Magic School

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## Magic School

### Description

* A magical school for the education of young good magical beings.

### Owners

* The Elders
* The Charmed Ones
* The Chosen Ones
* Penelope Anderson
* Leo Wyatt  (Formerly: Before His Death)
* Paige Matthews  (Formerly; Before Her Death)

**Magic School** is an institution of magic created by the Council of Elders thousands of years ago, after untrained magic destroyed Atlantis.

## Book of Shadows

*The Elders established Magic School as a training ground for young magic users. Set apart in a separate realm, hidden portals all over the Earth allowed access to the school for those who have permission to enter. The school was set up as a safe environment for learning and protective wards were created to keep the students safe from death during their studies. Those wards were breached when the Charmed Ones went into hiding, allowing Magic School to fall under demon dominion until it could be reclaimed.*

## History

### Foundation

"*Seeing what untrained and untethered magic could do, the destruction of Atlantis being the prime example, the Elders created Magic School.*"
—Leo Wyatt on the history of the school.
Thousands of years ago, Atlantis was destroyed by witches whose magic was untrained, which was also the reason for many other catastrophes. These prompted the Elders to create Magic School in order to prevent such destruction to occur again by training them to use magic properly. They shielded and cloaked the school and its grounds, and they even made it impossible for its inhabitants to die there in order to protect the vulnerable students from demons and warlocks. However, the only Elder willing to run the school was Gideon, one of the most powerful of them, who proceeded to become the Head of Magic School for thousands of years.

### 20th Century

"*All that remains as evidence of his existence are his wand and his legacy of magic.*"
—An extract of a textbook concerning the wizard Rathmere.
In 1904, the wizard Rathmere was kidnapped by the Spider demon, who planned on feeding on him and his magic. However, Magic School somehow came in possession of Rathmere's wand and left it on display in the library and was used to locate Rathmere but didn't work because he was already dead. They also dedicated a page in a textbook to him so students could read and study about him. It is also likely that a few of Rathmere's five-hundred spells and potions were studied in Magic School.

In 1984, Magic School had two advanced students; the Mullen brothers. They used the school's magic to create a book called "Crossed, Double-Crossed" in which a whole new world is created inside. While living in the book, the brothers motivated the inhabitants on one goal: to find a Burmese falcon statue. The older brother, Dan Mullen, was killed in the book after he found and hid the falcon, which killed him permanently. His body was then expelled from the book and he was found dead in the school library. Because Eddie Mullen was nowhere to be found at that time, he became the murderer in everyone's eyes.

### 2003 to 2004

"*It started innocently enough with a couple of pranks. Setting the rats loose from the Pied Piper. Turning the North Dorm into a gingerbread house. Kids!*"
—Gideon retelling the story of the Headless Horseman.
By 2003, Magic School had acquired many professors, including Mrs. Winterbourne, Mr. Feeney and Miss Donovan. Gideon was also still the Headmaster and continued to protect and run the school. During that year, some of the students began to make pranks by using their magic, such as transforming the North Dorm into a gingerbread house and setting the rats loose from the Pied Piper. However, one student, the Telepath Zachary, used his power to tap into the powers of Herman, a Conjurer. Using Herman's power, Zachary summoned the Headless Horseman from The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. The Horseman targeted what his Conjuror considered evil, which, as well as thieves, included teachers. One by one, the Horseman decapitated the teachers, who didn't die because of the enchantment on the school. Fortunately, the Charmed Ones arrived and vanquished him before the school could be closed down. They were beheaded when they cast the spell to vanquish the Horseman but then were reattached when he was vanquished. Zachary soon left to spend more time with his family. After this, the school was visited frequently by the Halliwell sisters and Penelope.

### Evil taking over and Reclaiming by the Charmed Ones

With the revival of the demon Zankou, the school later becomes deserted by its students and teaching staff due to the destruction of the protection shield against evil. The spell that prevented death was broken as well. This leads to demons taking over the school to use as their base of operations. During their stay there, several calculating demons resurrect the original Source of All Evil. Fortunately, soon after his revival, the Source is vanquished once again by the Charmed Ones.

When Billie Jenkins and Christy Jenkins betray the Charmed Ones, Magic School becomes their base of operations, alongside their assistant Dumain, who is working on behalf of the Triad. The Charmed Ones' final battle takes place here with them vanquishing the Triad forever, Penelope vanquishing Dumain and Billie killing Christy.

After the events of the Ultimate Battle, the Charmed Ones reclaim Magic School for the side of good where Leo continues to teach the next generation. The school is the setting of Phoebe and Coop's wedding, presided over by an Angel of Destiny.

## School Description

"*… and there is classes in telekinesis, spell casting, medieval weaponry…*"
—Leo Wyatt concerning the school subjects.
Magic School is a place where young or novice good witches and other supernatural beings learn to improve their magical craft and study their history. There are classes for students in telekinesis, spell casting, potion making, astral projection, medieval weaponry and also basic classes like literature. The school also has a **nursery** for young children.

It is magically protected so that no evil can enter in order to protect the often vulnerable students. On one occasion, the Headless Horseman was magically created and began to decapitate faculty members. Fortunately, the school is also magically protected so that no one can be hurt or killed while on premises (*except for demons and other evil beings*), and the Horseman's effects are soon returned to normal.

Magic School was originally run by Gideon but after it was revealed that he sought to kill both Wyatt and Paris, both Cole and Leo killed Gideon, thus leaving the school to close. However, Paige Matthews and Penelope Anderson was able to stand up for the necessity of the school, and reluctantly took over as headmistress'. After almost a year of being headmistress, Paige sought a life away from magic, and after recently becoming a mortal again, Leo gladly took over for her and helped Penelope.

It is also insulated against temporal changes i.e. people in place at Magic School would not be affected by any shifts to the current timeline in the outside world.

Magic School is a magical structure of unknown size and shape. The **main hall** is said to be endless and connects the different sections of the school. Aside from classrooms, the nursery and student living, there are also **dungeons**. At one point, Phoebe Halliwell has also been in a **cave** where she went on a vision quest with a Shaman student named Enola.

The **library** of Magic School is home to hundreds, if not thousands, of books containing all kinds of magical subjects. The library is overseen by Miss Donovan. It library also contains various books from the mortal world, including Harry Potter and The Lord of the Rings. The former Literature Professor, Mr. Monkeyshines, once tried to ban many of these books for a number of ungrounded reasons.

## Location

The school resides in a different realm and has hidden portals all over the earth that allow access to those who have permission to enter. The school is protected by magic, making it impossible for evil beings to enter and protecting those inside from death. When a witch concentrates, he or she will be able to see the real Magic School; a floating fortress of walls, gates and pagoda towers and roofs