MAGIC SCHOOL
Episode One:- Genie in a Bottle:- Part Three

Characters In Series We All Know And Love And I Do Not Own
Piper Halliwell, Phoebe Halliwell, Paige Matthews, Leo Wyatt, Wyatt Halliwell, Christopher Halliwell

Characters In Series We All Will Come To Know And Love And I Do Own
Emily Bell, William Rhodes, Debbie-Elizabeth Cochrane, Garnett Nichols

Halliwell Estate:- Melinda's Room

It wasn't that long now since they heard the scream and raised up the stairs.
"I hope mom's alright." Chris called out as he grabbed the doorknob to Melinda's room and pulled the door open to see what was inside. Inside, there were at least three demons. One had its arm around Debbie-Elizabeth's neck whilst holding her to his chest. Chris's hand formed a fist as he watched what was going on.

"Where is it?" The demon asked, no threatened her. Debbie-Elizabeth just replied with; where is what? "Don't play smart with me, where is your pendant." With another smart remark the demon smacked her across the face, her falling to the ground. "Your sister did the exact same thing. Must run in the family. Yet I didn't have any bother killing her and taking her powers." Chris watched an expression on Debbie-Elizabeth's face, which was, priceless and full of hurt.

Emily tapped Chris on the shoulder. She had a test-tube with a potion in her hand. Chris didn't notice this though as he just patted her away with his hand. Emily did the same again and he turned with a what? This attracted a demon's attention, one that through a fire ball at him. He orbed it away out of the window – not caring where it went as he grabbed the potion off of Emily. "What is this?" He asked, wanting to make sure that he would do the right thing with it.

"Whilst researching genie's I took note of a vanquishing potion that would destroy those demons." Emily spoke as she moved forward, phasing through an arrow, sent by the demon. The demon's face was dark skinned with a fire tattoo across its eye, which was yellow. All three, bulky strong male demons looked the same, wearing red trousers and nothing over their chests. "I'll get Debbie." Emily spoke as she ran forward, phasing through the demon and pushing Debbie-Elizabeth from his grasp, doing so caused something shiny to go through the air.

"No!" Debbie-Elizabeth called out as the shiny object fell in front of Piper. Piper picked the object up, finding it to a locket – heart shaped with a sapphire jewel in the middle. "…" She trailed off finding it was Piper that picked it up. She turned around to see the demons coming towards her. Screaming she took a step backwards as the potion was sent through the air to the three demons as they were in the same place at the same time – easy to vanquish the three of them together. They burst into flames before disappearing.

Five Minutes Later

Piper walked down the stairs, leading Melinda with her.
"At least that's those demons gone. Although I'm not sure if that was all of them." Melinda looked to Piper with her brown eyes glistening slightly as if she had a plan. "Fine then. You scribe for them whilst I find out about this." Piper spoke as she shown the locket in her hand. "… I'm pretty sure I know what it is but to have a second opinion would be great." She didn't have to wait long though, as Debbie-Elizabeth came down the stairs.

"That's my locket." She told Piper. "You see, that's what the demons were after. That locket is the source to my magic, like a lamp or bottle to a higher-level genie. When a good genie is born – they are instantly level one and their magic powers are withdrawn from their bodies into a locket that the mother would hold for them until they become a level two genie. Once that happens the genie gets to keep the locket on them at all time – although all wishes that are spoken must be answered. When a genie passes school exams for such things as levitation then they become a graduated genie – level three, and their powers go back into their bodies."

Piper handed the locket back. Debbie-Elizabeth looked down to the glistening object. "The one thing is. Anyone that's touched this locket – who isn't a direct blood relative of mine, becomes my master. Luckily, the demon didn't get to touch it… but… you have." She spoke to Piper. "Now, you are my master. I have to protect you from anything that wants to harm you." She placed the necklace back around her neck, an exact copy but with an emerald jewel went around Piper's neck. "The only way our bond can be broken is if my pendant gets into someone else's hands." Piper nodded as she looked to the washing machine. Its cycle was nearly finished.

"Some help around the house wouldn't go amiss I guess. Chris and Wyatt don't do much around here in need of cleaning up. Its usually us girls." Seeing as Melinda was using the table in next to them to scribe for demons. "That has to do the housework. Paige has asked me to let you stay here. You have your exams soon and once you graduate you will have a lamp and bottle to stay in. I'm pretty sure you won't take up too much space after that happens." They both laughed as Melinda looked up to them. "What's up?" She shrugged. The amethyst crystal didn't drop anywhere. There mustn't have been any more demons around that wanted to kill Debbie-Elizabeth. As usual, the charmed ones had saved yet another species.

