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Chapter 9

A snapped twig alerted Sophie of someone’s presence. She turned around and there was Grady. The two must have stared at each other for a full minute before Grady tackled Sophie with a strangle-hug. Something in Sophie seemed to heal. It was as if the world suddenly made sense. As if a wound had closed. It was too overwhelming. Things Sophie had forgotten rushed into her memory. Her feelings seemed to completely change as she was swept with the memories of what she had done to her friends and family in her period of anger. Guilty feelings. The most dangerous feelings and elf could have. But she couldn’t break. She just couldn’t. But shadowy guilt crept into Sophie’s vision as she collapsed. Struggling to fight it, Sophie’s treacherous mind thought to the other times that she had done bad things. And the guilt clouded everywhere. But Sophie had already almost broken. She couldn’t do it again. Sophie heard panicking voices. She was lifted and being light leaped. More panicked voices. But Grady’s calm voice spoke words to her. She couldn’t stay awake much longer. If she didn’t do something soon, she would break. So she focused on Grady’s voice. It was the only thing she had. As she lost her energy she felt her hold on enhancing fall away. And that is all she remembered.

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The memories were swept around in Sophie’s vision. Sad ones. Happy ones. Scary ones. Loving ones. And each one felt like it would shatter any second. But Sophie focused on the good memories. Being adopted by Grady and Edaline. Finding Silveny. Dex taking that darned circuit off her head. Meeting Calla. Meeting Tam and Linh. Saving Atlantis. Finally getting out of the healing center after like a month. It was the best that she could do to hold herself together. Once in a while, familiar breezes would send back bad memories. And Sophie clung to them.

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Sophie found the world coming into focus. And she saw Keefe. He kneeled beside her and was clutching her hand tightly. “Keefe,” whispered Sophie in a soft voice. Keefe handed her a bottle of youth before saying, “I’m sorry Sophie, this was all my fault.” Sophie clung to his hand so he couldn’t pull away and said, “It’s not your fault! You told me you loved me! And… and…I love you too!” she burst out. Keefe’s eyes widened, “You do? Even after what happened with Fitz?” Sophie nodded and sat up in her bed, patting for Keefe to sit beside her. When e had she said, “Fitz doesn’t truly love me. If he did, he would have been nicer. But instead he was a jerk. She spat out the word like a bad food. “When you told me that you loved me, something clicked and I realized that it’s you that I really love. So let me tell you, Keefe Sencen. I love you!” Chapter 10-Keefe

Keefe’s heart exploded. Sophie Foster, the girl he had liked since the day that he had met her, said that she oved him. And Keefe was an Empath, he could tell. Sophie smiled at him and he smiled back. Not a smirk, a smile. Then Keefe snapped his fingers conjuring (he had been practicing) a beautiful necklace that he had bought her a long time ago but just never had the nerve to give it to her. Sophie gasped with surprise and Keefe smiled again as he clasped it around her neck. He had had had the necklace custom made with an intertwining S and K and lots of panake blossoms littering the chain. Sophie fingered it lovingly. Keefe watched her happy little eyes reflect the sparkling item of jewelry before pulling her into a hug. Sophie leaned into Keefe. Keefe treasured the moment and determined not to make it awkward leaned slightly down and kissed Sophie. She looked surprised for a second, then she kissed back. It was the most wonderful moment of Keefe’s life. For once he felt loved. This was one relationship his dad couldn’t steal away from him. This was the one he had to keep. And as the kiss ended and Sophie leaned her head back on Keefe shoulder, Keefe knew that she truly loved him. All doubt left his mind as he soaked up this romantic moment with Sophie. Suddenly, there was a knock at the door and both Sophie and Keefe pulled away their faces bright red as the door swung open. It was Edaline. She saw Sophie and rushed over to give her a hug. Both she and Sophie cried. Keefe looked away jealously. Why did his parents have to be such brats? “Keefe,” said Edaline, “I cane to practice with you.” Keefe glanced over at Sophie who smirked at him. No way! Sophie Foster was smirking! Keefe’s eyes twinkled as he smirked back. Then he stood up and went to practice with Edaline.

