Island Disaster

Chapter 3: The Mystery of the forest

Disclaimer: I do not own Wizards of Waverly place or some of the content in the story.

The group woke up after another very difficult night of sleep. Feeling hopeless and lost, the 3 teens were desperate to find there way off the island, and back to New York.

"I know what we can do!" Justin yelled out of no where. "It is now December 23rd! A couple days until Christmas… And I think you guys know where I'm going with this."

"Let me guess. We are gonna call Santa." Alex replied.

"Oh ya, Santa has unlimited amounts of magic, he can send us home!" Justin took a few bows, feeling very triumphant and proud about his idea.

"Justin, I have a feeling Santa can't help us." Alex said.

"Dang it, it probably is to close to Christmas!" Justin shrieked annoyingly,

… Alex didn't even reply to Justin's stupid comment. The days out here have really gotten to him.

"I'll try it anyway." Justin said. "I know Santa will come to my aid!"

Once again, there was no response from Alex. "Well while you waste your time I am gonna go looking for a magic portal or something."

"Okay, just return here when you're done!" Alex quickly disappeared into the dense forest.

"Hey, Max… where are you? Max?" Max mysteriously vanished and Alex was in the forest. Justin was all alone. He sent his wishes to Santa. And then set out to find Max. While walking across the island, Justin noticed some new things. He crossed newly carved trenches, bubbling swamps, and even some purple water. And the weirdest of all, when he ventured towards these things, they never got any closer. It was like the total island was a total illusion. Like it was a total dream. "This can't be a dream, I don't have nightmares about islands. I have nightmares about watermelons, clowns and cuddies!" Justin went into to deep thought. And in a split second… everything went dark.

"Hey, an orange tree!" Alex exclaimed to herself. Alex started towards the tree, and she kept going, and going, and going. It never got any closer. "What is going on?" Alex thought. She ran at top speed hoping to get closer. But it didn't work. An ominous noise started surrounding her. She backed away, envisioning the worst. (Another bad Disney star) A nearby tree branched cracked, and as Alex looked around in terror, the world went dark.

Alex and Justin opened there eyes. They were with Max again, and on a different corner of the island. "How did we get here? Why are we… what happened when… why couldn't…?" Alex and Justin were completely confused.

"Guys, there is some magical force that emanates from the middle of the forest, you can't get to certain parts of the island." Max explained.

"Someone must be hiding something in there. It must be something that can get us home, and whoever trapped us here must just want us to stay prisoners." Alex babbled.

"Whoever it is, he isn't nice. He is trying to kill us!"

All of a sudden, a magic beam appeared in front of the gang. And Santa stepped out. "Ho-Ho-Ho! Merry Christmas!" Santa yelled.

"But I thought you didn't exist!" Alex said awestruck.

"Oh, quite the contrary! Justin, I got your message, but the magic is too strong even for me. But, I can give you this. Santa gave them a basket of food, and a dagger.

"But I thought you always said that violence isn't the answer?" Justin said.

"It isn't. That is for spreading butter, it is your Christmas Present!" Santa laughed, and teleported away.

"This time, all three of us are going in together." Justin said while climbing on top of a rock. "And we will discover the mystery of the forest!" Justin yelled triumphantly. They dropped the food off at the cave, and headed into the forest. They walked deep in the forest and then they walked up to the tallest tree. "Max, climb up there and try to see the middle of the forest." Justin said. Max climbed the tree, and climbed, and climbed. Justin and Alex looked on, as Max wasn't moving at all. And once again, the world went dark for them all. They appeared at the same place they did the last time.

"I don't understand what's happening! We weren't in the middle of the forest!" The baffled Alex said.

"Who ever put us here must be watching us, we need to speak in code... French fries." Max said cleverly.

"Max no one knows your code. I doubt he can hear us, because there isn't anywhere nearby. Well, except dead Hannah Montana at the bottom of the cliff." Although it seemed hopeless, they knew they needed to do something. Once again, they headed out into the forest. Another failure. They tried many different approaches, but the fortress was impenetrable.

"What can we do? We have tried everything, let's face it. We will be here forever." Justin said reluctantly.

"We can't say that! Max, you have to be able to confuse this guy! Max, we need your stupid!" Alex called hopefully.

"Sorry guys, I can't confuse this guy. We don't even know how to talk to him!" Max responded.

They walked back to the cave, hoping for someone to come up with the smartest idea ever. When they arrived, no one ate, no one talked. They were surprisingly focused. It was about 11PM and they were still thinking hard. Alex began to doze off, but was quickly awakened.

"I've got a new idea. And it can't fail!" Max yelled.

"What is it?" Alex and Justin asked in unison.

"Don't worry about that, when we get there, just follow my lead. I noticed something before I fainted in the tree."

To be continued

Notes: Ok! Please comment. I think the story is going great, and it is coming right along. Please comment, but please no flames!