Jamie was in the kitchen getting herself something to eat. She walks into the next room when Wyatt orbs in front of the stairs. She walks over to him.
"Wyatt, honey, what are you doing here?" She asks him as she picks him up. She looks at him as he stares at the top of the stairs. "What are you looking at?" She looks up and they both watch as a door appears.
Phoebe, Paige, and Piper orb in. Phoebe takes Wyatt from Jamie
"You can not keep doing this, sweetie, really." Piper tells her son. Jamie keeps staring at the door.
"Uh, guys?" They look at her, she points to the door.
"What the..." Phoebe says as they walk to the bottom of the stairs. "Oh, this is not good."
"Help!" Someone screams from behind the door. Piper turns to Paige.
"Orb him out of here." She points to Wyatt. "Go." Phoebe hands Wyatt to Paige and she orbs out. The door opens and a bald man wearing a black robe walks out.
"Oh, thank god you're home." He says. Suddenly, a man without a head riding a black horse appears behind the other man. He slices off his head with a long sword. The door slams shut.
"What the hell was that?" Piper asks.
"That…" The man's head, which was laying on the stares, says. "…was the headless horseman." Phoebe, Piper, and Jamie stare at him in astonishment.
OOO
Phoebe walks into the hall, where Jamie and Piper were standing, carrying the man's head. She places him on a table.
"Okay." She says.
"You're very kind." He tells her.
"Yeah, can I just ask you one question? How are you still talking?"
"Yes, well, fair question. Uh, fortunately the rest of me is still at magic school, otherwise I'd be..." The girls look confused.
"I'm sorry," Piper says. "Magic school?"
"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."
"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 asks.
"Sigmund." He tells them. "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 says.
"Right."
"Fabulous." Paige and Leo orb in. "Where's Wyatt?"
"He's upstairs in his room. I thought I should bring Le..." Phoebe points to the head, Paige stares. "Oh my god, and apparently I was right."
"Leo!" Sigmund says. "Oh, so good to see you again."
"Sigmund," Leo walks over to him. "what happened?"
"Wait, you guys know each other?" Jamie asks.
"Gideon sent me for your help." Sigmund tells Leo, he looks at the girls. "All your help."
"Gideon. Who's Gideon?" Paige asks, confused. "And who are you?"
"Alright, all you people with legs follow me." Piper says.
"You wait here." Phoebe tells Sigmund.
"Hurry." He says. Piper, Phoebe, Paige, Jamie and Leo walk away from Sigmund.
"Leo, Just so you know," Piper tells Leo. "this is what's keeping your son from developing social skills."
"And me from helping Richard." Paige adds.
"And me from helping... me." Phoebe looks at Jamie, expecting her to go next. She stares at them.
"Hey, I don't have a life, this isn't bothering me any." She tells them. Leo looks confused.
"What?" He asks.
"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 says to him.
"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 then magic school."
"Are you sure? Paige said he orbed back in front of the door. He was drawn to it." Piper sighs and looks at Paige, who shrugs.
"Okay, you know what?" Phoebe asks. "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 center-piece?"
"Okay, fine, but we can't take Wyatt, sorry." Piper says.
"I'll watch him." Jamie says.
"Okay." Piper sighs. "Let's go."
OOO
Jamie had called Chris over to 'help her watch Wyatt'. They were sitting in Wyatt's room while he tried to go to sleep. Jamie looks at Chris.
"I'm gonna go get something to drink, watch him for a second, okay?"
"Sure." She smiles as she walks downstairs. She stares in horror as Leo puts Piper's head on top of a cabinet.
"Ow. Easy, easy. Ow, easy, watch the hair." Piper complains.
"Sorry." Leo apologizes.
"What the hell happened to her!" Jamie asks.
"Headless Horseman." Paige informs her. Jamie stares at her. "It's a long story." She turns to Piper. "You doing okay up there, honey?"
"Actually, I feel a little woozy." She says.
"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 asks.
"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."
Paige tells her.
"If I had legs I would kick you." Piper says. She looks at a plant sitting beside her head.
"Could you move this for me, please?" Leo points to the plant in question. "Yeah." She says. He moves the plant off of the cabinet.
"You know, maybe I should just go upstairs and check the book and see if there's a spell that can fix us." Paige says.
"Or we can find the little child that conjured the horseman and vanquish it."
"You think that would reverse the spell?" Leo asks.
"I'm hoping." Piper says.
"Yeah, I keep getting this weird feeling that it's one of the students in my class." Paige tells them. Jamie just stares in confusion as they continue their conversation.
"Why?" Leo questions.
"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 asks.
"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." Leo tells them
"Uh-oh." Piper says. "Phoebe."
"I'll go get her."
"No. I do not want Wyatt to have two headless parents. Send Chris." Leo nods and starts up the stairs.
