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I finished the next chapter!!!! Here it is!!!!

CHAPTER 11

'''“Hey Sophie!” Biana squealed as Sophie entered Everglen. As soon as Sophie was fully healed, she had hailed Team Valiant, the Council, and the Collective saying that they needed a meeting. She also asked most of the other Black Swan members to join. Biana had offered to have the meeting in Everglen, and everyone had agreed. Sophie had agreed too, but she dreaded seeing Fitz. She hoped he was taking an extra long run today. '''

'''“Hey!” Sophie responded, as she walked up to Biana. As Biana led her inside the huge mansion, and into a huge room with fancy, and silky sofas surrounding a crystal table, Sophie asked, “Am I the first one here?” '''

'''“Yeah! Everyone else should be coming soon. I was baking mallowmelt with my mom for everyone. We’re almost done. Do you want to join?” Biana asked. Sophie shook her head. Biana nodded and smiled as she walked out of the room, and disappeared into the maze of fancy hallways. Sophie wondered how the Vackers ever remembered their way around their house. Sophie sat down on one of the sofas, played with her hair. She saw portraits of their family hanging around in the midst of paintings and mirrors. There were solos of each family member, and group photos. Sophie realized that Alvar wasn’t part of any of them. Most of the pictures must’ve been recent.'''

'''“We didn’t want Alvar stupid choices ruining our life, anymore.” A thick accented voice said behind her. Sophie whipped her head around to find Fitz standing at the doorway. He gave her a sad smile before sitting next to her.'''

'''“I’m really sorry, Sophie.” he started, not looking at her. “I really messed up. I shouldn’t have said those things to you and the others. You’re not broken and destroyed. You’re strong and powerful. I really didn’t mean what I said.”'''

'''“It’s okay, Fitz.” Sophie said, surprised at how easily she forgave him. “You were mad.”'''

'''“Yeah, but that’s not a good excuse. I thought I learned my lesson when I was mad at you when my dad’s mind broke. I really did. But my anger issues have to kick in. The thing is Sophie, I- Actually no. Sophie, I’m glad you’re with Keefe. You’ll be happy with him. He’ll be way better than I was.” His teal eyes were begging forgiveness, full of hope.'''

'''“It’s okay, Fitz. And thanks for understanding my decision. But can we still be friends? I don’t want to lose you for all this stupid drama.” Fitz smiled and nodded.'''

'''“I still want to be friends too.” He responded. Sophie smiled, as Fitz answered, but it immediately went away when she remembered what she would be telling the Vackers.'''

“What happened?” Fitz asked clearly noticing Sophie’s frown.

'''“Nothing,” Sophie sighed. “Fitz, what I figured out will be a huge impact for you. And for your family. I know you’ll get mad at this. And I would definitely understand, I’m sure everyone will. But I just want you to know before you react, that we’re all here for you, okay?” Fitz nodded, looking kinda confused. '''

'''“What happened?” he asked. Sophie shook her head.'''

'''“It would be best to tell everyone at once.” Fitz nodded as Biana and Della entered the room holding trays full of slices of mallowmelt. Behind them were the Councillors and the rest of Team Valiant.'''

'''“Hello Miss Foster.” Emery said. “It’s good to see you back to normal.” Sophie smiled. She glanced at Oralie, who seemed more stable than the last time Sophie saw her. Biana tripped and almost dropped a tray before Fitz and Terik quickly bent down to catch it. “Thanks.” Biana mumbled, blushing. Fitz got up and helped his mom and sister set the trays down on the table. Biana plopped down beside Sophie and whispered, “What happened between you and Fitz?” Sophie mouthed I’ll tell you later as the Collective walked in. Before Mr. Forkle could start saying something, they heard yelling coming from the halls. A few moments Keefe and Tam sauntered in, with Linh following slowly. And like always, Keefe and Tam were fighting.'''

'''“Are you sure?” Tam was saying. “You use more hair products than I do. Probably even more than Fitz.”'''

'''“Well, I mean, I gotta look good for the ladies.” Keefe replied, smirking at Sophie, which gifted him a death glare from Grady. Both boys finally stopped fighting when Councillor Bronte cleared his throat. Linh entered the room, her pink-cheeked face giving an expression that Sophie was sure almost every girl understood. Sophie was actually starting to agree with Ro. Boys really were just high-functioning amoebas. '''

'''“Sorry,” Keefe said shrugging, as sat beside Sophie. “But it’s true.” That earned him a glare from Emery, though he did pat his hair which styled in a way that probably needed multiple hair products. Sophie sighed as Mr. Forkle started talking.'''

'''“Okay, so we are all here cause we have some news to tell everyone. Sophie needs to tell everything she has learned from Lady Gisela, and the Collective and I have two things we need to tell. Or reveal, you may say in some ways. So, what are we doing first?”'''

