Chapter 6: Never Left Behind
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I know this really isn't you
I Know Your Heart Is Somewhere Else
And I'll Do Anything I Can
To Help You Break Out Of This Spell
I See You Following your Crowd
I Know You're Trying To Fit In
But If Your Gonna Find Yourself
You Gotta Start From Deep, Deep Within
Hold On To What You Believe
[Chorus]
I Will Always Be Your Friend
I Know Who You Are Inside
I Am With You Till The End
Never Far Behind
I am standing in the distance
You can take your time
And I will be there waiting
Never Far Behind
Yeah
Never Far Behind
I Am Sending You A Message
Don't ever Think That It's Too Late
When You Care About Someone
There is always room for change
you're allowed to make mistakes
it's a part of every life
I Don't See you any different
The Truth Is Shining In Your Eyes
Hold On To What You Believe
[Chorus]
I Will Always Be Your Friend
I Know Who You Are Inside
I Am With You Till The End
Never Far Behind
I am standing in the distance
You can take your time
and I will be there waiting
Never Far Behind
Yeah
Never Far Behind
You Can Take Your Time
And I Know
From My Heart
I Will Always Be Your Friend
I Know Who You Are Inside
I Am With You Till The End
Never Far Behind
I am standing in the distance
You can take your time
and I will be here waiting
Waiting by my side
God
Is Never Far Behind
I Am Sending you a message
['Never Far Behind' by Aly&AJ]
"Oh Honey! Thank God you're alright!" Theresa exclaimed. "I was so worried when that thing threw you to the ground."
"I'm okay Mom," Alex assured her mother, who pulled her in to a tight hug. Alex smiled at the comforting gesture, after all these changes in such a short period of time, it felt nice to know that she still had a home to go back to and family to fall back on. She returned the hug and was then joined by Harper, Max and Jerry. Alex was taken aback by the emotion she could sense from them, and basked in the comfort that was her family and friends.
"You did great honey," Jerry told his daughter when they all released her. Alex merely grinned and asked, "Where's Justin?"
Jerry's face immediately fell. He sighed and scratched the back of his head nervously, saying, "He didn't want to come."
"Yeah," Max agreed enthusiastically. "He said 'why would I want to go see that sorry excuse of a sister embarrass herself in front of thousands'!"
Jerry, Theresa and Harper simultaneously groaned and shook their heads.
"Oops. I was supposed to not say that right dad?" Max asked his father. At Jerry's nod he asked, "What about the other thing he said? 'Hah! That loser can't even cast a spell without messing up! Do you really think she can do this? Make her drop out, otherwise she'll just bring shame to the family'."
The other three face palmed and sent annoyed glares at Max while Alex just had a hurt and disappointed look on her face.
"He said that?" She asked. At everyone's reluctant nods, her eyes got colder, fiercer and, in a way, they became hollow. And then shocking everyone, her irises turned an icy blue.
"Alex?" Jerry inquired carefully. "Why did your eyes turn blue?"
"Huh? What are you talking about?" Alex asked irritated. She frowned and decided to conjure a mirror. "Oh item that I seek, I conjure thee now! / Transcend, to get here, all borders my magic will allow!"
Almost immediately the mirror appeared and hovered in front of her face. It was eas enough to see that her eyes had indeed turned blue, and not just the pupils; but they were glowing blue, like monsters eyes did in movies.
Alex scowled and turned around, trying to locate Master Eraqus. Once she spotted him, conferring with Professor Crumbs, took her wand out of her right boot and flashed herself to him.
"Eraqus," she said, when she got threw. "Why exactly are my eyes blue?"
Professor Crumbs looked taken aback by Alex's blue eyes but he composed himself and scolded Alex for speaking to Master Eraqus in such a disrespectful manner. *Insert eye roll here*.
"I wouldn't mess with her right now Crumbs."
"And why's that?"
You see, the colour of her eyes depicts her state. Her eyes are blue because she's feeling hurt and as a result hardened her heart. It should be rather obvious to figure out what colour means," Master Eraqus explained.
"But why does she even have this ability," Jerry asked. "It doesn't make sense and seem kinda random."
