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Chapter 23
When Alexander got to his office and found his dinner he also found her eating it. [What can I do to get her without magic?] Alexander thinks. [Hmm. I got it. Do it like I did the first time around; though it might be a bit odder as I'm a teacher now instead of a student, but anything to get her back.]
"Oh. Were you going to eat this?" Rosalyn says in her most annoying voice.
"No. I was just going to stare at it." Alexander says playing along to give her a false sense of security. "I'll just leave you to yourself." He leaves.
{Come on. You know you don't really want to be this mean. You also know he will get you back no matter what.} Says the forceful yet soft and kind voice in Rosalyn's head.
[Oh shut up you bugger of a conscience.] Says the obnoxious side.
{Fine. Fine. You know this side is going to win though}
[Oh SHUT UP!!]
The next morning Alexander pulled the biggest stunt ever. He came in 30 minutes late to breakfast, wearing robes that shone and looked like they were made of phoenix tears. He then snapped his fingers and the lights went out except for two spotlights. Rosalyn had decided to eat at the staff table from now on to try to annoy Alexander. One of the spotlights was on him one was on Rosalyn whose eyes were wide in recognition. With another snap of his fingers music started and with it he started singing.
'Wise men say - Only fools rush in,
But I can't help falling in love with you.
Wise men say - Only fools rush in,
But I can't help falling in love with you.
Shall I stay - Would it be a sin,
If I can't help falling in love with you.
Like a river flows
Surely to the sea
Darling so it goes
Some things are meant to be
Take my hand - Take my whole life too,
For I can't help falling in love with you.
Like a river flows
Surely to the sea
Darling so it goes
Some things are meant to be
Take my hand - Take my whole life too,
For I can't help falling in love with you.
I can't help falling in love with you.
I can't help falling in love with you.
I can't help falling in love with you.
I can't help falling in love with you.'
During the singing Alexander had been slowly floating up to Rosalyn who appeared to be touched by this as though the old Rosalyn had been drawn out which was no doubt the intention. When Alexander reached her right at the end he planted her in a deep kiss which she seemed to enjoy for a minute then she snapped out of it and slapped him, but he smiled because he knew if she could be reached so easily with one old memory then he would surely get her back.
Over the next three weeks of October Rosalyn started trying to act like more of a Voldemort follower by using minor hexes and curses on students. This had a desired 'annoy Alexander' effect, but it got her locked up for a couple of days at a time; during which Alexander would try to win her back. He tried flowers, a dinner, music (not sung by him), and various other methods. He also continued his meal time antics which worked the best as they hit a familiar part of her memory.
The next time he tried a dinner time stunt it was just as Dumbledore said "Students may I have your attention." He had suddenly appeared in the phoenix tear robes and said a flower spell which made red roses come out and spell 'My Rose' before a pop turned it into a bouquet of roses. She took them and frist then shoved the thorns at him.
He tried a few serenades, though none were as extravagant as the first. It all seemed to be sinking in when she attacked a student with a severing curse and nearly cost him his arm.
[That's it!] Alexander thought. [I have to stop her now. I have to go to my last 2.]
On the evening before the Halloween feast, Alexander pulled his next to last resort. As Dumbledore stood to make his speech Alexander appeared in the robes, snapped his fingers, started a tune, and started singing an old number that worked once.
'It's hard
for me to say the things
I want to say sometimes
There's no one here but you and me
And that broken old street light
Lock the doors
We'll leave the world outside
All I've got to give to you
Are these five words when I
Thank you
for loving me
For being my eyes
When I couldn't see
For parting my lips
When I couldn't breathe
Thank you for loving me
Thank you for loving me
I never
knew I had a dream
Until that dream was you
When I look into your eyes
The sky's a different blue
Cross my heart
I wear no disguise
If I tried, you'd make believe
That you believed my lies
Thank you
for loving me
For being my eyes
When I couldn't see
For parting my lips
When I couldn't breathe
Thank you for loving me
You pick
me up when I fall down
You ring the bell before they count me out
If I was drowning you would part the sea
And risk your own life to rescue me
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Lock the
doors
We'll leave the world outside
All I've got to give to you
Are these five words when I
Thank you
for loving me
For being my eyes
Oh, when I couldn't see
For parting my lips
When I couldn't breathe
Thank you for loving me
Thank you for loving me
Thank you for loving me
Oh, for loving me'
He did like before and seemed to float up but unlike before he changed into a phoenix at the end and had a brilliant golden rose in his beak and he flew to the top of the ceiling and let the light glimmer off of it; before he finally flew down and dropped it in front of the clearly touched Rosalyn. He then changed back and kissed her very passionately. She responded positively at first but then spit in his face, reared back, and shoved him off of the high table to the students area. He looked pleased yet battered.
[Time for the inevitable Alexander. You got to use that song. It will reach her long enough to…] Alexander thought as he headed to his office to sleep.
