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As the hard knocks hit the wood of her dorm room door, Sophia once again hid her copy of the Forbidden Book of Spells, this time underneath a pile of dirty laundry she hadn't sent for cleaning yet. "One minute!" She screamed as Valentina's spell threw the door open.

"What part of one minute did you not understand?" Sophie asked. She ran over to the door to make sure the woodwork was not damaged. She sighed and brushed off the spot where the handle hit the wall.

"Oh...that..." Soph sighed as she heard her cousin ramble on about the previous events. She looked away from her cousin, who obviously was taken with strife about this, and continued one with her practicing.

"This isn't like, set in stone is it? Your Dad is fighting this right?" Val asked in a panic.

"He's trying the best he can." She flicked her wand and waved it up slightly. Without saying any spell she managed to take water out of the glass and make it levitate. As her wand moved up so did the water bubble. As her wand moved down, so did the water. She sighed again and stopped bobbing the water up and down. "Trust me, I wish it was a joke too, but when I heard the Chancellor speak to my dad, they both seemed really serious about this." Sophia glanced back at her cousin, the daughter of infamous Alex Russo, Wizard of the Year, defender of Earth and Magic, the true winner of the previous Russo Family Wizard Competition. There was much to be jealous about. Valentina grew up in both worlds, she knew street smarts and was naturally talented in the magic arts, she was beautiful and had a boyfriend to support her. What did Sophia have? A powerful dad? Even with that, following as the only child of Justin Russo was too much to live up to and too much to work for. She wished she could tell Valentina how much she wished they didn't have to compete with each other, to tell her how much she looked up to her and envied her. But she knew this was not the time. Becoming sentimental would only make her fearful that she wouldn't win. Thoughts like that are like plagues of the mind, ones that infect and spread and ensure one does not survive. Sophia had to survive and make her family, her dad, proud.

"But, Val, it's not just a one-way street here. We want this competition canceled, we all need to work towards changing their minds." She added. She twirled her wand and the water floated back down and into the glass on the desk. "Look, Uncle Max is bringing his kids up to the school soon, and I think Aunt Alex is coming too, right? Maybe if everyone sits down with the Wizard Council and we show them we are all worth full powers, they'll consider it." She smiled back. "Plus, We're Russos. If anyone was to be deemed the "Good at finding loopholes Champion", it would be us!"