When Alex got back to the Gryffindor common room, she immediately shoved herself down one of the couches in front of the fire, sulking. Seeing that Alex was obviously mad, Ron and Harry decided to try their best to cheer her up.

"Hey Alexa, would you come with us for a second? We want you to meet someone."

Alex looked up. She knew that she shouldn't have let Draco get to her. She decided that the best thing to do was to forget about him all together and try her best to cheer up.

"Sure, but who are we going to meet?"

Harry and Ron smiled at each other but said nothing.

"We can't tell you. You just have to come. Mione, Liza, you want to come too?"

Hermione looked at Ron curiously and when he mouthed something Alex couldn't see, her face lit up in a bright smile.

"Sure! I'd love too! Haven't been down there in ages. Liza you should come too."

Liza cast a glance at Alex who shrugged in reply.

As the group walked out of the common room Alex smiled to herself. She could get by without Draco.

******

Draco walked stiffly back to his dorms. Kissing Pansy just wasn't the same anymore. Especially not after kissing Alex. He sighed, laying back on his four poster. As he closed his eyes, he was greeted with the nightmare that had plagued so many of his nights not so long ago.

He was walking through a forest. All around him were the sounds of people crying out in pain. He started to run afraid of what was there in the wooded area with him. Even though he couldn't see it, he knew that there was something there. Something that was waiting for him to stumble so it could devour him. He ran and ran until he came to a clearing. In the clearing sat Alexa….or was it Alex? She was dressed in white robes and held a dead eagle in her arms. The blood from where the eagle's throat had been cut was dripping onto her robes, turning them a deep crimson. She didn't open her mouth, only looked at him yet Draco knew what she was saying. He had to return. He turned and ran until he was out of the woods. In front of him, at the edge of the woods, was a roaring blue fire and he could see Alexa/Alex dancing in it. She held out her hands for him to join her. He took them and stepped into the fire...

Draco woke up in a cold sweat, his hair all over his head. He needed to find Alex…

******

"Oh my God!"

As the door to the one room shack opened Alex found herself face to face with one very large man. He had a long beard and was wearing an enormous coat made of some kind of…skin.

Next to her, Eliza was also having trouble finding words. She too was staring up at the man as if he couldn't possibly be real. Taking no notice of Alex's comment, the giant simply laughed and welcomed them in.

"Hullo there 'Arry! I see you've brought some new friends. Rebeus 'Agrids the name. You?

Hagrid offered Alex his hand rather slowly.

"I'm…Alex…Alex Miller."

At Ron's gasp Alex realized her mistake. She looked to first to the horrified face of Hermione and then to Harry, whose mouth was set in a grim line. Finally she looked at Eliza who was just staring at her with an expressionless face.

Eliza shook her head as if she hadn't heard correctly.

"What did you just say?"

Alex cleared her throat nervously. She was becoming dizzy and the five pairs of eyes on her didn't help much.

"I…um…han er her over."

With that, Alex passed out on the wooden floor of Hagrid's hut.

******

As Draco ran through the halls of Hogwarts toward Dumbledore's office there was only one thing on his mind; finding Alex. He knew that if his dreams were back then so was Voldemort.

******

Alex woke to a cold breeze playing across her face. She slowly sat up only to realize that she was still extremely dizzy and was also lying on the grass outside. As everything came into focus she saw Harry, Ron, and Hermione a few feet away,  talking to a very distraught Hagrid and Eliza. Slowly she stood up walking over to them.

"What happened?"

Harry stopped talking and looked at Alex, a weird look crossing his face.

"Voldemort's back."

******

"JEG behøve du lord , i min tid av triumph"

As the dark-haired professor sat rocking on the floor, he could feel his right forearm burning. He couldn't help but smile, Voldemort was coming…and through that little bitch, Alexa; who didn't even know who she really was.

******

"So far, this is the only way we know how to stop him."

After being escorted back up to the castle, Alex was met at the door by a shaken Dumbledore and a worried looking Draco. Upon hearing about Alex's fainting spell; Dumbledore ushered all of them, including Hagrid, into his office and told them all he knew about the situation. He ended with sharing the only way he knew how to stop Alex from bringing out Voldemort. Harry had to kill her.

Alex, who had surprisingly taken the news well, began to ask questions. After the initial shock of Dumbledore's words Alex's stubbornness had set in. She just knew that somehow, someway, she could get herself out of the mess she was in.

"So Voldemort is going to literally come out of me?"

Dumbledore looked down at Alex through his half moon glasses.

"That I do not know. However I do know that for Voldemort to come to full power you would have to be a willing participant."

Alex nodded, her curiosity not yet satisfied.

"What happens if I'm not willing?"

This time the answer came from a much shaken Hermione.

"Voldemort can posses you for short periods of time. The only reason I know is because it happened to Alexa."

At the mention of Alexa, Draco shifted nervously in his chair. Alex was confused.

"How can I torn? I thought this was something that happened to only one person. Like they way Harry is the only one who has survived the wrath of Voldemort. I thought Alexa was the one who was torn?"

Alex looked to Draco, who looked away guiltily. She then threw a glance at Eliza who looked away angrily. After a few moments of silence Dumbledore stood.

"Obviously there is nothing more we can do to help the situation at this time, it's probably best if you all headed to your prospective common rooms. But Alex I think that it's best if you stay here with me. I can't risk putting my students in any more danger than they already are."

Alex nodded and watched the others as they trudged slowly out of Dumbledore's office, silently.

******

"Eliza wait!"

Eliza turned around to see Alex running towards her. She stopped and waited for the girl to catch up, telling Harry, Ron, and Hermione, to go on ahead without her. They cast a wary glance at each other before leaving Eliza alone in the hallway with Alex.

"Look Liza, I just wanted to tell you that I'm sorry for not telling you the truth about it me. It's just that I wasn't supposed to and I didn't really know what exactly was going on myself. I hope you can forgive me. Trust me, I truly am sorry."

Eliza exhaled and forced a smile.

"I forgive you. It's just I wish I had of know what was going on earlier. I realize that we haven't known each other long but, I already feel like we've known each other for ages! Now, it seems as though that friendship is going to go to ruins…and take you with it. The last thing I want for you is to die."

Alex stared hard at her friend. In her eyes she saw sorrow and couldn't help but start to tear up.

"I'm going to get myself out of this mess…I don't know how exactly I got pulled into it in the first place but oh well. I'm not going anywhere."

Eliza smiled through her tears and hugged Alex tightly. When they pulled away Alex laughed.

"To be perfectly honest, I don't know what the hell is going to happen and I'm scared shitless. I've decided to place all my trust in Dumbledore and simply hope for the best. But I've got to go now; I told the old git I'd be back in five minutes."

Alex quickly hugged Eliza and darted back off down in the hallway.

As Eliza watched Alex turned the corner, she smiled in spite of herself. She didn't know what was going to happen but she knew, somehow, that Alex would be alright. Her hope quickly turned to fright as she felt strong hands grab her around her waist and lift her from the ground.

******    

As Alex approached the gold statue of the phoenix, which hid the entrance to Dumbledore's office, she saw something move out of the corner of her eye. She whipped around fiercely; only to come face to face with her mother.

~BAPFORLIFE

Well, this chapter seems to be the worst yet. Sorry if you don't like it.