The evening after Halloween Alexander put his plan in motion. He appeared in the great hall in what he called tuxedo robes and he set stuff up he waited as all the students filed in then Rosalyn came. He watched her from his position in the shadows. He had thought up a plan so ingenious it was bound to take her from the clutches of Voldemort.
Rosalyn could since Alexander near but couldn't tell where. Just before the feast she knew because a tune she knew from the two weeks between Alexander saving her and her recapture.
'I just want to tell you all the things you are
And all the things you mean to me
You've been with me forever
Through the changes in my life
Through all the tears and laughter'
{You know you can't fight this} the soft voice says to Rosalyn who is tearing.'When I find myself believing there's no place to go
When I feel the loneliness inside my heart'
[YES! It's working] Alexander thinks his eyes slightly moist as he makes his way to the huge light like an angel in the center of the hall with the other little angle lights flashing around except one which stays on Rosalyn.
'You're the answer to my prayers
And you're with me everywhere
You're my angel, miracle, you're all I need tonight
Give me shelter from the rain
You breathe life in me again
You're my angel, miracle, you're all I need to know, tonight'
Rosalyn looks at him steadily tears flowing silently down her cheeks.
{There, there girl. It's going to be ok now. Just give in. Fight the other side.}'Life is just a moment
We're blowing in the wind
We're trying to find a friend
And only time can tell us
If win or if we lose
And who will stand beside us'
Alexander's heart is practically flipping in his chest as he stops a step from the big spotlight angel. He prepares himself.
'When there's darkness all around me
You're the light I see
When I need someone to ease my troubled mind'
Rosalyn watches Alexander with a huge smile as he jumps into the center of the angel spotlight down on one knee on the word 'light'. He then reaches his hand up towards her one on his heart and sings out again…
'You're the answer to my prayers
And you're with me everywhere
You're my angel, miracle, you're all I need tonight
Give me shelter from the rain
You breathe life in me again
You're my angel, miracle, you're all I need to know, tonight'
[YES! BLOODY H-E-Double L YES!!] Alexander thinks as he falls on both knees tears of joy in his eyes. [I knew this would do it.]
'You're all I need tonight
All I need tonight
All I need tonight
You're my angel'
Rosalyn sees Alexander stand and lift his arms like a hug at her and then she feels something pop out on the word 'angel'. She starts to float up and down to Alexander's waiting arms. He held her a little back from himself and stared into her eyes, seeing Rosalyn he finished the song.
'You're the answer to my prayers
And you're with me everywhere
You're my angel, miracle, you're all I need tonight
Give me shelter from the rain
You breathe life in me again
You're my angel, my miracle, you're all I need to know, tonight'
Alexander then pulls her close into a deep kiss. He then sweeps her off of her feet and leaves the great hall to the applause and cheers of most girls and all of Gryffindor. Drake stood up and whistled as loud as he could effectively stopping Alexander and Rosalyn, and then clapped as the rest of Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, and Ravenclaw followed suit. Some Slytherin females stood but none of the males did.
Suddenly Falcore stood just as the applause was dying and people were ready to sit down and brought it to life again with a loud clap, clap. He was teary eyed. The whole of the staff table followed with Andre right after Falcore, Dumbledore after him, and so on.
When the applause finally died down Alexander put Rosalyn down a minute and gave a deep bow, but before he could straighten up properly he and Rosalyn were surrounded by Falcore, Andre, Drake, Harry, Ron, and Hermione.
"That was brilliant." Drake and Falcore say.
"Bloody brilliant." Ron and Andre say.
"Way to go." Harry and Hermione say.
"Thanks a lot but I have one more plan." Alexander says with a wink.
He scoops up Rosalyn and heads to his private quarters. When they get there he sets her down and opens the door revealing a scene like the café. A small table is in the middle of the room with a candle in the center. He snaps and the tune from just then plays with no words sung by him this time. They enjoy a beautiful dinner with everything they love, lobster, steak, ribs, everything they could eat then just as they finish the music gets quieter and Alexander goes down on one knee producing a ring from his robes.
"Rosalyn, would you do me the honor of marrying me and making me the luckiest, happiest man alive?" Alexander says.
"But of course Alexander." Rosalyn says as Alexander pulls her into a kiss.
"Can we do something tomorrow?" Alexander asks.
"What?" Rosalyn asks.
"How about we visit Andre and Falcore?" Alexander asks.
"Sure." She says.
The next morning Alexander and Rosalyn went to see Falcore and Andre.
"Did Remus leave the you-know when he and Sirius left?" Alexander asks.
"Yes he did." Andre says.
"Pull it out then." Alexander says.
Falcore does just that.
[Here it goes.] Alexander thinks. [I'd better not come out as a snake face.]
