A/N: Hey guys, sorry that it has taken me so long to update this story! I've been busy catching up on other things, but anyways, I'm back now! Thank you for all of your kind reviews, I enjoyed reading them all along with your guesses to what the tornado was, obviously you'll find out in this chapter. And to the anon that thinks my icon looks like a hobo, haha that's Andrew Garfield. My icons are usually funny pictures of people, so get used to it (; Well, with that said, here is chapter 3, enjoy!

Disclaimer: Same as always; I don't own Wizards.

Posted on: 08/31/12

Chapter 3: "That's not how magic works!"

Max POV:

Memories of our family vacation to the Caribbean flood back. Most of them aren't pleasant; like the fact that room service didn't accept orders from anyone under 18. But there were worse things. The tornado was the biggest. Not only was me forgetting things terrifying enough, but the fact that my own parents forgot me too hurt pretty bad. Alex and Justin pretty much ignored me the whole vacation so I guess in a way they forgot about me too. To be honest, I've always felt a little jealous of them; it's always seemed like they've had a stronger bond with each than I have with any of them. Then the tornado came and I was gone. It was the weirdest thing I've ever experienced, mortal or wizard.

"Max, what are you talking about?" Alex asked with a worried look.

"You know, when that tornado took me away when we were on vacation," I explained. I stood up and began to pace around. How did I not put this together?

"I need to study the events that happened during your vacation in order to fully understand the situation. Justin, roll the wizard camera and play it from the time when this tornado came about," Crumbs ordered. The wizard camera is basically a camera that records each second of every wizard's life. It's mostly a study tool, you know, if you messed up in the past you can take a look at how magic could have fixed the situation, or in Alex's case, how magic ruined the situation. Other times, I just used it to watch Justin scream in panic when Alex did so.

"So is that lady your mom?" A younger, but still as handsome, version of me asked.

"Max, you don't remember who that is?" Justin questioned me back in a worried tone. We all stayed quiet and examined each second of the moment.

"Should I?" Forgetting my family right back was pretty upsetting too. I remember what that moment felt like. I felt like I was lost with a bunch of strangers, I guess in a way I was.

My dad ordered Justin and Alex to pull out their wands to begin the wizard competition. And then the big twister came and pulled me in.

"MAX!" My siblings shouted in unison. All four of us continued to watch the events that followed. This was my first time watching the first wizard competition between my brother and sister. I was surprised at how different this wizard completion was from the one I was in. This one seemed like a piece of cake! I would have won for sure.

"Justin, help me. What spell do I use?"

"Why would I help you?"

"Because you're my brother. Look, I'm sorry you didn't..."

"I'm your brother?"

"No. No. No, Justin. Please, please,

you can't leave me here."

Alex, now a full wizard, began to break down into tears.

"Wait a second! Pause it right there!" I command. I walk up to the Abracadooler where the flashback is being played.

"What is it, Max?" Crumbs asks in concern. Alex and Justin exchange puzzled looks.

"Alex, you're crying." I point a strict finger to the screen.

"Well yeah, Justin didn't remember me…it hurt," she explained in a voice that made me seem oblivious.

"So Justin forgets you and you cry. And I get sucked into some magical tornado to who knows where, and you barely shed a tear?" I get angry now. Jealousy furiously pumps through my veins.

"Max, we didn't have time to cry over you leaving," Justin says inventively in his know-it-all voice.

"But I vanished! That might have been the last time you ever saw me!" I wave my hands up in the air and yell.

"Max, we had to do the wizard competition as soon as possible to save you." Justin's voice beings to grow louder. Alex and Crumbs sit in their chairs quietly not wanting to get involved.

"I could have been DEAD!" I shout with so much force that I can feel my throat shake. Justin stands up now and walks towards me.

"Max, what don't you get? We realized all of that and that's why we went straight to the competition!" Justin yells.

"You couldn't have at least brought me back with magic to compete in the competition!"

"That's not how magic works! You've never understood how magic works! Maybe that's why you lost the wizard competition!"

I could feel Crumbs silently gasp. Alex placed a hand over her open mouth to hide her shock. My temper was full now. I shook my head and opened Crumb's portal door that would take a mortal to where he was last in the regular world. I gave Justin one last look and stormed out of the room without another word.

Alex POV:

I sat in disbelief as my older brother's words played over and over in my head. Watching my own brothers be so…angry at each other scared me. I loved them both and seeing them do this to each other broke my heat.

"Well…" Professor Crumbs tried to gloss over the scene.

"Justin, I can't believe you said that. To your own brother," I interrupted without a care and walked up to Justin. He looked at me in frustration.

"Alex, did you even hear what he was saying?" Justin threw his hands up in anger.

"Did you even hear what you were saying?" I retorted.

"Alex, I was defending you! Don't you owe it to me to be on my side?"

"You're kidding." I wait for him to answer. He doesn't. "I can't believe you." I flashed out in the same fashion as Max when he left through the portal. I was now in the sub shop. The only thing on my mind was that I had to talk to Max.

A/N: Ouuu brotherly feud. I hope you enjoyed it haha it was fun to write. School starts again for me next week so I don't know when I'll be able to update, but I will as soon as possible. Hopefully I don't leave you guys waiting as long as I did for this chapter. Oh and don't worry, we're going to find out what's wrong with Max soon. This feud is adding to the plot, it isn't useless. So whose side are you on? Max or Justin? Whose side do you think Alex will stick with?