Chapter 11

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Fitz edged closer to Sophie. His heart beating fiercely. "Sophie? What is his new ability? You can tell me."

Sophie folded her arms and looked at the ground. "I..., I..., I can't," Sophie stuttered.

Fitz moved farther from the spiral staircase, moving even closer to Sophie. The lights flickered on and off in the cavern. "Sophie? You can! Please!"

Sophie shook and spun around, falling to the floor. She whimpered quietly and buried her head in her hands.

Fitz rushed to her side, kneeling by Sophie. "Sophie! Sophie? You can trust me. We're cognates! Sophie!"

He rubbed her back and leaned over her, pulling Sophie into a sitting position. "Sophie, you're save."

He wrapped his arms around her and sat there comforting Sophie. Sophie buried her head in his shoulder. She hugged him tightly. Sophie wondered why she couldn't tell him. She wanted too. She really did, but she couldn't. She couldn't bring herself too. What would Fitz think? Even though she wasn't a fan of Keefe at the moment, she couldn't help feeling a little protective of Keefe. If she told Fitz, Fitz would definitely plan a mission to defeat the Neverseen. Sophie did want to defeat the Neverseen, more than anything. How could she feel protective of Keefe, but still want to destroy him? Keefe was funny and kind. He loved pranks too, but he had a bad side, a Neverseen side. One part of him, Sophie couldn't ignore. His new ability made him fit in with Neverseen even more. Fitz was different though. He was kind and caring. Sophie knew she could trust him. They were Cognates-in-training too. She trusted him more than anyone. She pulled away from Fitz and stared into his eyes. His eyes were filled with sadness. "Sophie, I...," he stammered, but Sophie shushed him.

"I'm sorry," Sophie whispered, "It's a big discovery and I... don't know exactly how it will effect you."

Fitz stared at her. Many emotions came over him. He frowned at her. "Sophie, I can handle it."

"Are you sure?" Sophie asked. She grabbed his hand, waited for him to answer.

"I can handle it, Sophie. Please tell me," Fitz begged. His eyes were full of longing, so much that Sophie couldn't hold the secret in anymore.

Sophie sighed and looked around the cavern. "I'll transmit it, and you can't tell anyone."

Fitz nodded. "You can count on me."

He is a Pryokinetic, Sophie transmitted, after they had opened their minds to each other.

Fitz gasped, He is? That's bad. The Neverseen will be even more dangerous now. We need to find a way to infiltrate them.

I know. We need to stop them. I think I should infiltrate them. I can freeze time. It should easier for me to do some harm, Sophie transmitted.

That's a good idea, but you're not going alone. I'm coming, Fitz transmitted.

But, Fitz, I don't think they would believe us if there were two of us, Sophie transmitted.

Fitz shook his head. We have to try.

Sophie sighed. Fine, but how are we going to find out where the Neverseen is?

Hmmm, we could try to contact Keefe, Fitz transmitted.

How? Sophie asked.

You could transmitt to him, Fitz suggested.

Are you sure that will work? Sophie transmitted.

Well, you have to try it first, Fitz transmitted.

Ok. What should I say? How about Calla's tree tomorrow at noon? That we want to join the Neverseen? Sophie asked.

That sounds good, Fitz transmitted.

I'll try now, Sophie transmitted.

Ok, Fitz transmitted.

Sophie concentrated on a mental picture of Keefe. She reached out with her mind and concentrated. Keefe, this is Sophie. Meet me at Calla's tree tomorrow at noon. Don't tell anyone, she transmitted.

She let her mind come back, and then she turned to Fitz. I did it, she transmitted.

What should we do now? Fitz transmitted.

I don't know. Should we tell someone what we are doing? Sophie replied.

We probably should, but I don't want to get them in trouble. What if we told the councilors what we're doing? Fitz transmitted.

Sophie nodded. We better do it now. Let's go, tell your dad, and see if he can contact one of the councilors. I could too.

Ok. Come on. Let's go, Fitz transmitted. Fitz stood up and ran up the spiral staircase. Sophie stood up and looked at the cavern. It was very peaceful. She smiled and thought, I'm definitely coming back. She went over to the spiral staircase and ran up to the top. She looked at the cavern again and then went into Fitz's room. Fitz was sitting on his bed with Alden next to him. "Sophie!" Fitz said,"Dad says he can contact the councilors and set up a meeting."

Alden nodded. "I'll contact them now." He pulled out his imparter and said, "Councilor Emery."

Sophie sat by Alden and Fitz and watched as Councilor Emery's face appeared. "Hello, Alden," he said.

"Hello, Emery," Alden replied, "Fitz and Sophie want to infiltrate the Neverseen and would like you to set up a meeting with all the councilors, so they can tell you how they will do it."

