This
was written mostly by my friends extra empath and sparkly alicorn!
Once
upon a time in a galaxy far far away….
Nope
wrong story, this is my story, and my name is Keefe, Keefe Sencen.
And believe it or not I am a LOT cooler than any dumb jedi! I’m an
elf. And this is a story about me and my friends.
CHAPTER
1
Dex
Dex
woke up to a loud CRASH! He knew pretty well what happened. The
triplets were causing trouble AGAIN. It was like there daily routine.
“Rex,
Bex, Lex get
in here!”
his
mom yelled. He knew she was stressed to get them into their uniforms,
and to school, but he couldn’t drag himself out of bed just yet.
“Dex,
honey, you too!”
Dex
groans and pulls him self out of the warm covers, “coming!”
He
gets dressed into his school uniform that was all the same color. And
goes to help his mom.
“Rex
come here” he says when he sees how they are far from ready.
Rex
goes over to him and Dex knew a way to get him to listen and do what
he’s told. “Do you know what day it is?” Dex asks him
Rex
shakes his head “No.”
Dex
leans in and whispers “It's mom's birthday,” which he knew was a
lie but Rex didn’t, “you need to help her in as many ways as you
can. And if you do. Then I can build you anything you want.”
And
before he knew it Rex had eaten his breakfast, cleaned his toys, and
got ready for school.
Juline
looked at him and smiled “Thanks. Eat your breakfast”
Foxfire
was the only school in the Lost Cities. But it was really easy to
find his friends. They always meet up a little tree near the back.
When
Dex got there Sophie was sitting next to Keefe ad not Fitz witch
surprised him. He just sat down where ever.
“What
are you guys talking about?” dex asked
“Which
ones better, me or Fitzy” keefe said, “in Foster’s point of
view”
Sophie
sighed, she wasn't looking at either of them, just staring off into
the distance.
“Well
I can feel Fosters emotions right now and she’s leaning towards me.
Sorry Fitz.” Keefe said when Sophie never said anything.
“Well
it's just that I’m not ready to get a boyfriend right now
and…yeah.” She stammers
“yeah
. Sophie’s smart. She doesn’t want an overprotective boyfriend
who can’t stop worrying about her.” Biana explains for her.
Both
Fitz and Keefe roll their eyes.
“Yeah
that's Grady's job.” Keefe says
Its
was time to go to their classes so they split to go to their
lockers.
“Is
something wrong with you and Fitz” Dex asked Sophie when they were
out of ear shot.
“What
no. why would you think that?” Sophie asks.
“It’s
just that you seem like you don’t want to be around him.” Dex
confesses.
“What
about you and Linh? I know you like her.” Sophie changed the
subject.
Dex
looked amazed. Did he really love her?
CHAPTER
2
Keefe
It
felt great to have everyone back together again. And he wasn’t just
saying that because Foster was falling for him but he was really glad
to see everyone. He plopped down in a seat right next to Sophie at
lunch. Fitz sat down on her other side. Biana sat across from her.
Keefe wasn’t sure how to react to sitting so close to her, now that
he suspected that she had a crush on him. He brushed some ash off her
shoulder. (She’d been bottling fire in Elementalism.) She
instinctively pulled back, and bashed into Fitz. They toppled off the
bench.
“I’m
so, so, so sorry!” Sophie said, trying to pull herself together and
ignore the stream of blood trailing down her arm. She saw the sharp
table edge stained with red.
Keefe
instantly sprung into action. “I’ll run ahead and get Elwin.”
He
dashed off towards Elwins office. Leaving her and Fitz and the floor.
Fitz easily picked her up and put her on a seat. He inspected her
deep wound.
“Squeeze
my hand. It’ll help.” She nodded, hesitated at first, and took
ahold of Fitz’s hand. Their cognate rings connected. She took a
deep breath, and leaned her head against Fitz’s chest.
Keefe
ran back in and when he saw them he stopped short. He drew in a
breath, but didn’t say anything. Biana made a sympathetic sound
when she saw the pain on his face.
“Elwin
says to go to his office before you bleed everywhere” She nodded,
and Fitz helped her get up.
Later
that day, Keefe hadn’t seen either of them, so he went in search
before he left. he walked around the corner. And into the mentor’s
cafeteria, deciding to grab a snack and leave to check Everglen. But
when he walked in, his heart sank. Sophie and Fitz were standing
there. . . kissing. And kissing, it only lasted a minute or two, but
it felt like an eternity. They jumped apart when they realized they
weren’t alone.
