwell, you get your butt here right now, this conversation is not over yet! They all looked up, both no Wyatt. 'Ok, you go to your charge and see if she needs any help with anything. Melinda you do what you have to do and I need to sit down. She turned around to say something to Chris, but he orbed out, before she got the chance.
Melinda: Mom, are you ok? You don't look so good.
Piper: I'm fine. I just hate to see you fight this way! She closed her eyes and started to breath slowly to calm her stressed heart. Then she looked up at her daughter and then looked around in the room and got up. Melinda saw that something had changed in her mother. She looked strong and determined. 'There is someone else in the room. She started to walk around the room, looking around. Melinda got up too and both started to walk around the room and they checked the kitchen. They went all the way to the attic, but nobody there.
Melinda: There is no one in the house mom. Are you feeling alright?
Piper: Melinda I'm fine and I know what I felt. We are been watched!
Melinda: What can we do?
Piper: Don't worry about it. I feel deal with this and you go to school for your last lesson.
Melinda: Yeah I know…I feel sad. I really liked doing it + the money was pretty good.
Piper: If you want I can talk to your dad, if there is something else you can do?
Melinda: Really, you're great mom? Melinda kissed her mother on the cheek and turned around to go to the school, but turned around to her mother. 'Mom? Can I ask you something? Why didn't you help Katrina yet, she asked bluntly? Piper looked at her in surprise.
Piper: Katrina? That's right. You are right! I'm sorry...i didn't really figured out how to help her.
Melinda: I have an idea? Can you remember that auntie Paige had issues with her past, so dad called in a favour from a guy named Clyde? Maybe he can help me out?
Piper: I remember? To be honest, I don't think that is a great idea, because if I remember correctly Paige went back, but she didn't go back to watch, but actually relived the whole thing. Katrina wasn't probably born yet, or just a baby. So if you go back, then she would go back as a baby and still will not see the truth. Melinda looked disappointed.
'Maybe we can write a spell so you can see what happened, without being able to do anything. I will get back to you on that. First I have an invisible intruder I have to deal with.
Melinda: Thanks mom. See ya later.
Piper: Melinda? Will you keep an eye on your brothers? I have a bad feeling about this...
Melinda: No worries mom. I will make sure that those two don't kill eachother. Maybe I can make a potion to bind their orbing powers so they cannot sneak out, if the conversation is getting to heavy for them?
Piper smirked at her daughters comment and they separated from eachother smiling.
A view blocks away
Nathan opened the door and walked straight over to his bedroom and closed all the windows and closed his eyes to concentrate to make his body solid again.
"that was a close one, he said turning to the shadows in the corner of his room, where a dark figure was sitting in a chair.
John: Did they notice you?
Nathan: Yes, Piper did, but couldn't see me.
John: We have to be careful. I don't want you to stay too long there. I want the Charmed Ones destroyed slowly. There is no fun, if their bond breaks already. I want them to suffer.
Nathan: What's in it for you he asked? Why not attack and get it over with?
John: Nothing but fun. We are the new generation of demons and we have powers the Charmed Ones never had to deal with, but they will find out soon. They think that we demons are scared of them or to surface, but they are wrong. We are actually already surfaced, but acting all like we are all normal, with normal jobs and houses and maybe even a little dog or hamster or something.
Nathan: Ok, what has that got to do with the Charmed Ones?
John: Well you know, same old same old. Their powers. The Book of Shadows. The person, who possesses both, is indestructible.
Nathan: And why are you so sure that this will work. If it was that simple, wouldn't a lot of demons try it before us?
John: But they weren't you, are they? Or are you forgetting the extra motivation I gave you. Nathan face turned red with anger, but he didn't do anything and looked down at the ground. John went on, 'Your poor parents and sister, who even didn't know their son was a witch and now they are held in a dark cave somewhere in the underworld.
Nathan: Get out!
John: Now now Nathan my boy. If you do your job correctly, you can see your precious family again.
Nathan: When I'm done and my family is back. I want you gone, understood. I don't want to have anything to do with you. He walked out of the room and out of the house to get some fresh air and to think.
