3rd Person POV

"Hi, thanks for coming!" Piper cried out as Phoebe and Paige walked through the door of the nursery school.

"Oh, of course, you know, anything for our little nephew. What exactly are we doing for our little nephew?" Phoebe asked.

"Showing family support. They look for that, especially when the father's not around a lot." Piper answered.

"What are you talking about? Leo's around all the time."

"Yeah, for Wyatt, but he won't be for the school, he can't be -" just then, Piper noticed Paige pulling out her phone and starting to dial. "What are you doing? Put that thing down."

"I'm trying to get a hold of Richard, I can't find him."

"Yeah, well, you've been trying to call Richard for the last couple of days, maybe you should give it a rest."

"I know, but I'm just afraid he's off on some magical freak out or something, you know, and I just wanna be able to help him."

"Maybe he just needs a little time alone?" Suggested Phoebe.

"It just makes me question whether or not I can even save an innocent if I can't save my boyfriend. No offence." Paige looked at Phoebe as she realized she might have touched a nerve.

"Oh, no, don't worry about it, I'm over it."

"Jason?

"Yeah, when you get to be my age, you can't spend the time crying over spilled milk, you know?"

"Your age?"

"Yeah, the whole biological clock thing. It's very real and it's echoing. Tick-tick-tick-tick-tick."

"Okay, neurotic people, can we get back to my neurosis right now, please?" Piper cried out.

"Sure. Which one were we talking about?" Phoebe shifted her gaze from Paige to Piper.

"The one where I'm a rotten mother who's raising an anti-social child."

"Oh, that is ridiculous, and not true," Paige assured her sister.

(Paige dials a number on her phone.)

"Is it? He doesn't have any friends, Phoebe. You and I had each other when we were growing up, but he doesn't have anybody, he's all alone."

"Hey, I was all alone," Paige pointed out.

"Yeah, but you didn't know you had powers, so it was safe for you to have friends. Your mother didn't have to worry about if you were gonna orb out during a play date or something."

"Piper, do you think you're overreacting a little?" Phoebe said, cautiously. They all looked over at Wyatt as bright lights filled the room and he orbed out.

"No!" Cried Piper, her fear rising.

Paige quickly grabbed her sisters hands and orbed them to Baby Wyatt. They arrived in time to see that he had orbed in front a door that had appeared in the middle of the stairway.

"You can not keep doing this, sweetie, really," said Piper. Phoebe picked Baby Wyatt up as Paige noticed the door.

"Guys?"

"Oh, what the...Oh, this is not good," Phoebe exclaimed as she saw what Paige was looking at.

The three sisters stood watching the door, unsure of what to do, until a voice from the other side suddenly cried out for help.

"Orb him out of here. Go!" Piper shouted to Paige as Phoebe handed her Baby Wyatt.

As Paige orbed out, the door opened and a bald man with glasses, and wearing a black robe walked out.

"Oh, thank god you're home," he cried out.

Before Piper or Phoebe could respond, a headless horseman appeared behind the man and sliced off his head with a long sword. The door slammed shut as the head bounced down the stairs.

"What the hell was that?" Piper yelled out.

"That was the headless horseman," said a voice from the bottom of the stairs.

Eliana's POV

"What do we do now? How are we supposed to make sure the future gets changed if the sisters refuse to let us help? I'm not just going to give up!"

"Neither am I!"

"So then what the hell are we supposed to do?" I asked Chris in frustration, not being able to see any viable options.

"Okay...how about you keep a close eye on them with those stealth skills of yours and I'll keep trying to find what information I can and we'll just go from there?"

A few weeks had passed since our conversation and decision to continue to help from afar. We'd managed to find an abandoned building somewhat near the Manor, but other than patrolling the area every night, we hadn't been able to figure out what to do next. I kept suggesting that he just tell them who he was, but he was dead-set against the idea; so sure that they would never believe him, which I had to admit, seemed like the most probable end result.

So I just continued to lurk in the shadows and protect the sisters wherever I could. In the following weeks since we had been tossed out, I had dealt with more demons than I cared to count, but they had all been low-level and unable to provide Chris and I with any new information. I sighed in frustration as I saw another pathetic excuse for a demon attempting to sneak around the back of the manor. No more than five minutes passed before I was able to wipe my hands of him and slink back into the house to see what I had missed in my absence.

I arrived in time to observe Phoebe placing a man's head on a table as she straightened his glasses.

"You're very kind," the head was saying.

"Yeah, can I just ask you one question? How are you still talking?"I clutched my hands to my mouth to stop myself from chuckling at the expression on Phoebe's face.

"Yes, well, fair question. Uh, fortunately the rest of me is still at Magic School, otherwise I'd be..."

"I'm sorry, Magic School?" Piper interrupted.

"Yes, that's right. Anyway, as I was saying, uh, as long as my body remains on grounds, I can't, uh, well, you know, die. It's all part of the magic thankfully."

"Like the doorway in the middle of my stairway." Even from my hiding place, I could feel the irritation rolling off of Piper in waves.

