A/N I DO NOT OWN ANYTHING! I ONLY OWN THIS PLOT! THANKS TO MY BETA ELENA RAIN! PLEASE CHECK OUT IM A SKYSCRAPER STORY "Will We Find a Home Justin" it's really amazing!
Time went by fast and soon enough the day arrived that they were going to meet their birth-mother.
Jerry and Justin were in the kitchen making some snacks to eat while they chat. Alex was pacing back and forth by the front door. Jerry chuckled. "Honey, you're going to put you a hole in the floor."
"I'll fix it." Alex muttered her eyes never leaving the door.
"Alex, are you nervous?" Justin asked.
"Who me? Nervous? No, not at all, why would I be nervous? Why would you even ask that?"
Justin chuckled and went over to her. He stepped in front of her and gently took her arms to stop her. "Relax, I'm nervous too but it's going to be fine."
"How do you know?"
She whispered so softly she knew nobody else would hear.
"Because, it's you and I. Plus, I don't know about you but I happen to think I'm a pretty cool guy." He said with a teasing smile. He had given her the perfect chance to tease him back, but it would make her smile so he did it.
She smiled back knowing what he had just did. "Um…well I'm very cool you're right about that. You on the other hand…well…have you met you?"
"There is the Alex Russo we know and love." He laughed poking her in the stomach.
She giggled and covered her stomach with her hands.
"We're going to be just fine. All right, trust me."
Alex nodded softly and smiled. "Thank you."
"You're welcome."
He turned and headed back over to the kitchen when the doorbell rang. Alex jumped a foot in the air. Jerry chuckled. She froze and didn't move.
"Alex, are you going to answer that?"
"Um…I…I don't know…should I?"
Jerry laughed and shook his head. He went over to the door as Justin went over to his sister and pulled her into him. She was shaking, mentally he was too.
A woman walked into the house. She had red hair was wearing a long brown dress with red decorative flowers on it. She had a very small amount of make-up.
Jerry closed the door and the woman stared at Alex and Justin.
"Oh, look at you. You're so grown up. How old are you two now?"
"Sixteen." Alex answered softly. She didn't know why but this woman scared her.
"Seventeen." Justin said.
"You're so grown up. I can't believe it, oh Justin you look so much like your father."
Justin smiled softly. "I'm sorry he's gone."
"I am too. But he didn't die in vain. He died protecting you two. If you remember anything about your father remember that."
"Why don't I have red hair like you?" Alex asked.
"You got more from your father; he had your hair too. Do you remember much of your father?"
Both of them shook their head. "Our memories were erased." Justin said.
"Both of you?"
Alex nodded.
"Oh that's so wonderful. So you don't remember anything from that night, Alex?"
"What night?"
"You wouldn't remember anything you saw from that night, oh that is wonderful!"
"What night?" Alex asked again. "What don't I remember?"
"We were trying to keep her from even knowing about it, Molly." Jerry sighed.
"Oh…I'm sorry."
"Now, one of you needs to tell me what happen! What don't I remember?" Alex asked.
"It was nothing, Honey. Don't worry about it, Alex."
"Dad, what happen to me, what aren't you telling me?"
"Nothing, forget it was mentioned."
"No, it is part of my past, its part of who I am, please tell me."
"You peed your pants." Molly blurted out.
Everyone looked to her confused. "We were at a friend's house and Justin started to tickle you and you laughed so hard you wet yourself Everyone laughed."
Alex looked at her like she had grown a second head. Why didn't she believe that story?
"Yes, that's right." Jerry nodded. "You were so embarrassed you never wanted to go back."
Alex knew they were lying but let it go…for now.
Everyone went into the living room and sat down on the couch. There was a lot of talking but not a lot of laughing or really enjoyment going on. Everything was very serious and about what would happen if Justin and Alex decided to back to London for a year. Neither of the adults mentioned that one thing Alex didn't remember again and it was starting to scare her. What had happen that was so awful they couldn't tell her about it?
"So um…if we come to stay with you…would it just be the three of us?" Justin asked.
"Oh no, I have a very big family."
"How? I thought our father was dead."
"He is."
"Then how do you have a big family?"
"Um…well…There is another man in the picture and we had seven children together, in fact I think Ginny and Ron are around your age."
"That isn't possible. The math doesn't add up. If we were the first born then we'd be the oldest unless…" Justin trialed off not speaking anymore.
"You had more children than just us." Alex finished for him. "Instead of grieving for us you just went and had more like a pair of shoes?"
"No it wasn't like that!"
"The only other reason is if you cheated on our real father and got pregnant by the other man."
"That isn't how it happen…"
"Then how did it happen?"
"Look, you and your sister were the only two to born with Robert Flynn. All my other children were born with Arthur Wesley, my current husband.
"What happen?" Justin growled out. "Did you cheat on our father or not?"
"No, at least not in the way you think."
