Buah,I'm back!And today's officially 1st day of school,no...*cries*But fear not,I'll still update(though my teachers are driving us like crazy).
EVERBLAZE:I'll study hard!(You too,kay?)I hope my story's forever awesome,and it's def. not perfect,though...About thatLook at the cover.:(
Kari2678:Sure,why not since I'm following the cover?Here's your update and thanks for waiting patiently!;)
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But about Estelle...I'm...super...sorry...
Exams suck,but I guess sometimes fun too!Good luck for your next exams!And thanks for fav.(ing) this story!=)
"But...why when anything happens it always has to do with me?" Sophie asked nervously, shocked at Estelle's words, still ringing in the air. "And if you think I'm going to let my friends put their lives in serious danger - well, you're wrong. I won't. If I have to go alone, I will."
"You're very loyal," Estelle noted, her corners of her lips turning up slightly, "which is remarkable about you, but that's also your fatal flaw, and if you're not careful the Neverseen can use it to hurt you. But no can do to grant your request, I'm afraid, Sophie. I'm very sorry, but this is what we have to do. Fitz, Keefe, Dex and Biana must have known if they were joining us, their lives will always be in great danger. So will yours."
Sophie opened her mouth to argue but was cut short when Mr Forkle and her friends came in again. Her friends' faces were all flushed, and Mr Forkle looked like he was about to get down to serious business.
"You know about the selection of three double agents already?" Mr Forkle asked incredulously when Sophie argued just about that.
"I told her," Estelle said proudly, holding her head high.
"Oh, so Foster knows about that? The old dude just told us-"
"Please do not call me the old dude." Mr Forkle interrupted abruptly.
"-That three of us are gonna be double agents. Like what, that is the coolest thing ever! Think about all the things-"
"This is not a game, Keefe," said Fitz, shooting a look at him. Keefe fell silent but he still had a silly big smirk plastered onto his face.
"Well, I just hope I get chosen." he muttered under his breath, and it was Mr Forkle's turn to glare at him.
"Like the Vacker boy said" - Fitz flinched - "this is definitely not a game, considering the seriousness of the situation. We indeed have a traitor among us who reports to the Neverseen, Sophie-"
"I have told her already, Sir Kerlof," snapped Estelle. Then her eyelids drooped, and she mumbled, "Excuse me, I need to rest."
Sophie might have been hallucinating but she saw Mr Forkle's lips curve into a small smile. "-And that traitor is obviously related to the Heks children. Sorajin might have a twin or she doesn't, but she has a double of herself - which is no, not equal to a twin, Biana. Sora is loyal and her double isn't - but there's no telling if she'd tell her secrets or not. Meanwhile when Sophie and two others are infiltrating the Neverseen base-"
Sophie had just spotted a loophole in the so-obviously-not-going-to-work plan. "But the Neverseen would never let me and my friends be part of Neverseen. They know we aren't to be trusted and probably reporting their every move to the Black Swan."
"Ah," Estelle said from her bed. They turned around to stare at her. "This is where the difficult part comes in - for Sophie, at least. It will hurt you greatly. You must convince them that the Black Swan are doing to you what they aren't."
Chills went down Sophie's spine. Her friends looked equally frightened - and angry, Sophie noticed as she was suddenly pushed behind them.
"Look, if you think she's going to be your-" Dex said.
"What?" Sophie asked, cutting Dex off. "What do they want me to do?"
Her mind was spinning to fast to make connections, and it seemed that her friends were much smarter than they are.
"Don't worry," Mr Forkle said. "Didn't Lundian said 'convince'? We're not actually doing it."
"Yes, but still-" Biana, Keefe and Fitz argued.
Sophie was exasperated. "What? Am I that dumb? What is their plan?"
Fitz sighed, and sat down beside her, forcing her to look into his teal eyes. "Sophie, when you first heard of the Black Swan and found out they were your creators and making you do everything you didn't mean to do, what did you think you were to them?"
Sophie's mind whirled, slightly confused. "What-? I don't-"
"You thought they were pulling strings and controlling you." added Keefe, his ice blue eyes begging her to understand. They were scared to just tell her directly, Sophie realised.
"Like a-" Dex and Biana said in unison. Then the realisation hit her like a bullet, and old bitter feelings that were forgotten rushed back into her. Sophie sucked in a deep shaky breath.
"Little puppet." Sophie whispered. The words rang loudly in her mind, making her dizzy.
Their little puppet.
Mr Forkle and Estelle looked most troubled. Estelle especially. She looked weary and tired.
"Surely you must understand, Sophie-" Mr Forkle began. Sophie whirled on him and Estelle but he didn't flinch at all. Neither did she. But Estelle was quickly scribbling something on a paper, beads of perspiration dripping down her cheek.
"No! Why must I? You're admitting that I'm your puppet, and that's the last thing I want to be! After doing so much, sacrificing so much, for the Black Swan, and you want me to be your little puppet again?"
Rage, fear and bitterness swirled inside her, creating a large, wild, swirling vortex.
"Sophie, please stop-" a chorus of voices echoed around, but Sophie was too stricken to listen.
She pushed everything out of her mind with all her might, then collapsed down on the cold hard ground. Through her half-lidded eyes she thought she saw Estelle scream in agony, writhing in pain.
Her vision cleared and she saw Estelle unconscious on the bed, a pained expression on her face. Her laboured but shallow breathing made Sophie feel all the more worse.
"What have you done?" spat Mr Forkle in horror as Sophie's vision swirled again.
"What have I done?" She whispered the same question as a black wave crashed over her mind.
"Wake up, Sophie! Wake up!"
Sophie groaned and opened her eyes slowly. She moved her body but she felt no pain. "What-"
She sat up, and found herself face-to-face with a half-worried, half-angry Elwin.
"Sophie, you made things worse - until they cannot be any more worse. I'm sorry, but this time, I'm really angry at you."
"What did I do-" Sophie started, then fell short when her memories rushed back to her.
"Oh no. No. No. No...NO!" She shouted, then fell out of bed. The pain stabbed at her knees but she ignored it as she rushed to the bed beside her. Tears began to fall like a waterfall. Bitter, angry, and regretful tears. She stared at the body in front of her.
Cold.
Estelle was dead.
"Take a deep breath, Sophie," Elwin instructed, holding out the bottle of Youth for her to drink it down. Sophie ignored him, staring in horror at the corpse in front of her. When she finally recovered her shock, the tears started flowing again, slower this time. She felt nothing but grief and regret.
Why?
Why did this had to happen again?
First, it was Alden. Next, it was Kenric.
And when she thought it couldn't get any worse, now it was Estelle.
Was she a kind of curse or what?
Guilt started to seep into her mind.
It was all her fault. Her fault-
A electrifying shock zapped through her mind, snapping her out of the guilt. Sophie looked up in shock and saw Mr Forkle, and her friends. Dex, Fitz, Keefe and Biana all wrapped her in a tight embrace. Sophie knew her tears and saliva was smearing onto their clothing but she didn't care.
She wouldn't let herself succumb to guilt. Never ever.
Estelle might be gone, but there were still many important things to do. She would make Estelle and Kenric proud.
Ugh,I'm so sorry!:'(((The feels are getting the better of me...See you next time when I finally calm myself down, because she's one of my most fav. characters I've written. :'( SORRY ONCE AGAIN!
Please don't be angry at me...