"Sorry, I didn't know where else to put it, it's the only way in or out of the school, I had to reach you somehow."

"Do you have a name?" Phoebe asked.

"Sigmund. But I'm afraid we don't have much time for pleasantries. I really need to get you back before he strikes again."

"The headless horseman?" Piper asked, clearly dreading the answer.

"Right."

"Fabulous!" Just then Paige and Leo orbed back in. "Where's Wyatt?" I heard Piper ask Paige.

"He's upstairs in his room. I thought I should bring Le...Oh my god, and apparently I was right!"

"Leo! Oh, so good to see you again!" The head of Sigmund cried out.

"Sigmund, what happened?"

Phoebe looked back and forth between the two men. "Wait, you guys know each other?"

"Gideon sent me for your help, all your help," Sigmund replied, ignoring Phoebe.

"Gideon. Who's Gideon? And who are you?" said Paige.

"Alright, all you people with legs follow me!" I couldn't help giggling this time but they had already left the room and there was no risk of them hearing me as I paused before following them.

"Just so you know, this is what's keeping your son from developing social skills," Piper was saying as I joined them in the kitchen.

"And me from helping Richard," Paige added.

"And me from helping...me," Phoebe finished.

"What?" Leo said in confusion.

"I'm talking about our lives. We can't just drop what we're doing every time someone's head comes rolling down the stairs," Piper explained.

"I don't believe you're saying this. You don't understand, this isn't supposed to happen. Magic school is supposed to be protected from evil. It's the only way Gideon can teach magic to the next generation, Wyatt's generation!"

"I think Wyatt is more concerned with nursery school right now than magic school."

"Are you sure? Paige said he orbed back in front of the door. He was drawn to it."

"Okay, you know what? I think we should help the magic school, because we can't just keep that head on our foyer table, you know? What is it, a centre-piece?" Phoebe stated, breaking up Piper and Leo's argument.

"Okay, fine, but we can't take Wyatt, sorry!" Piper exclaimed.

"Alright, I'll get Chris to watch him," Leo said. My heart warmed a little at Leo's words. I didn't like him all that much in the future because of how he had treated Chris, but the past-Leo wasn't so bad apparently.

"What? After everything he's done? No, I don't think so."

"He was just trying to protect Wyatt."

"Oh, please!" Paige said in disbelief.

"Look, I think his intentions are good. He deserves another chance - and so does Eliana." I wanted to hear the rest of the conversation, but out of the corner of my eye, I saw yet another demon approaching the house so I tore myself away and went to go take care of him.

3rd Person POV

Piper, Phoebe, Paige and Leo opened the door to the magic school and slowly walked in; Piper carrying a pillow case. As they stepped through the doorway, they saw Sigmond's body laying on the floor.

"Um, are you sure you can breathe in there alright?" Piper said, looking inside the pillow case.

"Yes, I..." They all paused as the door slammed shut with a loud bang. "We must move quickly."

"Alright." Piper glanced gingerly at Sigmund's body.

"Just step around it, someone will be along for it shortly."

They did just that and looked around to find themselves in a very, very long hallway.

"So how are we gonna find this dude Gideon, anyway?" Paige asked.

"He's not a dude, he's an Elder, my old mentor, actually." Leo explained.

"Really? You've never mentioned him before!" said Piper in surprise.

"We met a long time ago when I first became a Whitelighter. He helped me out, took me under his wing. He actually fought for us to get married, to break the rules."

"Really?"

A sound behind them made Phoebe turn around in time to see a wolf appear.

"Okay, I don't want to freak anybody out but there is a wolf following us."

"What?" The rest of the group turned around but the hallway was empty except for them.

"There was a wolf following us, I swear."

"Not everyone sees the same things here, Phoebe, only what they're meant to see," came Sigmund's voice from the pillow case.

"Who you got in there, Confucius? Okay, you all saw that, right?" A student had just floated past Phoebe reading a book.

"Eleventh grade levitation. She's late. We should keep moving, the great hall is just ahead."

They walked further down the hallway and reached a large wooden door. It opened up and they walked inside the room.

"Leo, good, thanks for coming. Although I do wish it was under better circumstances," said a bodiless voice.

"Gideon," Leo started to say before the voice cut him off.

"And the Charmed Ones. Lovely to see you again. Although you probably don't remember meeting me, you were just little girls."

Piper looked at Leo in confusion. "Leo?"

"Gideon, I do believe your invisibility shield is still up," Leo called out into the room.

Suddenly a man appeared before their eyes as he pulled off his hood.

"I'm sorry, I'm just a little distracted with everything that's been going on around here."

"Yes, we heard," said Piper as Leo put Sigmund's head on a table.

"Sigmund, oh, I'm so sorry," Gideon said as his eyes fell on his friend.

"It's alright, sir. It didn't stop me from delivering the message now, did it?"

"Okay, would somebody please tell me what's going on here?" Phoebe cried out in frustration.

