Melinda
power of One
Episode 21
Time is running out!
Part 1
24-03-2026
Damn her! We just returned from the woods. We were so close! We had her exactly where we wanted her, bound and powerless on the ground, but somehow the potion wasn't strong enough, which is weird. Back then it would have worked. Maybe that is the problem. In our future she is more powerful, because she has sucked all the life energy of her whole coven, except Silva. The spell was written for a much weaker Witch of the First Order.
But all that doesn't matter now. Tomorrow morning our mission starts. My brothers are going to orb all over the place, to find the rare herbs that are needed for this potion. A potion which will take back all the energy she stole and give it back to the people who survived her attack. This would mean that Silvia and Jake would get their powers back. I would really like that, not so that Jake would be less grumpy, but they are truly good people and witches. They don't deserve this.
Me and my brothers cannot help feeling a bit guilty. Because Mia is after is, she has stolen the powers of her coven. So she could steal ours and become unstoppable. Somehow our powers, seem always hurt outsiders that our dear to us, and sometimes I have a hard time dealing with that idea.
Enough negativity. I am going to be all positive and this time we will be ready for her. She is hurt and weak. Has no place to hide. We will vanquish her and move all with our lives.
The girls have forgiven my brothers actions, but it was close. Believe me, I need my brothers happy. I know when it comes to it, they will be ready, even heartbroken, but our powers are tied to our emotions. So I rather have them happy and prepared and down and angry...when the final battle starts with Mia.
Mel
After writing her diary, Melinda was beat and lay down to go to sleep.
One hour had passed and she was sleeping, but restlessly. She kept turning from one side to the other.
She was being pulled from one vision to another.
She is standing in the woods with her brothers. They are searching for her, as they know that she is close. Again they are getting attacked by insects, but this time Melinda is prepared and touches her brothers, creating an energy field around them. All the insects that came close to it got zipped by the energy field and fell to the ground, dead. When they all were dead, she let go of her brothers and they continue the search till they see her standing in the opening, where Melinda learned to control her raw power. Fought of the Source and saved the world of the curse of the cursed Full Moon. As they got closer, they were suddenly surrounded by demons. They were with so many, they filled the open area.
'Kill them' they heard and the Demons started to attack them.
Melinda get sucked into another vision
She is hiding behind a tree and breathing hard, like she had been running. She looks around, but her brothers are nowhere to see. 'Find her' she hears someone yell and sees Demons appear not far from her. She was trapped. If she would move, they would see her and shimmer all out and back in, right in front of her. She needed to stay where she was. They hadn't noticed her yet. Where were her brothers?
She needed to take action. Otherwise she would die here. She closed her eyes and focused on her breathing. She focused on the energy all around her and called out for her raw power. She felt the power coming and hit her hard. Thank god, she was standing against a tree; otherwise she would have flown backwards. Somehow this time the power seemed stronger. She instantly changed into this white Goddess. Her long hair was flying all over the place and she was not hiding anymore. She came behind the tree and got attacked immediately. But the fire balls or energy balls had totally no effect on her, while she started to levitate a bit from the ground and started to float towards a group of Demons.
She lifted her finger and pointed it at one of the Demons. He was ready for her attack, but before he could even scream, He was gone. Dust. The other Demons backed away from the place where he was standing, just a second ago. One by one, she kills the Demons and focus on her brothers. She disappears and appears back in the open area. Mia is standing right in the middle, in her circle and close to the edge of her circle she sees her brothers lying on the ground, not moving. When she sees this, she gets mad and send out a whirl of wind towards her. Mia sees it coming and stands ready for it, before it hit's her...
Melinda get sucked into another vision
She is again in the woods. She is using her power, while she is running, ducking, hiding from Fire balls that are coming her way. Her brothers are getting attacked and sees them running after some Demons, which are running towards the open area. Then she hears them scream out in pain and it is quit. Without thinking and looking around her for Demons, she runs to the open area. Where a whole army of Demons are waiting for her and Mia is sitting high on a chair, where she is able to watch the whole show perfectly. She has an evil smile on her.
'Kill her, but slowly. Let her suffer first' She commands the Demons and they start to walk up to her.
