Melinda
Power of One
Episode 16
80 Going 30
24-02-2026
Deep in de woods
Sophie was worried. Mia was gone for days now. They hadn't heard anything from her yet.
In meantime, they had sent two of the strongest witches they had at this moment, to the Charmed Ones to bind them and bring them to the woods.
Mia was reading through the Book of Shadows of Sara. She was searching for the spell that Sara was planning to use on Melinda. After days of reading, she threw the Book to the other side of the cottage. Sara hadn't put it in her Book of Shadows. Mia was cursing and searching in the cottage for any clues. She had seen the Cauldron with the potion in it, but had no idea, what it was. She thought that this could be the potion she needed, but didn't know if it was finished or not. Maybe it wasn't even a potion to gain back your youth. She cursed again at the old witch, for hiding her secrets so well. She did find a spell to take away the powers of a fellow sister.
Manor, Kitchen
Melinda was just making a cup of coffee for herself, when Chris orbed in.
Chris: Hey sis. What you doing? He asked cheerful.
Melinda: Hey. I am trying to drink as much as coffee my body can take otherwise I am going to fall down here on the floor and sleep.
Chris: Why? what is going on? You have been acting tired the last couple of days. Actually since we defeated Sara.
Wyatt walked in with a huge grin on his face.
Wyatt: Good morning guys. How are you two today? He asked still smiling.
Chris: What's going on with you? He asked suspicious, looking at his brother.
Wyatt: I have a date! He blurted and sat down.
Chris/Melinda: What? With whom? They asked at the same time.
Wyatt: With Caroline, he said smiling.
Chris: Caroline the young and blond Elder, Caroline? He asked shocked.
Wyatt: Yep, he said nodding.
Melinda: When did that happen? She asked with her mouth open.
Wyatt grinned at the surprised faces of his siblings. He took a piece of bread and started to put some butter on it. The doorbell rang. Chris got up to open the door, while Melinda was pouring coffee for her, brightly smiling brother.
Manor, front door
Chris walked up to the door, still shocked that his brother had finally a date and opened the door, smiling by this thought. The moment he opened the door, he feel to his knees and was bound by the witches Celeste en Morgan.
Celeste and Morgan were no ordinary First Order Witches. They and Sara, were the only three that had already had done this before. They were eighty and became fifty again. They gained thirty years. With that extra thirty years, also more power and more controlled than ever. They may be eighty again, but when it came to fighting, they were still wicked and fast.
Chris tried to get free, but both witches, had a hand raised at him. He kept struggling, while he thought of Wyatt.
Chris: Wyatt I am in danger. Door Manor! Hurry! He shouted in his head.
Manor, kitchen
Wyatt: Mel, Chris is in danger. Front door.
He orbed out, while Melinda turned around surprised, looking at the empty kitchen, before she realized what her brother said to her. She hurried out of the kitchen to the front door.
Manor, front door
Wyatt orbed in by the front door. He saw Chris lying on the ground, not able to move and two witches of the First Order, standing over him. Celeste saw him and she changed one hand and pointed it at Wyatt and started to mumble something in an old language, which Wyatt didn't understand. He quickly orbed out, before she was finished. He orbed in by Chris and wanted to orb them both out, when Celeste noticed him again and this time she was faster. Now both of them were lying on the ground, not able to move or speak. Four hands were aimed at them, with their fingers wide open to send the spell they had casted to work.
Melinda ran in the hallway and she saw her brother lying on the floor and she recognized the older woman as the First Order of Witches. She held up her hand, and used her blowing power against the Witches. Celeste quickly held up one hand to deflect it. Melinda quickly started to move in on them and used her blowing power. Celeste tried to block them all, but needed the help of Morgan, to make sure, she couldn't get through. Melinda was now standing close to the witches. She stopped trying to blow them up. She stared at them and they stared back. Melinda watched carefully while Celeste moved her hand differently and opened her fingers apart. Melinda held her hands up, to freeze or blow them up, but before she could do anything, Celeste had cast the spell in her mind and shouted out the last word and Melinda crumbled to the ground. She was on her hands and knees and sweat was dropping from her face to the wooden floor. Celeste moved with her hand toward Melinda, to push her down to the ground. Melinda couldn't move. She kept on her hands and knees and her face was covered with her hair. Therefore the witches couldn't see, that she had her eyes closed and was focusing on her raw power to rise.
