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~ "Avada Kedavra."
"NO." She screamed, lifting her sword and stopping right in front of Lucius.
She brought the sword down, making a clean cut, the same time as the bright green light hit her.
"That tickles." She told him as the green light enveloped her. "Bet yours didn't though, huh?"
Lucius face had broken into a grin until he realised that Alexa was still talking and that she had did something to him in return.
His grin stayed in place as Alexa watched with sick fascination as his head fell off the rest of his body and bounced to the ground rolling away. Then she watched as his body slumped to the ground.
Finally she was able to turn herself away as she turned to Draco, who was staring in awe.
"What?" She said.
"You're still standing." Draco whispered. "You were just hit by the killing curse and you're still standing. You're still alive."
Alexa looked down at herself, amazed. "Huh. Guess I am."
She crumpled to the ground. ~
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Alexa woke up in a cold sweat, terrified of the dream she just had. She had killed a human being but had felt nothing at the time. Felt nothing the past 6 months she was with Sirius. Now, it was coming back to haunt her and she felt overwhelmed with guilt.
Looking beside her, she saw her sister was still sleeping peacefully. A smile came to Alexa's lips. She didn't feel as empty now. Her sister was back with her.
She stood up, not wanting to leave her sister but wanting to get up and leave the room, so she went into the common room. If her sister woke up, she'd easily be able to find her.
She opened the door and gasped, startled by the sight of Draco sitting there. He turned and the two became locked in a staring contest.
"Shouldn't you be in class?" She finally spoke up.
He shrugged. "There are more important things to do."
"Like what?"
"Like waiting for you to wake up."
A smile came across her face. "Can you really see me? Am I really here?" She asked.
He nodded in wonderment, not quite believing it himself.
A soft giggle passed through her lips as she launched herself at him.
"God I missed you." He whispered into her hair, holding her close.
"Me too. I watched you all the time, I was always looking after you."
He briefly wondered if she knew his secret but if she did, she didn't mention it.
She gave him a small kiss.
"What was that for?" He asked with a smile.
"For loving me. Even when I was being stupid." She looked up seriously into his eyes. "I don't know if you believe this still but I do love you, with all my heart. I have since I first laid eyes on you and everyday after that. No matter how I acted or what had happened, I still loved you, I'm sorry for how stupid I was when it came to Dawn. I just couldn't bear the thought of losing you and when it seemed like a possibility, I wanted to burn you first. I'm sorry for not listening to an explanation, for just brushing you off. Everyday that I was gone and I had watched you, I regretted what had happened. Now that I was given another chance, I wanted to say it all to you, I'm so sorry and I love you."
Draco was silent as he stared at her, so many emotions passing through him. The rest of his sixth year, all through the summer, all he wanted to hear was those words, all he wanted to hear was her voice. It had seemed improbable, but now, by some miracle or by some prophecy, depending how you want to look at it, she was here, saying all those words, speaking to him.
"Say something." She whispered.
He didn't. instead, he grabbed her and pulled her into a bone crushing hug. Finally, he broke the silence.
"You can't even imagine how much I wanted to see you one last time, to hear you speak, to tell you that I love you. I missed you, it's been horrible without you."
Alexa's lips twisted into a sarcastic smile. "Right, you got it so bad. Cool new guardians, and a sister. My really cool owl, with the rest of my cool stuff. A neat place to live, able to travel wherever. Yup, real bad."
"Maybe I had all that but you weren't here and that's what I really wanted." He whispered.
Tears came to her eyes. "Remember that night before you returned to Hogwarts?" She asked suddenly.
He nodded.
"Remember how you were just lying in bed, staring at the wall?"
Again he nodded.
"I was there, beside you, watching you, pretending you were looking at me."
"I thought I was." He whispered back." It was you I kept seeing."
They leaned in and were soon caught up in a passionate kiss that soon left them both breathless but neither were ready to break apart. Before breathing became a major issue, someone else made the decision for them.
"Well isn't that a pretty Kodak moment."
They both silently groaned and reluctantly pulled away.
"Hi Kat." Alexa said, looking at her sister, her face bright red.
"Kodak moment?" Draco asked confused.
Alexa sighed. Draco had been living with more muggleness in his life but it was only natural that he didn't know a lot yet.
"You know, Kodak? The film and camera company?" Kat tried to explain.
Draco's confused face remained in place.
