The Magic Box, Monday

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Alex was armed with a giant cup of coffee, when she opened the shop. That was one way to fend off the cold. As she set up the displays, she contemplated making a small fire near her for warmth.

... maybe later. For now, she'd continue with the displays.

The Magic Box is open.

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Miley was wrapped in about five winter coats as she came down the street and charging into the nearest warm store she could find. The goal had been to find something to wear on iCarly on Friday, but she hadn't taken the weather into account, so she charged through the door and found herself in a store that definitely did not sell clothing.

And then she saw who was behind the counter.

"Mikayla!?"

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Alex happened to be looking through a box of charms for the display when the door opened. Seeing what the girl was wearing made her think the fire might be a really good idea. Catching the look she was getting, Alex couldn't help the confusion that crossed her face.

"Huh?"

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And now Miley was seriously considering heading right back outside, because she certainly did not want to give her least favorite pop star her business. The only thing that kept her from doing just that was the fact that she was pretty certain Mikayla was currently on a world tour.

"What -- what -- what are you doing here?" she finally blurted out. "Aren't you touring?"

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"I go to school here?" Well, technically she was a graduate now but it counted. "Touring? Touring where? I have no idea what you're talking about." Alex was really confused. "I think you have me confused with someone else?"

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Ooooh. Wait. Was she trying to rock a secret identity over here too? Her hair did look a little different. And even though Miley didn't like Mikayla, she wasn't about to out someone's secret. For karma reasons.

"Wait, I get it," Miley said, holding up a hand. Assuming a tone that made it clear she was just going along with what Alex was saying, she said, "You're 'not Mikayla' here. Gotcha."

Did that many people try to keep secret identities around here? Maybe the president hadn't been so off in sending her to this place.

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"No, I'm not," she said, shaking her head. No Mikaylas to be found. "My name's not Mikayla. It's Alex."

Her middle name did start with an 'm' but it definitely did not stand for Mikayla. "Sorry if you were looking to find her here. Lookalikes seem to pop up a lot around here." She could name a few off the top of her head.

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Miley just... needed a minute to process that.

And processing something, in her world, called for a good catchphrase.

"Dead ringer for my archnemesis say what?"

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Maybe she should've eased slowly into that explanation. Whoops.

"Fandom's special like that," Alex explained. "It doesn't happen too often but every once in a while, you'll get people who resemble each other. It can get really confusing." No kidding. "I'm guessing that kind of thing doesn't happen where you're from?"

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Miley took that in, still wide-eyed, and shook her head. "Uh, no," she laughed.

Except for random normal girls who happened to look a lot like pop stars, of course.

"So you're sure you're not a pop star with a grudge against m-- uh, Hannah Montana?"

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"It never happened to me either... well, not until now. But it is Fandom, so it's something you learn to expect," Alex admitted, with a shrug. She definitely should have eased into that, not scar the new girl. Nice going, Alex.

"Last time I checked, that definitely was not me." She didn't really have grudges against people, unless they were a certain someone named Gigi Hollingsworth. Yeah, that grudge was never going away.