"Whoa!" Harper exclaimed as she entered the basement. "What happened in here?"

"I'm looking for something." Alex explained.

"How can you find anything in here? It looks like-."

"Yeah, yeah. I know. A Toys R Us exploded." Alex finished. "Justin already came up with that gem."

Harper burst out laughing. That's hilarious!"

"It is, isn't it? The idea that Justin can form a coherent thought. Who knew?"

"Justin is so intelligent!" Harper said, clutching her fists to her heart.

"Why thank you, Harper." Justin said as he entered the basement.

"No problem Justin." Harper said; her eyes twinkling with stars.

"Alex, you still haven't cleaned up this mess?" Justin asked.

"I will! Just give me time!" Alex said.

"If Dad sees this, he'll go through the roof!" Justin said.

"Ugh, I know! He's done that before." Alex said. "Man, that has to give a person one heck of a headache."

Just then, footsteps could be heard coming down the stairs.

"That's Dad!" Justin yelled. "He'll kill us!"

Alex hurried to return the toys to their rightful boxes without magic. It wasn't easy.

"What's going on down here?" A young voice said.

"MAX! Don't do that! I thought you were dad! I almost jumped out of my skin!" Alex said.

"Max laughed. "That would have been cool to see!"

"What in the heck are you looking for anyway?" Harper asked.

"Mr. Snuggles, my stuffed panda bear." Alex said.

Max broke into a hysterical fit of laughter. "Mr. Snuggles?"

"Yeah! He was my best friend! Still would be if Mom hadn't thrown him out!" Alex said.

"Hey!" Harper said. "I resent that!"

Alex draped an arm around her friend's shoulders. "But we're best friends now and that's what counts!"

"So just bring another toy." Harper said looking around the room. "God knows you've got enough."
"Noooo. I can't!" Alex said.

"Why not?" Justin asked.

"Mr. Snuggles, he was the only toy I ever really loved. I could write the most spectacular report about him. would totally freak out! I might even get an A!"

"Now Alex, don't go overboard! Getting A's are not for everyone. You definitely couldn't handle it." Justin advised.

"Thank you, Professor." Alex said. "If only I had Mr. Snuggles. Man, I wish I was a kid again. Heyyyyy... that gives me an idea."

Harper cringed. "Oh no... that can't be good."

"Alex! Mom said no magic!"

Alex pulled out her wand and held it upright, twirling it around and around.

"Two-thousand eleven is really great, but take me back to nineteen-ninety eight!"

The room began to spin, sending its contents swirling through the air.

"What's happening?" Harper yelled as the room spun round and round.

"Just hold on!" Alex yelled, moving her arms as though she were swimming.

"To what?" Justin yelled...

"This is way cool!" Max said as the four of them rotated faster and faster.

Suddenly the swirling stopped and they dropped to the ground with a hard thud.

"Ohhhhh..." Alex groaned. "That hurt!"

"You're not kidding!" Harper said, trying to pull herself to her feet.

"Okay, let's hurry and look in my bedroom, grab Mr. Snuggles and get out of here." Alex said.

Suddenly she stopped and looked around. "Uh... oh..."

"Hey! Where are we?" Harper asked.

"This isn't Waverly Place." Max said.

"We're in a building." Justin said, rising to his feet. He ducked into a nearby office and began to explore. "What is all of this stuff?"

He glanced at the large posters on the wall.

"Advertisements for cigarettes? Are they crazy? Those things will kill you! And what's this? As seen on TV? This is an outrage! Promoting smoking on television? Where in the heck are we?"

"It looks like some kind of museum. Good thing we got in here for free!" Alex laughed.

Suddenly a handsome man in a dark business suit walked into the office.

"Quick! Hide!" Justin hissed.

The four kids gathered in the corner, partially hidden by a large plant. Silently they watched as the man lit a cigarette and sat down at the large wooden desk. He shuffled through some papers and then picked up the phone.

"Peggy, get me Richardson on the phone, now."

"How are we going to get out of here?" Alex whispered.

"Gee, Alex I don't know. This was your big idea, remember?" Max hissed.

The man looked around, as though he had heard the kids talking.

"Someone there?" He asked

When there was no answer, he shook his head in frustration. "I need a drink."

Rising from the huge leather office chair, he crossed the room and went to the bar. "Damn it! I'm out of whiskey again! I'll just have to go get some from Roger."

"Drinking alcohol? At work?" Harper asked, incredulous.

When the man walked out of the office, Justin immediately emerged from his hiding place and urged the others to follow him. "Come on, the coast is clear! We can make a clean break! Just be very quiet!"

Alex, Harper and Max tiptoed across the room to the door, where Justin was entering the hallway. "Let's go." He whispered.

As they rounded a corner unnoticed, Justin did a double take. "Hang on a second..."

"Justin... We have to get out of here!" Alex said.

Justin entered another office, staring at the calendar that hung on the wall. "Oh no..."

"What oh no?" Alex asked.

"Alex, what have you done?" Justin hissed.

"What are you talking about?" Alex asked. "Come on, I want to go! This place is creepy!"

"Tell me about it." Harper said.

"This is horrible!" Justin said. "Which direction did you move your wand?"

"Um... Clock-wise?" Alex said with a shrug.

"This is just great. Don't you know anything? You were supposed to move it COUNTER-clock-wise!"

"Ohhhh..." Alex urged. "So what's the big deal?"

Justin paced the office, his hands on his head in frustration. "Do you realize what you've done?"

Alex rolled her eyes. "Well, yeah... we're in some weird office and there's no sign of Mr. Snuggles!"

"Alex! You've sent us back to 1958!"