A girl dressed in a classic magician's outfit stepped up and held out her hand.

"I'm Zatanna, it's nice to meet you."

Alexandra shook her hand and nodded. "Alexandra, and likewise."

"I was wondering if you could show me your power?"

Alexandra shrugged, it was only a guess, but she was sure the question had an alternative motive behind it.

"I can, but it's not like I can prove what I said, without becoming you. And I don't think you want me to know all your deepest darkest secrets." It wasn't a lie, but it wasn't the entire truth either. She would have access to everything in the person's mind but she'd have to know what she was looking for and go find it in the memories. Because people don't remember everything actively, their brains were more like computers loaded with files. Certain things would trigger a memory just like a short cut on a computer could take you to the file you wanted. Alex watched as Zatanna rubbed her arm uncomfortably.

"It's alright, show me."

Alexandra raised her eyebrows slightly. This one must be desperate, she thought to herself. Alexandra nodded and grabbed a piece of paper and a pencil of the desk. She began sketching. First Zatanna's head and face. Then came other small details, ears, hair, and other marks. Once her face was done slowly her body came to life, until there was a life like sketch of Zatanna on the page. Alexandra turned the paper to show the other girl. When she saw everyone else was watching she turned the page to the other watchers. She got the usual compliments and applause before she laid the page down on the table again. Alexandra laid her hand over the image on the page. For a long moment nothing happened to her. Then it was almost like a bottle of ink had been dumped into her hair. Black started at the top of her head and slowly worked down. Her hair also visibly grew an inch. Skin and flesh seemed to become like soft clay which reformed into Zatanna's face and figure. Lastly her clothes violently tugged this way and that until suddenly they were Zatanna's.

Everyone in the room stared at Alexandra blandly. That was new to her, the few people she had shown this to; Jessie and Robin, had been shocked. Alexandra as Zatanna stood up and twirled around asking,

"How do I look?" It was Zatanna's voice. Robin's eyes were slightly wider. He was the only who had noticed that she had not been kidding when she said she could become the person she took the form of. Alexandra put an arm around Zatanna and lead her away from the group. Once they were safely out of hearing range of the others Alexandra answered the question that was burning in the other girl's mind.

"What you want, I can't give you. Your father is being held be a Lord of Order. I am powerful, but I can't do this."

Zatanna looked down at the floor and scuffed her shoe.

"Oh, okay."

Alexandra could feel the other girl's pain very vividly and it was clawing at her. She shook off Zatanna's form and wrapped her arm around the older girl's shoulder. Zatanna sniffed and tried to hold back the tears that she swore she wouldn't shed. It was too much.

She choked out, "He's all I have left. My.-"

Alexandra pulled the other girl into a hug and patting her head like her mother had done for her when she was hurt and in need of comfort.

"I know. I know."

Zatanna stood there for a long time, her whole body wracked with silent sobs. Alexandra just held her until her sobs settled. Zatanna wiped her eyes and then stepped back from Alexandra.

"I'm sorry. I didn't mean-."

Alexandra held a hand up to silence the apology she knew was coming.

"Don't be sorry for what you cannot change, or for needing help. I'm certainly in no position to judge, especially since I came close to strangling Robin and electrocuting Kid Flash out of grief. But to your dilemma, have you tried just asking Dr. Fate."

"He won't give my father up."

Alexandra shook her head.

"No, I didn't expect him to. I meant have you asked him to let you see your father. He has the ability to not take you into the helmet, but bring you on the same plain that your father is on."

Zatanna wiped away the rest of her tears.

"I didn't even consider it."

That was a bit of an understatement, Alexandra thought. "I noticed that, you went straight for trying to remove the helmet when he was out cold."

Zatanna had the grace to look a little ashamed of herself.

"Dr. Fate is not evil Zatanna. He spent many years trapped in the helmet, and there was no way to guarantee he'd ever be let out again. If you had been in his shoes would you have done anything different?"

Zatanna looked away from the younger girl. She had no idea what she would have done in Fate's shoes. She would like to say she would have found a different way, but she couldn't be sure.

"There was one other thing you wanted to ask me."

Zatanna looked back at Alexandra. Had there been something else, her gaze said. Then she blushed when she remembered.

"Your sister and Robin, what," she started again, "Were they-."

Alexandra sighed and held up a hand to stop her. She called out with her mind, Megan, can you come help me.

Sure, be right there. A moment later the other girl floated towards them.

"What do you need?"

"The memory room. I need to show Zatanna something."

Megan nodded and pulled both girls into her mind. Then she gestured to the walls around them.

"Go ahead."

Alexandra turned toward the wall and brought up a memory. Jessie and her were arguing,

"Regardless of what you or Dick think. I am not that selfless." Jessie put a hand under her sister's chin and raised it so she was looking squarely into her eyes. "We will see each other again. I swear on my powers and my very soul. This will not be permanent." A crest over Jessie's heart flashed and was mirrored over Alexandra's heart.

"But he loves you! I love you! I don't want you to die."

Jessie sighed and reluctantly admitted, "I don't want to die either, but I also don't want the world to die, or you. As for Richard loving me, he can find someone to love that won't hurt him. He'll probably be mad at me after this I won't hold it against him. And if he finds someone he loves, I dull the feelings he had for me so that he and who ever that lucky girl is has a shot at love. As for you, you know it will not be permanent and I will shield you from this."

Alexandra sniffed.

"I know, I know you'll come back, but I have a bad feeling about this. You won't just be able to just walk away from what happens to you there, even if the best outcome comes to be. You saw, in one of them you died. I'm just worried something is going to go wrong, like we've missed something important."

Jessie wrapped her arm around her sister and just held her.

"It will turn out okay in the end," her sister promised simply. The memory faded and Alexandra nodded her thanks to Megan as they returned to their own minds. Megan quickly left in search of Connor.

When Megan was out of earshot Alexandra told Zatanna, "Yes my sister loved, probably still loves Robin. But I think she suspected he would find you while she was gone. So maybe you should talk to Robin about this also; though leave out the part about her dulling his feelings. I don't think he will like that, and to be honest I have reservations about tampering with a person's will like that, but Jessie seemed to think it was best to protect him as well."

Zatanna snorted. "You are probably right about his reaction, and I doubt he'd consider it protection, but I will talk to him."