Previously on Intro Adventures:

Me:(Appears out of thin air) Anything you say? Well, welcome to the lost cities favorite gameshow, come on, say it with me!

Crowd: LET'S

Crowd: KISS

Crowd: STINA!

(confetti and balloons with Stina's face on them suddenly appear)

GT: (gulps)

Now, to find out what happens!

BEEP BEEP BEEP ANNOYING NOISE BEEP BEEP

CODE IGGY! THIS IS NOT A DRILL!

The author pinched himself to make sure he wasn't dreaming. But the alarms going off on his computer were clearly real. The author quickly clicked on one of the several python scrapers he had running monitoring Shannon Messengers social media feeds. As he read the message, the entirety of the tri-state area heard an unearthly howling noise, that caused all animals to run far away, and caused several landslides. It sounded like "NOVEMBER 2021! WHY!". The author immediately called someone on the phone. "Q? We need to get the squad back together. Do you have Shannon Messenger's home address yet? It's time to complete Operation Mallowmelt once and for all."

So, I AM FREAKING OUT SO MUCH RIGHT NOW SERIOUSLY AHHHHHHHHHHH!

WE GET TWO MORE BOOKS! UNLOCKED! WHY DIDN'T I THINK OF THAT? I AM FANBOYING SO HARD! ASDFGHJKJHGFDSDFYJKLJHGEWERTYUILKHWQWEL!

So, yeah. Everything's fine. I am SO EXCITED for unlocked and to see how it's written and I can't wait for tomorrow when Shannon will give us some more info. I seriously made a noise that may have caused my neighbors to go deaf. I still have book 8.5 to wait for this year! Still hoping for a KOTLC movie.

In honor of the awesome display of evilness Shannon Messenger has shown us, I am going to be evil as well and not put what happens next in intro adventures(Yes, that's what I'm calling my comedy skits in the authors note) until the next chapter. I know, it's a miracle I haven't been assassinated yet.

So, last time, I said I would give out teasers if I got enough reviews. Well, we got so many reviews I decided to publish early! This is your reward for being good little people who I am secretly trying to hypnotise through writing and take over the world- I mean fans! Forget I said that! But seriously, keep this up and I might always publish this early.

So, time to respond to reviews!

A very obsessed fangirl: To be honest, I don't really know. I am a comedian after all, (cymbal crash).

Me: Gt, that was a terrible cymbal crash!

GT: At least I'm trying. That joke was terr-

Me: -ific! I know.

GT: Never mind.

KOTLCFan42: (Gasps) One of my OG fans! (That sentence proves the fact that I have no life) You, huskyhowlz, and HeartWarmLucy will always be V. I. P.'s! Glad to know that SOMEONE enjoys my work. (Glares at GT)

GT: You torture me for your amusement!

Me: That's a good thing.

GT: (runs)

Cary Swirls:AAAAAAAAAHHASDFGHGFDSWDRTYUIUYTRERTYUIOIUYTRTYUKLKJTRTYK! HOLY IGGY! WHAAAAAAAAAA!

GT: I think he's finally cracked.

Me: (jumps up) Oh, I've always been this insane.

GT: I'm just glad this isn't the gameshow.

So, you are one of my all-time favorite authors, and Wanderling's elements of Sokeefe and Sotam were inspired by you(and A very obsessed fangirl for the sokeefe). Yes, there will be more sotam in the future. Analyze chapter two to find some I've already put in. I have no idea how I put in emojis, I have a Macbook pro with touch bar and it automatically suggests the proper emojis for me so I don't have to figure it out. Okay, after some experimenting and some consulting with my fellow nerds who have a better knowledge of Html5 than I do(I specialize in javascript for web development), I managed to find out that, translated into layman's terms, it only accepts certain types of emojis. You can just copy and paste them from this website: getemoji . com(remove the space). Hope that helps. Thank you for reviewing!

Mythicalis4real: Cologne police! You just gave me some more ideas for Agents of K.A.B.A.F.S.(Available for Voting). The psionipath is a mystery that you're wise to chase, but I will reveal nothing about... Unless you keep reviewing in which case I am motivated faster and write faster plus eat more mallowmelt. This chapter might clear up some of your questions(emphasis on the might).

So, after long and careful consideration, I finally have decided when I am going to release my other fics. So, shippers unite is currently winning in the poll, and that means a lot to me. The fact that you guys like my original work makes me happy and it just reminded me I need to work on my sci-fi novel. Still in storyboarding. So, I am hopefully going to release... drumroll please... KOTLC reacts first! Now, I know what you're thinking: Isn't shippers unite the lead result? Well, yes, but I want to spend more time on that and the reacts are like a break of sorts, allowing me to refresh my mind and simply go crazy. But don't worry, because shippers unite will come out right after. Now, the official release date for KOTLC reacts is... on Saturday! I know! Close! I love you guys and I know you want updates and new stories. So start the countdown!

What else do I need to say? I really have so much to say every time and always forget to say some of it. The blacklight was insipred by Gravity Falls, one of the best shows in the universe. Gravity Falls Season 3! I know, nobody likes the things I like. IF YOU LIKE IT COMMENT BUT COMMENT ANYWAYS MY CAPS LOCK GOT STUCK AGAIN AND I'M TOO LAZY TO RETYPE IT.

Now, on with the story!

