A/N) WE HAVE REACHED 1000 VIEWS, PEOPLE! EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!

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Chapter 14

"The poor girl has fallen fast asleep," Della said quietly as she entered the living room with Edaline. After waiting outside her room for almost fifteen minutes, the two women peeked inside to find Ebony sleeping peacefully on the bed. They rushed inside to fix her underneath the covers, not even causing her to stir out of her slumber in the slightest bit, and then came downstairs to find both Tiergan and Magnate Leto had joined the group.

"She must be so tired," Biana added. "I don't think she's ever slept in a bed before."

Alden nodded in agreement. "We'll get more information out of her later, once she's eaten again and is rested."

Sophie and her friends had taken the opportunity to change back into their elvin clothes while Della and Edaline were busy with Ebony. After they changed and regrouped in the living room, they found Alden talking to Leto and Tiergan, who he had hailed to come and talk about the new girl.

"Never in all my years have i ever heard of a multi-abilitied elf who wasn't a Polygot," Leto said, and Tiergan agreed.

"And we've been around for a very long time," Tiergan added.

"Maybe she is a Polygot, and just hasn't manifested yet," Fitz suggested before Sophie could ask how many years old Leto and Tiergan were.

"If she was meant to be a Polygot," Sophie said, forgetting her other question, "then wouldn't she have manifested while i spoke to her?"

"Most likely, yes," Alden said. He thought for a moment before continuing on. "Where on earth did this girl come from?"

"Yeah, what kind of psycho would just leave an elf to survive on her own among humans in the Forbidden Cities . . . oh wait . . ." Keefe's eyes trailed over to Leto and Tiergan, and he couldn't keep the teasing smile off his face. Sophie rolled her eyes.

"I already clarified that we have nothing to do with this Ebony girl," Leto said, slightly irritated.

"Mhm, whatever you say, Forkle," Keefe crossed his arms and leaned back into his chair, clearly not convinced.

"She's extremely skilled in her abilities," Alden added. "Well, from what I've seen in her Psionipathy. I have no idea how good of a Telepath she is, yet."

"Oh, yeah. This girl was amazing," Fitz jumped in, and the teenagers seemed to all remember the incident in L.A.

"Well, for a girl who has never been trained, that is," Alden clarified. "Other than that, she is rather mediocre for her age."

Biana shook her head vigorously, making everyone look at her when she stood. "Dad, this girl saved my life." Everyone remained silent, and shocked, wanting her to elaborate. "While we were in L.A.-"

"I still can't believe you went to a Forbidden City," Sandor muttered, and the other bodyguards nodded along with him. Biana rolled her eyes.

"Anyway," she continued, shooting a look at the guards for interrupting. "While we were in L.A., we were cornered in the alleyway we found Ebony in by, like, six bad guys." Della gasped, and Biana nodded. "Then, they kept asking for our money, but we didn't have any. But eventually, one of the guys grabbed me and held a gun thing to my head, about to shoot-"

"Oh, my goodness," Della rushed to her daughter. "Biana, are you alright?" she asked, when at the same time Alden shook his head and muttered, "humans."

Biana nodded. "Thanks to Ebony."

"Who was about to abandon us, by the way," Keefe jumped in. "But then, Foster convinced her to come back and help us. Although, wouldn't it have been better if she got help from someone else?" He looked at Sophie with a raised eyebrow.

Sophie shook her head. "There was no way to know if she would have come back."

"But when she did," Biana said, turning the attention back to herself. "After the guy was about to shoot me, she used her ability and put the coolest force field I've ever seen around me. It felt so warm and comfy, and stuck to me like i grew a new skin. It was white, and glowing, and it made the man let go of me because it burned him." The description of the strange new force field caught the attention of the adults.

"Yeah," Dex added. "She put one around the gun, too. And when the guy pulled the trigger a split second after, he dropped it right before the bullet double back and the gun went-"

"KA-BOOM!" Keefe interrupted, which made a chuckle run through the teenagers.

"Pretty much, yeah," Dex agreed.

"The bad guys ran away, and that's how we found out she was an elf. And how she saved my life," Biana finished. Alden and Della hugged their daughter.

"Thank goodness you're safe," Alden told her.

"We'll have to remember to thank her later," Fitz added from where he sat.

Keefe laughed. "You should have heard her scream when she saw us levitating."

"Don't worry, no one else saw us," Sophie added quickly before the adults could say anything.

"She had a little bit of an attitude towards us," Linh said quietly. "But i think she was only trying to protect herself."

"Yeah, i have a feeling she's gonna have a little trouble trusting us for a while," Tam said.

"Speaking of which," Sophie suddenly remembered. "What did you see in her shadow reading, Tam? I know that there's something you didn't want her to know."

"Oh," he said, tugging his bangs over his eyes. "It's a little complicated. There is some balance, but i can't help but see the darkness somehow overpowering the light. Despite that, she seems okay. I think it might have to do with her past. She probably stole a couple stuff over the years and that's what's affecting the darkness." But he didn't seem so sure about his words, and Sophie was sure everyone else felt the same way. He shrugged, and sat back a little farther in his seat between Linh and Biana.

"Well, we'll just have to keep an eye on her," Alden decided. The others nodded, and they were followed by silence.

Sophie's mind wandered to what Tam had said. She seemed like a good enough girl, and she did seem to have had a pretty rough past. Maybe they would find out more when they talked to her again.

"Is she gonna be able to go to Foxfire with us?" Dex asked after a while.

Leto and Tiergan shared a look. "Well," Leto said after a little thinking. "I don't think that would work out very well . . ."

"Why?" all the teenagers asked.

"It's barely the middle of the year," Sophie added. "It's not like midterms have happened yet. She can be in Level Five, like us," She referred to herself, Dex, and Biana. Tam and Linh were in Level Six, and Keefe and Fitz had made it to the gold tower for the Elite Levels. It was currently the weekend, which was the only time they could leave the towers, aside from midterm breaks and summer vacation. The teenagers would usually have sleepovers at Everglen during the weekends, so all the kids could catch up. They had decided late last night (Friday) that they were bored and wanted to go to the human city that Sophie had told them about. Fitz snuck into his dad's office and got his pathfinder to the Forbidden Cities after they convinced Sophie. They bought the most human-like clothes they could find, and the seven friends made their escape.

Leto shook his head sadly, drawing Sophie back from her thoughts. "It's too late for her to become a Foxfire student. She needs time from the younger Levels onto the older Levels to see if she can qualify for the Elite Levels. It's a good thing you came to the Lost Cities when you did, Miss Foster."

"But, couldn't she take a placement test?" Sophie asked. "We would help her throughout the year as well," Sophie looked at her friends, and they nodded. Ebony probably hadn't had any education during her time in the Forbidden Cities, and Sophie would feel horrible if Ebony couldn't attend Foxfire with the rest of them. She would be all alone in a new school, in a new world, with new people, with a new species.

All her friends looked to Leto, Alden, and Tiergan, pleading desperately for them to agree.

The three men seemed to be having a telepathic conversation, so at least they were thinking it over. Finally, they all sighed, and Leto looked at the teenagers.

" . . ."

A/N) what will Magnate Leto say? What do you want him to say? LOOKS LIKE YOU'LL HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL NEXT TIME! MWAHAHAHAHA! *creates a path of ice on the ground and slides away*