Hey! I just finished Keeper of the Lost Cities, Lodestar, and was freaking out at the ending, and I decided to write a fanfiction. This kind of includes Lodestar spoilers, but I hope you enjoy!

Truth or Dare

HEY SOPHIE! She jumped as a voice screamed in her head. Realizing it was only Fitz, she relaxed and replied,

Hey, Fitz, you scared me! I don't think I'll ever get used to people speaking telepathically to me. Sophie smiled.

Oh! Sorry Soph. He replied and Sophie was sure her cheeks were extremely pink, I was gonna call you by your Imparter but guessed this was a lot easier.

What did you wanna tell me?

Well, Biana and I wanted to plan a sleepover at our place tonight with everyone. Can you come? Fitz told her.

Of course! I would love to! I just have to go downstairs and check with Edaline and Sandor. I'll let you know in a sec. Sophie replied as she headed downstairs to ask Edaline.

"Hey!" she said when she saw her, giving her a hug, "Fitz asked me if I could stay over at their house, can I go?" Sophie pleaded.

Edaline smiled, "Of course you can go, just as long as it's ok with Alden and Sandor-"

"You can go, as long as I go with you. You know exactly why I need to go as well." Sophie's goblin guard cut her off. She sighed and reluctantly agreed as she really wanted to go.

"OK then. I'll go get my stuff ready." Sophie said and rushed up the stairs to her room to prepare for the exciting night ahead.

Upstairs, she let Fitz know she could come, packed everything she would need for the stay, which wasn't much, and got dressed – changing several times when Vertina, Jolie's old talking mirror critiqued her choices. Once she was ready, she and Sandor said goodbye to Edaline and light leaped to Everglen, Fitz and Biana's house. There, Biana opened the door with a warm smile and greeted them, and led Sophie upstairs where Fitz was waiting with Dex and Keefe. For a few minutes, they sat talking like normal teenagers – well, not exactly normal – when there was a knock at the door downstairs. Fitz stood up and rushed to get it, leading Tam and Linh to where they all were. Hellos were exchanged and everyone got settled in comfortable positions when Biana asked an important question –

"So, what do you guys wanna do?"

After an awkward silence, Keefe suggested that they had prank wars, which was quickly denied by Fitz who said that it would cause a giant mess in their tidy house. Linh was the next to speak up, "We could play spin the bottle." She suggested, getting a cheeky smirk from Keefe. Sophie sighed,

"Yeah, I guess we could. But I have an even better idea. What if we played spin the bottle, but whoever it landed on would have to pick either truth or dare." That earned a couple of smiles and smirks from her friends, and they agreed that that was the best choice. After all, it was a while since any of the big events they had, and they hadn't gotten any messages from the Black Swan yet, so it was a peaceful time compared to their normal busy days, and they definitely deserved a fun and risky game. Tam grabbed a bottle from the kitchen and after a deep breath, he spun the bottle.

"LET THE GAMES BEGIN!" cackled Keefe as the bottle slowed to a stop.