Eight

Sophie Foster now officially hated sparkles.

Of course they had to give her the happy dreams sedative, probably just to rub it in.

She stood in the middle of a meadow, fully aware that she was in a dream, being forced to watch dopey unicorns play in the most ridiculously glittery pools of sparkles she had ever seen in her life.

Usually she didn't remain conscious when she was given this sedative, so why did she-

It's because of us.

We're helping!

Do you actually think she wants to watch this?

I do.

Do you see why I want to flog you now?

Not even a little.

Sophie sighed. This probably was what hell was like.

Watch your language!

It isn't really a curse word. It's a matter of opinion.

That was actually quite logical. Maybe I won't mind having you around after all-

OOH! LOOK! A CUTE BOY! Oh, just a clump of sparkles.

Never mind.

She woke up groggily in- No, that couldn't be right.

As she looked around her room in disbelief, she spotted a grey envelope on her bed. She opened it and read it.

Dear Ms. Foster,

We just wanted to inform you that your defenses are extremely weak and we will attack at random, when you are least suspecting it. Hope you have a lovely day.

Cordially yours,

The Neverseen

Sophie was now fairly sure she was still dreaming. Why in the world would the Neverseen have the perfect chance to kidnap her, and then simply leave her be, plus inform her of their next attack. It also looked like it was written by a polite British butler.

This does not make any logical sense. It's hurting me.

I can't make sense of it either! Maybe it's a prank.

Sedating someone is going a little far for a prank.

Good point.

Why in world did the Neverseen do this? Was this a trick? Or simply a blunder? An accidental lapse of stupidity? What was their plan here?

Sophie almost wished she hadn't told Mr. Forkle about what happened. Currently she was inside a Black Swan safehouse, which was being guarded by what looked like the entire goblin army, with Sandor barking orders through a bullhorn.

"Patrols, switch sectors!"

The goblins rotated clockwise.

"Again!"

Guarding the door to the room in the safehouse she was in, was Bo and Grady. Bo was guarding the hallway leading to the room, and Grady was guarding the path to the boys dormitory. He caressed his boy-bat, the spikes recently sharpened. Dex, Tam, Fitz, Jensi, and Wylie all cringed at the sight of it through the window. Members of the Black Swan swarmed the halls, going from room to room. Linh, Biana, and Marella were in the room with her, trying to figure out what was going on.

"Sophie, what's going on?"

"The Neverseen broke into Havenfield and impersonated Sandor."

"Are you okay?"

"I think I am. Why's Jensi here?"

"Didn't you hear? He was sworn into the Black Swan."

Sophie felt incredibly stupid. How could she have missed that?

"Guess I've just been really busy."

The triplets came around the corner, wearing battle armor and armed with an assortment of goblin weapons.

The triplets swiveled around and turned to a very intimidated Bo. Bex wheeled down on him. "Status report!"

Sophie had never seen an ogre this scared before. "Nothing yet, ma'm."

"Good."

The triplets walked away, to scare the wits out of the next guard they saw. Sophie looked at Grady. He shrugged. "They managed to beat King Dimitar in hand-to-hand combat because they were bored. Do you really think they wouldn't be qualified to help guard?"

"They never cease to amaze me."

"Same."

"When will it be safe to go?"

"We don't know yet. We're still trying to make sense of the letter."

"It was pretty strange."

Sophie walked out of the room and started to make her way to Mr. Forkle's office. As she walked past the forensics room, she could see that they had built a blast wall around the letter, like it was going to explode. She wondered if that was even possible. In the next room, which looked like the armory, had an assortment of swords, battle-axes, daggers, bows, spears, and an area marked "Grady Only" had a collection of boy-bats, boy repellents, cologne detectors, and a bunch of bottles labeled "Boy-Be-Gone". Finally, she made it to the office, where Mr. Forkle was waiting. He spotted her. "Good, you're here. Quickly, come on in."

He closed the door behind her, and she saw that Fitz, Dex, Biana, Tam, Linh, Wylie, Jensi, Marella, Della, and some other members of the Black Swan were already in there. Mr. Forkle doubled-checked that the door was closed behind them and began to speak.

"Over the past months, the Neverseen had remained completely silent. Until, in the last couple days, they have made two risky moves, literally coming to our doorstep."

"They managed to breach the gates of Everglen, which have been fortified enough so that they're nearly indestructible. They broke into one of our most secure safehouses that we have spent years fortifying and was heavily defended."

"They managed to get past the security in Havenfield and successfully impersonate a goblin without raising any suspicion at all."

"They knew about a forgotten secret and that it was viewed, and which councillor's cache it was in."

"They managed to do all of that without being caught or leaving a trace."

"They might even somehow know when our guard is down!"

"They somehow had access to all this information that the Black Swan has spent years protecting."

"After careful analysis of the evidence I was provided with, I managed to come to one conclusion, which is the reason I have brought you all here today. Now, before I tell you, this information cannot leave this room. Even the council cannot know about this."

Everyone nodded, eager to hear the information being revealed.

Mr. Forkle took a deep breath. "We have a spy in our midst."

To be honest, I think that was my most frustrating cliffhanger yet. I should enter the most evil author of the year contest. Has anyone decrypted the code on my profile page? Anyone?

No, I'm not going to put GT's story down here, be patient. It's in the next chapter(coming on a day of the week that has the word day in it).