Demon High School

Scene: Underworld.

(Vicious appears before the Source and Ora. He bows and stands.)

Source: Are you ready?

Vicious: Yes. (The Source looks at Ora.)

Ora: He should succeed at his task. He will get to Patience.

Source: How do you intend to do so?

Vicious: I want to lure her to me. She will fall straight into my trap.

Source: You have my permission. Go. (He shimmers out.) Should we take precautions?

Ora: No, you need to trust him. He will do fine.

Cut to: Manor living room.

(Phoebe walks in followed by Cole, Piper, and Paige. They seem upset.)

Cole: Phoebe, you can't do this. She can't do this.

Phoebe: I've already decided. I have to do it.

Paige: She needs to express her emotions.

Cole: She doesn't have emotions.

Piper: Exactly, this is the perfect way to do it.

Phoebe: You're acting like we're sending her to her death.

Cole: You are, practically.

Phoebe: Cole, just trust me. It'll be good for her.

Cole: You can't do this to Patience.

Patience: What can't do what to me? (Patience enters.)

Phoebe: Patience, we didn't know you were there.

Patience: What's going on? What do you want me to do?

Phoebe: Honey, we think that you need to socialize a little more.

Cole: She socializes enough.

Phoebe: Patience, I enrolled you in classes. You're going to high school. (Patience looks shocked.)

Patience: What?

Opening Credits

Scene: Living room. Night.

Patience: You can't do this to me. I refuse to go to school. I don't need it.

Phoebe: You need some teaching. You had school in the future, right?

Patience: Yeah, but I finished it. I was valedictorian at graduation and I was two years younger than everyone else.

Phoebe: So it shouldn't be a problem. You'll whiz right through it.

Patience: I know it all, why do I have to go through it?

Cole: She has a point, darling, a very good point.

Phoebe: Because you need to make friends. All you do is chase after demons and train.

Patience: What's wrong with that? If I go to school, I won't be able to protect you or your sisters.

Piper: I think we can protect ourselves.

Patience: I'll loose my powers if I don't train.

Phoebe: I've heard that one before.

Paige: You'll be fine. You've survived millions of demons.

Patience: You can't make me.

Phoebe: You are going and that is final. You start tomorrow morning at 8:30 a.m. Your father will make sure you're ready.

Cole: Me?

Phoebe: Yes, you. End of discussion. (She walks out of the room. Patience groans.)

Patience: I can't believe I have to repeat school. Can't you say something that will change her mind?

Cole: Um, I have to get back to work. We'll talk later. (He shimmers out.)

Patience: Thanks. Maybe one of you...

Paige: Sorry, Patience, I need to correct tests. (She walks away.)

Piper: Patience, I know how hard school was.

Patience: Then say something, anything.

Piper: I'm not going to go against my sister's wishes. You'll do just fine.

Patience: Easy for you to say. I better enjoy my last hours of freedom. (She walks away.)

Piper: Poor girl. (Leo orbs in. Piper smiles and kisses him.) How are the boys?

Leo: They're good. How are you?

Piper: Good. Well, maybe not. Patience has to go to school and I kind of feel sorry for her.

Leo: Why should you? She can handle it.

Piper: You're right. Anything new?

Leo: No, not really. Just keep an eye open. What's for dinner?

Piper: Duck medallion.

Leo: Yummy. (They kiss and walk into the kitchen.)

Cut to: Penthouse. 8:30 a.m.

(Patience is getting her stuff ready for school while Cole is getting ready for work. Patience is still complaining about having to go.)

Patience: Do I have to go? I could stay and help you at work. I am qualified.

Cole: You have to go.

Patience: I don't want to.

Cole: I don't like it anymore than you, believe me, but your mother wants you to and that's all there is to it. I'll drive you there. Who knows, maybe you'll meet some nice people.

Patience: Thanks for the confidence speech. (They go into the elevator and leave.)

Cut to: School front.

(Students are standing outside talking and running around. Some high school jocks are joking and picking on the geeks. The popular girls are comparing outfits and accessories. The outcasts are sitting on a bench talking to each other. We see Patience sitting in a car with Cole across the school. She shakes her head.)

Patience: No way. I am not going into that nuthouse.

Cole: Oh, come on. It can't be that bad. (A jock pulls a geek of the ground by his underwear. The geek lets out a painful scream as his underwear rips.) You'll be fine. Just stay away from the jocks.

