Chapter 2: Something magic afoot
Justin Russo was walking home with some groceries, his mom had insisted that he get them despite having just returned from teaching at wiztech, "mother the deed is done" he put the groceries on the counter, he looked at the couch and saw his family, they were made of ice and each partially melted, "mom, dad, Alex, Max!" He touched their shoulders, the melting revealed them to be completely made of ice, they must have been frozen just after he left.
Justin rushed to the lair and was met with smack to the face, he fell over and looked up to Ronald Longcape jr. "We can't have you doing that Russo" Ronald picked up his wand, snapped it and used the pieces to destroy the portal's power source before stepping through it himself. The portal disappeared behind him. Justin stumbled to his feet, he got his dad's suitcase that held more than it should, he stuffed the magic carpet, some potions and other things, he was going to the Tipton hotel, he knew another family of wizards that could help if they were there. Normally Justin would use the carpet but Boston was far too populated to begin with, but he was sure that the sky was being watched now with this dark magic.
He went down to the sandwich shop, Harper was wearing something horrid as usual and had Zeke at her side. "Hi Justin, have you seen Alex?" Asked Harper.
Justin's heart died a little as he began to speak in a low voice, "Alex is dead..." He looked them both straight in the eyes
"Justin..I swear if this is some kind of joke" Harper whispered loudly, Zeke stood there trying to find a spot to start speaking.
Justin raised his voice slightly "I assure you that I'm not joking Harper Finkle, my whole family is dead, and I have no communication with the wizard world and I need to find some way to assist them before it gets beyond the point of redemption!" He leaned against a beam and caught his breath.
Zeke stepped forward "we'll help you Justin, you have my word"
"Mine too!" Said Harper
Justin regained some of his courage, "alright we can get whatever you guys need and be in Boston by tomorrow"
"How u gonna do that?" Zeke was thinking of the coolest possible magic he'd ever seen a wizard do in a movie.
Justin snapped and the world froze and it was only the 3 of them, "I couldn't possibly take my friends all the way to Boston on something other than a magic carpet" Justin smiled despite himself.