Charmed - Turned upside down

Season 3 Episode 18

A/N: So heres some bad news I kind of lost the rest of the last chapter. DO NOT ask me how cause idek BUT basically heres a rundown of what happened: Mel went home and cried a bunch, Abby went to go see her sister and her niece, Waverly gave her some advice on her relationship with Mel and then Abby and Mel reconciled and Mel's water broke. 😂 Enjoy! 

This was indeed a busy day for the Charmed ones, as it turns out, finding a spell or a potion to slow down Mel's labor is a lot harder than they'd thought. However, the only one that wasn't feeling so fustreaded to the point of burning down an entire village was Harry, as he was feeling glad that his journey to becoming mortal was finally over. He sits there, in a small chair up in the attic waiting for Celeste to finish up his nutrition potion. As Celeste's hand hovers over the final ingredient, the mushrooms, she sees a random burst of light as she quickly looks over to see what it was while blindly grabbing the mushrooms her hand was hovering over and putting the mushrooms in the pot before turning around after realizing it was merely a spell gone wrong that was no doubt cast by the Charmed Ones in a failed attempt to send Mel's baby back to the future. "Ah, those girls are relentless. I think that they'll blow up the whole house if they keep this up." Celeste tells Harry as she mixes in the mushrooms. "Well, who knows what a baby being born out of its time would do to the magical world that these girls have spent years saving." Celeste sighs, "Well, as a witch who knows nothing but something about the future, I'd say that it's possible that there would be collateral damage. But who knows? Maybe future Mel sent this baby here with a bigger purpose than just curing their allergy." "What are you saying?" "I'm saying that maybe it's possible that Mel was supposed to have this baby at this exact timeline, otherwise, Future Mel probably would have come back for it by now." Harry thinks on that for a bit. Once he figures out what to say he tries to put on something else other than his regular "Informing Whitelighter tone" when he speaks, "Well, I mean, you could be right, there's no telling what future Mel's plans were for sending the baby here. But if it is what you say it is, then we should probably inform those girls down there, so they don't actually blow the house up" Celeste finishes mixing up the potion as she crosses over the table to give the potion to him. "Harry, you can tell them whatever you want. So long as you drink this." Harry eyes the potion with confusion and pure disgust before Celeste tells him, "Don't worry, I didn't poison it or anything, it's just going to give you all the vitamins you need to be considered a healthy human being. So just drink it." Harry sighs and takes a big gulp before chugging the vial and gagging 5 seconds later. "That sure is a funky taste" Celeste waves him off before telling him, "Harry, now why don't you go help those girls out. Perhaps you could even persuade them to stop trying so hard now that we have a new theory." Harry smiles, "Perhaps I will" As he leaves the room. Meanwhile, just down stairs in a certain pregnant latina's room we have said latina's girlfriend comforting her, loving her, letting her know that everything is going to be just fine. And that she totally doesn't have to worry about the possibility of her baby being born out of its original timeline. Totally.... Abigael walks in the room along with Mel's sisters' third batch of her favorite tea and her favorite English scones. "A nice cup of tea fit for a queen like you." Mel takes the mug off the tray and takes a sip. Abby can see the stress painted clearly on Mel's face, and it worries her to no end. The contractions were still eight minutes apart, and Mel was most likely not going to give birth anytime soon so legitimely, she has nothing to worry about. But then she realizes, this baby doesn't belong here. It belongs in the future with their future selves. She swears that she has gotten so attached to this baby that she kind of forgot it wasn't theirs. "Abby, I can't thank you enough for all the love you've been showing me and our baby. I really don't know what I'd do without you." Abigael's mind is still slightly somewhere else but she was tuned in enough to understand what she was saying and smiles at her, "No problem at all, love" Mel smiles back and, for a second she thinks that maybe there is nothing to worry about. Maybe she been stressing out about all of this for nothing and this baby being born out of its original timeline won't cause a mass butterfly effect that could potentially destroy the flow of time and life as we all know it. Maybe. But as if some kind of telepathic connection of some sort, her sisters enter the room along with Harry to tell them the news. All five of them make their way into the kitchen where Harry has just informed them of Celeste's theory. The room is silent for not even really that long as Mel braces up to say something while slightly cradling her belly should she feel another contraction coming on, breath steady but a little shaky around the edges when she speaks, "So you mean to tell me that it's possible that Future Me sent this baby here not just to cure the allergy but also to be born?" Harry's silent for a bit before speaking up, "Yes. it's possible" Macy speaks up right behind him, "You know honestly, that weirdly makes a lot of sense. I mean, why else would Future You take so long to come back for the baby." After Macy, is Maggie, sounding just like all the others did, casual and chatty, "Well, I think that our best option is to contact Future Mel, confirm our suspicions. Just in case we're totally wrong." Next up is Abigael, adding a little British accent to the list of conversing voices emitting from the kitchen they're standing in, "Maggie might have a point, but how would we even go about that? Time travel seems too risky, I mean, last time we time traveled to find Future Mel, you two got Future me burned alive by Future Macy Falmeson." Abby sticks her tongue out playfully at Macy who simply just rolls her eyes at how childish Abigael-in-her-late-twenties-Jameson