-Chapter 15-

Nythersa woke up in the Alfea infirmary. She looked around. Spirit, Laikia, and Mida were also in infirmary beds. Spirit and Laikia had not yet regained consciousness, and Mida was talking to Tia.

"Nythersa, your awake," Ms. Farogonda noticed. "How are you feeling?"

In a flash, Nythersa remembered everything that happened before she lost consciousness, about Sophie betraying them. "How could Sophie do that to us?" Nythersa asked angrily.

"She felt like she had to," Tia said sadly. "I'm an oracle, I should've seen this coming!"

"Don't blame yourself, Tia," said Ms. Farogonda. "You're only one-third of an oracle. You know your powers have been off since Alaina changed forces on us."

"You could've at least told me about the fight in the city," Tia said. "I could've helped!"

"We've already lost one oracle triplet, we don't need to lose another," Ms. Farogonda said firmly.

Laikia was the next to wake up, and Ms. Farogonda went to check on her.

"Why would she chose them over us?" Spirit asked from behind, surprising everybody.

"Remember what she said about Akiri being her father?" Laikia asked. "How does that make any sense?"

"It's all my fault!" Mida exclaimed. "I should've watched her more carefully."

Spirit, Laikia, and Nythersa were confused.

"Allow me to explain," said Tia. "Shortly and my sisters and I were created, we had our first great vision. We saw lots of destruction and pain. We also saw Sophie. We knew she was closely tied into this, so we asked her childhood friend, Mida, to watch over her and guard her. When Akiri had communication with Sophie, I felt it like a burning pain in my head and told Mida that her mission was all the more urgent."

"And I failed. I knew something was up with Sophie that morning, but I couldn't prevent this. Sophie would never put a black streak in her hair, especially in the middle of the night," Mida explained.

"Don't worry, Mida, we'll get her back!" Spirit said determinedly. "We'll get Alaina back, too, Tia. It's not going to end like this, without them. We will get them back and stop Akiri!"

The other girls were even more determined than ever. Akiri crossed the line when he took Sophie, and now he was going to have to deal with Spirit, Laikia, Nythersa, Mida, Tia, and the specialists.

...Meanwhile...

"Well, well, well," Gwen said to Sophie. "I'm extremely impressed with your little betrayal. Clearly, you're not as good as I thought you were. You're a bad girl." Gwen smiled.

"I did what I had to do," Sophie said. She now had black hair streaks all over her hair, just like the witches, and her eyes were the same shade of red.

"Welcome," said Gwen. "The witches and I accept you. You are one of us, now."

-End of Chapter 15-

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