Heaven
Wyatt orbed in and it was crowded with whitelighters. He walked over to one of the elders, he knew from when he was little, Sandra.
Wyatt: Hi Sandra, what is going on? Why are so many whitelighters up?
Sandra: Wyatt, you are just the person I needed to speak to. You need to stop fighting with Chris immediately.
Wyatt: What? Why? What has got to do with anything? He is my brother. We fight.
Sandra: No. This is not normal. Something is wrong. This morning everything was fine and now some of us are acting angry, raged about the smallest things, like you lately. The thing is they have only been talking to you and after you left, they changed.
Wyatt: What are you saying, I made them angry?
Sandra: I'm saying that it might indeed, something you did, or you are in some sort of spell, which makes you so angry lately.
Wyatt: I had every right to be angry with Chris.
Sandra; No you haven't. You may be his brother and also a whitelighter in training for Elder, but that doesn't mean that you are allowed to judge someone, even it is your brother or not. If Chris has done something wrong, it will be discussed and if punishment is needed, it will be given. Till that time I want you to chill as you young people would say, she said with a smile, but Wyatt didn't smile back. He actually looked angrier than before.
He turned around and made a view steps and then he turned around again, Sandra carefully watching him.
Sandra: Wyatt? What is wrong, but she already knew. Think about what you are about to do. If you attack me here, then your training all your hard work will be for nothing, because you will not be welcome here anymore and your wings will be clipped!
Wyatt: You do what you have to do, I will do what I have to do!
Sandra: And what might that by Wyatt? Hurt Chris, loose yourself? What is happening to you?
Wyatt hold out his hand and white light came out of right at Sandra, who orbed out and back in again a little farther from him.
Sandra: I'm sorry Wyatt? I had warned you. She orbed out again, before Wyatt could attack her and orbed back in right in front him and touched his forehead hard and everything went black for Wyatt.
Manor
Melinda had just finished her very last lesson and she and Jake were sitting in the livingroom, trying to not touch eachother, because her mom was in the kitchen making a potion to throw at the invisible person, if she could find him. Then he would become solid.
Melinda suddenly shrieked when the sealing of the room opened in some sort of portal and she saw something falling right on top of them. She and Jake just moved from the couch when Wyatt fell hard on it.
Wyatt: Au! What the hell?
Melinda: Mom!
Piper came running in the livingroom, her hands already up to attack any demon. She looked a bit surprised when she saw that there was no danger in the room.
Piper: Melinda Prudence Halliwell! You know very well that we don't scream like that in this house unless we are under attack. Are you trying to give me a heart attack?
Melinda: Mom, Wyatt fell right from the ceiling on the couch. Piper walked over to Wyatt, who looked still a bit bewildered.
Piper: Honey are you ok? What happened? Are you in pain?
Wyatt: I think I'm not a whitelighter anymore. They have cut my wings and my whitelighter powers.
Piper/Melinda: What? Why?
Wyatt: I attacked one of the Elders with my powers and now I'm not welcome there anymore.
Piper: Honey, why did you attack an Elder, she asked carefully, backing away from her sun gently?
Wyatt: Because I felt like it, he said. He got up! Melinda walked over to him and touched him by the arm. She felt an electric go through her. She shook her head and looked up at her brother.
Melinda: Good for you she said suddenly looking at her brother in awe.
They all looked at her and she looked back at all of them, something had changed. Piper felt it. Her daughter's energy was changing.
Piper: Honey are you ok? Something has changed in you.
Melinda: Oooee, does the famous Matriarch feels something?
Piper: Excuse me young lady?
Melinda: You heard me! Turning to Wyatt, let's go and annoy Chris and her filthy demon Bianca.
Jake: Melinda? What is going on? Why are you so mean suddenly?
Piper: because she is not Melinda anymore. I think they are under some spell.
Melinda: I don't think so. I think these are really my own feelings.
Piper started to walk in front of Jake to protect him and had her hands ready for an attack. Melinda did the same and the energy in the room was suddenly changed and dark.
