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Darn, Fitz hated being nervous. His hand had the impulse to rake through his hair. A habit from his father, Alden.
"You alright?" Biana asked at the crystals that would bring them to Foxfire. Her eyes were filled with worry and Fitz wished he could just blurt out what had happened to him.
"I'm fine" Fitz lied, plastering a fake smile on his face. "Just a bit shaken from a nightmare." At least that was true.
Fitz closed his eyes to enjoy the warmth as he traveled by light. His feet touched solid ground and he opened his eyes. At the bottem of the crystal platform was Keefe grinning like always. Seriously, that guy was having way o much fun with his life.
"So far so good" Saphrina said to Fitz.
"As long as there are no monsters of some sort" Fitz answered as he stepped of the platform.
Keefe wrapped his arm around Fitz's neck."What luck are we in? Splotching first period and Universe afterwards. Best subjects ever." Keefe stopped abruptly and looked at Fitz in amazement. "Have you already mastered a block for empathy?"
"Dreamers have extraordinary blocking skills" Saphrina said.
"Yeah, Dad helped me master it yesterday" Fitz answered Keefe.
Keefe shrugged and said "Didn't know it was possible"
As Fitz walked with Keefe to PE, he caught sight of Sophie walking with Biana and Dex. She looked normal if it weren't for the alert and caution in her eyes and the twitching in her arm as if she wanted to pluck out an eyelash. Her nervous habit. In fact, she looked like what Fitz imagined he looked like now.
Biana walked up too them. She waved her hand in greeting and looked at Keefe admiringly. Fitz knew her secret crush on him. Just like he knew a girl named Niki who liked him too
"Hi, guys" Sophie said, happily. "Splotching first period. I'm participating too."
"Am i going too get splattered into a wall again cause that is the last thing i would want to happen but the first thing i expect" Fitz replied."Anyway, i hope i can see in the finals"
"Sure" Sophie replied.
Dex looked a tiny bit annoyed but dismissed it.
Together they walked into the splotching arena where the others were waiting.
"Time for the Ultimate Splotching Championship" Sir Caton said. "Sophie will be participating too"
A chorus of groans filled the room. Who wouldn't know Sophie who pushed the splotcher so hard it would knock down anyone.
Sir Caton called Elwin to the arena just in case. His presence didn't make in less frightening.
The splotching game started anyway. Fitz knocked down each competitor one by one. The competitors didn't even scowl. They were probably thinking "It would be much worse with Sophie". Not that Fitz ever broke into their minds except when he had first gotten his Telepathy.
As usual, Fitz was with Sophie in the finals.
"I'll help you" Saphrina told him. Great.
"Ready?" Sir Caton yelled "1, 2 splotch"
Fitz concentrated on the burning that had started on his shoulder and let the burning flow down his arms and out of his fingers and pushed towards the splotcher.
The splotcher exploded and Fitz dodged just in time as his force rebounded. The force was so strong that the wall behind him crumbled leaving a hole.
Sophie managed to dodge it as well. Fitz knew Sohie hadn't done a brain push. They were equal.
"I didn't do a brain push" Sophie whispered. She struggled to stand up. She had taken strength from Peter and pushed towards Fitz. She had almost screamed as power shot out through her fingertips, afraid she would injure Fitz.
The force rebounded like before. Only stronger and might have resulted injuring, crippling or killing her and Fitz.
The whole arena was silent. Sir Caton's jaw hung open. So were the other student's. Fitz stood up shakily and turned towards Fitz.
"There is something wrong with the boy" Peter said quietly. "Did he do a brain push?"
Sophie rubbed her shoulder and made it look like she had injured it. The burning sensation still left echoes. Fitz did the same. it couldn't be a coincidence.
"Meet me at private sessions" She transmitted.
"Okay" Fitz transmitted back. Wait, he could transmit to her?
Sir Caton was the first to come out of his dazed condition. "That wasn't the first time it happened. Sophie?"
"I didn't do a brain push. I swear" She answered quickly.
"Fitz?"
"Me neither, sir" Fitz replied looking a little dazed himself.
They joined their friends after Sir Caton excused them.
"That was..." Dex started
"Awesome, terrifying, amazing"Keefe put in." You're both equally matched"
Sophie walked to Alchemy in confusement.
What had happened?
"That boy is not normal" Peter declared.