Patience: You can't make me.

Cole: Sorry, Patience. (Suddenly, the passenger door opens and Patience flies out of the car. The door closes and locks itself.) Have a good first day of school. (He quickly drives away. Patience gets up and yells after him.)

Patience: Dad! (Everyone is looking at her. She manages to smile.) Thank you! Have a good day! (mumbling) Wait until I get my hands on you. (She walks up to the school doors. About three stories up, a curtain is pulled away from a window. A man looks out at Patience as she walks into the school. The man quickly closes the curtain.)

Cut to: Office.

(Patience walks in and sees the school secretary typing away. She looks like she's in her 70s.)

Patience: Excuse me. (She keeps typing.) Hello? Are you listening? (Patience pounds on the desk and the secretary looks up and smiles.) I'm the new student. Patience Halliwell.

Secretary: Oh, yes, Patience Halliwell. Welcome to Baker High. I need you to sign some papers. Let's see. (She starts digging through papers.) I'd lose my head if it wasn't bolted on. (Patience looks over and sees the principle. She gives a friendly wave. Just as she turns back, she swears she saw his eyes glow. Blowing it off, she turns to the secretary.) Just a minute. I'll find them.

Patience: I think my cousin signed them.

Secretary: Sorry, girl, I'm a little deaf. You'll have to speak up.

Patience: MY...COUSIN...SIGNED...THEM!

Secretary: Cousin?

Patience: Yeah, I'm under her care for now. If you could give me my classes, I could get to class. I'm a junior.

Secretary: Ok, just wait. (She goes to the computer and prints them. She hands them to Patience slowly.) Here you are. Your first class is on this floor. Follow the hall to the end then take a right, or is it a left? Mr. Copper, which way is it to Mr. Spellerberg's class?

Mr. Copper: Take a left at the end of the hall. Go up one flight of stairs, then right. It's the second door on the left.

Secretary: Right, you can't miss it. Here's a pass. Give it to Mr. Spellerberg, alright?

Patience: THANK YOU!

Secretary: Don't yell! You'll make me go deaf. (She continues her typing. Patience throws her a weird look and walks away. The secretary looks after her as her eyes glow red.)

Cut to: Magic School Hallway.

(Kevin and Paige are walking down the hall talking about Patience's schooling.)

Kevin: You sent her to school?

Paige: I didn't say that. I said Phoebe sent Patience to a high school.

Kevin: Someone is looking after her, right?

Paige: That's what they have teachers and hallway monitors for.

Kevin: How did she take it?

Paige: She was pretty upset.

Kevin: I thought she finished school in the future.

Paige: She did. That's not the real reason why Phoebe wanted her to go.

Kevin: Then what is?

Paige: The only people Patience makes contact with is Phoebe, Piper, Leo, Cole, and me, unless you count all the demons that she fights.

Kevin: She is right, you know. (Paige stops along with Kevin.)

Paige: I don't understand.

Kevin: Patience doesn't have any friends. She has shut her life off to society so she can spend all her time protecting you and fighting evil. She feels no emotions except one. Loneliness. The first time I met her, I felt a deep pain in her heart, like she was never loved. She needs someone to love her. If this doesn't happen, then I fear that she might cut herself off from her family completely.

Paige: Oh, my god. I never knew...she always acts so heartless.

Kevin: She tries to hide it. Leo has felt it, too. He said she had a little sadness in her heart when he met her, but her feelings could hide them. Now, she has no emotion except that one because of the poison. Something happened to her in the future. We need to find out before it's too late.

Paige: Don't say anything to Phoebe or Piper. They'll put too much pressure on Patience. I'll try to find out myself. If I need any help, I'll ask someone.

Kevin: Smart choice. You would make a good whitelighter, maybe even an Elder. (Paige smiles.) We should read up. (They walk down the hall.)

Paige: She'll be fine. She'll make some friends. She has to.

Cut to: Baker High School. Room 14.

(The classroom is roaring with talk. But when Patience walks in, the room is silent. Everyone looks at her as she takes a desk in the front row. Everyone starts to whisper.)

Patience: Great! I'm the center of everyone's gossip. (A girl next to her leans towards her. She looks like a popular-nice girl.)

Maren: Don't worry. They're just trying to read you. You don't look too weird. You actually look nice.

Patience: Thanks, I think. I'm Patience. (They shake hands.)