"Do they not have Kodak in the UK? I thought it was a world wide thing." At asked her sister.
Alexa let out a soft chuckle. "I don't know about the UK but in the wizarding world, they don't have Kodak. In fact they don't have a lot of the things you're used to. Kat there is something I need to tell you about."
Alexa's face became serious and Kat was quickly attentive, believing it to be important.
"Kat," Alexa began. "The wizarding world, well in case you haven't noticed, they don't have electricity."
All was silent, then.
"WHAT?" Kat screeched. "ARE YOU SERIOUS?"
Draco nodded in confirmation.
"No CD Players? No TV? No DVD's?"
"Nothing," Alexa replied. "It actually has a certain charm to it."
Kat snorted in disbelief. "Yeah right."
"I've lived like it my whole life. Wasn't introduced to anything Muggle until this summer." Draco told her.
Him and Alexa burst out laughing at the look on Kat's face.
"Come on." Alexa gasped. "We should go get Buffy and get your supplies. You coming?" She asked Draco.
He shrugged. "Why not?"
"You're not going to class?"
"I'm right behind Hermione academically, I think I can manage to miss a day."
Alexa stared in shock.
"What?"
"You said Hermione, not Granger."
"I thought you said you've been watching me, thought you knew things were different." Draco said, staring at her.
Alexa nodded. "Things are a little bit fuzzy still, I remember a lot of things but not everything."
"Are we going?" Kat impatiently asked. She picked up a pillow and threw it at the back of her head.
It didn't make it though as Alexa turned around and nabbed it out of the air, inches before hitting her.
"Cool." Kat said with a grin.
Alexa tossed it back and they left to get Buffy.
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"So this is a wizarding place that's equivalent to a mall?" Kat asked, staring around Diagon alley, amazed.
"Something like that." Alexa replied back. "But I have the same question that Draco had for me, didn't you know about this? I mean weren't you keeping small tabs on me or something?"
Kat looked away. "Like I said, Lex, I barely saw anything, I had no idea you were even a witch. Unless my mind is also fuzzy, I dunno."
Alexa looked at her for a moment, about to asked her something but was interrupted by Buffy.
"Okay, so wand first?"
They eagerly nodded as Buffy held the door open to Ollivanders and stepped inside.
"Just a moment please." A voice called from the back.
Kat looked around in awe at the many stacks of wands.
"This place is full of some crazy sh-"
"Good afternoon." Ollivander called coming out from the back. "In the middle of making a wand but I can't seem to find the proper core."
He stopped when he noticed the three students there.
"Hogwarts? But did school not start yesterday?"
"We have a new student." Buffy explained.
"Ah yes." He turned to the twins. "Ms. Conners has returned I see and with her, her twin." Ollivander peered at Kat.
"You can tell us apart?" She asked surprised.
"Wait, you can recgonize me?" Alexa asked. "I looked totally different last year."
"I thought your hair was cut later in the school year. Didn't you get your wand before that?" Kat asked
"It was dyed black when I was last here."
"Ms. Conners, both of you. I do indeed recgonize you, as I have been told your story." Ollivander explained. "As for telling you apart." He smiled. "It was a lucky guess. But how interesting it is that you have both returned, especially now when darker times are upon us."
"What do you mean?" Buffy questioned. "He who must not be Named, of course, darker times indeed."
Before Buffy could ask him anything more, he turned back to Alexa.
"Nine inch Willow with Slayer's blood and hair in the core, yes?"
Alexa nodded and pointed to Buffy.
"It is yours?" Ollivander asked her.
Buffy nodded.
"A pleasure to meet you, a pleasure indeed. It is not everyday you meet someone who has died and come back from the dead twice. Although, these two are no longer far behind you."
Buffy gave him a small tight smile.
"Now." He turned to peer at Kat. "We must find a wand for you, correct? Am I correct in believing that you are a Slayer as well?"
Kat nodded and Alexa spoke up.
"Whoa, hold on there, buddy. You didn't even know I was a Slayer."
"But I did, Ms. Conners, I knew very well but you didn't, did you?"
Alexa stepped back, grumbling about how everyone had known but her, so of course the wand guy would. Draco put a comforting arm around her.
"That is why your sister got that wand." Ollivander explained to Kat. "Now, no two wands are alike but I believe I have just found the core I need to the wand I am working on. You see, it is also nine inches and Willow. It is very interesting that I was working on it today."