True... But not true. Fitz had always been a normal kid, well, apart from the facts he was smarter and more powerful than normal kids who don't have photographic memory or are a project like she was.
" You're on time"Lady Galvin said, surprised. "Anyway, turn this metal teapot to copper"
As Sophie set to work, she decided to ask Lady Galvin.
"How did Fitz get his Telepathy?" she asked her.
Lady Galvin looked down at her, her eyes becoming misty.
"As you know, he was 13 when it happened. It was recess and he was walking to the dining room with his naughty friend Keefe. I have no idea how they became friends in the first place. He was just passing by me when he stumbled,clutching is head in pain." Lady Galvin shook her head. "Of course, as a teacher, i had to help him. I myself was shocked since it came so soon."
Sophie nodded in understanding. She remembered the pain, the confusion as the voices of people around her echoed in her head. It made it hard to breath and talk.
Lady Galvin continued.
"He kept on groaning and gasping in pain. When i asked him what was wrong, he whispered 'voices' repeatedly to me."
"What happened then?" Sophie said after turning half the teapot to once, Lady Galvin smiled.
"Dame Alina came and told everyone to think about nothing. Fitz started to relax and she declared him a Telepath.
"He must have been proud." Sophie murmured loud enough for her to hear. Instead, she shook her head once more.
"No, he was modest and tried to keep away from the subject as much as possible. He was always the modest and shy type."
Sophie finished her work and passed it on to her teacher.
"Good work. A little uneven but good enough"
Sophie walked to the dining hall for recess before going to Telepathy training where she hoped she would meet Fitz.
"He's a special boy to you, isn't he?" Peter asked.
"Crush"
"No surprise there"
She walked into the dining room where people were gathered to ask her questions.
Recess was a nightmare. Everyone asked him about what had happened at Splotching. Typically, he didn't answer. Universe was a bit okay.
Okay, Fitz knew he was acting strange in Universe. Not only did he get every location of every star correct, but he had also remembered every name, every constellation and every meaning it has. His teacher had even thought about making him skip level 5.
"Any explanation?" He thought to Saphrina.
"I have all of that committed in memory" She answered.
"Don't make me stand out, please"
"Such a polite young man"
Fitz rolled his eyes and opened the door to Telepathy training. Sophie was there. Lord Tiergan too.
"I heard something happened at Splotching today" He said.
"Yeah" Fitz and Sophie chorused.
"I heard the force you two unleashed was enough to kill" he continued. "I believe you two are keeping something."
Sopie looked at Fitz. Fitz looked at Sophie. It was as if a light bulb had lit in his head. But the idea was too risky.
"You think she has Peter?" He asked.
"Touch her" She whispered back.
"HEY!," lord Tiergan's voice boomed."I know you two are transmitting. I have had enough experience with that"
Fitz wasn't transmitting to Sophie. That only made him more convinced. He stood up just as Sophie did. Hesitantly, they touched each other's hands.
It was as if a camera had flashed in his head. Fitz stumbled back, his hand on his forehead. Dots spotted his vision. Somehow, he knew Sophie felt the same.
"Fitz, release me" Saphrina's voice sounded eager and hopeful.
He touched his shoulder and his hand glowed white. He threw the light in front of him. The light grew back into a teenage girl named Saphrina. In front of her, a boy resembling Sophie stood smiling widely.
"Peter" Saphrina smiled.
"Saphrina" Peter said, grinning from ear to ear.
Fitz felt sorry for Tiergan. He stood there looking pale and shocked as if he had released a ghost instead of a Demon. He walked to Sophie and who was smiling.
"Nice reunion,huh. Peter's you Demon?" he asked.
"Yup, just like Saphrina is yours" she answered.
It would have been sweet if a few Keals hadn't dropped out of the ceiling, holding jagged swords and chained balls.
Sophie had imagined Keals being some kind of black goblins with fangs. She was way off course. Keals were blood black with maggots crawling all over them. Into their nostrils and out of their mouths. Bandages hung loosely on their arms as if they had just woken up from the dead.
"Sophie!" Fitz yelled, breaking her out of her tranced state.
"Get behind us" Peter and Saphrina whispered. "They can't kill us"
Sophie did he only thing logical. She grabbed Tiergan and went for the door. Just as another bunch of Keals dropped out of the ceiling, blocking the doorway. They were trapped.
"Saphrina?" Fitz cried in panic."Trapped-keals-now!"
