"Doctor!"
He kept on walking.
"DOCTOR WAIT!" Alexandria ran up towards him and placed her hand on his shoulder. He stopped in his tracks and Alex removed her hand from his body.
Whispering, she continued, "I know this places you in a bad position."
"It is very much like that, Alexandria." He said, turning and facing her.
"Yes Doctor." Alex said, "But hear me out! You are THE Doctor. You help those in need throughout the universe whether they know they need your help or not. I can feel your hesitation, and believe me the last thing I want to do is resurrect old feelings or get you in trouble with River, but this is bigger than me. This is bigger than our relationship or lack thereof. This is bigger than anything I've ever known."
"Stop pleading" The Doctor spoke, "I cannot help you."
He turned his back on her once more.
"A whole species is in danger!" Alex yelled as he continued to walk away, "The entire wizarding race is about to be destroyed! You better than anyone in this universe knows what it's like to the last of its kind!"
He froze, just as he had reached the door to the blue police box.
"You know I cannot and will not die. If he destroys my world, I will destroy him, and you know that I will be the last one left!" She added, "And I don't want to be!"
Silence filled the room as Alex waited for him to respond.
"And you shouldn't have to be." He stated, shortly. He turned around in one swift kick and waltzed over to Alex, embracing her in a hug.
The Doctor added as he moved his arms away from her back and onto the sides of her shoulders in comfort, "It's a lonely life, but I shall make sure you never know of it Alex."
Alex's smile perched on her face. The Doctor made his way back around again to the door of the TARDIS.
"Well, come on!" The Doctor ordered, ushering Alex into the TARDIS.
Landing with a thud, in what seemed like only moments later; Alex and The Doctor found themselves stepping out of the TARDIS, in a place of mossy grass. Taking her first steps onto the grounds, Alexandria could make out Hogwarts and its very distinctive brick walls.
As the Doctor adjusted his bowtie, Alexandria frantically looked around for any sign of life.
"Can you see the castle?" She asked.
"I'm a Time Lord. I can see nearly everything. That spell is for humans only." The Doctor explained.
"Muggles only" Alex corrected.
"Yes, well whatever it is that you call them." The Doctor scoffed.
Pulling at a piece of parchment in her back pocket, Alex recalled her memories, trying to remember what her next move needed to be.
"Mischief Managed" Alex spoke towards the paper, running her wand across it.
It unfolded and gathers of footprints and names could be seen in mass clumps running around the castle. Looking up from the paper, she slit her eyes to nearly a close. Suddenly, she broke out into a run across the muddy grass towards a rather large looking hill; her feet sinking in with every step. The Doctor hopped along behind her.
"There!" Alex yelled when she came to a halt, as a small group of students of two or three crossed around the top of the hill, their shadows inducting their silhouettes.
Racing across the lawn, Alex and the Doctor followed the group.
"What exactly are we doing?" he asked.
"You'll see!" Alex said.
The group had stopped near the entrance of the castle. As they approached them, Alex recognized them immediately.
"Harry!" Alex screamed. A black haired boy, turned from what looked like a frantic conversation that he was just having and turned toward Alex and the Doctor before running at them.
"Alex!" Harry yelled, picking her up in a hug "You're safe"
As he put her down, Harry made eye contact with the Doctor.
"Doctor, this is—" Alex began.
"Harry Potter." The Doctor whispered.
"You—you know my name?" Harry gazed.
"Your name is very famous Harry Potter." The Doctor explained, "Even to Time Lords like me. Here your name may be on the lips of everyone, but in the universe your name runs across history like a pattern that will and can never be stopped."
"What do you mean Doctor?" Alex asked.
"Harry Potter is not only one of the greatest wizards the world has ever known." The Doctor gapped, taking a walk around Harry. Harry's eyes shifted in discomfort. "He is one of the greatest warriors the universe has ever had."
"This is your choice in help, Alex?" Ron piped up.
Ignoring Ron, the Doctor extended his hand towards Harry, "Hello, I'm the Doctor."
Reaching up and meeting his grasp, Harry nodded.
"We know who you are." Hermione spoke out, "How could we not."
"Not everyone does young lady." The Doctor said, shifting his eye sight from Harry to Hermione.
