Sophie opened her eyes, the familiar view of her bedroom gave her comfort, everything that happened was a dream or rather a nightmare. She closed her eyes and turned around only to hear a pained sound.

¨Hey watch it!¨ It was Jinx, she sounded annoyed and this startled the guardian.

¨What?!¨ Sophie opened her eyes once again only to be met with Jinx in her bedroom, in her own bed ¨J-Jinx what… what are you doing here?!¨ Sophie rose from the bed and saw something that made her heart stop a beat, on her forehead was the crystal horn and her hair was not dark, instead it was the bright turquoise of her guardian form ¨No… no no no no this… it wasn't just a nightmare¨ She looked down and behind, the wings were hugging her body so she wouldn't feel any pain during her sleep.

¨Soph…¨ Jinx also rose up and put her hand on her girlfriend's shoulder ¨What happened yesterday… we are trying to fix it¨ The support laid back on the bed and Jinx followed her ¨Listen… I know things are not going well right now Soph but I promise we will get your humanity back¨

Sophie looked at her hands, she was not wearing her gloves but had a weird feeling tingling in her palms ¨It feels… strange, you know? When I am transformed my body feels tired but now that I am no longer human… it's completely different¨

¨Yeah well that's because you were guardian for a less time than most of us¨ Jinx placed her arms behind her head and looked at the ceiling ¨Hey keep this between us… but yesterday when I transformed into you… uh… well you know what I mean… I liked it… maybe because I didn't have that stupid lion telling me what to do every minute¨

¨I heard that!¨ The voice of Shisa was muffled despite none of them knowing where the familiar was.

The guardian laughed in response ¨Yeah… same thing about you, never though blowing stuff up could be that fun¨

¨Oh there are some more things you can blow¨ Sophie turned her head, frowning as she didn't understand what Jinx meant until the latter was moving her eyebrows and a wicked smile which caused the support to grab her pillow and throw it at her couple ¨Come on it was a good one!¨

¨Hey, what time is it?¨

¨Dunno, morning, why?¨ It was at that moment that the heart of both girls stopped when they heard someone knocking on the bedroom's door; this startled Jinx who moved to the right and fell from the bed.

¨Sophie? Are you okay?¨ The door handle started to move and this caused even more panic for the girls.

¨Uh… mom… uh… no, I mean yeah! I'm okay, it's just that my phone fell from the bed stand!¨ Jinx was trying to hide under the bed but found that there was not enough space, instead she found where Shisa was hiding.

¨Oh okay¨ The door handle stopped moving ¨Breakfast is ready, we'll wait downstairs¨

¨Alright, I'll be there¨ With a sigh of relief Sophie was able to calm down her heart and Jinx came out of her `hiding´ spot ¨We need to do something¨

¨We? I'm getting out of here¨ The rebel grabbed her bag and opened the window ¨Wait, you can't go down like that, transform to your normal self¨

¨This is my normal self!¨

¨You know what I mean!¨ Jinx looked outside ¨I'll jump when you are out, don't want to attract any attention¨

¨Right…¨ Sophie focused and did the same when she transformed into a Star Guardian only this time it was on the complete opposite. It took a second but before she noticed it she was back in her human form, although starting to feel tired because of the process, she was wearing the academy uniform already ¨Alright, I'll see you at the aca-¨ But Jinx was no longer there, she jumped out and Sophie could hear the sound of bushes outside.

The girl walked down to the kitchen and found herself with her parents ¨I was afraid I had to go back to your room again¨

¨No no, I was just finishing getting dressed¨ She sat by the table and saw how her father was still looking at the newspaper ¨So… anything happened last night?¨

¨Work just being exhaustive as usual¨ The old man looked at the guardian ¨So how is your headache, you feeling better?¨

¨My what?¨

¨Your headache¨ He frowned ¨We arrived home and found a note hanging from your bedroom's door saying not to wake you up because you had a headache¨

¨Oh… yeah that…¨ She nodded, the rest of the team prepared in case her parents actually walked in the bedroom and found her with a horn and different colored hair ¨I feel better and ready for another day at the academy¨

¨Well here's your-¨ Sophie's mother couldn't finish her sentence since they all heard the sound of the doorbell ¨I'll go get it¨ She left the plate in front of her daughter and went immediately to the front door.

This small piece of time gave the guardian some time to think, what to do next although for this she needed to talk to the rest of the team.

¨Sophie did you dye your hair?¨

¨What?!¨ She looked back at her father who got closer and grabbed a little strand of hair, it was turquoise. Sophie started to panic.

¨I… uh…¨

¨Sophie you didn't tell us a friend was coming for breakfast¨ Her mother spoke, behind her there was someone else.

¨Wha- I mean…¨ She turned her head and saw the cyan haired which did not make the situation any better ¨I… yeah! I must've forgot with all the headache and all that¨ Jinx sat next to Sophie and had a strange smile, almost if the wicked side of her was hidden ¨So… uh… Jinx, what brings you here?¨

¨You told me to come here yesterday¨ Jinx tapped Sophie's knee to attract her attention which made the latter look under the table. The marksman was holding a piece of paper with the words `Do not panic or your transformation is over´ ¨So yeah, Sophie and I are in the same club, classroom and she is also my gir-¨

¨GREAT friend¨ This time it was Sophie who tapped Jinx's knee, although this was a rougher hit ¨We are great friends since last year and well, I never invited her here so I thought it would be a good idea to start here with a breakfast!¨ She took a deep breath which caused the turquoise strand of hair to return to the dark color without the father even noticing.