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Keefe settled down exhaustedly in his room. Ro closed the door and said, “Okay, what happened with Sophie?” Keefe groaned and said, “Do I have to?” “Let’s put it this way,” said Ro, “You tell me and maybe I won’t punish you with amoebas.” That got Keefe talking. He told her the whole story. When he finished, Ro clapped her hands gleefully. “You finally did it!” she cheered. “Be quiet,” muttered Keefe, burying himself under blankets. “I’m too happy to be quiet!” exclaimed Ro, “She told you that she loves you! You love her! She broke up with Fitz!” by now, Ro was dancing around the room. Keefe had never seen her so excited. Suddenly, the door burst open. Keefe turned and there stood Sophie. She looked scared. “You have to help me!” she said, “Fitz is coming to visit me! In an hour! And Biana said he looked angry!”

Chapter 11

“Deep breaths,” said Keefe to Sophie as she tumbled into his arms. Sophie focused on breathing in and out. In. and out. In and out. Keefe sent a breeze. And Sophie realized she had lost hold of her enhancing in her panic. She gave a guilty smile and pulled up her guard again. Keefe smiled back. Sophie knew she truly loved him unlike that brat of Fitz. Sophie stood up but held onto Keefe to steady herself. “So, tell me what happened,” said Keefe. Sophie told him about how Biana had warned her that Fitz was planning to come over. She had said that Fitz didn’t want Sophie to know so he could catch her by surprise, but Biana knew she needed to tell Sophie. “Okay,” said Keefe, “let’s do this.” Sophie immediately felt better. She wouldn’t have to do this alone. The two light leaped back to Havenfield, along Sandor, Flori, and Ro following behind. When they were there (luckily Grady and Edaline were out on an errand), Sophie looked at the clock and saw that Fitz would be there in two minutes. Five minutes later, he still wasn’t there. Sophie paced the fields with Keefe trailing behind. Sophie stopped at the Panake tree and leaned into the trunk. Sophie felt a hand on her shoulder and turned to Keefe. His worry for her reflected in his eyes. Sophie smiled, but before she could say anything, a bright flash of light caught her eyes. There was Fitz. His eyes glinted with fury and his hands were clenched. His gritted teeth showed that he was resisting saying some not so nice things as he glared at Sophie and Keefe. Finally he growled, “What are you doing with This Boy.” “His name is Keefe,” said Sophie back, “And what does it matter to you of why I’m with him.” “Oh,” said Fitz shooting another glare at Keefe who winced, “It’s just the matter of business that I came to discuss with you might concern him.” For once, Keefe didn’t make a joke. “Then he should be present if you going to discuss him,” said Sophie. Keefe snorted, “She’s got a point there Fitzy.” The joke sounded forced. “My name is Fitz,” he hissed his glare growing deeper. Keefe just raised his eyebrows. Fitz turned to Sophie and said, “Can we do this telepathically?” Sophie glanced at Keefe who gave the slightest nod. So Sophie agreed and closed her eyes, pulling all of her hatred toward Fitz to the front of her mind. Fitz put his hands on Sophie’s temples and Sophie didn’t say anything and just closed her eyes so she wouldn’t have to look into Fitz’s eyes. She heard Keefe whistle beside her, “Whoa, twist in the Fitzphie starefest. Sophie felt hatred to the word Fitzphie swell up in her and she guessed Fitz was giving Keefe a glare. Sophie sat there with her eyes closed and Fitz’s fingers on her temples for what must’ve been five minutes before Fitz stumbled away. Sophie looked up and saw that shock had replaced Fitz’s anger. He was very…white. Both Sophie and Keefe looked at him quizzically. Fitz shook his head as if coming out of a daze. Then he stared at Sophie as if he had never seen her. Sophie looked at him, annoyed. “Sophie,” said Fitz at last, “I can’t get into your mind!”