Melinda starts the run back into the woods. She feels the ground under het tremble with the sound of hundreds of demons behind her. Chasing her like she is an animal. Some Demons started to shimmer in, close to her and she blew them all away from her. She keeps running and running, without looking back, till she sees some bushes and throws herself into them. She sees the Demons closing in and searching for her. 'She can't be far' she heard someone say. Without taking a break for a moment she closes her eyes and starts to call for her raw power. She feels it coming closer and when it hit her hard, as always…
Melinda wakes up, screaming and in sweat. She looks around and sees her brothers sitting by her bed.
Wyatt: Are you ok? He asked very worried. He looked tired as her other brother Chris.
Melinda started to cry and both brothers came closer and hugged her. Wyatt started to get tears too. He hated it to see one of his family members hurt or scared, especially his little sister.
Melinda: I hate my new power. I want my old power back, she cried.
Wyatt: Did you see again, multiple futures? He asked while he was rubbing her back.
Melinda pooled gently away from her brothers. She was calmed down a bit. She wiped her tears and nodded to Wyatt. She told them what she had seen.
Melinda: In two of them you guys were dead. In two of them there were hundreds of Demons, waiting for us.
Chris: That is good right. If she is collecting an army to fight us off, that means she is really scared that we will get close to her. She is not stupid. She must know something. She knows that we have a binding spell, which I am going to make stronger for the next time, by the way.
Wyatt: And she has nowhere to go, so the only logical place her be, down there. Plus she is able to suck the life force of a Demon too, so maybe that's how she scares the Demons and that's why they are doing her bidding? He explained. Chris was nodding in agreement.
Melinda: I don't know really. I am too tired to think straight. I think we should go back to bed and talk more, tomorrow morning at breakfast, with a huge cup of coffee.
Wyatt: I think that is an excellent idea, he said smiling.
The brothers kissed their little sister on her forehead and she gave them a bright smile, before they went to their own rooms to get some sleep.
Woods
Mia was so tired, that she couldn't lift a finger, even if she wanted. She had been running for hours and using a lot of magic, to cover her tracks behind her. It had become midnight and she was cold and hungry. When she knew for sure that she was not been followed, she mad a small camp with whatever she could find. She was used to live her life in the woods. She had grown up with trees and nature around her. This was not something new for her. She used magic to kindle some fire and if luck was with her, she heard something in the bushes close to her and without thinking about it, she bound the animal and got up to see, what it was and if she could eat it. She was lucky. It was rabbit. The poor thing was frightened and his eyes were going all sides. He probably had no idea, why it couldn't move anymore suddenly. She broke his neck and took her knife to clean it up, so she could bake it.
After a small hour, she had the rabbit turning around above the fire and while she was turning it and watching the fire, she started to think about, how many times she had done this in her life. Twice she had been able to make herself younger. Now she was even a young woman. She still had a whole life in front of her. Maybe she should stop this war with the Charmed Ones. She was powerful enough of herself, she could bind anything. Even Demons! She could find another way to get stronger. She wasn't planning on dying or being vanquished soon and she feared at some point something like that could happen to her. This were no ordinary enemies. This were the Charmed Ones, with twice blessed children and one with the power of all their ancestors. She had tried everything. She had no clue what to do next, then wait for them to find her and finish her off.
She finished her food and got up to make a sleeping area, which kept also the cold out. After she was done, she put a bunch of protections spells around her camp and went to sleep. She knew that she would all her energy if she wanted to have any chance.
Night becomes slowly day and the Charmed Ones slowly wake up
Manor, Attic
Melinda had woke up and had heard her brothers walking around and whispering, but she was too tired to get up. It was just 6 am. Finally at 10 am, she woke up and freshened up first and when she went to the kitchen, she could smell the food already and walked in with a big smile, but it faded as there was nobody there. She walked to the living room, still nobody. She went back upstairs and somehow directly to the attic, as she was smelling also food coming from there.
When she walked in, she saw the table where they normally make all their potions was turned into a dinner table. There were all kinds of nice smelling food. She smiled brightly and looked at her brothers.
Wyatt: Good morning little sister. Before you say anything, we wanted to thank you. Thank you for all the times you have saved our but. Saved our love life. We wouldn't know what to do sometimes if you weren't here.
