Alexis couldn't believe her eyes; she just saw her whitelighter, her friend fall in a shower of orbs to land in a heap on the steps. Time seemed to slow down to the witch hybrid. This wasn't happening, how could this happen, tears coursing down the eleven year old's cheeks. She saw a crowd of students and teachers form around the injured whitelighter, the dying whitelighter. Lexi broke free from whatever was holding her in place with a strangled cry she began to force her way though everyone, finally having enough she began to forcing the unmoving students with small bursts of energy, sending them crashing against each other.
"Get out of my way!" screeched Lexi as she sent out another wave of energy. She finally made it to the fallen Whitelighter's side and collapsed. "Carme?"
"Lexi," coughed Carmela, her voice weak from the poison of the darklighter's arrow, "I heard you, I had to come back to you."
"Don't talk you nitwit," Lexi snapped, "Whoever did this, is going to wish they never did but first I have to find a way to save you."
Madam Pomfrey rushed over to Lexi and Carmela, "Oh Merlin," she began to reach for the arrow.
"Don't touch that arrow, it poisoned." Lexi stated. As she slowly reached with her pyrokinesis, then stop she needed to keep the arrow to track the darklighter, she grabbed the arrow and pulled, "I'm sorry Carmela, damn the darklighter to hell."
An idea formed in her mind, if Piper could switch powers with Leo to save him from a darklighter's arrow, why couldn't she?
"Hermione!" shouted Lexi, quickly thinking. Hermione was standing right behind the distraught girl.
"What is it?" replies Hermione.
"I need the Book; I need the spell to switch powers." Lexi explained as she glanced back at Carmela, she was breathing slowly; sweat matted her face, eyes closed.
"It begins with 'what's mine is yours.' Hermione stated.
Lexi's eyes widened, now that she heard the first line she remembered it all. She placed her hands on Carmela's and focused. 'Please let this work,'
"What's Mine is Yours,
What's Yours is Mine
Let our powers cross the line
I offer up my gift to share
Switch our powers through the air."
Lexi felt her powers leaving her and a warm glow fill her, she smiled it worked. She then thought of the Hospital wing the only place where no one was at. She felt the swirling orbs encase her body and Carmela's and they were gone.
"Where did they go and what happened," Draco spoke up.
"They went to the only place that isn't filled with a crowd" Hermione answered, she turned and ran. "The Hospital wing."
"Prefects take the students back to the dormitories, teachers follow me." Dumbledore ordered. The Prefects began shouting to reclaim order in the chaos; the teachers went out the back doors, which led to the Hospital wing,
Lexi orbed with Carmela. Carmela materialized on one of the single beds, Lexi materialized right next to her. She placed her hands on Carmela's wounds, but her hands didn't glow with the golden light of Healing, Lexi tried to remember how Piper saved Leo, then Leo's explanation filled her mind,
"Love is the trigger to Healing," Leo explained after Piper healed him.
"Carmela, you can't leave me alone, you're one of my best friends, I love you," Lexi finally admitted, her hands started to glow, she held her hands over Carmela's shoulder, tears welled up in her eyes.
Hermione panted as she walked into the Infirmary, she gasped as she saw Lexi's hands glowing gold.
"Ms. Granger, what is going on here?" asks Professor Dumbledore, as the teachers walked in. Madam Pomfrey went over to the sleeping Carmela, to see her wounds were gone.
"How are her wounds gone?" asks Madam Pomfrey, clearly confused.
"I switched powers with her, she has my magic and I have her whitelighter powers, so I healed her. But she still is weak" Lexi stated her voice hoarse from crying, "I can't lose her,"
"Why didn't you want to remove the arrow?" asks Professor McGonagall,
"It's soaked in poison, it's lethal to Whitelighters, and when I get my hands on the darklighter who did it, I will burn them," Lexi answered. She turned back to Carmela, "Please be alright, Carmela,"
Lexi switched back powers with Carmela, the regeneration powers could help.