Chapter 12

Fitz stared at Sophie. Sophie stared back. Keefe shuffled his feet awkwardly before saying, “Whoa! Twist in the Fitzphie starefest!” Fitz glared at him, “Just. Be. Quiet.” Sophie stepped protectively in front of Keefe. Keefe snorted. “Look, Foster’s trying to protect me, Fitzy. She doesn’t seem to remember that I’m older, taller and stronger than she is.” Although she was grateful that Keefe was joking again, Sophie shot him her best glare. Keefe smirked and sat down under the panake tree. “Carry on, don’t mind me,” he settled back as if to take a nap. Unfortunately for Keefe he was not prepared for the shouting that followed. Fitz turned to Sophie with a hurt look in his eyes. “Sophie, your mind doesn’t trust me anymore.” Suddenly, Sophie was annoyed. Fitz expected her to trust him after the pain that he had caused her! “	Well what do you expect,” she growled, “First, you purposely avoid me. Then, you burst into my room, shouting like a maniac when you see me trying to comfort Keefe. Then, I almost break because of you!” “Well you didn’t have to take it so hard!” snapped Fitz. “I’m not exactly in control of what I feel,” hissed Sophie, “Do you think I want my mind to almost break. If you can’t tell, I’d prefer not to have a broken mind!” “You don’t have to put all the blame on me!” yelled Fitz. “If you really loved me,” said Sophie, “you wouldn’t act like this around me!” Someone cleared their throat. Sophie turned to see Grady and Edaline. She inwardly groaned. This was the worst possible time. Both Keefe and Fitz fumbled for their pathfinders and left. Edaline gave Sophie the world’s worst sappy smile and from the look on Grady’s face, he and Sophie were about to have a long conversation about boys. Sophie sighed and asked, “How much of that did you hear?” Grady snorted and said, “How could anyone not hear?” Sophie groaned loudly “Come ‘on kiddo, up to your room for that talk I’ve been putting off.” Edaline gave Sophie another sappy smile as Sophie turned and walked toward the house. It was time to experience a real life nightmare. Grady closed the door behind him and sat down. Edaline conjured two pieces of mallowmelt. He picked his piece up and passed Sophie’s to her. “Okay,” he said after he had taken a bite, “Fitz or Keefe, who are you dating?” Okay, Grady was practically begging Sophie to groan, which she did. Grady raised his eyebrows and sat back as if watching a movie. “Give me the whole story,” he said. So after groaning again, Sophie told him about how Keefe had told her that he loved her, how Fitz had seen her hugging him, how they had gotten in a huge argument, how Sophie had told Keefe that she loved him, how Fitz had visited, how he couldn’t get in her mind, and how they had started the argument. Grady’s eyes had softened and he pulled Sophie into a hug. They sat there silently each knowing not say anything. And for once, when it came to boys, Sophie’s father understood. Chapter 13

Sophie must have fallen asleep because next thing she knew, it was morning. She rushed to get out of bed and shower and change. When she came back in her room, Sophie realized that she hadn’t updated Team Valiant in a week! So Sophie hailed each one, telling them to meet her by the panake tree. And when she rushed out there herself, they began to appear through the beams of light. When they had all sat down, Sophie said, “Any updates?” Stina snorted, “Isn’t that why you called us here?” “I called you here because we hadn’t talked in a while,” said Sophie. “I have an update,” said Biana. She looked at Sophie and Sophie nodded knowing what she was going to say, “Sophie and Fitz broke up!” Everyone gasped. They weren’t joking gasps, they were real gasps. Dex looked slightly happy and Sophie figured that he still hadn’t completely liked Fitz. Stina looked hopeful, as if Fitz was going straight to her. “What boy does she like better than Fitz?” said Wylie, trying to joke. “She actually did ditch Fitz for another boy,” said Biana. “What?!” said Wylie. “Who?” said Stina. Sophie groaned. “We’re not supposed to talk about this kind of thing during a meeting!” she said. “Keefe,” said Biana, ignoring Sophie. Once again, everyone gasped. Sophie groaned again and said, “You guys can continue talking about this, I’m leaving.” She turned and stalked away, listening to her friends talk about her love life. Soon they were out of hearing distance and she sat down on a rock, fingering the necklace Keefe had given her. Sophie knew she should be more worried about the Neverseen than Keefe, but it was hard. Suddenly, Sophie heard a crash behind her. She turned and someone tackled her from behind. It was the Neverseen! Someone in a black hood held her down, pressing her arms down against the ground. He sat on her chest and it took all of Sophie’s energy to breath. She began to hack and cough. “Gethen,” said Lady Gisela’s voice from behind Sophie, “I need her alive if you don’t mind.” Gethen stepped back but gripped Sophie’s wrists in a different spot. A pain shot through Sophie’s entire body. Someone Sophie couldn’t see clamped hand over Sophie’s mouth before Sophie could scream in pain. She couldn’t inflict with the pain barreling its way through her body. She writhed in Gethen’s grip. He laughed, a nightmarish sound, and said, “Poor little Sophie. The more you move the more it hurts. The more it hurts the more you move. Well, I’m getting back at you for inflicting on me.” He laughed evilly again. Sophie realized what he said was true as the pain increased. The world turned dim. The darker it got, the more it hurt. She struggled in vain, and with the last of her energy she transmitted the one word help! as far as she could. And the world went black. Sophie could only hope that someone heard. Chapter 14-Keefe