Chris: We also know that a huge battle is coming. We also know that the coming days, we have to prepare. So before we do all that, we wanted to have nice breakfast in the room, where we have spent most of our time, in our entire lives, he said grinning.
Melinda got tears in her eyes and walked up to her brothers to hug them both tightly.
Melinda: I love you guys! She said and gave them a big smile.
Her brothers smiled back and they all sat down and had a nice breakfast and gossiped about their relationships.
Melinda: I am especially happy for you Wyatt. From Chris I knew long time ago, that Bianca is the one for him. I know I would have found someone too, but for you it was always different. Even after I was born and you were not the only Twice Blessed child anymore. All your life you had to fight to stay good and fight for your life, from the moment you were born. For a time you wanted to be an Elder and now fulltime Charmed again, I thought that the magic had consumed you that much, that you had no eyes anymore for something else. Do you understand what I am trying to say?
Wyatt: Yes, I think I do. Magic was my life. If I wasn't saving or guiding some witch, I was fighting Demons with you guys. I had no friends. I didn't got you guys really. I was so busy with being the responsible one and in the meantime I was trying to run from who I was. I have to admit something to you guys.
Chris and Melinda came sitting closer by Wyatt and that made him laugh hard while he looked at the curious faces of his siblings.
Wyatt: Sometimes the love I feel coming from Caroline, makes me humble. Some moments I catch her staring at me from a distance. The look she has, makes me blush and sweat like a madmen, he said getting a bit shy of his own words.
Chris: Bro, we have all seen her look like that to you. I think she is amazing. She is not the ordinary Whitelighter. She is challenging and knows how to push your buttons.
Melinda: I agree and as long she makes you smile and look as you are doing right now, me happy.
Wyatt: It is not only Caroline you know? Have you ever noticed how Jake looks at you? Especially when you are in your Goddess state. He looks at you with so much awe, proud and love in his eyes.
Melinda: Really? She asked serious. I love him dearly, but it is not always easy. Sometimes I think that me being Charmed and dealing almost on daily basis with Demons, frightens him. Of course he would never confess but I can see it in his eyes. The fear of me getting hurt and him not able to help. I really hope that we can get his powers back. Then this will be the way they were, before Mia came in our lives. Speaking of Mia…maybe we should start preparing. How faster we are done with this, how faster we can go back to our lives.
Wyatt: You're right. Ok. Chris you go to Magic School and ask dad if he can help figure out, where you can get this strange herbs on this list. Melinda I think you should go too and get cleansed from your negative energies against Mia and the things she has done, so you can be clear headed when the big battle starts. I need you in full control, no matter what happens to any of us. You are the strongest of us three and if we don't make it, it is up to you and your raw power to finish this. If that won't work, I don't think anything will. I will go up and see what I can get and do, to win this thing.
Chris: Do I have to go to Magic School. Can't we switch? I still haven't spoken to Dad, after the last time, when he attacked Bianca.
Wyatt: Chris it is no time for personal things. We have a mission here. Vanquishing Mia. Everything else comes later, is that clear? He asked firmly.
Chris and Melinda both nodded and they all got up. Chris and Melinda orbed out to Magic School and Wyatt orbed to Heaven, after he made sure that the house was secured from evil.
Woods
Mia had been dreaming all night and woke up smiling. She knew what she had to do. Quickly she got her stuff together and packed. She started to walk through the woods to the open area, where they had their rituals with her previous sisters. She was summoning some Demons and makes a pact with them.
Heaven
Wyatt orbed in the middle of the great hall and walked up to another area where the Elders gathered.
They all stopped talking the moment Wyatt walked in.
Ramsey: Wyatt? What are you doing here? Is everything alright?
Wyatt: No actually it is not. We are about to go up against Mia and we can use all the help we can get.
Ramsey: What do you want us to do?
Wyatt: I want you to gather as many magical creatures as possible. Melinda has visions of Mia gathering an army of Demons, which she wants to surprise us with. We want that plan of her to backfire, by attacking them first, with all the good magic we have.
Ramsey: When will you be attacking Mia.
