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Note: I realize that this chapter is short but I didn't want to add anything to give anything away and I couldn't think of anything else to put into this chapter.
Justin woke up to his alarm buzzing, he reached over and hit snooze. He then jolted away remembering the day it was, Halloween, the day he and his siblings were to be on watch for wizards ready to reveal the magical world. Justin sat up remembering the day a week ago when it was he, Alex, and Max chosen to protect the wizarding secret.
Alex was in the wizard lair trying to find a spell to make the best costume ever, Max was sitting beside her trying to find a way to multiply all the candy he was to receive while trick or treating and Justin was studying for pop quiz he was sure Jerry was going to give them. They were all preoccupied when the magical portal opened and the wizard mail arrived. In the mail was a letter stating that the three of them had been randomly chosen to protect the secret off wizards in the Waverly Place neighbourhood this Halloween. Alex was the first one to say she wasn't going to do it, however as soon as the words were out of her mouth the emergency wizards were in the lair explaining to the three young wizards that they had to do it or their powers would be taken forever. As soon as someone threatened to take her powers Alex was ready to agree with anything that may be presented to her. Max on the other hand was harder to convince, as he was only concerned with getting candy and hadn't really figured out how to use his powers properly yet. The conversation ended with the emergency wizards promising Max with double the candy he would have collected if they succeeded in protecting the wizard secret.
Justin, the oldest, was happy with himself that he was ready to help the wizarding world whenever it was needed of him. Justin was considered the good one of the family and he tried his best to keep up this persona. Alex was the 'bad' child and she didn't even try to turn it around, she was always breaking the rules and getting into trouble. Max was the youngest and usually got away with anything he wanted. He didn't get a lot of things that went one and wasn't really a thinker. The three of them hardly worked together and argued about a lot, especially since Alex picked on the two boys quite a bit. They were not happy that they would have to work together to protect the one secret they all shared.
Justin got out of bed and put on a pair of jeans and a plaid sweater, he went into the kitchen to get something to eat. Alex was already sitting at the counter, which surprised Justin as she usually slept in. When he took a closer look he realized why Alex was up so early, she was using Justin's favourite shirt as a napkin and everything she was eating left stains.
"What do you think you are doing Alex?" Justin yelled.
"Eating, what does it look like I am doing?" Alex said back sarcastically.
"You are staining my favourite shirt!" Justin snapped.
"I thought I was improving it because it looked really ugly when I saw it hanging in your closet," Alex said with a smirk.
"You went in my room without asking!" Justin said.
"Ya and…" Alex asked.
"You know you are not supposed to go into my room without asking me," Justin said.
"Well too bad Justin I already did and since when do I listen to you?" Alex asked.
"Never," Justin said in defeat.
He went and sat at the counter beside Alex to eat breakfast, he was upset but with Alex that was usual for Justin. Alex kept looking up at Justin to see if he was going to say anything more, she was used to tormenting her older brother but this time it felt different. She didn't know why she felt a little guilty about messing up his favourite shirt, maybe it was because they were supposed to be working together; not against each other.
"Look I will wash it ok, well get it dry cleaned because I don't think I will like the work involved in getting all the stains out," Alex said looking at Justin.
Justin looked back at Alex in disbelief, "Thanks," was all he could say.
They finished their breakfast in silence and waited for Max to wake up so they could go over their plan for protecting the wizard secret. When Max woke up he didn't look rested at all and Alex wondered if he had been up all night.
"What did you do stay up playing video games?" Alex asked teasingly.
'No, I counted all the stars but it was morning before I could finish," Max replied deadly serious.
"You do realize today is the day we are supposed to be protecting the wizarding world from being exposed right?" Justin asked sceptically.
"Oh No I forgot," Max said smacking his hand to his forehead.
"Of course you did Max, you forget everything," Alex said to him to make him feel bad.
"I guess we are going to have to do it without him then Alex, looks like it is just me and you,' Justin pointed out.
"Man that means I have to do more work, Max why couldn't you have counted stars any other night?" Alex whined.
Alex and Justin went down to the lair to work out the plan while Max went to try and get some sleep as he was about to pass out. Justin took out a large piece of paper from his back pocket and started to unroll it. On the paper was a small map of Waverly place colour-coded to reveal three different sections. At the bottom of the paper was a legend with Alex as pink, Max as blue and Justin as green. Justin studied it carefully to try to determine how they would divide Max's parts evenly. Alex sat on the couch doing her nail when she finally got fed up with Justin, she reached over to grab the map and tear it in two.
She handed one half to Justin," You patrol that half and I will patrol this half."
"I guess that works," Justin replied.
"Of course it works, I thought of it didn't I?" Alex asked.
"Yes and usually your ideas don't go over too well, they usually end up bad," Justin said back to Alex.
"Well this one is good and now that it is settled I am going to get the cutest costume ready for tonight, I want to fit in while we are patrolling," Alex said.