"Always were a restless one, just like your Grams. Well, it all started innocently enough actually. Pranks really. Setting rats loose from the Pied Piper, turning the north dawn into a gingerbread house. Kids."

"And then..." Leo prompted as Gideon paused.

"And then someone cast a spell that brought forth the darkness, and days became nights, nights became terror, and the headless horseman has roamed the campus ever since, targeting teachers."

"Forgive me, sir. Perhaps you'd like to orb me over to the other heads."

"Right. Good thinking."

"Nice to meet you," Sigmund said to the sisters.

"You too, dude!" Phoebe called back as Gideon orbed Sigmund's head out of the room.

"So what you're saying is somebody's trying to shut down the school by cutting off teacher's heads?" Paige asked Gideon.

"What else would it be? What better way for evil to gain an upper hand than to teach the next generation.

"Isn't it as simple as finding who conjured the horseman and reversing the magic?" Piper suggested.

"Yes, except that no student possesses that level of magic, at least they're not supposed to. That's why I believe that a demon from the outside has somehow corrupted one of them into doing his bidding."

"So you find the student, you find the evil, right?" asked Paige.

"True, except you find much more than that here, Paige. The answers you each seek can be found within these grounds. You merely have to be open to them. Teaching will help you find the student in question, but it will also remind you of what you fear you have lost. Investigating our nursery school will help you with your worries over Wyatt. And if you follow the wolf, she will lead you where you want to go, but be careful. The deeper you look, the more you will discover and the better chance you will have of saving all this." Gideon looked at each sister as he spoke to them.

"Here wolfy, wolfy, wolfy, wolfy. Come on. I know you're here somewhere. Here wolfy, wolfy, wolfy, wolfy!" Phoebe called out as she walked the halls looking for the wold as Gideon had suggested. Suddenly, she spotted the creature. "Oh, hi, hi, sweet wolfy. Okay, you don't have to attack me because Gideon sent me - where are you going?"

She chased after it and soon found herself inside a cave with a small fire burning in the center. The wolf goes over to stand by the fire as Phoebe walks in. As she walked in, the wolf burst into flames and turned into a woman.

"Neat trick. Can you shapeshift into the headless horseman as well?"

"I'm a shaman, not a shapeshifter. The wolf is merely a projection of your quest, a symbol."

"Fascinating. You didn't answer my question."

"Do you really think I lured you out here just to kill you, Phoebe? You have the power of premonition, but it's unreliable. Especially lately. I can help you see your future more clearly. If you're willing to take the risk.

"I don't know what the hell Gideon was talking about, 'cause this is certainly not what I'm looking for!" Piper exclaimed as she and Leo stood in the nursery school watching little kids playing together with magic.

"Still, Wyatt doesn't have to hide his powers. Plus, he's not gonna be all alone," Leo pointed out.

"No, he'll be surrounded by all the other freaks."

"They're not freaks."

"You know what I mean. I just want Wyatt to have a normal up bringing. At least as normal as possible. Is that too much to ask for?"

"I don't know. Maybe."

"Well, we're not shopping for preschools, we're shopping for head hunters. So where is..."

Just then the a teacher walked in with a little girl.

"Sorry, a little emergency. Go ahead." The girl went off to join the other kids. "Now, where were we?"

"You were telling us about your near miss with the headless..."

"Shhh. Don't want to scare the little ones. They may have powers but they're still innocent," the teacher whispered too Piper.

"How'd you get away?" Leo asked.

"I astral projected. Confused him, I guess, by creating two of me, thank god."

"Um, are you suggesting that one of these kids might be..." said Piper.

"Involved? Oh, dear, no, no, never."

Leo looked at the teacher in confusion. "Why would you be a target?"

"These children are the cradle of good magic, its entire future. Without proper guidance, nurturing, they can easily be turned -"

"Evil?" Piper finished for her, remembering what Chris had said about Baby Wyatt turning evil and starting to think that maybe, just maybe, there had been some truth to what he'd said.

A siren suddenly filled the room.

The three adults ran out into the hall to see students running all over the place. Leo spotted Gideon and ran over to him.

"Anybody hurt?"

"Not yet."

"You guys okay?" Paige cried as she an over to them.

"Paige, you're a teacher now, you need to be careful!" Gideon pointed out.

"Come on, I'll take you back," Leo said, looking at Piper in concern.

"Not yet," Piper replied just as the headless horseman appeared behind her.

"Piper!" Paige warned her sister. Piper whirled around but too late. The headless horseman swung his sword at her and sliced her head off before disappearing.

"Great. Just great," Piper's head said from the floor.

"Ow. Easy, easy. Ow, easy, watch the hair!" Piper shouted as Leo placed her head on top of a cabinet. They had returned to the manor to figure out what their next move should be.

"Sorry."

"You doing okay up there, honey?" asked Paige.

"Actually, I feel a little woozy."

"Well, maybe it's because we have you up to high. Are you sure you don't want me to move you down lower?" Leo suggested.