Magic School, Manor
Leo was sitting on the couch and was reading a book. Piper was lying on his lap and was also reading a book. Suddenly she felt a stroke, right in her chest. She let the book fall and sat straight up.
Leo: Honey? Are you ok? He asked putting down his book and looked up at his wife.
Piper: Our children are in danger, she mumbled while she got up and took a teleportation potion and threw it at the ground, before Leo could stop her.
Manor, front door
Piper appeared in the hallway and looked shocked at the scene. Her children were lying on the ground and two old witches were holding them there.
Piper: Hey! Leave my children alone, she yelled to the surprise of the Witches, who turned around to look were the sound came from.
Piper held her hands up, but she didn't use her blowing or freezing power, but this time out of anger, their came white lightning out of her hands, right at the Witches. Both of them automatically, turned one hand to deflect it, but they weren't strong enough and they both hit the door, hard.
Her children were unbound and they quickly got up. Melinda was cursing and wanted to storm at the Witches, but Piper kept her behind her.
Piper: This is my fight now, she said firmly. Her children stood behind her and backed away from their mother, when they felt her power rise.
Piper was furious. This supposed to be good Witches. How could they?! She held her hands up again and used her blowing power, but magnified by her Matriarch powers and her rage.
The Witches, tried again, desperately to deflect her attack, but again they were unsuccessful. Again they hit hard the door.
Piper: Get up and fight, if you dare? You may think you can use old magic against my children, but you won't fool me, she said firmly, but in a calm way to the Witches.
The Witches, scrambled up and looked at each other and then to Piper. Melinda and her brothers were standing in a distance, but were ready to attack any time, if needed.
Morgan held her hand against her mouth and whispered something dark to it and then she sends the dark smoke with a blow in her hand to Piper. Piper watched as the dark smoke was coming her way. She lifted one hand and looked at the disgusting smoke and flickered with her fingers and the smoke was frozen in midair. The witches looked shocked at Piper. She shouldn't be able to stop an evil spell like that, but Piper did.
Piper: Like i said before. Your spells won't do any harm, so waste your breath and start thinking, how you will leave this house, alive! She said with a very scary tone in her voice.
Melinda looked at her mother. Would she really vanquish a Witch of the First Order? She looked down, when she remembered her fight with Sara and how she had come to her end. If they didn't vanquish them, then they would never stop, coming after them and trying to steal their power, to become young again.
Both Witches stood next to each other now and the black smoke was still hanging in the air frozen. Piper was not planning to wait, for another attack. She closed her eyes and called for all the Matriarch's before her. Melinda needed to hold herself. Her mother hadn't summon this much power before. All the ancestors were in Melinda, so she was taking Melinda's energy from her.
Piper opened her eyes and a wind came literally out of her and pushed the Witches, again hard against the door. She walked up to them and looked down at them. She moved with her hand to the right and both of them were taking hard against the wall. She move her hand from one side to the other, like she was sweeping a broom and they kept moving from side to side, hard against the walls. Morgan stopped moving and now was just lying there.
Celeste: Morgan? Morgan! She cried. She looked with anger at Piper. You have killed her! She yelled at Piper.
Piper just stared at her. She lifted her hand up and with that, Celeste started to stand again, like she was a puppet and had no control over her own body anymore. She looked in horror at Piper, but whispered something dark and disgusting at Piper, which made, Piper let her go. Now it seemed the rolls were changed and Piper was standing, without moving. Celeste started to laugh and stood now straight with her hands up. She had managed to bind Piper.
Suddenly she hit hard the wall, as Chris had moved with his hand and used his telekinesis power. Right after that Wyatt used his white light and Melinda started to blow her up.
Celeste was so overwhelmed by this sudden attack that she couldn't get out of it. Wyatt and Melinda kept attacking her, while Chris kept her at her place. It took them almost five minutes, before she also stopped moving. The Charmed felt both Witches their wrists, to see if they were alive. Both had no pulse anymore. That moment Piper was released. They all hugged each other and sat down in the living room.
Piper: Everybody ok? She asked, while she looked at her children.
