Chapter Five

Alex's heart was pounding the whole time, she could see nothing but blackness between her and the Sorcerer who had attacked her; she wasn't even sure if it was the right Sorcerer.

"Please! Listen to me! I'm not here to hurt you!" Alex begged, trying to reach for her wand but felt it difficult to move her body.

Without doubt, Alex kept struggling, just skimming the tip of her wand with her finger tips. She then squeezed her eyes shut and focused on the new levitation spell she had almost perfected. Instantly, the wand drifted into her grasp.

She then flicked her wand and automatically turned on the lights to see herself hurled against the wall with the young, blonde, Sierra, in front of her with her hands up facing her and her eyes narrowed in a suspicious way.

"Sierra! Please! Hear me out!" Alex whined. "Please."

Without a sound, Sierra lowered her arm, watching as Alex tumbled to the ground.

"Ow! Gently!" Alex complained.

"What are you doing here? And how did you find me?" Sierra questioned.

Alex rubbed her sore muscles as she stood. "Believe me, it wasn't easy." Alex froze when she saw Sierra place her hands on her hips impatiently.

Alex straightened up and cleared her throat. "Okay listen, I'm sorry for barging in like this, I know it wasn't right to intrude, but I had to find you, I still have more questions for you."

"I am not the person who can answer your questions," Sierra spoke instantly.

"You're the only person who I know will listen. If anyone else found out that I was a Wizard they would kill me!" Alex said worriedly.

"And how do you know I won't?" Sierra muttered surprisingly.

"Well, because you would have done it already," Alex said hopefully.

"Alright, listen, um…"

"Alex."

"Alex," Sierra repeated after discovering her name. "I'm not who you think I am. Just because I left without harming you doesn't mean I won't now."

"Just answer me this," Alex said, stepping closer to her. "If you could, would you stop this feud between our kinds?"

Sierra sighed. "Alex, it's not that simple."

"Just answer the question!"

Sierra was silent for a moment, and then answered. "Yes."

Alex smiled. "Then help me."

"What!"

"With your help, we can convince everyone that this is a mistake, and our kinds can live happily again."

"You don't know what you're saying," Sierra began.

"What?"

"Listen to yourself, Alex! You can't just talk about problems and expect them to be fixed. We're not mortals here, we hold grudges and never forgive," Sierra began.

"Yeah but, not all of you are evil. And not all Wizards are what you make us out to be," Alex protested.

"And by telling me this, what do you hope to accomplish?" Sierra wondered.

"Someone to be on my side. Who will go with me to the end of this feud and end it with me," Alex answered.

Sierra turned and walked to the window of her room, shaking her head. "I can't."

"Sierra please!"

"No!" She shouted, turned back to Alex angrily. "You don't know anything about my kind! You don't know what will happen if something were to go wrong! And I would be known as a traitor! I just can't help you."

Alex's stomach tightened as she grew furious. "Fine, I'm sorry for asking," she replied as she walked out of the room, slamming the door behind her. She then froze where she stood in the hallway, seeing Janet across from her.

"Oh hi, didn't see you there."

Janet had a horrid look on her face as she stood that silently.

"What's wrong?" Alex wondered, hoping everything was okay. Obviously, it wasn't.

"You're a Wizard!"

Alex's eyes widened. "Wait, it's not what you think!" She said, holding out her hands. Regrettably, she had been holding her wand in one, by holding it out in front of her; Janet was able to thrust it into her own hand on the other side of the hallway. She then lifted Alex into the air painfully.

"Please! Stop!" Alex begged.

But it was too late; by the time she screamed, a large flash of powerful magic was cast upon her.