"the crossbow bolt, where is it?" asks Lexi as she flexed her shoulders,
"Still in the hall," answers Professor McGonagall, "Why,"
Lexi ignored her, she walked straight back out into the corridor, and back down to the great hall, it was empty. She placed the arrow in the middle of the floor,
"I call upon the darklighter, who shot this deadly weapon, to face the witch who's whitelighter he attacked." Lexi chanted.
Black orbs filled the room, Lexi smirked.
"A Charmed One," growled the darklighter,
"You messed with the wrong witch hybrid," Lexi stated as she focused and flames appeared around the Darklighter. "I will vanquish you, if you don't tell me who sent you to the manor" the flames came closer.
"The one who wishes the death of the witch with two magics." Darklighter answers. "I was sent to attack the sisters, to draw out the whitelighters." the flames inched closer. "I could kill them weakening the charmed ones' powers"
"I heard enough," Lexi stated as she closed the flames around the darklighter. He screams with instant as he burned to death; the eleven year old hated fighting but in order to protect innocents, she had to battle evil.
She let the flames die that then fell to her knees. Sobs racked her body, she always felt like this after a vanquish. There has to be a better way to fight then killing. She wrapped her arms around herself. If she been at home and this happened her sisters would bring out ice cream and spoons, and have a pajama party in the living room, until their baby sister was feeling better.
The teachers found the upset girl curled up on the floor of the great hall, Snape was looking bored but in his eyes if someone were to look very deep, you could see a tiny flicker of concern. Hermione ran to her friend, as soon as she saw the tears.
"Lexi?" asks Hermione, "What's wrong?"
"I had to vanquish that darklighter, I don't like fighting or killing any being." Lexi cried. Hermione didn't know what to do, being clever wasn't helping. She just sat there with her arms held out to give what little comfort she could.
"Mione, could you help me back to Carmela, I want to stay with her tonight." Lexi whispered. If she couldn't be with her sisters, she wanted to watch over her guardian angel. Hermione helped her back and Lexi transfigured into her tiger cub form to curl up against Carmela's sleeping side.
~~~~Dream~~~~
Lexi knew she was dreaming because she was in a crib, she didn't know where she was, it wasn't her mother's room at the manor or Gram's after her mother died.
She was in a nursery, staring at a dark haired one year old, with bright green eyes, who smiled back at her. Just then white lights appeared and a woman step out of them.
"Hello little one," greeted the woman as she step up to Lexi's crib. "My little Morgana"
Lexi frowned Morgana wasn't her name, it was Alexis unless she was dreaming of the past before she was adopted. She knew this woman was Carmela,
Carmela smiled as she picked up Lexi, she barely was a year old, holding close. She orbed outside to hide just in time to see Lily Potter run in front of the boy's crib, to see a shimmering shield encase him. Carmela looked down at the baby girl in her arms. Her hazel eyes were focused on the boy.
"Har" cooed the girl, her eyes fluttered closed as a jet of green light, shot out of the wand that a dark cloaked figure held. The mother was dead but the shimmering shield reflected the curse back at the one known as Voldemort; only leaving the baby boy with a scar on his forehead.
~~~~end~~~~~
The tiger cub woke up with a start, and fell of the single bed. She shook her head and leapt back onto the bed. She sat down on her haunches to wait for Carmela to wake up.
Carmela groaned the last thing she remembered was passing out because of the poison of the darklighter's arrow. "I should be dead."
she was pounced on by an excited tiger cub. "Lexi?"
Lexi changed back, she in the clothes she worn at dinner last night and hugged her whitelighter, "what on in name all magic, happened?"
"I was checking in with your sisters, and a bloody darklighter showed up, he shot at Leo first but I jumped in way, and he orbed out. I had enough strength left to orb back here, because I felt your worry for me." Carmela explained. "Your sisters miss you terribly. They got by on a few Power Of Three spells but other then that they miss having you at home."
Lexi sighed, "Carmela, I had this weird dream."
"Oh," Carmela sat up and pulled her charge into her lap, "want to talk about it?"
Lexi bit her lip, "I was a year old, and I think I saw Harry, you came and saved me from a dark cloaked man, at least I think he was a man."
"Voldmort, a evil wizard," Carmela stated gravely, "He's the reason, Harry doesn't have parents, and you were adopted by the Halliwells."