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Chapter 151 - Vol. 11 - Chapter 3: Alexandria and Ichabod

Part 1- American Civil War

60 years passed since the American Revolution, Alexandria and Ichabod decided to live peaceful life in a town known as "Sleepy Hollow" the place where Ichabod was born. During that time, Alexandria got into contact with the Empire Devil. He became Alexandria's pet. Thomas and Maryanne got married and had children. Maryanne married the last descendant of the Beldam in order to continue with the family name. Thomas Ichabod married a daughter of the Williams Family. Alexandria and decided to live away from the city as they did not age, however, Ichabod's personality changed, he became more aggressive and violent. During the nights Ichabod would disappeared, and at the same time, the legend of the Headless Horseman was born as he spread terror among the East Coast of the nation. Alexandria knew about this but she wanted Ichabod to continue as she search for power. Another tragedy happened to Alexandria which made her lose her sanity.

Alexandria runs down the hills where her house was located towards Sleepy Hollow. It is nighttime, but the sky is shining red as fire consumes the plaza where eight people tied up to giant stakes and their heads covered. There were 4 adults and four children with people screaming:

"WITCH, WITCH, WITCH"

A hooded woman walks to the top and begins to speak:

"CITIZENS OF SLEEPY HOLLOW, THIS EIGHT PEOPLE ARE WITCHES WHO WERE PRACTICED FORBIDDEN MAGIC. WE ARE GOING TO BURNED IN THE NAME OF OUR LORD."

Alexandria closes to the town, and sees people gathered in the plaza, she remembers a conversation she heard while buying some food. The conversation was the burning of the witches like what happened in Salem.

"BURN THE WITCH, BURN THE WITCH" The citizens chanted in harmony, the hooded woman creates a small flame in her hand and begins to say:

"The only way to kill a witch is too burned with holy fire. Now then, accept your fate descendants of the white witch."

"NNOOOOO, WAIIITT, THEY ARE NOT WITCHES, BURN ME INSTEAD." Alexandria cries as she runs towards were the fire. The hooded woman smiles and says; "I was waiting for you, White Witch."

Suddenly, chains appear and tie Alexandria down, the woman takes off her hood revealing to be Sarah Wicca. "Sarah is that you?" Alexandria asks with fear, Sarah laughs and replies:

"Yes it is me, but as you can see not all of us have the fortune to remain young forever."

Sarah throws a special vinegar and begins to chant; "Oh Lord, your humble servant wishes your power to burn these traitor from this earth and have their judgment in Purgatory; Holy Fire."

A massive flame explodes and burns Alexandria´s family in an instant. Alexandria looking with shock, begins to scream; "NNNNNOOOOO"

A giant pillar of flame destroys the center of the town completely. People cheer with excitement as they know that judgment was made. At that moment the temperature began to change as it got colder. Alexandria looks at Sarah with rage as she says:

"How dare you? I WILL KILL YOU!" The ground begins to freeze, Alexandria frees herself from the chains and begins to walk towards Sarah begins to laugh and extends her arms to the sky as she screams:

"I DON'T CARE IF YOU KILL ME, I ALREADY KILLED YOU, AND NOW DO AS YOU PLEASE."

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A horseman appears from behind Sarah and decapitates her in an instant. The horseman was grabbing his head on his arm; he swings the battle axe and makes a huge hole in the ground causing the people of the town to fall. He grabs Alexandria and puts her in the back of the horse.

"WWWAAAIIIITTT, I CAN STILL SAVE THEM." Alexandria cries, Ichabod lifts his head and says; "Forget them, they are now dead, your only family left is the granddaughter in Roanodare but that place is long dead. Now we must head to the south, a Great War is about to break and we must help them."

Alexandria cries as she turns around as the horse gallops towards the forest as they head to the south.

The American Civil War broke out, in order to free the country from slavery. The Union who were the North fought the Confederates who were from the South. Ichabod participated in the war on favor of the Confederates and attack without mercy. During that war, general Edward Williams fought for the Union and had constant clashes with Ichabod. The South lost to the North making the country free of slavery. Ichabod humiliated began to treat Alexandria as a burden, Alexandria did not want to leave Ichabod as she fell that he was the only one left for her.

