CHAPTER 1


FAMILY WIZARD COMPETITION ARENA

"Professor Crumbs! Stop! ", Jerry shouted from behind. But it was too late and all was done. He had been engrossed in congratulating Alex on her becoming the family wizard that he had failed to see the exchange between Justin and Professor Crumbs.

Just as Professor Crumbs vested full powers on Justin Russo a tremor shook the whole of the wizarding world, not bad enough to cause any damage though.

"No. No. No. No. This is not happening!" Jerry shouted when everyone looked at him confused.

"What's wrong, dad?", asked Alex.

"Aren't you happy that I'm a full wizard dad? Now both of us are full wizards." , said Justin.

"Maybe he doesn't like that I'm not a full wizard.", stated Max.

Everyone turned to look at him.

"What? That's a possibility!"

Jerry's eyes were fixated on Professor Crumbs.

"Why Jerry? Why does it look like that you are not happy? Now you have two full wizards in your family.", as soon as he said that, he paled. He slumped into his chair, "Oh sweet Merlin? What have I done?"

"Jee, They are really not happy with you being a full wizard, Justin!" , whispered Alex.

"And you think that they are happy with you being a full wizard?" Justin resorted back.

"Do you think they are going to take one of our powers back?"

"No. They can't. Revoking of full wizard powers is void according to Wizard Powers Act Section 114."

"You really know your law."

"That's why I have been made the headmaster."

"So, why do you think they are looking like they want to kill themselves?"

"I don't know."

"So much for being Head Master."

"Dad, what's wrong?"

"Nothing honey. Let's go home." He was definitely hiding something.

"Ya! Let's go!" announced Theresa faking enthusiasm. When magic is involved, nothing could be right.


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"Now that you are the family wizard, what's the first thing you want to do?" asked Max.

"Sleep." She looked at him as it was an obvious answer, so why did he even bother to ask.

Everyone retired to their rooms.

After an hour or so, when Alex was in her deep sleep, someone entered her room.

"Alex….Alex….ALEX!" shoving her.

"Justin! What are you doing in my room? Shouldn't you be at Wiz-tech?"

"I don't start till next year."

"Well, that's bad news for me."

"Ha. Ha. Very funny! Alex, aren't you forgetting something? We have to find out why dad reacted the way he reacted."

"Do we have to? Just go to sleep Justin!" going back to her own sleep.

"Alex!" pulling the covers of her. She was wearing a sky blue tank top and shorts too short. She got up, raising her hands to tie her hair in a lazy bun. Justin took in the sight in front of him. Curves at the right place. What in Merlin's universe was he thinking? He was definitely going to hell. Never a day before had he looked at her like that. Maybe he was too engrossed in the Wizard Competition that he forgot to see what a gorgeous girl, his sister had grown out to be.

"Justin! Justin! To earth, please!"

"Huh?"

"So, what do you propose we do? How are we going to find out?"

"We are going to enter dad's mind."

"Why don't you do it? And I go back to sleep? Ok! Bye! Bye!"

"No Alex! You are coming with me!"

"You are impossible!"

They headed to their parent's room. They didn't have to enter their dad's mind for the answer presented itself.

"Jerry try me! I will understand!"

"Fine! You remember the tremor when Justin was vested with powers?"

"Yes?"

"That was the unveiling of a prophecy."

"What do you mean by unveiling?" asked Alex to Justin to be answered by Jerry, "It means a prophecy has come into being."

"What has that to do with our children?"

"Before 1500 years, during the age of the Great Wizard Ptolemy a prophecy was heard and when it wasn't fulfilled a curse came into being. The curse was only one sibling can have full wizard powers in a family there by creating havoc and separation and vengeance amongst the wizarding population. Later Ptolemy's sister Mercy spoke of a prophecy that will come into being when out of error there will be two full wizards in the same family, a boy and a girl."

"It can't be that bad. Can it?"

"During the last prophecy one of the bearers lost his life and magic was constrained to one sibling per family. This one could be worse. We could lose our children or magic as we know it."

"So, what's the prophecy?"

(To be continued)