"No, I don't Wyatt to see me like this, he will freak out."

"Well, you know, on the plus side, this is a great way for Wyatt to get out and socialize!" said Paige, attempting to lighten the mood.

"If I had legs I would kick you," Piper glared at her sister then looked sideways at a spiky plant sitting beside her head. "Could you move this for me, please?" Leo pointed to the plant. " Yeah," Piper confirmed and Leo took the plant off the cabinet.

"You know, maybe I should just go upstairs and check the book and see if there's a spell that can fix this," said Paige.

"Or we can find the little child that conjured the horseman and vanquish it!" Piper countered.

"You think that would reverse the spell?"

"I'm hoping."

"Yeah, I keep getting this weird feeling that it's one of the students in my class," Paige said, slowly.

Leo looked at her. "Why?"

"Because who better to turn than one of the most powerful kids there!"

"What do you suggest?"

"I think we should bring them here."

"What?" Piper interrupted.

"Yeah, if we get them away from the school, they can't conjure the horseman. That way we keep them here long enough to figure out who it is."

"I say it's not a bad idea since you're targets now."

"Uh-oh. Phoebe!" Paige realized.

"I'll go get her," Leo said, but Piper disagreed with the idea.

"No. I do not want Wyatt to have two headless parents. Send Chris or Eliana."

Leo orbed to P3 before remembering that Piper had banned him from staying there. He closed his eyes and used his sensing power before orbing again. To his surprise, he found himself back at the Manor; in Wyatt's room. Chris was standing next to a demon who was doing something with his son.

"What the hell is going on here!" He yelled as he snatched his baby out of harms way.

"It's not what it looks like, Leo!"

"Really? Cuz it looks like your working with a demon!"

"Well yes, but not to harm Wyatt! He can sense for evil! I'm just trying to make sure Wyatt is still good! He wasn't in any danger!"

Leo stared at the young man in front of him, his anger rising. As much as he didn't like the whitelighter, he had stood up for him, and this was how he returned the favor?

"Get out, Chris! I don't want to see you here ever again! You are not welcome around here!"

He watched Chris hang his head; his eyes filling with a strange emotion that Leo couldn't understand, before orbing out. Leo thought for a little while about who he could send, before deciding he really had no choice but to get Eliana. After what he had just seen with Chris, he was hesitant to trust her, but unlike Chris, at least she hadn't done anything yet to give him any reason not to; not to mention Baby Wyatt simply adored her.

He closed his eyes again and sensed for her location. When he orbed in, he found himself in an abandoned building that looked like it had been unoccupied for years. The walls were rotten through, trash littered the floor, and the pipes were leaking.

"Leo! What are you doing here!" He looked over to see Eliana getting up from a makeshift bed - if you could call it a bed at all.

"We need someone to check up on Phoebe and get her back to the house. There's a headless horsemen on the loose and he got Piper."

"Is Piper okay!"

"Yeah, she's fine, but we could use Phoebe's help, but Piper doesn't want me to go in case -"

"I got it, I got it, don't worry about it. I'll make sure Phoebe gets back to the Manor safely - just get back and help Piper and Paige, I'm sure they could use your help."

"So if you're so innocent, why are you hiding out?" Phoebe asked the shaman.

"I'm protecting myself."

"From what? You're a student. The bad guys are only after the teachers, right?"

"I'm not protecting my body, I'm protecting my powers. I sensed someone trying to invade mine, to use them for themselves."

"How do I know you're telling the truth?"

"You're an empath, you tell me."

Phoebe observed the shaman for a while then huffed in frustration. "I can't tell."

"It's because you're conflicted, questioning your own magic, your very future. It's affecting your powers.""I'm not questioning my future. Okay, maybe just a little bit. But how do you know that?"

"The wolf is a pack hound, but constantly searching for something she craves -" She dipped a cup into the pot above the fire and stood up. "- but cannot find. Seeing it means you're searching too. Drink this, take the vision quest. There you will find the answers we both seek."

Phoebe shook her head, "I'm not drinking that!"

"No? Tick, tick, tick, tick, tic."

Phoebe grabbed the cup and drank the liquid. As soon as she had done so, she fell into a vision in which she was walking down the manor stairs. Then a demon appeared and threw a fireball. Only after fighting several more demons did the vision finally end and Phoebe landed on the floor of the cave.

"Ow!" Phoebe glanced to her shoulder to see a cut there. "You didn't tell me I could get hurt on this vision quest."

"You didn't ask. The vision is of your future, Phoebe, it's no less real than anything else."

"And no less dangerous. Great. More demons in my future, it's exactly what I wanted."

"But are there anymore beyond the light? That's what you really wanna see, isn't it?" Before Phoebe could answer, Eliana walked into the cave.

"There you are, I've been looking all over for you, Pheobe!" She spotted the cut on Phoebe's shoulder. "Are you okay? What happened? The horseman?"

"No, uh, my inner demons, apparently."

"Well, it's good to see at least you have your head, unlike Piper."