Piper: Come on kids. Are we seriously going to fight?
Melinda: O yes we are! She waved with her hands and Piper didn't move.
Piper: That will not work on me! I had a feeling this morning something like this could happen, so I have been making some potions and drinking them so I'm protected to most of your powers.
Melinda: We will see about that. Wyatt orb her ass somewhere nasty hahahaha...
Wyatt: I can't remember! He looked like a bomb that would explode any minute.
Melinda: You are useless. Do I have to do everything myself around here, like always? She closed her eyes to summon the power from her ancestors, but nothing happened. 'Damn! It doesn't work.
Piper: Ofcourse not. That power is to use for good and not for this. Melinda listen to me. You can fight this. Wyatt you too. Don't you see what is happening here? You both are under a spell. Chris! Chris! Chris orbed in, right next to his mother and flew right a way to the wall behind him. Piper turned around to blast Melinda who had her hands up. Melinda flew over the couch and fell hard on the ground. She got up quickly and looked pissed at her mother. She had a small cut in her face. Her mother looked very calm, earthy and ready to attack again, if needed.
Chris: What is going on?
That moment the front door opened without anybody noticing and very close to piper stood Nathan invisible watching what was going on.
Piper: Your brother and sister are under a spell and it has something to do with Wyatt. Melinda touched him and she changed to, so be careful. O, Wyatt cannot orb, so keep that in mind if you decide to attack or get attacked! Chris nodded and looked around the room. Jake was by the stairs and the rest of the family was all over the place.
Melinda: Hi mommy's boy, why are you standing over there? We are the Charmed Ones. You should be standing with us.
Chris stood next to his mother, 'Melinda this is not us! You can fight this. You are under some spell! He flew again against the wall behind him. He got up and throw out his arm and made Melinda fly around the room and he did the same with Wyatt, before he could attack Chris and orbed out and orbed back in, right behind Melinda and orbed out with her and let her fall from the top of the room on the floor and orbed back in and Wyatt put out his hands and shot white lights at Chris, but he orbed out and orbed back in, right on the right side of Wyatt, and hit him hard with his fist, right on the side of his face, which made Wyatt go unconscious Melinda got up and didn't looked pleased.
Melinda: How dare you!
Chris: well it was not so difficult actually. So why don't you tell me why you are so angry, so we can get over it already?
Melinda: I'm sick of being alone all the time. It is called the Power of three for a reason, but we are not even close of being one. It feels more like power of One and I'm sick of it. She threw out her hands again, but this time Piper did the same and their powers collapsed together, which costs an explosion, which made everybody fly around the room.
Melinda and Piper were the ones who got up the quickest and Piper didn't wait any longer for an attack. She raised her arms in the air and a swirl of air started to arise around her and she pushed that air right at Melinda, who flew hard against the wall and also fell unconscious on the floor.
Piper: So, now both of them are unconscious and we have to figure out, how we can solve this issue. Quick! If Wyatt touches you then the Power of Three will be broken and anybody can take the book and kill you. Make sure that that doesn't happen, got it? Chris nodded.
Nathan: Maybe I can help with that. Piper turned immediately and swirled with her fingers at the area where the sound came from. Something fell against the mirror in the hallway.
Piper: Whoever you are, I would show yourself, because I'm pissed off and not in the mood for games. Show yourself? She demanded.
Nathan made himself solid and was trying to get up.
Piper: Who are you? Why are you watching us?
Nathan: My name is Nathan. I'm a witch with powers. I was forced to watch you, otherwise they will kill my family. They are mortal and have no idea of my powers. A demon called John found me and kidnapped my family and gave me some orders, he said uncomfortable.
Chris: Like what? He demanded.
Nathan: Well I can be invisible when I want and I can also touch somebody and then turn their hidden angers and issues into rage and everybody they touch, will become the same.
Piper: Can you undo it?
Nathan: The only way when everybody who is infected turn to normal is, when I'm dead. Unfortunately most people destroy themselves in days, some in hours.
Piper looked at Chris and he looked a bit scared back at his mother. She had a strange look in her face. She closed her eyes and in a minute or so an Avatar appeared in front her.
