The Power of Three [Twilight/Charmed]

Part One - Chapter Twenty-Three: Meeting the Mother

Embry stared surprised as he walked into his home after his patrol shift, he didn't know what was going on but he hadn't expected to come home to find his mother and girlfriend laughing together in the kitchen. 

"What's going on?" Embry asked making Alicia smile at him as she turned to face him, she knew that he hadn't been expecting her to come tonight; his mother knew nothing of him being a shape-shifter, but she had wanted to see him. 

"Alicia popped around to see if I needed any help around the house. She's a lovely girl Embry, why didn't you tell me you had a girlfriend?" Tiffany gushed making her son blush while Alicia smiled at him. 

Tiffany smiled, she hoped that Alicia would be able to help him get over his rebellious stage; she worried about her son and was losing hope that he would ever be the little boy, she had risen again.

"We have only just started dating Ms Call," Alicia said politely as Embry sat down next to her, he couldn't believe that his girlfriend was here with his mother; he hadn't expected them to get along so well. 

Tiffany smiled before she insisted that Alicia call her by her name, the brunette nodded while Embry sat speechless making his girlfriend smile and peck his lips; this only caused his mother to coo at the sight of them. 

"How about we have take-away? I'm sorry it's not a home cooked meal, but I've had a long day at the souvenir shop," Tiffany asked making Alicia nod her head with a smile. 

The Makah smiled as she looked between her son and his girlfriend before she left the two of them alone, Alicia grinned as she turned to look at Embry; who was staring at her. 

"Surprise," Alicia said making Embry chuckle before he kissed her, he couldn't believe that she had come to see him the night before the battle against the newborns.

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Alicia grinned as Tiffany told another story about when Embry was a child while Embry blushed at his mother's actions as she fished out his baby pictures; the brunette briefly wished that her own mother was still alive to do such things. 

"You okay?" Embry asked as his mother disappeared into the kitchen to get some dessert, Alicia offered him a sadly smile as she looked at him and nodded her head. 

"Just thinking about my own mother," Alicia replied softly making Embry look at her sadly, she never really spoke of her mother and he knew that she had died when she was very little. 

"If you don't mind me asking... what happened to her?" he said making Alicia look at him, everyone knew the cover story and she had only been a baby when it had happened. 

Alicia sat in silence for a moment before she licked her lips and spoke, she missed having a mother and knew she would never have the bond that her siblings had with her. 

"I was only three when it happened, I don't even remember her from back then," Alicia recalled softly as Embry looked at her sadly; he didn't know what he would ever do if he lost his mother, he didn't have a father he could turn to. 

"She went out one day, we still lived here in Forks then... told my dad that she wasn't going to be long, only she never came back," Alicia said trying to remember anything about that day; she only knew what her family had told her, though even they didn't know the full story. 

"The police found her out in the forest... she was face down in the mud," Alicia mused making Embry stare at her, he knew from experience that they'd blame it on an animal attack; they'd been using that excuse a lot since the newborn army had started up and hikers were going missing.

"I'm sorry," Embry whispered making Alicia offer him a small smile, she knew why he was apologising even though he didn't need to; the brunette had never truly known her mother and didn't have memories of her like Aiden and Amelia. 

"It's okay... when I became a witch, it allowed me to finally put that part of me to rest," Alicia replied making Embry look at her confused, she smiled at him as his mother returned with some dessert; the brunette knew that she'd have to explain to what she meant. 

"So Alicia, tell me about you?" Tiffany said handing out some dessert, she wanted to know everything about the brunette that her son was dating; Embry rolled his eyes knowing what his mother was doing, he doubted that she would ever understand what was really going on with him. 

"I'm a sophomore in high school and I plan to go to the local community college when I graduate," Alicia said making Tiffany look at her, she nodded her head as she took a bit of her apple crumble; she knew that there was something that she had liked about the brunette, she was only a little disappointed that she wasn't native American. 

"I have two older siblings, who I live with and my father lives Florida with his fiancée," Alicia continued making Tiffany nod, she furrowed her brow at the fact that there was no mention of the brunette's mother, a look from Embry stopped her from asking about it.

***

"Hear these words, hear my cry. Spirit from the other side, come to me. I summon thee, cross now the great divide," Alicia said glancing at Embry, in the centre of his bedroom was a circle of candles. 

Tiffany had headed off to bed but not before she had told Embry that she was so proud of him, she had never thought that he would find himself a decent girlfriend; she had worried about the gossip that surrounded her son's friends lately and it made her nervous about what was going on. 

The brunette licked her lips as she looked around before a cool breeze filled the room, stepped back towards Embry; Alicia smiled as her mother's spirit appeared inside the circle of candles. 

Alexandria smiled as she looked at her youngest daughter, she had known that she was going to be summoned tonight by one of her children; however she'd had a feeling that it would be Alicia since her youngest daughter spoke to her most often. 

"Hello Mum," Alicia said softly while Embry stood a little awe-struck that a ghost was now standing in his bedroom; he blinked as he felt his girlfriend take his hand, he really hadn't expected to be meeting her mother like this. 

"Alicia," Alexandria greeted with a smile, she wished that she could have been there to support all of her children; but it was fate that she had been taken from them so early before they were ready for the world they had been born into. 

"Mum... this is my boyfriend Embry," Alicia said introducing her dead mother to her shape-shifting boyfriend; Alexandria smiled as she turned her attention to the boy that was holding her daughter's hand, she was pleased to see that her children were finally happy.

"It's a pleasure to meet you Mrs Matthews," Embry said staring at Alexandria, he didn't know what else to say to the ghost, who chuckled amused as she stepped out of the circle of candles where she had been an apparition and became corporeal.

"It's nice to meet you too Embry... you look a lot like your grandfather," Alexandria mused making Alicia roll her eyes at her mother; she knew that Embry's grandfather had passed away recently and her mother was trying to freak him out. 

Embry blinked as he looked at Alexandria, he wasn't sure how to respond, and this was all new to him.