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Not sure what to do? Yes, I'll definitely help you there. I didn't know you knew Alex!

I'll meet you wherever you want, but I'm fairly partial to the W.I.T.C.H. bus, in Irma's room. It's a pretty beautiful place.

Oh, I know him. We've been talking a bit, spent some time together. He's a lovely person.

I haven't been to the W.I.T.C.H. bus before. I'd like to see it, I guess. Are you there now? I'm already in the City, so I can be there in a few minutes.

Oh, he is. He was very shy at first, but he'd been through a lot of things. I think you might have helped him open up.

Yes, I decided I wanted to meditate there for a little bit. I'll be waiting for you!

He's still terribly shy. I'm starting to wonder if he's ever spoken without a stutter in his life. And always apologizing for everything! It's so strange--I feel this uncontrollable need to...fix him. He's a human being--humans don't need "fixing". I just can't help the feeling that there's something wrong, though, underneath all the nerves, that he doesn't tell anyone. I don't plan on prying, but...I want to know.

I'll be there soon.

With Alex, its one of those situations where he'll tell you when he's ready.

I know what you mean about how he acts though: its not that its a bother, but that he's very drawn into himself, been hurt very badly. But I think it'll happen slowly here, as long as he knows he has people to turn to. But as far as finding out why he's hurt, I think that will come in time. He asked you out, didn't he? He's already gaining ground.

Good, can't wait to see you!

Edited 2010-09-13 05:27 (UTC)

I know--that's precisely why I'm leaving the telling to him. Asking would only push him backwards.

He talks about shadows, and I have to wonder if he ever notices that the biggest shadow of all is sitting on his shoulders, and clouding his thoughts. I don't much want to consider it, but I get the feeling that he's been through more than I have, and maybe more than Harry. It's scary to think of, really. I'm really surprised that he did that, though--I can't say I really expected it. At all.

I figured you would understand, more than most actually.

Yes, its his power. I don't really understand a lot of it, but I can see pretty clearly that its a pretty heavy burden for him in some ways. I do know that with him sometimes I have a tendency to feel a lot better if I have troubles.

He's getting better, I think. Being around us all is probably making him change...we all sort of do that on the ship.

I just know how I would feel if someone tried to cajole me into talking about the last year. It really only leads to more negativity.

His powers are a weight on him. It's rather sad that he suffers under them, especially when he ended up in the MedBay because of them.

I hope you're right. He's so kind--he deserves so much more than to be so nervous all the time.

Sometimes its better to talk about unpleasant things, but only when you're ready. For me, keeping things inside all the time was never the best thing. It tended to make me more angry, and take things out on people unfairly.

I know. I wish I could help him, but I've never heard anything like the power that he has.

Yes, he is. I have to admit I felt motherly towards him as soon as I met him.

Edited 2010-09-13 18:55 (UTC)

He needs someone he trusts to talk to--he can't keep things pinned up forever. He'll open up to one of us soon, I think.

His powers are eerily familiar to me. There are creatures where I'm from--Dementors--that feed on people's negative emotions, but compared to them, Alex is harmless. They deliberately make people feel horrid; it's the most uncomfortable thing I've ever experienced, being in a train with a Dementor. All I could think about was my mother dying, and how my father barely spoke for weeks afterwards, and how lonely I was. It was awful. I don't know what to do with Alex's powers--I don't like how uneasy they make me, what with their capacity for bad things.

It's rather hard not to feel motherly towards him, isn't it?

Yeah, I've told him the same thing. I don't want him to be like he was when he was first pod popped. He was scared of a lot, it was like he wanted to crawl back into himself.

That sounds really horrible. I can't imagine a monster like that living in our world, or people who weant to use its powers to force others to obey them. It's the kind of thing that bad people in my world. I never knew something could make you relive your worst moments. That's scary.

Definitely. Even now, I'd be willing to help him if someone tried to hurt him or use him. He's a good kid.

I didn't know him then. I'll bet he was terrified, though. I'm glad you were there to help him.

They're some of the most loathed creatures in our world. The Ministry put all of them to work guarding Azkaban, so people rarely encounter them unless they're terribly dark wizards, but when You-Know-Who rose again, they joined his side. They're truly foul.

It's always a pretty insane time, when you first pod pop. It's why I try to be present at all of them, help people slowly get used to the ship if I can.

I'll definitely believe you...but what's an Azkaban?

Edited 2010-09-14 15:56 (UTC)

I can't quite remember my podpop. I imagine I was rather upset, though, until I met you. I do remember that--meeting you was wonderful. This ship is a horrid thing to wake up to, honestly.

