Alex Chase: Beyond The Multiverse

Chapter 24: W.I.T.s Academy

*Gwen Tennyson*

" Are you two done in there?" Danny asked. " You've been at it all day!"

" Yeah, you can come back in now," said Ben. We all walked back into the living room. So far so good. No goofy grins plastered on their faces. Only Ben's arm was around Alex's shoulders now.

" You ready to explain the rest of the story?" Kevin asked.

" Yeah. I feel much better about it now," said Alex, smiling up at Ben.

" Well? Are you going to get to the good stuff of not?!" Said Tucker excitedly.

" Where was I? Oh yeah. So, I left the academy to finally introduce myself to you guys. And it was perfect timing to, it was spring break. I spent the whole vacation in your dimension remember?"

" I believe your exact words were: "If we don't finsh this mission in under a week, you will never see me again." What was up with that?" I asked. Alex looked exasperated.

" Are you kidding me? My parents would've gone nuts if I had shown even the slighest trace of being missing for even ten minutes. I would be grounded until magical college!" She yelled.

" Oh," I said. That was embarrassing.

" Yeah "oh"! Anyway, I got back to school in just under the wire. But as soon as I was back, I missed everything. I missed everything so, so much.

Running and ducking under fences and behind trees, helping people who had normal, everyday disasters, going at it with Kevin and the Rooters. Being on epic car chases, sneaking into top secret lab's, flying across the galaxy to go on quests for aliens. All the fun I had with you guys.

It was never-ending. I barely survived one hour of school without talking about one of the numerous adventures I'd had with you in just one week. I couldn't let anyone know what had happened while I was gone, and it was becoming a serious problem.

The academy wasn't enough for me anymore. So I took the graduate degree exam early. I passed with flying colors, according to the head of the schools answer booklet anyway. I took a graduate degree paper and printed my name on it.

I left the next day, leaving behind a magical duplicate to take my place. Nobody knew I had graduated early, and nobody suspected anything when my magic duplicate came to class the next day instead of me. I raced back to your world," she said, gesturing to Kevin, Ben and me. I was extremely confused.

" But, you didn't leave...I remember. You came with me and Gwen when Grandpa told our middle school that we were sick so we could fight the Rooters," said Ben.

" Yeah. And Ben got super jealous when Cash and JT came in and started flirting with you," I said. Ben crossed his arms.

" I did not!" He argued.

" I thought it was cute," Alex told him with a big smile. " And anyway, he wasn't my type. Plus, he was a total jerk. I even sung that song about it to your entire school, remember?"

" I think that one was called: Take A Hint," I said.

" That one was one of my favorites," said Ben.

" Anyway, you didn't notice because I slowed time. Don't you rembered me being gone for a full day and then being back at nightime?"

" Yeah...."

" That was when I went to school. The kids at the academy had no idea I'd been gone for more then an hour that day, which is when I snuck into a the principals office to take that test. But, just to warn you, time is different there. Everybody there didn't age like we did," she said.