“Oh,
Keefe.” Sophie sighed. “We were waiting for the right moment to
tell you.” A tear trickled down her face.
Keefe
didn’t say anything but light leaped back to his home.After Keefe
left, she started sobbing. She leaned into Fitz’s open and waiting
arms.
“Oh,
Fitz, I feel so bad.”
Once
home, Keefe ran around breaking things, with a flash Sophie appeared.
He quickly dried his eyes.
“What
do you want?”
She
ran over and hugged him. She smelled like Panakes. He wiped the tears
trickling down her cheeks off. His thumb rested on her jaw.
“Fitz
and I broke it off. . .” He jerked back. Then she pulled him back.
She just hugged him for a while.
Sophie
was heart broken. He sounded like that in one of the memories he
showed her. About after he went to her funeral.
Keefe
never felt so alone and cold in his life ever. Until today. The
day he never thought would come.
All
his life he thought Sophie would end up with him.
He
eventually pulled back a little. She and Fitz had broken up . . that
meant she was single. He gently pulled her chin up to face him.
He
was uncertain of his decision, since she had a boyfriend a few hours
ago, but he traced his thumb over Her lips, bent down, and kissed her
long and deep.
She
traced her fingers through his hair, and his whole scalp
tingled, in the best kind of way.
So
I can’t believe it. Does this mean sophie loves me? Or she is just
trying to make me feel better by playing a nasty trick?
Keefe
thought.
“Keefe.
I know that what you just saw between me and fitz was really messed
up. . ,” Sophie hesitated, then started crying “ I knew I wasn’t
right for fitz. and I had no idea how much I really cared about you.
And I was selfish and didn’t tell you anything. Please forgive me”
Keefe
hugged her tight, “the day I met you was like any other day,
foster, the moment I saw you wandering those halls i knew you were
the one for me. And every day I thought ‘girls
like guys that make them laugh so if i make her laugh then she’ll
fall in love with me’
but
really it was whenever you laughed I fell deeper in love, you’re so
beautiful. Exquisite, and the only thing that helps me get through my
life is the thought of spending it with you.”
After
they talked for a few hours about their true feelings for each other
and sorted everything out Sophie said it was time to go back to
Havenfield. She kissed him good-bye and leaped away.
And
all Keefe dreamed about that night was the thought of him and Sophie.
Chapter
3
Linh
Linh
started her day by feeding her murcat, Yevna. She thought about Dex,
but tried to divert her mind. Why would he like her?
She
was originally banished, not to mention a TWIN! So she sniffed, and
got ready for school. It felt really strange knowing someone liked
her and she would see him every day. But the question was did she
like him?
At
school the group was very disorganized. First of all Fitz seem
very unhappy about something, Biana was very sleep deprived, Sophie
and Keefe kept smiling about whatever and Dex well he seemed to not
be paying attention to anything.
“What’s
going on with Fitz and Biana?” Linh asked Dex.
“Well
I’m not really sure. But the question is what’s up with Keefe and
Sophie?” Dex answered.
Linh
sighed and feeling bold asked “What’s going on with all of you?”
And immediately
regretted
it.
Everyone
looked at her. And started speaking at once.
“Okay…
STOP!” Linh yelled, “Biana you first.”
“I
think Fitz needs to start.”
“Okay
Fitz you start”
He
huffed “Well let’s just say I don’t get along with some
people’s judgement”
Sophie
gasped and dried a tear.
And
nobody expected that. “Please, Fitz, you were the one who broke it
off.” Sophie tells him.
“Well
I didn’t know you’d go kissing him
after
that! I thought you’d wait a little. I was going to call a group
meeting in a few days. We would’ve talked it out then.”
There
was an awkward silence after that.
“And
Biana?” Linh asks
“I'm
going to tell yall a story. Once upon a time Fitz and Sophie were in
love for about a week. Yesterday, they had a splat. And being a good
sister I stayed up all night trying to make my brother feel better”
Biana says looking at Sophie.
“And
you? Dex?” he continues staring at his feet.
Tam
walks up, “Dude, you here?”
“Yeah,
just, I think I got another special ability.” Dex bit his lip.
Linh
stares at him in shock.
Suddenly
6 gusts of wind race into his friends. But not him, he grins.