Azkaban is a wizarding prison in the middle of the ocean. It's full to bursting with truly evil witches and wizards.

I remember it all right. naked, slimy and wondering whey everything was so strange and out of color. I was pretty scared. After I got out I started wandering around hoping for a friendly face. Pretty lucky I found yours, honestly. The ship was definitely jaunting, especially when your own worlds' technology is really REALLY behind anything like this.

You have your own wizard prison? I can only imagine the kind of havoc a real evil wizard could do. It's kinda scary.

Ah, right. Maybe I meant to forget it. And I agree--the ship is certainly daunting.

There are several of them, but the British Ministry has its own, yes. It was said to be impossible to break out of until Harry's godfather broke out, and then several of You-Know-Who's Death Eaters broke out four years later.

If you've forgotten, good. I figure the best I can do is try to make the next pod pop and help others to adjust.

...I'm curious. This evil guy you always talk about in your world that your friend Harry had to fight. What was his main goal? Why cause all the havoc?

That would be good, yes. I might do that, too. Meeting new people is always exciting.

You-Know-Who? I've told you about Muggles, haven't I? They're the non-magical people of our world, and they don't know about the Wizarding world. The Ministries passed a law called the International Statute for Wizarding Secrecy in order to keep our existence a secret after the Witch Trials. People were hurt if we were known of, so we went into hiding, but, unfortunately, this engendered a harsher feeling of enmity towards the Muggles, and prejudice developed. You-Know-Who wanted to kill or enslave all of the Muggles and Muggleborns--they're witches and wizards born to Muggle parents--and Squibs--people without magic born into Wizarding families--because he thought they were unclean. There were some whispers around the school about his father being a Muggle towards the end, too, so I suppose it could have been that, too. Motivated by hatred for his father. Anyone who allied themselves with the Muggles was fit for killing, too.

You never know who you're going to meet honestly. Everyone is so different.

That sounds awful, but its not something I'm not used to. In my world, every nation but the Fire Nation was sought after. The air nomads were completely eliminated due to them and we were supposed to be next. In truth, I SAY the fire nation but it was really the military and the monarchy that wanted a war that would have killed many and subjugated more. I'm glad you and your friend Harry fought against him: we had to fight too.

Was he ultimately stopped?

That's the fun of it--everyone is new, and new things are always exciting.

Hatred seems such a common theme across existence. It's quite sad, when you think about it, that almost all of us on this ship have some form of war or prejudice in our lives, despite the fact that we're all from different corners of the Universe.

He was stopped, yes. I was there when Harry killed him.

Well, to that person it usually isn't that fun. They can usually get pretty hysterical.

I've thought about that, and honestly, I've noticed something: with all that war and hate, it has a way of bringing out the best in people when they are banding together. That's why I think the people on the ship can last. I know they need the government on the ship and all, but I think that they sometimes forget what unites us is the faith we'll stop the Ohm and save other worlds from suffering our fates.

Aang was lucky: he took away the firelord's bending ability so he wouldn't have to kill him. I guess there was no way to take away that evil wizard's power, was there?

Oh, well, of course. Waking up in a new place is never fun, and this is one of the more horrifying situations to come into.

I agree. The kinds of alliances made through things like the war are stronger than those made in peacetime, out of necessity. It's amazing how much terrified people can manage to trust in each other while they're being betrayed at ever corner. And we can stop the Ohm--I know we can, though I am quite fond of the idea of having a government. I just hope they do things better than the Ministry did. Our last two Ministers were rubbish.

That is lucky. There wasn't such a way to defeat You-Know-Who--Harry actually died at his hands in order to succeed, and I'm still not sure how he survived. He never really explained it to me, just said he'd done what he could. That was a terrible moment, seeing him dead in the grass--it was worse than Professor Dumbledore's death. Or mother's.

You're telling me. I was pretty anxious when I first came to the ship.

I can definitely understand that. When you have to actually fight for your peace, when it becomes something that you don't have that has constantly been taken from you, you do everything you can to protect it. The government is necessary of course: I know that the man running it is going to do everything he can to protect people on the ship.

I can imagine, and just you know, Harry wasn't the only one I've seen narrowly miss being dead for good. Aang was almost killed when we were trying to protect an Earth Nation city from being infiltrated from within. If I hadn't had healing water from the oasis in the North Pole, it wouldn't have been good. It was really hard to see, actually...I know what you mean about someone really close to you almost dying.

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