Caine is acting. Mel for one, usually laughs at this behavior between the two of them, because it's sure is a whole lot better then the two of them fighting all the time so she'll take what she can get. And, (ironically enough) she will throw a fit after she feels a sharp pain in her stomach that tells her that they just ran out of a lot of time. And fast. Abigael, as always, is the first one to immediately rush to Mel's side, with her sisters and Harry following shortly after. "What's wrong? Are you hurt? Is it the baby?" Mel can barely form a sentence due to how much pain she's in."Th- e baby'-s com- ing. Righ- t Now!" Panic is clearly painted across Abby's face as she scrambles trying to find out what to do before Maggie suggests panickingly, "Uh, Jordan's a medic, Maybe I could call him?" Abigael just blurts out an answer before picking Mel up as gently as she can and carrying her to the bedroom where she then begins to pace around in a desperate search for answers. Back downstairs, Maggie's just got off the phone with Jordan who's on his way with all the medical supplies. "Ok. So what now?" Maggie decides to finally take a deep breath and relax now that they sort of got it under control. "I think that we should still contact future Mel, and I think I know how. It would be by a spell that we could do that summons the presence of a witch, no matter what timeline they're in. But the one thing is, I'm pretty sure the spell requires Brujeria." Macy looks just a tint confused at first but then she realizes what they have to do, "Ok, then we just need to get Josefina over here to help us with the spell. Which shouldn't be hard, considering all the other things we have on the to-do list for today. " As she whips her phone out from her back pocket to call Josefina. Meanwhile, upstairs with Mel and Abby. Abby walks in the room with a fourth fresh cup of Mel's favorite tea and some magical painkillers. "Not exactly what I'd call 'A meal fit for my queen' but in this case I suppose it'll do.'' Abby playfully remarks to sort of lighten up Mel's clearly sour mood. This seems to work as Mel playfully clapbacks, "Well, when your queen is about to give birth, anything is acceptable." while somehow managing to swallow a pain pill. "Well, normally in this case, I would ask you how you're feeling but I bet that's pretty obvious right about now." Abby doesn't know what else to say. All she wants is to be there for Mel, and she certainly hopes she can do that non-verbally. In all honesty, the easier way. Anything to avoid having to discuss baby names. And it's almost like Mel's sort of reading her mind when she sighs and says, "But if I were you, I really wouldn't even worry about not knowing what to say. I'm sure Jordan will be here in no time and he can help pull this baby out of me already. " But soon after she's said this, she thinks, and Abby thinks too. What if future Mel is going to come back for the baby? Once again, it would be better than them having to discuss baby names. At least for Abby, if her earlier thought is anything to go by. Both of them now have a lot to say, but aren't exactly sure what the best way to word it is. As soon as Mel's about to prepare herself to speak up, the baby kicks with a strong intention of getting both of their attention. (Mostly Abby's, if the way it calmed down after Abby spoke to it is any indication) To be honest, Mel's lost track of how many times she's been interrupted by the baby's awful leg movements, and at this point, it's become a fun little side activity for the baby. And she knows deep down in her heart that the baby having such a sweet connection with Abby is what she wanted all along but for some reason, in this very moment she can't help but envy Abby because what if the baby is born and it grows attached to Abigael leaving little to no room for herself in the picture. Even in her deepest, darkest fears of everything bad happening after the baby's born, that just might be the worst to her. I mean who would possibly enjoy their child having a favorite parent that's not them? Certainly not Mel to say the least. But still even then she feels like if she and Abby get too attached to this baby it will be all the more painful if or when her Future self comes back for it. At this point, she's tired of thinking about the ifs and ands of the future. Right now what she wants more than anything, is to hold her baby in her arms at least once before all hell breaks loose like she knows it will. "Melanie, before anything else happens I just want to say-" "Hey, who's ready to give birth to a supernatural, out-of-its-time baby?" She is interrupted by Jordan's presence. Mel knows that what Abby was going to say is important but there's always gonna be a time for that and like she mentioned earlier, she wants to get this baby out of her as soon as possible............. 

And so it was in the following moments that Natalie Marisol Vera Caine was born. And soon after, the charmed ones recieved a letter from future Mel, saying that things in the future weren't looking so good, and that it would be best if Natalie stayed with them. She said that when the time came, she would do a certain spell that would make everything right in the world and that the Charmed ones just needed to be ready for it. It was then that the Charmed Ones thought that everything was going to be okay untill Maggie had a premention that Natalie would be in danger if they didn't find a way to hide her and fast. Having no other option Abigeal reached out to the person she trusted the most to keep her daughter safe- her sister Waverly. Abigael placed a gentle kiss goodbye upon her daughters head as she gave her to her sister and walked away hoping that one day she'd be able to bring her little girl home. 

A/N: Sorry not sorry for that ending. The thing is, I was working on this for literal years and as much as I would like to finish it, I'm much more interested in the stuff I have planned for next season. So I decided that instead of wasting my time trying to finish it, I'd just sum up what I wanted to write in a good old narration bit. More exciting stuff to come after this, I promise. Much <3 Toodles!