Sikowitz sits on the stage at the edge of his classroom, drilling a hole into a fresh coconut. He just gets the drill into a perfect position, when the door of his classroom is flung open, crashing into the wall, and making him jump in surprise.

"Hello." He says in a daze, watching as Beck, Cat, Robbie, Tori, Jade, Andre, and Trina all barge into his classroom, creating a semi-circle in the middle of the room. "Can I help you?"

"Yeah, you can help us." Beck steps forward, pointing his fairy wand at the teacher. "Change me back!"

Sikowitz puts his coconut to one side, his eyes drifting from one student to another, a smile slowly growing on his lips. "I see you've all embraced the spirit of Christmas."

"It's Halloween." Tori interrupts pointedly.

Sikowitz waves a hand dismissively. "Either way, you've figured out how to change yourselves back." He nods in approval. "Although, I must say, it took you a little longer than I thought it might."

"Well, we're sorry." Trina responds sarcastically. "We were too busy being freaky monsters to quickly figure out how not to be freaky monsters!"

"And that was the point." Sikowitz stands, his wizard robes covering his bare feet. "You had to become the monster to... not be the monster."

Ignoring the confused looks her received, the teacher continues. "I needed you children to finally embrace your characters! To not just act, but to feel! Instead of just moping your way though the school day."

"Yeah yeah, you've been through this."

"Yes, Jade, I have. And I keep going through it, but you children never seem to get it!" Sikowitz towers over them on the raise platform, but his brightly coloured robes thwart any attempt to make him look more superior. "I need you all to understand that acting is more than just a job, or a lesson in school. It's a part of you. Something you have to bring out and expose to the world. And, from what I can see, most of you did that today by accepting the part of yourself you had been changed into, a part none of you were familiar with, and, in doing so, that new feeling became a part of you, until you became yourselves once more."

He bows at the end of his profound speech, but when he raises his head, he is met only with seven puzzled stares.

"Did anyone understand that?" Andre asks, and everyone shrugs.

"I think Sikowitz just wants us to take his classes more seriously." Cat suggests, smiling up at their favourite teacher.

"So why did we have to go through all of that?" Jade questions. "You couldn't just tell us?"

"I've tried to- oh, I give up." Sikowitz steps off the stage and flumps down into a chair, silently berating himself for not going through with his original plan of visiting Lane the genie and wishing his students would finally understand.

"Is there anything else you kids want?" He asks with a sigh.

"Uh, yeah." Beck stands in front of the teacher, gesturing to his dress. "I'm still a fairy!"

Sikowitz sits up and looks Beck over, shaking his head. "You'll be yourself soon. The effects wear off in an hour or two."

"That's it?"

"That's it."

The gang exit the classroom, leaving Sikowitz to wallow in his own despair.

"Does anyone else get the feeling we were met to learn something really important from all of this?" Tori asks as they make their way to her locker before the beginning to the next period.

"Oh, I did." Jade says, leaning back against the wall beside the row of lockers, everyone gathering around. "I've learned never drink anything Sikowitz gives me, ever again."


A/N: Thanks for reading! Did you like it? Let me know! And a Happy Halloween to you all!