"What are you going to be?" Justin inquired.
"Why would I tell you?" Alex asked and with that skipped out of the lair.
Justin was left standing in the lair pondering what he should be for the Halloween patrol. Justin hoped that this would go ok and that Alex would not find out a way to screw it up. After a while of thinking Justin finally thought of the perfect costume and ran upstairs to get it ready.
Alex was trying to find the right clothes for her Goth princess outfit; so far she had fish net tights and her high tops. She couldn't pick what else to wear to tie the costume together perfectly. She searched her closet and noticed a piece of clothing sticking out of the corner that she thought would be perfect. It was a black jean skirt with black lace lining the bottom; the shirt hung with it was a purple plaid tight fitted top. Alex was happy with her costume and knew she would look really cute in it. Alex hoped that she wouldn't screw this night up but she wouldn't tell any one about her worry.
Justin was looking for the right things to put with his costumes he had decided on being the Destroyinator. He had his silver zip up muscle shirt, silver tights and black underwear type thing to go over top. He also had one black glove and one silver wrist wrap. He was looking for the utility belt and hammer sling to complete the ensemble. Justin was looking everywhere for the final items of his costume when he finally found them under his bed, he had is full costume completed.
Alex was the first one ready to go out on the patrol she had completed her costume by streaking her hair silver. She waited for Justin to get ready and was not surprised when he walked into the living room in a costume from one of his comic books. She looked at him and started laughing; he completely ignored her knowing this was probably going to be her reaction. They walked out of the door and headed to the streets of Waverly Place.
"So we are to patrol and make sure no Wizard uses magic to reveal our secret," Justin said.
"That's it?" Alex asked.
"No we also have to be on a look out for any other mystical creature that can reveal the wizard secret as well," Justin informed her.
"Why did I even ask?" Alex said groaning.
"Well it is better that you did so you know exactly what you have to do," Justin said.
"What type of mystical creatures am I looking for?" Alex asked hoping there was not a long list.
"Well werewolves, vampires, centaurs, unicorns, fairies, other wizards, giants, and elves," Justin listed them off.
"Ok that wont be hard or anything, as everyone is dressed up as those things," Alex said sarcastically.
"But you can usually tell a costume form the real thing Alex," Justin said back.
"Ok fine, lets get this stupid thing started," Alex said looking around to find where she was going to start her patrol.
Justin took one last look at his sister praying she wouldn't screw it up and left to start his patrol. Alex noticed a group of boys hanging out by a water fountain and she walked over to start her patrol closer to the boys. As she was heading toward her chosen spot she noticed out of the corner of her eye a wizard she remembered from Wiz Tec.
She walked over to Emma, "What are you doing here?"
"I am trick or treating, I heard it was fun from your little brother," Emma replied.
"Is that all?" Alex asked.
"Yes, oh you think I am going to blow the secret," Emma said in surprise.
"Kind of," Alex admitted.
"I would never do something of the sort!" Emma explained, "I am probably the person who respects the secret the most!"
"Then you haven't met my older brother," Alex said.
Emma laughed, "Ya I guess, but I have to go there is candy waiting."
Emma walked away leaving Alex to finish her patrolling. Justin wasn't having any more luck then Alex finding someone wanting to blow the secret. He was beginning to think that maybe no one was going to blow the secret on Halloween. As he thought about it he realized that it would be hard to blow the secret on Halloween with all the others running around in costumes that looked like some of the creatures they were looking for. He decided to go check on Alex and make sure she wasn't doing anything stupid to reveal the secret herself. He was surprised when he got to Alex and she wasn't doing anything that she shouldn't be. Alex was patrolling like she was supposed to and hadn't found a way to screw it up. Justin was proud of her, however he would never tell her that because it would have went to her head if he did. They finished patrolling together and were happy when it was over because no one was had blown the secret and they could go home. They walked back to the sub shop and each had a late night sub before they returned home. Max was sitting on the couch with a bucket of candy on his lap, Justin looked at him and couldn't help but laughing.
"How did you get candy when you didn't even do anything?" Alex asked.
"Well dad decided to take me out trick or treating so I would not miss out on the candy," Max replied smiling.
"So you didn't do anything and you still got rewarded, somehow that is not fair," Alex said.
"I had to walk to every house, knock on the door, and say trick or treat," Max explained.
"Still not fair, I didn't even get any candy and I had to patrol all night," Alex whined.
Max offered her some of his candy and the two of them sat eating his candy while Justin went to his room to write to the emergency wizards about their patrolling and how they had not seen anyone wanting to blow the wizard secret. He finished writing the letter and went to the lair to send it through wizard mail. He knew that I would probably take a day for them to receive the letter and reply to it. He realized that the reply would be coming when they were in wizard training the next day and was worried that it would not be good. At least if it came when wizard training was not on then his dad wouldn't know if they screwed up and missed the person wanting to reveal the wizard secret.
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