''' Sophie requested for her to go first. She was dreading the reaction of the Vackers when they found out, but she wanted to get it over with. Sophie gulped. She opened her mouth to speak, but it looked like her voice decided to go to Vacation land at the wrong time. She cleared her throat, and began from the beginning. She explained everything, from Lady Gisela’s request, the deal she made, and how she figured out that Keefe’s ability wasn’t part of the plan. When it got to the Glimmer part, Sophie took a deep breath, and looked directly at Fitz. He immediately seemed to understand that this was the part the Sophie had warned him about. She explained about how long the person has been in the Neverseen, and her involvements. At the very end, before the revealed the name, she closed her eyes tight, as if it will save her from what was going to happen. She took another deep breath, and whispered,'''

'''“Glimmer’s real identity is Luzia Vacker.” She exhaled, but hung her head, her eyes still closed, too scared to see the reaction. When Keefe gently nudged her with his elbow, she forced herself to at the somewhat horrified faces in front of her. '''

'''She heard yelling everywhere. Especially from the Councillors. They were all red-faced and screaming. The Collective was practically doing the same. Her friends were all in shock. Wylie and Dex shaking their heads, and Tam muttering to himself, as he glared at nothing. She wouldn’t blame him. He thought he could trust her. She forced herself to look at the four Vackers. Alden was just standing there, his face full of shock, his eyes shining with the tears in his eyes that he won’t allow to fall. Della had set herself down on the couch, her eyes full of shock and grief, as Edaline pulled her into a hug. Biana had covered her mouth, choking down her sobs, as a few tears slipped down her cheeks. Fitz was the hardest to read. His jaw was clenched, and his hands in fists. He looked like he wanted to cry and punch someone at the same time. After a while, he buried his face in his hands. '''

“Looks like another Vacker has lost their way.” Councillor Noland growled.

“Just more of our information leaked to them.” Councillor Clarrette added.

'''The Councillors comments only seemed to infuriate the Vackers even more. Alden’s kind face had a glare on it. And Della’s calmly disappointing face was gone, too, as it turned stiff. Fitz looked like he wanted to kill someone. When he caught Sophie staring at him, he started taking a few deep breaths, and unclenching his fists. Sophie smiled at him, as she went over to him.'''

'''“Are you okay?” Sophie asked. Fitz just shrugged.'''

'''“I don’t know. I mean, I wouldn’t be surprised if anyone else in my family saw the Vacker legacy for what it really is.” Sophie reached for his hand, and whispered,'''

'''“I’m here for you. I’m sure everyone else is too.” Fitz looked like he wanted to argue, but he just smiled and held onto Sophie’s hand. He was taking this surprisingly well. Sophie looked up as Mr. Forkle cleared his throat.'''

'''“Well, it looks like we just learned some shocking news. This definitely changes many things.”'''

'''“Of course this changes things!” Bronte barked. “How do we know that we can even trust the Vacker family anymore? We can’t take risks like this anymore!”'''

'''“I agree with Bronte.” Emery said. Behind him, several of the Councillors were nodding.'''

“How can they be such a powerful family in our world if so many of them are part of the wrong side?”

'''“MANY?” Alden yelled. “There have only been two! There are hundreds of Vackers!”'''

“We just haven’t found all of them yet.” Noland responded calmly.

“After all we have helped you with?” Alden asked.

'''“Fallon Vacker may have been one of the first Councillors, and we agree that he has done many things for this world. But generations can change. They can understand things the wrong way. And it’s been proven to happen in your family. Do you realize what the Neverseen could do with so much of our information?”'''

'''“Yes, we do.” This time it was Della who spoke. “And we understand your fear. But I can promise you on behalf of my family that none of us are part of any rebellious group like the Neverseen. You can trust us. I don’t know about the rest of the Vackers, but WE are on your side.” Fitz, Alden, and Biana nodded along with her.'''

'''“This has become a quite delicate matter.” Emery said sighing. “I don’t know if the Council can even put so much trust into you.”'''

'''“You can’t be serious!” Sophie cried. “After all they have helped, and after all the times they risked their lives for you, you just say that you can’t trust them?”'''

'''“We are hoping we are not serious, Miss Foster.” Emery said. “We appreciate what they have done for our world, but this conflict may weaken our bonds. Maybe after this conflict settles down more, perhaps we can regain our trust with them, but our trust has been cracked in a few ways. I’m afraid we can’t trust them with any of our information anymore.”'''

'''“Have you lost your minds?” Keefe exclaimed as he jumped up.”You can’t say you don't trust them! They put themselves through so much  for you, and you think they might be traitors. I’ve known them for a long time, and I know they wouldn’t be traitors.”'''

'''“I understand that you’re upset. All of you. But we won’t change our decision.” Emery said it so calmly that Sophie hated him for it.'''

'''“I would just like to say that this does not hinder anything for the Black Swan. We know people can change, but after all this time, I know that you wouldn’t change in that way. I’m quite disappointed that the Council doesn’t agree.” Mr. Forkle said. That lightened up the mood a little bit, but not much. '''

'''“You can share your information with the others first. You can tell us later.” Bronte said. He didn’t sound as harsh as before, but looked a little sad. The Councillors held their crystals up and stepped through the beam of light without a single word.'''

“Well, let’s move onto our next piece of business.” Granite said, breaking the silence that had followed.

“What are you going to show us?” Linh asked.

“The Collective thought that since the other thing we are going to show is going to possibly mess things up a bit, we have decided to show you something.” Mr. Forkle announced “We are going to reveal the real identity of Blur.”