October 2003
The beginning of October is fairly quiet at the school, despite Mystique's ongoing attempts to torture John, which Marie-Ange senses in a dream (seeing Bobby, who Mystique is disguised as, shifting into several forms, including Scott and a 'big blue snake-lizard thing'). Alison becomes the new student counselor with a fair amount of glee and several ideas of how to serve the kids.
The quiet ends with a bang, however, when, after finally getting their act and themselves together, Paige and Jono's first kiss causes Jono to lose control of his powers, placing Pagie in a coma for three days during which Doug and Angelo generally are overprotective and caring. They also get in some quality 'hopelessly in love with Paige' bonding time.
Emma begins to make plans to take Jono off for some special training, which may not be such a great idea as Marie-Ange has precognitive dreams featuring Emma in a straight jacket and her meeting a young, spanish DJ - Manuel 'Empath' de la Rocha, although she doesn't know this yet. However the plans are made and finalized, with Jono inviting Sarah to come along for the ride and the time away from the school, and they head out to Maine.
Pete returns to the mansion from his attempts to hunt down Logan and, since he has lost his job in England, he offers his skills to the school, suggesting that he might be able to teach Betsy's dropped Self Defense class, but refusing to "teach kids to be spies" or "paranoia as a way of life". Instead he does take on the Self Defense class, despite being "much less attractive" than Betsy.
As the month ends there's a sudden scramble as people realize they have all but completely forgotten about Halloween. Costumes are discussed, plotted, planned and created, and in spite of the rush the kids manage to pull of a party at which, in a shocking turn of events that has not yet been repeated, nothing out of the ordinary happens.
Timeline
Oct 3 - Alison becomes the new Student Counselor.
Oct 12 - Marie-Ange has a precognitive dream about the fact that Mystique is once more pretending to be Bobby.
Oct 14 - Jono and Paige's relationship begins. Jono has a powers accident, placing Paige in a coma for three weeks and causing Jamie to have a flashback-related breakdown.
Oct 16 - Haroun posts inflammatorily on the journals about Jono's lack of control.
Oct 17 - Paige wakes up.
Oct 21 - Marie-Ange has a precognitive dream about Emma and Manuel de la Rocha.
Oct 22 - Pete returns to the school. The first prank war begins between Jamie and Doug.
Oct 23 - Emma takes Jono and Sarah to Maine on a training retreat.
Oct 27 - Pete offers his experience to the school and officially joins the staff.
Oct 28 - Pete becomes the new Self Defense teacher. Jamie receives therapy and regains the use of his powers.
Oct 31 - The first Halloween party - nothing explodes, for once.
