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"Zachary! Elliott! Get down here now!" Alex yelled in frustration.

"What, Mom?" Zachary walked in sulking behind his brother.

"Who made this mess?" Alex pointed to their bedroom.

"He did." The boys pointed to one another.

"I think you both did. Clean it up, alright?"

Zachary rolled his eyes, "What if I don't want to?"

Alex frowned and began, "Zach…you know your father is coming home today and…"

"Don't worry, Mom. We'll clean it up." Elliott sighed as he dragged his brother into their room.

As Elliott began to pick up clothes off the floor, Zachary folded his arms, "Why do you always do what Mom asks?"

"Well, first, she's our mom. And second, it's a rule in this house." Elliott rolled his eyes.

"Do you always play by the rules? Gosh, you are so boring. Live a little!" Zachary laughed.

"Shut up, Zach. Come on and help me. The sooner we get done, the more we can spend time with Dad." Elliott reasoned.

Zachary replied, "Fine, fine."

Alex quickly cleaned up the kitchen before hearing the doorbell and opening the door. Standing in front was her husband, Mason. She greeted, "Hey."

"Hi, sweetie." Mason smiled and kissed Alex on the cheek.

"Daddy!" A little girl peeked out from behind Alex's legs.

"Uhh…hi, Mikayla." Mason smiled weakly.

Alex realized Mason didn't seem too happy, but before she could say anything, two sets of footsteps came running up the stairs. "Dad!"

Mason smiled widely and picked up one of his boys, "Zach! How you doing, buddy?"

"I'm great Dad, but I missed you."

"I missed you too, buddy."

"Uhh...hi, Dad." Elliott shyly said.

"Oh, Elliott. Nice to see you." Mason acknowledged him.

"Do you want to watch a movie with us tonight, Dad?" Zachary eagerly asked.

"Sure, go downstairs. I'll be there in a sec." Mason said before leaving for the kitchen.

Alex quickly put Mikayla on the living room floor and walked into the kitchen, "Uhh…Mason, are you alright?"

Mason turned around and brushed a hand through his hair, "Alex, I lost my job."

"What?"

"I lost my job as a salesman, okay? You know that work hasn't been easy lately." Mason said.

"But…how are we going to…"

"Look, it's okay. I can get a job at like a store or something…we'll be okay, right?"

Alex sighed, "Mason…I know we'll be fine. But are you okay? You seem…"

Mason just shook his head and left abruptly. Alex sighed and decided to just leave him alone. He was probably just shaken up from what happened and all. She looked at a pile of envelopes on the kitchen table and realized Mason had brought in the mail. She flipped through the pile and reached one particular letter. All that was scribbled on the envelope was her name and her address. She slowly tore it open and began reading the sloppy writing scribbled across the paper before her.

Letter One

Trust.

Alex-

As you read this letter, you probably have realized there's no return address- so that means two things. First, I'm risking the fact that this gets to you, so I really hope you're reading this right now. Second, and most importantly, I hope you have no clue who I am. I don't intend for you to think of me as a "stalker", but let's just say I'm an old family friend that you haven't seen for awhile now. You probably don't remember me or think of me much, but I remember a lot about you (That sounds creepy, but bare with me- I'll explain it all). If you're still reading this letter, then I'd like to point out the word above- trust. Trust is a funny concept. You may trust someone completely and you think that you know they trust you back when all of a sudden, they "betray" you. Trusting someone takes a lot of courage for a person to do because it's risky. But all in all, trust is so important. If you didn't learn to trust, would you be where you're at today? Really think about that because maybe you've lost trust in people in the last couple years of your life. So start now and trust me, alright? I know it's a lot to ask, but just give me chance to truly explain who I am. You will be receiving six more letters after this one. All I ask is for you to read each one carefully and maybe you'll come to realize why I'm doing this. Trust that everything will be alright. It's as simple as that.

P.S- I don't sign letters.

Alex took a deep breath after reading the strange letter. She could barely think straight and quickly refocused her eyes on the same paper again. She wanted to make sure this wasn't a dream…was a lunatic really writing to her?

I haven't used magic since that day.

Yup, that's right. I haven't picked up my old wand for seven years now. It's stored somewhere in my closet, probably collecting dust as I speak. You would think that taking away magic from a wizard would be hard, but it was actually quite easy…at least for me. After the accident, I vowed never to use magic again. How could I? I mean, how could I use magic on a daily-basis, knowing that I never even used it just once to save my nephew? I don't deserve anyways.