"What!"

"Yeah, apparently the horseman got her. I don't know much, Leo just told me about it. He sent me to get you out of here before, you know, you get chopped too."

Phoebe looked from Eliana to the shaman and back again. "I think I should stay here."

"Why?"

"Because Gideon put me on this path for a reason. And I believe that there are answers here. I'll be okay, and you know where to find me if you need me."

"Gideon, whose he?"

"The elder who runs this place."

"Are you sure you want to stay?"

"Yes."

"Okay, but remember that she's a suspect too."

"Ready to try again?" asked the shaman as Eliana walked out.

From Piper's spot on the ledge, she heard a door open and the sound of voices. "What's that? Who is that?"

"Don't worry, it's just me and some of the more unusual suspects," Paige called out as she and her class entered the room out of the magic school door

"Wait, you think one of us is responsible?" said one of the men in surprise.

"What, you didn't know she thought that? What kind of telepath are you, anyway?" another student said as he pushed the boy.

"Stop picking on me!"

"Yeah? Or what?"

"Alright, guys, knock it off. You're in my house!" Paige yelled over the two.

"The Halliwell manor. I don't believe it. It's just like in the text!" another student exclaimed.

"It looks like my Grandma's house."

"Alright, alright, move it along, people. Let's go, other room -" Paige closed the door to the magic school and everyone walked into the conservatory. "Alright, is everybody here?"

"Yes, ma'am."

"Kiss ass." another student coughed in response. Everyone laughed.

"Hey, watch your mouth!" Piper called out.

"Whoa, it's Piper Halliwell."

"Yeah, but only part of her. And not the good part either."

"Can it," Piper said, glaring at the student.

"Okay, here's the deal, people. We know that one of you is behind this. So nobody is going to leave here until we figure out who it is. So far nobody has gotten killed -" said Paige.

"Not yet, anyway," Piper added.

"So far this has just been a really stupid prank. So please, let's not let it go any further than that," Paige continued.

"Is Gideon gonna shut down the school?" one student asked Paige.

"Not unless he's forced to."

"Why don't you start with the conjurer?"

"Me? What about you, Quinton? You're the Sleepy Hollow buff."

"Yeah, but Slick's the shapeshifter."

"Hey, screw you, Zachary."

"Wait, you guys, just stop it!" Paige yelled.

"Seriously, why don't you just admit that you did it!"

Paige looked around to see Chris orb near by.

"I would never do anything to harm a Charmed One."

"You're passing the blame like it's going out of style."

Paige leaned over to Piper. "I'll be right back."

"Where are you going?"

Paige didn't bother answering. She walked into the kitchen where Chris had disappeared.

"What are you doing here?"

"I need your help."

"My help? That's rich with what you pulled. Listen, I have enough juvenile delinquents to take care of. Thanks." She turned to leave but Chris stopped her.

"Hey, please, just hear me out. I'm running out of time."

"What's that supposed to mean?"

"Exactly that. Don't you see that's the only reason why I went to the demon. He can scan for evil. And maybe figure out who's gonna turn Wyatt since we haven't been able to."

"Okay, you're not making any sense."

"Paige, listen to me. I need you to trust me and Eliana. And I need you to get Piper and Leo to trust us too, before it's too late.

They paused as they heard the kids scream in the other room.

"The headless horseman!"

"Paige!" Piper shouted.

Paige and Chris ran into the conservatory.

"What happened?" Paige yelled as the headless horseman cantered around the room swinging his sword. The conservatory doors opened and he galloped outside. "Is everyone alright?"

"I think so."

"Head count. No jokes, just do it." Piper then spotted Chris. "What are you doing here?"

"Just trying to help."

"They're all here," said Paige in relief."

"I heard the alarm. What's this doing open?" Gideon said as he walked in through the open magic school door.

"One of the students must have opened it without my seeing." Paige answered.

"And the horseman?" Gideon asked.

It was Chris who answered. "Gone. Out those doors."

"You have to stop him."

"Okay, well, we have to figure out..." Paige started to say.

"No, you don't understand. People on the outside aren't protected like we are at school. They'll die!" Gideon cried out.

"Then we need Phoebe!" Piper stated.

"Eliana and I will get her, she stayed behind to keep an eye on Phoebe," Chris chimed in, with a hopeful glance at his mother. She nodded in agreement and he dashed out of the room.

"But you can't wait for her. You have to go after the horseman now!" Gideon told Paige.

"By myself? No. I can't vanquish him!" Paige said.

"You don't have to. All you have to do is lead him back to the school, so that at least nobody will be killed. Don't make your concerns about Richard, make you question yourself. You can do this, I'll help you." Gideon reassured her.

He took her hand and they orbed out. After a pause, one of the students starts to walk away.

"Ah-ah-ah. Where are you going?" Piper called out. The student looked at her and laughed. "Don't give me that look. I still got a mouth, I can turn you into a toad!"

