Wow! I actually updated within, like, a few days! The wonders boredom/corona break does to me!

But yeah, you get an update! Nothing super special happens in this chapter, and definitely not enough Sokeefe- it's sort of a mix between fluff/filler stuff and actual plot stuff, but more fluff, and-

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"Hi, Foster! Guess what: You don't have to sit next to boring old Wonderboy, instead, you get to sit with the Keefster!" Keefe said, sliding next to Sophie's table at lunch. To an outsider, this would look exactly like it did every day; Keefe shoving Wonderboy out of the way so he could sit next to Sophie and making a joke, casually running his fingers through his Hair. But the outsider would have missed the sad, pleading look in his ice-blue eyes, the tentative smile he gave Sophie asking "It's okay if I sit next to you, right? We're okay... right?"

"Hello, Keefe. Thank you from saving me from boring old Wonderboy." Sophie replied, grinning to let Keefe know that she was going to try to ease the awkwardness.

"Hey!" Fitz protested. He had recovered from Keefe's shove and was now sitting next to Deck- Deck? No, Dex. My bad.

"They're right, you know." Dex shrugged, not even looking up from his... Sophie didn't know exactly what was on his plate... nor did she want to. "You are boring. And old. And... Wonderboyish."

"Ooh, are we insulting Fitzypoo?" Biana, who was on Dex's other side, squealed. "I love insulting Fitzypoo!"

"It's so fun, isn't it?" Marella sighed. "And easy."

Fitz glared at all of them, but they were too busy laughing to notice. "I thought you guys were supposed to be my friend!"

"No," Keefe snickered. "The chandelier is your friend."

"Oh my mallowmelt!" Fitz exclaimed. "That was one time!"

"And it is one time that we will never let you forget." Biana added.

Keefe opened his mouth to say something else, but Linh cut him off. "Guys, give Fitz a break," she said.

Reluctantly, Marella sighed. "Anything for you, Linh. Even that." To everyone else, she gave them a Listen-to-my-girlfriend-or-I-will-burn-your-face-off look until they agreed.

"Oh! In all the Fitz-bashing, I almost forgot!" Dex exclaimed. "Sophie, Forkle told me to tell you that we have a meeting right after school."

"Did he say where?" Sophie asked, already dreading the stairs. Oh mallowmelt, not the stairs, anything but the stairs.

"He told us to just show up at his office and he'd give us crystals. Some new hideout."

"Yay! Not the stairs!" cheered Biana, who evidently shared Sophie's fears.

"Oh, and there was also something about a new member joining?"

"Ooh, a new member?" said Glimmer, as the current newest.

"Wait, are you a member?" Keefe asked.

Glimmer nodded. "Yeah, I took the oath."

"So, how have your days been going?" Sophie asked, as an attempt to oblige her mom's orders for her to "act like a normal teenager." Sophie wasn't entirely sure what "normal" meant, but she was pretty sure that the question was something normal people would ask.

"Torture!" Keefe exclaimed. "Do you know how much school we missed? Do you know how much make up work that is?"

"Yes, Keefe, we all have to do it too." Fitz sighed.

"Yeah, but I was in a coma, so I missed even more than you!" Keefe argued in a melodramatic woe-is-me voice.

"At least you don't have to deal with Lady Cadence. Or Bronte." Sophie said. Bronte wasn't really being so bad, but inflicting was still not her favorite class.

"Yeah, but you don't have to take Empathy. It's like hours and hours of therapy, but your therapist hates you and would rather be anywhere else. That guy's, like, ancient. He was my dad's mentor-" Keefe made a face "-And is constantly comparing me to Lord Pretentious."

"You guys get to train in your abilities, though." Marella pointed out. "My last mentor was Fintan."

"Okay, yeah, you win." Sophie conceded. The lunch bell rang, and all nine of them went to their P.E. class. After some levitating (Which was actually fun,) that bell rang and they all headed to Magnate Leto's office.

"Ah, so many memories of this place." Keefe said wistfully as Dex knocked.

"Were you referring to the time you blew it up?" Fitz asked. "Or the hours and hours you spend in trouble here?"

"I was referring to the Great Gulon Incident," Keefe said, a mischievous smile flitting across his face. Everyone- that is, everyone who actually KNEW WHAT THE FREAKING THING WAS, laughed.

"Seriously, what was-" Sophie started, but before she could finish asking her burning question, the door swung open and Magnate Leto gestured for them to come in. Sophie sighed, and out of the corner of her eye, she saw Keefe smirk at her.

Magnate Leto passed around pale pink leaping crystals. Once everyone had them, he ordered them to leap.

They arrived at a house that looked abandoned. Sophie's first thought was that it looked like a haunted house, but by then she had learned not to voice such thoughts. Mr. Forkle ordered them to go in, and even though Sophie didn't believe in ghosts, she was still hesitant to go into the house- honestly, she wouldn't be surprised to meet the Elvin version of a ghost or zombie. Also, the possibility that the house would collapse on them couldn't be ruled out.

"Nice place you got here," said Keefe, who had just walked into a spiderweb.

Biana shrieked. "What was that?"

"Just Sophie tripping!" reported Dex. "Everything's okay!"

Biana sighed. "Sorry, this place is just making me really jumpy."

Finally, the group arrived in a room. The room definitely looked like the newest place in the house- the walls and floors weren't rotting, the wall actually looked recently painted, and the couches were completely intact. Sophie sat down in one of them, and so did everyone else.

"Welcome to our new hideout." Mr. Forkle announced. "It's called Kyknos, the Greek word for swan. Greek is a human language, for those who don't know."

"Seriously, it's a lovely place," muttered Keefe, who now had spiderwebs covering his entire body- minus the Hair, of course, which Sophie was sure he had protected at all costs. Sophie couldn't help but think he still looked really hot-

WHAT!? NO. Sophie Elizabeth Foster, stop thinking about boys and start thinking about important things!

"Our first order of business: Sophie, Dex, I'm told you opened a cache with Oralie?"

Dex nodded, answering for Sophie. "We saw the tribunal of Ethan Benedict Wright, a former human and former former elf. Apparently, he managed to steal a substance called stellarlune- which gave him the ability to steal talents from other elves. Stellarlune just so happens to be the same thing that put Keefe into a coma."

"So wait, I now have that ability?" Keefe said. "Cool. So, like, if I wanted, I could steal Fitzy's telepathy?"

"In theory, yes, but don't." Mr. Forkle answered. "We'll have to get you training. And when you figure out how to use it, use it only on our enemies."

"Fine," Keefe sighed. "You take the fun out of everything."

"Anything else?" Sophie asked.

"Dex, any luck on finding Axel?" Mr. Forkle asked.

"Not yet!" Dex said. "It will go right up to the top of my to-do list!"

"Good." Mr. Forkle said. "Now, it's time for you all to meet our new member."

Yes, I stopped it there. Problem?

You know, for my first time writing in like a month, this isn't so bad!

Any theories on who the new member is? Click that review button to let me know!

Honestly, just review. I'm lonely. (And bored, because of corona virus.)

Please?