Author's Note: Here's a short chapter for you guys. Plot is growing (; who loves Fitzphie as much as I do? To those who reviewed:

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Sophie gasped. "Fitz!" she yelled. "Did you see that?"

"What?" Fitz asked, a worried tone to his voice.

"I was looking out that window- I think I saw a member of the Neverseen!" she explained.

"No...what is he..or she..or they... doing here?" Fitz sounded genuinely afraid.

"No idea. But I am going to find out and stop them before they can do any harm." Sophie sounded determined. "Do you want to stay?" She asked.

"Are you kidding? You're not going by yourself, Soph. I'm with you all the way." Fitz replied.

"Okay. Are we going to wake up everyone else?" Sophie followed up.

"Well, I know I'm in." Biana's voice filled the room as Sophie let out a small yelp.

Keefe suddenly appeared, laughing. "Come on, Foster. If you're afraid of Biana how are you supposed to take on the Neverseen? I'm coming too."

"Now that that's settled, what about Tam, Dex, and Linh?" Asked Fitz.

Biana replied, "Uh, guys, more importantly, do we tell mom and dad?"

Alden and Della walked in. "Well, you've got to now." said Alden. "What is it?"
"Okay, I don't want to have to tell the story multiple times, so can someone please go get Dex, Linh, and Tam?" Sophie asked.

"I'll get them." said Biana, sprinting upstairs. Once the three others had joined them, Sophie told everyone the whole story, beginning to end.

"So, who's coming and who's staying?" asked Sophie.

Everyone looked at her with quizzical expressions on their faces.

"What?" asked Sophie.

"It's just...do you really think that anyone's going to stay- after everything we've been through together?" asked Dex.

"Well, I guess not, but guys- I'm not even sure it was really them! I just don't want you all wasting your time on something that might not even be what I think it is." Sophie replied.

Keefe and Biana said in unision, "Better safe than sorry." And then looked at each other and smiled. Alden said he agreed with them, and that everyone would be needed.

"Kids," Della started, "Go get some sleep. Alden and I can figure out the details ourselves." So they all headed upstairs.

(AN: Italicized font coming up means telepathic transmissions. F- will be Fitz and S- will be Sophie. Alrighty, carry on!)

F-You okay, Sophie?

S- Yeah, just tired. But Fitz knew the brown-eyed elf too well.

F- Sophie, what is it? You can tell me.

S- It's just...I feel like I have to fix this. Like this is my battle. I was made for a purpose, and I just wont feel like my job is completed until I finish this, once and for all. And I hate that people are being hurt in the process. I just don't want that to happen to any of you.

F- Hey. We're in this together. And nothing, and I mean nothing, can ever change that again. Now get some sleep, Soph.

As Sophie let her guard down and fell asleep, the secret she had been protecting from Fitz during Cognate training slipped out and into Fitz's mind. The words racked in his brain, and he knew he wouldn't sleep that night. He had seen them, he had almost heard them. Three small words that turned his world upside down: I love you.

She loves me?