"It's hurt, mom. When you ask who I am, it's hurt, mom."
2. Playground and Magic School
9:00
"So you think that there is a demon in the Manor, who has something to do with you and had possessed Leo in an instant but you didn't know why except for a punishment. And you can't remember what it's looked like. Well, it's really difficult to check on the Book of Shadow." Paige said, waving with the twins playing with sand. "And how did you sure that you didn't dream?"
"I know it's real, Paige. It made me feel really uneasy." Piper sighed.
They were sitting on a bench, watching the children playing happily in the playground. Junior and Melinda played with the ball and the twins were absorbed in building something with sand.
"Paige," She talked after a while of silence, "do you love your children?"
Paige widened her eyes at her sister. The answer was so clearly.
"Why do you ask? You must be kidding me."
"I don't know. I just have a feeling that the punishment that girl said has a connection with my parentage. But I think I didn't have any mistake in raising Wyatt and Mel. Do you think so?"
Yes, they are the whole world with her. She always wanted a girl, just like the girl she met when she traveled to the future. And Wyatt was her first born, the first fruit of her love with Leo.
"What about your other child?"
Piper gasped. Paige looked at her with a strange look, hurting and haunting. It gave Piper a chill. She couldn't control her voice when she asked.
"Who … are you … talking about?"
Paige didn't answer, she just gazed at her. Piper felt an urge to run away from that deadly trap. But the harder she struggled, the deeper she sank into those eyes. She gripped tightly the verge of the bench like it was the only thing could keep him in the real world. Her knuckle became paper-white.
"Mommy! Hannah bad."
Piper quietly thanked her niece. Helen's voice sounding was like a button, turned off the creepy light in her mother's eyes, gave back a normal Paige. Piper looked at her sister walking away, toward the quarreling twins and loosened her body. She turned to Mel and Junior, wanted to find some peace from her daughter. Junior just threw the ball toward Mel.
Suddenly, the ball burst into flames and flew straight to the waiting hands of Mel.
"WOW!" Piper waved her wrist just in time. The playground became quiet. Her power had grown up and now, she can freeze an area as large as a stadium. The ball of fire stopped on its track, just a finger from the child's hands. Piper rushed to Mel, lifted her up and walked away from the fireball. It hit the ground and shot its sparks all around. Holding his daughter tightly, Piper looked through the smoke and saw …
"Demon!"
The boy was scared and started to run to the shallow forest. The iron chains on his wrist slowed him. The piping worm demon floated right after him. Piper let down Mel and chased the boy and the demon, hot on her heels. She grabbed his small shoulder.
"What do you want? Why did you do that?" She screamed at his face.
"It wasn't me. I swear." He cried and looked at her with beautiful green eyes. She didn't care about how familiar they were.
"You, liar. Tell me now, what do you want?"
"Piper!"
Paige with Helen on her hip, stood behind her.
"I'm sowwy, aunt Pai. I not want the ball in fire." With a toothless smile, the 3years old witch admitted her fault. That cute expression gave her mom a smile but a guilty for her aunt.
Piper looked back at the kid, whose shoulder was still gripped by her hand. He cried harder and this time, Piper let him run for real after she felt a wave of heartache when she heard him said.
"You never believe me."
The piper-demon just piped a high sound, reminded her about a wailing of a child. It opened its eyes a little more without noticing from Piper. Her eyes were full of tears while the wind whispered in her ears.
"You will be punished!"
11:30
Piper rushed to the giant library of Magic School right after she took Mel back from the dentist. Giving her daughter to Paige, she quickly sketched a rough picture of the demon and gave Paige some descriptions about the boy, whom Paige creepily couldn't see at the forest next to the playground.
If the boy isn't friend with that demon, then he is an innocence, who needs our help. Piper thought while rushing from one book to another.
DINGGGGG DOOONGGGG!
The bell reminded her about Wyatt. Closed the book a little too hard, she ignored the glare of the librarian and ran through the long hallway toward classrooms. The ages made her breathe rapidly when she stopped before her son's classroom. The door opened and the children burst out, the normal scene in both magical and non-magical school. In another classes happened the same scene. Accidentally, Piper threw her attention to the classroom at the end of the hallway – the class of third grade. They didn't have any extra class today. Only the fifth grade like Wyatt.
The door stirred lightly…
"Mommy, I got an A for my potion today."
"Mom, I swear there was a spider demon in my class. I didn't mean to blow up Mary's table. It was an accident."
"Mommy!"…
…
One green eye looked at her through the little open door. That boy.
"Hey, kid. Wait!!!"
Piper shouted and tried hard to come to that boy but the flow of children just swept her backward.
"Mom!"
A hand tugged her coat, made her nearly jump. She turned back. Wyatt looked at her with his baby blue eyes, a curious light on those orbs.
"What's wrong, mom?"
Piper turned to the end of the hallway. The boy disappeared and the door was closed. Silent and tight as if it never opened before.
"No… nothing wrong, honey." Piper put her hand on his shoulder, said firmly maybe to assure her more than her son. But Wyatt's eyes suddenly changed to black. He stood on his tiptoe and whispered into her ears.
"You're lying. You will be punished!"
Wyatt took a quick glance at that door and turned on his heels, leaving behind his shock mom. The color was drained out of her face.