Melinda: Yes. Thanks to you, she said smiling at her mother.
Wyatt: Mom, what happened back there? I have never seen you so angry, that you had to call for such a power.
Piper: I am not sure, exactly. I had a sudden stroke in my chest, which I had never felt before. I felt your pain and mostly I felt you will to survive. Before I could even stop myself, I took a teleportation potion and I was here. When I saw you three lying there and that those old hags hanging over you guys, I snapped. I want to add, that I am terribly sorry that you had to see that. I should be the calm and reasonable one as the Matriarch. Not lose it, like that.
Chris: Don't worry about it mom. I thought you were awesome! He grinned at his mother.
They all laughed and went to the kitchen to finish their breakfast. Piper joined them.
Chris: Those old bitches, starting to really annoy me! First they kidnap us, now they try to attack us in our home. I just can't believe it. They really must be desperate. We really must be careful. They are pretty strong for a bunch of old woman.
Piper: They are. The worst part is they can attack you guys, with spells that we have never heard of. This is old stuff and powerful. I think you should come later on the Magic School and read a bit about it, so you can defend yourself.
Melinda: But how. They using a language that we don't even understand?
Piper: That doesn't mean you can learn it. They are plenty of spells in old language you can learn to deflect like them or bind them.
Melinda: It was weird. I couldn't even summon my raw power. It was coming, but it took longer when I was bound, she said frustrated.
Piper: Don't worry honey. After this Sara thing, your dad and I have been starting to read about this so called First Order Witches. We are on top of it, she said trying to calm down her children.
She knew that they were struggling with the fact, that the Witches were human. It was hard on them to kill one of those Witches. Piper knew this all too well, when she and her sisters, had the same problem when they were battling the Ultimate power: Billie and Christy. She shook her head by this thought and looked at her children.
Piper: I should go back before your dad explodes of worry, she said grinning and Charmed Ones laughed also.
Wyatt walked up to a cabinet and took a teleportation potion for his mother. They hugged and Piper was taken away to her own home.
Deep in the woods
Sophie was pacing around the campfire. Waiting wasn't one of her favorite things to do. She was old and grumpy and wanted to be young again. She wouldn't even mind to be fifty again. As long as she got younger! She heard a sound behind her and woke the others up, so they could defend themselves, if they would get attacked. The noise kept coming closer. Finally white hair showed itself from the behind the shrub. She looked up and it was Mia.
Sophie: You're back. Finally! I was worries sick, when I didn't hear anything from you, she said looking at Mia.
Mia: I am fine. A bit frustrated. That old hag, have hidden her secrets very well. I tried everything, searched days, through her huge Book of Shadows. Ripped out some spells which can come handy, when we go up against the Charmed Ones.
Sophie: That is good. In meantime we are still waiting for the return of sister Celeste and Morgan.
They should have been able to bind them already and have returned to us.
Mia: Hmm. That is not good. I think that we will not see the sisters again. Doesn't matter. I have found something else. She informed the other sisters about what she discovered and they started to make a plan.
Cottage, Silvia and Jack
The doorbell rang and Jack looked up. Silvia was in the kitchen, making dinner. He got up and opened the door, to find the Charmed Ones standing in front of their door, and on the ground, two of the Witches of the First Order, were lying on the ground.
He looked up to the Charmed Ones puzzled and behind him Silvia showed up.
Silvia: Jake? Who is it? She said, while she came to the door. She smiled when she saw the Charmed Ones standing in front of them. Welcome, she said smiling.
She passed Jake to welcome her guests, but stopped in her tracks, when she saw two of her sisters, lying on the ground. They weren't moving. She looked up at the Charmed Ones. Wyatt at front and on each corner behind him, his siblings Melinda and Chris. They looked pissed!
Silvia: What is going on? What happened? She asked while she knelt down to check on her sisters.
Wyatt: They have attacked us! He said firmly.
Silvia: What? Sister Celeste and Morgan are one of the kindest persons I have known. I simply cannot believe that would be capable of hurting anybody.
Wyatt: Well you better start believing it. First Sara and now this two! Don't you see that they all are in this? You are the only one, who has nothing to do with it and you are their leader. This has to stop.