"Wait a minute," Jamie says. "Headless? I don't want Chris to be headless." They open the door to Wyatt's room. Chris, as well as a robed man are there. The robed man is standing over Wyatt's crib with a bright light pouring out of his hands. Once they see Paige, Leo, and Jamie, the robed man shimmers out.
"What the hell is going on?" Leo asks.
"Wait, I can explain." Chris tells them. Leo rushes over to Wyatt. Jamie stares at Chris.
"What the hell were you doing." Jamie asks. "Who was that guy?"
"Nothing." She stares at him. "I mean, nothing bad, I swear."
"Nothing bad?" Paige asks. "He's a demon."
"But he wasn't hurting him, I promise. Wyatt's shield wasn't even up."
"I trusted you." Leo says.
"Yeah." Jamie crosses her arms. "So did I."
"Look, just let me explain." Chris says.
"Get out of here." Leo says through clenched teeth. Chris turns to look at Jamie.
"Jamie, please?" She just stares at him in disbelief and shakes her head. Leo walks over to him.
"Now!" Chris orbs out, staring at Jamie. Paige walks over to Wyatt.
"Is he okay?" She asks.
"Yeah, I think so. Listen, I'm gonna take him up there where it's safe. Do you mind..."
"Getting Phoebe? No, not at all. I just hope there's all of her to get." Leo nods and picks up Wyatt. Paige looks at Jamie, who was just staring into space.
"Are you okay James?" Jamie looks at her.
"What? Yeah, I just-" She sighs. Paige walks over to her. "I didn't know was doing that, I swear." Leo looks at her.
"Jamie, it's not your fault." He says.
"Yeah, it is." She looks at him. "I was the one who asked him over. If I would've just watched him, like I was supposed to. None of this would've happened."
"Honey," Paige says. "You invited your boyfriend over while you were babysitting. That's normal." Jamie nods.
"I know. I just-" She looks at Leo. "I'm sorry."
"It's not your fault." She nods. Leo takes Wyatt and they orb out. Paige looks at Jamie.
"I gotta go get Phoebe." Jamie nods as Paige orbs out.
OOO
Jamie is sitting in the conservatory with Piper. The door to Magic School opens.
"What's that? Who is that?" Piper asks. Paige walks through the door.
"It's just Paige…" Jamie says. Paige's class walks through the door as well. "And a bunch of kids."
"Don't worry." Paige says. "It's just me and some of the more unusual suspects."
"Wait, you think one of us is responsible?" One of the kids asks.
"What, you didn't know she thought that? What kind of telepath are you, anyway?" Another kid pushes the first kid.
"Stop picking on me."
"Yeah? Or what?"
"Alright, guys, knock it off. You're in my house." Paige warns them.
"The Halliwell manor." A boy with glasses says. "I don't believe it. It's just like in the text."
"It looks like my Grandma's house." Another boy, wearing a red sweatshirt, adds.
"Alright, alright, move it along, people. Let's go, other room." Paige closes the door and everyone walks into the conservatory. All right, is everybody here?
"Yes, ma'am." The boy with glasses tells her.
"Kiss ass." The boy in the red sweatshirt coughs. All the kids laugh.
"Hey." Piper says. "Watch your mouth."
"Whoa, it's Piper Halliwell." The boy with glasses says.
"Yeah, but only part of her." The boy who pushed the other boy says. "And not the good part either." Jamie smirks. He looks at her. "And who's the babe?" Jamie's mouth drops open.
"Slick." Paige warns again.
"Can it!" Piper says.
"Okay." Paige starts pacing back and forth. "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." They all moan. "So far nobody has gotten killed."
"Not yet, anyway." Piper adds.
"So far this has just been a really stupid prank. So please, let's not let it go any further than that."
"Is Gideon gonna shut down the school?" The boy who had gotten pushed asked.
"Not unless he's forced to." Paige tells him.
"Why don't you start with the conjurer?" The boy in the red sweatshirt says.
"Me?" The boy with the glasses says. "What about you, Quinton? You're the Sleepy Hollow buff."
"Yeah, but Slick's the shapeshifter." Another one says.
"Hey, screw you, Zachary."
"Wait, you guys, just stop it." Paige tries to stop them.
"Seriously." He continues. "Why don't you just admit that you did it." Paige looks around and sees Chris near by. He signals her to come over.
"I would never do anything to harm a Charmed One." Paige looks at Piper.
"I'll be right back." She tells her.
"Where are you going?" Piper asks. Jamie sees Chris as Paige walks into the kitchen.
"What are you doing here?" Paige asks him.
"I need your help." He says.
"My help? That's rich with what you pulled. Listen, I have enough juvenile delinquents to take care of. Thanks." She turns to leave but Chris stops her.
"Hey, please, just hear me out. I'm running out of time."
"What's that supposed to mean?" Jamie asks as she walks into the kitchen.