“Pretty
cool, huh?” Keefe, Fitz, Tam, Biana, and Sophie all glare as they
try to straighten their clothes. Linh smiles instead and douses him
with water. He makes an indigent sound, and dries himself off with a
gust of hot wind.
“I
manifested last night. I don’t think I would have found out unless
the triplets were throwing water balloons at me.” Dex said,
“Well lets just say they won't do that again.”
Linh
giggled and Dex looked up sheepishly.
“Is
something going on with you two?” Sophie asked
Dex
and Linh look at each other.
Linh
started blushing a little and so did Dex, “I have no idea.” Linh
whispered.”
Now
Dex changed the subject, “And it looks like you and Keefe have
something going on.”
That
made Keefe laugh; And Sophie blush, “Yup”
“Ok
so we know what's going on. That helps” Tam said.
“You
got together?” Keefe nodded. A huge grin spread across Linh’s
face. “Good.”
That
day at lunch Dex and Linh sat next together. And every one was
watching them carefully.
Which
that made Linh feel very uncomfortable in a way. Like the way you
have to pretend nothing’s going on.
And
at the end of the day Linh felt very accomplished in life.
CHAPTER
4
TAM
Tam
stole a glance at Biana, his guilty pleasure. He had liked her the
day that he had met her and really wanted to work up the
courage to ask her out.
But
for now they were just friends.
It
was a cloudy day and it really looked like it was going to rain. But
that didn't stop anyone from seeing the baby alicorns who were more
like toddlers.
“There
so cute!” linh screeched. She couldn’t help it, but she loved any
type of animal.
“What
are their names again?” Dex asked
“Wynn
and Luna.” Lhin said.
Dex
nods.
“Can
we go into the enclosure?” Biana asked
Sophie
looked at Silveny,
Is
that ok?
Sophie
transmitted
Silveny
bounced around YES YES YES!
Sophie
laughed and opened the gate. Silveny ran and greeted her, FLY FLY
FLY?KEEFE KEEFE KEEFE!
“Hey
Glitter Butt” Keefe said to Silveny, stroking her nose
Silveny
was so excited to have company she tried to introduce her family to
them but then realizes that only Sophie can hear her. TELL TELL TELL
the
alicorn begs.
Sophie
sighs, “Everyone, this is Silveny, Greyfell, Luna, and Wynn.”
Linh
gives each one a hug.
Silveny
looks into Sophie's brown eyes, FLY?
Maybe.
Would greyfell be willing to give one of my friends a ride? Sophie
asks.
Silveny
looked Greyfell and a moment later she was bouncing around chanting
FLY
FLY FLY
Sophie's
friends looked at Silveny’s happy dance and Sophie smiled,
“Anyone want to fly?”
“No
thanks.” Tam said immediately, remembering the last time he flew on
a horse’s back.
Biana
nodded excitedly and climbed on to Greyfell’s back and Sophie got
on Silvenys. And on the count of 3 they took off.
Tam
looked up at the flying figures in the sky. Knowing that one of them
was the girl he lo-liked! He didn't know if he LOVED her so LIKE was
a safe word.
They
didn't come down for awhile and when they did both Biana and Sophie
looked pale.
“Wow.
are you guys ok?” Keefe asked mostly Sophie.
“Yeah.”
They both said at the same time and that made them burst into
giggles.
“I
think its from lack of oxygen both from flying that high and from
laughing.” Tam explained.
When
both of them caught their breath and were able to talk again they
said someone else should go higher than they went to see if they can
survive.
Keefe
obviously took it as a dare and climbed onto Silveny’s back waiting
for Tam to mount up. Tam looked around hoping for someone to tell him
he didn’t have to. But that never came so he sighed and
climbed onto Greyfell’s broad twitching back.
Biana
looked up at Tam and smiled. He grinned back, feeling butterflies,
not from getting up in the air, he did plenty of levitating.
“Wow,
first time I ever saw Bangs Boy smile” Keefe teased.
Keefe
explained the rules ‘first
person who passes out loses’
Silveny
and Greyfell slowly climbed circles into the air. They went higher
and higher. Tam couldn’t lose, but the air was getting thin, so he
slowed his breathing, and used the breath holding skill Exillium had
taught him. Keefe was trying to hide that he could barely breathe,
but a few minutes later, he was gasping for breath. In another
minute, he goes limp, and slips off Silveny’s back. Screams. Tam
sighs.