¨Y-yeah¨ Jinx was showing that strange smile again, strange because it made her look more civil and polite rather than her rebel and crazy side.

The breakfast went rather fast, Sophie's parents asked some questions to Jinx until eventually it was time for the two of them to leave for the academy; they remained silent until they crossed the street and were out of range from Sophie's house or the sight of her parents.

¨Great friend huh?¨

¨I haven't told my parents about our relationship… I mean I want to but imagine if I tell them about it and then about me being what I am right now¨ She sighed ¨I'd rather face the Dark Star than my parents when I tell them both¨

¨Those are some tough words¨

¨So why did you decide to show up at my doorstep? I thought you would go for your home¨

¨Mom will not prepare breakfast if I'm not home so the next best thing is you, besides I wanted to meet my mother and father in law¨

¨In law? We are not married, we are still young!¨

¨Oh come on just think about it, you and me walking to the altar, saying our bows. Besides you are technically an ageless being so-¨ Sophie looked back at Jinx with some anger on her face ¨Alright maybe that was uncalled for but still¨ She grinned ¨I would look good with a suit¨

¨Look let's just get to the academy, there's so much we all have to talk about¨

¨Sophie!¨ The couple heard the voice of Lux coming from behind her, when they turned they saw that the rest of the original team was with her along with Taliyah.

¨Hey everyone¨ The guardian waved at all of the girls, Jinx on the other hand crossed her arms and pouted, her time alone with the support was over.

¨How are you feeling? Any pain or anything?¨

¨No, not at all, just tired that's all¨

¨Anything strange happening to you?¨ This time Janna asked her.

¨Nothing, I'm fine. I'll have to get used my new me¨

¨Maybe not¨ The two of them looked at Lux confused ¨We found the archer, or rather Taliyah did¨

¨Wait, what?!¨

¨Yeah, the archer is a student at the academy¨ Taliyah pulled her phone and showed Sophie and Jinx a picture; it was a normal looking student with dark brown hair and wearing the gym uniform for the academy ¨After we all left your house I decided to walk around the city and investigate, to my surprise I found the archer returning to the academy but he didn't leave, or rather not in his menacing form¨

¨Ok so why is this guy our archer? Who is he exactly because I am sure there are many people in the academy who were still there by that time¨ The rebel frowned, she was skeptical because they couldn't go around and harass (and ultimately kill) people to recover Sophie's humanity

¨That is true but the guy had the archery club badge in his uniform¨ Jinx was still not certain about it.

¨It is a coincidence¨ Poppy talked ¨But we can narrow down our target, if he goes to the academy then we can discard the rest of the city to search¨

¨What if he did that because he knew he was being observed?¨ Sophie's question generated some doubts on the rest of the team ¨Still this is our only lead, but how are we going to get this information without alerting the archer?¨

¨I am afraid we will have to search the principal's office, most specifically the archives within the office¨ Janna said even though she was not happy with that idea as they might get in trouble¨

¨But how are you going to get the principal or anyone distracted to get the information?¨ Lulu, who remained silent all this time, brought an interesting and important question.

Jinx grinned ¨Oh don't worry, I have a great idea. Oooh yeah it's gonna be an awesome and loud idea¨ They all remained silent, knowing that anything that Jinx planned involved chaos and mayhem.

¨So… am I the only one who thinks this is not going to end well?¨ Taliyah looked at the rest of the team, despite being with them for some days already she still feels new to everything.

¨You get used to it…¨ Lux said and sighed ¨…or so I say every time and things end up worse one way or another¨

With that the team went together for the academy although Jinx remained silent, planning her idea which would surely give them the proper distraction to get to the principal's office.


And we are back in business! After two months of not writing this story we continue with a new chapter involving more about Jinx and Sophie's romance (which I thought it was fitting for this day). Next up we'll have some time with the former investigation club as well as finding out more about what is Jinx's plan about, what I can say however is that it's going to be interesting.


Eedura: what a short chapter Q_Q. enjoy the holidays!

Well this chapter is a bit longer than the other one so there's that! Though I hope that despite the length of the chapters they are still enjoyable.


Ever since I was out we got a new Champ and new information about what's coming in the future, sure we got Arcane coming later this year (I hope) as well as many more projects from Riot. Haven't tried Legends of Runeterra and not sure if I will (First because I have a lot of games in my backlog and second because I am not a big fan of card games, even if it's based on the world of Runeterra).

So that's it for now, since I'm getting back on the habit of writing it may or may not take a while, it also depends on inspiration so until then I hope you enjoed this chapter but of course I can't forget about the usual discorddotgg / 7ZUptrJ (of course the dot should be replaced with a . )

Hope you enjoyed the chapter, I am trying to get back in the habit of writing so chapters may or may not take longer to update, this was Tourvelix to remind you that ARURF is still up until next week so enjoy it while it lasts and as always:

See you in the next chapter ;)