Just Like Magic: A Suite Life/Waverly Place Crossover
Part 4:
Alex urges sarcastically, "uh huh. Slight chuckle. Well… Slight groan! I'm not that "easy"." She still feels a little dizzy from her fall. But, her eyes are still open. And, focused on that wand in Zack's hand.
She thinks uneasily to herself, "if I don't get my wand back soon…who knows what he'll do with it? Although… Slight nervous chuckle. Maybe I wouldn't mind "all that" much."
Keeping a calm face, Alex figures, "but…I'll give you a hundred bucks for that wand." Shrugging it off, Zack slightly chuckles, "oh, that's not really necessary. I'm a Magic Medieval Quest player myself."
He goes over and hands Alex back her wand then and there…much to her bittersweet surprise.
Zack thinks to himself, "though…that's "not all" I'm good at. Slight chuckle. Slight sigh. On the other hand… A guy doesn't often date someone just out of the hospital. Give it time, man. Give it time."
Alex slightly smiles, "really?" She pockets her wand into her jeans, under her hospital gown. Alex then clips off the hospital gown…tossing it over the bed without a second thought. Still standing there, Zack adds, "yeah. How's the head?"
Thinking back to Magic Medieval Quest, Alex figures nervously, "I'm fine. Really. Just...need a fresh set of clothes." She has one hand behind her head, and another on her wand. After a small pause, Alex adds, "and a shower wouldn't hurt either."
Zack catches on quick, "you sure don't sound it." Alex nervously looks around. She sighs heavily, "aww, well. Can you get me some water?"
Slightly puzzled, Zack lightly says, "ok. Wait here." Alex adds slyly, "sure." She's taking out her wand….just as Zack is heading out from the hospital room. Alex spell whispers, "freezus timeus." On the last syllable…she taps the wand on the white tiled wall above her. The entire room is taken into frozen time.
Zack continues down to a water cooler down the hall. He freezes, suddenly realizing just about everyone else looks frozen. Zack adds out loud, "o…k."
A smiling Cody is sitting in the waiting room. He looks as if he's about to say something. But, no words come out. His silver cell phone doesn't even make a sound. Yet, he's holding it up to his ear. And, the very familiar picture of CodyFan1 is easily seen on the screen. The nurses bringing in patients are running in. But…not by a inch in the frozen moment.
Zack gets out one of the brown lined paper cups, putting it under the water cooler's blue faucet. Then, he stops.
With a cheeky look, he thinks out loud, "ohh." He then shakes his head. He thinks to himself, "no, no. If this is the work of Demlins…it'll be hours before they wake up. There's plenty of time to prank Cody." Zack gets the water. He starts heading back to Alex's hospital room. Then, Zack slightly chuckles, "although…"
He puts down the cup for a second. Zack crumples up two paper cups over the cold water faucet. He remarks, "…I was never "actually" here." He picks up the cup of water and heads back…leaving a tight paper-mache like balloon behind.
Not long after, relatively speaking…
Zack comes in through the frozen open door. He stands there…struggling to find some words to even describe the fantasy before him. It's gotten quite dark…with two torches as the only light in the room. Zack could swear they weren't there before. Alex leans over the front of the bed, suggestively so. She's now in her jet black leather wear, gloves and all. Her gold ribbons of hair are shining in the torchlight…along with everything else that makes up her enchanter player character.
With a slight smile, Alex thinks to herself, "I've got him right where I want him. Slight chuckle. Guys are so easy. But, either way… Nervous sigh. I can use all the help I can get here."
Alex says softly, "are you ok? You look like a statue." Practically put on the spot, Zack uneasily says, "sorry. It's just… Umm… Well… I just didn't realize who you really are."
Alex is walking slowly towards him…like she's a lot older than she seems. Trying to hold that slight smile on her face, Alex thinks, "so far, so good. Slight groan. Dang it! Now I got to come up with a name."