Sophie turned around. Peter had turned into a silver lion and was battling the Keals aggressively. Saphrina became a tiger and was battling by his side. Both of them were occupied.
"What to do?"Sophie murmured in panic and glanced around for a weapon.
Keals were advancing on them. Sophie used her infliction on them but they didn't even flinch. They were invincible to Elven powers. The only thing working was her Polygot ability.
"Two beautiful Dreamers in a day" A Keal hissed. "Yummy"
"They wanna eat us" Sophie transmitted to Fitz.
Tiergan held a sword that glinted in the light. Where did it come from?
Probably a gift from the Council. The Keals lunged viciously and Tiergan fought like a professional. Unfortunately, Keals were appearing more faster than Tiergan could kill. A Keal jumped at Fitz.
"SAPHRINA!" Fitz yelled. A blinding light and he was holding a bow and arrow. The feathers on the arrows were silver and glinted like moonlight. Fitz glanced at me, as if saying, 'I don't know what happened but you have to do it to'
"PETER" Sophie cried and she was holding a whip. Power surged through her veins and suddenly, she knew what to do.
She gave a little nod at Fitz and hey attacked. Yes, they were outnumbered but their skills outnumbered the skills of all the Keals combined.
Sophie almost burst into laughter as one by one, the Keals disintegrated into ash on the floor. Her whip curled around ankles and smashed them to the walls and cut them into pieces. In her hand, the whip turned into a dagger.
She threw each one with deadly accuracy and each one hit a target or two. Sophie smiled happily, bursting with energy as she kept on fighting.
Fitz had never shot an arrow before. Alden had said it was dangerous and could cause death. He was right about the dangerous and death thing because each arrow he shot pierced through a Keal with so much force it would fly straight through it and land in another Keals body.
The bow and arrows seemed right in his hand as if it was made for him. Powered up, he practically ran up half of a wall and back flipped while shooting a keal and landing on another.
The bow and arrows turned into a sword. With surprising speed and stealth, he sliced keals into half and pierced his sword straight through without hesitation. He felt so alive. So full with energy.
The Keals called a retreat and melted into the shadows. Peter and Saphrina morphed back, bloody but unharmed. The sword in Fitz's hand disappeared and so did the dagger in Sophie's.
"What happened?" Fitz asked as Tiergan sat down, shell shocked on a seat. "Where did all of-that come from?"
"Reincarnations of Kai and Gumi. Both of them , same age, 18 and both were killed at the age of 25." Peter said, breathless.
"They had the ability of each element" Saphrina continued. "Water,air,earth,fire,spirit,soul,plants,life,death,animals,lava,light,dark,gem,stone,thunder,clouds,etc..." Peter murmured.
"Yeah, anyway, they seemed invincible until the Keals found their Achilles heel. Kai's mortal place was under his bare foot. Gumi's was at the back of her shin. Two hard places to find"
"What happened" Sophie asked impatiently"How did they die?"
"They argued about who was better." Peter said, shaking his head"Mortals. Always like that."
Saphrina continued "In the argument, they revealed their weakness spot's. The Pitiless one, leader of the Keals heard this from his servants who were eavesdropping. Easy, and arrow shot, one dead"
"I'm Gumi, he's Kai" Sophie asked.
"Yes, do you know your mortal parts?" Peter asked.
Sophie and Fitz nodded. Fitz accidentally poked himself there a few times. It had hurt. It had hurt a lot.
"The Pitiless one would think you had the same spot as your past selves. It's different right?"
Again, they nodded.
"Where is it? I need to know to protect you." Saphrina said.
Fitz and Sophie shared a look. "Transmit" Fitz transmitted.
"Kay." She replied "At my side" she transmitted nad sent a picture of a spot on her side just above the rib cage.
"My back" Fitz transmitted and sent a picture of a spot on his back just above his spine.
"Confirmed" Saphrina said and looked at Tiergan. She nodded to Peter and he blew a set of silver sparkles on Tiergan's face.
His eyes rolled to the back of his head and he fell unconscious.
"Memory erased" Peter confirmed. "Won't remember a thing"
"Good" Saphrina said. Both of them held out their hands. Fitz touched Saphrina's hand and she became a tatoo.
"Fight well little one" She thought-spoke.
Sophie and Fitz started to practice Telepathy just as Tiergan woke up.
"Good gracious. Fell asleep. How's the work going?"
Wow, super tired. Please review!