When ordinary teenage girl Kyra is caught in a magical tug of war between Imogen, a mischievous elf, and Lily, a conscientious fairy, she discovers an extraordinary world of magic that exists in secret all around and her life changes forever.
Kyra enters Maxwell's Magic School, where magical beings learn to keep the human world safe from magical outbreaks; Kyra has to prove herself to her suspicious classmates, while keeping her powers secret from others.
When Kyra's friend, Peter, witnesses Kyra doing magic, Lily tries to wipe his mind; the spell goes wrong, which results in Peter believing he's Shakespeare's Romeo in a play he's rehearsing for school and falling in love with Lily.
Lily and Imogen's class assignment to protect an enchanted mailbox goes wrong and a postman is transformed into a dog; Kyra must use her magical ability to talk to dogs to find the missing pooch before the change becomes permanent.
A dangerous suit of armor escapes from the Museum of Magic; despite Imogen's reservations, Kyra attempts to stop the armor's rampage.
While under the scrutiny of crack DMI Agent Orla, Kyra and her class members are tested on their ability to handle magical outbreaks; when Orla releases a magical force that endangers Peter, Kyra must choose between the two worlds she now inhabits.
Kyra is confused about her place in the magical world, so Lily transforms her into a fairy; tiny Kyra gets trapped in a girl's bedroom.
Kyra finds it difficult maintaining her double life; when the struggle begins to affect her basketball skills, Lily and Imogen use magic to help Kyra win.
Concerned by Peter's growing suspicion of magical events, Kyra and Darra investigate a mysterious house and are transported to a magical beach with no way back; Kyra experiences a strange new power, which may be their only way out.
After seeing suspicious CCTV footage, Peter follows Darra to Maxwell's Bookshop where he films Kyra disappearing through a wall; Maxwell and Sean realize that Kyra's new power can only have come from the fabled orb.
Peter forces Kyra to explain about magic, but then gets trapped in a magical storybook; Kyra releases objects from the library to divert Imogen and Darra while Ruksy helps Peter, but when Ruksy has to erase Peter's memory, she can't.
Kyra's Orb power transforms Maxwell into a guinea pig so Lily and Imogen help by participating in a tension-fraught sleepover with Kyra's increasingly suspicious friend Mathilda.
A basketball game causes Kyra's and Darra's attraction to grow. Ruksy, Imogen and Lily try to learn about Kyra's power and discover that Maxwell has been lying.
Maxwell reveals that Kyra's power came from the Orb hidden in the book that made her magical. A ancient artefact endangers Darra, and Kyra realises she is his only hope.
Sean's distrust of Kyra results in a lunch invitation, during which Kyra must be on her best behaviour. At the bookshop, Peter and Ruksy negotiate their relationship.
When the DMI student awards fall on the day Kyra's step-dad wants to take her camping, Kyra hopes she can attend and still make it home in time. Will she be able to make it?
Kyra is shocked to learn her Orb magic and memories of the magical world can be removed. Desperate to remember, Kyra gets Peter to make a film that will remind her of all that has happened.
Imogen hides out in Kyra's room while she, Kyra, Peter and Ruksy try to discover who stole the Orb. When Kyra senses the Orb is in use, she jumps to the Library.
Without magic or memory of the magical world, Kyra is unaware that Orla has taken over, intending to reveal magic to the humans. Kyra's magic begins to resurface.
As Maxwell and the class try to reclaim the Orb, Kyra's memory and magic return. Orla releases a artefact into River City, and only Kyra and her friends can help.