Silvia: But what can they possibly want from you? She asked sincerely.
Wyatt: They want our powers and with that, they can create a spell, which can make them young again, he said disgusted.
Silvia: I know that this two and Sara had done it before. But they had told me, that it was a onetime thing. The person, who had helped them, was pretty strong.
Silvia looked at Melinda. You could see on her face, that she was connecting the dots together. Melinda had an incredible power inside her. Her raw power! An power that hasn't been seen for a long time. She is the strongest being walking the earth. It would make sense to take her powers. With that they would become very young again and more powerful than ever.
Silvia: This has to stop. We need to come up with a plan, she said looking very serious.
She was old and hadn't fight like this for a long time. She never even thought for a second, that she would fight against, one of her sisters, but it seemed that this was the case.
Deep in the woods
The sisters were sitting in a circle on the ground and holding each other's hands. They were channeling their powers. Connecting with each other. Suddenly their two missing sisters Celeste and Morgan orbed in right in the fire that was in the middle of the circle.
They looked all shocked at it. Then looked up, when Silvia, Jake and the Charmed Ones orbed in together.
Mia and Sophie walked up to them and looked concerned.
Mia: Silvia? Is there something wrong? Do you need our help? Maybe the Charmed Ones?
Melinda: Are you that stupid? We have just thrown two dead sisters of yours in the fire and you ask if we need help with something? You have some nerve! She said firmly.
Silvia: We know what you all are up too and this has to stop right now. As your leader I command that this being young again thing, stops immediately. You will stop attacking the Charmed Ones! She said firm. If any one of you tries anything, you will be banished from the circle and your powers will be taken from you!
Now the whole group stood with each other against the Charmed Ones, Silvia and Jack.
Silvia looked sad by the thought of the things she had to do to stop them. She didn't like to reserve to that kind of magic. She was old but not dumb. She became a master in spells and potions and circle making, but she learned also everything that she could about the dark magic, so she knew how to defend against it.
She closed her eyes and the Charmed Ones and Jake backed away from her. The earth trembled around Silvia and she had not that soft motherly look anymore, but one of a warrior. She looked awesome.
The Witches of the First Order backed away also. They hadn't seen Silvia never like this. They knew that she was powerful, otherwise she wouldn't be the leader of the group, but that she was so powerful, was unexpected.
Mia: Now! She shouted. Suddenly the whole group split and they started to create a circle around them, while Silvia was still charging up. She was calling for the power of the earth, like Melinda when she used her raw power.
The Charmed stood ready to fight and stood in a circle around Silvia, so she could charge up. The Witches came slowly closer, but none of them attacked. It was everybody was waiting for the one to attack, before the hell would break loose.
Unfortunately Melinda wasn't known for her patience and she was not going to sit around and wait to be attacked, by some spell. She looked around. She was staring at four witches on her side. She held her hands up and without any warning she started to blow from the left to the right the Witches that were coming her way. Immediately they started to reflect her attack. The first two were hit and fell backwards and were struggling to get up, but the last two, had enough time to deflect her attack. Then they quickly started to mumble something, but Melinda moved with her hand and used her telekinesis power and moved the witches against some trees.
Meantime, Wyatt was shooting white light from his hands, but the Witches deflect it and threw it back at him, which made him orb out and in constantly, leaving Silvia unprotected. Chris was waiting for some of them to make a move, but he kept standing by Silvia.
Melinda looked around and saw one of the Witches crawling over the ground and she had a stone in her hand. She crawled over the ground and with a smile she put down the stone. Right at that moment, a red light appeared in a ball form around them.
Silvia was ready charging up and she looked at the Witches around her. Out of nowhere a huge wind came out of her, directed at the Witches around her. But the wind reflected against a red huge light and hit Silvia hard, which made her fall backwards on the ground. She groaned, while she stood up.
Silvia: We are bound to the circle. We cannot escape and our powers will only work, if one of them step into the circle, otherwise we are powerless.
Sophie: You have taught us well! She said evilly to Silvia.
Silvia stood up and closed her eyes. The earth started to tremble around them. The moment she opened them, the ground under her cracked and became lines all around that started to erupt and they all went to the stones that was making the circle.
Mia: She is aiming for the stones. Bind her now! She yelled.
