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Fitz was in the middle of his elementalism class, copying down the notes written by the teacher. The boy did not usually get distracted in class easily, but when you have two furry ears poking out of the front of your cape right under your nose every now and then, your attention tends to waver a bit. Fitz sighed as Kaye yet again popped his head out from under the cuff of Fitz's cape where he was resting. The tiny creature was tired of being inside the dark bag, so Fitz reluctantly agreed to let him stay inside the front part of his cape. But the little mongrel kept poking his head out and his ears were starting to leave marks on Fitz's neck from pushing into it too much.

"Kaye..." Fitz whispered, trying to discreetly pat the fox's head back into the cuff with his chin. It worked for a while, but it wasn't long until he had furry little ears poking into his neck again. Fitz sighed and lifted his head up a bit, allowing some space for Kaye's protruding ears. The little fox had his tiny paws hanging over the edge of Fitz's cape cuff and was looking left from right. The teal eyed boy rolled his eyes, internally cursing the furball's natural curiosity. He was thankful nobody has noticed yet, though he knew someone was bound to soon if he didn't get Kaye to retreat back into his cape. "Kaye, I'm trying to do schoolwork," he hissed down at the little creature, eyes never leaving the board. Kaye simply turned to face Fitz, chirping out a small reply. Fitz rolled his eyes. "No, I don't need any help," he said, as Kaye was referring to the worksheets that had been handed out at the beginning of class. Fitz was done the notes and had now moved on to the worksheets, but was finding it increasingly harder to concentrate due to the fox chattering away inside his cape. Kaye chirped again, this time pointing his paw to the paper repeatedly. Fitz groaned. "I don't care if you know the answer! Get back in there!" He whisper-shouted down to the fennec fox, lightly swatting his paw away with his pencil before anybody noticed it.

Unfortunately for him though, they did. Carlia, one of the girls in Fitz's level, noticed Kaye pointing at the papers and cooed at the sight of it. Some of her friends glanced over to see what she was cooing at, and joined in on the adoration of his small friend. Fitz tried not to succumb to the temptation of letting his head bang against the table, only because it would mean he'd hurt Kaye in the process. Speaking of the tiny fox, he was 'adorably' oblivious to the praise he was receiving, as he kept trying to help Fitz out with the questions. "Kaye! Not helping!" He hissed down at him and Kaye looked at him apprehensively, muttering something under his breath. Fitz heard it though, and scowled at him. "I know the answers, Kaye! I'm not stupid!" He told the fox, who just turned its head away defiantly.

As Fitz shook his head at the dramatics of his companion, he didn't notice Rolen, a fellow level five, eyeing him with jealousy as he had now attracted most of the attention of the girls in the class. Being the annoying prick he is, Rolen raised his hand quite pointlessly as he shouted out anyways before he could be called on. "Lady Astiera! Fitz is cheating with his pet!" He yelled quite loudly before sending a smug look Fitz's way. Fitz only regarded him with a look of clear disinterest, mentally questioning why some elves were born with such little intelligence. Lady Astiera didn't have a chance to reply as another boy, Jarel, snorted at Rolen's comment. "You honestly think that pretender can actually communicate with his stupid fox?" He sneered, making most of the male population crack up. Fitz sighed, not bothering to defend himself. He didn't need to prove anything to these people. Kaye however, growled at Jarel. Fitz looked down at his companion with frantic eyes, subtly shaking his head no; not because he didn't want anyone to notice—no, they were way past that point—but simply because he knew what Kaye was planning to do, and he DID NOT want it to happen.

"Kaye, don't even think about it," Fitz warned him, only to get more laughter out of Jarel. "Seriously, Vacker? You think your little rodent friend actually scares me?" He said, standing up and getting out of his desk space. "Mr. Pince," Lady Astiera said in a warning tone, though it was blatantly ignored. By this point, the entire class was watching Jarel as he approached Fitz, who was desperately trying to calm the angry little creature inside his cape cuff. "Jarel, please; don't risk your own life just to prove a point," Fitz pleaded. He was being dead serious, but apparently everybody thought it was a facade as most of the class started to laugh. Even their teacher looked a little skeptical. But everyone's laughter halted quickly after hearing a low, threatening growl that came from Fitz's cape—well, Kaye to be more precise. Everybody looked on in shock as a tiny, furry body leapt out of Fitz's cape cuff, still emitting growls that sounded like they'd belong to a much larger creature than itself. Kaye barred his teeth in a snarl as Jarel came up to the side of Fitz, positioning himself in a protective manner. Jarel stopped at the side of Fitz, who glanced down at Kaye before looking back up at Jarel again, who was now smirking. "You're all talk, Vacker," he said with a small laugh. "You honestly believe that this little pipsqueak will actually protect you if I even just touch you?" He laid a hand on his shoulder. Fitz stared at it—

And calmly watched on as Kaye leapt at Jarel in a blinding rage.