Maren: Maren. You'll like this class. The teacher is pretty cool. (Suddenly, the class hushes down as the teacher walks in. Patience looks up and opens her eyes wide open. The teacher is dressed in brown shoes, cream-colored slacks, and a striped-collared t-shirt. He has shoulder-length white hair.)

Patience: Whoa!

Vic: Good morning, class. I hope you're done talking about how lame my lecture is going to be. (Everyone laughs. Patience leans over to Maren.)

Patience: Is that Mr. Spellerberg?

Maren: Yep, he just started teaching here a week ago or so. He just got out of college.

Vic: It looks like we have a new student. Would she or he come up her? (Patience looks around and realizes that she is the new student. She gets up and walks to the front of the class. She hands the note to Mr. Spellerberg. He opens it and reads.) What's your name?

Patience: Um... (She can't remember her own name.) I know it starts with a P. Oh, it's Patience, Patience Halliwell.

Vic: Patience, what a pretty name. Why don't you tell the class something about yourself?

Patience: Sure. Well, I'm living with my cousins Phoebe, Piper, and Paige. I like karate and demons, that is, stories about them. That's why I'm here. To learn.

Vic: Thank you, Ms. Halliwell. I'm glad to have you in my class. (Patience smiles and starts to blush.) You may sit down. (She goes back to her seat. Maren is looking at her.)

Patience: What?

Maren: You're blushing.

Patience: A not! (She tries to hide her face because she knows she's blushing.)

Vic: Ok, class. We were talking about warlocks. What is a warlock? Come on, who's my first victim? (Patience raises her hand up so fast that she nearly hits Maren.) Ms. Halliwell.

Patience: Warlocks are former witches that have turned evil. Their soul purpose in life is to steal a witch's powers.

Vic: Good. Can you tell me what executioner demons are?

Patience: They are demons used by bounty hunters to execute a certain person. They have no free will and follow the command of their leader.

Vic: Fury.

Patience: Demons of hell. They seek people that have committed sins so that they can kill them with their breath.

Vic: Bonus question. Banshee and effects on witches.

Patience: I think they are demons who feed on souls of great pain. They use their high pitched voices to find the victim by hearing the soul's inner cry. When she finds the victim, her cries will kill them by bursting the blood vessels. When a banshee targets a witch, the witch will turn into a banshee. The only way to cure the witch is for the witch's source of pain to relieve her.

Vic: I don't think you need this class. You know things we don't even cover. I'm very impress, Ms. Halliwell. (He turns around and goes to the board. By this time, Patience's face is completely red.)

Cut to: Manor living room.

(Phoebe is watching TV when Piper comes in. She throws Phoebe a funny look.)

Piper: Aren't you suppose to be at work?

Phoebe: Elise gave me the day off. She said I've been working to hard. Doesn't sound like her, does it?

Piper: No, it doesn't. What's that? (She points to an old yearbook.)

Phoebe: I was just looking through my old yearbook. It seems like forever since high school.

Piper: You were thinking about Patience, weren't you?

Phoebe: Yeah, you think I did the right thing?

Piper: I don't know. Patience needs to learn how to open up. I'm going to go make dinner. (She gets up and leaves. Phoebe looks over and sees Patience's bracelet. She picks it up and has a premonition. She sees Patience throwing energy balls in the school. She snaps out of it and heads for the phone.)

Phoebe: Patience Halliwell. (She waits for a second and Patience picks up the phone.)

Patience: (over phone.) Hello?

Phoebe: What are you thinking?

Patience: (o.p.) Excuse me?

Phoebe: I know you don't like school but that doesn't mean you have to destroy it.

Cut to: Baker High School Office.

Patience: What are you talking about? Wait a minute, you had a premonition.

Phoebe: (o.p.) Yes, of you throwing energy ball at the principle.

Patience: Why would I do that? He's a little strange but I wouldn't kill him.

Phoebe: (o.p.) Are you sure?

Patience: Yeah, speaking of weird, Mr. Copper's eyes glowed red.

Phoebe: (o.p.) What?

Patience: Never mind, I'll see you when I get home. (She hangs the phone up. Mr. Spellerberg appears behind her.) Oh, you scared me.

Vic: Are you ok? You look a little white.

Patience: I'm fine. That was a great class. I'm glad to have you as a teacher.

Vic: I'm glad to have you as a student. You are very bright.

Patience: I'm just glad this day is over. I better go. Everyone else is almost gone.

