Just Like Magic: A Suite Life/Waverly Place Crossover

Part 7:

Out from darkness…

The rim of Deiselle's crystal ball dissolves into six mystical orbs. Reflected from within are blurry faces…and accompanying dark red flame spelled numbers.

A 1 is next to WhoistheMasterNow's and his Wrymling Colbane's cold faces. A 2 is around Rock Heeled Princess's, StrawberryPrincess312's, and StrawberryPrincess312's cougar like cat Mian's calm faces. A 3 is around Alex's and Zack's shaken faces.

And lastly…a 4 is next to the face of a blowing off steam ZapperWitch23. Echoes of crashes pierce through the blurs. She keeps shouting, "I didn't…! I didn't…! Sniffle! RoadWiz to blame. RoadWiz…to blame! Sniffle!"

Elsewhere, out across Boston's television sets…

A windy darkness. Cold blue Neon signs of Mickey Mouse built over words like God, Indie filmmaking…and Mister Freebie. Out from the shadows of night, a fairly high toned awkward voice says, "remember when I said that things were finally going my way? Sigh. Me either."

Two young women in flashy blue and green walk down the city streets: Two…mysteriously quite identical women. One has long curly blond hair. The other has long curly black hair. Drops fall. Out of the blue, a voice announces, "Lizzie McGuire 2: The Lizzie McGuire Washout."

A giant wooden bucket of water pours down upon the streets…washing all the color away all about. The two young women Lizzie and Isabella are swept by the current, struggling to fight against it.

The trailer finishes, "rated PG for self parodying humor that may or may not be attributed to us. Coming in theaters January 2008."

The channel swiftly changes to a mostly blue boxy Mickey Mouse like logo, "and we're back: With The Best of One World, followed by Fowl Wars and Howard the Galactic Guardian."

Back into darkness, with Zack and Alex…

The darkness gives way to fire. Fire crackles in a ruby fireplace. Carved from within is the red painted word Treasure. The only dim lighting about. Doors every which way are ocean blue, with small burned away tree branches holding them up. From high up, they twistedly spell out the words "river hell". Sitting before the fire is the barely made out figures of Alex and Zack.

A long silence passes over. Not even turning to face anyone, Alex asks, "you ok?"

A teary eyed Zack thinks out loud, "sigh. No. Yes. Well…sort of. I mean…we aren't going to die. Are we?"

A worried Alex faces him, "no. Sniffle. No. Please…don't even think that." They hold each other close…for what seems like forever.

Alex pulls away, "we... Heavy sigh. We just need to remember that all of this is still just a game. Ok, yes: A game with seriously twisted magic at play. But…still just a game." Thinking back to Alexa and the taken out other players, Zack voices, "thanks."

Kind of guilty sounding, Alex says, "slight nervous chuckle. Least I could do. I almost got you shattered."

Zack slightly scoffs confidently, "not exactly. Least you would put "my pieces" back together." Alex suggests, "slight chuckle. Are you always this good, Zack?"

Zack slightly smiles, "with the ladies? Slight chuckle. You're talking to a master. Umm…not that I…"

Alex looks back into the fire, "yeah, ok. I get it." Zack checks uncertainly, "you sure you're all right?"

Flashes of a flooded hallway go by, with a black rimmed dark purple bulletin board and a mess of pale book pages in its depths. Bringing herself back to the present, Alex says, "honestly…only sometimes."

Uneasily, Zack concludes, "it is me. Isn't it?"

Alex insists openly, "ohh, no: Not at all. Moderate sigh. I just… I might as well tell you the truth." Zack replies, "umm…ok."

Nervously, Alex catches up with herself, "wait. Slight sigh. This isn't easy for me. Before I start…please know that you're still my knight in shining armor. Everything else has been true. I just…don't know if you can look at me the same: Again. Sigh! You know what I mean." She lies down, looking up at him.

Zack guesses, "wait. Don't tell me: You're a modern wizard, and not living in Magic Medieval Quest."

Kind of speechless, Alex says, "wow. Slight chuckle. Oh yeah. And…how did you know?"

Zack lies back a little, a smirk on his face. He answers, "that whole "speaking modern teen" act? Slight chuckle. That was classic. But, as a "modern teen" myself…I knew you knew a lot more than just "fairly well". Even when you suggested it."

Alex chuckles hard on the dark floor, alongside Zack. Zack has his hands behind his head, slightly chuckling himself. Alex catches her breath. She turns to her partner in magic, "slight sigh. Dang it. I give up: Slight chuckle. Thou art more the bomb than me."

Incredulously amazed by what he's hearing, Zack adds, "are you kidding?! You're sneaky, deceitful, underhanded… Slight chuckle. All I want to know is: Where have you been all my life?"

A smiling Alex turns herself around, finding herself right beside him. She lightly implies, "hold that thought." Enthusiastically, Alex spell casts, "trueart formart beart meart!" Her jet black battle wear and gold ribbons vanish in a flash of light. And in their place…is the real her: With the red and blue swirled butterfly T-shirt, her slightly curly hair, her jet black boots, and the dark red journal at her side.

Almost embarrassed, she says, "right here. I'm just sorry it took this long for me to see myself in the mirror. I'm Alex. Alex Russo."

Completely unfazed, Zack gets to his feet. Half jokingly, Zack introduces himself, "Zack. Zack Martin." He spell casts the same spell on a whim. His cloak vanishes. In its place appears a jet black T-shirt over a long sleeved red shirt: With I Rock Your World across it in chalk white, and a chalk white stick figure playing the guitar.

Alex slightly chuckles, "ohhh. I'm sure we can be more "oddly ok" together. How about it?"

Beamingly, Zack says, "wow. Ahem. I mean… It'd be my honor, Alex." Alex slightly chuckles, blushing a little bit. They pull each other into a kiss. And in that moment…all their fears seem to just wash away.