Master Eraqus chuckled. "Well, Mr. Russo, the thing is, as you know Chosen Ones obtain their powers at a young age and as a result are more sensitive than most people. They are quick to anger and irritate, more likely to cry at a sad moment and to seal off their heart when they are hurt. They get attached to love very easily too. This gift was bestowed upon the Chosen line when a Chosen one from the 1600s fell into a depression, without anyone knowing, and committed suicide, but not before wreaking havoc on the Wizard World. It makes bringing them up easier."
Jerry nodded understandingly and thanked Master Eraqus while Alex just rolled her eyes and flashed herself back home.
"Ah, it's good to be back home and away from all that magic crap," Alex sighed as she slumped into the orange living room couch.
Just as she was beginning to drift off into a welcome sleep, Justin's voice rang throughout the house. "Mom? Dad?"
The sound of feet stomping down the stairs could be heard in the distance.
"Where the hell have you guys been?" Justin asked as entered the living room. "Do you know how worried I was? I even thought that some government agency researching Wizards captured the rest of you."
Alex didn't reveal her slumped form and decided to avoid her bastard of a brother for as long as possible.
"Mom? Dad? Max? Harper? I could have sworn I heard someone," he whispered to himself. Alex, however, heard and became even more infuriated.
"Excuse me?" she thundered, almost scaring Justin to death. Alex rose from her seat and stomped over to her older brother. "Hey Moron! Did you forget about me; your little sister? Or are you too good to acknowledge me? After all, I am a loser who can't do a spell without messing up!"
Justin paled once he figured out why Alex's words seemed so familiar, after they were his! He gulped and backed away in fear; unlike he would have done previously, after all; his sister now had powers that could annihilate him. The fact that she had blue eyes didn't help either.
At seeing the frightened look in her brothers eyes, Alex's eyes softened and the coldness left to reveal only hurt. Her irises also turned grey.
Silence.
Even when Justin saw that Alex was no longer looking like a mass murderer, and Alex saw that Justin wasn't cowering in fear anymore, neither was willing to break the silence. It was just too awkward.
Finally, after a ridiculous number of minutes passed, Alex asked, "Is this because of Juliet?"
Justin didn't answer but the lone tear running down the side of his face was enough of an answer for Alex. She approached her brother and hugged him. "If it makes you feel better, I won't turn her into a pile of ash when we find her."
Though at first surprised by the unusual sisterly affection, cracked a smile and returned the hug. It didn't last long because he suddenly pulled away and asked, "When we find her?"
"Of course," Alex smiled. "You didn't think I'd let you remain a lonely old geezer, did you? As much as I dislike her right now, I can see how much you love her and my big brother's happiness is way more important than my resentment towards her."
Justin smiled a bright smile, showing off his pearly whites – another Russo trait, – and wrapped his arms around Alex, spinning her around while she screamed at him, begging for him to stop.
Once he let her go they both walked towards the kitchen where, by an unvoiced request from his sister, Justin started making two ice cream sundaes. "So, I take it you passed the tests?"
Alex answered yes. Justin then groaned in annoyance. "This sucks! I missed one of the biggest events of the century!"
Alex smirked and said, "Well there's always the rerun."
"What rerun? This wasn't some kind of TV show episode that I missed. You'd think all this magic; the Wizard World would be able to record something as big as this.
Ignoring her brother's words, Alex silently said a spell she'd just come up with, "Time is fleeting; it goes by too fast / so give me a window to view the past!"
Immediately a floating portal appeared right in front of Justin, and as soon as he looked at it, it began showing – from a third person view – what happened for both tests.
"Wow," was the only word he uttered when he was done.
Alex smiled at his reaction and started teasing him, telling him to close his mouth otherwise flies would go inside. Justin blushed and quickly went back to making the sundaes.
'It's nice to know that things are going back to normal,' Alex mused. 'As normal as they can anyway. Hmm, I wonder what's taking mom and dad so long. Oh snap! They're going to be so pissed I left them with Max of all people! He probably flashed them to Mars or something.' Alex started panicking but after breathing deeply for a few seconds she shrugged and started to smirk. 'Yup, things are definitely back to normal.'
Weird place to end it, I know. But I really wanted to get this out before school starts tomorrow. Oh and by the way, if any of you are Camp Rock fans and like the pairing Nate/Mitchie please check out my other story 'In this life'.
I know it's pretty short so I promise you the next chapter will be longer than most, if not all, the previous chapters. Also I'm already thinking of ideas for a sequel, that is if you want one.
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