Part 3 – Battle of Rio Bravo; 100 years before

The two of them continued to live in the South West part of the country where Ichabod´s murders continued. Alexandria learned that Edward Williams "killed" the Empire Devil, Ichabod with his great thirst for Conquest decided to attack Mexico. This is where they encounter once again with the Horseman of War however this time he was known as El Charro Negro. A woman called Teresa and Edward Williams joined the fight on what it was called the "Rio Bravo Battle."

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Explosions and destruction are heard in the desert between the U.S. and Mexico. Three figures stood in the middle of the crater. Edward Williams who had blood in his head, and Nemesio Santa Cruz stood up against Ichabod. Alexandria fought a woman called Teresa.

Teresa was a young woman, apparently about 30 years old; she was a member of the Holy Cross sent from the Vatican to deal this problem. She was wearing a special silver armor and had a lance. She had brown colored hair with yellow eyes.

"Why are you doing this?" Teresa asks Alexandria, she looks down and says; "Because I need to help him."

Teresa breathes heavily and replies; "You don't want to do this right? I can see in your face that you have doubt."

"T-T-That's not true; I am doing this because I love him." Alexandria desperately replies, Teresa looks at her and says; "It seems that you are afraid of him."

Alexandria looks afraid and replies; "Shut up, you don't know anything about me or him." Teresa sighs and says; "It seems I don't have a choice, but you and Ichabod had done many atrocities and now you must be punish, I know that you are immortal thanks to your mother but there are other ways to passed on."

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A giant crimson pillar destroys the mountains that were surrounding the area. Ichabod is sent flying towards where Alexandria was. Edward and Nemesio walk towards Teresa.

"ICHABOD, ICHABOD" Alexandria holds Ichabod with tears. Ichabod lets go of his axe, his head was in a special barrier created by Nemesio. Teresa begins to chat;

"Destinies together, destinies apart, May you souls be connected for eternity."

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Alexandria and Ichabod hearts begin to synchronized, Alexandria looks at her and says; "Damn you that is one of my mother´s spells."

"I know, and I am truly sorry, but I must put you together in order to perform the next ritual."

Edward puts his hand on Alexandria´s head and chants; "Oh Lord, please separate this evil soul from her pure body, please save you daughter under you name."

Alexandria´s soul separates from her body, Nemesio begins to chant; "cor separationem." (Heart Separation) He begins to extract Alexandria´s heart causing both Alexandria and Ichabod to die together.

"It´s over" Edwards says as he breathes heavily and he sits. –SSSPPPPLLAAATTT- Teresa begins to bleed from all over; she falls in to the ground as Nemesio asks;

"What happen? Teresa please lives."

"It seems I took quite a damage, I think this is it for me, how ironic to see the Horseman of War, a Puritan and a Saint fight together. In the end I was truly happy; please bury my body in Tapatio." Teresa dies in Nemesio´s hand, he takes off his hat and says; "I will, you can count on me, Teresa."

Nemesio stands up and grabs Alexandria´s heart as he says; "I will take her heart and put it somewhere safe, I fought together with them before I became a horseman and it feels me with pain to see that they became so rotten. My predecessor was right, I cannot let her be resurrected."

Edward nods in agreement and says; "Very well, then I will take her body and Ichabod too, they will have a proper burial, I hope one day they could find peace."

On that day Alexandria died but she never passed on to the afterlife, she roam without any sense of direction looking for her heart. Her body was in Roanodare, and her heart on the other side of the country. Ichabod was brought to Sleepy Hollow, his axes disappeared from the battle field but reappeared on Sleepy Hollow where a tree grew. A monument with a puritan seal was made, however if Alexandria were to be resurrected, Ichabod would resurrect as well. 100 years passed and Alexandria who was only a spirit without meaning found one of her granddaughter´s descendant, Samantha in the South West region of the country. This when Alexandria made contact with Samantha, this would take us back to the present.