All Witches held her hands up and started to whisper the spell to bind someone. Melinda kept using her blowing power to break the circle. Chris and Wyatt tried to orb out of the circle, but were unable. The stones were not harmed by the power outage Silvia had used. Things didn't look good.
Suddenly Silvia fell on her knees and hands. She was bound. The Charmed Ones were still standing, but barely.
Mia: We may not know how to take the powers of the Charmed Ones, but we know how to strip you from your powers, she said to Silvia. Silvia looked in horror at her. The best part is that we have also learned how to absorb the powers of a fellow member. So at this moment we have no use for the Charmed Ones. If Silvia and Jake stay, you three can leave freely.
Melinda: You have to go through us! She yelled at the group of Witches and stood before Silvia and Jake. Who looked in shock and horror at what was happening. Nobody had attacked him yet.
Mia: As you wish, she said smiling and started to mumble another spell.
The Charmed Ones felt a sudden illness coming over them. They started to sweat and felt light headed and ill. Chris was lying on the ground, because of the stomach pain he felt. Wyatt and Melinda were dizzy and had to hold on to each other, not to fall down. Another swarm of spells came their way. Now they didn't only feel ill, but was also terrified. The spell that was casted was to make them feel sick and terrified. It was made to make people and magical beings, turn around when they came too close to their living area, in the woods. Now it was multiplied and used at once against them.
Chris was already on his hands and knees, holding with one arm his stomach. Wyatt was completely white and tried to stand tall and powerful, well he felt every second more insecure and awful about himself and this place. He wanted to leave as soon as possible. Melinda weirdly was the only one, who wasn't showing any symptoms. The thing was that she was feeling it, but the idea of losing Jake made her power boost up.
Magic School, Manor
Piper was pacing around and was pissed off at Leo and didn't want to speak at him. Leo on the other hand, knew his wife, anger moods well and knew exactly how to push her buttons and push them also back.
Leo: Why don't you sit down and we talk about it? He asked calm.
Piper: Talk about what?! Piper yelled. You are saying that I cannot help my children. That they have to do it alone! Well that is crap! She shrieked and looked angry at her husband.
Leo: Honey, you cannot keep interfering every time you feel something. They are the Charmed Ones now. Of course you will keep feeling that they are in danger. That's who they are.
Piper: They maybe the Charmed Ones, but in the first place they are still our children and we are their parents. Age shouldn't matter, when you want to protect your children, Leo! How many times, I wished for someone to help us, when we were fighting Demons. Someone we could fall back to.
Leo: You were not alone and you know that. You had me, the Elders, other Magical beings that helped now and then. Even Cole, when he was good, was a nice asset as a Demon.
Piper: Indeed. We had, piper agreed and Leo knew the way she said it, she had him. He lost the battle. So if I do what you say, who have our children, to call for help? They have no whitelighter, no parents or aunties, nephews and nieces that can help. No, because you keep saying to them, that they have to do it alone. They are the Charmed Ones. I actually think that if they would be on the point of dying, they wouldn't call for anyone, because you see that somehow as a weakness.
Leo looked shocked at his wife. Piper had turned red of anger and had left the room. Leo sat and thought about what his wife just told him. His eyes became huge, when he realized that she was right. He always had pushed his children, to do as much as they could by themselves, so they wouldn't be needy kids. They needed to think for themselves, but maybe he pushes so hard, that they indeed, don't call for help, unless Piper ignores everything he says to her and still helps her kids.
Piper was in the kitchen, just wiping of her eyes, when Leo came in. She quickly hides the napkin, but Leo had seen it, but didn't say anything about it. He walked up to his wife and sat before her and his knees and looked up to her. So still looked pissed, but her anger was gone.
Leo: You are right. I never stood still by it, but you are right. I also think that it has no point of discussion this point further as I think you should be somewhere else right now.
Piper finally looked at Leo and he could read the surprise in her eyes. Leo held up a teleportation potion and Piper looked at it and smiled at her husband. She bent down to kiss him intensely and then she stood up. Took a deep breath and loosened herself up. She closed her eyes to concentrate on her children, where ever they were and threw the potion on the ground.