Emery nodded. "I can do that. When should the meeting be?"

"Today," Fitz blurted out, "We already put into action part of our plan, and we meet with Keefe tomorrow at noon. Sophie transmitted to him."

Emery sighed. "Some how I knew that was coming. We usually have a daily meeting at 7 pm. It will be in my castle. You can come then if you want."

"That will be good," Alden said, "Bye, Emery."

"Bye," Emery said and the imparter went blank.

Alden turned to Fitz and Sophie. "That's in two hours. How about you eat here, Sophie?"

"Sure," Sophie said.

"You can borrow a dress from Biana," Alden suggested.

Sophie sighed. He had noticed that her clothes were pretty dirty. "Ok."

Fitz grabbed Sophie's hand and dragged her out of his room. They went walked down the beautifully decorated hallway. Sophie loved Everglen. It was really beautiful. Della had spent a lot of time making it the perfect home. Sophie ran down the stairs and crashed right into Biana.

"Oops! Sorry, Biana!" Sophie exclaimed.

Biana grinned. "It's fine. Besides, I don't get knocked down a lot. I do like it."

"Really?" Sophie said smiling, "I just think it hurts."

Suddenly, Fitz appeared next to them. "What happened?"

Biana laughed. "I got knocked down by Sophie."

Fitz laughed. "I wish I could've seen it. Sophie, you'll have to show me your memory of it."

Sophie laughed too. "I sure will."

Della came into the room, wearing an apron. "Dinner's almost ready. I'm glad to have you with us, Sophie."

Sophie smiled. "Thanks."

"Your welcome," Della said, "Now, Fitz and Biana, what happened?" They were still laughing hardly.

"Sophie knocked me down," Biana said hurriedly.

Della gasped. "Are you two okay?"

Sophie laughed. "We're fine."

Della went back into the kitchen and as soon as she left, Biana jumped on Sophie.

Sophie groaned. "Why'd you do that?"

Biana grinned. "To get you back."

"Uhhhhh," Sophie groaned.

Fitz pulled Biana off Sophie. "You're going to hurt each other," Fitz said.

Della came back out from the kitchen and yelled, "Dinner's ready."

Sophie, Fitz and Biana ran into the kitchen and each of them grabbed a plate. They went to the dining room and sat down. Alden and Della joined them. "Eat quickly," Alden said, "Biana, after you eat, can you get Sophie a simple dress to wear? We have a meeting with the Councilors."

"Sure," Biana said, "Can I come?"

"No," Alden said, "Sorry, maybe next time."

"If there is a next time," Biana muttered.

"Biana!" Della said sternly.

"Sorry," Biana muttered and went back to eating.

Sophie and Biana finished quickly, and excused themselves from the table.

Biana and Sophie hurried up to Biana's room. Biana walked into her closet and brought out a simple, sparkly red dress.

"It's beautiful," Sophie exclaimed.

"Put it on," Biana insisted.

Sophie went into Biana's closet and put on the dress. She let Biana in to show her the dress. Sophie twirled around.

"It fits perfectly," Sophie said.

"It totally does," Biana said as she dragged Sophie over to a chair in front of a mirror, "Now let's fix up your hair and put makeup on."

Sophie sighed. "I bet you're having fun."

"What do you mean by that?" Biana said as she began to curl Sophie's hair with a curling iron.

"I mean, you get to give me a makeover," Sophie said.

Biana nodded. "I do like doing makeovers. I should give Linh a makeover."

Sophie looked in the mirror. It was going to be a hard couple weeks, but Sophie felt like she could handle it. She would do her best.

"Alright, I'm done with your hair," Biana said, "I'll do your makeup now."

Biana put light red lipstick on Sophie. Then she brushed gold eyeshadow on Sophie's eyelids. She added a few finishing touches to it and stepped back. "I'm done," Biana announced.

Sophie opened her eyes and looked in the mirror. "I love it, Biana. Thank you." Sophie rushed over to Biana and gave her a hug.

Biana smiled. "Your welcome. Besides I enjoyed it."

Sophie laughed. "Yeah. I did too. A little bit. I don't like waiting."

Biana laughed. "Neither do I."

Sophie and Biana walked out of Biana's room. Sophie walked down the stairs and into the main room. Fitz was standing there with his mouth open. He was wearing his formal clothes. He looked handsome. Sophie smiled at him and Fitz recovered. He smiled back at her and grabbed her hand. "You look beautiful," he whispered.

Sophie blushed and gave a little smile. "You look handsome," she whispered.

Alden came down the stairs and beckoned to Sophie and Fitz to follow him. Alden stopped at the Leapmaster and looked at Sophie and Fitz. "Sophie, you look beautiful," Alden said.