Vic: I'll escort you to the front doors. (He loops his arm around hers. She starts to blush again.) Shall we? (She nods.)

Cut to: Entrance Hallway.

(Patience and Mr. Spellerberg are almost to the door when it suddenly slams shut.)

Patience: What was that? Do they shut at a certain time?

Vic: No, the principle has to lock them.

Mr. Copper: (over intercom.) Patience Halliwell, you are not allowed to leave the school.

Vic: Are you in trouble?

Patience: I don't think so. What's going on? (She turns around and sees Maren. Her eyes are glowing red.) What the hell?

Maren: Sorry, Patience. You've broken the rules, and now you're going to be expelled. (She holds up a knife.)

Patience: It's always the ones that are quiet and nice. They always turn on you.

Vic: This way. (They turn but they see a group of teachers coming at them. They are lead by the secretary. All of their eyes are red.)

Secretary: My records show that it is your time to die.

Patience: We have to get out of here. Let's go. (She grabs Mr. Spellerberg and they head towards Maren. She is backed up by a couple of students. Their eyes are red, too.) Sorry, Maren, you asked for it. (She starts punching the kids. She manages to knock them all out, but not before one stabs Mr. Spellerberg in the arm. She knocks the student off them and they run upstairs.)

Mr. Copper: (o.i.) Don't let them get away! (They chase after them.)

Cut to: Manor kitchen.

(Piper and Phoebe are cleaning when Paige orbs in.)

Piper: What's up?

Paige: Kevin had a bad feeling about something. He said you would need me. Is there something wrong?

Phoebe: No, everything is great. (Paige looks at the clock. It says 4:30 p.m.)

Paige: Where's Patience?

Phoebe: She's at school.

Paige: It's 4:30. She should be home by now. I thought she was coming home right away.

Piper: It is strange.

Phoebe: Don't worry. The school will call. I sent her to the same school I went to, Baker High.

Paige: I went to that school my junior and senior year. It was weird. The principle, Mr. Copper, kept giving a weird look. I swear he had red eyes.

Phoebe: Mr. Copper is Patience's principle.

Paige: That's impossible. He was almost seventy when I saw him last in high school.

Phoebe: No, he was forty when I went there. That was a year before you attended.

Piper: Ok, we have a 70 year old teacher and a 40 year teacher in the same year. Something is wrong.

Phoebe: Oh god.

Piper: What?

Phoebe: Patience said his eyes glowed. What if he's a... (Paige and Piper catch on.)

Paige: We have to get there. Patience could be in serious trouble.

Piper: It's only ten minute away. Let's go. (They run out of the house.)

Cut to: Baker High School classroom.

(A group of crazy teachers run past a class room. Next to the door, Patience and Mr. Spellerberg are standing against the wall. They both sigh and move away from the wall. Mr. Spellerberg goes to a window and tries to open it but nothing happens.)

Vic: Damn it. It's locked. (Patience looks at his wound.)

Patience: You're hurt. Sit down. (He sits down. She grabs a towel and wets it down. She starts cleaning it.)

Vic: Ouch.

Patience: Sorry, I have to clean it or it'll get infected. (She takes her scarf off and starts to bandage the wound. He tries to pull away.) Hey, do you want it to heal or not? I have to stop the bleeding. (She ties it around the wound.)

Vic: Thank you.

Patience: No problem. It's the least I can do. I got you into this mess.

Vic: Not really. I knew something was going wrong around here so I decided to investigate it myself. I'm actually a private eye. I work for the FBI. Students and teachers were disappearing so I was put on the case. They look really crazed. The principle must be controlling them. (The teachers come back. Patience puts him under a desk.)

Patience: See if you can find a way out. I'll try to distract them. I'll find Copper and try to get us out of here. I'll come back for you. Just stay alive. (She charges out of the class and past the group.) Catch me if you can. (They start chasing after her.) I can't shimmer out of here but at least I'll be able to use my powers without Mr. Spellerberg seeing. (She races down a hall and upstairs.)

Cut to: Baker High School parking lot.

(The sisters drive up in their jeep. They all get out and head to the school. Phoebe tries to open the doors but they won't budge.)

Phoebe: They're locked.

Paige: No problem. (Paige tries to orb into the school, but when the lights hit the school, a wave of electricity hits them and she falls to the ground. Piper and Phoebe go up to her and help her.) What the hell?

Phoebe: It must have a force field around it.