Deep in the woods
It took three Witches to bind Melinda, but now all three of them were on the ground and weren't able to move or do anything. Jake had come out of his shock, but after a few weak attacks, he was bound too. At that moment the Witches, started to come closer and each of them were holding one of the stones in her hand and with the other hand, they were still binding Silvia. Others were keeping, sending the spell, which made them paralyzed.
Now all witches were standing around Jake and Silvia and the Charmed Ones were not trapped in the circle anymore. Melinda relaxed her body when she realized, she was not trapped anymore and ignored the pain and nausea and focused on her raw power. Her brothers were trying to call up their powers also. Because they were still bound, it was still not possible to do much. Melinda tried to lift her head, so she could see what was going on. Then she felt her mother behind her.
Piper had appeared right next to Melinda. She looked shocked at her children, who were lying on the ground and she saw Silvia and Jake in a lot of pain, while a white energy was literally coming out of them and was entering the other Witches.
She held her hands up to blow the Witches, but at this moment of the ceremony there was nothing anybody could do to stop it. The spell was created like that. She came closer. She closed her eyes. She was in the woods. With some much nature around her, she should be able to call for a large amount of power. Silvia had done the same. She opened her eyes and sends the white lighting at the Witches, but it bounced back at her and she needed to dug, to not get hit.
This was impossible. How was it, that some old human Witches were able to deflect the powers of the Charmed Ones and The Matriarch?
She walked up to her children and called for Paige.
Paige orbed in and she was a mess. Paige was trying to cook, which she had never learned. Not back then and she still couldn't do it. Henry was the one who cooked. She wanted to surprise him tonight.
Paige: You called? She asked while she looked around and her smile disappeared. What is going on here? She asked eyebrows raised.
Piper: There is no time to explain. Can you orb us to Magic School?
Paige: Sure no problem she said. She waved with her hand and all of them were taken by white/blue lights.
Magic School, Manor
They all orbed in the hallway. Because they were at Magic School, the Charmed Ones weren't bound anymore. Melinda stood up and looked at her mother, with tears in her hazel eyes.
Melinda: Mom, I need a teleportation potion or one of you must orb me back. Now I am not bound anymore I can call for my raw power and save Jake, she said while the tears poured from her face.
Wyatt: It is too risky Mel. They are too strong for us. They use old and powerful magic. They don't even have to say their spells aloud. They think about it and we are facing the dirt again.
Melinda: NO! I am not losing Jake. I don't care what they do to me, but I need to save him. I just have to. I love him, she cried.
Paige: Is there anything I can do? She asked a bit uncomfortable. Otherwise I must go back home, before the whole house is on fire. I left the food on fire as I was trying to bake some meat for my hungry family.
Piper: Thanks for orbing in, but I think you should go home. This is our fight. You go to your family.
Piper hugged Paige and Paige orbed out with a sad face while she looked at Melinda.
Piper: Ok, everybody ready. We are going back and save Silvia and Jake.
Melinda was already crying, but still she managed to produce a happy smile. Her brothers looked also ready to fight again. They held hands and orbed out to the woods.
When they orbed in, the sisters were just finished with the draining ritual and were now taking in the energy and the power they had from Silvia and Jake. The whole groups of the Witches were all hanging with their heads down and were shining.
The Charmed Ones and Piper watched in horror, while they could clearly see the Witches getting younger by the second. It took about two minutes, before they lifted their heads again and they were younger. Mia and Sophie had already gone through this, so they just looked satisfied. The others, who were doing this for the first time, looked amazed at their hands and felt their faces. They were all holding hands, laughing, admiring each other and dancing around. They didn't care that the Charmed Ones were watching them.
Suddenly Mia walked over to the Charmed Ones. She looked indeed younger. At least ten years.
Mia: Well that was a pleasant surprise. I thought we would get her powers, but we didn't know that it would make us a bit younger. I feel like seventy again and it feels good.
Melinda: What did you do to them? She asked angry.
Mia: Well as you can see, we have drained them. I just didn't know that Silvia was so powerful. Her energy helped a lot to make us this young again. Strange, all this time we have been waiting for a powerful witch to rise, like yourself, but it seems, that we don't need your powers at all. Of course that would be a great asset, but it is not that important anymore.