Avatar: You summoned me?
Piper: Yes I did? It is a matter of live and dead.
Avatar: How can i help?
Piper: Two of the Charmed Ones are taking over by anger and they will destroy eachother if they continue like this. Nathan is the reason they are like this and the only way to turn them back to normal, is if he dies. If he dies we would like to bring him back to life with the collective power you have collected over the years.
Avatar: I'm not sure, if we are able to do that Piper. The collective is meant for a bigger purpose not to use it to bring one individual back to life.
Piper: The way I see it, is that you own us. Thanks to us, you haven't had to be active at all. So your power source should be huge by now. So I don't think a use of a bit of this power cannot do any harm?
Avatar: I guess so, she said hesitating.
Piper: Good then it is settled. Everybody ready.
Nathan: Well I'm actually not. What if it not work, then I'll be plain dead.
Piper: Yes you would. Listen, I'm sorry about your family, but if you want them save and a normal live then they have to turn back to their own selves to help you do that. She put her hands up and she blasted Nathan with all her strength and he fell hard against the mirror behind him and by the hit, his heart stop immediately.
Avatar kneeled down at Nathan and put her hands on his forehead and one by his heart and closed her eyes. Her hand started to glow and after a minute or two she stopped and pulled her hands away from him and Nathan opened his eyes again. He looked relieved that is actually worked.
Piper and Chris hurried to Melinda and Wyatt and tried to wake them up. Melinda was coming by, but Wyatt needed to be healed by Chris, before he woke up.
Wyatt: What happened? He tried to get up and looked around the mess in the room. 'What is an Avatar doing here and who is he?
Chris: Yep, the old Wyatt is back! Wyatt slapped him on the arm, before he got up.
Melinda: What happened? I feel like I have been hit by a bus. She looked around. Oh my god mom, what happened to the livingroom? Why am I on the floor? Piper just hugged her daughter and she hugged back.
Time lapse and we see in that frame that the Charmed Ones are talking in the attic and solving there issues.
Melinda: From now on, if we have some issue with eachother, let's spill it right away. We cannot have something like this happening again, ok? Both brothers agreed and then they had a group hug and then they planned how to save the parents and the sister of Nathan.
Time lapse again and we see the Charmed Ones arrive in an cave in the Underworld.
We see them saving the family and bringing them to the magic school so they can rest and figure out what they will do next. We see Melinda talking with Jake him confessing that he was really freaked out and that he felt helpless. We see Melinda not knowing what to say to that. Then images changes and we see that Piper and Leo who came home are cleaning up the livingroom. Jake is also helping out with the cleaning. They have all dinner together and doing together the dishes. Then they separate to do their own thing. Screen changes and we zoom in Melinda her bedroom, where she lies on the bed with her diary in front of her.
Dear Diary,
It was a weird day. Firsts my brothers were fighting for stupid reasons and saying really hurtful things to eachother and I froze Chris. Was the first time ever, I froze one of my brothers, was weird. He just hang there in the air and then again in front of Wyatt. Weird, I explained it as that Chris had a lot of anger and hatred in him, but I'm not sure if that is the real reason or my powers are growing in a unexplainable way.
All I remember is that I went to school for the last lesson. I'm going to miss teaching. Now I have to find another income. Mum, would talk to dad for another kind of job at magic school which pays. Fingers crossed that it will work. After school I was hanging out with Jake and after that it is a blur. It seems that Wyatt was under some spell and everybody who touches him or otherwise will become like him. Angry, raged more like.
I have no idea what I have done, but what Jake told me, it was a huge fight between me and my mum and that I was pretty strong, but in the end she kicked my ass, which still hurts by the way.
Wyatt has his wings back again, after we explained what happened and all the other whitelighters were back to their own selves again. He even invited Bianca to come over for dinner, which I thought was a bit too fast, but at least he has in his own way accepted Bianca..
I'm tired, but I still need to write a spell for Katrina. I need to help her. And I have some ideas how to do that…
Write again soon,
See ya
Melinda