Wyatt: When we have the potion ready. Chris is gathering the herbs as we speak. With bit luck we can have all the ingredients tonight and start with the potion. We also still have the binding potion against Mia. We are going to make it stronger with a spell, hoping it will hold her this time for sure.
Ramsey: And of what kind of magical beings you were thinking.
Wyatt: Anyone, who is willing to fight for the greater good and is on our side. If you just can make sure that they are ready and know where they have to appear, then I will sign you, when they are needed.
Ramsey: How do you know that she is gathering an army? He asked curious.
Wyatt: Melinda got several futures shown to her in her dreams, with her new powers.
Ramsey: It is called a Seer, he said calmly.
Wyatt: Aren't Seer's bad? The ones my parents had to deal with were.
Ramsey: That is not the case. Good witches can be seers to, only it is harder for them. A Demon will use the image and will try use the premonition to let it come out. A Good person will try and do everything to avoid the thing they have seen, come true. The problem mostly is, to choose the right image.
Wyatt: Ok, I think I get it. I will tell Melinda. Can't tell if she will be happy about it, but at least we can give her new power a proper name.
Wyatt discusses where they fight would be and agreed on a sign to send and orbed out back to the Manor.
Magic School
Melinda appeared right in front of the Great Hall. She tried to open the door, but it was locked. That was weird. The doors of the Hall were never closed. She looked around and went walking back to the area where Jake and Silvia where staying, but they weren't there either. No students were walking around. She started to panic a bit and hurried to the magical Manor. She hurried in and called out for her parents.
A white smoke started to appear in front of her and she held her hands up. She was ready to attack.
Her mother appeared, looking at Melinda and smiling.
Melinda: Mom! You scared me. I could have blown you up!
Piper: Sorry honey. We are on alert.
Melinda: What do you mean? She asked worried.
Piper: The thing is, that there have been some attacks on the school and students. Evil has tried to come to the school to get the Grimoire. Your dad is speaking to the whole school as we speak. You want to join us?
Melinda: Sure. Let's go! She said shocked that Dad was right to freak out. Chris needed to know this. She would tell him when he would return.
They orbed to a huge area, where she had never been. Her dad was about to speak to the school.
Melinda quickly went over to him and told him what was going on and what they were planning to do.
Leo listened and nodded and gave his daughter a hug and walked over to the microphone to speak.
Leo: As you all know, there have been some attacks. Demons are trying to get into to school to get the Grimoire. Therefore they will try anything and if they can get in through one of you, they will not hesitate. So for the time being, there is a curvey. After your classes are done and you had dinner, you go back to your dorm and stay there. If you walk around and get attacked by a Demon, then it is possible that there is no help, so the choice is yours. Let no one in your room. Not even me. If me or one of the teachers need you, you will be summoned magically.
He looked as he saw that his wife had returned with Melinda.
Leo: There is another thing I want to discuss with you. As you all have heard, the Witches of the First Order have turned evil. One in particular, Mia! She has sucked all the life energy of her coven and some demons. For the last half year, she is trying everything to get close to the Charmed Ones, so she can suck them dry too and get their powers. We believe that the fight is coming to it ends. Mia is on the run and we believe, she is preparing also for the big battle. Thanks to Melinda we also know what she is planning to do. She is going to try to lure the Charmed Ones and without them expecting it, she is planning to call upon a lot of Demons. This means it will hundreds of Demons and Mia against the Charmed Ones. My children are calling every magical being, who is willing to fight for their freedom and lives, is welcome to join the cause. I have to tell you upfront. There will be casualties from both sides. The Elders are already collecting magical beings and make them ready for the fight. Who wants to join the Charmed Ones?
Without hesitation, the entire room lifted their hands. Leo looked around at the determent faces and he got completely emotional and tears welled up in his eyes of proud. Even Melinda looked in awe of the support they were getting.
Leo: Thank you all. You have no idea, how much this means to me, to my family. When I know more I will inform you all, so you can prepare. Now of you go to your chambers..
Everybody got up and some of them looked in awe to Melinda when they were passing. Melinda kept thanking everyone she could and smiling. She felt so blessed with so much good around her. Then she saw Jake walking up on her and she smiled brightly when she saw him.
Jake: Hey stranger. Did you come to see me or hear your father speak? He asked and looked at her.