Piper: Then we'll just have to break it. (She puts her hands up and tries to blow it up. The smoke clears but the door is still intact.) Not even a dent.

Phoebe: What do we do?

Piper: Pray.

Cut to: Principle's office.

(The principle is watching his cameras while the crazed teachers and students roam the halls. He sees Patience throwing energy balls at them.)

Patience: This is too easy. (She looks into the camera.) I'm coming for you, Mr. Copper.

Vicious: You won't be safe for long. She will find you.

Mr. Copper: When she does, I'll be ready for her.

Vicious: She is powerful, almost too powerful.

Mr. Copper: I can take her. She's just a witch. (Suddenly, all the cameras go black. Mr. Copper starts pushing buttons.) What happened? They just all went blank. (Suddenly, the lights go out. Mr. Copper starts to worry.)

Vicious: She's just a witch, a witch with demon blood. (He disappears and leaves Mr. Copper with the secretary and Maren. He gasps when he hears singing and footsteps.)

Patience: (singing.) Total slaughter, total slaughter, (The secretary accidentally turns the intercom on. Everyone in the school and on the school grounds can hear it, including Piper, Phoebe, and Paige.) I won't leave a single man alive. La de die de die. Genocide. La de dud de dud. An ocean of blood. As I finish my bloodshed rhyme, so let's begin the killing time.

Maren: What horrible lyrics! She's crazy!

Mr. Copper: She's just trying to scare you.

Patience: Actually, I thought I'd cheer myself up. That Trigun tune is pretty, don't you think? Now, I've done this little school thing already. I'm done with my day, and you still keep me hear. Why?

Secretary: None of your damn business. (She charges at her.)

Patience: What a shame. (She throws an energy ball and completely disintegrates her.) I don't feel bad doing this because I know you're all demons.

Mr. Copper: All except Maren. She's under our control and if you kill her, you'll cross that line.

Patience: Well, then why don't you kill her? Why should I care what you do? You're just a demon that is marked by my energy ball.

Mr. Copper: You don't scare me.

Patience: Oh really? (He shoots red rays with his eyes at her but she disappears. The next thing he knows, Patience is right behind him.) Do I scare you now? (She throws an energy ball at him and he flies out of the window. He almost hits the girls but they run away. He disintegrates when he hits the ground. Patience goes over to Maren as she collapses. She looks at Patience with a funny look.) Are you alright?

Maren: Yeah, why are we still in school?

Patience: You don't remember? (She shakes her head.) Um, the principle wanted to talk to you. When you came in, he attacked you. He knocked you out and ran off. He isn't coming back. Come on. Let's get you out of here. (They get up and walk out.)

Cut to: Parking lot.

(The sisters are waiting for Patience. The doors open but only Maren comes out. They start to worry but then Patience steps out. Phoebe's mouth drops when she sees her supporting Mr. Spellerberg.)

Phoebe: Where have you been?

Patience: I got into some trouble with the principle. He tried to attack some people. This is Mr. Spellerberg. He was... attacked and I helped him.

Vic: Hello. Your cousin is very smart and strong.

Piper: She's always been that way.

Paige: That's not all she is.

Vic: I got to go. See you around. (He leaves. Patience waves to him and starts blushing.)

Phoebe: What was that about?

Patience: Did you know that all the teachers in the school were demons? Mr. Copper tried to kill us.

Paige: Us? You mean you and the teacher?

Patience: Yes, we barely escaped.

Piper: I think they're the ones that barely escaped.

Patience: Well, I'm never going to school again. Don't worry. I'll go when I'm suppose to but not now. Can we go home? I'm hungry. (They walk to the jeep.)

Phoebe: Sure. By the way, I liked your little tune.

Patience: Maybe I'll have to sing it to the Source.

Paige: So, what's with this teacher? Do you have a crush?

Patience: No.

Piper: Then why is your face red?

Patience: Because I still have lots of rage. (They all get in and drive home.)

Cut to: Underworld.

(Vicious appears before the Source. He looks angry.)

Source: You have failed me.

Vicious: Actually, I have not.

Source: How dare you question me!

Ora: He did fulfill his duty. He got to Patience. He has opened her up.

Vicious: I just need more time to win her over. Soon, she'll be under my spell.

The End.

Next Episode: A Halliwell Christmas

Ok, for my next episode, I have to have something for Christmas. It has never been done on the original series. I hope you liked this episode. I worked really hard on it. Bye for now.