He looked at Buffy who looked at him in surprise.
"You want more blood?" She asked.
"No, that would make the wands the same. But I can tell these two are very special, quite like two other Slayer's out there."
"Faith." Buffy whispered.
"The other Alpha Slayer. Is there any way... perhaps...?"
Buffy nodded silently.
Alexa nervously stepped forward. "Is that wise? I mean, Faith was all...evil at one point and I don't want this affecting Kat."
"Hey." Kat protested with a glare.
"Of course not." Ollivander answered. "The wand does not make you evil. You choose to make yourself evil. Just ask Harry Potter, or another good friend of yours." His eyes briefly rested on Draco who guiltily looked away.
"I'll get a hold of Faith and get her to stop by." Buffy spoke up, noticing Draco's discomfort.
"Yes, the wand should be ready then."
They paid for it and left the shop.
"Thanks a lot sis." Kat glared at her.
"Sorry." Alexa gave a sheepish smile. "I was just making sure, really don't want you going all dark and evilly."
Kat crossed her arms. "Well I might just have to now to spite you."
"What?" Buffy said a look of confusion on her face. "Did you just say what I think you said."
The twins both turned to her. "It's a joke." They both said.
"Ack, stop it, it's really giving me the major wiggins."
"Funny word." Kat said scrunching her nose. She turned to Draco. "Why was that weird guys staring at you when he was talking about evilness."
Draco looked away and shrugged.
"Draco's father was a death eater and expected Draco to go the same way. He even thought he was going to." Alexa gently explained as she grasped Draco's hand.
Inside Draco breathed a sigh of relief. Apparently, she didn't know or didn't remember that Lucius Malfoy was not his father. As long as neither asked the question he was dreading about his wand, he was safe. If they found out his core, any of them, they would shun him. It was certainly a dark wand, for that he was sure of. When he had purchased it, Ollivander looked scared. He had said no one was supposed to buy this wand. It was meant for someone special. He wondered if that guy ever figured out that he was that someone special.
"Draco? Sweetie? Kat's talking to you, are you okay?"
Draco shook himself out of his daze and stared at Alexa a moment before turning to Kat.
"What?"
"I asked you, what the core of your wand was."
Draco's heart plummeted.
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~ "Avada Kedavra."
"NO." She screamed, lifting her sword and stopping right in front of Lucius.
She brought the sword down, making a clean cut, the same time as the bright green light hit her.
"That tickles." She told him as the green light enveloped her. "Bet yours didn't though, huh?"
Lucius face had broken into a grin until he realised that Alexa was still talking and that she had did something to him in return.
His grin stayed in place as Alexa watched with sick fascination as his head fell off the rest of his body and bounced to the ground rolling away. Then she watched as his body slumped to the ground.
Finally she was able to turn herself away as she turned to Draco, who was staring in awe.
"What?" She said.
"You're still standing." Draco whispered. "You were just hit by the killing curse and you're still standing. You're still alive."
Alexa looked down at herself, amazed. "Huh. Guess I am."
She crumpled to the ground. ~
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Alexa woke up in a cold sweat, terrified of the dream she just had. She had killed a human being but had felt nothing at the time. Felt nothing the past 6 months she was with Sirius. Now, it was coming back to haunt her and she felt overwhelmed with guilt.
Looking beside her, she saw her sister was still sleeping peacefully. A smile came to Alexa's lips. She didn't feel as empty now. Her sister was back with her.
She stood up, not wanting to leave her sister but wanting to get up and leave the room, so she went into the common room. If her sister woke up, she'd easily be able to find her.
She opened the door and gasped, startled by the sight of Draco sitting there. He turned and the two became locked in a staring contest.
"Shouldn't you be in class?" She finally spoke up.
He shrugged. "There are more important things to do."
"Like what?"
"Like waiting for you to wake up."
A smile came across her face. "Can you really see me? Am I really here?" She asked.
He nodded in wonderment, not quite believing it himself.
A soft giggle passed through her lips as she launched herself at him.
"God I missed you." He whispered into her hair, holding her close.
"Me too. I watched you all the time, I was always looking after you."
He briefly wondered if she knew his secret but if she did, she didn't mention it.
She gave him a small kiss.
"What was that for?" He asked with a smile.
