Sophie sat on her bed, relishing the feeling of complete normality, uninterrupted quiet, the absence of danger... Her Imparter interrupted her thoughts with a loud ringing. She picked it up and saw Biana's beautiful face staring back at her. "Hi Sophie!" she said excitedly, twirling some hair around her fingers, "I've got an idea. I'm going to invite Linh, Tam, and Keefe over for a sleepover! Dex is working with his dad, so he can't make it. Wanna come?" Sophie sighed. "I'd rather not," she said quietly. Biana didn't look the least bit discouraged. "Fitz will be there..." she said, wiggling her eyebrows suggestively. "Ok, fine," said Sophie immediately, then blushed furiously. "Right..." said Biana, trying not to laugh, "See ya!"
Sophie arrived at the party equipped with her Imparter, for emergencies, an interesting book on Telepathy if she couldn't get to sleep, and a pair of pajamas decorated with tiny flaureadons. "You're here!" said Biana, pulling her into the dazzling hall and shutting the door behind her. "Tam and Linh have already arrived, and Keefe is on his way," she explained as she led her into a huge room. It's walls were painted with clouds that drifted across the walls and the blue sky changed from a dark indigo to a stormy grey and back again. A crystal chandelier hung from the ceiling, reflecting fragments of rainbow colored light all over the room. "Hey Sophie," said Linh, her silver eyes sparkling with excitment. She elbowed Tam and he mumbled, "Hey." Linh turned back to Sophie and rolled her eyes. "Forgive my brother and his bad manners," she said, conjuring up a sphere of water and splattering it all over his face. "Hey!" he spluttered, just as Keefe walked through the door. "What did I miss?" he asked, grinning when he saw Tam's beet red face.
"Oh, nothing," said Linh sweetly as her brother coughed and struggled to wipe the water off of his face. "Anyway..." said Biana, "Do you want me to go grab Fitz?" "Sure," said Tam, glaring at Keefe, "It'll be nice to have another boy in here." Rolling her eyes at the boy's silly rivalry, Biana stood up and concentrated until the light swept her away.
"Just because she can light leap without a nexus doesn't mean she has to do it all the time now," muttered Keefe, annoyed. Although it was pretty hilarious when both Vackers light leaped back, Biana tripped over a stool and fell on her face. Stifling a giggle, Sophie asked, "So, now that everybody's here... What should we do?"