She takes the water from him. Almost completely deadpan, Alex adds, "what? You've never seen a princess in leather before?" She drinks down the water, quite un-princess like.
Alex keeps thinking, "hmm… Ashley? No. Too modern-y. Idina? No. Too…obvious? Slight chuckle. I'm sure I'd see it coming."
Sounding a lot less nervous, Zack answers, "honestly? No. N…not that I mind, really. Slight chuckle. Like…wow."
In thought, Alex comments, "wow me. Slight nervous chuckle. He's not as easy as I thought. It's almost like talking to… Well, me."
Alex slightly pushes, "if you like me now…you should see my castle. Slight chuckle. I only know speaking modern teen fairly well. So…I'm guessing you are." She pauses to take a breath, from speaking so fast.
Zack remarks, "princess…you don't know the half of it. Slight chuckle. I'm guessing you're a quick study. I'm Zack, by the way." Alex pretends to be confused, "sorry. Slight chuckle. What way is that?" Zack slightly sighs, "oh, boy. Your way, of course."
Alex slightly smiles, "I like how that sounds…Zack. Do you know how I got here?" Zack lightly scoffs, "that's easy. You fell unconscious for some reason. And, I got help." Alex bends before him, "then thank you…for being my knight in shining armor." As she does…she notices a little round silver gift wrapped box. The name tag on it says Shana. And, Alex has a strong feeling a get well DJ mix cd is inside it: From a certain party from days ago.
All too cheerfully, Zack adds, "yeah. That's me. Slight sigh. Noble as they come. Come to think of it…" Still bent over, Alex quickly spell whispers, "bagais toais pocketais." The grab bag disappears into her pocket. Zack fails to notice…completely oblivious to much else but Alex.
He finishes his thought, "…what is your name?" Alex stands back up…still a little nervous in that very same thought. By now though, she quickly thinks of one, "Jessica Lovejoy…of the royal Lovejoys."
Zack manipulatively adds, "I'd certainly like to see more of you…and them. But, I got school coming up. Slight sigh. If only it were that simple." As princess Jessica, Alex chuckles hard, "oh…that's cute. Sigh. But…you want to know a secret?" Zack says, "do I ever."
Lying with a smile, Alex goes on, "I played up to be "honorably" accepted into the Lovejoy title." Zack adds, "sweet." What they don't hear is the paper-mache balloon bursting to pieces. Alex's hard chuckling has become a sudden enough movement for time to resume normality. The nurses barely get out of the way of the big puddle on the floor.
Alex slightly chuckles, "yeah. I never even wore a crown. So, I know when a player is trying to play... Did you hear something?" A ring is echoing from the hall. So have many footsteps been.
Zack adds, "yeah. Let's go." He picks up one of the torches and slightly opens the door. He hurls it into the puddle, which gives off a large blast of steam. Cody and the nurses outside the door stand back on reflex. Alex slightly chuckles to Zack, "not bad." She has already magically turned back on the lights.
But, Cody was reaching the door faster. And, Alex catches it first. To make matters worse… With Boston being fairly easy for police to patrol at night… Police sirens were already being faintly heard outside. Alex urges, "come on!" She and Zack run for the bathroom door nearby…closing it behind them. Zack looks kind of confused, "well, I hope y…" Alex whispers, "shush!" Seconds later…a fallen torch's fire triggers the sprinkler systems. Alex knocked it over on purpose, on the way to the bathroom.
From the other side of the bathroom door…Cody groans, "great! Now I got to dry my favorite shirt. Zack? Zack?!" Alex spell whispers, "returnium fastinium." Just seconds after…Cody opens the bathroom door. No Zack or Alex is to be seen, much to Cody's worry. Close to tears, Cody sighs heavily, "where did you go?"
In the never-ending midnight of Magic Medieval Quest…
Zack and Princess Jessica appear in a village of gold. Halfings are the reluctant workers…along with any random commoner tricked into staying in the ghostly inns. The greenish blue stardust ghost like women are the innkeepers…and watchers. But, they answer to a much more powerful lord. They all fear the giant gold dragon that towers over it all…even while he sleeps. Though, most recently…it's been developing a high reputation for secret dealings under the stars. At least…as far as the players are concerned.