The amulet mold flashes white and he says, with his wand in the mold, "Alma" as Rosalyn says, with her wand in the other side, "Alma tu y mia."
The mold flashes red as it starts to fill and they both state, hopefully at the exact same time, "Alma Purgo Scelus Sceleris."
A flash of green comes from the machine signaling it is finished. Alexander and Rosalyn grab their half of the amulet as the others leave. They put it on and...
"Why do we have to be out here?" Andre asks.
"Alexander wished it." Falcore says. "And after all this my buddy can have whatever he wants like that from me."
"Done." Comes a voice from inside.
Alexander squinted his eyes as they rolled back in his head. He wanted to move his arms up to his head which is in more pain than it ever has been but he can't.
His eyes finally unroll and he discovers his hands have come up to cover them.
"Done." He calls out in a slightly odd tone keeping his hands up.
"Who was that?" Andre says.
"Alexander." Falcore says. "He said he'd say 'Done' didn't he?"
"Oh yeah… but… he sounded… well… not quite like himself." Andre says.
"I know." Falcore says in a quiet anxious voice as he opens the door…
[What? Anything Happen?] Rosalyn thinks.
[What's up with my voice? Hmm. I have no idea. Seems deeper, yet not; spot on, but just off, maybe I should have researched this thing before I did it.] Alexander thinks waiting for a creak.
Falcore and Andre enter and suddenly recoil out the door and it slams shut.
"WHAT IN THE H-E-DOUBLE L…?" Andre exclaims.
"I guess Alexander thought he was done and the amulet had different plans. I studied up about the amulet. (Andre rolls his eyes and mutters 'duh') It must be re-fighting the battle for them; winning both souls for one side. They must have done it right. It won't stop until they are either both good or bad, preferably good. After all it is a purging spell. Their voices will also seem different. They will be the same yet less… um… how to put it… worn I guess. Their voices will be smoother… more velvety I suppose… no lisps or anything wrong in their voice… their grammar will remain as bad as ever it was though. I guess we will have to wait a little while longer."
[Hmm. I think my voice has lost its slight gruff-ness.] *BANG* [WHA…?!?! Was that the door?] Alexander thinks.
"AAAHHHH!" Alexander yells as the pain comes back to his head but just as suddenly leaves. He opens his eyes as there is a force which makes them shut again.
His mouth opens of its own accord and "Done" comes out.
Falcore and Andre open the door and walk in. Falcore seems to squint his eyes as though scared the truth of the matter will be they have turned snake faced.
Andre walks in looking around because something seems different.
[What's different about this room? Is it glowing? Cleaner maybe? Hmm…] Alexander thinks.
Falcore sniffs the air. [Hmm. Smells like Spring or something.]
Everyone finally locks eyes and discovers one more change caused by the amulet.
"Your eyes… they're… well…" Andre starts.
[Oh no.] Alexander and Rosalyn think.
"They're… like… don't think anything bad… golden maybe lighter, but gold." Falcore says sensing the dread.
"HA! HA!" Alexander yells jumping up and down grabbing Rosalyn. "WHOO!"
Rosalyn looks a little confused and overwhelmed, staring at Alexander as though he is crazy and a little to rough. "Stop please." She says to him and he sets her down startled.
"What's wrong Rose?" Alexander says.
"Well… it's just that… I'm… well…"Rosalyn trails off and whispers something in his ear.
"You are?" Alexander says. "Really?" She nods. He smiles and almost goes to twirl her again but thinks better of it.
"What?" Falcore and Andre say.
"You'll know soon enough." Alexander and Rosalyn say.
[Hmmm. Depression is a pain… so is guilt…] Drake thinks walking to the Gryffindor Common Room rubbing his head, [Glad Poppy let me out of there tonight.]
He gets to the Common Room and the conversations stop for a second as people stare at him like he's a ghost or something. [What the…?]
Everyone starts whispering to themselves and pointing at him. [What's up with them? They're acting like I'm psycho, or like I tried to kill someone else… OH NO!] His eyes sort of get wide and he walks up the stairs to his dorm and his bed and settles down.
He's leaning against the wall near the window staring out over the grounds about 30 minutes later and Harry and Ron plop down beside him.
"What's wrong Drake?" Harry asks.
"Didn't you see them?" Drake says. "They looked at me like I'm a ghost or something to avoid."
"Oh that…" Harry says.
"Well, Dean and Seamus sort of exaggerated a good deal… They think you did that just to hurt them or something… they also think you (mumbles incoherently)." Ron says.
"What was that?" Drake says.
"They think you tried to hurt one of us for no reason also…" Harry says.
Drake puts his head in hands drawing his knees up. "Let me be alone for now."
Harry and Ron hesitate.
"Please!" Drake whispers with an edge to his voice.
They get up and go to their beds.
Drake sits there, leans his head back against the wall, and stretches out between the window-way (Like a doorway) and ends up falling asleep.