Melinda: So now what? You're going to drain all your sisters, till you are unstoppable.
Mia: That is actually a great idea, she said smiling at Melinda and turning her head to look at the group, who were still dancing and laughing. Maybe I do that, she said thinking about it.
Melinda: Not if I can help it, she said with anger in her voice.
Before anyone could do anything Melinda tilt her head up and made two fists and screamed out with her eyes closed. She was Melinda Halliwell. Next in line to become the Matriarch! She had all her ancestors in her. She had the power to defeat this bunch of old Witches.
She almost instantly changed into this Goddess. Her outfit was changed into a white dress and had sleeves, which were flying all around her, with the wind that came out of her. Her hair was white and also her eyes. She looked at Jake and then pissed off at the Witches. She looked at her brothers and Mother. She held her hand up and Jake and Silvia started to float in the air and she let them down gently right next to her brothers.
The other witches had stopped dancing and were now all gathered by Sophie. They were all ready to fight.
Melinda: Mom and you guys. Take Jake and Silvia and see if you can heal them. This is my fight she said with an iron voice, which wasn't her. NOW! She yelled at her family and the ground shaked under them.
Her mother and brothers orbed out with Silvia and Jake. Melinda was standing alone against the group of Witches of the First Order.
They all started to chant a spell and held their hands towards Melinda. Some blue light appeared in the middle and it grew and grew till it was a huge powerful energy ball. They witches looked at each other and with a nod; they all moved with the same movement their hands and made the ball fly towards Melinda. Melinda held her hand up and stood perfectly still. When the ball reached it, she smacked it with her hand, if it was a fly and the ball flew in the air and exploded there. The whole sky became dark, because of it.
The Witches looked in horror at Melinda and then their faces turned into anger. They were at least ten years younger and strong again. They were the Witches of the First Order. Nobody could stop them.
Some Witches came closer to Melinda and two of them started to throw witch fire towards Melinda. They produced fire out of their hands. Melinda held both her hands up and flickered with her hands. By doing that, the fire bounced back at the two Witches and they burned.
Now the Witches attacked Melinda from all sides but Melinda didn't move a flinch. She just stood there and held her hands up and deflected every spell they threw at her. She was now surrounded by the Witches and they were all laughing, because they thought they had her. She had been waiting for this moment. She closed her eyes and streams of white light started to shine out of her. She started to swirl in place while the white light started to hit the Witches around her. The moment they were hit, they were out cold. It took only a moment and all witches were defeated for now. They weren't dead, but all unconscious. Melinda looked around at the Witches. She noticed that Sophie and Mia were long gone.
End of the woods, close to highway
Mia and Sophie were running like a mad man and casting spells non-stop behind them, to cover their tracks. They were planning to wait till the fight was over and when it was and there would still be sisters alive. Both of them would drain them, to get more powerful and bit by bit younger again. Till they would be strong enough to go up against Melinda and drain her, so they would be young and unstoppable again.
Magic School, Manor
Melinda appeared still in her Goddess form and looked around and saw Caroline standing over Jake and Silvia. She was trying to heal them. Melinda looked at Jake. His hair was completely white of the draining. He looked so pale and weak. She could sense that Caroline was not so successful. She walked up to them and Caroline looked with amazement at Melinda. The rest of them were still impressed by it, but they were getting used to it. Melinda had once brought Henry back. She had to help.
She kneeled and she put one hand on Silvia and the other hand on Jake. She closed her eyes and she focused on their live essence. White light started to appear around her and it felt as energy and she focused harder and slowly the hair color of Jake and Silvia were changing back to their old color and both of them started to make groaning sounds. Melinda let go of them and in an instant she was herself again and fell down on the ground. Caroline went over to her and started to heal her.
Caroline: Whitelighters can only heal the wounded. Melinda is not wounded but weakened. As an Elder our healing power, works a bit different, she explained.
Melinda opened her eyes and sat straight up.
Melinda: Jake?! Is he ok? She asked while she looked around.
She saw him lying there and his eyes were open, but he was very weak. Silvia was trying to get up, but was also too weakened to move. Melinda got up and walked over to Jake.
Melinda: You're going to be alright, she said to him while she smiled at him and tried to comfort him.