"Did he…I mean was it…forced?" Alex asked fearing the answer.
"No, no, nothing like that. I know this may seem hard to believe but the two of you were supposed to be twins. I was pregnant with the two of you at the same time. But you were born a year apart. It was so strange."
"How did you get pregnant?" Justin asked more clearly. "Did you cheat on my father or were you forced into it?"
"It was magic. There was a very rare spell that could be cast upon a lady that would help her get pregnant. It wasn't official and still in a trial state but I was the first woman to have it done. Robert was my best friend and also the inventor so that's why I did it. He combined his genes with mine and well 9 months later Justin you were born. We spent at least another weeks waiting for Alex but you never came. So we waited another 9 months and you were born. There was no cheating or forcing involved."
"What about Arthur?" Alex asked.
"He accepted everything and we raised you two with the children Arthur and I had together as brother and sister even though you had different fathers."
"So what happen?" Justin asked. "It sounds like everything was perfect."
"It was, until Al…until it all went wrong." Molly covered.
"How?"
"Your father was murdered in cold blood by a dark, evil, Wizard named Lord Voldamort."
"That's why you gave us away; it was too dangerous for us to live there?" Justin asked.
Molly nodded. The two of you had almost been killed and your father stepped up to protect you. I didn't want him to get another chance."
"Was it painless?" Alex asked softly. "His death?"
"You really don't remember anything from that night, do you?" Molly asked.
Alex shook her head.
"Yes, it was painless." Molly lied.
The hard stuff was passed. Now they could talk about more of the fun stuff. There was actually laughing and joking, teasing. Yet, Alex couldn't help by wonder what they were hiding from her.
At around 7:00pm Molly stood. "Well, I need to get going. My flight leaves tomorrow. Are you two coming with me?"
Alex and Justin looked to each other and then to their father. Their mom didn't want to be there for meeting which they all understood so she took Max out for the day. They looked to Molly and shrugged.
"It's a big decision. You can't expect us to make it right here and now." Justin said. "Let us sleep on it and tomorrow we will have your answer."
"That sounds fair." Jerry said.
He walked Molly to the door who left. Once the door was closed Alex crossed her arms over her chest. "What are you hiding from me, what don't you want me to remember?"
"We already told you."
Alex shook her head. "I don't believe that. It had nothing to do with our birth-father, which is what started it. What does me wetting myself and my birth-father have anything to do with each other?"
"Uh…" Jerry was quiet for a moment before he answered. "He was the one who tickled you and so you were mad at him for embarrassing you." It was more of a question which Alex noticed.
"I thought Justin was the one who made me pee? That's what Molly said anyway."
"Uh…oh would you look at the time. I need to go pick up your mother."
Jerry quickly left the room. Alex sighed. She looked to Justin. "If you knew would you tell me?"
"Of course, I wonder if there is a spell that could give us our memories back."
Alex shrugged. "You're the nerd, you should know that."
Justin laughed and poked her stomach again. "Nerd huh? You have become quite the nerd yourself."
She giggled and just covered her stomach. "Justin, what are we going to do? I…I don't know why but…I just…I don't trust that woman and I don't feel safe leaving with her."
"You don't trust her because she is keeping a secret from you, but if you go with her we might be able to recover our memories. I think we should go, if not for meeting our real family, than at least so we can try and get our memories back."
Alex nodded. "You're right. I have to know what I don't remember. I need to know about my past…about our past."
Justin nodded. He pulled his sister into his arms and kissed the top of her head. "I promise, no matter where we are, or who we are with, or what the situation around us may be, I'll protect you always and for forever."
Alex hugged him closer and nodded against his chest. She was scared to death, she didn't know what it was but she knew whatever this secret was it wasn't good.
Alex suddenly found herself back at the resort she vacationed at with her family. Her parents were together laughing and giggling. Suddenly A dark clocked figure appeared. He went over to her parents. She didn't know who it was but she started to scream like she did.
"NO! STOP IT! GET AWAY FROM THEM! LEAVE THEM ALONE! NO!"
She went to run towards him but she couldn't move an inch. The cloaked figure pointed his wand at her parents and then there was a flash of green light and they both dropped the ground dead.
"NO! MOM! DAD! NO!"
She ran to them as they figure vanished. "MOM! DAD! WAKE UP! WAKE UP! WAKE UP PLEASE WAKE UP! NO!"
She shook their bodies as hard as she could but they didn't move.
"MOM! DAD! WAKE UP!"
Alex shot up in bed panting hard and looking around her dark bedroom. "MOM! DAD! MOM DAD!" she screamed.
Jerry and Theresa rushed into the bedroom flipping the light on.
"Honey, it's all right. You're safe it was just another nightmare." Jerry said.
Alex launched herself into her parents arms and cried hysterically shaking.
