-Axel Burns The Curtains-
"Whoa, whoa, whoa! Calm down," Alex tried to comfort the boy, "What happened?"
"Well... see- I was trying to show something to Roxas- you know, out the window? Well, um- So I pointed at it, and there was, like, this fire that I, um, shot from my finger, see?" Axel held up his finger, "This one here? So, I, uh... kinda... burned the curtains." he finished, taking a deep breath. Alex blinked and stared at him blankly.
"Y-you... what?!" Alex repeated, unable to process what he had just heard.
"I. Burned. The. Curtains," the little red head said slowly, grabbing him by the wrist and pulling, saying, "Come on! Hurry!" The confused young man followed him. He noticed that he only had to walk to keep up with the jogging, frantic Axel. Soon, they reached the place that the curtains were. The small red head stopped abruptly.
"Where'd the fire go?" he asked blankly. Alex followed his gaze to see that the curtains were covered in frost.
"Vexen..." Alex mumbled, with a half smile.
"Uh... what... are you talking about?" Axel asked timidly.
"I sent Vexen and Xigbar to the bathroom for me to clean them up, since they made a really big mess," he explained, "...and this is on the way to the bathroom. Vexen must have put out the fire."
"Well... how'd he get by without me seeing him? 'Cause I didn't see him after I burned the curtains... and... I'm really sorry..." Axel said, lowering his head.
"It's alright. You probably are losing control of your powers, because you're so little now. I'm sure that you didn't mean to..." Alex replied gently, then, his voice becoming stern, added, "You didn't burn the curtains on purpose, did you, Axel?" The little boy shook his head quickly.
"Nuh-uh. I mean- no. I-I mean, u-uh, no sir," he replied nervously, his face turning as red as his hair, then whispered, "Did I say that right?" Alex smiled, and almost laughed at the look on his face.
"It's good that you remembered to be polite!" he replied happily. Axel smiled weakly up at him, relieved that Alex wasn't mad at him.
"So... um... can you help me not burn stuff?" Axel asked him.
"Let's go see my dad. He'll probably know what to do," Alex suggested, "He said that he was working on something for this kind of problem anyway, though I don't what it is, yet."
"O.K.!" Axel said happily.
"Come on, let's go!" he said, taking the little boy by the hand.
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Vexen sighed, slouching on the stool he was sitting on.
"Do you think he'll be mad at me for coming out of the bathroom to put out that fire? Roxas was screaming something about fire, when he was running down the hall," he reasoned.
"Nah," Xigbar replied, "I bet he's gonna be really happy that you did that."
"You really think so? 'Cause, I really don't want him to be mad at me for that," Vexen sighed again.
"Yeah! I think that he's not gonna be mad at you at all for stopping the castle from burning to the ground," he said, "But Axel, on the other hand... Ooh, I betcha he's gonna be in so much trouble!"
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Marluxia watched as Alex passed by with Axel.
"Whatcha doin'?" he asked.
"Axel burned the curtains, so I'm taking him to dad," Alex replied, not stopping. Marluxia gasped.
"I hope he didn't burn my garden, too...!" he said, and ran off to check on his garden.