"Um, I'll have a Frankenberry Blush Slush and she'll have a Booberry and Guavaloo Slushy, please," Harper told the cashier at our favorite ice cream and slushy shop just outside of town. We only go there when we feel the need to get away from the rest of the world. Though we could just use my wand to go somewhere we've never been, we always choose to go here because, let's face it, slushies are so much better than magic!

"I'm gonna go get us a seat," I said, walking towards an empty table. I sat down and waited for my slushy very impatiently. I tapped my fingers on the table and looked around the room. There he was...Justin. Great, just what I need right now. At least he hasn't come over here to talk.

"Alex? Hey, what are you doing here?" he asked from his table across the large dining area. I guess I spoke too soon. Crap! Maybe if I cover my face with my purse and don't respond to him, he'll forget about me and go back to reading his new comic book. "Alex, I can still see you. You know you were never good at hide and go seek." He got up and started towards me. He then sat across from me in the booth.

"Go away, I'm not in the mood to talk to you."

"I know what you're pouting about. I know mom and dad told you about the whole non relation thing," he said.

"How? Please tell me you don't have super sonic hearing and you didn't want to tell me since I'm not your actual sister and you didn't want me to feel bad about not having the same power."

"No. Dad just texted me. But that would be so cool! I could hear what we're having for dinner from miles away and if I don't like it, I could make other plans with my friends. Or I could eves drop on people at school and see what they're talking about so I can go up to them and start talking about the same thing so I could make more friends! Yeah!"

"Not helping!" I shouted.

"Sorry. I didn't know you came here before. I didn't even know you came fifty yards outside the sub shop."

"Harper and I come here almost every week to talk about stuff," I replied.

"I thought you and Harper always went to the library to study for tests."

"This would be that library. And slushies would be our study material."

"Figures," he said. We laughed for a minute, but then my thoughts came back. "Listen Alex. You're still my sister. Even though we aren't related, we grew up together just like a regular brother and sister would have. We help eachother, we have the stupidest fights, you hurt me, I try to hurt you but epically fail... We're just like normal siblings!" he stated.

"But I can't believe nobody told me! I mean, I'm fifteen! Don't you think that if the rest of my so called family could hear, I should too! I hate not knowing things, you know that! Even surprise parties! I hate them! And now they've given me no choice but to hate them too," I said.

"You don't hate our parents. You might dislike them temporarily, but you really don't mean it when you say hate. They still love you as if you were their true daughter."

"No, I mean it. I can promise you I will hate them forever. And you know me, I always keep my word!"

"Right. Sure you do," he disagreed.

"If this will help at all, I know a spell that can find any wizard by their first name."

"I don't know either of my actual parent's names. How is that going to work?" I asked.

"Mom and dad are going to feel bad for making you so upset. So, when they ask you if there is anything they can do for you, like always, you just question them about it. Ask them what your real mother's name was. Then we can find your parents and you can ask them why they gave you up. That might give you some closure."

"You said we. You're going to help me find my real parents?"

"I...I guess so," he stated with a smile.