94Ramona is Joey King from Ramona and Beezus.
Chapter 1
"ALEX!" Theresa Russo shouts from the bottom of the stairs, leading up to the bedrooms.
"Ya?" 12 year old Alex Russo calls back sleepily.
"You're going to be late for school." Theresa sighs hearing Alex groan and move around her purple bedroom. Theresa turns to the living room to see her 14 year old son Justin, her 9 year old son Max and 7 year old daughter Ramona, all sitting on the couches waiting for the 12 year old.
Max is wearing an orange t-shirt and under the t-shirt is a grey and green thin shirt, if they are joined as one... why yes they are. Max is also wearing blue jeans and black running shoes.
Justin is wearing a blue dress shirt with a black vest. His black hair is sticking up, making it natural. He is also wearing black jeans and blue running shoes.
Ramona is wearing a grey t-shirt that says Think Before You Do!, Alex's old blue jeans that she rolled up and grey running shoes. Ramona's blonde hair goes to her shoulders and she has blue eyes just like Justin while Max and Alex have brown eyes. Jerry has blue eyes while Theresa has brown.
There is a thump on the stairs and Alex merges wearing a green, pink, yellow, black, purple and light blue shirt that goes to her knees and jean capris that goes to her ankles. She has green running shoes on her feet and the crown necklace that she got for Christmas. Alex black hair is straight and she has a hairclip holding her bangs to the left side of her head. Her hair goes an inch below her shoulders. To top is off Alex is wearing a purple ring on her middle finger, which she got from Ramona.
"Where's your wand?" Justin asks pointing to his wand that is in his inside pocket of his vest. Max's wand is in his jeans pocket and Ramona has her training wand in the waistband of her jeans. For American wizards, your powers come in between the ages of 8 and 10. Alex's powers came in at 9 as Justin's came in at 8 and Max's came in just that year.
"Here." Alex stand on one foot and lifts her left leg and lifts her capris slightly so they can see her wand in her shoes, hidden from view by her sock and capris.
"Good spot." Theresa smiles at her oldest daughter as she fixes her purple t-shirt.
"Thanks mom." Theresa passes Alex her backpack and raincoat.
Alex looks outside to see lightning and rain mixed with hail.
"Can't we take the day off? It's a thunderstorm, there's rain and hail." Alex asks.
"No. Go to school." Alex groans as she puts her coat on and walks out of the house.
Outside Alex takes Ramona's hand as each person puts their hoods up. The four Russo kids make their way to the subway where it will take them to their school... Tribeca Prep. Ramona is in Grade 2, Max is in Grade 4, Alex is in Grade 7 and Justin is in Grade 9.
Since it is getting close to the end of September, the temperatures are getting colder and a warm front is coming into Manhattan, New York.
As they arrive to their school, Alex walks Max and Ramona to the public school side of the school, downstairs as Justin goes upstairs to his first class and his locker.
Alex drops Ramona and Max at their classes as Alex goes to her's.
At Alex's locker she sees her best friend Harper Finkle.
"Hey Harp." Alex smiles take her soaked coat and bag off before opening her locker and throwing them in.
"We have a tornado watch." Harper informs Alex, "All of Manhattan has it."
"Huh?" Alex raises an eyebrow.
"There's a tornado wat..." Harper trains off as the ground begins to shake.
"What's that?" Alex looks around her as she closes her locker.
"EVERYONE GET UNDER DESKS AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS! THERE'S A TORNADO COMING STRAIGHT FOR THE SCHOOL!" Principal Laritate announces over the PA system.
"RAMONA!" Alex takes off running to Ramona's classroom as Harper screams after her before running into their Grade 7 classroom.
Alex slams open the Grade 2 classroom and looks at Ramona's desk to see her crying. Alex rushes over to her and ducks under her little sister's desk and hugs her close.
What the two girls don't know is Justin is doing the same with Max.
Just then the windows smash, which causes screams. As much as Alex wants to panic she needs to stay calm and to focus on Ramona.