Jarel screamed as the fuzzy little animal started to claw at every part of his face. He tried to pound his fist on it, but Kaye was too agile for him and ended up pounding on his face every time. Everyone gasped in horror as Kaye's nails grew to almost three times their original size as sliced the material of Jarel's school uniform. This was when Fitz realized that Kaye wasn't giving a warning—he was intending to maim. Mumbling to himself about stubborn little foxes and idiotic classmates, Fitz somehow managed to get Kaye off of Jarel's writhing figure. The dirty blonde boy now had cuts and scratches painted all over his face and he looked genuinely horrified. So did most of the class to be completely honest. Sighing again, Fitz kept Kaye in his arms to keep him from attacking again, stroking his fur softly with his fingers in order to calm him down. Luckily it worked to some extent, but that still didn't stop the fox from snarling at Jared every time he looked their way. "I'm sorry Jarel, I tried to warn you," he said calmly. Jarel only shook his head wildly. "Your pet is crazy!" He shouted. Fitz simply rose an eyebrow. "He's not a pet," was his simple response. Rested in his hand, Kate growled threateningly.

Meanwhile, Lady Astiera looked on at the situation with raised eyebrows. This was not exactly a normal incident teachers would have to deal with, so she wasn't exactly sure as to what to do. Clearing her throat, she said, "Mr. Pince, you should go visit Elwin's." the boy did not need to be told twice as he ran out of the room at an incredible speed. Lady Astiera then looked at Fitz, not exactly sure about what to say to him. The brunette smiled sheepishly at her, the fox still in his arms. Lady Astiera sighed before walking over to his desk. Kaye noticed this and growled deeply, expecting her to be another threat. Fitz shushed him though. "Calm down," he muttered to the creature before making eye contact with the teacher. She looked down at Kaye a little hesitantly before sighing again. "I understand you have a—er, special connection with Kaye," she said, giving the fox another glance. "But must you take your pet with you wherever you go, Mr. Vacker?" "He's not a pet," Fitz said, "he's a companion."

Lady Astiera couldn't help but smile at that. She went to pat Fitz on his shoulder, but was stopped when Kaye sprung out of Fitz's hands, once again standing protectively in front of him with barred teeth. Astiera raised her eyebrows in shock as Fitz slowly dragged a hand down his face in what seemed like exasperation. "Quite a protective 'companion' you got there, huh Mr. Vacker?" She said amusedly. "You have no idea," Fitz muttered annoyedly, rolling his eyes slightly. "I apologize for Kaye's behaviour." She raised an eyebrow at him. "Might you be able to explain why he was in the cuff of your cape in the first place?" She asked him. Fitz shrugged. "He didn't like the bag." Lady Astiera thought about it for a moment. Fitz himself really didn't do anything wrong—and though her lesson may have been interrupted, she knew Fitz was a smart boy and was trying not to draw attention to himself from the beginning. She knew that he didn't mean for any of this to happen. After a while of thought, the teacher shrugged. "Well, I suppose you can continue to bring your little friend to class so long as you can assure he won't go wild again," she said. Fitz nodded, smiling at her gratefully. "I will," he assured her, "and he's very sorry about his behaviour," Fitz nudged the fix a little at that, who turned around to his at him, "aren't you Kaye?"

Despite the expectant look he was being given at the moment, Kaye was indeed not sorry. In fact, he told Fitz that himself, much to the latter's chagrin. "Kaye, don't be a brat—apologize." He said firmly. But Kaye shook his head, squeaking out something in a defiant matter. Fitz rose his eyebrows and crossed his arms. "Um, yes you are apologizing!" By now, everyone had turned to watch the argument with both curiosity and amusement. Lady Astiera herself couldn't help but smile amusedly as she watched the two banter back and forth with each other. "Kaye c'mon, you know what you did was uncalled for." Squeak. "Okay so he was 'out of line': so were you! Not everything has to end in violence!" Another squeak. "What do you mean 'it's more fun that way'?! Not for me it isn't!" A chirp. "It doesn't matter whether you went easy on him or not—which I know you didn't, mister—you have to apologize!" A saucy chirp. "*raises eyebrows* Oh don't you take that tone with me." At this point everyone in the classroom were either laughing to themselves or thoroughly amused by the conversation. Fitz realized he'd been arguing with Kaye for a while now and blushed slightly. He shook it away though and gave Kaye a reprimanding look. "Kaye that's enough—apologize now," he demanded.

