Melinda Halliwell

Melinda Halliwell
Don't worry, mommy. I promise I'll do what you ask. I won't use my magic again, ever." —An alternate Melinda making a promise to her mother.[src]

Melinda Halliwell is the youngest child and only daughter of Piper Halliwell and Leo Wyatt. Originally just a witch, she was made into a Whitelighter-Witch by the Elders and is the younger sister of Wyatt and Chris Halliwell. Melinda is named after her powerful ancestor Melinda Warren who began the Charmed legacy.Interestingly Melinda is the first person in the Warren line since Melinda Warren herself to possess all three Charmed Powers.

Before The Disappearance
Melinda had a normal childhood, there were occasional Demonic disturbances, but they were few and far-between. Melinda was always very close with her brothers, though they were a bit overprotective of her. Growing up Melinda’s cousin P.J was always her best friend and confidante. They were so close in fact that the two formed a Psychic Link which is similar to a Psychic Echo but more lasting . Melinda never did very well in school, it was not that she was unintelligent she just had difficulty with book learning. So much difficulty in fact that one month into her first year of High School her poor grades forced her to sign up for tutoring in most subjects. Fortunately, for Melinda there was one person who could tutor her in all subjects, her Brother Chris’s lifelong best friend Griffen Nicolae .Unfortunately, Melinda had had a crush on Griffen for years. Over the months, her crush developed into something more, Griffen too developed feelings for Melinda, and the two began an illicit relationship which ended badly. After the two broke up, Griffen moved to New York to attend Colombia and Melinda continued High School, though she did get better grades than before.Melinda always spent a good deal of time at her mother’s restaurant, hanging out there after school and on weekends in Elementary and Middle Schools, and working there in High School. From the age of four, she dreamed of one day taking over from her mother.