"Exactly that. Don't you guys 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 says.
"Guys, listen to me. I need you to trust me. And I need you to get Piper and Leo to trust me too, before it's too late." They hear the kids scream in the other room.
"The headless horseman!" Someone screams.
"Paige!" Piper screams. Paige, Jamie and Chris run into the conservatory.
"What happened?" Paige asks. The headless horseman runs around the room swinging his sword. Chris puts his arm around Jamie, shielding her from the headless horseman's sword. The conservatory doors open and he gallops outside. "Is everyone alright?"
"I think so." They boy with glasses says.
"Head count." They look at Piper. "No jokes, just do it." Chris looks at Piper's head. "What are you doing here?" She asks him.
"Just trying to help." He replies.
"They're all here." Paige says. Gideon walks out of the magic school door.
"I heard the alarm." He says, he points to the door. "What's this doing open?"
"One of the students must have opened it without my seeing."
"And the horseman?"
"Gone." Chris says. "Out those doors."
"You have to stop him." Gideon tells Paige.
"Okay, well, we have to figure out..."
"No, you don't understand. People in the outside aren't protected like we are at school. They'll die."
"Then we need Phoebe."
"I'll get her." Chris says. He runs up the stairs.
"I'm coming with you." Jamie says. He looks at her.
"But I thought-"
"I may be pissed at you right now." She says. "But you're not going in there alone." He nods and they walk into the school. Jamie looks down the hall.
"Geez, how big is this place?" She asks.
"I don't know. But we gotta find Phoebe." He tells her.
"Okay… How?"
"I don't know, let's just start looking." Jamie nods and they start walking down the hall. They walk in silence for a few minutes. Jamie looks at him and sighs as they continue to look for Phoebe.
OOO
Chris and Jamie were walking towards the cave that Phoebe was in. they find Phoebe sitting on the ground, in a trace. Jamie looks at the girl who was standing in the corner.
"What's wrong with her?" She asks.
"Nothing is wrong with her." The girl says. "She is on a vision quest." Jamie raises her eyebrows and looks at Chris, he shrugs. He bends down in front of Phoebe.
"Phoebe, can you hear me?" He asks. "We need your help." She comes out of her trance. "Are you okay?"
"Uh, I don't know." She says. She turns to the girl. "Am I?"
"You tell me." She says. "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 us save our school."
OOO
Chris, Jamie and Phoebe walk through the door at the top of the stairs. Paige, Leo and Gideon look at them.
"Oh, Phoebe, I'm so glad to see you, I was worried."
"What's the matter?" Chris asks. "Didn't you trust me?"
"Separate subject." Leo says.
"How's Piper?" Asks Phoebe.
"You're not gonna like it." Paige says.
"She's been kidnapped." Leo informs them.
"What?" The three of them say at once.
"That's the bad news." Paige says. "The good news is that she's here, somewhere."
"Well, if one of the students took her, I can't sense which one it is." Gideon says.
"Maybe I can." Phoebe says. "Thanks to your wolf." Phoebe walks over to the frozen kids. "I can sense pain, and anger, a lot of anger, wants revenge. Do any of them hate the high school?"
"Honey, they're teenagers," Paige says. "They all hate the school." Paige points to the boy with glasses. "But he's a conjurer."
"No, it's not him." Phoebe turns to the boy who had gotten pushed eariler. "But who's this guy?"
"A telepath."
"Yeah, he's telepathing a whole lot of rage right now." The boy moves.
"Well, look who just solved the case." He says.
"Zachary?" Gideon looks shocked.
"Surprise." Zachary disappears.
"What happened?" Chris asks. "Where'd he go?"
"That wasn't Zachary." Leo says. "That was an astral projection."
"He doesn't have that power." Gideon says.
"No, but a teacher here does. And Herman's a conjurer and Piper can freeze." Paige says.
"He's using his telepathy to tap into other people's powers." Phoebe catches on.
"Where's the real Zachary?" Jamie asks.
"He's at school with Piper." Paige says.
"But why? What does he want with her?" Chris asks.
OOO
Leo, Gideon, Jamie and Chris are at the Halliwell manor waiting for the sisters to come back. Gideon is pacing back and forth.
"How could I not have seen this? How could I not have sensed his pain? After all these years with him."
"It's not your fault, Gideon. Even you can't see everything." Leo says.
"I should have seen this. I should have focused more on the boy, then on his magic." Paige walks in through the magic school door.
"We have to get the kids out of here now." She says.
"Why?" Jamie asks. "What's the matter?"
"It's Zachary. He's lost it."
"Orb them out up there." Gideon tells Leo. He turns to Paige. "I'll try talking to him." He turns back to Leo. "Just go." Leo turns to Jamie.
"I don't want you down here either." She nods.
"Chris will take me up there." Leo orbs out with the kids and Chris orbs out with Jamie.