It wasn't mine in the first place.

Days after the Russo family wizard competition were a bit tense and stressful on everyone. Knowing that two of their kids no longer had magic, Jerry and Teresa decided it was best to keep quiet. They tried not to bring up the competition, but also didn't want it to tear their family apart. So they called one of their "family meetings".

"We know things have been a bit nerve-wracking lately, but we just want to put closure on this." Jerry began.

"Dad…" Justin began.

"Guys, we just want to make sure this doesn't get out of hand. I don't want to lose my family over magic." Teresa sternly stated.

Alex blurted, "Mom, Dad! Relax, okay? We're all going to be fine. We won't let this affect our family. I won't let that happen."

Jerry focused on his two sons more, "Justin, Max, don't feel…."

Max interrupted, "Dad, we're fine. Sure, these last few days have felt strange without our powers, but we're glad Alex got to keep hers."

"I don't want them."

Four sets of eyes stared at Alex in disbelief. Jerry began, "Honey, you don't have to do that. The boys understand…"

"No, Dad, I want to."

Teresa asked, "Can you even…."

Alex interrupted, "I already asked the wizard council for permission."

Justin shook his head, "No, Alex, I'm not letting you give up your powers just because you feel bad for Max and I."

Alex looked surprisingly at her brother, "Justin…you don't have to…"

"No, Alex. I'm really happy for you. You deserve it and you've proved you're the greater wizard out of all of us." Justin continued.

"Wait…so the wizard council is letting you split your powers to give to both your brothers?" Jerry clarified.

Alex looked down, "Uhh…not exactly. I can only give it to one of them…so I asked them if we could set up another wizard competition."

Max shook his head and stated, "Whoa! Hold up…I do not want to do another competition."

"You have to if you want…." Alex began.

"No. I want Justin to have it. If I had them, I honestly wouldn't know what to do with them. Plus, I'd like to be normal for once."

"You guys! Stop feeling sorry for me! Everyone knows that I studied hard and I admit to really wanting these powers, but I'm perfectly fine that Alex won. We don't have to go through all this trouble." Justin reasoned.

Max sighed, "Alex…just give it to him before he starts rambling more."

Alex quickly murmured a strange spell and the Russo family watched as powers slowly shifted from her to Justin. Justin yelled, "Alex! I said…."

"I know what you said, but what's done is done. Just accept that you have your powers back. It's my gift to you." Alex chuckled.

Justin sighed and smiled sweetly back, "You never give gifts…but thanks anyways, Alex. You're a great little sister."

"Okay….stop with the mushy family moments. It's killing me." Alex said as she started heading off to bed.

Teresa called out, "Wait, sweetie! I just have one more question."

"Yeah, Mom?"

"Didn't you want to experience your powers before giving them away?"

"I did all that I wanted to do with them."

"What?" Jerry curiously questioned.

"You'll find out." Alex gave them one of her "Alex" looks and they all felt a bit anxious to see what she did.

You will never believe what she did with the powers before giving them back to me. What Alex did, sent us, the Russos, into an even crazier state than before. I honestly think we fought over that more than the wizard competition. But that's another story for me to tell because I got to finish packing. Oh, did I mention that I'm moving back to New York? Who would've thought I would return now…especially the way I've been holding up? Well, all I can say is that I'm not doing it for personal purposes. I got offered this great teaching job at a school about an hour away from the old Sub-Station. I know that I'll be going back "home", but I think that it's far enough away from everyone to cause any trouble. I won't be stopping by anyone's home for a visit- I just miss my home city.

Alex folded the piece of paper and placed it back into the envelope. She wanted to throw it away, but something inside told her to keep it so she just put it in an old shoebox and shoved it under the bed.

Millions of questions ran through her head and she could barely think straight herself. First off, who in the world was writing to her? This person was just…odd. She had never received a letter like this before. And this person acted like they were best friends or something. How could she "trust" a complete stranger? In general, there hadn't been much trusting/honesty in the family lately. She didn't believe in trusting people…at least not since her little boy's accident. She hated thinking about it, but it had changed everything. Nothing was the same anymore.

And deep down, she felt like this anonymous writer was her only comfort in her messed up life.

So I'm going to apologize in advance because I won't be able to update for the next two weeks. I'll be back for one day, but then I highly doubt I can write a good chapter in one night and I have to leave the next day for a funeral (death in the family)- I'll be gone for another week too. But I still hope you enjoyed this chapter and if you guys are lucky, you might see an update in between when I'm gone.

Reviews….please!