"Baby Girl, it's ok. It was a bad dream. Everything is ok, shhh, shhh." Jerry soothed. He and his wife rubbed her back as climbed back into her bed.
Justin walked in looking worried. "Another nightmare?"
His parents nodded. Justin went over to the bed and sat down.
"Do you want to talk about?" Jerry asked.
"I don't want to leave, tomorrow! I don't! Otherwise it's going to get you! I have to save you from it!" Alex screamed in tears.
"Save us from what?" Theresa asked.
"The green flash, the green flash is going to kill you both!"
Jerry and Theresa looked to each other, almost like they had heard of it before, but then looked to Alex.
"A green flash? Honey, that's not real. It was just a bad dream. I'm sure what you say was a flashing green Christmas light and your mother and I sleeping." Jerry said.
To Justin it sounded like another cover story.
Alex shook her head still crying hysterically. "I know what I saw and it wasn't a Christmas light, and you weren't sleeping!"
"Ok, Honey, Ok, just calm down. It was all a bad dream. It wasn't real." Jerry soothed.
Alex couldn't calm down. That nightmare has scared her to death. She cried herself back to sleep. Her parents laid her down and climbed off the bed. They left the room leaving Justin alone. Curious, Justin followed behind them quietly. Alex would be proud of his sneaking and ease dropping skills.
"I'm telling you it's that woman. Alex never had dreams about the green flash after we took away her memories, now that the woman is here; they're all coming back again."
That was his mother, what was he talking about? Alex had never mentioned these dreams before.
"But they are different, when she would wake up screaming about the flash of light as a baby it was Justin who got killed not us. She still doesn't remember what happen to her, it's not Molly's fault."
That was his father, what did he know about these dreams? Alex had, had, them before about him? Why?
"Jerry, they can't leave tomorrow. They'll only remember everything and they will never be the same. We have to protect them from remembering that!"
Justin sighed, his mother sounded hysterical.
"Theresa, maybe it's time they remember. Most of their memories are good ones. Alex is the only who has a truly bad memory that will traumatize her if she remembers it. Molly won't let that happen."
"What if she can't stop it, what if Alex remembers?"
"Justin will be there for her, just like he was there for her as a baby."
Now Justin was really confused. What happen to his sister to scare her so bad? When did he comfort her fears? Why didn't he remember anything about a green light? Justin sighed. He needed answers to these questions and there was only one place to get them.
He turned back around and went back into Alex's room. She was sleeping soundly. He smiled softly and went back into his bedroom. He was going to figure out what happen to Alex, and then he was going to help her get through it. He vowed to himself not to rest until he uncovered the truth, but how would he convince Alex to go with him?
The next morning Alex came downstairs for breakfast. Again her parents were making her favorite breakfast. She sat down at the counter.
"Ok, what's going on now? The last time you made my favorite breakfast you ended up telling me I was adopted. So what's the news? Did someone die?" she asked.
"No, no one died but…well your mother has something to tell you."
Theresa sighed. "Honey, I know I've been distant lately and kind of mean and rude. I was just scared of losing you. But I really think you should go with Molly for the year."
"Why?" Alex asked. "Why did you suddenly chance your mind?"
"Baby, I think if you go and learn about your past and where you came from the nightmare might finally stop and you can sleep peacefully again."
"I don't want to go." Alex shook her head.
"You won't be there alone. Justin will be with you and you know he'll take care of you."
Alex inhaled and exhaled a deeply. "Ok, I'll go. Mom can you…would you mind helping me pack?"
"Not at all, Sweetie."
Theresa smiled remembering how before they left for their trip she refused to let her mom help her pack. Together they went upstairs as Justin was coming down.
"She's coming?" Justin asked.
Jerry nodded. "But she's really scared. Now look I'm going to give you something and I only want it to be taken out in case of danger ok?"
Justin nodded. Jerry pulled out his wand. "I had Max help me. I put a spell on this wand so it can only do one spell."
"What's that?"
"If you are in danger or a situation where you're not comfortable just wave it in the air like you do with your wand to flash anywhere else. Only this specific spell will only take you back to our lair. But it's only in case of emergency."
"I understand, Dad. Thank you."
He took the wand and put it in his suitcase. "Also remember our door is always open you're welcome to come home at any time."
"Thanks Dad."
They shared a tight hug. Theresa and Alex came back downstairs with Alex's suitcase.
"Molly should be here soon. Are you both ready?"
Justin looked to Alex. She was physically ready, but he could tell she was nowhere near mentally ready. He went over to her and took her hand giving it a squeeze. "Yeah, we're both ready."
Just then the doorbell rang. Justin and Alex tensed.
After another round of goodbyes and lots of tears Alex and Justin were in the car on their way to their new home. They held each other tightly both scared to death of what was awaiting for them in London.
A/N so all the adults are keeping a secret from Alex. Anyone want to take a guess on what it might be. I'll tell you if you are. Leave me your thoughts in a review.
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