Melinda Pierce

"Melinda is Melinda. Nothing more and nothing less, she was forced to be on her own and now because of that, she doesn't fear it. She embraces it, it's her independence but maybe she's too dependant on it and fears to let others in,"

Melinda Pierce portrayed by Selena Gomez. A young eighteen year old witch who lives with her best friends, Joyle Ashjar, a druid, and Keira Harper, a demon. When she keeps having premonitions of the word Halliwell, Melinda can't help but investigate and that's where it all began.

Melinda is named after her powerful ancestor Melinda Warren who began the Charmed legacy.

Pre-Birth and Birth
Piper and Leo conceived their third and final child a month following the Charned Ones'last Ultimate Battle, resulting in her birth sometime in 2007. A few months after her birth, her aunt Paige was burned at the stake resulting in Piper and Leo agreeing that Melinda is too young to know how to control her upcoming powers. Piper and Leo decide that Melinda needed to be away from magic. Away from her brothers. So Piper took Melinda and left.

Coming Into Her Powers
"How did those potion bottles get up there?" —Piper when she sees the knocked over potion bottles above her soup.

Melinda came into her powers about a year after her birth. Her mother was cooking in the kitchen whilst holding Melinda when the baby "conjured" a couple of potion bottles above her mother's soup, causing the soup to create vines that attacked her as well as her mother. Melinda enjoyed the spectacle, but Piper, after unsuccessfully trying to cut the vines, used her powers and ended up ruining the apartment resulting in the two having to move again.

On Her Own
"Don't worry, mommy. I promise I'll do what you ask. I won't use my magic again, ever." —Melinda making a promise to her mother.

In the wake of Nathaniel Pratt's witch hunt taking over, her mother had forbidden Melinda from using her powers in order to protect her. When Phoebe was discovered as a witch Piper was forced to leave Melinda in order to save her sister and go into hiding. Not wanting to bring Melinda down with her, Piper faked her own death and Melinda became an orphan.

Powers and Abilities

 * Basic Powers
 * Spell Casting: The ability to cast spells and perform rituals.
 * Potion Making: The ability to brew potions.
 * Scrying: The ability to locate a person or object by the use of a scrying crystal, a map, and sometimes other tools.


 * Active Powers
 * Premonition: The ability to see and experience events from the past, present, and future.
 * Whitelighter Powers
 * Hovering: The ability to rise a few feet in the air, and float in one place on a swirl of orbs.


 * Other Powers
 * High Resistance: This power causes her to be resistant to powers such as Fireballs and other lethal powers.

Appearance and Personality
Melinda is very attractive, with wonderful features like curly black hair and nice eyes. She is very stylish, as well. Many boys are attracted to her because of her looks, as well as her personality.

Melinda is very street-smart, using her intelligence to get whatever she wants. She's very manipulative, using everyone's weaknesses to her advantage. Actually, one of her flaws is her own reliance on magic and her laziness, which often results in magical troubles, as well her lack of disregard for rules.

She has a tendency to be very lazy, when given the option of the easy way and the proper way she will pick the easy way every time without hesitation, getting her into trouble often, because the easy way always has consequences she doesn't bother to think about until they're upon her.

Melinda is typically portrayed as a mischievous troublemaker. Melinda is far from heartless. She deeply cares for her friends going as far as threatening her own brother if he goes near Keira because she's part demon.

Wyatt Halliwell
"Stop staring at me or I'll kick you,"—Melinda too Wyatt after he finds out she's his sister.

Wyatt was initially unfriendly towards Melinda, being suspicous of why Chris was so fond of her though she was younger and he was engaged. However, as time when on, they did somewhat bond, despite the fact that he often spoke ro Melinda in rude way. Once Wyatt disocvered she was his little sister he attempted to be kinder to her and change their relationship but it was to Melinda's annoyance. Melinda treated him the same not wanting him to change how he acts just because of their blood relations and the two went back to their old relationship except with less hostility.

Chris Halliwell
"She thinks she's funny,"

"Funnier than you Mr. Neurotico,"—Chris and Melinda's usual banter.

Chris is the first other Halliwell besides her mother for Melinda to have met. At first Melinda and Chris were suspicious of each other and it wasn't until Chris saw a picture of Piper that he realized Melinda was his baby sister. Melinda confided in Chris without even realizing that he was her brother but trusting him none the less. Chris was amazed by Melinda's steady control of her powers without any guidance and her ability to write spells on the fly. Melinda is also known to tease her brother's neurotic behavior and his excessive knowledge of the suspernatural well Chris gets annoyed with Melinda's laziness and how magic comes so easily to her.

Joyle Ashjar
"Do you ever listen?"

"You've known me for how long?--Melinda and Joyle.

Melinda and Joyle are normally close friends but could also be called frenemies. When Melinda goes too far with a demon or such Joyle challenges Melinda's decision and the two would have a disagreement. Joyle would sometimes be bothered by the relationship that Melinda began to develop with her family. Despite that Joyle considers Melinda a friend and along with Keira, are roommates.

Keira Harper
"Melinda is Melinda. Nothing more and nothing less, she was forced to be on her own and now because of that, she doesn't fear it. She embraces it, it's her independence but maybe she's too dependant on it and fears to let others in,"-Keira about Melinda to Chris.

Keira and Melinda are best friends and hang out together more often. Melinda and Keira care for each other and even help one another through troubling times. Melinda would often tell other people like Wyatt to be nice to Keira and be trly angry with anyone who would hurt her feelings.

Asterion Young
"I've been watching her since she was six years old. I've watched Melinda deal with thick and thin and survive. Honestly, even if Leo hadn't asked me, I'd still protect her. She's not just my charge, she's my friend."

Aster has been watching Melinda since she was a child. The moment she left the protection of the orphanage he befriended her and got her a job. Two or so years later Melinda is fired and Aster gives her a recommendation to Halliwell's s so she could meet her family. Melinda is unknown to this as of now.

Appearances
Melinda appeared in a total of 2 episodes throughout the course of the series.


 * Season 1
 * Pilot
 * Hunted