He looked back at her and tried to smile also.
Jake: I am sorry that I wasn't such a help back there.
Melinda: No worries. We weren't even strong enough against them, so don't sweat about it.
Jake: I will try, he said while he sat down with some help of Melinda.
Piper helped out Silvia and they decided to stay at the Magic School. Silvia started to cry. Her whole coven had betrayed her and left her without any magical powers. Jake looked also sad as he also realized the magic that he had, was gone. He could feel it.
They decided it was best if Jake and Silvia stayed at Magic School, so they could figure out how to defeat the Witches of the First Order and maybe find a way to get their magic back. Normally it was not allowed for humans to stay at Magic School, but Leo as the head of the School, made an exception for them. He also knew if he didn't he would get the rage of his wife and daughter over him.
Manor, Melinda's bedroom
Oh my god! Today was a close call or my heart would be broken forever.I almost lost Jake tonight by the hand of those Witches of the First Order. I never thought that I could feel such a fear of losing someone. I lost it completely.
But he is save now. It will be hard for him. I can use my magic freely and he can't use any. It is good that they try to find a way to fight those hags and get their powers back, but being around all those magical beings, can't be easy for both of them.
Poor Silvia. She was such a good Witch. She loved being one and now she is nothing anymore. All her life, she has been one and now she is stripped of her powers, what's left?
This is definitely not my year. I became eighteen to find out that Katrina betrayed me and then to find out that she was innocent and see her die right in front of me. Then defeating the Source and now these Witches! Will I ever get some rest?
I think not. Right now there is no time for rest. We are going in full mode study of the old ways and we will show these Witches that they can't mess with the Charmed Ones, without any consequences.
Ok. I have to go now. Wyatt has a date with an Elder. No idea what the make of it, but hey, if she makes my brother happy, then fine by me.
Melinda walked down the stairs and heard Chris say that Wyatt had to turn around so he could check him on all sides.
Wyatt was wearing a low hanging jeans and a sea blue V-shirt. He looked handsome. Melinda had approved his clothes and told him what was definitely a big no no on a first date and Wyatt was becoming nervous by the minute, so she wisely stopped talking and told him all would be fine.
Caroline orbed in. She was wearing a loose red dress, on the front a V opening till her breast and the back was open like a horizontal half-moon. She looked lovely. Wyatt smiled brightly when he saw her.
Melinda gave him a gently push so he would stop staring and start walking up to her.
Wyatt: Hi! He said still smiling.
Caroline: Hi, she said back smiling and looking away from him, shyly.
Wyatt: You look beautiful, he said sincerely.
Caroline: Thanks. You don't look so bad yourself, she said now teasing him.
Wyatt: Ok! He said now shy and looked at his siblings, who were enjoying this clumsy moment of their big brother. We are going now, he said while he walked away with Caroline and looked one more back, while his siblings waved at him and he closed the door smiling.
Melinda: This is good, right? She asked Chris.
Chris: What do you mean? Didn't you see them? They look awesome together! He said exited.
Melinda: I mean more, that we have made clear that we don't want to do whit the Elders and now our brother is dating one? She said concerned.
Chris: Mel, listen to me. Wyatt isn't happy for a while. You are the strongest of us three. How do you think that makes him feel? Aunt Prue was the strongest as the oldest. Our mom was the strongest as the oldest. Now you are the strongest as the youngest. Besides that, you have Jake and I have Bianca. Who has Wyatt? He said with sadness in his voice. So even if would date an alien and it would make him happy, I would be happy.
Melinda: You are right. I never thought about that. He deserves happiness like all of us.
It could be interesting, she said thinking. Wyatt dating an Elder, You date a Demon and me dating a human.
Chris: That could stir things up indeed, he said laughing.
Deep in the woods
Sophie and Mia had returned to the battle scene and found all the sisters lying on the ground, cold out. They immediately made use of this moment and started to drain their powers one by one. When they had finished with all ten of them, they looked at it each other and laughed evilly. They were young again and more powerful than ever. They could feel the magic in every vain, waiting to be used.
They had gone from 80 to 30 in one night and were unstoppable. Now it was time to make a plan to catch the Charmed Ones and especially Melinda to drain her and show the world what real magic can do.