“The
idiot.”
He mutters. He stands up on Greyfell’s back, (more screams) and
jumps off. (Ultra screams, though Biana’s is the loudest, which
makes him blush.) He propels him downward. Now he’s even with
Keefe. He sling Keefe over his shoulder, and stops his descent, and
levitates downward, he puts Keefe down, and Biana runs over to hug
Tam. He turns tomato red. She giggles. Then, on utter impulse, he
leans in, and kisses her; not caring that all his friends are there.
Keefe cat-calls (still looking a little pail). Dex starts clapping,
one by one they join in.
Tam
leans over and asks, “Tomorrow in Atlantis?”
Biana
glows pink and nods, smiling.
Chapter
5
Sophie
Sophie
walked through Foxfire’s glittering halls, retracing the familiar
path to the healing center,
“Finally,
I’ve
been waiting here all day. But I knew you wouldn’t fail me,
Foster.”
She
groaned, Keefe had been waiting all day? But,
she
reminded herself she hadn’t asked him to.
He
followed her in, saying, “After your check-up, allow me to escort
you to lunch, mademoiselle.”
“Mademoiselle?”
She grinned. “Ooooooh! I want juicy details.” They both blushed.
Her eyes went wide “I
was
teasing. Did they?” She inquired Sandor.
He
grumbled and nodded. “It’s getting annoying.”
Elwin
walked in from his brewing area -smelling of feet- and said, “Two
elves, two ogres, a goblin, a gnome, and a troll walk into my office.
Is this a joke?”
“Nope,”
says Sophie, “Just a gouged tongue.”
“How-”
“Linguistics.
Lady Cadence was having me repeat a bunch of sentences but each
sentence had at least three languages. And I had to say them really
fast, and. . .I bit my tongue. So …… yeah” Sopie suddenly gets
embarrassed. But she knew Elwin would not care. Considering how much
they have been through. “It was disgusting too. It made a CRUNCH
and then it started bleeding” Sophie added just to gross them out.
Elwin
sighs and gets up from his chair and goes to his medicine cabinet and
picked up two bottles with grayish greenish slime.
“Here.
Drink these really fast” He said.
Sophie
took them, opened the bottles and chugged them as fast as she could
so no yucky taste would make her gag. But when she was done with the
first she had to stop and make a face.
“What
is in this stuff?” she asked
“Uhh.
I’ll tell you later” Elwin says. And Sophie chugged the next.
“Ok
tell me!” Keefe shouted. He wanted to know more than his
girlfriend did.
And
Elwin didn't wait for Sophie to finish her last bottle, “Made out
of Yeti barf, burnt hair and a lot of time”
That
made Sophie spit out the medicine,” WHAT?”
“That's
really gross. Can I have some?!?!?!?!?!” Keefe didn't know what he
was getting himself into.
Elwin
handed Sophie another bottle. “Drink this.” It was a pale
lavender.
She
chugged it. But this one didn’t taste bad.
“What
was that?”
“The
same concoction, only this time it only fills a quarter of the
bottle. The rest is filled with unicorn vomit.”
Silveny.
Sophie
thought
She
gagged “Elwin!”
Keefe
laughed giddily. “Man,
why don’t I get hurt?”
“Because
you’re lucky.”
“But
what if I don’t want to be lucky?”
“If
you weren’t lucky, you wouldn’t be dating me.”
“True
that.” Keefe shrugged.
They
walked out of the healing center.
“You
know Grady doesn't know about us.” Keefe says.
“Yeah
I forgot about that.” Sophie thinks about it.
They
head into the cafeteria. And sat at their table. It was weird because
everyone was together. Like TOGETHER together.
“What
did you guys do today?” Keefe asked them.
“Learned
nothing. Well I guess when I say nothing it really means SOMETHING to
you guys but to me it’s nothing.” Tam said poking at his
green blob on his plate.
“Well
what did you learn?” Linh asked her twin.
Tam
shrugged, “The usual. How light is the best thing that ever came to
us and we can’t live without it.” He makes a face.
“That's
something. But not everything”
There
was a long silence.
“Do
you guys ever wonder what the Neverseen is doing?” Tam whispers.
And
that brought awkward, thoughtful, and terrifying silence.
Sophie
thought about it. I can use my spyball to see what they are doing.
This could be big. We might actually have a chance to beat them.
“Well
I could use my-” Spyball. She transmitted into everyone's head,
“and we could see what they are doing.”
