Chapter 64    

A few minutes passed and Toffy appeared in front of him, this time without any sound.

"Here you go master, the hair of that girl." Toffy said as he placed a handful of hair in Alex's hand.

The hair seemed to have been cut off with a sharp object which helped Alex calm down as he expected Toffy to have pulled the poor girl's hair off for him.

"Thank you. Go back and tell those two that we will be postponing the lessons for a year. Give them some freedom but don't let them cross the lines. You know what to do. Finally, take this envelope and take the help of those two to complete the tasks written inside the paper.

It doesn't matter if you are unable to complete them so don't take huge risks. Take this bracelet and use the pills inside as they will assist you in your mission and the uses of all the pills are written in a small piece of paper. The pills can be differentiated by the different coloured and patterned ceramic containers."

"Toffy understands, master."

Alex nodded in response and the elf vanished from his previous spot.

"…. He's become way smarter. Didn't expect a few memories to trigger such a change, but now that this is done… there's only one thing left to do." He muttered as he conjured a large wooden plank and burned a pattern on it by producing a jet of flames from the tip of his wand.

He then took some of the hair he had and placed it on the burned mark before cutting off some of his hair and placing it on top of Ginny's. After he made sure that all the hair was inside the boundaries of the burned sign made on the wooden plank, he pressed the tip of his wand at the centre of his palm.

Yellowish flames sprung out from the back of his palm and slowly turned red while Alex bit his lower lip as he tried to keep his hands stable through the pain.

His face became paler while the reddish flame got darker. Alex pulled his wand back when the flames were close to pitch black and a few seconds later, the flame condensed itself into a small conical shape which he used to trace over the hair that was on the plank.

The red and black hair melted like plastic while the black fumes that went up were being condensed into a ball. Contrary to his expectations, the fumes collection took longer than he expected to change their shape to a ball, but he still had enough time to execute his plan.

The ball of condensed fumes floated on top of Alex's hand while he silently stood on top of the plank and closed his eyes.

Fresh blood floated from the wound that was on the centre of his palm and mixed in with the fumes before an extremely thin intangible strand extended from the ball.

The strand pierced into the floor and the size of the ball reduced quickly until it was half of its original size.

Alex suddenly felt a few presences near him and opened his eyes to see five girls sleeping peacefully. He spotted the redhead and smiled, at least he felt like he did.

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Ginny woke up in the middle of the night and saw herself wake up from the bed she was supposed to be sleeping in. She couldn't feel her arms or legs and could only see from the corner of the room.

Her body stood up and opened her trunk silently before taking out a thick diary, closing the trunk and going back to sleep.

She felt herself being pulled towards her body and everything went dark. Soft whispers entered her ears but she couldn't figure out what it said or meant.

Slowly, the darkness faded away and she woke up in her room at the burrow before she looked at a thick book that was placed on the floor along with all her other school things. For some reason, she felt like the book was pulling her closer but everything went dark again.

She knew that her eyes were open but she was surrounded by pitch black darkness again, which only faded away after a few seconds, revealing the dormitory she had entered for the first time.

The surroundings had changed from her room in the burrow to her dormitory in Hogwarts. She looked around and got back onto her bed before she went back to sleep, not noticing the book in her hand and the black thread made of smoke that went through her temple, hands and legs.

The threads retracted themselves and went back into the walls.

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The ball that used to be the size of a tennis ball had shrunken down to the size of a pea and the strand of smoky fumes getting back didn't increase its size.

The remaining amount simply faded away while Alex opened his eyes slowly, only to reveal a pure white ball instead of his black pupil. He pointed his wand at the hold in his other hand and after a few taps and mumblings, it quickly healed.

Alex stood on top of the board for a while with his white eyeballs staring at the wall in front of him for a few minutes until the pupils slowly revealed themselves from the top.

After the pupils got back to their original position, Alex closed his eyes and frowned as he crouched down in pain.

"What…. what are these voices in my head…. It hurts so much…"

'Regrow your hair. Regrow your hair. Regrow your hair. Regrow your hair… … … …'

A familiar voice resounded inside his head, slowly prompting him to do as told. He pointed the tip of his wand at the top of his head and whispered a few charms which made all of his hair fall off.

The next second, he tapped it a few times and hair grew back dense and healthy.

The voice inside his head stopped ringing and this relieved some of his pain which enabled him to think freely. Only, there was a slight problem.

"Who… am… I?"