Help! The word suddenly blared in Keefe’s head. It was Sophie. Then the connection was cut off. Keefe knew something was wrong. He rushed for his pathfinder and Ro came in the room. “What are you doing?” she yawned. “Sophie’s in trouble!” exclaimed Keefe. Ro’s eyes widened. “Do you mean that voice I heard wasn’t my imagination?” she asked. “No, and we need to go!” said Keefe. He and Ro stepped in the light and found Havenfield in chaos. It felt like every elf Sophie knew was there. Suddenly, Biana appeared beside Keefe and grabbed his arm. “Come on,” she hissed to him and Ro. Without question, the two allowed her to drag them into some kind of forest. Soon they came to Team Valiant. “We were wondering,” said Biana as the others stood up, “Could Ro find where they dragged Sophie to?” “Already at it,” said Ro traveling about. About five minutes later, there came an ‘ah hah’. Keefe rushed over and what he saw made his heart break. In a pile, laid Sophie’s little necklace collection. He reached down and picked up the necklace from him, noticing that there were no teal necklaces in the pile. Ro sniffed around. “Follow me!” she exclaimed. So they followed her through twists and turns. Keefe clutched the necklace tighter, hoping somehow the more he squeezed, the safer Sophie would be. And soon a dead end came in sight. Ro sniffed around and disappeared into a rock. Keefe gasped and Biana stifled a scream. “It’s okay,” said Ro popping back through. A whimper snuck through Biana’s lips. “I know a Fluctuator did it,” she said, “It’s just creepy.” “What’s back there?” asked Wylie. “The Neverseen camp,” said Ro, “Here’s the plan.” She lowered her voice and whispered the plan. When everyone knew what they were doing, they stepped through the stone. Kind of like Tam’s shadows, Wylie manipulated the light to shield himself, Keefe, and Biana. They crept in the direction Ro had told them. Then they saw Sophie. She was tied up and gagged. Biana snuck forward, invisible. Sophie opened her eyes, and Biana whispered something to her. Sophie nodded as Biana began to cut her bonds. Sophie stood up but instantly leaned on Biana who struggled to support her. As soon as they were back in Wylie’s shield, Biana allowed Sophie to collapse in Keefe’s arms. The three crept out and met up with the other group. Suddenly there was a shout. Keefe turned. It was Glimmer. Sophie leaned harder on Keefe. He knew she was losing energy. Supporting her, he conjured a goblin throwing star. Wylie stepped protectively in front of the group, forming light. The others also grabbed hold of their abilities. By now, Wylie and Glimmer were attacking each other. They were evenly matched given their equality in abilities. Wylie would throw light and Glimmer would destroy it. Then Glimmer would gather and throw light and Wylie would destroy it. Glimmer would punch Wylie and he would deflect, or vice versa. Suddenly, Biana appeared behind Glimmer, and with a look of glee, pulled back her hood. For a second everyone stared at the figure in front of them. Then Wylie said, “Mom?”

once again, I apologize for the late update, I was on vacation- sorry!