Since Alex didn't have any girl clothes, he had to use his magic to make some that he thought would fit Alexia. As he set the clean clothes in front on the bathroom door, he heard a gasp of shock from the other side.

"Alexia," Alex called. "Are you okay?"

"I-I'm fine, Alex," she stuttered. "I'll be out in a m-moment!"

"Okay…" He replied. Alex walked into the kitchen, and sat on one of the counters, unsure of what he should do next.

"Alex?" Alexia whispered from the hallway. "Could you come here for a moment?"

"Be right there," Alex said, hopping off the counter. He turned, and saw Alexia poking her head around the corner. "Do you need something?"

Alexia frowned a bit, and then shook her head. "I just need to show you something. It's weird, and almost impossible, but I thought I should show you." Alex walked after her as she went back to the bathroom. "Look," Alexia said, pointing at the small mirror that hung above the sink. "Do you see what I mean?"

"What the-" Alex gasped. "I haven't looked in a mirror for a long time, but I think I would have noticed this!"

"That's what I thought. Until I looked, I had no idea of what I looked like." She took a deep breath. "I couldn't help but comparing our faces, and… if we were of the same gender, we would look identical." She was right, they did look almost identical. Their sandy blonde hair was the same shade, though Alexia's was longer. Their noses had the same shape, as did their lips, eyes, and ears. Their faces also had the same basic shape, with high cheek bones and foreheads, but Alexia's was a bit more teardrop shaped then Alex's. As Alex stood there, looking into that mirror, he realized that he could hardly call Alexia a girl. She was only a few inches shorter than him, and at least as old as he was, if not older, which made her around 17 years old.

The only thing that didn't look the same was the color of their eyes. Alex's were a blue-green with flecks of silver in them, but Alexia's were a deep cobalt blue with flecks of gold. Alexia looked her eyes with Alex's in the mirror. "Are you sure you don't know who I am?"

"I swear." Alex said. "I haven't seen you ever before in my life. I'm sorry Alexia, but it's the truth."

"I understand," she sighed. "It's late, and I think I'll go to bed. Good night Alex and thank you for your kindness."

Alex wasn't able to sleep that night. He was too busy thinking about Alexia. Why was he the one to find her? Why did she look almost exactly like him? Why couldn't she remember anything of her past? And, most importantly, what would he do when he had to go after Whalen? With these thoughts tumbling around in his head, he stayed up until dawn, unable to close his eyes.

Unfortunately, only an hour later, Alex was awoken by a loud dinging noise coming from the foot of the bed. He sat up, rubbing his blurry eyes, and saw a bright yellow, bowling-pin shaped creature standing on its single leg on top one of the bedposts. It was a bottle-necked geeb, a magical messenger that can travel throughout the know lands. Whalen must have sent it, and now Alex had to find a way to somehow care for Alexia until he could get back. Alex flopped back down on the bed and threw an arm over his face. Why couldn't anything be easy for him? The geeb climbed onto his chest and started hopping up and down insistently.

"Okay," Alex sighed. "Give me the message." The geeb spat the letter out, and Alex paid id, but it didn't leave. "Do you need a reply?" Alex asked it. It went ding! and Alex went over to his desk to write a reply after he read what Whalen sent. He tore open the envelope, and read this;

Dear Alex,

It is time for you to come. Gather a company of seven people, excluding you, and make sure that at least one of them is a woman. You probably have a lot of questions, but your reply has to only say whether you received this letter or not. I will explain what I can when you arrive at Chantas, in the south Sundar. You have one week to find your traveling companions, and two more to get where you need to be. I will await your arrival.

Yours in fellowship,

Whalen

Alex hastily scribbled a reply, and then sent the geeb off back to Whalen. He could hear Alexia yawn as she woke up, and he thought silently to himself, at least one woman? Maybe he didn't have to leave her behind after all…

Alex wrote six copies of the same letter, and used a geeb to get them where they needed to go. This could work out.