Board Thread:Short Stories and Fanfictions/@comment-44851810-20200113003537/@comment-44851810-20200113154840

Sophie didn’t know what surprised her more. The Neverseen symbol, or the fact that Kenric  KNEW WHO THE NEVERSEEN WERE. It seemed like others knew who they were as well, because no one asked who the Neverseen were. No one asked what Kenric meant. Which meant one thing. The councilors know about the Neverseen. They had talked with the Neverseen. They were friends with the Neverseen.

This changed everything.

Sophie’s head was spinning, as she tried to process the revelation.

If the Council had known about the Neverseen that long ago, they hadn’t just been working against the Black Swan all that time.

They might have been working with the Neverseen.

Or at the very least, they had been allowing them to continue with their work. Which was much, much more than they could say for the Black Swan.

A wave of horror overcame Sophie as she realized what that meant. When Oralie had volunteered to be her biological mother, for the Black Swan…

She had known about the Neverseen. She allowed the hunt for the Black Swan to continue. Allowed the hunt for her daughter to continue.

A surge of hatred, pure and black, fueled Sophie’s thoughts. How could anyone be quite that evil? Sophie might have had a close second on Keefe’s Worst Mom Ever.

Which reminded her. Keefe. She should head over soon to check on him.

She might never look Oralie in the eye again. She might never speak another word to her. But right now? She had to pay attention.

“I think we should look into it a little before we give it back. Find out if Velia is right.” Councilor Emery said.

“I would be more than happy to look into it, though I might need some help.” Councilor Velia said.

“I’ll help you,” Oralie said with a smile.

Bronte clapped his hands. “Great! Now can we all go home and get some sleep?”

Emery and a few other councilors nodded and murmured in agreement. They got up and started to leave as Oralie and Zelia made their way over to each other.

“What time do you want to meet up tomorrow?” Oralie asked.

“Actually, I was thinking, if it really is Stellarlune, then we might want to see what it does at night, unless your too tired.” There was a little bit of tease in the last words. Sophie didn’t know Velia that well, but she seemed like a nice person.

“That sounds like a good plan.” Oralie said. “Do you want to go to my place or yours?”

Velia thought for a second or two. “let us go to mine.” She held up a crystal and took Oralie’s hand as they stepped into the light.

The next clip seemed a little later. Velia and Oralie were walking next to a cliff, with a gorgeous house in the backround. The house was made of wood and half hanging off the cliff.

Velia had a stellarscope and Oralie was holding the bottle. Suddenly, out of nowhere, there came a small dwarf. He – or she, it was too dark to tell - popped out of the ground and yank at the bottle, trying to rip it out of Oralie’s hand. But Oralie had a good grip.

“Give me the stellarlune!” the dwarf shouted when Oralie didn’t let go. Velia snapped her fingers, making light shine on the dwarf’s sensitive eyes.

“Arrrrr!” he screeched. But he just shut his eyes and pulled harder. He let go with one hand and dug his into Oralie’s hand. Oralie screamed and let go of the vial. Velia lunged for the vial and grabbed it before the dwarf could burrow in the ground. Oralie grabbed his shoulders, preventing him from escaping, but the dwarf just kicked Velia in the face, knocking her back, as Oralie half raised him in the air. but he thrashed, making Oralie take two steps back. But two steps back was the cliff. Oralie tried to regain her balance but it was near impossible holding a squirming dwarf. They tumble off the cliff. But at the last possible second, Velia grabbed Oralie’s ankle and pulled her up. But the dwarf was gone. So was the vial. Both at the bottom of a cliff. And it was a tall cliff. Oralie was frozen with shock.

“I let go. I killed him.” Oralies voice was barely more than a whisper.

“Get your cache,” Velia said softly. Oralie obeyed. “We need to erase all traces of stellarlune. It is to dangerous.”

The memory ended there.

Sophie leaned against the panakes tree.

“Any questions?” Oralie asked quietly.

“Yes, actually. You KNEW about the Neverseen. You ALLOWED the hunt for the Black Swan to continue. Allowed the hunt for her DUAGHTER to continue. HOW COULD YOU DO THAT?!”

“I’m only one vote! I can only do so much! Please Sophie, just be open minded and here me out on this! I-”

“You lost the right to ask me to be open minded and hear you out when you volunteered your child to be part of an experiment!” furious, Sophie whipped around, almost running into Edaline, who was holding a tray of mallow melt.

“Your… you…” she kept looking from Sophie to Oralie, as if looking for a resemblance – and finding it.

“I should go…” Oralie said quietly.

“You should.” Sophie agreed, feeling pleased when Oralie flinched at her harsh words. Edaline was still speechless as Oralie lifted up a crystal and leaped away. Sophie walked torward the house.

“Sophie,” Edaline called after her. “That night when you were really upset, and you said you were having trouble with Fitz, is that when….?”

Sophie nodded, and to her relief, Edaline didn’t have any further question.

“Hey kiddo!” Grady called when Sophie came inside. But Sophie wasn’t in the mood to talk. She stormed past him and slammed the door to her room. She went over to Iggy and started to pet him. Then she remembered. ''Keefe. ''

''            Hey Fitz, I’ll be there soon. ''She transmitted.

No Sophie,  he transmitted back, ''you get a good night rest, I’ll stay with Keefe tonight. I can tell your exhausted. ''He was right. Sophie was exhausted and getting a good night sleep in her bed sounded nice.

''Okay, I will see you in the morning. Goodnight.''

            Goodnight.

            Sophie fell asleep as soon as her head hit the pillow.