“Don't
you need to ask permission to do stuff like that?” Dex asks.
“Can
we do this one thing on our own? I don't want to ask YOU-KNOW-WHO and
not YOU-ALSO-KNOW-WHO to do this, it’s my you-know-what I can do
what I want” Sophie answers.
“But
I think YOU-KNOW-WHO made rules for that” Dex argues
That
brings a smile to Sophie’s face, “And have I ever obeyed them?”
She asked innocently.
The
whole table burst into giggles and many people look there way. But
they don’t care.
But
when they die down Dex glares at her.
“OKAY
fine I’ll ask”Sophie says
So
before she goes home that day she walks into Magnate Leto’s office.
As
usual he was there sitting at his desk. He looks up from his work.
“You
want to take down the Neverseen. I know. I’m restless too. But we
don’t have a plan.”
“How
did you know that?” Sophie asked
“I
have my ways” he answers
She
smiled. Always
the
mystery.
But
she wanted to know something really bad, “So are you like my
uncle?”
He
pursed his lips. Then broke into a grin.
“No
answers.”
That
made Sophie mad.
“Why
not?” She yells, “Why can't you tell me? Why can't I know? Why
can't I know my actual family?” She was screaming by then.
Magnate
Leto stands up and says calmly, “Because that would-”
“I
know!” Sophie interrupts, “I know. But why can’t I know at
least my mom?” She whispers, “Or my dad? Or if I had any other
family? I feel so alone and out of place here. Even though this is
‘where I belong’ it doesn't feel like it.”
He
puts a hand on her shoulder, “When you are older, I can tell you”
“Like
how much older?” Sophie asks.
He
stops to think about it, “ I’d say 17 but I would have to ask”
That
makes Sophie jump. She was 14.
He
is sure that she was reassured, but she snuck into his mind, and what
she saw changed everything.
She stumbled back, and did the only thing she could; leaped home.
Edaline
was working in the pastures, she ran over, “What’s wrong,
Sophie?”
But
Sophie was to overcome with tears to say anything.
So
Sophie transmitted. I
know who my biological parents are.
Edaline
smiled, but Sophie could tell it was forced.
“So,
will you live with them now?”
“NO!
I can’t! I know who they are, and I can’t live with them!”
“Calm
down, Sophie. Can you tell me who they are?”
She
took a deep shaky breath. And said four words, “Lord Cassius and
Juline.”
Edaline
looks stunned. “You have five half siblings. And. . .you’re my
niece.
Sophie
starts sobbing. And can’t stop.
She
doesn't want to be part of Lord Cassius’s or Juline’s family. She
wanted. . .she didn't know what she wanted. Only that she didn't want
this. Then a thought struck her.
Does
that mean I’m dating my brother?
She
thought. She needed to tell Keefe.
“I
don't want to be your niece! I want to be your daughter!” Sophie
sobbed.
Edaline
tried to calm her down, but nothing would stop the tears. Even as her
tears began to slow she still made weeping noises.
Edaline
lead her into the house and sat her on the couch. They just sat
hugging each other.
Grady
walked in and looked at them like, ‘what's
going on?’
He
comes over to them and asks, “What happened?”
That
made Sophie burst into tears again and that made Edaline start
crying, and THAT made Grady even more worried. Edline pulls Grady
into another room and tells him what happened. While they do that
Sophie runs up to her room and grabs her imparter.
She
did a number of bad things. So who would she contact first? Would she
call Juline? Or Dex? Or Keefe? Lord Cassius? Mr. Forkle? The
Council?
She
made up her mind.
“Whasup,
Foster?” Keefe asks her through the screen.
Sophie
can't look him in the eye when she says, “Don't call me Foster.
I’m a Sencen”
Keefe
looked a little confused, but after a minute he got it.
“Did
the Forklenator tell you?” He asks.
“No”
“Wait.
You can't do that!”
“I
know. But you think I care? Well guess what? I don't!”
Keefe
makes hand motions to calm down, “Okay. I get it. But who’s your
mom?”
“Juline.”
Now
it’s Keefe’s turn to explode. “NO way! Wait does that mean that
you know Edaline knows?”
“Yeah
I told her. And she’s telling Grady.”
“Wow
so, if you are like my sister does that mean we can’t date?”
Keefe asks.
“That's
why I called you.” Sophie said, “ I didn't know.”