Chapter 12

"Mxy, what the hell is going on? Why is she saying that she's you?"

Mxyzptlk let out a heavy sigh, "Because she is."

Flashback to a thousand years ago...

A fifth dimensional being fell in love with a mortal named Alice.

Alice was smart, a woman of independence, and she had a face that could match the beauty of any goddess in the galaxies. She, however, lacks compassion and would use any opportunity to be ahead of everyone else. When she met the djinn and found out how the being felt for her, she led her on, hoping to get the source of her powers.

The djinn was fond of writing letters to Alice, even if they were always together. Sometimes, these letters would even be written in languages unknown to Alice and she would ask the djinn to translate them for her. It was very annoying. "You can talk, why do you keep writing to me if you're just going to read them out loud?"

The djinn just smiled, "Maybe I'll write down the reason one day."

Alice huffed, "It would be better if you showed me more tricks rather than reading to me. That would be more interesting."

The djinn obliged to the request, everyday there was a new trick. Though there were a couple of tricks that she rather enjoyed. One was when the djinn fashioned a diamond necklace from the stars dotting the night sky; the other was when she extracted light from the sun and and kept it in a lamp, where it would glow for eternity. These objects were made unbreakable, as the djinn placed a bit of her inside them- her love.

As expected, Alice grew tired of watching the tricks. She'd much rather perform them herself. But how could she, when she has no magical powers of her own? She started plotting against her lover, everyday she will tell the djinn what she wanted and everyday the djinn obliged but the objects disappeared after some time, except for the lamp and the necklace, because the djinn used little magic on them. She watched a little closer now and did some research. Being a woman of great intelligence, she was eventually able to find a way to harness the djinn's powers or at least control the djinn.

All she has to do is say the djinn's name backwards, together with a spell that she found in a book. There were some other words written in the book but she could not figure them out. She would ask the djinn but it might give her away. She also needs another object that held personal value to the djinn, in which she could trap her. Alice thought of the necklace first, but she likes it so she used the next best thing: the lamp.

One night, during one of their trysts, Alice asked the djinn, "Will you do anything that I ask?"

"Yes, I will."

"Do you promise?"

"Yes, I do."

"Kiss me." It was the first time she uttered those words and they brought happiness in the djinn's face as she obliged. Alice could feel the djinn's powers getting stronger as they kissed. It seems that the djinn's powers were strengthened by her feelings.

She whispered in the djinn's ears, "I love you..." held the lamp close against the djinn and when the djinn's powers were in full force, Alice finished her sentence, "KLTPZYXM."

There was a flash of light and an explosion, killing Alice. The djinn was trapped inside the lamp, floating about in endless dimensions.

But she was not alone.

There was another djinn, and she looks just like Mxyzptlk.

Alice missed some of the instructions from the book. It was a spell meant to make a djinn mortal, but it has to be performed by someone who loves them and they loved back. Since the spell was performed out of malice and greed, instead of making Mxyzptlk mortal, her being was separated. She lost some of her powers and got transferred to the other djinn, she was evil and greedy just like Alice. But she was a mere reflection of Mxyzptlk. Unable to hold or touch things. She can definitely wreak havoc though, that's for sure.

Present time...

"Remember when I said I knew your cousin? When he traveled the dimensions with another being, like a red streak, who was very fast, by the way, we got sucked in a vortex and ended up here. The lamp is gone and so was the other me, the three of us got separated but the lamp shouldn't be too far, though."

"That's some weird Disney shi..stuff," Maggie said. "You didn't answer Alice about the letters though, I'm pretty sure that's important stuff."

"Oh I don't know, I guess I was just being overly romantic. But I wrote the letters because I believe that words are more powerful if you write them down. It's preserved like memory on paper, together with the feelings you wrote them down with. So there, that's my story."

"So... you're not the one who's been causing trouble all this time? I mean, except for the fact that you stole my girlfriend and threatened me if I didn't avoid her."

"No, that wasn't me and yes, it was me who threatened you but it was necessary. Just so you know, I was just saying that so you'd let me have a chance with Alex. I can't really control other beings, the best that I can do is influence them. You're a really tough competition, you know that?"

Kara interrupted, "As much as I like watching you guys get along, we have more pressing matters at hand right now."

"Mxy, start finding the lamp and perhaps you should start in the area where you landed the first time you got here. Maggie, go to Flinders St. and try to trace Alex. I'm going back to the DEO so we can get more help. I'll keep in touch with you both. Oh, and try not to kill each other. I'm liking this vibe you got going on."

SWOOSH! Supergirl went up, up and away.