"For loving me. Even when I was being stupid." She looked up seriously into his eyes. "I don't know if you believe this still but I do love you, with all my heart. I have since I first laid eyes on you and everyday after that. No matter how I acted or what had happened, I still loved you, I'm sorry for how stupid I was when it came to Dawn. I just couldn't bear the thought of losing you and when it seemed like a possibility, I wanted to burn you first. I'm sorry for not listening to an explanation, for just brushing you off. Everyday that I was gone and I had watched you, I regretted what had happened. Now that I was given another chance, I wanted to say it all to you, I'm so sorry and I love you."
Draco was silent as he stared at her, so many emotions passing through him. The rest of his sixth year, all through the summer, all he wanted to hear was those words, all he wanted to hear was her voice. It had seemed improbable, but now, by some miracle or by some prophecy, depending how you want to look at it, she was here, saying all those words, speaking to him.
"Say something." She whispered.
He didn't. instead, he grabbed her and pulled her into a bone crushing hug. Finally, he broke the silence.
"You can't even imagine how much I wanted to see you one last time, to hear you speak, to tell you that I love you. I missed you, it's been horrible without you."
Alexa's lips twisted into a sarcastic smile. "Right, you got it so bad. Cool new guardians, and a sister. My really cool owl, with the rest of my cool stuff. A neat place to live, able to travel wherever. Yup, real bad."
"Maybe I had all that but you weren't here and that's what I really wanted." He whispered.
Tears came to her eyes. "Remember that night before you returned to Hogwarts?" She asked suddenly.
He nodded.
"Remember how you were just lying in bed, staring at the wall?"
Again he nodded.
"I was there, beside you, watching you, pretending you were looking at me."
"I thought I was." He whispered back." It was you I kept seeing."
They leaned in and were soon caught up in a passionate kiss that soon left them both breathless but neither were ready to break apart. Before breathing became a major issue, someone else made the decision for them.
"Well isn't that a pretty Kodak moment."
They both silently groaned and reluctantly pulled away.
"Hi Kat." Alexa said, looking at her sister, her face bright red.
"Kodak moment?" Draco asked confused.
Alexa sighed. Draco had been living with more muggleness in his life but it was only natural that he didn't know a lot yet.
"You know, Kodak? The film and camera company?" Kat tried to explain.
Draco's confused face remained in place.
"Do they not have Kodak in the UK? I thought it was a world wide thing." At asked her sister.
Alexa let out a soft chuckle. "I don't know about the UK but in the wizarding world, they don't have Kodak. In fact they don't have a lot of the things you're used to. Kat there is something I need to tell you about."
Alexa's face became serious and Kat was quickly attentive, believing it to be important.
"Kat," Alexa began. "The wizarding world, well in case you haven't noticed, they don't have electricity."
All was silent, then.
"WHAT?" Kat screeched. "ARE YOU SERIOUS?"
Draco nodded in confirmation.
"No CD Players? No TV? No DVD's?"
"Nothing," Alexa replied. "It actually has a certain charm to it."
Kat snorted in disbelief. "Yeah right."
"I've lived like it my whole life. Wasn't introduced to anything Muggle until this summer." Draco told her.
Him and Alexa burst out laughing at the look on Kat's face.
"Come on." Alexa gasped. "We should go get Buffy and get your supplies. You coming?" She asked Draco.
He shrugged. "Why not?"
"You're not going to class?"
"I'm right behind Hermione academically, I think I can manage to miss a day."
Alexa stared in shock.
"What?"
"You said Hermione, not Granger."
"I thought you said you've been watching me, thought you knew things were different." Draco said, staring at her.
Alexa nodded. "Things are a little bit fuzzy still, I remember a lot of things but not everything."
"Are we going?" Kat impatiently asked. She picked up a pillow and threw it at the back of her head.
It didn't make it though as Alexa turned around and nabbed it out of the air, inches before hitting her.
"Cool." Kat said with a grin.
Alexa tossed it back and they left to get Buffy.
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"So this is a wizarding place that's equivalent to a mall?" Kat asked, staring around Diagon alley, amazed.
"Something like that." Alexa replied back. "But I have the same question that Draco had for me, didn't you know about this? I mean weren't you keeping small tabs on me or something?"
Kat looked away. "Like I said, Lex, I barely saw anything, I had no idea you were even a witch. Unless my mind is also fuzzy, I dunno."
Alexa looked at her for a moment, about to asked her something but was interrupted by Buffy.
"Okay, so wand first?"
They eagerly nodded as Buffy held the door open to Ollivanders and stepped inside.