"You should leave too." Gideon tells Paige.
"Why?" Paige turns into Zachary. "After all, I came here for you."
OOO
Chris and Jamie orbed into a different classroom than Leo did with the kids. They classroom they were in was empty. Jamie sighs.
"What's wrong?" Chris asks her.
"I don't know." Jamie shakes her head. "I just have a weird feeling."
"About what?" They sit down.
"About Gideon."
"Gideon?" Chris stares at her.
"Yeah, I don't know. It's just like a vibe, like we're not supposed to trust him or something."
"Gideon's an Elder, he would hurt someone if he had to."
"I know." She shakes her head. "Never mind, it's stupid. Just forget it."
"Listen, about Wyatt…" Chris starts. "I really wasn't-" He's cut off by a noise coming from the other room.
"What was that?" She asks.
"I don't know." He looks at her. "Let's go see." They walk into the other room and see Piper standing and Phoebe and Paige lying on the floor. Jamie looks at Piper.
"You're whole again."
"What happened to you guys?" Chris asks.
"It's a long story."
"C'mon, we gotta go back to the house. Quickly!"
"What? Why?" Jamie asks.
"We'll explain later, just come on." Paige says as her and Phoebe stands. They all orb back to the house. They hear Zachary and Gideon in the other room.
"Why didn't you come to me?" Gideon asks.
"I did." Zachary says. "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 says as they all walk in. Zachary is levitating a knife at Gideon's throat. "It's okay, we're not gonna hurt you."
"We're here to help." Phoebe says.
"How'd you get out?" Zachary asks them.
"Magic." Piper tells him.
"See, sometimes it takes us away from our lives as well, a lot more than we'd like it to." Paige says.
"But it's who we are whether we like it or not. We can't change that and neither can you."
"You have to accept it." Phoebe adds.
"You have to realize this is not worth throwing your life away for." Paige tells him. "Just let it go. That's it. Easy." The dagger falls to the floor. Piper and Phoebe kneel beside Gideon.
"You okay?" Phoebe asks.
"Yes. I just guess I've been more invisible than I realized over the years." Gideon says.
OOO
Later that night, Jamie was getting ready for bed while Paige, Piper, and Phoebe were at P3. Chris orbs into her room just as she starts to take her shirt off. Her eyes grow big as she pulls her shirt back down.
"Chris!" She says. "Uh, what are you doing here."
"Sorry." He says. "I didn't mean to orb in on you like that." She blushes.
"It's okay." She looks at him and sighs. "I'm still mad at you, you know.
"I know." He sighs. "But there's something I have to tell you." She looks confused.
"What? What's wrong? I thought you went to P3." She looks at him. "Are the girls okay? What happened-"
"Jamie, Jamie," He laughs. "The girls are fine. Everything is fine." She looks at him.
"Then what is it?" He sighs.
"Maybe we should sit down for this." They walk over to the bed and sit down.
"Okay, you're stating to scar me. Just tell me."
"Okay." He sighs. "I haven't been completely honest with you."
"What?"
"Well, you know how there's some stuff that I'm not supposed to tell you, you know, future consequences and all." She nods. "Well, somehow Phoebe sound something out about me, and I figure, if she knows, then you should know too."
"Okay…"
"My last name's not Perry." He sighs, she stares at him. "It's Halliwell."
"What?" Jamie asks in confusion. "But, how-"
"I'm Piper and Leo's son." Jamie's mouth drops open. She sits there in shock. "Jamie, say something."
"Son." Is all she can get out.
"Yeah." He looks at her. "I wanted to tell you earlier, I really did. But, I couldn't." She looks into his eyes, she can tell that he's being sincere. She leans in and puts all of her emotions into a kiss. He smiles when they part. "So I take it you're not mad at me?"
"No, I'm sorry I went all crazy today. It's just…" She sighs. "I love that baby like he were my own brother, hell, like he were my own. I don't know what I would do if something were to happen to him."
"Well, that's why I did what I did, to make sure nothing does happen to him."
"I know." She nods.
"So, fight over?" He asks.
"Yeah." She smiles. "Fight over."
"Good." She smiles at him, then yawns.
"You're tired. I should go." He stands up, but she pulls him back down.
"Can you stay with me?" He raises his eyebrows. "Just to sleep, I mean."
'What about-"
"I don't think Phoebe will care."
"You sure?" She nods. "Okay, then." She smiles walks into the other room to change. She walks back in and lies down beside him on the bed. She reaches over him and turns out the light, then scoots close to him and lays her head down on his chest.
"Good night." She says.
"Good night." He smiles and kisses the top of her head.
OOOOOO
A/N: So? I'm so happy that you guys like this story so far, I'm having a blast writing it! I know this (REALLY) wasn't my best chapter… Lol. Please review! TTYL!
