It was just another ordinary day in New York City. One family, called the Russos, owned a sandwich shop in Greenwich Village, called The Waverly Sub Station. The Waverly Sub Station was an ordinary sandwich shop themed around a subway station. But ordinary is not a way to describe the Russo family. They were special, but not special in the way you think I mean. They're wizards!

The first member of the family was Jerry Russo, a retired wizard. He used to be the family wizard, but when he met his beautiful wife, Theresa, he had to give up his powers, because Theresa is not a wizard.

Theresa is a non-wizard living in a house of wizards. She lives with her husband, 2 sons, 1 daughter, and her daughter's best friend, who's not a wizard. She is still getting used to the whole wizard thing. After her and Jerry got married, they had a son named Justin.

Justin is an extremely smart boy, in school and in wizardry. He is in his senior year in high school, he is the stent body president, and he completed his wizard studies and became a monster hunter. To most people, he would be considered a nerd, geek, or dork (especially to his little sister, Alex). But he actually has muscles! He is also his sister, Alex's, favorite person to annoy.

Alex Russo is the middle child of the family. She is a rebel and she doesn't really do well in school and paying attention in her wizardry classes that her father, Jerry, teaches her. Her favorite hobby is to annoy her older brother, Justin. Alex is very creative and has a good sense of fashion. Not even having to try, she gets away with a lot of things. She is really lucky.

Max is the youngest sibling of the 3 wizards in training. He doesn't do well in school or in wizardry. Although he may be considered the least smart of the 3 Russo siblings, he actually does better than Alex is some subjects in school. He is the least likely to win the wizard competition. Max is extremely funny, even when he's not trying to be. He always feels the most forgotten of his siblings, since Justin is the smart one and Alex is the clever one. But his parents still treat him like a baby, which he doesn't find amusing.

Harper Finkle, Alex's best friend, is not a member of the Russo family, but she lives in their basement. Her parents needed to move away for a job and got Harper to trick the Russo family into letting her live with them, because she has no other family in town. Well, she has family in town, but they avoid her and her parents. Harper has her own sense of fashion that most people find weird. She likes finding random things and making them into clothing. For example: a dress made out of pretzels.

The story starts at Tribeca Prep, the regular mortal school of the 3 wizards in training and their friend. Alex and Harper were hiding on the school's staircase. A bucket was on the railing with Alex holding onto the rope attached to it.

"Alex, don't you think that you might get in trouble again?" Harper, the goody-two-shoes asks with concern.

Alex looked at her best friend, annoyed. "Harper. I've gotten into trouble many times. So many, I lost count. I don't think one more would be any different."

"Um… true. But I don't want to stay here for the results. I can't risk getting in trouble." Harper got up and she saw Justin and got nervous. She scooted back a little and backed into Alex. Taken by surprise, Alex accidently let go of the rope and the bucket fell.

"Alex Russo!" Mr. Laritate, the school princible, exclaimed angerly, covered in waiter and with a bucket on his head.

Alex, looking over the railing, decided to go back down into hiding. Harper was just standing there in shock.

"Mr. Laritate!" Justin said, worried. Justin rushed over to Mr. Laritate and pulled the bucket off his head.

"Thank you, Justin," Mr. Laritate said as Alex and Harper snuck down the stairs with Mr. Laritate noticing. "Alex Russo, Harper Finkle!"

"Yes, Mr. Laritate?" Harper said nervously, she knew she was going to get in trouble. Alex stood there with her arms crossed. Here we go again. Alex said in her mind. She's been through this many times.

"Detention!" Mr. Laritate said as he turned around and walked down the hallway, ringing out his shirt as he walked.

"Detention?" Harper said as she passed out.