Sophie blushed. "Thanks."

"Eternalia," Alden called. The Leapmaster began spinning and a ray of light appeared. Alden grabbed Sophie and Fitz's hands as he stepped into the light.

When they arrived in Eternalia, Alden led Fitz and Sophie to Councilor Emery's castle. Alden rang the bell and stepped away from the door. Sophie gathered all her thoughts and wondered what she would say to the councilors. She would do her best and hope the councilors liked it.

A goblin opened the door. "Alden, they are expecting you in the meeting room. I assume you know where it is."

Alden nodded. "I do."

The goblin opened the door wider and Alden stepped into the castle. Sophie followed Alden, but she couldn't help gazing at the castle. It was magnificent. It was decorated beautiful.

"We're here," Alden said to Sophie.

Sophie blinked. "Yeah. Sorry."

Sophie sat in a big chair by Fitz and looked at the councilors. She took a deep breath and prepared herself. "Sophie, Fitz, we are interested in hearing about your infiltration," Emery said.

Sophie nodded. "We set up a meeting with Keefe. We thought we could convince him that we wanted to join the Neverseen, and maybe he would show us the Neverseen's base. We could give info. I transmitted to him. We're not technically sure if he'll show up though."

"There is also another factor that you should consider. Sophie found out she can freeze time. She could a lot of damage," Fitz said.

The councilors and Alden gasped. "That would certainly be handy," Terik said.

"Yes," Emery agreed, "You would have to really careful about not letting anyone know why you were really there for."

Bronte nodded. "We could change what you look like."

"That would be a good idea. What about Keefe?" Sophie said.

"We could go to the meeting as someone else or as ourselves," Fitz said.

"I think it would be better to be ourselves for the meeting, but be in disguise for the infiltration," Sophie said.

Alden nodded. "Convince him at the meeting, but tell him in order not to be hurt by Neverseen members, you'll be in disguise."

"Yeah, that would work," Sophie said.

"That could work, but still be extremely careful," Alina said.

"I think we have told you everything," Fitz said.

"Yes. Thank you," Emery said, "Bye."

"Bye," Sophie said, and stood up and walked out of the room with Fitz and Alden.

Sophie pulled out her home crystal when they were outside of Emery's castle. "I better go home."

"Bye," Fitz said.

"Bye," Sophie replied as she lifted the crystal to the light. The ray of light appeared and Sophie was swept away.

In the morning, Sophie looked out the window at Calla's tree. It was a lovely little tree. She loved to leave flowers at the tree and make Calla's starkflower stew. Sophie heard a knock on the front door and went over to the front door. She opened it. It was Fitz. "Are you ready?" Fitz asked.

Sophie sighed. "I'm a little nervous. This is my first time seeing Keefe in 4 months. I hope he does come."

"Sophie, he came," Fitz said, "He is right by Calla's tree."

Sure when Sophie looked over, Keefe was standing by the tree. He was in black clothes with black cape. He also had the Neverseen symbol on his arm. "Let's go out," Sophie said.

Sophie walked out to Calla's tree. She froze when she met eyes with Keefe. She turned around to make sure that Fitz was still beside her. "Hi, Sophie!" Keefe said.

"Hi," Sophie said.

Keefe studied Sophie and Fitz. "So what did you want to meet for?"

"We want to be part of the Neverseen," Fitz whispered.

"Oh. Why?" Keefe whispered back.

"We just have realized the Neverseen are doing the right thing," Sophie whispered, "But in order to be protected from Neverseen who might cause harm to us, we want to be in a disguise."

Keefe nodded. "You can try, but you might be up to something if you don't want the Neverseen to recognize you."

Fitz sighed. "Keefe, we want to be part of the Neverseen. We just realized the Neverseen is right."

Keefe thought for a moment. "And why should I let you into the Neverseen?"

Sophie went right up to Keefe and glared at him. "Because you are our friend, Keefe."

Keefe smiled. "I know that, but what if you are up to something?"

Sophie and Fitz glared at Keefe. "We wouldn't do that," Sophie said angrily.

Keefe held up his hands. "Okay. Okay. No reason to be mad. I was just making sure. When do you plan to be leaving?"

"How about tomorrow at 5 pm?" Sophie said.

Keefe nodded. "That would work. I'll be here then."

"Thanks," Fitz said as Keefe pulled out his crystal.

"Your welcome," Keefe said right before he was whisked away.

Fitz turned to Sophie. "What do you think of all this?"

"I'm not sure how it's going to turn out," Sophie said, "We'll just have to wait and see."

Fitz nodded. "Yeah. I guess we will." Then, Fitz and Sophie quietly headed back into Havenfield.

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