= Chapter 1 =
*** Alex's POV ***
It was a slow a day as could be expected at the Waverly Substation. Especially now that the Late Nite Bite had been shut down, due to it's owners' 'mysterious disappearance'. The space was now filled with 'MondoSandwich', who were making a happy business of stealing the Russo's customers. Yet despite the slow day, Alex found herself working a double shift, what with her parents away in the Bahamas for their anniversary and Justin still moping about Juliet.
Alex was surprised at how quickly she had gotten over Mason, but she guessed that despite what she thought she felt before, maybe her connection to him hadn't been all that strong. At least now I don't have to worry about that wet dog smell I kept picking up...
She was distracted from her thoughts by the sound of the door swinging open and a customer entering. She looked up – and dropped the glass she had been meticulously shining, causing it to shatter over the floor. Standing in front of her, with loose brunette locks cascading around her shoulders, and with deep brown eyes that looked as shocked as she felt, was Alex Russo.
She released the pent up breath she hadn't noticed she'd been holding and noticed that her doppelgänger was hesitantly pacing towards her with a look of uncertainty plastered over her features. She reached the counter and slowly pulled out a stool before sitting down and staring Alex in the eyes.
The girl had a look of both confusion and amazement on her face. She opened her mouth, and with a voice identical to Alex's said "Who...what...how...?"
Alex seemed to recover more quickly that her apparent twin and had already decided that this girl sitting in front of her was most likely the product of some ill thought out spell she had cast in the past. She spoke.
"So, what have we here? Edgebono Utoosis? Or are you a picture or something? Cos I sure as hell don't remember you..."
"Sorry...what? I have no idea what you're talking about, but forget that, who the hell are you?" The girl apparently had no memory, or for that matter, any knowledge of Wizardry, which confused Alex all the more.
"I'm Alex Russo, isn't that kind of obvious?" Alex retorted, giving one of her casual smirks.
"Should it be? I've never seen you before in my life." The girl just seemed to be getting annoyed now. Is that what I look like when I'm pissed?
"Oh is that so? Then who the hell are you?
"I'm Selena, Selena Gomez."
*** Selena's POV ***
Selena was depressed. She hated New York with every fibre of her being. Being dragged here by Brian and her mother, all because of Brian's new job; having to leave behind everything she cared about in LA, including her best friend and the love of her life, Demi.
She still remembered the pain she felt in her heart that day, two weeks previously, when she and Demi had said their final goodbyes. She remembered the love and passion that she had felt in that final kiss, and the feeling of utter despair as they drove away.
She felt so hopeless, and for the past two weeks she had spent most of her time texting Demi and wandering New York. Yet for the past three days Demi had not returned one of her calls, nor even one of her texts. This had Selena worried, she didn't know what had happened. Was Demi ok? Or was it she, Selena who had said something that had made the other girl not want to talk to her?
