Board Thread:Short Stories and Fanfictions/@comment-71.185.177.221-20191112172810/@comment-71.185.177.221-20191112215531

Midnight

"How'd you get away from Ro?" Sophie asked as they crept toward the cliff by Havenfield.

"Told her I was going to talk to you," Keefe said.

"And she let you go?" Sophie asked.

Keefe smirked, at least, that's what Sophie thought. It was hard to see anything in the dark. "Well, I said some other stuff too. But you don't have to worry your pretty little head about it."

"And now I'm worried," Sophie said.

"You'll be fine. It was nothing bad. Most likely I'll be the only one that gets in trouble if we're caught." Keefe said, nearly falling off the edge of the cliff. Sophie grabbed his hand and yanked him back.

"Whoops," Keefe peered down into the darkness.

"Well, try not to fall off the giant cliff next time. You know, it might be smart." Sophie said.

"Don't worry," Keefe grinned. "I'll take you down with me." He pulled her off the cliff and Sophie could barely open the void before they crashed.

"Keefe!" Sophie yelled.

"Yeah?" Keefe rubbed his head where he had hit it after the particulary bumpy landing out of the void.

"That was dangerous! You could've killed us!"

"Nah. I knew you'd open the Void in time. Now, where are we?"

Sophie looked around, choosing to yell at him when they were back home.

"We're at a grocery store. It's where humans get there food," She explained.

"Ooh. Okay, we're getting a lot more than just some Oreos! I'm tasting all the human food!" Keefe exclaimed, moving towards the door.

Sophie grabbed his arm and pulled him back. "We can't just go in. It's closed. We have to break in."

Keefe looked at her in surprise. "Sophie Foster wants to break the law?! I'm in!" He slipped a thin metal stick from out of his pocket and set to work on the lock.

"Since when do you know how to pick locks?" Sophie asked, rubbing her shivering arms.

Keefe smirked. "How do you think I do anything?"

Sophie nodded. "Yeah, that makes sense."

"Wow, human locks are easy." He pulled open the door and stepped inside, holding it open for Sophie.

"Yeah, well, pretty sure they never expected an elf to be breaking in too a grocery store." Sophie said, searching the walls for secuirity cameras.

"Don't worry." Keefe said. "I brought an obscuer just in case." He patted a pocket on his jerkin.

"Since when do you think ahead?" Sophie asked, scouring the shelves for human candy Keefe might like.

"Since tonight. Ooh! What are those?" Keefe pointed to blue box with cookies on the front.

"Chips Ahoy." Sophie said. "It's a kind of cookie."

"Yes and yes!" He took two boxes, also adding a box of Chips Deluxe.

As they went through the ailes, his pile grew with a carton of Turkey Hill ice cream and a pint of Ben and Jerry's.

"Alden's Organic," Keefe read. "Alden is organic?"

Sophie laughed. "It's just a brand." But Keefe had already moved on to another aisle and she rushed to catch up with him.

He got a box of pre-made s'mores and a bag of Skittle's and mini Reese's.

"Alright, I think we're good." Keefe said.

"Here," Sophie took half of his stack. "We should probably get a bag. So they don't fall when we teleport. Speaking of which we need to find a cliff."

"Meh." Keefe said as they piled to goods into three bags. "We'll just find some big building. I heard human cities have lots of those."

Sophie placed a stack of bills on the couter and said, "Or we can levitate."

They left the store and Keefe replaced the lock. "Alright, let's go."

He took her hand and they started rising. The higher they got, the thinner the air was and it got hard to control.

"Are we going to the Shores of Solace or Havenfield?" Sophie asked.

"Let's go to Candleshade. No one's there and I'm sure Sandor can wait before piling on the lectures."

"Okay. Let's go."

She took a deep breath before saying.

"Drop."