Kaye growled although it sounded more whiny than fearsome, jerking his head to the side, defiantly refusing to look Lady Astiera in the eye. Fitz put his hands on his hips and raised an expectant eyebrow. "Now, mister," he said with authority. Though the fox had resorted to grumbling under its breath, it still reluctantly raised a paw out to Lady Astiera. Fitz looked up and smiled at his teacher. Lady Astiera tried her best not to beam at the stubborn yet adorable little creature as she shook its paw before heading back to the front of the class. Carlia squealed in adoration. "Kaye is absolutely the cutest, Fitz!" She exclaimed with most girls nodding in agreement. Fitz simply snickered as his friend started to grumble even more.


Sophie and Tiergan waited patiently for Fitz to arrive for their telepathy lesson— well, at least Sophie did. Tiergan, however, was muttering under his breath about Fitz's tardiness. Sophie discreetly rolled her eyes at her mentor. "I'm sure he has a good reason," she assured him. Tiergan rolled his own eyes and huffed. "Oh, I'm sure he will," he said sarcastically. Sophie only shook her head, trying to suppress a smile. As it would turn out, he did indeed have a good excuse for being late— five minutes later, Fitz stumbled into the room, walking extremely awkwardly. The boy would occasionally twitch from time to time, and it seemed like he was muttering under his breath to himself. It was only when something in his shirt jerked forward, causing him to almost fall flat on his face, did Sophie realize that he was actually talking to someone they both knew very well.

However, this didn't occur to Tiergan, as the man immediately tried to stifle his laughter with little success. Sophie shot him a look as she went to try and stand Fitz upright. "Are you alright?" she asked, and Fitz could thankfully tell from her eyes that she understood the situation. "Yeah, thanks," he said gratefully, glaring down at his shirt. "That was some entrance, Fitz," Tiergan said, his face fading red from laughing. Fitz blushed a little, embarrassed. "Yeah, sorry about that," he said, running a hand through his hair. "And sorry about being late— I tried to tell Kaye that he couldn't come to telepathy, but—" he was cut off when a furry little creature hoped out from the top of his shirt, making him squirm again. Fitz sighed. "—He came anyway," he finished, looking at the fox unamused.

Luckily, Tiergan had already known about Fitz's small companion, but had never had the chance to meet him or even see him up close. The man raised a little from his chair to get a better look at the fox, who was standing beside Fitz protectively. "So this is the infamous Kaye," he mused, looking down at the small animal with a smile. Kaye perked up at the mention of his name, and he shot his head towards Tiergan. Not recognizing the man, the animal started to snarl, moving in front of Fitz a little more protectively. Fitz rolled his eyes in annoyance. "Cut it out, Kaye," he said, nudging the fox a little with his foot. Kaye frowned at Fitz, not very happy about being nudged while trying to do his job, and chuffed annoyedly. Fitz only sighed and gave Tiergan an apologetic glance. "Sorry about him, sir," he said, "He's pretty protective." Tiergan only smiled again. "Not at all, Fitz— and remember it's Tiergan," he corrected him, making Fitz nod and apologize again. Tiergan only dismissed it again, looking down a the animal curiously. "Can I ask why he wanted to come here with you so badly?" he asked, smiling at the tiny creature's curiosity as it made its way around the room, inspecting it fully.

Fitz sighed. "I told him he'd only be staying in my locker for an hour, maybe two at the most— he's done it before and he was fine. He just slept most of the time while he was in there. Truthfully, I don't actually put him in there often, I usually keep him in my bag—which he also doesn't mind—but since today you said this lesson was going to be important, I thought that it may be better he doesn't hear anything, despite the fact we'd be transmitting; I just don't want him to worry," Fitz said, making Sophie smile at his thoughtfulness. "But ever since I didn't let him come with me to Fintan's mind healing, that's all he's been doing; nonstop worrying. He's been extra protective—I didn't even think that was possible to begin with—and won't let me leave his sight. I can't keep him in my bag anymore because he can't see me, so Ive been carrying him in the cuff of my cape for a while," Fitz then turned to frown at the fox, who was still roaming the room. "But even that wasn't enough for him because the puffball up and jumped into my tunic when I refused to let him come with me." Sophie couldn't help but giggle at that, not noticing the way Fitz's face softened at the sound of it. Tiergan did though, and he tried to hold back a smirk. "He knows what we do in telepathy, so he wanted to come to make sure nothing bad would happen."

Sophie tried not to seem a little hurt by that. "What, do you not trust me or something?" Sophie asked, faking a chuckle. Fitz saw right through it though and sighed deeply, closing his eyes. "Sophie, I trust you with my life," he said honestly and truthfully, failing to notice the blush that suddenly appeared on her face, as he faced Kaye with an accusing look, "it's this moron who has the trust issues." The little fox, despite having been facing the other way, immediately perked up and turn to give Fitz a slightly offended frown. Fitz rolled his eyes. "Yeah, I'm talking about you, you little fuzz face. Don't even try to act like it's not true," he said. Kaye frown turned into a defiant scowl, and the fox started to grumble to itself. Rolling his eyes at the animal's behaviour, Fitz said, "He's still mad at me for not taking him to the healing." Tiergan nodded understandingly. "So now he isn't very trusting," he inquired, raising both eyebrows. Fitz rolled his eyes again and crossed his arms. "Tell me about it," he muttered.

