I only want to apologize to my other readers if they are reading this as I will be working on this story instead any of my others.
Without going into the annoying monologue to begin a story, I present to you "A Visit to Change Everything".
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Chapter 1: We have a…
It was a normal day in the Russo household over the Waverly Sub Station. At least as normal as it can be with three teenaged wizards in the house. Jerry Russo, the owner of the Waverly Sub Station and ex-wizard, was teaching his kids the most difficult lesson that a parent can try to teach siblings: How to appreciate each other. "You won't always have each other, you know. You may regret how you treat each other."
"Dad's right guys, we may not always have each other," Justin, the oldest of the teenagers said.
"Thank you, Justin. So I want each of you to say two nice things about your siblings. Alex, why don't you start?"
"That sounds kind of hard," Alex, the middle child and only girl, responded.
"Just try it, Alex."
"Okay, I'll give it a try. Justin, you're smart and you are always there looking out for me."
"Good, now how about Max."
"Max, you're kind of funny and you're very creative."
"Good job, Alex, now that wasn't so hard was it?"
"No, I guess it wasn't."
Jerry walked over to Justin and stood right in front of him with a big grin on his face. Slightly holding out his hand, Jerry gladly accepted the twenty dollar bill that Justin slipped into his hand. "Now, Justin, say something nice about Alex."
"Alright, you're a very skilled wizard and learn you lessons very easily," Justin said. "And Max, you are… kind of funny and very creative."
"Cool! That means I'm hilarious and the most creative guy ever," Max, the youngest of the three, cheered. Jerry gave his older kids a look that said 'you won't get off that easy' as the two older kids laughed together at Max's excitement. "Now I get to say something, right?"
"Yes, Max, however you are not limited to nice like your siblings," Jerry responded to his youngest son. Hearing what their father said, both Alex and Justin stopped laughing and looked at Max.
With a look of determination, that looked more like constipation, Max thought up what he wanted to say about his siblings. "Alright, so Alex is really good at making sandwiches and coming up with pranks. Justin is really good at any school subject but really bad at finding girls to date him."
"Hey, what's wrong with Juliet," Justin protested.
"She's a VAMPIRE," Max said stressing the word vampire.
"He does have a point, Justin," Alex said.
"Now stop picking on Justin just because the only girl he can get needs to drink blood to live," Jerry said holding back his own laughter.
A loud POOF resounded through the lair as a cloud of smoke filled the room and the smoke alarm went off. "Kelbo, how many times do I have to tell you to stop poofing in when you visit?"
"Sorry, I just wanted to stop in and see my favorite niece and nephews," Kelbo, Jerry's older wizard brother, said.
"Anyway, Kelbo, where is he?" Jerry asked his brother.
"Oh, he's been stricken with a horrible flu."
"Oh no, I really was looking forward to him staying with us." As a look of sadness overtook Jerry's face, Kelbo began cracking up. "What's so funny, Kelbo?"
"It's kind of depressing that you grew up with him and you can't even tell the difference between your brother and an imposter," Kelbo laughed. The Russo family looked at him confused. Kelbo crossed his arms and said, "Kalimo kalimbee malla malla ha!" A cloud of smoke surrounded him as he finished setting off the smoke alarm again.
As the smoke cleared, a young man in his late teens stood where Kelbo was. "Now this is the real me," the young man said. He opened his arms and smiled at Jerry.
"Dante," Jerry yelled hugging the boy. "How have you been?"
"Pretty good, actually, I have been looking forward to this for weeks."
"Oh, kids, this is Dante Leon Russo, your uncle Kelbo's adoptive son. Dante, this is…"
"Wait, I can guess," Dante said approaching Justin.
"What, you think you can figure out who we are by looking at us?" Justin asked in a superior tone.
"You would be Justin, I suppose," Dante said turning away.
"How did you know?"
"Know it all, oldest of the kids, and you have your name on your shirt's tag."
"So what, you have x-ray vision?"
"I wish, your shirt's on inside-out." As Justin looked at his shirt, Alex and Max were cracked up. Dante walked toward them and said, "That would make you Max."
"How did you know that?"
"Blank stare, other son, and accusing attitude. All of the things your dad told me about you." Justin and Alex laughed as Max tried to comprehend what Dante told him. Turning to Alex, Dante smirked. "Now, I don't know who you are. Jerry's never mentioned you."
"What? Dad, how could you have not told him about me?" Alex asked her dad, upset at his harshness.
Dante began chuckling at how upset Alex was. "Alexandra Margarita Russo, daughter of Jerry and Theresa Russo, aged 16, born in cab number 804 of New York City cabs, and one time you drank both halves of a love potion."
Justin and Max now stood laughing at a blushing Alex. "I am very glad that you chose to come stay with us," Jerry said putting his arm around Dante's shoulders.
"You begged me to come so that one of your kids could get some…"
"NO!"
"Time off," Dante finished. The moment he did, he understood why Jerry had panicked. Dante quickly backed away from Jerry as all three of the kids rushed at their dad and started picking at him to find out who got time off.
"Hold it and pipe down," Jerry said backing away from his kids. "I will tell, you but know that we are sending him to summer camp so he won't get to do anything he wants."
"Bye, Max," Justin said walking back to Dante.
"We'll miss you," Alex said following her brother. "So can you teach me that transformation spell?"
"Sure, it's really not that hard," Dante said smiling at Alex.
"Where will you be staying, exactly?" Justin asked.
"I'm not really sure," Dante said.
"You will be staying in Justin's room and working in the sub station," Jerry said with a big grin on his face.
"Cool, I get to have a roommate," Justin said excitedly.
"I'm cool with that, and maybe I can teach you a spell or two, if you want that is," Dante said to Justin and Alex.
"Awesome."
"All right kids, it's time to get ready for dinner," Jerry said. Justin and Max left the lair to wash their hands and get ready to eat. Jerry looked at Alex and Dante before leaving behind his kids.
"So, I'm actually kind of glad that you aren't the one with time off, Alex," Dante said looking at the sixteen year old girl.
"Why is that?" Alex asked.
"Because, I really look forward to getting to know you personally," Dante said as he walked past her with a smile on his face. Alex rushed after him and walked closely behind him.