"I don't understand why the horseman targeted him. And why did he pass up so many others along the way?" Paige said as she and Gideon walked back into the manor a few hours later.

"Granted it could've been a lot worse but it doesn't change my mind." said Gideon.

"The police said he was a killer, Gideon!" Paige countered, trying to persuade the man not to shut down magic school because of the person they had just watch die at the hands of the headless horseman.

"It doesn't make it right."

"No, it doesn't make it right but you shouldn't shut down the school because of it. We have the horseman contained, now we just need to find..."

"It's too late. The damage has already been done. When I started this school I made a promise that the magic within would never harm a soul, otherwise..."

He paused as a toad croaked loudly. They walked into the conservatory to see a toad sitting on the floor.

"Piper, are you okay?" Paige asked.

"Hunky-dory."

Paige turned to Gideon. "You, come with me."

"Anybody else wanna try me?" Piper asked the room as the two adults left.

A cloud of smoke filled the conservatory as the toad turned back into a student.

"Next time I give you warts -" Piper said to the student as the room suddenly froze. "Hey, who did that?Where did you come from?" An arm reached for Piper's head and grabbed her by the hair. "Hey, hey, ow. Paige!" Piper shouted.

But by the time Paige, Leo and Gideon ran in, Piper's head had gone.

"Piper? Oh my god. Piper!" Paige exclaimed.

"The door's still closed," Gideon observed.

"The kids are frozen," Leo said, looking around at them.

"Piper must have done it," Gideon stated.

"Without hands? I don't think so," Paige pointed out.

"Someone from the outside?" Leo suggested.

"That's impossible, we got here too fast. It has to be one of them," said Paige.

Gideon glanced at the kids. "The students? No, they don't possess that kind of power. Besides, they're frozen."

"Then one of them's faking it."

"Ow. Okay, you know what? Enough already!" Phoebe cried out as she felt roughly to the cave floor yet again.

"Every journey requires a sacrifice."

"My whole life is about sacrifice. If that's all my future holds, then I don't wanna see it."

"You're fighting it. Don't. Don't use your powers to get through. They're not working very well, anyway. Just let it come to you. Want it more than anything."

Phoebe drank from the cup again and entered the vision once more; not fighting the demons this time. She saw a screen of light in the room as a demon threw a fireball at her that flew straight through her. The rest of the attacks went right past her as well and Phoebe was able to walk towards the screen of light and step into it.

She opened her eyes to find herself in the conservatory. Two boys were there; one playing with a Game Boy as Piper walked in.

"Wyatt, let your little brother play with the game too, please."

"Little brother?" Phoebe said to herself, shocked as Paige orbed in with a little girl holding her hand.

"Great, you're already here, Phoebe. Can you take Eli to her doctor's appointment? I know I said I would, but I have too many papers to grade! Thank you." She left the room as quickly as she'd entered.

"The doctor?" Phoebe looked at Piper for an explanation.

"Yeah, we need to make sure our honorary niece is doing okay. It's been a week now and her skin is only getting worse. It's more inflamed then ever!" Besides, while you're there, you can have them check you out as well!"

Phoebe looked down to see that this version of herself was pregnant. Her eyes widened in shock as she felt her stomach.

"Sorry, Phoebe!" the little version of Eli said to Phoebe as she toddled her way across the room. "I know you had other plans!"

The vision-Phoebe looked down at the little girl and grabbed her hand as she led her outside and helped her into the car that was parked out front.

"This is silly, there's nothing wrong with me, I feel fine!"

The little girl brushed her brown hair out of her eyes and looked up at Phoebe.

"Sweetie, Piper is right, you're skin is burning up and your temperature is way higher than it should be, we need to get you checked out!"

The vision continued as Phoebe drove to the hospital and dropped little Eli off for her appointment before excusing herself to to try and find a doctor to check up on the baby growing inside of her.

The doctor looked her over and concluded that everything was fine, so Phoebe went back to see how things were going with Eli's appointment. As she walked into the doctor's office, she saw Eli glaring at the doctors back in anger. Then a fireball suddenly appeared in the little girl's palm and she looked down at it in shock. Thankfully it disappeared before the doctor turned back around.

Phoebe rushed into the room and got the child out of there as quickly as she could. They got back into the car but instead of driving off, Phoebe looked over to little Eli; who had tears pouring down her cheeks, and the two of them had a long talk before finally returning back to the manor. When they arrived, Wyatt and the other little boy came running down the steps to greet them.

"Aunt Phoebe? We need your help!"

Suddenly the vision ended and Phoebe found herself staring at Chris and Eliana.

"Phoebe, can you hear me? We need your help." Chris was saying. Phoebe nodded and he helped her to her feet. "Are you okay?"

"Uh, I don't know. Am I?" She looked at the shaman.

"You tell me. What'd you see?"

"Uh, I saw children, and my child. And a life without demons. Is that even possible?"

"With your powers you know by now what is truth and what is not. Embrace those powers again, embrace your path and it will lead you there."

"You don't know how much you've given me."

