Weeks passed and everything slowly returned to normal. Justin moved back into the house and they continued to live their lives as a perfect family. Alex was glad to have a father figure around the house, Trevore enjoyed playing with Justin almost every minute of the day, and Emma was getting used to Justin all over again. Kaylin was a lot stronger- and happier than before, especially since today was her first magic lesson.

"Daddy? Are you ready yet?" Kaylin yelled for probably the hundredth time.

Justin chuckled, "Sweetie, be patient. Mommy is finishing up feeding your sister."

Kaylin pouted and crossed her arms, "But you promised we'd learn magic today!"

"I know, I know…but don't you want to wait for the whole family?" Justin reasoned with her.

"No."

"Kaylin…."

"Fine. But only one minute more, okay?" Kaylin gave up as she walked away.

Justin shook his head, "Jeez….she's so eager to learn!"

"Isn't that good?" Alex replied as she cleaned up baby Emma.

"Well, yeah, but that means she's just as eager to do magic."

Alex smiled at him, "Justin, chill. She'll do just fine…I think you're more worried than she is."

Justin sighed and changed the subject, "Are you ready yet?"

Alex rolled her eyes, "Yeah…let's go."

Justin gathered everyone and headed to the kitchen.

Kaylin asked, "Daddy? What are we doing here?"

Alex raised an eyebrow, "Good question, Kaylin. Justin, what are we doing here?"

Justin started to explain, "So, when I was a kid, Grandpa and Grandma had a sandwich shop. Inside the kitchen, there was this huge food locker." He paused and looked at Alex, who knew exactly where this was going. "This food locker kept food, but it was also something else- it was our lair."

Kaylin asked, "What's a lair?"

"Well, it's a room for you to do magic in. It's where I learned lots of magic. So I thought that you, as well as Trevore and Emma, needed your own lair. So although we don't have a big food locker, we can use our fridge/freezer."

Alex was a bit confused, "But Justin, you're not a wizard, so how did you…"

Justin interrupted and simply said, "Max."

"Oh, I see."

Kaylin realized what was happening and exclaimed, "We get our own magic room? How do we get inside?"

Justin knew he couldn't open it himself, but said, "You have to have a wand, Kaylin. But since you haven't fully developed your wizard powers, you're just going to have to use your hands."

"My hands?"

Justin nodded, "Yup. If you motion your hands towards the fridge and think about a magic room, then when you open it again, it should be one. Got it?"

Kaylin nodded and after a few tries, she was able to open their wizard lair. They all walked into it and Alex realized it was a lot similar to their own wizard lair. She just murmured, "Wow…I haven't been in one of these for awhile."

Justin smiled, "I know…brings back lots of memories." He watched as his kids explored this new room- Kaylin's eyes were wide and filled with absolute wonder while Trevore just ran around everywhere.

Kaylin exclaimed, "This is sooo cool! Daddy, what am I going to learn first?"

Justin replied, "Well, you need a wand first."

"Where do I get one?"

"Well, I actually got you one, already." Justin said as he reached for a box and took out a wand, handing it to Kaylin.

Kaylin touched her new wand and just said, "Wow…what now, daddy?"

"Well, before we do your first spell, I need to tell you some basic rules." Justin started.

Kaylin whined, "Aww….daddy….do you have to?"

Alex chuckled, realizing Kaylin had the same attitude as her. She joked around, "Yeah, Justin, rules are meant to broken."

Justin glared at her, "Alex!"

"Sorry, sorry….Kaylin, you should listen to daddy."

"Fine."

Justin laid out the rules, "Well, first, you need to keep magic a secret. You may only use it when I tell you to and never let other people know you're a wizard." He thought about that for a bit, and then whispered to Alex, "Who am I kidding? You never listened to dad- you always used magic whenever you felt like it and I bet Kaylin will follow your exact footsteps."

Alex rolled her eyes, "Oh whatever, Justin."

Justin turned back to Kaylin and continued, "Second, this wizard lair is where you'll be doing magic- so look around and just observe the different things in here. Oh and by the way, over there is the wizard portal. You are able to receive wizard mail from there or enter the wizard world…but you'll learn more about that later. Third, always know that magic has consequences. You must always know the side effect of spells because they can be dangerous. And fourth…."

Alex stopped him, "Justin! I think those are the main basic rules…you don't need to go into anymore. Kaylin won't remember them anyways, just like you said. Plus, you'll be teaching them new things each day."

Justin sighed, "Alright...and most of this is part of the wizard code, but I'll tell you about that later too."

Kaylin impatiently asked, "Are we going to start soon?"

"Yeah, yeah…so we're going to learn a spell today."

"But I know how to do spells!" Kaylin whined.

"You do?"

"Yeah…I just make things rhyme and it usually works!"

"Oh…umm, you can do that too. But there are certain spells that I'm going to teach you too." Justin remarked.

"Okay. What's first?" Kaylin excitedly asked.

"Well, how about we learn the Murrieta Animata spell? It makes objects come to life." Justin suggested one of his favorite spells.

Alex shook her head, "No…that might get crazy. She doesn't know the counter spell and you can't do magic anymore."

"Oh right…"

Alex suggested, "How about Cashmerus Appearus? I love that one!"

Justin smirked, "Of course you do- you used to get trouble because of that. But I don't want Kaylin to learn those type of 'self-gain' spells!"

"Just do it." Alex stated.

"Fine." Justin turned to Kaylin, "Sweetie, just say Cashmerus Appearus and a sweater should appear. It might take a few tries to do this, but it's okay because you're just a beginner."

"Okay, daddy!"

Kaylin exclaimed the two words and surprisingly, a sweater appeared. Both Justin and Alex were shocked that Kaylin did it. Justin stuttered, "Wow….uh..that's good, Kaylin. You did it on your first time!"