"Just a moment please." A voice called from the back.
Kat looked around in awe at the many stacks of wands.
"This place is full of some crazy sh-"
"Good afternoon." Ollivander called coming out from the back. "In the middle of making a wand but I can't seem to find the proper core."
He stopped when he noticed the three students there.
"Hogwarts? But did school not start yesterday?"
"We have a new student." Buffy explained.
"Ah yes." He turned to the twins. "Ms. Conners has returned I see and with her, her twin." Ollivander peered at Kat.
"You can tell us apart?" She asked surprised.
"Wait, you can recgonize me?" Alexa asked. "I looked totally different last year."
"I thought your hair was cut later in the school year. Didn't you get your wand before that?" Kat asked
"It was dyed black when I was last here."
"Ms. Conners, both of you. I do indeed recgonize you, as I have been told your story." Ollivander explained. "As for telling you apart." He smiled. "It was a lucky guess. But how interesting it is that you have both returned, especially now when darker times are upon us."
"What do you mean?" Buffy questioned. "He who must not be Named, of course, darker times indeed."
Before Buffy could ask him anything more, he turned back to Alexa.
"Nine inch Willow with Slayer's blood and hair in the core, yes?"
Alexa nodded and pointed to Buffy.
"It is yours?" Ollivander asked her.
Buffy nodded.
"A pleasure to meet you, a pleasure indeed. It is not everyday you meet someone who has died and come back from the dead twice. Although, these two are no longer far behind you."
Buffy gave him a small tight smile.
"Now." He turned to peer at Kat. "We must find a wand for you, correct? Am I correct in believing that you are a Slayer as well?"
Kat nodded and Alexa spoke up.
"Whoa, hold on there, buddy. You didn't even know I was a Slayer."
"But I did, Ms. Conners, I knew very well but you didn't, did you?"
Alexa stepped back, grumbling about how everyone had known but her, so of course the wand guy would. Draco put a comforting arm around her.
"That is why your sister got that wand." Ollivander explained to Kat. "Now, no two wands are alike but I believe I have just found the core I need to the wand I am working on. You see, it is also nine inches and Willow. It is very interesting that I was working on it today."
He looked at Buffy who looked at him in surprise.
"You want more blood?" She asked.
"No, that would make the wands the same. But I can tell these two are very special, quite like two other Slayer's out there."
"Faith." Buffy whispered.
"The other Alpha Slayer. Is there any way... perhaps...?"
Buffy nodded silently.
Alexa nervously stepped forward. "Is that wise? I mean, Faith was all...evil at one point and I don't want this affecting Kat."
"Hey." Kat protested with a glare.
"Of course not." Ollivander answered. "The wand does not make you evil. You choose to make yourself evil. Just ask Harry Potter, or another good friend of yours." His eyes briefly rested on Draco who guiltily looked away.
"I'll get a hold of Faith and get her to stop by." Buffy spoke up, noticing Draco's discomfort.
"Yes, the wand should be ready then."
They paid for it and left the shop.
"Thanks a lot sis." Kat glared at her.
"Sorry." Alexa gave a sheepish smile. "I was just making sure, really don't want you going all dark and evilly."
Kat crossed her arms. "Well I might just have to now to spite you."
"What?" Buffy said a look of confusion on her face. "Did you just say what I think you said."
The twins both turned to her. "It's a joke." They both said.
"Ack, stop it, it's really giving me the major wiggins."
"Funny word." Kat said scrunching her nose. She turned to Draco. "Why was that weird guys staring at you when he was talking about evilness."
Draco looked away and shrugged.
"Draco's father was a death eater and expected Draco to go the same way. He even thought he was going to." Alexa gently explained as she grasped Draco's hand.
Inside Draco breathed a sigh of relief. Apparently, she didn't know or didn't remember that Lucius Malfoy was not his father. As long as neither asked the question he was dreading about his wand, he was safe. If they found out his core, any of them, they would shun him. It was certainly a dark wand, for that he was sure of. When he had purchased it, Ollivander looked scared. He had said no one was supposed to buy this wand. It was meant for someone special. He wondered if that guy ever figured out that he was that someone special.
"Draco? Sweetie? Kat's talking to you, are you okay?"
Draco shook himself out of his daze and stared at Alexa a moment before turning to Kat.
"What?"
"I asked you, what the core of your wand was."
Draco's heart plummeted.
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