"Name's Hermione Granger." Hermione told, extending her hand to the Doctor, "This is Ronald Weasley."
The Doctor took her hand, "Nice to meet you Hermione, Ronald."
"It's actually Ron!" Ron tried, but the Doctor had turned away already and had pulled out his screwdriver, buzzing it in the air around him and then examining it; the green light shining from its tip.
"What is that?" Ron asked in amazement.
"It's complicated." The Doctor said closing the screwdriver and putting it back inside his jacket pocket.
"But if I had to explain, I would say it's a bit like these wands you've got." He added, pulling Alex's wand out of her back pocket and examining it.
Alexandria took it out of his grasp with a glare and stuck it back in her pocket.
"Right then, what's your plan Harry?" the Doctor asked.
"To find the next horcrux" Harry panted.
"Well then what are you doing still standing atop this hill?" The Doctor asked.
"Waiting for you to tell me your plan" Harry shot back.
"I need to assess the situation first" the Doctor lingered, peering around him, taking it all in, "before I can lay out a proper plan."
"Well let's see, there is a homicidal wizard with a large following trying to break into a school full of kids and plans to kill every single one of them until he gets to me!" Harry yelled.
"Which I presume the wizard is Voldemort and you Harry are in fear for your life?" The Doctor questioned.
"How do you—?" Alex asked.
"I've heard the tale before."
"The tale, sir?" Hermione buggered in.
"No need to be formal" The Doctor joked, "and yes, in the future, this will be but a tale to many."
"But right now it is my reality, our reality." Harry frantically spoke, "What do we do?"
"Do what you planned to do before I ever arrived." The Doctor ordered, "Alex and I will venture through the castle to find a solution to your problem."
"My problem?" Harry questioned.
"Nevermind that, you must go" The Doctor urged.
Suddenly, a loud crash of noise could be heard above them all. As though instinctively, the Doctor jumped and placed his body around Alex's who had crouched down in fear. Mirroring the Doctor, Ron placed his arms around the also crouching Hermione. Harry, who bent in fear as well, was the first in the group to look up.
A covering was being placed around the outside of the castle. The forming of the spells could be seen making the shape of a dome around the grounds. Slowly, they each began to get up. Alex was looking at the Doctor as she did so, but he was avoiding her line of sight.
"They're protecting it" Hermione whispered. In the distance, bolts of lights could be seen shooting up into the air from the castle entrances.
"Never thought I'd see the day Hogwarts needed to be protected." Ron whispered too, gazing up into the air as everyone else was.
"It's not so safe anymore." Alex whispered as well, peering into the sky.
"We don't have much time" Harry said in a normal tone of voice.
"Very well then, go quickly now." The Doctor ushered Harry, Ron, and Hermione away with a clap of his hands.
As they ran off, the Doctor turned back to Alexandria.
"I need you to do one thing and one thing only, you understand me?" The Doctor said seriously.
Alexandria nodded her head in a quick motion.
He continued just as seriously, "You need to do every single thing I say from this point on."
"Okay." She agreed quietly.
"Good." He smiled, "Trust me; we're gunna get through this."
"And everyone else?" Alex inquired.
"I'm working on that." The Doctor said as he walked away, screwdriver in hand, towards the castle.
Alex followed suit into Hogwarts only to find hundreds of kids running about frantically securing the castle, their friends, and themselves. Without thinking, she reached out and grabbed the Doctor's hand, which had been just hanging by his side. Reacting to her touch, he looked down at their hands which were simply just clasped together. He then looked up to see Alex's face with fear running across it and adjusted his hand within hers to intertwine their fingers.
Pulling her along, the Doctor waved his green-lit screwdriver around in the air. After a few beeps, he would examine the device and then drag Alex down a different a passageway.
"Oh!" he spoke to himself.
"Oh?" Alex questioned.
"Come." He ordered, dragging her once more. "Where does this lead to?"
"Gryffindor Tower"
"We need to get in there!" He yelped.
"What?" Alex asked.
"We need privacy." He stated, leading Alex up the stairs.
"Why?"
"There's something important you need to know." He said, leaving Alex in awe.
Before she knew it, she was giving the Fat Lady the password and leading the Doctor up to one of the empty dorms in Gryffindor Tower.