Alex takes a breath and does something she is going to regret. She flashes her and Ramona to their apartment on Waverly Place.
The two girls look at their apartment to see it is completely destroyed.
"MOM! DAD!" Alex screams getting up, pulling Ramona with her.
The two girls let their tears fall seeing bricks everywhere along with their used to be living room on fire.
"ALEX!" Alex covers Ramona's mouth.
"Mom?"
"ALEX!" Alex runs to where she heard Theresa's voice and begins to move the bricks with Ramona's help. Once they removed the bricks they help Theresa into the sitting position.
"Where's dad?" Alex asks helping Theresa out of the pile of bricks.
"We hid under the table." Theresa answers weakly as Alex begins to uncover the table.
Once the table is uncovered, Alex pushes the table off and sees Jerry's weak smile.
Jerry climbs out as the sky begins to turn blue. Alex wipes her tears.
"I'm going to see if Justin and Max are ok." Alex's bottom lip trembles as she spoke.
"Ok. We will stay here and keep Ramona with us." Jerry takes Alex's face in his hands, "They are perfectly fine. I know they are fine."
"I used magic in front of mortals, daddy." Jerry nods.
"I know. And it's fine. You saved yourself, Ramona and me and mom. It's fine. Now go get the boys."
Alex takes a breath and flashes back to the school.
Alex stands in front of the school and closes her eyes. The school is in ruins and there is a fire in the spot where the Grade 8 class was. To top it off the second floor is caving in where the computer lab was.
Alex reopens her eyes and begins to walk to where Max's class is. Alex kicks open the door and walks into the classroom.
"MAX?" Alex calls into the classroom that has bricks all over the floor.
"ALEX!" Alex steps over the bricks and glass to the spot where she heard Max call for her.
"Max?"
"Alex! Justin and I are right here! We can't reach our wands." Max cries. Alex keeps talking to him as she removes bricks.
"Max, is Justin ok?" Alex asks Max.
"Ya. He fine, he's just knocked out. He's breathing fine like he is sleeping." Alex nods sighing in relief.
"Thank god." Alex pushes off the final brick off of Max's desk and tries to push, "Max, I need you to push with me. Push the desk off of you."
"Ok." Alex hears Max move underneath and he counts to three. At three, the 12 and 9 year olds push the desk.
"I'll help." Alex hears Justin's tired voice, "Ok. On three." Justin counts to three and they push the desk again.
The desk moves and Alex and Justin hold it high enough for Max to crawl out. Then Max holds it with Alex and Justin crawls out.
"What happened?" Justin asks looking around.
"A tornado." Alex answers, "I ran to Ramona's classroom and we flashed out to the house. It's gone but mom and dad are ok. Then I flashed here and helped you two. Now I need to see if Harper is ok..."
"Alex." Justin stops her before Alex could run to her classroom, "Everyone is gone. There are no survivors."
"What?" Alex whispers as tears fill her eyes.
"With this amount of damage, no one survives."
"But we did." Alex argues, "You and Max survived under the desk. Mom and dad survived under the table..."
"Go look then. I'm taking us home. Look for only Harper and Zeke." Alex nods knowing Justin is hoping that Harper and Zeke are alive.
Justin flashes him and Max home as Alex runs to her classroom.
"HARPER!" Alex screams at the top of her voice and she tries to push the destroyed door out of her way. When that doesn't work, Alex climbs through the small gap between the door and the wall. Alex gets through and lands on a desk that the strong wind pushed against the door, "Harper!" Alex calls again.
Alex listens silently for any movement or any sound of breathing... none.
"Harper..." Alex lets her tears fall as she climbs out of the classroom and carefully climbs the stairs to the second floor. At the top Alex looks to find herself overlooking Manhattan. Everything is in ruins, rubble and on fire.
There is no second floor. With one last look, Alex flashes herself home.
She immediately walks into Theresa's arms and begins to sob.
Manhattan, New York doesn't exist anymore.
Please review. Oh, and the type of tornado that can destroy a full town to the way I described is an F4.