"You should go. So you can use your powers to help save our school."

"Oh, Phoebe, I'm so glad to see you, I was worried!" Paige cried out as Phoebe, Chris, and Eliana walked into the conservatory.

"What's the matter? Didn't you trust Eliana and I?" Chris said.

"Separate subject," Leo interjected.

"How's Piper?" Phoebe asked, ignoring the awkward glares.

Paige looked at her sister. "You're not gonna like it."

"She's been kidnapped," Leo finished for her.

"What!" Phoebe, Chris, and Eliana all shouted at the same time.

"That's the bad news. The good news is that she's here, somewhere," Paige added.

"Well, if one of the students took her, I can't sense which one it is," said Gideon in frustration.

Phoebe glanced at the frozen students and walked around them. "Maybe I can. Thanks to your wolf - I can sense pain, and anger, a lot of anger, wants revenge. Do any of them hate the high school?"

"Honey, they're teenagers, they all hate the school." Paige pointed out before pointing to one student in particular. "But he's a conjurer."

"No, it's not him - but who's this guy?"

"A telepath."

"Yeah, he's telepathing a whole lot of rage right now."

"Well, look who just solved the case!" the figure said suddenly giving up the charade of being frozen like the others.

"Zachary?" Gideon gasped.

"Surprise," the boy named Zach sarcastically before he suddenly disappeared.

"What happened? Where'd he go?" asked Chris.

"That wasn't Zachary, that was an astral projection," Leo said.

Gideon looked at Leo. "He doesn't have that power."

"No, but a teacher here does. And Herman's a conjurer and Piper can freeze," Paige said as she realized what Zach had been doing.

"He's using his telepathy to tap into other people's powers," said Phoebe as she picked up on Paige's train of thought. No one noticed Eliana shifting uncomfortably on her feet at the mention of her most useful trick.

"Where's the real Zachary?" said Leo.

"He's at school with Piper," Paige stated, confident that this was true.

"But why? What does he want with her?" Chris asked.

After arguing back and forth, they all finally decided that Phoebe and Paige should go back to the school to see if Zach was there.

"You don't think he'll kill her, do you?" Paige asked her sister as they walked the hallways.

"You know what? I have no idea."

"He's a smart kid. I just hope he's not luring us here."

Paige had just finished her sentence when the headless horseman appeared behind them and chopped off their heads before disappearing.

"So, now what are you guys gonna do?" Piper said to her sisters as Zach placed their heads next to hers on a table before walking off. "So who's bright idea was this anyway?" she added as neither of them said anything.

"We were trying to save you!" Phoebe exclaimed.

"Yeah, good job on that one."

"And who went and got her head stolen?" Phoebe countered.

"While you were off contemplating your naval, while you still had one," Piper argued back.

"Guys, we're not getting anywhere arguing," Paige broke in.

"Actually, we're not getting anywhere because we don't have any bodies," Piper pointed out angrily.

"Okay, look, we said we were sorry!" said Phoebe.

"Can we try looking on the bright side? I mean, you know, we're still alive," Paige commented.

"Yeah, only because Zachary can't kill us in here."

"I don't think he would if he could, I mean, he practically apologised to us," said Paige, trying to defend Zach.

Phoebe looked at Paige. "I think she's right, actually, I didn't sense any anger from him, just a lot of sorrow."

"So what, he did this to us just to get us out of the way? To do what?" asked Piper.

"To get revenge on the school," Phoebe said.

"And Gideon," Paige added.

A few minutes passed before they decided to try and come up with a spell.

"You think a spell's gonna work?" Paige asked.

Piper glanced at her. "Well, now that we know who conjured the horseman, it should."

"We won't until we summon him. So let's just put our heads together and...you know what I mean, right" Phoebe said as they closed their eyes. The headless horsemen appeared and galloped towards them. "Okay, now, now, now."

"Power of three unite, to end this grisly fright, reverse the rolls and make us whole."

The sisters chanted and the headless horseman explodes and disappeared as Piper, Phoebe and Paige got their bodies back.

"Oh, thank god, it worked!" Paige exclaimed as she glanced at Phoebe, who was patting her body all over. "You want me to get you a room?"

"Let's go, let's go, let's go," Piper urged them as she ushered them to the door.

"Why take it out on others, Zachary" asked Gideon as he lay on his back with a sword hovering inches above his neck. "Why not just come after me?"

"Because I want you to suffer, Gideon. Like you made me suffer ever since I got here. I want you to see your precious school destroyed. Bit by bit."

"But that doesn't give you the right to kill an innocent."

"You scolding me now? You gonna give me a demerit? That wasn't supposed to happen. I just wanted the sisters out of the way. The horseman's only supposed to hurt evil."

"Evil? You think teachers are evil?"

"They are when they keep me here against my wishes. When they take me away from my family, my home, without even thinking about what I want."

"Why didn't you come to me?"

"I did, damn it! Every time I snuck out, every time I got in trouble. But you didn't care, you wouldn't listen."

