~Clearsight
Clearsight came back to Darkstalker as the sun was just setting, the nocturnal tribe just now waking. She found her soulmate stringing together two bracelets. He must've heard her coming, because he looked up from his work and smiled.
"Ah, my love. I was wondering when you'd be here." He said.
"Eventually, I'll have to go back to school." Clearsight pointed out. "Or the queen would notice me coming every night and get suspicious. Soon, I'm not going to be able to come every day."
"I know, but for when you did come, I made you and Fathom bracelets!" Darkstalker replied, showing her his work. She walked closer, and noticed that a single amethyst hung from one; a sapphire hung from the other. "I was going to give them to you, and enchant them so then I didn't have to hear your thoughts all the time."
Clearsight quickly checked the possible futures. It seemed very likely that he was telling the truth, and there wouldn't be another spell on the bracelets. She opened her eyes and nodded. "Are they almost done?" She asked.
"Yes, in fact." Darkstalker said. He tied the end together, and held them in both of his talons. "I enchant these bracelets so then the wearer's mind cannot be read by a mind reader." He handed Clearsight the amethyst bracelet, and she put it on. "Yes! It worked! Your mind it now silent and until Fathom comes, so is my head."
As if on cue, Fathom and Indigo walked into the cave. Fathom looked worried, as per usual. Indigo seemed annoyed, which was also usual. Clearsight knew what Fathom was worried about—she had, once again, stayed up late to study the timelines.
"I'm going to have to leave soon." Fathom said as soon as he was standing beside Clearsight.
"Why?" Darkstalker asked.
"Yesterday, or earlier today, in the morning when I was coming back from here, a messenger came with a letter." Fathom replied. "From my sister. She wants me to go back to the palace in the Kingdom of Sea and explain what I've been doing for the past few weeks."
"And here I thought your sister didn't want anything to do with you." Darkstalker mused. He picked up the bracelet with the sapphire and gave it to Fathom. "I made this while I was waiting for you two to come. It's enchanted so then any mind-reader can't see into your head, mostly so then I don't have to hear your thoughts."
"Thanks." Fathom said. Clearsight watched him slip it on, and she was honestly surprised that Indigo didn't protest. "Anyway, I need your guys' help to make up a believable lie. I can't tell Pearl that I've been living with Indigo on an island, used my magic, and now am trying to help the dragon I used my magic for be better than he is. And I'll need a reason for Wharf and Lionfish to have left." He looked at Clearsight. "I was hoping that maybe you could see into the future, see what she'll believe." He looked over at Darkstalker. "And I was hoping that you could back me up, if she wants proof."
"I'll be staying here, in this kingdom." Indigo added. "While I'd love to go with Fathom, I realize that that's probably not the best idea. Queen Pearl thinks that I disappeared, it might be best to keep it that way."
Clearsight nodded. She closed her eyes and tried to help. From what she saw, there was a very low chance that anything Fathom said, even the truth, would be believed by Pearl. It seems like there's almost nothing that Fathom could say that convinced his sister that he was innocent. But she did see one thing that Pearl might believe. She opened her eyes again, and said, "She'll most likely believe you if you say that Indigo randomly left one night, and that Wharf and Lionfish couldn't find you because you tried to find her, but failed. The worst that seems to happen is that she sends her own search party for Indigo, but she won't bother searching the Night Kingdom. You stay at the Summer Palace for a week or so until the search party comes back, and then she sends you back." She didn't mention the part about the Indigo lecture, after he tells her that he tried to search for her. While he would be expecting it if she told him, he would also feel more guilty and think of another lie that won't work. He didn't feel as guilty if Clearsight didn't tell him, so she didn't for his, Indigo, and Darkstalker's sakes.
"What if she asks about Darkstalker?" Fathom asked.
"Tell you that I'm perfectly awesome and there's no need to worry." Darkstalker replied.
"That won't work, my love." Clearsight pointed out. "Tell her that he's listening fine, and if she asks to send more guards, tell her that you don't need them." She added to Fathom. "Oh, and you might want to leave soon. In the morning, maybe, then adjust back to nighttime sleeping on your way. There's going to be a rainstorm tomorrow, so it's best if you stop if you can't leave by then. And don't forget to bring water for the desert; it's going to be warmer this week."
"Thanks!" Fathom said. He pulled his wings around Clearsight in a brief hug, then did the same to Darkstalker. "I should be back, write if there's anything wrong, don't kill Indigo, and Indigo, don't kill anyone."
"What if they're really annoying?" Indigo asked.
Fathom just smiled and started walking out of the cave, briefly twining his tail with Indigo's.
After he left, Darkstalker sighed. "He sure was in a hurry to leave, wasn't he?"
"Darkstalker, it's his sister, and his kingdom." Clearsight replied. "Of course he was a little excited to go back. It's something he never thought he'd do again; and he most likely won't. As long as everything goes in his favor, he'll be back soon.
"What if it doesn't?" Indigo said. "Am I going to regret not coming with him?"
"Maybe." Clearsight said honestly. "But if he doesn't come back, then we should all prepare for the worst."
"Worst…how?" Darkstalker asked.
"Worse. I can't explain it, it's just…worse." Clearsight replied.