It was Day Four of the Summer Holidays and Tonks was signing Alex's cast on her arm. Alex had refused to let the healers fix her arm with magic because she preferred the muggle way. Lupin had signed Alex's cast about an hour ago before her had to leave to go to the woods (which was about two miles away from the apartment) as it was a full moon.

Tonks was about to cook her and Alex some pizza and was rummaging through the cupboards looking for cheese to put onto the pizza.
"Dang! We're out of cheese Lex!" Tonks had taken to calling Alex 'Lex' because in her words, 'it sounded awesome!'
Alex groaned as she almost saw a light bulb go off above Tonks's head. "Tell you what Lex, I'll just go to the zipper-market (or whatever the muggles call it) and get some cheese. I'll be back in about twenty minutes." Tonks pulled on her jacket and shoes before turning her hair from electric blue to a dark brown, almost black colour and then she walked out of the apartment closing the door behind her.

Alex knew what she had to do. And she was sorry about it and she knew it would break their hearts. She ran upstairs and grabbed her two wands, her American and her new British (Remus and Tonks had bought her a wand just in case which was made of holly and phoenix feather core. She hadn't been told that it was the brother to Harry and Voldemort's wands.

She put her British wand up her sleeve and she would carry her American wand.
Grabbing her bag which she had already packed (It had an untraceable extension charm place upon it because she had found the spell in a book Hermione sent her for some light reading, but Alex would never read it anyway) and then she ran downstairs with her wands and bags.

She grabbed her Glow-In-The-Dark converse and pulled on her denim hoodie before having a glance at the clock. Tonks would be back in about fifteen minutes, and thus, Alex decided to write a letter quickly before Tonks got back.

Dear Everyone,
I am sorry for leaving, there are important things I must attend to.
I don't know how long I will be gone; I don't know when I will come back.
I must ask upon all of you, to not search for me.
I must do this on my own, and I know you will be angry at me.

Dear Harry, Hermione and Ron,
I know I promised to spend most of the holidays with you, and you will be thinking I broke that promise,
I haven't. I am with you, in your hearts, and I need you to trust me because I will come back. Maybe not in the way you please, but I promise I will.

Dear Remus and Tonks,
Thank you for letting me stay and giving me a place to call home.
Thanks for the unfinished pizza Tonks,
Thanks for the laughs Remus.

Dear Twins,
Thanks for the laughs.

Dear everyone else,
I cannot fit into this letter how much I love you all. And again, I must make it clear, that there is no need to follow me. I doubt you would be able to unless you were an American wizard as I am going to flash away, and that is undetectable.
Thanks for the memories.
Thanks for this new life.
Thanks for keeping me from my death eater family.
Although, I have promised to come back, I can tell you one thing about my return. I will be hurt, broken, unconscious or maybe even, dead.
Thanks for everything,
Oh, and tell Dumbledore that 'it' is more than I could ever have asked for.
Alex Russo xxx

Alex folded the letter in half and wrote in her messy handwriting across the top 'Sorry.'. She knew they would be angry and sad but she knew deep down it was for the best.
Grabbing her set of keys that Remus and Tonks gave her, she pulled her hoddie closer around her and stepped out of the apartment. She knew there were watching her as she locked up, they were always there, (hiding of course) just waiting for her to leave the house alone.

Alex spun around fingering her wand, scanning the park outside the house.
The second their eyes connected, Alex felt them pushing into her mind. For once in her life, she allowed them in, they watched her writing her leaving letter, packing her stuff, laughing with Tonks and phoning Harry over the phone. Alex felt them leave her mind as they were shocked that she was actually leaving, not knowing when she was coming back. Alex stared into their eyes and they stared back. She walked down into the park and sat on the bench next to them.

"Go on. Take me then." Alex turned her head to look at them. She held out her arm for them to apperated away. They stared at her in shock for a second before grabbing tight onto her arm, making sure she wouldn't try to break away or change her mind.

"For a reasonably smart person Russo, I thought you had too much pride to come without a fight." Alex glared at them. "Alright we're going; The Dark Lord doesn't like to be kept waiting." Alex yawned. "Oh and, hand over your American wand. The Dark Lord isn't stupid." Alex sighed and handed them her American wand keeping the British one tucked up her sleeve.

"Hang on a second please. I want to make sure Tonks sees the letter." They placed an invisiblity charm over Alex and their self and watched as Tonks walked into the house and then ran out looking around frantically clutching the letter in her hand.

"Right, Russo. Let's leave." Alex nodded and they re-gripped her arm.
"Take me there Draco." And with that they left.