Zack and Alex's screennames reappear above their heads. He turns to Alex uneasily, "you sure about this?" Alex slightly smiles, "yeah. Mr. Lightning Breath there won't give us trouble. Not unless there's…" She then notices several "most wanted" posters of herself: By Spelacor, and most every kingdom several days out. The reward is five million gold coins. Alex nervously chuckles, "heh. What are the odds?"
The gold dragon stirs from his light nap…just waiting for Alex to come back. Zack adds, "I don't know about you. But, I'd run." Alex figures, "right. See you there." They break into a run…as the gold dragon fires a lightning breath blast their way. The magically enchanted gold brick paths absorb the lightning into glowing light.
The workers quickly board up their gold houses and hide there. The last thing they want is to face the gold dragon's wrath. Over more lightning breath blasts, Zack calls out, "why? What's wrong?" Alex calls back, "I got to find Alexa before he does. Go!" Zack looks kind of confused, but doesn't question it. He just slightly nods.
He runs for cover, behind a gold trash barrel. It explodes into wood pieces shortly after. But, Zack keeps running out of the village. Alex is already running past two gold houses…ducking behind another. She sees Alexa across the street: Muzzled in gold chains by the gold dragon.
And the gold dragon is still waiting for Alex: Not even turning his attention to Zack. A saddened Alex comes out of hiding, "oh, come on! You really have to go this far for one measly reward?"
In a loud ringing voice, the gold dragon voices, "I adore little ones like you. Really, I do. But…I like gold more. Put down your wand and come quietly though…and I'll release her. No tricks."
In near disbelief, a teary eyed Alex scoffs, "you know? I can honestly say I hate you right about now." The gold dragon smirks, "your choice."
Around this time though…
Zack is casting something. He's up in a tree, which is not far from the village. Trying to keep all the letters straight, he casts, "Alexadus…Giantadus." In a flash of golden light…the gold chains snap off. Alex and the gold dragon cover their eyes.
And when they open them again…they see Alexa. Only now…her giant body is towering over half the village: Just by standing there. Looking to the gold dragon, a greatly relieved Alex slightly chuckles, "ohh…how I'm going to hate to be you." The gold dragon is mostly speechless…to think any being could stand up to a dragon alone. He furiously snorts puffs of thunder into the night.
Alex calls out to Alexa, "if you need me and my wand…just bark." Alexa slightly chuckles nervously, "ok: Leave me with the lightning breathing dragon." Alex adds encouragingly, "good luck."
Alexa faces the dragon, "I don't want to hurt you." The gold dragon mutters, "good. Makes it a lot easier to take you on." He charges for Alexa, lightning breath blasting at her.
Alex notices Zack up in the tree, "oh, boy. Slight uneasy chuckle. Next time…I'm going to get to rescue you. Like it or not." Zack comments, "slight chuckle. And oddly…I'm ok with that." He jumps back down.
Alexa rolls over, letting the dragon crash into several bursting aflame trees. The dragon gets stunned by its own lightning breath blast. Alexa uses her tail to fan out the flames. It also amazingly leads to knocking the dragon unconscious…by several trees flying out of the ground. Alexa breathes a sigh of relief, "that…was close. Can you change me back now?"
Alex slightly chuckles, "sure. Alexadin backdin mediudim." Alexa starts returning to medium sized. Zack looks to Alex, "you kind of left that part out."
Most everyone back in the village makes a break for it: With no gold dragon awake to intimidate them…and all the gold they can carry in their mostly gold lined sacks.
Fairly nervously, Alex points out, "there's a lot more parts left to tell: When we're far away from here." In quick realization, Zack says, "you're right. Let's go." He and Alex run straight through the clear center of the village…catching up with Alexa far out in the woods.