Melinda: To see you. I didn't know my father was going to speak. I didn't also know that my father could see the future, she said and looked at Leo. Give me a second, she said and walked to her father.
Melinda: Dad? Can I ask you something?
Leo: Hi honey. Sure, ask away?
Melinda: How did you know that we were going up against Mia?
Leo: Actually pretty simple. Wyatt had been up, asking for help. He asked if the Elders could arrange as many magical beings as possible. So after Wyatt left, they orbed in and told me, what was going on and what you three were planning to do. So I figured to use the attacks on the Grimoire as a nice excuse to ask for help from anyone in the school. Well you have seen the results, right?
Melinda: That is clever actually, but there are really young students between de ones who want to fight. I admire their courage, but I don't think that all of them are ready to go up against Demons. Some of them never even met a Demon in real-life yet. Let alone, vanquish one.
Leo: Honey, most of the beings that will help you with this battle, have never battled before. They trust on their magic, and being good will help them defeat the Demons. Besides, I believe that probably the fairies and leprechauns will help too, they are small. You are small, but still kick ass. Don't underestimate them, because they are small. I think the most of the Underworld thinks the same about you. How can a tiny girl like you, be so powerful?
Melinda couldn't help to smile. She stayed a little longer to hang out with Jake and bring her mother to speed of what was going on, in more detail then to her father. After that she went back to the Manor to check if Chris got all the needed ingredients.
Underworld
Mia her ritual had worked. She was in the Underworld. As it seemed she had appeared right at the right place. She could hear a lot of noises and men talking. She slowly walked up to listen to their conversation. They were talking about the Charmed Ones and how they needed a New Source, otherwise the whole Underworld would destroy each other to become the Source and good would win.
Mia: Maybe I can help? She said from her hiding place.
Eoin: Who is there? Show yourself! He shouted.
Mia: Before I show myself I want to say that I come in peace.
Eoin: Show yourself! He said shouting.
Mia: Came from her hiding place and looked around her. She was not scared so easily, but now she felt a bit of fear, that this idea of her could go wrong.
Eoin: A Witch! He shouted. Why shouldn't we kill you right here and now?
Mia: I am not an ordinary Witch. My name is Mia. I am a Witch of the First Order.
Eoin: You are that Witch that turned against her coven and is now trying to get to the Charmed Ones.
Mia: Yes that's me. As I am here for help, my attempts didn't work yet.
Eoin: What kind of help you require from us? He asked suspicious.
Mia: I need an army of Demons to surprise the Charmed Ones. Soon they will come after me and the final battle between them and me will start. What they won't expect is, when they arrive to be surrounded by hundreds of Demons. They can try to defend themselves, but with the attack of hundreds of demons, who have all different powers. They will stand a chance.
Eoin listened carefully and a smile started to appear on his face. He was liking this idea.
The next hour, Mia and Eoin were making plans to trick them and then to trap them before they knew what was happening. Then they would attack with the army and get rid of the Charmed Ones once and for all. Mia looked pleased at Eoin and he gave her an evil grin back.
Manor
Chris orbed in and he was looking horrible. He was covered in dirt and was smelling badly.
He shouted for his siblings, but nobody reacted. He wondered where they did go. He was so afraid that something would happened to the herbs that he had collected, that he took them with him to the shower.
After the shower, he went downstairs to grab a sandwich and then he was planning to start with the potion. There was no time to waste as time was running out. They couldn't allow Mia to rest or find a new hiding place. Now she was in the woods, alone and had no shelter, she would be weak. This was the perfect time to attack her. Then he heard the television and walked to the living room.
Melinda was sitting on the couch looking bored. She looked up when Chris walked up to her.
Melinda: Hey your back! She said smiling and put the television off again.
Chris: Yep and got all the herbs we need. I was just about to start with the potion. Want to help?
Melinda: Sure. I got nothing else to do anyway.
Melinda was bored and wanted to get it over with. The only thing what was expected from her was that she used her raw power. Chris was doing the potion thing. Wyatt was arranging an army. One thing was sure, Melinda was not known for her patience.
Together with Chris, she started the potion when Bianca shimmered in, still in her work clothes.