Before Alex could say anything, they heard a small crash. Alex whipped her head around immediately and saw broken pieces of glass around Trevore. She immediately went to him and asked, "Buddy, are you okay?"

"Me sorry…mommy….me holding that and it fell." Trevore pointed to the broken pieces around him.

Justin asked, "What's going on?"

"He dropped something." Alex said.

Justin looked at the pieces on the floor and realized it was just a small ceramic plate that dropped. Trevore looked up at Justin and murmured quietly, "Me sorry….very sorry."

"It's okay, buddy. Just be careful next time….it's just a small plate that's broken." Justin replied.

Trevore began to move, but Justin exclaimed, "Alex, watch out the glass. It's everywhere- I don't want him to get cut."

"Oh, right." Alex said as she lifted him away from the mess.

Justin grabbed a broom and was just about to clean up the mess when Kaylin shouted, "I can clean it up, daddy!"

"It's okay, Kaylin. I got it."

"No…I want to use magic."

"Kaylin, don't…."

Kaylin ignored Justin and said, "My brother made a mistake, clean up this mess- for everyone's sake!" Everyone watched as the pieces attached themselves back together in a matter of seconds. Kaylin exclaimed, "I did it!"

Justin's jaw dropped as he couldn't believe what just happened. He immediatelyturned to Alex, who had a similar expression. He stuttered, "She did a spell…by herself." He moved closer to Alex. "She's just like…."

"Me."Alex finished his sentence.

Justin nodded, "We both know you didn't follow rules much or even pay attention to the lessons dad taught us, but magic was something that came easy to you- you were also able to make up spells without even thinking. I think Kaylin's the same way- magic is easy to her."

Before Alex could say anything, Trevore started whining, "Mommy…."

"What's wrong, Trev?"

"Me do magic too!"

Justin smiled and just said, "Not yet, Trevore. You're not old enough."

"But no fair!"

"I know, but maybe you can stay with your sister and I during magic lessons."

Both Kaylin and Trevore agreed, "Yeah!"

It was getting late and Justin suggested, "It's almost bedtime."

"No! I want to use magic!"

"Kaylin, not right now. You need to go to bed." Justin sternly replied.

"But daddy…."

"No buts, young lady. Remember what I told you? You can only use magic when I'm around."

Kaylin muttered, "Fine," as she left to go to bed. Luckily, both Kaylin and Trevore fell asleep within the hour. Alex stood in Kaylin's doorway and just watched her sleep.

Justin came up behind her and whispered, "I was right. She wants to do magic more than she should be doing. We're going to have a hard time with her."

"Yeah, but also like you said, she's a good wizard. She can fix her problems."

"But she doesn't have the experience!" Justin worried.

"I didn't need much experience." Alex simply stated.

"And it got you into trouble."

"But I fixed my problems." Alex retorted.

"With my help." Justin smirked.

Alex rolled her eyes, "Whatever, Justin….just calm down, okay? Kaylin just wants to have fun…you sound like Dad." Alex observed.

"But what happens if she uses magic for bad reasons? You know how magic works…it can be both good and bad." Justin stated.

"Like I haven't noticed." Alex sighed and walked away, towards their bedroom.

Justin sensed something "fishy" and followed Alex. "Alex, what's wrong?"

"Nothing."

"I know something's bothering you. Spit it out." Justin simply ordered.

"I'm fine."

"No you're not." Justin sternly said as he looked straight in her eyes. Alex looked away instantly and Justin slowly asked, "Are you still mad at me?"

Alex shook her head and turned to Justin with a few tears in her eyes, "No…I'm scared."

Justin realized Alex was hurting and held her close, "Alex…everything's fine. What are you afraid of?"

Alex barely whispered, "I'm afraid of losing you."

"What?" Justin was surprised to hear her say that. He asked, "What makes you think that?"

"You said magic can be both good and bad…how do I know that magic is good?"

"Well, everything's fine now..I don't think we're going to have to worry about magic for awhile now."

"But magic can take you away from me again….it has already done it once. What makes you think it won't do it again?" Alex asked.

"I won't let that happen." Justin simply said, but continued, "I know magic brought back Juliet and I was stupid enough to let magic posses me- for the worse. But we already overcame that mess- and now I know what to do if it does happen again."

"I love you, Justin." Alex smiled weakly at him as he held her close to his chest- so close she could hear his heartbeat.

Justin smiled back, "I love you too…and I'm never going to leave you again." He leaned down and kissed her softly.

They both realized that magic was a huge part of their lives. It brought them to this reality- with Kaylin, Trevore, and Emma. And although it was at fault for bringing Juliet back again, it had a reason to do so. Justin was able to realize how strong his love was for Alex and Alex was able to trust Justin all over again. Some people even called this whole mess a test- just like Max said. And Justin kept to his word- he passed it. Even though it did tear them apart, it brought them closer than before.

Maybe magic wasn't so hopeless after all.

Well…this story has finally come to an end. I'm going to miss writing it- I had lots of fun coming up with ideas. But I really appreciate everyone who has read this story from day one (Switched Realities) and left me reviews. I loved reading them and they always made my day. Thank you all for letting me write this story and I hope you look forward to a new one. I'll be posting some news about it on this story, but also check FF just in case you don't get the update. Thanks again and I can't wait to write the next story! :)

! OH! and big news- I'm changing my PenName….so it's changing from lashleyrox to eurekawriter. (haha don't ask how I came up with that). I don't know what this means to you guys…maybe you have to change re-add me if you have me on author alert/favorite author? I'm not sure, but just be aware that I'm not lashleyrox anymore….I'm eurekawriter now! :P