Halliwell Estate:- Chris's room

Chris threw his scrunched up piece of paper into a small basketball net that was over his bucket, it hitting in straight away. He sighed as he looked to Emily who was busy writing and coming up with new spells into his notebook. He had once again been stuck with only the smart aleck for conversation as Billy was in his own little world trying to make out what he could do now that the demons were gone. Scrunching up another piece of paper, Emily threw it at Chris. So that was where he was getting the pieces of paper? When she made up a rubbish spell she would give the ruined piece of paper to him.

"That's a waste of paper, Ems. You know, you could always try writing on the back." Emily glared at Chris as she wrapped her pen around the strands of frizzy afro hair that subdued forward from her head, showing something that Chris easily picked up on. "Is this what I think it is? The great spell writer has come up with writer's block. You've lost your creative spirit?" Emily threw another piece of unused paper, scrunched, to his head this time.

"What I don't understand is. Why were those demons after the power of the genies? It almost seems a waste as they're not the strongest of all beings." Emily spoke as she looked out the window to the clear sky. "That and they are lesser beings to us witches." Chris sighed and threw the paper back at Emily as if to show a realty check.

"Debbie and her sister was half witch, half genie. They were powerful than the average genie. The thing I don't get is why go after every genie, before going after her and her sister." Emily pouted, her tongue peeping out between her lips unsatisfied that Chris had gotten one over her. "It could be because the genies are getting more powerful. I mean when Phoebe was a genie; they got three wishes. Debbie can grant unlimited wishes until she graduated. Most of the genies that were murdered were ones that weren't full genies. Like Debbie's sister. Her parents were killed because they were in the way."

"Its over with now, we have to go." Billy spoke as he stood up. Emily could have chocked. Did Billy just actually say something? Well he was right though, it was dinnertime now and they had promised their parents they would make it back soon. Emily's parents had invited Billy's parents around for dinner and they were making a big smash at it. Emily couldn't even evaluate why her parents would invite them, but again. She wouldn't pass on her mother's famous trifle. Chris nodded as he watched them leave down the stairs to the house. "Since when did he start calling her Debbie?" That was the last thing he had heard from Billy to Emily as they let. That was true; it was always Debbie-Elizabeth until now.

Well let's just say, he was glad that Debbie-Elizabeth was okay – but he did deserve a thank you. That was seeing as it was him that stopped those demons from killing her. Chris shut his door before orbing down the stairs to where Piper, Melinda and Debbie-Elizabeth were. He looked to his sister who had just put her map away before she went to get a drink out of the fridge. Debbie-Elizabeth looked away from Chris a little embarrassed at what she was going to say. She really didn't feel comfortable saying it but still:-"Thank you for saving me." Chris turned to look at her. He just got what he wanted. He was surprised that he didn't have to force her. "Oh, and are Emily and Billy away home?" Chris gave a simple nod of the head before he sat down on the sofa. Piper sat next to Chris, who looked a little awkward. Piper placed her hands on her knees as she looked up to the television, which was on at the moment. Debbie-Elizabeth wondered what she was to do right now. She really didn't want to stay here – it seemed wrong especially when she had a house already… okay one that was at the moment a murder scene… maybe not. Here was fine.

"Debbie is moving in with us." Piper told Chris before standing up and going back to put her washing into the dryer. Melinda went to help her mother before it was just he and Debbie-Elizabeth standing in the living room. Chris kept looking up to her but she just kept looking away.

"That is if that's okay with you? I don't mind going… home." She spoke but he told her that it was fine. As it wasn't the best thing for Debbie-Elizabeth to go back home after what had happened. "Hey… have you got over that stupid little argument we had at Paige's?" Chris looked up a little confused. "You know, when I hit you because you kept throwing that doll at me?" Oh yeah. When they were twelve, well he was twelve and she was eight then and he kept throwing that doll at her because she was "annoying" him. He forgot that Paige used to baby-sit for the Cochrane's.

"Oh yeah, I remember that day… your mother used to always call you this cute little nickname, didn't she?" Debbie-Elizabeth shook her head in hope that he wasn't going to do what she thought he was going to do. A smirk passed on his lips as he moved along the sofa to sit nearer her so that the nickname he was going to say would be clear enough. "Isn't that right… Kiki." Debbie-Elizabeth sighed. He did it; he passed the line and called her it. Well Kiki wasn't as bad. She had been called worse.

"You don't mind me calling you that?" Chris looked disappointed that he didn't get one over of her again. "Aww… come on it has to annoy you. Kiki…" Standing up Kiki looked to the window, pulling the right side curtain closed, as it was dark outside. "This could be the start of an interesting friendship." She muttered as she looked back to Chris who was still trying to use her nickname to make her annoyed. She then drew the left curtain.