[center][img]http://i.imgur.com/sbufiQm.jpg[/img][/center][center][h1][color=ed145b] Alexis [/color][/h1][/center]

Alexis looked at Wayne as if he had suddenly sprouted a second head and turned purple. Was he serious? Could she really dismantle it. She had no idea what she could do yet, let alone how she could dismantle a spell put there by another. She looked at him and chewed on her bottom lip, a nervous habit she'd had since childhood. She stepped backwards into the hallway and rolled her shoulders to loosen them from the tension that was suddenly tightening her body. She took a deep breath and concentrated hard on the pearls and in her mind she demanded the wards be dropped and she started to feel something stirring in her but it was taking a lot of energy, akin to waking from a coma. After a moment she dropped the attempt and she looked at Wayne unsure of herself. She took another deep breath and nothing. 

Alexis felt bad and leaned against the wall in the hallway. Tears of frustration came to well up in her eyes. She could hear Elias' voice in her head telling her to push forward and that she could do it like he had so many times before.  Feeling more confident she stood up and walked to the door. When she opened her eyes there was a distinctive look of determination about her and she pushed her palm outwards focusing the outward flow of mystical energy into the room. Alexis felt the magic burst forth and she could actually see the wards fall away. Alexis's eyes had darkened while using magic and they went back to normal afterwards.  As soon as the wards fell she walked into the room and picked up the pearls and walked back handing them to Wayne. [color=ed145b]"Wow, what a rush that was!"[/color]

On their way back to Johann Alexis couldn't help but think that Johann had to know what she was and that she could use magic. Why else would he send them to do that particular task? Alexis had more questions than ever and she wondered if Wayne, Elias and Sophie were going to be able to help her figure out the answers. Once again entering the cool caves she felt Johann's presence and this time she could sense him and block him from her mind. Once she had tapped into the magic in her mind she could do it almost instinctively now. She stayed back and let Wayne deliver the pearls.

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