I don't want to say this, but I have to. (deep breath) this one isn't very long! I'm so sorry! :( I promise next episode will be over 1000 words, this one only has about 600 :( Anyway, enjoy this horribly short episode...

Chapter 3-The Lair

Sonny's POV

I walk into the lair, Chad's hand in mine, and gasp. It's amazing in here! I see a crystal ball in the corner, a staff with a dragon's head on it, a large door on the wall that Alex runs to.

"Cool, right?" She smiles, and I nod, amazed.

"You could say that," I say, "Very cool."

"OK, so this is our portal." She says, pointing to the door. "We need to find out who it was that went through it."

"And, how do we do that?" Chad asks, also in awe. Alex grabs her wand from her boot and Chad steps back. "No more spells, I'm still a little wand-sick."

"Fine," Alex says, putting it away, "We'll try it your way. Into the portal."

"What?" Chad says.

"We've gotta go through it."

"No way! Chad says, "I don't trust big creepy magic doors."

"Chad, don't worry," I laugh, "It'll be fine." He resists, and I laugh, "Is little Chaddy scared?"

Chad gasps, "Chad Dylan Cooper fears nothing."

"Yeah, you keep telling yourself that." I say as he heads to the portal and Alex opens it.

"Don't worry," She says, "It's like a normal door, only it takes you to a different world that includes flying horseshoes and dragons."

She ushers us through before Chad can complain or protest anymore, and there we are. Alex smiles, stepping forward and opening her arms out wide, "Welcome to the Wizard World!"

Alex's POV

"So, what now?" Chad asks as I breathe in the Wizard air. Ah, Wizard air.

"Well, if Justin's stupid comics have taught me anything, it's to search for clues." I say, before looking around a little.

"And…where are we supposed to look?" Sonny asks, "Look at this place-it's huge! How are we meant to search for clues here?"

I sigh when I can't find the answer. "No clue." I say, "But it never hurts to try!"

Sonny sighs, "So, what are we exactly doing again?"

"We need to find out who went through our portal and why." I tell her, before getting an idea. "We need another person."

"Why?" Sonny asks, and I shrug.

"I dunno." I say, "I just want an excuse to see Mason."

"Aw!" Sonny beams, "So you guys are still together?"

"Yep," I smile.

"So, we have to go get him, right?" Sonny asks, and I shake my head.

"We don't need to." I say, waving my wand. Chad jumps back a little when Mason shows up, completely confused. I hug Mason tight and he sighs.

"You need to stop doing that." He says, before laughing and hugging me back. "So, what is it this time?"

"We need your help," I say, "Someone snuck through our portal this morning, we need to find out who and why."

Mason smiles, "Why don't we check the Wizard security system?" He asks, and I nod.

"Nice one, Mason." I say, hugging him again, "At least someone here has good ideas."

"Hey!" Sonny says, and I laugh.

"Let's go."

Like I said: Short. Oh well, the main thing is that we enjoyed this time together, right? Right. So, yeah, review please!

Disclaimer: You know the score-I don't own SWAC, I never will, and I'm happy for that... :'( NO I'M NOT! If I owned it, episode one of season 3 would go a little like this: (Haha, trying to make u guys feel better about the whole "short episode" thing...
(Chad stood outside Sonny's playing How We Do This, she opens the door)
Chad: Hey, Sonny, what are you doing here?
Sonny: Uh, I live here, Chad. The question is, what are you doing outside my appartment playing a romantic song?
AND YOU GET THE JIST OF IT...
They get together again, yadayadayada... :) Wow, long disclaimer... :P