Part 4 – SIA HQ; Present Day

Tears begin to come out of Uriel´s eyes as Alexandria separates her lips from him. Uriel became shocked to learn about Alexandria´s past. He lowers his head and says:

"Thank you for showing me your past, I can see that you have been through a lot since your childhood."

Alexandria stands up and comments; "I don't want your pity; I just wanted to show you that you have no right to stop my plans."

-Tch-Uriel gets angry and exclaims; "I am not showing you pity, the fact that you suffer doesn't mean that you have the right to destroy this world."

Alexandria looks at him and asks; "Then what am I supposed to do? Don't tell me that you have forgiven the people who betrayed you? The anger you have for having lost you father? You became a horseman of war without knowing? Isn't that a reason to feel hate towards this world?"

Uriel begins to remember the words that his father said to him before he died:

"Uriel, now the successor is you, but you are a human being. You will be a teacher and you will be the best teacher there could be. You are my pride, protect your brother and sister and more importantly protect your mother. You are the head of the family now okay. Stay strong and please keep your erotic dreams and fantasies in check hahaha."

Uriel begins to chuckle and looks at Alexandria with a smile, "What´s so funny? I don't remember telling a joke here"

Uriel moves his head and says; "I just remember the last words of my father, sure I became the horseman of war, but I am still a human being, and I´m the head of the Di Fiore family. My father died to protect his family, and that is what I am going to do. Protect the people I care about."

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Alexandria blushes as she feels her heart beating faster. Alexandria begins to smile as she touches Uriel´s chains by freezing them. "How did you do that? I thought that they were useless with manna?"

"These chains come from Stonehenge but it prevents those who are tied but not the other way around." Alexandria says to Uriel, Uriel stands up and begins to stretch saying:

"Thank you, but why are you helping me?"

Alexandria smiles and replies; "Because I want to see, where that resolve does take you."

"My resolve? What do you mean by that?" Uriel asks with a clueless expression. Alexandria begins to form a figure of ice resembling Ichabod and explains:

"My husband is coming this way; he is nothing you have ever seen before. His power is rivals an awakened horseman. You on the other hand, only have 30% of Juan de la Trinidad´s power. I must warn you that if you face Ichabod, you will die."

-Gulp- Uriel begins to feel fear, but he takes a deep breath and replies:

"Why is he coming here?"

"He is coming to reclaim his head; he has the curse of the Dullahan." Alexandria says as she makes the figure turn into the headless horseman. Uriel confused asks:

"What is the curse of Dullahan?"

"It is a curse that lets you live without a head, in order to regain his full power, Ichabod needs his head. The SIA took the head from Sleepy Hollow. Now he is coming, and you are here as well." Alexandria replies as she shatters the figure, Uriel once again asks:

"What do I have to do with this?"

"Well, your predecessors where the ones who did this to Ichabod, he want revenge against the Horseman of War and you are him." Alexandria laughs leaving Uriel thinking; "Aww man, bad timing to be a horseman."

"Anyways, it's time to get going Uriel; I will go retrieve the head of my husband. What will you do?"

Uriel begins to think about his next course of action, he smiles and looks up:

"I´m going to stop Ichabod and you."

Alexandria begins to laugh and says; "Even though we are enemies, I like you."

Uriel smiles and proposes; "I said it to Samantha and I will say it to you; Come with me and forget about the past, look forward and start a new life."

Alexandria blushes and turns around saying; "Y-Y-You idiot, I have eyes only for my husband, don't try to seduce me."

"W-W-Wait, you got it all wrong, I am inviting to come with me, not to live with me." Uriel says as he blows steam of his head. Alexandria chuckles and snaps her fingers as she says:

"I am just toying with you, it seems the energy was cut, now you have 10 minutes before the energy gets back on, I wish you good luck my Uriel."

Alexandria winks and disappears, Uriel begins to walk outside and sees a figure waving a hand, Uriel goes towards her and the figure says:

"Uriel, I came here to get you out."

"Uriel, I came here to get you out."