Bianca: Hey guys, what you cooking? She lifted her nose and smelled the air. It smells disgusting, she said and made a face.
Melinda: It is the Mia vanquishing potion.
Bianca: Aha. Honey, didn't we have plans to go to that movie you were talking about all month?
Chris: Oh crap! Tonight is the premiere. I can't, he said moaning and looking around to the kitchen. This is really important and can't wait.
Bianca: No problem. We can hang out here, she said smiling but it faded when she saw the looks on Chris and Melinda.
Chris: I am truly sorry sweetie, but we are working on the potion and waiting for Wyatt to return, so we can start making attack plans. We don't want to wait till Mia makes the first step. We know she is in the woods. We have a pretty good feeling where the battle will take place. Army of magical beings are ready to attack.
Bianca: You know what is funny. I understand what you are saying and I totally agree, that this is more important than to watch a movie. I am just pissed, that nobody figured to ask me to fight too. You guys keep saying that I am good, but I feel like I have to point it every time out, before you ask me to join.
Melinda: Honey that is not true. We were going to ask you and Caroline to join, but first we wanted to make sure that we were ready ourselves, before we ask help from someone else. Wyatt is just making sure that everybody knows what to do, wait for the agreed signal and appear at the agreed place..We wanted to discuss the strategy later on this evening…
Bianca: Then I have said nothing and take everything back I have said. I will leave you two at it then. She gave Chris a long kiss and then shimmered out in her phoenix way.
Chris: Thanks sis, for saving my butt. She can be challenging sometimes and I don't always know how to handle it.
Melinda: I get it, no problem. All I think about is, where the hell Wyatt is. What's taking so long?
She had just finished her sentence, when Wyatt order in.
Wyatt: Hey guys? How is it going? He asked while he made a face because of the smell.
Chris: We are good. The potion is almost ready and then we just have to make the binding potion stronger with a Power of Three spell and we are ready to go.
Melinda: How did it go up there? Did you manage to get raise an army?
Wyatt: Yes and no. I had the army of magical beings ready, but then decided not to go through with it.
Melinda: What? Are you mad? There is a whole army of Demons waiting for us. How are we going to take them on, with just three of us?
Wyatt: Like we always did Mel. With the Power of Three! Listen we are the strongest beings that walks the earth, right? When you hold us, there is no power, then can penetrate your energy field. We are able to attack. How many Demons will sacrifice themselves when they notice, that we can't be touched.
Melinda: What if Mia is able to bind us, through our protection, then we are screwed!
Wyatt: If the Demons choose to die in great number, that is there choice and I can't care less, but I cannot stand and watch friends around me dying or getting hurt. That will distract me. We need to be focused. The best way is with us three alone. We know each other. Know how we fight. We can do this. Let them come. We are The Charmed Ones, dammit!
Chris: You are really brave and right or you are so wrong and we are so dead.
Melinda: Couldn't help laugh at the way Chris said it and the face he made with it and that made Wyatt laugh too and they hugged each other and nodded. They were connected and they could do this.
It was almost midnight and the Charmed Ones were ready with everything. They were tired, but they were all to pumped up to go to bed. They wanted to get it over with and decided not to wait any longer then needed. Wyatt orbed them close to the open area. Like Melinda had foreseen, Mia was standing in the middle and it looked like she was just standing there. Doing nothing special. Melinda also knew that this was a trap. As soon as they would show themselves, they would get attacked.
Wyatt: Ok, this is it guys. Melinda no matter what happens, don't let go, ok.
Melinda: What if I need to transform?
Chris: You do that while you hold us, ok?
Melinda: OK. Well here go's nothing, she said and came out of her hiding place. Her brother followed her steps.
Mia looked at them and smiled.
Mia: Welcome. I was wondering, if you really were going to let me wait all night?
Melinda: Just let this over with! I can't even stand her voice anymore.
Mia: Arrogant little girl. You really think you are something aren't you. You think I don't have a backup plan?
Melinda: Like what? Getting an army of Demons to attack us? Yeah, had a premonition about it. Don't worry, we have our army ready too. Bring it on, she said challenging.
Mia closed her eyes and the whole open area became black. There were hundreds of Demons, ready to tear the Charmed Ones apart.
To be continued…..
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