"We're listening," Paige said as her and her sisters entered the room. "It's okay, we're not gonna hurt you."

Phoebe nodded, "we're here to help."

"How'd you get out?" Gideon asked in surprise.

"Magic." Piper stated.

"See, sometimes it takes us away from our lives as well, a lot more than we'd like it to," Paige said as she walked over to Zach.

"But it's who we are whether we like it or not. We can't change that and neither can you," Piper added.

"You have to accept it," Phoebe chimed in.

"You have to realise this is not worth throwing your life away for. Just let it go. That's it. Easy," Paige said as Zach finally let the dagger fall harmlessly to the ground.

"Hey, guys. Wasn't Ziggy Marley supposed to play here before?" Paige asked as she joined her sisters at P3 later that night.

"Yeah, he had to reschedule. So how's Zachary?" Piper replied.

"He's good. He's at home with his family now, but I wouldn't be surprised to see him back at Magic School someday. I think he heard us about accepting himself."

"So then you're not gonna bind his powers?"

"No, he didn't want me to. But he gave me a good idea about maybe doing it for somebody else."

"Richard?" Phoebe guessed.

"Yeah. You know, if he can't handle it, why should he have to? Maybe I can finally help him accept that."

"You're gonna make a really good teacher one day, Paige," Phoebe commented.

"Teacher?"

"Yes, in Magic School. I saw it with my very own...vision."

"Yeah, I don't think she's gonna be teaching Wyatt any time soon. Suddenly I'm more concerned about separating him from his family, than raising him as an only child," said Piper.

"Actually, there might be a day that you don't have to be concerned about that," Phoebe said, being mysteriously vague.

"What do you mean?"

"I'm just saying," Phoebe said as she spotted Chris and Eliana walking in; both of them glancing around nervously, not knowing if they were going to be sent away again.

"What are you just saying? Excuse me!" Piper called out as Phoebe walked off towards Chris and Eliana.

"Hey," she said to them as they walked to the back room for privacy.

"Hey. So did you come here to kick us out?" Chris asked tiredly, it had been a long day.

"Uh, no, actually, I came here to ask both of you a question."

"What?"

"I need you to be honest with me. No games, no running away, just the truth."

"Okay," said Chris hesitantly.

"Are you Wyatt's little brother?"

"Only if I can get Piper and Leo back together in time."

There was a pause as Phoebe and Chris stared at each other. Chris shuffled his feet uncomfortably and cleared his throat. "You said you had a question for both of us? What did you want to ask Eliana?"

"Um...actually, I have a feeling she'd rather I asked her when you weren't here, so, I'm sorry, but can we have a second alone?" Chris glanced between the two girls before nodding and walking out.

Phoebe turned to Eliana and now it was the future-girl's turn to be nervous.

"Uh, what - what did you want to ask me?"

"Are you a demon?"

Eliana opened and closed her mouth as she tried to find something to say.

"Don't bother denying it, I'm an empath - I would sense it if you tried."

"Okay, fine. Yes - yes I am, but only half! And please don't tell the others! No one knows in the future - besides you and I'd really rather keep it that way." she sighed in relief as Phoebe nodded in agreement.

"So what powers do you have exactly? You never said."

"Well, as you know, I can make fireballs - well I can control the element in general as well, I can shimmer, but other than that, the only power I know of is telepathy; which as you saw from Zach today, I can use to borrow other's powers."

"Wow - so, how exactly did you end up living with us?"

"To be honest, I have no idea. I don't really remember much from before I met all of you - I asked multiple times, but everyone refused to say anything about it - though you said it was because an angel of destiny told you not to speak of it. All I know is that I will be forever grateful for everything you guys have done for me! - anything else you'd like to ask me?"

"Just - is there anything you can tell me about my baby? Who's the father? Is she alright in the future? -" Phoebe rambled off a list of questions, never noticing the sad look in Eliana's eyes.

She orbed out an hour later and sat down next to Chris on their 'bed'.

"What's wrong?" he asked when he saw the expression on her face.

"Nothing, she just kept asking about her baby. She had a vision that she was pregnant - at least I was able to use the 'future consequences' card. I didn't have the heart to tell her the baby was never born! You know how obsessed she gets in the future with her search for the child she claims she was destined to have. It nearly drove her insane! I still don't get why she couldn't accept the fact that the child died at birth! What was all that nonsense about interference or whatever?"

"Who knows, you know how much she wanted to have a daughter! After losing her child with Cole, a second loss just sent her over the edge. It'd be enough to drive anyone crazy!"

"Yeah, I can't stop thinking about how messed up the whole situation is. She was like a mom to me, all of them were - are - will be? - I don't want her to go through that all over again!"

"Who knows, maybe things will be different when we our task is finished," Chris reassured her as he pulled her in for a hug.

(Let me know what you guys thought! I was so stuck with the vision cuz I have to many ideas about the eventual future that I didn't want to give anything away/make it harder to explain when I finally get to those parts so...that was the best I could come up with for now)