Wizards of Waverly Place

Ok. Ok. Ok.

Oh my godness, we're back. It's a long walk.

Yep. For some of us.

Excluse me! My arms are tired from hanging on and trying to sere.

Your ears are really tiny but really cute. This's well.

Oh we were stuck in that government forcibly. I was afraid I won't see Waverly Place again.

I miss you.

There was definitely a horse parade here recently.

I must have lost 30 pounds on that walk.

Do you know how long it's going to take me to gain that back?

Why is the Sub Station all boarded up?

Oh, gosh. I gotta get in there.

Oh.

I want to take a bath without somebody yelling at me,

"Hey, lady, get out of my pool!"

Go away, government agents!

I have a soda gun and it's loaded with root beer!

Harper, it's us.

We escaped from the government guys.

I'm not fallin' for that.

The real Russes are too lame to escape from anywhere.

Harper, open up.

We'd flash in there, but we don't have our powers.

We only got back by hitching rides,

taking buses and a lot of walking.

You didn't walk at all.

You had me carry you like a camel.

Love.

Too lazy to walk?

Aw, Alex, it really is you! Hold on, I'll let you in.

I just have to dismantle a bunch of booby traps I set to protect myself.

Hi, guys.

Oh! It's so good to be home.

Oops. I forgot to get rid of that one.

Um... I'm gonna go check the lair.

I'm so glad you guys are safe, but aren't you worried about

the government agents coming back for you?

Do you really think

they want anything to do with us anymore?

You guys don't even have your powers.

You're nothing without them. Nothing.

Guys, come on! There's something wrong with the portal.

I can't contact anyone in the Wizard World.

I've tried wiz-com, wiz-phone, wiz-text,

and just straight up yelling into the thing.

Hello? Are you listening?

Nothing but a wiz-echo.

It's just a regular echo, Mason.

We don't put "wiz" in front of everything.

Look, the wiz-mergency wiz-light is on.

This means the powers are still down.

Oh, no. The government must have captured everyone.

This is bad. That means they still have Professor Crumbs too.

Hello, I'd like to speak with the officer in charge.

What are you doing?

I'm calling the police.

We have to do something to save the Wizard World.

Hello, officer. Yes, I'd like to report...

That you are doing a great job. Yep.

Keep it up. Love ya.

Alex, what were you gonna tell them?

Not that I love them.

People don't hear it enough.

Alex, you know you can't reveal magic.

Oh, even I know that. That's why I just make people think I'm dumb.

So if I slip up, they figure "The kid's an idiot."

And I slip up all the time, so...

...who's dumb now?

Alex, you can't call the police.

We just need to lay low for a while, until this blows over

and do nothing.

The Wizard World is captured, and you want us to do nothing?

- Fine. - Ah!

The one time we ask the laziest girl on Earth to do nothing,

she wants to do something.

I'm just happy she didn't ask me to carry her up the stairs.

Dad... so, uh, what's the plan?

Well, we're gonna take down those boards,

and we're gonna re-open for business.

OK, are we talking in code?

N-no. It's business as usual.

There's the code. I got it, I got it.

Is anyone gonna help me with this?

Well, it's nice to have you guys back.

There's gotta be something I can do to save Professor Crumbs.

For once in my life, I'm not just satisfied flipping through a magazine.

Maybe what you need is a new magazine.

Would you like to have a look at my Dogmopolitan?

That's it.

That's it. This would be a huge story in a magazine.

Or newspapers, or on TV.

OK, first things first. I gotta get my parents out of the house.

And then, I'm gonna call a bunch of reporters over,

and expose that the government is holding wizards.

What will that do?

The whole world will see that wizards are people, too,

and then they'll feel sorry that they're captured,

and force the government to let Crumbs and the others go.

Plus, I might get my picture in a cool magazine.

Exposing wizardry?

Isn't that a big no-no in the Wizard World?

That would be like a werewolf

bum-scooching in public.

Mason.

See?

Ah. It feels good to be back in business.

Yes. Yes, it does, Father.

But, oh wait. We cannot be back in business.

We are totally out of ham.

How did that happen?

You... you guys better go to the butcher

before we get swamped by a bunch of ham lovers.

You know what? You're right.

I think it's National Ham Month.

Theresa, grab some cash and we'll go.

Get it off! Get it off me!

I got it, I got it.

Careful, it takes a very steady hand

to keep the trap from re-engaging.

It re-engaged!

- Get it off of me! - I got it!

Harper.

It snapped! It snapped! Get it off!

I thought you said you got rid of all the booby traps.

That one isn't mine. But it sure was fun

watching you go, "It snapped, it snapped!"

Pretty good booby trap, huh? I've got them rigged

all over this place to catch any government intruders.

Max, I said "business as usual."

And I thought that was code for "Rig this place like there's no tomorrow."

You had better get rid of all your booby traps

by the time we get home from ham shopping.

Welcome everyone.

I know that you're all here because I said.

Lady Gaga would be on a motorcycle

jumping over a shark tank,

but... OK. Um...

But that was just a front to get you here.

I have something more important to tell you.

What could be more important than Gaga?

The government has unfairly taken

a whole population of wizards hostage.

That's right, wizards.

Wizards.

I know because I'm a wizard, too.

Alex?

Wizards?

Like, with magical powers?

No, no.

Wizards. Powers.

This is a prank, and you all fell for it.

You were like...

OK, it's time to go now.

You can all leave. Go.

No, it's true. It's true.

And those are my brothers. They're wizards, too.

And I'm a werewolf.

Alex, what are you doing?

I hope she doesn't tell them we have wands.

And we have wands.

If the government hadn't turned off my powers,

I'd be able to turn that pen you're holding into a snake.

My powers are back!

Oh, my gosh! And you all just saw I'm a wizard.

She is a wizard!

This is amazing. Wizardry exists!

Now, go spread the word, so that we can save the Wizard World.

Go on! Go.

Professor Crumbs?

Did you just...

What happened with the swirling and the reporters and...

You have gotta teach me that!

Alex Russo, you broke the ultimate wizard rule:

You exposed magic to the world.

Or rather, attempted to.

No, no, no, no. I...

I was trying to save you. You were trapped with all the others.

That whole secret government facility

was a creation of my fertile imagination.

What? So, you just made all of that up?

Who does that?

The boss man does.

It was a test. A test to see

if you were worthy of becoming a full wizard.

You failed miserably.

A test? Wow.

This wizard training thing has gotten a lot tougher since I did it.

So all those reporters weren't actually here?

Mere ions from my wand.

Although I am guilty of going gaga for Lady Gaga.

Wait. We got thrown in jail, escaped,

struggled home for 2,000 miles,

for a wizard test?

Oh, ho. You owe me a new pair of shoes, boss man.

Agreed.

Will these strappy sandals do?

Oh!

They're cute!

Alex, I'll see you in Wizard Court