Beside him, Sophie shrugged. "We can do the lesson without transmitting if you want," she suggested. Fitz's face lit up and he looked at her thankfully. "Sophie, you're amazing!" he said, again failing to notice the blush creeping up on her cheeks. Behind them, Tiergan snickered, shaking his head at the obliviousness of his two students.

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After school, Sophie and Fitz (and Kaye) went back to her place to work a little more on implanting memories. Kaye thankfully decided to take a nap while they practiced. The two elves were able to focus more, now that Fitz didn't have to worry about Kaye interrupting them with their practice, and after a couple of tries, Sophie was able to implant a new memory into Fitz's mind. With an hour and a half of hard work, the two got increasingly better and by the time they'd stopped for a break, Sophie had managed to implant a memory into Fitz's and that he wasn't in.

Sophie and Fitz rested on her bed, a little exhausted from all their hard work. Fitz looked up and smiled at her. "I still can't believe you'd never done that before and yet you're already a natural at it," he said in awe. "You're incredible, you know that?" Sophie blushed profusely. "You think so?" she asked shyly. Fitz snorted a bit. "Uh, yeah," he said like it was the most obvious thing in the world. "You're Sophie Foster— the most awesome elf in the entire elvin world!" Sophie couldn't help but laugh as he started bowing to her, saying that it was an honour to 'be in her presence'. "Oh, stop it!" she said with a giggle, shoving his shoulder with her hand. Fitz however, grabbed it at the last second causing her to fall down onto the bed with him.

The two telepaths laughed amongst themselves. "Wow, this is actually really comfy," Fitz said, bouncing on her bed a little. "Comfier than mine at least. I could definitely take a nap in here." The brunette stretched himself out, laying his head a bit bellow her pillow as he pretended to actually sleep on it— well, that's what Sophie thought at least until she saw his face soften and relax, actually indicating that he could fall asleep right there and then. "Um hello, this is my bed, not yours," Sophie said with a laugh as she playfully pushed his body off her bed with her feet. Though Fitz could've easily stopped himself from falling completely, he instead decided to dramatically fall of the bed as if his body was immobilized.

Sophie giggled until she heard a deep, threatening growl. In an instant, Kaye was in front of Sophie, snarling at her. Sophie raised her eyebrows, wondering how the small creature had leapt so fast— and far. Her bed was a good few meters away from the table he was resting on. This little fox is just full of surprises.

Fitz groaned loudly from the floor. "Would you relax? She's not gonna do anything," he said. Kaye peered over the edge of the bed before jumping beside Fitz. He still looked suspiciously at Sophie as she joined them on the ground. Fitz sighed. "Sorry about him. Like I mentioned before, he's gone into ultra protective mode ever since— well, y'know…." he said, trailing off at the end and Sophie nodded, swallowing the lump in her throat. The two still preferred not to talk about what happened at Fintan's mind healing, as Fitz knew Sophie was still very affected by Kenric's death.

"I can understand why, don't worry," Sophie assured Fitz and he gave her a somber smile. Kaye, not understanding why the atmosphere had gotten so sullen all of a sudden, glanced back and forth between Fitz and Sophie in confusion. After a while he sighed and walked over to Fitz, biting down softly on the cuff of his tunic sleeve. Fitz watched in confusion as the tiny fox slowly dragged his arm with every little paw step he took. Kaye kept walking until he was well beside Sophie, then abruptly dropped Fitz's sleeve, causing his hand to land on hers. Sophie and Fitz both widened their eyes, looking at their hands, and while Sophie blushed (again), Fitz looked at Kaye. The fox was gazing back at him with an expectant look before rolling its eyes and taking its two front paws, touching them together. Fitz couldn't help but smile at Kaye's attempt to make them feel better. He had to admit though, it was working.

As he and Sophie laced their fingers together, smiling at each other warmly, Kaye just sat there— he didn't really know what else to do now that he'd successfully made Fitz feel better. Shrugging his tiny little shoulders, the fox decided on sitting down, rubbing his face with a paw.

Oh lord.

Sorry, this is reeeaaaally long, I really didn't mean for it to go that way but it just ended up happening and—

Sigh.

Okay well anyways, despite the longness, I hope you enjoyed this, there's another part to come. I'm afraid to admit that I'm planning on the next one to be the last one of this book, but who knows, maybe that will change. It just depends how much I overwrite on that one too *rolls eyes*. My apologies again for length, and I'll try to update soon!

-Someonewhodoesntcare